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- 0:00I'm
- 0:00Anthony
- 0:01Wright
- 0:01and
- 0:01I
- 0:01am
- 0:02your
- 0:02co
- 0:02host
- 0:02today
- 0:03on
- 0:03the
- 0:03Living
- 0:03Conversation
- 0:04with
- 0:04Adam
- 0:05Dietz.
- 0:05Welcome
- 0:05to
- 0:06the
- 0:06conversation.
- 0:07And
- 0:07we're
- 0:07talking
- 0:08with
- 0:08our
- 0:08guest,
- 0:08Bob
- 0:09Martin.
- 0:09And
- 0:10Bob,
- 0:10before
- 0:10the
- 0:10break,
- 0:10you
- 0:11were
- 0:11talking
- 0:11about
- 0:13the
- 0:13evolution
- 0:14of
- 0:14humankind
- 0:16of
- 0:17so
- 0:17many
- 0:17generations
- 0:18and
- 0:19how
- 0:19we
- 0:20had
- 0:21craved
- 0:21fat,
- 0:22salt
- 0:22and
- 0:22sugar
- 0:23and
- 0:25really
- 0:25made
- 0:25a
- 0:26turn
- 0:26in
- 0:26our
- 0:26evolution
- 0:27from
- 0:28the
- 0:28hunter
- 0:28gatherer
- 0:29to
- 0:29agriculture.
- 0:30So
- 0:30please
- 0:30continue
- 0:31from
- 0:31there.
- 0:32Yeah,
- 0:32so
- 0:33if
- 0:33we
- 0:34had
- 0:34developed
- 0:35what
- 0:36was
- 0:36beneficial
- 0:36and
- 0:37helpful
- 0:37to
- 0:38us
- 0:38in
- 0:38the
- 0:38jungle,
- 0:39where
- 0:40we
- 0:40had
- 0:41a
- 0:41lot
- 0:41of
- 0:41really
- 0:42hard
- 0:42physical
- 0:42labor
- 0:43during
- 0:43the
- 0:43day
- 0:44and
- 0:44not
- 0:44much
- 0:45fat
- 0:45and
- 0:45sugar,
- 0:46we
- 0:47turn
- 0:47to
- 0:47a
- 0:48life
- 0:48now
- 0:48where
- 0:49we're
- 0:49sedentary
- 0:50and
- 0:50you
- 0:51get
- 0:51more
- 0:51fat
- 0:51and
- 0:51sugar
- 0:52in
- 0:52a
- 0:52McDonald's
- 0:53Happy
- 0:53Meal
- 0:54than
- 0:54you
- 0:55would
- 0:55have
- 0:55in
- 0:55the
- 0:55jungle.
- 0:56In
- 0:57order
- 0:57to
- 0:57keep
- 0:57our
- 0:58bodies
- 0:58healthy,
- 0:59we
- 0:59all
- 0:59know
- 0:59we
- 1:00got
- 1:00to
- 1:00go
- 1:00to
- 1:00the
- 1:00gym
- 1:00and
- 1:01work
- 1:01out.
- 1:02You
- 1:03know,
- 1:03you
- 1:03can
- 1:03imagine
- 1:04how
- 1:04the
- 1:04hunter
- 1:04gatherer
- 1:05guy
- 1:05from
- 1:062
- 1:06million
- 1:06years
- 1:07ago
- 1:07would
- 1:07look
- 1:07at
- 1:07you,
- 1:08say,
- 1:08why
- 1:08are
- 1:08you
- 1:08lifting
- 1:09weights?
- 1:09Don't
- 1:09you
- 1:10get
- 1:10enough
- 1:10work
- 1:10during
- 1:11the
- 1:11day?
- 1:11What
- 1:12are
- 1:12you
- 1:12doing
- 1:12that
- 1:12for?
- 1:13That's
- 1:13gotta
- 1:13be
- 1:13nuts.
- 1:14So
- 1:14no
- 1:14wonder
- 1:15we
- 1:15have
- 1:15an
- 1:15obesity
- 1:16epidemic.
- 1:17So
- 1:17we
- 1:18can
- 1:18understand
- 1:18that
- 1:19when
- 1:19it
- 1:19comes
- 1:19to
- 1:20our
- 1:20body,
- 1:22somehow
- 1:22we
- 1:22think
- 1:22our
- 1:23mind
- 1:23is
- 1:23free
- 1:24from
- 1:24that
- 1:24evolutionary
- 1:25mistake.
- 1:26It's
- 1:27not.
- 1:28And
- 1:28so
- 1:29we
- 1:30constantly
- 1:31scanned
- 1:31for
- 1:31danger.
- 1:32And
- 1:33we
- 1:33had
- 1:33developed
- 1:34a
- 1:34way
- 1:34of
- 1:34dealing
- 1:35with
- 1:35danger
- 1:36because
- 1:36danger
- 1:37was
- 1:37always
- 1:38acute.
- 1:40We
- 1:40didn't
- 1:41carry
- 1:41over
- 1:42obligations,
- 1:43we
- 1:43didn't
- 1:43have
- 1:44deadlines,
- 1:45we
- 1:45didn't
- 1:45have
- 1:46three
- 1:46week
- 1:47assignments.
- 1:48We
- 1:48had
- 1:49daily
- 1:49stuff
- 1:50that
- 1:50had
- 1:50to
- 1:50be
- 1:50dealt
- 1:51with
- 1:51and
- 1:51had
- 1:51to
- 1:51be
- 1:51dealt
- 1:52with
- 1:52now
- 1:52and
- 1:53then.
- 1:53So
- 1:54all
- 1:54of
- 1:54the
- 1:55danger
- 1:55was
- 1:55acute.
- 1:56And
- 1:57our
- 1:57whole
- 1:57mechanism
- 1:58for
- 1:58stress
- 1:59is
- 1:59designed
- 2:00to
- 2:01have
- 2:01the
- 2:01adrenaline
- 2:02the
- 2:02cortisol
- 2:03pumps
- 2:03into
- 2:03our
- 2:03body
- 2:04from
- 2:04the
- 2:04stress.
- 2:05Blood
- 2:05pressure
- 2:06goes
- 2:06up,
- 2:07white
- 2:07corpuscles
- 2:08flood
- 2:08our
- 2:09body
- 2:09so
- 2:09that
- 2:10we
- 2:10can,
- 2:10you
- 2:11know,
- 2:11cure
- 2:11a
- 2:12wound.
- 2:12If
- 2:12we
- 2:13lose
- 2:13blood,
- 2:13we
- 2:13still
- 2:14have
- 2:14blood
- 2:14going
- 2:14to
- 2:15our
- 2:15brain.
- 2:16Blood
- 2:16pressure
- 2:17goes
- 2:17up.
- 2:18All
- 2:18of
- 2:18these
- 2:18things
- 2:19happen
- 2:19to
- 2:19us.
- 2:21Now.
- 2:21We
- 2:21don't
- 2:22live
- 2:22in
- 2:22a
- 2:22life
- 2:23mostly
- 2:23of
- 2:24acute
- 2:24danger
- 2:24anymore.
- 2:26We
- 2:26live
- 2:26a
- 2:26life
- 2:27in
- 2:27chronic,
- 2:28undifferentiated
- 2:29stress.
- 2:30Stress
- 2:31and
- 2:32danger
- 2:32are
- 2:32synonymous.
- 2:34The
- 2:35body's
- 2:35response
- 2:36to
- 2:36danger
- 2:36is
- 2:37stress.
- 2:37But
- 2:38we
- 2:38perceive
- 2:38our
- 2:39danger
- 2:39now
- 2:40as
- 2:40missing
- 2:40the
- 2:40deadline,
- 2:41not
- 2:42getting
- 2:42an
- 2:42A,
- 2:43staying
- 2:44out
- 2:44too
- 2:44late,
- 2:45running
- 2:45out
- 2:45of
- 2:46gas,
- 2:46not
- 2:46paying
- 2:47the
- 2:47next
- 2:47bill.
- 2:48These
- 2:48are
- 2:49all
- 2:49the
- 2:49dangers
- 2:50that
- 2:50are
- 2:50being
- 2:50presented,
- 2:51and
- 2:51they're
- 2:52undifferentiated
- 2:53and
- 2:53they're
- 2:53constant.
- 2:55So
- 2:55rather
- 2:55than
- 2:56having
- 2:56a
- 2:56stress
- 2:57response
- 2:57and
- 2:58either
- 2:58running
- 2:58or
- 2:59fleeing
- 3:00or
- 3:00fighting
- 3:01and
- 3:02burning
- 3:02off
- 3:03that
- 3:03stress,
- 3:04we're
- 3:05constantly
- 3:05being
- 3:06stimulated
- 3:07with
- 3:07little
- 3:07stressors.
- 3:09And
- 3:09our
- 3:09mind
- 3:09is
- 3:10Always
- 3:11scanning,
- 3:11looking
- 3:12for
- 3:12what
- 3:12it
- 3:13is
- 3:13that
- 3:13makes
- 3:14me
- 3:14feel
- 3:14like
- 3:14I'm
- 3:14in
- 3:15danger.
- 3:16But
- 3:17we
- 3:17can't
- 3:17identify
- 3:18it
- 3:18because
- 3:19it's
- 3:19a
- 3:19hundred
- 3:19little
- 3:20things.
- 3:21And
- 3:21so
- 3:22in
- 3:22the
- 3:22case
- 3:22of
- 3:23Minnesota,
- 3:23I'm
- 3:23from
- 3:24Minnesota,
- 3:24and
- 3:24they've
- 3:25been.
- 3:25Now
- 3:25that's
- 3:26acute.
- 3:27Dealing
- 3:27with
- 3:28some
- 3:28really
- 3:28difficult
- 3:29things
- 3:29there.
- 3:30And
- 3:30I'm,
- 3:30I'm,
- 3:31I'm
- 3:32really
- 3:32proud
- 3:33to
- 3:33say
- 3:33I'm
- 3:33from
- 3:33Minnesota
- 3:34in
- 3:34the
- 3:34country,.
- 3:34And
- 3:35I'm
- 3:35proud
- 3:35of
- 3:35you.
