Solitude And The Gold In Silence || In Between The Stories

[00:00:03] Here we interrupt this program to bring you a special report.

[00:00:07] Now!

[00:00:19] Looking back.

[00:00:21] I hope everything is on the gravy with you all.

[00:00:24] It's good to be back.

[00:00:25] It's good to have another sit down and shoot the breeze.

[00:00:28] I'm in a new setup, a new fresh setup.

[00:00:32] Nice and cozy, a cushioned seat.

[00:00:34] And I wanted to share a little bit of what's been on my heart.

[00:00:38] And if anybody is interested, you can go to the website, go to the blog section and you'll

[00:00:45] find the inspiration behind this talk.

[00:00:48] And if this is your first time stumbling across the show, this is Giants Amongst Us where we

[00:00:56] share in the unique human experience and where you're going to hear real stories

[00:01:01] told by real people.

[00:01:03] People just like yourself.

[00:01:05] You're not going to get clued in on the Hollywood Squares or the latest gossip.

[00:01:11] We don't care about what Taylor Swift tweeted last night or who Brad Pitt is marrying next

[00:01:16] weekend.

[00:01:17] None of these influencers are supposed stars of any concern to us.

[00:01:22] This isn't about that.

[00:01:24] This is about the everyday people, people just like yourself.

[00:01:28] If you want to call them ordinary, go ahead and do so.

[00:01:31] But they're doing extraordinary things.

[00:01:34] And what I mean by extraordinary is the fact that these individuals just go to the website,

[00:01:40] listen to past stories these people have in one way shape or form, took in responsibility

[00:01:46] and accountability for their life's experiences.

[00:01:50] They come from struggle, from pain, from challenges, handicapped addictions, but they decided

[00:01:58] at one point to start changing.

[00:02:01] Their belief structure, their lifestyle, their habits, their way of viewing the world and

[00:02:06] limit the limitations and doubts that they were putting on themselves to push past the

[00:02:12] hurt, the failure, the abuse and the work towards finding healing, getting a hold of

[00:02:19] hope, being resilient and finding a way to make the best of their situation and

[00:02:25] just become better people in general.

[00:02:28] When you change your inner reality, that's the perfect fertile ground for things to start

[00:02:34] changing outside and around you.

[00:02:37] Your relationships with people, how you interact with the world, how you're able to navigate

[00:02:43] through the world and not be overwhelmed and just beaten down by outside pressures

[00:02:51] and stresses and anxieties and fears and worries, but when you're deep down inside solid

[00:02:59] you have your roots grounded and deep in the earth.

[00:03:02] You can stand tall like an oak tree and withstand the storms, the rain, the wind, whatever's

[00:03:11] thrown your way.

[00:03:12] How deep is that root of yours?

[00:03:15] So sometimes, you know, when life tears us apart, we hit a crisis.

[00:03:20] We have a breakdown.

[00:03:22] We hit rock bottom.

[00:03:23] That's the perfect opportunity to like some of these politicians say, build back better.

[00:03:31] When the tower is destroyed, when everything is rubbled, that's when you can build a new.

[00:03:36] You can start picking up the pieces and putting it together in a more constructive

[00:03:40] fashion and build a nice proper foundation.

[00:03:44] You know, I just wanted to share some thoughts and this is something that I planned

[00:03:48] to do was to just share ideas, things that weigh on my heart, convictions that I may have

[00:03:55] and pepper them in between the stories.

[00:03:58] I've already had a few interesting conversations and I look to publish them in the next upcoming

[00:04:05] weeks.

[00:04:06] I look forward to sharing them with you guys.

[00:04:09] You can, like I said, if this is your first time listening, you can go back and check

[00:04:14] check through the archives and listen to past stories.

[00:04:17] But I'm excited to have a few more interviews lined up.

[00:04:22] And I think you guys will find some value in it.

[00:04:24] I know I enjoyed having those conversations and each one is a learning experience for me.

[00:04:30] And each one, I'm encouraged more and more to dig down and do my own inner work.

[00:04:37] And it's not about trying to become holy or righteous or anything like that, but it's just

[00:04:44] about getting in touch with who I truly am outside of the pressures outside of persuasion

[00:04:54] and manipulation.

[00:04:57] Because let's face it, this digital age, we have advertisements.

[00:05:02] We have so many things that can nudge us this way and pull us that way.

