Dr. K talks Meaning, Purpose, and Motivation | BASED Stream
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I love how many cameo appearances we had in this stream. Dr. Indian, Dr. Chad, Dr. Red Pill Coach...I look forward to Dr. K living up to his full potential as an actor in this season.
You mean his Dharma
I was collapsing in on myself with cringe, maybe it was just me
@@heythatsacoolsn Maybe you need to introspect and look into yourself and ask why his behaviour affects your internal state. Meditate and you will transcend above such discomfort.
@@The_Reductionist I have past traumas from being mocked by close ones for doing silly impressions and being culturally insensitive, so maybe that's why I cringe so hard seeing others doing it.
@@heythatsacoolsn Happiness comes from within. Same as Cringyness.
We're going to get through this bros.
We’re all gonna make it.
Just the bros?😕
I'm already halfway through the video, we're gonna make it!!
@@keirablack9600bros and sis, but “bros” is probably inclusive to all kinds of people
@@keirablack9600 Yes. It's a based stream
“Big dreams sabotage our ability to work” 🤯 That explains a lot of my motivation issues.
Wait whaaaat how
@cyberduck7377 Because big dreams are unattainable.
Big things are achieved by having complete focus on thousands of tiny things which so happen to create something big. And in doing so, you have to forget about the big picture.
i dont feel crushed by my big dreams anymore, its nice
@@cyberduck7377😂😂😂😂🎉😂
Explanation starts at 24:07
I thought it started at 21:13
@@atillatekin7030 yeah. With a big ol barf from the depths of hell.
@@ifinditinteresting.8709 made me laugh so hard
Thank you Saver of Time 🙏
Bless
No exaggeration, this is the most helpful channel I've found on UA-cam. And this may be the best video/stream I've seen here.
@@reen2142 agreed
Same I recommend it to people if their going thru it
We should never take Dr. K for granted. Thank you man.
Absolutely
I'm completely in awe. Doc actually revealed his power level wtf
wdym
He said the gamer word?
Over 9000!!
@@hgcvghvgh-ok5kvwdym: wdym? :D
this vid is amazin on many levels
Settle down nappa
Exploration without Expectation, I'm trying to cultivate that in my mediation. I've started to meditate a lot more regularly thanks to you, I appreciate what you do.
Good luck on your journey, unknown Novelite, from a random passing DeadBeat.
@@voiceofsilence1169 I'm more of a novelbeat, calli and shiori are definitely my favorites.
I love this video and how you also accidentally gave the best singing/vocal lesson whilst explaining chanting. to become a good singer, is to learn to be completely present with your voice and in time you gain awareness of all of the muscles in the throat that are so quick to run in and "protect" your voice from breaking. but you need to relax into your voice breaking in order to strengthen the correct muscle. I have noticed since relaxing into my voice, this same concept is applicable to every area of my life. when I'm playing piano, I have to *actively* relax my fingers, then I improve much more quickly. In relationships, I have to relax into vulnerability. When doing work/school, I have to relax into boredom.
wow, I love how much sense this "relaxing into it" concept makes! Thank you for that
Underrated comment right here.
Personal notes:
1:05:50 - Does your life feel fluid
1:09:54 - Dharma is small (your body is a temple and should be treated as such)
1:12:50 - Humerous impression
1:33:24 - You know what your Dharma is you just don't wanna do it (funny impression again)
Thank you for your sacrifice here, Dr. Alok. Just know that you didn't waste your energy by disclosing one of your experiences to us. You did that to help bring some level of understanding about something usually very private. May your Karma return that energy for giving up something for the greater good of us less-spiritual folk!
I've never seen this level of analytical spirituality on UA-cam anywhere else. This is super interesting. Please keep making videos like this.
agreed! ❤
'analytical spirituality' - cool term and very aptly put!
Just love how Dr.K's always blunt, and gives actual information rather than vague advices......he tells the HARSH truth into our face, no babysitting like the others, and actually blatantly tells us what works are actually NEEDED ..
"Your dharma is waiting for you but you're not ready for it" - holy fuck the realest shit u ever said Dr.K
I almost skipped watching this video and boy would I have regretted it. What you have done during the stream was incredibly helpful. I don't think I have ever seen you nor anybody else describe spirituality/meditation in such a clear, scientific way without any new age bullshit. Thank you for all your work.
I appreciate that Dr. K was so open and in depth about meditations. I know recently said that there are reasons why we shouldn't go around talking about meditation experiences, so I was surprised to hear him go in depth about his own. I also want to sit with this video again. There's a lot here.
I found out about this no talking rule after the fact 😅. Got a result I did not expect to happen and excitedly I shared the whole experience the very next day with my husband. That was the first and last time it happened. The anticipation truly is a killer, and after this talk I actually believe it was not even a result, but one of the early stage distractions. On the other hand I have not been meditating for very long and I had a non-spiritual goal in mind anyways, so it still feels like an easy come easy go type situation. But to have 20 years of practice and to be aware of the consequences and still share it... Guess we truly are his annoying mob of dharma, that demands sacrifice in order to grow. This is a long video to listen to repeatedly, but I'm absolutely going to.
