1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: While his words were filled with wisdom, it's honestly how 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: he lived that taught me the most. Watching him move 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: through the world was like witnessing someone in constant prayer, 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: through presence, through humility, and through joy. You can only 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: truly touch someone's heart if you live in full integrity. 6 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: And integrity means your thoughts, your words, and your actions 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: are all in alignment. I'm Radi Wukiah and on my 8 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: podcast A Really Good Cry, we embrace the messy and 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: the beautiful, providing a space for raw, unfiltered conversations that 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune in to learn, 11 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: connect and find comfort together. Hey everyone, and welcome back 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: to this week's episode of A Really Good Cry. Now, 13 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: this week, I'm going to do something a little bit 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: different because for the past two weeks, we have had 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: our spiritual teacher, his Holiness, rather than Swami, living with us, 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: and I feel so incredibly blessed and so deeply fortunate 17 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: that I got to spend this time with him, and 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: so I wanted to share some of the lessons that 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: I learned from him, his his words, his wisdom, and 20 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: honestly just the reflections that I've had from being in 21 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: his presence, and I feel like sharing these things is 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: part of my reciprocation and my way of showing gratitude 23 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: to him by sharing his words, his wisdom and everything 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: that I've learned with other people in hopes that it 25 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: helps to connect them to their own spiritual path. And 26 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: I really think that the things that I will share 27 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: will hopefully help you do that. So let me give 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: you a little bit of background about rather Thanaswami, because 29 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: I know I've spoken about him a lot, but if 30 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: this is the first time you're hearing about him, he 31 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: has been among for over fifty years. He is a 32 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: spiritual teacher, an author, a philanthropist and a humanitarian. He 33 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: has a food distribution initiative called Anamorta that serves a 34 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: million meals every single day to people in India. His 35 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: social initiative Godvid and Eco Village. This is actually the 36 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: Ushrom that me and Jay visit every single year. We 37 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: go there to start our new year and it is 38 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: just one of the most beautiful places ever. It's what 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: I imagine India used to be in like back in 40 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: thousands and thousands of years ago. It is in the 41 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: middle of a forest, there is a beautiful ushroom where 42 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: you can meditate with monks, where you can learn from them. 43 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: But there's also a beautiful Arababic spa where you can 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: get physical treatments done. But on top of that, the 45 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: United Nations have actually recognized the eco village as a 46 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: model of sustainable living. So what they do is they 47 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: create all these amazing processes, and they create all these 48 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: systems because a lot of the monks there are actually 49 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: from it, which is the equivalent of MIT in the US. 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: So they are so smart, so accomplished, and they use 51 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 1: all of their skills in service to others. So whether 52 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: it's turning sewage water into drinkable water and teaching villages 53 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: around the area how to utilize that, or whether there's 54 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: different sustainable farming systems that farmers in different villages can 55 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: use to make money for their family. They kind of 56 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: use this as the hub of creating that technology and 57 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: creating those systems, which is actually amazing. But honestly, beyond 58 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: all these accolades and all these accomplishments, what makes him 59 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: truly extraordinary is just the way that he lives. He 60 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: lives with such deep compassion, radical humility, and unwavering service 61 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: to other people. So rather Than Aswami is also the 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 1: author of A Journey Home, and he tells his story 63 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: about being born Jewish in Chicago during the counterculture and 64 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: deciding to go on a journey of self discovery all 65 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: across the world from Chicago, traveling to Europe, through Iran, 66 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: through Pakistan. He's been through so many places and all 67 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: the way to India where he was mainly hitchhiking his 68 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: way across and really with the desire to explore and 69 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: dive into different religions and practices and paths, with the 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: deep desire to just find himself, to understand the divine, 71 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: to understand what his spiritual connection was, and what his 72 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: purpose in life is. And I won't give too many spoilers, 73 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: but rather Than Aswami and his book have significantly changed 74 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: and impacted my life in a way that nothing or 75 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: nobody else has. It really changed the trajectory of my 76 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: life once I read that book. But while he was 77 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: living here, every single night we'd walk together or sometimes 78 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: we'd just sit, sometimes in silence, sometimes in deep conversation 79 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: for hours, and while his words were filled with wisdom, 80 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: it's honestly how he lived that taught me the most. 81 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Watching him move through the world was like witnessing someone 82 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: in constant prayer, through presence, through humility, and through joy. 83 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: I remember one time in a class years ago, when 84 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 1: I first started listening to him speak, he said, you 85 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: can only truly touch someone's heart if you live in 86 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: full integrity, and integrity means your thoughts, your words, and 87 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: your actions are all in alignment. At that time, I 88 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: understood that intellectually and theoretically, but it was only when 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I got to observe him that I realized that it 90 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: is actually possible, Like it's actually possible to connect your 91 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: thoughts to your words and then have actions that represent both. 92 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: And sometimes for myself when I reflected on that, many 93 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: times where my actions don't meet my thoughts or the 94 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: thoughts that I'm having, even if I have a deep 95 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: intention to do something, my actions will show something different. 