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This content explores the concepts of meaning, purpose, and motivation, particularly in relation to alleviating suffering (dukkha). It argues that true fulfillment and the ability to navigate life's challenges stem not from external validation or fleeting pleasures, but from cultivating inner harmony through consistent, purposeful action (Dharma) and ultimately transcending the limitations of the mind.

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chat welcome to another healthy gamer G

stream my name is Dr Alo kenoa just a a

reminder that although I am a doctor

nothing we discuss on stream today is

intended to be taken as medical advice

everything is for educational or

entertainment purposes only if yall have

a concern or question please go see a licensed

licensed professional

professional okay

okay

so I am super excited to be streaming

today I haven't been this hyped about

streaming I don't know since since when

I don't know so today we are going to be

talking about purpose motivation and uh

something else I don't I don't remember

what meaning purpose and motivation okay

so here's what makes me excited so today

we are not going to pull punches right

stream I have to be like

compassionate and I have to be like oh

my God your life is so hard oh my God

but today we're going to like we're

going to tell it how it is like so this

may be a slightly more based stream than

usual um and so so the other thing is

like in this community people are

getting like more knowledgeable and

we're learning some of the basics so

like we're going to actually explain

like what I think the right answers are

and the challenge with explaining the

right answers is that sometimes the

right answers make people feel bad right

like it it's kind

of you know like so sometimes there's

like a there's like a right way to do

things and a wrong way to do things and

but sometimes the right way to do things

is it it can be bruising for the

ego and so I'm not I'm not saying I'm

going to be an [ __ ] today but we're

going to like if you guys want like if

yall have real questions and you want

real answers that's what we're going to

do today so there are a couple things

that we're going to talk about in

relation to that the first is that today

I'm going to include a few Easter eggs

okay so over the course of today's

stream I was thinking about some like

what we're going to talk about and what

I'm actually going to do is include

somewhere between probably two and four

Easter eggs which if you are paying

attention to you will pick up these are

Easter eggs that are going to be about

the way that your mind functions so I'm

going to teach yall four lessons about

what the mind the way that the Mind

functions and four ways that if you are

not careful your mind will lead to incorrect

incorrect

conclusions but I won't say this is

lesson number one this is lesson number

two this is lesson number three this is

a little bit more so we're going to

answer like a question and there'll be a

little nugget of knowledge in there for

people who are paying attention and if

you really want to like put get your

[ __ ] together you have to have a mind

that functions well okay so if yall pay

attention you'll pick these up if you

miss it it's not a big deal okay

okay

so Okay we okay with that so we're going

to be looking at a couple of posts from

across L Reddit um but before we dive

into that a couple things first of all

are there palor enjoyers so in in in the

vein of Easter eggs maybe it's because I

I downloaded pal World across the

weekend um or over the weekend but like

are there are there pal World enjoyers

um yeah yes

no yes okay um so if there are you know

it I can't tell if the game is good or

is like is going to turn

into so there there's a part of me

that's afraid that it's going to turn

into some microtransaction [ __ ] hell

okay but let me let me tell youall you

know why I love pal

world so I think for a long time the

Pokemon franchise has had a monopoly on

this kind of gameplay and I think this

this may be kind of a unfortunate take

but I I think what I've disliked about

Pokemon is since they've had a monopoly

on this kind of gameplay and Pokemon has

become synonymous with this sort of

catching sort of thing their games have

decreased in quality like they've gotten

like worse and worse and worse and

that's because they've got no competitor

in the space so I'm thrilled that pal

world is doing well and my hope is that

the Pokemon franch

will get their [ __ ] together and

actually start making good games because

I'm sure that they're they're panicking

over there that there's this game that

is come out which has basically taken

the idea of Pokemon but like actually

made a good game out of

it um you know and it's not that like I

like Pokemon like I got my kids a

Pokemon game I got them Pokemon arus

because I wanted to play Pokemon I

thought this was great but the game is

like it's so trash on so many levels

like it's a really fun game in some ways

but there's just like the attention to

detail with like interface problems and

like you can't skip dialogue and like

all this kind of stuff like the graphics

are junk and it you know in pal world

it's like it's pretty cool like I I

built this harness and then I got

attacked by the who are these guys I

love it the the the pal resistance

Freedom Movement or some [ __ ] so I got

and it was all buggy as hell and it's

it's kind of like a even power world is

kind of like a there's like some stuff

about it that's trash right it's early

access so I guess that's okay but it

it's kind of fun to run around and catch

things and and you know we'll we'll see

how it goes like but there's a part of

me that really hopes that they don't

turn it into this microtransaction hell

where it's like okay to get the highest

level sphere and do this or some grindy

[ __ ] show which I I'm not a fan of um

but anyway it's kind of you know it's

kind of

whatever um Okay so in relation to other

things uh so it so I wrote a book I

don't know if you guys know this so I

wrote a book and the book is actually

for your mom so uh I wrote a book called

how to raise a healthy gamer which may

confuse a lot of people because like

maybe y' all don't have kids maybe I'll

do so the first thing is that people are

very surprised to discover that I was

surprised to discover that the average

age of our audience is 32 and we have

people in their 60s and 70s that watch

our content which is like wild right so

people like my my mom um

and so the reason that I wrote a book

about how to raise kids is because when

I was sort of thinking about why does

this community exists in the first place

like if I could go back in time and what

would I do if I could go back in time

like 40 years what I would actually do

is write a book about parenting because

I think the problem with with my

upbringing is not that my parents were

bad they were great they're wonderful

parents but they were just outgunned

they're outgunned by like technology

because they don't know how to deal with

it so so I know it's kind of weird that

it's kind of like not our quote unquote

target audience which people were

telling me and they're like oh you know

write a book for your community don't

worry all those are coming the next two

books are going to be for y'all and I've

already I started working on those about

a year ago but the reason I wrote this

one first is because when I think about

this community the most important thing

is if I could go back in time and help

your parents that is actually the way

that I would help you the most

and so what I'm thinking about is not

just y'all but the kids who are 6 9 12

15 18 right now we're getting into our

community and what their parents need to

understand to protect their kids from the

the

invasive stuff in technology okay so if

y'all have kids definitely check out the

book um it's actually for the next 48

hours there's a 25% discount for members

at Barnes & Noble so it's how to raise a

healthy gamer so you know if yall are

interested in supporting the work that

we do it's a very very good book um

there are a couple of other things so

you can also get the book for your

parents right so if you find if you're

like a gamer or you're someone who like

uses technology and your parents are

like man like stop using the technology

like oh my

God like the social media is ruining you

and you're like yeah but see here's the

problem is that if you have a problem

with technology and your parents are

writing your ass on it

you can't ever and you know you have a

problem you can't ever admit that it's

causing you a problem because if you

ever admit yeah this is like causing

problems in my life you give them ammo

they're like see I told you I was right

all along I look I told you games are

not good they're ruining your mind

you're going to ruin it ruin it ruining

it and then you can't ever so then

you're [ __ ] stuck holding this

defensible position of yeah no it's not

that big of a problem that's what

happened with me I knew I was [ __ ] up

my life but if I ever told my parents if

I ever admitted it to them that that

gives them license to take it away it

empowers their position and it weakens

mine so if y'all are in this situation

get your parents this book because what

we try to do is teach parents like

communication skills so the other thing

that I think this book would be useful

for is so there's a big part about

communication skills in this book that's

really what a central part is about so

if y'all are interested in develop in

communication skills in terms of your

relationships if you have a loved one

who's got a problem with like video game

addiction or you have a loved one who's

like got problems with mental health or

whatever if you have people in your life

that you have difficulty communicating

with the book will help for that right

so it assumes a context of parent child

relationship but the stuff in the book

like applies to just about any

relationship so these are a lot of the

techniques that I use when I'm I'm kind

of raising my own kids they're also

techniques that we've used uh in we've

got like studies that are running right

now about like the efficacy of these

techniques and stuff that looks pretty

good but it's also stuff that like I'll

use in my marriage it's just about the

fundamentals of and this is kind of what

the book is about is like this is how

you form an alliance with someone so

that the two of y'all are on the same

page instead of being

antagonistic and then this is how you

communicate with them to like sort of

understand them help them out and things

like that and then there's a section on

Boundary setting which is is really

designed for more of the parent child

relationship but can be applied can be adapted

adapted

some so and and maybe if I mean if

enough people get it and then y'all

really want us to maybe what we can do

is consider like adapting a portion to

different kinds of

relationships um so if yall are

interested at all highly recommend it

you know I think it's like the reason we

wrote it is because we think it's pretty

good um and it certainly helps us out so

y'all can there's a 25% uh

discount off of all pre-orders at Barnes

& Noble for a period of 48 Hours okay

next thing that I wanted to talk to you

about before we dive in is on Friday we

streamed with Dr thorderson I'm just

curious what y'all thought about

that the title of the book is how to

um what do y'all think uh

uh um

um okay did y'all catch the stream with Dr

thorderson it's it's getting released in

March there's a pre-order there's a

pre-order sale right

now okay so someone was saying it's

awesome it was amazing uh there will be

an audio version of the book I will be

um more spirituality PLS okay we're

going to get into that

today I liked the stream a lot okay so

some some people are saying it was okay

so so let me ask youall what do you

better okay so I need more depth thank

much caught it but couldn't finish it

okay I think she should have been

involved in the Reddit analysis great

um do the in recording with the accent I

don't know if my publisher is penguin

random house I don't know if my

publisher would be okay with that would like

okay let her talk longer okay cool all

right so so here's the here's okay so

that's cool so we're going to pass that

feedback along so by the way so we got

some feedback already and the feedback

is overwhelmingly positive

um but we think that there are things

that we could do better so I think a lot

of people liked it and um I think she's

fantastic and so uh it's actually really

interesting how I and we'll talk about

how we found her later gruy actually

found her at the American Psychiatric

association National Conference and

everyone there was like sipping some

Kool-Aid and she was like y'all are

doing it wrong like this is crazy like

this does mental health does not need to

be this particular way so she's quite

revolutionary in a lot of her ideas and

she's quite based and so gruy was like

this is a based take and so she really

liked it and so she like introduced

herself afterwards and and she's awesome

so okay so we're we're trying to we'll

see if she's willing to come on again um

and then we also want to think a little

bit about how we can help y'all more

okay okay audio issues yeah we're

working on that don't worry about it

chat all right so let's get to stuff

what do y'all say

say

okay let's see if my things are right

all right so this is what I'm going to

do do

first what we're actually going to do is

we're going to just take a quick look at

the posts okay and then once we look at

all of the posts the titles then we'll

kind of go through them in detail okay

so oh my

God see if does this work yes thank God all

all

right change my mind Dharma or Duty

ikigai Jihad whatever you want to call

it as the solution for duka suffering is

just huffing copium in Disguise so we're

going to talk about this is this whole

concept of finding meaning or purpose or

whatever just like some gigantic source of

copium okay number two I can't find

meaning meaning in life I feel that I'm

slowly becoming a nihilist I have no

friends no family nothing to live for

the for the sake of it don't get me

wrong I'm not sad or depressed I'm not

trying to lay out a sob story but I fail

to understand the point of this money

fame or even virtue why does it

matter like I'm not even 20 and I feel

like I'm I've live to 60 okay bored of

life does anyone else struggle to find

meaning in life right so now we're even

talking about okay I have great friends

I have a solid job I like my co-workers

I have a good social life but I struggle

to find any meaning in

life and then here's one so why should I

live if I don't want to

right interesting question I already

know everything I should do but nothing

compels me to want to do them how do I

move myself forward in life if nothing

feels exciting or rewarding enough to do

it all right

so these are the

topics and Y y'all will notice that

these are sort of related right so we're

swimming around this concept of like

what the

[ __ ] are we doing in life like what's

the point where does the motivation come

from where does the purpose come from

like where like how what about what I

want to do what I should do what is

dopamine have to do it is there some

bigger picture is this all just some

kind of like scam right religion is the

opiate of the masses it's all just

copium I'm depressed I'm not depressed I

don't know what I'm doing I'm doing

everything right but my life feels empty

we're going to deal with all of it and

we're going to tackle all of these

different things okay so let's start with

with

so the other thing by the way is if

y'all are

new so here's a here's a criticism that

I've been getting recently so which is

that like stop talking about the same

crap over and over and over again Dr K

so that's fine so I'm going to assume

we're going to do a very quick kind of

recap of core things that we've

discussed in the past but one of the

things that we're going to do today is

like I'm not going to explain the basics

I'm going to assume that y'all know the

basics okay so if y'all don't understand

what I'm talking about

I apologize go watch something else we

have resource packs and stuff that y'all

can access that will teach yall some of

the basics okay

so let's start are y'all ready

okay okay change my mind Dharma Duty

ikigai Jihad whatever you want to call

it as the solution for duar suffering is

just huffing copium in disguise I

anticipate encountering the rebottle

of no true Scotsman that I simply

haven't discovered my true unique Dharma

yet and that I will happily tolerate any

suffering for I don't believe there's

copium strong enough to Huff that's

worth the unavoidable pain of life

there's arguably an easier rebuttal of

this is a problem only you have but

let's walk around that for

now so the first thing is that I think

what this person is talking about so

let's just dispense with this right away

so that you know if someone says okay

Dharma Dharma which is the Sanskrit word

for Duty and we'll get to why it's not really

really

Duty they'll say like okay like if you

don't believe that your Dharma can

alleviate suffering that's because you

haven't found your real Dharma yet and

it's just until you find your real

Dharma then that's your problem right

you're not trying hard enough so this is

an argument that I think is like a

pretty good argument uh that we have to

be careful of

so I think that like let's just talk

about this for a second so like I have a

problem with this argument too so I I

think I agree with this person's

argument that's what I mean so there's

like you know when I was like starting

my spiritual journey I would talk to

people about things like prayer right so

like prayer never worked for me and I

had people tell me like yeah that's just

because you're not praying hard enough

right like the problem is that you're

not doing it right it's not that we're

wrong and praying and believing in God

will absolutely God bhagan God will fix

all of your problems you just put it to

God and I'm like I put my problems with

God and nothing [ __ ] changes they

like that's because you're not praying

hard enough you're you have to have more

belief more faith no it's not that this

organism that we have no scientific

proof for you can talk to it let not

talk to you let's all this kind of stuff

like okay you can argue that there is

proof whatever I'm not trying to say

religion it is not that this being in

the sky this Flying Spaghetti Monster is

that is not wrong you are wrong you are

not playing praying good enough right

and when we talk talk about Dharma the

same thing happens a lot of people will

say like oh yeah like the reason that

you think that Dharma doesn't work is

because you didn't find it yet okay so

I'm with you there but that's not what

we're going to do okay don't worry about

it so let's get back to it if I had both

Dara duka on a set of scales the duka

might as well be something very dense

like a black hole I personally don't

care to work and suffer for more for

Dharma and not even to save not even to

save to attempt to save Humanity from

the unavoidable duka of existence there

are countless worthy altruistic causes

available I not burnt out already with

basic existence and I'm not interested

in additional labor so like just F this

whole thing right like it's just not

worth it there's nothing so valuable

that I would want to go through what I

have lived and suffered so far and

that's before we even account for future

suffering so there's nothing that I can perceive

perceive

that makes the [ __ ] life that I've lived

worth it and it doesn't even have to be

[ __ ] right doesn't have to be very very

bad it can just be an average life but

it's still not worth it I can agree with

Eastern Buddhist schools of thought when

it comes to suffering and perhaps

attachment however they couldn't commit

to the rational conclusions okay so now

we have to be a little bit

careful because if we think someone else

is not willing to commit to rational

conclusions we got to be super careful

about that right so the mind is really

tricky it says oh yeah this is the

rational conclusion but others are not

willing to commit to it it's not that

they're the the problem is that they're

not willing to commit it's not that they

are right and I am wrong they just can't

face the truth the way that I can right

if I explain I expect I would be banned

oo but Savvy readers who know no oh very

okay so if you're in the no you're in

the no and they're the people who are

the Enlighten ones who know and then we

get we get oh my God we get cancelled if

we speak it out loud because is secret

truth be oh okay however cycles of

reincarnation conveniently exist oh my

God they're so convenient I don't

believe in it I'm not enlightened enough

to have encountered the alleged evidence

of it and one life is already an

experience I could have done without and

that the only exit to transcend through

Nirvana and supporting monasteries I

don't know where this comes from but

okay sure we'll talk talk about Nirvana

and stuff later okay if the school of

thought of thought religion didn't

perpetuate itself then they wouldn't

continue to exist this true I I don't

know if I I I don't know if I agree with

that but we'll so let's just dispense

with this for a second okay I'm not

saying I'm right or wrong there's just a

different perspective so if you look at

some of

the perspectives from the karmic

religions okay it's not so see if

something is true you don't need a self-perpetuating

self-perpetuating

thing to keep it going so something that

is true will be discovered and

rediscovered even if all of the

monasteries fall apart someone else if

something is true right so if we had

this apocalyptic if we had this

apocalypse that happened and we got sent

back to the Stone Age as the human race

we would still discover gravity we would

still discover electricity we would

still discover all the same stuff if

it's true we don't need a lineage to

perpetuate what is true okay I've talked

with psychotherapists and heard varying

ranging responses ranging from agreement

to disagreement on Dharma as the

solution to dukka but what are others

thoughts on the matter sorry for the

walls of text I'll check back later on

this post if I remember okay thanks for

the insights I'll ruminate over whether

or not letting go of all attachments is

a pic Victory and investigate the

differences between dis disassociation

and being free of all attachments so

first of all I love this post okay and

the stuff that I argued against in the

middle that's not actually what want to

talk about I'm just sort of pointing out

I'm not going to address those things

but it just because I'm not addressing

it doesn't mean that I agree with it

there's a different perspective okay so

if we want to understand this what we

really have to do is start by

understanding these

terms so there is a huge problem when it

comes to

spirituality which is

that a lot of people think they

understand spirituality but they don't

really understand spirituality now this

can't be the the no true Scotsman

argument right so this is Dr K saying oh

you don't really understand spirituality

that's why you misunderstand things if

you really understood the real

spirituality then you would understand

what we're talking about so I'm not

saying that I'm right but let let me

explain this

okay so right now let's try to

understand the

dissemination of these Concepts like

Dharma and dka how are these Concepts

taught how do people learn about them so

we learn about them usually through

things like people random d masses like

myself or on the Internet speaking about

these Concepts or you read some

best-selling book right where someone

talks about this or you watch lectures

or you listen to podcasts or whatever so

the way that we learn about things like

dka are through easily disseminable

materials and the goal of all of these

materials is to be easy to disseminate

so when we make a YouTube video or we

stream on Twitch or whatever right one

of our goals is that we want people to

be able to understand it so we transmute

we transmute the knowledge into being easily

easily

accessible okay now this is a huge

problem because originally these

Concepts were not taught intellectually

these Concepts were taught in tandem with

with

practices so this is like night and day

so I'm going to give you all an example

if I want to teach yall about swimming I

can write a book about swimming I can

make a YouTube video about swimming I

can make a twitch stream about swimming

I can do all kinds of stuff about

swimming but if we look at how do we

actually learn how to swim we have to

get into the water at some point so the

biggest reason why there is a

misunderstanding of these Concepts is

because these Concepts were originally

taught in conjunction with practices and

we would take kids that were about eight

or n years old we would send them to an

asham or a monastery where they would

have daily meditative practices in which

this philosophical angle was combined

there is an experiential component a

practice component along with the

intellectual or philosophical component

and when you combine these two things

then you understand it but that's not

what we have today right so what we have

today is people writing books where the

intellectual mind reads it and then we

try to make it accessible to the

intellectual mind right so we don't

include any experiential knowledge

because if you include any experiential

knowledge the intellectual mind won't

understand it so we are a society that

is learning spirituality the way that

some people learn about sex through

watching pornography I'm going to watch

this porn over and over and over again

and then eventually I the more I learn

the more I educate myself the better I

will get at sex this is what's happening

in with spirituality in our current

existence because everyone wants to sell

books and if I say things that people

don't understand then no one will buy

the book so instead what I do is I take

all the stuff that's true that's based

on experience and I remove it from my

explanation so today what we're going to

do is add what is missing from this

understanding okay does that make sense

do you all have questions about

that you all get this so like the

experience comes with the knowledge and

now all we're doing is we're sending 50%

of it along and we're leaving out the

rest of it

okay so now let's understand some of these

these

Concepts okay so first thing is let's

understand the relationship between

dukka and Dharma and in order to

understand the relationship between

dukka and Dharma we have to understand

what duka truly means so the other

problem that we run into is that these

words are translated as English words

and then we think we understand what

they mean and this is another problem

that the mind has is when the Mind gains

an intellectual understanding of

something it believes that it

understands it right so if you spend

time on the internet you will find this

all over the place where someone hasn't

done something but they dismiss it

because the mind understands it this

won't work for me this works for you

this doesn't really work that doesn't

work here's the reasons why it doesn't

work the mind doesn't actually have

experience it has a intellectual

understanding and it believes that its

logic is correct okay so we have to be

super careful about that so let's

understand the word

duah so what does duka mean

comes from the word d which means

bad and C which means empty Spa uh

means

space so literally what lka is is empty

space or bad space okay it is it is a

bad space it is space where space does not

not

belong okay so if yall want to

understand really Whata is if you've

ever been to a restaurant and you've sat

at a table that is wobbly right there's

the wobbly

table there is a space where it does not

belong right there's some like this is

like this is the floor this is where the

table should be but instead there's some

Gap and in this Gap in this this is the

bad space this is the space where

wobbliness happens and so if we look at like

anything um if so if we look at sort of

like the nature of duka duka is

basically like space where it doesn't

belong or a bad space so I'll give you

all like a simple example of a couple of

other simple examples of duka so let's

say I eat a slice of pizza now this the

slice of pizza is supposed to bring me

joy right like I want to eat a slice of

pizza I'm really hungry it looks

delicious it smells delicious but the

moment that I take a slice of pizza I

feel guilty I'm like man like I should

have eaten a salad I shouldn't eat this

so even in pleasurable things instead of

us being able to have this experience of

pizza which is supposed to be full of

pleasure that's why we ordered it in the

first place there's actually this little

space over

here where there's like

guilt this is

duka and our whole life is designed to

get away from dka so even things like

altruism right so if we look at someone

like a soldier who dies for their

country so someone who dies from their

country is also trying to move away from

duka because it for this person the

ideal of the country is greater than

themselves right so like even as we

engage in negative things we're still

trying to get rid of this like emptiness

within us we're always trying to get rid

of emptiness within us there's a great

book called in the realm of hungry

ghosts by Gabor mate in which he talks

about addiction as an attempt to fill up

the void within us we feel empty on the

inside and so we go in looking for

things to fill the emptiness another

very simple example of dka is

boredom so when there is some when

there's boredom nothing for the mind to

think about I'm looking to fill the mind

with something let me play something fun

let me watch something fun let me do

something let me do let me fill up this

emptiness this emptiness feels bad this

is bad space this is what dka is now

let's talk about

Dharma so Dharma gets loose L translated

as duty but that's not really what it is

okay so if we talk about Dharma what

does Dharma mean the root of the word

Dharma is d and d means

support or

