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- 0:00Welcome
- 0:00to
- 0:00part
- 0:01one
- 0:01of
- 0:01our
- 0:01conversation
- 0:02with
- 0:02Dr.
- 0:03Sally
- 0:03Adams
- 0:04Jones.
- 0:05We've
- 0:05grown
- 0:05used
- 0:06to
- 0:06amazing
- 0:07conversations
- 0:07on
- 0:08our
- 0:08Deep
- 0:08Transformation
- 0:09podcast,
- 0:09but
- 0:10this
- 0:10is
- 0:10very
- 0:10special.
- 0:11Let's
- 0:11dig
- 0:11in.
- 0:12It
- 0:12goes
- 0:12from
- 0:13strength
- 0:13to
- 0:14strength.
- 0:18Welcome
- 0:19to
- 0:19Deep
- 0:20Transformation.
- 0:21Self,
- 0:22Society,
- 0:22Spirit,
- 0:24life
- 0:24enhancing,
- 0:25paradigm
- 0:26rattling
- 0:26conversations
- 0:27with
- 0:27cutting
- 0:28edge
- 0:28thinkers,
- 0:29contemplatives
- 0:30and
- 0:30activists.
- 0:32With
- 0:32Dr.
- 0:32Roger
- 0:32Walsh
- 0:33and
- 0:33John
- 0:33Dupuy
- 0:35join
- 0:35us
- 0:35in
- 0:36the
- 0:36evolutionary
- 0:36fast
- 0:37lane
- 0:37as
- 0:38we
- 0:38take
- 0:38a
- 0:38deep
- 0:38dive
- 0:39into
- 0:40transformational
- 0:41practice.
- 0:43Peak
- 0:43experience,
- 0:45profound
- 0:45understanding,
- 0:47powerful
- 0:48contribution.
- 0:52I'm
- 0:53Roger
- 0:53Walsh
- 0:53and
- 0:54our
- 0:54co
- 0:54host
- 0:54is
- 0:54John
- 0:55Dupuis.
- 0:56And
- 0:56with
- 0:56us
- 0:57today
- 0:57is
- 0:57someone
- 0:58whose
- 0:58work
- 0:59has
- 0:59made
- 0:59an
- 0:59enormous
- 1:00difference
- 1:00to
- 1:02people
- 1:04suffering
- 1:04from
- 1:04poverty,
- 1:05multiple
- 1:06kinds
- 1:06of
- 1:06deprivation,
- 1:07refugees.
- 1:08This
- 1:09is
- 1:09Dr.
- 1:09Sally
- 1:10Adnam
- 1:10Jones.
- 1:10Sally
- 1:11was
- 1:11born
- 1:12and
- 1:12raised
- 1:12in
- 1:13South
- 1:13Africa,
- 1:14but
- 1:14got
- 1:14a
- 1:15PhD
- 1:15in
- 1:16Transformation
- 1:17through
- 1:17Art
- 1:18at
- 1:19the
- 1:19University
- 1:19of
- 1:19Victoria
- 1:20in
- 1:20Canada
- 1:21where
- 1:21she
- 1:21actually
- 1:22went
- 1:22back
- 1:22to
- 1:23Africa
- 1:23and
- 1:23worked
- 1:23with
- 1:24the
- 1:24poorest
- 1:25of
- 1:25the
- 1:25poor
- 1:26to
- 1:26attempt
- 1:27to
- 1:27provide
- 1:28healing
- 1:28throughout.
- 1:30And
- 1:30she
- 1:30has
- 1:31written
- 1:31this
- 1:32or
- 1:32edited
- 1:33this
- 1:33wonderful
- 1:34book,
- 1:35Art
- 1:36Making
- 1:36with
- 1:36Refugees
- 1:37and
- 1:37Survivors.
- 1:38Creative
- 1:39and
- 1:39Transformative
- 1:40Responses
- 1:41to
- 1:41Trauma
- 1:42After
- 1:42Natural
- 1:42Disasters,
- 1:43war
- 1:44and
- 1:45Other
- 1:45Crises.
- 1:46Sally's
- 1:47a
- 1:47student
- 1:47of
- 1:48integral
- 1:48studies.
- 1:49She
- 1:49is
- 1:49an
- 1:50expert
- 1:50or
- 1:51very
- 1:51familiar
- 1:51with
- 1:51developmental
- 1:53ideas.
- 1:54So
- 1:54she
- 1:54brings
- 1:55a
- 1:55lot
- 1:55of
- 1:55perspectives
- 1:56to
- 1:57our
- 1:57discussion
- 1:58today.
- 1:59Sally,
- 1:59so
- 2:00your
- 2:00biography
- 2:01is
- 2:01really
- 2:02striking.
- 2:02Perhaps
- 2:03you
- 2:03could
- 2:03tell
- 2:04us
- 2:04a
- 2:04little
- 2:04about
- 2:04how
- 2:05you
- 2:05came
- 2:05to
- 2:06this
- 2:06work.
- 2:07Thank
- 2:07you,
- 2:07Roger.
- 2:08I
- 2:09feel
- 2:09very
- 2:10privileged
- 2:10to
- 2:10have
- 2:10been
- 2:11born
- 2:11and
- 2:11raised
- 2:12in
- 2:12Africa.
- 2:13I
- 2:13lived
- 2:14there
- 2:14for
- 2:1430
- 2:14years
- 2:15before
- 2:15immigrating
- 2:16to
- 2:16Canada.
- 2:17So
- 2:17it's
- 2:17very
- 2:18dear
- 2:18to
- 2:18my
- 2:18heart.
- 2:19It's
- 2:19a
- 2:20very
- 2:20complex
- 2:21country
- 2:23and
- 2:23because
- 2:24it
- 2:24has
- 2:25a
- 2:25lot
- 2:25of
- 2:26poverty
- 2:27and
- 2:27a
- 2:28lot
- 2:28of
- 2:28racial
- 2:29issues
- 2:30and
- 2:30a
- 2:30lot
- 2:31of
- 2:31gender
- 2:32inequality,
- 2:33every
- 2:33single
- 2:34kind
- 2:34of
- 2:34trauma
- 2:35exists
- 2:36there
- 2:36as
- 2:37an
- 2:37intersection.
- 2:38And
- 2:40one
- 2:40of
- 2:40the
- 2:41reasons
- 2:41I
- 2:41left
- 2:41is
- 2:42because
- 2:42I
- 2:42was
- 2:43so
- 2:43deeply
- 2:44moved
- 2:45by
- 2:46the
- 2:46situation
- 2:46and
- 2:47I
- 2:47felt
- 2:47very
- 2:47overwhelmed
- 2:48as
- 2:48a
- 2:48young
- 2:49person.
- 2:50I
- 2:50did
- 2:51not
- 2:51know
- 2:51how
- 2:52to
- 2:52begin
- 2:52to
- 2:52help.
- 2:54So
- 2:54my
- 2:54journey
- 2:55took
- 2:55me
- 2:56to
- 2:56other
- 2:56countries,
- 2:57including
- 2:58Canada.
- 2:59And
- 3:00what
- 3:00I
- 3:00find
- 3:00amazing
- 3:01is
- 3:02the
- 3:02people
- 3:03that
- 3:03are
- 3:03being
- 3:03brought
- 3:04in
- 3:04contact
- 3:04with
- 3:06the
- 3:06teachers
- 3:07were
- 3:08exactly
- 3:08the
- 3:09people
- 3:09that
- 3:09I
- 3:09needed
- 3:10to
- 3:10meet.
- 3:12And
- 3:13I've
- 3:13been
- 3:13a
- 3:14lifelong
- 3:14student
- 3:15of
- 3:16how
- 3:17to
- 3:17evolve
- 3:17our
- 3:18consciousness
- 3:19out
- 3:19of
- 3:19suffering.
- 3:20And
- 3:20that
- 3:21includes
- 3:22education,
- 3:23psychology,
- 3:25spirituality.
- 3:27So
- 3:28my
- 3:28travels
- 3:28brought
- 3:28me
- 3:29in
- 3:29contact
- 3:29with
- 3:30some,
- 3:30I
- 3:30would
- 3:31say
- 3:31world
- 3:32class
- 3:33teachers.
- 3:35I
- 3:35was
- 3:35then
- 3:35able
- 3:36to
- 3:36come
- 3:36up
- 3:37with
- 3:38some
- 3:38pioneering
- 3:39work
- 3:41when
- 3:41I
- 3:41integrated
- 3:42all
- 3:42this
- 3:42information
- 3:44and
- 3:44go
- 3:44back
- 3:45to
- 3:45Africa
- 3:45to
- 3:46try
- 3:46and
- 3:46apply
- 3:46that.
- 3:47I
- 3:48had
- 3:48to
- 3:48find
- 3:49human
- 3:50developmental
- 3:51maps
- 3:51like
- 3:52spiral
- 3:52dynamics.
- 3:53I
- 3:53had
- 3:53to
- 3:54find
- 3:56world
- 3:56leaders
- 3:57in
- 3:58therapeutic
- 3:58creative
- 3:59practice.
- 4:00I
- 4:00had
- 4:00to
- 4:00find
- 4:02spiritual
- 4:02teachers
- 4:03on
- 4:03how
- 4:03to
- 4:04live
- 4:04in
- 4:04the
- 4:04present
- 4:04moment
- 4:05and
- 4:06how
- 4:06to
- 4:06let
- 4:06go
- 4:07of
- 4:07our
- 4:07suffering.
- 4:08So
- 4:09I
- 4:09brought
- 4:09all
- 4:09these
- 4:09ideas
- 4:10together
- 4:10and
- 4:11came
- 4:11up
- 4:11with
- 4:11a
- 4:11model
- 4:12which
- 4:12was
- 4:12my
- 4:13PhD
- 4:14in
- 4:15how
- 4:15to
- 4:15help
- 4:16people
- 4:17in
- 4:18the
- 4:18most
- 4:18dire
- 4:19circumstances
- 4:21who
- 4:21had
- 4:23been
- 4:24dispossessed
- 4:25of
- 4:25just
- 4:26about
- 4:26everything.
- 4:27Their
- 4:27health
- 4:29because
- 4:29of
- 4:29the
- 4:29HIV
- 4:30pandemic,
- 4:31their
- 4:31land
- 4:32because
- 4:32of
- 4:32apartheid,
- 4:34their
- 4:34vote
- 4:35because
- 4:35of
- 4:35apartheid,
- 4:36and
- 4:36their
- 4:36voice
- 4:38and
- 4:38their
- 4:39economic
- 4:40abilities
- 4:41to
- 4:41produce
- 4:43the
- 4:44intersection
- 4:45of
- 4:45suffering
- 4:45is
- 4:46unimaginable.
- 4:47And
- 4:47now
- 4:47there's
- 4:48a
- 4:48lot
- 4:48of
- 4:48hotspots
- 4:48around
- 4:49the
- 4:49world
- 4:49with
- 4:49similar
- 4:50circumstances
- 4:51like
- 4:51Gaza,
- 4:53Ukraine.
- 4:55I
- 4:55felt
- 4:55my
- 4:56work
- 4:56had
- 4:56to
- 4:57be
- 4:57applicable
- 4:58in
- 4:59situations
- 4:59where
- 5:00there
- 5:00was
- 5:00no
- 5:00economic
- 5:01infrastructure
- 5:02because
- 5:02we
- 5:03have
- 5:03to
- 5:03start
- 5:03from
- 5:03the
- 5:04ground
- 5:04up
- 5:04with
- 5:04people
- 5:05where
- 5:05the.
- 5:06Where
- 5:06they
- 5:06are,
- 5:07with
- 5:07a
- 5:08technology
- 5:08that
- 5:09can
- 5:09apply
- 5:09in
- 5:10any
- 5:10situation.
- 5:11So
- 5:11my
- 5:12book
- 5:12on
- 5:13art
- 5:14making
- 5:14with
- 5:14refugees,
- 5:17it's
- 5:17bigger
- 5:17than
- 5:18just
- 5:18making
- 5:18pretty
- 5:19pictures.
- 5:20It's
- 5:20about
- 5:21how
- 5:21to
- 5:21access
- 5:22our
- 5:23creativity
- 5:25when
- 5:26we've
- 5:26been
- 5:26dispossessed
- 5:27and
- 5:27dislocated,
- 5:29when
- 5:29we
- 5:29feel
- 5:29like
- 5:30we've
- 5:30got
- 5:30no
- 5:31agency
- 5:32left.
- 5:33How
- 5:33do
- 5:33we
- 5:33resurrect
- 5:34ourselves?
- 5:35How
- 5:36do
- 5:36we
- 5:36start
- 5:36to
- 5:36build
- 5:37the
- 5:37world
- 5:38that
- 5:38we
- 5:38need,
- 5:40which
- 5:41has
- 5:42a
- 5:42domino
- 5:43effect
- 5:43in
- 5:44our
- 5:44self
- 5:44esteem,
- 5:45in
- 5:46our
- 5:46voice,
- 5:47and
- 5:48in
- 5:48our
- 5:48ability
- 5:49to
- 5:50imagine
- 5:51the
- 5:51next
- 5:52world
- 5:52that
- 5:53we
- 5:53need.
- 5:53Little
- 5:54did
- 5:54I
- 5:54know
- 5:54this
- 5:55is
- 5:55now
- 5:55becoming
- 5:56a
- 5:56global
- 5:56application
- 5:57as
- 5:58we
- 5:58face
- 6:00a
- 6:00poly
- 6:00crisis.
- 6:01This
- 6:01book
- 6:02that
- 6:02I
- 6:02wrote,
- 6:03I
- 6:03knew
- 6:03was
- 6:04ahead
- 6:04of
- 6:04its
- 6:04time
- 6:06and
- 6:06it
- 6:06was
- 6:07located
- 6:07specifically
- 6:08in
- 6:08Africa,
- 6:10specifically
- 6:11with
- 6:11a
- 6:12community
- 6:12of
- 6:12people
- 6:13suffering
- 6:14from
- 6:14HIV
- 6:15and
- 6:16poverty
- 6:17and
- 6:17discrimination.
- 6:19And
- 6:19now
- 6:20I
- 6:20realize
- 6:20that
- 6:20this
- 6:20is
- 6:21applicable
- 6:22across
- 6:22the
- 6:22world.
- 6:22We
- 6:23need
- 6:23this
- 6:23work
- 6:23more
- 6:24than
- 6:24ever.
- 6:25Not
- 6:25only
- 6:25with
- 6:25people
- 6:26who've
- 6:26suffered
- 6:26trauma,
- 6:27but
- 6:27for
- 6:27everybody.
- 6:29My
- 6:29work
- 6:30has
- 6:30now
- 6:30progressed
- 6:31to
- 6:31trying
- 6:31to
- 6:31motivate
- 6:32everybody
- 6:34to
- 6:34access
- 6:35their
- 6:35creativity
- 6:36and
- 6:36start
- 6:36building
- 6:37the
- 6:37world
- 6:37we
- 6:38need
- 6:38instead
- 6:38of
- 6:38sitting
- 6:39around
- 6:39talking
- 6:39about
- 6:40it.
- 6:44Beautiful.
- 6:45And
- 6:45you
- 6:45have
- 6:46certainly
- 6:47worked
- 6:47with
- 6:47a
- 6:47lot
- 6:48of
- 6:48groups.