96 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: And actually, when all those three have been in alignment, 97 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: you know, in ebbs and flows. In my life, I've 98 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: noticed such a shift in energy, so such a shift 99 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: in focus and a shift in the ability to truly 100 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: connect to people. But imagine living with that day in 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: day out, having that true integrity every single day. How 102 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: deeply you can live your life, but then also how 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: deeply you can impact other people's lives too. And the 104 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 1: one thing that I absolutely love, and I think is 105 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: what attracted me to his way of living from the beginning, 106 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: was that he's never preached. He doesn't tell people how 107 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: to behave He just embodies it, and in doing so, 108 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: he makes you want to be better. He makes you 109 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: want to live a better life, to be better to 110 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: other people, not out of guilt or pressure, but from 111 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: pure inspiration. And so his entire life has been devoted 112 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: to sharing God and goodness in every single breath and 113 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: every day that he lives, in every moment when he's 114 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: interacting with people. And I don't know about you, but 115 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: I've never seen that around me, and so when I 116 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: experienced that, it was like a breath of fresh air, 117 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: but also felt like a glimpse into what the possibilities 118 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 1: are when you truly deeply connect to God, to nature 119 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: and devote yourself to practices that allow for that. And 120 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 1: so on one of our walks we start talking about 121 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: the true meaning of religion and spirituality and how a 122 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: lot of the time, unfortunately religion ends up separating people 123 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: and causing turbulence between people rather than uniting them, and 124 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: sometimes when being part of something like that, you end 125 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: up losing sight of what true divinity means. And so 126 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: he said that true religion and true spirituality isn't about 127 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: claiming superiority through your label. It's not I'm Hindu, or 128 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 1: I'm Christian or I'm Muslim, and therefore I have love 129 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: of God. It's about actually striving for that love and 130 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: living a life that makes you worthy of that love, 131 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: not by perfection but through sincere effort. And you know what, 132 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 1: I feel like that makes so much sense because if 133 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: you decide to hang around with a whole bunch of accountants, 134 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: it doesn't make you an accountant. You have to do 135 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: the work to actually become one. And so in the 136 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: same way, when you belong to a religion, it doesn't 137 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: mean that you've arrived spiritually. It doesn't mean that you've 138 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: become enlightened once you join that community. But sometimes our 139 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: spiritual identity can actually distance us from the essence of 140 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: the teachings because we end up confusing group belonging with 141 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: personal transformation. And so the question isn't do I belong 142 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: to a community? It is this community helping me to transform, 143 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: and that can be applied into a religious community, a 144 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: spiritual community, a friendship group. But I think that's really 145 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: important when it comes to practicing a religion. I think 146 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: if there's a community or group that's constantly telling you 147 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: you're better because of this designation, it's not necessarily sharing 148 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: the word of God in that way. Because you know, 149 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: one thing I also really appreciate about rather Naswami is 150 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: he always quotes and shares from different religions, not ever 151 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: to criticize them, but in a total sense of adoration 152 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: and love and understanding of that practice and actually wanting 153 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: to take on those teachings and imbibe them in his life. 154 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: And he was sharing about how the number one kind 155 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: of principle of Christianity is to love God and the 156 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: second one is to love your neighbor, and one cannot 157 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: be true without the other. And so if you are 158 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: not loving to the people around you, no matter what religion, past, 159 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: or race they are, then how are you able to 160 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: love God? Because through loving your community is the opportunity 161 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: you're being given to actually show your love for God. 162 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 1: And so I thought that was really interesting because a 163 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: lot of the time when you look in the world, 164 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: a lot of things are done in the name of God, 165 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: but sometimes it's because there's been mistranslation of what loving 166 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: God actually looks like, and it's been taken and put 167 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: into a sense of superiority rather than connection how to 168 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: actually love everybody around us. And so I think that's 169 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: a really important lesson to learn and something I always 170 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: reflect on whether my community is creating connection with people 171 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: or whether it's taking me away from people or creating 172 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: anger or aggression or negative emotions towards another group of people. 