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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.33,0:00:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are this two young fish swimming along
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.71,0:00:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.80,0:00:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who nodds at them and says,"morning boys, hows the water?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.67,0:00:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the two young fish swim on for a bit
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.64,0:00:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then eventually one of them looks over the other
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.47,0:00:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and goes "What the hell is water?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.27,0:00:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point to the fish story is merely the that most
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.10,0:00:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obvious important realities are often the once
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.43,0:00:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are hardest to see and talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.33,0:00:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stated as an English sentence, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.27,0:00:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is just a banal platitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.15,0:00:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the fact is that in the day to day trenches of adult existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.61,0:00:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,banal platitudes can have a life or death importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.20,0:00:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The plain fact is that you graduating seniors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.50,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not yet have any clue what "day in day out" really means.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There happen to be whole, large parts of adult American life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.43,0:00:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nobody talks about in commencement speeches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.38,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.18,0:01:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The parents and older folks here will know all too well \Nwhat I'm talking about.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.18,0:01:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By way of example, let's say it's an average adult day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.20,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get up in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to your challenging, white-collar, college-graduate job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.20,0:01:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you work hard for eight or ten hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.27,0:01:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the end of the day you're tired
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.70,0:01:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somewhat stressed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.16,0:01:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all you want is to go home and have a good supper
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.37,0:01:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe unwind for an hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.71,0:01:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then hit the sack early because,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.62,0:01:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, you have to get up the next day and do it all again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.50,0:01:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then you remember there's no food at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.88,0:01:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You haven't had time to shop this week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.87,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of your challenging job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so now after work you have to get in your car
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.38,0:01:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drive to the supermarket.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.47,0:01:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the end of the work day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.94,0:01:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the traffic is apt to be: very bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.64,0:01:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So getting to the store takes way longer than it should,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.77,0:01:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you finally get there, the supermarket is very crowded,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.98,0:01:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of course it's the time of day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.43,0:01:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when all the other people with jobs also
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.74,0:01:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to squeeze in some grocery shopping.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.53,0:01:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can't just get in and quickly out;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.78,0:01:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to wander all over the huge,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.64,0:02:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over-lit store's confusing aisles to find the stuff you want
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.41,0:02:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to maneuver your junky cart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.10,0:02:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through all these other tired, hurried people with carts
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.08,0:02:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(et cetera, et cetera, cutting stuff out because this is a long ceremony)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.84,0:02:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually you get all your supper supplies,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.92,0:02:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except now it turns out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.08,0:02:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there aren't enough check-out lanes open
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.57,0:02:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it's the end-of-the-day rush.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.90,0:02:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the checkout line is incredibly long,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.97,0:02:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is stupid and infuriating.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.05,0:02:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can't take your frustration out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.63,0:02:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the frantic lady working the register,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.22,0:02:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is overworked at a job
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.60,0:02:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose daily tedium and meaninglessness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.14,0:02:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surpasses the imagination of any of us here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.86,0:02:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a prestigious college.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.11,0:02:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But anyway, you finally get to the checkout line's front,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.90,0:02:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you pay for your food,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.54,0:02:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get told to "Have a nice day"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.90,0:02:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a voice that is the absolute voice of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.66,0:02:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have to take your creepy, flimsy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.70,0:02:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plastic bags of groceries in your cart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.67,0:02:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the one crazy wheel that pulls maddeningly to the left,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.33,0:02:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way out through the crowded, bumpy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.07,0:02:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,littery parking lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.27,0:02:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have to drive all the way home through slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.42,0:03:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heavy, SUV-intensive, rush-hour traffic,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.05,0:03:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,et cetera et cetera.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.23,0:03:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone here has done this, of course.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.51,0:03:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it hasn't yet been part of you graduates' actual life routine,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.11,0:03:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day after week after month after year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.70,0:03:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.08,0:03:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many more dreary, annoying,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.98,0:03:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemingly meaningless routines besides.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.63,0:03:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.87,0:03:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.12,0:03:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exactly where the work of choosing is gonna come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.87,0:03:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the traffic jams and crowded aisles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.97,0:03:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and long checkout lines give me time to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.13,0:03:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I don't make a conscious decision
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how to think and what to pay attention to,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.75,0:03:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna be pissed and miserable every time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.38,0:03:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.77,0:03:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because my natural default setting is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.74,0:03:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the certainty that situations like this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.73,0:03:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really all about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.81,0:03:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About MY hungriness and MY fatigue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.19,0:03:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and MY desire to just get home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.37,0:03:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to seem for all the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.41,0:03:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else is just in my way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.67,0:04:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who are all these people in my way?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.97,0:04:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at how repulsive most of them are,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.84,0:04:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how stupid and cow-like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.20,0:04:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dead-eyed and nonhuman
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.34,0:04:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they seem in the checkout line,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.95,0:04:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or at how annoying and rude it is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.50,0:04:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people are talking loudly on cell phones
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.45,0:04:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of the line.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.12,0:04:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at how deeply and personally unfair this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.05,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I choose to think this way in a store