- 3:36Yeah,
- 3:36well,
- 3:36that's
- 3:37acute.
- 3:37And
- 3:38so
- 3:38of
- 3:38course
- 3:38there
- 3:38is
- 3:39that.
- 3:39But
- 3:40for
- 3:40the
- 3:40rest
- 3:40of
- 3:41the
- 3:41country,
- 3:41hearing
- 3:42day
- 3:42after
- 3:42day
- 3:43after
- 3:43day,
- 3:43this
- 3:43pattern
- 3:44of
- 3:44things
- 3:44and
- 3:45tariffs
- 3:45and
- 3:45this
- 3:46and
- 3:46that,
- 3:46you
- 3:47know,
- 3:47this
- 3:47is
- 3:47a
- 3:48constant
- 3:48barrage
- 3:49of
- 3:50small
- 3:50dangers
- 3:51that
- 3:51keeps
- 3:51us
- 3:51at
- 3:52an
- 3:52elevated
- 3:52level
- 3:53of
- 3:53stress.
- 3:54It
- 3:55is
- 3:55evolutionary
- 3:56and
- 3:56it
- 3:56is
- 3:56protective,
- 3:57and
- 3:57there's
- 3:57nothing
- 3:58we
- 3:58can
- 3:58do
- 3:58to
- 3:59stop
- 3:59that.
- 4:00And
- 4:00science
- 4:00has
- 4:01proven
- 4:01that,
- 4:02that
- 4:02we
- 4:02cannot
- 4:03lower
- 4:03our
- 4:04stress
- 4:04levels
- 4:05intentionally.
- 4:06We
- 4:06cannot.
- 4:08And
- 4:08you
- 4:08can
- 4:08see
- 4:09what
- 4:09the
- 4:09stress
- 4:09level
- 4:10is
- 4:10by
- 4:10taking
- 4:10a
- 4:11picture
- 4:11of
- 4:11the
- 4:11brain.
- 4:12And
- 4:12if
- 4:13your
- 4:13right
- 4:13hemisphere
- 4:14has
- 4:14more
- 4:15electrical
- 4:15activity,
- 4:16you're
- 4:17going
- 4:17to
- 4:17feel
- 4:17stressed,
- 4:18negative,
- 4:18pessimistic,
- 4:20hopeless,
- 4:20all
- 4:21those
- 4:21things.
- 4:22So,
- 4:22Bob,
- 4:22how
- 4:23do
- 4:23you
- 4:23deal
- 4:23with
- 4:23that?
- 4:23How
- 4:24do
- 4:24people
- 4:24deal
- 4:24with
- 4:24that?
- 4:25Here
- 4:25is
- 4:26what
- 4:26people
- 4:26don't
- 4:27get.
- 4:27And
- 4:28this
- 4:28is
- 4:28the
- 4:28biggest
- 4:29thing
- 4:29I
- 4:29can
- 4:30share.
- 4:31It's
- 4:32not
- 4:32about
- 4:33turning
- 4:34the
- 4:34stress
- 4:34down.
- 4:35It's
- 4:36about
- 4:36turning
- 4:37the
- 4:37antidotes
- 4:38up,
- 4:41increasing
- 4:42the
- 4:42electrical
- 4:43activity
- 4:44on
- 4:44the
- 4:44left
- 4:44side
- 4:44of
- 4:45the
- 4:45brain.
- 4:47Go
- 4:47out
- 4:47and
- 4:47watch
- 4:48a
- 4:48sunset.
- 4:50Go
- 4:50to
- 4:50a
- 4:50playground
- 4:51and
- 4:52watch
- 4:52the
- 4:52kids
- 4:52playing
- 4:54color.
- 4:55Do
- 4:56things
- 4:56that
- 4:57raise
- 4:57your
- 4:58sense
- 4:58of
- 4:58well
- 4:59being.
- 5:00Feel
- 5:01awe,
- 5:01expose
- 5:02yourself
- 5:02to
- 5:03awe.
- 5:03Do
- 5:04those
- 5:04things
- 5:05that
- 5:05are
- 5:06all
- 5:06about
- 5:07well
- 5:07being.
- 5:08Go
- 5:08walk
- 5:08in
- 5:09a
- 5:09forest.
- 5:10Take
- 5:10the
- 5:11time
- 5:11to
- 5:11sit,
- 5:12meditate,
- 5:14jog,
- 5:15walk.
- 5:16Do
- 5:16those
- 5:17things
- 5:17where
- 5:18you
- 5:18are
- 5:19taking
- 5:20care
- 5:20of
- 5:20yourself
- 5:21in
- 5:22a
- 5:22joyful
- 5:22way.
- 5:24You
- 5:24know,
- 5:24in,
- 5:24in
- 5:25Buddhism,
- 5:25they've
- 5:25got
- 5:26a
- 5:26very
- 5:26simple
- 5:27formula.
- 5:29The
- 5:29three
- 5:29stressors
- 5:31are
- 5:34wanting.
- 5:36I
- 5:36want
- 5:37something
- 5:37I
- 5:37don't
- 5:37have.
- 5:39Not
- 5:40wanting,
- 5:41not
- 5:41liking,
- 5:42Hate,
- 5:43greed,
- 5:43hate,
- 5:44but.
- 5:44Or
- 5:45in
- 5:45their
- 5:45lesser
- 5:46forms.
- 5:46And,
- 5:46and
- 5:46then
- 5:47ignorance.
- 5:50And
- 5:50so
- 5:50those
- 5:50are
- 5:50the
- 5:51three
- 5:51great
- 5:51stresses.
- 5:52The
- 5:52roots,
- 5:52they
- 5:52call
- 5:52them
- 5:53the
- 5:53three
- 5:53poisonous
- 5:54roots.
- 5:55I
- 5:55have
- 5:55a
- 5:55little
- 5:56story
- 5:56about
- 5:56that,
- 5:57Bob.
- 5:58A
- 5:58very
- 5:59prominent
- 5:59politician
- 6:01came
- 6:01on
- 6:02a
- 6:03very
- 6:03prominent
- 6:03social
- 6:04media
- 6:04site
- 6:04and
- 6:05said
- 6:05that
- 6:05college
- 6:06professors
- 6:06are
- 6:06the
- 6:07enemy.
- 6:08And
- 6:09at
- 6:10that
- 6:10time,
- 6:10we
- 6:10were
- 6:10still
- 6:10professors
- 6:11before
- 6:11they
- 6:11shut
- 6:11down
- 6:12the
- 6:12philosophy
- 6:12department
- 6:12at
- 6:13our
- 6:13university.
- 6:14And
- 6:15I
- 6:15said,
- 6:16yes,
- 6:16yes,
- 6:17I
- 6:17am
- 6:17the
- 6:17enemy
- 6:17of
- 6:18greed,
- 6:18hate
- 6:18and
- 6:19delusion.
- 6:20And
- 6:21maybe
- 6:21that,
- 6:22maybe
- 6:22that
- 6:22politician
- 6:23got
- 6:23the
- 6:23last
- 6:23laugh
- 6:24because
- 6:24maybe
- 6:24he
- 6:24had
- 6:24a
- 6:25hand
- 6:26in
- 6:26getting
- 6:26rid
- 6:26of
- 6:26our
- 6:26department.
- 6:27Who
- 6:27knows?
- 6:28But,
- 6:29but
- 6:29yeah,
- 6:29I
- 6:29think,
- 6:29I
- 6:30think
- 6:30that
- 6:30I,
- 6:30I
- 6:31love
- 6:31to
- 6:31hear
- 6:31you
- 6:32Describe
- 6:32it
- 6:32in
- 6:32that
- 6:33way
- 6:33that
- 6:34whenever
- 6:34we
- 6:34are
- 6:36feeling
- 6:36full
- 6:37and
- 6:37we're
- 6:37living
- 6:38in
- 6:38a
- 6:38space
- 6:38that
- 6:39is,
- 6:39you
- 6:40know,
- 6:40enriching
- 6:41and
- 6:41nurturing
- 6:41and
- 6:42cultivating,
- 6:43then
- 6:43those
- 6:44three
- 6:44enemies
- 6:45are
- 6:45very
- 6:46small
- 6:46and
- 6:46maybe
- 6:47even
- 6:47just
- 6:47not
- 6:47around
- 6:48at
- 6:48all.
- 6:49And
- 6:49vice
- 6:50versa.
- 6:50Right,
- 6:51right,
- 6:51right,
- 6:51right.
- 6:52Well,
- 6:52you
- 6:52know,
- 6:53the
- 6:53antidote
- 6:54to
- 6:54greed
- 6:54or
- 6:55wanting
- 6:55is
- 6:56to
- 6:56actually
- 6:57cultivate
- 6:59gre
- 7:00generosity
- 7:02and
- 7:02a
- 7:03kind
- 7:03of
- 7:04equanimity,
- 7:05a
- 7:05kind
- 7:05of
- 7:05like
- 7:06love
- 7:07of
- 7:07all
- 7:07creation,
- 7:08love
- 7:09of
- 7:09the
- 7:09earth,
- 7:09if
- 7:09you
- 7:10want
- 7:10to
- 7:10say,
- 7:10love
- 7:10of
- 7:11God,
- 7:11if
- 7:11you're
- 7:11religious,
- 7:12but
- 7:12to
- 7:13cultivate
- 7:13those
- 7:14qualities,
- 7:15you
- 7:15know,
- 7:15if
- 7:16I
- 7:16think,
- 7:16if
- 7:16I
- 7:17love
- 7:17you,
- 7:18Adam,
- 7:19I
- 7:19don't
- 7:19want
- 7:19to
- 7:19take
- 7:20your
- 7:20port,
- 7:21part
- 7:22your
- 7:22portion,
- 7:23I'll
- 7:24be
- 7:24happy
- 7:24with
- 7:24my
- 7:24portion.
- 7:25I'm
- 7:25happy
- 7:25to
- 7:25share
- 7:25with
- 7:26you.
- 7:26So
- 7:26that
- 7:27takes
- 7:27away
- 7:27greed,
- 7:28that
- 7:28generosity
- 7:29and
- 7:30love
- 7:30of
- 7:30creation.
