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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.12,0:00:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.38,0:00:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't hear about this conference\Ntill about two weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.47,0:00:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, I think it was Darius,\Nwho was running this whole show,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.18,0:00:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who contacted me and said\Nthat somebody in the community thought
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.53,0:00:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had something to say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.60,0:00:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might be worth listening\Nto for this TEDx thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.18,0:00:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought, "Oh, that's cool!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.88,0:00:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know about TED,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.15,0:00:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should build a talk about something\NI really think is important."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.80,0:00:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then Darius said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.63,0:00:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've got six minutes,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.86,0:00:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought,\N"Well, I better scale back."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.76,0:00:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.34,0:00:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, I'm not going to scale back,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to try something\NI always wanted to do."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.52,0:00:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was, I thought, I'd try\Nto redefine reality in six minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.48,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.88,0:00:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hold on to your hats.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.34,0:01:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the reality I'm going to talk\Nto you about today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.96,0:01:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the reality that the people\Nthat you've listened to today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.03,0:01:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were inspired,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.32,0:01:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the reality that they live in,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.46,0:01:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I'm going to talk to you about,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.44,0:01:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe is metaphysics,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.60,0:01:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly believe what I'm going\Nto talk to you about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.24,0:01:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the most real thing I know;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.54,0:01:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowing it is something\Nthat's completely changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.29,0:01:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the people\Nthat you listen to today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.70,0:01:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've changed\Ntheir life in various ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.73,0:01:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lives of other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.20,0:01:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know this, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.20,0:01:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also think that you will see\Nthat what I'm going to tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.08,0:01:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you already know, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.78,0:01:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you don't know you know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.17,0:01:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so great to be able to learn\Nsomething you already know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.99,0:01:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it can be made\Nconscious and explicit;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.29,0:01:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what I'm going to try to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.81,0:01:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's a lot of slides,\Nand there's lot of words,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.47,0:01:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so... away we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.24,0:02:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I believe that people\Nsuffer more than they have to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.00,0:02:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we profoundly\Nmisunderstand what's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.18,0:02:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're blinded\Nto what's truly fundamental,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.46,0:02:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the things that present themselves\Nmost easily to our perceptions;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thus, we fail to realize\Nwhat is most genuine and important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.66,0:02:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We believe that the world\Nis made out of objects;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.70,0:02:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to propose instead
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.63,0:02:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the world is made out\Nof chaos and order,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.30,0:02:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that the quality\Nof our being is dependent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.20,0:02:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how we manage the balance\Nbetween the two.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.84,0:02:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chaos - that's what manifests itself\Nwhen we don't know what we are looking at;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.54,0:02:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's chaos that we saw\Nwhen the Twin Towers fell,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.58,0:02:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's chaos that looms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.40,0:02:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the partner you loved for decades\Nreveals a lengthy affair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.93,0:02:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's chaos that engulfs you\Nwhen a loved one dies;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.48,0:03:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chaos is the unknown, the unexpected,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.10,0:03:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the anomalous.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.00,0:03:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the "mater," the mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.83,0:03:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Latin root of the word\Nmatrix and material;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.17,0:03:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the substance of reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.53,0:03:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chaos is the fruitfulness of nature\Nand the terror of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.19,0:03:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an ocean of possibilities surrounding\Nthe territory of human culture;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.51,0:03:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the water of life bringing sustenance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.02,0:03:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those parched\Nby their own dry preconceptions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.37,0:03:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the flood unleashed\Nby an angry God,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.95,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the ideas of man warped so badly\Nthat they can no longer be sustained.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.09,0:03:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Yin of the Daoists,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.27,0:03:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the paralyzing horror\Nof the darkness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.69,0:03:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the treachery of our physical forms,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.44,0:04:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the monster under the bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.81,0:04:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the snake\Nthat eternally lurks in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.99,0:04:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chaos is also what you encounter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.88,0:04:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you boldly go\Nwhere no one's gone before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.98,0:04:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Order, by contrast,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.30,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is where you are\Nwhen everything is working properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.59,0:04:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When trains run on time, that's order.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.23,0:04:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a happy and secure home,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.80,0:04:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's order,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.75,0:04:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Order keeps the operating room clean;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.79,0:04:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,order is what God calls out of chaos\Nat the beginning of time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.13,0:04:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and offers to men and women\Nas a dwelling place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.96,0:04:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an island of stability\Nin a sea of ignorance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.99,0:04:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the Yang of the Daoists,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.38,0:05:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the walls of the city,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.77,0:05:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the principles of the constitution,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.54,0:05:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the uniform of the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.06,0:05:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Order is the stone that lasts\Nand keeps the barbarians at bay.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.28,0:05:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taken to an extreme however,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.100,0:05:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,order becomes tyranny
