Dr. Lindsay Gibson

They have more energy. The insight is not an intellectual exercise. It is like a becoming, an awareness that, oh, this is who I am.

They have more energy. The insight is not an intellectual exercise. It is like a becoming, an awareness that, oh, this is who I am.

well, there's no eye in the sky that's going to one day give us the answer. But I think we can sense the truth for ourselves, even if it's a bad thing, even if it's a sorrowful thought or a painful thought, you still have those experiences of I've touched on the truth of something. And we respond to that. So I think, you know, as far as human beings go, the best we can get

well, there's no eye in the sky that's going to one day give us the answer. But I think we can sense the truth for ourselves, even if it's a bad thing, even if it's a sorrowful thought or a painful thought, you still have those experiences of I've touched on the truth of something. And we respond to that. So I think, you know, as far as human beings go, the best we can get

is that internal sensing of what our truth is. Now, and of course, the next question is going to be, what if I am a conspiracy theorist or a paranoid personality?

is that internal sensing of what our truth is. Now, and of course, the next question is going to be, what if I am a conspiracy theorist or a paranoid personality?

Exactly. Yes. Well, then you got a problem. And what will happen is that reality will spank you. I mean, there is something that starts to happen eventually. in the particulars of our lives that tells us that we're on the right track.

Exactly. Yes. Well, then you got a problem. And what will happen is that reality will spank you. I mean, there is something that starts to happen eventually. in the particulars of our lives that tells us that we're on the right track.

If you feel like that great line out of Michael Clayton, when Michael Clayton is saying to his son, you're not going to be one of these people like your uncle who goes through life saying, why is this stuff falling on my head all the time? Okay. It's because you become aware of yourself as an agent in your own life.

If you feel like that great line out of Michael Clayton, when Michael Clayton is saying to his son, you're not going to be one of these people like your uncle who goes through life saying, why is this stuff falling on my head all the time? Okay. It's because you become aware of yourself as an agent in your own life.

And once you do that, you are in a much better position to deal with whatever reality is going to bring your way.

And once you do that, you are in a much better position to deal with whatever reality is going to bring your way.

Right, yeah. I think what I was trying to get at is that if children's basic needs are met, they want to go and do or experience things that make them happy even happier. Now, what you're seeing on the playground, though, is a bunch of kids who are navigating a world that could care less about their basic happiness.

Right, yeah. I think what I was trying to get at is that if children's basic needs are met, they want to go and do or experience things that make them happy even happier. Now, what you're seeing on the playground, though, is a bunch of kids who are navigating a world that could care less about their basic happiness.

Yeah, it sounds familiar. So as they're, you know, bouncing off of that in their lives, they're going to have all these emotions. But the happiness search is... I mean, I think it's why plants reach for the sun. I mean, I don't think it's a human thing. It's like a universal thing, like things that are alive. want to flourish.

Yeah, it sounds familiar. So as they're, you know, bouncing off of that in their lives, they're going to have all these emotions. But the happiness search is... I mean, I think it's why plants reach for the sun. I mean, I don't think it's a human thing. It's like a universal thing, like things that are alive. want to flourish.

They go toward whatever it is that's going to maximize their optimal growth and experience as a living thing. That's what I believe. So I think that's what little kids are doing. But being that they're living in a world in which they have to be watched and controlled and all of that by parents, they're going to hit all these blocks and that's going to make them unhappy.

They go toward whatever it is that's going to maximize their optimal growth and experience as a living thing. That's what I believe. So I think that's what little kids are doing. But being that they're living in a world in which they have to be watched and controlled and all of that by parents, they're going to hit all these blocks and that's going to make them unhappy.

Yeah, it's certainly not an ideal existence. I'm glad I'm out of childhood because... Because a lot of it was a drag, you know. But I think that it's important for us to remember that we do have something inside us. And this is what I would call the core self, which is very based in the body. It's very based in emotion.

Yeah, it's certainly not an ideal existence. I'm glad I'm out of childhood because... Because a lot of it was a drag, you know. But I think that it's important for us to remember that we do have something inside us. And this is what I would call the core self, which is very based in the body. It's very based in emotion.