173 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: And if it is, then it's a place for me 174 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: to reflect and think, maybe this is not actually doing 175 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: what I want it to be doing, and maybe this 176 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: community isn't the community for me. Maybe the path is, 177 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: but maybe the community isn't. And so I think that's 178 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: a vital part of when you're trying to find your people, 179 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: or the religion or the spiritual path that you are 180 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: going down, or a spiritual teacher. Is this person helping 181 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: me to love others more or to dislike other people more? 182 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: And I think that's a really simple way of being 183 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: able to tell whether it's something that is for you 184 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: or not for you. I'm that's saying, well, rather than 185 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: Sam started speaking about the word spiritual and that the 186 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: word spiritual is obviously spirit and ritual. And he said 187 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 1: that these days many people focus only on the spirit, 188 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: the intention, and the feeling, and they dismiss ritual. Many 189 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: people are turning away from going to churches, going to 190 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 1: places of worships, doing the process it required to actually 191 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: build commitment and love for gods. But both are actually essential. 192 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: Ritual is actually what grounds our spirit and it anchors 193 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: us in practice. Without it, intention can just float away. Sometimes. 194 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: You know, you can have the intention for a lot 195 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: of things, but how can you take intention and create action. Well, 196 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: taking intention and creating action is in the ritual. And 197 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: he stopped in front of a set of solar panels 198 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: and he started smiling, and we were just looking out 199 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: these solar panels and he says, you see those solar 200 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: panels over there, and we all said, yeah, we see them. 201 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: He said, they just sit there, open and exposed to 202 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: the sun. They absorb its energy and then they distribute 203 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: it as power in the form of heat or light. 204 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: He said, that's what sadna is. Sadna is our spiritual 205 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: practices or our ritual that we do daily, he goes 206 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: these spiritual practices are how we absorb divine energy and 207 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: our character and our service. That is how we distribute it. 208 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: He reminded us that even in the simple act of 209 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: saying a prayer before eating, no matter what tradition your 210 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: part of, it's actually not just a ritual. It's a 211 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: conscious way to set the heart to enter into devotion 212 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: before we receive anything. And I've really gotten into the 213 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: habit of praying or trying to pray, or remembering to 214 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,839 Speaker 1: pray before I receive anything. So whether I'm receiving an 215 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: award or whether it's on a daily basis where I'm 216 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: receiving the food that I'm about to eat, or waking 217 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: up in the morning and taking a breath and before 218 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: you receive the air that goes into your lungs, remembering 219 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: that it is a gift from nature, from God, from 220 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: the plants around us. If we are present and if 221 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: we're able to see it, and we take a moment 222 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: of prayer before receiving anything, we realize how much we're 223 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: actually getting in our life. And so this practice of prayer, 224 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: it's not just let me just say it really quickly 225 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: before I eat, because it's something I've been told to do. No, 226 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: it's how it sets the consciousness of our heart. It 227 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: sets the intention in our mind to actually receive it 228 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: with gratitude and with devotion and appreciate it in the 229 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: right way. One thing that was actually so incredible to 230 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: witness was the way he associated every single thing with God. 231 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: In some way. It was a much needed reminder that 232 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: what you surround yourself with becomes you. He has immersed 233 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: himself fully, so deeply in service and into the Divine 234 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: that his mind naturally links everything back to God. Whether 235 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: it's a tree, whether it's a solar panel, whether it's 236 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: a song, His heart seems to find meaning, reflection and 237 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: connection to the Divine in some way. It's like when 238 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: you love someone so much, every little thing reminds you 239 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: of them. His love for God is like that. He's 240 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: fully immersed and so he's fully in a God conscious 241 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: mindset every single moment of the day. So whether it's 242 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: relating back to a story that he read in scripture, 243 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: whether it's relating back to a lesson that he's learnt 244 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: through his practices, every single thing, even when we're driving, 245 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: there'd be a billboard and somehow what's written on the billboard, 246 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: he'd connect back to the scriptures in some way, And 247 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: so it made me reflect, what is my consciousness, where 248 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: is my head at most of the time, what is 249 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: my mind link things to? What kind of conversations am 250 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: I having? What am I reading? What am I listening to? 251 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: Who am I spending time with? And weighing that up 252 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: the positives and the negative influences on me. And that 253 