@@Sievet
"his annoying mob of dharma" :D
@@Sievet yeah when you put it like that at the end I agree with you. He is choosing the painful way. Very insightful of you. You are great. Good job noticing. Hahaha :)
@@Sievet When you shared something with your husband or someone you're close to, was it something you felt internally? Or was it their reaction/lack thereof to your experience?
@@dayoldeggplant I do not think his reaction matters to be honest. I guess the act of sharing my experience before I was even able to digest it or understand it was the mistake. I have a tendency to hype myself up for stuff and dissect it, this does not seem to be an advantage for meditation or any other spiritual practice 😅.
"I'm 34 and I still can't find motivation or purpose." Wow... it's like -I- wrote that! Actually, over this last year, I've found more purpose in just serving others... I don't have a regular job or career, but by volunteering at my local spiritual center and at drum circles and other similar events I've been attending, I have found enjoyment and I receive a lot of appreciation. That turned into odd jobs helping people with heavy things, yard work, installing hardware, and most recently, even running errands and helping with research projects (which I'm enjoying more than the manual labor, haha). I still don't feel like I have a well-defined purpose, but at least it is -something-.
Thank you for this ❤
I feel you're on the right way. Greetz from Germany
As a Christian doing things to help others is our purpose. Keep going man.
Most likely this is the most important video he has put out so far.
Thank you for this. It was kinda hard to watch because it felt too real. Thanks for giving a clear guide to try out, and finally get started.
What I really like about buddhism that I don't find in other religions is that it acknowledges boredom. And meditation really helped me with that. I can just close my eyes and focus on my breath and the present moment, and time passes so quickly. Sometimes I can just turn a switch in my mind to go from feeling bored to not feeling bored and I feel content.
This is the kind of motivational speech that actually has an effect on me rather than the "You're doing great!" lies. Thanks for making things real. As for the spiritual stuff, I respect it even if I don’t believe in it. Maybe if I follow the practice I'll be in for a surprise.
If you liked this, I'd definitely recommend the channel's interviews too. There's a ton of this kind of stuff in the interviews, especially the old ones. Basically start at the oldest interview, and work your way backwards.
You don't have to be """""""""""""""""""""""""""""spiritual"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" to begin meditating
To add onto this, I found the interview with Joro to be very inspiring, as well as the three with Sky Williams
I started watching this video yesterday and this morning I woke up early to meditate. And now I'm up hours before I have to leave for work and I'm just, like, Damn, I guess I'll roast some veggies and pack a healthy lunch for work later? Study some Japanese kanji? I have so much time!
What I mean to say is: thank you for the motivation. You speaking the truth alone is what helped me.
Use that motivation to transforming it into your own system of duscipline
2:33:21 This is really the only piece I needed to hear. Thank you so, so much. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate hearing that.
After 20 years of stumbling into the deepest depths of depression and out through this silence and space, without any real guidance, I came to the same conclusion and contentment. And no one else around me gets it, but sees that I’m content. I try to explain why, and they tell me I did it wrong. They say that since I didn’t do the perfect diet, perfect exercise, perfect relationships, I skipped all the “meaningful” stuff. But I didn’t do it wrong. I knew that. But you just confirmed it. Thank you.
It is so absurdly and delightfully ironic that the emotional emptiness that caused mental anguish… was the path to contentment. I am aware of this truth, but all the worldly social bits, all the reasoning and academics of it, made me hesitate to accept it at the mental level. It for it to be acknowledged by a worldly, social, reasonable, academic? I bet this will help that mental acceptance fall into place a little easier.
And I absolutely get the not sharing more about spiritual practice! I feel the same with my young employees. I love them, but I can’t lead them to the right conclusions directly. I guess it’s ok to be ok with that. Thanks for validating the ok-ness.
There are three paths, and not everyone can be a teacher. Congrats to you for being on the rarest one.
This has more accents than I’ve ever heard dr. K use before
If being a doctor and Harvard professor doesn’t work out you should be a voice over actor. I’m digging the country accent lol
These 3 hours are GOLD. Thank you Dr. K, I've seen you before but today I have become a true fan. I shared snippets of this stream in my daily video and linked this full episode telling people to check it out. More people have to see this, and more of you in general.
Ohm-Chanting meditation steps. (A-u-m)
Range: few months to literally decades.
20minutes, 2 times per day.
Going from open mouth to closed mouth while making sound/vibration.
Phases:
1. Do the practice 20min. Just do sound/vibration.
Sit upright, close eyes, deep breath, a-u-m, repeat.
2. Pay attention to the vibration, maximize the vibration, feel the vibration in your body
3. Notice the localization of vibration.
Where do you feel the vibration?
A: starts in naval/stomach. U: chest/throat. M: chin, head.
