August 19, 2025 • 30 mins
Unlock the secrets to a more peaceful life with Teresita Terga! Dive into her transformative book, Weekly Path to Peace Journal and Meditations for Peace, as she blends ancient wisdom with modern practicality. Learn more about Teresita's journey, her tips for practicing peace, and why this journal is an essential addition to your bookshelf.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey is Benji col Son of Alcohol from CBS Radio
and host of the syndicated talk show People of Distinction.
The talk gives you an in depth view of some
of the most dynamic, intelligent, and successful people on the planet.
Run to our website Alcohol Enterprises dot com for more info.
Email me through Benji at Alcohol Enterprises dot com if
you'd like to get involved with what we have going,
(00:30):
and as always, please continue to like and follow our broadcasts.
People of Distinction is internationally syndicated solely due to the
love and support that you all continue to give. We're
available across all major distributors, and as long as you
keep following, we're going to continue to put out the content.
Now sit back and strap in, because on the line
with us today we have the impressive Detsita Hey Ta Ga.
(00:54):
Now we're gonna be discussing her incredible book Weekly Path
to Peace Journal and Meditations for make sure when you
pick it up, you're gonna pick up the latest edition
twenty twenty five. That's the one you want. It's Amazon,
it's Barnes and Noble, It's a lot of other places, man,
but check out her personal websites to gather everything that
she has in store. There's two of them. I'm in
(01:16):
a list for you, Angela dot com and camp one
dot org. So let me spell it quickly, just to
make sure there's no misunderstandings here, of course. First website
traditional spelling of Angela, her last name Detega te Rga
dot com. The second site, camp the number one dot org.
(01:41):
Both of the sites are filled with so much information
on her books. Hyperlinks set up to take you to
the purchasing pages. Man, I'm telling you there one stop
shops and you need to check them out today and listen.
It is a true pleasure, really an to have Tennessee
to hear on the line right there in the title, Man,
(02:04):
we ain't being around the bush here today we understand
the discussion. At Hey, we're gonna be talking about something
we all chase but very rarely schedule. You know, I'm
talking about peace. Okay, because listen herd. But man, it's
not just another planner, Okay. It is quiet rebellion against burnout.
(02:27):
It bleeds ancient wisdom with modern practicality. Now we're gonna
dig into this simple book. Simple on the surface, and
actuality may actually be just that, but we always make
it so much more difficult than it needs to be.
And I'm saying we because it's not just you. I
do the same thing. We all do. But we're going
(02:49):
to discover how to rewire our relationship with chaos, right
and why mindfulness isn't it isn't an enough without structure.
We're talking about key words and messages from Gandhi and
so many other people in between. People listen, trust me,
(03:11):
just make sure you have your notebooks ready. All right,
We're about to receive a fantastic education. And by the
time we've concluded, man, you're gonna run and pick up
your copies because you're gonna understand why this is such
an important addition to your shelf. Sit back and strap Ben.
Here we go, tedis seat the first and foremost. Welcome
to people of distinction, and thank you for being with us.
(03:33):
How you doing today?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'm doing just find great and grateful and excited to
be here talking with you about Weekly Past, the Piece Journal,
and Meditations for Peace. I want to congratulate you on
your program. I've been listening to it and I've learned
a lot, and especially I have learned that your show
(03:57):
has art and we're doing a great service through humanity
with your show. So thank you for having me. I
feel honored.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Yeah, Tennessee, listen, we're gonna close out of the show
right now. We don't even need to go any further. People,
you hear what she just ahi, Listen, I appreciate it,
Thank you very much. No, listen, honestly joking as such,
I really appreciate the words. People of Distinction isn't an
organization without phenomenal people like you. We are really, honestly, man,
We're a microphone to help extend voices like yours, but
(04:31):
the work is done through you and so many others.
So I appreciate the praise, but we just were blessed
to be that vessel to to help distribute amazing pieces
of work like your book and listen, we are here
for it, and I know it's going to it's going
to impact so many people. I want to start off.
(04:53):
There's so many questions that I want to get into,
and I really just want to dive right in. But
I think it's important to start off by learning more
about yourself. So let's start there. Tell us more about
yourself and your background.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I've been a teacher of language arts most of my life,
been an immigrant three times in my life, and learning
is my passion. So I keep learning and I keep
writing to teach myself and teach others, especially about things
that can help us become a better person and bring
(05:25):
this to our community. And that was the purpose intention
of writing the weekly piece Path And I am born
in Cuba, but I also lived in Venezuela, and I've
lived most of my life here in the United States
and Florida specifically. So I started out as a translator
(05:47):
in Venezuela because when we moved from Cuba, we came
first to the United States, and as a child in Boston,
that's where we went, no one could pronounce my name
Ternes because so thank you for being able to pronounce lage.
I did it somehow turned into Angela and just just
an Anglicism that I go by because it helped to
just get over how to pronounce my name. And in
(06:10):
Cuba when we left a lot of family there and
we left the whole world. But I was just a child.
