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Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.67,0:00:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to talk about the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.50,0:00:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stages of meditative absorption.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.96,0:00:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to kind of put them in context.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these stages of absorption are \Nsomething that come from very
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.17,0:00:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ancient traditions. So this is sort of \Npre sectarian Buddhism
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.96,0:00:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Upanishads you know, \Nlong time ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:01:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of modern Buddhism,\Nis now about insight meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are still people teaching the Jhanas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.67,0:01:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often these things \Nare taught separately.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.58,0:01:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As if there are practices for the Jhanas\Nand practices for insight meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practices, for direct inquiry\Nor the non dual practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.75,0:01:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see them all at \Na certain point converging
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.93,0:01:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I want to kind of point\Nin that direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.08,0:01:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where I'm going in this talk, and\NI want to kind of make it clear that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.50,0:01:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all facets of what unfolds,\Nwhen we start to really inquire
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.88,0:01:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or meditate, or whatever you want to call\Nthis process we're engaged in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.19,0:01:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is part of the landscape\Nor part of the phenomena.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.38,0:02:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to go into the \NTheravada sort of framework
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Jhanas, just because it's \Nvery thorough and complete.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.04,0:02:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't consider it to be like a map.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.96,0:02:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't considered to be definitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.62,0:02:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have awakenings without\Nencountering any of this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.54,0:02:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it can be helpful\Nfor some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.33,0:02:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially when we're really going\Ninto a meditation practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the Jhanas are really \Nrelated to practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.21,0:02:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we're cultivating concentration, \Nattention, equanimity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.46,0:02:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are these stages\Nthat seem to unfold.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.58,0:02:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can also completely\Nforget about all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.79,0:03:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as Dogen said, we just sit. \NJust sit and just be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.08,0:03:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can end up awakening\Nthrough that path as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.96,0:03:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, it always comes down to this\N'Always being Buddha,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.89,0:03:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always becoming Buddha'.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.67,0:03:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a developmental process,\Nso it's unfolding through time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.29,0:03:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's pertaining to the self structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.50,0:03:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yet we can wake up\Nfrom the self structure at any time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.83,0:03:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with these Jhanas in our practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.33,0:03:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we cultivate these meditation \Nskills, then we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.58,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jump into these different stages\Nof absorption more easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.21,0:03:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the more advanced\Nwe are in our practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.38,0:03:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the later the stages \Nwe can just jump into.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.83,0:03:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we don't have to go all \Nthrough them in every sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.83,0:04:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are found in all different\Ntraditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.50,0:04:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Patanjali talks about these\Nin the Yoga Sutras,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.10,0:04:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes when people are talking\Nabout stages of samadhi,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.17,0:04:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're talking about the Jhanas, \Nbasically. It's just different terminology
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.54,0:04:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes Samadhi is used to refer to\Nthe final awakening or the final merging
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.50,0:04:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Savikalpa or a Nirvikalpa.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.38,0:04:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But other times they divide up all these \Ndifferent Samadhis, and when you get
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.50,0:04:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into that, then it's the same as these\Nstages of of Jhanas absorption.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.12,0:04:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I have Patanjali's teaching here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.66,0:04:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even in Christianity, the Christian \Nmystics have call it sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.60,0:05:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Religious Ecstasies. So there are \Nenergetic unfolding in these Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you listen or read the works of\NSaint Teresa of Avila or Saint John of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.20,0:05:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cross or Saint Francis of Assisi, \Nyou find these
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.33,0:05:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these religious ecstasies\Nas they go deeper into prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.54,0:05:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are these different \Nstages that unfold.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.33,0:05:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they don't all exactly correlate.\NBut you get a sense that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.92,0:05:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the same landscape,\Nit's the same phenomena unfolding.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.04,0:05:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in Patanjali's teachings, and the\Nlast three limbs of yoga