4. Focusing on the movement of the vibration. The vibration is ascending through your body (going up through your body)
5. Notice that the vibration is lurchy/not smooth. It may feel off.
6. Making the perfect vibration. Smooth out the Ohm.
-Avoid locking the jaw = relaxation of the jaw.
-Avoid moving from one movement to another movement. Smooth out the movement. One continuous movement.
-Even seconds of the A U M sounds.
-Find the right level of silence between rounds (You will know).
When you perfect the vibration you may start to feel "something else" (weird experiences, eyes looking back at you example).
7. Slowly decrease the volume / vibration.
As you decrease the chanting you may feel a non-physical structure - a column []. This is Sushumna.
The chanting interferes with the ability to detect Sushumna, which is why you slowly decrease volume/vibration.
As you learn/practice ohm-chanting you start by feeling the vibrations in the frontside of your body but Sushumna is posterior(backside/behind you).
You may notice within Sushumna a non-physical-upward/ascending-energy (Not vibration).
(p.s changed the numbering of the last phases abit compared to video)
Dr K you're just another human like the rest of us, but goddamnit am I glad to have shared the same time period as you. Thank you for your hard work. You've impacted me countless times over the years whenever I was convinced there was just nowhere else to go for me.
I also thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your stories. I can feel the emotion from you and the subsequent humor is mutually beneficial. Thank you for being consistent when so many of us cannot. I hope you find inner peace and can be content at some point in the future to retire. Or whatever it is that will be your choosing. I just hope your calling doesn't forever keep calling for you.
out of all the healthy gamer videos ive watched this is by far my favorite one.
I agree
Dr. K gotta give it raw
I agree 😊
Did you catch the easter eggs? I think one of them is:
- it's important to willingly choose doing the hard thing in life (like eating a salad instead of pizza)
I watched every Dk video, Every single one. And look at my ego go, writing about it. 🎉
Just turned 34, 2 weeks ago, and I do feel like I have no purpose...gonna take a lot of notes for this one!thank you doctor K!!
I missed these kinds of streams so much. where Dr. k explains a some things very deeply and teaches a meditation technique, these are the videos which helped me the most in past and even now too, I really appreciate it.
This stream was so incredibly helpful and encouraging. I have been on the path for about 8 years now, and this really motivates me to take my practice and lifestyle to the next level. Thanks so much Dr. K.
I really like this idea of going back to previous topics like dharma and cleaning up missunderstandings.
15:41 I finally told my parents that I did have a drug problem and them NOT rubbing it in my face with an I told you so probably helped me get sober years ahead of schedule. With severe drug addiction, every year is crucial as it could be the last. I wonder how many people can also have a huge boost to their odds with the help of this book. It's great to think about
Absolutely loved this sarcastic, unfiltered and "mean" Dr. K. The empathy gets tiring sometimes, so it's nice to have based streams like these! Please do this more often
I dont tend to comment on UA-cam videos but i just wanted to state that i really liked this video. Its probably my favorite members only stream so far.
I feel as though the explanations were very thorough and easy enough to understand, at least for me. I also like that Dr. K was a bit more blunt about some of the issues being self created or self enabled. He states these moments in regular every day youtube videos but he really hit the nail of firm but honest here.
I think the voices also added a nice draw into drawing my attention back in and giving me a bit of comic relief in a video with a lot of information to grasp. Very digestable as someone with inattebtive ADHD who generally kind of floats in and out of youtube videos while doing chores.
I know this is a single comment in a sea... but keep up the great work Dr. K. You are the only youtube content creator ive monetarily supported and ive been watching tons of content since youtubes inception
I think he realized that we gamers are so chad that we CAN handle the truth even if it's painful. At least a bit. He knows his target audience, that's for sure.
I am so so so excited for this! As a 35 year old I feel out of the loop when most videos are aimed at young students. While our experiences overlap, I started work straight out of highschool. I am driven but not towards anything but surviving. I would give anything to talk with Dr K or find a therapist as intelligent and caring as him. Ok time to watch!
You are hilarious. 34 year old non-gamer here but love the ancient Vedic wisdom you incorporate and am grateful for the learnings. When you do the indian accent it reminds me of me doing the Texas hick accent. Close to home so comes naturally
This has been the most important video I watched by you. Starting from 1:14:42, with the idea of externalization of our attention, it's pure gold. You gave so many perspectives and just blew me away there. I have started to meditate everyday starting this week, because what you said hit so hard. Thank you!
not related to your comment x-x but your username caught my eye, are you by any chance from Bulgaria? : 0
The right answers are usually the ones you know deep down but don’t want to acknowledge because they’re difficult. The process of getting back on track often includes trying every potential short cut, failing, then finally coming around to consciously acknowledge the harder path and finally jumping on it.
When you were prefacing that you were going to share your personal experience re meditation, I somehow did feel that it was not going to be good for you, although I cannot explain why. At the same time, I noticed that my mind wanted to take what you were going to give us, even at a cost.