I didn't know anything. But throughout the years I came
to establish some rapports with people in Cuba, and I
published the book for a Cuban psychiatrist Keywords for Peace,
and from that book based on his teachings, then I
(06:33):
created the weekly Path to Piece journal to help me
practice peace on a daily basis because I needed it myself.
I've had failed relationships. Being a teacher is not easy.
You feel like you are always under pressure by the parents,
the administration, and the students to perform, but you're not
(06:58):
necessarily recognized as an important figure because you don't write
above a very mediocre salary. And I wanted to expand
and take off with my own creativity. I'm a very
creative person, and my students will account to that. There
(07:21):
was never a boring moment in my classroom because we
were turning stories into theatrical performances or artworks, and it
was always fun. Especially I worked at a museum Magnet
school in Miami that where we were trained by the
Smithsonian Institute, and I learned so much, and I learned
(07:42):
to believe in myself and to know that I could
and I went out and I first I got an
MFA in screenwriting, of course, because I'm a teacher and
I think I have to have an education. And then
I premiere with my first movie, and that was fantastic,
I went broke by those were just the best days
(08:06):
of my life when I put all that together.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Artists, I'll tell you that much life of an artists
man is tough.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It is. Then COVID came and I retreated to a
small town in Florida where my dad had a house,
and I saw him through his last years. And I've
remained here and I've become an independent publisher. I still
write a screenplace that I want to pitch, but I
(08:35):
turned my screenplace into books, but I haven't turned all
of them into books. And then I started reaching out
to people who also wanted to become authors, and I
helped a songwriter burn his songs into poetry and short stories,
and now he has five books published. So this other
(08:56):
publication came to be from this psychiatry in Cuba who
is part of a family friend. Right, he's a family friend.
And now just I will publish books for free. I
will give them the benefit if they are conscious books,
because that's what CAM Conscious Arts Media Productions is all about.
(09:19):
It's about putting out their media that is consciously intentionally
not just entertaining, but bringing a message of peace, reconciliation, forgiveness,
love and just goodness into the world because we need it.
(09:41):
We need it, we need it in our lives, in
our communities, in the world.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay, So, first of all, Dettessie that thank you very
much for that. I'm loving what you're saying, and I
know we can all get behind the words right, we
believe in it. We're picking up what you're putting down.
And my follow up question that I want to go
into is listen. Although I agree with all of that,
we got to look at the world that we're in
because in this world, man, listen, it glorifies hustle. Why
(10:11):
did you focus to bet on peace.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
We can get more by being peaceful and nice and
kind and grateful than we can by going out there
and trying to get whatever we can from a situation.
Because how we treat others tell us a lot about
who we are. And if we treat others with respect
(10:35):
and we're responsible and we are humble, we're going to
have a lot more friends. A lot of people are
going to come to us because we have this love
to give and everybody needs that. So I think that
if you want to be rich and famous, the first
thing you need to do is be kind to people. Love,
(10:56):
be that person that everybody to trust. Everybody loves to watch,
everybody loves to listen to has something positive to share,
because that's what life is all about.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Rosy, listen the quotes that you selected in the book. There.
What I love about them is they're not just inspirational, right,
They're peered with specific piece keywords and people just accepted. Now,
peace is going to be a word you hear so
many times in this interview. You won't have any choice
but to be peaceful because it's going to be fresh
on your mind. I tell you that much. But you're
(11:32):
pairing it with these keywords. How did you match figures
like monumental figures like Gandhi or Roomy to each one
of these themes? Were there any quotes that surprised you
with their relevance?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
You went through many quotes. There are fifteen keywords for
piece in the book, keywords for doctor my Son Discaverrera,
psychiatrist from Gilbert is still in cube them and these
keywords for peace are part of everyday life. But people
like Martin Luther King and as you mentioned, Rooney, Albert Einstein,
(12:13):
Paolo Cello, they have quotes for example, Paul's quote on
tolerance is tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.
How about that, fearless people, compassion and tolerance. Martin Luther
King says love is the only force capable of transforming
(12:36):
an enemy into a friend. And that's what we need
to do, transform an enemy into a difference. Sometimes we
are our own worst enemies. And so many other great
thinkers are here in this weekly Past to Peace, and
we can meditate. There's a space below the quote and
(13:01):
the keywords where we can meditate. Write our own take
on the word. Write how we feel about love and
about giving love or forgiveness. Doctor Santo says that there
is no peace without forgiveness, and Martin Luther King said,
forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. Wow, forgiveness.
(13:29):
We need to forgive.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Absolutely, you need to forgive because there is a lot
of division happening. And we can dive down that rabbit hole.
But you all understand what I'm talking about. But I
tell you what you really need to do is you
need to pick up this book. I'm going to say
it again. It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble, most importantly
Angela dot com. Also check out camp one dot org. Again.
