Latest / Deep Transformation / Where Science, Spirituality & Indigenous Wisdom Meet: The Remarkable Contributions of Filmmakers Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo
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- 0:00Welcome
- 0:00to
- 0:00part
- 0:01one
- 0:01of
- 0:01our
- 0:01conversation
- 0:02with
- 0:02Zaya
- 0:03and
- 0:03Maurizio
- 0:04Benazzo,
- 0:04founders
- 0:05of
- 0:05the
- 0:05Non
- 0:05Duality
- 0:06and
- 0:06Science
- 0:07conference
- 0:07which
- 0:08puts
- 0:08together
- 0:08scientists
- 0:09and
- 0:09mystics
- 0:10to
- 0:10explore
- 0:10the
- 0:10nature
- 0:11of
- 0:11the
- 0:11classic
- 0:12spiritual
- 0:12experience
- 0:13of
- 0:13the
- 0:13non
- 0:13dual
- 0:14nature
- 0:14of
- 0:14reality.
- 0:15Zaya
- 0:15and
- 0:15Maurizio
- 0:16are
- 0:16also
- 0:16brilliant
- 0:17filmmakers
- 0:17and
- 0:17we
- 0:17discussed
- 0:18our
- 0:18film
- 0:18on
- 0:18guru
- 0:19Nisargadatta
- 0:19Maharaj,
- 0:21their
- 0:21film
- 0:21on
- 0:21healing
- 0:22trauma
- 0:22with
- 0:22Gabor
- 0:23Maté
- 0:23and
- 0:23their
- 0:23heartbreaking
- 0:24documentary
- 0:25on
- 0:25the
- 0:25situation
- 0:25in
- 0:26the
- 0:26West
- 0:26bank
- 0:26in
- 0:272021.
- 0:27This
- 0:28was
- 0:28a
- 0:28very
- 0:28powerful
- 0:29conversation.
- 0:34Welcome
- 0:34to
- 0:35Deep
- 0:35Transformation
- 0:36Self,
- 0:36Society,
- 0:37Spirit.
- 0:38Life
- 0:38enhancing,
- 0:39paradigm
- 0:40rattling
- 0:40conversations
- 0:41with
- 0:41cutting
- 0:42edge
- 0:42thinkers,
- 0:43contemplatives
- 0:43and
- 0:44activists.
- 0:44With
- 0:45Dr.
- 0:45Roger
- 0:45Walsh
- 0:46and
- 0:46John
- 0:46Dupuy.
- 0:50Welcome
- 0:51to
- 0:51Deep
- 0:51Transformation
- 0:52Self,
- 0:52Society,
- 0:53Spirit.
- 0:54I'm
- 0:54Roger
- 0:54Walsh
- 0:55and
- 0:55our
- 0:55co
- 0:55host
- 0:56is
- 0:56John
- 0:56Dupuy.
- 0:57And
- 0:57with
- 0:58us
- 0:58today
- 0:58are
- 0:58a
- 0:59remarkable
- 0:59couple
- 1:00who
- 1:00have
- 1:00touched
- 1:01so
- 1:01many
- 1:01lives.
- 1:01Certainly
- 1:02mine
- 1:02included
- 1:03Zaya
- 1:04and
- 1:04Maurizio
- 1:05Benazzo
- 1:06and
- 1:06you
- 1:07may
- 1:07know
- 1:07them
- 1:07in
- 1:08many
- 1:08roles.
- 1:10They
- 1:10are
- 1:10filmmakers,
- 1:12they
- 1:12have
- 1:13put
- 1:13on
- 1:13numerous
- 1:14conferences.
- 1:15You
- 1:15may
- 1:15have
- 1:16even
- 1:16attended
- 1:16the
- 1:17SAND
- 1:17conference,
- 1:18Science
- 1:18and
- 1:18Non
- 1:18Duality,
- 1:19also
- 1:20trauma
- 1:20conferences
- 1:22and
- 1:23online
- 1:23events.
- 1:24And
- 1:25most
- 1:25recently
- 1:25they
- 1:26have
- 1:26been
- 1:26creating
- 1:27a
- 1:27beautiful
- 1:28series
- 1:28of
- 1:28films
- 1:29on
- 1:30both
- 1:30indigenous
- 1:31cultures,
- 1:32colonialism
- 1:33and
- 1:34a
- 1:34very
- 1:35powerful
- 1:35film
- 1:36on
- 1:37the
- 1:37mistreatment
- 1:38of
- 1:38the
- 1:39Palestinians
- 1:39in
- 1:39the
- 1:40West
- 1:40Bank.
- 1:41They've
- 1:41just
- 1:41done
- 1:41a
- 1:42lot
- 1:42of
- 1:42beautiful
- 1:43work
- 1:43and
- 1:43it's
- 1:43been
- 1:44really
- 1:44fascinating.
- 1:45Diana
- 1:45Maurizio,
- 1:46kind
- 1:46of
- 1:47tracing
- 1:48the
- 1:48trajectory
- 1:49of
- 1:49your
- 1:49work
- 1:50from
- 1:50your
- 1:51early
- 1:51concerns
- 1:52and
- 1:52the
- 1:53creation
- 1:54of
- 1:54your
- 1:54film.
- 1:54I
- 1:55think
- 1:55of
- 1:55Nisa
- 1:55Gadatta,
- 1:56the
- 1:57great
- 1:57Hindu
- 1:58sage
- 1:58and
- 1:59then
- 2:00moving
- 2:00into
- 2:01the
- 2:01San
- 2:02Science
- 2:02and
- 2:02Non
- 2:02Duality
- 2:03conferences,
- 2:04then
- 2:04trauma
- 2:04work,
- 2:05then
- 2:05your
- 2:06current
- 2:06filmmaking.
- 2:07I'd
- 2:08love
- 2:08to
- 2:08just
- 2:09have
- 2:09you
- 2:09speak
- 2:09to
- 2:10this
- 2:10developmental
- 2:11arc
- 2:12you've
- 2:12been
- 2:12through.
- 2:14It's
- 2:14an
- 2:14open
- 2:15question,
- 2:15but
- 2:16please.
- 2:17Love
- 2:17that
- 2:18you
- 2:18call
- 2:18it...
- 2:19The
- 2:20same.
- 2:22Thank
- 2:22you,
- 2:22Roger.
- 2:23Yeah,
- 2:23thank
- 2:23you.
- 2:24It's
- 2:24nice
- 2:25to
- 2:25pause
- 2:25and
- 2:26reflect.
- 2:26So
- 2:26I
- 2:27appreciate
- 2:27the
- 2:28invitation
- 2:28to
- 2:29reflect
- 2:29on
- 2:29the
- 2:30arc,
- 2:30which
- 2:31we
- 2:31don't
- 2:31get
- 2:32to
- 2:32do
- 2:32a
- 2:32lot.
- 2:33We
- 2:33work
- 2:33very
- 2:34much
- 2:34as
- 2:35we
- 2:35follow
- 2:36the
- 2:36flow.
- 2:37We
- 2:37could
- 2:37be
- 2:37also
- 2:38quite
- 2:38instinctual
- 2:39and
- 2:40we
- 2:41respond
- 2:41to
- 2:41what
- 2:42life
- 2:42is
- 2:43pointing
- 2:44to.
- 2:45That's
- 2:45been
- 2:46one.
- 2:46We
- 2:46are
- 2:46always
- 2:46on
- 2:47the
- 2:47edge
- 2:47of
- 2:47the
- 2:47wave.
- 2:48Eventually,
- 2:49you
- 2:49know,
- 2:49our
- 2:50sensation.
- 2:50We
- 2:50try
- 2:51to
- 2:51be
- 2:51on
- 2:51the
- 2:51edge
- 2:51of
- 2:51the
- 2:52wave,
- 2:52but
- 2:52it's
- 2:52beautiful
- 2:53too.
- 2:53And
- 2:54everything
- 2:54we've
- 2:54offered
- 2:55is
- 2:55like
- 2:55a
- 2:56bits
- 2:56on
- 2:57a
- 2:57necklace.
- 2:58Right.
- 2:58So
- 2:58we
- 2:59were
- 2:59called
- 2:59to
- 3:00go
- 3:00to
- 3:00India
- 3:01to
- 3:02with
- 3:02Stephen
- 3:02Volinsky
- 3:03to
- 3:04do
- 3:04a
- 3:04documentary
- 3:05on
- 3:05Nisarcade.
- 3:06Let's
- 3:06start
- 3:06differently.
- 3:07That
- 3:07was
- 3:07our
- 3:07first
- 3:08date.
- 3:10That's
- 3:11a
- 3:11little
- 3:11detail
- 3:11which
- 3:12is,
- 3:12I
- 3:12think
- 3:12Is
- 3:13kind
- 3:13of
- 3:14revealing.
- 3:15When
- 3:15I,
- 3:15when
- 3:15I
- 3:16met,
- 3:16we
- 3:16decided
- 3:16to
- 3:17go
- 3:17to
- 3:17make
- 3:17this
- 3:17documentary
- 3:18and
- 3:18we
- 3:19just
- 3:19met
- 3:19and
- 3:20I
- 3:20said,
- 3:20I'm
- 3:20going
- 3:20to
- 3:20make
- 3:20this
- 3:21movie.
- 3:21Oh
- 3:21my
- 3:21God.
- 3:21I'm
- 3:21a
- 3:22camera
- 3:22person.
- 3:23I
- 3:23heard.
- 3:25So
- 3:25we
- 3:25worked
- 3:25together
- 3:25on
- 3:26this
- 3:26movie.
- 3:26Was
- 3:26our.
- 3:27Yeah.
- 3:28Please
- 3:28continue.
- 3:28Yeah.
- 3:29We
- 3:29were
- 3:29where
- 3:30we
- 3:30met
- 3:30with
- 3:31students
- 3:31of
- 3:32Nisargadatta
- 3:32Maharaj.
- 3:33We
- 3:33wanted
- 3:34to
- 3:34understand
- 3:34because
- 3:35he
- 3:35was
- 3:37way
- 3:37past
- 3:38when
- 3:38we
- 3:38visited
- 3:39was
- 3:39what,
- 3:40late
- 3:4090s,
- 3:41I
- 3:41don't
- 3:41remember
- 3:422000.
- 3:44Yeah.
- 3:44And
- 3:45he
- 3:45was
- 3:45gone
- 3:45in
- 3:46late
- 3:4680s.
- 3:47So
- 3:47we
- 3:47wanted
- 3:47to
- 3:47understand
- 3:48what
- 3:48continues
- 3:49to
- 3:49live
- 3:50in
- 3:50his
- 3:51students
- 3:51and
- 3:52also.
- 3:54Yeah.
- 3:54In
- 3:55India.
- 3:55What's
- 3:55your
- 3:55takeaway
- 3:55from
- 3:55that
- 3:55experience?
- 3:58Very
- 3:59interesting.
- 4:00So
- 4:00what
- 4:01we
- 4:01found
- 4:02is
- 4:02actually
- 4:03his
- 4:03students
- 4:04have
- 4:04split
- 4:05in
- 4:05two
- 4:06different
- 4:07groups.
- 4:08Let's
- 4:08say
- 4:08one,
- 4:09they
- 4:10have
- 4:10taken
- 4:10his
- 4:11ashes
- 4:11and
- 4:12they
- 4:12have
- 4:12created
- 4:13an
- 4:13ashram.
- 4:14And
- 4:14they
- 4:14would
- 4:14do
- 4:15twice
- 4:15a
- 4:15day
- 4:15puja.
- 4:16And
- 4:16they
- 4:16very
- 4:17traditionally
- 4:17practice
- 4:18their
- 4:19path
- 4:19through
- 4:19bhakti.
- 4:20And
- 4:20then
- 4:21the
- 4:21others
- 4:22that
- 4:23followed
- 4:23what
- 4:23Nisar
- 4:24Karata
- 4:24said
- 4:25and
- 4:25he
- 4:25said,
- 4:25I
- 4:25don't
- 4:26want
- 4:26any
- 4:26ashram.
- 4:27I
- 4:27don't
- 4:27want
- 4:27anything
- 4:28to
- 4:28be
- 4:28worshiped.
- 4:29Once
- 4:29I'm
- 4:29gone,
- 4:30I'm
- 4:30gone.
- 4:31Leave
- 4:31the
- 4:31ashes,
- 4:32throw
- 4:32everything
- 4:33in
- 4:33the
- 4:33sea
- 4:34and
- 4:34just
- 4:35follow
- 4:35what
- 4:36I
- 4:36have
- 4:36given
- 4:36you.
- 4:37Like
- 4:37the
- 4:37little
- 4:37I
- 4:38have
- 4:38given
- 4:38you
- 4:39as
- 4:39teachings
- 4:39is
- 4:40enough
- 4:40for
- 4:40you
- 4:40to.
- 4:41The
- 4:42seed
- 4:42I
- 4:42planted
- 4:43in
- 4:43you
- 4:43is
- 4:43enough.
- 4:44So
- 4:45that
- 4:45was.
- 4:45We
- 4:45met
- 4:46with
- 4:46both
- 4:46groups
- 4:47and
- 4:47it
- 4:47was
- 4:47very
- 4:47interesting
- 4:48to
- 4:49be
- 4:49with
- 4:49them
- 4:49and
- 4:50also
- 4:50to
- 4:50understand
- 4:51how
- 4:52he
- 4:52wouldn't
- 4:53have
- 4:53one
- 4:53size
- 4:54fits
- 4:54all
- 4:55teachings.
- 4:55He
- 4:56would
- 4:56really
- 4:56work
- 4:57with
- 4:57each
- 4:57student
- 4:58and
- 4:58feel
- 4:59what's
- 4:59the
- 5:00right
- 5:00path
- 5:00for
- 5:01this
- 5:01student
- 5:01and
- 5:02give
- 5:02them
- 5:03the
- 5:03little
- 5:03practice,
- 5:04the
- 5:04knowledge
- 5:05or
- 5:05the
- 5:05practice
- 5:06that
- 5:06they
- 5:06need
- 5:06to
- 5:07wake
- 5:08up
- 5:08on
- 5:09their.
- 5:09Journey
- 5:10and
- 5:10on
- 5:10a
- 5:10personal
- 5:11level
- 5:11on
- 5:11the
- 5:12other
- 5:12end.
- 5:12Sorry,
- 5:13Roger,
- 5:13you
- 5:13were
- 5:13saying
- 5:13something?
- 5:14No,
- 5:14I
- 5:14just
- 5:14thought
- 5:15it
- 5:15would
- 5:15be
- 5:15nice
- 5:15to
- 5:15get.
- 5:15I
- 5:16was
- 5:16just
- 5:16wanting
- 5:16to
- 5:16give
- 5:16a
- 5:16little
- 5:17context,
- 5:17thinking
- 5:17some
- 5:18people
- 5:18might
- 5:18not
- 5:18know
- 5:19Nisa
- 5:19Goddard
- 5:20just
- 5:20to
- 5:20acknowledge
- 5:21that
- 5:21he
- 5:21really
- 5:22was
- 5:22one
- 5:22of
- 5:22the
- 5:22great
- 5:23Hindu
- 5:24sages
- 5:24of
- 5:24the
- 5:24last
- 5:25century.
- 5:26That
- 5:26bite
- 5:26of
- 5:26it,
- 5:28the
- 5:28book
- 5:28he
- 5:28wrote,
- 5:29I
- 5:29am
- 5:30that
- 5:30T
- 5:30H
- 5:31A
- 5:31T
- 5:31I
- 5:31am
- 5:32that.
- 5:33He
- 5:33never
- 5:33wanted
- 5:33an
- 5:34ashram.
- 5:35He
- 5:35would
- 5:35let
- 5:35his
- 5:36student
- 5:36come
- 5:36in
- 5:37and
- 5:37stay
- 5:37for
- 5:3710
- 5:38days,
- 5:38not
- 5:38more.
- 5:39And
- 5:39then
- 5:39he
- 5:39said,
- 5:40you
- 5:40have
- 5:40everything
- 5:40you
- 5:41need
- 5:41in
- 5:41his
- 5:41living
- 5:41room
- 5:42and
- 5:42practice.
- 5:43Yeah,
- 5:43in
- 5:43his
- 5:43living
- 5:43room.
- 5:44When
- 5:44God.
- 5:45Amazing.
- 5:46Yes.
- 5:46Yeah.
- 5:47People
- 5:47were
- 5:47asking,
- 5:48do
- 5:48you
- 5:48want
- 5:48an
- 5:48ashram?
- 5:48I
- 5:49pay
- 5:49for.
- 5:49The
- 5:49people
- 5:49bring
- 5:50him
- 5:50money.
- 5:50Sati
- 5:51kicks
- 5:51them
- 5:51out.
- 5:51Get
- 5:52out
- 5:52of
- 5:52here.
- 5:52I
- 5:53don't
- 5:53want
- 5:53your
- 5:53money.
- 5:53I'm
- 5:54not
- 5:54doing
- 5:54this
- 5:54for
- 5:54my.
- 5:54And
- 5:55he
- 5:55was
- 5:55saying,
- 5:56if
- 5:56I
- 5:56have
- 5:56an
- 5:56Ashram.
- 5:57You
- 5:57know
- 5:57how
- 5:57many
- 5:58windows
- 5:58I
- 5:58have
- 5:58to
- 5:58open
- 5:59and
- 5:59close
- 5:59every
- 5:59day
- 6:00and
- 6:00every
- 6:00night
- 6:01Here,
- 6:01I
- 6:01only
- 6:01have
- 6:02two
- 6:02window.
- 6:02That's
- 6:02perfect.
- 6:04I
- 6:05like
- 6:05this
- 6:05guy
- 6:05a
- 6:05lot.
- 6:06Thank
- 6:06you.
- 6:06Oh,
- 6:06he's
- 6:07a
- 6:07character.
- 6:07He
- 6:08was
- 6:08actually
- 6:08very
- 6:09moving.
- 6:09To
- 6:09be
- 6:10in
- 6:10the
- 6:10room
- 6:10where
- 6:10he
- 6:11spent
- 6:11so
- 6:11many
- 6:12years
- 6:12teaching.