I have grieved and have forgiven the part of my self that was selfish. I accept your gift and see its value. Thank you for this, and thank you for taking care of You. Even my ability to acknowledge and accept the unpleasant parts of me also has largely come from the things I have learned from you. Thank you for distilling the practically inaccessible lifetimes of wisdom, and sharing them with us thoughtfully, at our level of competence, so that We may benefit for our own selves. Thank you for your labor of love.
The fact that you wrote a book for parents first and not just something to make money off your community shows to me that you're really passionate about what you're doing for this community and that you actually care about using your gifts for the betterment of others ❤❤ I'm not even a gamer but I find so much richness and knowledge from your videos and also your coaching platform. Fellow ADHDer 😊
Really appreciate the perspective, and needed to hear this. Thanks for being firm with us Dr K
I understand the need to make the well edited and concise videos, but something about the raw live discussions of Dr K are the best
Dr. K is really taking his accents game to the next level here!
Frrrr. Country one was the best- Doc is a true Texan at heart
Man, this was a wild lecture.
Will confirm taking walks is magical for clearing your head.
The thoughts don’t start flowing for me until I walk. 95% of growth and revelation I’ve had in my life came about from duking it out with my brain on a long walk
Starts at 6:36
you are the Pm game and watch lol
Tysm
Wow! What a video! I just came across this channel yesterday. I was watching a different video of his and I accidentally clicked on something and came to this video. The title was interesting and was exactly what I was looking for, but I definitely got more than what I bargained for! This is information I have longed for, but obviously was looking in the wrong place. Thank you @HealthyGamerGG for what and how you are teaching. I’m gonna have to rewatch this and take some notes! You’re awesome!!! ❤
2:15:00
yea this idea is pretty broad in buddhism too. A tebetian slogan for lay meditators is "have no hope of fruition". For me, what happens is, every few weeks or so I'm blessed with an experience of pure presence. All I need to do is be walking in the neighborhood in the morning and randomly I'll experience pure bliss. It dissapears as soon as I start trying to analyze where it came from and how I can get it back. Or start getting desperate to hold onto it. Because in that moment desire enters the picture.
The task of meditation is very specific. Focus on the breath. No matter what your mind wants to do, what thoughts or emotions are coming up, focus on the breath. If you focus on trying to recreate the experience of bliss, you're distracted from the causes of bliss. the cause of bliss is concentration on an object. If you deviate from this cause by focusing instead on trying to get bliss through the mind's desires, you fail. (Or at least, i've failed every time so far). Bliss for me, has come on days when i'm relatively relaxed and expectationless before starting my meditation session. I may have only experienced flashes of it 2 or 3 times in the first 6 months of meditating, and honestly its possible that what i experienced was only a precursor state to true bliss.
I found rather the opposite: my mind's desires prevent me from getting insight/presence. It's the problem of attachment, basically.
I've been watching Dr K for a looooooong time, and this feels like some culmination of a long built up journey. This video takes all the interviews and discussions, shorts, videos and distills it into a 3 hour blast of reality to finding YOUR purpose, and why you might not be "finding it". Thank you x10000
This is one of my fav videos that Dr.K ever made. I keep on coming back to this video everytime I feel lost.
1:52:08 actually funny story about this, I did this by accident one time as a teen travelling alone to see my grandparents and it was the day I learned patience. The flight I was on got delayed for four hours with us sitting on it, there was literally nothing to do so I had to be alone with myself without stimulus for the first time in my life. I vividly remember it because it felt like I actually reprogrammed my brain to not need constant input
1:07:20 Big dreams make the grind unworthy.
1:14:10 Finding dharma.
1:39:37 - 1:46:10 Moving in the right path (it's simple but not always easy)
1:46:30 - 1:56:05 You being in control of mind vs mind being in control of you (meditation, boredom)
1:58:41 - 2:01:10 Chasing your wants never ends.
2:01:24 Moksha (liberation) ,purpose of life, awareness, meditation, thoughts
I love how Dr. K pokes fun at the gym bro for most of the lesson but eventually arrives at ‘no one else is going to do this, so you have to” which is sort of like David Goggins saying “who’s going to carry the boats and the logs?”
STAY HARD
@@gabratte9858 THEY DONT KNOW ME SON
I didn't start healing and actually taking steps towards that "harmony" until I told myself "I'ma just not date for a year, get to know myself, and sit in this discomfort."
things I used to not be able to do, I'm slowly taking steps towards.
I thought I was just a glutton before... then I learned about food noise. this led me to finding a supplement that tackled that that I can just get at Target each month.
it's taken a year +, but I'm now at the step of "just show up for 31 days" with walking, & missing a day isn't the end of the world. I'm at the early stages still.
this convo about Dharma was super helpful & I know it'll be something I use with my own life journey.