- 7:31As
- 7:31far
- 7:32as
- 7:32hatred,
- 7:32compassion.
- 7:33If
- 7:33we
- 7:33cultivate
- 7:34compassion,
- 7:35you
- 7:35know,
- 7:35we.
- 7:36It's
- 7:36the
- 7:37antidote
- 7:37to
- 7:37hatred.
- 7:38And
- 7:38then,
- 7:39of
- 7:39course,
- 7:39wisdom,
- 7:41learning
- 7:42for
- 7:42the
- 7:42sake
- 7:42of
- 7:42learning,
- 7:43you
- 7:43know,
- 7:44is
- 7:44what
- 7:44mitigates
- 7:45against
- 7:45ignorance.
- 7:47All
- 7:47three
- 7:48of
- 7:48these,
- 7:48the
- 7:49way
- 7:49I
- 7:49used
- 7:49to
- 7:49try
- 7:49and
- 7:50teach
- 7:50it
- 7:50is
- 7:50that
- 7:50all
- 7:50three
- 7:50of
- 7:50these
- 7:51remind
- 7:51that
- 7:51when
- 7:52you
- 7:52see
- 7:52things
- 7:52at
- 7:53their
- 7:53highest
- 7:53level,
- 7:54you
- 7:54feel
- 7:54a
- 7:54sense
- 7:54of
- 7:55real
- 7:55companionship,
- 7:56camaraderie
- 7:57with
- 7:57them.
- 7:57You
- 7:57see
- 7:58the
- 7:58oneness
- 7:58in
- 7:58all
- 7:59things.
- 7:59And
- 8:00if
- 8:00you
- 8:00see
- 8:00the
- 8:00oneness
- 8:01in
- 8:01all
- 8:01things,
- 8:01of
- 8:01course
- 8:01you'll
- 8:01be
- 8:02reverential
- 8:02towards
- 8:02them,
- 8:03towards
- 8:03them.
- 8:03And
- 8:04this
- 8:04is
- 8:04having,
- 8:05in
- 8:05Confucian,
- 8:06this
- 8:06is
- 8:06some
- 8:06of
- 8:06the
- 8:06steps
- 8:06that
- 8:07then
- 8:07you
- 8:07have
- 8:07a
- 8:07correct
- 8:07mind,
- 8:08then
- 8:08you
- 8:09can,
- 8:09then
- 8:09you
- 8:09can
- 8:09act
- 8:10appropriately
- 8:10in
- 8:10your
- 8:11relationships.
- 8:12So
- 8:12that's
- 8:12really
- 8:13interesting
- 8:13to
- 8:13hear
- 8:13you
- 8:14describe
- 8:14it
- 8:14that
- 8:14way
- 8:14and
- 8:14very,
- 8:15very
- 8:15helpful.
- 8:15Thank
- 8:15you.
- 8:17Yeah,
- 8:17go
- 8:17ahead.
- 8:18I'm
- 8:18sorry,
- 8:18one
- 8:19of
- 8:19the
- 8:19things
- 8:19that
- 8:19I
- 8:19do
- 8:19want
- 8:20to
- 8:20get
- 8:20into
- 8:20before
- 8:21we're
- 8:22done,
- 8:22and
- 8:22we've
- 8:22got
- 8:22just
- 8:23a
- 8:23few
- 8:23minutes
- 8:23before
- 8:24the
- 8:24next
- 8:24break,
- 8:24but
- 8:26you
- 8:26have
- 8:26made
- 8:27a
- 8:27very
- 8:27interesting
- 8:30melding
- 8:31of
- 8:32Abrahamic
- 8:34or
- 8:34Abrahamic
- 8:35religion
- 8:36and
- 8:36Taoism
- 8:37in
- 8:37that
- 8:38you
- 8:38have
- 8:39the
- 8:39book
- 8:39where
- 8:41you
- 8:41take
- 8:42the
- 8:4381
- 8:43verses
- 8:44of
- 8:44the
- 8:44Tao
- 8:45Te
- 8:45Ching
- 8:46and
- 8:46bring
- 8:47in
- 8:49Abrahamic
- 8:50or
- 8:50Christian
- 8:51verses
- 8:52to
- 8:52those.
- 8:53Talk
- 8:53to
- 8:53us
- 8:53about
- 8:53what
- 8:54that
- 8:54process
- 8:54was
- 8:55like.
- 8:56How
- 8:56did
- 8:56you,
- 8:56how
- 8:57did
- 8:57you
- 8:57come
- 8:57to
- 8:57that?
- 8:59I
- 8:59mean,
- 9:00so
- 9:00there's
- 9:01the
- 9:01background
- 9:01of
- 9:01Matteo
- 9:02Ricci,
- 9:02who
- 9:02was
- 9:02the,
- 9:03the,
- 9:04the
- 9:05Jesuit
- 9:05monk
- 9:05who
- 9:06went
- 9:06to
- 9:06China.
- 9:07But
- 9:08continue,
- 9:08please.
- 9:09Well,
- 9:13two
- 9:14little
- 9:14pieces
- 9:14and
- 9:15then
- 9:15it's
- 9:15probably
- 9:16time
- 9:16for
- 9:16the
- 9:16break,
- 9:16but
- 9:17I'll
- 9:17tell
- 9:17you
- 9:17the
- 9:17real
- 9:18story
- 9:18on
- 9:19the
- 9:19other
- 9:19side.
- 9:19But
- 9:20sure,
- 9:20two
- 9:20pieces
- 9:21are
- 9:21my
- 9:22father
- 9:22and
- 9:22my
- 9:22mother
- 9:23were
- 9:23non
- 9:24religious.
- 9:26My
- 9:26father
- 9:26was
- 9:26a
- 9:26Hungarian
- 9:27royalty
- 9:28refugee
- 9:29from
- 9:30the
- 9:30Bolshevik
- 9:31Revolution
- 9:32in
- 9:341917
- 9:35and
- 9:36World
- 9:36War
- 9:36I.
- 9:37And
- 9:39the
- 9:39Bolsheviks
- 9:41wiped
- 9:42out
- 9:42his
- 9:42entire
- 9:43family.
- 9:43My
- 9:44mom
- 9:44was
- 9:44Roman
- 9:44Gypsy.
- 9:45Everybody
- 9:46wiped
- 9:46out
- 9:46her
- 9:46family.
- 9:47So
- 9:47I
- 9:48literally
- 9:48have
- 9:48no
- 9:48ancestors.
- 9:49And
- 9:50they
- 9:50came
- 9:50to
- 9:50the
- 9:50conclusion
- 9:51that
- 9:51there
- 9:51could
- 9:52not
- 9:52be
- 9:52a
- 9:52loving
- 9:52God.
- 9:53And
- 9:53so
- 9:53they
- 9:54just
- 9:54never
- 9:54practiced
- 9:55any
- 9:55religion.
- 9:55I
- 9:55grew
- 9:55up
- 9:56with
- 9:56no
- 9:56religion,
- 9:57but
- 9:57my
- 9:57father
- 9:58said,
- 9:58we
- 9:58automaticans,
- 9:59you
- 10:00need
- 10:00to
- 10:00know
- 10:00the
- 10:01Bible
- 10:01stories.
- 10:02So
- 10:02you
- 10:02are
- 10:02going
- 10:03to
- 10:03go
- 10:03to
- 10:04children's
- 10:05Bible
- 10:05school.
- 10:07And
- 10:07he
- 10:07would
- 10:07take
- 10:08me
- 10:08on
- 10:08Sundays
- 10:09to
- 10:09Bible
- 10:10to
- 10:11churches
- 10:11where
- 10:11I
- 10:11would
- 10:12go
- 10:12in
- 10:12and
- 10:12listen
- 10:13to
- 10:13Noah's
- 10:13Ark
- 10:14and
- 10:14the
- 10:14Garden
- 10:15of
- 10:15Eden.
- 10:15And
- 10:16for
- 10:16me,
- 10:16it
- 10:16was
- 10:16all
- 10:16like
- 10:17Disney.
- 10:17I
- 10:20had
- 10:20never
- 10:20been
- 10:20introduced
- 10:21to
- 10:21any
- 10:21kind
- 10:21of
- 10:22supernatural
- 10:22creature.
- 10:23So
- 10:23for
- 10:23me
- 10:23it
- 10:23was
- 10:24all
- 10:24interesting.
- 10:25But
- 10:25they
- 10:25kept
- 10:26telling
- 10:26me,
- 10:27there
- 10:27is
- 10:27this
- 10:28guy
- 10:29and
- 10:29he
- 10:29loves
- 10:30you
- 10:31and
- 10:31he's
- 10:32up
- 10:32there
- 10:32somewhere
- 10:32or
- 10:33he's.
- 10:34I
- 10:34know
- 10:34a
- 10:34guy,
- 10:35I
- 10:35got
- 10:35a
- 10:35guy,
- 10:35he
- 10:36loves
- 10:36you.
- 10:36And
- 10:37they
- 10:37all
- 10:37said
- 10:37the
- 10:38same
- 10:38thing.
- 10:38I
- 10:39did
- 10:39become
- 10:39convinced
- 10:40that
- 10:40there
- 10:40was
- 10:41somebody
- 10:41in
- 10:41the
- 10:41universe
- 10:42that
- 10:42loved
- 10:42me.
- 10:43So
- 10:44that
- 10:44is
- 10:44a
- 10:44piece
- 10:45of
- 10:45the
- 10:45story
- 10:46that
- 10:46was
- 10:47always
- 10:47residing
- 10:48there.
- 10:51And
- 10:51so.
- 10:52And
- 10:52then,
- 10:52of
- 10:53course,
- 10:53came
- 10:53my
- 10:53experience
- 10:54with
- 10:55me.
- 10:55And
- 10:56I
- 10:56didn't
- 10:57have
- 10:57to
- 10:58believe
- 10:58in
- 10:58any
- 10:59kind.
- 10:59Of.
- 10:59Any
- 10:59kind
- 11:00of
- 11:00God
- 11:00or
- 11:00any
- 11:00kind
- 11:01of
- 11:01angels
- 11:01or
- 11:02cherubs
- 11:03with
- 11:03that.