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: was the other thing. Every morning when he would wake up, 254 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: we would hear as soon as he woke up, he'd 255 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: be listening to a class on scripture while he was 256 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: in the shower, while he was getting ready, setting his 257 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: intention for the day, absorbing himself in scripture and practice 258 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: throughout the day, being so mindful about how much he eats, 259 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: what he's eating to fuel his body, eating for fuel, 260 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: not for a desire or sense of gratification, and not 261 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: because he has to, not because he feels like he's 262 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 1: forced to, but because that is how he wants to live. 263 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: And it was incredible to be able to see someone 264 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: who isn't doing the meditation practice or reading or doing 265 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: all the things that I'm trying to do because I 266 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: know it's good for me. But watching someone do it 267 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: because they've got this full taste, this full excitement and 268 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: joy for doing it. And obviously that comes from consistency, 269 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: It comes from showing up every single day, It comes 270 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: from making all the conscious choices every single day towards 271 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: living that life's choosing the things that support that practice, 272 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: support that ritual, supports that way of living, versus going 273 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: against it. But honestly, just seeing that joy in practice 274 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: is possible and that it doesn't just always feel like 275 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: this slug against something, this resistance, that it doesn't just 276 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: feel like a ritual, but it becomes a joyous part 277 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: of your day that is actually desired. Was everything. I 278 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: feel like sometimes we need to see what's possible and 279 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: see someone at the end of the tunnel or the 280 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: light at the end of the tunnel to help encourage 281 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: us to keep doing that. And we all need role 282 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: models in different parts of our life, whether it's in work, 283 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: whether it's in family, whether it's in spirituality. Finding somebody 284 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: who bodies those qualities but also who gives us that 285 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: glimpse of what's possible by doing what we're doing, doing 286 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: the practices and rituals that we're doing, and you know, 287 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: if you're saying there thinking I don't know any monks, 288 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: I don't know any Swamis, I don't know anybody who's 289 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: religious or spiritual like that. I don't have any connection 290 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: to somebody like that. Or if you're trying to increase 291 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: your association with people like that, people who have an 292 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: elevated mindset, it really doesn't have to be a physical connection. 293 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: I think that's where sometimes we go wrong. I can't 294 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: access this person, so how will I learn from them? 295 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: But association doesn't have to be physical. If you think 296 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: about how much you might adore a singer that you've 297 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: been listening to. All you've done is hear their words, 298 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: hear their songs in your car at home, you've just 299 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: been listening to them. Or if there's a book that 300 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: you've read, if you're a huge fan of let's say 301 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: Harry Potter, you've read all the Harry Potter books. You've 302 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: had created a connection to Harry Potter or the author 303 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: just by reading, and so association doesn't have to be physical. 304 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: That is such a myth. You really can learn from 305 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: people just by hearing their words, listening to classes, reading 306 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: their books, and creates such a deep connection with them, 307 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: I remember rather Notaswami was telling a story about his 308 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: spiritual teacher, Shilaproapad, and he said that he only really 309 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: interacted with his spiritual teacher in person a couple of times, 310 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: but he stayed connected purely through listening to his classes 311 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: and reading his books. So even watching someone online, you 312 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: can start off by watching classes, listen to their words, 313 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: reflect on them, journal about them. It can influence you 314 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: so deeply. And that's when I see how I stay 315 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: connected to him even when he's not here physically. I 316 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: feel like I get even a deeper connection to him 317 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: when I'm listening to him every single day online or 318 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: when he's having classes in different places, because he travels 319 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: a lot as part of being a monk. He's a 320 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: traveling monk, so on top of everything that he does, 321 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: he goes where he's needed and he supports the community there, 322 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: and so he'll give classes there or share words of 323 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: wisdom there and they record them and we're able to 324 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: listen to them online. When Ratheransami described meeting his spiritual 325 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: teacher for the first time, he actually says, I'm just 326 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: going to read this because it's so beautiful and it 327 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: really represents how I felt when I met him, which 328 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: is a lovely affirmation, or it really affirmed the way 329 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: that I connected to him and that he was the 330 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: right person to connect to. He said, when I first 331 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: saw schilaproa Pad, he was sitting on a simple cushion, 332 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: speaking so humbly, yet his words pierced through all my 333 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: doubts and fears. It was the first time I saw 334 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: someone live what they preach with such purity. I wept 335 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,240 Speaker 1: without knowing why. He described, feeling overwhelmed by Schulerpropad's humility, clarity, 336 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: and love, qualities that he hadn't seen in any other 337 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: spiritual figure. And that is honestly how I felt with 338 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: rather than Asami when I met him. It really, really 339 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: deeply affirmed how I felt about him and showed me 340 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: that I was on the right path. You know, one 341 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: thing I've struggled with quite a bit has been this 342 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: ability to be truly present with people in the moment. 