André Duqum

So it's like, if we can create an environment in which we're mostly spending, which is our home,

um to be conducive towards more of those coherent energies and then when we go out in the world we can be a sense of entrainment you know as people have talked about being in the presence of of awakened beings alone not talking not working through practice or philosophy just alone being in the presence of something um that tuning fork starts to affect the vibration of the of those that are around it um and so yeah i think it's just such an important takeaway to

to craft an environment around you that is conducive.

People are very strong influences on energy, right?

And so we can learn how to protect our own energy, but then we can also learn how to be the one who's in training versus just the one who's being entrained.

Like choosing to consciously spend time with people who are in that more of just like that clean energy is so valuable, so needed.

And

difficult choice at times when you feel like, especially earlier on your journey, you're starting to wake up to these truths and you're surrounded by people who have just no idea about it for better or worse.

And again, it goes back to that point of death and rebirth in terms of our relationships.

In my experience, the more you put these insights into practice, the more that like no reason happiness comes about.

Most people don't need a reason to be pissed off and sad and frustrated about life.

And we don't need a reason to be joyful and happy.

And I think the more that you examine this, the more that you actually don't need a reason or an outcome for your own joy to be present.

Yeah.

Yeah, and that's another controversial idea that might be offensive to some people at first of, of course I need a reason to be happy.

How could I be happy if things aren't going well in my life?

But that's what we're talking about, I think, is a little deeper than that.

It's a level deeper than that.

But the idea beneath it is that

attachment is itself a contracted mental state, right?