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.83,0:05:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are essentially what we're doing here in\Nthis retreat. This is called Samyama,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is Dharana, which is concentration\NDhyana, which is the meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.08,0:06:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then Samadhi which is sort of the\Nfruition of that practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.64,0:06:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what he says, as we spoke about \Npreviously, Dharana is the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.63,0:06:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fixing of consciousness on one point,\Nor one region, which is concentration.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.75,0:06:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So focusing on one point.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.50,0:06:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then Dhyana is the continuous flow of\Nattention towards the same point or region
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.83,0:06:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that continuity through time\Nis the attention span.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.17,0:06:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he says, when the object of\Nmeditation engulfs the meditator appearing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.75,0:06:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the subject, self-awareness is lost.\Nand this is Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.75,0:07:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you you become one\Nwith the meditation object.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.25,0:07:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your your concentration and attention
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.38,0:07:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes so focused, so single\Npointed, that the distinguishing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.07,0:07:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between subject and object falls away.\NThat duality falls away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.12,0:07:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's just the breath, \Nand it's you essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.25,0:07:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there's just whatever that \Nmeditation object is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.88,0:07:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is pointing towards the Jhanas,\Nthis absorption, meditative absorption,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.58,0:07:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you becoming absorbed\Nin the meditation object.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.33,0:07:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first Jhana is...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.62,0:07:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we start out in meditation\Nand we have the monkey mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.08,0:07:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's busy, and we have these \Nhindrances that are coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.99,0:08:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we've been talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.17,0:08:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the first, Jhana, is when that \Nmonkey mind is settling down,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.79,0:08:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hindrances are not a problem anymore.\NWe sort of move beyond the hindrances.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.96,0:08:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're not necessarily continuously
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.38,0:08:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present with the meditation object, but\Nwe're starting to really stick with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.92,0:08:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the monkey mind is settled down,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.42,0:08:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're generally \Nstaying with the object.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.92,0:08:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's at this point, still \Nthoughts arising from time to time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.42,0:08:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But generally you're you're doing \Nsomething that really looks
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.49,0:08:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like meditation at this point.\NYou're actually sticking with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.80,0:09:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so there's what they call Piti, in \NPali, starts to arise, which is an energy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.71,0:09:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the energy that was going into these\Nold patterns starts to become present.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.46,0:09:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this feeling of of energy\Nand a generally feels good.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.21,0:09:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's it's a good feeling at this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.15,0:09:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we start to go deeper and so the\NDukkah at the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.53,0:09:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unsatisfactoryness, because of the\Nhindrances, is starting to fall away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.75,0:09:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then this satisfactoryness starts to\Ngrow. So this is called Sukha.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.50,0:09:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have Dukkha and Sukha. So this \NSukha also sort of comes and goes as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.83,0:09:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it'll be there,\Nsometimes it isn't there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.17,0:09:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this is a really important point.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.83,0:09:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people really stall out,\Nthey get what Shinzen Young calls
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.56,0:10:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Stuck in a good place'.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.14,0:10:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is this satisfactoryness that comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.50,0:10:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens is we can start to play \Nthis game of sensation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.96,0:10:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So so with the hindrances, \Nwe can learn to surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.04,0:10:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not labeling our pain \Nas pain anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.79,0:10:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just, being equanimous with what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.38,0:10:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we find that it produces\Nthis kind of bliss or satisfactoryness.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.38,0:10:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we can start seeking that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.71,0:10:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the so the good blissful feelings \Nwill be there and then they'll subside,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.87,0:10:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we'll be craving\Nto get them back again.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.71,0:11:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, there's this game of sensation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.25,0:11:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's this subtle seeking in the mind\Nof wanting that state or that bliss.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.17,0:11:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't progress beyond the second Jana
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.71,0:11:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we really have no preference \Ntowards that Sukah.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.71,0:11:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until we're willing to let \Nthat phenomena come and go.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.88,0:11:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, even that bliss that is born out \Nof progress in our meditation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.88,0:11:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're really surrendering, if that's \Ncoming, can just become