constant okay so to act in accordance so

this is kind of how this works all right

so what is Dharma so if you look at the

world you'll find that there's all kinds of

circumstances and the circumstances will

always change and so if you're trying to

figure out how do I live in this world

like your circumstances change every

single day there's different kinds of

people different kinds of personalities

different kinds of socioeconomic status

so what's the right answer we have no

idea because everyone's an individual so

as people sat down and explored this

they realized there are some constants in

life and as you start building a life

based on constants things will go better

for you so one way that I think about Dharma

Dharma

is Dharma is about

Harmony to live in a way that is

harmonious so this is also something

that the Greek philosophers I I think it

was Greek philosophers so they came up

with this concept of

TS which is like I think the purpose or

virtue or something I'm a bit Rusty on

this stuff so they kind of said like

okay what is what is the difference

between a good chair and a bad chair

does the object fulfill its purpose so a

chair is designed to sit on so if a

chair can support someone's weight it is

fulfilling its T Lo and this makes it

virtuous what's the purpose of a table

to be able to hold stuff up what's the

purpose of a plant to be able to provide

shade or fruit or whatever right so that

made these very simple observations that

there's like a certain way that objects

are supposed to be things are supposed

to be and when they fulfill that purpose

that this makes them good and virtuous

this is the purpose of

something now let's talk about Dharma so

the first thing to understand is Dharma

is about constancy so when we say

support we don't what we mean is like

support is in the thing that holds other

things up this is what Dharma truly is

okay so Dharma is like the way that we

let me think about this

um okay well pause there all

right so let's talk about the

relationship between

Dharma and

suffering now that we've understood what

these two things are okay so this person

says okay Dharma is a copium it's copium

right it's just something that people

it's so if we think about what is copium

copium is like basically a false thing

that people kind of choose to believe

that alleviates their suffering in some

way so there are a couple of things to

understand if we really look at the

sunkit literature the path to happiness

or the alleviation of dukka actually has four

four steps

steps Dharma

Dharma ARA

ARA

K and

Moka so already in a sense this person is

correct that Dharma doesn't

fix duka it's one of the four pieces

that fixes duka so this is Dharma which

is roughly translated as Duty and then

ARA's wealth

GMA is

pleasure and Moka is

Liberation so if you want to be free

from du these are the four things that

will alleviate look in some

capacity so let's run through them okay

and then we'll get to Dharma last so we

know so even the yogis sort of figured

out that all right so like if we look at

the world today like what's the problem

in the world today like half the

problems of half the people or maybe

half the problems of 90% of people on

the planet could be solved with wealth

right I think this is like we kind of

know this that we have a mental health

crisis which is really rooted in an

economic crisis so the amount and and

this this by the way is like something

that we don't quite we don't quite

acknowledge so everyone talks about like

the Boomers right the Boomers talk about

how like Millennials and gen Z are like

ruining everything and you see all these

articles like oh my god like people

aren't having babies and I recently

heard that like Vladimir Putin was

pleading with Russian women to have

seventh or eighth children I also have

heard you know I've read articles about

this I don't know if it's true or not

that China is starting a policy well

they they are subsidizing people to have

kids and then we have all these like

Doomsday articles like Millennials

aren't buying houses Millennials aren't

having kids oh my God Millennials are so

lazy genz is so lazy everybody's so lazy

no this is wrong gen Z Millennials we

are actually like the best generation on

the planet

like from an objective standpoint let's

understand why we're the hardest working

right so we work harder than any

generation above us we work more hours

and yet we get less for it we have

inherited a world that has gone to [ __ ]

so what's happened this is important to

understand so human beings used to

struggle and then we developed

technology and for a while as we

developed technology technology just

gave us a net benefit in society the

goods of Technology outweighed the bads

so these things like pollution didn't

really bother us too much because the

world was like generally speaking like

there wasn't too much tech there wasn't

too much pollution and so we increased

efficiency things got better and better

and better and better and better so what

happened is we had a a hundred years of

human beings being able

oh okay we had a group of human beings

who for 100 years had technological

advancements that could supplement the

half assness of their

efforts and now what's happened is

technology has caught up with us

technology no longer rapidly improves

our situation in fact technology is

starting to be harmful we've developed

such a beast that is now hurting our mental

mental

health and we are the first generation

that is dealing with this

problem so it's not that we're doing a

bad job we're actually doing an awesome

job it's just that we were playing this

game with a handicap in our favor right

so the the that doesn't make sense we're

playing this game with an advantage

right we're playing in tutorial mode

with no perade death and now this is

starting to catch up to

us and so everyone is panicking because

the systems that used to work are no

longer working why are they no longer

working because there was some

artificial thing that was propping this

stuff up and now it doesn't work

anymore okay so we're not lazy but

anyway going back to what we're talking

about so if we go back to duka

oh sorry so if we go back to

duka ARA is one of the things that will

alleviate suffering okay so this is

something that the yogis figured out the

second thing that they noticed alleviate

suffering is GMA so pleasure alleviate

suffering to some degree so even when

we're talking about the pizza so if we

sort of think about I'm hungry and I

want pizza look at all of this dka and

then I eat the

pizza and it doesn't fix the problem but

at least it gets get rid of at 50% right

like now I have the guilt over here but

at least I feel full I no longer have

the hunger I have some degree of

pleasure dopamine whatever so this alleviates

alleviates

dka Dharma alleviates dka as well so

this is important to understand it's not

that one of these things

fixes in fact the whole point the reason

they came up with four is because you

need all four or arguably just Moka but

we'll get to that in a second and so the

way to alleviate suffering is some

amount of like wealth

right so you have to have some security

you can't be hungry all the time or

thirsty all the time or wet or cold all

the time you need some degree of

pleasure like let's enjoy our cup of

coffee let's let's go on vacation like

these are all things that alleviate

suffering obviously right but we don't

sort of think about it that way the

problem is that in our modern

society we only focus on these two so

everyone's like oh my God like let's be

Alpha bro like I'm make money I'm I'm

I'm a [ __ ] ladies or dudes I'm a [ __ ]

everything that moves like let's go bro

like I'mma buy a fancy car I'm go to I'm

going to f first class I'm going to go

to watch like oh my God like let's make

that money I'm a side hustle I'm going

to hustle my side hustle oh my God like

let's go bro and we have a society that

glorifies this and yet if you look at

these people right like if you look at

these people who are like very

successful are they

do they behave like contented

individuals or are they getting into

stupid fights with random ass people on

the internet because they're so [ __ ]

insecure that they can't tolerate any

kind of criticism from a stranger who

they're never going to meet you have

millions of dollars and yet you have to

pick a fight with someone on the

internet like

what how are you not content clearly

you're not content because then you have

a silent majority of people in the world

who are relatively intent or maybe

silent minority and what how do they

spend they just don't spend their time

arguing with dumb asses on Twitter right

this is

insufficient why do we get caught up in

this because we know that from this part

right so if this is if this is the

circle of

duah right we get ARA does

this Kama does

this Dharma does this and arguably Moka

does either this or for all of this

which we'll get to so we Chase it

because it does fill the hole but it

only fills the hole to a certain

post right

so um I do get happiness from things

like love friends sex accomplish even

day-to-day activities but it is

insufficient very common right so good

yall yall are figuring [ __ ] out good

job now let's talk about

Dharma so how does Dharma help suffering

so Dharma the real advantage of Dharma

is not necessarily that it alleviates

suffering it is that it makes suffering

tolerable or even choosable so in

life we've got two

options if you wake up on any given day

any time for any decision ever ever you

have two options you have a painful option

option

and you have a pleasurable option or you

have a less option or you have a more

option if you look at any choice right

so what am I going to eat am I going to

eat pizza or am I going e a salad

there's a pleasurable option and there's

a painful option am I going to wake up

today and am I going to out or am I

going to spend 45 minutes on my

phone am I going to play a video game or

am I going to study anytime you look at

life your mind always has choices and

the problem is because of our dopamine

circuitry okay

we tend to gravitate towards the pleasurable

pleasurable

option it's hard to choose the painful

option so since it's hard to choose the

painful option what we do we're going to

oh man look look you need to just start

doing stuff man like we got to work you

got to like brain hack yourself

motivation hack yourself dopamine detox

yourself you got to like hit yourself in

the nuts right like look I I this is

real I saw this once where some guy was

like here's the reason that we're not

disciplined this is what you got to do

you got to take a $10000 bill and you

got to put it on your fridge and you

have to make a a decision you have to

commit and anytime you don't work out

and you don't get those gains bro you

take that $100 bill and you burn it and

then you have to punish yourself you

have to punish yourself if you don't do

the right thing man that's how you get

disciplined you have to commit to it but

[ __ ] bro if I could commit like what

do you think is going to happen I'm just

not going to burn the $100 bill if I was

disciplined enough to burn the $100 bill

then I would be working out to begin with

with

yall get that so we have a pleasurable

option we have a painful option and this

is why we get so obsessed with willpower

brain hacking oh my god let's brain hack

bro brain hack yeah let's go right

discipline and it's not that these

things are bad I'm a fan of all these

things but there is a simpler way to do

all of this stuff so generally speaking

we can use all of this crap over here to

overcome this

or what we can do is Dharma lets us

choose the painful option this is the

real advantage of Dharma is that it

makes suffering more

tolerable it allows us to even pick the

path of pain so let me give youall a simple

simple

example so I don't like working all

night right like no one likes very few

people like working all night so there's

a 24-hour period of the day I enjoy

things like

relaxation and yet when I'm on call as a

physician because because I care about

my patients and because I have this Duty

as a medical professional as a medical

doctor to take care of other human

beings this allows me to tolerate pain

so the classic example that I use if we

look at a human being let's say that

someone points a gun at me okay so if I

look at the gun what does the gun mean

the gun means pain

theft death Badness

so what is my natural inclination is to

avoid this thing I'm going to move away

from the gun if at all possible okay or

I'll fight them whatever like if you're

a super chat you can fight them fine

whatever but this is something that we

if there's a painful stimulus we tend to

move away from it right

right

now let's say that there is a loved one

over here now suddenly like this whole

relationship changes so even though the

gun still means the same thing

this doesn't change like if I get shot

by a gun like it's still going to hurt a

lot I could die whatever but this Dharma

is what if if I love this person over

here then I put myself in the path of

the gun to protect this other person so

the world hasn't change the circumstance

hasn't changed I'm just choosing the

hard path I'm choosing the painful path

and is what allows you to do the hard

thing and so when you sort of look at

like all of these posts right

I already know everything I should

nothing compels me to want to do how do

I move forward if nothing feels exciting

or rewarding enough to go for it now we

see the problem this person is stuck over

over

here their mode of operation is to be

driven by

Pleasure and now you're you're in a real

problem this is a real problem so a lot

of us have

been conditioned to be controlled by

Pleasure right so which video game do

you play do you play the boring game or

do you play the fun game I play the fun

game dumbass that's why I play it I

don't play some shitty ass game I play

the fun game which food do you eat do

you eat the tasty food or the not tasty

food I eat tasty food dumbass I don't

want to eat the untasty food right so

this is what happens we get conditioned

to pleasure and once we get condition to

pleasure we open ourselves up to one

hell of a

problem because in the world that we

live in today we have so much access to

pleasure that we can start to develop

tolerance or numbness to

pleasure so as I play the a video game

for one hour it's fun second hour Less

Fun third hour Less Fun fourth hour I

don't even know why I'm playing this

thing anymore but I can't

stop and now we're really stuck because

if we've been conditioned to move

towards pleasure but we develop a

tolerance to pleasure then we're stuck

because now I don't get the pleasure and

that's the only thing that gets me

moving in the first place so now I need

pleasure to act but I don't feel the

pleasure anyway so now now what do I do

I can't do anything I'm

stuck everyone's just sort of like

existing instead of like being motivated

towards anything and we see this so I've

seen this a lot as an addiction

psychiatrist where there's this idea in

opiate addiction called chasing the

dragon and why do opiate addicts chase

the dragon it's because the first time

they got high holy it was so amazing and

I'm just chasing that pleasure chasing

it again every subsequent time you get

high it's never that good it's never

that good it's never that good but every

once in a while oh my God it's so good

and so you chase that pleasure over and

over and over again but the problem is

that the world does not give you the

same unit of pleasure the same magnitude

of pleasure as you engage in it over and

over and over

again if that worked we would not have

problems so what do we do we must move

away from

pleasure right we can't be driven by

Pleasure because it doesn't

work so how do we move away from

pleasure this is where Dharma comes

in Dharma allows us to choose the

painful path and so there's research

that supports this very simple concept

so we know in in addiction Psychiatry is

that in order to become sober you have

to have a good enough reason to become

sober you need something called a competing

competing

interest so this is why when we sort of

talk about we talk about addictions

right so I'll tell like a a really

interesting story so when I was learning

to become I was in medical school at the

time and I was trying anyway so I'll

tell the I've told it before but I'll

tell it again because we maybe have a

lot of new people so I was a med student

and I had a

patient let's go to

this so I was a first year medical

student and I had a patient who was

trying to get to quit smoking okay so I

I went to them and I said hey do you

know do you know that smoking is bad for

you and they're like yeah and I was like

brah I'm medical student man let me tell

you it is going to cause lung cancer it

damages your respiratory epithelium it

puts oxidative stress look at all these

facts look at all the signs see I'm so

smart I'm medic I'm going to be doctor

one day didn't you know and the doctor's

like wow doc that sounds really bad I'm

like so are you going to quit smoking

and he's like yeah doc I'm going to quit

smoking patient comes back a month later

I'm like how's it did you quit smoking

yet and he's like no I I I haven't been

able to you know I I know I'm supposed

to and I was like okay I did not doctor

you enough nah let me doctor you more

not only lung cancer you will get stroke

you'll get heart disease it causes all

of these problems I'm telling you it is

causing all of these problems isn't that

enough for you to quit smoking and he's like

no didn't work right cuz information

doesn't help us overcome addictions what

we need in addictions is something

called a competing interest so this is

something we have to understand anytime

we're dealing with an addiction if we

stop the addiction we it sucks it's

painful like literally painful your body

goes to withdrawal in the case of opioid

addiction you literally just experience

whole body pain you start having

diarrhea you start to be feeling

nauseous you can vomit you get chills

it's it feels worse than cancer I've had

patients who've been addicted to opiates

I've had patients who have had stage

four metastatic cancer and these people

will say withdrawing from opiates is

worse than stage four metastatic cancer

this is what I've heard from them so how

do you get this person to stop because

anytime you stop you go through so much

pain you have to have a

reason so I got wise right so I started

to learn this I was still learning I I

don't do do this now So eventually this

person came

back and then I decided okay let me get

to know this person so I got some advice

from people and they were like you have

to give them a reason to quit so I as

this person hey what do you what do you

like you know what do you care about in

life and they're like you know I have I

have two awesome daughters they're

amazing and things like that and I'm

like what are you looking forward to

well one of them is going off to college

you know and like I know that my job as

a dad is is done when these things

happen and we sort of got started

talking about walking them down the

aisle and they said that you know a

dream to walk my daughters down the

aisle one day then I asked this guy a

question I said when you walk your

daughters down the aisle do you want to

be Wheeling an oxygen tank behind you

and the dude was like what what is this

kid saying and I'm like yeah well if you

you know if you don't stop

smoking you know at a minimum you may be

Wheeling an oxygen tank behind you but

there's a decent chance you won't be

able to literally walk down the aisle

because you could be in a

wheelchair right so this is like the guy was

was

like right so so this made an impact and

I softened it up I was a firste medical

student at the time so then I became a

psychiatrist I learned how to use that same principle without bludgeoning

same principle without bludgeoning people but this is a competing interest

people but this is a competing interest you have to have a reason to tolerate

you have to have a reason to tolerate the pain this is what Dharma is Dharma

the pain this is what Dharma is Dharma is a reason to choose

is a reason to choose the painful

the painful path now as we do this right what

path now as we do this right what happens to our life so if we look at the

happens to our life so if we look at the Suffering The D in our life where does

Suffering The D in our life where does the duka in our life come

from where does the duka in our life come

come from so as I I'm living life and I

from so as I I'm living life and I choose pleasure over pain I'm going to

choose pleasure over pain I'm going to game

game okay

okay study and then I'm going to eat pizza

study and then I'm going to eat pizza versus a

versus a salad right and then I'm going to stay

salad right and then I'm going to stay at home because I feel

at home because I feel anxious instead of going to a party

anxious instead of going to a party because this makes me feel

because this makes me feel anxious so I'm not going to do it I'm

anxious so I'm not going to do it I'm going to

going to avoid what is what happens to my life

avoid what is what happens to my life right so this is my life and as I move

right so this is my life and as I move towards pleasure more and more and more

towards pleasure more and more and more and more and

and more and more My Life starts to feel emptier and

more My Life starts to feel emptier and emptier and emptier and

emptier and emptier and emptier and then eventually I have life

emptier and then eventually I have life where it's not it's like what am what am

where it's not it's like what am what am I doing here I don't know I'm not doing

I doing here I don't know I'm not doing anything worthwhile so the then the

anything worthwhile so the then the question becomes how do you move down

question becomes how do you move down this path Dharma is very very efficient

this path Dharma is very very efficient at moving down that

at moving down that path

path okay so it isn't that

okay so it isn't that Dharma fixes suffering it's that Dharma

Dharma fixes suffering it's that Dharma is one of the four components that will

is one of the four components that will reduce your

reduce your suffering now there's a couple of other

suffering now there's a couple of other things to consider so let's just go

things to consider so let's just go through the post to make sure I didn't

through the post to make sure I didn't leave anything

leave anything out

so yeah does that make sense okay so let's pause for questions for a second

let's pause for questions for a second and then I'll continue because we've got

and then I'll continue because we've got a couple of other

angles um okay so what what questions do you

um okay so what what questions do you all have

okay mocha gu so we'll talk about mocha in a second how do I know I found my

in a second how do I know I found my Dharma we'll talk about that

Dharma we'll talk about that too does anyone have questions about

too does anyone have questions about what we does is anything unclear about

what we does is anything unclear about what we've discussed about the

what we've discussed about the relationship between

relationship between and Dharma this is first thing to

and Dharma this is first thing to understand how do you find okay so we'll

understand how do you find okay so we'll talk about how to find said

talk about how to find said purpose

okay yall about to get [ __ ] okay so let's talk about how to

[ __ ] okay so let's talk about how to find your purpose in life Dr K okay this

find your purpose in life Dr K okay this is great you're saying Dr K let me

is great you're saying Dr K let me understand you all right you're saying I

understand you all right you're saying I got to find my purpose is the way that I

got to find my purpose is the way that I choose the hard thing in life right

choose the hard thing in life right because Dharma it's my Dharma that

because Dharma it's my Dharma that allows me to eat a salad instead of a

allows me to eat a salad instead of a slice of pizza I'm with you but how do I

slice of pizza I'm with you but how do I find that purpose what is the greater

find that purpose what is the greater purpose in life that allows me to choose

purpose in life that allows me to choose salad instead of pizza right how does

salad instead of pizza right how does that tie to this broader idea of life

that tie to this broader idea of life and purpose and the existence of

and purpose and the existence of humanity and the stars and we're all

humanity and the stars and we're all Stardust Dr K how do we how do we

Stardust Dr K how do we how do we translate this

translate this into I'm going to not have cheeseburger

into I'm going to not have cheeseburger I'm going to have just a Hamburg I'm

I'm going to have just a Hamburg I'm going to cut out the cheese from my life

going to cut out the cheese from my life I'm going to cut out the soda from my

I'm going to cut out the soda from my life I don't understand how does it get

life I don't understand how does it get to this broader purpose so let's

to this broader purpose so let's remember that

remember that dhma is not this bigger broader purpose

dhma is not this bigger broader purpose see this is the this is the thing that

see this is the this is the thing that really upsets a lot of people we have

really upsets a lot of people we have this idea that Dharma is something that

this idea that Dharma is something that is Grand oh my God like I'm going to

is Grand oh my God like I'm going to sacrifice I'm going to live my life for

sacrifice I'm going to live my life for something don't live your life for

something don't live your life for nothing live your life for

nothing live your life for something follow me on Instagram we're a

something follow me on Instagram we're a group of people who live our lives for

group of people who live our lives for something not for nothing not for

something not for nothing not for nothing you got to you got to wake up in

nothing you got to you got to wake up in the morning you got to want it you got

the morning you got to want it you got to need

to need it you can't just you can't just watch

it you can't just you can't just watch porn all the time you got to you got to

porn all the time you got to you got to want it right this what the [ __ ] so

want it right this what the [ __ ] so here's the crazy thing Dharma is not

here's the crazy thing Dharma is not something that is Grand remember Dharma

something that is Grand remember Dharma means

means support

support constant

constant or yeah support or const constant so

or yeah support or const constant so what is your Dharma in life everyone

what is your Dharma in life everyone thinks that it's some Grand thing and if

thinks that it's some Grand thing and if I have some Grand thing like if I have

I have some Grand thing like if I have kids then I will be able to like work

kids then I will be able to like work really hard and that works for some

really hard and that works for some people but I would not recommend that

people but I would not recommend that you have children for the sake of

you have children for the sake of finding your Dharma okay so the first

finding your Dharma okay so the first thing is that you

thing is that you know what you need to do to increase the

know what you need to do to increase the harmony of your life so if you're trying

harmony of your life so if you're trying to find Dharma the first thing to

to find Dharma the first thing to understand is about it is about

understand is about it is about increasing Harmony what do I mean by

increasing Harmony what do I mean by Harmony so if we look at the wobbly

Harmony so if we look at the wobbly table right this space is a disharmony

table right this space is a disharmony it is things that don't fit so if you

it is things that don't fit so if you look at your life what you will find is

look at your life what you will find is that if you are not living in accordance

that if you are not living in accordance with Dharma there will be a lot of

with Dharma there will be a lot of disharmony there will be a lot of space

disharmony there will be a lot of space that is created around you and there

that is created around you and there will be

friction so let's just understand a couple of things so when you wake

couple of things so when you wake up Do You Are you a do things feel fluid

up Do You Are you a do things feel fluid to you I know this is going to sound

to you I know this is going to sound kind of weird but like do things feel

kind of weird but like do things feel fluid and easy is your life harmonious

fluid and easy is your life harmonious do you wake up feeling refreshed and

do you wake up feeling refreshed and then are able to do what you need to do

then are able to do what you need to do for the day tasks that you need to get

for the day tasks that you need to get done you start working on or is

done you start working on or is everything in your life a friction a

everything in your life a friction a friction a friction a friction a

friction a friction a friction a friction see this is the way that I

friction see this is the way that I don't know if y'all can hear my belly

don't know if y'all can hear my belly rumbling but this is a friction too so I

rumbling but this is a friction too so I skipped a meal today and so this is

skipped a meal today and so this is created

created friction so this is what's really

friction so this is what's really important to understand the first d is

important to understand the first d is not about anything Grand now the reason

not about anything Grand now the reason that we look for a grand Dharma a Dharma

that we look for a grand Dharma a Dharma with a capital D right I'm GNA do

with a capital D right I'm GNA do something with my

something with my life is because this is very ego

life is because this is very ego gratifying because if I'm a little [ __ ]

gratifying because if I'm a little [ __ ] person I need to accomplish something

person I need to accomplish something very

big right when I was failing out of college I had dreams to go to

college I had dreams to go to Harvard when I was premat I was like I'm

Harvard when I was premat I was like I'm I'm going to go to Harvard and I'm going