24:15 beginning
i love the point about "your karma will support you", as i've made similar experiences.
when i started my spiritual journey with norse paganism, i learned a similar thing about signs and i quickly noticed that i had become more observant of the world around me, in a way. i wasn't looking for things, but i was noticing more, i simply became more aware.
and over the last few years, i've made many experiences that showed me that the universe just flows in a certain way, for lack of a better expression. and it's been my experience that once you notice this flow, things just kinda go better for you. i guess it's a feeling of being on the right path, so even if it takes an unexpected turn or is a little rocky, there's a lot of peace in the fact that it'll get you where you're supposed to be. and that is usually a good place to be.
Dr. K ❤ I just love the music in the beginning. Also thanks for sticking to your Indian and ancient Hindu roots.
i was having serious anxiety issues, i was hardly able to breathe, i was having a very well paying job, but i always used to live in fear of not being right for the job or in other words the job not being right for me, out of the blue i heard this stream and i understood my little d was in learning stuff rather than being a manager of a big team and handling huge clients. after lot of contemplation i left my job, i am not jobless not earning anything but i am now following my little d of learning app development and even though i have lost all my safety net of a high paying job my anxiety is now gone , every time i have negative thoughts i focus on my little d and it calms me down, thanks dr k
I am 32 and remain really anxious. I don't have the ability to face challenges head on and get nervous very easily. Since the last 2 years I have been living in constant fear (due to anything and everything). I am disturbing my parents also at this age as I am their only child. I haven't felt more helpless in my entire life.
1:37:29 might just have been the single best thing I've ever heard, when it comes to purpose and goals. I struggle with Pure OCD so badly that I have thought myself into a loop for the last 7 months of my life non stop everyday. But knowing my purpose doesn't have to be some extravagant job or mission and can simply be to be more compassionate or helping pick up the community is actually so good to hear. A lot of my friends struggle with knowing what their purpose is to and I think it's because they too expect that they need to do something big.
Broccoli enemas were not something I anticipated would live rent free in my brain after this stream.
It was a hilarious shock to me too 😅
Same, Dr. K seems to have had enough of hustle bro's like Jordan Peterson, Gary Vee and David Goggins wannabes. I don't blame him honestly. Also, Tate becoming popular as an "alpha male"... 🤦♂
I haven't watched the stream yet
WHAT
@@hibilbo4755 you're in for a treat 🤣 it's actually an amazing one
@@hibilbo4755 SAME like whaaat
I cannot tell you how much I needed this right at this moment in my life. THANK YOU!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
07:28 🚀 *Dr. K plans to have an open and honest discussion about purpose, motivation, and meaning in this stream, without sugarcoating the realities.*
08:39 🥚 *Dr. K announces the inclusion of Easter eggs in the stream, providing hidden lessons about how the mind functions and warning against incorrect conclusions.*
12:41 📚 *Dr. K introduces his book, "How to Raise a Healthy Gamer," emphasizing its focus on helping parents understand and navigate technology's impact on their children.*
14:39 💰 *For the next 48 hours, there is a 25% discount for members at Barnes & Noble for Dr. K's book.*
25:26 🕊️ *Dr. K discusses his disagreement with arguments around spiritual practices like prayer and the belief that intensifying efforts will solve problems.*
26:47 🤔 *Dr. K expresses a lack of motivation to work for Dharma and questions the value of suffering for altruistic causes, indicating a sense of disillusionment.*
27:42 🔄 *Dr. K aligns with Eastern Buddhist thoughts on suffering and attachment but criticizes their reluctance to embrace rational conclusions.*
30:15 🌐 *Dr. K discusses perspectives on Dharma, exploring its role in addressing dukka, and highlights the need to understand spirituality beyond intellectual concepts.*
32:48 📚 *Dr. K explains the contemporary challenge in understanding spiritual concepts like Dharma due to the separation of intellectual understanding and experiential knowledge.*
34:24 🔄 *The significance of Dharma lies in its original teaching alongside practices, emphasizing experiential knowledge to complement intellectual understanding.*
40:41 🔄 *Dharma is clarified as constant support or living in harmony with the world's changing circumstances, aiming to fulfill one's purpose virtuously.*
41:27 🔄 *Dr. K acknowledges the interconnectedness of Dharma, ARA, GMA, and Moka in alleviating dukka, debunking the notion that Dharma alone is a coping mechanism.*
45:42 🍕 *Understanding suffering involves addressing Dukkha (D), Artha (A), Kama (K), and Dharma (D), collectively contributing to alleviating suffering.*
46:50 💰 *Modern society overly emphasizes Artha (wealth) and Kama (pleasure) while neglecting Dharma (duty/righteousness), leading to unfulfilling lives despite material success.*
49:06 🚶 *Dharma doesn't necessarily eliminate suffering but makes it tolerable or even chosen, allowing individuals to opt for the path of pain with a compelling reason.*
51:39 🌟 *Dharma is efficient in moving towards a life of reduced suffering, creating a sense of purpose and harmony by choosing the hard but meaningful path.*
01:05:57 🌅 *Life's harmony: Reflect on whether your life feels fluid, harmonious, and refreshing, or if it's filled with friction. Identify areas causing friction, even small ones like skipping meals.*
01:07:54 🧠 *Motivation mechanism: Understand the interplay between the prefrontal cortex (PFC) for value generation and the nucleus accumbens for motivation. Big dreams may diminish the perceived value of daily tasks.*
