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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.92,0:00:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yo, what's up?\NIt's Owen from RSD.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.61,0:00:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just lookin' at the shot I got here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[yawning]\NAnd, uh, I had a long day, so ...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.23,0:00:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Been getting a lot of questions\Nabout meditation [coughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.10,0:00:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought today would be\Na great day to answer them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.79,0:00:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.100,0:00:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Had a lot of questions asked \Nabout this for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.62,0:00:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are curious, my thoughts\Non the topic of meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.79,0:00:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, even though I'm not the best\Nperson to answer these questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.97,0:00:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause there's a lot of different \Npeople that are experts at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.32,0:00:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people were curious what\Nmy thoughts were on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.67,0:00:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'll give you my opinion, and if you\Nlike the sorts of ideas I throw at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.16,0:00:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then what I'd encourage you to do is\Ngo out and find a better teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.94,0:00:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone who is really,\Nreally good at it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.26,0:00:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can teach you how to do\Nmeditation in a more detailed way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.38,0:01:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I guess a lot of people were\Ncurious about my opinions on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.40,0:01:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm not some, like,\Nspiritual woo-woo guy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.18,0:01:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just kind of like a practical dude,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.52,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interested in the more\Npractical ramifications of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.18,0:01:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, uh, y'know, if you want my\Nthoughts on it, here they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and otherwise you can\Ngo out and look elsewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.43,0:01:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation is basically the idea that you\Nspend 20 minutes a day doing nothing, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.54,0:01:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No thinking. No thinking about\Nthe future, no thinking about the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.30,0:01:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but literally just resting your awareness\Nin the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.93,0:01:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, so, say I was gonna do that.\NSit here with you and do it right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.66,0:01:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna cross my legs,\Nbut actually, funny enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.80,0:01:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the first thing I'll teach you,\Nyou don't need to cross your legs, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.54,0:01:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not even very flexible. Look at this:\NI can barely even cross my legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably some people that are into yoga\Ncould teach me how to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.72,0:01:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm not flexible at all, so usually\NI'll just sit in a chair in my home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.46,0:01:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do it. I want to get as\Ncomfortable as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.48,0:02:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically, just resting my\Nawareness on the present moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.92,0:02:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would do the following:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.90,0:02:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.34,0:02:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, fun stuff, huh? All right, well,\Nthat's basically all that meditation is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you just sit down -- you could\Nlie down if you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.98,0:02:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you could stand up. \NI usually just sit in a chair, like I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.68,0:02:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you {\i1}don't think{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, so, if I tell you not to think,\Nwhat's going to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.03,0:02:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the first thing you're probably\Ngoing to be prone to doing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.26,0:02:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is judging yourself for how\Nmuch you're thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.02,0:02:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll be like, OK, don't think.\NWait, now I'm thinking!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.24,0:02:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shit, now I just said I'm thinking! \NOK, don't think.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.00,0:02:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look at that leaf over there. It's\Ngreen. Shit, I'm thinking about the leaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.59,0:03:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so bad at this! How do they do this?\NHow could you spend 20 minutes doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.71,0:03:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could someone spend\Na week doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.61,0:03:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, so that's usually what happens \Nwhen someone first tries meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.47,0:03:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we'll do right now is an exercise,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.08,0:03:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm gonna ask you to not think\Nfor, say, five seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.24,0:03:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rather than not think, since\Nthat's not gonna be effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.44,0:03:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I want you to do is\Nsimply shift your awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.33,0:03:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So fuck not thinking, and simply shift\Nyour awareness into your breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.94,0:03:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so as you breathe, just be like\N[inhales and exhales slowly]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.95,0:03:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I do there. Just shifted my\Nawareness to my breathing, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.76,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's spend right now five seconds \N-- only five seconds --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.56,0:03:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just basically shifting your awareness\Nfrom all the thoughts that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.64,0:03:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,projecting into the future of things you \Ngotta do and concerns that you have,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.85,0:03:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or possible paths you're gonna take.\NStop thinking about the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.84,0:03:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all those things that happened\Nto you and analyzing them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.71,0:03:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and simply shift your awareness\Naway from those
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.37,0:03:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and onto the fact that\Nyou are currently breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.77,0:03:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.59,0:04:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right, maybe you're watching this and\Nyou had no problem doing that whatsoever,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.77,0:04:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the flip side, maybe\Nyou're watching this
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.23,0:04:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was actually very\Ndifficult for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.79,0:04:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was very difficult for you, \Nagain I gotta really emphasize,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.40,0:04:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop judging. Stop getting caught up\Nin how well you're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.82,0:04:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you do have a thought like,\NHow well am I doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.49,0:04:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I want you to do is let it go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.46,0:04:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So any time that you do meditation\Nand a thought comes into your mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.17,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than analyzing it, or rather \Nthan clasping onto it like a pitbull,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.02,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just simply watch it float by, \Nso to speak. OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.87,0:04:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds kind of funny, but, \Ny'know, watch it float by.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.26,0:04:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So say you're meditating, you're like\N[sound indicating focus: zhooop!]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.88,0:04:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're present, no thoughts at all,\Njust [focusing sound],
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.12,0:04:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just aware of the sounds, \Nfeelings in your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.06,0:04:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aware of the energy in your body,\Nthat's it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.92,0:04:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then suddenly you think, Oh,\Ndo I have to pay my rent?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.72,0:05:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than say, Shit, I have to pay my\Nrent. Fuck! Oh, I thought -- shit! Fuck!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.20,0:05:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- like that, instead just be like, I have\Nto pay my rent, and then go, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.45,0:05:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like be aware, like, oh, I had\Na thought, but just be aware
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.11,0:05:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you had a thought, and then\N[focusing sound] back out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.37,0:05:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's almost like when you're present\Nto the moment, OK, present to the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.33,0:05:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, not in the future, not in the past,\Nbut [focusing sound] right here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.27,0:05:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just present to the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.87,0:05:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you lose that focus, either\Ninto the future or the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.79,0:05:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost like a set of binoculars\Nor a camera that's like zhooooooop!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.36,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that, right back into your head,\Nand then you gotta [reverses the sound]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.34,0:05:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back out, OK? So it'd almost be like if I\Ntook this camera lens and went zhooop,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.49,0:05:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like that, and then [reverses sound]\Nback out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.93,0:05:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically how you\Nwanna think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.05,0:05:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, now, let's say that you do this for,\Num, 20 minutes a day, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.45,0:05:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's say you're doing 20 minutes\Na day of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.81,0:05:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you're gonna find is that sometimes\Nyou'll have a couple of seconds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.39,0:05:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even a couple of minutes, where you're\Nreally, really present to the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.31,0:05:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really clear.\NIt's a very relaxing feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.95,0:06:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not eager for it to end,\Nyou're just completely clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.44,0:06:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just aware of your boring room.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.94,0:06:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now of course, this is probably one of the\Nmost beautiful places on the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.92,0:06:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in my opinion, so don't worry \Nabout the fact that you're not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.55,0:06:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I usually do this in a room.\NIn fact, to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.13,0:06:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I was sitting in my family room, it \Nwould probably be easier to do than here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.22,0:06:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which most people would\Nprobably disagree with,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.73,0:06:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's just my personal prerogative,\N'cause I'm used to doing it at home, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.48,0:06:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At home I can just stare at the wall.\NI literally just stare at the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.84,0:06:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you might have questions like, \Nshould you stare at one specific point?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.38,0:06:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens if you look around?\NWhat happens if you cough?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.06,0:06:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens if you shift? So here's \Nsome of my answers for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.40,0:06:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I like to do is I like to\Ndo it for 20 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.59,0:06:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'll set my alarm on my phone,\Nactually for 21 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.90,0:06:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do that so psychologically I've\Ngiven myself one minute to shift around.