Come and see me and David Lynch in conversation in LA on 9th June! All proceeds go to the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House - a centre for women in recovery. It would be great to see you there! Please spread the word: www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/374847
The greatest obstacle to illumination IS form. Your form. When you accept that you yourself are a construct of your history and of rote learning the path heads uphill. You realise that you are a cypher, a proxy. For example, if you'd been born in the forest, you might speak the Mboshi language and have a world view formed by knowing the forest and the animals and the stars above your head. Are you merely the accident of your birth? (place time, education, language and social status) The search for illumination is a destructive process of self - and a painful one. No-one gets enlightened. Enlightenment is a disappearing act. There is nobody there to be enlightened. Meditate till your arse turns blue, if it pleases you. It will reduce stress and make you 'feel' all nice and mooshy. It wont get you anywhere. If you can say that meditation occurs without thoughts ever arising, then you're probably a buddha already. Who claims this? Careful what you wish for. UG Krishnamurti is helpful with this stuff. Peace.
I am in Berlin. I wish I could come. Please do it again in Berlin. David and Russell please come. We can do something epic... creativity is limitless and much needed now to transcend the masses. The time is Now.
@Free Speech If you could write or speak half as eloquently as Russell Brand I'd be more inclined to value your great 'wisdoms'. You also wrote, "The minute you respect another human ideas , you are already lost the battle to be free. You are slave to someone else puke." If that is true, then why on Earth should we respect what YOU have to say?
@Free Speech You have shown us clearly, that we should not pay attention to you. After reading what you said, it is easy to not pay attention. I wasted a minute thinking you might have something useful. My bad.
I can't believe we live in a world where David Lynch and Russell Brand speak about the Gita. So many Indians know so little about their faith its' reassuring to know there is still interest in the world
@@athenassigil5820 I'd consider myself a practising Hindu of Indian origin and I personally find that it's many (not all of course) of the Indians who are turning away from vegetarianism and temples and spirituality while non-Indians by the dozens are turning to yoga and meditation and a plant-based diet. It might have something to do with progressive young Indians wanting to distance themselves from some of the more backwards Hindu rituals and practices, but in turn they are forgetting the universality and flexibility of the philosophy.
@@ozdoits and we respect that..if you ever come to india..you won't ever feel in a distant land in terms of the warmth and love you'll receive. Don't trust me just watch any foreign vlogger's vlogs.
@@athenassigil5820 Indian Hindus are more in sync with the symbolic aspects of the religion like pujas and festivals. They don't enquire into the deep philosophy of the religion . For instance ,the Nataraja statue of Shiva encompasses almost all the ideas of Vedic philosophy . The God standing on a midget demon (evil) ,restraining him and hence keeping balance in the world . Lifting of one leg in a kicking motion that symbolises kicking off the scales of ignorance from the devotee's eyes. Ignorance being attachment and passions. There are so many other attached meanings too. A judge of the Indian Supreme Court remarked that Hinduism was not a religion but a way of life and he received a lot of flak for it from the Liberal sections of society. But when Hinduism is practised in its essence ,it ceases to be a religion and truly is a way of life like the judge said. But most Indian Hindus don't do that.
Rules are artificial constructs made by weak people because they have something they think is valuable that they can lose. Rules? Fight rules, embody self. I don't agree with most rules. Why would anyone Succumb to any other virtue but the expansion of self. I think you are out of touch with what you yourself are. Embrace what you believe and meditate on it. If it doesn't serve you on your journey, throw it to the side. The time is now to follow your bliss.
David Lynch was my favorite director, esp after Twin Peaks the Return. But I had no idea he was THIS into Eastern philosophy. and that quote is dead fucking on. Imagination makes life magical.
Children operate on a the different frequency level. They are on some God level and understand nature and life more intuitively. Hence "reality" & "imagination" merge and they are full of creativity. As we grow our need for control grows, therefor our ego gets more build up and we need to protect it. The more we feed it, the further away we get from truth. We get worldly and we get obsessed with shallowness.
@valiant crusader You are watching a video of David Lynch talking about a dark age lasting for the next 400.000 years. What are you looking for my friend? I talk symbolically but of personal experience with my surroundings. You learn a lot if you let go of the thought that you know it all. People can't proof you shit, its something inside that clicks or doesnt.