[00:05:10] And if we're not solid and sure about who we are as an individual, if we don't know ourselves,

[00:05:17] there's a group that's going to tell you who you are.

[00:05:20] There's another group that's going to tell you how you should live.

[00:05:23] There's another group that's going to tell you how you should think.

[00:05:26] And you're just like a leaf blowing in the wind.

[00:05:30] Unsure in every little thing that is happening, a loss of a job, loss of money, any little

[00:05:39] monkey wrench that twists up your world.

[00:05:42] The smallest or the biggest is going to shake you, break you and just devastate you.

[00:05:47] But if we're sure in ourselves and we're understanding who we are, what we're capable

[00:05:53] of, we're confident and we have the resources to deal with life when life happens.

[00:06:00] And we're not just always on the defensive and reacting to this and reacting to that,

[00:06:06] but we're actually living.

[00:06:08] We're able to see things for what they are.

[00:06:10] We're able to learn from our mistakes.

[00:06:13] We're able to think things through critically and not to just be affected by a headline

[00:06:18] or something that's trending.

[00:06:19] And let's just say, give it away our power and our individual freedom to live a life

[00:06:26] that is more self-sufficient, to live a life that is balanced, loving and more fulfilled life.

[00:06:35] So this whole idea, the podcast, the show and the connection shared,

[00:06:40] it's getting back to that human element because if we're not careful, we can lose it,

[00:06:46] especially with all of the advancements in technology and everything is becoming more

[00:06:51] and more digitalized and we're being encouraged to pursue a virtual reality.

[00:06:59] And some people are fine with that because they're not happy with the real world.

[00:07:04] They're trying to escape it.

[00:07:05] They're not happy with themselves.

[00:07:07] Something isn't right in them.

[00:07:08] And you can make up a fantasy island and plug yourself right into some kind

[00:07:14] of virtual reality and live out your fantasies and escape what's really going on in the real world.

[00:07:22] So if we're not careful with all the wonderful advances in technology,

[00:07:26] the way that right now I'm able to just press record, speak through this microphone

[00:07:32] and upload it and after uploading it and putting it into the cloud,

[00:07:37] throwing it out into the ether and anybody with internet access,

[00:07:41] no matter where they are, east, west, north, south overseas on a big hill, low hill.

[00:07:49] They're under a rock in a cave.

[00:07:51] If they have internet access, they can listen to this.

[00:07:54] We can connect.

[00:07:55] They can get in touch with me and I with them.

[00:07:58] That is magic in itself.

[00:08:02] The advances in technology, the leaps and bounds that have been

[00:08:06] taken with medicine.

[00:08:07] But if we're not careful, this can also draw us away from the human nature, our human nature.

[00:08:18] And that's a slippery slope because then we start to lose touch of who we are as people,

[00:08:26] as human beings with souls, with spirits, with emotions, with intuition, with creative

[00:08:33] abilities, with creative imaginations, all of that logic, reason, critical thinking.

[00:08:41] These are ingredients that make us human beings, the ability to love, to care,

[00:08:48] to think empathetically, to reflect.

[00:08:51] If we're not careful, we can outsource all of those abilities to a device

[00:08:56] that we think can do it better than we can do it for ourselves.

[00:09:00] It's funny because you hear people and I say it sometimes myself like, man, everything

[00:09:07] is being manufactured and outsourced to China or outside of the country.

[00:09:14] Let's just say if you're living in the US or if you're living in Germany,

[00:09:17] nothing's made in Germany anymore.

[00:09:19] Everything is made.

[00:09:20] You look at the label.

[00:09:21] It's coming from this country or that country.

[00:09:23] And people complain like, yeah, the jobs are being outsourced and the manufacturing

[00:09:28] companies are being outsourced and the businesses are being outsourced.

[00:09:33] That's on an economic scale or level or an economic landscape.

[00:09:38] But think about it.

[00:09:40] We're outsourcing our human capabilities in our humanity to a device.

[00:09:48] When we don't know the answer to something, bam, go ahead, just Google it.

[00:09:52] Something's wrong with your stomach.

[00:09:54] Bam, just go ahead and Google it.

[00:09:56] I don't know what to do with my kiddies up and down.

[00:09:58] He's bouncing off of walls.

[00:10:00] Bam, just go ahead and Google it.

[00:10:01] They have an app and it'll tell you when you need to start moving again

[00:10:05] because you've been sitting down for too long.