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.48,0:07:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll find when you first sit down,\Nyou want to scratch little itches,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.58,0:07:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to swallow a bunch of times,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.07,0:07:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to maneuver yourself\Nso that you're comfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.58,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you don't limit that to\Naround a minute or two --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, I use about a minute --\Nyou'll keep wanting to scratch,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.47,0:07:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanting to shift, keep wanting \Nto make it better.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.80,0:07:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's kind of weird, this is\Nreally weird about meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.10,0:07:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that if you just stay still and you\Naccept it -- so for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.24,0:07:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the itch comes, much like\Nthe thought that you don't clasp onto,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.58,0:07:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you simply accept that the itch is there,\Nand don't analyze it or try to resist it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.25,0:07:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just sort of let it go and surrender to\Nthe fact that this annoying itch is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.69,0:07:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this annoying posture that\Nyou're sitting in is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.22,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll find it kind of goes away,\Nwhich is intense, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's intense to think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.12,0:07:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even find -- I don't know if\Nanyone else finds this --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.67,0:07:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I find that I don't even need to\Nswallow saliva as much
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.42,0:07:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I'm very present to the moment.\NIt just doesn't seem to come up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.47,0:07:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't know if that's completely\Ndelusional, but that tends to be what I find.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.89,0:07:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not gonna do this perfectly.\NSo if I meditate for 20 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's pretty unlikely that I'm honestly\Ngonna sit there for 20 minutes perfectly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.26,0:08:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point I'm probably\Ngonna shift around.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.10,0:08:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point I'm probably gonna swallow.\NAt some point I'm probably gonna cough,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.83,0:08:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe once or twice. But notice that you\Nshifted it from an ongoing need to do this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.47,0:08:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to maybe just a few different times.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.73,0:08:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's distracting you to the point that\Nit's messing up your session,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.83,0:08:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then just deal with it, but otherwise\Ndon't worry about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.80,0:08:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Accept it and just let it flow past.\NNow how about as far as how long to do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.100,0:08:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do I like to do it for 20 minutes?\NWell, for me 20 minutes is really good
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.04,0:08:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I find that around maybe the\N8- to 16-minute mark, type thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.69,0:08:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll become very present. So definitely\Nthe first five, ten minutes for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.55,0:08:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not gonna slip into it as easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.08,0:08:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then a little bit later\NI'll become very, very present,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.22,0:08:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll slip into it no problem at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.69,0:08:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, um -- what's up, dude?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.47,0:09:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ... the reason that I wanna do it\Na little bit longer is just that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.37,0:09:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I only do it for one minute,\Nit's really not that different
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.19,0:09:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just sitting down for a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.21,0:09:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I do it for too long, then I'm\Nutilizing huge chunks of my day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.20,0:09:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to practice becoming present,\Nand that's not really something
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.53,0:09:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm interested in doing,\Nto tell you the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.13,0:09:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the way that I like to do it \Nis I like to just become present
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.28,0:09:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about 20 minutes, and ideally I kind\Nof slip in and out of states of like being
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.66,0:09:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very, very present to not being\Nthat present, and then, uh ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.59,0:09:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what'll happen is usually in the last\Nmaybe 12 minutes to say, 4 or 5 minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.05,0:09:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm {\i1}really{\i0}, really present. But I \Ndon't want you to be analyzing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.74,0:09:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want you to be saying, How \Nwell did I do with meditation today?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.55,0:09:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I do well, did I do bad?\NYou'll kinda know,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.61,0:09:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because some sessions are just {\i1}so{\i0} clear,\Nand other sessions are, uh [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.08,0:09:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty slow-going and not that different\Nthan just sort of sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.91,0:09:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking and thinking and thinking.\NBut that doesn't really matter, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.17,0:10:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot like going out and learning\Ngame, where some nights are amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.04,0:10:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're in the zone,\Nand other nights you're just not.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.58,0:10:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation parallels this to\Na freakishly similar extent.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.69,0:10:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How 'bout eyes open vs. eyes closed?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.46,0:10:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so I like to do eyes open because\Nwhen I keep my eyes open,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.29,0:10:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means that when I go up\Nto a woman, I'm talking to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.71,0:10:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can look at her like this ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.32,0:10:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have a lot of \Nflinching going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.11,0:10:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm not going "Hm?" Like y'know,\Nshe gives me a, say she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.18,0:10:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a pasty white, short, \Nbalding ginger.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.16,0:10:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of going Mmm, like, twitching\Nand getting upset, I'm just like ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.23,0:10:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mm-hm. Y'know, something like that, right?\NI'm kind of like overthinking this now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.11,0:10:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.38,0:10:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, that tends to be how I am.\NSo meditation with my eyes open
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.78,0:10:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trains me to actually become present\Nin a dynamic environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.50,0:10:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people are into meditation\Nas a sub-culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.11,0:11:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, they're in it to try to\Nbecome spiritually enlightened.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.28,0:11:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's cool. If you wanna become\Nspiritually enlightened, that's pretty cool,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.02,0:11:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the reason that I'm focused on it\N[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.90,0:11:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I like the day-to-day practical \Nbenefits, so that's why I like to do it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.05,0:11:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my eyes open, so that I'm not,\Nlike, present,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.18,0:11:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, I'm like a little ball of light,\Nthen I open my eyes I'm like ahh!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.72,0:11:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like that, y'know. I wanna train myself\Nto be present in my everyday life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.96,0:11:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I like to go eyes open, \Nseated anywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.63,0:11:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I put on the alarm because I don't\Nlike to wonder how much longer I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.09,0:11:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've personally just found that if\NI don't know how long I have,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.15,0:11:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm gonna keep wondering about it,\Nand now that I do it all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.06,0:11:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can generally sense the 20 minutes, \Nbut I prefer to just put an alarm,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.75,0:11:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different people have \Ndifferent opinions about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.02,0:11:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do it before bed because\NI'm a night person,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.84,0:12:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I do it in the morning\NI just find it's completely, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.10,0:12:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost like a waste of my time. Sometimes\NI'll do a couple minutes in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.39,0:12:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then I do it properly every night.\NBut most people, funny enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.76,0:12:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conversely, like to do it in the morning.\N[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.88,0:12:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they like to do it in the morning\Nbecause they find it sets off their day right.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.52,0:12:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just not a morning person. That could\Nbe from years of going out late at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.91,0:12:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be for any reason.\NI don't know why.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.10,0:12:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just find that I'm really, really \Nclear-thinking late at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.46,0:12:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now funny enough, you'd\Nthink to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.67,0:12:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, if you do meditation\Nright before bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.96,0:12:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would the benefits of being more present to\Nthe moment carry over into the next day?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.55,0:12:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I find is that they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.75,0:12:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically what happens is that \Nmeditation kind of trains your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.03,0:12:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay in a different zone. So for\Nexample, I hiked in here about 11 miles,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.47,0:12:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what you'll tend to find is with an\N11-mile hike, which is up and down cliffs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.25,0:12:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you look at the cliffs in the\Nbackground, you're hiking along
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.91,0:12:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sides of stuff like that and \Nstuff actually a lot more sketchy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.85,0:13:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the first mile, \Nyou really resist it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.41,0:13:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like, ugh, this is miserable,\NI'm so tired.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.91,0:13:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the joke that I like to give\N-- and this is just a joke,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.10,0:13:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I like to be kind of like ironic --\Nis I say you have to give up hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.23,0:13:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll say this to my buddies, they're like,\Nhow much longer is this, is it hard?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.15,0:13:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, Give up hope! There's no hope!\NThis is all there is: endless pain!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.56,0:13:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll say that to them and it's a joke,\Nbut what I'm trying to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.76,0:13:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause you know I like to be pretty\Nsarcastic a lot of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.08,0:13:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just kind of clown around, I'm trying\Nto say don't resist it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.91,0:13:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't sit there thinking, How much\Nlonger do I have?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.83,0:13:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much longer is this gonna be?\NThis is uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.20,0:13:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just get rid of all that. \NJust surrender to it completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.05,0:13:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you do that, rather than thinking,\NHow far have I gone?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.53,0:13:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or rather than thinking, How much \Nfurther is it for me to get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.02,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you'll find is you just \Nthink about the next step,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you're focused on the next step,\Nwhat that does is it draws your perception