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.24,0:04:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the freeway, fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.04,0:04:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lots of us do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.57,0:04:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except thinking this way tends to be so easy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.70,0:04:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and automatic that it doesn't have to be a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.60,0:04:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is my natural default setting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.06,0:04:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the automatic way that I experience the boring,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.87,0:04:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frustrating, crowded parts of adult life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.14,0:04:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm operating on the automatic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.78,0:04:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unconscious belief that I am the center of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.10,0:04:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that my immediate needs and feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.94,0:04:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are what should determine the world's priorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.88,0:04:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is that, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.07,0:04:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are totally different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.00,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about these kinds of situations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this traffic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.29,0:04:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these vehicles stopped and idling in my way,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.44,0:04:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not impossible that some of these people in SUV's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.04,0:05:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been in horrible auto accidents in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.08,0:05:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now find driving so terrifying that their therapist
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.81,0:05:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has all but ordered them to get a huge, heavy SUV
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.05,0:05:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can feel safe enough to drive
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.04,0:05:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or I can choose to force myself to consider the likelihood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.70,0:05:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone else in the supermarket's checkout line
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.28,0:05:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just as bored and frustrated as I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.40,0:05:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that some of these people probably have much harder,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.60,0:05:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more tedious and painful lives than I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.61,0:05:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, please don't think that I'm giving you moral advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.54,0:05:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that I'm saying you are supposed to think this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.87,0:05:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that anyone expects you to just automatically do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.94,0:05:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it's hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.47,0:05:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes will and effort, and if you are like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.67,0:05:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some days you won't be able to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.04,0:05:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you just flat out won't want to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.48,0:05:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most days,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.84,0:05:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're aware enough to give yourself a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.59,0:05:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can choose to look differently at this fat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.74,0:05:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dead-eyed, over-made-up lady
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just screamed at her kid in the checkout line.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.97,0:05:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she's not usually like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.37,0:05:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she's been up three straight nights
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.18,0:06:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,holding the hand of a husband who is dying of bone cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.48,0:06:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe this very lady
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.74,0:06:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the low-wage clerk at the motor vehicle department,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.63,0:06:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just yesterday helped your spouse
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.28,0:06:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resolve a horrific, infuriating, red-tape problem
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.57,0:06:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through some small act of bureaucratic kindness.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.34,0:06:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, none of this is likely,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.97,0:06:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's also not impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.41,0:06:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just depends what you what to consider.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.12,0:06:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're automatically sure
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.04,0:06:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you know what reality is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.14,0:06:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who and what is really important
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.44,0:06:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to operate on your default setting,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.51,0:06:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you, like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.64,0:06:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably won't consider possibilities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.51,0:06:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that aren't annoying and miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.18,0:06:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you really learn how think, how to pay attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.81,0:06:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you will know there are other options.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.47,0:06:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will actually be within your power
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.84,0:06:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to experience a crowded, hot, slow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.01,0:06:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consumer-hell type situation as not only meaningful,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.63,0:06:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sacred,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.17,0:06:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on fire with the same force that made the stars:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.12,0:06:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love, fellowship,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.27,0:07:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mystical oneness of all things deep down.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.71,0:07:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that that mystical stuff is necessarily true.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.38,0:07:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing that's capital-T True
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.34,0:07:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you get to decide how you're gonna try to see it.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.26,0:07:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, I submit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.44,0:07:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the freedom of a real education,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.10,0:07:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of learning how to be well-adjusted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.31,0:07:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get to consciously decide what has meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.04,0:07:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.91,0:07:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is real freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.98,0:07:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is being educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.90,0:07:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understanding how to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.87,0:07:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The alternative is unconsciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.17,0:07:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the default setting, the rat race,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.07,0:07:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the constant gnawing sense of having had,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.74,0:07:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lost, some infinite thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.08,0:07:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that this stuff probably
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.29,0:07:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't sound fun and breezy or grandly inspirational
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.30,0:07:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way a commencement speech is supposed to sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.60,0:07:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it is, as far as I can see,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.14,0:07:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the capital-T Truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.11,0:07:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a whole lot of rhetorical niceties stripped away.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.10,0:07:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.90,0:08:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free to think of it whatever you wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.38,0:08:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But please don't just dismiss it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.90,0:08:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as just some finger-wagging Dr. Laura sermon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.47,0:08:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of this stuff is really about morality
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.54,0:08:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or religion or dogma
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.44,0:08:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or big fancy questions of life after death.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.32,0:08:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The capital-T Truth is about life BEFORE death.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.83,0:08:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about the real value of a real education,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.98,0:08:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has almost nothing to do with knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.08,0:08:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything to do with simple awareness;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.10,0:08:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awareness of what is so real and essential,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.10,0:08:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so hidden in plain sight all around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.26,0:08:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.55,0:08:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have to keep reminding ourselves over and over:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.87,0:08:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is water."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.18,0:08:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is water."