Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

Yeah, that's right. It's just not the words, it's the spirit. And we hope that the artificial intelligence will be intelligent enough to learn that. We don't know yet. Yeah. But, you know, it's just like a student in the Tuesday class. We have to spend a lot of time training it and explaining things to it. But let's try. You want to try it, Rhonda, on your own thought?

Yeah, that's right. It's just not the words, it's the spirit. And we hope that the artificial intelligence will be intelligent enough to learn that. We don't know yet. Yeah. But, you know, it's just like a student in the Tuesday class. We have to spend a lot of time training it and explaining things to it. But let's try. You want to try it, Rhonda, on your own thought?

Yeah. Okay. Well, we can. You want to start in your positive self or your negative self?

Yeah. Okay. Well, we can. You want to start in your positive self or your negative self?

And the thought is you don't matter? Yeah, okay. You want to be the negative self? You're the negative Rhonda, Matt?

And the thought is you don't matter? Yeah, okay. You want to be the negative self? You're the negative Rhonda, Matt?

Well, you know that I'm also the negative Rhonda, and I heard you bantering with that. that other negative Rhonda, and kind of winning. But the fact is, Rhonda, you don't matter.

Well, you know that I'm also the negative Rhonda, and I heard you bantering with that. that other negative Rhonda, and kind of winning. But the fact is, Rhonda, you don't matter.

Oh, sure, you're on the Feeling Good podcast, the host of the Feeling Good podcast, and you're a psychologist, and you have a social work degree and all of that, but just you know in your heart of hearts that you don't matter, and you better admit it, sister.

Oh, sure, you're on the Feeling Good podcast, the host of the Feeling Good podcast, and you're a psychologist, and you have a social work degree and all of that, but just you know in your heart of hearts that you don't matter, and you better admit it, sister.

Who won?

Who won?

Big or small? Big. Big or huge? I thought that was huge. Yeah, I thought it was huge, too. So that would be modeling with both thoughts kind of different ways of acceptance. And it's not just using the words. It's having the feel that when you go into an enlightened state, those thoughts that used to hurt you so much, they have lost all of their power.

Big or small? Big. Big or huge? I thought that was huge. Yeah, I thought it was huge, too. So that would be modeling with both thoughts kind of different ways of acceptance. And it's not just using the words. It's having the feel that when you go into an enlightened state, those thoughts that used to hurt you so much, they have lost all of their power.

It's like hitting home runs at the baseball stadium. in baseball over and over again, that you become kind of impenetrable through total acceptance. And it's really joyous, and it's one of the so-called great deaths that the Buddha talked about 2,500 years ago. This is the death of the special self. and giving up the idea that you are special or that you're going to become special.

It's like hitting home runs at the baseball stadium. in baseball over and over again, that you become kind of impenetrable through total acceptance. And it's really joyous, and it's one of the so-called great deaths that the Buddha talked about 2,500 years ago. This is the death of the special self. and giving up the idea that you are special or that you're going to become special.

And that you are, in fact, just average or in many ways below average. And it's hard to explain. It's like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time in person. And if you've ever seen it in person, you've seen a postcard of it. You still don't know what it is. You haven't had the experience yet.

And that you are, in fact, just average or in many ways below average. And it's hard to explain. It's like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time in person. And if you've ever seen it in person, you've seen a postcard of it. You still don't know what it is. You haven't had the experience yet.

And getting self-acceptance, complete self-acceptance for the first time with a feeling of joy rather than a feeling of shame, a feeling of liberation rather than being trapped or inhibited or held back in some way. It's just a fantastic, fantastic feeling. And I think earlier, Rhonda, you were using the idea of be specific, and I didn't comment on it.

And getting self-acceptance, complete self-acceptance for the first time with a feeling of joy rather than a feeling of shame, a feeling of liberation rather than being trapped or inhibited or held back in some way. It's just a fantastic, fantastic feeling. And I think earlier, Rhonda, you were using the idea of be specific, and I didn't comment on it.