Steven

Yes. Now, for someone that is listening to this and is confused at this juncture and they're asking themselves, what is that source? You've described it in many potential ways, but my attempt at describing it is it is ultimately where we came from. That is the source. Is there a better way of describing it for people that might be unfamiliar with the concept?

On that point of we're all struggling with something based on the levels we're at, if you had to try and summarise what the common answer is to what people are struggling with, what do you think that might be? I was thinking about my best friends, because sometimes it's easier to step outside of oneself and look at others.

On that point of we're all struggling with something based on the levels we're at, if you had to try and summarise what the common answer is to what people are struggling with, what do you think that might be? I was thinking about my best friends, because sometimes it's easier to step outside of oneself and look at others.

And I was reflecting on the conversations I've had with them over the last couple of weeks about things they're struggling with. And I would define a lot of it as wanting. So wanting to improve their businesses, wanting to improve maybe their romantic situations and find love. I would say the essence of it, the suffering seems to be striving for something that they're unable to grab.

And I was reflecting on the conversations I've had with them over the last couple of weeks about things they're struggling with. And I would define a lot of it as wanting. So wanting to improve their businesses, wanting to improve maybe their romantic situations and find love. I would say the essence of it, the suffering seems to be striving for something that they're unable to grab.

But I wondered if you had a different perspective on that.

But I wondered if you had a different perspective on that.

But a lot of people never get the thing that they're pursuing. So, you know, someone might say, I want to be a millionaire or I want to have this Lamborghini sports car. The majority of people who aspire to that statistically won't ever reach it. So they'll spend their whole life just in pursuit. They'll never get the lesson of path one where you try it and you realize that.

But a lot of people never get the thing that they're pursuing. So, you know, someone might say, I want to be a millionaire or I want to have this Lamborghini sports car. The majority of people who aspire to that statistically won't ever reach it. So they'll spend their whole life just in pursuit. They'll never get the lesson of path one where you try it and you realize that.

so many of us live in patterns the same cycles we end up getting the same results and those results result in unhappiness and suffering and i was speaking to a friend over the weekend about how one of our other friends has lived in a bit of a pattern and they've been able to unable to find love and companionship because of some things that happened when they were younger

so many of us live in patterns the same cycles we end up getting the same results and those results result in unhappiness and suffering and i was speaking to a friend over the weekend about how one of our other friends has lived in a bit of a pattern and they've been able to unable to find love and companionship because of some things that happened when they were younger

I think they were bullied. So they have this sort of deeper sense of having to prove themselves and insecurity. And this shows up all the time because when they meet someone, they present a facade which might not necessarily be accurate. And then very quickly the relationship ends because it was never real in the first place. But this person's now aware of it.

I think they were bullied. So they have this sort of deeper sense of having to prove themselves and insecurity. And this shows up all the time because when they meet someone, they present a facade which might not necessarily be accurate. And then very quickly the relationship ends because it was never real in the first place. But this person's now aware of it.

But it's still happening over and over again. They're still living out the same pattern in their life and still getting the same results and dissatisfaction. So when we think about trauma at an early age that results in this sort of cyclical pattern of getting same behavior, same results, I wondered if you had a perspective on how one can let go of that and therefore break the pattern.

But it's still happening over and over again. They're still living out the same pattern in their life and still getting the same results and dissatisfaction. So when we think about trauma at an early age that results in this sort of cyclical pattern of getting same behavior, same results, I wondered if you had a perspective on how one can let go of that and therefore break the pattern.

And then train those.

And then train those.

Those new patterns. We don't often think about training some of the virtues that we want to acquire and the patterns we want to have. We kind of think that we have to select them and then we'll do our best to live them. But the idea that I might have to train...

Those new patterns. We don't often think about training some of the virtues that we want to acquire and the patterns we want to have. We kind of think that we have to select them and then we'll do our best to live them. But the idea that I might have to train...

certain new behaviors is a really compelling one because you're right in the context of any physical development i have to go to the gym and i have to do my repetitions to build that thing that strength but i um was just thinking about creating a training regimen from for certain behaviors and new patterns that i want in my life and trying to make sure i do them every day which is not something that i've i've ever considered