- 6:48So
- 6:49after
- 6:49you
- 6:51went
- 6:51back
- 6:52to
- 6:52Africa
- 6:52and
- 6:53did
- 6:53your.
- 6:54I
- 6:54call
- 6:55it
- 6:55therapeutic
- 6:55art
- 6:56because
- 6:56it
- 6:57feels
- 6:57like
- 6:57it's
- 6:57a
- 6:57deep,
- 6:58deep
- 6:58therapy
- 6:59you
- 6:59were
- 6:59offering.
- 7:00And
- 7:00I
- 7:00know
- 7:00there
- 7:00are
- 7:01technical
- 7:01terms,
- 7:01but
- 7:02what
- 7:02then?
- 7:03What.
- 7:03What
- 7:03were
- 7:04you
- 7:04led
- 7:04to
- 7:04after
- 7:04that?
- 7:06Yeah,
- 7:06so
- 7:06the
- 7:07origins
- 7:07of
- 7:07the
- 7:07work
- 7:08is
- 7:09you
- 7:09can
- 7:09go
- 7:09to
- 7:09any
- 7:10hotspot,
- 7:10sit
- 7:11under
- 7:11a
- 7:11tree,
- 7:12use
- 7:13the
- 7:13materials
- 7:14at
- 7:14hand
- 7:15and
- 7:16build
- 7:16a
- 7:17community
- 7:17of
- 7:18people
- 7:18using
- 7:19their
- 7:19hands.
- 7:19And
- 7:20I
- 7:20really
- 7:20believe
- 7:22in
- 7:22our
- 7:22evolutionary
- 7:23development
- 7:24is
- 7:24a
- 7:24connection
- 7:25between
- 7:26the
- 7:26thumb
- 7:26and
- 7:27the
- 7:27brain.
- 7:29So
- 7:30you
- 7:30start
- 7:30using
- 7:30your
- 7:31hands
- 7:32as
- 7:33a
- 7:33way
- 7:33to
- 7:34access
- 7:35pre
- 7:35verbal
- 7:37pain.
- 7:39The
- 7:39verbal
- 7:40comes
- 7:40later.
- 7:42So
- 7:42when
- 7:42you've
- 7:43been
- 7:43through
- 7:43a
- 7:43massive
- 7:44disaster
- 7:45and
- 7:46our
- 7:46world
- 7:46is
- 7:46heading
- 7:47that
- 7:47way.
- 7:47So
- 7:47I
- 7:48feel
- 7:48like
- 7:48this
- 7:49work
- 7:49is
- 7:50going
- 7:50to
- 7:50be
- 7:50used
- 7:51more
- 7:51and
- 7:51more.
- 7:51You
- 7:52can't
- 7:52find
- 7:53the
- 7:53words
- 7:53to
- 7:53describe
- 7:54what
- 7:54you've
- 7:55been
- 7:55through.
- 7:55That's
- 7:56the
- 7:56main
- 7:57metrics
- 7:58of
- 7:58a
- 7:59deep
- 7:59trauma
- 7:59is
- 8:00you
- 8:00lose
- 8:00your
- 8:00words.
- 8:02In
- 8:02fact,
- 8:03there
- 8:03are
- 8:04no
- 8:04words
- 8:04to
- 8:04describe
- 8:06what
- 8:06you
- 8:06endured.
- 8:08So
- 8:08we
- 8:08have
- 8:08to
- 8:09start
- 8:09healing
- 8:11first
- 8:11of
- 8:11all,
- 8:11by
- 8:11building
- 8:12a
- 8:12safe
- 8:13circle
- 8:14of
- 8:15shared
- 8:15endeavor
- 8:16using
- 8:17hands.
- 8:18And
- 8:19this
- 8:19is
- 8:19gender
- 8:20specific.
- 8:20It's
- 8:20interesting.
- 8:21Men
- 8:21love
- 8:21to
- 8:22do
- 8:22that
- 8:22with
- 8:22work.
- 8:23They
- 8:23love
- 8:23to
- 8:24grow
- 8:24things
- 8:24or
- 8:25fix
- 8:26something
- 8:27or
- 8:28build
- 8:28something
- 8:29together.
- 8:30And
- 8:30women
- 8:30will
- 8:31love
- 8:31to
- 8:31cook
- 8:32something
- 8:33or
- 8:33create
- 8:33something
- 8:34with
- 8:35more
- 8:35feminine
- 8:36materials.
- 8:36And
- 8:37I'm
- 8:37talking
- 8:37about
- 8:37traditional
- 8:38communities.
- 8:38You
- 8:38have
- 8:38to
- 8:39be
- 8:39really
- 8:39respectful
- 8:40of
- 8:40gender.
- 8:41So
- 8:42they
- 8:42can
- 8:42sew
- 8:42a
- 8:43tapestry
- 8:44or
- 8:44peel
- 8:44vegetables.
- 8:46So
- 8:47you
- 8:47bring
- 8:47the
- 8:47community
- 8:48together,
- 8:48first
- 8:49of
- 8:49all,
- 8:49using
- 8:49their
- 8:50hands.
- 8:50There's
- 8:50no
- 8:51words.
- 8:51You
- 8:51can
- 8:52just
- 8:52sit
- 8:52and
- 8:52chat.
- 8:52And
- 8:54slowly
- 8:55belonging
- 8:56is
- 8:57created
- 8:57and
- 8:58safety
- 8:59through
- 8:59shared
- 8:59endeavor
- 9:01work.
- 9:02And
- 9:03I'm
- 9:03noticing
- 9:03this
- 9:04more
- 9:04and
- 9:04more
- 9:04that
- 9:04people
- 9:05find
- 9:05meaning
- 9:05in
- 9:06work
- 9:06and
- 9:06love.
- 9:08So
- 9:08you
- 9:08build
- 9:08the
- 9:08work,
- 9:09you
- 9:09build
- 9:09the
- 9:09community
- 9:10that
- 9:10that
- 9:10is
- 9:11meaning
- 9:12this.
- 9:12I.
- 9:13I
- 9:13really
- 9:14believe
- 9:14that
- 9:14we've
- 9:15lost
- 9:15contact
- 9:16when
- 9:16we
- 9:16start
- 9:16creating
- 9:17fancy
- 9:17narratives.
- 9:18That's
- 9:19a
- 9:19very
- 9:19sophisticated
- 9:20late
- 9:20stage.
- 9:22Meaning
- 9:22is
- 9:22built
- 9:23through
- 9:23work
- 9:23and
- 9:24love.
- 9:26And
- 9:27so
- 9:27once
- 9:27you've
- 9:27got
- 9:28the
- 9:28community
- 9:30harnessed
- 9:31in
- 9:32a
- 9:32shared
- 9:32endeavor,
- 9:33they
- 9:33can
- 9:34beautify
- 9:35their
- 9:35location
- 9:36somehow,
- 9:36whether
- 9:37it's
- 9:37a
- 9:37tapestry,
- 9:38whether
- 9:38it's
- 9:38a
- 9:39mosaic
- 9:39on
- 9:39a
- 9:40wall,
- 9:40whether
- 9:40it's
- 9:40a
- 9:40new
- 9:41concrete
- 9:41slab,
- 9:42whatever
- 9:43it
- 9:43is.
- 9:44And
- 9:44certain
- 9:45materials
- 9:46are
- 9:46traditionally
- 9:46gender
- 9:47appropriate.
- 9:48In
- 9:48communities
- 9:48like
- 9:49that
- 9:49have
- 9:49to
- 9:50be
- 9:50respectful.
- 9:52They
- 9:52feel
- 9:52pride.
- 9:54So
- 9:54that's
- 9:54a
- 9:55whole
- 9:55new
- 9:56level
- 9:56of
- 9:56transformation
- 9:57as
- 9:57well.
- 9:59Look
- 9:59at
- 9:59that.
- 9:59We
- 10:00did
- 10:01that.
- 10:02That
- 10:03is
- 10:03amazing.
- 10:03I
- 10:04can
- 10:04impact
- 10:06my
- 10:06environment.
- 10:07I
- 10:07actually
- 10:08have
- 10:08that
- 10:08agency,
- 10:09even
- 10:09though
- 10:10I
- 10:10thought
- 10:10I
- 10:10was
- 10:10stripped
- 10:11of
- 10:11all
- 10:11my
- 10:11agency.
- 10:13That's
- 10:13the
- 10:13beginning.
- 10:13That's
- 10:14one
- 10:14of
- 10:14the
- 10:14first
- 10:14steps,
- 10:15the
- 10:15second
- 10:15step.
- 10:16After
- 10:16you
- 10:16build
- 10:16work,
- 10:17you
- 10:17build
- 10:17community,
- 10:18you
- 10:18build
- 10:19pride.
- 10:20And
- 10:20then
- 10:21you
- 10:21build
- 10:22a
- 10:22belief
- 10:23in
- 10:23your
- 10:24own
- 10:24creativity
- 10:25to
- 10:25change
- 10:26your
- 10:26world.
- 10:28So
- 10:28it's
- 10:28a
- 10:28very
- 10:28embodied,
- 10:30very
- 10:30practical
- 10:33method
- 10:34that
- 10:34I've
- 10:34pioneered.
- 10:37And
- 10:37after
- 10:38that,
- 10:38you
- 10:38can
- 10:39start
- 10:39finding
- 10:40your
- 10:40voice.
- 10:41Because
- 10:41when
- 10:41you
- 10:41bring
- 10:42the
- 10:42community
- 10:42together,
- 10:44you
- 10:44start
- 10:44to
- 10:44articulate
- 10:45your
- 10:46experience,
- 10:47you
- 10:48find
- 10:48the
- 10:48linear
- 10:49connection
- 10:49of
- 10:49your
- 10:50shared
- 10:51story.
- 10:52That's
- 10:52when
- 10:53the
- 10:53voice
- 10:53is
- 10:53liberated.
- 10:56So
- 10:56in
- 10:56the
- 10:56work
- 10:56I've
- 10:56done,
- 10:57for
- 10:57example,
- 10:57with
- 10:58African
- 10:58women
- 10:59in
- 11:00villages
- 11:01that
- 11:01have
- 11:02suffered
- 11:02deeply,
- 11:04we
- 11:04built
- 11:05a
- 11:05project
- 11:05and
- 11:06it
- 11:06happened
- 11:06to
- 11:07be
- 11:07a
- 11:07tapestry.
- 11:09Each
- 11:10person
- 11:10did
- 11:10their
- 11:10own
- 11:11little
- 11:11square,
- 11:12and
- 11:12slowly
- 11:13they
- 11:13sewed
- 11:14all
- 11:14the
- 11:14squares
- 11:15together.
- 11:16That's
- 11:16a
- 11:16psychological
- 11:18expansion
- 11:20to
- 11:20believing
- 11:21we
- 11:21all
- 11:22in
- 11:22this
- 11:22together.
- 11:23Then
- 11:24you
- 11:24have
- 11:24a
- 11:24beautiful
- 11:25tapestry
- 11:26on
- 11:26the
- 11:26wall
- 11:26that
- 11:26you
- 11:27can
- 11:27look
- 11:27at.
- 11:27You've
- 11:28externalized
- 11:30your
- 11:30private
- 11:31interior
- 11:33into
- 11:33something
- 11:34beautiful
- 11:34that
- 11:35you
- 11:35can
- 11:35be
- 11:35proud
- 11:36of.
- 11:37And
- 11:37then
- 11:37you
- 11:37take
- 11:38that
- 11:38tapestry
- 11:39from
- 11:39village
- 11:39to
- 11:40village
- 11:40and
- 11:41the
- 11:41whole
- 11:41community
- 11:42goes,
- 11:42wow,
- 11:43that's
- 11:44my
- 11:44story,
- 11:45too.
- 11:45And
- 11:45we
- 11:46can
- 11:46start
- 11:46talking
- 11:46about
- 11:47the
- 11:47deepest
- 11:47shame,
- 11:48for
- 11:48example,
- 11:49of
- 11:49suffering
- 11:49from
- 11:50hiv.
- 11:52You
- 11:52find
- 11:52your
- 11:53story,
- 11:53you
- 11:53find
- 11:54your
- 11:54pride,
- 11:54you
- 11:55find
- 11:55you
- 11:55belong.
- 11:57You
- 11:57find
- 11:57beauty,
- 11:59and
- 11:59you
- 12:00find
- 12:00your
- 12:00voice.
- 12:02That's
- 12:03when
- 12:03you
- 12:03start
- 12:04being
- 12:04an
- 12:04activist
- 12:06and
- 12:06change
- 12:07your
- 12:07community,
- 12:08and
- 12:09it
- 12:09starts
- 12:09healing
- 12:09you.
- 12:10Right?
- 12:10When
- 12:10you
- 12:11find
- 12:11that
- 12:11voice,
- 12:11when
- 12:11this
- 12:12creativity
- 12:12is
- 12:13coming
- 12:13through
- 12:13you,
- 12:14it's.
- 12:15It's
- 12:15sacred,
- 12:16it's
- 12:16special.
- 12:16I
- 12:17mean,
- 12:17I
- 12:17know
- 12:17what
- 12:17language
- 12:17you
- 12:18want
- 12:18to
- 12:18use,
- 12:18but
- 12:18there's
- 12:19something
- 12:19very
- 12:20special,
- 12:20and
- 12:20I
- 12:21wanted
- 12:21to
- 12:21ask
- 12:21you
- 12:21too,
- 12:22is
- 12:22how
- 12:23did
- 12:23you
- 12:23get
- 12:23into.
- 12:24How
- 12:24do
- 12:24these
- 12:24people
- 12:25open
- 12:25up
- 12:25their
- 12:25hearts
- 12:26and
- 12:26minds
- 12:26to
- 12:26you?
- 12:26You
- 12:27just
- 12:27walk
- 12:27in
- 12:27the
- 12:27village
- 12:27and
- 12:27say,
- 12:28hey,
- 12:28let's
- 12:28make
- 12:28a
- 12:28tapestry.
- 12:29How
- 12:29did.
- 12:29How
- 12:30did
- 12:30they
- 12:30become
- 12:30to
- 12:30trust
- 12:31you?
- 12:31Because
- 12:31it
- 12:32entails
- 12:33a
- 12:33lot
- 12:33of
- 12:33trust
- 12:34to
- 12:34do
- 12:34the
- 12:34kind
- 12:34of
- 12:35work
- 12:35that
- 12:35you've
- 12:35been
- 12:35doing
- 12:35in
- 12:36these
- 12:36poor
- 12:36communities.
- 12:38Yeah,
- 12:38I've
- 12:38worked
- 12:39with
- 12:39several
- 12:39Indigenous
- 12:40communities
- 12:40in
- 12:41this
- 12:41way,
- 12:41including
- 12:41in
- 12:42Canada
- 12:42with
- 12:43carving
- 12:43totem
- 12:44poles,
- 12:44which.
- 12:45So
- 12:45you
- 12:45have
- 12:45to
- 12:46find
- 12:46the
- 12:46indigenous
- 12:48method,
- 12:48the
- 12:49preferred
- 12:49method
- 12:50of
- 12:50that
- 12:50gender.
- 12:51Wood
- 12:52is
- 12:52not
- 12:52for
- 12:52women.