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.36,0:11:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another prison or another attachment.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.46,0:11:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to even let that go.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.58,0:11:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the next stage, the third stage,\Nis really being equanimous.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.29,0:11:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're really being sort of grounded\Nin equanimity,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.33,0:12:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having no preference of any phenomena\Nthat's coming and going.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.38,0:12:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's with this equanimity, if we \Ncan really be okay with whatever
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.25,0:12:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is coming up in our practice,\Nthis equanimity kind of goes hand in hand
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.33,0:12:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the next thing that arises, \Nand that is true single pointedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.96,0:12:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the true single pointedness, where\Nyou're really there continuously
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.41,0:12:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your meditation objects.\NSo there's there's no more break.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.46,0:12:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's like what Patanjali was talking\Nabout, that continuous attention
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.83,0:12:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.58,0:12:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that will lead into the fourth Jhana,\Nwhich it's sort of characterized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.92,0:12:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this feeling that you \Ncan meditate forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.88,0:13:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just this feeling that \Nthere's, total focus, total presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.46,0:13:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just this this energy is present, \Nbecause the energy now
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.26,0:13:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is single pointed, or \Nthe focus is single pointed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.33,0:13:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that energy, all of that energy that's\Nnormally going into the conditioned mind
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.08,0:13:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes present and it somehow supports\Nthis single pointed presence
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.22,0:13:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your meditation object.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.33,0:13:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the point at which that\Nthat merging starts to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.75,0:13:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that Samadhi state happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.83,0:13:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to read,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.00,0:13:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is from the Buddha himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.79,0:14:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is on his night of enlightenment,\Nand he's he's talking about the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.29,0:14:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about how he's going \Ninto the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.83,0:14:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he's at this point where he says
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.54,0:14:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Tireless energy was aroused in me, and\Nunrelenting mindfulness was established.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.25,0:14:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My body was tranquil and untroubled,\Nmy mind concentrated and unified,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.54,0:14:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite secluded from central pleasures,\Nsecluded from unwholesome states.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.50,0:14:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I entered upon, and abided in the first \NJhana, the second Jhana, the third Jhana,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.74,0:14:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fourth, and so on.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.17,0:14:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he talks about how .... \NThis is his big sitting under the bodhi tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.09,0:14:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really going for it. He had that\Nabsolute determination.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.83,0:15:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the story goes that he\Ndecided he was he was going to sit
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.43,0:15:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under that tree, until he got to the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.76,0:15:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever happened,, he was going \Nto be unrelenting in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.33,0:15:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What really stands out to me is, you know,\Nunrelenting mindfulness was established,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.88,0:15:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tireless energy was aroused.\NSo this is the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.71,0:15:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we go deeper in our practice,\Nwe have these capabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.50,0:15:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the attention, concentration, equanimity,\Nthese literally get wired into this avatar
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.96,0:16:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like our baseline of meditative\Ncapacity just gets increased
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.31,0:16:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we progress through the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.96,0:16:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the things that is described in\Nthe teachings of the mystics
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.50,0:16:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is , as we progress on the path, at every\Nstage there's this sort of dropping off
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.38,0:16:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mind, and there's an increase in \Nthe benefit of that dropping off.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.96,0:16:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we go deeper into these feelings\Nof joy or energy or ecstasy, rapture.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.67,0:16:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the deeper we go, the more beautiful\Nthese experiences are.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.79,0:16:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And simultaneously, the more sticky\Nthey are, because, when the real rapture
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.50,0:17:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts to come, these non dual experiences\Nof being one with God,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.86,0:17:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything in our being \Nwants to stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.54,0:17:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to be equanimous with that as a\Ntemporary state is is challenging,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.82,0:17:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very challenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.01,0:17:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's like the stakes get higher\Nas we go further with the Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.46,0:17:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gets very difficult for the mind \Nto not be attached.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.33,0:17:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in direct inquiry, we intend to \Ndirectly experience our true nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.12,0:17:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always in the now, we're not \Nprogressing through these different stages