343 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: It's something that I've really been working on. But I 344 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: can be in a place really trying to look into 345 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: someone's eyes, trying to deeply connect and listen to what 346 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: they're saying, but sometimes my mind just finds it really 347 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: hard to stay focused and be attentive. It can just 348 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: be all over the place physically here, but mentally somewhere 349 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: completely different. But when anyone, any single person, meets rather Naswami, 350 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: it's like he is looking deep into your soul, so 351 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: intensely present in the moment with whoever he interacts with, 352 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: And each person that I've spoken to has had the 353 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: same feeling from the moment they meet him. He doesn't 354 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: rush to fill silences. He's not uncomfortable with stillness, and 355 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: that in itself taught me something that silence is a 356 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: form of trust. You can only be quiet with someone 357 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: you're truly comfortable with. And for him, he is so 358 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: deeply comfortable in himself but also comfortable in the connection 359 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: of soul to soul, heart to heart, not with all 360 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: the layers that cover us up. But he's not meeting 361 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: you as a human or as a physical body, where 362 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,919 Speaker 1: there's so many things that create invisible barriers between us 363 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: before we even speak words. He just sees the soul 364 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: to soul connection, and so I feel like he's just 365 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: so comfortable because he sees God in the other person 366 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: and the God in him, and the God and the 367 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:11,120 Speaker 1: other person are connecting. He also wastes no words, and somehow, 368 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: in that quiet, whether he says words or doesn't, his 369 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 1: presence says more than most people say in hours. And 370 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,159 Speaker 1: on the day before he left, we actually gathered a 371 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,280 Speaker 1: group of friends to meet him, and I remember reflecting 372 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: on how different everyone received his words. He spoke, you know, 373 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: for about half an hour, and it was amazing because 374 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 1: when I spoke to everybody afterwards, the same sentence landed 375 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: differently for each person, depending on their heart, depending on 376 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: what they were going through, how much work they had 377 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: done previously internally, how much therapy they'd been in, and 378 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: what they were ready to actually hear. And I think 379 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: it's because spiritual truth doesn't scream, It just meets you 380 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 1: gently where you're at. And that's really what the whole 381 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: situation showed me. When I heard everybody's different reflections on 382 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: the same class that they heard, the same words that 383 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: they were all hearing, the amount of people that came 384 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: to me and said, you have no idea, how much 385 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: I needed that, how much clarity I got, or I 386 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 1: really felt like he was speaking to me after everything 387 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: that I've been through, And I was like, Wow, every 388 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: person's experience has been so different. Not one person has 389 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: been through the same thing, but they feel like he 390 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: is talking directly to them, that it's literally affected their 391 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: hearts so deeply. And that's so magical, isn't it. I 392 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,359 Speaker 1: just I loved hearing that. It just it was really special. Actually, So, 393 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: if we really had to summ up what I've learned 394 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: from being around him in one short phrase, it would 395 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: be this, when you're deeply connected to the divine, to love, 396 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: to patience, and to the right energy, you overflow. You 397 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: are overflowing with the capacity the ability to just give 398 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: to others. And there's never a point in time where 399 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: he says he's tired of being around people helping people. 400 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: You know, usually you go to a social environment and 401 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,879 Speaker 1: you're like, oh God, I need like two days to recover. No, 402 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: he will talk to one hundred people and give them 403 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: just the same amount of attention. He will talk to 404 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: one hundred people and care deeply. You see the compassion 405 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: in his eyes. And I would always say, how is 406 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: he doing this? How does he have this patience to 407 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 1: listen to people over and over again? How does he 408 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 1: have the tolerance to accept all the things that people 409 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: say at him? Or to him or around him? How 410 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: does he have that capacity? And I realize it's not 411 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: what he's eating, it's not what that amount of sleep 412 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: he's getting, it's not all those basic human needs. It's 413 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: actually this deep connection to a divine power. It's almost 414 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: like he's got a he's plugged in. You know, he's 415 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,400 Speaker 1: plugged in. He's got this unlimited energy that's being that's 416 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: flowing through him. So it's not actually him, He's just 417 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: an instrument. He is a divine, pure instrument of God's 418 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: message and he's choosing to open himself and be a 419 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: vessel for that. And when I thought about that, I 420 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: was like, Okay, so what does that require? Yes, you 421 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: can be plugged in, but have you opened up all 422 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: your channels, all your heart? Are you an open book 423 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: to be able to actually be a full, open, clear 424 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: vessel for God to send his message through? And what 425 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 1: does that look like? And so think about that yourself. 