(13:53):
The book is entitled Weekly Path to Peace Journal and
Meditations for Peace. This is a book that you need
to add to your shelf. We've barely scratched the surface,
but you can already tell how monumental it is. The
impact that it's going to have on you and those
around you, it really is second to none. Pick up
your copies today and start on that journey, because I
(14:15):
promise you it is a catalyst for change in one
man one that you are going to I think it's
one of those it's one of those things where you
don't realize how badly you need it until you start,
because I get it, man like, we get so caught
up on the hamster wheel of life that a lot
of the chaos becomes normal after a while, and it
(14:37):
shouldn't be there. There's a lot to be said about
just that in and of itself, And I'm not going
to dive down the conspiracy rabbit hole at this time
as to why we're all so busy and we don't
take moments to just lit in peaceful states more often.
What I am going to say, is it something that
(14:59):
you're going to to benefit from immensely, and it starts
with this book. So head on over there and pick
up your copies today. That I see that my follow
up question that I want to go into, and you
mentioned at the precipice right at the onset of this book,
it was something that you utilized for yourself to help
you find peace in your life, and that's really what
(15:21):
birth the journal right and breaking it down into practical
steps that made it manageable for you. Let's talk about
that here for a second, because I do think that
there is often times, and just speaking for myself, but
I know a lot of people can relate as well.
Sometimes it's easier to digest certain pieces of information if
(15:42):
we're able to see it through another person's perspective. It
makes it a little bit easier to digest, right, like
not seeing it from our own particular viewpoint, but learning
through someone else's can make it a little bit more
manageable and safer to approach. So let's go there. We
don't necessarily need to go into specific circumstances of the
(16:04):
chaos that was happening in your life, but how was
this able to benefit you? Where there are certain out
of the fifteen keywords out of the steps found within it,
were there certain ones that really that you gravitated towards
more than others? And why were why were they so
(16:24):
important for you?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
That's a great question. I think seeing grateful and gratitude
with one of the strongest words out of the fifteen
for me, because when we are grateful, we feel full.
We don't have that wanting to grasp to bed, feeling
(16:47):
like we've been let down by the world, by the
whole story of ourselves, whatever that may be. We feel
like we have received, and we received so much every day,
just the sun coming out. We have to be grateful
for on a daily basis. We are being nurtured by
(17:12):
the whole universe, our planet Earth, and we need to
take care of it, and we need to take care
of our own bodies in our own minds. So this
helps us keep track of how we feel on a
daily basis, on a weekly basis, because every day I
can write down in this book how I feel about
any of these words or the word of the week,
(17:34):
because there's one word per week. But being grateful is
the one thing that I think I needed the most
in my life because I always felt that a lack
of this or that, especially a lack of opportunity to
become the artist in me. And I've just found that
(17:54):
there were so many roadblocks right keeping me from Hollywood.
And now I don't even want to go to Hollywood.
I don't even want to go to Hollywood anymore. I
know that I can make a difference just in the
life of myself, my children, in my community, and the
world by putting out conscious forms of art that will
(18:19):
eventually reach people and help them through their darkest knights
and every single day of their lives. Because when we
take the time to meditate and to see what we
have to do on a daily basis and weekly basis,
we set ourselves up for success instead of failure. We
(18:40):
set ourselves up for organization instead of chaos, because it
all starts in our minds and most important, helps us
practice these simple words. Because peace is not an ideal,
It is a daily practice that we must do in
(19:00):
order to actually feel grateful and to give justice, and
to find love and give love and receive love. So
it only helps us become unware of what we already
are bringing to the table and what we are lacking.
(19:21):
And I lacked gratitude. I felt the world is just
not fair to teachers. That's how I felt. Right now,
I overcame all that. I still think that teachers need
to have a greater place in society, autely because so
much depends on teachers.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
As someone who's had a very brief stint in education myself,
although I have a lot of representatives either in my
family or my close circle that are educators themselves, tennessee
that I'm going to be the first one to say
here through our network, teachers don't get nearly enough credit,
and they're not valued enough for the amount of hats
(20:02):
that they have to wear, for the responsibility that they
possess in molding minds of future generations. It really is
something that I find very unfortunate when we look at
how teachers are viewed, how educators are viewed, and really
how so many are left discouraged from pursuing careers in
(20:23):
education because of and listen, this is this is just
this notion in itself is a very layered and nuanced conversation,
So it's not something to just tie into a closing statement,
But I'm going to put it in there and say,
a teachers damn sure don't get paid enough. So that's
a problem. But like you mentioned, and like I was
hinting towards, they're so undervalued because the responsibility that they
(20:48):
have is immense. Teachers should really they should possess salaries
like the highest paid lawyers or the highest paid doctors
in the country because the responsibilities that they have on
their plate are equal to them. And unfortunately it's just
not treated in the same way. And listen, there's so
(21:09):
much to be said. And I don't want to make
this political because this is not a political podcast and
this is not the place for it, but just as
a notion when we see what is happening currently in
twenty twenty five America. Again, not to make a political people,
I don't care what your political views are. But when
you look at the money that we have in government,
(21:31):
we look at where certain investments are being made and
where the money is being allocated, where you have billions
of dollars being invested in certain industries, and then you
look at the education industry in this country and how
money is being depleted from it, not invested in, taken away.