I'm going to go to Harvard and I'm going to be the best I'm going to be the

to be the best I'm going to be the smartest I'm going to be the greatest

smartest I'm going to be the greatest everyone's going to look at me and

everyone's going to look at me and they're going to be like oh my God that

they're going to be like oh my God that guy went to

guy went to Harvard and the big irony is when it's I

Harvard and the big irony is when it's I [ __ ] gave up that [ __ ] I was like

[ __ ] gave up that [ __ ] I was like [ __ ] this I'm a [ __ ] loser I'm just

[ __ ] this I'm a [ __ ] loser I'm just going to try to do the best that I can

going to try to do the best that I can in life and let's see if I'm grateful

in life and let's see if I'm grateful hopefully after three years of applying

hopefully after three years of applying to med school maybe one day some after

to med school maybe one day some after getting get rejected from 120 Med

getting get rejected from 120 Med schools maybe one day I will even get a

schools maybe one day I will even get a chance to be a doctor that's enough give

chance to be a doctor that's enough give up on your big

up on your big dreams and the irony is that when I

dreams and the irony is that when I started doing that I could focus on the

started doing that I could focus on the work instead of focusing on whatever

work instead of focusing on whatever fulfilling my dreams right I don't know

fulfilling my dreams right I don't know if this makes sense but like you can

if this makes sense but like you can have a big house but like you still have

have a big house but like you still have to build it one brick at a time and

to build it one brick at a time and there's a weird thing that happens when

there's a weird thing that happens when we have Big Dreams Big Dreams sabotage

we have Big Dreams Big Dreams sabotage our ability to work everyone's like oh

our ability to work everyone's like oh man like aim for the

man like aim for the Stars no so let let's understand saying

Stars no so let let's understand saying this we have this part of our

this we have this part of our brain that has to do with motivation

brain that has to do with motivation okay so we

okay so we have our prefrontal cortex and we have

have our prefrontal cortex and we have our nucleus succumbent okay so we're

our nucleus succumbent okay so we're going to do a quick side note on

going to do a quick side note on motivation and why this is going to

motivation and why this is going to screw you okay so the nucleus accumbens

screw you okay so the nucleus accumbens is our source of

is our source of motivation okay and the PFC is our

motivation okay and the PFC is our source of value

generation so what the PFC does is it gen it tries to assess the value of an

gen it tries to assess the value of an action and then what it does is if the

action and then what it does is if the value generation is in favorable then it

value generation is in favorable then it will go and it'll motivate you to do it

will go and it'll motivate you to do it so if I have a big

so if I have a big dream

dream okay and let's say I want to go to

okay and let's say I want to go to Harvard because that's what I wanted to

Harvard because that's what I wanted to do and then I wake up one day and my

do and then I wake up one day and my brain is looking at going to Spanish

brain is looking at going to Spanish class should I go to class this

class should I go to class this morning what percentage of attending

morning what percentage of attending Spanish class this

Spanish class this morning what percentage of progress have

morning what percentage of progress have I made towards my dream of attending

I made towards my dream of attending Harvard Medical School maybe this even

Harvard Medical School maybe this even if I'm lucky it's probably less than

if I'm lucky it's probably less than this statistically you know it's

this statistically you know it's probably like you know one millionth

probably like you know one millionth it's just one class it's this so then

it's just one class it's this so then our PFC looks at this and it says how

our PFC looks at this and it says how important is this for fulfilling this

important is this for fulfilling this goal and it's like you know what it's

goal and it's like you know what it's basically insignificant so we're not

basically insignificant so we're not going to do

going to do it it's not worth it and if yall are

it it's not worth it and if yall are stuck in life doing the same time

stuck in life doing the same time wasting

wasting activities I will bet you money that

activities I will bet you money that when you try to do something else your

when you try to do something else your mind tells you it is not worth it it is

mind tells you it is not worth it it is not

not enough so if we look at this concept of

enough so if we look at this concept of enough where does the concept of enough

enough where does the concept of enough come from the concept of enough comes

come from the concept of enough comes from the ratio of this to the box that

from the ratio of this to the box that we're filling the bigger our dreams the

we're filling the bigger our dreams the less the less enough any given task will

less the less enough any given task will be okay so the first thing to understand

be okay so the first thing to understand is this principle and how Dharma with a

is this principle and how Dharma with a capital D finding your purpose in life

capital D finding your purpose in life purpose purpose with a capital P baby

purpose purpose with a capital P baby this is why I'm on the earth I'm here to

this is why I'm on the earth I'm here to do this work son and until you're ready

do this work son and until you're ready to do the

to do the work

work capital P this is not what Dharma is

capital P this is not what Dharma is Dharma is smaller than that Dharma is

Dharma is smaller than that Dharma is Tiny Dharma is emptying your trash

Tiny Dharma is emptying your trash can increasing the harmony between you

can increasing the harmony between you and the life around you emptying your

and the life around you emptying your trash can you don't have to eat healthy

trash can you don't have to eat healthy or get swool but adding a a serving of

or get swool but adding a a serving of fruit or vegetable Dharma is a tiny

fruit or vegetable Dharma is a tiny little thing being slightly less of an

little thing being slightly less of an [ __ ] to the people around you right

[ __ ] to the people around you right we're not saying that you have to be

we're not saying that you have to be Saint be slightly good in some ways

Saint be slightly good in some ways these are tiny little things so your

these are tiny little things so your first Dharma is to take care of

yourself your body is a temple and you should treat it as

should treat it as such so what do you do for your body do

such so what do you do for your body do you take care of it every single day

you take care of it every single day because this is the only thing you're

because this is the only thing you're the only one who's responsible for

the only one who's responsible for taking care of this right no one else is

taking care of this right no one else is going to knock down your door and is

going to knock down your door and is going to make you take care of your body

going to make you take care of your body your poor body just think about this for

your poor body just think about this for a second your poor body who does it have

a second your poor body who does it have looking out for it right you in charge

looking out for it right you in charge of it and how do you treat this thing do

of it and how do you treat this thing do you take care of it do you exercise

you take care of it do you exercise every day do you stretch every day do

every day do you stretch every day do you sit in in a in a the chair for nine

you sit in in a in a the chair for nine hours a day oh I have to do it for work

hours a day oh I have to do it for work okay what happens after work well then

okay what happens after work well then I'm

I'm tired but what about your poor body

tired but what about your poor body who's going to take care of your body if

who's going to take care of your body if you don't take care of it

you don't take care of it right so this is what happens we don't

right so this is what happens we don't but it's

but it's hard you're right so that's because

hard you're right so that's because you're going down the route of pleasure

you're going down the route of pleasure this is

this is adik right you're the only one who can

adik right you're the only one who can take care of your body so the first

take care of your body so the first thing is take care of

thing is take care of yourself and this is where I would say

yourself and this is where I would say like if you guys are starting okay start

like if you guys are starting okay start with a 1H hour walk every single day so

with a 1H hour walk every single day so I've done this in the hardest parts of

I've done this in the hardest parts of my life I have taken walks so this has

my life I have taken walks so this has been in the heat of over 100° he in

been in the heat of over 100° he in India taking a 1 hour walk Come H high

India taking a 1 hour walk Come H high water and there's also been in 18 de

water and there's also been in 18 de degree weather in Boston when it's like

degree weather in Boston when it's like snowing outside and stuff like that

snowing outside and stuff like that right so it's like rain or shine like

right so it's like rain or shine like take a walk right if it's unsafe don't

take a walk right if it's unsafe don't do it so there's days that I did not

do it so there's days that I did not take a walk because it's there's black

take a walk because it's there's black ice and I'll slip and fall and whatever

ice and I'll slip and fall and whatever but like just take a

but like just take a walk all right eat

walk all right eat healthier and now this is where the mind

healthier and now this is where the mind is going to be like but what do you mean

is going to be like but what do you mean like how healthy should I eat this

like how healthy should I eat this serving of thing everyone's like on the

serving of thing everyone's like on the Internet is like you do this protocol

Internet is like you do this protocol and do this protocol and then like this

and do this protocol and then like this is what I'm going to do Bros like okay

is what I'm going to do Bros like okay so like we know that cruciferous

so like we know that cruciferous vegetables are very friendly they alter

vegetables are very friendly they alter your cytochrome p450 we need fiber with

your cytochrome p450 we need fiber with the problem the problem is that in

the problem the problem is that in cruciferous vegetables when we eat

cruciferous vegetables when we eat crucifer vegetables we have a problem

crucifer vegetables we have a problem cuz we are bound by our digestion okay

cuz we are bound by our digestion okay so I I have the ultimate I have the

so I I have the ultimate I have the ultimate I the ultimate body hack to get

ultimate I the ultimate body hack to get you all the fiber that you need you take

you all the fiber that you need you take an enema and you fill it with broccoli

an enema and you fill it with broccoli with protein powder and then you shove

with protein powder and then you shove it off your ass and then you you just go

it off your ass and then you you just go straight you're going to bypass you're

straight you're going to bypass you're going to bypass the stomach see the

going to bypass the stomach see the stomach is the the thing that restricts

stomach is the the thing that restricts how much nutrients you can take how

how much nutrients you can take how swoll you can get 200 gram of protein

swoll you can get 200 gram of protein right off the ass that's what we're

right off the ass that's what we're going to do

going to do now and if it's not 200 g you should

now and if it's not 200 g you should [ __ ] the [ __ ]

[ __ ] the [ __ ] up right the eat healthier come on you

up right the eat healthier come on you know you don't need some Harvard trained

know you don't need some Harvard trained doctor to tell you what it means to eat

doctor to tell you what it means to eat healthy eat healthier take care of your

healthy eat healthier take care of your body you know what to do one serving of

body you know what to do one serving of fruit and vegetable one walk for an

fruit and vegetable one walk for an hour okay this is number one for taking

hour okay this is number one for taking care of your

care of your body number two for finding your dhma so

body number two for finding your dhma so let's talk for a second about why it's

let's talk for a second about why it's hard to find your Dharma

so the second thing that we have to really consider is that there's a

really consider is that there's a there's a challenge with finding our

there's a challenge with finding our Dharma

Dharma today which is that our attention is

today which is that our attention is externalized so there's this weird

externalized so there's this weird problem where when we look at like okay

problem where when we look at like okay like how am I supposed to find what I do

like how am I supposed to find what I do with my

with my life so this is kind of weird to

life so this is kind of weird to understand but the more that we

understand but the more that we externalize our

externalize our attention

right so if I spend my time watching TV playing video games responding to emails

playing video games responding to emails talking to people around me like I spent

talking to people around me like I spent all of my mind my mind is not with me

all of my mind my mind is not with me anymore so even when I'm doing

anymore so even when I'm doing productive things like cleaning and

productive things like cleaning and cooking and whatever in order to be

cooking and whatever in order to be efficient I'm listening to a podcast

efficient I'm listening to a podcast right because I got to use that time and

right because I got to use that time and I was this way like so when I was like

I was this way like so when I was like starting med school right or trying to

starting med school right or trying to towards the end of getting into med

towards the end of getting into med school I'd be super efficient so it's

school I'd be super efficient so it's like

like listening to some lecture in the morning

listening to some lecture in the morning listening to a lecture when I'm walking

listening to a lecture when I'm walking to the train in the train I'm going to

to the train in the train I'm going to pull out my notes when I get to school

pull out my notes when I get to school it's headphones back in walking to the

it's headphones back in walking to the lecture then attending the lecture then

lecture then attending the lecture then going to the library reviewing the

going to the library reviewing the lecture right and it's this is what it

lecture right and it's this is what it is constant constant constant

is constant constant constant externalization of

externalization of attention in the guise of

productivity and as I spend all of my time outside of myself I lose my

time outside of myself I lose my connection with

myself and as I start to lose my connection with myself I wake up one day

connection with myself I wake up one day and I ask myself what should I

and I ask myself what should I do now when we have when we ask this

do now when we have when we ask this question what should I do we can get a

question what should I do we can get a source information from two sources one

source information from two sources one is from

is from inside and one is from

inside and one is from outside now the problem is that the more

outside now the problem is that the more that I look to the outside for this

that I look to the outside for this answer the more

answer the more friction I will create let's understand

friction I will create let's understand why you are a unique human being you are

why you are a unique human being you are just

just you right no one else knows your mind no

you right no one else knows your mind no one else has your experiences no one

one else has your experiences no one else has your personality your

else has your personality your advantages your disadvantages so the

advantages your disadvantages so the rest of the world tells you you should

rest of the world tells you you should be this the world says you should be

be this the world says you should be this and they say here's how to do it

this and they say here's how to do it but there's always going to be a

but there's always going to be a discrepancy between the advice or what

discrepancy between the advice or what the world tells you to do and you

the world tells you to do and you there's never going to be a 100%

there's never going to be a 100% translation this is why we need

translation this is why we need clinicians instead of basic science

clinicians instead of basic science research to help people with addictions

research to help people with addictions we have all this Neuroscience figured

we have all this Neuroscience figured out we have all the psychology figured

out we have all the psychology figured out but when you translate science to an

out but when you translate science to an individual life you require a

individual life you require a clinician you have to take all that

clinician you have to take all that scientific knowledge and apply it to

scientific knowledge and apply it to you and there's another problem here is

you and there's another problem here is that as we externalize our

that as we externalize our attention the internal mind gets piled

attention the internal mind gets piled up with crap okay so we see this like

up with crap okay so we see this like cycles that starts to emerge so as I as

cycles that starts to emerge so as I as I spend more and more time let's say

I spend more and more time let's say like watching stupid stuff on the

like watching stupid stuff on the internet I start to procrastinate and

internet I start to procrastinate and then I feel guilty and then I start to

then I feel guilty and then I start to feel behind and then I'm start to feel a

feel behind and then I'm start to feel a little bit insecure right because I'm

little bit insecure right because I'm looking at all these people on social

looking at all these people on social media who have these ripped bodies and

media who have these ripped bodies and so much more money than I do and there's

so much more money than I do and there's so much thinner and they have thigh gaps

so much thinner and they have thigh gaps and I don't have a thigh gap right and I

and I don't have a thigh gap right and I start to feel worse about myself and

start to feel worse about myself and then what happens so as I feel worse

then what happens so as I feel worse about myself spending time with myself

about myself spending time with myself becomes difficult because I'm just I

becomes difficult because I'm just I become a

become a cesspool right and we even see it in in

cesspool right and we even see it in in this

this one so

one so like

like um there is nothing so valuable that I

um there is nothing so valuable that I would want to go through what I have

would want to go through what I have lived and suffered so far and that

lived and suffered so far and that before we even account for future

before we even account for future suffering so this person has suffered

suffering so this person has suffered intensely on the

intensely on the inside right and if you look at all

inside right and if you look at all these posts like why should I live if I

these posts like why should I live if I don't want to what's the meaning of life

don't want to what's the meaning of life I'm slowly becoming an nihilist whether

I'm slowly becoming an nihilist whether you're sad or not sad some people are

you're sad or not sad some people are sad some people aren't sad is this pile

sad some people aren't sad is this pile this stuff piles up as the internal

this stuff piles up as the internal environment piles up we gravitate more

environment piles up we gravitate more towards the external environment because

towards the external environment because I don't like sitting with me so one good

I don't like sitting with me so one good example of this is

example of this is boredom what is

boredom what is boredom boredom is just existing with

boredom boredom is just existing with yourself that's literally what it is

yourself that's literally what it is right when you have no external thing to

right when you have no external thing to occupy your mind you get bored what do

occupy your mind you get bored what do you have you have just yourself the most

you have you have just yourself the most boring thing on in the world is being

boring thing on in the world is being with

with yourself right so we are so gravitated

yourself right so we are so gravitated towards the external environment and

towards the external environment and this can become a vicious cycle by the

this can become a vicious cycle by the way because as this negative negativity

way because as this negative negativity piles up we have

piles up we have technology which supress Es are amydala

technology which supress Es are amydala and limic

system so when I'm feeling bad if I go to technology what technology will do is

to technology what technology will do is it'll cover this stuff up it'll suppress

it'll cover this stuff up it'll suppress those parts of our brain it doesn't fix

those parts of our brain it doesn't fix anything so then what happens is I

anything so then what happens is I procrastinate for one more day and I

procrastinate for one more day and I feel guilty and then when I go to bed at

feel guilty and then when I go to bed at night oh my God all this stuff comes

night oh my God all this stuff comes rushing back and what is my antidote to

rushing back and what is my antidote to deal with this run away from it run away

deal with this run away from it run away run away run away run away run away as

run away run away run away run away as far as you can so we gravitate towards

far as you can so we gravitate towards the outside as we gravitate towards the

the outside as we gravitate towards the outside we get disconnected from

outside we get disconnected from ourselves and as we become a pile of

ourselves and as we become a pile of [ __ ] on the

[ __ ] on the inside we don't like this how do I fix

inside we don't like this how do I fix it I'm going to turn to the outside tell

it I'm going to turn to the outside tell me how to fix

me how to fix it and that's where they're like [ __ ]

it and that's where they're like [ __ ] yeah baby I'm glad you showed up here

yeah baby I'm glad you showed up here cuz let me tell you what son when you

cuz let me tell you what son when you were pathetic this is what you got to do

were pathetic this is what you got to do to fix your life you got to be Alpha you

to fix your life you got to be Alpha you got to be look maxing you got to be jaw

got to be look maxing you got to be jaw surgery you got to be a foot taller you

surgery you got to be a foot taller you need a dick that's one foot bigger right

need a dick that's one foot bigger right and sorry I'm I'm sort of adopting a

and sorry I'm I'm sort of adopting a male perspective on this but this is

male perspective on this but this is true of women as well so this is where

true of women as well so this is where like once again we got to wear this

like once again we got to wear this particular makeup we have to use these

particular makeup we have to use these cosmetic brands I need to get eye

cosmetic brands I need to get eye surgery I need to get BOTOX I need have

surgery I need to get BOTOX I need have a thigh gap I need to be able to cook

a thigh gap I need to be able to cook this kind of meal I need to be a girl

this kind of meal I need to be a girl that's different from the other

that's different from the other girls right I got to be a boss babe I

girls right I got to be a boss babe I got to sell Amway products I got to be

got to sell Amway products I got to be My Own Boss babe I got to one of these

My Own Boss babe I got to one of these particular high heels and by the way the

particular high heels and by the way the internet loves this right because the

internet loves this right because the internet has figured out hey if we can

internet has figured out hey if we can make you insecure we can sell you

make you insecure we can sell you [ __ ] and the more insecure you are the

[ __ ] and the more insecure you are the more time you will spend on our platform

more time you will spend on our platform running away from this

running away from this so the more insecure you become you

so the more insecure you become you don't like yourself so you start moving

don't like yourself so you start moving out into the world and then when you

out into the world and then when you don't feel good about yourself when you

don't feel good about yourself when you don't feel insecure the world has

don't feel insecure the world has answers for you they say this is what

answers for you they say this is what you should do oh you don't feel

you should do oh you don't feel pretty wear these pants by shapewear

pretty wear these pants by shapewear which literally takes the parts of your

which literally takes the parts of your body that you don't like and compresses

body that you don't like and compresses them we've moved back like 300 years or

them we've moved back like 300 years or 200 years back to the Victorian area of

200 years back to the Victorian area of corsets where we we are using physical

corsets where we we are using physical things to adjust the shape of our body

things to adjust the shape of our body shapewear Botox thigh gaps makeup take

shapewear Botox thigh gaps makeup take your pick something is wrong with you

your pick something is wrong with you and we will fix

and we will fix it and as you disconnect from

it and as you disconnect from yourself you end up chasing all of these

yourself you end up chasing all of these things and then we end up with an adoric

things and then we end up with an adoric lifestyle and what does that mean an

lifestyle and what does that mean an adoric lifestyle that means on any given

adoric lifestyle that means on any given day we are doing something random that

day we are doing something random that we think is the right thing to

we think is the right thing to do right okay so I need to work on my

do right okay so I need to work on my career I need to get sexier I need to

career I need to get sexier I need to make more money I need to become taller

make more money I need to become taller I need to be a gamer girl I need to be

I need to be a gamer girl I need to be more of an eir and Dudes Only like women

more of an eir and Dudes Only like women who put out so I need to put out

more right the rest of the world says do this do this do this and since you have

this do this do this and since you have no internal compass and by the way

no internal compass and by the way they're all competing right so one

they're all competing right so one person says go this way one person says

person says go this way one person says go this way one person says goes this

go this way one person says goes this way one person get says go

way one person get says go go go this way and some of us get stuck

go go this way and some of us get stuck we get stuck between a thousand

we get stuck between a thousand different things we have a a group of

different things we have a a group of instruments that we bought on the

instruments that we bought on the internet that are collecting dust we

internet that are collecting dust we have art supplies in our

have art supplies in our basement we're trying to save up money

basement we're trying to save up money for some kind of cosmetic

surgery we've lost complete touch with oursel we have no sense of internal

oursel we have no sense of internal compass then how can we find our purpose

compass then how can we find our purpose it's my purpose I'm unique my karma is

it's my purpose I'm unique my karma is unique my body is unique my mind is

unique my body is unique my mind is unique the world that I live in is

unique the world that I live in is unique everything about you is 100%

unique everything about you is 100% unique how are you going to find an

unique how are you going to find an answer from some Guru on the

internet right and y'all may say but Dr K aren't you a guru [ __ ]