[00:10:07] We're outsourcing all of these things that make us human to a device

[00:10:15] to the smartphone or smart device that's supposed to be that they say

[00:10:21] is smarter than you.

[00:10:23] It's more capable than you.

[00:10:25] If you believe that there's a stickers that I'm sure you guys are familiar with.

[00:10:31] It says dumb people with smartphones and that's the whole point of it.

[00:10:35] You know where the algorithm is going to supposedly be able to do all these things

[00:10:41] that we used to be able to do primitive man days of old in ancient times.

[00:10:47] We're really in touch and in tune with nature, with themselves,

[00:10:52] with the stars, with the seasons, with all of that.

[00:10:57] But this new advancement in technology, they're saying these thinking heads and

[00:11:06] these developers and these technocrats are saying that the AI gods, this algorithm,

[00:11:14] I mean we do in a way bend down backwards for it to please it to do anything to boost our

[00:11:19] ratings to put us in front of all the other videos to give us more likes to get us more engagement.

[00:11:27] Whatever it is that's supposedly helping your content get pushed up by the algorithms you're

[00:11:34] willing to do even if it's something that doesn't really sit right with you would,

[00:11:39] you don't agree with it but just for the sake of the algorithms are going to push it and put

[00:11:44] it at the top I'll go ahead and speak about this or make content about that.

[00:11:51] I mean who wants to be talking to an empty auditorium?

[00:11:56] But yeah like I was saying these wizards of Oz behind the curtains are saying that the algorithm

[00:12:04] that we're going to get to a point if we're not already now are going to know you more than

[00:12:10] you know yourself. The central idea of this new worldview which you can call dataism because it

[00:12:17] invests authority in data the central tenet is that given enough data especially biometric data

[00:12:26] about a person and given enough computing power Google or Facebook can create an algorithm

[00:12:34] that knows you better than you know yourself. But I still think we have a choice we can allow that

[00:12:45] to happen we can fall in line and outsource all of our capabilities all of our humanity to this

[00:12:53] wonderful shiny object that can do all things that knows all things that knows my behaviors

[00:13:00] knows what I like what I don't like knows even what I think and what I feel about things and

[00:13:07] and it knows what makes me angry and what triggers me and what causes me to react and engage more

[00:13:13] with whatever platform I'm on or we can get back in touch with the real. This is just something

[00:13:20] that I've been thinking about and and I wanted to speak a little bit about it and um let me

[00:13:25] know how you feel about it let me know what you think about these things. If you agree if

[00:13:30] you disagree with your take on it like I said the website link is in the show notes you can shoot a

[00:13:38] line there you can leave a message a voice message or leave a comment. Any feedback is always welcome

[00:13:46] even if you just want to say hello or let me know where you're listening from how you're

[00:13:51] listening to the show that's cool too. This topic this was something uh one of the last

[00:13:57] one of the last uh conversations that I had I'll be sharing that episode in the next

[00:14:03] up and coming weeks but we were talking about that also and just the uh the use of technology

[00:14:08] and how yes it's a great tool it's a wonderful tool but it also can be abused misused and

[00:14:19] really really really take us away from who we are as individuals as human beings as living human

[00:14:28] conscience sentient beings and I think it might even be fair to say that a lot of people listening

[00:14:34] to this show you know they're they're still interested in that human element exploring

[00:14:40] their thoughts or their unconscious because I've spoken with people and they talk about how

[00:14:46] valuable it was for them for journaling writing out their thoughts meditating and reflecting on

[00:14:53] how they feel and why they do certain things why they're feeling a certain way what's troubling them

[00:15:00] and this is something that I'm still exploring and working on and it'll be a lifelong journey

[00:15:05] but I think it's important I think it's important I mean it's evident look around

[00:15:10] and even look at yourselves it's evident that so many people are struggling mentally is it because

[00:15:17] we're living now in the age of anxiety but if you think back to even past times they had their own

[00:15:24] stresses and they had their own worries and they had their own pressures from external chaos

[00:15:31] the chaotic environment the witch hunts the religious wars uh one country invading another

[00:15:39] you had slavery you had you had horrible working conditions you had you had unequal opportunity for

[00:15:47] men and women you had all of these things in in different times and in different places

[00:15:52] and in different ages where where people had their anxieties they had their worries even

[00:15:59] owed philosophers and psychotherapists hundreds of years ago in the 1800s the early 1900s still

[00:16:06] write about this sickness this illness in society these neurosis is the struggling inner conflict that