This man, there's a problem there, And like I said,
(21:53):
we can have that discussion in much much more detail
in another time. There is an issue with that. I
want to make sure that I quickly point out my
appreciation for educators because at least through people of distinction,
we recognize it, we value it, and listen, man, it
is a tough job. So that is either thank you
(22:14):
for bringing that up, and I want to make sure
that I point out the fact that I truly am
impressed by the education that you have done. But also
whether you're in the classroom or not, the education doesn't stop, right,
so you're still an educator through and for the work
that you're going to continue to do. Man, we appreciate
it wholeheartedly. Okay, thank you, Carl.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
That is my goal to educate the public through entertaining
but intentionally conscious works of art, whether it's a book
or a film. I think that media is the most
(22:56):
important thing in the world. Media we create culture nowadays, right,
media has an important responsibility to enhance people's consciousness, not
just to bring us the bad news, but also joe
us ways in which we can create community and build
(23:21):
peace from the inside out. This is also not being
taught in schools and the arts are being put outside.
Actually the arts are the ones that make us more peaceful, happier,
more grateful because when we create arts, we are actually
(23:43):
showing our consciousness. That's who we are. And consciousness has
no limits, no limits of peace, no limits of love,
no limits to forgive. Because we have a higher consciousness,
we understand that everything has a remedy. I don't need
(24:06):
to hate my brothers and sisters in Cuba because they
follow or they are a communist country and we had
a war and my family are to flee. I don't
hold on to grudges, and that's one of the reasons
why I created this workbook, is to show that if
(24:31):
not just peace right here, it's peace with those that
we consider enemies. We can turn them into friends. We
don't need to fight. We don't with weapons of destructure.
We need to fight with weapons of peace, understanding dialogue.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
The world will be a better place that as we
close out of here. I'm really curious tell us more
about your non pa profit camp.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
At camp, we offer a peace talk and workshop that
you can book us for and we show you how
to use keywords for peace and weekly Path to Peace
journal to practice peace through a short meditation on one
of the keywords and through a quick conscious art expressive
(25:29):
activity that really breaks the eyes and puts people into
the peace moods right away. It's great to see on
a small group. For larger groups, but it has to
be a workshop because we're going to do art however
we want with one of these keywords, how would you
(25:53):
make skids? For example, forgiveness or tolerance? What would you mind?
The word humil? So it's funny and fun to see
people use these keywords through conscious arts. That's what conscious
art is about. So people immediately understand the meaning of
(26:14):
conscious arts is when you do our intentionally for a purpose,
and the purpose is peace, the purpose is empathy, gratitude,
et cetera. And then to also meditate on this word
for two minutes. Whatever word I choose, I usually choose
(26:36):
forgiveness because that's the one we have the hardest part
to perform. We don't forgive very easily. My family has
not forgiven the revolution after sixty five years. I was
born with the revolution, and after sixty five years, we're
(26:56):
still saying those whatever and those whatever, and I'm not
doing business with them, and this and that. And the
people in Cuba are hungry. They would have already shed
whatever was keeping them behind if we had acted with
more dialogue, if we would open up, they would open
(27:17):
up as well. So that's what I'm trying to do.
I'm trying to not just bring Path to Peace to
people individually, but I'm also trying to help them forgive
whatever it is in their lives that they need to forgive,
because that's what's going to make a difference not only
(27:40):
to them, but to the people that they're holding grudges against.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Absolutely, because and there's so many other questions that I have,
there is a much larger discussion here to be had.
I love what she is saying, and I think that
there is no better way to close out then with
the message like that. Man, Listen, I'm gonna say it again.
It's Amazon, It's Barnes and Noble, It's Angela Theraga dot com,
(28:04):
It's camp one dot org. The book is entitled Weekly
Path to Peace Journal and Meditations for Peace. Head on
over there, pick up your copies today. Man, make sure
you're getting the newest edition, right you want to get
the one that has been released in twenty twenty five,
And I promise you it makes all the difference as
we close out. Man, I'm gonna leave with this because
(28:27):
there have been so many phenomenal pieces of wisdom that
have been displayed here today. But things that I'm taking
from all of this, and I know you are as well,
is peace. Piece. Isn't something we just have been to fined, right,
It's something that It's something we cultivate, one intentional week
at a time. Right. So yeah, if you are all out,
(28:50):
if you take one thing from today, take away a
simple way to practice gratitude while using this book, maybe
by peering a weekly goal with a moment of thanks.
Right when we plan with purpin, we pause with ratitude. People,
(29:10):
Trust me, man, that's where true transformation begins. Find this book,
add it to yourself, get it as a gift for
someone else, and hopefully, one key word at a time,
we start to shape. We start to shape a more empathetic,
a more peaceful future for all of us, because this
(29:32):
book has the power to do just that. So pick
up your copies. That is, see that this has been
a true honor. I really do mean that. Thank you
for the wonderful words of wisdom that you've been able
to display in this book. But more importantly, thank you
for being here with us to discuss it through people
of distinction.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
It's been great, and you have such a great voice.