- 12:53Wood
- 12:53is
- 12:53for
- 12:54men.
- 12:54Tools,
- 12:55traditionally,
- 12:57I'm
- 12:57not
- 12:57saying
- 12:57in
- 12:58other
- 12:58communities,
- 12:58we
- 12:59feel
- 12:59free
- 12:59to
- 12:59use
- 12:59any
- 13:00materials,
- 13:00but
- 13:00if
- 13:00you
- 13:01go
- 13:01into
- 13:01an
- 13:01indigenous
- 13:02community,
- 13:04you
- 13:04have
- 13:04to
- 13:04go
- 13:04in
- 13:05empty,
- 13:07literally.
- 13:08First
- 13:08of
- 13:09all,
- 13:09you
- 13:09have
- 13:09to
- 13:09get
- 13:09ethical
- 13:10permission
- 13:11to
- 13:11be
- 13:11there
- 13:11from
- 13:12the
- 13:12elders
- 13:13of
- 13:13the
- 13:13community,
- 13:13and
- 13:14you
- 13:14have
- 13:14to
- 13:14establish
- 13:15a
- 13:15relationship.
- 13:16You
- 13:17have
- 13:17to
- 13:17verify
- 13:18that
- 13:18you're
- 13:18not
- 13:18going
- 13:18to
- 13:18be
- 13:19there
- 13:19to
- 13:19exploit
- 13:19them
- 13:20in
- 13:20any
- 13:20way.
- 13:22So
- 13:23I
- 13:24spent
- 13:24the
- 13:24first
- 13:24month
- 13:25in
- 13:25this
- 13:25village
- 13:26just
- 13:27being
- 13:27with
- 13:27the
- 13:28community,
- 13:28doing
- 13:28what
- 13:29they
- 13:29do,
- 13:30which
- 13:30at
- 13:31that
- 13:31time
- 13:31was
- 13:31mostly
- 13:32attend
- 13:32funerals
- 13:33because
- 13:33a
- 13:33third
- 13:34of
- 13:34the
- 13:34village
- 13:34was
- 13:35dying
- 13:35from
- 13:35hiv.
- 13:36And
- 13:37now
- 13:37that
- 13:37PEPFAR
- 13:38is
- 13:38withdrawing
- 13:38its
- 13:39aid,
- 13:40they're
- 13:41going
- 13:41to
- 13:41be
- 13:41millions,
- 13:43millions
- 13:44of
- 13:44Africans
- 13:45dying
- 13:46from
- 13:46HIV
- 13:47anyway.
- 13:48So
- 13:48this
- 13:48work
- 13:49can
- 13:49only
- 13:49be
- 13:50more
- 13:50and
- 13:50more
- 13:50applicable.
- 13:52I
- 13:52spent
- 13:52the
- 13:52first
- 13:53month
- 13:53just
- 13:53being
- 13:53with
- 13:54the
- 13:54community,
- 13:54peeling
- 13:55vegetables,
- 13:57singing
- 13:57songs,
- 13:58because
- 13:58it's
- 13:59a
- 13:59very
- 13:59oral,
- 14:00vocal,
- 14:01chanting,
- 14:02rhythmical
- 14:03community,
- 14:04and
- 14:05finding
- 14:05out
- 14:05what
- 14:06their
- 14:07needs
- 14:07were
- 14:08and
- 14:08then
- 14:08applying
- 14:09my
- 14:09work
- 14:09to
- 14:10their
- 14:10specific
- 14:11needs.
- 14:13And
- 14:13in
- 14:13that
- 14:14community,
- 14:14there
- 14:14were
- 14:15people
- 14:15doing
- 14:16this
- 14:16work.
- 14:17There's
- 14:17a
- 14:17beautiful
- 14:17woman,
- 14:18Dr.
- 14:18Carol
- 14:19Hoffmeyer,
- 14:20who
- 14:20was
- 14:20there,
- 14:20a
- 14:21medical
- 14:21doctor,
- 14:21who
- 14:23valued
- 14:23art
- 14:24as
- 14:24a
- 14:25therapy.
- 14:26So
- 14:26she
- 14:26and
- 14:26I
- 14:27teamed
- 14:27up
- 14:27and
- 14:28we
- 14:28harnessed
- 14:29what
- 14:29was
- 14:29there.
- 14:31So
- 14:32while
- 14:32we
- 14:33were
- 14:33doing
- 14:33creative
- 14:34endeavor,
- 14:36she
- 14:36was
- 14:37able
- 14:37to
- 14:37do
- 14:37HIV
- 14:38education.
- 14:41So
- 14:41the
- 14:41voices
- 14:42started
- 14:42opening
- 14:43up.
- 14:43You
- 14:43begin
- 14:44to
- 14:44drop
- 14:44in
- 14:45educational,
- 14:46supportive,
- 14:46community
- 14:48issues.
- 14:51When
- 14:51you
- 14:51have
- 14:52hiv,
- 14:54the
- 14:54problem
- 14:54you.
- 14:55You're
- 14:55trying
- 14:55to
- 14:55overcome
- 14:56is
- 14:56shame.
- 14:58People
- 14:58are
- 14:59silenced.
- 15:00They
- 15:00can't
- 15:01own
- 15:01it.
- 15:01It's
- 15:02still
- 15:02very
- 15:03stigmatized.
- 15:04So
- 15:05once
- 15:05you
- 15:05build
- 15:05that
- 15:06trust,
- 15:06you
- 15:06can
- 15:06start
- 15:07to
- 15:07understand
- 15:09that
- 15:10you're
- 15:10in
- 15:10a
- 15:10shared
- 15:11situation.
- 15:11You
- 15:12start
- 15:12to
- 15:12speak
- 15:13about
- 15:13it,
- 15:13you
- 15:13start
- 15:13to
- 15:14get
- 15:14outside
- 15:14help,
- 15:15you
- 15:15start
- 15:16going
- 15:16for
- 15:16testing,
- 15:17you
- 15:17start
- 15:17getting
- 15:18antiretroviral
- 15:19drugs,
- 15:21and
- 15:21the
- 15:22community
- 15:22can
- 15:22start
- 15:22healing.
- 15:25It
- 15:25starts
- 15:26from
- 15:26the
- 15:26ground
- 15:26up.
- 15:27This
- 15:27work.
- 15:28It's
- 15:28applicable
- 15:29in
- 15:29any
- 15:30disaster,
- 15:31whether
- 15:31it's
- 15:32genocide,
- 15:33pandemic,
- 15:34tsunami,
- 15:35earthquake,
- 15:37refugee
- 15:38camps.
- 15:39And
- 15:39the
- 15:39book
- 15:39that
- 15:39I
- 15:40wrote
- 15:41drew
- 15:42on
- 15:42leaders
- 15:43in
- 15:43those
- 15:43various
- 15:44situations
- 15:45filled
- 15:46with
- 15:46trauma,
- 15:47already
- 15:48doing
- 15:48this
- 15:48work.
- 15:49Because
- 15:50there
- 15:50was
- 15:50no
- 15:51degree
- 15:51in
- 15:51this
- 15:51work.
- 15:52There's
- 15:53you.
- 15:54Only
- 15:54now
- 15:54can
- 15:55you
- 15:55go
- 15:55and
- 15:55get
- 15:55an
- 15:55art
- 15:56therapy
- 15:56degree.
- 15:56When
- 15:56I
- 15:57was
- 15:57starting
- 15:57this,
- 15:57there
- 15:58was
- 15:58no
- 15:58such
- 15:58thing.
- 15:58Art
- 15:59therapy
- 15:59degrees
- 16:00are
- 16:00brand
- 16:00new.
- 16:01But
- 16:01there
- 16:01were
- 16:02people
- 16:02in
- 16:02other
- 16:03parts
- 16:03of
- 16:03the
- 16:03world
- 16:04and
- 16:04I
- 16:04found
- 16:04them,
- 16:04I
- 16:05sought
- 16:05them
- 16:05out
- 16:05who
- 16:06were
- 16:06doing
- 16:06this
- 16:06work
- 16:07in
- 16:07refugee
- 16:07camps,
- 16:08specifically
- 16:09in
- 16:09Jordan
- 16:10and
- 16:10Syria
- 16:11and
- 16:12the
- 16:13Calais
- 16:13jungle
- 16:14in
- 16:14France,
- 16:15places
- 16:15where
- 16:16they
- 16:17had
- 16:17been
- 16:17drawn
- 16:17to
- 16:18this
- 16:18work.
- 16:18There
- 16:18was
- 16:18no
- 16:19degree
- 16:19you
- 16:19could
- 16:19get,
- 16:20but
- 16:20they
- 16:20were
- 16:20doing
- 16:21this
- 16:21work.
- 16:21And
- 16:22I
- 16:22collated
- 16:23chapters
- 16:24in
- 16:24the
- 16:24book
- 16:25that
- 16:25they
- 16:25could
- 16:25tell
- 16:26their
- 16:26stories
- 16:26of
- 16:26how
- 16:27they
- 16:27had
- 16:27also
- 16:27found
- 16:28this
- 16:28to
- 16:28be
- 16:28helpful.
- 16:29So
- 16:30this
- 16:30book
- 16:30is
- 16:30a
- 16:31brand
- 16:31new,
- 16:31pioneering
- 16:32endeavor
- 16:33to
- 16:33help
- 16:34fundraisers,
- 16:36to
- 16:36help
- 16:37project
- 16:37facilitators,
- 16:38to
- 16:38help
- 16:39public
- 16:39health
- 16:40officials,
- 16:41to
- 16:41help
- 16:42educators,
- 16:42to
- 16:43help
- 16:43therapists
- 16:45really
- 16:45understand
- 16:46that
- 16:46the
- 16:46basis
- 16:47of
- 16:47self
- 16:47esteem
- 16:48is
- 16:49agency,
- 16:51and
- 16:51that
- 16:51how
- 16:51you
- 16:51find
- 16:52agency
- 16:52is
- 16:53by
- 16:53finding
- 16:54your
- 16:54hands
- 16:55and
- 16:56your
- 16:56heart
- 16:56and
- 16:57your
- 16:57voice.
- 16:59That's
- 16:59the
- 16:59background.
- 17:00I
- 17:00don't
- 17:00go
- 17:00into
- 17:00communities
- 17:01and
- 17:01tell
- 17:01them
- 17:01any
- 17:02of
- 17:02this.
- 17:02We
- 17:02just
- 17:02start
- 17:03a
- 17:03project,
- 17:04we
- 17:04talk
- 17:04about
- 17:05it
- 17:05afterwards.
- 17:06It's
- 17:06too
- 17:06much
- 17:07academia
- 17:09in
- 17:09the
- 17:09beginning.
- 17:10But
- 17:11in
- 17:11retrospect,
- 17:12they
- 17:12can
- 17:12see
- 17:12their
- 17:13healing
- 17:13journey
- 17:14and
- 17:14its
- 17:14specific
- 17:15steps
- 17:16that
- 17:16you
- 17:16lead
- 17:16them
- 17:16through
- 17:17slowly.
- 17:18And
- 17:18art
- 17:18and
- 17:18creativity
- 17:19is
- 17:19just
- 17:19a
- 17:20very
- 17:20deep,
- 17:20deep
- 17:21part
- 17:21of
- 17:21being
- 17:21a
- 17:22human
- 17:22being,
- 17:22isn't
- 17:23it?
- 17:23I
- 17:23mean,
- 17:23you
- 17:23go
- 17:23back
- 17:24to
- 17:24the
- 17:24earliest
- 17:26remains
- 17:27and
- 17:27artistry
- 17:28of
- 17:28our
- 17:28distant
- 17:29ancestors,
- 17:30even
- 17:30the
- 17:30Neanderthal.
- 17:32They
- 17:32made
- 17:32things
- 17:33with
- 17:33their
- 17:33hands,
- 17:33they
- 17:34drew
- 17:34on
- 17:34the.
- 17:35The
- 17:35walls
- 17:35of.
- 17:36They
- 17:36probably
- 17:36did
- 17:36a
- 17:36lot
- 17:36more
- 17:36stuff,
- 17:37but
- 17:37that's
- 17:37what
- 17:37survived.
- 17:38So
- 17:38I
- 17:38don't
- 17:39think
- 17:39there's
- 17:39probably
- 17:40ever
- 17:40been
- 17:40a
- 17:41isolated
- 17:42tribe
- 17:42or
- 17:43a
- 17:43group
- 17:43of
- 17:43human
- 17:43beings
- 17:44that
- 17:44didn't
- 17:46do
- 17:47art,
- 17:47didn't
- 17:48do
- 17:48creativity,
- 17:49didn't
- 17:49try
- 17:49to
- 17:49take
- 17:49their
- 17:49inner
- 17:50juice,
- 17:50their
- 17:51inner
- 17:51stuff,
- 17:51and
- 17:52put
- 17:52it
- 17:52out
- 17:52in
- 17:52a
- 17:52way
- 17:53that
- 17:53could
- 17:53be
- 17:53experienced
- 17:54by
- 17:54themselves
- 17:54and
- 17:55by
- 17:55others.
- 17:56That's
- 17:56exactly
- 17:57right,
- 17:57John.
- 17:57And
- 17:58you
- 17:58put
- 17:58your
- 17:58finger
- 17:59on
- 18:00why
- 18:00I
- 18:01had
- 18:01to
- 18:01go
- 18:02further
- 18:02into
- 18:03this
- 18:03work,
- 18:04became
- 18:05fascinated
- 18:05with
- 18:06creativity.
- 18:07Then
- 18:07I
- 18:08asked
- 18:08Myself,
- 18:08the
- 18:09question
- 18:09you've
- 18:09asked,
- 18:10where
- 18:10did
- 18:10that
- 18:10go?
- 18:11We
- 18:11used
- 18:11to
- 18:12do
- 18:12this
- 18:12all
- 18:12the
- 18:12time
- 18:14as
- 18:14communities.
- 18:1535,000
- 18:16years
- 18:16ago,
- 18:17we
- 18:17were
- 18:17painting
- 18:17on
- 18:18caves.
- 18:20So
- 18:21now
- 18:21my
- 18:22work's
- 18:22expanded
- 18:23into
- 18:23what
- 18:23I
- 18:23call
- 18:24the
- 18:24phenomenology
- 18:25of
- 18:25creativity
- 18:27and
- 18:28without
- 18:28overwhelming
- 18:29people.
- 18:29That
- 18:29means
- 18:30you
- 18:30have
- 18:30to
- 18:30understand
- 18:31what
- 18:31happened
- 18:32in
- 18:32the
- 18:32pre
- 18:32modern
- 18:32era,
- 18:33because
- 18:34we
- 18:34were
- 18:34all
- 18:34creative
- 18:35in
- 18:35the
- 18:35pre
- 18:35modern
- 18:36era.
- 18:37What
- 18:37happened
- 18:38in
- 18:38the
- 18:38modern
- 18:39era,
- 18:40which
- 18:40was
- 18:40to
- 18:41start
- 18:42moving
- 18:42into
- 18:43our
- 18:43left
- 18:43brain
- 18:45and
- 18:45moving
- 18:45out
- 18:46of
- 18:46our
- 18:46right
- 18:46brain.