[00:16:13] we deal with as human beings in the different ways that we try to compensate for the different ways

[00:16:19] that we try to cope with it but there's a time where it reaches the surface and it makes itself

[00:16:24] known and we might experience that in sickness you might experience that in our bodies deteriorating

[00:16:32] our health deteriorating being crippled by anxiety fears and all these different schizophrenic episodes

[00:16:41] the manic depressive episodes and all these different symptoms somatic symptoms or mental

[00:16:49] disorders that stem from that inner conflict or that inner struggle and turmoil that's going on

[00:16:55] that we haven't looked at that we haven't tried to work out sometimes we don't know how

[00:17:02] what's encouraging it to see now is that a lot of people are talking about it not just the women

[00:17:09] it's not just a feminine topic where oh you you're not meant to be talking about your feelings

[00:17:15] or your emotions when you're a man but but you hear that even for men men that have been in

[00:17:21] combat men that have been in prison men that have worked hard jobs when raised families just men in

[00:17:28] general also talking about their mental health their emotions things that they go through so this

[00:17:36] is across the board and I kind of went on a huge rant but so this is just a call back to those

[00:17:45] who feel like they're they're getting pulled away they're getting pulled away from who they are as

[00:17:52] people as a kid you're innocent you're like an empty slate in the way but then slowly through

[00:18:01] education through society through friends through family through strangers through work through

[00:18:07] organizations through clubs whatever it is little by little you're being impressed and sometimes told

[00:18:17] what you're capable of what you can do what you shouldn't do what you should strive for

[00:18:24] what line of work you should fall in but where does that leave us in the midst of all of that

[00:18:30] who are we have we given ourselves that opportunity that time to explore to figure it out

[00:18:39] it's tough it's tough and then we find ourselves trying to be something that we see maybe on tv is

[00:18:47] oh that's success that's what I want to do there are times where something resonates with you

[00:18:55] you see someone and they're a role model they're a mentor you see someone and you look up to

[00:19:00] them and you say that's what I want to be that's what I want to do but the point is to

[00:19:06] get real with yourself get honest with yourself and entertain those those questions and those

[00:19:12] thoughts and reflect on what it is that you truly like what it is that you believe in what it is

[00:19:21] that you find honest and truthful and good despite what they're saying despite what this

[00:19:29] click is saying or what they're telling you to believe despite all of the outside pressure

[00:19:36] and I was saying that to say that a good way to start off is to afford yourself that silent

[00:19:43] space that sacred silent space in an age of distraction how crucial and critical is that

[00:19:50] how much does that mean to you does it even matter this is a new world it's not a conspiracy this

[00:19:57] isn't something that might be this is the new world this is the fourth industrial revolution

[00:20:04] the future is already here the future has begun why this false industrial revolution

[00:20:15] is so crucial it's coming like a tsunami opportunities which we have in the coming years

[00:20:27] it will be overwhelming to see how fast the change will happen in an exponential speed

[00:20:41] this is the digital age and in this new world like I said for all the great that technology has

[00:20:51] brought upon all of us we're able to enjoy it in a lot of different ways the instant access to so

[00:20:58] much information but it could be the case of information overload we have so much information

[00:21:04] we can't even our minds in our conscience selves aren't even meant to process this much

[00:21:10] this much information but in this new world this brave new world if you want to call it

[00:21:16] this digital age our silence that sacred space of silence is being swallowed by technology

[00:21:27] it's being eaten alive and in the belly of the highest bidder that's a fact this is the attention

[00:21:34] economy our data our personal information feeding the algorithms every second every minute every hour

[00:21:44] that's the new goals um let me ask you a question about uh xai and what you're doing

[00:21:52] and um because there's an interesting thing that's different I think about what you have

[00:21:57] relative to somebody others which you have data you have information you have all of the stuff

[00:22:03] that everybody in here has put on the platform to sort through um and I don't know if everybody

[00:22:10] realized that initially what is the value of that yeah I mean data is very important um

[00:22:20] you could say that data is probably more valuable than gold

[00:22:25] silence I'm worlds away from where I came from and I could say one thing the beauty about it is

[00:22:34] you know I've been out of the country I'm originally from California I've lived in

[00:22:40] Germany for the past six years and I mean I pretty much just been to myself it's my wife

[00:22:46] she has family when they come over and visit I have colleagues at work that I associate with