- 11:04And
- 11:04so
- 11:04I
- 11:05started
- 11:05to
- 11:05develop
- 11:06the
- 11:06wisdom
- 11:06of
- 11:07that.
- 11:08So
- 11:08those
- 11:08kind
- 11:09of
- 11:09two
- 11:09things
- 11:09resided
- 11:10in
- 11:10me.
- 11:12And
- 11:13then
- 11:13I
- 11:13went
- 11:13through
- 11:14life
- 11:14and
- 11:15I
- 11:15met
- 11:15my
- 11:15current
- 11:16wife.
- 11:17And
- 11:17here
- 11:17comes
- 11:18the
- 11:18story,
- 11:18if
- 11:18we.
- 11:19Have
- 11:19time,
- 11:20well,
- 11:20just
- 11:20a
- 11:21couple
- 11:21minutes
- 11:22and
- 11:22then
- 11:22we
- 11:22can
- 11:22talk.
- 11:23Pick
- 11:23it
- 11:23up
- 11:23on
- 11:23the
- 11:23other
- 11:24side.
- 11:24And
- 11:24I
- 11:24just
- 11:25wanted
- 11:25to
- 11:25say
- 11:26about.
- 11:28In
- 11:28a
- 11:28manner
- 11:29of
- 11:29speaking,
- 11:30Asian
- 11:31religions
- 11:32are
- 11:32a
- 11:32little
- 11:33less
- 11:33personal,
- 11:33but
- 11:34Abrahamic
- 11:35religions
- 11:35are
- 11:36quite
- 11:36personal.
- 11:37Yes.
- 11:38I
- 11:39mean,
- 11:39in
- 11:39terms
- 11:39of.
- 11:40Personal.
- 11:41In
- 11:41terms
- 11:41of
- 11:42a
- 11:42person's
- 11:43relationship
- 11:43with
- 11:44God,
- 11:44yes.
- 11:45Huh?
- 11:46Yeah.
- 11:46Yeah.
- 11:46Oh,
- 11:46no,
- 11:47very
- 11:47much
- 11:47so.
- 11:47I
- 11:48mean,
- 11:48it's
- 11:48all
- 11:48about
- 11:49the
- 11:49relationship.
- 11:50So
- 11:50you
- 11:50came
- 11:51to
- 11:51this
- 11:53through
- 11:53your
- 11:54relationship
- 11:54with
- 11:55your
- 11:55wife,
- 11:55who
- 11:56was
- 11:56a.
- 11:56Southern
- 11:57Baptist
- 11:58Bible
- 11:59literalist.
- 12:01And
- 12:01in
- 12:02terms
- 12:02of
- 12:02a
- 12:02literalist,
- 12:03you're.
- 12:03Talking
- 12:03about
- 12:04that
- 12:04she
- 12:04believes
- 12:05in
- 12:05the
- 12:05Bible,
- 12:05literally.
- 12:06Inerrancy.
- 12:08No,
- 12:08she.
- 12:09Well,
- 12:09I
- 12:09don't
- 12:10know
- 12:10about
- 12:10inerrancy.
- 12:11I
- 12:11don't
- 12:11think
- 12:11she's
- 12:11ever
- 12:12thought
- 12:12about
- 12:12that
- 12:13too
- 12:13deeply.
- 12:13But
- 12:13she
- 12:14believes
- 12:14in
- 12:14the
- 12:15Garden
- 12:15of
- 12:15Eden,
- 12:15she
- 12:15believes
- 12:16in
- 12:16Noah's
- 12:16Ark.
- 12:17She
- 12:17believes
- 12:17in
- 12:17all
- 12:17the
- 12:17Bible
- 12:18stories.
- 12:18She
- 12:19believes
- 12:19all
- 12:19the
- 12:19history
- 12:19of
- 12:20the
- 12:20Bible
- 12:20is
- 12:20factual.
- 12:21Okay.
- 12:22All
- 12:22right.
- 12:24She
- 12:25had
- 12:25an
- 12:25interesting
- 12:25revelation
- 12:26when
- 12:26I
- 12:26brought
- 12:27her
- 12:27to
- 12:27the
- 12:27Museum
- 12:28of
- 12:28Natural
- 12:28History
- 12:29in
- 12:29New
- 12:29York,
- 12:30down
- 12:30to
- 12:30see
- 12:30Lucy
- 12:31and
- 12:31the
- 12:32Mural
- 12:33of
- 12:33Evolution.
- 12:34She
- 12:34had
- 12:34a
- 12:34little.
- 12:35It
- 12:35was
- 12:35an
- 12:35interesting
- 12:36moment.
- 12:37And
- 12:37then
- 12:37when
- 12:38she
- 12:38had
- 12:38to
- 12:38deal
- 12:38with
- 12:39the
- 12:39gay
- 12:39question
- 12:40right
- 12:41Right.
- 12:41Was
- 12:41a,
- 12:41was
- 12:42a
- 12:42big
- 12:43moment
- 12:43for
- 12:43her.
- 12:44Yeah.
- 12:45Yeah.
- 12:45Well,
- 12:45we're
- 12:45coming
- 12:45up
- 12:46on
- 12:46a
- 12:46break.
- 12:46I'm
- 12:47Anthony
- 12:47Wright.
- 12:47I
- 12:48am
- 12:48your
- 12:48co
- 12:48host
- 12:49on
- 12:49the
- 12:49Living
- 12:50Conversation
- 12:50with
- 12:51Adam
- 12:51Dietz.
- 12:52Welcome.
- 12:53Thanks
- 12:53for
- 12:53joining.
- 12:54We're,
- 12:55we're
- 12:55talking
- 12:55with
- 12:55our
- 12:55guest
- 12:56Bob
- 12:56Martin.
- 12:57And
- 12:57how
- 12:57can
- 12:57people
- 12:57contact
- 12:58you,
- 12:58Bob,.
- 12:58At
- 12:59my
- 12:59email
- 13:00iambob
- 13:01martingmail.com
- 13:03or
- 13:04through
- 13:04my
- 13:05website,
- 13:05A
- 13:05Wise
- 13:06and
- 13:06Happy
- 13:06Life.
- 13:08Great.
- 13:08We'll
- 13:09take
- 13:09a
- 13:09short
- 13:09break
- 13:09and
- 13:09be
- 13:10right
- 13:10back.
- 13:10So
- 13:10stay
- 13:11tuned.
- 13:12And
- 13:12I
- 13:12am
- 13:13Anthony
- 13:13Wright,
- 13:15your
- 13:15co
- 13:15host
- 13:15today
- 13:16on
- 13:16the
- 13:16Living
- 13:17Conversation
- 13:17with
- 13:18Adam
- 13:18Dietz.
- 13:19Welcome.
- 13:19And
- 13:20we're
- 13:20talking
- 13:21with
- 13:21our
- 13:21guest
- 13:21Bob
- 13:22Martin.
- 13:22And
- 13:23Bob,
- 13:24before
- 13:24the
- 13:24break,
- 13:25I
- 13:25was
- 13:25very
- 13:26interested
- 13:26in
- 13:26your
- 13:27work
- 13:28about
- 13:29making
- 13:29correlations
- 13:30between
- 13:31Daoism
- 13:32and
- 13:33Abraham,
- 13:34Abrahamic
- 13:34or
- 13:35Abrahamic
- 13:35religion
- 13:36in
- 13:36terms
- 13:36of
- 13:37bringing
- 13:37Christian
- 13:38verses
- 13:38to
- 13:39Taoist
- 13:41and
- 13:42verses
- 13:43in
- 13:43the
- 13:43Dao
- 13:44Te
- 13:44Ching.
- 13:45And
- 13:45you
- 13:45were
- 13:45speaking
- 13:45about
- 13:46your
- 13:46wife
- 13:47who
- 13:47was
- 13:47a
- 13:48devout
- 13:50Southern
- 13:50Baptist.
- 13:51So
- 13:52please
- 13:52continue
- 13:52with
- 13:53that
- 13:53story.
- 13:54Well,
- 13:54you
- 13:54know,
- 13:55being
- 13:56a,
- 13:56a,
- 13:56having
- 13:57grown
- 13:57up
- 13:57in
- 13:58the
- 13:58south
- 13:58and
- 13:59being
- 13:59in
- 14:00the
- 14:00Baptist
- 14:01vein,
- 14:01which
- 14:02is
- 14:02mostly
- 14:03a,
- 14:03a
- 14:04literalist,
- 14:05I'm
- 14:05not
- 14:05going
- 14:05to
- 14:05say
- 14:06evangelical.
- 14:07I
- 14:08think
- 14:08that
- 14:08word
- 14:08has
- 14:08a
- 14:09lot
- 14:09of
- 14:09baggage
- 14:09these
- 14:10days.
- 14:10But,
- 14:11but
- 14:11she
- 14:12was,
- 14:12she
- 14:13believed
- 14:13in
- 14:13the
- 14:13Bible's
- 14:14stories
- 14:14and
- 14:15the
- 14:15history
- 14:15of
- 14:15the
- 14:15Bible
- 14:16as
- 14:16factual
- 14:17and
- 14:18the
- 14:19like.
- 14:19And
- 14:19she
- 14:19thought
- 14:20that
- 14:20my
- 14:20stuff
- 14:21was
- 14:21just
- 14:22plain
- 14:22weird
- 14:23and
- 14:24I
- 14:24just
- 14:24couldn't
- 14:25buy
- 14:25her
- 14:25science,
- 14:26you
- 14:26know,
- 14:26the
- 14:26world
- 14:27being
- 14:274000
- 14:27years
- 14:28old
- 14:28and
- 14:29those
- 14:29kinds
- 14:29of
- 14:29things.
- 14:33So
- 14:33a
- 14:34lot
- 14:34of
- 14:34people
- 14:34say,
- 14:35you
- 14:35know,
- 14:35what
- 14:36brought
- 14:36you
- 14:36guys
- 14:37together?