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.20,0:13:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the mind and towards each\Nstep that's in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.40,0:14:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is so vital on a trail like the \Nones that you see here,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.28,0:14:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you roll your ankle out here,\Nor hurt your knee, or cut yourself up,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.12,0:14:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, I'm sure you'll find a way out\None way or another [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.86,0:14:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's gonna be completely miserable.\NSo you do not want that to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.74,0:14:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wanna be fully immersed \Nin each step that you take.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.85,0:14:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is no different than, say, building a\Nbusiness that might take a decade or two.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.91,0:14:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you start thinking about how far you\Nhave to go, you could go crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.16,0:14:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you wanna think to an extent, because\Nyou wanna be thinking about your plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.68,0:14:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wanna kind of change the direction,\Nbut then once you change the direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.48,0:14:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can kind of come back out of your\Nthinking mind and just stay present
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.33,0:14:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exactly what's in front of you. If you\Nsee the type of work I do right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.98,0:14:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to do my free tour events --\Nyou've probably seen videos of that --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.32,0:14:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I have my Hot Seat event,\Nand then I do Bootcamp,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.72,0:15:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been doing that, actually,\Non tour for a couple of years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.26,0:15:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So every single time I do a free tour,\Nwhen I walk to the free tour,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.26,0:15:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I'm gonna go do it,\NI don't think ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.01,0:15:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen a lot of people who do jobs\Nsimilar to mine, they psych themselves out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.48,0:15:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't do that at all. I'm just in a \Ngood mood, and I get there, I'm like,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.57,0:15:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm at the free tour, and then I kind\Nof melt into the moment, I merge into it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.34,0:15:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just rock it, and I love being up there\Nbecause it makes me very present
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.58,0:15:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and time just breezes by.\NThere's nowhere else I'd rather be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.34,0:15:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then when I do Hot Seat, oftentimes\NI'm on like two or three hours sleep only,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.96,0:15:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I like to run my Bootcamps really\Nlate, because once I start doing Bootcamp
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.06,0:15:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm having so much fun I don't like to \Nsleep, and I'll just keep running them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.06,0:15:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes I'll run them really, really\Nlate, and then I wake up in the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.42,0:15:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do my Hot Seat event early in the\Nmorning, and I'm totally exhausted,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.94,0:15:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think, How am I gonna do this? \NAnd again I just don't think.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.53,0:15:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I just get there and I start \Nto get into it, and I start to love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.91,0:15:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I get onto Bootcamp and I think,\NOh man, I'm gonna have to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.32,0:15:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approach all these girls, and it's gonna\Nbe all crazy. Again, I just don't think.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.35,0:16:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just go about it. You merge\Ninto the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.03,0:16:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you get away from thinking\Nabout the outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.98,0:16:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you take the joy in the process itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.80,0:16:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the paradox of being completely\Nimmersed in the process
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.53,0:16:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you wind up getting to the\Noutcome more effectively.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.44,0:16:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, if you approach a girl, and\Nyou're having so much fun talking to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.94,0:16:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you have a general idea of the\Ngeneral direction that you wanna go,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.35,0:16:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're fully immersed in the process \Nof it, you're having so much more fun,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.59,0:16:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just such a cooler guy,\Nthat you wind up getting her.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.64,0:16:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice this especially even\Nin the late phases, when you've
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.22,0:16:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got the girl in your room and she's not\Nsure if she's gonna sleep with you or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.42,0:16:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're just completely present with\Nher, just completely there,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.16,0:16:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she detects no outcome from you, you're\Na lot funnier, you're a lot more sexual,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.94,0:16:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're a lot more in the moment\Nin terms of your sexuality,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.46,0:16:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she just winds up hooking up with you.\NMeanwhile if you're like, I gotta get laid,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.89,0:16:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gotta get laid, right? Then you're less\Nlikely to do it, less likely to be funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.52,0:17:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less likely to entice her. So from \Ndoing meditation regularly,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.63,0:17:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's similar to the 11-mile hike in here,\Nwhere that first mile, your brain is still
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.30,0:17:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught up in this continual mode of\Ngetting to the next outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.75,0:17:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting to the next outcome, \Ngetting to the next outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.24,0:17:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you hike for 11 miles, after a\Nwhile it really just breaks you down.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.16,0:17:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just gets you to the point\Nof complete surrender,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.89,0:17:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start to enjoy the hike itself.\NWhat you realize is
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.17,0:17:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's not the destination\Nbut the journey that's actually fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.08,0:17:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really this goes for life, because the\Nend destination of life is to be dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.25,0:17:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the journey of life is the fun itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.63,0:17:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you do meditation every day,\Nyou're actually training your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.53,0:17:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get into that zone, that sweet spot. \NYou're conditioning yourself to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.44,0:17:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also do this by going out.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.75,0:18:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also do this by any\Ntype of flow state activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.98,0:18:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So any activity that actually puts you\Ninto a flow state
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.14,0:18:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll find will achieve a similar\Nbenefit to meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.51,0:18:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I find is that sometimes people\Nwill use flow state activities
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.92,0:18:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an excuse not to do meditation.\NOr they'll use thinking a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.96,0:18:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and planning their day a lot, as an\Nexcuse not to do meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.16,0:18:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes I'll tell people about\Nmeditation and they'll say,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.61,0:18:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that's kind of like what I do, \NI'll be in the shower,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.16,0:18:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I plan out my day for like an hour.\NThat was a buddy of mine who said that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.71,0:18:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or they'll say, I'll just go out into\Nthe woods and really think about my life
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.84,0:18:45.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I'm doing with it. And that's\Nvery different. That's a different activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.25,0:18:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know with girls, they'll say that dancing\Ncan be a very good flow state activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.09,0:18:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or surfing, y'know, things like that, and \Nagain, these are amazing activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.17,0:19:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like for me public speaking and\Nteaching are my flow state activities
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.12,0:19:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I love more than anything, but\Nmeditation is actually a 20-minute
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.51,0:19:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chunk per day where you're spending it\Nwith a deliberate intention
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.68,0:19:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of training your mind to\Nslip into that spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.33,0:19:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eckhart Tolle, who wrote the books {\i1}The\NPower of Now{\i0} and {\i1}A New Earth{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.58,0:19:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two of my favorite books ever, he talks\Nabout the analogy of a bicycle tire
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.68,0:19:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's spinning, and it has its own\Nmomentum, so when you stop pushing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.89,0:19:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the tire, what winds up happening is\Neventually it loses that momentum
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.99,0:19:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and becomes still. Another example\Nwould be like crossing a stream.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.94,0:19:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're gonna cross a stream, and\Nyou want to see what's at the bottom of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.95,0:19:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you keep shaking up the bottom of it,\Nyou'll never see it. It'll never be clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.52,0:19:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you stop shaking the bottom of it,\Neventually you'll be able to see with clarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.10,0:19:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe a better analogy than a stream,\N'cause that's always kinda moving,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.46,0:19:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be like a little body of water, some\Nlittle small body of water, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.99,0:20:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you keep kicking the dirt around, you\Nwon't get clarity. So you need to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.58,0:20:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really what meditation is,\Nis you're training your mind to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.69,0:20:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So say that I sit here and I'm like,\NI'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.77,0:20:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right? And then I go like, OK, \NI'm onto my breath now. [breathes]
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.36,0:20:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that kind of trained me one way to\Nget presence, but then let's say that I,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.71,0:20:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, I go back into my head. And then\Nmaybe I shift my awareness to the sounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.98,0:20:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which are actually pretty cool. I don't\Nknow how well you can hear it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.25,0:20:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the mike. I hear birds and\Nwaves and wind, so, can't beat that!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.69,0:20:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's pretty good. You know, if you're\Nat home you probably hear