[00:22:52] but not much outside of that it's really just family time I'm here so I've had a lot of time

[00:23:01] to spend away from my old environment old friends family whom I miss but honestly there

[00:23:11] was a lot of people in my life excluding family I'm talking about just people that I spent time with

[00:23:20] that were not in the best of place and not the best of influences on me so in one way

[00:23:26] separating from that environment and having the time and the space to be alone I think has been

[00:23:32] a real positive thing and also of course to have a loving patience and understanding

[00:23:40] wife and partner by your side that helps all the more you give me nine miserable people that

[00:23:48] you're hanging around and you're probably going to be the 10th so I've had time you know away from

[00:23:54] my natural habitat but that doesn't say you know like I said away from that but still with

[00:24:02] technology confine yourself just doomsday scrolling or spending time online and and checking to see

[00:24:10] what this person is doing and what that person is doing or how they're living and even though

[00:24:16] you may be separated from let's just say your old environment old friends or whatever it is but

[00:24:23] you still have the opportunity because of that ball and chain that smartphone that that android that

[00:24:32] iphone whatever it is you still have it in your pocket you still have it on your hand you still

[00:24:38] have it at the hip it's on your person at all times and you can just stay on the screen and

[00:24:44] just days and days and days till you're confused and in a haze and that is a good way to have

[00:24:53] some time and solitude by ourselves snatched away from us that's a good way to give it up

[00:25:00] and I say that because I've been there and I'm trying to just be more conscious on the things

[00:25:05] that I'm consuming what I'm feeling my mind with not just my physical diet but also my mental

[00:25:10] diet is a junk food is it good for me I mean of course I'm not just saying that everything has to

[00:25:16] be on the higher learning tip and it's got to be about enlightenment but what are you spending the

[00:25:22] majority of your time consuming and most of your energy towards what are you giving that to

[00:25:28] what are you allowing to influence or fill your life your conscience what is it remember

[00:25:36] that old saying you are what you eat so the silence the solitude away from the world's pool

[00:25:44] or the demands and the stresses of the day or your instagram feed that's the very solitude Ralph

[00:25:52] Emerson spoke of when he said it's there where you'll be able to hear the whispers of the gods

[00:26:00] how many of you ever heard the whispers of the gods some kind of aha moment in a epiphany a revelation

[00:26:09] a tugging at your heart or even just some kind of soft conviction to pursue something

[00:26:15] an answer to a problem any of that how important is your silence how important

[00:26:22] is silence and solitude to you even the world health organization the who as slimy and as

[00:26:31] sneaky as they've proven to be they argue that excessive noise is a serious threat to human

[00:26:38] health and we're not just talking about car traffic or airplanes flying overhead but we're

[00:26:45] talking about excessive noise excessive stimuli all of this chatter and this buzzing this information

[00:26:53] overload that I talked about being bombarded by advertisements by products by brands by things

[00:27:00] that you should buy by trends that are trending by fears or the latest headline or the the

[00:27:08] next news break remember at one time when I was younger the news came on once a day or

[00:27:13] twice now is in the evening in the afternoon now all day every day as long as you're staring at that

[00:27:20] screen you're getting breaking news what to be afraid of who's warring against who how high gas

[00:27:28] prices are the protests what virus is out to get you man the boogeyman that is out to get you

[00:27:35] I'm not saying whether these things are real or not real that's up to you to decide but

[00:27:40] talk about excessive noise on a daily basis all day every day from when you wake up to right before

[00:27:48] you shut your eyelids and go to sleep what is that doing to us as humans we're not capable

[00:27:57] we're not built to consume and process so much information but yet this very structure

[00:28:06] modern society this new age that we're living in the fourth industrial revolution this idea of

[00:28:15] being connected at all times and we don't even just want you carrying the device anymore you

[00:28:21] can wear it or you can put it under your skin that's even better how convenient is that this

[00:28:28] structure this infrastructure has created a vacuum that is sucking the silence right out of us

[00:28:36] our attention it's being robbed and held hostage how many of you are looking to get it back I know

[00:28:42] I am we don't even like to be alone anymore it's boring isn't it I mean who wants to be alone

[00:28:49] it can make you feel some type of way lonely afraid vulnerable and even crazy some people might say

[00:28:59] don't you have any friends but if we go back a little bit to the great figures of the past

[00:29:05] let's just rewind the clock a bit some of these great figures that were so quick to talk about a