- 6:13And
- 6:13to
- 6:14see
- 6:14there
- 6:14is
- 6:14one
- 6:15TV
- 6:15screen
- 6:16in
- 6:16the
- 6:16room
- 6:17and
- 6:17it's
- 6:17empty.
- 6:18Is
- 6:18really
- 6:18his
- 6:19family
- 6:19really
- 6:20fold.
- 6:20His
- 6:21desire
- 6:21to
- 6:22strip
- 6:23all
- 6:23the
- 6:24pointers
- 6:25that
- 6:25represent
- 6:26consciousness.
- 6:27He's
- 6:27like,
- 6:27just.
- 6:27You
- 6:27don't
- 6:28need
- 6:28any
- 6:28of
- 6:28that.
- 6:30So
- 6:30when
- 6:30we
- 6:30were
- 6:30there,
- 6:31you
- 6:32want.
- 6:32Yeah,
- 6:32one
- 6:32thing
- 6:33that.
- 6:34Thank
- 6:34you.
- 6:35One
- 6:35of
- 6:35the
- 6:35things
- 6:36that
- 6:36happened
- 6:36on
- 6:37a
- 6:37personal
- 6:37level,
- 6:38one
- 6:38of
- 6:38the
- 6:39translators
- 6:40said
- 6:40that
- 6:40Nisargadatta
- 6:42used
- 6:42to
- 6:42say,
- 6:42which
- 6:42we
- 6:43never
- 6:43got
- 6:43that.
- 6:43We
- 6:44got
- 6:44that
- 6:44from
- 6:44the
- 6:45books.
- 6:45From
- 6:45the
- 6:45book.
- 6:46But
- 6:46not
- 6:47that
- 6:47clearly.
- 6:48The
- 6:48guy
- 6:48said
- 6:49specifically
- 6:49one
- 6:50day,
- 6:51what
- 6:51I'm
- 6:51teaching
- 6:52is
- 6:52not
- 6:52spirituality.
- 6:54What
- 6:54I'm
- 6:54teaching
- 6:54is
- 6:55science.
- 6:56One
- 6:56day
- 6:57scientists
- 6:58will
- 6:58come
- 6:59and
- 6:59understand
- 7:00all
- 7:00this.
- 7:01They
- 7:01said
- 7:02that.
- 7:02And
- 7:02that
- 7:02sentence
- 7:03stick
- 7:03to
- 7:03us
- 7:03sort
- 7:04of
- 7:04deeply,
- 7:05marginally,
- 7:06God
- 7:06knows
- 7:06where.
- 7:07Right.
- 7:07When
- 7:07destiny
- 7:08hits
- 7:08you
- 7:08and
- 7:08you
- 7:09don't
- 7:09realize.
- 7:10And
- 7:10then
- 7:10we
- 7:11went
- 7:11back
- 7:11home.
- 7:11We
- 7:12were
- 7:12having
- 7:12a
- 7:12dinner
- 7:13for
- 7:13my
- 7:13birthday,
- 7:14actually.
- 7:14And
- 7:15at
- 7:15the
- 7:15dinner
- 7:15with
- 7:16another
- 7:16friend,
- 7:16with
- 7:17a
- 7:17friend
- 7:17of
- 7:17us,
- 7:17we
- 7:18said
- 7:18this
- 7:18sentence.
- 7:19And
- 7:19this
- 7:19guy
- 7:20said,
- 7:20hey,
- 7:20why
- 7:21don't
- 7:21we
- 7:21do
- 7:21a
- 7:21conference?
- 7:22Why
- 7:22don't
- 7:22you
- 7:22guys
- 7:22do
- 7:23a
- 7:23conference
- 7:23about
- 7:24put
- 7:24together
- 7:25scientists
- 7:25and
- 7:26mystics?
- 7:27That's
- 7:27a
- 7:27great
- 7:27idea.
- 7:29And
- 7:29we
- 7:29told.
- 7:30But
- 7:30we
- 7:30said,
- 7:31there
- 7:31has
- 7:31to
- 7:31be
- 7:31one
- 7:32year
- 7:32from
- 7:32now.
- 7:33Because
- 7:33otherwise
- 7:34those
- 7:34things
- 7:34become,
- 7:35you
- 7:35know,
- 7:36I'll
- 7:36do
- 7:36it.
- 7:36I'll
- 7:36do
- 7:37it.
- 7:37Yeah,
- 7:37don't
- 7:37worry,
- 7:37I'll
- 7:38do
- 7:38it.
- 7:38Don't
- 7:38worry,
- 7:38I'll
- 7:38do
- 7:38it.
- 7:39No,
- 7:39has
- 7:39to
- 7:40have
- 7:40a
- 7:40deadline.
- 7:40Otherwise,
- 7:41if
- 7:41you
- 7:41put
- 7:41something.
- 7:42If
- 7:42you
- 7:43put
- 7:43something
- 7:43without
- 7:43the
- 7:44deadline,
- 7:44then
- 7:44it's
- 7:45easy
- 7:45to
- 7:45find
- 7:46a
- 7:46way
- 7:46out.
- 7:47So
- 7:47we
- 7:47said,
- 7:47okay,
- 7:48a
- 7:48year
- 7:48from
- 7:48now,
- 7:48we
- 7:48toasted.
- 7:49And
- 7:49next
- 7:50morning,
- 7:50literally,
- 7:51I
- 7:51called
- 7:51in
- 7:51Marin.
- 7:52In
- 7:52Marin.
- 7:52There
- 7:52was
- 7:53a
- 7:53hotel
- 7:54with
- 7:54the
- 7:55space.
- 7:55And
- 7:56they
- 7:56said,
- 7:56no,
- 7:57there
- 7:57is
- 7:57no
- 7:57space.
- 7:57And
- 7:58there
- 7:58was
- 7:58a
- 7:58cancellation
- 7:59that
- 7:59morning
- 8:00for
- 8:00the
- 8:00date
- 8:00we
- 8:00wanted.
- 8:01And
- 8:02so
- 8:02here
- 8:02we
- 8:02go.
- 8:02Science
- 8:03and
- 8:03non
- 8:03duality
- 8:04was
- 8:04created.
- 8:06How
- 8:06many
- 8:06years
- 8:07has
- 8:07that
- 8:07been
- 8:07going
- 8:07on
- 8:07now?
- 8:08We
- 8:09did
- 8:09the
- 8:09conference.
- 8:11Conference
- 8:11for
- 8:1213-15...
- 8:12with
- 8:13COVID
- 8:14We
- 8:14stopped.
- 8:14Doing
- 8:15it
- 8:15in
- 8:15persons
- 8:16and
- 8:16we
- 8:16move
- 8:17online.
- 8:18And
- 8:18in
- 8:18those,
- 8:19I
- 8:19would
- 8:19say,
- 8:2017
- 8:20years,
- 8:20we
- 8:21went
- 8:21through
- 8:21confidence.
- 8:22Quite
- 8:22a
- 8:22few.
- 8:23True
- 8:24evolution.
- 8:24I
- 8:24would
- 8:25say,
- 8:25yeah,
- 8:26the
- 8:26first
- 8:27five
- 8:27years.
- 8:28Five,
- 8:28six,
- 8:29seven,
- 8:29seven.
- 8:30You
- 8:30know,
- 8:30our
- 8:30chronology
- 8:31is
- 8:32not
- 8:32very
- 8:32good,
- 8:33but
- 8:33it
- 8:33was
- 8:34very
- 8:34much
- 8:35scientists
- 8:36and
- 8:36spiritual
- 8:37teachers
- 8:37talking
- 8:38about
- 8:38consciousness,
- 8:39really,
- 8:39that
- 8:40was
- 8:40the
- 8:40main
- 8:40focus.
- 8:41My
- 8:41friend
- 8:42Diane
- 8:42Hamilton
- 8:43said,
- 8:43if
- 8:44the
- 8:44practice
- 8:44doesn't
- 8:45kill
- 8:45you,
- 8:45the
- 8:45Sangha
- 8:46will.
- 8:49Yes.
- 8:50So
- 8:50we
- 8:50want
- 8:50to
- 8:51make
- 8:51sure
- 8:51between
- 8:51one
- 8:52and
- 8:52the
- 8:52other,
- 8:52you
- 8:52hit
- 8:53one.
- 8:54We
- 8:54had
- 8:54some
- 8:54incredible
- 8:55meetings
- 8:56of
- 8:56scientists
- 8:57and
- 8:57spiritual
- 8:58teachers.
- 8:59Beautiful
- 8:59debates,
- 9:00deep
- 9:00conversations.
- 9:02It
- 9:02was
- 9:03really,
- 9:03it
- 9:03felt
- 9:04very
- 9:04powerful
- 9:04for
- 9:05that
- 9:05time.
- 9:07And
- 9:07then
- 9:08we
- 9:08also
- 9:08started
- 9:09waking
- 9:09up
- 9:09to
- 9:10the
- 9:10reality
- 9:10that
- 9:11the
- 9:11room
- 9:11was
- 9:12filled
- 9:12with
- 9:1380%
- 9:14men
- 9:15and
- 9:16it
- 9:16was
- 9:16mostly
- 9:18white
- 9:18men
- 9:19and
- 9:1995%.
- 9:20There
- 9:20were
- 9:21not
- 9:21many
- 9:21women,
- 9:21even
- 9:22teachers
- 9:22that
- 9:23were
- 9:24sharing.
- 9:24So
- 9:25we.
- 9:26Yeah,
- 9:26yeah,
- 9:26now
- 9:26I'm
- 9:26saying
- 9:27non
- 9:27duality
- 9:27was
- 9:28completely
- 9:29at
- 9:29the
- 9:29beginning.
- 9:30And
- 9:30yeah,
- 9:30the
- 9:31western
- 9:31version
- 9:31of
- 9:32non
- 9:32duality
- 9:32was
- 9:34many
- 9:35male
- 9:35teachers
- 9:36really
- 9:37explaining
- 9:38the
- 9:39nature
- 9:39of
- 9:39reality.
- 9:40That
- 9:40was
- 9:41the
- 9:42approach,
- 9:42the
- 9:43spiritual
- 9:43approach,
- 9:44which
- 9:44in
- 9:45time
- 9:45it
- 9:46felt
- 9:46very
- 9:46limiting
- 9:47for
- 9:48us
- 9:48and
- 9:48for
- 9:48our
- 9:49audience.
- 9:51So
- 9:51the
- 9:51evolution
- 9:51went
- 9:52from
- 9:52science
- 9:53and
- 9:53non
- 9:53duality.
- 9:54We
- 9:54slowly
- 9:55started
- 9:55expanding,
- 9:56bringing
- 9:57a
- 9:57lot
- 9:57of
- 9:57experiential
- 9:58modalities,
- 9:59body
- 10:00centered.
- 10:01So
- 10:02expanding
- 10:03our
- 10:03body
- 10:04from
- 10:04here
- 10:04to
- 10:05the
- 10:05body.
- 10:06Expanding
- 10:06the
- 10:06body.
- 10:07And
- 10:07once
- 10:07we
- 10:07included
- 10:08the
- 10:08body,
- 10:09we
- 10:09hit
- 10:09the
- 10:09trauma,
- 10:10which
- 10:10is
- 10:12inevitable.
- 10:13And
- 10:13not
- 10:14many
- 10:14spiritual
- 10:15teachers
- 10:15were
- 10:16addressing
- 10:16it
- 10:16back
- 10:17then,
- 10:18if
- 10:18any.
- 10:19There
- 10:20were
- 10:20a
- 10:20few,
- 10:20but
- 10:21they
- 10:21were
- 10:21minority.
- 10:22And
- 10:23then
- 10:23that
- 10:23became
- 10:24a
- 10:24big
- 10:24portal
- 10:25that
- 10:26needed
- 10:27a
- 10:27lot
- 10:27of
- 10:27work
- 10:28to
- 10:29open
- 10:30and
- 10:30to
- 10:32bring
- 10:32the
- 10:32therapies.
- 10:33Bring
- 10:33the,
- 10:34Bring
- 10:34the.
- 10:35Yeah,
- 10:36the
- 10:36conversation
- 10:36of
- 10:37what
- 10:37trauma
- 10:37is
- 10:37and
- 10:38how
- 10:38trauma
- 10:39is
- 10:39expressed
- 10:40or
- 10:40not
- 10:40expressed.
- 10:41Once
- 10:41we're
- 10:41in
- 10:41the
- 10:42spiritual
- 10:42path.
- 10:43Often
- 10:45many
- 10:45people
- 10:45who
- 10:45are
- 10:46on
- 10:46a
- 10:46spiritual
- 10:46path
- 10:47are
- 10:47trying
- 10:47to.
- 10:48We.
- 10:48We're
- 10:49trying
- 10:49to
- 10:49avoid
- 10:50pain.
- 10:51And
- 10:51behind
- 10:51that
- 10:52pain
- 10:52there
- 10:52is
- 10:52trauma,
- 10:53usually.
- 10:53So
- 10:54when
- 10:54you
- 10:54mask
- 10:54a
- 10:55pain,
- 10:55when
- 10:55you
- 10:55mask
- 10:56a
- 10:56trauma,
- 10:56it
- 10:57finds
- 10:57different
- 10:57ways
- 10:58to
- 10:58come
- 10:58back
- 10:58and
- 10:59say,
- 10:59I'm
- 11:00here,
- 11:00I
- 11:00need
- 11:01attention,
- 11:01I
- 11:02need
- 11:02care.
- 11:02And
- 11:02I
- 11:03must
- 11:03say
- 11:03for
- 11:04clarification
- 11:04that
- 11:05this
- 11:05journey,
- 11:06everything
- 11:07we
- 11:07do
- 11:07since
- 11:07the
- 11:08moment
- 11:08we
- 11:08met,
- 11:09is
- 11:09not
- 11:09that
- 11:09we
- 11:10do
- 11:10it
- 11:10because
- 11:10there
- 11:10is
- 11:11a
- 11:11calculation.
- 11:11We
- 11:12do
- 11:12it
- 11:12because
- 11:12it
- 11:12feels
- 11:13right
- 11:13for
- 11:14us
- 11:14personally.
- 11:15It
- 11:16was
- 11:16our
- 11:16journey
- 11:17that
- 11:17we
- 11:18were
- 11:18trying
- 11:18to
- 11:18reach.
- 11:20I
- 11:20mean,
- 11:20we've
- 11:20been
- 11:20mystical
- 11:21since
- 11:21we
- 11:21were
- 11:21kids,
- 11:22the
- 11:22two
- 11:22of
- 11:22us.
- 11:22And
- 11:23because
- 11:23we
- 11:23were
- 11:23covering
- 11:24our
- 11:24trauma,
- 11:24but
- 11:24we
- 11:24didn't
- 11:25know.
- 11:26So
- 11:27we
- 11:27realized
- 11:28going
- 11:28into
- 11:28the
- 11:28body
- 11:29that
- 11:29this
- 11:30trauma
- 11:30has
- 11:30to
- 11:30be
- 11:31addressed.
- 11:31And
- 11:32so
- 11:32we
- 11:32moved
- 11:33in
- 11:33that
- 11:33direction.
- 11:34Not
- 11:34because
- 11:34there
- 11:34was
- 11:35a
- 11:35calculation,
- 11:35oh,
- 11:36yeah,
- 11:36it's
- 11:36enough
- 11:37for
- 11:37the
- 11:37organization
- 11:38to
- 11:38start
- 11:38talking.
- 11:39You
- 11:39know,
- 11:39it
- 11:40was
- 11:40our
- 11:40personal
- 11:40journey.
- 11:41It's
- 11:41our
- 11:41personal
- 11:42journey,
- 11:42which
- 11:42still
- 11:43now
- 11:43is
- 11:43our
- 11:43personal
- 11:44journey.
- 11:44We
- 11:44put
- 11:44out
- 11:45through
- 11:45our
- 11:45work.
- 11:46That's
- 11:46what
- 11:46we.
- 11:47Where
- 11:47our
- 11:48body
- 11:48and
- 11:48our
- 11:49minds
- 11:49are.
- 11:49Yeah,
- 11:50we
- 11:51had
- 11:51Dr.
- 11:51Gabor
- 11:52Maté
- 11:53and
- 11:54we
- 11:54felt
- 11:55like
- 11:55there
- 11:55was
- 11:56a
- 11:56shift
- 11:56in
- 11:56the
- 11:56room
- 11:57after
- 11:57he
- 11:58spoke,
- 11:59like
- 11:59something
- 11:59happened
- 12:00in
- 12:00the
- 12:00field.
- 12:01And
- 12:01like,
- 12:01oh,
- 12:01we
- 12:02need
- 12:02to
- 12:02follow
- 12:02this,
- 12:03we
- 12:03need
- 12:03to
- 12:03listen
- 12:04to
- 12:04this.
- 12:04We
- 12:04need
- 12:04to
- 12:04listen
- 12:05to
- 12:05this.
- 12:05Start
- 12:05exploring,
- 12:06you
- 12:06know,
- 12:06doesn't
- 12:07mean
- 12:07revolution,
- 12:08but
- 12:08start
- 12:08explore,
- 12:09listen
- 12:09to
- 12:09it.
- 12:10I,
- 12:10I
- 12:11would
- 12:11say
- 12:11our
- 12:12audience
- 12:12was
- 12:13becoming
- 12:13a
- 12:13bit
- 12:13too
- 12:14comfortable
- 12:14with
- 12:15non
- 12:15duality
- 12:16with.
- 12:18It
- 12:18was
- 12:18predictable,
- 12:19it
- 12:19was
- 12:19comfortable.
- 12:20We
- 12:21knew,
- 12:21here's
- 12:21the
- 12:21meditation,
- 12:22here's
- 12:22the
- 12:23practice,
- 12:23here's
- 12:24the
- 12:24non
- 12:24dual
- 12:25teachers
- 12:25explaining
- 12:26us
- 12:26how
- 12:26things
- 12:27are.
- 12:27It
- 12:28was
- 12:28almost
- 12:28like
- 12:29bubble,
- 12:30a
- 12:30bubble.
- 12:31And
- 12:31people
- 12:31were
- 12:32almost
- 12:32like
- 12:32falling
- 12:33asleep
- 12:33in
- 12:34that
- 12:34bubble.