no I'm not telling you what to do I'm telling you how it is you decide what to

telling you how it is you decide what to do and then we also have something else

do and then we also have something else which is that sometimes if we're super

which is that sometimes if we're super Chads we actually check all these

Chads we actually check all these boxes I got the career I got this i got

boxes I got the career I got this i got this i got this i got this and then we

this i got this i got this and then we end up

end up here this is

insufficient ah now oh did I make a new one okay so

ah now oh did I make a new one okay so now we get to

now we get to MOA right so Dharma

MOA but before we get to mocha we're going to talk a little bit more

going to talk a little bit more practically so let's talk more

practically so let's talk more practically if if you're in this

practically if if you're in this situation what do you do how do you find

situation what do you do how do you find your

your Dharma so what you need to do is

Dharma so what you need to do is introspect spend more time with

yourself because let me explain something to

something to y'all the world can't tell you what you

y'all the world can't tell you what you what you want the world cannot tell you

what you want the world cannot tell you what you want boy does the world want to

what you want boy does the world want to tell you what you want boy does the

tell you what you want boy does the world try to convince you that this is

world try to convince you that this is what you want this is literally we have

what you want this is literally we have an industry called

an industry called advertising and what does the industry

advertising and what does the industry of advertising do it tries to convince

of advertising do it tries to convince you to want things and not just

you to want things and not just advertising we also have this other kind

advertising we also have this other kind of thing called propaganda which we're

of thing called propaganda which we're trying to shape your thinking everyone

trying to shape your thinking everyone is trying to shape your thinking to

is trying to shape your thinking to believe this and do that and buy this

believe this and do that and buy this the one thing that they don't want oh my

the one thing that they don't want oh my God what is the worst kind of user on

God what is the worst kind of user on any app or platform the one who

any app or platform the one who uninstalls and no longer

uninstalls and no longer participates oh [ __ ] cuz then we can't

participates oh [ __ ] cuz then we can't control you if you leave the platform we

control you if you leave the platform we can't influence you in any way you've

can't influence you in any way you've been lost to us don't leave baby come

been lost to us don't leave baby come back come back and let us feed your

back come back and let us feed your insecurities and then solve them with

insecurities and then solve them with without our $150 yoga pants let me tell

without our $150 yoga pants let me tell you something the world is becoming

you something the world is becoming increasingly materialistic and

increasingly materialistic and capitalistic that's why we need to be

capitalistic that's why we need to be spiritual and the way that we are going

spiritual and the way that we are going to be spiritual is to buy these yoga

to be spiritual is to buy these yoga pants these is the most they have the

pants these is the most they have the energies of the powerful yoga they have

energies of the powerful yoga they have $150 and they will allow you to be free

$150 and they will allow you to be free from

from capitalism free shipping and handling of

capitalism free shipping and handling of orders over

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not qualify for a fee shipping it is $259 .5 for shipping or you can buy one

$259 .5 for shipping or you can buy one other

other thing we have jock

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strap which holds your junk in a particular place and that one is only

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$18.95 and then you will get free shipping so order it and be less

shipping so order it and be less materialistic yeah okay

great introspection spend time with yourself go for a walk take care of your

yourself go for a walk take care of your body these are the first dharmas these

body these are the first dharmas these are your starting dhas and now we're

are your starting dhas and now we're going to really go off the rails before

going to really go off the rails before we talk about

we talk about MOA here's the last thing that people

MOA here's the last thing that people don't tell you about Dharma your Dharma

don't tell you about Dharma your Dharma is waiting for you whether you want it

is waiting for you whether you want it or not so now I'm going to completely

or not so now I'm going to completely leave science behind and I'm going to go

leave science behind and I'm going to go to something that I'm 100% confident in

to something that I'm 100% confident in but probably won't make sense I'm going

but probably won't make sense I'm going to break ranks with all of my other

to break ranks with all of my other colleagues who are teaching about

colleagues who are teaching about meditation on the Internet by distilling

meditation on the Internet by distilling things to that which is understandable

things to that which is understandable or believable so there's a difference

or believable so there's a difference between what is believable and

between what is believable and acceptable and what is true and now I'm

acceptable and what is true and now I'm going to depart from the believable the

going to depart from the believable the scientific and move towards the truth

scientific and move towards the truth now this is not truth in the objective

now this is not truth in the objective truth this is just what I think is the

truth this is just what I think is the truth I'm 100% confident in what I'm

truth I'm 100% confident in what I'm about to say but I'll be the first to

about to say but I'll be the first to say that I could be [ __ ] wrong

say that I could be [ __ ] wrong because there's no science behind it

because there's no science behind it right so maybe I'm

right so maybe I'm delusional so your Dharma waits for you

delusional so your Dharma waits for you and this is the cool thing about life

and this is the cool thing about life life is just like a video game where you

life is just like a video game where you don't get your Dharma with a capital D

don't get your Dharma with a capital D until you fix the Dharma with the little

until you fix the Dharma with the little D you don't get your tutorial you you

D you don't get your tutorial you you don't get to fight the raid boss until

don't get to fight the raid boss until you're done with the tutorial this is

you're done with the tutorial this is how life is I observed it in my own life

how life is I observed it in my own life I've observed it in hundreds of people

I've observed it in hundreds of people that I've helped your Dharma is waiting

that I've helped your Dharma is waiting for you but you're not ready for

for you but you're not ready for it and so thankfully the universe is in

it and so thankfully the universe is in your favor and they're not going to just

your favor and they're not going to just set you up to fail it's waiting you have

set you up to fail it's waiting you have to complete the tutorial before level

to complete the tutorial before level one comes and when you finish level one

one comes and when you finish level one you become level two and when you become

you become level two and when you become level two then you go to level three and

level two then you go to level three and then you go to level four and then

then you go to level four and then you'll end up getting the raid boss and

you'll end up getting the raid boss and here we are addicted to

here we are addicted to pornography eating unhealthy food and

pornography eating unhealthy food and we're like what where's my purpose I

we're like what where's my purpose I don't know what my that's because you're

don't know what my that's because you're not [ __ ] ready for it and if it faced

not [ __ ] ready for it and if it faced you you would get

crushed that's the truth when you are ready things will

truth when you are ready things will happen and if yall really pay attention

happen and if yall really pay attention to this you will see

to this you will see this so there's something that's really

this so there's something that's really interesting is happening the better I

interesting is happening the better I get at life the harder my life becomes

get at life the harder my life becomes holy [ __ ] right so at the beginning what

holy [ __ ] right so at the beginning what was my job it's just get this pile of a

was my job it's just get this pile of a mess to go to class that was level

mess to go to class that was level number one right and I failed at that

number one right and I failed at that for so many years and then once it was

for so many years and then once it was go to class it's like okay let's

go to class it's like okay let's actually do these applications and then

actually do these applications and then what's the next level beyond

what's the next level beyond that it's like okay when you fail when

that it's like okay when you fail when you get 40 rejection letters from

you get 40 rejection letters from medical schools every single envelope

medical schools every single envelope and and by the way I even figured this

and and by the way I even figured this out so when they send you a big envelope

out so when they send you a big envelope it's an acceptance when they say send

it's an acceptance when they say send you a little envelope it's a

you a little envelope it's a rejection and it was so traumatizing to

rejection and it was so traumatizing to open up traumatizing for me in a

open up traumatizing for me in a privileged sense to look at that letter

privileged sense to look at that letter and know [ __ ] this is another rejection

and know [ __ ] this is another rejection this is another rejection this is but

this is another rejection this is but there's a chance right this is what was

there's a chance right this is what was so painful about it is there's a chance

so painful about it is there's a chance that maybe I'm

that maybe I'm wrong maybe this is an acceptance and I

wrong maybe this is an acceptance and I held on to a little bit of Hope and then

held on to a little bit of Hope and then I opened that thing and it was another

I opened that thing and it was another rejection and then with each rejection

rejection and then with each rejection that I got it became harder and harder

that I got it became harder and harder and harder to

and harder to Hope and then the Hope Was Gone

Hope and then the Hope Was Gone completely and then next year rolls

completely and then next year rolls around and then I ask myself the

around and then I ask myself the question I feel like I have no hope I

question I feel like I have no hope I have 40 rejections what's the chance

have 40 rejections what's the chance that something could happen very low am

that something could happen very low am I going to act in accordance with my

I going to act in accordance with my hopes or am I going to act in accordance

hopes or am I going to act in accordance with something else the my prefrontal

with something else the my prefrontal cortex is telling me that this is a

cortex is telling me that this is a waste of time am I going to listen to it

waste of time am I going to listen to it or not that was the next

level and so I beat that level I applied for a second year didn't get in applied

for a second year didn't get in applied for a third year got into medical

for a third year got into medical school and then like it was

school and then like it was easy right so from going from a 2.5 GPA

easy right so from going from a 2.5 GPA and 119 rejections to medical school to

and 119 rejections to medical school to winning two Awards which I didn't even

winning two Awards which I didn't even go to the award ceremony because it

go to the award ceremony because it never dawned on me that I would win an

never dawned on me that I would win an award because I'm the kid who is last in

award because I'm the kid who is last in the class and [ __ ] barely scraped in

the class and [ __ ] barely scraped in by some Grace of the universe or God or

by some Grace of the universe or God or dumb luck RNG right I'm playing some Goa

dumb luck RNG right I'm playing some Goa game in life where I'm buying these

game in life where I'm buying these lottery tickets and then eventually I

lottery tickets and then eventually I got one this is not the kid who wins two

got one this is not the kid who wins two Awards when they they graduate from med

school and then has my life become easier no

easier no it's become harder harder and harder and

it's become harder harder and harder and harder and harder and

harder and harder and harder because now what is my job do I

harder because now what is my job do I get to sit here and take care of myself

get to sit here and take care of myself no I have to sit here and take care of

no I have to sit here and take care of you because this is my Dharma because if

you because this is my Dharma because if I'm not going to do it who else is going

I'm not going to do it who else is going to do

to do it right so this is what Dharma is about

it right so this is what Dharma is about it's what are you going to

it's what are you going to do if you don't do this thing who else

do if you don't do this thing who else will do it and if the answer is no one

will do it and if the answer is no one that is your Dharma in a nutshell who's

that is your Dharma in a nutshell who's going to take care of you [ __ ] no one

going to take care of you [ __ ] no one so you have to do

so you have to do it who's going to take care of your dog

it who's going to take care of your dog who's going to take care of your cat no

who's going to take care of your cat no one then you have to do

it and then as you level up the game gets harder everyone wants a Dharma with

gets harder everyone wants a Dharma with a capital D they suck trust me you do

a capital D they suck trust me you do not want it it's

not want it it's harder not

easier and this is why people have trouble finding their Dharma so you're

trouble finding their Dharma so you're disconnected with your yourself and then

disconnected with your yourself and then the other thing is honestly you're not

the other thing is honestly you're not ready for it because let's say let's

ready for it because let's say let's just say hypothetically for a moment

just say hypothetically for a moment right that there was some great big task

right that there was some great big task that you're supposed to accomplish could

that you're supposed to accomplish could you handle it right

you handle it right now and this is what's really tricky

now and this is what's really tricky right because there's a there's a

right because there's a there's a balance between okay as I can handle

balance between okay as I can handle something right so as you move towards

something right so as you move towards that great or good it gives you some

that great or good it gives you some sense of purpose alleviates some degree

sense of purpose alleviates some degree of suffering allows you to choose the

of suffering allows you to choose the hard task and then you level up and you

hard task and then you level up and you level up and you level up and you level

level up and you level up and you level up and and in the people that I work

up and and in the people that I work with they walk this path too where the

with they walk this path too where the more successful you become the more

more successful you become the more people turn to you for guidance and

people turn to you for guidance and support and help you become the

support and help you become the financial pillar of your family because

financial pillar of your family because you're the only one who's managed to get

you're the only one who's managed to get a

a job and the weight that you carry grows

job and the weight that you carry grows and grows and grows and grows and grows

and grows and grows and grows and grows and this is what's [ __ ] awesome about

and this is what's [ __ ] awesome about it is then you get to decide are you

it is then you get to decide are you going to lift that weight or not right

going to lift that weight or not right this is where Dr K becomes are you going

this is where Dr K becomes are you going to lift weight son and then you have to

to lift weight son and then you have to decide do you want to give into this

decide do you want to give into this thing or don't give into this thing but

thing or don't give into this thing but this is the thing everyone's like what's

this is the thing everyone's like what's my Dharma how do I find my Dharma your

my Dharma how do I find my Dharma your Dharma you know what your Dharma is you

Dharma you know what your Dharma is you just don't want to do

just don't want to do it oh yeah I don't want to like take

it oh yeah I don't want to like take care of myself I don't want to like

care of myself I don't want to like become more compassionate I don't want

become more compassionate I don't want to stop wasting my time on the internet

to stop wasting my time on the internet I want some big fancy Thea let me get

I want some big fancy Thea let me get let me take a fancy one can I have a

let me take a fancy one can I have a fancy dma I don't want oh my God I don't

fancy dma I don't want oh my God I don't want to clean things up I don't want to

want to clean things up I don't want to be nice I want to be an [ __ ] can I be

be nice I want to be an [ __ ] can I be a narcissistic [ __ ] on the internet

a narcissistic [ __ ] on the internet play thank

play thank you you [ __ ] know what you need to do

you you [ __ ] know what you need to do come

come on and then this is where the PFC comes

on and then this is where the PFC comes in and says but that's not enough now

in and says but that's not enough now here's the thing to understand so you

here's the thing to understand so you have to watch out for when your mind

have to watch out for when your mind devalues

devalues something this is trickery of the mind

something this is trickery of the mind you don't want to do something and Along

you don't want to do something and Along Comes Your

Comes Your PFC and your nucleus succumbent is like

PFC and your nucleus succumbent is like we don't want to do this and the PFC is

we don't want to do this and the PFC is like all right bro I got you I'm going

like all right bro I got you I'm going to tell you it's a waste of time I'm

to tell you it's a waste of time I'm going to tell you it's not enough see

going to tell you it's not enough see problem

problem solved now you are

solved now you are rationally thank God we're being

rationally thank God we're being rational we have a rational explanation

rational we have a rational explanation as to why cleaning your [ __ ] room is

as to why cleaning your [ __ ] room is never going to be enough thank God we

never going to be enough thank God we don't have to do it and oh my God this

don't have to do it and oh my God this rational explanation it's lit son let me

rational explanation it's lit son let me tell you I have the best product for you

tell you I have the best product for you PFC comes to the nucleus coms I have

PFC comes to the nucleus coms I have this thing called rationality and we can

this thing called rationality and we can use rationality to justify

use rationality to justify whatever degenerate lifestyle you want

whatever degenerate lifestyle you want let's go

let's go rational oh meditate forget that it

rational oh meditate forget that it doesn't work I tried it see this is the

doesn't work I tried it see this is the other thing about the mind it thinks it

other thing about the mind it thinks it understands I tried it it doesn't work

understands I tried it it doesn't work for me period how long did you try it

for me period how long did you try it how hard did you try it how much

how hard did you try it how much instruction did you get oh no no it

instruction did you get oh no no it doesn't work I am right and it is

doesn't work I am right and it is wrong

wrong very

tricky so your Dharma first of all is hard to get to because we don't

hard to get to because we don't introspect enough because we call

introspect enough because we call introspection

introspection boredom right it's crazy just be with

boredom right it's crazy just be with yourself for a while see what happens do

yourself for a while see what happens do that start to connect with in here and

that start to connect with in here and then this will tell you what you want

then this will tell you what you want this will tell you what you should be

this will tell you what you should be doing and then instead of this we turn

doing and then instead of this we turn to the outside world which tells us all

to the outside world which tells us all kinds of crap about what what we should

kinds of crap about what what we should be doing right oh you should do this and

be doing right oh you should do this and by the way let me let me get you like

by the way let me let me get you like there's this very special product that I

there's this very special product that I have that will help you do it in order

have that will help you do it in order to look Max oh you're having trouble

to look Max oh you're having trouble with dating you should be look maxing

with dating you should be look maxing more and by the way buy this thing

more and by the way buy this thing that'll help you looks

Max okay and then we get pulled into a

okay and then we get pulled into a thousand different

thousand different directions then we're like what is my

directions then we're like what is my Dharma or we even tell ourselves Dharma

Dharma or we even tell ourselves Dharma is copium

is copium no so like I don't I mean I think it can

no so like I don't I mean I think it can be copium certainly right so if our mind

be copium certainly right so if our mind gets take takes advantage of it and it

gets take takes advantage of it and it can be absolutely can be copium but I

can be absolutely can be copium but I don't think it's copium it's just how to

don't think it's copium it's just how to live a harmonious life right how to live

live a harmonious life right how to live in accordance with everything around you

in accordance with everything around you and this is what what they sort of mean

and this is what what they sort of mean by that

by that constancy because if we look at life

constancy because if we look at life life is an interaction between

life is an interaction between stuff and when you operate in line with

stuff and when you operate in line with that interaction your life is harmonious

that interaction your life is harmonious when you operate with friction your life

when you operate with friction your life is not

is not harmonious right so even if we look at

harmonious right so even if we look at something like a

something like a jacket a jacket creates Harmony between

jacket a jacket creates Harmony between me and the environment that's all it

does so as we engage in this this harmony moving uh engaging stuff we'll

harmony moving uh engaging stuff we'll our life will be better now people may

our life will be better now people may ask does that mean that I should like do

ask does that mean that I should like do what people around me want no so pay

what people around me want no so pay attention right so when do you set

attention right so when do you set boundaries when do you not set

boundaries when do you not set boundaries you look at what this does to

boundaries you look at what this does to the harmony of your life

the harmony of your life life does acceding to this person's

life does acceding to this person's requests increase the harmony of my life

requests increase the harmony of my life or decrease the harmony of my life and

or decrease the harmony of my life and what is your Dharma just ask yourself

what is your Dharma just ask yourself does this increase the harmony of my

does this increase the harmony of my life or decrease the harmony of my life

life or decrease the harmony of my life if it increases the harmony it is Dharma

if it increases the harmony it is Dharma and you should do

and you should do it and it's not something so Grand and

it and it's not something so Grand and later on you'll get Grand stuff don't

later on you'll get Grand stuff don't worry unfortunately you will get Grand

worry unfortunately you will get Grand stuff you don't want Grand stuff Grand

stuff you don't want Grand stuff Grand stuff is harder raid boss has way more

stuff is harder raid boss has way more hit points than the tutorial

okay so what questions before we move

on okay so there's some questions

okay so there's some questions like

like um okay so but I even if it's a reality

um okay so but I even if it's a reality check I still don't want to do anything

check I still don't want to do anything of what he is saying we'll we'll get to

of what he is saying we'll we'll get to that in a second

um what's the difference between friction and healthy challenges so the

friction and healthy challenges so the question is what happens to your Harmony

question is what happens to your Harmony at the

at the end see when I when I let's talk about

end see when I when I let's talk about setting boundaries so when I acced to

setting boundaries so when I acced to someone who's toxic what H what does my

someone who's toxic what H what does my life look like for the next 10 years if

life look like for the next 10 years if this person is in my life right so if it

this person is in my life right so if it if they're if it's not good then I

if they're if it's not good then I should if it reduces my Harmony then

should if it reduces my Harmony then move away from it and that's the whole

move away from it and that's the whole point is when we talk about healthy

point is when we talk about healthy challenges right Dharma is the thing

challenges right Dharma is the thing that allows you to embrace the pain for

that allows you to embrace the pain for the sake of something

the sake of something greater and it starts with you so should

greater and it starts with you so should you exercise yes why because you're the

you exercise yes why because you're the only one who can take care of your body

only one who can take care of your body so you should take care of your

so you should take care of your body what about pushing your boundaries

body what about pushing your boundaries well that's that's fine

well that's that's fine too right it it's not about to adhere to

too right it it's not about to adhere to a boundary or push a boundary or

a boundary or push a boundary or whatever because like your situation is

whatever because like your situation is unique right so we can't say you should

unique right so we can't say you should push boundaries or you shouldn't push

push boundaries or you shouldn't push boundaries my point is look at the

boundaries my point is look at the things that only you can take care of

things that only you can take care of and those are the things that you could

and those are the things that you could take care of if they're hard or

take care of if they're hard or difficult or they result in anxiety or

difficult or they result in anxiety or avoidance or whatever like that's fine

avoidance or whatever like that's fine that they're just going to be hard and

that they're just going to be hard and so do it it

so do it it anyway and then people will say but it's

anyway and then people will say but it's hard to do it anyway fine right so you

hard to do it anyway fine right so you have to start somewhere that's why I

have to start somewhere that's why I kind of said everyone's like looking for

kind of said everyone's like looking for some see this is the Mind wants some

some see this is the Mind wants some complex thing y'all want me to make you

complex thing y'all want me to make you guys don't want to do

okay so let's go through a couple of things all right so I say take a

things all right so I say take a walk eat healthier

um exercise

exercise right

right socialize

socialize some right even engage in

some right even engage in pleasure by all

pleasure by all means attain

means attain wealth and

wealth and security this is what you should do this

security this is what you should do this is D do all these things now this is

is D do all these things now this is what the mind so you guys want some

what the mind so you guys want some really complicated thing right so pay

really complicated thing right so pay attention to your mind your mind is like

attention to your mind your mind is like I'm over here I don't think this is

I'm over here I don't think this is going to work so Dr K build me a path to

going to work so Dr K build me a path to go from here to here but I don't want to

go from here to here but I don't want to do that because the more I build you the

do that because the more I build you the path the more this becomes and then this

path the more this becomes and then this is eating healthy and then your PFC

is eating healthy and then your PFC won't like it and who what the [ __ ] do I

won't like it and who what the [ __ ] do I know how am I supposed to build a path