[00:29:13] reference or look up to and say man this was a righteous person they knew it all they had the

[00:29:20] answers they had the key some of them even looked to these people for guidance and to try to replicate

[00:29:27] their footsteps and their lifestyle and their philosophy they reached that legendary status

[00:29:33] after long stretches and solitude like Jesus for one whether you take him to be an actual man or

[00:29:40] or a story that's symbolic of something else that's up to you but Jesus was led by the Holy

[00:29:48] Spirit through the wilderness tempted by the devil 40 days and 40 nights and it was in that silence

[00:29:56] in solitude away from everything away from the from the religious people from the heathen

[00:30:02] from all of that from the temples it was in that silence and solitude where he found his strength

[00:30:09] and became his message which was salvation in the flesh or what about the story of sit heart

[00:30:17] his quest for enlightenment after putting his body through all types of torment sleeping on

[00:30:24] thorns starving himself and fasting it was only years later where he found that quiet spot

[00:30:31] in silence sitting underneath the bodhi tree the tree of enlightenment and meditating there

[00:30:39] reflecting there being present and in the moment there it was then where he found his clarity

[00:30:47] and seen life for what it truly was and is for some cultures a journey in solitude that was

[00:30:56] an important part of the right to passage through which an adolescent boy then became a grown

[00:31:03] mature man he had to hunt he had to forage protect himself from the beast of the jungle and he had

[00:31:11] to face his fears alone into the unknown and into the darkness he went and those who were

[00:31:18] successful those who made it out alive were the ones that were accepted back into the community

[00:31:24] as worthy men there's a healing power found in solitude and there's also a creative power

[00:31:31] that comes from silence in darkness that quietness that stillness darkness that's the sound of silence

[00:31:40] in most stories and myths about creation it's from our darkness that light comes

[00:31:47] and life begins the spring forth life begins to happen things start to form they breathe

[00:31:54] grow move and start being it's that creative force in the beginning the book of genesis says

[00:32:03] going back to the bible god created the heaven and the earth and the earth was formless and empty

[00:32:09] darkness was over the surface of the deep and the spirit of god was hovering over the waters

[00:32:16] before creation even happens things were formless empty and in darkness and the hindu creation

[00:32:23] story we can go back to that it begins with the universe in chaos and in darkness and from that

[00:32:31] darkness comes the god of brahma rolling up his sleeves and he starts to create separating

[00:32:39] the elements of the earth wind fire water spirit and there you have it interesting the fact that

[00:32:47] there seems to be a collective understanding from our ancestors cultures of the past and even people

[00:32:54] now about the importance of solitude being alone with self from out of the darkness comes the

[00:33:04] light considering some of these things isn't it very curious that modern society and all of its

[00:33:12] tentacles is fixed on capturing our minds our time our energy and that is the whole idea and

[00:33:22] the concept of philosophy behind the business of this attention economy keeping you captivated

[00:33:30] at all times we want you interacting and engaging and stuck on this in you spending more and more

[00:33:38] time on this platform engaging with this app than you are with yourself with the real world

[00:33:45] and with the people in your life that means something or just engaging in the world that's

[00:33:53] happening outside and off the screen isn't it curious that society nowadays is fixated on keeping

[00:34:02] us locked in this virtual reality i don't mean to come off preachy or anything like that or as if

[00:34:09] i'm on a soapbox i'm trying to be conscious about it i'm trying to be mindful about it and i'm

[00:34:15] not trying to be consumed to lose myself in the process it's not to say that this is evil

[00:34:21] or you should spend more time doing this rather than that who am i i'm just a man on a mission with

[00:34:29] the one-way ticket you know because at the end it's always going to be up to me or you on how we

[00:34:39] want to play or move in this dance and show we call life you know i just decided to sit down

[00:34:47] shoot the breeze and share a few thoughts between the stories and talk a little bit about how we

[00:34:52] might have some great things waiting for us realizations transformations something potent

[00:35:01] long lasting i'm talking about worth more than a big car with big wheels or a big house on a big hill

[00:35:09] or a thousand likes under your next instagram post or your youtube video something more potent

[00:35:17] special and on top of all of that but that's if we allow ourselves the time and the space and

[00:35:26] solitude away from the outside buzz so that we can one day too hear the whispers of the gods

[00:35:36] you guys we're gonna catch up real soon you stay safe out there you stay sane

[00:35:43] till next time and very soon peace