- 12:34That's
- 12:35how
- 12:35it
- 12:35felt
- 12:36after
- 12:36a
- 12:36while.
- 12:37Yeah.
- 12:38Was
- 12:38there
- 12:38an
- 12:38evolution
- 12:39within
- 12:40that?
- 12:40For
- 12:40example,
- 12:41you
- 12:41mentioned
- 12:42the
- 12:42dominance
- 12:42of
- 12:43white
- 12:44male
- 12:44teachers
- 12:45initially.
- 12:45And
- 12:46yet
- 12:46one
- 12:46of
- 12:46the
- 12:46interesting
- 12:47things
- 12:47that's
- 12:48been
- 12:48happening
- 12:49as
- 12:50say
- 12:50some
- 12:50of
- 12:50the
- 12:50eastern
- 12:51traditions
- 12:51have
- 12:52migrated
- 12:52into
- 12:52the
- 12:53west
- 12:53is
- 12:54a
- 12:54feminization.
- 12:55More
- 12:56and
- 12:56more
- 12:56teachers,
- 12:57there
- 12:58are
- 12:58more
- 12:58and
- 12:58more
- 12:58women
- 12:58teachers.
- 12:59Let's
- 12:59take
- 13:00Buddhism
- 13:00for
- 13:00example.
- 13:01It's
- 13:01become
- 13:03democratized,
- 13:04less
- 13:04hierarchical,
- 13:05it's
- 13:06become
- 13:06feminized.
- 13:07Significant
- 13:08number
- 13:08of
- 13:08teachers
- 13:09are
- 13:09now
- 13:10women.
- 13:10Did
- 13:11you
- 13:11notice
- 13:12an
- 13:12evolution
- 13:12over
- 13:13the
- 13:13time
- 13:13of
- 13:14the
- 13:14decade
- 13:14or
- 13:14more
- 13:14of
- 13:15the
- 13:15conference?
- 13:15Absolutely,
- 13:16yeah.
- 13:17I
- 13:17would
- 13:18say
- 13:18an
- 13:18evolution
- 13:19to
- 13:19an
- 13:19extent
- 13:20that
- 13:20we
- 13:20actually
- 13:21had
- 13:22at
- 13:22the
- 13:22end,
- 13:22majority,
- 13:23you
- 13:23know,
- 13:23more
- 13:24women
- 13:24than
- 13:24men.
- 13:25And
- 13:25Absolutely,
- 13:26we
- 13:26gave
- 13:27the
- 13:27stage
- 13:27to
- 13:27many
- 13:28female
- 13:29teachers
- 13:29and
- 13:31we
- 13:31brought
- 13:31voices
- 13:32also
- 13:32of
- 13:32indigenous
- 13:33teachers.
- 13:34And
- 13:35I
- 13:36just
- 13:36want
- 13:36to
- 13:36say
- 13:36that
- 13:37prior
- 13:38to
- 13:39becoming
- 13:39a
- 13:39more
- 13:40male
- 13:40oriented,
- 13:41most
- 13:41spiritual
- 13:42traditions,
- 13:44the
- 13:44women
- 13:44were
- 13:44the
- 13:45mystics,
- 13:45you
- 13:46know,
- 13:46but
- 13:47because
- 13:47of
- 13:47patriarchy,
- 13:48because
- 13:48of,
- 13:49you
- 13:49know,
- 13:50colonialism,
- 13:51empires,
- 13:52you
- 13:52know,
- 13:52the
- 13:52male
- 13:53were
- 13:53the
- 13:54one
- 13:55whose
- 13:55voice
- 13:55is
- 13:56really
- 13:57counted
- 13:58kind
- 13:58of,
- 13:58that
- 13:58was
- 13:59the
- 13:59structure
- 13:59of
- 14:00society.
- 14:00But
- 14:01women
- 14:01were
- 14:02always
- 14:02the
- 14:02mystics,
- 14:03you
- 14:04know,
- 14:04in
- 14:04every
- 14:04tree.
- 14:05Julian
- 14:06of
- 14:06Norwich
- 14:06was
- 14:07one
- 14:07of
- 14:07my
- 14:07favorite
- 14:08mystics,
- 14:08and
- 14:09her
- 14:09writings
- 14:09didn't
- 14:10come
- 14:10out
- 14:10till
- 14:10hundreds
- 14:11of
- 14:11years
- 14:11after
- 14:12she'd
- 14:12passed
- 14:12because
- 14:13it
- 14:13was
- 14:13just
- 14:13too
- 14:13radical.
- 14:14It
- 14:14started
- 14:14coming
- 14:15out
- 14:15in
- 14:15the
- 14:15late
- 14:1619th
- 14:16century.
- 14:17It
- 14:17had
- 14:17been
- 14:17buried,
- 14:18had
- 14:18been
- 14:18hidden.
- 14:19Yeah.
- 14:20With
- 14:20the
- 14:20creation
- 14:21of
- 14:21the
- 14:21church.
- 14:21I
- 14:21mean,
- 14:22even
- 14:22in
- 14:22Judaism,
- 14:23you
- 14:23know,
- 14:24when
- 14:24the
- 14:24temple
- 14:24was
- 14:25created
- 14:26and
- 14:26everybody
- 14:27had
- 14:27to
- 14:27follow
- 14:27the
- 14:27scriptures
- 14:28and
- 14:28then
- 14:28you
- 14:28had
- 14:29the
- 14:29male
- 14:29figure,
- 14:30you
- 14:30know,
- 14:31that's
- 14:31where
- 14:32femininity
- 14:33got
- 14:33suppressed.
- 14:34And
- 14:35femininity
- 14:36and
- 14:36earth
- 14:37and
- 14:37nature
- 14:38are
- 14:38one
- 14:38and
- 14:39the
- 14:39same
- 14:39kind
- 14:39of
- 14:40women.
- 14:40We
- 14:40always
- 14:41move
- 14:41with
- 14:41earth,
- 14:42with
- 14:42mother
- 14:42earth.
- 14:43So
- 14:43that
- 14:44got
- 14:44suppressed.
- 14:44And
- 14:45spirituality
- 14:46that
- 14:46came
- 14:46to
- 14:47the
- 14:47west
- 14:48was
- 14:48disconnected
- 14:49from
- 14:50tradition,
- 14:51from
- 14:52nature,
- 14:52from.
- 14:53From
- 14:53the
- 14:54body,
- 14:54from
- 14:54the
- 14:55body,
- 14:55from
- 14:55the
- 14:56senses.
- 14:57And
- 14:57we
- 14:57got
- 14:58a
- 14:58sterilized
- 14:58version
- 14:59of
- 14:59what
- 14:59spirituality
- 15:00is
- 15:00that
- 15:01invites
- 15:01people
- 15:02to
- 15:02stay.
- 15:03If
- 15:03you
- 15:03disconnected
- 15:04from
- 15:04the
- 15:04earth,
- 15:05all
- 15:05of
- 15:05a
- 15:05sudden
- 15:06the
- 15:06spirituality
- 15:06goes
- 15:07higher
- 15:07and
- 15:07higher
- 15:07until
- 15:08the
- 15:08spirituality
- 15:08stays
- 15:09from
- 15:09here
- 15:09to
- 15:09here
- 15:11and
- 15:11then
- 15:12reflects
- 15:12in
- 15:12the
- 15:12body
- 15:13so
- 15:13I
- 15:13can
- 15:14eat
- 15:14vegan.
- 15:15But.
- 15:16Yeah.
- 15:16And.
- 15:17And
- 15:17how
- 15:17did
- 15:17that,
- 15:18how
- 15:18did
- 15:18that
- 15:18work
- 15:18out?
- 15:19You
- 15:19know,
- 15:19I,
- 15:19I
- 15:19think
- 15:20about
- 15:20the.
- 15:21The
- 15:21horrible
- 15:21things
- 15:22that
- 15:22happened
- 15:22in
- 15:22the
- 15:22Catholic
- 15:22Church
- 15:23with
- 15:23just
- 15:23this
- 15:24problems
- 15:24of
- 15:25all
- 15:25male
- 15:26cut
- 15:26off
- 15:26from
- 15:27the
- 15:27body,
- 15:27cut
- 15:27off
- 15:27from
- 15:28sexuality
- 15:28and
- 15:29all
- 15:29this
- 15:29stuff.
- 15:29And
- 15:29it
- 15:30just
- 15:30manifests
- 15:31itself
- 15:31in
- 15:31the
- 15:31shadow
- 15:32of
- 15:32the
- 15:32abuse
- 15:33of
- 15:33children.
- 15:34You
- 15:34know,
- 15:34huge.
- 15:35It
- 15:35wasn't
- 15:36this
- 15:36or
- 15:36that.
- 15:36It
- 15:36was
- 15:37all
- 15:37over
- 15:37the
- 15:37place.
- 15:37And
- 15:38so
- 15:38when
- 15:38you
- 15:39do
- 15:39that,
- 15:39eventually
- 15:40it
- 15:41really
- 15:41comes
- 15:41out
- 15:42in
- 15:42very
- 15:42horrific
- 15:43and
- 15:44damaging
- 15:44weight.
- 15:45So.
- 15:45Yeah,
- 15:46the
- 15:46end.
- 15:46Killing
- 15:47all
- 15:47the
- 15:48witches.
- 15:48The
- 15:48witches
- 15:49means
- 15:49the
- 15:49wise.
- 15:50The
- 15:50wise
- 15:50of
- 15:50the
- 15:50forest.
- 15:51The
- 15:51ones
- 15:51that
- 15:52knew
- 15:52how
- 15:52to
- 15:53be
- 15:53with
- 15:54the
- 15:54forest,
- 15:54how
- 15:55to
- 15:55heal
- 15:55with
- 15:56the
- 15:56forest.
- 15:56You
- 15:57know,
- 15:57that
- 15:57knowledge
- 15:58was
- 15:58uprooted.
- 15:59That's
- 15:59one
- 15:59of
- 15:59the
- 15:59first
- 16:00stages
- 16:00of
- 16:00colonization.
- 16:02First
- 16:02you
- 16:02colonize
- 16:03Europe
- 16:04and
- 16:04then.
- 16:05Then
- 16:05you
- 16:05can
- 16:06move
- 16:06those.
- 16:07Yeah.
- 16:08Conversation
- 16:09there
- 16:09too.
- 16:09Before
- 16:10moving
- 16:10from
- 16:11sand.
- 16:11You
- 16:11brought
- 16:12to
- 16:12us
- 16:13some
- 16:13of
- 16:13the
- 16:13great
- 16:14spiritual
- 16:14figures
- 16:15of
- 16:15our
- 16:15time.
- 16:16And
- 16:16some.
- 16:17Some
- 16:17of
- 16:17them
- 16:17we're
- 16:18being
- 16:18fortunate
- 16:19to
- 16:19have
- 16:19on
- 16:19this,
- 16:19on
- 16:20the
- 16:20podcast
- 16:20to
- 16:20dialogue
- 16:21with
- 16:21like
- 16:22Amid
- 16:22Ali
- 16:23and
- 16:23others.
- 16:24But,
- 16:24you
- 16:24know,
- 16:24you
- 16:25were
- 16:25exposed
- 16:25to
- 16:26some
- 16:27amazing
- 16:27people
- 16:28who
- 16:28are
- 16:28the
- 16:28people
- 16:29and
- 16:29teachings
- 16:30that
- 16:30really
- 16:31impacted
- 16:32you.
- 16:33To
- 16:34me,
- 16:34it's
- 16:34more
- 16:34of
- 16:34a
- 16:35thought,
- 16:35a
- 16:35sum
- 16:36of.
- 16:36Instead
- 16:37of
- 16:37an
- 16:37individual,
- 16:38since
- 16:39a
- 16:39kid,
- 16:39I
- 16:39never
- 16:40been
- 16:40able
- 16:40to
- 16:40have
- 16:40a
- 16:41guru
- 16:41or
- 16:42a
- 16:42santila.
- 16:43It
- 16:43was
- 16:43always
- 16:44a
- 16:44sum
- 16:44of
- 16:44the
- 16:45things
- 16:45I've
- 16:45always
- 16:46been
- 16:46like
- 16:46picking.
- 16:47I'm
- 16:48buffet
- 16:48style,
- 16:49kind
- 16:49of
- 16:49the
- 16:50person.
- 16:51Other
- 16:51than
- 16:51Nisargadatta
- 16:52for
- 16:52a
- 16:52while.
- 16:53Yeah.
- 16:54I
- 16:54don't
- 16:54know.
- 16:54For
- 16:54you.
- 16:55Yeah,
- 16:55I
- 16:55could
- 16:56say
- 16:56a
- 16:56specific,
- 16:57you
- 16:57know,
- 16:57other
- 16:57than
- 16:57Nisargadatta.
- 16:58Yes.
- 16:59What's
- 16:59moving
- 17:00is
- 17:00really
- 17:00to
- 17:00see
- 17:00when
- 17:01a
- 17:01teaching
- 17:01is
- 17:02delivered,
- 17:02how
- 17:03community,
- 17:04how
- 17:04the
- 17:04audience
- 17:04responds,
- 17:06and
- 17:06how
- 17:06the
- 17:06teaching
- 17:07continues
- 17:08to
- 17:08live.
- 17:09That's
- 17:09to
- 17:10me,
- 17:10very
- 17:10fascinating
- 17:11to
- 17:12feel
- 17:12and
- 17:13follow.
- 17:14But
- 17:14that
- 17:15was
- 17:15the
- 17:15beauty
- 17:15of
- 17:15sen,
- 17:16that
- 17:17we
- 17:17didn't
- 17:18uplift
- 17:18one
- 17:19teacher.
- 17:19We
- 17:19said
- 17:20every
- 17:20teacher
- 17:21has
- 17:21a
- 17:21pointer
- 17:22and
- 17:22you
- 17:22have
- 17:22to
- 17:23find
- 17:23what's
- 17:23right
- 17:24for
- 17:24you.
- 17:24And
- 17:25we
- 17:25also
- 17:27made
- 17:27sure
- 17:27people
- 17:27don't
- 17:28project
- 17:28on
- 17:29teachers
- 17:30like,
- 17:30it's
- 17:30so
- 17:30easy,
- 17:31especially.
- 17:32Yeah,
- 17:32good
- 17:32luck
- 17:33with
- 17:33that.
- 17:33That's
- 17:33amazing
- 17:35when
- 17:35we
- 17:35haven't
- 17:36dealt
- 17:36with
- 17:36our
- 17:37own
- 17:37trauma
- 17:37to
- 17:38project
- 17:38on
- 17:38a
- 17:38male
- 17:39teacher,
- 17:39father
- 17:40figure,
- 17:40and
- 17:41to
- 17:41give
- 17:41our
- 17:41authority.
- 17:42It's
- 17:42so
- 17:42easy.
- 17:44So
- 17:44I
- 17:44think
- 17:44part
- 17:45of
- 17:45our
- 17:45work
- 17:45was
- 17:45also
- 17:46educating
- 17:46the
- 17:47audience
- 17:47to
- 17:48know
- 17:49how
- 17:49to
- 17:49be
- 17:50with
- 17:50a
- 17:50teacher
- 17:50and
- 17:51how
- 17:51to
- 17:52not
- 17:52lose
- 17:52themselves
- 17:54in
- 17:54following
- 17:55a
- 17:55teacher.
- 17:55One
- 17:56of
- 17:56the
- 17:56things
- 17:56we
- 17:56were
- 17:56saying
- 17:57also
- 17:57at
- 17:57the
- 17:57event,
- 17:58there
- 17:58is
- 17:58people
- 17:58tending
- 17:59to
- 17:59the
- 17:59big
- 17:59world,
- 18:00but
- 18:00the
- 18:01real
- 18:01message,
- 18:02maybe
- 18:02you'll
- 18:03get
- 18:03it
- 18:03while
- 18:03you're
- 18:03having
- 18:03lunch
- 18:04over
- 18:04here
- 18:04in
- 18:05a
- 18:05conversation
- 18:05about
- 18:06two
- 18:06people
- 18:06next
- 18:06to
- 18:07you.
- 18:07I
- 18:07mean,
- 18:07what
- 18:08I'm
- 18:08saying,
- 18:08our
- 18:09point
- 18:09was
- 18:09not
- 18:09to
- 18:10give
- 18:10answers
- 18:11as
- 18:11an
- 18:11organization,
- 18:12as
- 18:12a
- 18:13conference,
- 18:13but
- 18:14to
- 18:14raise
- 18:15better
- 18:15questions
- 18:16and
- 18:16be
- 18:17open
- 18:17to
- 18:17listen.
- 18:18We
- 18:18are
- 18:18here
- 18:19as
- 18:19a
- 18:19community
- 18:20in
- 18:20a
- 18:20safe
- 18:20place
- 18:21with
- 18:21people
- 18:22that
- 18:22seem
- 18:23capable
- 18:23to
- 18:24have
- 18:24an
- 18:24understanding
- 18:25of
- 18:25something
- 18:26and
- 18:26they
- 18:26are
- 18:26open
- 18:27to
- 18:27listen
- 18:28and
- 18:28to,
- 18:29you
- 18:29know,
- 18:29interface
- 18:30with
- 18:30one
- 18:30another.
- 18:31So
- 18:31just
- 18:31learn
- 18:32that,
- 18:32that
- 18:32resonates
- 18:33with
- 18:33me.
- 18:33I
- 18:33have
- 18:34a
- 18:34saying.
- 18:34Trust
- 18:35those
- 18:35who
- 18:35have
- 18:36questions.
- 18:36Be
- 18:37wary
- 18:37of
- 18:37those
- 18:37who
- 18:38have
- 18:38answers.
- 18:39Flee
- 18:39from
- 18:39those
- 18:40who
- 18:40have
- 18:40the
- 18:40answer.
- 18:41Yeah,
- 18:42yeah,
- 18:42absolutely.
- 18:43Yeah.
- 18:44And
- 18:44beautiful
- 18:45that
- 18:45you
- 18:45deliberately
- 18:46fostered
- 18:47that
- 18:48attitude
- 18:48and
- 18:48atmosphere
- 18:49of
- 18:49inquiry
- 18:51which
- 18:51of
- 18:51course
- 18:51was.
