Gregg Braden

So I, as a child, had to reconcile what I felt, what I would call my soul compass, because it wasn't supported in my community. People didn't talk like this when I was a kid. And it sent me on a journey to understand myself. And that led me on a journey to understand our past. And that led me on a journey to understand... I had two... I don't know how we're doing on time.

So I, as a child, had to reconcile what I felt, what I would call my soul compass, because it wasn't supported in my community. People didn't talk like this when I was a kid. And it sent me on a journey to understand myself. And that led me on a journey to understand our past. And that led me on a journey to understand... I had two... I don't know how we're doing on time.

Can I share a couple of stories? Go ahead. Yeah. Two very powerful stories. An experience when I was 14. So now I've left home. I'm living with my band. And I go see my first rock concert. It was a group that was called Jefferson Airplane. And the lead singer was this stunningly beautiful woman named Grace Slick is her name. She's still alive today.

Can I share a couple of stories? Go ahead. Yeah. Two very powerful stories. An experience when I was 14. So now I've left home. I'm living with my band. And I go see my first rock concert. It was a group that was called Jefferson Airplane. And the lead singer was this stunningly beautiful woman named Grace Slick is her name. She's still alive today.

And I sat on the front row and yelled at Grace Slick and told her how much I loved her. And she completely blew me off. But I watched in that room, there were about 30,000 people.

And I sat on the front row and yelled at Grace Slick and told her how much I loved her. And she completely blew me off. But I watched in that room, there were about 30,000 people.

And I watched them moved by what a couple of people did on that stage. But here's, here's the thing. The concert was over and we left. And everyone needed to have something to recreate that experience. At that time, there were eight-track tapes or albums. They needed something to recreate that. Now, a couple of weeks later, I have another experience.

And I watched them moved by what a couple of people did on that stage. But here's, here's the thing. The concert was over and we left. And everyone needed to have something to recreate that experience. At that time, there were eight-track tapes or albums. They needed something to recreate that. Now, a couple of weeks later, I have another experience.

And I'm not saying I'm aligned with the message. There was an evangelist named Billy Graham, a powerful, powerful speaker. He spoke to 70,000 people in the Kansas City Athletics Stadium, outdoor stadium. And here's the difference, when those people left, they felt differently about themselves.

And I'm not saying I'm aligned with the message. There was an evangelist named Billy Graham, a powerful, powerful speaker. He spoke to 70,000 people in the Kansas City Athletics Stadium, outdoor stadium. And here's the difference, when those people left, they felt differently about themselves.

They didn't need anything to recreate the feeling because his words had helped them to sense and to feel and to see themselves differently than they did before they went in to hear that. What I recognized as a kid, I don't know exactly how I'm going to do this, but I think there is a way our words, The words are so powerful.

They didn't need anything to recreate the feeling because his words had helped them to sense and to feel and to see themselves differently than they did before they went in to hear that. What I recognized as a kid, I don't know exactly how I'm going to do this, but I think there is a way our words, The words are so powerful.

I mean, when you think about what we do with words, we breathe the breath from outside of us. We invite it into our bodies. We begin to flutter our diaphragm. We push the air back.

I mean, when you think about what we do with words, we breathe the breath from outside of us. We invite it into our bodies. We begin to flutter our diaphragm. We push the air back.

over the direction it just came down from, and as it's moving back, we begin to flutter our vocal cords in just the right way, listen to this, to reflect the thoughts and the feelings that we're having as acoustic waveforms so they can leave our bodies and fall on the skin and onto the eardrums of another living being to convey our deepest, most intimate experiences.

over the direction it just came down from, and as it's moving back, we begin to flutter our vocal cords in just the right way, listen to this, to reflect the thoughts and the feelings that we're having as acoustic waveforms so they can leave our bodies and fall on the skin and onto the eardrums of another living being to convey our deepest, most intimate experiences.

Do you know how powerful that is? And nobody tells us that. Nobody tells us that.

Do you know how powerful that is? And nobody tells us that. Nobody tells us that.

Well, it begins with a thought. Nobody can see our thought. But we're converting the thought into acoustic waveforms through the air that we're forcing back. And the ability... to modulate our vocal cords in just the right way to create those acoustic patterns. And then they leave our bodies. My words have left my body. Now they're falling on you. They're touching your skin.

Well, it begins with a thought. Nobody can see our thought. But we're converting the thought into acoustic waveforms through the air that we're forcing back. And the ability... to modulate our vocal cords in just the right way to create those acoustic patterns. And then they leave our bodies. My words have left my body. Now they're falling on you. They're touching your skin.