- 18:48And
- 18:48there's
- 18:48a
- 18:48whole
- 18:49bunch
- 18:49of
- 18:49reasons
- 18:49for
- 18:49that.
- 18:49I
- 18:50write
- 18:50about
- 18:50that.
- 18:50I
- 18:50don't
- 18:51want
- 18:51to
- 18:51bore
- 18:51people
- 18:51with
- 18:51that.
- 18:52But
- 18:54in
- 18:54other
- 18:54words,
- 18:54there's
- 18:55another
- 18:55way
- 18:55to
- 18:55look
- 18:55at
- 18:55that.
- 18:56We
- 18:56became
- 18:56yang
- 18:57and
- 18:58we
- 18:58forgot
- 18:59how
- 18:59to
- 18:59be
- 18:59yin,
- 19:01left
- 19:01and
- 19:01right
- 19:01brain
- 19:02in
- 19:02the
- 19:02body
- 19:03in
- 19:04this
- 19:04era.
- 19:06My
- 19:06suggestion
- 19:07is
- 19:07that
- 19:07we
- 19:07have
- 19:08to
- 19:09look
- 19:09at
- 19:10the
- 19:10personal
- 19:10and
- 19:10the
- 19:11collective
- 19:13oppression
- 19:15of
- 19:15our
- 19:16creativity,
- 19:17which
- 19:17is
- 19:17to
- 19:17discount
- 19:18the
- 19:18right
- 19:18brain,
- 19:20anything
- 19:20creative,
- 19:21and
- 19:22resurrect
- 19:22that
- 19:23into
- 19:23a
- 19:23polarity
- 19:26and
- 19:26use
- 19:26integrate
- 19:27our
- 19:27left
- 19:27and
- 19:28right
- 19:28brain
- 19:28again.
- 19:30That's
- 19:30the
- 19:30second
- 19:31part
- 19:31of
- 19:31my
- 19:32academic
- 19:33journey,
- 19:33is
- 19:33how
- 19:33to
- 19:33articulate
- 19:34creativity
- 19:36through
- 19:37an
- 19:37integration
- 19:38of
- 19:38our
- 19:38left
- 19:38and
- 19:39right
- 19:39brain.
- 19:39So
- 19:40I
- 19:40used
- 19:40to
- 19:40teach
- 19:41at
- 19:41the
- 19:41university
- 19:42and
- 19:42I've
- 19:42taught
- 19:42in
- 19:43indigenous
- 19:43communities
- 19:44and
- 19:44I've
- 19:45taught
- 19:45in
- 19:45classrooms
- 19:46and
- 19:46studios.
- 19:48And
- 19:48I
- 19:48found
- 19:49that
- 19:51there
- 19:51were
- 19:52several
- 19:52ways
- 19:53of
- 19:53thinking
- 19:53when
- 19:54students
- 19:54arrived.
- 19:55Some
- 19:55were
- 19:56divergent
- 19:57thinkers,
- 19:59in
- 19:59other
- 19:59words,
- 19:59give
- 20:00them
- 20:00one
- 20:00problem
- 20:00and
- 20:01there's
- 20:01a
- 20:01million
- 20:02answers.
- 20:04And
- 20:04some
- 20:04were
- 20:05convergent
- 20:05thinkers,
- 20:06which
- 20:06is
- 20:07give
- 20:07them
- 20:08all
- 20:08these
- 20:08data
- 20:09points
- 20:09and
- 20:10they'll
- 20:10try
- 20:10and
- 20:10make
- 20:11one
- 20:11answer.
- 20:12Ian
- 20:13McGilchrist's
- 20:14work,
- 20:14which
- 20:14I
- 20:14rely
- 20:15on
- 20:15as
- 20:16the
- 20:16medical
- 20:18basis
- 20:18for
- 20:18my
- 20:19theory,
- 20:21is
- 20:21that
- 20:21left
- 20:21brain
- 20:22thinkers
- 20:24are
- 20:24convergent
- 20:25and
- 20:26right
- 20:26brain
- 20:26thinkers
- 20:27are
- 20:28divergent.
- 20:29So
- 20:29when
- 20:29I'm
- 20:30faced
- 20:30with
- 20:30a
- 20:30classroom
- 20:31full
- 20:31of
- 20:31students,
- 20:32I
- 20:33have
- 20:33to,
- 20:34as
- 20:35I
- 20:35always
- 20:35do,
- 20:37try
- 20:38and
- 20:38find
- 20:38out
- 20:38what
- 20:38their
- 20:39needs
- 20:39are.
- 20:40And
- 20:42it
- 20:42became
- 20:43obvious
- 20:43to
- 20:44me
- 20:44eventually
- 20:45that
- 20:46this
- 20:46was
- 20:46gendered.
- 20:48I'd
- 20:48go,
- 20:49wow,
- 20:49look
- 20:49at
- 20:49this.
- 20:49This
- 20:50is
- 20:50so
- 20:50interesting.
- 20:51The
- 20:51men
- 20:53tend
- 20:54to
- 20:54be
- 20:54convergent
- 20:56and
- 20:56the
- 20:56women
- 20:57tend
- 20:58to
- 20:58be
- 20:58divergent.
- 20:59And
- 20:59this
- 20:59is
- 20:59not
- 21:00stereotypical.
- 21:00There's
- 21:01many
- 21:01women
- 21:01who
- 21:02are
- 21:02left
- 21:03brained
- 21:03and
- 21:04many
- 21:05men
- 21:05who
- 21:05are
- 21:05right
- 21:06brained.
- 21:08What
- 21:08happens
- 21:09in
- 21:09a
- 21:09classroom
- 21:11is
- 21:12that
- 21:12they
- 21:12are
- 21:13stereotyped,
- 21:14that
- 21:14the
- 21:15women
- 21:15are
- 21:15not
- 21:15supposed
- 21:16to
- 21:16be
- 21:17left
- 21:17brained
- 21:18and
- 21:19the
- 21:19men
- 21:20are
- 21:20not
- 21:20supposed
- 21:21to
- 21:21be
- 21:21right
- 21:22brained.
- 21:22In
- 21:22fact,
- 21:23they're
- 21:23ostracized.
- 21:24Men
- 21:25in
- 21:25my
- 21:25classrooms
- 21:26who
- 21:26were
- 21:26deeply
- 21:26aesthetic
- 21:28were
- 21:28taunted
- 21:30outside
- 21:31the
- 21:31classroom.
- 21:31They
- 21:32would
- 21:32come
- 21:32in
- 21:32there
- 21:32filled
- 21:32with
- 21:33shame,
- 21:33knowing
- 21:34I'm
- 21:34deeply
- 21:34aesthetic.
- 21:35I
- 21:35have
- 21:35all
- 21:36these
- 21:36talents,
- 21:36but
- 21:36it's
- 21:37not
- 21:37masculine.
- 21:38And
- 21:39women
- 21:39would
- 21:39come
- 21:39in
- 21:40there
- 21:40saying,
- 21:42I
- 21:42have
- 21:42a
- 21:42deep
- 21:42aesthetic,
- 21:43but
- 21:43I'm
- 21:43not
- 21:43supposed
- 21:44to
- 21:44have
- 21:44any
- 21:44agency
- 21:45and
- 21:45execute
- 21:46and
- 21:47manifest
- 21:47that
- 21:48creativity
- 21:48in
- 21:49the
- 21:49world
- 21:49that's
- 21:49masculine.
- 21:53So
- 21:53this
- 21:53arose
- 21:54naturally
- 21:54in
- 21:55my
- 21:55classrooms
- 21:56and
- 21:56I
- 21:56would
- 21:56have
- 21:56to
- 21:56begin
- 21:57to
- 21:57work
- 21:58with
- 21:58de
- 21:59genderizing
- 22:00creativity.
- 22:02What
- 22:03that
- 22:03actually
- 22:03meant
- 22:04is
- 22:04metabolizing
- 22:05in
- 22:05your
- 22:05other
- 22:05side
- 22:06of
- 22:06the
- 22:06brain.
- 22:07So
- 22:07we're
- 22:07conditioned
- 22:08as
- 22:08men
- 22:09to
- 22:09be
- 22:09very
- 22:09left
- 22:10brained,
- 22:11as
- 22:11women
- 22:11to
- 22:11be
- 22:12right
- 22:12brained.
- 22:12And
- 22:13so
- 22:13my
- 22:13task
- 22:14in
- 22:14any
- 22:14creative
- 22:15situation
- 22:17is
- 22:17how
- 22:18do
- 22:18we
- 22:18get
- 22:18out
- 22:18of
- 22:18that
- 22:19programming,
- 22:20how
- 22:20do
- 22:21we
- 22:21get
- 22:21women
- 22:21to
- 22:22be
- 22:22more
- 22:22left
- 22:23brained
- 22:23and
- 22:23balance
- 22:24that
- 22:24and
- 22:24how
- 22:24do
- 22:25we
- 22:25get
- 22:25men
- 22:25to
- 22:25be
- 22:26more
- 22:26right
- 22:26brained?
- 22:27And
- 22:27I
- 22:27know
- 22:27you,
- 22:28John,
- 22:28you're
- 22:28exploring
- 22:29that
- 22:29beautifully.
- 22:29And
- 22:30that
- 22:31means
- 22:31we
- 22:31have
- 22:31to
- 22:32overcome
- 22:33some
- 22:33stigma.
- 22:35I
- 22:35didn't
- 22:36want
- 22:36to
- 22:36genderize
- 22:37my
- 22:37classroom.
- 22:38It
- 22:38became
- 22:38evident
- 22:39to
- 22:39me
- 22:39my
- 22:39students
- 22:40were
- 22:40arriving
- 22:40with
- 22:41all
- 22:41this
- 22:41history,
- 22:42oh
- 22:42my
- 22:42goodness,
- 22:43I
- 22:43have
- 22:43to
- 22:44hide
- 22:44my
- 22:44femininity
- 22:45as
- 22:45a
- 22:46man,
- 22:46or
- 22:47oh
- 22:47my
- 22:47goodness,
- 22:47I
- 22:47have
- 22:48to
- 22:48hide
- 22:48my
- 22:49masculinity
- 22:49as
- 22:50a
- 22:50woman.
- 22:50That
- 22:50is
- 22:51destructive
- 22:51to
- 22:52creativity
- 22:52in
- 22:52general.
- 22:53That
- 22:54was
- 22:54my
- 22:54first
- 22:54step
- 22:55into
- 22:55this
- 22:55phenomenology
- 22:56of
- 22:56creativity.
- 22:58And
- 22:58now
- 22:58it's
- 22:59moved
- 22:59into
- 22:59integral
- 23:00daoism,
- 23:03which
- 23:03is
- 23:03to
- 23:03understand
- 23:04that
- 23:04the
- 23:04nature
- 23:05of
- 23:05emergence
- 23:07itself
- 23:07is
- 23:08to
- 23:08become
- 23:10aware
- 23:11of
- 23:11your
- 23:11polarity
- 23:14and
- 23:14integrate
- 23:15it.
- 23:15And
- 23:16the
- 23:16more
- 23:16you
- 23:16do
- 23:16that,
- 23:17the
- 23:17more
- 23:17creative
- 23:18you
- 23:18become.
- 23:19Can
- 23:20you
- 23:20give
- 23:20an
- 23:20example
- 23:20of
- 23:21that,
- 23:21Sally,
- 23:21what
- 23:22that
- 23:22would
- 23:22look
- 23:22like?
- 23:24Yeah.
- 23:25So
- 23:25given
- 23:26any
- 23:26creative
- 23:27project,
- 23:28most
- 23:28people
- 23:29show
- 23:29up
- 23:30either
- 23:30with
- 23:30an
- 23:30ability
- 23:31to
- 23:31imagine
- 23:32or
- 23:32intuit
- 23:34and
- 23:35they're
- 23:35weak
- 23:35on
- 23:36execution.
- 23:38Or
- 23:38somebody
- 23:39will
- 23:39show
- 23:39up
- 23:39with
- 23:40a
- 23:40very
- 23:40engineering
- 23:41understanding
- 23:42of
- 23:42the
- 23:42data,
- 23:44but
- 23:44they
- 23:44can't
- 23:44imagine
- 23:45or
- 23:45envision.
- 23:46I'm
- 23:47stereotyping,
- 23:47but
- 23:48these
- 23:48are
- 23:48the
- 23:48people
- 23:48that
- 23:48show
- 23:49up
- 23:49in
- 23:49my
- 23:49classrooms.
- 23:51My
- 23:51facilitation
- 23:52means
- 23:53we
- 23:53have
- 23:53to
- 23:53expand
- 23:54into
- 23:54the
- 23:54opposite.
- 23:55Please.
- 23:57Progress
- 23:58means
- 23:59engineers
- 23:59have
- 24:00to
- 24:00become
- 24:00more
- 24:00aesthetic
- 24:01and
- 24:02estheticians
- 24:02need
- 24:03to
- 24:03become
- 24:03more
- 24:04data
- 24:04and
- 24:04math
- 24:04driven.
- 24:05So
- 24:05math
- 24:05and
- 24:06art,
- 24:06let's
- 24:06just
- 24:07say,
- 24:07let's
- 24:07reduce
- 24:08it
- 24:08to
- 24:09that.
- 24:10How
- 24:10do
- 24:10we
- 24:10imagine
- 24:12and
- 24:12then
- 24:12execute?
- 24:13Because
- 24:14you
- 24:14can
- 24:15do
- 24:15all
- 24:15the
- 24:15imagining
- 24:16you
- 24:16want,
- 24:16but
- 24:16your
- 24:16project
- 24:17will
- 24:17fail
- 24:17with
- 24:17no
- 24:18execution.
- 24:18You,
- 24:19you
- 24:19can't
- 24:19manifest.
- 24:20Right?
- 24:20You
- 24:21can
- 24:21have
- 24:21all
- 24:22the
- 24:22structural
- 24:23agentic
- 24:24abilities
- 24:25you
- 24:25want,
- 24:25but
- 24:26with
- 24:26no
- 24:26vision
- 24:26and
- 24:27imagination.
- 24:27You're
- 24:27just
- 24:28going
- 24:28to
- 24:28reiterate
- 24:28the
- 24:29old.
- 24:31You
- 24:31need
- 24:31both
- 24:33masculine
- 24:34and
- 24:34feminine,
- 24:35left
- 24:35and
- 24:35right
- 24:35brain,
- 24:36whatever
- 24:36you
- 24:36want
- 24:36to
- 24:36call
- 24:37it,
- 24:37at
- 24:37whatever
- 24:37scale.
- 24:39We
- 24:39can
- 24:39use
- 24:39the
- 24:39archetype
- 24:40yin
- 24:40and
- 24:40yang,
- 24:41which
- 24:41is
- 24:41what
- 24:41I
- 24:42do
- 24:42because
- 24:42it
- 24:42takes
- 24:42it
- 24:43out
- 24:43of
- 24:43male
- 24:43and
- 24:43female.
- 24:44Let
- 24:44me,
- 24:44let
- 24:45me
- 24:45add
- 24:45here,
- 24:45I'm
- 24:45A.
- 24:46You
- 24:46know,
- 24:46I'm
- 24:46a
- 24:46creative
- 24:47and
- 24:47also
- 24:47a
- 24:47musician,
- 24:48a
- 24:48guitar
- 24:48player,
- 24:48songwriter,
- 24:49singer,
- 24:50and
- 24:50you
- 24:51can.
