Bryan Callen
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So until you get out of, until you get out of your own way and you realize that you, this, this construct called yourself is an imagined construct. You've invented this. So like Sam Harrison, he studies the Vedanta, right? So in his book, Spirituality Without Religion, he does this experiment, which the Buddhists will have you do. They'll say, so you're watching me right now. I'm talking.
So until you get out of, until you get out of your own way and you realize that you, this, this construct called yourself is an imagined construct. You've invented this. So like Sam Harrison, he studies the Vedanta, right? So in his book, Spirituality Without Religion, he does this experiment, which the Buddhists will have you do. They'll say, so you're watching me right now. I'm talking.
So until you get out of, until you get out of your own way and you realize that you, this, this construct called yourself is an imagined construct. You've invented this. So like Sam Harrison, he studies the Vedanta, right? So in his book, Spirituality Without Religion, he does this experiment, which the Buddhists will have you do. They'll say, so you're watching me right now. I'm talking.
Now, there's this guy named Joe Rogan, okay? And we know Joe Rogan's got this. But for a second, try to locate where you really are. In other words, where are you actually listening to me from? Where are you? Where is the seat of your attention? Are you behind your face? Are you here? And if you try to do that, it's kind of impossible to locate where...
Now, there's this guy named Joe Rogan, okay? And we know Joe Rogan's got this. But for a second, try to locate where you really are. In other words, where are you actually listening to me from? Where are you? Where is the seat of your attention? Are you behind your face? Are you here? And if you try to do that, it's kind of impossible to locate where...
Now, there's this guy named Joe Rogan, okay? And we know Joe Rogan's got this. But for a second, try to locate where you really are. In other words, where are you actually listening to me from? Where are you? Where is the seat of your attention? Are you behind your face? Are you here? And if you try to do that, it's kind of impossible to locate where...
I turned to the other member. He's not ready yet. He's not ready. We have to break him down further.
I turned to the other member. He's not ready yet. He's not ready. We have to break him down further.
I turned to the other member. He's not ready yet. He's not ready. We have to break him down further.
Because the idea would be you can observe your brain, so you can observe your thoughts. You can observe your body, and you can observe your emotions. You can actually step outside and watch that stuff. And they get really good at that. They get really good at realizing that you're none of those things. You might be the observer, whoever that is or whatever that is. And that's kind of where they...
Because the idea would be you can observe your brain, so you can observe your thoughts. You can observe your body, and you can observe your emotions. You can actually step outside and watch that stuff. And they get really good at that. They get really good at realizing that you're none of those things. You might be the observer, whoever that is or whatever that is. And that's kind of where they...
Because the idea would be you can observe your brain, so you can observe your thoughts. You can observe your body, and you can observe your emotions. You can actually step outside and watch that stuff. And they get really good at that. They get really good at realizing that you're none of those things. You might be the observer, whoever that is or whatever that is. And that's kind of where they...
It's kind of an interesting exercise. That's why you see these dudes, that guy, that monk who set himself on fire, right, in 1963. Oh, the Vietnam photo? Now, David Halberstam from the New York Times said he didn't make a sound. They watched him, and he literally, they heard the air leave his lungs, and he just fell over.
It's kind of an interesting exercise. That's why you see these dudes, that guy, that monk who set himself on fire, right, in 1963. Oh, the Vietnam photo? Now, David Halberstam from the New York Times said he didn't make a sound. They watched him, and he literally, they heard the air leave his lungs, and he just fell over.
It's kind of an interesting exercise. That's why you see these dudes, that guy, that monk who set himself on fire, right, in 1963. Oh, the Vietnam photo? Now, David Halberstam from the New York Times said he didn't make a sound. They watched him, and he literally, they heard the air leave his lungs, and he just fell over.
Well, she was also probably asleep or something.
Well, she was also probably asleep or something.