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.46,0:20:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a refrigerator or something like that.\NSo that could be another way
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.57,0:20:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get presence. Another way could be \Nto take conscious breaths,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.97,0:20:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you shift your focus to that,\Nbut funny enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.90,0:20:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another way could be to just observe the\Nbreath and not put any deliberate
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.73,0:21:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy into animating your breath, and\Nsome people find that to be better.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.37,0:21:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I find just, I get into a zone\Nwhere I'm just completely out of my head
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.33,0:21:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just there. It's like locked in.\NThat's kind of intense too,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.73,0:21:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause you can be present for, like,\N7, 8 minutes straight doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.08,0:21:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you kind of knock back into it\Nyou're like whoa, that was fuckin' presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.62,0:21:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you're present, I think a lot of\Npeople are assuming they're gonna get
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.35,0:21:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some kind of extreme bliss out of it,\Nand I don't think that that's the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.95,0:21:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather what you get is\Na sense of general peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.74,0:21:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're not thinking very much, \Nand your body is not having these
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.90,0:21:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cortisol adrenaline responses that you\Nwould normally be having throughout the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.50,0:21:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a great book by a guy\Nnamed Herbert Benson,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.53,0:21:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was a Harvard medical doctor, and he\Ncalled that book {\i1}The Relaxation Response{\i0},
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.13,0:21:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can look that up, {\i1}The Relaxation\NResponse{\i0} by Herbert Benson,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.75,0:21:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what he basically explained there\Nis that we have something called a
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.79,0:22:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fight or flight response. And a fight or\Nflight response is the idea that in nature
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.00,0:22:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would experience stress in short bursts.\NSo for example you might bump into a lion
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.18,0:22:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get this huge surge of adrenaline\Nthat shuts off your body's natural\N
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.64,0:22:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repair mechanisms, and basically just\Ndirects all of the body's energy
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.21,0:22:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into being really alert and \Nhaving a lot of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.00,0:22:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that would be good in nature because\Nthen you'd run away from the animal,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.11,0:22:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could go back to your village\Nand you'd be totally fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.65,0:22:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens in modern society is that\Nthe threat might be something like
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.63,0:22:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming up with rent money, or some kind of\Nsocial scenario that's bothering you,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.19,0:22:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or different complexities of modern life,\Nand that fight or flight response
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.00,0:22:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is at like a refrigerator-hum low level \Nthat's almost unnoticeable when you're in it
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.28,0:22:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stays there permanently. So this\Ncauses people to get sick, shortens your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.73,0:23:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compromises your immune system. \NIt's not a good stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.30,0:23:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, a positive stress, they call that\N{\i1}eustress{\i0}, OK? Eustress.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.93,0:23:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's something more like where \Nyou go on like a roller coaster ride
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.75,0:23:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or play an exciting sports game, or\Nwatch an exciting sports game,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.58,0:23:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the stress is actually invigorating,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.06,0:23:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but chronic, low-level stress\Nis not healthy for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.71,0:23:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what meditation does, and this is\Nwhat Herbert Benson explains,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.65,0:23:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it elicits a relaxation response. It\Nactually flushes the cortisol
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.29,0:23:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adrenaline out of your system.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.60,0:23:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people also believe that when you\Nmeditate, you're actually summoning
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.91,0:23:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a recharging of energy that goes \Nvery, very deep into the cells.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.65,0:23:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while you're sitting there you might\Nfeel like you're accomplishing nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.49,0:23:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually you're recharging. You are\Nsoaking in good, present energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.46,0:23:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, what most people tend to do is \Nthey get addicted on either stimulus,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.10,0:23:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, Huh? Facebook? Twitter? \NFacebook? Twitter? Like that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.98,0:24:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, energy drink? Redbull? \N[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.47,0:24:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gossip? Bullshit? Shit talk? Whatever? \NWhat do people think of me?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.08,0:24:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, shit like that? Validation?\NI guess I got a lot of these.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.47,0:24:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or what they get addicted to is lower\Nconsciousness, like alcohol, bleahh!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.08,0:24:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pizza, carbs, bleahh! They wanna\Nbecome unconscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.14,0:24:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what meditation teaches you to do\Nis, it teaches you rather than being,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.04,0:24:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh, it teaches you to stop the cycle of\Nbeing addicted to stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.87,0:24:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to being unconscious, and instead it \Ngrounds you in an energy more like
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.21,0:24:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[energy sound effect -- zhhhhh]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.55,0:24:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like that, OK? Except instead of\Nthe sound of zhhhhhh --
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.22,0:24:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of that sound, \Nyou just hear nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.22,0:24:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's kind of like that. And this is\Nwhy teachers of meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.85,0:24:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will use things like little bells that go\N{\i1}dingggg{\i0}, or a candle
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.94,0:25:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just kind of stays there,\Nflickering constantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.11,0:25:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're training your mind \Nto be present.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.67,0:25:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more that you can train your mind\Nto be present, what's happening is that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.76,0:25:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're removing yourself from \Nthe cycle of basically being run
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.40,0:25:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by biological impulses and \Nexternal social influences,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.41,0:25:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're creating a center\Nof gravity within yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.59,0:25:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you start to develop\Nyour own willpower,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.10,0:25:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your own sort of ...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.01,0:25:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could I put it? I mean, think of it\Nlike all through society,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.79,0:25:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just through biology there's\Nlike these different forces
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.83,0:25:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are at play, and you're kind of\Nsponging them up,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.75,0:25:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then spewing them back out.\NWell, what meditation does
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.40,0:25:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it makes it so that {\i1}you{\i0}\Nare the center of gravity,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.33,0:25:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your ideas, or your intentions in\Nlife, are coming from within
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.37,0:25:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and going outwards. So what you'll find \Nis that whether you're happy or sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.18,0:26:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or say having a good experience\Nor a bad experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.72,0:26:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not as relevant to you any more\Nwhen you do meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.81,0:26:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you realize that you can be\Npeaceful just within yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.42,0:26:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it takes the pressure away of\Nconstantly achieving certain life goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.23,0:26:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allows you just to enjoy the process.\NIt's kinda crazy, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.51,0:26:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people, when they do meditation,\Nit really messes them up, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.66,0:26:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they realize that they can achieve\Ncomplete contentment and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.12,0:26:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a deeper level than even making \Nmoney or even getting laid,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.66,0:26:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kinda crazy to think about.\NAnd so they think, Why should I get girls?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.98,0:26:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should I make money? Why should I \Ndo anything? I just wanna sit here.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.09,0:26:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's pretty, I think, kind of\Nlow-level thinking for most people,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.67,0:26:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless your life's purpose is gonna be \Nto teach presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.46,0:26:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to just be that source of present\Nenergy for other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.30,0:26:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you wanna just sit there for hours and\Nhours so you can be that person.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.39,0:26:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unless you're gonna do that, \NI don't think that's ideal.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.90,0:27:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather what I think is that when you do\Nmeditation it helps you and prods you
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.63,0:27:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reconsider your life, reconsider what\Ndrives you or what motivates you,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.55,0:27:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to align yourself with \Nyour life's purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.66,0:27:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that can be a really tough one \Nfor a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.29,0:27:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because finding your life's purpose is, \Nthat can be a doozy, to say the least.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.82,0:27:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you find it, you find that you\Nget your main enjoyment in life