It's so sexy. I'm start the bo
Hey is Benji col Son of Alcohol from CBS Radio
and host of the syndicated talk show People of Distinction.
The talk gives you an in depth view of some
of the most dynamic, intelligent, and successful people on the planet.
Run to our website Alcohol Enterprises dot com for more info.
Email me through Benji at Alcohol Enterprises dot com if
you'd like to get involved with what we have going,
(00:30):
and as always, please continue to like and follow our broadcasts.
People of Distinction is internationally syndicated solely due to the
love and support that you all continue to give. We're
available across all major distributors, and as long as you
keep following, we're going to continue to put out the content.
Now sit back and strap in, because on the line
with us today we have the impressive Detsita Hey Ta Ga.
(00:54):
Now we're gonna be discussing her incredible book Weekly Path
to Peace Journal and Meditations for make sure when you
pick it up, you're gonna pick up the latest edition
twenty twenty five. That's the one you want. It's Amazon,
it's Barnes and Noble, It's a lot of other places, man,
but check out her personal websites to gather everything that
she has in store. There's two of them. I'm in
(01:16):
a list for you, Angela dot com and camp one
dot org. So let me spell it quickly, just to
make sure there's no misunderstandings here, of course. First website
traditional spelling of Angela, her last name Detega te Rga
dot com. The second site, camp the number one dot org.
(01:41):
Both of the sites are filled with so much information
on her books. Hyperlinks set up to take you to
the purchasing pages. Man, I'm telling you there one stop
shops and you need to check them out today and listen.
It is a true pleasure, really an to have Tennessee
to hear on the line right there in the title, Man,
(02:04):
we ain't being around the bush here today we understand
the discussion. At Hey, we're gonna be talking about something
we all chase but very rarely schedule. You know, I'm
talking about peace. Okay, because listen herd. But man, it's
not just another planner, Okay. It is quiet rebellion against burnout.
(02:27):
It bleeds ancient wisdom with modern practicality. Now we're gonna
dig into this simple book. Simple on the surface, and
actuality may actually be just that, but we always make
it so much more difficult than it needs to be.
And I'm saying we because it's not just you. I
do the same thing. We all do. But we're going
(02:49):
to discover how to rewire our relationship with chaos, right
and why mindfulness isn't it isn't an enough without structure.
We're talking about key words and messages from Gandhi and
so many other people in between. People listen, trust me,
(03:11):
just make sure you have your notebooks ready. All right,
We're about to receive a fantastic education. And by the
time we've concluded, man, you're gonna run and pick up
your copies because you're gonna understand why this is such
an important addition to your shelf. Sit back and strap Ben.
Here we go, tedis seat the first and foremost. Welcome
to people of distinction, and thank you for being with us.
(03:33):
How you doing today?
Speaker 2 (03:35):
I'm doing just find great and grateful and excited to
be here talking with you about Weekly Past, the Piece Journal,
and Meditations for Peace. I want to congratulate you on
your program. I've been listening to it and I've learned
a lot, and especially I have learned that your show
(03:57):
has art and we're doing a great service through humanity
with your show. So thank you for having me. I
feel honored.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Yeah, Tennessee, listen, we're gonna close out of the show
right now. We don't even need to go any further. People,
you hear what she just ahi, Listen, I appreciate it,
Thank you very much. No, listen, honestly joking as such,
I really appreciate the words. People of Distinction isn't an
organization without phenomenal people like you. We are really, honestly, man,
We're a microphone to help extend voices like yours, but
(04:31):
the work is done through you and so many others.
So I appreciate the praise, but we just were blessed
to be that vessel to to help distribute amazing pieces
of work like your book and listen, we are here
for it, and I know it's going to it's going
to impact so many people. I want to start off.
(04:53):
There's so many questions that I want to get into,
and I really just want to dive right in. But
I think it's important to start off by learning more
about yourself. So let's start there. Tell us more about
yourself and your background.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I've been a teacher of language arts most of my life,
been an immigrant three times in my life, and learning
is my passion. So I keep learning and I keep
writing to teach myself and teach others, especially about things
that can help us become a better person and bring
(05:25):
this to our community. And that was the purpose intention
of writing the weekly piece Path And I am born
in Cuba, but I also lived in Venezuela, and I've
lived most of my life here in the United States
and Florida specifically. So I started out as a translator
(05:47):
in Venezuela because when we moved from Cuba, we came
first to the United States, and as a child in Boston,
that's where we went, no one could pronounce my name
Ternes because so thank you for being able to pronounce lage.
I did it somehow turned into Angela and just just
an Anglicism that I go by because it helped to
just get over how to pronounce my name. And in
(06:10):
Cuba when we left a lot of family there and
we left the whole world. But I was just a child.
I didn't know anything. But throughout the years I came
to establish some rapports with people in Cuba, and I
published the book for a Cuban psychiatrist Keywords for Peace,
and from that book based on his teachings, then I
(06:33):
created the weekly Path to Piece journal to help me
practice peace on a daily basis because I needed it myself.