426 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: What does that look like for you? And I think 427 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: that's really important because it's it's almost like when they 428 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: say you could be receiving all the blessings in your life, 429 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: but do you have the hand your hands open to 430 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: be catching them? And in the same way God may 431 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: be ready to make you, God, the universe, whatever you 432 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: want to call the bigger energy that is the force 433 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: of life. It's all available, ready for you to receive. 434 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: But how are you preparing your body? How are you 435 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: preparing your mind to be a vessel of that and 436 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 1: to be able to actually handle that energy, to be 437 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: able to handle that message and share it in the 438 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: right mindset with the right people, in the right mood. 439 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,159 Speaker 1: Because what is inside of you will come out of you. 440 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: It's literally, just like simple biology, what you've eaten will 441 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: come out at the other end, what you've absorbed in 442 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: your mind, through your body, through every single sense that 443 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: you have, what will eventually collect in you and also 444 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: overflow through you and out of you. And so really 445 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: it made me think, I've got a lot of work 446 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: to do. We're not in a scared way, in like 447 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: an excited way of Wow. If I do the right things, 448 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: if I channel the right things, if I read the 449 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: right things, if I surround myself with the right people, 450 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: of course, there are going to be so many things 451 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: that come in the way. But with the right intention 452 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: and the desire, He's given me a beautiful insight into 453 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: what that can look like to be a constant, flowing 454 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: instrument of God's love, grace, energy, vitality, energy like you've 455 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: never seen it before. I can't even explain it to you, 456 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 1: but I've never seen someone with that much energy. He's 457 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: seventy five years old, and he has more energy than 458 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: I've seen most like eighteen year olds have, you know, 459 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: more capacity than I've seen anybody have, and more compassion 460 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 1: than the whole of America. But together, you know, that's 461 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: just what I continue to strive for to pray for. 462 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: It's like when you don't have it, pray for it, 463 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: kind of like fake it till you make it, but 464 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: don't fake it, practice it, practice it till you make it, 465 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: and pray for it till you get it, and pray 466 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: for the intention to receive it in the right way. 467 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 1: There's so much we can pray for. I've stopped praying 468 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: for things. I've started praying for, like the vision to 469 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: see the right things, or the intention to be pure 470 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,120 Speaker 1: when I do things. So not just to talk about 471 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: spiritual life, we could talk about things all day, but 472 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: to live one that is so sincere that one day, 473 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: maybe like him, we can become quiet. Invitations for others 474 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: to remember their own spiritual path, and that's really what 475 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: it's about, right, How can I help others see the 476 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: goodness in themselves? How can I help others see their 477 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: own spiritual path, whatever that may be different to mine, 478 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: the same as mine. But how can I help them 479 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: connect to the divine? How can I help them love 480 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: themselves more and others more? How can I help them 481 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: see the world with wonder because every single part of 482 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: the world is so wonderful? And how can I just 483 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: constantly be a vessel of grace and compassion for others, 484 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 1: what beautiful desire and intention to have? And then trying 485 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: to align our life to support that sounds so easy, 486 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: much easier than it actually is, I'm sure, But we 487 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,440 Speaker 1: can always hope and try, And I think that's the point, 488 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: Always have hope and always keep trying. So I could 489 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: go on about rather Naswami for days and days and hours, 490 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: but I think these lessons are I'm sure, giving you 491 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: so much to think about, and I really recommend going 492 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: through each point and reflecting in your life how it applies. 493 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening and sending your so 494 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: much love. If you want to, you know, find rather Notaswami. 495 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: He is obviously not on his own social media, he 496 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: has a team that looks after it, but he has 497 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: classes on YouTube. He has given talks in so many 498 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: different places, luckily they've been recorded, and his team shares 499 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot of his wisdom on Instagram. And there's also 500 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: this beautiful app called Rise where a lot of his 501 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: teachings live. Try and connect to him and I would 502 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: love to hear your reflections on this as well. Send 503 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: me a DM. I love to receive them. Thanks so 504 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: much guys, and sending you so much love. Have a 505 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: great week.