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.58,0:27:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of being engaged in the process \Nof whatever your life's purpose is.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.84,0:27:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me it's kind of funny, but ...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.00,0:27:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you probably can tell this\Nif you watch my stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.88,0:27:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I love the most is doing\Nvideos like these,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.48,0:27:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching live, which is huge for me,\Nand then practicing game,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.86,0:27:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like to practice game\Nbecause I teach it,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.94,0:27:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I like to teach something\Nreally awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.93,0:27:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the other thing I really like\Ndoing is meditation [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.45,0:27:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that helps me\Nwith my life's purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.79,0:27:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that helps me to bring a lot\Nof presence into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.42,0:27:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people will say about my videos,\Nit's like addictive, or it's like crack,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.69,0:28:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like that, and I laugh at that.\NI think that's so funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.05,0:28:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the reason why people,\NI think, if they like my stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.11,0:28:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which some people do and don't,\Nbut the people who do like it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.06,0:28:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason why they say it's addictive,\Nwhat they don't realize
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.37,0:28:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that because I do meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.29,0:28:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I do a video from a place of presence,\Nwhich some have that element
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.42,0:28:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some probably have that much less so,\Nlike a lot less so, but the ones that have it
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.25,0:28:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help people to become regrounded \Nin their own present energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.49,0:28:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they think it's the video that's\Naddictive, but actually what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.04,0:28:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's coming from \Na place of presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.69,0:28:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is conditioned from that 20-minute-\Na-day meditation habit,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.80,0:28:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it's putting them in touch\Nwith themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.67,0:28:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're actually addicted to themselves,\Nwhich is funny to think about.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.62,0:28:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they like. \NThey see -- it sounds very cheesy --
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.60,0:28:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they see someone else's inner light\N[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.71,0:28:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it puts them in touch with\Ntheir own inner light --
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.66,0:28:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know it sounds very cheesy --\Nand then they attribute that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.22,0:29:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what they're seeing,\Nbut it's actually them.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.71,0:29:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if there's a musician who you \Nreally like, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.83,0:29:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone whose music you really\Nget into, really connect with,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.68,0:29:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're thinking it's the music that you\Nlove, and you do love the music,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.21,0:29:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you also love is what it's\Nreconnecting you to in yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.92,0:29:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meditation every day is something\Nthat can help you to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.64,0:29:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing for pickup in the sense that\Nit teaches you self-amusement,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.03,0:29:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it teaches you not to rely on women\Nfor good emotions at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.19,0:29:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it totally takes their power away \Nfrom you, not to sound win/lose,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.33,0:29:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it really does. When you do \Nmeditation every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.18,0:29:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,women have a lot less power over you\Nthan when you don't,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.61,0:29:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you've removed yourself from the\Ncycle of being addicted on their validation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.08,0:29:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least minimized it quite a bit.\NIt lets you go in a lot stronger,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.79,0:29:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're funnier, you're sharper, your game\Nbasically goes up, I don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.77,0:29:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three to four times. But, yeah,\Nyou just, basically ...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.39,0:29:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You basically get so good in game because\Nagain you enjoy the process so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.46,0:29:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're just so sharp, so good with the \Nprocess, that it really just improves it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.90,0:30:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really just awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.48,0:30:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess what I would kind of emphasize\Nhere, and I love that the sun's going down,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.63,0:30:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's fucking gorgeous, is that what\NI think you learn from meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.76,0:30:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is rather than feeling like you're a\Nperson, y'know, like you're a person,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.98,0:30:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what most people think,\Nthey think, I'm this separate entity --
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.76,0:30:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the way, we gotta check out\Nthis sunset, check this out --
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.57,0:30:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize that actually\Neveryone's kind of connected,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.02,0:30:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you look at this ocean here, and \Nyou see the different waves on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.35,0:30:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think that you are this unique person,\Nbut in fact you're part of something
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.05,0:30:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bigger than yourself, right? \NYou see the sun going down there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.49,0:30:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you think that you're this\Nreally unique individual,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.63,0:30:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this person who is on their own \Nin life, but in fact what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.76,0:30:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you're really just like this energy\Nthat has congealed together temporarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.100,0:31:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will kind of express itself, much like how\None of these waves expresses itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.44,0:31:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then will sink back into the whole,\NOK? So that's what meditation teaches you.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.05,0:31:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll try to re-establish our shot, \Nmake it look real nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.23,0:31:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That looks nice, I think. OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.27,0:31:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ... um ... good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.30,0:31:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you can't really go wrong with\Na shot in an environment like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.26,0:31:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't really fuck this up.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.87,0:31:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so point being that in meditation,\Nbecause you become very present,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.65,0:31:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to follow me here, you become\Npresent to the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.80,0:31:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens is that you come\Nto the realization that ...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.70,0:31:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost like you have ... \Nthe different wants,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.91,0:31:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the biological entity of yourself has,\Nand then you have a higher consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.35,0:32:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that present energy. And what's \Nkinda crazy is that everybody has
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.42,0:32:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that higher consciousness in them.\NIt's kinda nuts, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.57,0:32:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you become present, they call that\Na higher consciousness. Sounds very funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.57,0:32:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you realize that everyone has that\Nin them, and that light is almost
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.03,0:32:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing through you, and so you're like this\Ncrystal that lets the light come through,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.00,0:32:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some people, the crystal's very closed\Noff because they're caught in their head,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.78,0:32:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they get trapped in different energetic\Ncycles that can be very negative,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.60,0:32:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they get a negative thought kind of\Njumps onto them and they go crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.63,0:32:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you become present, that energy,\Nthat higher consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.21,0:32:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can shine through you, and you're like \Nthe crystal that it shines through
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.15,0:32:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes different patterns. \NAnd you realize that even when you die,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.24,0:32:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will die, that although the\Nbiological entity, like the crystal's gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.70,0:32:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that light is still there. And essentially\Nthrough meditation what you're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.03,0:33:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you are becoming more and more \Nidentified as the "silent observer"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.81,0:33:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the thoughts, instead of as \Nthis petty little individual
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.94,0:33:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has all these different problems and \Nisn't getting the results that you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.06,0:33:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the more that you're identified\Nwith that higher consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.06,0:33:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more you're grounded in that,\Nthere is a less urgent fear of death,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.36,0:33:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which sounds funny, because you realize\Nthat if you're that light,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.44,0:33:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that light is everywhere. So the \Nform dies, but the light continues on,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.93,0:33:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're very identified with the \Nform, then death is really scary,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.44,0:33:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you're identified with the light,\Nthen it's not as scary. Still pretty scary.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.02,0:33:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughs]\NNot gonna lie, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.46,0:33:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot less scary, and in fact, what \Ntends to happen in frightening situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.66,0:33:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like say you're walking along \Nthe side of the cliff,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.20,0:33:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that light starts to shine through\Nso much stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.58,0:34:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you actually have no fear at all.\NSo in a situation that is scary to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.79,0:34:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the presence actually emanates \Nthrough so strongly that you
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.74,0:34:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely dissolve into presence, \Nand you actually feel fucking amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.84,0:34:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's another reason why, when you do\Nthings that scare you a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.64,0:34:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you learn how to become present\Nto the moment through meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.26,0:34:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really an amazing feeling.\NIt's an amazing, amazing feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.27,0:34:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you go through life, you're\Nactually dissolving more and more,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.94,0:34:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your identification with your form \Nis dissolving more and more,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.02,0:34:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all these thoughts that you're\Nhaving, which are generated through
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.75,0:34:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about the past \Nor going into the future,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.72,0:34:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're more identified with that present\Nmoment, "higher consciousness"