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.71,0:18:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we awaken, we find a peace \Nand a joy and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.04,0:18:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not contingent on\Nanything, on anything external.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.58,0:18:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in all of these Jhanas, all of the \Nexperiences that come and go are temporary
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.46,0:18:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all contingent on this practice \Nthat we're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.00,0:18:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This letting go, and this \Ndropping off of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.79,0:18:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eventually, when we go \Nto the end of the Jhanas,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.70,0:18:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the first four Jhanas are \Nwhat they call the material Jhanas,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.54,0:18:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are pretty equivalent to the\NSalvikalpa Samadhi.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.83,0:18:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's called \N'Samadhi with a seed'.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.04,0:19:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a seed of form, \Nthere's a seed of pattern there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.68,0:19:05.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.100,0:19:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pattern will grow back, basically.\NThe seed is still there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.42,0:19:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they call those the material Jhanas.\NMaterial having to do with form.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.17,0:19:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Immaterial Jhanas, are when we\Nenter into that Savikalpa Samadhi state.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.12,0:19:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we merge with our meditation object,\Nthen there can be the dropping away
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.84,0:19:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mind and body, and we enter\Ninto the immaterial Jhanas.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.12,0:19:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are four immaterial Jhanas,\Nand I'm not going to really talk
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.04,0:19:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about those, because they're,\Nnot really good to talk about,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.59,0:19:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're best left for direct experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.42,0:19:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll just say what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.75,0:20:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first one is infinite space.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.85,0:20:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a sense of infinite space,\Nand then that will drop away,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.38,0:20:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a sense that infinite\Nspace is infinite consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.42,0:20:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that infinite consciousness drops away\Ninto this even more subtle nothingness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.88,0:20:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that nothingness drops away into what\Nthey call neither perception,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.56,0:20:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor non-perception. So it's getting \Npretty abstract here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.92,0:20:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't have to learn these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.25,0:20:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are just phenomena that unfold\Nnaturally as a result of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.04,0:21:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so hanging out in either perception\Nor non perception, then the final sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.08,0:21:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realization in that Jhana progression is\Nwhat they call Nirodha Samāpatti,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.33,0:21:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what the Buddha experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.85,0:21:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a very rare phenomenon, where\Nthe beings that enters into that,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.46,0:21:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're able to meditate for an insanely \Nlong periods of time,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.12,0:21:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go into essentially a meditative \Nstate for weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.62,0:21:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and basically burn off\Nall the rest of their karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.79,0:21:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So nobody does that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.25,0:21:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's like very rare, but it's a\Nthing, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.00,0:21:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of the the great masters\Nhave experienced that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.78,0:22:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the convergence is in that total \Ndropping off of mind and body,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.54,0:22:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is realizing what remains in that state.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.58,0:22:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no one can tell you what remains\Nin that state, and you have to realize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.29,0:22:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is where, the direct path
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.29,0:22:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Jana path converge\Nis in that final realization.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.25,0:22:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're both coming to the same place.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.33,0:22:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it ultimately doesn't really matter \Nif you are just sitting,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.81,0:22:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're just sitting, you're going to \Ngo through all this stuff anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.04,0:22:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever's in the unconscious, is \Ngoing to present itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.83,0:22:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy will be freed, these stages\Nof bliss, and all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.25,0:23:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, some people experience it.\NReally strong energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.90,0:23:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other people have different \Nphenomena.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.00,0:23:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have different 'letting gos' or,\Ndifferent ways that
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.07,0:23:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting go pattern will manifest\Nin experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.59,0:23:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism they call it the dry path, the\Ninside path, where you don't necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.41,0:23:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go through rapture and this unfolding \Nof Kundalini and all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.38,0:23:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's possible for this flip to happen in \Njust a more direct way,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.24,0:23:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without this unfolding.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.33,0:23:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's kind of mysterious, \NI'm not sure why that is.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.58,0:24:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have all the bells\Nand whistles on their path,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.42,0:24:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this whole unfolding of Jhanas,\Nand for other people it's not necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.71,0:24:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. So any questions about that\Nbefore we move on?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.08,0:24:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Participant ]\NI have a question about karma...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.62,0:24:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,( inaudible )
