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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's such a thrill for me to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.15,0:00:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm so happy to see all of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.43,0:00:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, one of the biggest reasons\Nthat I'm happy to be here
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.51,0:00:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because I shouldn't be alive today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.97,0:00:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have died\Non February, 2, 2006.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.06,0:00:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was supposed to be\Nmy last day here, in this physical life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.03,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because on that day, the doctors\Nhad told my husband and my family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.67,0:00:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I only had a few more hours to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.80,0:00:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was dying from N-stage lymphoma,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.98,0:00:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a form of cancer\Nof the lymph nodes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.14,0:00:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had struggled with cancer\Nfor four years up to that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.92,0:00:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For four years, this disease\Nhad devoured my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.98,0:00:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had traveled\Nthrough my lymphatic system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.20,0:00:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started with a lump in my neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.60,0:01:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, it spread\Nthroughout my lymphatic system
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.17,0:01:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by that point,\Nby the end of four years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.78,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had tumors,\Nsome of them the size of lemons
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.94,0:01:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had spread from the base of my skull
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.78,0:01:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around my neck, down into my chest,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.90,0:01:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under my arms,\Nand all the way to my abdomen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.64,0:01:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By that point also,\Neven before I had gone into the coma,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.25,0:01:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my lungs had been filled with fluid,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.18,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every time I would lay down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.86,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would choke on my own fluid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My muscles had completely deteriorated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.25,0:01:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I weight about 85 pounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.56,0:01:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked like just a skeleton\Nwith skin on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.05,0:01:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had these big gaping-opened skin lesions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.53,0:01:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the toxins\Nwere oozing out of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.68,0:01:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't able to digest any food.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.53,0:02:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a persistent low grade fever,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.66,0:02:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't walk,\Nbecause my muscles had been deteriorated,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.35,0:02:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I was constantly just lying down\Nor been taken around in a wheel chair.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.92,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was connected\Nto an oxygen tank all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.13,0:02:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't breathe\Nwithout the aid of oxygen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.86,0:02:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on that morning, on February, 2, 2006,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.68,0:02:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into a coma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.50,0:02:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The doctors had said\Nthese were my final hours
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.26,0:02:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because now my organs had shut down,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.52,0:02:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my organs were failing;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.44,0:02:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so my family were told that if there was\Nanybody that had to see me before I died,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.14,0:02:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.30,0:02:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unbeknownst to everyone around me though,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.61,0:02:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it appeared\Nthat I was in a coma,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my eyes were closed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.89,0:02:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware\Nof everything that was going on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.12,0:02:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.79,0:02:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of my husband\Nwho was distressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was by my side holding my hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.94,0:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of everything\Nthe doctors were doing:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.44,0:03:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were putting tubes in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.58,0:03:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were removing fluid from my lungs\Nso that I could breathe easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.18,0:03:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of every single thing\Nthat was happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.47,0:03:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt as though I had\Na 360-degree peripheral vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.29,0:03:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see everything happening\Nall around my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.80,0:03:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not just in the room\Nwhere my body was, but even beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.17,0:03:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was as if I had expanded\Nout of my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.05,0:03:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of my physical body,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.27,0:03:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see it, lying there\Non that hospital bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.79,0:03:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was no longer attached to that body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.89,0:03:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt as though I could be everywhere\Nat the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.18,0:04:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like wherever I put\Nmy awareness, there I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.50,0:04:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was aware of my brother,\Nwho was in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.34,0:04:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My body, I was in Hong Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.19,0:04:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was happening to me in Hong Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.58,0:04:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brother was in India
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.86,0:04:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was rushing to get on a plane\Nto come and see me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.97,0:04:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wanted to see me\Nbefore I took my last breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.77,0:04:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was aware of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.76,0:04:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt as though I was with him.\NI saw him on the plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.89,0:04:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I also became aware\Nof my father and my best friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.29,0:04:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of whom I had lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.42,0:04:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them had crossed over, had died.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.10,0:04:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I became aware\Nof their presence with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.04,0:04:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though they were guiding me\Nand communicating with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.94,0:04:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing that I felt\Nin this amazing expansive state,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.39,0:04:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt I was in like a realm of clarity,\Nwhere I understood everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.11,0:04:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood why I had cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.20,0:05:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood that I was much greater,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.71,0:05:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact all of us are much greater\Nand more powerful than we realize