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.04,0:34:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you get older and older that creates\Nmore space for that higher consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.96,0:34:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you become almost like\Na young person again.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.46,0:34:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see some older people become\Nmore and more identified with their form,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.41,0:34:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because their form is breaking down,\Nthey can be pretty miserable,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:55.71,0:34:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then other people as they get older\Ncan actually become more childlike,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.35,0:35:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even in spite of being childlike,\Nthey're more intelligent,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.66,0:35:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what Eckhart Tolle called \Nflowering. So basically it's like
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.22,0:35:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes you have a ... he calls\Nthat a flowering of consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.90,0:35:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you have like a plant, and some plants\Nwill get the nice flower and others won't,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.40,0:35:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on how much sun it gets,\Nso if it flowers, that's almost like
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.27,0:35:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a human being who has gone back to that\Nchildlike present-moment awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.30,0:35:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but through that sort of crystal that it's\Nshining through of all the life experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.80,0:35:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowledge and abilities and all that,\Nso it's a really nice combination,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.32,0:35:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a childlike awareness is beautiful\Nbut it is a child, right, it's limited,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.52,0:35:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas somebody who has gone back\Nto that childlike awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.59,0:35:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is highly intelligent, resourceful,\Ncompetent, driven, those kinds of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.77,0:35:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens then is that just their\Nmanifestation of their different intents
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.21,0:35:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have becomes really amazing\Nto watch. It's really, really cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.67,0:36:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awesome, right, and some of the top \Npeople in the world have that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.78,0:36:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's get back to practical stuff: so\Nwe'll think about the game-related stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.74,0:36:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to kind of conclude with it. People \Nwho are kind of into meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:36:15.41,0:36:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like for the chill reasons and stuff,\Nthey wanna be very chill?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.64,0:36:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're kind of already converted. \NThey already are doing this,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.31,0:36:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't wanna really relate with\Npeople that are in that mode,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.63,0:36:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I'd really like to do would be to\Nrelate to somebody who wants to
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.25,0:36:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a lot of cash, fuck really hot women,\Nand be a gangster, all right.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.32,0:36:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a gangster like a real gangster, \Nalthough it could be a real gangster too,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.54,0:36:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a gangster in life, OK, a dominator.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.16,0:36:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I would tell you is that a lot of \Nthe top business people do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.66,0:36:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you think about the\Ndifference between, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.60,0:36:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a boss who's effective vs. an ineffective\Nemployee, what's the common difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.15,0:36:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ineffective employee gets upset when\Nthey don't get their petty little things
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.48,0:36:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going in their direction, whereas the boss\Ncan always look at the bigger picture
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.05,0:37:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and solve the damned problem. Well, the \Nboss has to be very present to the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.81,0:37:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boss has to not get caught up in their\Nemotions, whereas the ineffective employee
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.94,0:37:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the luxury of whining and complaining\Nbecause it's not gonna tank the whole company,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.29,0:37:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right, they just get their little \Nproblem fixed and they're happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.95,0:37:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you wanna be a boss in life, you\Ndon't wanna be overly reactive
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.57,0:37:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your emotions. \NAlso, the highs and lows,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.13,0:37:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't wanna be so identified with the\Nhigh that when it goes low you're upset,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.57,0:37:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't wanna be so identified\Nwith the low that you stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.92,0:37:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you wanna be kind of even-keeled. \NOn top of that, if you wanna be effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.99,0:37:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wanna be fully immersed\Nin whatever you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.25,0:37:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're gonna win an NBC championship,\Nyou wanna be pretty immersed in that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.05,0:37:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the kind of thing that helps\Nyou to think more clearly,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.83,0:37:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes you more effective,\Nit makes you funnier.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.39,0:37:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say for sure that my public speaking\Nis much, much sharper,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.31,0:37:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three to four times sharper, when \NI do meditation every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.10,0:37:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say for sure that my game,\Nmy results,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.46,0:38:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are wild when I do meditation every day,\Nand go down substantially,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.91,0:38:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shockingly, when I don't. And I can\Nbasically just tell you that a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.98,0:38:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really smart individuals do this, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.52,0:38:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's funny that as you start to\Nmove up in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.49,0:38:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mind starts to take note of\Ndifferent habits that people that are
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.10,0:38:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making a lotta cash and getting a lot\Nof success have,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.58,0:38:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're seeing different habits they have\Nthat you wouldn't have noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.18,0:38:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you weren't as successful, because\Nyou just weren't thinking how they think,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.17,0:38:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meditation is one of those habits,\Nit's one of those elite-level habits
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.99,0:38:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of people have. \NNow some people again would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.37,0:38:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why not just be motivated by results? If I\Njust wanna fuck hot women and make money,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.63,0:38:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the problem with that? Well again, \Nyou're getting identified with stimulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.63,0:38:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not the deepest level of \Ncontentment that you can have,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.72,0:38:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're basically entrapping yourself\Nin a less mature paradigm of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.18,0:38:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what you kind of realize, for example,\Nsay you come out to a place like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.39,0:39:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say that I wanted to go climb up every\Nlittle peak, and hit up every beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.50,0:39:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm rushing around trying to get to\Neach one, I get there and I go,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.53,0:39:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm at the beach now, yeah!\NOK, the cliff! And then I go do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.09,0:39:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I might go do all that, but I could actually\Nbe just as stressed as I am in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.05,0:39:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then let's say at the end of the day I\Nstop and do meditation for 20 minutes a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.09,0:39:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I become completely content.\NI realize, oh shit,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.99,0:39:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't really matter if I go to every\Npeak, or hit up every beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.62,0:39:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just go to some of them, and be\Nfully present while I'm there.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.39,0:39:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it doesn't matter the individual\Nthings that I'm doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.81,0:39:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what matters is my experience of it, and I\Nwanna maximize my experience of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.72,0:39:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could go, say you slept with 50 girls.\NYou might notice that you can barely
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.42,0:39:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember the majority of those girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.57,0:39:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you're very present to the moment\Nusually the sex becomes a lot hotter,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.32,0:39:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a better memory of it,\Nit has more meaning to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.93,0:39:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you wanna be fully present for \Nwhatever experience you're having, OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.97,0:40:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it just basically boosts your results\Nup, all right, it's pretty gangsta shit,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.66,0:40:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does some amazing things. \NI'm gonna wrap up, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.06,0:40:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was asking on the forum on RSD Nation\Nwhat questions people had about meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.66,0:40:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm just gonna go through them\Nto wrap up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.88,0:40:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so first question was: style, length,\Ntime, time of day, position, eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.34,0:40:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posture, alarm. I think we went through\Nthat. Style's just whatever you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.60,0:40:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,length, I like to do 20 minutes, \Nyou can do whatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.88,0:40:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice a big key here being\Nwhatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.70,0:40:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time of day, whatever you want, I do\Nnight-time. Position, whatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.91,0:40:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eyes, I like to do open. You should do ...\Nwhatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.90,0:40:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of thoughts you have? Again,\Nthey're in there for a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.98,0:40:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they kind of clear out. \NPosture, whatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.88,0:40:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, all these different meditation\Npeople will tell you you have to
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.19,0:40:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cross your legs and this and that\Nto get to the cosmic energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.80,0:40:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.40,0:40:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the alarm, I like to do\Nso I don't wonder about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.76,0:40:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but again, whatever you want.\NHow does it feel? Calm. Like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.10,0:41:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nice and calm. Demonstration? \NI just did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.74,0:41:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people were asking do I like\Nthings like Holosync
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.43,0:41:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or different meditation aids? I think for\Nsome people it's probably great;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.97,0:41:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me, I like to do meditation to train\Nmyself to be present in day-to-day life,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.40,0:41:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't like using it, but some\Npeople get great results with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.82,0:41:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Me, I just do it the way I do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.46,0:41:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does it help game? Immerses you in the\Npresent moment, makes you funnier, sharper,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.92,0:41:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less needing validation, more self-amused,\Nmore drawing state from within,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.70,0:41:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of a fucking gangster, more\Naggressive, more effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.49,0:41:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes you enjoy sex more, \Nmakes you more sexual ...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.37,0:41:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, yeah. [laughs]\NDude, if you're into game,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.60,0:41:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're spending three,\Nfour hours a night going out,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.25,0:41:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,add the 20 minutes of fucking meditation,\NOK? It's obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.13,0:42:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing it's good for is creating\Nvacuums with girls, so you can talk to them