- 24:51You
- 24:51know,
- 24:51you
- 24:51have
- 24:52to
- 24:52study
- 24:52for
- 24:52years
- 24:52to
- 24:53get
- 24:53the
- 24:53technique
- 24:53right
- 24:53on
- 24:54the
- 24:54guitar.
- 24:54Right.
- 24:55But
- 24:57if
- 24:57you
- 24:57don't
- 24:57have
- 24:57the
- 24:58inspiration,
- 24:59it's
- 25:00just.
- 25:01It's
- 25:01dead.
- 25:02It
- 25:02doesn't
- 25:02move
- 25:02you.
- 25:03It
- 25:03doesn't
- 25:03move
- 25:03anybody
- 25:04else.
- 25:05But
- 25:05it's
- 25:06some.
- 25:06And
- 25:06I
- 25:06still
- 25:07haven't
- 25:07figured
- 25:07it
- 25:07out
- 25:07quite,
- 25:08but
- 25:08at
- 25:08some
- 25:08point,
- 25:08the
- 25:09muse
- 25:09kicks
- 25:10in
- 25:10and
- 25:11you
- 25:11feel
- 25:12like
- 25:12there's
- 25:12something
- 25:12bigger
- 25:13than
- 25:13yourself
- 25:14that's
- 25:14taking
- 25:14over,
- 25:15and
- 25:15it
- 25:15just.
- 25:16You
- 25:16know,
- 25:16and
- 25:16it
- 25:16may
- 25:16take
- 25:16years
- 25:17of
- 25:17struggling
- 25:17to
- 25:18get
- 25:18there,
- 25:18but.
- 25:19But
- 25:19something.
- 25:20Something
- 25:20really
- 25:20happens.
- 25:21And
- 25:21I've
- 25:22also
- 25:22suffered
- 25:22with
- 25:22depression
- 25:23and.
- 25:24And
- 25:24the
- 25:24weight
- 25:24of
- 25:25the
- 25:25world
- 25:25and
- 25:25dark
- 25:26nights
- 25:26of
- 25:26the
- 25:26soul
- 25:27and
- 25:27this
- 25:27sort
- 25:27of
- 25:27stuff.
- 25:28It
- 25:28seems
- 25:28that
- 25:29at
- 25:29that
- 25:29point,
- 25:30the
- 25:30trauma,
- 25:31the
- 25:31darkness
- 25:32actually
- 25:32becomes
- 25:32fuel
- 25:33for
- 25:33the
- 25:33creative
- 25:34fire,
- 25:34and
- 25:35it
- 25:35gets
- 25:35transformed
- 25:36into
- 25:36something
- 25:36that
- 25:36can
- 25:36be
- 25:37beautiful
- 25:37and
- 25:37transformative
- 25:38and
- 25:38healing
- 25:39at
- 25:39the
- 25:39same
- 25:39time.
- 25:41Yeah.
- 25:41So
- 25:42I'm
- 25:42listening
- 25:42to
- 25:42your
- 25:42language,
- 25:43John,
- 25:43and
- 25:43you've
- 25:44used
- 25:44the
- 25:44language
- 25:45of
- 25:46discipline
- 25:47and
- 25:48inspiration,
- 25:49the
- 25:49masculine
- 25:49and
- 25:50the
- 25:50feminine.
- 25:51So
- 25:51for
- 25:52any
- 25:53successful
- 25:54creative
- 25:55endeavor,
- 25:56we
- 25:56need
- 25:56both.
- 25:56We
- 25:57need
- 25:57to
- 25:57do
- 25:57the
- 25:5710,000
- 25:58hours,
- 25:59and
- 25:59then
- 26:00we
- 26:00need
- 26:00to
- 26:00surrender
- 26:03and
- 26:04get
- 26:04into
- 26:04the
- 26:04feminine,
- 26:05which
- 26:05is
- 26:05to
- 26:06actually
- 26:07move
- 26:07beyond
- 26:07the
- 26:08identity
- 26:08and
- 26:09allow
- 26:09the
- 26:10inspiration
- 26:10to
- 26:11emerge
- 26:11through
- 26:12the
- 26:12human
- 26:12body.
- 26:13It's
- 26:14stunning.
- 26:14We
- 26:15go
- 26:15into
- 26:15altered
- 26:16states.
- 26:16That
- 26:16is
- 26:16the
- 26:17mystical
- 26:17union
- 26:18of
- 26:18yin
- 26:18and
- 26:19yang
- 26:19in
- 26:19the
- 26:20human
- 26:20body.
- 26:20And
- 26:21it
- 26:21is
- 26:21creative.
- 26:23So
- 26:24at
- 26:24the
- 26:24lower
- 26:25chakras,
- 26:27masculine
- 26:28and
- 26:28feminine
- 26:28come
- 26:29together
- 26:29as
- 26:29procreative.
- 26:32At
- 26:33the
- 26:33higher
- 26:33levels
- 26:34of
- 26:34yin
- 26:34and
- 26:34Yang,
- 26:35masculine
- 26:36and
- 26:36feminine
- 26:37come
- 26:37together
- 26:37as
- 26:38creative.
- 26:40So
- 26:40it's
- 26:40a
- 26:40different
- 26:41scale
- 26:41of
- 26:42the
- 26:42same
- 26:42libidinal
- 26:43energy.
- 26:45So
- 26:46a
- 26:46lot
- 26:46of
- 26:46people
- 26:46just
- 26:46get
- 26:47stuck
- 26:47in
- 26:47the
- 26:47lower
- 26:48chakras.
- 26:48And
- 26:49I've
- 26:49noticed,
- 26:49like
- 26:49dating
- 26:50language,
- 26:50the
- 26:51Yin
- 26:51and
- 26:51the
- 26:51Yang
- 26:51in
- 26:52the
- 26:52dating
- 26:52pool
- 26:53is
- 26:53about
- 26:53how
- 26:54to.
- 26:55How
- 26:55to
- 26:56specialize
- 26:57in
- 26:57one
- 26:57way
- 26:58or
- 26:58the
- 26:58other,
- 26:59which
- 26:59is
- 26:59necessary
- 27:00for
- 27:01the
- 27:01third
- 27:02thing
- 27:02to
- 27:02be
- 27:02made
- 27:03the
- 27:03baby.
- 27:05At
- 27:05the
- 27:05higher
- 27:06levels
- 27:06of
- 27:07creativity.
- 27:08And
- 27:08then
- 27:08mysticism,
- 27:10the
- 27:10marriage
- 27:11becomes
- 27:12internal.
- 27:13Yin
- 27:14and
- 27:14Yang
- 27:14come
- 27:15together
- 27:15and
- 27:15make
- 27:16the
- 27:16third
- 27:16thing.
- 27:18And
- 27:18eventually
- 27:19man
- 27:19and
- 27:19God
- 27:20come
- 27:20together
- 27:20and
- 27:21make
- 27:21the
- 27:21emergent
- 27:23inspiration,
- 27:24the
- 27:24mystical
- 27:25union.
- 27:26So
- 27:26I
- 27:26look
- 27:26at
- 27:26these
- 27:27three
- 27:27scales
- 27:28of
- 27:28yin
- 27:28and
- 27:28Yang,
- 27:30procreativity,
- 27:31creativity,
- 27:33and
- 27:33actual
- 27:34oneness.
- 27:34With
- 27:35emergence,
- 27:36you
- 27:36become
- 27:36an
- 27:37instrument
- 27:37for
- 27:38the
- 27:38divine
- 27:38through
- 27:39yin
- 27:39and
- 27:39Yang.
- 27:40Yeah,
- 27:41so
- 27:41that's
- 27:42the
- 27:42integral
- 27:42Taoism.
- 27:43This
- 27:43work
- 27:43has
- 27:43just
- 27:44progressed
- 27:44from
- 27:44just.
- 27:44And
- 27:45it
- 27:45feels
- 27:45very
- 27:46mysterious.
- 27:47And
- 27:47even
- 27:47when
- 27:47you
- 27:48experience
- 27:48it,
- 27:48you
- 27:49can't
- 27:49explain
- 27:49it.
- 27:50You
- 27:50know,
- 27:50it
- 27:50seemed
- 27:50like
- 27:50that
- 27:51song
- 27:51wanted
- 27:51to
- 27:51write
- 27:52itself.
- 27:52It
- 27:52was
- 27:52very
- 27:52easy
- 27:53you
- 27:53know,
- 27:53I
- 27:53went
- 27:54through
- 27:54all.
- 27:54I
- 27:54wrote
- 27:54a
- 27:55song
- 27:55about
- 27:55Ukraine.
- 27:56It's
- 27:56on
- 27:56YouTube
- 27:57if
- 27:57anybody
- 27:57wants
- 27:57to
- 27:58watch
- 27:58it.
- 27:58John
- 27:58Dupuy
- 27:59with
- 27:59the
- 27:59exclamation
- 27:59mark.
- 28:00And
- 28:00it's
- 28:01hard
- 28:01to
- 28:01write
- 28:02topical
- 28:02songs
- 28:03that
- 28:03just
- 28:03don't
- 28:03sound
- 28:04like
- 28:04propaganda
- 28:05or
- 28:05cheesy
- 28:06or
- 28:06something.
- 28:06So
- 28:07I
- 28:07really
- 28:07was
- 28:08feeling
- 28:08really,
- 28:09really.
- 28:09I
- 28:09had
- 28:09friends
- 28:10over
- 28:10there
- 28:10and
- 28:10I
- 28:11was
- 28:11just.
- 28:11The
- 28:11injustice
- 28:12of
- 28:12it
- 28:12all
- 28:12really
- 28:13hit
- 28:13me.
- 28:13So
- 28:14I
- 28:14just
- 28:15picked
- 28:15up
- 28:15my
- 28:15guitar
- 28:16and
- 28:17I
- 28:17got
- 28:17the
- 28:17chorus
- 28:18which
- 28:18is
- 28:19repeating
- 28:19Ukraine,
- 28:21Ukraine.
- 28:21You
- 28:22know,
- 28:22just
- 28:22all
- 28:22this
- 28:24admiration
- 28:24and
- 28:25sadness
- 28:25and.
- 28:26And
- 28:27all
- 28:27the
- 28:27feelings
- 28:27I
- 28:27have
- 28:27about
- 28:28Ukraine.
- 28:29And
- 28:29then,
- 28:29then
- 28:29the
- 28:30verses
- 28:30just
- 28:30came
- 28:31out.
- 28:32And
- 28:32then
- 28:32I
- 28:33ran
- 28:33into
- 28:33this.
- 28:33Well,
- 28:34a
- 28:34daughter
- 28:34of
- 28:34a
- 28:34friend
- 28:34of
- 28:35mine,
- 28:35she
- 28:35was
- 28:3514
- 28:35years
- 28:36old
- 28:36at
- 28:37the
- 28:37time,
- 28:37Ukrainian.
- 28:38And
- 28:38she
- 28:38put
- 28:38the
- 28:38videos
- 28:39to
- 28:39the
- 28:39song
- 28:39together.
- 28:40And
- 28:40the
- 28:40videos
- 28:41are
- 28:41just
- 28:42perfect.
- 28:43I
- 28:43mean,
- 28:44if
- 28:44you
- 28:44have
- 28:44half
- 28:45a
- 28:45heart,
- 28:45you
- 28:45can't
- 28:46see
- 28:46this
- 28:46without
- 28:47feeling
- 28:48emotion
- 28:49and
- 28:49tears
- 28:49come
- 28:49into
- 28:50your
- 28:50eyes
- 28:50and
- 28:50it's
- 28:50just
- 28:50like.
- 28:51And.
- 28:52And
- 28:52one
- 28:52time
- 28:52they
- 28:53asked
- 28:53Bob
- 28:53Dylan,
- 28:53how
- 28:53did
- 28:54you
- 28:54write
- 28:54all
- 28:54those
- 28:54songs
- 28:55way
- 28:55back
- 28:55when?
- 28:56And
- 28:56he
- 28:56says,
- 28:56I
- 28:56don't
- 28:56know,
- 28:57I
- 28:57have
- 28:57no
- 28:57idea.
- 28:58You
- 28:58know,
- 28:58it's
- 28:59just
- 28:59this
- 29:00thing
- 29:00that
- 29:00happens
- 29:00and
- 29:01it
- 29:01gets
- 29:01us
- 29:01out
- 29:01of
- 29:01ourselves
- 29:02and
- 29:02connects
- 29:02us
- 29:02with
- 29:03something
- 29:03beyond
- 29:04just
- 29:05our
- 29:05normal
- 29:05day
- 29:06to
- 29:06day
- 29:06ego,
- 29:06self
- 29:07and
- 29:07the
- 29:08realm
- 29:08of
- 29:08mystery,
- 29:09magic,
- 29:09spirituality,
- 29:11all
- 29:11of
- 29:11that
- 29:11combined.
- 29:12So
- 29:14I
- 29:14love
- 29:14that,
- 29:14John,
- 29:15that
- 29:15the
- 29:15ultimate
- 29:16understanding
- 29:17then
- 29:17is
- 29:18about
- 29:18the
- 29:18mystery.
- 29:19It's.
- 29:21It's
- 29:21an
- 29:21embodied
- 29:23channel
- 29:24to
- 29:24the
- 29:24divine.
- 29:25And
- 29:25there
- 29:25are
- 29:26a
- 29:26second
- 29:27level
- 29:27of
- 29:27no
- 29:27words.
- 29:29So
- 29:29you
- 29:29start
- 29:29out
- 29:29with
- 29:30no
- 29:30words
- 29:31and
- 29:31you
- 29:31find
- 29:31the
- 29:32words
- 29:32to
- 29:32do
- 29:32the
- 29:33creative
- 29:33expression.
- 29:34And
- 29:34then
- 29:34the
- 29:34conclusion
- 29:35you
- 29:35come
- 29:35to,
- 29:36there's
- 29:36no
- 29:36words.
- 29:37There's
- 29:37a
- 29:37mystery
- 29:37here.
- 29:38And
- 29:38I'm
- 29:38going
- 29:39to
- 29:39facilitate
- 29:40that
- 29:40and
- 29:41practice
- 29:41that
- 29:42as
- 29:42much
- 29:42as
- 29:42possible.
- 29:43So
- 29:43that's
- 29:43my
- 29:43life
- 29:43journey,
- 29:44like
- 29:44you're
- 29:44saying
- 29:44there,
- 29:45John,
- 29:46is
- 29:46how
- 29:46to.
- 29:46How
- 29:47to
- 29:47articulate
- 29:47this
- 29:48for
- 29:48other
- 29:48people.
- 29:50Beautiful.
- 29:51Really,
- 29:51really,
- 29:52really
- 29:52important
- 29:52work.
- 29:53Yes.
- 29:53Yeah.
- 29:54How
- 29:54do
- 29:54we
- 29:55understand
- 29:56emergence,
- 29:57which
- 29:57is
- 29:58actually
- 29:59duality
- 30:00is
- 30:01yin
- 30:01and
- 30:01yang
- 30:02at
- 30:02the
- 30:02biggest
- 30:02frame?
