WEBVTT - Being Human Is Weird

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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.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, my love.

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<v Speaker 1>The main reason that life is so damn hard is

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<v Speaker 1>that being human is weird.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so weird. I mean, imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>A seven hundred pound human being, a large human being

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<v Speaker 1>trying to squeeze themselves into a size twenty eight genes.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine how uncomfortable that would be. And that's what you've

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<v Speaker 1>done here. You are literally the entirety of the universe,

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<v Speaker 1>one with everything endlessly expansive, cramming yourself into this little,

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<v Speaker 1>itty bitty body, and then dealing with like the stresses

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<v Speaker 1>of life and like the emails and money and sex

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<v Speaker 1>and relationships, and meanwhile totally forgetting who you are, believing

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<v Speaker 1>that you are this body. There's a Talmudic Jewish teaching

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<v Speaker 1>that says that before you were born into this body,

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<v Speaker 1>you knew everything. You knew exactly who you were. You

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<v Speaker 1>were basking in the glory of creation heaven, and you

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<v Speaker 1>chose to come into this body. And when you did,

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<v Speaker 1>an angel touched you right above your lips, which is

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<v Speaker 1>why you have this little indent here. And in that moment,

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<v Speaker 1>you forgot who you were completely and as the mind

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<v Speaker 1>of a child is completely open, you absorbed the entire

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<v Speaker 1>thought system of the world in which you were born,

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<v Speaker 1>dominated by the thought forms of fear, dominated by competition, greed, lust, war, famine,

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<v Speaker 1>not enoughness, religious indoctrination, educational systems. Like you were like

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<v Speaker 1>a sponge. You absorbed all of it. And the main

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<v Speaker 1>thing you absorbed is I am this body. This is

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<v Speaker 1>who I am. And that's what makes life so weird,

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<v Speaker 1>because while you have a body, you are not this body,

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<v Speaker 1>my love, you are not this body, and your suffering

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<v Speaker 1>comes from believing that you are this body. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>makes life so dang hard. But the beautiful thing is

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<v Speaker 1>we're waking up, waking up from the belief that this

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<v Speaker 1>is who you are. Even though this reality seems very

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<v Speaker 1>very very very real in our experience, it's not the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate reality of who you are and what is.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like when you're sleeping and you have a nightmare.

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<v Speaker 1>That nightmare seems really real, doesn't it, Like your heart

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<v Speaker 1>is racing you are in this scene. It is the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate reality for you. It's so real that you may

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<v Speaker 1>even wake yourself up in that fear and panic and

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, wake yourself up. And then what happens

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<v Speaker 1>When you wake up, You look around and you realize

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<v Speaker 1>it was a nightmare. It wasn't actually real, It was

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<v Speaker 1>an imagined experience, but the imagined experience seemed very real.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's going on here, my friend. That's what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on here. You are imagining that you are this body

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<v Speaker 1>in this world as it is, and it seems very

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<v Speaker 1>very real, just like when you're having.

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<v Speaker 2>A nightmare waking up.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that moment that you wake up from the nightmare

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<v Speaker 1>and you realize it was a dream. That will happen,

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<v Speaker 1>or so we have been taught, that will happen the

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<v Speaker 1>moment you pass away, the moment you release your body.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll come to realize there's so much more than what

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<v Speaker 1>I saw, touch, taste, felt and heard.

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<v Speaker 2>I am so much more than just that body.

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<v Speaker 1>Or you can wake up now, right now, literally right now,

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<v Speaker 1>with no more work. You can remember who you are

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Why because who you are is already right here.

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<v Speaker 1>All you have to do is fall back into it.

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<v Speaker 1>All you have to do is notice your standing up

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<v Speaker 1>as a person with thoughts and.

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<v Speaker 2>Literally sit back.

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<v Speaker 1>Into what is always right here, what is always right here,

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<v Speaker 1>never changing. If this just sounds like an idea to you,

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay, if you know what I'm actually talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>That's where we're wanting to go.

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<v Speaker 2>We're wanting to go beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>The words of what it is to wake up into

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<v Speaker 1>the experience that's right here. It's so real, it's so

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<v Speaker 1>everything for you, for everyone, It's available right now.

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<v Speaker 3>So let's go into a practice.

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<v Speaker 1>The practice of no practice, the practice of just resting

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<v Speaker 1>back into what is always right here. So closing the

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<v Speaker 1>eyes if you feel comfortable and safe to do so,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe even placing your hands over your heart, just

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<v Speaker 1>to touch into this human experience, this body. As you

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<v Speaker 1>take a few deep breaths into your hands, into the chest,

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<v Speaker 1>filling up with air, lifting your hands as you inhale,

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<v Speaker 1>and letting it all fall as you exhaleeing how real

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<v Speaker 1>the sensation, the feeling of your body feels underneath your hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice how real your imagination of this world, your thoughts

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<v Speaker 1>about it, your vision of it is. And then I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to ask yourself the question, what is it

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<v Speaker 1>that is aware.

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<v Speaker 3>Of this body. Let's take a breath. What is it

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<v Speaker 3>that is aware of your body?

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<v Speaker 1>So again, feeling the sensation of your hands on your heart,

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<v Speaker 1>on your chest, put your attention on that sensation where

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<v Speaker 1>your hands meet your chest. Feel that, and now ask

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<v Speaker 1>the question, what is it that is aware of this sensation?

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<v Speaker 3>Let's breathe? Who am I? If I'm not my body,

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<v Speaker 3>who am I? This may be the most important question

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<v Speaker 3>you ever ask yourself. If you're not your body, if

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<v Speaker 3>you're not your name, if you're not the person, then

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<v Speaker 3>who are you? Ask yourself? Who am I?

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<v Speaker 2>Truly? Who am I? Who you are is just.

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<v Speaker 3>Here waiting for it to dawn on you that you

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<v Speaker 3>are everything boundless one.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a breath. I'd let it go when you're ready,

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<v Speaker 1>opening your eyes. Being human is so weird, but it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes so much less daunting when you let yourself become

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<v Speaker 1>aware that you are not the character in the movie,

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<v Speaker 1>but rather that you are sitting in the audience, watching

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<v Speaker 1>the comings and goings of this person you call you,

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<v Speaker 1>Loving you from here.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, I hope.

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<v Speaker 1>You're feeling even just a little bit more prepared to

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