know how am I supposed to build a path for what you're supposed to do with your

for what you're supposed to do with your life I don't

life I don't know but what I have

know but what I have seen is that as you start to take steps

seen is that as you start to take steps in the direction and you

in the direction and you introspect you need to listen to

introspect you need to listen to yourself because the rest of the world

yourself because the rest of the world will tell you to do this to do this to

will tell you to do this to do this to do this to do this but they don't know

do this to do this but they don't know you I don't know you I can't map out a

you I don't know you I can't map out a life for

life for you I know y'all want me to but I would

you I know y'all want me to but I would be wrong what do I know I mean some of

be wrong what do I know I mean some of y'all are 36 some of y'all are

y'all are 36 some of y'all are 63 how am I supposed to give you generic

63 how am I supposed to give you generic advice that'll work for all of you so

advice that'll work for all of you so connect with yourself first and foremost

connect with yourself first and foremost do something take care of yourself and

do something take care of yourself and then the other stuff will come so this

then the other stuff will come so this is the other thing that I've noticed is

is the other thing that I've noticed is that you're not actually doing it alone

that you're not actually doing it alone there's a lot of help so you want to

there's a lot of help so you want to fill in all this stuff this stuff the

fill in all this stuff this stuff the world is going to do for you buddy you

world is going to do for you buddy you just need to do your part and you will

just need to do your part and you will find the support that you need this has

find the support that you need this has been my experience the experience of the

been my experience the experience of the majority of people that I've worked with

majority of people that I've worked with I want to say 100% of people that I've

I want to say 100% of people that I've worked with but I'm sure there's some

worked with but I'm sure there's some kind of cognitive bias going on in my

kind of cognitive bias going on in my mind that cannot be trusted when I say

mind that cannot be trusted when I say that that's what I

that that's what I believe but scientifically it sounds

believe but scientifically it sounds like BS BR come

okay I think I'm going to be stuck forever it seems good so now we

forever it seems good so now we understand see this is what the Mind

understand see this is what the Mind does see this is very important to

understand so when your mind tells you something like I'm going to be stuck

something like I'm going to be stuck forever it or it won't be enough or this

forever it or it won't be enough or this won't work what does your mind letting

won't work what does your mind letting you do with that thought what is the end

you do with that thought what is the end result of that thought that means that

result of that thought that means that you don't have to eat healthy today do

you don't have to eat healthy today do youall see that very important to

youall see that very important to understand any kind of conclusion that

understand any kind of conclusion that your mind comes to you have to look at

your mind comes to you have to look at what is the direction that the

what is the direction that the conclusion wants me to

conclusion wants me to go and what y'all will find 90% of the

go and what y'all will find 90% of the time is that the mind is telling you

time is that the mind is telling you things to craft the life that it wants

things to craft the life that it wants not that you want that it wants you may

not that you want that it wants you may say but what do you mean by it well just

say but what do you mean by it well just pay attention to your mind what does it

pay attention to your mind what does it want it wants video games it wants

want it wants video games it wants pornography it wants unhealthy food it

pornography it wants unhealthy food it doesn't it intellectually understands

doesn't it intellectually understands some of these vague consequences but it

some of these vague consequences but it doesn't it's like I don't want that but

doesn't it's like I don't want that but I don't want

I don't want unhealthiness or I want pizza more than

unhealthiness or I want pizza more than I want to be healthy

I want to be healthy so it always moves towards What It Wants

so it always moves towards What It Wants unless it is trained you have to be

unless it is trained you have to be control in control of

it okay so you must be rigorous and this is the basic problem that we have is

is the basic problem that we have is that we trust our mind but you think

that we trust our mind but you think about it for a second who is responsible

about it for a second who is responsible for conditioning your

for conditioning your mind the world and oh my God do they

mind the world and oh my God do they love to condition you because if they

love to condition you because if they can control your mind they can control

can control your mind they can control your

actions right because your mind controls you you don't control it so all I have

you you don't control it so all I have to do is control the mind this why

to do is control the mind this why advertising is literally a thing they do

advertising is literally a thing they do studies where they look at different

studies where they look at different kinds of colors and they look at okay if

kinds of colors and they look at okay if I make this advertisement with these two

I make this advertisement with these two colors it'll induce people's behavior

colors it'll induce people's behavior more they it it's become a precise

more they it it's become a precise science man

science man so one of my

so one of my colleagues was an empathy researcher at

colleagues was an empathy researcher at Mass General Hospital in Harvard Medical

Mass General Hospital in Harvard Medical School he started a

School he started a company in which he hooked people up so

company in which he hooked people up so he was an empathy researcher so he' take

he was an empathy researcher so he' take an EEG heart rate monitor all kinds of

an EEG heart rate monitor all kinds of other physiologic monitors he started a

other physiologic monitors he started a company where he hooked people up to all

company where he hooked people up to all this stuff and he had them watch

this stuff and he had them watch advertisements and then people would pay

advertisements and then people would pay him to figure out which advertisement

him to figure out which advertisement works the best and this isn't some focus

works the best and this isn't some focus group low Tech Noob level [ __ ] this is

group low Tech Noob level [ __ ] this is like we're going to hook you up to the

like we're going to hook you up to the most sophisticated scientific equipment

most sophisticated scientific equipment that exists and measure what this

that exists and measure what this advertisement does to you we're going to

advertisement does to you we're going to do it to 50 people and we're going to

do it to 50 people and we're going to tell you out of these 10 variants of the

tell you out of these 10 variants of the ad this is the one that works the

ad this is the one that works the best his company got acquired by

best his company got acquired by neelen very successful

company so so the world wants to convince you and then your mind is we

convince you and then your mind is we just trust our mind right so let's take

just trust our mind right so let's take a quick look at a

post I don't think he's evil or anything by the

way um okay so let's take a look at this one

um okay so let's take a look at this one I already know everything I should do

I already know everything I should do but nothing compels me to want to do

but nothing compels me to want to do them how do I move myself forward in

them how do I move myself forward in life if nothing feels exciting or

life if nothing feels exciting or rewarding enough to go for it so this

rewarding enough to go for it so this problem is very

problem is very simple see this is what's

tricky do your wants control your life so this is why everyone wants

life so this is why everyone wants motivation everyone is like how do I

motivation everyone is like how do I find motivation how do I find motivation

find motivation how do I find motivation how do I find motivation because if you

how do I find motivation because if you are motivated that is a natural

are motivated that is a natural inclination within you to move in a

inclination within you to move in a particular

particular direction so everyone is looking for

direction so everyone is looking for motivation because they are lazy and

motivation because they are lazy and when they find the person who is the

when they find the person who is the most motivated is the laziest you may

most motivated is the laziest you may say what the [ __ ] does that mean doctor

say what the [ __ ] does that mean doctor okay just hear me out because when you

okay just hear me out because when you are motivated you don't need to push

are motivated you don't need to push yourself because there's a natural

yourself because there's a natural inclination you don't actually control

inclination you don't actually control you the Mind want something and you're

you the Mind want something and you're like okay you go for it oh my God I hope

like okay you go for it oh my God I hope I want to study today oh my God I hope I

I want to study today oh my God I hope I want to study today I hope I want to

want to study today I hope I want to read instead of playing a video game I

read instead of playing a video game I hope I want to socialize instead of

hope I want to socialize instead of watching porn I hope I hope I hope I'm

watching porn I hope I hope I hope I'm motivated towards all these things

motivated towards all these things because we have no control over

because we have no control over ourselves when you have no control over

ourselves when you have no control over yourself you pray for motivation in the

yourself you pray for motivation in the right

direction and this is what happens right so when we have no control over our

so when we have no control over our actions and we rely on motivation then

actions and we rely on motivation then we're screwed if we do not want things

we're screwed if we do not want things because if we want

because if we want something then we'll do it and now

something then we'll do it and now what's happened is my life Falls to what

what's happened is my life Falls to what I want and now you're really screwed

I want and now you're really screwed because who controls what you want do

because who controls what you want do you control what you want hell no right

you control what you want hell no right that's the one thing that we can be 100%

that's the one thing that we can be 100% certain about is I don't get to control

certain about is I don't get to control what I

what I want right for a hundred years people

want right for a hundred years people tried to do this with the homosexual

tried to do this with the homosexual Community where we're like hey you were

Community where we're like hey you were attracted to this person who is the same

attracted to this person who is the same gender as you we are going to fix that

gender as you we are going to fix that we are going to change what you want we

we are going to change what you want we are going to control what you want and

are going to control what you want and you can control what you want doesn't

work you don't control what you want so now the question becomes very simple do

now the question becomes very simple do you want to live a life where you are

you want to live a life where you are directed by your wants or do you want to

directed by your wants or do you want to live a life where you are not directed

live a life where you are not directed by your wants does your desire control

by your wants does your desire control you or do you control your

you or do you control your desire

desire and you got have a thousand reasons to

and you got have a thousand reasons to to that you should do it and now we'll

to that you should do it and now we'll kind of get in more detail to the

kind of get in more detail to the post I look at these goals and I feel no

post I look at these goals and I feel no strong pull towards them right so that's

strong pull towards them right so that's the thing this person is looking for

the thing this person is looking for gravitation I should do all this

gravitation I should do all this stuff and I look at these goals and

stuff and I look at these goals and there's no strong pull it's just ah that

there's no strong pull it's just ah that doesn't sound exciting or fulfilling at

doesn't sound exciting or fulfilling at all now let's tunnle down into the mind

all now let's tunnle down into the mind this is tricky

this is tricky so when the Mind does not want something

so when the Mind does not want something it will convince

it will convince you that this is this doesn't sound

you that this is this doesn't sound exciting or fun you won't enjoy this so

exciting or fun you won't enjoy this so now we don't have to put forth effort

now we don't have to put forth effort right let me convince you that this is

right let me convince you that this is not going to be worth

not going to be worth it and we just trust the

mind right so this person is like [ __ ] in a couple of ways we all are because

in a couple of ways we all are because what we should do the world has

what we should do the world has programmed us that we should do all of

programmed us that we should do all of this kind of stuff right and then we

this kind of stuff right and then we don't want to do

don't want to do it so there's no internal drive right

it so there's no internal drive right there's no

there's no motivation and then we're kind of

motivation and then we're kind of stuck I break up within months because I

stuck I break up within months because I get bored so this is a basic problem of

get bored so this is a basic problem of you are not in control of your mind your

you are not in control of your mind your mind is in control of you very

mind is in control of you very simple I just do it and then think all

simple I just do it and then think all right what else do I do with my life

right what else do I do with my life okay fine so the first thing to do if

okay fine so the first thing to do if you are in this situation where you

you are in this situation where you don't want things but you should do them

don't want things but you should do them is you must control your

is you must control your mind so meditation is the number one

mind so meditation is the number one thing right so why is meditation the

thing right so why is meditation the number one thing it is the practice of

number one thing it is the practice of you gaining control of your mind instead

you gaining control of your mind instead of your mind controlling you so

of your mind controlling you so literally what we do in meditation it's

literally what we do in meditation it's the most direct form of practice if my

the most direct form of practice if my mind wants to think about something

mind wants to think about something else no we're going to think about this

else no we're going to think about this the mind is like I want to go over here

the mind is like I want to go over here you're like no we're going to think

you're like no we're going to think about

this so then what happens as you meditate more and more and more is you

meditate more and more and more is you become your actions become independent

become your actions become independent of your wants see this is a big problem

of your wants see this is a big problem where we are all trying to cultivate a

where we are all trying to cultivate a particular want but we are fundamentally

particular want but we are fundamentally not in control of it how do I get

not in control of it how do I get inspired how do I get motivated how do I

inspired how do I get motivated how do I get this how do I get this how do I get

get this how do I get this how do I get this right I want to make it easy on

this right I want to make it easy on yourself no you just you decide when you

yourself no you just you decide when you say jump the Mind should

say jump the Mind should jump right we don't go through life with

jump right we don't go through life with like our hands doing whatever the [ __ ]

like our hands doing whatever the [ __ ] they

they want I want to do this right now and I

want I want to do this right now and I tell my hands to stop and my hands are

tell my hands to stop and my hands are like no [ __ ] you but this is what

like no [ __ ] you but this is what happens with our mind our mind is run

happens with our mind our mind is run wild we don't control it anymore so it

wild we don't control it anymore so it decides it wants something and we're

decides it wants something and we're like okay fine you're the

like okay fine you're the boss because if we don't listen to it it

boss because if we don't listen to it it punishes

punishes us it makes us

us it makes us bored oh my God don't play a video game

bored oh my God don't play a video game why not what'll happen I'll be

why not what'll happen I'll be [Music]

[Music] bored so you guys want if you guys want

bored so you guys want if you guys want to really train your mind you want to

to really train your mind you want to teach your mind a [ __ ]

teach your mind a [ __ ] lesson next time you take a flight don't

lesson next time you take a flight don't take anything to

take anything to do just don't take anything to

do just don't take anything to do what am I going to do nothing there's

do what am I going to do nothing there's nothing to do I I understand they have

nothing to do I I understand they have some very high quality magazines in the

some very high quality magazines in the seat pocket in front of you some really

seat pocket in front of you some really just topnotch

just topnotch literary production there just really

literary production there just really award-winning stuff

award-winning stuff man you

man you know what's going to

happen nothing nothing is gon to happen you'll

you'll survive you'll be

survive you'll be bored right don't take your phone into

bored right don't take your phone into the

the bathroom all of these things what what

bathroom all of these things what what what do you get from using your phone

what do you get from using your phone not very much it costs you more than it

not very much it costs you more than it gives you but our our mind is in control

gives you but our our mind is in control of us so all these things are

of us so all these things are hard so if you if you don't want to do

hard so if you if you don't want to do something that you should do the

something that you should do the interesting answer is you just need one

interesting answer is you just need one thing to fix this problem which is learn

thing to fix this problem which is learn to be bored learn to not let your wants

to be bored learn to not let your wants control you and the most direct way to

control you and the most direct way to not let your wants control use boredom I

not let your wants control use boredom I want this so

want this so what

what right so I went through a practice where

right so I went through a practice where I gave up ice cream for 10 years ice

I gave up ice cream for 10 years ice cream was my favorite

cream was my favorite thing and by the way when we're talking

thing and by the way when we're talking about real medit we'll get to this in a

about real medit we'll get to this in a second you may say but Dr K 10 years oh

second you may say but Dr K 10 years oh my God that's so long yeah that's right

my God that's so long yeah that's right so if you really want to get good at

so if you really want to get good at this stuff the time the time scales that

this stuff the time the time scales that we're talking about for a lot of the

we're talking about for a lot of the spiritual stuff like finding your Dharma

spiritual stuff like finding your Dharma and stuff like that we're talking about

and stuff like that we're talking about decades or even

decades or even lifetimes if this is to be understood

lifetimes if this is to be understood but in our current Society we want

but in our current Society we want everything to be done within days if not

everything to be done within days if not weeks we can't even wait a week for a

weeks we can't even wait a week for a shipment of something we need overnight

shipment of something we need overnight delivery right and the world is

delivery right and the world is accommodating us making it easier and

accommodating us making it easier and easier and easier to give into our wants

easier and easier to give into our wants and they love doing it by the

and they love doing it by the way because the more that they can make

way because the more that they can make it easy to give into your wants the more

it easy to give into your wants the more impulsive your life will

impulsive your life will be right you can they can capitalize on

be right you can they can capitalize on the impulse I feel like buying something

the impulse I feel like buying something let me just click a button and then

let me just click a button and then it'll be bought easy oh thank God whoo

it'll be bought easy oh thank God whoo thank God that they can have an impulse

thank God that they can have an impulse and we can get their money in that

and we can get their money in that amount of time I'm not saying capitalism

amount of time I'm not saying capitalism is evil or anything I love overnight

is evil or anything I love overnight delivery it's great love

delivery it's great love it I'm just saying let's understand what

it I'm just saying let's understand what the society is doing to us let's

the society is doing to us let's understand what technology is doing to

us so in order to gain control of your wants you need two things one is

wants you need two things one is meditation the second is the tolerance

meditation the second is the tolerance of boredom once you learn to be bored

of boredom once you learn to be bored now just think about this for a second

now just think about this for a second think about the value of being bored if

think about the value of being bored if you no longer have to retreat from

you no longer have to retreat from boredom do you need to use your phone no

boredom do you need to use your phone no do you need to play a video game no do

do you need to play a video game no do you need to watch pornography

you need to watch pornography no can you go to the library yes it's

no can you go to the library yes it's boring at the library Dr K oh my God

boring at the library Dr K oh my God it's so boring well boredom doesn't

it's so boring well boredom doesn't bother you anymore so ain't no thing

bother you anymore so ain't no thing your life will be transformed with this

your life will be transformed with this one very simple trick learn to be bored

one very simple trick learn to be bored be okay with being bored get very good

be okay with being bored get very good at being bored and then eventually

at being bored and then eventually something cool will happen as you're

something cool will happen as you're bored your mind will finally come

bored your mind will finally come crawling to you and it'll say please

crawling to you and it'll say please give me something to do it's like all

give me something to do it's like all right son Let's Learn physics and your

right son Let's Learn physics and your mind is like okay

mind is like okay fine and then you will be in control of

fine and then you will be in control of your mind and it will not be in control

your mind and it will not be in control of

you okay wait there's a difference between

okay wait there's a difference between you and your mind absolutely you are not

you and your mind absolutely you are not your mind

your mind mind right your mind is thoughts and

mind right your mind is thoughts and emotions that's not you you are that

emotions that's not you you are that which always experiences the

which always experiences the fluctuations of your mind your mind

fluctuations of your mind your mind changes but you don't

change okay let's talk about a couple of other things so people are asking how to

other things so people are asking how to meditate so last thing so we haven't

meditate so last thing so we haven't talked about mocha either so let's talk

talked about mocha either so let's talk about Moka and

about Moka and meditation

discovered right so there's a lot of suffering in the world can't find

suffering in the world can't find meaning in life and even as we pursue

meaning in life and even as we pursue things like money or fame I already I I

things like money or fame I already I I won I checked all the

won I checked all the boxes right none of this works it's not

boxes right none of this works it's not enough yes you are correct the yogis

enough yes you are correct the yogis figured out the same thing so at the

figured out the same thing so at the very beginning in the first phase of

very beginning in the first phase of unhappiness in life the Mind seeks

unhappiness in life the Mind seeks particular things that it believes will

particular things that it believes will make it happy and why does it do that

make it happy and why does it do that because they do make it happy for a

because they do make it happy for a time so I think to myself oh my

time so I think to myself oh my God I'm alone and I love her I need her

God I'm alone and I love her I need her she's the only one in the world for

she's the only one in the world for me I just want her to date me I wanted

me I just want her to date me I wanted to say yes please and our mind wants

to say yes please and our mind wants this thing I mean love this is what

this thing I mean love this is what everyone talks about in the movies oh my

everyone talks about in the movies oh my God and then the person says yes and

God and then the person says yes and it's

it's beautiful for 3 weeks and then I realize

beautiful for 3 weeks and then I realize oh my God this is a human being they are

oh my God this is a human being they are not what I idealize them as and our

not what I idealize them as and our minds are so stubborn that it can take

minds are so stubborn that it can take us years to discover that this is a

us years to discover that this is a different person from whom I thought

different person from whom I thought they were they continuously tell us hey

they were they continuously tell us hey I'm not who you think I am I'm not who

I'm not who you think I am I'm not who you think I am I'm not who you think I

you think I am I'm not who you think I am

am and yet our mind goes on ignoring it

and yet our mind goes on ignoring it ignoring it ignoring it ignoring it

ignoring it ignoring it ignoring it sometimes we even get married and we

sometimes we even get married and we have kids and then we wake up one day

have kids and then we wake up one day and we realize holy [ __ ] this is not the

and we realize holy [ __ ] this is not the person that I thought they were so when

person that I thought they were so when someone tells you who they are pay

someone tells you who they are pay attention so at the beginning we seek

attention so at the beginning we seek particular things and we get some amount

particular things and we get some amount of happiness for some amount of time but

