[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.08,0:00:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.06,0:00:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live our lives pursuing happiness "out\Nthere" Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it is a commodity. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have become slaves to our own desires and\Ncraving. Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness isn't something that can be pursued Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or purchased like a cheap suit. Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.06,0:00:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Maya, Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.08,0:00:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illusion, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.63,0:00:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the endless play of form. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.01,0:00:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Buddhist tradition, Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.02,0:00:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samsara, or the endless cycle of suffering Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.43,0:00:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is perpetuated by the craving of pleasure Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.82,0:01:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and aversion to pain. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.01,0:01:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freud referred to this as the "pleasure principle." Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.41,0:01:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything we do is an attempt to create pleasure, Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.23,0:01:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to gain something that we want, Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.23,0:01:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to push away something that is undesirable\Nthat we don't want. Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.07,0:01:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even a simple organism like the paramecium\Ndoes this. Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.06,0:01:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is called response to stimulus. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.09,0:01:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unlike a paramecium, humans have more choice. Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.08,0:01:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are free to think, and that is the heart\Nof the problem. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.41,0:02:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the thinking about what we want that\Nhas gotten out of control. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.61,0:02:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The \Ndilemma of modern society is that we seek\Nto understand the world, Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.01,0:02:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in terms of archaic inner consciousness, Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.04,0:02:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by quantifying and qualifying what we\Nperceive Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.01,0:02:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the external world by using scientific\Nmeans and thought. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.82,0:02:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking has only led to more thinking and\Nmore questions. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.32,0:02:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek to know the innermost forces which\Ncreate the world Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.06,0:02:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guide its course. Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.07,0:02:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we conceive of this essence as outside\Nof ourselves, Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.01,0:02:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as a living thing, intrinsic to our own\Nnature. Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.57,0:02:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the famous psychiatrist Carl Jung who\Nsaid, Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.09,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"one who looks outside dreams, one who looks\Ninside awakes." Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:03:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not wrong to desire to be awake, to\Nbe happy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.04,0:03:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is wrong is to look for happiness outside Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.02,0:03:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it can only be found inside. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.06,0:03:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On August 4th, 2010 at the Techonomy conference\Nin Lake Tahoe, California, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.07,0:03:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eric Schmidt-CEO of Google, mentioned an astounding\Nstatistic. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.82,0:03:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every two days now we create as much information Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.04,0:03:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we did from the dawn of civilization up\Nuntil 2003, Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.03,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Schmidt. Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:04:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's something like 5 exabytes of data. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.01,0:04:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never in human history has there been so much\Nthinking Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.06,0:04:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never has there been so much turmoil on\Nthe planet. Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.08,0:04:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be that every time we think of a\Nsolution to one problem, Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.03,0:04:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create two more problems? Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.46,0:04:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What good is all this thinking Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.49,0:04:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it doesn't lead to greater happiness? Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.02,0:04:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we happier? Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.09,0:04:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More equanimous? Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.10,0:04:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More joyful as a result of all this thinking? Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.03,0:04:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does it isolate us, Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.02,0:04:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disconnect us from a deeper and more meaningful Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.09,0:04:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience of life? Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.70,0:04:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking, acting and doing, Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.03,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must be brought into balance with being. Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:05:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, we are human beings, not human\Ndoings. Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.03,0:05:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want change and we want stability at the\Nsame time. Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.06,0:05:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our hearts have become disconnected from the\Nspiral of life, Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.02,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the law of change, Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.00,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our thinking minds drive us towards stability, Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.04,0:05:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,security and pacification of the senses. Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.01,0:05:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With a morbid facination we watch killings,\Ntsunamis, Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.01,0:05:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,earthquakes and wars. Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.01,0:05:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We constantly try to occupy our mind, fill\Nit with information. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.09,0:05:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV shows streaming from every conceivable\Ndevice. Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.00,0:05:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Games and puzzles. Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.01,0:05:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Text messaging. Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.04,0:05:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every possible trivial thing. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.08,0:05:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We let ourselves become mesmerized with Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.57,0:05:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the endless stream of new images, new information, Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.03,0:06:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new ways to tantalize and pacify the senses. Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.67,0:06:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At times of quiet inner reflection our hearts\Nmay tell us Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.14,0:06:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is more to life than our present\Nreality, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.04,0:06:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we live in a world of hungry ghosts. Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.09,0:06:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Endlessly craving and never satisfied. Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.01,0:06:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have created a maelstrom of data Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.73,0:06:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flying around the planet to facilitate more\Nthinking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.04,0:06:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more ideas about how to fix the world, Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.03,0:06:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fix the problems that only exist because\Nthe mind has created them. Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.05,0:06:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking has created the whole big mess we're\Nin right now. Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.09,0:06:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wage wars against diseases, enemies and\Nproblems. Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.54,0:06:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The paradox is that whatever you resist persists. Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.04,0:06:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you resist something, the stronger\Nit gets. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.02,0:07:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like exercising a muscle, you are actually\Nstrengthening Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.01,0:07:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very thing you want to rid yourself of. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.70,0:07:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then, what is the alternative to thinking? Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.08,0:07:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What other mechanism can humans use to exist\Non this planet? Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.64,0:07:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Western culture in recent centuries\Nhas focused on exploring Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.09,0:07:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the physical by using thought and analysis, Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.67,0:07:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other ancient cultures have developed equally\Nsophisticated Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.05,0:07:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies for exploring inner space. Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.60,0:07:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the loss of our connection to our inner\Nworlds Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.29,0:07:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has created imbalance on our planet. Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.10,0:07:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient tenant "know thyself" has been\Nreplaced Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.67,0:08:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a desire to experience the outer world\Nof form. Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.57,0:08:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Answering the question "who am I?" is not\Nsimply a matter Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.98,0:08:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of describing what is on your business card. Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.76,0:08:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism, you are not the content of your\Nconsciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.04,0:08:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not merely a collection of thoughts\Nor ideas Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.06,0:08:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because behind the thoughts is the one who\Nis witnessing the thoughts. Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.08,0:08:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The imperative "know thyself" is a Zen koan,\Nan unanswerable riddle. Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.01,0:08:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually the mind will become exhausted\Nin trying to find an answer. Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.04,0:08:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a dog chasing its tail, it is only the\Nego identity Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.08,0:08:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wants to find an answer, a purpose. Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.08,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth of who you are does not need an\Nanswer Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.10,0:09:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all questions are created by the egoic\Nmind. Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.03,0:09:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not your mind. Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.04,0:09:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth lies not in more answers, but in\Nless questions. Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.01,0:09:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Joseph Campbell said, Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.07,0:09:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't believe people are looking for the\Nmeaning of life, Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.02,0:09:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as they are looking for the experience\Nof being alive." Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.00,0:09:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Buddha was asked, "what are you?"\Nhe said simply, Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.02,0:09:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am awake." Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.04,0:10:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this mean, to be awake? Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.06,0:10:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha does not say exactly, because of\Nthe flowering of Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.06,0:10:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each individual life is different. Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.04,0:10:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he does say one thing; it is the end of\Nsuffering. Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.10,0:10:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every major religious tradition has a name Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.01,0:10:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the state of being awake. Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.06,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heaven, Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.08,0:10:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nirvana, Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.00,0:10:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Moksha. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.05,0:10:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A quiet mind is all you need to realize the\Nnature of the stream Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.05,0:10:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All else will happen once your mind is quiet. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.08,0:10:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that stillness, inner energies wake up Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.00,0:10:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and work without effort on your part. Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.04,0:10:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the Taoists say, "Chi follows consciousness." Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.00,0:10:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By being still one begins to hear the wisdom Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.08,0:11:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the plants and animals. Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.08,0:11:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quiet whispers in dreams, Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.06,0:11:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one learns the subtle mechanism by which Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.05,0:11:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those dreams come into material form. Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.06,0:11:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Tao te Ching, this kind of living is\Ncalled "wei wu wei" Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.08,0:11:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Doing, not doing." Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.07,0:11:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha spoke of the "middle way" as the\Npath Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.02,0:11:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to enlightenment. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.02,0:11:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aristotle described the Golden Mean - the\Nmiddle Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.05,0:11:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between two extremes, as the path of beauty. Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.06,0:11:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not too much effort, but not too little either. Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.07,0:11:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yin and yang in perfect balance. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.03,0:12:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vedanta's notion of Maya or illusion, Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.04,0:12:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we do not experience the environment\Nitself, Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.00,0:12:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather a projection of it created by thoughts. Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.03,0:12:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course your thoughts let you experience\Nthe vibratory world Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.00,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a certain way, but our inner equanimity\Nneed not be contingent Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.08,0:12:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on external happenings. Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.06,0:12:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The belief in an external world independent\Nof the perceiving subject Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.07,0:12:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is fundamental to science. Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.04,0:12:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our senses only give us indirect information. Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.00,0:12:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our notions about this mind-made physical\Nworld Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.00,0:12:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always filtered through the senses and\Ntherefore always incomplete. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.02,0:12:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one field of vibration underlying\Nall of the senses. Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.00,0:12:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People with a condition called "synesthesia"\Nsometimes experience Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.00,0:12:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this vibratory field in different ways. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.03,0:13:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Synesthetes can see sounds as colors or shapes\Nor associate Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.00,0:13:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,qualities of one sense with another. Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.04,0:13:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Synesthesia refers to a synthesis or intermingling\Nof the senses. Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.00,0:13:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chakras and the senses are like a prism Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.10,0:13:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,filtering a continuum of vibration. Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.10,0:13:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All things in the universe are vibrating Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.07,0:13:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at different rates and frequencies. Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.08,0:13:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Eye of Horus is made up of six symbols, Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.03,0:13:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each representing one of the senses. Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.04,0:13:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the ancient Vedic system, Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.09,0:13:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought is considered to be a sense. Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.04,0:13:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thoughts are received simultaneously Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.09,0:13:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as sensations are experienced on the body. Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.09,0:13:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They arise from the same vibratory source. Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.04,0:13:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking is simply a tool. Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.04,0:13:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of six senses. Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.08,0:14:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have elevated it to such a high status Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.07,0:14:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we identify ourselves with out thoughts. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.00,0:14:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we do not identify thinking\Nas one of the six senses Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.05,0:14:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very significant. Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.07,0:14:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so immersed in thought that trying\Nto explain thought as a sense Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.09,0:14:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like telling a fish about water. Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.07,0:14:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water, what water? Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.09,0:14:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Upanishads it is said: Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.07,0:14:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that which the eye can see, but that whereby\Nthe eye can see. Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.09,0:14:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know that to be Brahma the eternal and not\Nwhat people here adore. Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.01,0:14:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that which the ear can hear, but that\Nwhereby the ear can hear. Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.00,0:15:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know that to be Brahma the eternal and not\Nwhat people here adore. Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.00,0:15:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that which speech can illuminate, but\Nthat by which speech can be illuminated. Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.03,0:15:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know that to be Brahma the eternal and not\Nwhat people here adore. Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.01,0:15:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that which the mind can think, but that\Nwhereby the mind can think. Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.09,0:16:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know that to be Brahma the eternal and not\Nwhat people here adore. Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.05,0:16:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last decade, great advances have taken\Nplace Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.02,0:16:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the area of brain research. Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.07,0:16:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists have discovered neuroplasticity\N- a term Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.06,0:16:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which conveys the idea that the physical wiring\Nof the brain Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.05,0:16:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changes according to the thoughts moving through\Nit. Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.00,0:16:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb put it, Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.00,0:16:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"neurons that fire together, wire together." Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.10,0:16:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neurons wire together most when a person is\Nin a state of sustained attention. Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.00,0:16:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What this means is that it is possible to\Ndirect your own Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.04,0:16:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subjective experience of reality. Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.06,0:16:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally, if your thoughts are ones of fear,\Nworry, anxiety Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.02,0:16:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and negativity then you grow the wiring for\Nmore of those thoughts to flourish. Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.04,0:16:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you direct your thoughts to be ones of\Nlove, Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.08,0:17:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compassion, gratitude and joy, Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.01,0:17:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you create the wiring for repeating those\Nexperiences. Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.06,0:17:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how do we do that if we are surrounded\Nby violence and suffering? Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.05,0:17:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't this some kind of delusion or wishful\Nthinking? Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.08,0:17:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neuroplasticity isn't the same as the new\Nage notion Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.02,0:17:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you create your reality by positive thinking. Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.84,0:17:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is actually the same thing that the Buddha\Ntaught Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.01,0:17:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2500 years ago. Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.07,0:17:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vipassana Meditation or insight meditation Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.09,0:17:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be described as self-directed neuroplasticity. Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.03,0:17:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You accept your reality exactly as it is - as\Nit ACTUALLY is. Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.08,0:17:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you experience it at the root level of\Nsensation, Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.09,0:17:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the vibratory or energetic level without\Nthe prejudice or Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.06,0:17:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influence of thought. Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.08,0:18:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through sustained attention at the root level\Nof consciousness, Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.05,0:18:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wiring for an entirely different perception\Nof reality is created. Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.00,0:18:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have got it backwards most of the time. Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.02,0:18:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We constantly let ideas about the outer world\Nshape our neural networks, Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.08,0:18:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but our inner equanimity need not be contingent\Non external happenings. Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.08,0:18:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Circumstances don't matter. Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.09,0:18:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only my state of consciousness matters. Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.01,0:18:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation in Sanskrit means to be free of\Nmeasurement. Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.09,0:18:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Free of all comparison. Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.01,0:18:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be free of all becoming. Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.08,0:18:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not trying to become something else. Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.07,0:18:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are okay with what is. Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.04,0:19:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way to rise above the suffering of the\Nphysical realm Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.00,0:19:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to totally embrace it. Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.01,0:19:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say yes to it. Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.04,0:19:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it becomes something within you, Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.01,0:19:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than you being something within it. Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.01,0:19:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does one live in such a way that consciousness Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.08,0:19:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is no longer in conflict with its content? Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.05,0:19:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does one empty the heart of petty ambitions? Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.03,0:19:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There must be a total revolution in consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.02,0:19:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A radical shift in orientation from the outer\Nworld to the inner. Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.06,0:19:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not a revolution brought about by will\Nor effort alone. Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.01,0:19:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also by surrender. Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.01,0:20:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acceptance of reality as it is. Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.08,0:20:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The image of Christ's open heart powerfully\Nconveys the idea Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.00,0:20:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one must open to all pain. Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.00,0:20:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One must accept ALL if one is to remain open Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.06,0:20:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the evolutionary source. Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.01,0:20:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't mean you become a masochist, Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.04,0:20:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't look for pain, Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.08,0:20:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when pain comes, which it inevitably does, Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.02,0:20:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you simply accept reality AS IT IS, Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.02,0:20:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of craving some other reality. Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.03,0:20:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hawaiians have long believed Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.08,0:20:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is through the heart that we learn\Ntruth. Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.00,0:20:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart has its own intelligence as distinctly\Nas the brain does. Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.05,0:20:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Egyptians believed that the heart, not\Nthe brain, Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.06,0:20:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the source of human wisdom. Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.02,0:20:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heart was considered to be the center\Nof the Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.09,0:20:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soul and the personality. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.01,0:20:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was through the heart that the divine spoke, Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.00,0:21:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving ancient Egyptians knowledge of their\Ntrue path. Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.05,0:21:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This papyrus depicts the "weighing of the\Nheart". Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.04,0:21:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was considered a good thing to go into\Nthe Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.00,0:21:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,afterlife with a light heart. Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.06,0:21:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It meant that you had lived well. Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.05,0:21:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One universal or archetypal stage that people\Nexperience Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.03,0:21:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the process of awakening the heart center Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.03,0:21:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the experience of one's own energy as the\Nenergy of the universe. Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.05,0:21:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you allow yourself to feel this love, Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.09,0:21:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be this love, Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.06,0:21:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you connect your inner world with the\Nouter world, Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.01,0:21:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then all is one. Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.07,0:22:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does one experience the music of the spheres? Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.09,0:22:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does a heart open? Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.05,0:22:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sri Ramana Maharshi said, Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.02,0:22:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God dwells in you, as you, Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.01,0:22:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't have to do anything Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.02,0:22:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be God-realized or self-realized. Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.10,0:22:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is already your true and natural state. Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.04,0:22:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just drop all seeking, Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.07,0:22:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn your attention inward Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.01,0:22:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sacrifice your mind to the one self, Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.00,0:22:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radiating in the heart of your very being. Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.05,0:22:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this to be your own presently lived experience, Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.00,0:22:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self inquiry is the one direct and immediate\Nway." Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.05,0:22:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you meditate and observe sensations within, Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.00,0:22:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your inner aliveness, you are actually observing\Nchange. Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.01,0:23:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This force of change is the arising and passing\Naway Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.04,0:23:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as energy changes form. Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.08,0:23:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The degree to which a person has evolved or\Nbecome enlightened, Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.06,0:23:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the degree to which one has gained the\Nability Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.03,0:23:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adapt to each moment, Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.05,0:23:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to transmute the constantly changing human\Nstream Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.03,0:23:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of circumstances, pain and pleasure Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.06,0:23:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into bliss. Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.00,0:23:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leo Tolstoy, author of "War and Peace", said Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.08,0:23:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"everyone thinks of changing the world, Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.00,0:23:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nobody thinks of changing him or herself." Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.00,0:23:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Darwin said the most important characteristic\Nfor the Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.08,0:23:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survival of the species is not strength or\Nintelligence, Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.04,0:24:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but adaptability to change. Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.01,0:24:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One must become adept at adapting. Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.08,0:24:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Buddhist teaching of "annica" Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.03,0:24:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- everything is arising and passing away,\Nchanging. Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.08,0:24:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constantly changing. Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.07,0:24:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suffering exists only because we become attached\Nto a particular form. Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.07,0:24:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you connect to the witnessing part of\Nyourself, Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.06,0:25:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the understanding of annica, bliss arises\Nin the heart. Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.09,0:25:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saints, sages and yogis throughout history Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.09,0:25:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unanimously describe one sacred union that\Noccurs in the heart. Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.01,0:25:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether is the writings of St. John of the\NCross, Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.07,0:25:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rumi's poetry, Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.00,0:25:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the tantric teachings of India, Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.08,0:25:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these different teachings try to express Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.09,0:25:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the subtle mystery of the heart. Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.01,0:25:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the heart is the union of Shiva and Shakti. Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.08,0:25:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Masculine penetration into the spiral of life Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.06,0:25:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feminine surrender to change. Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.02,0:26:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Witnessing Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.01,0:26:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unconditional acceptance of all that is. Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.07,0:26:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to open your heart, Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.02,0:26:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must open yourself to change. Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.05,0:26:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To live in the seemingly solid world, Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.02,0:26:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dance with it, Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.05,0:26:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage with it, Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.02,0:26:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live fully, Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.04,0:26:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love fully, Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.00,0:26:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yet know that it is impermanent Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.00,0:26:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that ultimately all forms dissolve and\Nchange. Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.10,0:26:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bliss is the energy that responds to stillness. Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.08,0:26:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes from emptying consciousness of all\Ncontent. Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.01,0:26:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The content of this bliss energy born of stillness\NIS consciousness. Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.00,0:26:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new consciousness of the heart. Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.00,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A consciousness that is connected to ALL that\NIS.