- 30:04I
- 30:04won't
- 30:04go
- 30:04into
- 30:04that
- 30:05now,
- 30:05but
- 30:06if
- 30:06you
- 30:06want
- 30:06to
- 30:07discuss
- 30:07that
- 30:07at
- 30:07the
- 30:08human,
- 30:09that's
- 30:09the
- 30:09macro.
- 30:10If
- 30:10you
- 30:11want
- 30:11to
- 30:11look
- 30:11at
- 30:11the
- 30:11meso
- 30:12level,
- 30:13which
- 30:13is
- 30:13the
- 30:13human,
- 30:14it's
- 30:14the
- 30:14same
- 30:14cosmic
- 30:15principles.
- 30:17How
- 30:17does
- 30:17duality
- 30:18show
- 30:18up
- 30:18in
- 30:18the
- 30:19human
- 30:19body
- 30:19and
- 30:19its
- 30:20polarity?
- 30:22And
- 30:22it
- 30:22shows
- 30:23up
- 30:23at
- 30:23different
- 30:24scales.
- 30:24Mysticism,
- 30:26creativity
- 30:27and
- 30:27co.
- 30:27Creativity
- 30:28and
- 30:29procreativity.
- 30:31So
- 30:31that's
- 30:31the
- 30:31biosphere
- 30:33evolving
- 30:34into
- 30:34the
- 30:34neurosphere.
- 30:37And
- 30:38the
- 30:38physiosphere
- 30:39has
- 30:39those
- 30:40polarities
- 30:40too,
- 30:41with
- 30:41positive
- 30:41and
- 30:42negative
- 30:42and
- 30:43north
- 30:43and
- 30:43south
- 30:44poles
- 30:44and
- 30:44mag
- 30:45Anyway,
- 30:46yin
- 30:47and
- 30:47yang,
- 30:48I
- 30:49suggest,
- 30:50is
- 30:50a
- 30:50cosmic
- 30:51principle
- 30:52that
- 30:53is
- 30:53embodied
- 30:53at
- 30:54the
- 30:54physiospherical
- 30:55level,
- 30:56the
- 30:56biospherical
- 30:57level,
- 30:57and
- 30:58now
- 30:58the
- 30:58neurospherical
- 30:59level.
- 31:02So
- 31:02that's
- 31:02my
- 31:03job,
- 31:03is
- 31:03to
- 31:03track
- 31:04that
- 31:04and
- 31:05we
- 31:05call
- 31:05that
- 31:06creativity
- 31:06at
- 31:07the
- 31:07human
- 31:07level,
- 31:08but
- 31:08it's
- 31:08actually
- 31:08emergence
- 31:09working
- 31:09through
- 31:10the
- 31:10human
- 31:10body.
- 31:13That's
- 31:13an
- 31:13intriguing
- 31:14reframe
- 31:15of
- 31:15creativity,
- 31:16emergence
- 31:17operating
- 31:17through
- 31:18the
- 31:18human.
- 31:19That's
- 31:19brilliant.
- 31:20Yeah,
- 31:20I
- 31:20love
- 31:20that.
- 31:21That's
- 31:21a
- 31:21new
- 31:21one
- 31:21which
- 31:21I'll
- 31:22have
- 31:22to
- 31:22have
- 31:23to
- 31:23think
- 31:23about.
- 31:23Is
- 31:23there
- 31:24more
- 31:24you'd
- 31:24like
- 31:24to
- 31:24say
- 31:25to
- 31:26help
- 31:26me
- 31:26and
- 31:27all
- 31:27those
- 31:27listening?
- 31:28Yeah.
- 31:29So
- 31:29this
- 31:29is
- 31:29when
- 31:30I
- 31:30started
- 31:30dipping
- 31:30into
- 31:31process
- 31:32philosophy.
- 31:33So
- 31:34I
- 31:34find
- 31:34language
- 31:35there,
- 31:37the
- 31:37language
- 31:37of
- 31:38wholar
- 31:39kism,
- 31:40where
- 31:41everything
- 31:41we
- 31:42see
- 31:42is
- 31:42parts
- 31:43and
- 31:43wholes
- 31:44and
- 31:44there's
- 31:44a
- 31:44dance
- 31:45between
- 31:45them.
- 31:46And
- 31:47how
- 31:47do
- 31:47we
- 31:48make
- 31:48sense
- 31:48of
- 31:48that?
- 31:50So
- 31:50Kussler
- 31:51was
- 31:51the
- 31:52person
- 31:52who
- 31:52articulated
- 31:53emergence.
- 31:55And
- 31:55Alfred
- 31:56North
- 31:56Whitehead
- 31:57spoke
- 31:58about
- 31:58reality
- 31:59just
- 31:59being
- 31:59a
- 32:00relentless
- 32:01movement
- 32:01into
- 32:02novelty.
- 32:03That's
- 32:03all
- 32:04that
- 32:04life
- 32:04is.
- 32:06And
- 32:07I'm
- 32:08now
- 32:08taking
- 32:08that
- 32:09into
- 32:09polarity
- 32:10principles.
- 32:11How
- 32:11does
- 32:11that
- 32:12work?
- 32:12Because
- 32:12we
- 32:13actually
- 32:13embody
- 32:14that.
- 32:14We're
- 32:14not
- 32:14separate
- 32:15from
- 32:15principles
- 32:16of
- 32:16emergence.
- 32:18We're
- 32:19a
- 32:19fractal
- 32:19of
- 32:19that.
- 32:21So
- 32:21how
- 32:21do
- 32:21we
- 32:22potentiate
- 32:23through
- 32:24our
- 32:24body?
- 32:25And
- 32:25it's
- 32:26my
- 32:26suggestion
- 32:27that
- 32:27we
- 32:27do
- 32:27that
- 32:27through
- 32:28understanding
- 32:28polarity
- 32:29principles,
- 32:30including
- 32:31just
- 32:31in
- 32:31the
- 32:31classroom,
- 32:32understanding
- 32:32left
- 32:33and
- 32:33right
- 32:33hemisphere
- 32:34in
- 32:35the
- 32:35bedroom,
- 32:35it's.
- 32:36It's
- 32:36male
- 32:37and
- 32:37female.
- 32:38Wherever
- 32:39you
- 32:39go,
- 32:39there's
- 32:39a
- 32:40polarity
- 32:40principle
- 32:41that
- 32:41produces
- 32:41a
- 32:42third
- 32:42thing.
- 32:44So
- 32:45I
- 32:45have
- 32:45a
- 32:46long
- 32:46history
- 32:46in
- 32:47tantric
- 32:47thinking.
- 32:48I'm
- 32:48a
- 32:48yoga
- 32:49teacher.
- 32:49I
- 32:49have
- 32:50a
- 32:50master's
- 32:50in
- 32:51yoga
- 32:51education
- 32:52from
- 32:52the
- 32:52Hindu
- 32:53University
- 32:53of
- 32:53America
- 32:54as
- 32:54well.
- 32:55So
- 32:55it
- 32:55was
- 32:55understanding
- 32:56tantric
- 32:57principles,
- 32:57principles
- 32:59long
- 32:59before
- 32:59I
- 33:00started
- 33:00noticing
- 33:02in
- 33:02my
- 33:02classroom
- 33:03teaching
- 33:03creativity.
- 33:04These
- 33:04are
- 33:04tantric
- 33:05principles.
- 33:07It's
- 33:07left
- 33:07and
- 33:07right
- 33:08brain,
- 33:08it's
- 33:09understanding
- 33:10the
- 33:10gendered
- 33:10qualities
- 33:11that
- 33:11we
- 33:11can
- 33:12bring
- 33:12to
- 33:12the
- 33:12table
- 33:13of
- 33:14execution
- 33:15and
- 33:15receptivity.
- 33:16And
- 33:16eventually
- 33:17when
- 33:17we
- 33:18get
- 33:18to
- 33:18the
- 33:18mystical
- 33:19level,
- 33:19we
- 33:20have
- 33:20to
- 33:20do
- 33:20that
- 33:21internally.
- 33:24So
- 33:25at
- 33:25that
- 33:25point
- 33:26we
- 33:26become
- 33:28whole,
- 33:29hierarchical.
- 33:30The
- 33:30parts
- 33:31of
- 33:31us
- 33:31have
- 33:32come
- 33:32together
- 33:32into
- 33:33a
- 33:33new
- 33:33whole.
- 33:35So
- 33:35where
- 33:35are
- 33:36those
- 33:36parts
- 33:36in
- 33:36the
- 33:37body?
- 33:37That's
- 33:37where
- 33:37I
- 33:38track,
- 33:38attract
- 33:39the
- 33:39different
- 33:40scales.
- 33:40You
- 33:40know,
- 33:41it's
- 33:42polarity
- 33:42exists
- 33:43everywhere
- 33:44in
- 33:44the
- 33:44body,
- 33:45it
- 33:45exists
- 33:46in
- 33:46the
- 33:46genitalia,
- 33:47it
- 33:48exists
- 33:48in
- 33:48the
- 33:49chromosomes,
- 33:49it
- 33:50exists
- 33:50in
- 33:50the
- 33:50hormones,
- 33:51it
- 33:51exists.
- 33:52It
- 33:52exists
- 33:52in
- 33:52the
- 33:53breathing,
- 33:54it
- 33:54exists
- 33:55in
- 33:56the
- 33:56brain,
- 33:57it
- 33:57exists
- 33:58in
- 33:58the
- 33:58autonomic
- 33:59nervous
- 33:59system
- 34:00as
- 34:01parasympathetic
- 34:02and
- 34:02sympathetic.
- 34:04So
- 34:04without
- 34:05going
- 34:06into
- 34:06too
- 34:06much
- 34:06detail
- 34:07and
- 34:07overwhelming
- 34:08people,
- 34:09my
- 34:10book
- 34:10Integral
- 34:11Daoism,
- 34:12that's
- 34:12coming
- 34:12up
- 34:13this
- 34:13year
- 34:14looks
- 34:14at
- 34:15the
- 34:15four
- 34:15quadrants
- 34:16of
- 34:16Daoism
- 34:18in
- 34:18the
- 34:18human
- 34:18body.
- 34:20So
- 34:21in
- 34:21other
- 34:21words,
- 34:21it
- 34:21looks
- 34:22at
- 34:22the
- 34:22biology,
- 34:23the
- 34:23psychology,
- 34:25the
- 34:25cultural
- 34:26sociology
- 34:26and
- 34:27the
- 34:27politics
- 34:29and
- 34:30institutionalized
- 34:31education
- 34:32systems,
- 34:32blah,
- 34:32blah,
- 34:33of
- 34:33yin
- 34:34and
- 34:34yang.
- 34:35It
- 34:35shows
- 34:35up
- 34:36everywhere.
- 34:36And
- 34:37now
- 34:37all
- 34:37I
- 34:37can
- 34:37do
- 34:38is
- 34:38see
- 34:38it
- 34:39everywhere,
- 34:39of
- 34:39course,
- 34:40because
- 34:40I've
- 34:40been
- 34:40immersed
- 34:41in
- 34:41this
- 34:41for
- 34:41a
- 34:41year.
- 34:42So
- 34:42I
- 34:43look
- 34:43at
- 34:43yin
- 34:44and
- 34:44yang
- 34:44in
- 34:44the
- 34:44brain,
- 34:45I
- 34:45look
- 34:46at
- 34:46yin
- 34:46and
- 34:46Yang
- 34:46in
- 34:47the
- 34:47psychology,
- 34:48I
- 34:48look
- 34:48at
- 34:48yin
- 34:49and
- 34:49Yang
- 34:49in
- 34:49our
- 34:49stories
- 34:50from
- 34:50culture,
- 34:51and
- 34:51I
- 34:51look
- 34:51at
- 34:52yin
- 34:52and
- 34:52yang
- 34:52and
- 34:52our
- 34:53politics.
- 34:54And
- 34:54interestingly,
- 34:55it's
- 34:55incredibly
- 34:56relevant
- 34:57to
- 34:57our
- 34:57politics
- 34:58today.
- 34:58So
- 34:59let's
- 34:59move
- 34:59into
- 35:00left
- 35:00and
- 35:00right
- 35:01politics.
- 35:02Before
- 35:02we
- 35:03do.
- 35:03Sally,
- 35:03can
- 35:03we.
- 35:04Can
- 35:04I
- 35:04just
- 35:04clarify
- 35:05how
- 35:05you're
- 35:06using
- 35:06the
- 35:06term
- 35:06polarity
- 35:07Sounds
- 35:07like
- 35:07you're
- 35:07using
- 35:08in
- 35:08a
- 35:08slightly
- 35:08different
- 35:09way.
- 35:09So
- 35:09maybe
- 35:09you
- 35:10could
- 35:10just
- 35:10explain
- 35:11how
- 35:11you're
- 35:11using
- 35:11the
- 35:12term
- 35:12polarities.
- 35:14Yeah.
- 35:14So
- 35:14polarities
- 35:15would
- 35:15be
- 35:15a
- 35:15dance
- 35:16between
- 35:17contrasting
- 35:19parts.
- 35:21So
- 35:22it's
- 35:22an
- 35:22erotic
- 35:23energy
- 35:25between
- 35:26any
- 35:27contrasting
- 35:28poles.
- 35:30So
- 35:30that's
- 35:31polarity.
- 35:31So
- 35:31in
- 35:32the
- 35:32physiosphere,
- 35:35that's
- 35:35between
- 35:35negative
- 35:36and
- 35:36positive
- 35:38or
- 35:39poles
- 35:40of
- 35:40a
- 35:40magnet
- 35:41in
- 35:41the
- 35:41geosphere,
- 35:42its
- 35:43north
- 35:43and
- 35:43south
- 35:43pole,
- 35:45which
- 35:45creates
- 35:46summer
- 35:47and
- 35:47winter,
- 35:50which
- 35:50creates
- 35:51circadian
- 35:52rhythms
- 35:52in
- 35:53the
- 35:53human
- 35:53sleep
- 35:54and
- 35:54awakeness,
- 35:55which
- 35:56creates
- 35:57melatonin
- 35:58and
- 35:58serotonin.
- 36:00Every
- 36:01level
- 36:02of
- 36:02existence
- 36:04has
- 36:04polarity.
- 36:05I
- 36:05know
- 36:06I'm
- 36:06making
- 36:06a
- 36:06profound,
- 36:07outrageous
- 36:08statement,
- 36:09but
- 36:09I'll
- 36:09stand
- 36:10by
- 36:10it.
- 36:12And
- 36:12they're
- 36:13interlinked
- 36:14in
- 36:14this
- 36:14hilarchy
- 36:15that
- 36:15we
- 36:15call
- 36:16existence.
- 36:17They're
- 36:18dependent
- 36:18on
- 36:19each
- 36:19other
- 36:20in.
- 36:20In
- 36:20the
- 36:20martial
- 36:21arts,
- 36:21we
- 36:21learned
- 36:22that
- 36:22there's.
- 36:23There's
- 36:23the
- 36:23hard
- 36:24techniques
- 36:25and
- 36:26then
- 36:26there's
- 36:26the
- 36:26blending
- 36:27techniques.
- 36:28And
- 36:29when
- 36:29it
- 36:29really
- 36:29becomes.