01:11:38 🚶♂️ *Self-care: Prioritize taking care of your body. Start with a daily one-hour walk, ensuring self-discipline in maintaining physical health and well-being.*
01:14:33 🔄 *Attention externalization challenge: As attention is externalized through constant activities and distractions, internal connection weakens. The more externalized, the harder to find one's Dharma.*
01:16:17 🌐 *External vs. Internal guidance: Seeking answers externally creates friction. Understand your uniqueness, and introspect to reconnect with internal guidance, avoiding the influence of external pressures.*
01:24:32 🤔 *Introspection for Dharma: Spend more time introspecting, away from external influences. Recognize that the world may try to convince you of desires, but true self-discovery requires disconnecting from external pressures.*
01:25:43 🧘♂️ *Embrace introspection, spend time with yourself, go for a walk, and take care of your body as starting steps in discovering your Dharma.*
01:27:51 🎮 *Life is like a video game; you don't get your Dharma (life purpose) until you complete the tutorial (smaller life tasks). Your readiness determines when your purpose unfolds.*
01:29:00 🌱 *Overcoming challenges in life, even as you level up, doesn't make life easier. Your responsibilities and challenges grow, but facing them is part of your evolving Dharma.*
01:31:48 💪 *Your Dharma is about taking care of yourself and doing what needs to be done, even if it's not glamorous or grand. It involves embracing responsibilities and lifting the weight of life.*
01:33:27 🔄 *Dharma is not about waiting for a grand purpose; it's about doing what needs to be done, even if you don't want to. It's about increasing the harmony of your life.*
01:41:57 🚶♂️ *Start with simple actions like taking a walk, eating healthier, exercising, and socializing. Dharma begins with small steps, and as you progress, the world supports you in unexpected ways.*
01:44:13 🧠 *Be rigorous in controlling your mind; recognize that external influences, like advertising, aim to shape your behavior by conditioning your thoughts. Conditioning often serves the world's interests, not necessarily yours.*
01:46:45 🔄 *Motivation and inclination: Motivation is sought because it represents a natural inclination within individuals to move in a particular direction. Lack of motivation implies a struggle to control one's desires.*
01:50:29 🧘♂️ *Controlling the mind through meditation: Meditation is emphasized as a crucial practice to gain control over the mind, making actions independent of one's desires.*
01:53:05 🤹♂️ *Importance of learning to be bored: Learning to be bored is a powerful tool to gain control over desires. Boredom helps break free from impulsive behaviors driven by wants.*
02:05:39 🤔 *Yogi approach: Despite meeting physical and mental needs, happiness may still elude; the quest for Liberation arises.*
02:06:38 🧠 *Beyond senses: Consciousness can exist beyond the sensations of body and mind; meditation helps transcend these limitations.*
02:07:49 🌐 *Uniformity of consciousness: Consciousness is a uniformity among all human beings; meditation helps discover and experience this universal consciousness.*
02:08:03 👁️ *Pure consciousness: Closing eyes shifts attention from visual awareness to other senses, eventually leading to a state of pure attention without any object.*
02:09:11 🧘♂️ *Steps to meditation: The journey to pure consciousness involves progressing from pratyahara to dharana and then dhyana, culminating in a state of thought cessation.*
02:11:00 😌 *Blissful state: Meditation leads to a state where suffering disappears, and one experiences a blissful state beyond ordinary pleasures.*
02:14:44 🤯 *Beyond mind: To transcend the mind, one must operate on a scale where actions are done without any expected gain; spiritual progress takes time and discipline.*
02:15:58 🧘♂️ *Om chanting practice: Advanced meditation involves a decade-long practice of om chanting, twice a day for 20 minutes, with attention to details like vibration and silence.*
02:17:46 🕉️ *Om chanting phases: Om chanting progresses through phases, including focusing on vibration, localizing vibration, achieving a perfect vibration, and reducing volume and vibration.*
02:28:17 🧘 *The discussion links meditation stages and Kundalini discovery, emphasizing the transformative impact on life.*
02:32:06 🌌 *The meaning of life is discussed, asserting that life just is, and meaning is a construct of the human mind.*
02:32:58 🔄 *Operating beyond the mind involves exploring pure consciousness and attention, leading to contentment and Suk Anand MOA.*
02:34:22 🤔 *Meditation's benefits are not just spiritual but also evidenced in improved quality of life, even when external circumstances remain unchanged.*
02:36:30 🍲 *Rigorous lifestyles of meditators, including specific diets, play a crucial role in achieving desired meditative states.*
02:38:34 💪 *Meditation is a commitment, requiring dedication and focus, with benefits arising not just from meditation but also from adhering to associated lifestyles.*
02:43:35 🤐 *Experienced meditators often refrain from sharing specific spiritual experiences to avoid creating false expectations and feeding the ego.*
02:44:40 🤝 *Karma may support those committed to meditation, leading to unexpected opportunities and assistance on their spiritual journey.*
02:47:39 😓 *Facing anxiety during meditation or chanting is a personal choice, and individuals must decide whether to proceed despite discomfort.*
02:48:29 🧘 *Meditation retreats' effectiveness depends on the quality of the teacher and their spiritual attainment.*
02:49:53 🎓 *Certification does not guarantee spiritual competence in meditation teaching; the current system lacks indicators of quality and competence.*
02:54:18 📚 *Dr. K promotes his book "How to Raise a Healthy Gamer" for insights into technology addiction, neuroscience, and communication.*
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Jeez man, you deserve a gold star for this! 🌟
thanks to ai ahahha so helpfull for sure 😂@@artofadval
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Tysm ❤
thanks
I am narried to a gamer and just had a baby boy... so a future gamer. Can't wait to read the book. Thanks for everything ❤.