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.16,0:42:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just be like ...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.16,0:42:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they wanna talk back to you, \Nso we call that creating a vacuum.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.51,0:42:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skipping a day vs. starting over? Yeah,\Ny'know, sometimes you miss a day
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.56,0:42:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's not good, so this is actually\Na really important lesson,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.94,0:42:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is actually a great question right\Nthere, really good question,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.81,0:42:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably the most important part\Nof the back end of this video, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.48,0:42:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make a deal with myself that come \Nhell or high water, I'm gonna do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.01,0:42:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I say come hell or high water\NI'm gonna do it, what I mean is that,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.01,0:42:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say I stay up until 5 or 6 in the morning,\Nand then I really need to go to bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.80,0:42:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will still do it. And the reason why\Nis because you'll find that at first
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.45,0:42:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you do meditation, the biggest\Nchallenge is that you're always finding
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.27,0:42:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reason not to do it. It's pretty intense,\NOK? You're always finding a reason
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.16,0:42:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to do meditation, so you gotta\Nmake yourself do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.80,0:42:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't make yourself do it,\Ncome hell or high water,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.47,0:42:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you'll find is that you will never, \Never, ever do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.34,0:43:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will literally go months without\Ndoing it. It will shock you,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.61,0:43:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reason why is 'cause you're \Naddicted to that stimulation/
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.11,0:43:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unconsciousness cycle, and you're\Nactually resisting doing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.45,0:43:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you have to make that deal with \Nyourself that come hell or high water,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.41,0:43:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if it's gonna make you sleepy,\Nyou'll do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.71,0:43:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, even if you're down to only\Ngetting 4 hours of sleep that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.64,0:43:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4 hours of sleep vs. 4 hours and 20 \Nminutes of sleep is not that different.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.06,0:43:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have to do it. What you'll find\Nis that when you make yourself do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.33,0:43:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll become more responsible,\Nand you'll get it done every night.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.18,0:43:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even do it after I pull, most of\Nthe time, so put that in context.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.87,0:43:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My routine I talked about. Insights I\Ngained, I'd say the main one again
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.07,0:43:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you start to express from the\Ninside out your real intent,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.21,0:43:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's a real, independent\Nwillpower there;
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.90,0:43:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed to just being the\Nsocially-conditioned entity
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.94,0:43:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then being driven by biological\Nimpulses, you develop a much stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.02,0:43:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prefrontal cortex, independent willpower\Ntype of situation, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.75,0:43:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's probably the main \Nthing I gain from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.58,0:44:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is freedom from outcome important?\NBecause it immerses you in the process,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.98,0:44:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're more effective. Could you expand\Non the tree roots vs. height analogy?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.84,0:44:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure. One analogy I love is that\Nthe higher you can grow as a tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.38,0:44:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the higher that you do grow,\Nif you're a tree, if you were a tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.42,0:44:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the better developed the root system\Nhas to be so it doesn't tip.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.10,0:44:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation is the root system. \NFor example, take a celebrity
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.08,0:44:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just gets what they want and gets what\Nthey want and gets what they want,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.87,0:44:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without that meditation-type activity\Nevery day, it destabilizes them
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.73,0:44:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when things don't go their way. Something \Nlike meditation reminds you every day
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.53,0:44:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no matter how hectic things get,\Nyou're gonna return to calmness,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.07,0:44:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're not completely desperate for an\Noutcome because you can feel happy either way.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.20,0:44:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's very fucking key right there. You\Nmight wanna rewind and listen to
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.46,0:44:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I said to you right there \Nif you didn't fully catch it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.85,0:44:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it not as good as going out?\NWe talked about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.62,0:44:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because a flow state activity is\Nphenomenal, but that 20 minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.95,0:45:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forces you to learn the channels \Nto become present.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:00.63,0:45:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really can't do this, then just go\Nwith purely a flow state activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.10,0:45:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I encourage you to try\Nto stick with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.91,0:45:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depends on the person, though. Some \Npeople I think just can't, and that's fine,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.83,0:45:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then just do a flow state activity, \Nyou should be good.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.23,0:45:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see. How long until you see changes?\NThe first 20 minutes of meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.13,0:45:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like the longest 20 minutes of your\Nlife. It's brutal.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.66,0:45:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll have little tiny gaps of being \Npresent, and within around the first week
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.46,0:45:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might start to see some changes\Nof becoming more present,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.10,0:45:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after about a month you'll find that \Nyou become more actually present
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.94,0:45:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some nice little gaps. After a couple\Nyears, the presence gets so grounded
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.90,0:45:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and deep into you that you just\Nslip into it naturally,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.18,0:45:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually at that point, the biggest\Nchallenge becomes even wanting to spend
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.53,0:45:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 20 minutes on it, 'cause you don't \Nnotice that much of a shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.34,0:45:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good thing, but funny enough,\Nthen you fall off the habit,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.25,0:45:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you go back to a lot of your old\Nnegative emotions, and then you wonder why,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.66,0:45:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize it's 'cause you stopped.\NSo you'll find with meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.19,0:46:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll fall off and fall back into it\Nagain and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.05,0:46:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you need to fall off to learn why\Nyou shouldn't fall off. It's pretty funny.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.21,0:46:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initial hurdles? Again, I think it's\Nconstantly finding an excuse not to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.35,0:46:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's shocking to see how many excuses\Nyou'll find not to do meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.62,0:46:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else? Does it help you to get in\Nstate when you're out? Oh yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.40,0:46:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you do meditation you tend to slip\Ninto state much, much easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.22,0:46:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really shocking how quickly you slip\Ninto state when you go out to meet girls
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.47,0:46:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do meditation every day.\NI mean it's really shocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.68,0:46:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're someone with approach anxiety,\Nyou gotta be doing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.30,0:46:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you pull hotter women? That's \Nbecause usually when you approach
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.36,0:46:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a really hot girl you become outcome-\Ndependent, so it makes you act weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.47,0:46:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation essentially simulates \Nabundance, so if you had 10 girls at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.96,0:46:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd be very calm and present with a hot\Nwoman, or you could just kind of,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.48,0:47:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh, simulate it with meditation. So it's\Nan amazing simulator of meditation --
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.64,0:47:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see it with guys that do meditation,\Nyou can almost sense it in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.30,0:47:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have a steadier eye contact, similar\Nto guys that are in abundance with girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.27,0:47:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty much identical, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.51,0:47:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you need to do guided meditations?\NI think no, but do whatever you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.01,0:47:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice a big theme of do whatever\Nyou want. Try different stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.22,0:47:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out what works for you.\NUm, what else?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.57,0:47:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you have plateaus with it? Sure. \NYep. Just like game.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.20,0:47:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation is freakishly similar to game.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.92,0:47:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Definitely, uh, definitely, uh ... \Nfreakishly similar to game,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.31,0:47:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you'll blast ahead and have, like,\Nthe most amazing meditation sessions
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.07,0:47:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your life, it's just like the best part\Nof your day, and then other times
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.95,0:47:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll struggle with it. You will have \Nplateaus, and that's expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.28,0:47:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're sleepy, should you still do it?\NYes. Train yourself to do it sleepy.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.61,0:47:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'll do, if I'm doing it sleepy,\Nis I'll be like [snoring sounds]
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.38,0:48:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and back like that, back like that, and if I\Ncompletely pass out the alarm will wake me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.27,0:48:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you have to do it no matter what,\Nbecause even if that's the most
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.38,0:48:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waste-of-time, ineffective session, you\Nwanna do it to keep the habit,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.96,0:48:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you don't keep missing and missing\Nand missing, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.06,0:48:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the difference between guys like\NEckhart Tolle, who said to be present