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.74,0:05:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imperils the soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.53,0:05:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When human beings stray,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.63,0:05:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become rigid and unbending,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.25,0:05:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or dissolute and careless;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.23,0:05:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can no longer think outside the box,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.15,0:05:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we drift without purpose\Nand then drown in possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.99,0:05:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want tyranny because we despise\Nwhat we don't know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.81,0:05:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we want anarchy\Nbecause we refuse responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.64,0:05:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either way, we risk exposing ourselves\Nto the opposite principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.56,0:05:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much order makes collapse\Ninto chaos evermore likely.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.38,0:06:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much chaos calls\Nthe devils of totalitarianism
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.88,0:06:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out from the crevasses where they hide.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.05,0:06:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddhists believe\Nthat life is suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.44,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jews and Christians agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.96,0:06:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The former remember\Na long history of persecution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.42,0:06:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the latter worship a god
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.85,0:06:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's simultaneously\Nhuman, and betrayed, and crucified.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.90,0:06:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When men and women cry out to heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.93,0:06:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of their suffering,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.08,0:06:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it that they can call forth?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.49,0:06:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.82,0:06:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning is not a rational phenomenon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.06,0:06:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We detect it with our being\Nnot with our intellect,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.65,0:06:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which it should guide rather than follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.99,0:07:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When chaos and order are balanced,\Nwe have one foot in each domain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.60,0:07:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the meaning that life\Nmore abundantly depends on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.80,0:07:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that place,\Nwe're secured and confident,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.43,0:07:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but challenged enough\Nto be alert and developing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.53,0:07:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that place, we play each game;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.71,0:07:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just to win
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.06,0:07:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to become better players\Nat all games in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.48,0:07:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such meaning properly nurtured
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.36,0:07:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can produce love for life\Nand gratitude so deep
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.38,0:07:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the terrible limitations\Nof being are justified.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.58,0:07:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in this manner\Nthat paradise is regained.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.04,0:07:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The alternative is to live\Nan unbalanced life;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.17,0:07:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is not good
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.70,0:08:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the terrible forces\Nof chaos and order
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.27,0:08:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will tear an unbalanced person apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.46,0:08:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will become overwhelmed, hopeless,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.36,0:08:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bitter, vengeful, and finally, cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.12,0:08:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'll become willingly blind,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.06,0:08:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,narrow, bored, cynical, and vicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.42,0:08:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When life is unbalanced,\Npeople work against it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.70,0:08:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're angry at the dreadful,\Nlimited conditions of existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.75,0:08:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"To hell with it,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.49,0:08:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the curse of the embittered.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.88,0:08:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hell is where they're headed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.46,0:08:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they'd like to drag everyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.83,0:08:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is revenge against God,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.63,0:08:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the conditions of being,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.08,0:08:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- whichever you prefer -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.81,0:08:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is motivated by the desire\Nthat things suffer further inadequacy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.28,0:09:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cease to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.51,0:09:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How might a person live in reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.81,0:09:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an empirical\Nnot a rational question.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.81,0:09:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Start by watching yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.80,0:09:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if you're someone\Nyou know very little about;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.47,0:09:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see when you are\Nwhere you should be psychologically,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.66,0:09:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see when you're not.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.08,0:09:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't think about it;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.96,0:09:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.28,0:09:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then practice spending more time\Nin the place you want to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.97,0:09:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're closer to paradise there,\Nand farther from hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.10,0:09:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do whatever you have to to stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.87,0:09:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within a month, given disciplined effort,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.25,0:09:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll be in the proper place more often.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.33,0:09:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a year, much more often.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.18,0:10:01.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In three years, if you're lucky,\Nmost of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.18,0:10:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When asked about the kingdom of heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.66,0:10:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.64,0:10:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's like a mustard seed,\Nthe smallest of all seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.89,0:10:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it falls on prepared ground,\Nit produces a great plant
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.28,0:10:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and becomes a shelter\Nfor all the birds of the sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.67,0:10:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's from such small beginnings\Nthat great things grow."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.13,0:10:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.14,0:10:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)