Since seeing Russell on Joe Rogan's podcast..... I've been watching all he has to offer on podcast, interviews, etc...... Can't get enough..... His opinions and thoughts on topics are refreshing, and inspiring..... I have gone through, still going through, a lot of the things he has overcome and really admire what Russell is doing with his life. Thx
You are so lucky to get the chance to talk to David. He's been one of my personal heroes since my teens. He's a true artist who follows his own path. Love him.
I used TM to save my life. 11 years ago I had a nerve block procedure and something went wrong. All the discs in my upper back and neck were herniated and there was nerve root damage. Nerve root damage creates the kind of pain that kills, it's very rare. When the pain hit the pain was so severe and horrific I couldn't make a sound though I was screaming in my mind. I felt my heart beating out of my chest and my blood pressure beginning to balloon the veins in my brain. I remembered that for many years when I was at the Dr.s office I'd intentionally manipulate my blood pressure and heart rate tests. (It was fun to astound the Nurses and assistants performing the tests.) Remembering this, I immediately used the TM technique to bring down my heart rate and blood pressure. I was on the edge of death via heart attack or stroke until I used TM. The horrific pain was still there but using TM my heart rate and blood pressure were lowered and I didn't die. I thought I could get medical help to stop the pain. I was wrong. Over these past 11 years I've stayed in the meditative state most of the time and have experienced many of the gifts of TM, far beyond the spiritual and physical enhancements everyone knows about. Though I'd had 30 plus years of practice, I would never have known there was so much more to TM without the physical challenge I've gone through. TM needs to be taught to everyone! TM is a technique that brings a meditative state every time and practicing TM consistently ... makes life even better. As we know, it's benefits are profound. I believe if most people practiced TM, we'd all be living in a more peaceful, compassionate and creative world. I'm so happy to hear that more and more people are learning and using TM.
We are. You can tell by how things have been progressing. Look throughout history. You may think there is a lot of hate, but there has actually never been less. We will eventually get there.
@@jeremykun27 the kali yuga started in 3201BC, all the world wars happened in this yuga, you may think that peace is the future, but wait till climate change and WW3 make things worse.
Ever since I have started to meditate, my life has been changing so positive. When ever Richard said ,, they begin truly to expand with the amount of consciousness they have,, this is how I can remember my self, for me it was a wake up trigger, pain was the first, felt like the worst experience but 4 years later (now) I don't see it as a punishment, more like a wake up call from above and as I meditate more and more, I feel so much more in control of myself , I see everything much more intense , my thoughts are faster and clearer, my doubts are disappearing day for day and my good feeling energy is getting more consistent. I feel peace and now this video is popping up on my UA-cam page as the universe is giving me an answer because during a walk I asked myself as I was speaking to a higher power like God, Universe or what ever u call it, her , or him ,,what now?,, Thank you :)
If Mr Lynch would make a film on spirituality, as it is rare that artists like yourself Russel and Mr Lynch are into deep spiritual wisdom and practice and to show thru art deep spiritual insights would be marvelous. There is soooooooo much unshown, unseen, undiscovered that can change lives. Let's do it :)
Ok to provide some context here. All these Yugas(Periods of time) are a concept of Vedas (books of ancient Indian literature). These Vedas contained deep understanding of astronomy, medicine, health, way of life, mathematics, economics etc. You name it they had it. It may sound nonsensical when he says the person lived for 100000 yrs. But as you research into this. The vedas mention a solution called 'Somras' in which it delayed oxidation in human body. Or changes the way a body processes energy. So that the person lived longer. And all these Yugas as they describe it are the levels of corruption in humans. The materialistic hunger. Earlier when the population of humans was less and food and resources were in abundance. They had bliss. And now you can't really argue that only 25% or may be less people have bliss.
David describes perfectly, according to my experience, the process of transcendence. Merging with the source of life and being in service to that, is bliss. Suffering has been a great impetus for me. Each trauma provides an opportunity to surrender all resistance to ‘what is’ and respond wisely and appropriately - with a brain free of chatter and a heart wide open to acceptance. Regardless of the yuga, the opportunity to awaken from what has become second nature to us - so that we merge into our ‘first’ nature...our essential nature - is always available to us. When we are in right relationship to our body, our brain, our thinking and our feelings - we are no longer buffeted by the vagaries of the body, the fluctuations of the thoughts and feelings. When the brain is entrained, focused in the present moment, we have access to insight, intuition, wisdom, humour, spontaneity, creativity and compassion. That is bliss.
