André Duqum

Yeah.

So, you know, even this kind of goes into...

The positive psychology movement, right, which in its sincere form is a vehicle for self-realization.

At a certain point, it can cross into a path of solacism and this unending task to fix a perceived broken self.

You know, people that take up the spiritual path much, you know, there's a saying that says,

Like enlightenment or meditation is porn for perfectionists, you know?

And so whether it's building a business or pursuing this path, we have this...

pervasive and consistent delusion that our ideal life is someday not present now.

Right.

I was reading this book, The Age of Anxiety from Alan Watts.

Yeah, that's a great book.

It's great.

Yeah.

I just started putting together a new book list for our community.

Went into the field for a reason, you know.

One quote from that book that stood out was, to plan for a future which is not going to become present is hardly more absurd than to plan for a future which, when it comes to me, will find me absent, looking fixedly over its shoulder instead of into its face.

They fail to live because they're always preparing.

The act of service to me feels like it fills those buckets of coherence and purpose and significance, you know, that we mentioned earlier.

And it seems like no matter what the calling is, whether it's flipping pizzas or talking on a podcast, you know, or professing, you know, there's this quality of...

Metta of wishing for the well-being of others through the unique lens in which life, God, whatever is creator, the universe has given you certain gifts and skills and aptitudes and proclivities.