This week we dive deep into the transformative insights of writer Yung Pueblo, exploring his journey towards becoming a presence of love. He shares his experience of sitting through a 45-day Vipassana silent retreat, shedding light on how such profound stillness can deepen our wisdom and awareness. He discusses the importance of embracing impermanence and the practices necessary for honing the power of the mind while erasing conditioned responses.Reflecting on his personal evolution from darkness to brightness, Yung Pueblo reveals how he began sharing his poetry on Instagram, igniting a movement of self-love and healing. He opens up about the power of relationships to serve as a container for growth and transformation. He explores why love alone isn't sufficient for sustaining relationships, highlighting the value of solitude and the skills needed for cultivating long-term connections. Through discussions about the miracle of life, the significance of listening to our intuition, and staying grounded in spirituality, this episode is a heartfelt invitation to awaken and embody love in all aspects of life.Energy & focus without the jitters? Try MUDWTR & Get Up to 43% off + a free frother:https://mudwtr.com/knowthyselfAndré's Book Recommendations: https://www.knowthyself.one/books___________0:00 Intro1:59 Writing as Yung Pueblo3:33 Becoming a Presence of Love5:11 Sitting a 45 Day Vipassana (Silent Retreat) 8:03 Deepening Our Sense of Wisdom & Awareness16:36 Embracing Impermanence 19:48 Honing the Power of the Mind & Erasing Conditioning29:07 His Life: Going From Darkness to Brightness34:05 Starting His Instagram & Poetry35:31 Ad: Mudwtr - Energy & Focus Without the Jitters37:03 Facing off With the Ego40:11 Relationships as a Container for Growth45:35 The Qualities of Enlightened States48:52 Learning to Love Better: From Arguments to Allowing59:08 Why Love Isn’t Enough to Make a Relationship Work 1:01:44 The Value of Solitude1:06:20 Skills for Cultivating Long Term Relationships 1:14:54 This Life is a Miracle1:18:17 Listening to Intuition1:22:58 Staying Grounded with Spirituality 1:27:43 The Power of Meditation1:32:18 Mystical Experiences 1:38:52 Conclusion ___________Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. Online he has an audience of over 4 million people. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. He has sold over 1.5 million books worldwide that have been translated into over 25 languages. Diego is a general partner at Wisdom Ventures and a founder of Ready Platform, a dating and relationship support app. Diego’s new book, How to Love Better, will be released in March 2025.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yung_pueblo/?hl=enBooks: https://yungpueblo.com___________Know ThyselfInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowthyself/Website: https://www.knowthyself.oneClips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4wglCWTJeWQC0exBalgKgListen to all episodes on Audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4FSiemtvZrWesGtO2MqTZ4?si=d389c8dee8fa4026Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-thyself/id1633725927André DuqumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreduqum/
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There's something very different and powerful about the wisdom that comes from your own direct experience. It's not easy to be open to deleting your conditioning. You can talk to your therapist, you can talk to your teachers, you can, you know, read stuff online, but ultimately it's up to you to bring it into action to make it real in your life.
Vipassana, it's a path of purification that leads to the end of suffering. When you observe the body with this crisp clarity, what you get is this truth that's pervasive throughout the universe, this truth of impermanence. It's awareness. It's a sharpened awareness. The mind can become like a cannon. Like it becomes so much stronger. I went into meditating because I needed to save myself.
But in the act of saving myself, immediately I noticed that my relationships were very surface level and that I could do something about it. When you cultivate your emotional skill set so that you can have more peace in your mind, it immediately helps support you in your relationship. Through meditating has really helped me see that this life, it's a giant miracle. Hey, how's it going?
Thanks for coming, man. I'm so happy to be here. I've been looking forward to this day for a while now, so I'm glad we get to connect. Me too, man.
It's been really cool to see your content online. I feel like we always have these, you know, these parasocial relationships with people's content, their message.
Yeah.
And you hope that they live up in person to the energy that you see online. And pleasantly reassured that was the case.
Likewise. Yeah. I wasn't I wasn't trying to put any expectations, but I knew that like just from what you were giving off that it was going to be good. good to be friends. And it was funny because it's fun to be on a podcast, but I was like, I think we should be friends.
Yeah, 100%. So your pen name, Young Pueblo, which a lot of people know you under, that means young people, right? What was the kind of setup for that in terms of how you feel like where we are, where humanity is?
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