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.75,0:24:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ DAN ] Yeah, but everything that we're\Ndoing, all this purification of Samskaras,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.90,0:24:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is all, you could say, purifying or\Nbecoming free of karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.88,0:24:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, of course. Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.38,0:25:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, it's all what we're doing, every\Ntime we're seeing a big mind pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.79,0:25:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're able to let it go, we're \Nbecoming free of that karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.42,0:25:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's an interesting thing\Nwith karma. For me,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.75,0:25:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we finally have that flip\Nto awareness, where we realize,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.30,0:25:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm actually not this character that\Nis going through this whole process,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.04,0:25:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the crazy thing is that awareness\Nwas never bound at all by karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.92,0:25:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was never touched by karma.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.08,0:25:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yeah, the whole thing with karma\Nis kind of a red herring,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.42,0:25:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems like there's something to do \Nthere, but yet when that flip happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.79,0:25:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like a awareness was never bound\Nin the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.88,0:25:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, who does karma belong to?\NIt belongs to the character.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.25,0:26:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's kind of ridiculous, you know?\NThe whole worry about karma,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.00,0:26:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's this whole thing in Buddhism\Nabout once returners
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.58,0:26:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming back, and... Who comes back?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.77,0:26:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all awareness playing hide and seek.\NIt's ONE awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.92,0:26:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to me, it's a little bit of a non-issue,\Nyou know?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.70,0:26:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.71,0:26:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Participant ]\N( inaudible question )
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.08,0:26:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our meditation practice more easily,\Nbecause we're like stuck in the retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.84,0:26:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, it's no escape for the \Nmind, and all that
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.17,0:26:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as, as the retreat progresses,\Nthe mind is quieter and quieter,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.88,0:27:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it goes further in meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.75,0:27:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is, when we get out\Nof this retreat, like I meditate,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.12,0:27:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each day for one hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.52,0:27:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is enough, is this depth, \Nthese profound experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.92,0:27:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we just sit an hour a day and then,\Nall the rest of your life going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.25,0:27:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you have all your worries?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.00,0:27:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Dan] Yeah. That's the question \Nthat always comes up.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.88,0:27:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, and this is something \Nwe talk about all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.04,0:27:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we have awakenings, we put \Nourselves in these conditions of no escape
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.01,0:27:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then go back to life. And the truth is\Nit doesn't always get easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.42,0:28:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, we get very sensitized to the\Npatterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.92,0:28:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see the patterns so clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.54,0:28:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you know who you are, you know\Nyou're not that conditioned mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.21,0:28:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yeah, there's still some scars\Nor so patterns in play,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.29,0:28:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still the character goes back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.75,0:28:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it becomes very, very clear that\Nthose patterns are there,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.42,0:28:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we feel them, fully, when \Nwe go back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.16,0:28:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in some ways, I always say \Nit's the beginning of a
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.04,0:28:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really accelerated purification process.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.62,0:28:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we go back to life, because we\Nfeel and see whatever is remaining
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.89,0:28:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be purified it'll be more obvious, \NIt'll come up more clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.76,0:29:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, the key for coming\Nto a practice like this, doing this and
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.29,0:29:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding out the truth; that conditioned \Nmind that was seeking and doing something
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.58,0:29:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't you and that it can't do it. \NIt has to drop away, and essentially fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.17,0:29:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So so the main difference is the end of\Nseeking. There's no more seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.46,0:29:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to be seeking anything\Nwhen you go back to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.79,0:29:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need to be searching for\Nwho you are because
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.73,0:29:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who you are is always right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.17,0:29:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that fundamental delusion of the\Nmind that it has to do something.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.76,0:29:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the peace that I'm feeling in this\Nmeditation retreat,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.40,0:29:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mind will always go, (it's so sneaky),\Nit will just say, 'How do I keep it,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.46,0:30:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do I hold onto it?'