It is really sad that Luminary is only available in such a limited amount of regions in the world. I really hope you keep on having your podcasts on youtube, accesible for a greater audience. They help me become a more happy being and I would really miss them.
@@jrmurphypoet Wow, where did that come from? Big talk from one anonymous internet soul to another. You know nothing about my life so don't act like you do
So I have lived 56 years. After 5 years of age life became very tough. I have nursed others for 36 years plus live with a mental illness of my own. Challenging the darkness in this world is not an easy path.
His other duality and subconscious films _Lost Highway_ and _INLAND EMPIRE_ are for me essential viewing adjacent to _Mulholland Dr_ as two other sides of an unofficial what I call his "identity films" trilogy, sharing similar themes, impressions, ideas, horrors. But truly any and every major work he has done may be meaningful and good to anyone who likes any of Lynch's pieces. They all come from the same Lynch and he is an auteur, so I recommend them all if you appreciated or enjoyed one. I do not count Dune or The Elephant Man as the same category as the rest of his work, and as a caveat I would say if you are only familiar with one or two (Such as _Mulholland Dr_ or _Blue Velvet_ ) then I would not divulge _INLAND EMPIRE_ straight away. It is to me his magnum opus in my opinion, but it will be better received if one watches it after already being well-acquainted to his whole body of work, including _Rabbits_ and his shorts. IE is darker than _Mulholland Dr_ and not nearly as sleek and polished, but it is very similar in a number of ways. But they are _all_ master works coming from a master auteur and great artist. I can appreciate each film and other works individually, and each film is unique, but _Mulholland Dr_ , despite it's reputation, is not fundamentally or radically different or better than the rest of his canon for fans of his work such as myself in my humble experience.
I remember my first philosophy lecture with a hugely talented and engaging tutor. He began the lecture with an incredibly beautiful mystical description of Being. We all sat there glassy eyed and spell-bound. He then said 'What I have just described is a mesmerising piece of horse shit. Welcome to philosophy and learn to understand the difference'.
Yes well there are many schools of thought the problem is we don't have enough philosophy classes even symposiums where discussions are even encouraged and look what happened to Socrates anyway forced to drink the hemlock for being too influential.
They are talking mainly about Transcendental Meditation a meditation technique brought by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, it sounds a bit difficult to understand but in reality they are talking about ancient teachings of the Vedas you can google all of these it is ancient knowledge.
@@jakecostanza802 google Indologists..just because you think you are living in a modern time..doesn't mean we are modern. Having more luxury and pleasures is not 'modern'..the miseries and existential crisis have remained the same...actually multiplied multifold since the ancient time.
These yuga's are mentioned in Paramahansa Yogananda's aurobiography. Russell Brand has read this book and knows about it which shows how great of an interviewer he is since he lets Lynch talk.
TM is a trademark so one cannot freely call themselves a TM teacher but TM is Vedic meditation and is taught by awaremeditation.com or thequietparh.com Paul Brown. All the same technique. Also I believe some TM centers offer scholarships
True, but meditation is free. Read Thich Nhat Hanh. "The instant you sit down to meditate, begin watching your breath. At first breathe normally, gradually letting your breathing slow down until it is quiet, even, and the lengths of the breaths are fairly long. From the moment you sit down to the moment your breathing has become deep and silent, be conscious of everything that is happening in yourself. After about 10 to 20 minutes, your thoughts will have quieted down like a pond on which not even a ripple stirs. Taking hold of your breath is itself mindfulness. Your breath is the wondrous method of taking hold of your consciousness. Our breath is the bridge from our body to our mind, the element which reconciles our body and mind and which makes possible oneness of body and mind."
Love your comment. Haven't watched TP in 20 yrs, but just got the series. Could you, would you say a bit more about why? Maybe a little poem or a haiku?
