#001 - Weiting Liu: Founder Meditations and Weiting's Journey
Description
This is the inaugural episode of Founder Meditations, featuring Weiting the host himself! The purpose of the podcast is to interview startup founders and explore the intersection between entrepreneurship, mindfulness, and spirituality.
Weiting shares his own spiritual journey, including his experiences with meditation and the impact it has had on his life. Weiting is a startup founder and spiritual finder.
(00:04 ) Introduction
(01:41 ) Weiting's Spiritual Journey
(02:05 ) Ray Dalio got me started
(04:47 ) Benefits of Meditation
(06:17 ) Suffering
(07:10 ) Life-changing Books: Anthony de Mello's Awareness & Sam Harris' Waking Up
(13:03 ) 10-day Vipassana Retreat
(18:03 ) 1st Taste of Shift in Consciousness
(20:47 ) Spiritual Teachers: Angelo Dillulo & Michael Taft
(24:13 ) Quarterly Retreats
(25:27 ) 2023 Summer Trips with Family
(26:52 ) Life-Changing Trip back to SF
(29:04 ) Spontaneity, Surrendering, Synchronicity
(35:07 ) Free Will
(37:22 ) Spirituality x Entrepreneurship