- 36:31The
- 36:31thing
- 36:32is
- 36:32when
- 36:32you
- 36:32bring
- 36:33those
- 36:33two
- 36:33things
- 36:33together
- 36:34and
- 36:34just
- 36:34spontaneously
- 36:35move
- 36:35through
- 36:35the
- 36:36heart
- 36:36and
- 36:36soft.
- 36:37And
- 36:37it's.
- 36:39It's
- 36:39a
- 36:39very
- 36:39mystical,
- 36:40profound
- 36:41experience
- 36:41when
- 36:41we
- 36:42are
- 36:42able
- 36:42to
- 36:43do
- 36:43that.
- 36:43And
- 36:43they've
- 36:43been
- 36:44doing
- 36:44this
- 36:44for
- 36:44thousands
- 36:45of
- 36:45years.
- 36:47Yeah.
- 36:48Share
- 36:48a
- 36:49brief
- 36:49story
- 36:49then
- 36:49with
- 36:50your
- 36:50listeners
- 36:50about
- 36:51an
- 36:51initiation
- 36:52I
- 36:52received
- 36:52in
- 36:52China
- 36:53from
- 36:53a
- 36:53Taoist
- 36:54master.
- 36:56I
- 36:56can
- 36:56explain
- 36:57the
- 36:57people
- 36:58I've
- 36:58come
- 36:58across,
- 37:00but
- 37:01it's
- 37:01all
- 37:01meant
- 37:01to
- 37:02be
- 37:02for
- 37:02me
- 37:02to
- 37:03come
- 37:03to
- 37:03this
- 37:03book.
- 37:04So
- 37:04I
- 37:05went
- 37:05to
- 37:05visit
- 37:05my
- 37:05sister
- 37:06who
- 37:06was
- 37:06working
- 37:06in
- 37:07Beijing,
- 37:08and
- 37:08she
- 37:08said,
- 37:09come,
- 37:09let's
- 37:09go
- 37:09look
- 37:09in
- 37:10the
- 37:10park.
- 37:10You've
- 37:11never
- 37:11seen
- 37:11meditative
- 37:12practices
- 37:14like
- 37:14you
- 37:15see
- 37:15in
- 37:15a
- 37:15Chinese
- 37:16park.
- 37:17So
- 37:17we
- 37:18went
- 37:18down
- 37:18and
- 37:18sat
- 37:18in
- 37:18the
- 37:19green
- 37:19space,
- 37:19highly
- 37:20dense
- 37:21neighborhood
- 37:21of
- 37:22toll
- 37:23apartment
- 37:24buildings.
- 37:24And
- 37:24in
- 37:25China,
- 37:25it's
- 37:25beautiful.
- 37:26There's
- 37:26always
- 37:26a
- 37:26green
- 37:26space
- 37:27and
- 37:27the
- 37:27public
- 37:27Always
- 37:28come
- 37:28down
- 37:28from
- 37:29their
- 37:29units
- 37:29and
- 37:29they
- 37:30meditate
- 37:31in
- 37:31the
- 37:31park.
- 37:32I
- 37:33sat
- 37:33there
- 37:34speechless.
- 37:35There
- 37:36were
- 37:36all
- 37:37varieties
- 37:37of
- 37:38meditative
- 37:38practice,
- 37:39from
- 37:40huge
- 37:41paintbrushes
- 37:42painting
- 37:42water
- 37:42on
- 37:43the
- 37:43sidewalk
- 37:43that
- 37:44would
- 37:44evaporate
- 37:45as
- 37:45a
- 37:45meditation
- 37:46of
- 37:46impermanence.
- 37:47You
- 37:47create
- 37:48a
- 37:48picture,
- 37:49it
- 37:49evaporates
- 37:50to
- 37:51ballroom
- 37:52dancing
- 37:53between
- 37:53couples
- 37:54just
- 37:55practicing
- 37:56random
- 37:56strangers
- 37:57how
- 37:57to
- 37:58play
- 37:58with
- 37:58yin
- 37:58and
- 37:58yang.
- 38:00There
- 38:00were
- 38:00qigong
- 38:01masters,
- 38:02there
- 38:02were
- 38:02tai
- 38:03chi
- 38:03masters.
- 38:04There
- 38:05were
- 38:05people
- 38:07literally
- 38:07just
- 38:08swirling
- 38:09long
- 38:09colored
- 38:10ribbons
- 38:11in
- 38:11the
- 38:12air
- 38:12to
- 38:12see
- 38:13the
- 38:13interplay
- 38:14of
- 38:14movement
- 38:16that
- 38:16they
- 38:16could
- 38:16create.
- 38:18I.
- 38:20I
- 38:20fell
- 38:21in
- 38:21love
- 38:21with
- 38:21China
- 38:22in
- 38:23that
- 38:23moment.
- 38:23And
- 38:24that's
- 38:24why
- 38:24my
- 38:24book
- 38:25is
- 38:25called
- 38:25Integral
- 38:26Taoism
- 38:27and
- 38:27not
- 38:27Integral
- 38:28Tantra.
- 38:31So
- 38:32I
- 38:32was
- 38:32sitting,
- 38:32minding
- 38:33my
- 38:33own
- 38:33business
- 38:33on
- 38:34the
- 38:34bench
- 38:35in
- 38:36absolute
- 38:37awe,
- 38:38when
- 38:38a
- 38:39community
- 38:39of
- 38:39people
- 38:40right
- 38:40next
- 38:40to
- 38:40me,
- 38:42the
- 38:42leader
- 38:42who
- 38:43was
- 38:43doing
- 38:43a
- 38:43practice,
- 38:44called
- 38:45me.
- 38:45He.
- 38:46He
- 38:46turned
- 38:46around
- 38:47and
- 38:47pointed
- 38:48to
- 38:48me
- 38:48and
- 38:48said,
- 38:49you
- 38:49come
- 38:50here.
- 38:51And
- 38:51I
- 38:52said,
- 38:52no,
- 38:53there's
- 38:54a
- 38:54group
- 38:54of
- 38:54Chinese
- 38:55people
- 38:55around
- 38:56him,
- 38:56and
- 38:56he's
- 38:56demonstrating
- 38:57a
- 38:57martial
- 38:58art.
- 38:59And
- 39:00again
- 39:00he
- 39:00said,
- 39:00you
- 39:02come
- 39:02here.
- 39:03My
- 39:04sister
- 39:04pushed
- 39:05me
- 39:05forward
- 39:06and
- 39:06took
- 39:06my
- 39:07camera
- 39:07and
- 39:07my
- 39:07purse
- 39:08and
- 39:08pushed
- 39:09me.
- 39:09And
- 39:09I.
- 39:11I
- 39:11was
- 39:11the
- 39:11only
- 39:11blonde
- 39:12person
- 39:12in
- 39:12the
- 39:12whole
- 39:13of
- 39:13Beijing
- 39:13in
- 39:13that
- 39:13moment.
- 39:14And
- 39:14I,
- 39:14like,
- 39:16I'm
- 39:16a
- 39:17foreigner.
- 39:17I
- 39:17don't
- 39:17belong
- 39:18here.
- 39:19So
- 39:19he
- 39:19said,
- 39:19you
- 39:20come
- 39:21here.
- 39:22He
- 39:22made
- 39:23me
- 39:23stand
- 39:23on
- 39:23a
- 39:24pair
- 39:24of
- 39:24bricks,
- 39:25and
- 39:26he
- 39:26stood
- 39:26on
- 39:26another
- 39:27pair
- 39:27of
- 39:27bricks,
- 39:28and
- 39:28he
- 39:29said,
- 39:29get
- 39:29on
- 39:29the
- 39:30bricks.
- 39:31So
- 39:31I
- 39:31stood
- 39:31on
- 39:32the
- 39:32bricks,
- 39:33and
- 39:33he
- 39:34without.
- 39:34He
- 39:35spoke
- 39:35Mandarin,
- 39:35I
- 39:36spoke
- 39:36English.
- 39:36There
- 39:36was
- 39:36no
- 39:37communal
- 39:38language,
- 39:38but
- 39:39we
- 39:39understood.
- 39:39He
- 39:40said
- 39:40to
- 39:40me,
- 39:40the
- 39:40rules
- 39:41are
- 39:41contact
- 39:42between
- 39:42the
- 39:42wrist
- 39:42and
- 39:43the
- 39:43elbow
- 39:43only,
- 39:45and
- 39:45we're
- 39:46going
- 39:46to
- 39:46fight,
- 39:47and
- 39:48the
- 39:48only
- 39:48rule
- 39:49is
- 39:49you
- 39:49look
- 39:49me
- 39:49in
- 39:50the
- 39:50eye.
- 39:52So
- 39:52I'm
- 39:52standing
- 39:53on
- 39:53the
- 39:53bricks.
- 39:54We
- 39:54make
- 39:55forearm
- 39:55contact
- 39:57and
- 39:57we
- 39:57engage,
- 39:59and
- 40:00off
- 40:00we
- 40:00go.
- 40:01And
- 40:01his
- 40:02job
- 40:02is
- 40:02to
- 40:02push
- 40:02me
- 40:03off
- 40:03my
- 40:03brakes,
- 40:03and
- 40:04my
- 40:04job
- 40:04is
- 40:04to
- 40:05push
- 40:05him
- 40:05off
- 40:05his
- 40:05brakes.
- 40:10We
- 40:10engage,
- 40:12and
- 40:12he
- 40:12pushes
- 40:13me
- 40:14over,
- 40:14and
- 40:15I
- 40:15push
- 40:15him
- 40:15over.
- 40:16And
- 40:17we're
- 40:17doing
- 40:17this
- 40:18dance,
- 40:21and
- 40:21it's
- 40:21a
- 40:22polarity
- 40:22dance
- 40:23of
- 40:24every
- 40:25force
- 40:26has
- 40:26an
- 40:26opposite
- 40:27and
- 40:27equal
- 40:28force.
- 40:31Neither
- 40:31of
- 40:32us
- 40:32could
- 40:33get
- 40:33the
- 40:33other
- 40:33one
- 40:33off
- 40:34their
- 40:34bricks
- 40:36because
- 40:36we
- 40:36were
- 40:36completely
- 40:38integrated
- 40:39in
- 40:40our
- 40:40strength
- 40:41and
- 40:41our
- 40:41surrender.
- 40:44I
- 40:44have
- 40:44never
- 40:44received
- 40:45a
- 40:45lesson
- 40:45from
- 40:46a
- 40:46master
- 40:47quicker
- 40:48than
- 40:48in
- 40:49that
- 40:4920
- 40:49minutes
- 40:50of
- 40:50engagement
- 40:50with
- 40:51a
- 40:51Chinese
- 40:51master.
- 40:52With
- 40:52no
- 40:52language,
- 40:53common
- 40:53language,
- 40:54I
- 40:55got
- 40:57rooted
- 40:57in
- 40:57my
- 40:57body
- 40:58that
- 40:58my
- 40:59masculine
- 40:59and
- 40:59feminine
- 41:00have
- 41:00to
- 41:00come
- 41:00together.
- 41:01I
- 41:01have
- 41:01to
- 41:01surrender
- 41:03and
- 41:03I
- 41:03have
- 41:04to
- 41:04impact,
- 41:05and
- 41:05I
- 41:06have
- 41:06to
- 41:06be
- 41:06grounded,
- 41:07and
- 41:07I
- 41:08need
- 41:08to
- 41:08be
- 41:08elevated,
- 41:10I
- 41:10need
- 41:10to
- 41:10be
- 41:10aggressive
- 41:11and
- 41:11I
- 41:12need
- 41:12to
- 41:12be
- 41:12tender.
- 41:13Anyway,
- 41:14I
- 41:14won't
- 41:14go
- 41:15into
- 41:15it,
- 41:15but
- 41:16that
- 41:17moment
- 41:18was
- 41:18the
- 41:18birthing
- 41:19moment
- 41:19of
- 41:19my
- 41:19book
- 41:20Integral
- 41:20Taoism.
- 41:21It
- 41:22was
- 41:22a
- 41:23teaching
- 41:24with
- 41:24no
- 41:24language
- 41:26by
- 41:26a
- 41:26stranger,
- 41:27a
- 41:27man
- 41:27I've
- 41:28never
- 41:28met,
- 41:28who
- 41:29singled
- 41:29me
- 41:29out
- 41:29from
- 41:30across
- 41:30a
- 41:30park
- 41:31for
- 41:31this
- 41:31lesson.
- 41:34And
- 41:34now
- 41:34I
- 41:35write
- 41:35about
- 41:35it,
- 41:35and
- 41:36I've
- 41:36articulated
- 41:37what
- 41:37polarity
- 41:38is
- 41:38at
- 41:39every
- 41:39scale.
- 41:41And
- 41:41it's
- 41:41yin
- 41:42and
- 41:42yang
- 41:43working
- 41:43together
- 41:44to
- 41:44create
- 41:44the
- 41:45third
- 41:45thing.
- 41:46That's
- 41:47a
- 41:47great
- 41:47story.
- 41:49One
- 41:49of
- 41:49the,
- 41:50the
- 41:50reasons.
- 41:51Well,
- 41:51I.
- 41:52We
- 41:53do
- 41:53a
- 41:53group
- 41:53together.
- 41:54It's
- 41:54called
- 41:55Integral
- 41:55Psychotherapy
- 41:56Group.
- 41:56And
- 41:56we
- 41:57get
- 41:57there
- 41:57and
- 41:58we
- 41:58share
- 41:58and
- 41:59it's
- 41:59all
- 41:59videoed
- 42:00and,
- 42:00you
- 42:00know,
- 42:01we
- 42:01talk
- 42:01about.
- 42:01Or
- 42:02somebody
- 42:02presents.
- 42:03You
- 42:03were
- 42:03talking,
- 42:04and
- 42:04it
- 42:04was,
- 42:04I
- 42:05don't
- 42:05know,
- 42:05a
- 42:05couple
- 42:05of
- 42:05months
- 42:05ago,
- 42:06or
- 42:06we
- 42:06were
- 42:06talking,
- 42:07the
- 42:07group
- 42:07was
- 42:08talking.
- 42:08And
- 42:09you
- 42:09mentioned
- 42:09that
- 42:10you
- 42:10were
- 42:10Canadian.
- 42:11You
- 42:11know,
- 42:12and
- 42:12that's
- 42:14right
- 42:14when
- 42:16Donald
- 42:16Trump
- 42:16had
- 42:16started
- 42:17trying
- 42:18to
- 42:18say
- 42:18that
- 42:19he
- 42:20would
- 42:20take
- 42:20Canada
- 42:21as
- 42:21a
- 42:2151st
- 42:22state,
- 42:22you
- 42:23know,
- 42:23bullying,
- 42:24threatening,
- 42:25threatening
- 42:26military
- 42:26power,
- 42:27playing
- 42:27with
- 42:28tariffs
- 42:29as
- 42:29a
- 42:29way
- 42:29of
- 42:30blackmailing.
- 42:31Anyway,
- 42:32it
- 42:33hit
- 42:33me
- 42:33really
- 42:33hard
- 42:34because
- 42:34I
- 42:34do
- 42:34love
- 42:35my
- 42:35country
- 42:35and
- 42:35my
- 42:36country
- 42:36does
- 42:37bad
- 42:37things.
- 42:38I
- 42:38really
- 42:38feel
- 42:39it.
- 42:39We
- 42:39do
- 42:39good
- 42:39things.