R Brand and David Lynch on the ages of time . Golden age ...Kala Yuga = 420 .000 years ... half bliss ,half suffering . 5000 years into it. Aquarius age , time of peace, after 2000 years of Pisces time . This vid is golden , keeping it. Thanks 🙏🏼 how great this is 🤗✨needed perspective today
Absolutely loved this one Russel and David! 2 people who I very much admire and look to as idols. I hope the universe lets our paths cross one day. I would absolutely love to meet both of you! My heart yearns to reach higher/expanded levels of consciousness and be able to inspire and guide people on the path/act as a bridge to higher and more expanded levels of consciousness. Incredible resonation with this one! I wish you love and light on your paths brothers.
Russell Brand! I love you so much! You are my HERO! If you ever get to read my little ol comment, I would want you to know that I am a recovered heroin addict, and you are so inspiring! Most ppl don’t ever get to the 12th step and that is a spiritual awakening, and thank you for giving the world such a relatable example of this. If ever I were to meet a public person, I would want it to be you. Cyber hugs!!!!! Much love! Much respect! And of course, Namaste! 🙏🙏🙏🌸🍓🌿😊
After my reading up on transcendental meditation (TM) and the David Lynch foundation, I have actually unfortunately lost a bit of respect for the man. I don't believe you need to join an organisation and pay loads of money to learn the most natural thing - how to meditate. Many real gurus can tell you the same thing, the ones that are not in it for the fame and fortune. We just need ourselves. Our quiet space within ourselves. There is no and shouldn't be no monetary cost when it comes to personal development and spiritual growth. I'm just tired of these sect-alike and cult type of organisations that pray on vulnerable people's lives.
Russell and Jenny, you have to upload the full video of the interview here !!!! - I don't care how grainy the footage is or anything - this is a absolut must - you will never reach enlightenment if you don't upload the full video - I guarantee :)))) thank you !!!!
ijust can say wow. Since the myspace era, I've been hearing Mr Lynch trascendental meditation recommends, now Im watching him today talking about the same makes me think the way he looks he's been meditating everyday.
This happens to me after I dumped the worlds religion. Christianity was my cup of tea as a child into 20’s. I’ve never been happier in my life. I now feel the oneness of nature and the universe since I became a scientist.
Please put the whole damn thing on UA-cam. I download and watch everything on UA-cam premium to avoid data usage or downloading other bloated apps. I'd like to listen to this at work, I love Lynch. He is one of my favorite eccentrics. A few people die and you will be in that list too. Much love.
Well thanks , but we all knew what he was talking about, the words and how they are said are just pointers as E Tolle would say. No need to comment , I suppose , but like you , just had to.
Both Indo-European religions. Hinduism developed along different roads and was developed more introspective taking cues from Central Asia and the preexisting religious culture in India.
@@guileniam don't mind him. He probably is one of the Hindu supremacists, who thinks that Hindus and Hinduism were and are somehow superior to other people and religions. These people theorize high level bullshit, for instance everything good in west has been copied from India, all the scientific developments which happened in Europe happened in India previously.
This is a time, if you become aware, it will be easier for you to get out of the material world. You can experience bliss by meditation on the divine and when you are with the association of devotees you become totally in bliss and you can transcend this world. You can control your senses and not be controlled by them. Love that you are talking about this, it is the truth and you can be happy in any circumstance. Radhe Shyam.
my intuition made me search for Russel Brand - now I see this video of my all time favourite artist / person - WTAF - where is the full interview? thanks so much guys :)
Twin Peaks season 1 is the most atmospheric piece of television alongside the first 5 seasons of the Simpsons that I have ever seen :) It's pure nostalgia :) Amazing channel this :)
I enter an age of complete bliss just listening to David Lynch say the word Quinoa. Don't know if I could handle 100,000 years in the same universe as this man.
Everyone must know their quite self in order to have peace in this world, because without knowing that peace your mind will have control of your life rather than you having control of your mind.
I've had transcendent experiences twice now. It's interesting to hear David Lynch talk about doing it daily. I wonder if he's truly reaching full transcendence daily, or if he's just in a deep meditative state. Thoughts?
Wonderful conversation. Like two old raincoat pervs in a bus shelter quietly discovering each other's genius and deciding to go for strawberry milkshakes.