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.15,0:05:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're in our physical bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.68,0:05:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also felt as if I was connected\Nto everybody,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.81,0:05:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like all the doctors\Nthat were treating me, the nurses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.88,0:05:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my husband, my mother, my brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.58,0:05:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody, I felt as though\Nwe all shared the same consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.91,0:05:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt as though I could feel\Nwhat they were feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.11,0:05:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could feel the distress\Nthey were feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.78,0:05:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could feel\Nthe resignation of the doctors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.88,0:05:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, I didn't get\Nemotionally sucked into the drama,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.83,0:05:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yet, I understood\Nwhat they were feeling.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.49,0:05:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like we all share\Nthe same consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.65,0:05:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like when we're not expressing\Nin our physical bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.46,0:05:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, and I, and all of us, we're all\Nexpressions of the same consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.47,0:05:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it felt like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.32,0:06:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt as though my father\Nwas trying to communicate with me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it wasn't my time,\Nthat I needed to go back into my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.39,0:06:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, I didn't want to go back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.42,0:06:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I still felt\Nas though I had a choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.17,0:06:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weather to come back or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.91,0:06:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at first, I absolutely did not want\Nto go back into my body
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.93,0:06:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I couldn't see\Na single good reason
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.09,0:06:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back into this sick and dying body.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.85,0:06:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a burden on my family,\NI was suffering, there was no good reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.66,0:06:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't want to go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.25,0:06:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the next instant,\Nit felt as if I completely understood
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.08,0:06:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that now that I knew what I knew,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.88,0:06:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I understood\Nwhat caused the cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.44,0:06:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew that if I chose\Nto go back to my body,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.16,0:06:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my body would heal very, very quickly.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.83,0:06:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.67,0:07:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made the decision to go back,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.46,0:07:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I heard as though my father\Nand my best friend said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.08,0:07:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now that you know the truth\Nof who you really are,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.36,0:07:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go back and live your life fearlessly."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.02,0:07:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was in those moments\Nthat I woke up from the coma.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.56,0:07:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my family was so relieved to see me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.73,0:07:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the doctors, they couldn't explain it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.40,0:07:26.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The doctors were there,\Nand they were surprised,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.85,0:07:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were being very, very cautious,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.78,0:07:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was no way\Nof knowing; I was still so weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.01,0:07:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no way for anyone to know
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.12,0:07:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weather I was going to stay out\Nof the coma, or heal, or go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.83,0:07:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew I was going to be fine,\Nand I was telling my whole family,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.21,0:07:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going to be fine, I know\NI'm going to be fine. It's not my time."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.42,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within five days, the tumors\Nin my body had shrunk by 70%.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.24,0:08:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After five weeks, I was released\Nfrom the hospital to go home.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.03,0:08:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was completely cancer free.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.77,0:08:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what has happened
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.01,0:08:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I've had to pick up\Nmy life from that point,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.08,0:08:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.52,0:08:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my life feels completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.24,0:08:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It changed my view of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.05,0:08:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That experience changed my view\Nof our physical bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.91,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my physical body, of illness,\Nand how I perceive the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.60,0:08:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found it very difficult\Nto integrate back into life again,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.71,0:08:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.96,0:08:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the best way I can think of\Nto explain what it feels like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.92,0:08:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be to use metaphors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.66,0:08:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a metaphor that I like to use\Nis one of a warehouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.42,0:08:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like you to imagine, if you will,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.04,0:08:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in a totally darkened warehouse
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.67,0:08:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's pitch black.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.21,0:08:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine that right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.52,0:09:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in a warehouse\Nthat's completely pitch black,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.51,0:09:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't see anything\Nbecause it's so dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.06,0:09:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't see anything\Nin front of you, anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.22,0:09:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But imagine that in your hand,\Nyou hold a little flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.69,0:09:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a little flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.28,0:09:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you switch on that flashlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.09,0:09:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with that flashlight,\Nyou navigate your way through the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.59,0:09:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you use just the beam\Nof that little flashlight
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.63,0:09:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to navigate your way in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.63,0:09:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everything that you see\Nin the warehouse