- 18:52Inquiry
- 18:53was
- 18:53so
- 18:54central.
- 18:54Nisargadatta
- 18:55was,
- 18:56you
- 18:56know,
- 18:56look,
- 18:57look
- 18:57at
- 18:57your
- 18:57own
- 18:58experience.
- 18:58Yeah,
- 18:59yeah.
- 19:00I
- 19:00used
- 19:00to
- 19:00say
- 19:00about
- 19:00spiritual
- 19:01teachers,
- 19:01when
- 19:01I
- 19:02met
- 19:02one,
- 19:02I'd
- 19:02grab
- 19:03my
- 19:03pants
- 19:03and
- 19:03my
- 19:03wallet
- 19:04and
- 19:04get
- 19:04out
- 19:05of
- 19:05the
- 19:05room.
- 19:06So
- 19:06yeah,
- 19:07I
- 19:07had
- 19:07some
- 19:07very
- 19:07negative
- 19:08experiences
- 19:09when
- 19:09I
- 19:09was
- 19:09young
- 19:09with
- 19:09spiritual
- 19:10teachers
- 19:10and
- 19:11it's
- 19:11taken
- 19:12me
- 19:12a
- 19:12while
- 19:12to
- 19:12get
- 19:13over
- 19:13that.
- 19:13Of
- 19:13course
- 19:13we've
- 19:14spent
- 19:14many
- 19:14hours
- 19:15dialoguing
- 19:16with
- 19:16ah,
- 19:16Alamus
- 19:17or
- 19:17Hamid.
- 19:17Right.
- 19:18And
- 19:18that's
- 19:19been
- 19:20very
- 19:20impactful.
- 19:21He
- 19:21is
- 19:21not
- 19:21on
- 19:21that
- 19:22kind
- 19:22of
- 19:22ego
- 19:22trip
- 19:23at
- 19:23all.
- 19:26Just
- 19:26speaking
- 19:27from
- 19:27his,
- 19:28his
- 19:28knowledge,
- 19:29he's
- 19:29very
- 19:29smart
- 19:30intellectually
- 19:30but
- 19:31from
- 19:31his
- 19:31first
- 19:31hand
- 19:32experience
- 19:32he's
- 19:33sharing
- 19:33and
- 19:33it's.
- 19:33You
- 19:34can
- 19:34feel
- 19:34it
- 19:34when
- 19:34you're
- 19:34with
- 19:34him.
- 19:35Yeah,
- 19:36yeah.
- 19:37And
- 19:37thank
- 19:37you
- 19:37actually
- 19:38because
- 19:38our
- 19:39first
- 19:39interview
- 19:39came
- 19:40out
- 19:40of
- 19:40I
- 19:40think
- 19:41the
- 19:41last
- 19:41sand
- 19:41conference
- 19:42because
- 19:42he
- 19:43was
- 19:43there
- 19:43and
- 19:44we
- 19:44asked
- 19:44him
- 19:44if
- 19:45he'd
- 19:45do
- 19:45a
- 19:45dialogue
- 19:46and
- 19:46he
- 19:46said
- 19:46yes.
- 19:46And
- 19:47it's
- 19:48blossomed
- 19:49into
- 19:49this
- 19:49year
- 19:50long
- 19:51ongoing
- 19:52dialogue
- 19:52with
- 19:53him
- 19:53that
- 19:53we've
- 19:53had
- 19:54as
- 19:54we've,
- 19:54it's
- 19:54been
- 19:55incredible
- 19:55privilege.
- 19:56He
- 19:56systematically
- 19:57worked
- 19:57through
- 19:57his
- 19:57whole
- 19:58teachings
- 19:58with
- 19:58us.
- 19:59So.
- 20:00And
- 20:00our
- 20:00audience
- 20:01has
- 20:01been
- 20:01a
- 20:01priceless
- 20:02gift.
- 20:02So
- 20:02thank
- 20:02you.
- 20:03Yeah.
- 20:03He's
- 20:04a
- 20:04beautiful
- 20:04creature,
- 20:04that
- 20:05man.
- 20:05Beautiful,
- 20:06beautiful
- 20:06person.
- 20:07Yeah.
- 20:07And
- 20:08you
- 20:08gave
- 20:09a
- 20:09sense
- 20:10of
- 20:10how
- 20:11you
- 20:12moved
- 20:12into
- 20:13the
- 20:14work
- 20:14with
- 20:14trauma.
- 20:15As
- 20:15you
- 20:15said,
- 20:15you.
- 20:16There's
- 20:16a
- 20:16kind
- 20:16of
- 20:16evolution
- 20:17of
- 20:18bringing
- 20:19in
- 20:19more
- 20:19of
- 20:19a
- 20:20somatic,
- 20:22centered,
- 20:22body
- 20:23centered
- 20:23approach
- 20:24or
- 20:24bringing
- 20:25awareness
- 20:25to
- 20:25that
- 20:25and
- 20:26becoming
- 20:27aware
- 20:27of
- 20:27hidden
- 20:28trauma.
- 20:28And
- 20:28it
- 20:29seems
- 20:29like
- 20:29that
- 20:30was,
- 20:30was
- 20:30that
- 20:30the
- 20:31doorway
- 20:31then
- 20:31for
- 20:31you
- 20:32to
- 20:32move
- 20:32into
- 20:33your
- 20:33focus
- 20:33on
- 20:34trauma?
- 20:35Yeah,
- 20:35I
- 20:35would
- 20:35say
- 20:35the
- 20:36doorway
- 20:36was
- 20:37again
- 20:37inviting
- 20:38Dr.
- 20:38Gabor
- 20:39Maté
- 20:39and
- 20:39starting
- 20:40to
- 20:40invite
- 20:41that
- 20:41conversation
- 20:41into
- 20:42send.
- 20:42And
- 20:43when
- 20:43he
- 20:44came,
- 20:45Maurizio
- 20:45and
- 20:46I
- 20:46suddenly
- 20:46thought,
- 20:47wow,
- 20:48his
- 20:48message
- 20:48is
- 20:49so
- 20:49powerful
- 20:50and
- 20:50so
- 20:50important,
- 20:51we
- 20:51would
- 20:52like
- 20:52to
- 20:52make
- 20:52a
- 20:52film
- 20:53about
- 20:53him.
- 20:54And
- 20:54he
- 20:55wasn't
- 20:55very
- 20:55sure
- 20:56at
- 20:56the
- 20:56beginning,
- 20:56you
- 20:57know,
- 20:57he
- 20:57was
- 20:58like,
- 20:58I
- 20:58don't
- 20:58know
- 20:58you.
- 20:59How
- 20:59do
- 20:59I
- 20:59trust
- 21:00you?
- 21:00You
- 21:01don't
- 21:01make
- 21:01sense.
- 21:01So
- 21:01it
- 21:01took
- 21:01a
- 21:02while
- 21:02for
- 21:02him
- 21:02to
- 21:03be
- 21:03convinced.
- 21:04And
- 21:04we
- 21:05were
- 21:05like,
- 21:05well,
- 21:05let's
- 21:06just
- 21:06start
- 21:06with
- 21:06one
- 21:06interview
- 21:07and
- 21:07see
- 21:07where
- 21:07it
- 21:08goes.
- 21:09So
- 21:09that's
- 21:09what
- 21:09we
- 21:10did.
- 21:10And
- 21:11then
- 21:11the
- 21:12COVID
- 21:12hit
- 21:13and
- 21:13we
- 21:13were
- 21:13like,
- 21:13okay,
- 21:14let's
- 21:14edit
- 21:14the
- 21:15footage
- 21:15we
- 21:15have.
- 21:16So.
- 21:16And
- 21:17we
- 21:17find
- 21:17ourselves
- 21:18missing
- 21:19a
- 21:19lot
- 21:19of
- 21:19footage.
- 21:20So
- 21:20we
- 21:20had
- 21:20to
- 21:20became
- 21:21creative.
- 21:22Yeah.
- 21:23And
- 21:23yeah.
- 21:24So
- 21:24during
- 21:24COVID
- 21:25we
- 21:25actually
- 21:26finished
- 21:26the
- 21:26movie
- 21:27because
- 21:27we
- 21:27stopped
- 21:28with
- 21:28sand
- 21:29conferences
- 21:29in
- 21:29person
- 21:30and
- 21:30we
- 21:31released
- 21:31it.
- 21:32And
- 21:32it
- 21:33was
- 21:34like
- 21:34it
- 21:34became
- 21:35viral
- 21:35overnight.
- 21:37Really.
- 21:37Like
- 21:37we
- 21:38didn't
- 21:38expect.
- 21:38We
- 21:39thought
- 21:39maybe
- 21:4020,000
- 21:40therapists
- 21:41in
- 21:41the
- 21:41US
- 21:42will
- 21:42care
- 21:42to
- 21:42see
- 21:43the
- 21:43film.
- 21:44We
- 21:44had
- 21:445
- 21:44million
- 21:45people.
- 21:45Like
- 21:46first
- 21:48service
- 21:48fell.
- 21:49Everything
- 21:49fell
- 21:50asleep
- 21:50just
- 21:50like
- 21:50when.
- 21:51Because
- 21:52it
- 21:52was
- 21:52Covid.
- 21:53Because
- 21:53people
- 21:53were
- 21:54alone
- 21:54at
- 21:54home
- 21:54and
- 21:55people
- 21:55were
- 21:55like
- 21:56feeling
- 21:57it.
- 21:57It
- 21:57was
- 21:57close
- 21:58to
- 21:58everybody's
- 21:59skin.
- 21:59And
- 22:00what.
- 22:00What
- 22:00is
- 22:00the
- 22:00name
- 22:00of
- 22:00the
- 22:01film?
- 22:01So
- 22:01everybody.
- 22:02The
- 22:02Wisdom
- 22:03of
- 22:03Trauma.
- 22:04And
- 22:04it's
- 22:05still
- 22:05available
- 22:05online
- 22:06on
- 22:06our
- 22:06website.
- 22:07The
- 22:07wisdom
- 22:07of
- 22:08trauma.com
- 22:09one
- 22:09of
- 22:09the
- 22:09things
- 22:09that
- 22:10happened.
- 22:10We
- 22:10offered
- 22:11this
- 22:11movie
- 22:11by
- 22:12donation,
- 22:12including
- 22:13zero.
- 22:14So
- 22:14if
- 22:15somebody
- 22:16needs
- 22:16to
- 22:16watch
- 22:16one
- 22:16hour
- 22:17of
- 22:17our
- 22:17work,
- 22:18participate
- 22:18one
- 22:18of
- 22:19our
- 22:19event.
- 22:19We
- 22:20always
- 22:20have
- 22:20the
- 22:20include
- 22:21in
- 22:21$0
- 22:22because
- 22:22it
- 22:23makes
- 22:23no
- 22:23sense
- 22:24otherwise.
- 22:24So.
- 22:25So
- 22:25I
- 22:25would
- 22:25say
- 22:25that
- 22:26really
- 22:26extended
- 22:27the
- 22:27audience.
- 22:28Our
- 22:28audience.
- 22:29Because
- 22:30the
- 22:30movie
- 22:31when
- 22:31everywhere
- 22:32where
- 22:32was
- 22:32needed.
- 22:34Universe
- 22:34translating
- 22:3534
- 22:35languages
- 22:36now
- 22:36addiction
- 22:37recovery
- 22:38centers,
- 22:38prisons.
- 22:40It
- 22:40just.
- 22:40It
- 22:41was
- 22:41needed
- 22:41in
- 22:42the
- 22:42collect
- 22:42in
- 22:43the
- 22:43collective
- 22:43psyche.
- 22:45And
- 22:46we
- 22:46thought
- 22:46we'll
- 22:47be
- 22:47done
- 22:47release
- 22:48the
- 22:48film
- 22:48and
- 22:48then
- 22:48we
- 22:48move
- 22:49on
- 22:49and
- 22:49continue
- 22:49with
- 22:50Sen.
- 22:50That's
- 22:51not
- 22:51what
- 22:52was
- 22:52asked.
- 22:52Like
- 22:53we
- 22:53spend
- 22:54the
- 22:54next
- 22:54four
- 22:54or
- 22:54five
- 22:55years
- 22:55really
- 22:56diving
- 22:56and
- 22:57providing
- 22:57a
- 22:57lot
- 22:58of
- 22:58courses
- 22:59and
- 23:00education
- 23:00around
- 23:01trauma
- 23:02and
- 23:02online.
- 23:03Online.
- 23:04Because
- 23:05mostly
- 23:05online.
- 23:06Yes.
- 23:06With
- 23:07Gabor
- 23:07and.
- 23:09And
- 23:09other.
- 23:09And
- 23:10the
- 23:10film
- 23:10was
- 23:10released.
- 23:11When
- 23:12we
- 23:12released
- 23:12the
- 23:12movie,
- 23:13we
- 23:13had
- 23:13online
- 23:13event
- 23:14with
- 23:14over
- 23:1540,
- 23:1650
- 23:17top
- 23:17therapists
- 23:18in
- 23:18the
- 23:18country.
- 23:19So
- 23:19conversation.
- 23:20And
- 23:21so
- 23:21there's
- 23:21a
- 23:22package
- 23:22of
- 23:23conversation
- 23:23which
- 23:23is
- 23:24very
- 23:24rich.
- 23:25Super
- 23:25rich.
- 23:26And
- 23:26as
- 23:27you
- 23:27said,
- 23:27the.
- 23:27The.
- 23:28When
- 23:28everything
- 23:28fell
- 23:28apart.
- 23:29The
- 23:29amazing
- 23:29thing
- 23:29that.
- 23:30I
- 23:30mean,
- 23:3193%
- 23:32of
- 23:33the
- 23:33people
- 23:33put
- 23:33zero
- 23:33because
- 23:34the
- 23:34server
- 23:34everything
- 23:35fall
- 23:35apart.
- 23:36And.
- 23:37But
- 23:37still
- 23:38in
- 23:38this
- 23:38big
- 23:39number,
- 23:39we
- 23:39were
- 23:39able
- 23:40to
- 23:40cover
- 23:40the
- 23:40cost
- 23:41of
- 23:41the
- 23:41film
- 23:41and
- 23:41be
- 23:41able
- 23:42to
- 23:42continue
- 23:42our
- 23:43journey.
- 23:43And
- 23:44now
- 23:44this.
- 23:44Like
- 23:44for
- 23:45example,
- 23:45we
- 23:45heard.
- 23:46Yes.
- 23:46A
- 23:46few
- 23:46days
- 23:47ago
- 23:47we
- 23:47heard
- 23:47that
- 23:47the
- 23:48movie
- 23:48has
- 23:48been
- 23:48seen
- 23:49by
- 23:4927,000
- 23:50inmates
- 23:52in
- 23:52prisons
- 23:52in
- 23:52the
- 23:52United
- 23:53States
- 23:54and
- 23:54actually
- 23:54also
- 23:54in
- 23:55Germany.
- 23:55I
- 23:55think
- 23:5627.
- 23:57That's
- 23:57really,
- 23:57really
- 23:58awesome.
- 23:58You
- 23:58Guys.
- 23:58Yeah.
- 23:59There
- 23:59is
- 23:59an
- 23:59organization,
- 24:00compassionate
- 24:01prison
- 24:01project
- 24:02that
- 24:02brings
- 24:03use
- 24:03the
- 24:03movie
- 24:04amongst
- 24:05other
- 24:06other
- 24:06work
- 24:06they
- 24:07do.
- 24:07A
- 24:07beautiful
- 24:07organization
- 24:08to
- 24:09support
- 24:09inmates.
- 24:10Beautiful.
- 24:11Yeah.
- 24:12Yeah.
- 24:13And
- 24:14this
- 24:14is
- 24:14one
- 24:15of
- 24:15the
- 24:15beautiful
- 24:16things
- 24:16about
- 24:17your
- 24:18work
- 24:18is
- 24:18that
- 24:19it's
- 24:19clearly
- 24:21both
- 24:21a
- 24:22response
- 24:22to
- 24:23whatever
- 24:23is
- 24:24being
- 24:24called
- 24:25for
- 24:25and
- 24:26coming
- 24:26out
- 24:27of
- 24:27your
- 24:27own
- 24:27heart
- 24:27and
- 24:28passion
- 24:28and
- 24:29an
- 24:29intertwining
- 24:30of
- 24:30beautiful
- 24:31intertwining
- 24:32throughout
- 24:32your
- 24:32work
- 24:33of
- 24:33this
- 24:34personal.
- 24:36The
- 24:36personal
- 24:36and
- 24:37the
- 24:37professional
- 24:37and
- 24:38the
- 24:38contributory.
- 24:39It
- 24:39feels
- 24:40like
- 24:40you've
- 24:40melded
- 24:41those
- 24:41in
- 24:41a
- 24:41beautiful
- 24:42way
- 24:42and
- 24:42that
- 24:42you've
- 24:42just
- 24:43turned
- 24:44your
- 24:44work
- 24:44and
- 24:44your
- 24:44passion
- 24:45into.
- 24:45Into
- 24:46a
- 24:46spiritual
- 24:46practice
- 24:47in
- 24:47a
- 24:47beautiful
- 24:48way.
- 24:48Yeah.
- 24:49Yeah,
- 24:49definitely.
- 24:50Yeah.
- 24:51And
- 24:51we
- 24:52do
- 24:53feel
- 24:53like
- 24:53there
- 24:53is
- 24:54no
- 24:54spiritual
- 24:55work
- 24:55without
- 24:55trauma
- 24:56work.
- 24:56Really.
- 24:57That's
- 24:57right.
- 24:58The
- 24:58same.
- 24:59And
- 24:59I
- 24:59think
- 25:00that
- 25:00awareness
- 25:01now,
- 25:01it's.
- 25:01It's
- 25:02everywhere
- 25:02we
- 25:03see
- 25:03it.
- 25:04Yeah.
- 25:04And
- 25:04not
- 25:04only
- 25:05there
- 25:05is
- 25:05no
- 25:05spiritual
- 25:06work
- 25:07period.