"The One power that illumines everything and every one is indivisible. It is the Ear behind the ears, Mind behind the mind, Speech behind speech, the Vital Life behind life. The ears cannot hear it; it is what makes the ears hear. The eyes cannot see it; it is what makes the eyes see. You cannot speak about it; it is what makes you speak. The mind cannot imagine it; it is what makes the mind think. It is different from what all we know; yet it is not known either. Those who feel they know Him, know Him not. Those who know that anything amenable to the senses is not Brahman, they know it best. When it is known as the innermost witness of all cognitions, whether sensation, perception or thought, then it is known. One who knows thus reaches immortality. - Kena Upanashad
I love hearing ideas that are so far outside my current concept of reality. Different perspectives = wisdom. No thank you to YT for un-notifying Russell on my channel, not cool!
Not going to lie, it's 1 AM here and I'm working while listening to this and my ears ringing ringing when he called Russel, Richard, lol. Awesome podcast.
@@infinidimensionalinfinitie5021 there's no way to prove or disprove it. Then its utter gobbledigook. It is fair game to call it bull shit then. If ''there's no way to prove or disprove it'' isn't qualified to be called BS I dont know what is. Even something that is provably false helps in creating a clearer picture. David Lynch is talking out of his beliefs without anything to back it up.
Na he’s wrong about Kali Yuga we are breaking out of it now check out the work of Sri Yukteswar who identified a mistake in the way some people were interpreting the calendar
It was a interesting chat. David Lynch is his own being, and his movies have a tendency to creep me out. But l was seeing them in a theater, not on TV. The larger than life visuals are spooky. Blue Velvet was such a ethereal expirence for me! Thanks for the chills!🙂🙃😀😙😂🙅🙆🙂🙃😀😙😂🙅🙆🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀
Love the work and insights of David Lynch. The challenges you are currently facing remind me of the character of Fred Madison in Lost Highway, who creates a new life and a new identity, but his past starts to resurface and catch up with him. Like all of David's work it's very much open to interpretation, but one interpretation could be that the new life is happening in Fred Madison's imagination, as a way to escape from being physically imprisoned and incarcerated for having (seemingly) murdered his wife, but even his escape into a dream ultimately disintegrates into a nightmare. In this current "real life" drama", you have been described as having entered into a 'mirror world' by becoming an icon in the alternative media arena. But in fact have been doing exactly what David suggests in this interview, by using your position of power to help manifest peace in this world. I'm also reminded of the Club Silencio scene in Mulholland Drive, which I think is a brilliant piece of theatre/cinema in that it demonstrates how easily we as the audience become drawn in and identified even as the magician is exposing that it's all just a tape playing and all an illusion. And one of David's ten questions that he poses about that film is what is seen and understood in Club Silencio. Definitely a parallel with the misuse and weaponisation of the power of visual story telling in this unfolding drama in which you are currently centre stage. 🪐 For my part I think I've just reached my own Club Silencio moment with all of this, in recognising how I along with the viewing public have been deliberately drawn in and hypnotised by this whole story. I guess that is the moment of transcendence which David talks about in this interview. I hope that, whatever the outcome in how all this unfolds, you too will find your own way to come through and transcend this and find the light amidst all this darkness. 🙏🕉️
Come and see me and David Lynch in conversation in LA on 9th June! All proceeds go to the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House - a centre for women in recovery. It would be great to see you there! Please spread the word: www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/374847
The greatest obstacle to illumination IS form. Your form. When you accept that you yourself are a construct of your history and of rote learning the path heads uphill.
You realise that you are a cypher, a proxy.
For example, if you'd been born in the forest, you might speak the Mboshi language and have a world view formed by knowing the forest and the animals and the stars above your head.
Are you merely the accident of your birth? (place time, education, language and social status)
The search for illumination is a destructive process of self - and a painful one.
No-one gets enlightened. Enlightenment is a disappearing act.
There is nobody there to be enlightened.
Meditate till your arse turns blue, if it pleases you. It will reduce stress and make you 'feel' all nice and mooshy.
It wont get you anywhere.
If you can say that meditation occurs without thoughts ever arising, then you're probably a buddha already.
Who claims this?
Careful what you wish for.
UG Krishnamurti is helpful with this stuff.
Peace.
I am in Berlin. I wish I could come. Please do it again in Berlin. David and Russell please come. We can do something epic... creativity is limitless and much needed now to transcend the masses. The time is Now.