- 14:37And
- 14:37I
- 14:38will
- 14:38tell
- 14:38you
- 14:38that
- 14:39my
- 14:39wife
- 14:39is,
- 14:40in
- 14:40Buddhist
- 14:41terms,
- 14:41a
- 14:41bodhisattva.
- 14:43She
- 14:44is
- 14:44a
- 14:45saint.
- 14:47Let
- 14:47me
- 14:47define
- 14:48Bodhisattva
- 14:48for
- 14:49a
- 14:49moment.
- 14:49A
- 14:49bodhisattva
- 14:50is
- 14:50somebody
- 14:51that
- 14:51is
- 14:51so
- 14:52kind
- 14:53of
- 14:53such
- 14:54complete
- 14:55generosity
- 14:56that
- 14:56they
- 14:56choose
- 14:57not
- 14:57to
- 14:57go
- 14:57to
- 14:58heaven
- 14:58so
- 14:59that
- 14:59they
- 14:59can
- 14:59help
- 14:59other
- 15:00people
- 15:00get
- 15:00there.
- 15:02That
- 15:02kind
- 15:03of
- 15:03immense
- 15:04generosity.
- 15:04That's
- 15:05who
- 15:05she
- 15:05is.
- 15:06She
- 15:06sees
- 15:06somebody
- 15:07that's
- 15:07in
- 15:07need
- 15:07of
- 15:08help,
- 15:08she
- 15:08will
- 15:08move
- 15:09into
- 15:09it.
- 15:09And
- 15:09if
- 15:09somebody
- 15:10applauds
- 15:11her
- 15:11for
- 15:12it,
- 15:12she
- 15:12is
- 15:12curious
- 15:13as
- 15:13to
- 15:14why
- 15:15they
- 15:15would
- 15:15applaud
- 15:16her
- 15:16for
- 15:16it.
- 15:16Obviously
- 15:17it
- 15:17needed
- 15:17to
- 15:18be
- 15:18done.
- 15:19That's
- 15:19just
- 15:19who
- 15:20she
- 15:20is.
- 15:21And
- 15:22so
- 15:22we
- 15:22met
- 15:22on
- 15:23our
- 15:23values,
- 15:24but
- 15:24our
- 15:25cosmologies
- 15:26were
- 15:26so
- 15:26different.
- 15:29So
- 15:29one
- 15:29day
- 15:30she
- 15:31came
- 15:31home
- 15:31and
- 15:31she
- 15:32was
- 15:32kind
- 15:32of
- 15:32telling
- 15:32me
- 15:33about
- 15:33what
- 15:33the
- 15:34pastor
- 15:34said
- 15:34and
- 15:34it
- 15:34really
- 15:35had
- 15:35moved
- 15:35her.
- 15:36And
- 15:36I
- 15:36was
- 15:36thinking,
- 15:37you
- 15:37know,
- 15:38that's
- 15:38the
- 15:38same
- 15:38thing
- 15:39as,
- 15:39you
- 15:39know,
- 15:39chapter
- 15:39five
- 15:40of
- 15:40the
- 15:40Tao
- 15:41Te
- 15:41Ching,
- 15:41which
- 15:41is
- 15:42the
- 15:42seminal
- 15:42book
- 15:43of
- 15:43Buddhism.
- 15:44So
- 15:45I
- 15:45went
- 15:45and
- 15:45read
- 15:45chapter
- 15:46five
- 15:46again
- 15:47and
- 15:47I
- 15:48said,
- 15:48yeah,
- 15:49this
- 15:49Is
- 15:49this
- 15:50is
- 15:50it?
- 15:51I
- 15:51think
- 15:51it
- 15:51had
- 15:52to
- 15:52do
- 15:52with
- 15:53Jesus's
- 15:55having
- 15:56returned
- 15:56and
- 15:57talked
- 15:57to
- 15:58the,
- 15:58to
- 15:59the
- 15:59disciples
- 16:00and
- 16:00then
- 16:01he
- 16:02arose
- 16:03to
- 16:03heaven.
- 16:03And
- 16:04I
- 16:04was
- 16:04thinking
- 16:04that
- 16:05Lao
- 16:05Tzu
- 16:05said
- 16:06that
- 16:06if
- 16:07you
- 16:07are
- 16:07called
- 16:07upon
- 16:08to
- 16:08be
- 16:08a
- 16:08leader,
- 16:08do
- 16:09your
- 16:09work
- 16:09and
- 16:09then
- 16:10step
- 16:10down.
- 16:11And
- 16:11Jesus
- 16:12did
- 16:12his
- 16:12work
- 16:12and
- 16:13then
- 16:13he,
- 16:14he
- 16:14returned.
- 16:15He
- 16:15left.
- 16:15He
- 16:16left
- 16:16and
- 16:16thus
- 16:17his
- 16:17work
- 16:17has
- 16:17become
- 16:18eternal,
- 16:18as
- 16:19it
- 16:19says.
- 16:19And
- 16:20I
- 16:20said,
- 16:21so
- 16:21I
- 16:22started
- 16:22thinking,
- 16:23wow,
- 16:23there's
- 16:23so
- 16:24many
- 16:24things.
- 16:24Things.
- 16:25So
- 16:25thank
- 16:26you,
- 16:26Google.
- 16:27I
- 16:27would
- 16:27read,
- 16:29I
- 16:29would
- 16:29read
- 16:30something
- 16:30in
- 16:30the
- 16:30data
- 16:31Jing
- 16:31and
- 16:32I
- 16:32would
- 16:32say,
- 16:32okay,
- 16:33what
- 16:33does
- 16:33the
- 16:33Bible
- 16:33say
- 16:34about
- 16:34humility?
- 16:35And
- 16:35then
- 16:36I
- 16:36would
- 16:36get
- 16:36all
- 16:37of
- 16:37these
- 16:37quotes
- 16:38out
- 16:38of
- 16:38the
- 16:38Bible.
- 16:38I
- 16:39say,
- 16:39well,
- 16:39that
- 16:39is
- 16:39the
- 16:40same
- 16:40one
- 16:40as
- 16:40that.
- 16:41And
- 16:42so
- 16:42then
- 16:43I
- 16:43just
- 16:44started
- 16:44thinking,
- 16:45let
- 16:45me
- 16:45take
- 16:46a
- 16:46couple
- 16:46of
- 16:46these
- 16:46chapters
- 16:47and
- 16:47see
- 16:48if
- 16:48I
- 16:48can
- 16:48reimagine
- 16:49them
- 16:50in
- 16:50Christian
- 16:51terminology.
- 16:54And
- 16:55it's
- 16:55really
- 16:56hard
- 16:56to
- 16:56go
- 16:57from
- 16:58a
- 16:58God
- 16:59oriented
- 16:59system
- 17:00to
- 17:00a
- 17:01non
- 17:01God
- 17:02oriented
- 17:02system.
- 17:04And
- 17:04I
- 17:05don't
- 17:05think
- 17:05I
- 17:05could
- 17:06have
- 17:06done
- 17:06it
- 17:07if
- 17:07I
- 17:07didn't
- 17:07have
- 17:08a
- 17:08deep
- 17:09understanding
- 17:10of
- 17:10Daoism
- 17:11because
- 17:12even
- 17:13though
- 17:13the
- 17:13Dao
- 17:14may
- 17:14say
- 17:14this,
- 17:15it's
- 17:16not
- 17:16a
- 17:16literal
- 17:18thing.
- 17:18It's
- 17:19not
- 17:19a
- 17:19literal
- 17:20translation.
- 17:22It's.
- 17:22I
- 17:23get
- 17:23what
- 17:23Lao
- 17:24Tzu
- 17:24was
- 17:24saying
- 17:26and
- 17:26there
- 17:26are
- 17:27other
- 17:27things
- 17:27in
- 17:28Daoist
- 17:29terminology
- 17:30that
- 17:30really
- 17:30fit
- 17:31better.
- 17:31And
- 17:31so
- 17:31I
- 17:32kind
- 17:32of
- 17:32weaved
- 17:32in
- 17:33some
- 17:33Daoism
- 17:34with
- 17:35keeping
- 17:36the
- 17:36idea
- 17:36basically
- 17:37the
- 17:37same
- 17:37and
- 17:38wrote
- 17:39something
- 17:39that
- 17:39was
- 17:40as
- 17:40pithy
- 17:40and
- 17:41in
- 17:41the
- 17:41same
- 17:41format
- 17:42and
- 17:42at
- 17:42the
- 17:43same
- 17:43pace
- 17:44as
- 17:44the
- 17:44Dao
- 17:44de
- 17:44Jing,
- 17:45which
- 17:45is
- 17:45almost
- 17:45poetic.
- 17:48And
- 17:48I
- 17:49showed
- 17:49it
- 17:49to
- 17:49her
- 17:50and
- 17:50she
- 17:50goes,
- 17:51oh,
- 17:51this
- 17:51ain't
- 17:52this
- 17:52in
- 17:52weird.
- 17:53Nothing
- 17:53weird
- 17:54about
- 17:55is
- 17:55nothing
- 17:55weird
- 17:56about
- 17:56this.
- 17:57Yeah,
- 17:57yeah.
- 17:58Oh,
- 17:58now
- 17:59he
- 17:59goes,
- 17:59oh,
- 18:00now
- 18:00you're
- 18:00getting
- 18:01it.
- 18:03Okay,
- 18:03now
- 18:04you're
- 18:04getting
- 18:04it.
- 18:04So
- 18:05I
- 18:05did
- 18:05another
- 18:05and
- 18:06I
- 18:06did
- 18:06another
- 18:06and
- 18:06I
- 18:06did
- 18:07another.
- 18:07Finally
- 18:07I
- 18:08wound
- 18:08up
- 18:08doing
- 18:09all
- 18:0981.
- 18:10And.
- 18:11And
- 18:12as
- 18:12she
- 18:12would
- 18:13say,
- 18:13God
- 18:14had
- 18:14a
- 18:14plan.
- 18:15She
- 18:15would
- 18:15say,
- 18:16because
- 18:17I
- 18:17was
- 18:18at
- 18:18school
- 18:18and
- 18:19a
- 18:20textbook
- 18:21salesperson
- 18:22had
- 18:22a
- 18:23conversation,
- 18:23somehow
- 18:24we
- 18:24started
- 18:24talking
- 18:24about
- 18:25my
- 18:25writing.