- 25:07There
- 25:07is
- 25:08life.
- 25:08Every
- 25:08breath
- 25:09we
- 25:09take
- 25:09is
- 25:09spiritual.
- 25:10The
- 25:10way
- 25:10we
- 25:10buy
- 25:10a
- 25:11piece
- 25:11a
- 25:11milk
- 25:12instead
- 25:12of.
- 25:13Everything
- 25:13is
- 25:13spiritual
- 25:14work.
- 25:14Everything
- 25:15we
- 25:15do
- 25:15is
- 25:15spiritual.
- 25:16If
- 25:16you
- 25:16start
- 25:16separate
- 25:17spirituality.
- 25:18Oh,
- 25:18this
- 25:18is
- 25:18spiritual.
- 25:19This
- 25:19is
- 25:19social,
- 25:19this
- 25:20is
- 25:20politics,
- 25:20this
- 25:20is
- 25:21ecology.
- 25:21This
- 25:21is.
- 25:23Does
- 25:23division
- 25:24are,
- 25:24you
- 25:24know.
- 25:25Right.
- 25:26Initially
- 25:27a
- 25:27lot
- 25:27of
- 25:27the
- 25:27spiritual
- 25:28teacher
- 25:28at
- 25:29SEN
- 25:29did
- 25:29not
- 25:30want
- 25:30to
- 25:30deal
- 25:30with
- 25:30the
- 25:31human
- 25:31pain.
- 25:31Was
- 25:32like,
- 25:33let's
- 25:33just,
- 25:33you
- 25:34know,
- 25:34spiritual
- 25:34bypassing.
- 25:35I'm
- 25:35sure
- 25:35viewers
- 25:37conversations
- 25:37on
- 25:38that
- 25:39was
- 25:39very
- 25:39real.
- 25:40And
- 25:41I
- 25:42like
- 25:42the
- 25:42expression
- 25:43you
- 25:44run
- 25:44over
- 25:44an
- 25:45omelet
- 25:45on
- 25:45your
- 25:46way
- 25:46to
- 25:46yoga,
- 25:47right.
- 25:47You
- 25:47run
- 25:48over
- 25:48that
- 25:48because
- 25:48you
- 25:49are
- 25:49late
- 25:49to
- 25:49your
- 25:49yoga
- 25:50class.
- 25:50I
- 25:51have
- 25:51to
- 25:51be
- 25:51spiritual.
- 25:52Get
- 25:52away.
- 25:52You
- 25:53know,
- 25:53this
- 25:53kind
- 25:53of
- 25:54behavior
- 25:54that
- 25:54we
- 25:54have
- 25:55separated,
- 25:55you
- 25:55know,
- 25:56compartmentalize
- 25:57our
- 25:57moments
- 25:58of
- 25:58our
- 25:59lives.
- 25:59Now
- 26:00I'm
- 26:00gonna
- 26:00be
- 26:00spiritual
- 26:01for
- 26:0110
- 26:01minutes.
- 26:03I
- 26:03can
- 26:04continue
- 26:05and
- 26:05then
- 26:05I
- 26:06can
- 26:06continue.
- 26:06You
- 26:06know,
- 26:07respect.
- 26:07Yeah.
- 26:08And
- 26:08my.
- 26:08My
- 26:08native
- 26:09American
- 26:09teacher,
- 26:09Wallace
- 26:10Black
- 26:10Elk.
- 26:10But
- 26:11you
- 26:11know,
- 26:11there
- 26:11was
- 26:12nothing
- 26:12for
- 26:12the
- 26:12native
- 26:13people
- 26:14that
- 26:14was
- 26:14not
- 26:14spiritual.
- 26:15Yeah,
- 26:15there
- 26:15was,
- 26:16there
- 26:16wasn't
- 26:16that
- 26:17separation.
- 26:18Modernity
- 26:18helped
- 26:19us
- 26:19to
- 26:19do
- 26:19that,
- 26:20you
- 26:20know.
- 26:20So.
- 26:20Yeah.
- 26:21And
- 26:21if
- 26:21you
- 26:21talk
- 26:21about
- 26:22non
- 26:22duality.
- 26:22If
- 26:23everything
- 26:23is
- 26:23spirit,
- 26:24everything
- 26:24is
- 26:24connected,
- 26:25everything
- 26:25is
- 26:25spiritual.
- 26:26Everything.
- 26:26The
- 26:27air,
- 26:27the
- 26:28water,
- 26:29the.
- 26:29Everything
- 26:30is.
- 26:30So
- 26:31how
- 26:31can
- 26:31something
- 26:32not
- 26:32be
- 26:32spiritual
- 26:33of
- 26:33those
- 26:34things?
- 26:35Right.
- 26:37Of
- 26:37those
- 26:37relationship
- 26:38of
- 26:38those
- 26:38moments.
- 26:39You
- 26:40have
- 26:41been
- 26:41immersed
- 26:42in
- 26:43the
- 26:43world
- 26:43of
- 26:43trauma
- 26:44for
- 26:44several
- 26:44years
- 26:45now.
- 26:45How
- 26:46has
- 26:46your
- 26:46own
- 26:47understanding
- 26:48developed
- 26:49over
- 26:49that
- 26:49time?
- 26:51Yeah,
- 26:51well,
- 26:51we
- 26:52all
- 26:52have
- 26:52traumas.
- 26:53Nobody
- 26:54is
- 26:54spared.
- 26:55We
- 26:55all
- 26:55carry
- 26:56traumas.
- 26:57Some
- 26:57of
- 26:57them
- 26:57started
- 26:58in
- 26:58our
- 26:58childhood,
- 26:59others
- 27:00started
- 27:00way
- 27:00before
- 27:01in
- 27:01our
- 27:02grandparents,
- 27:03parents,
- 27:04like
- 27:04now
- 27:04there
- 27:04is
- 27:05also
- 27:05science
- 27:05that
- 27:06talks
- 27:06about
- 27:06epigenetics.
- 27:08So
- 27:08we
- 27:09all
- 27:09carry
- 27:09those
- 27:10wounds.
- 27:11Indigenous
- 27:11people
- 27:12would
- 27:12say
- 27:12Their
- 27:13soul
- 27:13wounds
- 27:13or.
- 27:14And
- 27:14blessings.
- 27:15And
- 27:16they're
- 27:16both.
- 27:16They're
- 27:17pain,
- 27:17they're
- 27:18wounds,
- 27:18but
- 27:18they're
- 27:19also
- 27:19our
- 27:19gifts.
- 27:20I
- 27:21would
- 27:21say
- 27:21with
- 27:21the
- 27:21wisdom
- 27:22of
- 27:22trauma,
- 27:22with
- 27:22the
- 27:22work
- 27:23of
- 27:23Gabor
- 27:23Maté,
- 27:24what
- 27:24really
- 27:25that
- 27:25film
- 27:25did
- 27:26help
- 27:26people
- 27:27understand.
- 27:27You
- 27:27are
- 27:27not
- 27:27alone
- 27:28with
- 27:28your
- 27:29pain.
- 27:29We
- 27:29all
- 27:30share
- 27:30pains
- 27:31and
- 27:32it's
- 27:32not
- 27:32your
- 27:32fault
- 27:33because
- 27:33often
- 27:34when
- 27:34we
- 27:34feel
- 27:34the
- 27:35pain,
- 27:35it
- 27:35comes
- 27:36with
- 27:36shame.
- 27:36It
- 27:37comes
- 27:37with
- 27:37a
- 27:38self
- 27:38doubt.
- 27:39And
- 27:40when
- 27:40that
- 27:40is
- 27:41released,
- 27:41then
- 27:42we
- 27:42can
- 27:42be
- 27:42with
- 27:43the
- 27:43pain
- 27:43we
- 27:43don't
- 27:43need
- 27:43to
- 27:44fix.
- 27:44It
- 27:45might
- 27:45not
- 27:45be
- 27:45a
- 27:45work
- 27:46of
- 27:46our
- 27:46lifetime.
- 27:47We
- 27:47might
- 27:47be,
- 27:47you
- 27:48know,
- 27:48it
- 27:48will
- 27:48continue
- 27:50from
- 27:50generation
- 27:50to
- 27:51generation.
- 27:52But
- 27:52whatever
- 27:53we
- 27:53can
- 27:53do
- 27:53in
- 27:53our
- 27:53lifetime
- 27:55will
- 27:55advance
- 27:56the.
- 27:56And
- 27:57the
- 27:57release
- 27:57of
- 27:57trauma.
- 27:58In
- 27:58my
- 27:58experience,
- 27:58we.
- 27:59It
- 27:59was
- 27:59a
- 27:59big
- 27:59part
- 28:00of
- 28:00my
- 28:00work
- 28:00with
- 28:00addicts
- 28:01was
- 28:02that
- 28:02when
- 28:02you,
- 28:03you
- 28:03release
- 28:03it,
- 28:03there's
- 28:04so
- 28:04much
- 28:04energy
- 28:05that's
- 28:05released.
- 28:06It's
- 28:06a
- 28:07lot
- 28:07of.
- 28:07It's
- 28:07held
- 28:07there.
- 28:08And
- 28:08Dennis
- 28:09like
- 28:09there's
- 28:09so
- 28:09much
- 28:09more
- 28:10energy
- 28:10for
- 28:10living,
- 28:11for
- 28:11creativity,
- 28:12for
- 28:12loving,
- 28:12for
- 28:13being
- 28:13a
- 28:13human,
- 28:14for
- 28:14seeing
- 28:14the
- 28:14world
- 28:15as
- 28:15it
- 28:15is.
- 28:16Yes,
- 28:16it's
- 28:16our
- 28:17life
- 28:17force
- 28:17that
- 28:18is
- 28:18caught
- 28:18in
- 28:18that.
- 28:19And
- 28:19every.
- 28:20All
- 28:20our
- 28:20energy
- 28:21goes
- 28:21to
- 28:21keep
- 28:22that
- 28:23wound.
- 28:23And
- 28:24yeah,
- 28:25that's
- 28:25a
- 28:25lot
- 28:25of
- 28:25people
- 28:26came
- 28:26to
- 28:26us
- 28:27that
- 28:27struggle
- 28:27with
- 28:28addiction,
- 28:28all
- 28:29kinds
- 28:29of
- 28:29addiction.
- 28:29And
- 28:30addiction
- 28:30is
- 28:30just
- 28:31trying
- 28:31to
- 28:31soothe.
- 28:33Everybody
- 28:33knows
- 28:33that
- 28:34today
- 28:35it's
- 28:35not
- 28:35the
- 28:36fault
- 28:36of
- 28:36this
- 28:36individual.
- 28:37It's
- 28:37just
- 28:38their
- 28:38way
- 28:38of
- 28:38soothing
- 28:39the
- 28:39pain.
- 28:39And
- 28:40it's
- 28:40a
- 28:41coping
- 28:41mechanism
- 28:42because
- 28:43when
- 28:44you
- 28:44feel
- 28:44alone
- 28:44and
- 28:44isolated,
- 28:45that's
- 28:46what
- 28:46helps.
- 28:47And
- 28:48once
- 28:48that
- 28:49blame
- 28:50on
- 28:50the
- 28:50individual
- 28:50is
- 28:51released,
- 28:51then
- 28:52they
- 28:52can
- 28:52begin
- 28:53to
- 28:53actually
- 28:54heal
- 28:55the
- 28:55wound.
- 28:56So
- 28:57they
- 28:57don't
- 28:57need
- 28:58to
- 28:58reach
- 28:58for
- 28:59self
- 29:00medicating
- 29:00and,
- 29:01and,
- 29:02or
- 29:02self
- 29:02harming,
- 29:03which
- 29:03often
- 29:03happens
- 29:04as
- 29:04well.
- 29:04Or
- 29:05self
- 29:05annihilating.
- 29:06Yeah,
- 29:07yeah.
- 29:08And
- 29:09then
- 29:09that
- 29:09is
- 29:10a
- 29:10spiritual
- 29:10work
- 29:11because
- 29:11once
- 29:12we
- 29:12kind
- 29:12of,
- 29:13you
- 29:13know,
- 29:14healing
- 29:14means
- 29:14wholeness.
- 29:15Like
- 29:16once
- 29:16we
- 29:17connect
- 29:17to
- 29:17the
- 29:17parts
- 29:18of
- 29:18ourselves
- 29:18that
- 29:19we
- 29:19have
- 29:19lost,
- 29:19that
- 29:20they
- 29:20have
- 29:20been
- 29:20fragmented
- 29:21because
- 29:21of
- 29:22the
- 29:22trauma,
- 29:23we
- 29:23begin
- 29:23to
- 29:24feel
- 29:24more
- 29:24whole
- 29:25and
- 29:26more
- 29:26here,
- 29:26more
- 29:27present,
- 29:27which
- 29:28is
- 29:28what
- 29:28spiritual
- 29:29teachers
- 29:29are
- 29:30inviting
- 29:30us
- 29:31be
- 29:31here,
- 29:31be
- 29:32fully
- 29:32present.
- 29:32But
- 29:32we
- 29:33often
- 29:33cannot
- 29:33be
- 29:34present
- 29:34because
- 29:34of
- 29:35the
- 29:35pain.
- 29:35And
- 29:36that
- 29:36pain
- 29:36needs
- 29:37a
- 29:37voice,
- 29:38needs
- 29:38space
- 29:39to
- 29:39be
- 29:39held,
- 29:39to
- 29:40be
- 29:40loved
- 29:41in
- 29:41a
- 29:41way.
- 29:43You,
- 29:43you've
- 29:43just
- 29:43been
- 29:43giving
- 29:44a
- 29:44very
- 29:44beautiful
- 29:45description
- 29:46of
- 29:46some
- 29:46of
- 29:46the
- 29:47factors
- 29:47of
- 29:47healing
- 29:48and
- 29:48some
- 29:48of
- 29:48the
- 29:48ways
- 29:49in
- 29:49which
- 29:49healing
- 29:49can
- 29:50occur.
- 29:50I'd
- 29:50like
- 29:51to
- 29:51just
- 29:51invite
- 29:52you
- 29:52both.
- 29:52What
- 29:53else
- 29:53have
- 29:53you
- 29:53learned?
- 29:53I
- 29:53mean
- 29:54you
- 29:54were,
- 29:54you've
- 29:54really
- 29:55been
- 29:55immersed
- 29:56in
- 29:56this
- 29:56field
- 29:56of
- 29:57trauma
- 29:57for
- 29:57some
- 29:58time
- 29:58and
- 29:59you've
- 29:59been
- 30:00this
- 30:00very
- 30:00interesting
- 30:01Perspective
- 30:02having
- 30:02imbibing
- 30:03from
- 30:04some
- 30:04very
- 30:04smart
- 30:05therapists
- 30:05on
- 30:06the
- 30:06one
- 30:06hand
- 30:06and
- 30:07spiritual
- 30:07teachers
- 30:08on
- 30:08the
- 30:08other.
- 30:09What
- 30:09else
- 30:09have
- 30:10you
- 30:10learned
- 30:10about
- 30:11that's
- 30:11really
- 30:12crucial
- 30:12for
- 30:13healing
- 30:13from
- 30:14trauma?
- 30:15To
- 30:15me
- 30:15personally,
- 30:16I
- 30:16had
- 30:16to
- 30:17go
- 30:17deep
- 30:18to
- 30:19find
- 30:20the
- 30:20little
- 30:21boy
- 30:21who
- 30:22was
- 30:22terrified
- 30:24in
- 30:24the
- 30:24living
- 30:24room
- 30:25of
- 30:25my
- 30:26family's
- 30:26house
- 30:27at
- 30:27the
- 30:27age
- 30:28of
- 30:28six.
- 30:29And
- 30:29he
- 30:29was
- 30:29paralyzed
- 30:30in
- 30:30the
- 30:31middle
- 30:31of
- 30:31the
- 30:31living
- 30:31room
- 30:32for
- 30:33my
- 30:33mom
- 30:33died
- 30:34when
- 30:34I
- 30:34was
- 30:35six.
- 30:35And
- 30:36that
- 30:37boy
- 30:37was
- 30:37left
- 30:37there,
- 30:39was
- 30:39left
- 30:39there.
- 30:40I
- 30:40felt
- 30:41it
- 30:41that
- 30:41he
- 30:41was
- 30:42left
- 30:42there
- 30:42parablocked.
- 30:43And
- 30:44when
- 30:44I
- 30:44saw
- 30:45him,
- 30:45it
- 30:45was
- 30:46a
- 30:462D
- 30:46figure.
- 30:47And
- 30:47it
- 30:47took
- 30:47time
- 30:48to
- 30:48be
- 30:48able
- 30:48to
- 30:49make
- 30:49it
- 30:49become
- 30:49a
- 30:493D
- 30:50figure.
- 30:51And
- 30:51it
- 30:51took
- 30:51time
- 30:52to
- 30:52invite
- 30:52this
- 30:53little
- 30:53part
- 30:54of
- 30:54me
- 30:55and
- 30:56being
- 30:56able
- 30:57to
- 30:57hold
- 30:57him
- 30:58and
- 30:59take
- 30:59him
- 30:59with
- 30:59me
- 30:59in
- 31:00the
- 31:00U.S.
- 31:01if
- 31:01you
- 31:01wish,
- 31:02take
- 31:02him
- 31:02with
- 31:03me
- 31:03present
- 31:03now,
- 31:04in
- 31:04this
- 31:05day,
- 31:05to
- 31:06know
- 31:06that
- 31:07when
- 31:07the
- 31:07little
- 31:07boy
- 31:08get
- 31:08in
- 31:08a
- 31:09panic,
- 31:09get
- 31:10scared,
- 31:11I
- 31:12know
- 31:12I
- 31:12have
- 31:12to
- 31:12be
- 31:12able
- 31:13to.
- 31:13To
- 31:14call
- 31:14on
- 31:14him
- 31:14and
- 31:15reassure
- 31:15him.
- 31:16You
- 31:16know,
- 31:16he's
- 31:16a
- 31:17part
- 31:17of
- 31:17me.
- 31:17So
- 31:18that
- 31:18for.