of happiness for some amount of time but it's never

it's never enough right we see this a lot with the

enough right we see this a lot with the content creators that we work with have

content creators that we work with have 100,000 subscribers oh my God go you

100,000 subscribers oh my God go you yeah are you happy now no I need

yeah are you happy now no I need 200,000 are you happy with 200,000 no

200,000 are you happy with 200,000 no this person started they just came on

this person started they just came on the scene and they've been streaming for

the scene and they've been streaming for six months I've been streaming for two

six months I've been streaming for two years and they have 18 180,000 and I

years and they have 18 180,000 and I have 200,000 I even have more than them

have 200,000 I even have more than them but I'm still

but I'm still unhappy so this is the problem with

unhappy so this is the problem with fulfilling desires and chasing your

fulfilling desires and chasing your wants is that it's never enough it is

wants is that it's never enough it is the nature of a want to be

the nature of a want to be temporary and the satisfaction of a want

temporary and the satisfaction of a want to be

temporary how long does the happiness from a the perfect wedding

from a the perfect wedding last we have all these Bridezillas and

last we have all these Bridezillas and groom zillas now right I want this I

groom zillas now right I want this I want this I want

want this I want this and even though you ruin all your

this and even though you ruin all your relationships and you go into debt to

relationships and you go into debt to get your perfect wedding what happens a

get your perfect wedding what happens a month later six months

and so the first stage is the Mind thinks okay I will satisfy this want

thinks okay I will satisfy this want this is Gama

this is Gama pleasure and then next stage is we start

pleasure and then next stage is we start to realize that there's

to realize that there's security that okay it's not just about

security that okay it's not just about fulfilling my desires I need some way to

fulfilling my desires I need some way to support this life that I live I'm a

support this life that I live I'm a human being I have needs these needs to

human being I have needs these needs to be these needs need to be met if the

be these needs need to be met if the needs are not met this will create

needs are not met this will create stress so we seek pleasure and we try to

stress so we seek pleasure and we try to avoid pain this is where ARA comes in

avoid pain this is where ARA comes in ARA Is

ARA Is wealth so ARA protects us against the

wealth so ARA protects us against the negative things in life and lets us move

negative things in life and lets us move towards pleasure right so these two

towards pleasure right so these two things are tied and yet even if we have

things are tied and yet even if we have ARA and we have GMA if we have pleasure

ARA and we have GMA if we have pleasure and we have wealth we are not perfectly

and we have wealth we are not perfectly happy and there are many people out

happy and there are many people out there who are very wealthy who are not

there who are very wealthy who are not perfectly

perfectly happy so this is where Dharma comes in

happy so this is where Dharma comes in now we have to have a greater purpose we

now we have to have a greater purpose we have to be on this Earth for or

have to be on this Earth for or something it's greater than me I need to

something it's greater than me I need to make the world a better place there's a

make the world a better place there's a lot of fulfillment that comes from that

lot of fulfillment that comes from that great and then sometimes we do all three

great and then sometimes we do all three of these things and we are still not

of these things and we are still not happy so we have people right so let's

happy so we have people right so let's take a quick

look does anyone else struggle to find meaning in life I have great friends a

meaning in life I have great friends a good solid job where I like my

good solid job where I like my co-workers a good social life but I

co-workers a good social life but I struggle to find meaning I get so

struggle to find meaning I get so focused in this train of thought that it

focused in this train of thought that it depresses me people sometimes say to

depresses me people sometimes say to find happiness in the small Pleasures in

find happiness in the small Pleasures in life I do get happiness from these

life I do get happiness from these things love friends sex accomplishment

things love friends sex accomplishment even day-to-day activities like eating

even day-to-day activities like eating and running however I can't help but

and running however I can't help but think that these are just Evol

think that these are just Evol evolutionary tricks and with no

evolutionary tricks and with no intrinsic meaning it's a really sad way

intrinsic meaning it's a really sad way to go through life but I can stop but I

to go through life but I can stop but I can't stop thinking about it I think is

can't stop thinking about it I think is what this person means to say right so

what this person means to say right so this is what happens to some of us as we

this is what happens to some of us as we do everything that we're supposed to

do everything that we're supposed to do

do and then we even think about things like

and then we even think about things like maybe this is an evolutionary trick so

maybe this is an evolutionary trick so let's understand something if we really

let's understand something if we really want to understand Moka and the real

want to understand Moka and the real purpose of life we have to understand

purpose of life we have to understand the bounds of different dimensions of

the bounds of different dimensions of the self now I know that sentence makes

the self now I know that sentence makes no sense so let me explain

no sense so let me explain it so when we talk about Evolution which

it so when we talk about Evolution which part of us is subject to

part of us is subject to Evolution primarily our physical

Evolution primarily our physical body right so if we sort of think about

body right so if we sort of think about like where does evolution act Evolution

like where does evolution act Evolution acts on the physical body like this

acts on the physical body like this desire for procreation hunger thirst all

desire for procreation hunger thirst all of these things are physical in nature

of these things are physical in nature now we start to touch on the

now we start to touch on the psychological realm through Evolution

psychological realm through Evolution but really like if we sort of think

but really like if we sort of think about life like a bacterium right so we

about life like a bacterium right so we don't know that a bacterium has thoughts

don't know that a bacterium has thoughts or emotions maybe it does who

or emotions maybe it does who knows but it certainly has that

knows but it certainly has that physicality it has hunger it has thirst

physicality it has hunger it has thirst it has the desire to Pro procreate we

it has the desire to Pro procreate we have those F plasmids baby M right for

have those F plasmids baby M right for those of you all that know

those of you all that know microbiology so these fundamental things

microbiology so these fundamental things about procreation and the propagation of

about procreation and the propagation of life live exist on a very basic level

life live exist on a very basic level you don't need to be human to have

you don't need to be human to have those and so this is the problem is we

those and so this is the problem is we are more than bacterium we have layers

are more than bacterium we have layers of self that transcend the Physical

of self that transcend the Physical Realm we have layers of existence that

Realm we have layers of existence that are

are non-physical so when we look at all of

non-physical so when we look at all of these evolutionary things that were

these evolutionary things that were driven towards h hunger thirst whatever

driven towards h hunger thirst whatever we can satisfy those but then only the

we can satisfy those but then only the body will be

satisfied now we enter the mind and now we have some animals that also have

we have some animals that also have emotions and stuff like that right dogs

emotions and stuff like that right dogs can get angry they can get sad they can

can get angry they can get sad they can get happy they can get excited they can

get happy they can get excited they can be

be loving and so we must also satisfy the

loving and so we must also satisfy the mind okay so now we even look at

that right friends accomplishment these are satisfactions

accomplishment these are satisfactions of the mind which part of us wants to be

of the mind which part of us wants to be accomplished our mind does our ego does

accomplished our mind does our ego does so we can go on satisfying all of those

so we can go on satisfying all of those things and if that is all that a human

things and if that is all that a human being was then we would be happy right

being was then we would be happy right it makes sense this simple logic if this

it makes sense this simple logic if this was sufficient for happiness this would

was sufficient for happiness this would make us

make us happy and if you look at an animal right

happy and if you look at an animal right we don't really know this maybe animals

we don't really know this maybe animals are unhappy but generally speaking if

are unhappy but generally speaking if you have a dog so I had three dogs

you have a dog so I had three dogs growing up and they tend to be pretty

growing up and they tend to be pretty happy if you take care of their physical

happy if you take care of their physical needs and you take care of their

needs and you take care of their emotional needs that's all they

emotional needs that's all they need they don't have existential crisis

need they don't have existential crisis that we know

that we know of so now if we look at a human being

of so now if we look at a human being what is different about a human

what is different about a human being so animals have thoughts and

being so animals have thoughts and emotions they have some degree of ego

emotions they have some degree of ego right they have their place in the pack

right they have their place in the pack their social

their social hierarchies do humans have anything that

hierarchies do humans have anything that animals don't have now this is Up For

animals don't have now this is Up For Debate but we're going to just for the

Debate but we're going to just for the sake of Simplicity to try to answer this

sake of Simplicity to try to answer this question we're going to say

question we're going to say yes so the human being is a little bit

yes so the human being is a little bit different because the human being has

different because the human being has something that we call awareness and

something that we call awareness and maybe animals are somewhat aware too

maybe animals are somewhat aware too actually everything has some degree of

actually everything has some degree of awareness but we have more awareness

awareness but we have more awareness than animals let's say that and what is

than animals let's say that and what is awareness so awareness is that Which

awareness so awareness is that Which experiences everything

experiences everything else so you have this part of you that

else so you have this part of you that is the essence of you and it's not your

is the essence of you and it's not your physical body because your physical body

physical body because your physical body can change over time it does change over

can change over time it does change over time but you're always you you were you

time but you're always you you were you when you were Oney old you were you when

when you were Oney old you were you when you were 15y old you're going to be you

you were 15y old you're going to be you when you're 50 it's always you but the

when you're 50 it's always you but the body

body changes the mind also changes happy one

changes the mind also changes happy one day sad the next day but what's what is

day sad the next day but what's what is you you are that Which experiences you

you you are that Which experiences you are just raw subjective experience the

are just raw subjective experience the one thing that separates you from

one thing that separates you from everything else is that you have the

everything else is that you have the capacity to be aware of all of these

capacity to be aware of all of these things and so this is where MOA comes

things and so this is where MOA comes because we can satisfy the body we can

because we can satisfy the body we can satisfy the mind and it is not enough

satisfy the mind and it is not enough because there's a part of us that hasn't

because there's a part of us that hasn't been satisfied does that make

been satisfied does that make sense if we are only a physical

sense if we are only a physical Dimension and we are only a mental

Dimension and we are only a mental Dimension then fulfilling these two

Dimension then fulfilling these two things should make us perfectly content

things should make us perfectly content and we can see that roughly speaking

and we can see that roughly speaking with

with animals making some assumptions there

animals making some assumptions there which are arguable on a philosophical

which are arguable on a philosophical level on a scientific

level on a scientific level so there must be something else

level so there must be something else because we're still not happy this is

because we're still not happy this is what the approach that the yogis

what the approach that the yogis took and they're like why am I not happy

took and they're like why am I not happy yet what's going on I have everything

yet what's going on I have everything right this is what happened with budda

right this is what happened with budda all of his physical needs are met he's

all of his physical needs are met he's loved he's

loved he's respected people are proud of him he's

respected people are proud of him he's been

been groomed so he has love he has

groomed so he has love he has respect emotions are satisfied yet he

respect emotions are satisfied yet he wakes up one day and he's

wakes up one day and he's unhappy now we get to

unhappy now we get to Moka so if you are someone who is in

Moka so if you are someone who is in this state where you have checked all

this state where you have checked all the boxes and you are still unhappy

the boxes and you are still unhappy there's only one thing left which is

there's only one thing left which is Liberation now if yall want to

Liberation now if yall want to understand what Liberation is we're

understand what Liberation is we're going to teach

you now the question is how so this is what I want youall to

how so this is what I want youall to understand you can exist outside of a

understand you can exist outside of a sensation of body and outside of a

sensation of body and outside of a sensation of

sensation of mind so even know that you can trigger

mind so even know that you can trigger this part of you so if you electric

this part of you so if you electric electrically stimulate the

electrically stimulate the temporoparietal junction you will

temporoparietal junction you will trigger something called an outof body

trigger something called an outof body experience we figured out

experience we figured out neuroscientifically where the outof body

neuroscientifically where the outof body experience comes from so all this weird

experience comes from so all this weird stuff that happens in in spirituality

stuff that happens in in spirituality some of it we figured out how to trigger

some of it we figured out how to trigger so we figured out how to trigger

so we figured out how to trigger transcendental States this stuff that

transcendental States this stuff that happens in spirituality we figured out

happens in spirituality we figured out how to do some of it with with things

how to do some of it with with things like psilocybin and psychedelics

like psilocybin and psychedelics stimulating The temporo prial Junction

stimulating The temporo prial Junction sometimes works for outof body

sometimes works for outof body experience we figured out a couple of

experience we figured out a couple of these

these things but if you really want to

things but if you really want to understand what the nature of Liberation

understand what the nature of Liberation and and true contentment and happiness

and and true contentment and happiness is meditation is the path to do it maybe

is meditation is the path to do it maybe prayer there are other ways to do it but

prayer there are other ways to do it but we're going to talk about meditation

we're going to talk about meditation because first of all that's the

because first of all that's the tradition I come from and secondly it is

tradition I come from and secondly it is the one that is the most stepwise where

the one that is the most stepwise where if you do a b and c the same thing will

if you do a b and c the same thing will happen if I drop an apple it'll fall if

happen if I drop an apple it'll fall if you drop an apple it'll fall if anybody

you drop an apple it'll fall if anybody drops an apple it'll fall because

drops an apple it'll fall because gravity is a uniformity of the

gravity is a uniformity of the earth and so in this way Consciousness

earth and so in this way Consciousness is also a uniformity of all human beings

is also a uniformity of all human beings so you can discover

so you can discover this so there are a couple of steps to

this so there are a couple of steps to this okay we'll teach

this okay we'll teach yall so the first is that if we look at

yall so the first is that if we look at our attention the simplest way to

our attention the simplest way to experience pure Consciousness is

experience pure Consciousness is something

something called so this is very simple if I close

called so this is very simple if I close my eyes what happens to my other

my eyes what happens to my other senses so if I close my eyes my

senses so if I close my eyes my awareness the awareness that was being

awareness the awareness that was being utilized by the eyes

utilized by the eyes then gets moved over to the other senses

then gets moved over to the other senses so if I'm listening to a piece of music

so if I'm listening to a piece of music and I close my eyes I will hear the

and I close my eyes I will hear the music more intensely

right and so then what happens is if I'm let's say I'm getting a massage and then

let's say I'm getting a massage and then there's I close my eyes and there's

there's I close my eyes and there's complete silence then I will feel the

complete silence then I will feel the massage more deeply so whichever sense

massage more deeply so whichever sense we get rid of the attention moves to the

we get rid of the attention moves to the remaining

remaining senses now what happens when we get rid

senses now what happens when we get rid of all five senses where does the

of all five senses where does the attention go it has no object for Focus

attention go it has no object for Focus I'm not looking at anything I'm not

I'm not looking at anything I'm not seeing anything I'm not hearing anything

seeing anything I'm not hearing anything I'm not tasting anything I'm not feeling

I'm not tasting anything I'm not feeling anything all we are is attention and

anything all we are is attention and then people will say okay so where does

then people will say okay so where does the attention go the attention goes into

the attention go the attention goes into the

the mind right so we can be lost in thought

mind right so we can be lost in thought fine but then eventually thoughts can

fine but then eventually thoughts can cease too so thoughts have the capacity

cease too so thoughts have the capacity for cessation and you know this because

for cessation and you know this because sometimes you zone out and you're not

sometimes you zone out and you're not thinking about anything and you're just

thinking about anything and you're just kind of you zone out right so there are

kind of you zone out right so there are periods of time where our mind does not

periods of time where our mind does not think so sleep is a one a good example

think so sleep is a one a good example of this when we're not

of this when we're not dreaming zoning

dreaming zoning out so this is why we start with prahara

out so this is why we start with prahara and then we do something called dharana

and then we do something called dharana dhana is the focusing of your attention

dhana is the focusing of your attention on a single

on a single thing so you all may notice this when

thing so you all may notice this when you meditate so let's say I do a

you meditate so let's say I do a practice called trataka SOA is fix fixed

practice called trataka SOA is fix fixed Point gazing so what I'm going to do is

Point gazing so what I'm going to do is I'm going to look at the tip of my

I'm going to look at the tip of my nose okay so if I look at the tip of my

nose okay so if I look at the tip of my nose and I keep looking at it eventually

nose and I keep looking at it eventually my thoughts will cease at the very

my thoughts will cease at the very beginning I'll have all kinds of

beginning I'll have all kinds of thoughts but if i gaze at the tip of my

thoughts but if i gaze at the tip of my nose and I keep looking keep looking

nose and I keep looking keep looking keep looking the thoughts will all stop

keep looking the thoughts will all stop and I will be fully focused on

and I will be fully focused on that and then we enter into so what isan

that and then we enter into so what isan so our mind has a very simple principle

so our mind has a very simple principle which is that it will acclimatize to a

which is that it will acclimatize to a stimulus so when I put my shirt on

stimulus so when I put my shirt on I feel the

I feel the shirt but after a few moments I no

shirt but after a few moments I no longer feel the shirt so the way that

longer feel the shirt so the way that meditation works is we push everything

meditation works is we push everything else to the side and we focus on one

else to the side and we focus on one thing and then eventually my mind Alim

thing and then eventually my mind Alim acclimatizes to that thing and I lose

acclimatizes to that thing and I lose that

that thing and then all I am is raw attention

thing and then all I am is raw attention without an

without an object this is the first path to

object this is the first path to meditation now when you enter this state

meditation now when you enter this state of mind where all you are is attention

of mind where all you are is attention without any objective focus it feels

without any objective focus it feels cool it is somewhat

cool it is somewhat Blissful and as you spend more and more

Blissful and as you spend more and more time in this state you will no longer

time in this state you will no longer feel dook dook will

feel dook dook will disappear suffering will be

disappear suffering will be gone right and this is where the mind

gone right and this is where the mind will Rebel with all kinds of things

will Rebel with all kinds of things It'll ask but what about this and what

It'll ask but what about this and what about my job and what about this what

about my job and what about this what about this what about this what about

about this what about this what about this I don't [ __ ] know I'm not saying

this I don't [ __ ] know I'm not saying that look is designed to make your life

that look is designed to make your life function or meditation not designed to

function or meditation not designed to make you function with whatever goals

make you function with whatever goals your ego has that's not the purpose this

your ego has that's not the purpose this is a fundamental of human beings it is

is a fundamental of human beings it is not like a construction that is designed

not like a construction that is designed to make your ego gratified this is what

to make your ego gratified this is what it

it is right if you eat something the hunger

is right if you eat something the hunger goes away if you get a hug you feel

goes away if you get a hug you feel loved that part is satisfied to satisfy

loved that part is satisfied to satisfy that which is left this is the way what

that which is left this is the way what are the Imp lications for your life you

are the Imp lications for your life you decide if you want to know if you're

decide if you want to know if you're hungry eat something if you're feeling

hungry eat something if you're feeling lonely go get a hug if you're discontent

lonely go get a hug if you're discontent with life and you're filled with D do

with life and you're filled with D do this thing it'll go

away what does that mean for life you figure out bro I don't

figure out bro I don't know but this Bliss State cannot be

know but this Bliss State cannot be considered pleasure it's not pleasure

considered pleasure it's not pleasure it's

it's Bliss okay this is not the same as

Bliss okay this is not the same as writing a roller coaster it's a

writing a roller coaster it's a different experience it's just attention

different experience it's just attention without

without Focus just pure un raw

Focus just pure un raw attention and the the interesting thing

attention and the the interesting thing is that if y'all really want to learn

is that if y'all really want to learn how to do this this is not like an

how to do this this is not like an eight-week thing so I'm going to walk

eight-week thing so I'm going to walk y'all through an advanced meditation

y'all through an advanced meditation practice and just to give you all a

practice and just to give you all a sense of like how long it took me to do

sense of like how long it took me to do this I would say somewhere probably

this I would say somewhere probably between 3 and 20

between 3 and 20 years I will explain what 20 years of

years I will explain what 20 years of meditation actually gets you okay and

meditation actually gets you okay and this is where if youall say like but I

this is where if youall say like but I need it tomorrow well good

need it tomorrow well good luck right so it's like the body ages at

luck right so it's like the body ages at the rate that it ages you can't speed up

the rate that it ages you can't speed up puberty like that's just the scale at

puberty like that's just the scale at which stuff

which stuff happens and the scale at which the

happens and the scale at which the meditative stuff happens if you really

meditative stuff happens if you really want Mora moves incredibly

want Mora moves incredibly slowly with very little gain along the

slowly with very little gain along the way so this is what's so powerful about

way so this is what's so powerful about this stuff is see when the Mind expects

this stuff is see when the Mind expects a gain that's when you run into problems

a gain that's when you run into problems that's when it's very hard to be

disciplined because if if the expected gain is like high and you don't get it

gain is like high and you don't get it it actually destroys your motivation

it actually destroys your motivation because I didn't get what I was

because I didn't get what I was investing in I've been buying this chick

investing in I've been buying this chick flowers for so many days in order to get

flowers for so many days in order to get laid how many how many times do I need

laid how many how many times do I need to take this person out on a date not

to take this person out on a date not chick dude whatever

I've been koi with this person and trying to get this person to break up

trying to get this person to break up with their girlfriend and start dating

with their girlfriend and start dating me for so

long when do I get what I want that's I'm sorry the spiritual scale is

I'm sorry the spiritual scale is incredibly

incredibly long and there's a beauty to that it's

long and there's a beauty to that it's like it's awesome once you understand

like it's awesome once you understand I'll try to explain it because here's

I'll try to explain it because here's the thing if there is an expected gain

the thing if there is an expected gain then mind enters the

then mind enters the picture because if you meditating for

picture because if you meditating for something then your mind will want it

something then your mind will want it and then once it gets it it says ah

and then once it gets it it says ah thank God but to completely get rid of

thank God but to completely get rid of mind because that's what we're trying to

mind because that's what we're trying to do you have to operate on a scale where

do you have to operate on a scale where the mind is just completely

the mind is just completely gone you have to do something for no

gone you have to do something for no point over and over and over again and

point over and over and over again and that is when you will

that is when you will discover I don't know if that makes any

discover I don't know if that makes any sense to y'all because it's weird

sense to y'all because it's weird because as long as there's an expected

because as long as there's an expected gain the mind will motivate you towards

gain the mind will motivate you towards it and if it doesn't get the gain it'll

it and if it doesn't get the gain it'll motivate you away from it and even if it

motivate you away from it and even if it does get the gain it'll want more next

does get the gain it'll want more next time if you have if if I'm meditating

time if you have if if I'm meditating for a transcendental experience this is

for a transcendental experience this is interesting so the the first

interesting so the the first transcendental experience in meditation

transcendental experience in meditation is the is easy the second transcendental

is the is easy the second transcendental medit experience in meditation is the

medit experience in meditation is the hardest because the first time you ever

hardest because the first time you ever a transcendental experience there's no

a transcendental experience there's no expectation of the Mind the mind is out

expectation of the Mind the mind is out of the way and once it's out of the way

of the way and once it's out of the way then you can trans it very easily but

then you can trans it very easily but the moment that you have a

the moment that you have a transcendental experience the Mind wants

transcendental experience the Mind wants again holy crap that was so cool let's

again holy crap that was so cool let's do it again and then it sits down and it

do it again and then it sits down and it has that expectation and with that

has that expectation and with that expectation the Mind remains active when

expectation the Mind remains active when the mind is is active you can't

the mind is is active you can't transcend it the whole reason you had

transcend it the whole reason you had the first one in the first place is

the first one in the first place is because the mind was not

because the mind was not there so the second one is the

there so the second one is the hardest and the cool thing is that we

hardest and the cool thing is that we want to transcend mind completely so it

want to transcend mind completely so it operates at a scale where unless you are

operates at a scale where unless you are disciplined enough the mind will give up

disciplined enough the mind will give up which is good because that's the only

which is good because that's the only way it

works so now we're going to teach yall like just I'm going to give yall a

like just I'm going to give yall a practice and this is a practice to be

practice and this is a practice to be done for a

done for a decade ideally twice a day for 20

decade ideally twice a day for 20 minutes for a decade and then if it

minutes for a decade and then if it doesn't work y'all can come back and say

doesn't work y'all can come back and say hey Dr K you're full of PS okay fine do

hey Dr K you're full of PS okay fine do it for a decade 20 days every single uh

it for a decade 20 days every single uh 20 minutes twice a day for 10 years this

20 minutes twice a day for 10 years this is the the scale at which meditation

is the the scale at which meditation truly

truly operates om

operates om chanting if you do for a decade I'll

chanting if you do for a decade I'll walk you through what

walk you through what happens so when we first chant oh we're

happens so when we first chant oh we're going to teach yall very

going to teach yall very simply so oh is just from a fully open

simply so oh is just from a fully open mouth to a fully closed mouth and we're

mouth to a fully closed mouth and we're exhaling in that vein that's it

exhaling in that vein that's it okay

okay ah

[Music] do it with

do it with me

me [Laughter]

a ah

ah [Music]

easy right so now we get to the subtlety of it when you really want to learn om

of it when you really want to learn om chanting we're going to use this we're

chanting we're going to use this we're going to talk about the phases there are

going to talk about the phases there are so many levels to om

so many levels to om chanting and we'll understand what they

chanting and we'll understand what they are so I will give yall an

example okay so when we do om chanting okay so in the first phase of

chanting okay so in the first phase of om chanting we are just doing the

practice so you're chanting for about 20 minutes you have to chant for 20 minutes

minutes you have to chant for 20 minutes you can do like yoga and Nishi and stuff

you can do like yoga and Nishi and stuff like that so I'd say suya

like that so I'd say suya namaskar for five minutes Nar should

namaskar for five minutes Nar should the for five minutes and

the for five minutes and then oh

then oh chanting for about 10 minutes twice a

chanting for about 10 minutes twice a day for 10 years so in Phase number one

day for 10 years so in Phase number one we're just doing it we're just making

we're just doing it we're just making the

vibration so what you will notice is a vibration in your body and this is where

vibration in your body and this is where it's useful to

it's useful to maximize the

maximize the vibration so I'll give you all an

vibration so I'll give you all an example Okay

[Music] [Laughter]