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.33,0:30:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind is saying that, always. Like \Nhow do I hold it, how do I integrate it?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.08,0:30:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's the delusion of the mind,\Nright? The mind can't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.08,0:30:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing the mind needs to do.\NSo we can go back into life and operate
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.75,0:30:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same way we're operating in\Nthis retreat. Just let it happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.25,0:30:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just let it unfold. That purification\Nis going to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.96,0:30:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just by you being you,\Njust by being.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.42,0:30:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.38,0:30:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the truth is not an easy ride always.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.46,0:30:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go back, we fall, we get snagged \Nover and over, we fall into a pattern,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.79,0:31:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we then we realize who's falling \Ninto pattern or what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.80,0:31:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is part of that \Npurification process.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.50,0:31:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, by coming back into being\Nover and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.25,0:31:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this purification that happens,\Nand eventually the outer life
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.17,0:31:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will rearrange as a reflection\Nof more true expression of who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.21,0:31:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.25,0:31:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Participant ] \N(inaudible)
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.17,0:31:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Dan ] Yeah, and that and that energy,\Nthat is alive as well, that sensitizes you.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.92,0:31:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The big patterns that need to shift\Nin the outer world become so obvious
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.08,0:31:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't go back in that box, \Nthe energy is out now, and it's free.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.75,0:32:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's really obvious, it's not even\Na choice anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.29,0:32:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the energy has made \Nthe choice for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.79,0:32:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.58,0:32:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very, very helpful.\NExtremely helpful, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.50,0:32:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.57,0:34:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Participant ] \Ninaudible, commenting on a film...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.21,0:34:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.29,0:34:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's different for everyone,\Nthat flowering of the lotus or whatever
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.76,0:34:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to call it, he listen to that\Ndirection, he knew something in him
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.58,0:34:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was saying he had to go to America\Nand that was clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.00,0:34:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was his path and he listened,\Nhe aligned with that energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.38,0:34:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is enlightenment. Yeah.\NWhen we aligned with that inner direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.54,0:34:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas for somebody else, maybe it is\Ngoing in that cave,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.31,0:34:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe that's their path, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.50,0:34:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we just never know, or it could be\Nabsolutely anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.88,0:34:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be, being an artist where \Nyou express what's coming through,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.00,0:34:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a musician, or whatever,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.46,0:34:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.88,0:35:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, yeah, it's just that willingness to \Nfollow and trust that inner guidance.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.25,0:35:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so simple. It's just what \Nexcites us. That's all it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.62,0:35:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, It's very childlike, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.06,0:35:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people, at the end of the \Nretreat, they'll be like, okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.25,0:35:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know who I am, but what's my purpose?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.56,0:35:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's such a burden to have a purpose,\Nit's like a projection into the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.33,0:35:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, that's the mind. That's the trap of\Nthe mind. Like, what's my purpose?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.50,0:35:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a what a heavy burden to have,\Nlike some mission that you have to fulfill
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.92,0:35:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to me is more like, when people look\Nat my website awakentheworld.com
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.00,0:36:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think, oh! you've got some big mission\Nsome big purpose or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.42,0:36:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's that moment to moment,\Nfollowing your excitement is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.55,0:36:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Joseph Campbell said,\N'Follow your Bliss'. That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.58,0:36:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's... like a little kid doesn't,\Ndoesn't say what's my purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.75,0:36:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't try to figure out their mission\Nin life. They just go and play
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.58,0:36:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the next toy or, \Nthey're just excited naturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.54,0:36:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's that feeling\Nthat is our compass.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.21,0:36:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Participant ]\Ninaudible
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.21,0:36:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joseph Campbell.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.17,0:36:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. He's famous for that that phrase.\NFollow your Bliss. Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.79,0:36:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.71,0:36:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.21,0:37:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So yeah, I will take a short break\Nand then come back for a meditation.