- 31:18To
- 31:19me
- 31:19personally,
- 31:19for
- 31:19example,
- 31:20just
- 31:20one
- 31:20thing
- 31:21of
- 31:21the
- 31:21many.
- 31:23You
- 31:23know,
- 31:23when
- 31:24I
- 31:24was,
- 31:24when
- 31:24I
- 31:24was
- 31:25a
- 31:25child,
- 31:26young
- 31:27boy,
- 31:27I
- 31:27had
- 31:28a
- 31:28dream,
- 31:28it's
- 31:29very
- 31:29powerful
- 31:29dream
- 31:30that
- 31:30never.
- 31:30I
- 31:31could
- 31:31not,
- 31:31not
- 31:32remember
- 31:32it.
- 31:33And
- 31:33in
- 31:33the,
- 31:33in
- 31:33the
- 31:34dream,
- 31:34I'm
- 31:34standing
- 31:34in
- 31:34front
- 31:35of
- 31:35this
- 31:35black
- 31:35pit
- 31:36of
- 31:36all
- 31:36this
- 31:36darkness
- 31:37and
- 31:37horrible
- 31:38stuff,
- 31:38and
- 31:38I
- 31:38fall
- 31:39into
- 31:39the
- 31:39pit
- 31:39and
- 31:39I
- 31:40just
- 31:40go
- 31:40down
- 31:41and
- 31:41down
- 31:41through
- 31:41all
- 31:42this
- 31:42horrible
- 31:43stuff
- 31:44and
- 31:44then
- 31:44finally
- 31:45I
- 31:45break
- 31:45out
- 31:45into
- 31:46this
- 31:46beautiful
- 31:47ocean
- 31:47of
- 31:48light.
- 31:48And
- 31:48all,
- 31:49all
- 31:49the,
- 31:50the
- 31:50gore
- 31:50and
- 31:51all
- 31:51the
- 31:51stuff
- 31:51just
- 31:51washes
- 31:52out
- 31:53of
- 31:53me
- 31:53and
- 31:53washes
- 31:54off
- 31:54me
- 31:54and
- 31:54I'm
- 31:54in
- 31:55just
- 31:55wonderful
- 31:55ocean
- 31:56of
- 31:56light
- 31:56and
- 31:56love.
- 31:56It's
- 31:57just
- 31:57spectacular.
- 31:58And
- 31:58I,
- 31:58I
- 31:58didn't
- 31:59know
- 31:59what
- 31:59it
- 31:59meant
- 31:59for
- 31:59a
- 31:59long
- 31:59time,
- 32:00but
- 32:00I
- 32:00think
- 32:00I
- 32:00don't
- 32:01have
- 32:01to
- 32:01explain
- 32:02now
- 32:02what
- 32:02it
- 32:02meant,
- 32:03but
- 32:03that,
- 32:03that
- 32:03one
- 32:04of
- 32:04those
- 32:04dreams
- 32:04that
- 32:04really
- 32:05marked
- 32:05me
- 32:05for
- 32:05life.
- 32:05A
- 32:06real
- 32:06gift.
- 32:07Beautiful,
- 32:07I
- 32:08would
- 32:08say
- 32:08for
- 32:08me
- 32:09also,
- 32:09it's.
- 32:10I've
- 32:11learned
- 32:11that
- 32:11we,
- 32:11we're
- 32:12never
- 32:12healed.
- 32:13Like
- 32:13healing
- 32:14never
- 32:14ends.
- 32:15Like
- 32:15it's
- 32:15a
- 32:15lifelong
- 32:16journey,
- 32:17that
- 32:18this
- 32:18is
- 32:18why
- 32:18we
- 32:19have
- 32:19this
- 32:19human
- 32:19body,
- 32:20this
- 32:20is
- 32:20why
- 32:20we're
- 32:21here.
- 32:22And
- 32:23so
- 32:23that's
- 32:23also
- 32:23a
- 32:24good
- 32:24way
- 32:25to
- 32:26counteract
- 32:27modernity
- 32:27because
- 32:28modernity
- 32:28is
- 32:29like,
- 32:29okay,
- 32:29if
- 32:29you
- 32:29do
- 32:29these
- 32:30three
- 32:30things,
- 32:31you're
- 32:31going
- 32:31to
- 32:31be
- 32:31fixed
- 32:32on
- 32:32the
- 32:32other
- 32:32side.
- 32:32You
- 32:33can
- 32:33actually
- 32:33start
- 32:33living.
- 32:34It's
- 32:35like,
- 32:35no,
- 32:35it
- 32:35doesn't
- 32:35work
- 32:36that
- 32:36way.
- 32:36We
- 32:37need
- 32:37to
- 32:37live
- 32:38now
- 32:38with
- 32:38the
- 32:39pain,
- 32:39with
- 32:39the
- 32:40wounds,
- 32:41and
- 32:41keep
- 32:42loving
- 32:42life
- 32:43as
- 32:43it
- 32:43is
- 32:44in
- 32:44a
- 32:44way
- 32:44which
- 32:44is
- 32:45not
- 32:45always
- 32:45easy.
- 32:46And
- 32:46the
- 32:47other
- 32:47big
- 32:47learning
- 32:48is
- 32:48that
- 32:49trauma
- 32:49is
- 32:50not
- 32:50individual.
- 32:51You
- 32:51know,
- 32:51we
- 32:52have
- 32:52our
- 32:53trauma
- 32:53that
- 32:53started
- 32:53in
- 32:54childhood,
- 32:54but
- 32:55now
- 32:55we
- 32:55know
- 32:55trauma
- 32:56is
- 32:56intergenerational,
- 32:57is
- 32:58collective.
- 32:58Yes,
- 32:59it's
- 32:59historical.
- 33:00And
- 33:01no
- 33:01trauma
- 33:02work
- 33:02can
- 33:03really
- 33:03be
- 33:04holistic
- 33:05without
- 33:05including
- 33:06the
- 33:07history
- 33:07that
- 33:07we
- 33:07all
- 33:08carry.
- 33:08And
- 33:08they're
- 33:09very
- 33:09unique,
- 33:09depending
- 33:10where
- 33:10we
- 33:10come
- 33:11from,
- 33:12what
- 33:12happened
- 33:13to
- 33:13our
- 33:13ancestors.
- 33:14So
- 33:14starting
- 33:15to
- 33:15see
- 33:15that
- 33:15kind
- 33:16of
- 33:16a
- 33:16more
- 33:16deep
- 33:17time
- 33:17perspective
- 33:18is
- 33:18very
- 33:19important
- 33:19in,
- 33:20in
- 33:20our
- 33:20healing
- 33:21journey.
- 33:21And
- 33:22just
- 33:22one
- 33:23more
- 33:23deep
- 33:24time.
- 33:24Yesterday
- 33:25we
- 33:25were
- 33:25speaking
- 33:25with
- 33:26the
- 33:26Māori
- 33:26elders,
- 33:27which
- 33:27was
- 33:27part
- 33:28of
- 33:28the
- 33:28release
- 33:28of
- 33:28our
- 33:29latest
- 33:29film
- 33:29Māori.
- 33:31And
- 33:31they
- 33:31traced
- 33:32their
- 33:32genealogy
- 33:33to
- 33:33back
- 33:34to
- 33:34the
- 33:34stars.
- 33:35So
- 33:35it's
- 33:35like
- 33:36who
- 33:37are
- 33:37we
- 33:37if
- 33:37our
- 33:38ancestors
- 33:39are
- 33:39the
- 33:39stars?
- 33:40You
- 33:40know,
- 33:4013
- 33:40billion
- 33:41years.
- 33:42And
- 33:42at
- 33:42the
- 33:42same
- 33:42time
- 33:43they
- 33:43also
- 33:43know
- 33:4415
- 33:45generations
- 33:46the
- 33:46name
- 33:46of
- 33:46their
- 33:47ancestors.
- 33:47They
- 33:48know
- 33:48the
- 33:48name
- 33:49of
- 33:49their
- 33:49ancestor
- 33:50for
- 33:5015
- 33:51generations?
- 33:52Yes,
- 33:53most
- 33:53of
- 33:53that.
- 33:54That
- 33:54doubles
- 33:54what
- 33:55the
- 33:55biblical
- 33:56things.
- 33:56That's
- 33:57what
- 33:57the
- 33:57Native
- 33:57Americans
- 33:58say.
- 33:58They
- 33:58usually
- 33:59say
- 33:59seven
- 33:59generations.
- 34:00But
- 34:00these
- 34:00guys
- 34:01took
- 34:01it
- 34:01further.
- 34:02It's
- 34:02unbelievable.
- 34:03I
- 34:03remember
- 34:03they
- 34:03were,
- 34:03when
- 34:04we
- 34:04went
- 34:04there,
- 34:04they
- 34:04were
- 34:04making
- 34:05jokes
- 34:05about
- 34:06some
- 34:06people
- 34:06in
- 34:06the
- 34:06west,
- 34:07they
- 34:07barely
- 34:07know
- 34:07the
- 34:08name
- 34:08of
- 34:08their
- 34:08grand
- 34:08grandparents.
- 34:09And
- 34:09I
- 34:09realized,
- 34:10oh.
- 34:13Yes,
- 34:14sorry,
- 34:14interrupt.
- 34:15Because.
- 34:15Yeah,
- 34:16yeah,
- 34:16yeah.
- 34:16Because
- 34:17we
- 34:17are
- 34:17made
- 34:18of
- 34:18those
- 34:19ancestors.
- 34:19They
- 34:20live
- 34:20in
- 34:20us.
- 34:20So
- 34:21as
- 34:21if
- 34:21we
- 34:22want
- 34:22to
- 34:22know
- 34:22ourselves,
- 34:23we
- 34:23need
- 34:24to
- 34:25know
- 34:25who
- 34:25they
- 34:26are
- 34:26and,
- 34:28and,
- 34:28and
- 34:28how
- 34:28do
- 34:28we.
- 34:29Spell
- 34:29Mauri
- 34:29so
- 34:30people
- 34:30can
- 34:30find
- 34:31this
- 34:31film.
- 34:31M
- 34:32A
- 34:32U
- 34:33R
- 34:34I.
- 34:35Okay,
- 34:35that's
- 34:35what
- 34:35I
- 34:35thought.
- 34:36Okay,
- 34:36thank
- 34:36you.
- 34:36Vital
- 34:37essence
- 34:37of
- 34:38all
- 34:38being.
- 34:38Yes.
- 34:39Is
- 34:39Māori
- 34:40is
- 34:40the
- 34:40culture.
- 34:40But
- 34:41M
- 34:41A
- 34:42U
- 34:42instead
- 34:42of
- 34:43O.
- 34:43M
- 34:43A
- 34:44U
- 34:44R
- 34:44I
- 34:44is
- 34:45the
- 34:45vital
- 34:45essence
- 34:46of,
- 34:46of
- 34:46all
- 34:47beings.
- 34:47Means
- 34:48eternalsong.org
- 34:50Māori
- 34:50and
- 34:51the
- 34:51uri.
- 34:51Ah,
- 34:52okay,
- 34:52great.
- 34:53Let's
- 34:53see.
- 34:53I
- 34:53just
- 34:53want
- 34:54to
- 34:54make
- 34:54sure
- 34:54a
- 34:55couple
- 34:55of
- 34:55things
- 34:55you
- 34:55said
- 34:56were
- 34:56so
- 34:56important
- 34:57we
- 34:57don't
- 34:57get.
- 34:57They
- 34:58don't
- 34:58get
- 34:58lost.
- 34:58One,
- 34:59you
- 34:59talked
- 34:59about
- 35:00the
- 35:00way
- 35:00in
- 35:01which
- 35:01there
- 35:02can
- 35:02be
- 35:02this
- 35:02belief
- 35:03that.
- 35:03Well,
- 35:04first
- 35:04off,
- 35:04you
- 35:04pointed
- 35:05out
- 35:05that
- 35:05healing
- 35:06is
- 35:06a
- 35:06lifelong
- 35:07process,
- 35:07which
- 35:07is
- 35:08really
- 35:08important
- 35:08to
- 35:08acknowledge
- 35:09and
- 35:09that
- 35:10so,
- 35:10so
- 35:10often
- 35:11there's
- 35:11the
- 35:12presumption
- 35:13that
- 35:13at
- 35:13some
- 35:14stage
- 35:14I'm
- 35:15going
- 35:15to
- 35:15be
- 35:15through
- 35:15this
- 35:16and
- 35:16then
- 35:16I
- 35:16can
- 35:16live,
- 35:17which
- 35:17is
- 35:17what
- 35:18you're
- 35:18saying.
- 35:19And
- 35:19the
- 35:19transactional
- 35:20analysis
- 35:20analysts
- 35:21have
- 35:21a
- 35:21great
- 35:22term
- 35:22for
- 35:22that.
- 35:22They
- 35:23call
- 35:23it
- 35:23the
- 35:23until
- 35:24game.
- 35:24I
- 35:24can't
- 35:25be
- 35:25happy
- 35:25until,
- 35:26I
- 35:26can't
- 35:27live
- 35:27until,
- 35:29which
- 35:29is
- 35:30a
- 35:30very
- 35:30limiting
- 35:31belief.
- 35:31So
- 35:31I
- 35:32just
- 35:32wanted
- 35:32to
- 35:32emphasize
- 35:33the
- 35:33importance
- 35:34of
- 35:34what
- 35:34you
- 35:34were
- 35:34saying
- 35:35there.
- 35:35And
- 35:35then
- 35:35the
- 35:36second
- 35:36theme
- 35:37you
- 35:37brought
- 35:37in
- 35:38that
- 35:38the
- 35:39systemic
- 35:40and
- 35:40generational
- 35:41nature
- 35:42Of.
- 35:43Of
- 35:43suffering
- 35:44and
- 35:44trauma,
- 35:44that
- 35:45these
- 35:45things
- 35:45can
- 35:46be
- 35:46communicated
- 35:47across
- 35:48cultures
- 35:49and
- 35:49across
- 35:50generations.
- 35:50And
- 35:50of
- 35:51course,
- 35:51we
- 35:51see
- 35:51that.
- 35:52And
- 35:52we
- 35:52see
- 35:52that
- 35:53underlying
- 35:53so
- 35:54many
- 35:54of
- 35:54the
- 35:54conflicts
- 35:55in
- 35:55the
- 35:55world
- 35:55today,
- 35:56so
- 35:56much
- 35:57tragedy
- 35:57and
- 35:57suffering.
- 35:58Part
- 35:58of
- 35:58my
- 35:58understanding
- 35:59of
- 35:59the
- 35:59trauma
- 35:59work
- 35:59that
- 36:00I've
- 36:00done
- 36:01is
- 36:01that
- 36:01when
- 36:02we
- 36:02do
- 36:02trauma
- 36:02work,
- 36:03often
- 36:03it's
- 36:03not
- 36:03just
- 36:04for
- 36:04our
- 36:04own
- 36:04individual
- 36:05trauma.
- 36:05It's
- 36:06for
- 36:06the
- 36:06collective
- 36:06trauma.
- 36:07And
- 36:07I
- 36:07was
- 36:07meditating
- 36:07in
- 36:08Berlin
- 36:08one
- 36:08time,
- 36:09homes
- 36:09of
- 36:09a
- 36:09friend.
- 36:10And
- 36:10I
- 36:10just
- 36:10started
- 36:11feeling
- 36:12all
- 36:12the
- 36:13stuff
- 36:13that
- 36:13had
- 36:13happened.
- 36:14Berlin.
- 36:14You
- 36:14know,
- 36:15you
- 36:15just
- 36:15go
- 36:15back
- 36:15through
- 36:16the
- 36:16whole
- 36:16history,
- 36:17and
- 36:17they.
- 36:18They
- 36:18just.
- 36:18I
- 36:19was
- 36:19just
- 36:19trembling,
- 36:20you
- 36:20know,
- 36:20and
- 36:20I
- 36:21came
- 36:21through
- 36:21that,
- 36:21and
- 36:21it
- 36:21was
- 36:22a
- 36:22very
- 36:22powerful
- 36:23release.
- 36:23But
- 36:24I
- 36:25got
- 36:25more
- 36:25than
- 36:25my
- 36:26own
- 36:26stuff.
- 36:26I
- 36:26got,
- 36:27you
- 36:27know,
- 36:27the.
- 36:28The
- 36:29trauma
- 36:29of
- 36:29a.
- 36:30The
- 36:30suffering
- 36:30of
- 36:30a
- 36:31whole
- 36:31city
- 36:32in
- 36:32a
- 36:32whole
- 36:32history
- 36:32there.
- 36:33And
- 36:33I,
- 36:34you
- 36:34know,
- 36:34I
- 36:34tossed
- 36:35into
- 36:35that
- 36:35in
- 36:36some
- 36:36way.
- 36:38Yeah.
- 36:38A
- 36:39lot
- 36:39of
- 36:39indigenous
- 36:40people
- 36:40and
- 36:41healers
- 36:41say,
- 36:42as
- 36:42we
- 36:42heal,
- 36:43we
- 36:43heal
- 36:43backwards
- 36:44and
- 36:44we
- 36:45heal
- 36:45forward.
- 36:46We
- 36:47could
- 36:47heal
- 36:47things
- 36:48our
- 36:48ancestor
- 36:49couldn't
- 36:49heal
- 36:50because
- 36:50of
- 36:50where
- 36:51they
- 36:51are,
- 36:51because
- 36:52of
- 36:52their
- 36:52circumstances.
- 36:53They
- 36:53were
- 36:54more
- 36:54in
- 36:54a
- 36:54survival
- 36:56state.
- 36:56And
- 36:56as
- 36:57we
- 36:57heal,
- 36:57we
- 36:58release
- 36:58that
- 36:59burden
- 36:59from
- 37:00continuing
- 37:01to
- 37:01the
- 37:01next
- 37:01generations.
- 37:02And
- 37:03more
- 37:03to
- 37:03it.
- 37:03That
- 37:03in
- 37:04healing
- 37:04is
- 37:05not
- 37:05individual
- 37:06like
- 37:06spirituality
- 37:07is
- 37:07not
- 37:08individual.
- 37:08Nothing
- 37:09is
- 37:09individual
- 37:10if
- 37:10you.
