094 with 1/3 Billionaire John Lefebvre - Acid, Intellect, Money, and Morality

The Junkyard Love Podcast

Facts about John: - He’s given over $50 million to charity - Spent time in prison - rose from dirt poor to be a 1/3 of a billionaire - Singer/Songwriter who recorded with Grammy Winning Producers - Written two books - Lawyer, Environmentalist, Philanthropist, Taxi-Driver John Lefebvre is a poetically and externally successful man with a checkered past - he’s been a taxi driver, a lawyer, a convict, an activist, a third of a billionaire, a musician, an author, an environmentalist, a philanthropist, and more. This multi-millionaire jailbird owned 27 percent of “The PayPal of online gambling”, he’s worked with Grammy-winning music producers and he co-founded “DeSmog.com”, a blog dedicated to exposing climate misinformation campaigns John was a delight to speak with and we had a very interesting conversation with great responses and perspectives on every subject we roll through. He and I discuss some of the thoughts expressed in his books, generosity, wealth, perspectives of the mass, gratitude, success, ego, knowledge, sovereignty, transcendental meditation, marijuana, taxes, banks, freedom, government, the selfish wealthy, LSD, being wealthy, some exerts from John's recent book, glimpses of enlightenment, meaning, finding purpose, and enjoying the planet to save it. ‘With a multitude of unique experiences and insights, Johns mission is to use his stories and philosophies to help make the world a better place. He believes change starts now and wants to give the opportunity for others to learn from his experiences and live more fulfilling lives. John hopes to have people realize that there is no use in complaining, recognize how screwed up things may be, and identify how to move towards a brighter future for all of humanity.’ Enjoy the convo and check out more of Johns's Work on his website here - https://www.johnlefebvre.com/ Pickup his most recent book here (also on audible!) - https://www.amazon.ca/Alls-Well-Where-Thou-Earth/dp/0995904200/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Books mentioned: 'The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name' by Brian C. Muraresku, Some quotes from John amidst our convo: "Kids, don't drop acid until you're ready to be troubled" “Hoarding is the wanking of wealth” “The making love of wealth is the sharing of it” “When we’re generous with people they don’t bust our balls” “Here’s the difficult part of my theory Jacob: we have to use force.” “The thing that is the most precious to me in my whole life has fallen into my lap, no more than it has into everybody’s, and that thing is: being a conscious being in the universe.” “Be still, yet still be.” “Get out there and show some people some great music and then get back to work” (Full video available on YouTube) (Recorded 9/16/21)