Salí de Cuba y Conquisté el Mundo con Ismael Cala

26 Apr 2024 · 63 min
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In this long‑form interview on the Yo Pude, Tú Puedes podcast, journalist‑author Ismael Cala sits with hosts Margarita and Sophie to recount his life story and the philosophies that now guide him. Cala opens with a raw account of his teenage years in Santiago de Cuba, describing severe bullying, a psychiatric episode with antidepresivos, and a suicidal crisis that culminated in a desperate plan to flee on a makeshift raft to Guantánamo. Six years later he escaped Cuba by plane, arriving in Toronto with little English and no money, and worked as a restaurant waiter while learning the language and confronting the loss of his former celebrity status. He reflects on his 12‑year tenure at CNN, the emotional burden of abandoning a successful TV career, and the feeling of abandoning an audience that had built daily habits around his program. Cala explains how the dissonance between the public persona “Ismael Cala” and his private self led him to seek deeper meaning through spirituality, prayer, and mentorship from figures such as Deepak Chopra, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and John Maxwell. He describes practices for developing intuition – small daily experiments, “hands like clouds” chi‑kung movements, and meditation – and shares his stance on psychedelics, noting both curiosity and caution regarding ayahuasca. The conversation also touches on his family’s history of mental illness, epigenetic ideas from Bruce Lipton, and the importance of daily habits to keep harmful genes dormant. Cala outlines three core keys to a fulfilled life: designing one’s energetic field (heart‑centered emotions), reclaiming a spiritual essence beyond the material body, and learning to love oneself unconditionally. He voices concern about the future of artificial intelligence and its potential to interface with human consciousness. Additionally, Cala emphasizes the timeless wisdom of Socrates – “know yourself” – as the foundation for self‑love, urging listeners to turn inward daily through meditation and a specific journaling practice he calls the “morning vomit.” He explains how writing three uncensored pages each morning, then optionally destroying them, clears mental bandwidth, reduces fear of one’s shadow, and creates space for illumination and ideas. By treating the mind as an object separate from identity, he encourages a compassionate observation of thoughts, allowing the self to love both light and darkness. Finally, he promotes his community initiatives – the Kala Center, a 21‑day “Creating Abundance” challenge, and upcoming meditation workshops – inviting listeners to join and experience the practices he teaches.

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