- 37:10I
- 37:11try
- 37:11to
- 37:11be
- 37:11spiritual
- 37:12until
- 37:12it's
- 37:13bogus
- 37:13as
- 37:14much
- 37:14as
- 37:14I
- 37:14gonna
- 37:15heal
- 37:15until
- 37:16it's
- 37:16the
- 37:17same
- 37:17pro.
- 37:17The
- 37:18same
- 37:18issue.
- 37:18We
- 37:18are
- 37:19interconnected
- 37:20in
- 37:20the
- 37:20Dene
- 37:21tradition,
- 37:21in
- 37:21the
- 37:22Navajo
- 37:22tradition,
- 37:23there
- 37:23is
- 37:23the
- 37:24circle.
- 37:25There
- 37:25is
- 37:25a
- 37:25specific
- 37:26name,
- 37:26but
- 37:27the
- 37:27peacemaking
- 37:28circle
- 37:29basically
- 37:29effect
- 37:30child
- 37:31in
- 37:31school
- 37:31as
- 37:32an
- 37:32issue.
- 37:33You
- 37:33don't
- 37:33go
- 37:34to
- 37:34the
- 37:34child.
- 37:34The
- 37:34principal
- 37:35don't
- 37:35go
- 37:35to
- 37:35the
- 37:35child,
- 37:36say.
- 37:37No.
- 37:38He
- 37:38calls
- 37:39all
- 37:39the
- 37:40family,
- 37:40calls
- 37:40all
- 37:41the
- 37:41community
- 37:41in
- 37:41a
- 37:42circle.
- 37:42And
- 37:43everybody
- 37:43take
- 37:44responsibility
- 37:44for
- 37:45why
- 37:45the
- 37:45child
- 37:46did
- 37:46that
- 37:46action.
- 37:47So
- 37:47grandma
- 37:48will
- 37:48say,
- 37:49oh,
- 37:49yeah,
- 37:49I
- 37:49should
- 37:50have
- 37:50given
- 37:50more
- 37:50attention.
- 37:51I
- 37:51was
- 37:52not
- 37:52present
- 37:52two
- 37:53years
- 37:53ago.
- 37:53Blah,
- 37:53blah,
- 37:54blah.
- 37:54The
- 37:54grandfather
- 37:55said
- 37:55I
- 37:55wasn't.
- 37:57Everybody
- 37:57takes
- 37:57responsibility.
- 37:58Healing
- 37:59is
- 37:59collective.
- 38:00I
- 38:00mean,
- 38:00now
- 38:01if
- 38:01you
- 38:01have
- 38:01a
- 38:01mother
- 38:02with
- 38:02three
- 38:03single
- 38:03mother
- 38:04with
- 38:04three
- 38:04children,
- 38:05we
- 38:06do
- 38:06therapy
- 38:06to
- 38:07the
- 38:07mother
- 38:07and
- 38:07ask
- 38:08her,
- 38:08what's
- 38:08your
- 38:08problem?
- 38:09I
- 38:09mean,
- 38:10come
- 38:10on.
- 38:11It's.
- 38:11It's.
- 38:13It's.
- 38:13It's
- 38:13a
- 38:14collective
- 38:14issue.
- 38:15It's
- 38:15a
- 38:15collective
- 38:16issue.
- 38:16We
- 38:16need
- 38:16community.
- 38:17And
- 38:18that's
- 38:18the
- 38:18modernity.
- 38:19That's
- 38:19capitalism
- 38:20made
- 38:20us
- 38:21believe
- 38:21we
- 38:21individual,
- 38:22we're
- 38:22separate.
- 38:23We
- 38:23have
- 38:23to
- 38:24struggle
- 38:24alone.
- 38:25We
- 38:25are
- 38:25the
- 38:25only
- 38:25one
- 38:25who
- 38:26is
- 38:26struggling.
- 38:28Divide
- 38:28and
- 38:28conquer.
- 38:29I
- 38:29mean,
- 38:29like
- 38:30the
- 38:30Roman
- 38:30taught
- 38:31it,
- 38:31right?
- 38:32The
- 38:33individualism
- 38:34is
- 38:34perfect.
- 38:35To
- 38:35continue
- 38:35divided.
- 38:36He
- 38:36divided
- 38:36and
- 38:37destroyed
- 38:37indigenous
- 38:38culture
- 38:38worldwide.
- 38:39And
- 38:39he's
- 38:39destroyed.
- 38:40First
- 38:40he
- 38:40destroyed
- 38:41all
- 38:41of
- 38:41us.
- 38:42And
- 38:42then
- 38:43once
- 38:43we
- 38:43have
- 38:43been
- 38:43destroyed
- 38:44enough
- 38:45capitalism
- 38:46expanded
- 38:47enough
- 38:47to
- 38:47be
- 38:47able
- 38:47to
- 38:48destroy
- 38:48everywhere
- 38:48in
- 38:49the
- 38:49world.
- 38:50I
- 38:50mean,
- 38:50it's
- 38:50just.
- 38:51And
- 38:51that's
- 38:52what
- 38:52we're
- 38:52seeing
- 38:53today
- 38:53happening,
- 38:54you
- 38:54know,
- 38:55on
- 38:55a
- 38:55big
- 38:56scale.
- 38:56The
- 38:56fragment.
- 38:57Yeah.
- 38:57Very
- 38:58dark
- 38:58times.
- 38:59Very
- 38:59dark
- 38:59times.
- 39:00Yeah.
- 39:01Yeah.
- 39:02Francis
- 39:03Weller
- 39:03calls
- 39:03it
- 39:04the
- 39:04long
- 39:04dark.
- 39:05We're
- 39:06in
- 39:06the
- 39:06long
- 39:06dark
- 39:07at
- 39:07the
- 39:07moment.
- 39:08It's
- 39:08not
- 39:09a
- 39:09time
- 39:09for,
- 39:10you
- 39:10know,
- 39:11ascending
- 39:11is
- 39:12not
- 39:12really
- 39:13the
- 39:13time
- 39:13to
- 39:14search
- 39:14for
- 39:14the
- 39:14light,
- 39:15but
- 39:15really
- 39:16be
- 39:16where
- 39:16we
- 39:17are.
- 39:17Because,
- 39:18again,
- 39:18part
- 39:18of
- 39:19the
- 39:19spiritual
- 39:19bypassing
- 39:20is
- 39:20like,
- 39:21let
- 39:21me
- 39:21just
- 39:21get
- 39:21to
- 39:22the
- 39:22light.
- 39:22Let
- 39:22me
- 39:23just
- 39:23awaken
- 39:23and
- 39:24then
- 39:24feel
- 39:24good.
- 39:25And,
- 39:25you
- 39:25know,
- 39:26don't
- 39:26deal
- 39:26with
- 39:26the
- 39:26messy
- 39:27world.
- 39:28Don't
- 39:29reincarnate.
- 39:29Just
- 39:30get
- 39:30off
- 39:30the
- 39:30wheel
- 39:31and
- 39:31be
- 39:31liberated.
- 39:33Yeah,
- 39:34that's
- 39:34very
- 39:34attractive.
- 39:35Yeah.
- 39:36But
- 39:36it's
- 39:36not
- 39:36the
- 39:37real
- 39:37story.
- 39:37It's
- 39:37not
- 39:37real.
- 39:38And
- 39:39there's
- 39:39a
- 39:39beautiful
- 39:40metaphor
- 39:40in
- 39:41the.
- 39:41Historically.
- 39:42The
- 39:42great
- 39:43historian
- 39:43Arnold
- 39:44Toynbee,
- 39:44who
- 39:44looked
- 39:45across
- 39:45cultures
- 39:46and
- 39:47centuries
- 39:47and
- 39:48civilizations,
- 39:49said
- 39:49the
- 39:50characteristic
- 39:51that.
- 39:53The
- 39:53characteristic
- 39:54that
- 39:54was
- 39:54common
- 39:56to
- 39:56the
- 39:56people
- 39:56who
- 39:56had
- 39:57most
- 39:57impact
- 39:58on
- 39:58history,
- 39:58and
- 39:59he
- 39:59felt
- 39:59those
- 39:59people
- 40:00were
- 40:01the
- 40:01prophets,
- 40:01the
- 40:02saints,
- 40:02the
- 40:02sages
- 40:02of
- 40:03history,
- 40:04was
- 40:04that
- 40:04they
- 40:04went
- 40:04through
- 40:04what
- 40:05he
- 40:05called
- 40:05the
- 40:05cycle,
- 40:06withdrawal
- 40:06and
- 40:06return,
- 40:07that
- 40:07they
- 40:08dove
- 40:08deeply
- 40:09into
- 40:10a
- 40:10query,
- 40:11question,
- 40:12search
- 40:14into
- 40:14the
- 40:14great
- 40:14questions
- 40:15of
- 40:15life,
- 40:16really
- 40:16wrestled
- 40:17with
- 40:17that,
- 40:18came
- 40:18to
- 40:18some
- 40:18sort
- 40:19of
- 40:19illumination,
- 40:20understanding,
- 40:21and
- 40:21then
- 40:21returned
- 40:22to
- 40:22offer
- 40:22what
- 40:23they'd
- 40:23brought.
- 40:23So
- 40:24it
- 40:24speaks
- 40:25very
- 40:25much
- 40:25to
- 40:25what
- 40:26you're
- 40:26saying
- 40:26about.
- 40:27About
- 40:28the
- 40:28need
- 40:29for
- 40:29contribution
- 40:30in
- 40:30this
- 40:30dark
- 40:31time.
- 40:32But
- 40:33maybe
- 40:33I
- 40:34would
- 40:34say
- 40:34there's.
- 40:35There's
- 40:35real
- 40:36value
- 40:36in
- 40:36the
- 40:36integration
- 40:37of
- 40:37both,
- 40:38which
- 40:38is
- 40:38what
- 40:39I
- 40:39see
- 40:39as
- 40:39a
- 40:39beautiful
- 40:40characteristic
- 40:41of
- 40:41your
- 40:41lives.
- 40:42You
- 40:42really
- 40:43are
- 40:43integrating
- 40:44both
- 40:44the
- 40:45spiritual,
- 40:45you
- 40:46know,
- 40:46your
- 40:46karma,
- 40:46yogis,
- 40:47you're
- 40:47doing
- 40:48your
- 40:48work
- 40:49is
- 40:49your
- 40:50spiritual
- 40:50practice
- 40:52in
- 40:52a
- 40:53very
- 40:53beautiful
- 40:53way.
- 40:53And
- 40:54there's
- 40:54no.
- 40:54As
- 40:55you
- 40:55said
- 40:55earlier,
- 40:55there's
- 40:56no
- 40:56separation
- 40:57between
- 40:57your
- 40:57work
- 40:58and
- 40:58your
- 40:58life
- 40:58and
- 40:58your
- 40:58spirituality.
- 41:00It's
- 41:00beautiful.
- 41:01It's
- 41:01service.
- 41:02Service
- 41:02done
- 41:04from
- 41:04a
- 41:04beautiful
- 41:05place
- 41:05of
- 41:05wanting
- 41:05to
- 41:05relieve
- 41:06suffering
- 41:07and
- 41:08service
- 41:09as
- 41:09part
- 41:09of
- 41:09your
- 41:09own
- 41:10practice.
- 41:11I
- 41:11really
- 41:11respect
- 41:12that.
- 41:12There's
- 41:12no
- 41:13other
- 41:13way.
- 41:17I
- 41:17kind
- 41:17of
- 41:17think
- 41:17this.
- 41:18I
- 41:18don't
- 41:18know,
- 41:19maybe
- 41:19I'm
- 41:19jumping.
- 41:19But
- 41:20we
- 41:20are
- 41:21all
- 41:21here
- 41:21for
- 41:21a
- 41:21purpose
- 41:22somehow.
- 41:23We
- 41:23are
- 41:23all
- 41:23here
- 41:23on
- 41:24this
- 41:24planet
- 41:24for
- 41:24a
- 41:25purpose,
- 41:25in
- 41:25this
- 41:26incarnation,
- 41:26in
- 41:26this
- 41:26time,
- 41:27for
- 41:27a
- 41:27purpose.
- 41:28If
- 41:28you
- 41:29find
- 41:29this
- 41:30purple,
- 41:30it's
- 41:31not
- 41:31a
- 41:31big
- 41:31purpose.
- 41:32No.
- 41:32But
- 41:32if
- 41:32you.
- 41:32If
- 41:33you
- 41:33are
- 41:33capable
- 41:34to
- 41:34listen
- 41:34and
- 41:34do
- 41:35the
- 41:35step,
- 41:35one
- 41:35step
- 41:36at
- 41:36a
- 41:36time,
- 41:36that
- 41:36brings
- 41:37you
- 41:37in
- 41:37the
- 41:37direction
- 41:38of
- 41:38your
- 41:38purpose.
- 41:39If
- 41:39you're
- 41:39listening.
- 41:39If
- 41:40you
- 41:40are
- 41:40at
- 41:40service
- 41:41of
- 41:41whatever
- 41:42is
- 41:42that,
- 41:42you
- 41:42have
- 41:43to
- 41:43be
- 41:43at
- 41:43service,
- 41:44which
- 41:44is
- 41:44all
- 41:44different
- 41:45from
- 41:45each
- 41:45and
- 41:45every
- 41:46one
- 41:46towards
- 41:47your
- 41:47goal.
- 41:48That's
- 41:48all
- 41:48you
- 41:49can
- 41:49do.
- 41:49It's
- 41:50one
- 41:50step
- 41:50at
- 41:50a
- 41:50time.
- 41:51It's
- 41:51one
- 41:51step
- 41:51at
- 41:51a
- 41:52time,
- 41:52and
- 41:52you'll
- 41:52be
- 41:53amazed
- 41:54of
- 41:54the
- 41:54return
- 41:54of
- 41:55investment.
- 41:55If
- 41:56you
- 41:56want
- 41:56to
- 41:56talk
- 41:56in
- 41:57capitalistic
- 41:57terms,
- 41:59it's
- 41:59amazing
- 42:00what
- 42:01life
- 42:01gives
- 42:02you
- 42:02back.
- 42:02You
- 42:02basically,
- 42:03if
- 42:03you
- 42:03do
- 42:04the
- 42:04right
- 42:04action,
- 42:05following
- 42:05the
- 42:06path
- 42:06that
- 42:06is
- 42:06required
- 42:07to
- 42:07you
- 42:07by
- 42:08your
- 42:08ancestors,
- 42:09what
- 42:09you
- 42:10get
- 42:10back,
- 42:11it's
- 42:12unbelievable.
- 42:13And
- 42:13if
- 42:13you
- 42:14don't
- 42:14find
- 42:14that
- 42:15it
- 42:15causes
- 42:15great
- 42:16suffering.
- 42:16Great
- 42:17suffering,
- 42:17then
- 42:18you
- 42:18go
- 42:18into
- 42:19what
- 42:19you
- 42:19were
- 42:19saying,
- 42:20the
- 42:20addiction
- 42:21and
- 42:21all
- 42:21the
- 42:21stuff,
- 42:21because
- 42:22you
- 42:22cannot
- 42:23fight,
- 42:23you
- 42:23know,
- 42:24hopelessness.
- 42:24Yeah,
- 42:25yeah.
- 42:25Depression,
- 42:26despair,
- 42:27acting
- 42:28out
- 42:28your
- 42:28shadow.
- 42:29I
- 42:29mean,
- 42:29it's
- 42:29despair.
- 42:30Yes,
- 42:30exactly.
- 42:31And
- 42:31I
- 42:31also
- 42:32love
- 42:32the.
- 42:33Yesterday
- 42:33we
- 42:33had
- 42:34this
- 42:34conversation.
- 42:35We
- 42:35use
- 42:36the
- 42:36word
- 42:36finding,
- 42:37and
- 42:38indigenous
- 42:38people
- 42:39say
- 42:39listening.
- 42:41So
- 42:41that's
- 42:41something
- 42:42like
- 42:42in
- 42:42the
- 42:43west,
- 42:43we
- 42:43have
- 42:44forgotten
- 42:44how
- 42:44to
- 42:45listen.
- 42:45You
- 42:45know,
- 42:46we
- 42:46embed
- 42:46it
- 42:46in
- 42:47this
- 42:47web
- 42:48of
- 42:48life
- 42:48that
- 42:49is
- 42:49alive
- 42:49and
- 42:49is
- 42:50constantly
- 42:50communicating
- 42:51with
- 42:51us.
- 42:52And
- 42:54the
- 42:54first
- 42:54skill
- 42:55that
- 42:55actually
- 42:56we
- 42:56learn
- 42:57by
- 42:57sitting
- 42:57with
- 42:58indigenous
- 42:58elders,
- 42:59Just
- 42:59listen.
- 43:00Just
- 43:00listen.
- 43:01Slow
- 43:01down
- 43:01and
- 43:01listen
- 43:02to
- 43:02the
- 43:02elder.
- 43:03But
- 43:03also
- 43:03listen
- 43:04to
- 43:04everything
- 43:04that
- 43:05is
- 43:05around.
- 43:05The
- 43:06wind
- 43:06is
- 43:06communicating.
- 43:07The
- 43:08water
- 43:08is,
- 43:09you
- 43:09know,
- 43:09the
- 43:10birds.
- 43:10We.
- 43:11We
- 43:11are
- 43:11constantly
- 43:12being
- 43:13guided.
- 43:14If
- 43:14we
- 43:14could
- 43:15just
- 43:15listen.
- 43:16And
- 43:17again,
- 43:17that's.
- 43:17We're
- 43:18young
- 43:18in
- 43:18that.
- 43:19Because
- 43:19of
- 43:20the
- 43:20Western
- 43:21mindset
- 43:22that
- 43:22has
- 43:22disconnected
- 43:23us
- 43:23from.
- 43:24Yeah,
- 43:24yeah.
- 43:24And
- 43:25we
- 43:25think
- 43:25listening
- 43:26is
- 43:26happening
- 43:26here.
- 43:27Yeah.
- 43:28So
- 43:28it's.
- 43:28And
- 43:28we
- 43:29have
- 43:29been
- 43:29more
- 43:29and
- 43:29more
- 43:29isolated,
- 43:30more
- 43:30and
- 43:30more
- 43:31individual.