Thank you DR. K, I appreciate your help.😊
I do believe this video changed my life: I’ve been trying many things for years now. You explained many concepts and ansettes many questions I’ve had in my thoughts about my own transformations and mind. So thanks bro
Parent here!! I’m here to learn for my 7, 4, and 1yo! I’m 36 f ❤ you are the opposite to what I usually here. Really like to hear both sides.
I watched this through in one sitting and I've learned so much. Thank you Dr. K
I sometimes wonder how easy or difficult it is for him to keep his train of thoughts with the chat section running wild like that. He's an amazing speaker for sure!
The talk about Dharma's and not being ready hit so hard for me. I got so many things that if i could handle properly i would have lived a much much better lives. Only to lose it all in a span of a year. recently have i realized this, it hurts really really hurts... But i guess i need to slowly put my dharma in a more harmonious way, on every single things that surrounds me, slowly, I will make it, we will make it folks
1:29:09 this section is great. My mom taught me this and it’s been helpful to avoid despair. “ the teacher shows up when the student is ready”
My only complaint about this stream is the unnuanced comparison of corsets and shapewear. Corsets are not restricting as media depicts. They are great for a healthy posture and bust support.
Thank God I'm so glad someone said it 😂 obviously I'm not mad at him cause it's not like he's a dress historian, it's not his job to know these things. But my inner history nerd was cringing like no please why is there corset misinformation everywhere I look akfhflf
Notes for future reference:
- Reddit post primarily discussed that :
a. Purpose/dharma/jihad might be another copium to be disillusioned from suffering of the world.
b. Practically there is no purpose or thing greater in the world than suffering we endure in our life (Kind of reminder me the hamlet's 'To be or not to be' monologue)
- Dr K argues that the Dharma term is incorrectly used in current spirtuality practice: which simply tells you to force yourself to believe: to pray harder, to have more faith and belief
- Dr K then explains the term Dukkha or suffering in pov of eastern philosophy (or that's how i seemed to me):
Dukkha - Empty or Bad space surrounding your life, like the empty space in a restaraunt that makes the table balanced and wobbly
- Dr K further explains that the eastern philosophy doesn't end on Dharma, in fact there are total 4 steps/components to have a fulfilled life:
🪑Dharma (constants/support),
💵💵Artha (wealth),
😍😍Kama(pleasure),
⛓💥⛓💥Liberation (forgot the actual term)
- For finding Dharma, one needs to have to be connected within themselves. It is because in this current world we are only chasing Artha and Kama
- This leads us to being unhappy and confused with ourselves, from which the external world benefits in various forms of selling things, advertisement based on insecurities
- Therefore, introsepction will actually reveal what Dharma awaits for you
- Most often in life, we are not prepared for our Dharma, like jumping straight to fight with the raid boss without doing the necessary battles
- Therfore, even simple tasks can be a route to Dharma, like taking care of yourself, being better a little everyday, which isn't actually very hard. But our mind makes it harder because PFC uses the value generation assesment to convince us that its not worth it
- Dharma doesn;t have to be grand objective at all, it can also be simpler things
- Other takeaways regarding motivation:
. Learning to be broed,
. External attention reduction
. Meditation for control
Purpose, dharma, is something that no one else can do but us, that makes it duty.
Duty to our own wellbeing, the wellbeing of a pet.
That's my biggest takeaway.
Wow..just wow. Hit home so deeply, with humour, truth and analytical wisdom🙏🏽 powerful stuff
The moment I started unhook I felt much better. This helped cultivating my focus
What’s unhook
@@beilultesfom4929 A browser extension that lets you manually disable/remove distracting aspects of UA-cam (sidebar recommendations, front page recommendations, comments etc.)
might have been my favorite HG stream so far! thanks for the openness and all the information!