@Free Speech If you could write or speak half as eloquently as Russell Brand I'd be more inclined to value your great 'wisdoms'.
You also wrote, "The minute you respect another human ideas , you are already lost the battle to be free. You are slave to someone else puke."
If that is true, then why on Earth should we respect what YOU have to say?
@Free Speech Sure, and the earth is flat....
@Free Speech You have shown us clearly, that we should not pay attention to you. After reading what you said, it is easy to not pay attention. I wasted a minute thinking you might have something useful. My bad.
I can't believe we live in a world where David Lynch and Russell Brand speak about the Gita. So many Indians know so little about their faith its' reassuring to know there is still interest in the world
@Darcy Bhalawa WE CARE 💛 from one in USA 🙏
Oh, is that so? I'm actually inquiring, not being a troll. I didn't realize that many Indians were not aware or cared about their own faith.
@@athenassigil5820 I'd consider myself a practising Hindu of Indian origin and I personally find that it's many (not all of course) of the Indians who are turning away from vegetarianism and temples and spirituality while non-Indians by the dozens are turning to yoga and meditation and a plant-based diet. It might have something to do with progressive young Indians wanting to distance themselves from some of the more backwards Hindu rituals and practices, but in turn they are forgetting the universality and flexibility of the philosophy.
@@ozdoits and we respect that..if you ever come to india..you won't ever feel in a distant land in terms of the warmth and love you'll receive.
Don't trust me just watch any foreign vlogger's vlogs.
@@athenassigil5820 Indian Hindus are more in sync with the symbolic aspects of the religion like pujas and festivals. They don't enquire into the deep philosophy of the religion . For instance ,the Nataraja statue of Shiva encompasses almost all the ideas of Vedic philosophy . The God standing on a midget demon (evil) ,restraining him and hence keeping balance in the world . Lifting of one leg in a kicking motion that symbolises kicking off the scales of ignorance from the devotee's eyes. Ignorance being attachment and passions. There are so many other attached meanings too.
A judge of the Indian Supreme Court remarked that Hinduism was not a religion but a way of life and he received a lot of flak for it from the Liberal sections of society. But when Hinduism is practised in its essence ,it ceases to be a religion and truly is a way of life like the judge said. But most Indian Hindus don't do that.
I've just spent 36 hrs down a Twin Peaks rabbit hole and woke up to this.... I love this universe
Can I watch season 2 & 3 without the 1st one?
@@albertfish1227 Sure, if you like
@@Shofixi hahahaha
Did you binge every season?
Watch “David Wants to Fly” to learn more.
*_“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.” ― David Lynch
Rules are artificial constructs made by weak people because they have something they think is valuable that they can lose. Rules? Fight rules, embody self. I don't agree with most rules. Why would anyone Succumb to any other virtue but the expansion of self. I think you are out of touch with what you yourself are. Embrace what you believe and meditate on it. If it doesn't serve you on your journey, throw it to the side. The time is now to follow your bliss.
David Lynch was my favorite director, esp after Twin Peaks the Return. But I had no idea he was THIS into Eastern philosophy. and that quote is dead fucking on. Imagination makes life magical.
Watch “David Wants to Fly” to learn more.
Children operate on a the different frequency level. They are on some God level and understand nature and life more intuitively. Hence "reality" & "imagination" merge and they are full of creativity. As we grow our need for control grows, therefor our ego gets more build up and we need to protect it. The more we feed it, the further away we get from truth. We get worldly and we get obsessed with shallowness.
@valiant crusader You are watching a video of David Lynch talking about a dark age lasting for the next 400.000 years. What are you looking for my friend? I talk symbolically but of personal experience with my surroundings. You learn a lot if you let go of the thought that you know it all. People can't proof you shit, its something inside that clicks or doesnt.
Omg I need the entire interview. I could listen to Lynch talk about literally anything for any extended period of time. Love this man
It’s on luminary
@@joegatton6717 only a few select countries have Luminary unfortunately, it's a podcast for the privileged of the priviliged
Since seeing Russell on Joe Rogan's podcast..... I've been watching all he has to offer on podcast, interviews, etc...... Can't get enough..... His opinions and thoughts on topics are refreshing, and inspiring..... I have gone through, still going through, a lot of the things he has overcome and really admire what Russell is doing with his life. Thx
I live in the age of the Greek Yogurt which is 75% creamy and last for 100 seconds.
