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The Costume Most Of Us Will Never Take Off


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We spend our entire lives pretending to be something we think we really are—until one day the mask slips. In this live Facebook conversation we explore what happens when identity unravels, how negative self-talk might simply vanish, and how the body keeps the score even when the mind lets go. From Shakespeare's stage to the Bahiya Sutta, from catastrophic thinking to kundalini energy, we examine the deepest taboo in the human collective: that we might not be what we think we are. ALSO: f**k Halloween! 😭🎃


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      00:00 - Halloween Childhood Trauma

      01:45 - The Human Costume: Living Behind the Mask
      04:12 - When Identities Start to Unravel
      07:18 - The Peace That Passes All Understanding
      09:17 - Why Words Can't Capture "Reality"
      10:52 - Shakespeare's Stage: All the World's a Play
      13:43 - Belief in Thoughts as the Root of Suffering
      16:48 - Beginnings and Endings Have No Middle
      18:01 - Dread as a Self Knowing Texture
      21:39 - Longchenpa: "One May Well Burst Out in Laughter"
      23:05 - Catastrophic Thinking and Email Anxiety
      25:29 - Can We Control Our Minds? The Illusion of Choice
      28:28 - The Disappearance of Negative Self-Talk
      31:00 - No Positive Self-Talk Either: Beyond Good and Bad
      33:00 - Trauma, the Body Keeps the Score
      35:27 - Kundalini Energy and Awakening Experiences
      39:00 - Tai Chi in Flushing, Queens Botanical Gardens
      42:00 - Yoga, Weight Loss, and Letting the Body Be
      46:42 - We Are Everything: Control and Influence
      48:10 - The Descriptive-Prescriptive Fallacy
      52:04 - The Bahiya Sutta: "In the Seen, Merely the Seen"
      57:16 - Thoughts Are Just Bird Songs
      58:26 - Gratitude for Co-Creating This Space
      01:00:12 - Two Types of Acceptance: Mind vs. Innate Reality
      01:03:09 - Closing Thoughts and How To Support

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