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.71,0:48:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time, vs. meditation? Be present\Nas much as you can, that's great,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.97,0:48:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but meditation is a no-bullshit, like,\Nlet's condition your mind into this
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.84,0:48:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,type of behavior. All right, so, that's,\Nin my opinion, the difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.63,0:48:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does nutrition help? Yes. \NThe more nutrition in your diet,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.18,0:48:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more present you're gonna tend to be.\NThe more that you get addicted
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.82,0:48:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being present to the moment,\Nthe more that you're gonna want
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.35,0:48:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put good food in your body. There's \Nactually entire subcultures in California
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.47,0:48:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that link nutrition to being present.\NIt's pretty wild stuff on the west coast.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.70,0:48:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um ... which successful people do it?\NThe really successful guy that promotes
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.33,0:49:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the heck outta meditation is\NRussell Simmons.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.35,0:49:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can read the books {\i1}Do You{\i0} and\N{\i1}Super Rich{\i0} where he explains how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.27,0:49:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Highly recommended. I've met \NRussell Simmons in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.33,0:49:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dude is a pimp gangster who makes\Ntons of cash and fucks extremely hot women
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.51,0:49:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has incredible frame control.\NSo check out Russell Simmons' stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.35,0:49:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In his book he just seems so positive,\Nyou see him in real life,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.72,0:49:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's a pretty big gangster, actually.\NThe vibe you get off him is pretty strong.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.33,0:49:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it help eye contact?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.59,0:49:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Prefrontal cortex development? \NYes. It develops the prefrontal cortex,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.25,0:49:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets you outta autopilot and into the\Nconscious willpower part of your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.16,0:49:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Drugs or alcohol compared to meditation?\NMeditation basically simulates
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.37,0:49:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the benefits of drugs and alcohol, while\Nbeing extremely sharp and clear-thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.18,0:49:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you drink or use drugs, I'd recommend\Nthat you do meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.71,0:49:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drop the alcohol and drugs.\NYou'll be happy you did,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.77,0:50:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can join such people as\NRussell Brand, who did the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.63,0:50:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if your mind just won't quiet? \NMy recommendation personally,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.49,0:50:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you'd probably wanna do your\Nown research, is suffer it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.46,0:50:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Literally just suffer it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.13,0:50:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seriously, just suffer it out, because\Neventually you'll train yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.15,0:50:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keep reading books by people that are\Ninto this, to learn more about what it means
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.83,0:50:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be present to the moment, not thinking\Nabout the future or ruminating about the past
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.40,0:50:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just [whoosh]. Bang.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.99,0:50:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Um, let's see here.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.07,0:50:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess that's about it. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.40,0:50:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you actively stop thought, I guess\Nwas kind of the last question
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.66,0:50:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was sort of answering. Again, \Nif you try to actively stop thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.48,0:50:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's more prone to happen is it's\Nineffective, because if you're like,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.97,0:51:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't think, don't think, don't think,\Nthat's not effective,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.81,0:51:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the 20 minutes of meditation, what\Nthey do is they actually train you to just
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.66,0:51:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shift awareness into the \Npresent moment, all right? \N
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.56,0:51:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, meditation is just not thinking\Nfor 20 minutes a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.05,0:51:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you say Don't think, \Nthat doesn't work,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.01,0:51:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so simply train yourself to shift \Nyour awareness to becoming present.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.92,0:51:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation, I want you to think \Nof it as very selfish.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.27,0:51:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 20 minutes a day just to focus on you.\NIt's 20 minutes a day to relax.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.34,0:51:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 20 minutes a day to ground yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.53,0:51:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 20 minutes a day to ground yourself\Nto the present moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.93,0:51:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of meditation like taking\Ncreatine for lifting weights.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.57,0:51:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you just take creatine, \Nthat's not really gonna do a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.08,0:51:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you lift weights {\i1}and{\i0} take creatine,\Nit would do a lot, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.85,0:51:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you could compare it to, say, \Nhigh amounts of protein,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.66,0:51:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't wanna take creatine.\NSay you take a ton of protein,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.18,0:51:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that effective if you don't lift\Nweights? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.15,0:51:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do meditation, and you don't\Ngo out, is that effective?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.82,0:51:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. It will do nothing, OK? It will\Njust make you more chill.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.34,0:52:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you take massive action, and then\Nyou add the 20 minutes of meditation a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.28,0:52:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it does a lot. Just like if you lift\Nweights and are hittin' it up hard in the gym,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.27,0:52:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do a lot of protein it'll help you \Nto grow, OK. So think of it like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.40,0:52:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the end in itself, assuming that\Nyou're like a young guy who's not just
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.11,0:52:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like training yourself to be an anchor\Nto the present moment for other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.59,0:52:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's something that's just absolutely\Namazing that when combined with
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.39,0:52:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,massive, {\i1}massive{\i0} action, \Nit's really good, OK,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.17,0:52:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kind of emphasized that because when\NI see guys that just get into medi --
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.13,0:52:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, I focus on the meditation, \Nnot all this other stuff,"
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.48,0:52:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, ugh! Ugh! Especially people\Nthat don't ground that experience
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.51,0:52:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the present moment to reality, \NI think that can get even more whack,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.01,0:52:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because actually you see a lot of people\Nin this stuff getting identity out of
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.95,0:52:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being above the fray, \Nand on the mountain top.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.56,0:52:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make this whole identity out of it,\Nand when things break down,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.70,0:53:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're the most whiny little bitches\Nyou'll ever see.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.16,0:53:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I love the combination of keeping\None foot in each world:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.49,0:53:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world of intent, like taking action,\Nand the world of freedom from outcome,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.97,0:53:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is being present and bringing\Npresence into whatever you're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.47,0:53:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that. So, yeah. Master the art of\Nboth, OK? Manifestation of your intent,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.39,0:53:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and getting more and more in touch\Nwith what your real intent is,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.14,0:53:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also stripping away the layers of\Nattachment and becoming free of outcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.84,0:53:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So meditation helps you with one part,\Nmassive action is the other part.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.34,0:53:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why you've seen these really\Nintense speeches from me, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.84,0:53:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take fuckin' action! Gangster! Dominate!\NThings like that, and then you see
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.27,0:53:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these other speeches from me like,\NFree from outcome!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.60,0:53:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There actually is no ultimate point! \NActually there's no point in this shit at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.64,0:53:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So be present, right, and that's kind of\Nwhat the human existence is like.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.86,0:53:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meditation is a habit that a lot of successful\Npeople use to achieve massive success.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.90,0:53:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll find it to be highly invaluable\Nto you. You'll love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.32,0:54:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the time to learn it. \NLook into other sources than me.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.45,0:54:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look for conflicting opinions. Look for\Npeople who have different opinions than mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.41,0:54:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't go so far into it that you become\Na woo-woo, weirdo person,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.24,0:54:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause that's just another form-based\Nidentity to take on, it's another trend,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.53,0:54:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no different than being like a \Nhip hop-type guy or a punk,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:19.04,0:54:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a, y'know, a preppie.\NBeing a spiritual woo-woo guy
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.63,0:54:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just another one of those things.\NBut look into it anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.55,0:54:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look for other people that can,\Ny'know, teach it to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.65,0:54:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And basically it's just something you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.10,0:54:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, sit here, wrap up for a second,\Nshow you how it's done,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.43,0:54:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause that was requested here. Again, I \Nwas cross-legged for a second there,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.86,0:54:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I'm just getting comfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.17,0:55:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First minute, what do I do? \NLittle scratches, shift around,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.84,0:55:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get comfortable, give yourself\Nthat permission.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.55,0:55:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look around a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.32,0:55:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[distant sound of waves]
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.79,1:02:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In case you didn't figure it out, you were\Nsupposed to keep going for 20 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.46,1:02:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because I stop, it doesn't matter.\NDo the 20 minutes. You'll like it, aight?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.50,1:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got you started. [snaps fingers]\NDo it. I'll see you soon.