I live in the age of Yoga pants which is also %75 cottage cheese and begins at 35.
John Cox funny!! Lol
this is the age ...of great ferments.
Jesus that's funny.
That is so damn funny. Thank you John Cox.
You are so lucky to get the chance to talk to David. He's been one of my personal heroes since my teens. He's a true artist who follows his own path. Love him.
Two of my favorite people on the planet having a deep conversation in the same room together... Awesome! 🌍🌈❤
One of the best directors to ever grace the screen. Look forward to the full interview!
Russell Brand? Best director? Umm how so? Please explain.
ASMRyouVEGANyet? Lolol I hope you’re joking
The not free interview? Yeah fuck this guy unsubbed.
silver2zilver damn, didn’t realize that. No one in their right mind would pay for a podcast lol.
@@theshuggie unless they were really looking forward to the full interview
"Russell and Linda, two birds one stone."
Brilliant :D
I used TM to save my life. 11 years ago I had a nerve block procedure and something went wrong. All the discs in my upper back and neck were herniated and there was nerve root damage. Nerve root damage creates the kind of pain that kills, it's very rare. When the pain hit the pain was so severe and horrific I couldn't make a sound though I was screaming in my mind. I felt my heart beating out of my chest and my blood pressure beginning to balloon the veins in my brain. I remembered that for many years when I was at the Dr.s office I'd intentionally manipulate my blood pressure and heart rate tests. (It was fun to astound the Nurses and assistants performing the tests.) Remembering this, I immediately used the TM technique to bring down my heart rate and blood pressure. I was on the edge of death via heart attack or stroke until I used TM. The horrific pain was still there but using TM my heart rate and blood pressure were lowered and I didn't die. I thought I could get medical help to stop the pain. I was wrong.
Over these past 11 years I've stayed in the meditative state most of the time and have experienced many of the gifts of TM, far beyond the spiritual and physical enhancements everyone knows about. Though I'd had 30 plus years of practice, I would never have known there was so much more to TM without the physical challenge I've gone through.
TM needs to be taught to everyone! TM is a technique that brings a meditative state every time and practicing TM consistently ... makes life even better. As we know, it's benefits are profound. I believe if most people practiced TM,
we'd all be living in a more peaceful, compassionate and creative world. I'm so happy to hear that more and more people are learning and using TM.
Hi marcy,I have had depression that started off as panic attacks 35 yrs ago,now I am an agoraphobic, can tm work for me?
Can't wait for full podcast! Nice touch on Kali Yuga and Richard living in the parallel universe :)
Full podcast NOT for free? Fucking sellout
@@silver2zilver You can listen to them for free in his website.
Their on luminary idk what that is tho tbh
@@silver2zilver you have an issue with people making money?
@@joegatton6717 This is NOT worth money.
Let's be optimistic and say we are entering an age of ☮️ and unity 🕯️
The Kali Yuga has just begun. Things will get worse before getting better
Ms. Rona says hi 👋🏼
We are. You can tell by how things have been progressing. Look throughout history. You may think there is a lot of hate, but there has actually never been less. We will eventually get there.
@@jeremykun27 the kali yuga started in 3201BC, all the world wars happened in this yuga, you may think that peace is the future, but wait till climate change and WW3 make things worse.
I love the both of you!! Listening to you both is medicine for my heart and soul.
David Lynch talking about the yugas. This absolutely made my day! Thank you.
Ever since I have started to meditate, my life has been changing so positive. When ever Richard said ,, they begin truly to expand with the amount of consciousness they have,, this is how I can remember my self, for me it was a wake up trigger, pain was the first, felt like the worst experience but 4 years later (now) I don't see it as a punishment, more like a wake up call from above and as I meditate more and more, I feel so much more in control of myself , I see everything much more intense , my thoughts are faster and clearer, my doubts are disappearing day for day and my good feeling energy is getting more consistent. I feel peace and now this video is popping up on my UA-cam page as the universe is giving me an answer because during a walk I asked myself as I was speaking to a higher power like God, Universe or what ever u call it, her , or him ,,what now?,,
Thank you :)
What do you know? I just started my fourth re-watch of Twin Peaks.