I've had failed relationships. Being a teacher is not easy.
You feel like you are always under pressure by the parents,
the administration, and the students to perform, but you're not
(06:58):
necessarily recognized as an important figure because you don't write
above a very mediocre salary. And I wanted to expand
and take off with my own creativity. I'm a very
creative person, and my students will account to that. There
(07:21):
was never a boring moment in my classroom because we
were turning stories into theatrical performances or artworks, and it
was always fun. Especially I worked at a museum Magnet
school in Miami that where we were trained by the
Smithsonian Institute, and I learned so much, and I learned
(07:42):
to believe in myself and to know that I could
and I went out and I first I got an
MFA in screenwriting, of course, because I'm a teacher and
I think I have to have an education. And then
I premiere with my first movie, and that was fantastic,
I went broke by those were just the best days
(08:06):
of my life when I put all that together.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Artists, I'll tell you that much life of an artists
man is tough.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It is. Then COVID came and I retreated to a
small town in Florida where my dad had a house,
and I saw him through his last years. And I've
remained here and I've become an independent publisher. I still
write a screenplace that I want to pitch, but I
(08:35):
turned my screenplace into books, but I haven't turned all
of them into books. And then I started reaching out
to people who also wanted to become authors, and I
helped a songwriter burn his songs into poetry and short stories,
and now he has five books published. So this other
(08:56):
publication came to be from this psychiatry in Cuba who
is part of a family friend. Right, he's a family friend.
And now just I will publish books for free. I
will give them the benefit if they are conscious books,
because that's what CAM Conscious Arts Media Productions is all about.
(09:19):
It's about putting out their media that is consciously intentionally
not just entertaining, but bringing a message of peace, reconciliation, forgiveness,
love and just goodness into the world because we need it.
(09:41):
We need it, we need it in our lives, in
our communities, in the world.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Okay, So, first of all, Dettessie that thank you very
much for that. I'm loving what you're saying, and I
know we can all get behind the words right, we
believe in it. We're picking up what you're putting down.
And my follow up question that I want to go
into is listen. Although I agree with all of that,
we got to look at the world that we're in
because in this world, man, listen, it glorifies hustle. Why
(10:11):
did you focus to bet on peace.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
We can get more by being peaceful and nice and
kind and grateful than we can by going out there
and trying to get whatever we can from a situation.
Because how we treat others tell us a lot about
who we are. And if we treat others with respect
(10:35):
and we're responsible and we are humble, we're going to
have a lot more friends. A lot of people are
going to come to us because we have this love
to give and everybody needs that. So I think that
if you want to be rich and famous, the first
thing you need to do is be kind to people. Love,
(10:56):
be that person that everybody to trust. Everybody loves to watch,
everybody loves to listen to has something positive to share,
because that's what life is all about.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Rosy, listen the quotes that you selected in the book. There.
What I love about them is they're not just inspirational, right,
They're peered with specific piece keywords and people just accepted. Now,
peace is going to be a word you hear so
many times in this interview. You won't have any choice
but to be peaceful because it's going to be fresh
on your mind. I tell you that much. But you're
(11:32):
pairing it with these keywords. How did you match figures
like monumental figures like Gandhi or Roomy to each one
of these themes? Were there any quotes that surprised you
with their relevance?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
You went through many quotes. There are fifteen keywords for
piece in the book, keywords for doctor my Son Discaverrera,
psychiatrist from Gilbert is still in cube them and these
keywords for peace are part of everyday life. But people
like Martin Luther King and as you mentioned, Rooney, Albert Einstein,
(12:13):
Paolo Cello, they have quotes for example, Paul's quote on
tolerance is tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.
How about that, fearless people, compassion and tolerance. Martin Luther
King says love is the only force capable of transforming
(12:36):
an enemy into a friend. And that's what we need
to do, transform an enemy into a difference. Sometimes we
are our own worst enemies. And so many other great
thinkers are here in this weekly Past to Peace, and
we can meditate. There's a space below the quote and
(13:01):
the keywords where we can meditate. Write our own take
on the word. Write how we feel about love and
about giving love or forgiveness. Doctor Santo says that there
is no peace without forgiveness, and Martin Luther King said,
forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. Wow, forgiveness.
(13:29):
We need to forgive.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Absolutely, you need to forgive because there is a lot
of division happening. And we can dive down that rabbit hole.
But you all understand what I'm talking about. But I
tell you what you really need to do is you
need to pick up this book. I'm going to say
it again. It's Amazon, it's Barnes and Noble, most importantly
Angela dot com. Also check out camp one dot org. Again.