- 18:25And
- 18:26she
- 18:26goes,
- 18:26we
- 18:26have
- 18:27a
- 18:27niche
- 18:27publisher
- 18:28that
- 18:28would
- 18:29love
- 18:29this.
- 18:30And
- 18:30she
- 18:30gave
- 18:31me
- 18:31a
- 18:31referral
- 18:32and
- 18:32they
- 18:32took
- 18:33a
- 18:33look
- 18:33at
- 18:33it
- 18:33and
- 18:33they
- 18:34said,
- 18:34yeah,
- 18:34we
- 18:34want
- 18:35to
- 18:35publish
- 18:35this.
- 18:36And
- 18:36now
- 18:36what,
- 18:36what's
- 18:37really
- 18:37exciting
- 18:38is
- 18:38I
- 18:38just
- 18:39got
- 18:40an
- 18:40offer
- 18:41from
- 18:41commercial
- 18:42publishers
- 18:42Hong
- 18:43Kong
- 18:44that
- 18:44they
- 18:45want,
- 18:45they
- 18:46want
- 18:46to
- 18:47buy
- 18:47the
- 18:47rights
- 18:48from
- 18:48me
- 18:48to
- 18:48translate
- 18:49it
- 18:49into
- 18:49Chinese
- 18:50and
- 18:51distribute
- 18:51it.
- 18:52And
- 18:52their
- 18:53first
- 18:53printing
- 18:54will
- 18:54be
- 18:5430,000
- 18:55copies.
- 18:56Wow,
- 18:56great.
- 18:57And
- 18:58distributed
- 18:58in
- 18:58Chinese.
- 18:59Congratulations.
- 19:00So
- 19:00I
- 19:01am
- 19:01so
- 19:01excited
- 19:02about
- 19:02that.
- 19:02Thank
- 19:02you
- 19:02so
- 19:03much.
- 19:03You
- 19:04Know,
- 19:05earlier
- 19:05in
- 19:05our.
- 19:06One
- 19:06of
- 19:06the
- 19:06sections
- 19:07earlier
- 19:07in
- 19:07the
- 19:07interview,
- 19:08you
- 19:08were
- 19:08talking
- 19:08about
- 19:10a
- 19:10flow
- 19:10state.
- 19:12And
- 19:14in
- 19:14a
- 19:15way,
- 19:16I.
- 19:17There
- 19:17was
- 19:17an
- 19:18evangelical
- 19:19acquaintance
- 19:20of
- 19:20mine
- 19:21who
- 19:21came
- 19:21to
- 19:22me
- 19:22and
- 19:22said,
- 19:22anthony,
- 19:22you're
- 19:23so
- 19:23spiritual.
- 19:23How
- 19:23can
- 19:24you
- 19:24be
- 19:24so
- 19:24spiritual
- 19:25and
- 19:25not
- 19:25be
- 19:25Christian?
- 19:26And
- 19:26I
- 19:27said,
- 19:27well,
- 19:27I
- 19:27study
- 19:28Buddhism
- 19:28and
- 19:28Taoism.
- 19:29And
- 19:29he
- 19:29talked
- 19:29to
- 19:29me.
- 19:29He
- 19:30said,
- 19:30well,
- 19:30tell
- 19:30me
- 19:30about
- 19:30Buddhism.
- 19:31And
- 19:32I
- 19:32thought
- 19:32about
- 19:32the
- 19:32Diamond
- 19:33Sutra.
- 19:34And
- 19:34in
- 19:35the
- 19:35Diamond
- 19:35Sutra,
- 19:36Subuti
- 19:37Buddha's
- 19:37disciple
- 19:38said,
- 19:38oh,
- 19:38Lord
- 19:38Buddha,
- 19:39your
- 19:39merit
- 19:39is
- 19:39greater
- 19:39than
- 19:40any.
- 19:40All
- 19:40the
- 19:41numerous
- 19:41grains
- 19:42of
- 19:42San
- 19:42and
- 19:42the
- 19:42Ganges.
- 19:43And
- 19:43Buddha
- 19:43said,
- 19:43just
- 19:43so
- 19:44Saudi,
- 19:44but
- 19:45that's
- 19:45only
- 19:45a
- 19:45way
- 19:45of
- 19:46talking
- 19:46about
- 19:46it.
- 19:47So
- 19:47I
- 19:47came
- 19:47back
- 19:48to
- 19:48him
- 19:48and
- 19:48I
- 19:49said
- 19:49it.
- 19:49I
- 19:50had
- 19:50a
- 19:50mind
- 19:50worm
- 19:51for
- 19:51him.
- 19:51And
- 19:52the
- 19:52mind
- 19:52worm
- 19:53was,
- 19:53if
- 19:53you
- 19:53can
- 19:54think
- 19:54of
- 19:54it,
- 19:55it's
- 19:55already
- 19:55too
- 19:56small,
- 19:56because
- 19:56when
- 19:57we
- 19:57think
- 19:57of
- 19:57something,
- 19:58we
- 19:58constrict
- 19:59reality
- 20:00into
- 20:00words.
- 20:02So
- 20:02in.
- 20:03Also
- 20:04in.
- 20:06I
- 20:07think
- 20:07it's
- 20:07true.
- 20:08And
- 20:08maybe
- 20:09you
- 20:09correct
- 20:09me
- 20:09if
- 20:09I'm
- 20:10wrong,
- 20:10where
- 20:11Confucius
- 20:12is
- 20:12talking
- 20:13with
- 20:14somebody
- 20:14who
- 20:14wants
- 20:15to
- 20:15go
- 20:15to
- 20:15a
- 20:15next
- 20:15state
- 20:16and
- 20:17because
- 20:18there's
- 20:18a
- 20:18tyrant
- 20:19in
- 20:19the
- 20:19next
- 20:19state
- 20:19and
- 20:20he
- 20:20talks
- 20:20about
- 20:20forgetting
- 20:21the
- 20:21self.
- 20:22And
- 20:25this
- 20:26to
- 20:26me
- 20:26comes
- 20:27back
- 20:27to
- 20:27having
- 20:28a
- 20:28flow
- 20:28state.
- 20:28And
- 20:29I
- 20:29agree
- 20:29with
- 20:30you
- 20:30that
- 20:31I
- 20:31think
- 20:31we
- 20:32have
- 20:32a.
- 20:32We
- 20:32go
- 20:33into
- 20:33flow
- 20:33states
- 20:33every
- 20:34day,
- 20:35but
- 20:35we
- 20:35don't
- 20:35accredit
- 20:36them
- 20:37that
- 20:37way
- 20:38because
- 20:39when
- 20:39they're.
- 20:39When
- 20:40you're
- 20:40doing
- 20:40something
- 20:40in
- 20:40a
- 20:41flow
- 20:41state,
- 20:41there's
- 20:41no
- 20:41longer
- 20:42any
- 20:42you.
- 20:42That's
- 20:43separate.
- 20:43That's
- 20:44correct.
- 20:44That's
- 20:44one
- 20:44of
- 20:44the
- 20:44tenets
- 20:45of
- 20:45Buddhism.
- 20:46There's
- 20:46no
- 20:46separated
- 20:47Anthony.
- 20:47Correct.
- 20:48Or
- 20:48Adam,
- 20:48or.
- 20:50Or
- 20:50you.
- 20:50And
- 20:51so
- 20:53it's
- 20:54this
- 20:54idea.
- 20:55And
- 20:55my
- 20:56acquaintance
- 20:56came
- 20:56back
- 20:57to
- 20:57me
- 20:57and
- 20:57he
- 20:57said
- 20:57he
- 20:57got
- 20:57to
- 20:58know
- 20:58God
- 20:58better
- 20:59because
- 20:59he
- 20:59quit
- 21:00trying
- 21:00to
- 21:00put
- 21:00God
- 21:01into
- 21:01a
- 21:01thought
- 21:01box.
- 21:02Right.
- 21:03And
- 21:03so
- 21:04I
- 21:04would
- 21:05imagine
- 21:05because
- 21:06of
- 21:06your
- 21:07wife
- 21:08and
- 21:08how
- 21:09devout
- 21:09she
- 21:10is,
- 21:10she
- 21:11hangs
- 21:11out
- 21:12outside
- 21:13of
- 21:14that
- 21:14thought
- 21:15box.
- 21:15Is
- 21:15that
- 21:15right?
- 21:17I.
- 21:18I
- 21:18would
- 21:18say
- 21:19that
- 21:20she
- 21:20has
- 21:22again,
- 21:22yes
- 21:23and
- 21:23yes.
- 21:24Yes
- 21:24and
- 21:24yes.
- 21:25There's.
- 21:26There's
- 21:26a
- 21:26piece
- 21:26of
- 21:27her
- 21:27that
- 21:28God
- 21:28is
- 21:28responsible
- 21:29for
- 21:29everything
- 21:30and
- 21:30it's
- 21:30all
- 21:31a
- 21:31God
- 21:31plan,
- 21:31and
- 21:32he
- 21:32micromanages
- 21:33our
- 21:33lives.
- 21:33And.
- 21:35But
- 21:35if
- 21:35you
- 21:35ask
- 21:36her,
- 21:36how
- 21:37do
- 21:37you
- 21:37perceive
- 21:38God,
- 21:39she's
- 21:39bumfuzzled.
- 21:41Right.
- 21:42So
- 21:42there
- 21:42she's
- 21:43outside
- 21:43the
- 21:43box,
- 21:44you
- 21:45know,
- 21:45but
- 21:46in
- 21:46her
- 21:47practical
- 21:48application
- 21:49of
- 21:49the
- 21:49concept
- 21:50of
- 21:50God,
- 21:50she's
- 21:51very
- 21:51much
- 21:51in
- 21:52a
- 21:52box,
- 21:52but
- 21:53in
- 21:53her
- 21:53actual
- 21:54idea
- 21:54of
- 21:55what
- 21:55God
- 21:55is,
- 21:56she
- 21:56has
- 21:57no
- 21:57words.