[Laughter] ah okay maximize the vibration and what

ah okay maximize the vibration and what we want to do is feel the

we want to do is feel the vibration in your

vibration in your body we're focusing on feeling not sound

body we're focusing on feeling not sound step number three

step number three notice the

notice the localization of

localization of vibration okay so what you will notice

vibration okay so what you will notice is when I say A I'm going to give you

is when I say A I'm going to give you all the answers now but if you don't you

all the answers now but if you don't you have to discover this on your own but

have to discover this on your own but well just to illustrate one technique

well just to illustrate one technique okay ah so when you chant ah you will

okay ah so when you chant ah you will notice the vibration is maximal around

notice the vibration is maximal around your

your navl in uh the the vibration is between

navl in uh the the vibration is between the throat and the chest and then in the

the throat and the chest and then in the vibration is going to be somewhere

vibration is going to be somewhere between your chin and the top of your

between your chin and the top of your head so as you chant oh you will notice

head so as you chant oh you will notice an ascending vibration that starts at

an ascending vibration that starts at your Naval and goes all the way to the

your Naval and goes all the way to the top and so when we're meditating we're

top and so when we're meditating we're not just chanting anymore we are

not just chanting anymore we are focusing on the movement of

vibration I guess this is step four right so first you notice it in the

right so first you notice it in the three areas and then this is why it

three areas and then this is why it takes so long because you need the

takes so long because you need the ability to detect the

ability to detect the differences and then you will notice it

differences and then you will notice it traveling up so each ohm chanting is

traveling up so each ohm chanting is like a Vib vibrational energy that is

like a Vib vibrational energy that is ascending in your your body now you will

ascending in your your body now you will notice all kinds of interesting

notice all kinds of interesting things so now what we want to do is you

things so now what we want to do is you will notice that this vibration is

will notice that this vibration is lurchy or not smooth

this is a natural thing that you'll discover it'll feel off at some point

discover it'll feel off at some point you're like I'm not this doesn't feel

you're like I'm not this doesn't feel right in the same way that when you sit

right in the same way that when you sit uncomfortably in a chair the chair feels

uncomfortably in a chair the chair feels uncomfortable the mm vibration will feel

uncomfortable the mm vibration will feel off now we get to the hard stuff this

off now we get to the hard stuff this stuff may take a couple months but it's

stuff may take a couple months but it's honestly easy

honestly easy sauce so now we have to make the perfect

vibration this is very difficult to do to chant oh in a way where each part of

to chant oh in a way where each part of the ohm the vibratory so you're not

the ohm the vibratory so you're not going to be able to hear it you can

going to be able to hear it you can probably hear it too but it's hard to do

probably hear it too but it's hard to do on the hearing level to feel the ascent

on the hearing level to feel the ascent of the vibration to be smooth and

of the vibration to be smooth and without a jerk so I'll give you all just

without a jerk so I'll give you all just one example of something that will mess

one example of something that will mess up your own vibration which is a locked

up your own vibration which is a locked jaw so when I chant oh now I want youall

jaw so when I chant oh now I want youall to pay attention so I want youall to pay

to pay attention so I want youall to pay attention to your jaw when you go from

attention to your jaw when you go from ah you'll notice that at some point you

ah you'll notice that at some point you go

from you'll notice a a shift in the Locking of your jaw you move modally

Locking of your jaw you move modally from one movement to another movement to

from one movement to another movement to make that smooth is possible but is

difficult and then what you will notice is to avoid the locked jaw you require

is to avoid the locked jaw you require relaxation of the jaw so now I'm

relaxation of the jaw so now I'm chanting but all of my attention is in

chanting but all of my attention is in relaxation of the jaw to avoid that

relaxation of the jaw to avoid that bump okay there's more we haven't even

bump okay there's more we haven't even got into the fun stuff yet okay so now

got into the fun stuff yet okay so now we make a perfect vibration from bottom

we make a perfect vibration from bottom to top this will take probably months if

to top this will take probably months if not years of practice to be able to do

not years of practice to be able to do let's say months I think this is still

let's say months I think this is still months all right so now we have a

months all right so now we have a perfect vibration and then we get to the

perfect vibration and then we get to the fun

fun stuff so then what we do is decrease the

stuff so then what we do is decrease the volume and

vibration so once we have tuned oursel to the perfect ohm we start to slowly

to the perfect ohm we start to slowly decrease the vibration and the way that

decrease the vibration and the way that this works is as you do this vibration

this works is as you do this vibration you will start to notice something else

you will start to notice something else so you paid attention to the locked jaw

so you paid attention to the locked jaw you have an even amount of breath with A

you have an even amount of breath with A and M so that's another goal so when

and M so that's another goal so when we're talking about the perfect

we're talking about the perfect vibration locked Jaws

vibration locked Jaws one even

one even seconds of a u and M and then even

seconds of a u and M and then even beyond that we have

beyond that we have 5.2 which is the right level of

5.2 which is the right level of Silence

Silence between

between rounds you will know what the right

rounds you will know what the right level of silence is you have to find the

level of silence is you have to find the right level of silence and then

right level of silence and then something cool will happen so this may

something cool will happen so this may be around the time that you get your

be around the time that you get your first weird spiritual experience so in

first weird spiritual experience so in my case for example after I was done

my case for example after I was done with the practice I'll just share this

with the practice I'll just share this today just to give you all an example I

today just to give you all an example I noticed a pair of

noticed a pair of eyes so I had my eyes closed and I

eyes so I had my eyes closed and I noticed a pair of eyes floating to the

noticed a pair of eyes floating to the surface that were looking back at me so

surface that were looking back at me so when you close your eyes you have like a

when you close your eyes you have like a screen in front of you okay

screen in front of you okay and then what I noticed is that there's

and then what I noticed is that there's like a pair of eyes that are like

like a pair of eyes that are like looking at me and I had never seen it

looking at me and I had never seen it before and it freaked me the [ __ ] out

before and it freaked me the [ __ ] out and I was like oh okay this is what

and I was like oh okay this is what people are talking

people are talking about right so like they're looking back

about right so like they're looking back I'm doing something and something is

I'm doing something and something is noticing and is looking at

noticing and is looking at me then what

me then what happens is we will decrease so you'll

happens is we will decrease so you'll notice these weird things as you do this

notice these weird things as you do this you will you will sort of find the

you will you will sort of find the perfect VI and then you will start to

perfect VI and then you will start to feel something

feel something else and then what happens is you will

else and then what happens is you will notice that there's something else that

notice that there's something else that you're

you're feeling there's another Sensation that

feeling there's another Sensation that is not vibratory which if the human body

is not vibratory which if the human body is like this let's say I'm sitting

is like this let's say I'm sitting cross-legged okay and I'm in a

cross-legged okay and I'm in a meditative posture so the vibration goes

meditative posture so the vibration goes up like this but then what you'll start

up like this but then what you'll start to notice is that there is like this

to notice is that there is like this column within you and the column is like

column within you and the column is like it's just a

feeling and then what happens is in order to enhance the sensation of the

order to enhance the sensation of the column in order to be able to detect the

column in order to be able to detect the column you will notice that the

column you will notice that the vibration interferes with your ability

vibration interferes with your ability to detect the column and so then what

to detect the column and so then what happens is you need to make the

happens is you need to make the vibration smaller and smaller and

vibration smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller and then as you

smaller and smaller and then as you notice that this vibration becomes

notice that this vibration becomes smallest so then we're going to chant oh

smallest so then we're going to chant oh very

quietly then you will notice the column more more and more and more and you will

more more and more and more and you will start to observe a nonphysical

start to observe a nonphysical structure this is

sushumna this is the channel through which your Kundalini Shakti

Rises and then you will get to the phase we're going to stop there but then

we're going to stop there but then eventually what'll start to happen is

eventually what'll start to happen is within sushumna you will notice an

within sushumna you will notice an upward energy but it is not physical it

upward energy but it is not physical it is not

is not vibration the other thing that'll happen

vibration the other thing that'll happen is when we meditate let's say I'm

is when we meditate let's say I'm sitting like

sitting like this my arms are like this okay what you

this my arms are like this okay what you will notice is that the vibration that

will notice is that the vibration that you feel starts at the front of your

you feel starts at the front of your body but as you practice more it'll move

body but as you practice more it'll move towards the back and the quieter that

towards the back and the quieter that you you'll also notice that Su sushumna

you you'll also notice that Su sushumna is back

is back here there's something posterior to the

here there's something posterior to the vibration the vibration will be at the

vibration the vibration will be at the very front of your

very front of your body so sushumna is posterior and the

body so sushumna is posterior and the more quiet you become with your om

more quiet you become with your om chanting the more you will detect Suna

chanting the more you will detect Suna in the

in the back and then you will notice the upward

back and then you will notice the upward movement

movement there and this will take at least I

there and this will take at least I would say between one and three years at

would say between one and three years at least if you do this practice

least if you do this practice only and then along the way stuff will

only and then along the way stuff will happen you will see things in the chash

happen you will see things in the chash 100% actually I don't know if it's 100%

100% actually I don't know if it's 100% I'm I'm confident that this will happen

I'm I'm confident that this will happen I don't think I'm unique but this is the

I don't think I'm unique but this is the level of meditation that no one talks to

level of meditation that no one talks to you about people don't and then the the

you about people don't and then the the other problem is that the people who do

other problem is that the people who do talk about it are not trained in science

talk about it are not trained in science so they I think they have difficulty

so they I think they have difficulty like breaking it

like breaking it down right so maybe they're good at it

down right so maybe they're good at it but this this is what I've seen so like

but this this is what I've seen so like when I read texts about the esoteric

when I read texts about the esoteric forms of meditation people don't break

forms of meditation people don't break it down into these stages and stuff like

it down into these stages and stuff like that I I just haven't seen that maybe

that I I just haven't seen that maybe someone's doing

it how does this relate to Kundalini this is the discovery of Kundalini over

this is the discovery of Kundalini over this is the opening door and this is the

this is the opening door and this is the beginning and the end of Kundalini

beginning and the end of Kundalini Yoga it is a bit scary it's not a bit

Yoga it is a bit scary it's not a bit scary it's very scary this will

scary it's very scary this will completely change the way that you live

completely change the way that you live your life because you will discover so I

your life because you will discover so I don't know if this makes sense so we're

don't know if this makes sense so we're going to leave one last thing which is

going to leave one last thing which is going to be the

craziest and if yall disagree with me please let me know because I've been

please let me know because I've been talking about this for inquiring about

talking about this for inquiring about this so about a year ago

this so about a year ago I had some weird experiences in

I had some weird experiences in meditation and then I started asking my

meditation and then I started asking my friends who are neuroscientists

friends who are neuroscientists psychiatrists do we have proof of the

psychiatrists do we have proof of the existence of

thought and to date I haven't had anyone give me a convincing answer as to

give me a convincing answer as to yes right so when I asked my friends who

yes right so when I asked my friends who are like neuroscientists these are

are like neuroscientists these are people like researchers at Harvard

people like researchers at Harvard Medical School right so they're like

Medical School right so they're like they kind of know what they're talking

they kind of know what they're talking about and like we all kind of agree that

about and like we all kind of agree that we don't we don't really have proof we

we don't we don't really have proof we have implications of thought so we can

have implications of thought so we can even measure thought but we have no

even measure thought but we have no proof of its

proof of its existence so we have what is the proof

existence so we have what is the proof things like EEG this is electrical

things like EEG this is electrical activity it's electrical stimuluses

activity it's electrical stimuluses stimuli we have things like fmri which

stimuli we have things like fmri which is blood flow to different parts of the

is blood flow to different parts of the brain pet pet scans right this is the

brain pet pet scans right this is the activation of different water molecules

activation of different water molecules so we have have all these physical

so we have have all these physical things and then we correlate them with

things and then we correlate them with thought so what we do is we do an EEG

thought so what we do is we do an EEG and then we ask someone what are you

and then we ask someone what are you thinking what are you feeling right so

thinking what are you feeling right so how do we know that the amydala is where

how do we know that the amydala is where our negative emotions come from because

our negative emotions come from because we'll ask people we do brain scan we see

we'll ask people we do brain scan we see oh there's activity in the amydala what

oh there's activity in the amydala what are you feeling you're feeling fear okay

are you feeling you're feeling fear okay cool we know that this is where fear

cool we know that this is where fear comes from but there is a subjective

comes from but there is a subjective level of experience there is a

level of experience there is a subjectivity to you which cannot be

subjectivity to you which cannot be measured in a physical form and now we

measured in a physical form and now we run into a very big problem because if

run into a very big problem because if we look at science science has no way to

we look at science science has no way to measure thoughts right we have no

measure thoughts right we have no thought detecting device we can measure

thought detecting device we can measure some things that correlate with thought

some things that correlate with thought but the reason that we know that

but the reason that we know that thoughts exist we actually don't know

thoughts exist we actually don't know that they exist it's just a delusion

that they exist it's just a delusion that the entire human race shares and

that the entire human race shares and there are people who are like you know

there are people who are like you know hard biologists in terms of Neuroscience

hard biologists in terms of Neuroscience who think that this thing doesn't

who think that this thing doesn't actually exist it literally is a shared

actually exist it literally is a shared delusion it doesn't exist and in the

delusion it doesn't exist and in the physical sense it doesn't

physical sense it doesn't exist so then something interesting

exist so then something interesting happened is once science failed to

happened is once science failed to detect thought we started to develop all

detect thought we started to develop all of this instrumentation in the physical

of this instrumentation in the physical world but we stopped exploring thought

world but we stopped exploring thought we all of our scientific exploration is

we all of our scientific exploration is in the physical

in the physical Dimension right let like fmri and EEG we

Dimension right let like fmri and EEG we can detect energy and we can detect

can detect energy and we can detect matter this is all we can

matter this is all we can detect so then the question it's really

detect so then the question it's really interesting the question is okay what

interesting the question is okay what about the subjective stuff what about

about the subjective stuff what about the subjective

the subjective experience we can't explore that

experience we can't explore that scientifically not

scientifically not yet and so we stopped exploring it but

yet and so we stopped exploring it but what happens when you start exploring it

what happens when you start exploring it so you have to be the one who explores

so you have to be the one who explores it a scientist can't do it for you you

it a scientist can't do it for you you can apply the scientific method to

can apply the scientific method to internal subjective

internal subjective experiences and this is what happens in

experiences and this is what happens in meditation people are saying what does

meditation people are saying what does this have to do with Kundalini this is

this have to do with Kundalini this is the way that Kundalini was discovered

and so when we're talking about MSHA it is operating at this

is operating at this level So eventually what is MOA so what

level So eventually what is MOA so what is the point of meaning of life it

is the point of meaning of life it doesn't have a meaning actually this is

doesn't have a meaning actually this is the most important discovery which is no

the most important discovery which is no not a problem see we only think that

not a problem see we only think that like finding the meaning of life is only

like finding the meaning of life is only a problem if you're operating in the

a problem if you're operating in the mind like oh my God what am I doing like

mind like oh my God what am I doing like what the [ __ ] you know imagine that you

what the [ __ ] you know imagine that you existed only for a day

existed only for a day right life just is meaning is something

right life just is meaning is something that the human mind attaches to

that the human mind attaches to it meaning is like when we look up at a

it meaning is like when we look up at a cloud in the sky and we see that this is

cloud in the sky and we see that this is a dog or this is a piece of popcorn

a dog or this is a piece of popcorn right this is something that a mind is

right this is something that a mind is attaching the cloud is just the cloud

attaching the cloud is just the cloud life is just life it just is a rock is

life is just life it just is a rock is just a rock there's no good rock or bad

just a rock there's no good rock or bad rock is the meaning that that we attach

rock is the meaning that that we attach the mind the Mind needs meaning and the

the mind the Mind needs meaning and the problem is that we are so operating

problem is that we are so operating Within in mind because all of this

Within in mind because all of this technology all of this externalizing

technology all of this externalizing stuff is all feeding the mind it's all

stuff is all feeding the mind it's all mental in

mental in nature emotions thoughts this is the

nature emotions thoughts this is the world that we live in logic reasoning

world that we live in logic reasoning this all

this all mental but there's a layer of existence

mental but there's a layer of existence that ex that is beyond mind or outside

that ex that is beyond mind or outside of mind which is just pure Consciousness

of mind which is just pure Consciousness attention and when you start exploring

attention and when you start exploring this you will start to be content this

this you will start to be content this is what leads to Suk Anand

is what leads to Suk Anand MOA and when you realize that that is

MOA and when you realize that that is actually the truest form of reality and

actually the truest form of reality and that the rest of the stuff is less

that the rest of the stuff is less real that's when you are done you're

real that's when you are done you're done with the cycle of Liberation and

done with the cycle of Liberation and whatnot now the

whatnot now the problem is that when we're talking about

problem is that when we're talking about things like this and this is a great

things like this and this is a great post by the way I I didn't mean to bash

post by the way I I didn't mean to bash this person at

this person at all

all so I don't believe in it and I'm not

so I don't believe in it and I'm not enlightened enough to encounter the

enlightened enough to encounter the alleged evidence of it okay fine right

alleged evidence of it okay fine right so this is this is a born of logic this

so this is this is a born of logic this is

is logical but then like the whole point is

logical but then like the whole point is that once we once you start operating at

that once we once you start operating at this level like once you experience this

this level like once you experience this Consciousness it's amazing

Consciousness it's amazing how suffering in life starts to Slough

how suffering in life starts to Slough off it just starts

off it just starts sublimating and I I I mean like we see

sublimating and I I I mean like we see this right we see the scientific

this right we see the scientific evidence of this that people who

evidence of this that people who meditate are more content with life we

meditate are more content with life we can literally measure their quality

can literally measure their quality quity of life and their quality of life

quity of life and their quality of life improves even though the circumstances

improves even though the circumstances of their life don't improve at

of their life don't improve at all there's studies that show that you

all there's studies that show that you don't make if you do an 8-week

don't make if you do an 8-week meditation study it's not like this

meditation study it's not like this person makes $10,000 more at the end of

person makes $10,000 more at the end of eight weeks but their quality of life is

eight weeks but their quality of life is better their health hasn't substantially

better their health hasn't substantially changed their relationship there's been

changed their relationship there's been no change in their life the external

no change in their life the external life looks exactly the same the internal

life looks exactly the same the internal life is different and the quality of

life is different and the quality of life

improves and so this is what MO is and if you guys really really want to go

if you guys really really want to go there go

there go there but you're not going to get there

there but you're not going to get there in 8 weeks you're not going to get there

in 8 weeks you're not going to get there in eight

in eight months I've been doing this [ __ ] for 20

months I've been doing this [ __ ] for 20 years and when I started out I wanted

years and when I started out I wanted some kind of like General Advantage

some kind of like General Advantage fine right I wanted to be able to study

fine right I wanted to be able to study better I was a

better I was a skeptic I'm still a skeptic but then

skeptic I'm still a skeptic but then there are some experiences that you have

there are some experiences that you have which change your understanding of

which change your understanding of things that's how life is I didn't

things that's how life is I didn't believe in love until I fell in love

believe in love until I fell in love that's just how it

that's just how it works and a thousand people who have

works and a thousand people who have never been in love you can't convince

never been in love you can't convince them that love exists until they

them that love exists until they experience it so now yall are really

experience it so now yall are really only left with one question which is

only left with one question which is what are you willing to try to

what are you willing to try to experience it and for you to understand

experience it and for you to understand the time scale of these things is

the time scale of these things is long right it's very long especially

long right it's very long especially with our conditioning and this is the

with our conditioning and this is the other problem that we run into if you

other problem that we run into if you look at all these meditative

look at all these meditative practices what you'll find is that these

practices what you'll find is that these people have very rigorous Lifestyles why

people have very rigorous Lifestyles why why are they vegetarian why are they

why are they vegetarian why are they celibate they even control the nature of

celibate they even control the nature of violence in their mind you don't think

violence in their mind you don't think negative thoughts right you train your

negative thoughts right you train your mind to not even think negatively about

mind to not even think negatively about someone

else why do they avoid all psychoactive substances not only all psychoactive

substances not only all psychoactive substances they have very specific diet

substances they have very specific diet it's not just vegetarian where you're

it's not just vegetarian where you're eating this highly processed PE protein

eating this highly processed PE protein whatever the [ __ ]

whatever the [ __ ] they're eating very specific foods low

they're eating very specific foods low amounts of

amounts of grains because they've sort of

grains because they've sort of discovered they've discovered all the

discovered they've discovered all the stuff about gut microbiome because in

stuff about gut microbiome because in order to attain these states of mind you

order to attain these states of mind you need a mind that operates at a very

need a mind that operates at a very specific way biologically you need a

specific way biologically you need a very specific pH right so a lot of these

very specific pH right so a lot of these practices so there are some practices

practices so there are some practices that I've done that you take one breath

that I've done that you take one breath every 6 to 8 minutes other practices you

every 6 to 8 minutes other practices you take 200 40 breaths a

take 200 40 breaths a minute what's going on here it's

minute what's going on here it's changing our respir we're inducing

changing our respir we're inducing respiratory acidosis and respiratory

respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis when we induce respiratory