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.15,0:09:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is only what you can see\Nwith the beam of that flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.76,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine\Nif the beam is shining over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.06,0:09:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you see is what's over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.95,0:09:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else is in darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.24,0:09:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shine the beam over there,\Nand all you see is that spot there.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.25,0:09:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else is in darkness\Nexcept for the light of the beam.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.47,0:09:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine one day big floodlights go on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.91,0:10:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the whole warehouse is illuminated,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.97,0:10:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize this warehouse is huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.72,0:10:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's bigger\Nthan you've ever imagined it to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.96,0:10:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's lined with shelves,\Nand shelves, and shelves
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.07,0:10:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all kinds of different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.40,0:10:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every kind of thing you can imagine,\Nand things you can't even imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.28,0:10:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all exist on these shelves,\Nside by side by side.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.10,0:10:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these things are beautiful,\Nsome not so beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.19,0:10:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some large, some small,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.83,0:10:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some things in colors\Nyou've never ever seen before,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.88,0:10:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colors you've never imagined to exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.67,0:10:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some things\Nthat are strange and funny looking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.41,0:10:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all exist side by side,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.16,0:10:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you've seen some of them before\Nwith your flashlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.61,0:10:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many of them\Nyou've never seen before
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.98,0:10:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because your flashlight\Nhad never shone on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.74,0:10:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine\Nif the lights go back off again,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.45,0:11:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're back to one flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.22,0:11:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, even though all of you can see\Nis what you see with the one flashlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.16,0:11:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beam of one flashlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.20,0:11:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least you now know
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.15,0:11:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is so much more that exists
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.99,0:11:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously and alongside\Nthe things that you can't see.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.71,0:11:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You now know\Nthat just because you cannot see them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.78,0:11:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cannot experience it,\Ndoesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.32,0:11:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You now know that\Nbecause you've had that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.96,0:11:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it feels like to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.18,0:11:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like so much more exists\Nthan what we believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.14,0:11:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much more exists\Nthan what we have experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.60,0:11:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just beyond our flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.90,0:11:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just to help you understand that\Na little bit better,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.37,0:11:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to try a little game,\Na little experiment with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.26,0:11:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to look around the room\Nand find everything you can
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.15,0:12:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is shades of red,\Neverything from red to burgundy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.50,0:12:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just look around\Nand commit it to your memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.73,0:12:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As many as possible.\NCommit it to your memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.99,0:12:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm going to ask you to recall it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.47,0:12:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK. Close your eyes, face to front.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.04,0:12:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now how many things can you recall\Nthat are blue in color?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.78,0:12:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.90,0:12:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost none. Think about it, almost none.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.89,0:12:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open your eyes and look around.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.74,0:12:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how many blue things there were\Nthat exist alongside the red,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.83,0:12:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you didn't even notice it,\Nyou didn't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.67,0:12:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because you weren't aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.62,0:12:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beam of that flashlight, what is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.94,0:12:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is your awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.81,0:12:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That beam is your awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.34,0:12:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you flash\Nyour awareness on something,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.76,0:12:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes your reality,\Nit becomes what you experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.00,0:12:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There can be something else\Nthat's right under your nose,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.20,0:12:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if your flashlight\Nis not shining on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.12,0:13:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't even notice it;\Nyou won't even be aware of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.17,0:13:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.55,0:13:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about all the billions of dollars\Nwe're spending on cancer awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.40,0:13:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about\Nall the cancer awareness campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.20,0:13:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we put that much money,\Nenergy, and effort into wellness awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.93,0:13:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a different world we would have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.100,0:13:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if we put\Nall our effort into peace