(13:53):
The book is entitled Weekly Path to Peace Journal and
Meditations for Peace. This is a book that you need
to add to your shelf. We've barely scratched the surface,
but you can already tell how monumental it is. The
impact that it's going to have on you and those
around you, it really is second to none. Pick up
your copies today and start on that journey, because I
(14:15):
promise you it is a catalyst for change in one
man one that you are going to I think it's
one of those it's one of those things where you
don't realize how badly you need it until you start,
because I get it, man like, we get so caught
up on the hamster wheel of life that a lot
of the chaos becomes normal after a while, and it
(14:37):
shouldn't be there. There's a lot to be said about
just that in and of itself, And I'm not going
to dive down the conspiracy rabbit hole at this time
as to why we're all so busy and we don't
take moments to just lit in peaceful states more often.
What I am going to say, is it something that
(14:59):
you're going to to benefit from immensely, and it starts
with this book. So head on over there and pick
up your copies today. That I see that my follow
up question that I want to go into, and you
mentioned at the precipice right at the onset of this book,
it was something that you utilized for yourself to help
you find peace in your life, and that's really what
(15:21):
birth the journal right and breaking it down into practical
steps that made it manageable for you. Let's talk about
that here for a second, because I do think that
there is often times, and just speaking for myself, but
I know a lot of people can relate as well.
Sometimes it's easier to digest certain pieces of information if
(15:42):
we're able to see it through another person's perspective. It
makes it a little bit easier to digest, right, like
not seeing it from our own particular viewpoint, but learning
through someone else's can make it a little bit more
manageable and safer to approach. So let's go there. We
don't necessarily need to go into specific circumstances of the
(16:04):
chaos that was happening in your life, but how was
this able to benefit you? Where there are certain out
of the fifteen keywords out of the steps found within it,
were there certain ones that really that you gravitated towards
more than others? And why were why were they so
(16:24):
important for you?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
That's a great question. I think seeing grateful and gratitude
with one of the strongest words out of the fifteen
for me, because when we are grateful, we feel full.
We don't have that wanting to grasp to bed, feeling
(16:47):
like we've been let down by the world, by the
whole story of ourselves, whatever that may be. We feel
like we have received, and we received so much every day,
just the sun coming out. We have to be grateful
for on a daily basis. We are being nurtured by
(17:12):
the whole universe, our planet Earth, and we need to
take care of it, and we need to take care
of our own bodies in our own minds. So this
helps us keep track of how we feel on a
daily basis, on a weekly basis, because every day I
can write down in this book how I feel about
any of these words or the word of the week,
(17:34):
because there's one word per week. But being grateful is
the one thing that I think I needed the most
in my life because I always felt that a lack
of this or that, especially a lack of opportunity to
become the artist in me. And I've just found that
(17:54):
there were so many roadblocks right keeping me from Hollywood.
And now I don't even want to go to Hollywood.
I don't even want to go to Hollywood anymore. I
know that I can make a difference just in the
life of myself, my children, in my community, and the
world by putting out conscious forms of art that will
(18:19):
eventually reach people and help them through their darkest knights
and every single day of their lives. Because when we
take the time to meditate and to see what we
have to do on a daily basis and weekly basis,
we set ourselves up for success instead of failure. We
(18:40):
set ourselves up for organization instead of chaos, because it
all starts in our minds and most important, helps us
practice these simple words. Because peace is not an ideal,
It is a daily practice that we must do in
(19:00):
order to actually feel grateful and to give justice, and
to find love and give love and receive love. So
it only helps us become unware of what we already
are bringing to the table and what we are lacking.
(19:21):
And I lacked gratitude. I felt the world is just
not fair to teachers. That's how I felt. Right now,
I overcame all that. I still think that teachers need
to have a greater place in society, autely because so
much depends on teachers.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
As someone who's had a very brief stint in education myself,
although I have a lot of representatives either in my
family or my close circle that are educators themselves, tennessee
that I'm going to be the first one to say
here through our network, teachers don't get nearly enough credit,
and they're not valued enough for the amount of hats
(20:02):
that they have to wear, for the responsibility that they
possess in molding minds of future generations. It really is
something that I find very unfortunate when we look at
how teachers are viewed, how educators are viewed, and really
how so many are left discouraged from pursuing careers in
(20:23):
education because of and listen, this is this is just
this notion in itself is a very layered and nuanced conversation,
So it's not something to just tie into a closing statement,
But I'm going to put it in there and say,
a teachers damn sure don't get paid enough. So that's
a problem. But like you mentioned, and like I was
hinting towards, they're so undervalued because the responsibility that they
(20:48):
have is immense. Teachers should really they should possess salaries
like the highest paid lawyers or the highest paid doctors
in the country because the responsibilities that they have on
their plate are equal to them. And unfortunately it's just
not treated in the same way. And listen, there's so
(21:09):
much to be said. And I don't want to make
this political because this is not a political podcast and
this is not the place for it, but just as
a notion when we see what is happening currently in
twenty twenty five America. Again, not to make a political people,
I don't care what your political views are. But when
you look at the money that we have in government,
(21:31):
we look at where certain investments are being made and
where the money is being allocated, where you have billions
of dollars being invested in certain industries, and then you
look at the education industry in this country and how
money is being depleted from it, not invested in, taken away.