alkalosis when we induce respiratory acidosis and respiratory alkalosis it

acidosis and respiratory alkalosis it changes the function of our

brain and then they eat very specific things and I'm telling you when you all

things and I'm telling you when you all start operating at this level you will

start operating at this level you will never feel

never feel sushumna if you are not have the right

sushumna if you are not have the right diet so then what happens is we get to

diet so then what happens is we get to the phase of like you know when people

the phase of like you know when people are talking about bodybuilding right so

are talking about bodybuilding right so if I'm if I'm

if I'm if I'm lifting minimum

lifting minimum requirement to lift properly as people

requirement to lift properly as people will say is one gram of protein per kg

will say is one gram of protein per kg or pound of body weight depending on who

or pound of body weight depending on who you talk to and to them it is no it's

you talk to and to them it is no it's it's silly to try to work out unless

it's silly to try to work out unless you're going to have this diet because

you're going to have this diet because in order to support this physiological

in order to support this physiological growth you need a certain

growth you need a certain nutrient

nutrient simple right you can't be eating

simple right you can't be eating processed food in 5,000 calories and

processed food in 5,000 calories and expect the bodybuilding to work properly

expect the bodybuilding to work properly low carb high protein this is what you

low carb high protein this is what you need the meditators were the same they

need the meditators were the same they sort of figured out the same thing

sort of figured out the same thing what's the

what's the equivalent of one gram of protein per kg

equivalent of one gram of protein per kg or pound of body weight it's all the

or pound of body weight it's all the meditative diet this is why they eat

meditative diet this is why they eat what they do in monasteries Because

what they do in monasteries Because unless you do it it just you won't get

unless you do it it just you won't get there you can do all the same effort you

there you can do all the same effort you can take two people they work out the

can take two people they work out the same amount they both work out six hours

same amount they both work out six hours a week one of them eats their protein

a week one of them eats their protein requirement one of them doesn't the

requirement one of them doesn't the result that the two get will be

result that the two get will be drastically different this is the other

drastically different this is the other thing that we do not understand about

thing that we do not understand about meditation everyone who's like talking

meditation everyone who's like talking about meditation they don't adhere to

about meditation they don't adhere to the diet they don't adhere to an

the diet they don't adhere to an abstinence of psychoactive

substances and it's even things like they'll avoid potatoes eggplant and

they'll avoid potatoes eggplant and tomatoes

tomatoes garlic onions these things you won't

garlic onions these things you won't feel sushumna as

easily right so if you want to detect all this stuff if yall really want to

all this stuff if yall really want to understand what MOA is this is the way

understand what MOA is this is the way to do it it's been described right and

to do it it's been described right and it works and it's cool the thing is it

it works and it's cool the thing is it requires a level of dedication and focus

requires a level of dedication and focus that like most of us don't have our mind

that like most of us don't have our mind is not happy with that it's like what

is not happy with that it's like what what am I going to what but what about

what am I going to what but what about all the [ __ ] that I care about I mean

all the [ __ ] that I care about I mean this is where I like just think about it

this is where I like just think about it for a this silly you can meditate for 20

for a this silly you can meditate for 20 minutes twice a day for the rest of your

minutes twice a day for the rest of your life without impacting any part of your

life without impacting any part of your life you can have the same career that

life you can have the same career that you have now you can have the same

you have now you can have the same relationships that you can have now you

relationships that you can have now you can have the same degree of degeneracy

can have the same degree of degeneracy that you have now you can play spend all

that you have now you can play spend all days playing video games you can do all

days playing video games you can do all that I do not buy that you do not have

that I do not buy that you do not have 40 minutes of the day that you can carve

40 minutes of the day that you can carve out every single day for the rest of

out every single day for the rest of your

your life you can do

life you can do it and then the question becomes well

it and then the question becomes well why should I that's for you to

decide right so you have to decide do you want to experience the Ultimate

you want to experience the Ultimate Reality right I make it sound so

Reality right I make it sound so grandiose and if you do then work for it

grandiose and if you do then work for it and if you don't then that's

and if you don't then that's okay and also do you want to let your

okay and also do you want to let your wants control what you do and this is

wants control what you do and this is the real value of it this is why it's so

the real value of it this is why it's so op because you set a target for yourself

op because you set a target for yourself you make a

you make a commitment and then you start to follow

commitment and then you start to follow along and then the rest of life becomes

along and then the rest of life becomes easy because compared to that can you

easy because compared to that can you imagine how hard it would be to to do 20

imagine how hard it would be to to do 20 minutes of practice twice a day for

minutes of practice twice a day for seven years with no

seven years with no benefit what will your willpower have to

benefit what will your willpower have to become in order to do

that all kinds of benefits will come along the way but they're not the

along the way but they're not the purpose

purpose they're actually distractions so as you

they're actually distractions so as you start to walk this path there's also a

start to walk this path there's also a description of

description of Sidis psychic powers the ability to read

Sidis psychic powers the ability to read thoughts time travel and all this other

thoughts time travel and all this other kind of

kind of stuff these are all

stuff these are all distractions that's what they say and

distractions that's what they say and once you start walking the path you'll

once you start walking the path you'll understand questions before we wrap up

understand questions before we wrap up for the

so Jackie in here is saying what special thing happened to you after you asked

thing happened to you after you asked your colleagues about the proof of

your colleagues about the proof of thought so that's like after you saw the

thought so that's like after you saw the eyes so two

eyes so two things one is the proof of thoughts and

things one is the proof of thoughts and I was just curious right because the

I was just curious right because the more I thought about it I was like do we

more I thought about it I was like do we have proof of thoughts that's a little

have proof of thoughts that's a little bit separate so I and the second thing

bit separate so I and the second thing is I'm not going to say more and the

is I'm not going to say more and the reason is because saying more is going

reason is because saying more is going to be an Eng engagement of the Mind

to be an Eng engagement of the Mind you'll create I'll create curiosity and

expectation and that's going to hurt you in the long it would be harmful to tell

in the long it would be harmful to tell you the other thing is it'll diminish my

you the other thing is it'll diminish my own power so one of the things that I

own power so one of the things that I found is that the more I talk about my

found is that the more I talk about my spiritual practice the less potent it

spiritual practice the less potent it becomes even disclosing this one

becomes even disclosing this one experience I'm going to be paying for

experience I'm going to be paying for for the next three months that's all I'm

for the next three months that's all I'm willing to

willing to pay so your mind is curious fine but

pay so your mind is curious fine but what what let's just play the tape

what what let's just play the tape through the end let's say oh my God I

through the end let's say oh my God I know I saw this and I saw this and I saw

know I saw this and I saw this and I saw this what's that going to do to you

this what's that going to do to you you're going to get so excited the mind

you're going to get so excited the mind will get excited oh my God let me do it

will get excited oh my God let me do it this sounds cool I want to experience

this sounds cool I want to experience that but now I've created a curiosity in

that but now I've created a curiosity in the mind that Curiosity won't last it'll

the mind that Curiosity won't last it'll be harmful in the long

be harmful in the long run second thing is people will become

run second thing is people will become more skeptical which in a sense is fine

more skeptical which in a sense is fine right what is this guy talking about

right what is this guy talking about this guy is crazy okay fine but it

this guy is crazy okay fine but it doesn't help

doesn't help anyone see the more I talk it up the

anyone see the more I talk it up the more it creates false expectations for

more it creates false expectations for some people creates skepticism what's my

some people creates skepticism what's my goal here my goal is for y'all to

goal here my goal is for y'all to meditate you just do this thing for

meditate you just do this thing for yourself and it's not to experience the

yourself and it's not to experience the Ultimate Reality we're talking about

Ultimate Reality we're talking about evidence-based stuff right be less

evidence-based stuff right be less anxious have a little bit more willpower

anxious have a little bit more willpower strengthen your frontales I don't want

strengthen your frontales I don't want to do anything to sabotage that even to

to do anything to sabotage that even to satisfy curiosity the most dangerous

satisfy curiosity the most dangerous Insidious thing is that'll grow my ego

Insidious thing is that'll grow my ego because anytime I say something I did

because anytime I say something I did this

this it grows the ego that's I have to I have

it grows the ego that's I have to I have to deal with that

later so this like meditators don't this is the problem right is like meditators

is the problem right is like meditators don't we don't talk about these

don't we don't talk about these experiences and for good reason and when

experiences and for good reason and when you meet another real meditator you will

you meet another real meditator you will know they will know you guys can

know they will know you guys can tell you know when someone is

tell you know when someone is spiritually developed you learn how to

spiritually developed you learn how to detect it and they can see it in you

detect it and they can see it in you that's enough

will you see benefits Abs from meditating 20 minutes a day if you don't

meditating 20 minutes a day if you don't abide by the yogic diet absolutely so

abide by the yogic diet absolutely so this is the cool thing right so if we

this is the cool thing right so if we talk about the scientific benefits of

talk about the scientific benefits of meditation no one is controlling diet in

meditation no one is controlling diet in these studies people are eating whatever

these studies people are eating whatever the hell they want so you'll get the

the hell they want so you'll get the scientific benefits it's the spiritual

scientific benefits it's the spiritual stuff that we have no studies

stuff that we have no studies about so you'll get reductions in

about so you'll get reductions in depression or anxiety improvements in

depression or anxiety improvements in quality of life all that kind of stuff

quality of life all that kind of stuff you'll get so that's why like I feel

you'll get so that's why like I feel comfortable you know saying this is fine

comfortable you know saying this is fine to do you can meditate for 20 20 minutes

to do you can meditate for 20 20 minutes a

day why should I do this meditation or should I do a different one see you

should I do a different one see you guys are kind of missing the

guys are kind of missing the point so like the mind is looking for

point so like the mind is looking for the optimal and so someone is saying

the optimal and so someone is saying okay should I do a different one well

okay should I do a different one well why would you do well what if one's

why would you do well what if one's better what does better mean well better

better what does better mean well better means that I'll I'll get some spiritual

means that I'll I'll get some spiritual experience in a years instead of 10

experience in a years instead of 10 you're still giving into the mind you're

you're still giving into the mind you're giving into the mind you're giving into

giving into the mind you're giving into the mind you want efficiency you want

the mind you want efficiency you want optimization the Mind wants to optimize

optimization the Mind wants to optimize everything it wants to put in the least

everything it wants to put in the least amount of effort for the most amount of

amount of effort for the most amount of gain and that optimization is great when

gain and that optimization is great when we're talking about the material

we're talking about the material world how do I start though we've

world how do I start though we've already told you

already told you chantone we've even given you the steps

chantone we've even given you the steps that once you do one step we've given

that once you do one step we've given you the next couple of steps this is the

you the next couple of steps this is the other cool thing is that once yall do

other cool thing is that once yall do this for a while you'll learn that

this for a while you'll learn that people will help you

people will help you out your karma will support

you is it not with withholding from people you love to not share this no

people you love to not share this no it's not

it's not withholding not at

all no am I not sharing something sure do if you want to classify it as

do if you want to classify it as withholding sure but it's like it it's

withholding sure but it's like it it's not I'm not depriving you if you want to

not I'm not depriving you if you want to call withholding fine I I don't think

call withholding fine I I don't think I'm depriving anyone of

I'm depriving anyone of anything right so it's kind of like am I

anything right so it's kind of like am I if my kids want to eat candy all day and

if my kids want to eat candy all day and I love them am I withholding by not

I love them am I withholding by not giving them candy even though I have a

giving them candy even though I have a bank account that has $1,000 because I

bank account that has $1,000 because I can buy them as much candy as they want

can buy them as much candy as they want is that withholding sure is it depriving

no what do you mean your karma will support you so what happens is once you

support you so what happens is once you start walking this path like literally

start walking this path like literally people will come out of the woodwork and

people will come out of the woodwork and they will help you on your journey once

they will help you on your journey once you demonstrate the

you demonstrate the dedication people will come and you will

dedication people will come and you will find

find Opportunities around you

Opportunities around you you'll run into people you'll get

you'll run into people you'll get invited and the only thing you need to

invited and the only thing you need to do is once you start meditating

do is once you start meditating regularly pay attention to the signs so

regularly pay attention to the signs so if you have opportunities take

them there are many paths there are thousand paths million paths you don't

thousand paths million paths you don't have to chant oh om is just the

okay what if you feel anxious for people to see you chanting oh even though you

to see you chanting oh even though you know you shouldn't so then the question

know you shouldn't so then the question you decide what if what if you feel

you decide what if what if you feel anxious okay so what are you going to

anxious okay so what are you going to do you going to do it or you going to

do you going to do it or you going to not not do it but I feel anxious okay

not not do it but I feel anxious okay what's the consequence of feeling

what's the consequence of feeling anxious you feel anxious

anxious you feel anxious so you have to decide are you going to

so you have to decide are you going to avoid things that make you feel anxious

avoid things that make you feel anxious but it's difficult and it hurts

but it's difficult and it hurts fine can you do things that are painful

fine can you do things that are painful if you want to practice doing things

if you want to practice doing things that are painful do yourself a

that are painful do yourself a favor whatever food you would eat eat

favor whatever food you would eat eat something that is less tasty you can

something that is less tasty you can just level that up

too right you just level it up so if you would add let's say 10 gram

up so if you would add let's say 10 gram of salt to whatever you're eating at

of salt to whatever you're eating at 8 learn to tolerate

discomfort okay do you believe meditation Retreats help get through the

meditation Retreats help get through the mind more efficiently depends on the

mind more efficiently depends on the retreat see I think there's there's a

retreat see I think there's there's a big problem in in the meditative

big problem in in the meditative tradition today which is that the

tradition today which is that the majority of teachers we have who teach

majority of teachers we have who teach meditation and you can even make the

meditation and you can even make the argument about me are not good at it

argument about me are not good at it so let's understand historically what

so let's understand historically what was required to become a meditation

was required to become a meditation teacher the Zen tradition required 30

teacher the Zen tradition required 30 years to become a meditation teacher to

years to become a meditation teacher to become a master and you don't teach

become a master and you don't teach until you're a master right because

until you're a master right because teaching something halfway you can do

teaching something halfway you can do more harm than good so teaching should

more harm than good so teaching should be done by Masters and in the Zen

be done by Masters and in the Zen tradition it takes 30 years so if we

tradition it takes 30 years so if we look at something like the Hindu

look at something like the Hindu tradition you had this class of people

tradition you had this class of people this cast right I'm not saying right or

this cast right I'm not saying right or wrong about the cast it's just how it

wrong about the cast it's just how it was

was of brahans and Brahman started learning

of brahans and Brahman started learning meditation around the age of four or

meditation around the age of four or five and they grew up with it in the

five and they grew up with it in the household it was a family job that you

household it was a family job that you inherited and before you when you're

inherited and before you when you're around maybe 24 25 you can go out on

around maybe 24 25 you can go out on your own and you can be your own Brahman

your own and you can be your own Brahman but you've been you've been practicing

but you've been you've been practicing meditation for 20

meditation for 20 years these are who the meditation

years these are who the meditation teachers used to be and even then

teachers used to be and even then Brahman aren't Med actually technically

Brahman aren't Med actually technically Brahman even that's insufficient

Brahman even that's insufficient technically the real meditation teachers

technically the real meditation teachers were

were swamis and that also is like it's like a

swamis and that also is like it's like a 20-year training see now what's happened

20-year training see now what's happened the reason that meditation is so

the reason that meditation is so misunderstood and people don't really

misunderstood and people don't really benefit from it on a spiritual aspect is

benefit from it on a spiritual aspect is because in order to become a meditation

because in order to become a meditation teacher what do you

teacher what do you need nowadays everybody wants a

need nowadays everybody wants a certification I'm a certified meditation

certification I'm a certified meditation teacher this is kind of funny so I was

teacher this is kind of funny so I was invited to speak at a conference and

invited to speak at a conference and someone asked so the people at the

someone asked so the people at the conference were asking me like you know

conference were asking me like you know what certifications do you have in

what certifications do you have in meditation I was like I don't have any

meditation I was like I don't have any I've got a medical degree but I'm not no

I've got a medical degree but I'm not no one gave me a piece of paper right they

one gave me a piece of paper right they don't do that in the

don't do that in the IMs so now what started to happen is

IMs so now what started to happen is this is absurd you take a meditation

this is absurd you take a meditation course and at the end of let's say six

course and at the end of let's say six months because these things aren't

months because these things aren't decades right cuz who's got time for

decades right cuz who's got time for that no one says by the way you've not

that no one says by the way you've not spiritually grown enough the dedication

spiritually grown enough the dedication of your practice has been insufficient

of your practice has been insufficient or your karma has been insufficient to

or your karma has been insufficient to where you are not allowed to teach this

where you are not allowed to teach this you haven't you sure you do the

you haven't you sure you do the practices but you haven't you haven't

practices but you haven't you haven't attained enough in spirituality to be

attained enough in spirituality to be able to teach no one says this so you

able to teach no one says this so you have people who are certified and what

have people who are certified and what do you have to do to be certified show

do you have to do to be certified show up you don't actually have to attain

up you don't actually have to attain anything right so think about it this

anything right so think about it this way why are there so many meditation

way why are there so many meditation teachers who don't cannot teach

teachers who don't cannot teach spiritually on the spiritual level many

spiritually on the spiritual level many people can teach from like a you know

people can teach from like a you know mbsr or whatever I'm not saying that

mbsr or whatever I'm not saying that that's bad talking about

that's bad talking about spiritually so imagine

spiritually so imagine that we had people who taught how to

that we had people who taught how to play video games so take your favorite

play video games so take your favorite video game valerant or whatever right

video game valerant or whatever right and then you've got to rank and in order

and then you've got to rank and in order to teach do you have to attain a

to teach do you have to attain a particular rank to teach no you just

particular rank to teach no you just have to attend class and ceue up for 80

have to attend class and ceue up for 80 matches and if you attend class and you

matches and if you attend class and you queue up for 80 matches whether you win

queue up for 80 matches whether you win or you lose we're going to certify you

or you lose we're going to certify you as a valerant teacher and then you can

as a valerant teacher and then you can go out and you teach

go out and you teach people this is how we teach meditation

people this is how we teach meditation there's no indicator of quality or

there's no indicator of quality or competence there's just

completion okay and I'm not saying that there aren't good meditation teachers

there aren't good meditation teachers there can be lot everyone's teaching to

there can be lot everyone's teaching to the best of their capacity myself

the best of their capacity myself included I'm not some enlightened Master

included I'm not some enlightened Master by the way so maybe I'm doing it wrong

by the way so maybe I'm doing it wrong I'm certainly doing it wrong almost

certainly so I fall into this but this is what's happened is we've adopted this

is what's happened is we've adopted this western style of teaching which is that

western style of teaching which is that you pay money you go through a course

you pay money you go through a course and then we're going to give you we're

and then we're going to give you we're going to slap you with a label we're not

going to slap you with a label we're not going to because how do you measure

going to because how do you measure competence in

meditation right because at the end of that you imagine what would happen if

that you imagine what would happen if someone was like yeah you don't get you

someone was like yeah you don't get you don't get to graduate but I already paid

don't get to graduate but I already paid the 3,000 do I get a refund I don't know

the 3,000 do I get a refund I don't know it's not how it works we've adopted this

it's not how it works we've adopted this Western system and the Western system is

Western system and the Western system is fine when we're looking for physiologic

fine when we're looking for physiologic changes right because then you just do

changes right because then you just do the practices and there's no need for

the practices and there's no need for spiritual

growth that's just how it is it's you know so like I I think this is where

know so like I I think this is where there's a lot of misunderstanding about

there's a lot of misunderstanding about meditation and people think they

meditation and people think they understand it which is another thing

understand it which is another thing that the Mind does loves to think it

that the Mind does loves to think it understands something because it

understands something because it understands it to the best of its

understands it to the best of its ability but the mind is not good at

ability but the mind is not good at detecting its own

detecting its own ignorance that's why dun and Krueger

exists what is my karma we'll see but it ain't going to be pretty from here on

ain't going to be pretty from here on out let me tell you

what ah

ah yeah we'll see

um okay so thanks a lot y'all and we will see y'all I don't know when we're

will see y'all I don't know when we're streaming

streaming next but I hope y'all are doing

next but I hope y'all are doing well

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learn so I hope that today has been helpful to y'all I recognize that things

helpful to y'all I recognize that things were a little bit different a little bit

were a little bit different a little bit more unfiltered a little bit less

more unfiltered a little bit less scientific and I encourage you all to

scientific and I encourage you all to just take what we shared with a grain of

just take what we shared with a grain of salt right because who am I I'm not I'm

salt right because who am I I'm not I'm no Arbiter of Truth I've tried to

no Arbiter of Truth I've tried to include science where it's relevant but

include science where it's relevant but if youall really want to understand

if youall really want to understand these Eastern Concepts we have to adopt

these Eastern Concepts we have to adopt an Eastern

an Eastern perspective there's a whole context

perspective there's a whole context right you can't take something out of

right you can't take something out of context and then you know like based

context and then you know like based what does based mean well it depends on

what does based mean well it depends on the

the context right based means something

context right based means something within this

within this language um and so I encourage you to

language um and so I encourage you to explore on your own and the one that I

explore on your own and the one that I like the most sort of being a skeptic is

like the most sort of being a skeptic is that like you know I don't have to have

that like you know I don't have to have faith in this stuff I just had to have

faith in this stuff I just had to have faith in my teachers to a certain degree

faith in my teachers to a certain degree to try it

to try it myself but I encourage you allall to try

myself but I encourage you allall to try this

this stuff and consider some of these

stuff and consider some of these perspectives around okay what is the

perspectives around okay what is the nature of Happiness right where what is

nature of Happiness right where what is the nature of suffering explore this

the nature of suffering explore this don't take someone's word for it look at

don't take someone's word for it look at your own life look at what causes your

your own life look at what causes your suffering what doesn't cause your

suffering what doesn't cause your suffering even when you alleviate your

suffering even when you alleviate your suffering how long does it alleviate for

suffering how long does it alleviate for and is there any way to permanently

and is there any way to permanently alleviate some kind of

alleviate some kind of suffering and the more that you explore

suffering and the more that you explore this

this stuff I think that there's been a

stuff I think that there's been a consistent Discovery by many many

consistent Discovery by many many different people that when they walk

different people that when they walk this path they we basically find

this path they we basically find something very

something very similar but even if you don't find

similar but even if you don't find something similar if you find something

something similar if you find something drastically different that is awesome

drastically different that is awesome because that means that there's a

because that means that there's a different perspective from everybody

different perspective from everybody else who's come before you right not

else who's come before you right not everyone I'm sure that people found

everyone I'm sure that people found different things but

different things but um and so give it a shot so I I come

um and so give it a shot so I I come here to share my perspective on things

here to share my perspective on things and that's what people ask for so that's

and that's what people ask for so that's what we're going to do my hope is it's

what we're going to do my hope is it's helpful but I'm not saying I'm right and

helpful but I'm not saying I'm right and really even if I think I'm right like I

really even if I think I'm right like I don't know your life I don't know your

don't know your life I don't know your circumstances I don't know what happens

circumstances I don't know what happens in your mind so the best that I can do

in your mind so the best that I can do is to try to offer you a road map that

is to try to offer you a road map that you have to test for

you have to test for yourself all right we'll see yall when

yourself all right we'll see yall when we see you take care

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