Only 35min in and you are speaking about such an important issue. A huge blind spot possessing most of us. Understanding Intellectual "knowing" vs. Experiential "knowing" is a major level up and the way you're explaining it is great.
I can’t believe you give away all this priceless info for free on UA-cam Dr.K! I feel like I just got a free lecture at Harvard. It was extremely engaging with a ton of new techniques and lessons. I really appreciate your hard work, because I’ve never ran into anyone genuinely helping for free without pushing some book or class to take. I may never meet you in person but I will carry these values and try my best to remember and practice when my mind wants a dopamine fix
If I was to share only one video from Dr. K it would be this one
It took me a very long time but I see my purpose. I see it now at 52. Take care of your loved ones. Simple.
I think this is the video I’ve been waiting for for over a decade
So I'm new to Dr. K. I'm not necessarily a gamer though I do play from time to time but I started listening to him from seeing him on a podcast. I have not laughed a hard as I did when we did his different accents mocking different things. It was so refreshing. Love the message you put out there sir and I've been telling everyone I know about you.
He* not we lol
I think this is the best video you've put out. Insanely helpful. Common W
First off, great content. Secondly, watching your videos has changed my life, thank you.
man was hiding this one in his back pocket for a while
This talk and chanting was so good my cat sat with me and watched ❤😆
Also Dr.k has me with ADHD watching one thing for nearly 3 hours! Thats a world record!!!
I wanted to express my gratitude for your videos. Your clarity of thought and precision in communication are truly admirable. What particularly stands out is your ability to distinguish between established knowledge and speculative ideas, as well as between scientific findings and unsupported claims.
Your insights, not only in this video but across your content, have significantly assisted me in structuring my own thoughts. Thank you for your invaluable contribution.
My takeaway is touch grass and meditate
Thanks! Was waiting for such meditation breakdowns for a while ❤
I think this is pretty much one of the most important streams Dr K has ever done, it will probably fly under the radar too, pretty weird 😄
Coming back to this video to kickstart my battery of dr k content following the april q&a. Every time i watch a video i learn about new things in reference to my meditation. Thank you dr k.
Dr K needs to make some videos that are only guided meditations.
He has
THANK YOU FOR THIS! 😭 the enlightenment I have just received is exploding my brain.
Based on Dr. K's hints, here are some potential "Easter eggs" or lessons about how the mind works that I (Claude AI) picked up from the discussion:
1. The mind seeks shortcuts and easy ways to feel like it understands things. Just reading about spirituality is not the same as practicing it.
2. The mind tends to devalue actions and goals that it doesn't find pleasurable or exciting. It will come up with "rational" reasons to avoid things.
3. The mind wants quick results and instant gratification. It struggles with disciplines that require long-term dedication over years/decades.
4. The mind attaches itself to "meaning", wanting grand purposes. But meaning is something we project onto the world.
5. The mind resists being controlled. It wants to follow its fleeting wants and impulses. Learning to meditate involves gaining control over the mind.
6. The mind seeks novelty and stimulation. Boredom feels threatening, but learning to embrace boredom leads to self-control.
7. The mind grasps onto mystical experiences, seeking intense sensations. But these can be distractions from the real work.
8. The mind values efficiency and optimization, wanting the perfect rituals/rules. But this over-intellectualization misses the point.
I've been dealing with a lot of the themes in this video, feeling lost, no purpose, just a lot of suffering for no reason (both current time and just looking towards the future) and honestly this talk helped me a lot. I've always been introspective, but it always felt weird kinda just being like "this is who I am" but how does it help me move forward? What's the point of it all? And honestly the phrase of "life is what you make it" just never really kinda clicked with me until I heard it explained this way. Thank you so much for talking about this ❤
Love the gaming analogies - " You have to pass tutorial before going to the final boss". "You are not prepared!"
Our reality is thought/consciousness in slow motion. Everything around you was, at one point, just a "thought". Why?.....Who wants to play the same video game for eternity? Why not erase your memory so you can play it like it was the first time all over again?? We are all fundamentally the same thing just experiencing things from different points of view and our thoughts, collectively, created the reality we see today. All manifestations of the yesterdays....I will say that meditation has been THE best change in my life to cope with ongoing complex PTSD...Lastly, I think the eyes looking back at you... maybe existence acknowledging itself from a higher vantage point? Just my thoughts on all this. I needed this video today. ❤ i believe the more disconnected we feel, the further away we've traveled from our true nature. Which is LOVE. That is why it's painful. Anyone reading this, you are loved and we are all in this together. ❤❤❤
More based content by Dr K.
Also I am super excited about us getting exposed to newer topics
I'm left uncertain and without any clear intent... Very interesting hearing Dr K's take on more advanced spirituality. I am not sure what I want to achieve, but I will try to meditate more lol
Thanks Healthygamer and Dr K!
Ultimately what I took away from this was take your physics textbook to the bathroom instead of your phone
Nope, don't take anything. Be with yourself.