- 21:57But
- 21:58you've
- 21:58seen
- 21:58her
- 21:58in
- 21:58a
- 21:59flow
- 21:59state,
- 21:59I
- 21:59would
- 21:59imagine.
- 22:00Yes,
- 22:00yes.
- 22:00Okay.
- 22:01So
- 22:01that's
- 22:01to
- 22:02me,
- 22:02this
- 22:03idea
- 22:03of
- 22:04she
- 22:04forgets
- 22:05herself
- 22:05and
- 22:06is
- 22:06doing.
- 22:07In,
- 22:07in
- 22:07that
- 22:08language,
- 22:08she's
- 22:09doing
- 22:09God's
- 22:09work.
- 22:10Yes,
- 22:10absolutely.
- 22:11Okay,
- 22:12absolutely.
- 22:13And,
- 22:13and
- 22:13I
- 22:14think
- 22:14that
- 22:14when
- 22:15we
- 22:15talk
- 22:15about
- 22:15flow,
- 22:16if
- 22:16I
- 22:16may,
- 22:18there's
- 22:19kind
- 22:19of
- 22:20two
- 22:20uses
- 22:20of
- 22:21the
- 22:21word.
- 22:22There's
- 22:22the.
- 22:23That,
- 22:24the
- 22:24flow
- 22:24state,
- 22:25which.
- 22:26That
- 22:27guy
- 22:27whose
- 22:27name
- 22:28you
- 22:28can
- 22:28never
- 22:28pronounce,
- 22:29Chimin.
- 22:29And
- 22:32yeah,
- 22:32that
- 22:32guy.
- 22:33C
- 22:33H
- 22:34E,
- 22:34M
- 22:34I,
- 22:34Q,
- 22:34U.
- 22:35But,
- 22:36but
- 22:36he
- 22:36came
- 22:36up
- 22:36with
- 22:37this
- 22:37idea
- 22:37of
- 22:37the
- 22:37flow
- 22:37state,
- 22:38which
- 22:38is
- 22:38when
- 22:38you
- 22:39are
- 22:39engaged
- 22:40enough
- 22:41so
- 22:41that
- 22:41you
- 22:42have
- 22:42more
- 22:42challenge
- 22:43than
- 22:43bored,
- 22:44but
- 22:46less
- 22:46challenged
- 22:47than
- 22:47overwhelmed,
- 22:48you
- 22:48are
- 22:49in
- 22:49this
- 22:49state
- 22:50where
- 22:50time
- 22:50seems
- 22:51to
- 22:51pass.
- 22:51And
- 22:51when
- 22:51I'm
- 22:52writing,
- 22:52oh,
- 22:53how
- 22:53did
- 22:53it
- 22:53get
- 22:54dark?
- 22:54Right?
- 22:55It
- 22:55was
- 22:55just
- 22:56noon.
- 22:56How
- 22:56did
- 22:56it
- 22:56get
- 22:57dark?
- 22:58And
- 22:58then
- 22:58there's
- 22:59also
- 22:59the
- 22:59kind
- 23:00of
- 23:00flow
- 23:00that
- 23:00I'm
- 23:01talking
- 23:01about,
- 23:02which
- 23:02is
- 23:02the
- 23:03flow
- 23:03of
- 23:04energy
- 23:04through
- 23:05the
- 23:05world,
- 23:07that,
- 23:08the
- 23:08river
- 23:09of
- 23:09consciousness
- 23:10that
- 23:10flows
- 23:11through
- 23:11the
- 23:11world.
- 23:12And
- 23:12that's
- 23:12like
- 23:13a
- 23:13more
- 23:13physical
- 23:14idea
- 23:14of
- 23:15flow
- 23:16that
- 23:17like
- 23:17the
- 23:17flow
- 23:18of
- 23:18energy
- 23:18from
- 23:19the
- 23:20positive
- 23:20to
- 23:20the
- 23:21negative
- 23:21pole
- 23:22of
- 23:22a
- 23:22battery.
- 23:23And
- 23:23so
- 23:24when
- 23:24I
- 23:25talk
- 23:25about
- 23:26going
- 23:26with
- 23:27the
- 23:27flow,
- 23:28it's
- 23:28going
- 23:28with
- 23:29that
- 23:29stream.
- 23:31But
- 23:31when
- 23:31you
- 23:31go
- 23:32with
- 23:32that
- 23:32stream,
- 23:33you
- 23:33do
- 23:34enter
- 23:34the
- 23:34flow
- 23:35state.
- 23:37And
- 23:37I
- 23:37would
- 23:37imagine
- 23:38that
- 23:38that
- 23:39is
- 23:39the
- 23:39very
- 23:39thing
- 23:40you
- 23:40are
- 23:41working
- 23:41with
- 23:42your
- 23:42students
- 23:42about.
- 23:43Is
- 23:43that
- 23:43correct?
- 23:44Yes,
- 23:45of
- 23:45course.
- 23:46It
- 23:46doesn't
- 23:47happen
- 23:47overnight,
- 23:49but
- 23:49everybody
- 23:50has
- 23:50it.
- 23:52Yeah.
- 23:53You
- 23:54know,
- 23:54the
- 23:54flow
- 23:54state
- 23:55is
- 23:55that
- 23:55when,
- 23:56when
- 23:56the
- 23:56basketball
- 23:57players
- 23:57said,
- 23:58how
- 23:58did
- 23:58you
- 23:58hit
- 23:58all
- 23:59those
- 23:59three
- 23:59pointers?
- 24:00Because
- 24:00I
- 24:00don't
- 24:00know,
- 24:01it
- 24:01didn't
- 24:01even
- 24:01feel
- 24:01like
- 24:02it
- 24:02was
- 24:02me.
- 24:02Yeah,
- 24:03it
- 24:03was
- 24:03in
- 24:03the
- 24:03zone.
- 24:04In
- 24:05the
- 24:05zone.
- 24:05In
- 24:05the
- 24:06zone
- 24:06is
- 24:06the
- 24:07flow
- 24:07state.
- 24:07But
- 24:08there's
- 24:08something
- 24:08I,
- 24:09I
- 24:09do
- 24:09want
- 24:09to,
- 24:11I
- 24:11think
- 24:11is
- 24:11important
- 24:12to
- 24:12talk
- 24:13about.
- 24:14First
- 24:14of
- 24:14all,
- 24:15the
- 24:15whole
- 24:15Buddhist
- 24:16Christian
- 24:16thing.
- 24:17You
- 24:17know,
- 24:18you
- 24:18got
- 24:19Thomas
- 24:19Merton,
- 24:20you
- 24:20have
- 24:21so
- 24:21many
- 24:21writers,
- 24:22and
- 24:22I
- 24:22can't
- 24:23remember
- 24:23the
- 24:23name
- 24:23who
- 24:23wr
- 24:24the
- 24:24book.
- 24:24But
- 24:25learning
- 24:26Buddhism
- 24:26made
- 24:27me
- 24:27a
- 24:27better
- 24:27Christian
- 24:29point,
- 24:30huh?
- 24:30Is
- 24:31a
- 24:31terrific
- 24:31is.
- 24:32And
- 24:32so
- 24:32many,
- 24:33I
- 24:33mean,
- 24:33the
- 24:33Dalai
- 24:34Lama,
- 24:34Tik
- 24:34Nikhon,
- 24:35they've
- 24:35all
- 24:36said,
- 24:36you
- 24:37know,
- 24:37if
- 24:37you're
- 24:37going
- 24:37to
- 24:37be
- 24:37a
- 24:37Christian,
- 24:38be
- 24:38a
- 24:38good
- 24:38Christian.
- 24:39If
- 24:39you're
- 24:39going
- 24:39to
- 24:39be
- 24:39a
- 24:39good
- 24:39Buddhist,
- 24:40be
- 24:40a
- 24:40good
- 24:40Buddhist.
- 24:41You
- 24:41don't,
- 24:41you
- 24:41know,
- 24:41and,
- 24:42and,
- 24:42and,
- 24:44and,
- 24:44and
- 24:45the
- 24:45like.
- 24:46But
- 24:46here's
- 24:47where
- 24:49I
- 24:49think
- 24:49that
- 24:50the
- 24:50division,
- 24:53cutting
- 24:54through
- 24:54the
- 24:54division
- 24:55could
- 24:55be
- 24:55more
- 24:56helpful,
- 24:57because
- 24:57I
- 24:58think
- 24:58my
- 24:59little
- 24:59personal
- 24:59theory
- 25:00is
- 25:01that
- 25:02what
- 25:03the
- 25:04east,
- 25:04what
- 25:05the
- 25:05west
- 25:05has,
- 25:06has
- 25:06Jesus
- 25:08and
- 25:09Jesus
- 25:10looked
- 25:11at
- 25:11in
- 25:11the
- 25:11appropriate
- 25:12way,
- 25:12the
- 25:13way
- 25:13that
- 25:13Jesus
- 25:14is
- 25:14described
- 25:14and
- 25:15the
- 25:15way
- 25:15that
- 25:18much
- 25:18of
- 25:18Christianity
- 25:19looks
- 25:19at
- 25:19him.
- 25:20There
- 25:20are
- 25:20segments
- 25:21of
- 25:21Christianity
- 25:22that
- 25:22feel
- 25:22somehow
- 25:23he
- 25:23represent.
- 25:23They.
- 25:24They
- 25:24look
- 25:24at
- 25:24the
- 25:24turning
- 25:25over
- 25:25the
- 25:25tables
- 25:26as
- 25:27the,
- 25:27the,
- 25:27the,
- 25:28the.
- 25:28The
- 25:28definition
- 25:29of
- 25:29Jesus.
- 25:30And
- 25:30so
- 25:30it
- 25:31gives
- 25:31us
- 25:31the
- 25:31right
- 25:31to
- 25:32go
- 25:32to
- 25:32war.
- 25:33But
- 25:34much
- 25:34of
- 25:34Christianity,
- 25:35you
- 25:36know,
- 25:36thinks
- 25:36of
- 25:36Jesus
- 25:37as
- 25:37unconditional
- 25:40love.
- 25:41Here
- 25:41is
- 25:42a
- 25:42model
- 25:43of
- 25:43unconditional
- 25:44love.