- 42:40I
- 42:40really
- 42:40feel
- 42:40that,
- 42:41too.
- 42:42So
- 42:43it
- 42:43was
- 42:43just
- 42:44so
- 42:44out
- 42:44of
- 42:45the
- 42:45blue.
- 42:46I
- 42:46mean,
- 42:46you
- 42:46know,
- 42:46it's
- 42:47like
- 42:47Canada,
- 42:47you
- 42:47know,
- 42:48I
- 42:48mean,
- 42:48the.
- 42:49The
- 42:49meme
- 42:49about
- 42:50Canada,
- 42:50they're
- 42:50like
- 42:51us.
- 42:51They're
- 42:51just
- 42:51nicer.
- 42:52Right.
- 42:52And
- 42:53you've
- 42:53been
- 42:53there
- 42:53with
- 42:54us
- 42:54through
- 42:55wars
- 42:55and
- 42:56all
- 42:56this
- 42:56stuff,
- 42:57and
- 42:58for
- 42:58him
- 42:58to
- 42:59do
- 42:59that
- 42:59is
- 42:59just
- 42:59unconscionable.
- 43:01And
- 43:02I.
- 43:03It
- 43:03was
- 43:03really
- 43:03getting
- 43:04to
- 43:04you,
- 43:04too,
- 43:04at
- 43:04that
- 43:04moment.
- 43:05And
- 43:05I
- 43:05don't
- 43:05know
- 43:05how
- 43:06it
- 43:06is,
- 43:06but
- 43:06it
- 43:06wasn't
- 43:07just
- 43:07one
- 43:07of
- 43:07Trump's
- 43:08mental
- 43:08blurbs.
- 43:09I
- 43:09mean,
- 43:09he's
- 43:09doubled
- 43:10down
- 43:10on
- 43:10it,
- 43:11and
- 43:11he's
- 43:11still
- 43:12doing
- 43:12it.
- 43:12And
- 43:12just
- 43:12a
- 43:12couple
- 43:13of
- 43:13days
- 43:13ago,
- 43:13or
- 43:13a
- 43:13few
- 43:14days
- 43:14ago,
- 43:14King
- 43:15Charles
- 43:15came,
- 43:16you
- 43:16know,
- 43:16and
- 43:16Canada's
- 43:17a
- 43:17constitutional
- 43:17monarchy,
- 43:18like
- 43:18you
- 43:18were.
- 43:18We
- 43:19were
- 43:19talking
- 43:19about
- 43:19earlier
- 43:19how
- 43:20the.
- 43:20You
- 43:20have
- 43:20the
- 43:20traditional
- 43:21roots
- 43:21that
- 43:22plants
- 43:22you
- 43:23in.
- 43:23And
- 43:24he.
- 43:24He
- 43:25stood
- 43:25up
- 43:25for
- 43:25Canada
- 43:26as
- 43:26a
- 43:26separate
- 43:27individual
- 43:28entity.
- 43:29And
- 43:29what
- 43:29makes
- 43:30a
- 43:30country,
- 43:30the
- 43:30people
- 43:31make
- 43:31a
- 43:31country.
- 43:32It's
- 43:32not
- 43:32the
- 43:33borders.
- 43:33It's
- 43:33what
- 43:33people
- 43:34feel
- 43:34about
- 43:34themselves.
- 43:35Like,
- 43:36Putin
- 43:36said
- 43:37that
- 43:37Ukraine
- 43:37was
- 43:37not
- 43:37really
- 43:38a
- 43:38country.
- 43:38Well,
- 43:38they
- 43:39weren't.
- 43:39They
- 43:39sure
- 43:39are
- 43:40now.
- 43:40You
- 43:41know,
- 43:41they've
- 43:42come
- 43:42together.
- 43:42And
- 43:43Canada
- 43:43is,
- 43:44my
- 43:44understanding,
- 43:44has.
- 43:45I
- 43:45mean,
- 43:45he's.
- 43:46He's
- 43:46successfully
- 43:47divided
- 43:48America,
- 43:49and
- 43:49that's
- 43:50the
- 43:50way
- 43:50he's
- 43:51assumed
- 43:51power.
- 43:52But
- 43:52he,
- 43:53in
- 43:53my
- 43:53impression
- 43:54from
- 43:54looking
- 43:55from
- 43:55the
- 43:55outside
- 43:56in
- 43:56into
- 43:57Canada,
- 43:57he's
- 43:57united
- 43:58your
- 43:58country.
- 43:58So
- 43:58what
- 43:59is
- 43:59it?
- 44:00You
- 44:00know,
- 44:00what
- 44:00does
- 44:00it
- 44:01Feel
- 44:01like
- 44:01from
- 44:02your
- 44:02end,
- 44:02and
- 44:02you're.
- 44:03You're
- 44:03a
- 44:03psychotherapist
- 44:04and
- 44:04obviously
- 44:05a
- 44:05very
- 44:05intelligent,
- 44:05sensitive
- 44:06woman.
- 44:08What's
- 44:08going
- 44:08on
- 44:09with
- 44:09that?
- 44:11Yeah,
- 44:11it's
- 44:12interesting,
- 44:12John,
- 44:13because
- 44:13our
- 44:13Prime
- 44:14Minister,
- 44:15Mr.
- 44:15Mark
- 44:15Carney,
- 44:16just
- 44:16this
- 44:16week
- 44:17said
- 44:18Canada's
- 44:19Athens
- 44:19and
- 44:20America
- 44:20is
- 44:21Rome,
- 44:22the
- 44:23Romans.
- 44:23So
- 44:24I've
- 44:24been
- 44:24thinking
- 44:24about
- 44:25that.
- 44:25I
- 44:25think
- 44:25it's
- 44:25a
- 44:25very
- 44:26interesting
- 44:26analogy
- 44:27he
- 44:27used
- 44:28because
- 44:28we're
- 44:28both
- 44:29pro
- 44:29democracy,
- 44:31so
- 44:32I've
- 44:33been
- 44:33toying
- 44:33with
- 44:34that.
- 44:34But
- 44:34it
- 44:34also
- 44:34fits
- 44:35into
- 44:35the
- 44:35yin
- 44:36and
- 44:36the
- 44:36yang.
- 44:38So
- 44:38I
- 44:38see
- 44:38this
- 44:39polarization,
- 44:41as
- 44:41opposed
- 44:42to
- 44:42polarity,
- 44:44between
- 44:44the
- 44:45right
- 44:45and
- 44:45the
- 44:45left.
- 44:47The
- 44:47right
- 44:48is,
- 44:49in
- 44:50my
- 44:50view,
- 44:52holding
- 44:52on
- 44:52to
- 44:52the
- 44:53past
- 44:53and
- 44:53seeing
- 44:54great
- 44:54value
- 44:55in
- 44:55tradition.
- 44:56And
- 44:57the
- 44:57left
- 44:57is
- 44:58trying
- 44:58to
- 44:58move
- 44:59into
- 44:59the
- 44:59forward
- 45:00and
- 45:00wanting
- 45:01to
- 45:01embrace
- 45:01change.
- 45:02So
- 45:03there's
- 45:03a
- 45:05emphasis
- 45:06on
- 45:06meritocracy,
- 45:07individualism,
- 45:09accountability,
- 45:10old
- 45:11structures,
- 45:13hard
- 45:13work.
- 45:13There's
- 45:14an
- 45:14atomization,
- 45:16as
- 45:17opposed
- 45:17to
- 45:17a
- 45:17collectivism
- 45:19on
- 45:19the
- 45:19left.
- 45:21So
- 45:21there's
- 45:21the
- 45:22parts
- 45:22and
- 45:22whole
- 45:23dance
- 45:23going
- 45:23on
- 45:24here,
- 45:24too,
- 45:25between
- 45:27what
- 45:27I
- 45:27would
- 45:27call
- 45:28the
- 45:28shadow
- 45:29of
- 45:29yin,
- 45:30which
- 45:30is
- 45:30hyper
- 45:31collectivism,
- 45:33the
- 45:34healthy
- 45:34social
- 45:34democracy,
- 45:35that
- 45:36can
- 45:36also
- 45:36move
- 45:36towards
- 45:37Marxism,
- 45:38and
- 45:38communism,
- 45:39which
- 45:39is
- 45:40hyper
- 45:40collectivity
- 45:42in
- 45:42other
- 45:43countries.
- 45:43In
- 45:44South
- 45:44Africa,
- 45:44for
- 45:44example,
- 45:45it's
- 45:45moving
- 45:46towards
- 45:46shadow
- 45:47feminine.
- 45:48And
- 45:49other
- 45:49countries
- 45:50where
- 45:50that
- 45:51when
- 45:51extreme,
- 45:52moves
- 45:52towards
- 45:53fascism,
- 45:54which
- 45:54is
- 45:54hyper
- 45:55masculine.
- 45:57So
- 45:57there's
- 45:58the
- 45:58nanny
- 45:58state
- 46:00versus
- 46:01and
- 46:01which
- 46:02is
- 46:02the
- 46:02left
- 46:02versus
- 46:03the
- 46:03right,
- 46:04which
- 46:04is
- 46:04about
- 46:05hyper
- 46:05individualism.
- 46:07It's
- 46:07modernism
- 46:08versus
- 46:08postmodernism,
- 46:10which
- 46:10is
- 46:11going
- 46:11to
- 46:11toxic
- 46:12extremes
- 46:13right
- 46:13now.
- 46:14So
- 46:14polarization,
- 46:15as
- 46:15opposed
- 46:16to
- 46:16a
- 46:16polarity
- 46:17dance
- 46:17that
- 46:17we
- 46:18need
- 46:18to
- 46:18come
- 46:19into
- 46:19play
- 46:20that
- 46:20both
- 46:21are
- 46:21valid,
- 46:22both
- 46:22have
- 46:23absolute
- 46:24value
- 46:24sets.
- 46:26And
- 46:27Canada
- 46:27is
- 46:28moving
- 46:28into
- 46:29the
- 46:30left,
- 46:31more
- 46:31liberal
- 46:32social
- 46:32democracy.
- 46:34And
- 46:34in
- 46:35our
- 46:35country,
- 46:36the
- 46:36conservatives
- 46:37are
- 46:37afraid
- 46:38we'll
- 46:38move
- 46:38into
- 46:38communism,
- 46:39Marxism.
- 46:41And
- 46:41in
- 46:42your
- 46:42country,
- 46:42you're
- 46:43moving
- 46:43more
- 46:43towards
- 46:45the
- 46:45patriarchal
- 46:46meritocracy,
- 46:48the
- 46:48anti
- 46:49dei.
- 46:51So
- 46:53with
- 46:53that
- 46:53said,
- 46:53we've
- 46:54got
- 46:54a
- 46:54yin
- 46:54and
- 46:54yang
- 46:55polarization.
- 46:57Trump
- 46:58looks
- 46:58at
- 46:58Canada
- 46:59and
- 46:59says,
- 47:00you
- 47:00are
- 47:01my
- 47:01worst
- 47:01nightmare.
- 47:02You're
- 47:03dei,
- 47:05South
- 47:05Africa's
- 47:06even
- 47:06more
- 47:07extreme
- 47:07dei.
- 47:08He's
- 47:09got
- 47:09that
- 47:09in
- 47:09his
- 47:10mind.
- 47:11We
- 47:11should
- 47:11just
- 47:12say
- 47:12diversity,
- 47:12equity,
- 47:13inclusion.
- 47:13Probably
- 47:14everyone
- 47:14knows.
- 47:15But
- 47:15just
- 47:15so
- 47:16we
- 47:16make
- 47:16it
- 47:16clear.
- 47:17So
- 47:18how
- 47:18do
- 47:18we
- 47:18bring
- 47:18these
- 47:19back
- 47:19into
- 47:19healthy
- 47:20balance?
- 47:21Stay
- 47:22tuned
- 47:22to
- 47:22part
- 47:22two
- 47:22of
- 47:23our
- 47:23conversation
- 47:24where
- 47:24we
- 47:24get
- 47:24into
- 47:25the
- 47:25current
- 47:25situation
- 47:26with
- 47:26Trump
- 47:27in
- 47:27Canada
- 47:27and
- 47:28beyond
- 47:28with
- 47:28Sally's
- 47:29brilliant
- 47:29integral
- 47:30Taoist
- 47:31perspective.
- 47:32Thank
- 47:32you
- 47:33very
- 47:33much
- 47:33for
- 47:33being
- 47:34a
- 47:34part
- 47:34of
- 47:34this
- 47:34conversation.
- 47:35We
- 47:35hope
- 47:36that.
- 47:36That
- 47:36you
- 47:36were
- 47:36moved,
- 47:37as
- 47:37we
- 47:37are
- 47:37moved,
- 47:38being
- 47:38part
- 47:38of
- 47:38it
- 47:39ourselves.
- 47:39We'd
- 47:40also
- 47:40like
- 47:40to
- 47:40say
- 47:41that
- 47:41this
- 47:41is
- 47:41being
- 47:42funded
- 47:42by
- 47:42Roger
- 47:43and
- 47:43myself.
- 47:43It
- 47:43comes
- 47:44out
- 47:44of
- 47:44our
- 47:44pockets.
- 47:44So
- 47:45if
- 47:45you
- 47:45would
- 47:45like
- 47:45to
- 47:45help
- 47:46us
- 47:46to.
- 47:47Mainly
- 47:47to
- 47:47get
- 47:48this
- 47:48podcast
- 47:48out
- 47:48to
- 47:49more
- 47:49people,
- 47:49because
- 47:49the
- 47:50bigger
- 47:50audience
- 47:50have,
- 47:50which
- 47:51is
- 47:51steadily
- 47:51growing,
- 47:52but
- 47:52the
- 47:52more
- 47:52people
- 47:52we
- 47:53can
- 47:53reach
- 47:53and
- 47:53the
- 47:53more
- 47:53marketing
- 47:54we
- 47:54can
- 47:54do,
- 47:55the
- 47:55more
- 47:55positive
- 47:56effect
- 47:56we
- 47:56can
- 47:56have
- 47:56on
- 47:57the
- 47:57world.
- 47:57So
- 47:57we've
- 47:58done
- 47:58that
- 47:58a
- 47:58couple
- 47:58of
- 47:58ways.
- 47:58But
- 47:59we'd
- 47:59like
- 47:59you
- 47:59to
- 47:59buy
- 48:00us
- 48:00a
- 48:00cup
- 48:00of
- 48:00coffee.
- 48:01Very
- 48:01simple.
- 48:02And
- 48:02I
- 48:02do
- 48:02that
- 48:02with
- 48:02podcasts
- 48:03that
- 48:03I
- 48:04support,
- 48:04and
- 48:05I
- 48:05find
- 48:05it's
- 48:05very
- 48:06satisfying.
- 48:06So
- 48:07thank
- 48:07you
- 48:07for
- 48:07your
- 48:07help,
- 48:08thank
- 48:08you
- 48:08for
- 48:08your
- 48:08presence,
- 48:09and
- 48:09thank
- 48:09you
- 48:09for
- 48:10all
- 48:10you
- 48:10are
- 48:10and
- 48:11all
- 48:11you
- 48:11do.
- 48:11We
- 48:11love
- 48:12you.
- 48:27Sam.