This man, there's a problem there, And like I said,
(21:53):
we can have that discussion in much much more detail
in another time. There is an issue with that. I
want to make sure that I quickly point out my
appreciation for educators because at least through people of distinction,
we recognize it, we value it, and listen, man, it
is a tough job. So that is either thank you
(22:14):
for bringing that up, and I want to make sure
that I point out the fact that I truly am
impressed by the education that you have done. But also
whether you're in the classroom or not, the education doesn't stop, right,
so you're still an educator through and for the work
that you're going to continue to do. Man, we appreciate
it wholeheartedly. Okay, thank you, Carl.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
That is my goal to educate the public through entertaining
but intentionally conscious works of art, whether it's a book
or a film. I think that media is the most
(22:56):
important thing in the world. Media we create culture nowadays, right,
media has an important responsibility to enhance people's consciousness, not
just to bring us the bad news, but also joe
us ways in which we can create community and build
(23:21):
peace from the inside out. This is also not being
taught in schools and the arts are being put outside.
Actually the arts are the ones that make us more peaceful, happier,
more grateful because when we create arts, we are actually
(23:43):
showing our consciousness. That's who we are. And consciousness has
no limits, no limits of peace, no limits of love,
no limits to forgive. Because we have a higher consciousness,
we understand that everything has a remedy. I don't need
(24:06):
to hate my brothers and sisters in Cuba because they
follow or they are a communist country and we had
a war and my family are to flee. I don't
hold on to grudges, and that's one of the reasons
why I created this workbook, is to show that if
(24:31):
not just peace right here, it's peace with those that
we consider enemies. We can turn them into friends. We
don't need to fight. We don't with weapons of destructure.
We need to fight with weapons of peace, understanding dialogue.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
The world will be a better place that as we
close out of here. I'm really curious tell us more
about your non pa profit camp.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
At camp, we offer a peace talk and workshop that
you can book us for and we show you how
to use keywords for peace and weekly Path to Peace
journal to practice peace through a short meditation on one
of the keywords and through a quick conscious art expressive
(25:29):
activity that really breaks the eyes and puts people into
the peace moods right away. It's great to see on
a small group. For larger groups, but it has to
be a workshop because we're going to do art however
we want with one of these keywords, how would you
(25:53):
make skids? For example, forgiveness or tolerance? What would you mind?
The word humil? So it's funny and fun to see
people use these keywords through conscious arts. That's what conscious
art is about. So people immediately understand the meaning of
(26:14):
conscious arts is when you do our intentionally for a purpose,
and the purpose is peace, the purpose is empathy, gratitude,
et cetera. And then to also meditate on this word
for two minutes. Whatever word I choose, I usually choose
(26:36):
forgiveness because that's the one we have the hardest part
to perform. We don't forgive very easily. My family has
not forgiven the revolution after sixty five years. I was
born with the revolution, and after sixty five years, we're
(26:56):
still saying those whatever and those whatever, and I'm not
doing business with them, and this and that. And the
people in Cuba are hungry. They would have already shed
whatever was keeping them behind if we had acted with
more dialogue, if we would open up, they would open
(27:17):
up as well. So that's what I'm trying to do.
I'm trying to not just bring Path to Peace to
people individually, but I'm also trying to help them forgive
whatever it is in their lives that they need to forgive,
because that's what's going to make a difference not only
(27:40):
to them, but to the people that they're holding grudges against.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Absolutely, because and there's so many other questions that I have,
there is a much larger discussion here to be had.
I love what she is saying, and I think that
there is no better way to close out then with
the message like that. Man, Listen, I'm gonna say it again.
It's Amazon, It's Barnes and Noble, It's Angela Theraga dot com,
(28:04):
It's camp one dot org. The book is entitled Weekly
Path to Peace Journal and Meditations for Peace. Head on
over there, pick up your copies today. Man, make sure
you're getting the newest edition, right you want to get
the one that has been released in twenty twenty five,
And I promise you it makes all the difference as
we close out. Man, I'm gonna leave with this because
(28:27):
there have been so many phenomenal pieces of wisdom that
have been displayed here today. But things that I'm taking
from all of this, and I know you are as well,
is peace. Piece. Isn't something we just have been to fined, right,
It's something that It's something we cultivate, one intentional week
at a time. Right. So yeah, if you are all out,
(28:50):
if you take one thing from today, take away a
simple way to practice gratitude while using this book, maybe
by peering a weekly goal with a moment of thanks.
Right when we plan with purpin, we pause with ratitude. People,
(29:10):
Trust me, man, that's where true transformation begins. Find this book,
add it to yourself, get it as a gift for
someone else, and hopefully, one key word at a time,
we start to shape. We start to shape a more empathetic,
a more peaceful future for all of us, because this
(29:32):
book has the power to do just that. So pick
up your copies. That is, see that this has been
a true honor. I really do mean that. Thank you
for the wonderful words of wisdom that you've been able
to display in this book. But more importantly, thank you
for being here with us to discuss it through people
of distinction.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
It's been great, and you have such a great voice.
It's so sexy. I'm start the bo
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