- 43:31So
- 43:32we
- 43:32don't
- 43:32even
- 43:32listen
- 43:33to
- 43:33each
- 43:33other.
- 43:33I
- 43:34mean,
- 43:34because
- 43:34I'm
- 43:34on
- 43:34the
- 43:34phone,
- 43:35although,
- 43:35you
- 43:35know,
- 43:36I'm
- 43:36not
- 43:36listening.
- 43:37Can
- 43:37you
- 43:37imagine?
- 43:38Listen
- 43:38to
- 43:38a
- 43:38bird,
- 43:39to
- 43:40a
- 43:40tree
- 43:40now
- 43:41the
- 43:41fog
- 43:41coming.
- 43:42Listen.
- 43:42What
- 43:43do
- 43:43you
- 43:43mean?
- 43:44So
- 43:44it's
- 43:44like
- 43:45finding
- 43:45the
- 43:45path,
- 43:46but
- 43:46it's
- 43:46more
- 43:46listening.
- 43:47The
- 43:47path
- 43:48is
- 43:48there.
- 43:48It's
- 43:48like,
- 43:49how
- 43:49do
- 43:49I
- 43:49listen?
- 43:51So
- 43:51I
- 43:51stop
- 43:51searching
- 43:52for
- 43:52the
- 43:52path
- 43:53and
- 43:53do
- 43:53the
- 43:53next
- 43:53step,
- 43:54basically,
- 43:55you
- 43:55know,
- 43:55listen
- 43:56and
- 43:56do
- 43:56the
- 43:56next
- 43:57step.
- 43:58And
- 43:58if
- 43:59you
- 43:59need
- 43:59to
- 43:59stop
- 43:59for
- 43:59a
- 44:00while
- 44:00before
- 44:00you
- 44:00do
- 44:00the
- 44:00next
- 44:01step,
- 44:01stop
- 44:01for
- 44:01a
- 44:01while
- 44:01and
- 44:02do
- 44:02the
- 44:02next
- 44:02step.
- 44:03It's
- 44:04just.
- 44:04And
- 44:04then
- 44:04it
- 44:05also
- 44:05is.
- 44:05Yeah.
- 44:06It's
- 44:06a
- 44:06privilege,
- 44:07I
- 44:07must
- 44:07say.
- 44:08Yeah.
- 44:08In
- 44:08this
- 44:08culture,
- 44:09in
- 44:09this
- 44:09day,
- 44:11it's.
- 44:11It's.
- 44:11It
- 44:12can
- 44:12be
- 44:12hard.
- 44:13It
- 44:13can
- 44:13be
- 44:13hard.
- 44:13Yeah.
- 44:14And
- 44:14just
- 44:15to
- 44:15acknowledge
- 44:15with
- 44:16the
- 44:16importance
- 44:17of
- 44:17what
- 44:17you're
- 44:17saying,
- 44:17that
- 44:18taking
- 44:19the
- 44:19time,
- 44:20which,
- 44:20as
- 44:21you
- 44:21say,
- 44:22retail
- 44:23is
- 44:23such
- 44:23a.
- 44:24I
- 44:24mean,
- 44:24it
- 44:25has
- 44:25to
- 44:25be
- 44:25intentional
- 44:26in
- 44:26this
- 44:27Culture,
- 44:27we
- 44:28are
- 44:28living
- 44:28in
- 44:28this
- 44:28attention
- 44:29economy
- 44:30with
- 44:30so
- 44:30many
- 44:31intentional
- 44:32distractions
- 44:33trying
- 44:33to
- 44:33grab
- 44:34our
- 44:34attention
- 44:34and
- 44:35hijack
- 44:35it.
- 44:36And
- 44:36it
- 44:36really
- 44:37takes
- 44:37an
- 44:38intentional
- 44:38effort
- 44:39to
- 44:40set
- 44:40aside
- 44:41time,
- 44:41to
- 44:42settle
- 44:42in,
- 44:42to
- 44:43feel
- 44:43in
- 44:43and
- 44:43to
- 44:44feel
- 44:44out
- 44:45into
- 44:45the
- 44:45world
- 44:46and
- 44:46to.
- 44:47To
- 44:47listen
- 44:47for
- 44:48that
- 44:48call
- 44:48that
- 44:48you're
- 44:49describing,
- 44:50whether
- 44:50it's
- 44:50a
- 44:50still
- 44:50small
- 44:51voice
- 44:51within
- 44:52or
- 44:52however
- 44:53we
- 44:54want,
- 44:54whatever
- 44:55words
- 44:55we
- 44:55want
- 44:55to
- 44:56give.
- 44:56But
- 44:56yeah,
- 44:57just
- 44:57to
- 44:57acknowledge
- 44:58the
- 44:58importance
- 44:58of
- 44:58what
- 44:59you're
- 44:59saying.
- 45:00Yeah.
- 45:00I've
- 45:00been
- 45:01thinking
- 45:01about
- 45:01writing
- 45:02a
- 45:02book
- 45:02on
- 45:03how
- 45:03not
- 45:03to
- 45:03lose
- 45:04your
- 45:04soul.
- 45:04You
- 45:04know,
- 45:05because
- 45:05there's
- 45:05so
- 45:05many
- 45:06diversions,
- 45:07there's
- 45:07so
- 45:07much.
- 45:08I
- 45:08read
- 45:08a
- 45:08study
- 45:08where
- 45:09poor
- 45:09black
- 45:10kids
- 45:10in
- 45:10America
- 45:11do
- 45:11this
- 45:11for
- 45:1111
- 45:12hours
- 45:12a
- 45:12day
- 45:13on
- 45:13it,
- 45:13you
- 45:14know,
- 45:14and
- 45:14it's.
- 45:14It's
- 45:15so
- 45:15addicted.
- 45:15And
- 45:15you.
- 45:16They
- 45:16call
- 45:16it
- 45:16AI
- 45:17slob.
- 45:17YouTube
- 45:18has
- 45:18become
- 45:18majority
- 45:19of
- 45:19stuff
- 45:19produced
- 45:20in
- 45:20YouTube.
- 45:20It's
- 45:20not
- 45:20even
- 45:20produced
- 45:21by
- 45:21human
- 45:21beings
- 45:21anymore,
- 45:22produced
- 45:22by
- 45:22AI.
- 45:23And
- 45:23you
- 45:23watch
- 45:24this
- 45:24stuff
- 45:24and
- 45:25I
- 45:25mean,
- 45:25it's,
- 45:26you
- 45:26know,
- 45:26it's
- 45:27captivating
- 45:27this,
- 45:27that
- 45:28and
- 45:28the
- 45:28other.
- 45:28But
- 45:29you
- 45:29find
- 45:29yourself
- 45:29totally
- 45:30drained.
- 45:31You're
- 45:31done.
- 45:31It's
- 45:32like,
- 45:33you
- 45:33know,
- 45:33what
- 45:33happened?
- 45:34My
- 45:34soul
- 45:34just
- 45:35went.
- 45:36So
- 45:36you
- 45:36really
- 45:36have
- 45:37to
- 45:37make
- 45:37a
- 45:37conscious
- 45:38effort
- 45:39to
- 45:40live
- 45:40in
- 45:40a
- 45:40way
- 45:40that's
- 45:41more
- 45:41soul
- 45:41centric,
- 45:42that
- 45:42acknowledges
- 45:43our
- 45:43deepest
- 45:44parts.
- 45:44And
- 45:45we
- 45:45will
- 45:45be.
- 45:45Will
- 45:46get
- 45:46completely
- 45:46lost
- 45:47in
- 45:47this
- 45:47age.
- 45:47And
- 45:48that's
- 45:49a
- 45:49very
- 45:49scary
- 45:49thing.
- 45:50So
- 45:50many
- 45:50of
- 45:50our
- 45:50young
- 45:51people,
- 45:51heck,
- 45:52older
- 45:52people,
- 45:52are
- 45:52getting
- 45:53drowned
- 45:53in
- 45:54this
- 45:54trap.
- 45:54And
- 45:55the
- 45:55technology
- 45:55keeps
- 45:56getting
- 45:56more
- 45:56powerful
- 45:57and
- 45:57more
- 45:57powerful
- 45:57and
- 45:58more
- 45:58addictive.
- 45:58And
- 46:00how
- 46:00do
- 46:01we
- 46:01keep
- 46:01our
- 46:01souls?
- 46:01How
- 46:02do
- 46:02we
- 46:02find
- 46:02our
- 46:02souls?
- 46:03How
- 46:03do
- 46:03we
- 46:03nourish
- 46:03our
- 46:03souls?
- 46:04Well,
- 46:05I'm
- 46:05glad
- 46:06you're
- 46:06bringing
- 46:06young
- 46:06people
- 46:07because,
- 46:07yes,
- 46:08they're
- 46:08suffering
- 46:09from
- 46:09this
- 46:09world
- 46:10and
- 46:10they're
- 46:10at
- 46:10the
- 46:10mercy
- 46:11of
- 46:12these
- 46:12funds
- 46:13and
- 46:13AI.
- 46:14And
- 46:15again,
- 46:15indigenous
- 46:16communities,
- 46:17the
- 46:17elders
- 46:18are
- 46:18present.
- 46:19The
- 46:19elders
- 46:20walk
- 46:20with
- 46:21you.
- 46:21There
- 46:21is
- 46:22initiations,
- 46:23there
- 46:23is
- 46:23a
- 46:23living
- 46:24knowledge
- 46:24that
- 46:25is
- 46:25passed
- 46:25down
- 46:26so
- 46:26a
- 46:27young
- 46:27person
- 46:27doesn't
- 46:28feel
- 46:28isolated.
- 46:29They
- 46:29feel
- 46:29like
- 46:30they
- 46:30belong
- 46:30to
- 46:31a
- 46:31community,
- 46:31they
- 46:32belong
- 46:32to
- 46:32a
- 46:32culture.
- 46:33I'm
- 46:33not
- 46:33saying
- 46:35in
- 46:35indigenous
- 46:36community
- 46:36addictions
- 46:37doesn't
- 46:37exist.
- 46:37Of
- 46:38course
- 46:38it
- 46:38does
- 46:38because
- 46:39of
- 46:39trauma
- 46:39and
- 46:40colonialism
- 46:40and
- 46:40all
- 46:41of
- 46:41that.
- 46:42But,
- 46:42like,
- 46:43how
- 46:43do
- 46:44we
- 46:45support
- 46:45our
- 46:46youth
- 46:47in
- 46:47remembering
- 46:48that
- 46:49they
- 46:49belong
- 46:50to
- 46:51a
- 46:51larger
- 46:51web
- 46:51of
- 46:52life,
- 46:52that
- 46:52this
- 46:53is
- 46:53not
- 46:53because
- 46:54for
- 46:54them
- 46:54right
- 46:55now,
- 46:55this
- 46:55is
- 46:55their
- 46:56connection
- 46:57to
- 46:57life,
- 46:58that.
- 46:58That's
- 46:59the
- 46:59part
- 47:00that
- 47:00creates
- 47:01all
- 47:01the
- 47:01suffering
- 47:02that
- 47:02has
- 47:03replaced
- 47:03real
- 47:03communication,
- 47:04real
- 47:05wisdom,
- 47:06real
- 47:07experience.
- 47:08So
- 47:09I
- 47:09think
- 47:09for
- 47:10those
- 47:10of
- 47:10us
- 47:10who
- 47:11have
- 47:11been
- 47:11on
- 47:11spiritual
- 47:11paths
- 47:12and
- 47:12we
- 47:12want
- 47:12to
- 47:12be
- 47:13of
- 47:13service,
- 47:14let's
- 47:14turn
- 47:15towards
- 47:15our
- 47:17youth
- 47:17and
- 47:17see
- 47:18how
- 47:18we
- 47:18can
- 47:19offer
- 47:20to
- 47:20them.
- 47:22Yeah,
- 47:22we
- 47:22have
- 47:22a
- 47:22spiritual.
- 47:23We
- 47:23have
- 47:23no
- 47:23elders
- 47:24anymore.
- 47:24There
- 47:25is
- 47:25no
- 47:25elders.
- 47:25There
- 47:25is
- 47:25no
- 47:26community.
- 47:27I
- 47:27mean,
- 47:27they
- 47:27did
- 47:27a
- 47:27study
- 47:28a
- 47:28few
- 47:28years
- 47:28ago,
- 47:28I
- 47:29read.
- 47:29I
- 47:29was
- 47:29applying.
- 47:29It
- 47:30says
- 47:30grandparents
- 47:31are
- 47:31good
- 47:31for
- 47:31children.
- 47:33A
- 47:33scientific
- 47:33study.
- 47:35Wow.
- 47:36We
- 47:36need
- 47:36science
- 47:37to
- 47:37tell
- 47:37us
- 47:37that.
- 47:39Who
- 47:39would
- 47:39have
- 47:39thought,
- 47:39right?
- 47:40Who
- 47:40would
- 47:40have
- 47:41thought.
- 47:41Have
- 47:41thought
- 47:42that?
- 47:43Really?
- 47:44Oh,
- 47:44yes.
- 47:45Let's
- 47:46see.
- 47:46We
- 47:47could
- 47:47go
- 47:47a
- 47:47number
- 47:47of
- 47:47ways
- 47:48here,
- 47:48but
- 47:48to
- 47:49bring
- 47:49some
- 47:49threads
- 47:50together
- 47:50and
- 47:50also
- 47:51move
- 47:51into
- 47:51a
- 47:51very
- 47:52powerful
- 47:54recent,
- 47:54more
- 47:54recent
- 47:55part
- 47:55of
- 47:55your
- 47:55work.
- 47:56I've
- 47:57watched
- 47:58several
- 47:59of
- 47:59your
- 47:59films,
- 47:59starting
- 48:00with
- 48:00Nisa
- 48:00Godada.
- 48:01And
- 48:02out
- 48:02of
- 48:02all
- 48:03the
- 48:03films
- 48:03you
- 48:04made,
- 48:04the
- 48:04one
- 48:04that
- 48:05really
- 48:06impacted
- 48:07me,
- 48:07touched
- 48:08me,
- 48:08pained
- 48:09me
- 48:09so
- 48:10deeply
- 48:11was
- 48:11Where
- 48:11Olive
- 48:12Trees
- 48:12Weep,
- 48:13your
- 48:13film
- 48:13about
- 48:13the
- 48:15tragic
- 48:16mistreatment
- 48:17of
- 48:17some
- 48:17of
- 48:17the
- 48:18Palestinians
- 48:18in
- 48:18the
- 48:19west
- 48:19bank
- 48:19of
- 48:20Israel
- 48:20and
- 48:21kind
- 48:21of
- 48:21apartheid
- 48:22there.
- 48:24What
- 48:24brought
- 48:25you
- 48:25to
- 48:25film
- 48:26this?
- 48:26How
- 48:26did
- 48:27this
- 48:27start?
- 48:28Stay
- 48:29tuned
- 48:29for
- 48:29part
- 48:29two
- 48:29of
- 48:30our
- 48:30conversation
- 48:30with
- 48:30Zaya
- 48:31and
- 48:31Maurizio
- 48:32where
- 48:32we
- 48:32talk
- 48:32about
- 48:32their
- 48:33film
- 48:33Where
- 48:33Olive
- 48:34Trees
- 48:34Weep.
- 48:35Thank
- 48:35you
- 48:35very
- 48:36much
- 48:36for
- 48:36being
- 48:36a
- 48:37part
- 48:37of
- 48:37this
- 48:37conversation.
- 48:38We
- 48:38hope
- 48:39that
- 48:39you
- 48:39were
- 48:39moved,
- 48:40as
- 48:40we
- 48:40are
- 48:40moved,
- 48:41being
- 48:41part
- 48:41of
- 48:41it
- 48:42ourselves.
- 48:42We'd
- 48:43also
- 48:43like
- 48:43to
- 48:43say
- 48:44that
- 48:44this
- 48:44is
- 48:44being
- 48:44funded
- 48:44by
- 48:44Roger
- 48:44and
- 48:44myself.
- 48:44It
- 48:44comes
- 48:44out
- 48:44of
- 48:44our
- 48:44pockets.
- 48:45So
- 48:45if
- 48:45you
- 48:45would
- 48:45like
- 48:45to
- 48:45help
- 48:45us
- 48:46to
- 48:46mainly
- 48:46to
- 48:46get
- 48:46this
- 48:46podcast
- 48:46out
- 48:46to
- 48:47more
- 48:47people
- 48:47because
- 48:47the
- 48:47youdo.fundedbyRogerandmyself,areandallyoudo.fundedby
- 48:48the
- 48:48more
- 48:48people
- 48:49we
- 48:49can
- 48:49reach
- 48:50and
- 48:50the
- 48:50more
- 48:51marketing
- 48:51we
- 48:51can
- 48:52do,
- 48:52the
- 48:52more
- 48:53positive
- 48:53effect
- 48:53we
- 48:54can
- 48:54have
- 48:54on
- 48:55the
- 48:55world.
- 48:55So
- 48:56we've
- 48:56done
- 48:56a
- 48:57couple
- 48:57of
- 48:57ways.
- 48:58But
- 48:58we'd
- 48:58like
- 48:59you
- 48:59to
- 48:59buy
- 49:00us
- 49:00a
- 49:00cup
- 49:01of
- 49:01coffee.
- 48:28Very
- 48:30simple.
- 48:31And
- 48:32I
- 48:33do
- 48:34that
- 48:35with
- 48:37podcasts
- 48:38that
- 48:39I
- 48:40support
- 48:41and
- 48:42I
- 48:44find
- 48:45it's
- 48:46very
- 48:47satisfying.
- 48:48So
- 48:50thank
- 48:51you
- 48:52for
- 48:53your
- 48:54help.
- 48:55Thank
- 48:57you
- 48:58for
- 48:59your
- 49:00presence.
- 48:28Presenceand
- 48:34thanking
- 48:37for
- 48:40all
- 48:43you
- 48:46are
- 48:49and
- 48:52all
- 48:55you
- 48:58do.
- 48:59We
- 49:00love
- 49:01you.