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.61,0:13:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead in into fighting and wars.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.01,0:13:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have a very different world\Nif we changed our awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.90,0:13:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To bring it down\Nonto a more personal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.09,0:13:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Nthe five biggest lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.82,0:13:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned from this experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.82,0:13:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number one, the most important thing\Nthat I learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.20,0:13:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important thing we have here,\Nto focus our awareness on, is love.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.16,0:13:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is number one.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.62,0:13:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say love,\Nit's very easy to say, or for us to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.61,0:13:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We need to love other people."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.29,0:14:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things I learned\Nis that one of the reasons I got cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.93,0:14:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because I didn't love myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.51,0:14:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's hugely important.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.48,0:14:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we love ourselves,\Nwe value ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.96,0:14:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we value ourselves,\Nwe teach people how to treat us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.82,0:14:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you love yourself, you find no need\Nto control or bully other people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.94,0:14:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor do you allow other people\Nto control or bully you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.82,0:14:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So loving yourself is as important\Nas loving everybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.07,0:14:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the more you love yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.96,0:14:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more love you have\Nto give other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.40,0:14:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Number two,\Nthe next biggest lesson I learned,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.10,0:14:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to live life fearlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.14,0:14:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us are brought up\Non a diet of fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.78,0:14:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're taught to fear everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.42,0:14:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to fear everything,\NI used to fear cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.84,0:14:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to fear eating the wrong foods,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.85,0:14:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to fear displeasing people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.09,0:14:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feared just about everything.\NI feared failing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.48,0:14:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of us are brought up\Nfearing everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.56,0:15:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people think that fear keeps you safe;\Nthat's actually not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.47,0:15:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love keeps you safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.93,0:15:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you love yourself,\Nand when you love other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.09,0:15:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make sure that you keep yourself safe
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.59,0:15:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you keep other people\Nout of danger's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.51,0:15:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love keeps you much safer than fear does.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.62,0:15:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing I learned\Nthat is so important
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.57,0:15:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is humor, and laughter, and joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.98,0:15:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're born knowing this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.29,0:15:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're born knowing\Nthat it's important to laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.01,0:15:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what kids do all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.34,0:15:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're born knowing love and fearlessness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.33,0:15:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it gets conditioned\Nout of us as we grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.07,0:15:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laughter is so important, and humor,\Nand finding your joy in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.09,0:15:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's more important than any other\Nspiritual activity that you can think of.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.25,0:15:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we had more laughter, in fact,\Nif even our politicians learn to laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.03,0:15:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd have a very different world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.35,0:15:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we had more laughter,\Nyou'd have less people with illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.85,0:16:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd need less hospitals,\Nand you'd need less prisons as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.54,0:16:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fourth thing I learned\Nis that life is a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.54,0:16:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.08,0:16:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of us live our lives\Nas though life is a chore,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.16,0:16:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it shouldn't be that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.13,0:16:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's unfortunate
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.96,0:16:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only when we loose\Nsomething that we value
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.67,0:16:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do we really realize the true value of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.27,0:16:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it took me losing my life\Nto realize the value of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.86,0:16:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want other people\Nto make the same mistake
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.85,0:16:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why I'm standing here\Nsharing my message.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.44,0:16:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I don't want\Npeople to realize when it's too late
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.82,0:16:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the value of their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.82,0:16:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your life is a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.79,0:16:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the challenges\Nthat come to you are a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.50,0:16:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I had cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.84,0:16:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the biggest challenge\NI could ever have,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.84,0:16:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today when I look back on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.90,0:16:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it's the biggest gift\NI could have had.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.56,0:16:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People think that the cancer,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.26,0:16:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even I thought,\Nthe cancer was killing me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.93,0:17:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but actually I was killing myself\Nbefore I got cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.18,0:17:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cancer saved my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.83,0:17:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All your challenges are gifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.20,0:17:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, you will always find\Nthat your challenges are a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.96,0:17:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're really challenged,\Nand it doesn't feel like a gift yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.94,0:17:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it means you haven't got to the end yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.19,0:17:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fifth and final thing\Nwhich is so important that I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.50,0:17:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the most important thing for you\Nis to always be yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.45,0:17:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be as you as you can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.10,0:17:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shine your light as brightly as you can.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.12,0:17:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Embrace your uniqueness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.80,0:17:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just realize who you are,\Nget to know who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.71,0:17:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love yourself unconditionally,\Nand just be yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.20,0:17:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with those five things,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.59,0:17:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I invite you to go\Nand live your life fearlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.70,0:17:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.24,0:17:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)