- 25:44God
- 25:45so
- 25:45loved
- 25:46the
- 25:46world
- 25:46that
- 25:47he
- 25:47gave,
- 25:47you
- 25:48know,
- 25:49so
- 25:49there's
- 25:49this
- 25:50model
- 25:50of
- 25:50unconditional
- 25:51love
- 25:52in
- 25:53the
- 25:53East.
- 25:55And
- 25:55let
- 25:55me
- 25:55also
- 25:56say
- 25:56the
- 25:57only
- 25:57thing
- 25:57is,
- 25:57is
- 25:58that
- 25:58they
- 25:58killed
- 25:59him,
- 26:00and
- 26:00they
- 26:00killed
- 26:00him
- 26:01after
- 26:01he
- 26:01only
- 26:01taught
- 26:02for
- 26:02three
- 26:02years.
- 26:03Now,
- 26:03I
- 26:03understand
- 26:04that
- 26:04the
- 26:04killing
- 26:05and
- 26:05the
- 26:05resurrection
- 26:06is
- 26:06the
- 26:07proof
- 26:08of
- 26:08his
- 26:08divinity,
- 26:09and
- 26:09it's
- 26:09so
- 26:09important
- 26:10to
- 26:10the
- 26:10establishment.
- 26:11I
- 26:11get
- 26:11that.
- 26:11But
- 26:12what
- 26:12if
- 26:12he
- 26:12had
- 26:12lived
- 26:13for
- 26:1340
- 26:13years?
- 26:15Could
- 26:15you
- 26:15imagine
- 26:15what
- 26:16he
- 26:16would
- 26:16have
- 26:16taught?
- 26:17He
- 26:18was
- 26:18the
- 26:18great
- 26:18wisdom
- 26:19teacher
- 26:19of
- 26:19all
- 26:20time.
- 26:20It
- 26:20would
- 26:20have
- 26:20been
- 26:21amazing.
- 26:21Now,
- 26:22over
- 26:22in
- 26:22the
- 26:22east,
- 26:23you
- 26:23have
- 26:24wisdom
- 26:24teachers,
- 26:26and
- 26:27they
- 26:28did
- 26:28teach
- 26:28for
- 26:29years
- 26:29and
- 26:29years,
- 26:29and
- 26:30they
- 26:30developed
- 26:30programs
- 26:31and
- 26:31techniques
- 26:32and
- 26:32ways
- 26:33of
- 26:33teaching
- 26:34and
- 26:34teaching
- 26:35methodologies
- 26:35and
- 26:36as
- 26:36we
- 26:36say
- 26:36at
- 26:37the
- 26:37university,
- 26:37pedagogies
- 26:40of
- 26:40teaching.
- 26:41And
- 26:43so
- 26:45they
- 26:45don't
- 26:45really
- 26:46have
- 26:47that
- 26:47model
- 26:48of
- 26:49unconditional
- 26:50love,
- 26:52but
- 26:52that's
- 26:53where
- 26:53they
- 26:53want
- 26:53you
- 26:53to
- 26:53get
- 26:54to.
- 26:55And
- 26:56so
- 26:56if
- 26:56you
- 26:57can
- 26:57meld
- 26:58the
- 26:58east
- 26:59and
- 26:59the
- 26:59west
- 26:59together
- 27:01and
- 27:01look
- 27:01at
- 27:02the
- 27:02practices
- 27:03of
- 27:03the
- 27:03east
- 27:04as
- 27:04leading
- 27:04to
- 27:05a
- 27:05state
- 27:05of
- 27:05unconditional
- 27:06love,
- 27:07and
- 27:07you
- 27:08now
- 27:08have
- 27:08a
- 27:08model
- 27:09of
- 27:09what
- 27:09that
- 27:09looks
- 27:10like,
- 27:11it
- 27:11all
- 27:11could
- 27:11be
- 27:11very,
- 27:12very
- 27:12powerful
- 27:13together.
- 27:15And
- 27:15that
- 27:16was
- 27:16one
- 27:16of
- 27:16the
- 27:16reasons
- 27:16for
- 27:17writing
- 27:17the
- 27:17book
- 27:17as
- 27:18well,
- 27:18trying
- 27:18to
- 27:18bring
- 27:19those
- 27:19two
- 27:19things
- 27:20together
- 27:20so
- 27:21that
- 27:21they
- 27:21would
- 27:21be
- 27:21helpful.
- 27:22It's
- 27:22almost
- 27:23as
- 27:23in
- 27:23the
- 27:24west,
- 27:24we
- 27:24say,
- 27:25oh,
- 27:25you
- 27:25just
- 27:26accept
- 27:26Jesus
- 27:26in
- 27:27your
- 27:27heart,
- 27:27but
- 27:27since
- 27:27he
- 27:28really
- 27:28didn't
- 27:28give
- 27:28us
- 27:28a
- 27:28whole
- 27:29lot
- 27:29of
- 27:29teachings,
- 27:29we
- 27:30just
- 27:30have
- 27:30to
- 27:30depend
- 27:31on
- 27:31the
- 27:31fact
- 27:31that
- 27:31somehow
- 27:32from
- 27:32being
- 27:32inside
- 27:33your
- 27:33heart,
- 27:33he's
- 27:33going
- 27:33to
- 27:33teach
- 27:34you
- 27:34how
- 27:34to
- 27:34live.
- 27:35Well,
- 27:36you
- 27:36make
- 27:36a
- 27:37point
- 27:38about
- 27:38having
- 27:38this
- 27:38togetherness,
- 27:39and
- 27:40I
- 27:40think
- 27:40there's
- 27:40a
- 27:40model
- 27:41for
- 27:41that
- 27:41in
- 27:41Hinduism
- 27:42and
- 27:42in
- 27:43some
- 27:43Eastern
- 27:43religions
- 27:44where
- 27:45Hinduism,
- 27:45they
- 27:46say,
- 27:46yeah,
- 27:47Buddha
- 27:48is
- 27:48a
- 27:48Hindu,
- 27:49Jesus
- 27:49is
- 27:50another.
- 27:51Another
- 27:51manifestation
- 27:51of
- 27:52the
- 27:52God
- 27:52Krishna
- 27:52coming
- 27:53to
- 27:53Earth.
- 27:55And
- 27:56you
- 27:56described
- 27:57earlier
- 27:57that
- 27:58your
- 27:58Buddhist
- 27:58practice
- 27:59was
- 27:59Mahayana,
- 28:00and
- 28:00Mahayana
- 28:01we
- 28:01know,
- 28:01means
- 28:02great
- 28:02raft.
- 28:03So
- 28:03that
- 28:04anything
- 28:04that
- 28:04helps
- 28:05us,
- 28:05we
- 28:06can
- 28:06use.
- 28:06Right?
- 28:07Including
- 28:07if
- 28:08we
- 28:08need
- 28:08to
- 28:08listen
- 28:08to
- 28:09the
- 28:09teachings
- 28:09of
- 28:09Jesus,
- 28:09if
- 28:10that
- 28:10helps
- 28:10us,
- 28:10then
- 28:11we
- 28:11can.
- 28:11We
- 28:11can
- 28:11use
- 28:12the
- 28:12teachings
- 28:12of
- 28:12Jesus.
- 28:13Yeah,
- 28:13of
- 28:13course.
- 28:14My
- 28:14favorite
- 28:14Gandhi
- 28:15quote
- 28:15is,
- 28:15I
- 28:16love
- 28:16you,
- 28:16Jesus.
- 28:17The
- 28:17followers,
- 28:17I'm
- 28:18not
- 28:18so
- 28:18sure
- 28:18about
- 28:18it.
- 28:20Well,
- 28:20I'm
- 28:20sorry
- 28:21to
- 28:21say
- 28:21that
- 28:21we
- 28:21are
- 28:22out
- 28:22of
- 28:22time.
- 28:23So
- 28:23sorry.
- 28:24Yeah,
- 28:25this
- 28:25has
- 28:25been
- 28:26really
- 28:26great
- 28:27fun.
- 28:27And
- 28:28I'm
- 28:29Anthony
- 28:29Wright
- 28:29and
- 28:30I've
- 28:30been
- 28:30your
- 28:30co
- 28:30host
- 28:30today
- 28:31on
- 28:31the
- 28:31Living
- 28:31Conversation
- 28:32with
- 28:33Adam
- 28:33Dietz.
- 28:33Thanks
- 28:33for
- 28:33joining
- 28:34the
- 28:34conversation.
- 28:35And
- 28:35we've
- 28:35been
- 28:35talking
- 28:35with
- 28:36our
- 28:36guest,
- 28:36Bob
- 28:36Martin.
- 28:37And
- 28:37how
- 28:37can
- 28:38people
- 28:38contact
- 28:38you?
- 28:39Bob,
- 28:39I
- 28:40have
- 28:40to
- 28:40say
- 28:40thank
- 28:41you.
- 28:41And
- 28:41it
- 28:41is
- 28:42such
- 28:42an
- 28:42honor
- 28:42to
- 28:42meet
- 28:43you
- 28:43too.
- 28:43Thank
- 28:43you
- 28:44so
- 28:44much
- 28:44for
- 28:44having
- 28:45me
- 28:45on.
- 28:45Thank
- 28:45you
- 28:46very
- 28:46much.
- 28:46I
- 28:46hope
- 28:46we
- 28:46can
- 28:46do
- 28:47this
- 28:47again.
- 28:47Yeah.
- 28:48And
- 28:48how
- 28:48can
- 28:48people
- 28:48contact
- 28:49you?
- 28:49I
- 28:50am
- 28:51at.
- 28:51I
- 28:51am
- 28:51Bob
- 28:52Martin,
- 28:52one
- 28:52word
- 28:53gmail.com
- 28:54or
- 28:54through
- 28:55my
- 28:55website,
- 28:55a
- 28:56wiseandhappylife.com.
- 28:59Great.
- 28:59Well,
- 28:59thanks
- 29:00for
- 29:00listening
- 29:00and
- 29:01we
- 29:01will
- 29:01see
- 29:01you
- 29:02next
- 29:02time.