Zoltan Bathory

So I would have a tea and I would sit in Barnes & Noble and just read. Yeah. Just anything I could devour because all of a sudden I have this library of Eastern philosophy, Mesoamerican philosophy. You know, I read Carlos Castaneda's entire, you know, work three times at least, you know, and then all the books that I could never get in, you know, in Hungary. So that was my just devouring there.

So I would have a tea and I would sit in Barnes & Noble and just read. Yeah. Just anything I could devour because all of a sudden I have this library of Eastern philosophy, Mesoamerican philosophy. You know, I read Carlos Castaneda's entire, you know, work three times at least, you know, and then all the books that I could never get in, you know, in Hungary. So that was my just devouring there.

you know and and I was a seeker so I would seek out yogis and people that I would hear about that could do things allegedly that are superhuman and then I met people and I saw things that I can verify that okay I saw that this happened this is not in our current set of understanding that what can physically happen

you know and and I was a seeker so I would seek out yogis and people that I would hear about that could do things allegedly that are superhuman and then I met people and I saw things that I can verify that okay I saw that this happened this is not in our current set of understanding that what can physically happen

you know and and I was a seeker so I would seek out yogis and people that I would hear about that could do things allegedly that are superhuman and then I met people and I saw things that I can verify that okay I saw that this happened this is not in our current set of understanding that what can physically happen

So I would go and meditate and then I found these Sri Lankan monks that I spent a lot of times with. So that was parallel to everything else I was doing.

So I would go and meditate and then I found these Sri Lankan monks that I spent a lot of times with. So that was parallel to everything else I was doing.

So I would go and meditate and then I found these Sri Lankan monks that I spent a lot of times with. So that was parallel to everything else I was doing.

So if you understand the way they think, the Buddhist monks, and it's very similar to the... the shamans or the men of knowledge, so to speak. Can you pull up that photo, Steve? Of, you know, Mesoamerican history, right? When the Spaniards came and what happened there, they have a very similar way they relate to oppression. Because, you know, the smooth seas won't make great sailors sort of idea.

So if you understand the way they think, the Buddhist monks, and it's very similar to the... the shamans or the men of knowledge, so to speak. Can you pull up that photo, Steve? Of, you know, Mesoamerican history, right? When the Spaniards came and what happened there, they have a very similar way they relate to oppression. Because, you know, the smooth seas won't make great sailors sort of idea.

So if you understand the way they think, the Buddhist monks, and it's very similar to the... the shamans or the men of knowledge, so to speak. Can you pull up that photo, Steve? Of, you know, Mesoamerican history, right? When the Spaniards came and what happened there, they have a very similar way they relate to oppression. Because, you know, the smooth seas won't make great sailors sort of idea.

Right. That spiritual or physical oppression will lead to your most rapid development as a person. And so if you know that they understand that concept, if you know that concept, then you know that they're not going to get involved in political... The motivation is not political. And if you read the Dhammapada or any of the teachings, it's always that the meaning of those teachings is dynamic.

Right. That spiritual or physical oppression will lead to your most rapid development as a person. And so if you know that they understand that concept, if you know that concept, then you know that they're not going to get involved in political... The motivation is not political. And if you read the Dhammapada or any of the teachings, it's always that the meaning of those teachings is dynamic.

Right. That spiritual or physical oppression will lead to your most rapid development as a person. And so if you know that they understand that concept, if you know that concept, then you know that they're not going to get involved in political... The motivation is not political. And if you read the Dhammapada or any of the teachings, it's always that the meaning of those teachings is dynamic.

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you will understand what you're capable of understanding at the moment and you read that same thing a couple of years from now and it will mean something else and that's the brilliance of that right and so there's so many of these teachings and these anecdotes that you read it and it might mean one thing and then later you realize like oh there was a that's just a seed and there are some amazing things in there right so if you understand how they think and how they operate then then you know that it's um

you will understand what you're capable of understanding at the moment and you read that same thing a couple of years from now and it will mean something else and that's the brilliance of that right and so there's so many of these teachings and these anecdotes that you read it and it might mean one thing and then later you realize like oh there was a that's just a seed and there are some amazing things in there right so if you understand how they think and how they operate then then you know that it's um

you will understand what you're capable of understanding at the moment and you read that same thing a couple of years from now and it will mean something else and that's the brilliance of that right and so there's so many of these teachings and these anecdotes that you read it and it might mean one thing and then later you realize like oh there was a that's just a seed and there are some amazing things in there right so if you understand how they think and how they operate then then you know that it's um