WEBVTT - What If You Had No Memory?

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<v Speaker 1>You found your way here to waking up with Ryan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad that you pushed play. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>place you and I come to wake up together. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a deep breath and begin. Good morning, my love.

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<v Speaker 1>What if you had no memory, and so you had

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<v Speaker 1>no stored past informing the present moment. Your memory is

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<v Speaker 1>like this massive filing cabinet filled with files that are

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<v Speaker 1>constantly painting the present moment as it's happening. So your

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<v Speaker 1>memory is this library of thoughts that become projected like

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<v Speaker 1>slides in a projector that paint the picture of what

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<v Speaker 1>you're experiencing in any given moment. I heard Audia Schanti

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<v Speaker 1>say once, and I'm in a paraphrase. He said that

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<v Speaker 1>the moment a child can call a bird a bird

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<v Speaker 1>is the moment they lose their innocence. So think about that,

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<v Speaker 1>before you had the language, I mean, imagine when you

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<v Speaker 1>were a little baby, before you had the words, the

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<v Speaker 1>language to conceptualize what a bird is, what did you see?

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine you're in a stroller looking up at the sky

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<v Speaker 1>on a walk and you see this. You have no

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<v Speaker 1>words to describe this being floating in the sky. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what it is. You don't understand aerodynamics, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how the wings flap. You don't have any concept,

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<v Speaker 1>no memory of what that is. No one has been

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<v Speaker 1>able to teach you yet because you don't have language

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<v Speaker 1>down that's a bird and this is how it flies.

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<v Speaker 1>You have no concepts, so you just see it's oh wow, awesome, miraculous.

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<v Speaker 1>But the moment that your brain develops enough to have

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<v Speaker 1>the language, the mind becomes so active to have the language.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a bird and this is how a bird flies.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we have it in a category, we understand it.

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<v Speaker 1>And when we have the language, because we have the

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<v Speaker 1>memory of what we've been taught, it loses it's magic,

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<v Speaker 1>it loses its incredible. And that's the way it is

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<v Speaker 1>with everything in life. As soon as you think you

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<v Speaker 1>understand something, you are now seeing the concept from the

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<v Speaker 1>memories of what something or someone is, and you're losing

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<v Speaker 1>out on the depth the truth of like WHOA I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to not lose sight of the miraculousness of

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<v Speaker 1>every moment. I want you to recognize that when you're

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<v Speaker 1>in relationship with people, especially how you're seeing things with them,

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<v Speaker 1>and dynamics of whatever is going on is being impacted.

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<v Speaker 1>It can't help but be impacted by the mind that

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<v Speaker 1>is pulling up memories from the past. Of course, in

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<v Speaker 1>Miracles says that this is shadows from the past being

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<v Speaker 1>projected onto the present informing how you're seeing the present,

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<v Speaker 1>and therefore you're not actually seeing the present. You're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>the depiction, the interpretation through thought, through memory of whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it is that's happening in the present that is coloring

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<v Speaker 1>what you're experiencing, and what you're experiencing is then informing

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<v Speaker 1>how you're responding, what your opinions are, what your judgments

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<v Speaker 1>and thoughts are, whether you lean in or lean out,

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<v Speaker 1>whether you engage or you don't trust. And so it's

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<v Speaker 1>really really vital that we become aware of the activity

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<v Speaker 1>of the mind and the way that the mind is

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<v Speaker 1>always jumping in to interrupt our relationship with what is

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<v Speaker 1>by interpreting what is with its memories and its thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>So how do we become more present because that's in presence,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like everything is like kind of amazing. Reminds me

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<v Speaker 1>if you haven't seen it, to go watch one of

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<v Speaker 1>the very very early TED talks from doctor Jill Bolt Taylor,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think it's called my stroke of insight. Go

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<v Speaker 1>look it up. This fabulous scientist, I think she was

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<v Speaker 1>a neurologist who had a stroke and like her rational

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<v Speaker 1>part of her brain went offline, and she was like

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<v Speaker 1>blasted into experiencing the incredibleness of everything when the part

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<v Speaker 1>of her brain, the rational part of her brain, went offline.

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<v Speaker 1>Go watch it. It's quite incredible. So this life, this experience,

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<v Speaker 1>in the words of Alan Watts, it's like the insanity

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<v Speaker 1>of our species that we think we came here to

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<v Speaker 1>make stuff and build stuff. But what if we actually

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<v Speaker 1>came here to just bask in the glory, in the wonder,

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<v Speaker 1>in the awe of how amazing it actually is already? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's drop into a short practice, if you can,

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<v Speaker 1>closing the eyes and taking a few deep breaths. For

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<v Speaker 1>today's practice, we're going to have a conversation with this universe.

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<v Speaker 1>So what we're going to do is place our mind

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<v Speaker 1>in the hands of the divine, of our highest Self,

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<v Speaker 1>of truth, of the Great Healer. This is something I

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<v Speaker 1>do every night before I go to bed, before I

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<v Speaker 1>fall asleep, so you can if you'd like to repeat

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<v Speaker 1>after me. Let's take a deep breath dear Universe, I

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<v Speaker 1>give you my mind. I surrender and place in your

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<v Speaker 1>hands all thoughts, all memories, all opinions and interpretations. I

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<v Speaker 1>give you everything I've come to believe. You are welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to take it from me. Now take a breath and

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<v Speaker 1>let it go, and see in your mind's eye. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>as this universe takes from you what you are willing

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<v Speaker 1>to give it and pours through your thoughts, alight radiates

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<v Speaker 1>a light through your thoughts, and every thought it touches

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<v Speaker 1>turns also to light to love. Let's take a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm letting it go, dear Universe. I am willing to

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<v Speaker 1>be present. I am willing to see what is as

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<v Speaker 1>it is. I am willing to see others as they

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<v Speaker 1>truly are. I release my opinions of them. Take a breath,

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<v Speaker 1>dear Universe. I am willing to see myself as I

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<v Speaker 1>truly am. I am willing to release the opinions I

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<v Speaker 1>hold about myself. Deep breath in and let it go,

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<v Speaker 1>trusting now that the universe is on it, that when

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<v Speaker 1>you express your willingness, the universe comes, listens, partakes, joins you,

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<v Speaker 1>Trusting that you now can go about your day and

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<v Speaker 1>experience a little more presence and trusting that when the

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<v Speaker 1>mind kicks in with its memories, perhaps this universe will

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<v Speaker 1>tap you on the shoulder, give you a little tap

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<v Speaker 1>tap reminder of Hey, you're tempted to go into the mind. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>you're tempted to see the situation through the perspective of

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<v Speaker 1>your memories, and let's just get present and closing will

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<v Speaker 1>take one last deep breath in and cigh it out. Beautiful, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful when you're ready, blinking your eyes open. If I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't said it enough, I love you. Thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>joining me on this journey of remembering, of waking up

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<v Speaker 1>to who you truly are. Feels good to be with

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<v Speaker 1>you here in the mornings, loving you from right here. Hi.

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