I love how David Lynch reclaimed Twin Peaks and bought the series home to its creator.
If Mr Lynch would make a film on spirituality, as it is rare that artists like yourself Russel and Mr Lynch are into deep spiritual wisdom and practice and to show thru art deep spiritual insights would be marvelous. There is soooooooo much unshown, unseen, undiscovered that can change lives. Let's do it :)
Ok to provide some context here. All these Yugas(Periods of time) are a concept of Vedas (books of ancient Indian literature). These Vedas contained deep understanding of astronomy, medicine, health, way of life, mathematics, economics etc. You name it they had it.
It may sound nonsensical when he says the person lived for 100000 yrs. But as you research into this. The vedas mention a solution called 'Somras' in which it delayed oxidation in human body. Or changes the way a body processes energy. So that the person lived longer.
And all these Yugas as they describe it are the levels of corruption in humans. The materialistic hunger.
Earlier when the population of humans was less and food and resources were in abundance. They had bliss.
And now you can't really argue that only 25% or may be less people have bliss.
I'm sure it'll make more sense to people who don't know these things once the full podcast comes out.
David describes perfectly, according to my experience, the process of transcendence. Merging with the source of life and being in service to that, is bliss. Suffering has been a great impetus for me. Each trauma provides an opportunity to surrender all resistance to ‘what is’ and respond wisely and appropriately - with a brain free of chatter and a heart wide open to acceptance. Regardless of the yuga, the opportunity to awaken from what has become second nature to us - so that we merge into our ‘first’ nature...our essential nature - is always available to us. When we are in right relationship to our body, our brain, our thinking and our feelings - we are no longer buffeted by the vagaries of the body, the fluctuations of the thoughts and feelings. When the brain is entrained, focused in the present moment, we have access to insight, intuition, wisdom, humour, spontaneity, creativity and compassion. That is bliss.
I love that he called him Richard absentmindedly.
richard and linda..two birds with one stone
I know- it was awesome. Richard Brand.
It is really sad that Luminary is only available in such a limited amount of regions in the world.
I really hope you keep on having your podcasts on youtube, accesible for a greater audience. They help me become a more happy being and I would really miss them.
@@jrmurphypoet Wow, where did that come from? Big talk from one anonymous internet soul to another. You know nothing about my life so don't act like you do
Anxiously looking forward to the entire video with David Lynch...I always listen to your entire pod cast 🤗
So I have lived 56 years. After 5 years of age life became very tough. I have nursed others for 36 years plus live with a mental illness of my own. Challenging the darkness in this world is not an easy path.
Hang in there!..
Your story sounds like mine.
David Lynch is such an evolved Soul. Talking of the Yuga Cycles, awesome.
Thank you Russell & David ❤🐱♏☯️🌌🏴
Let’s worship him, then!
When he said "age of Aquarius" I started singing "Hair".
LEEEET,
THE SUNSHINE!!!!
Two of my favourite people who have ever existed
Your pic!
Naah.. its Kyle and David. Russel is.. well just ok. :D
You Spoke to Mr Lynch? Man this is the only man who is able to understand my mind.
it is soooo nice to see someone intelligent interview David...THANK YOU Russell!!!!!!
*I still watch Mulholland Drive here and there. You have to be a genius to make such a masterpiece.*
awesome movie
His other duality and subconscious films _Lost Highway_ and _INLAND EMPIRE_ are for me essential viewing adjacent to _Mulholland Dr_ as two other sides of an unofficial what I call his "identity films" trilogy, sharing similar themes, impressions, ideas, horrors. But truly any and every major work he has done may be meaningful and good to anyone who likes any of Lynch's pieces. They all come from the same Lynch and he is an auteur, so I recommend them all if you appreciated or enjoyed one.
I do not count Dune or The Elephant Man as the same category as the rest of his work, and as a caveat I would say if you are only familiar with one or two (Such as _Mulholland Dr_ or _Blue Velvet_ ) then I would not divulge _INLAND EMPIRE_ straight away. It is to me his magnum opus in my opinion, but it will be better received if one watches it after already being well-acquainted to his whole body of work, including _Rabbits_ and his shorts. IE is darker than _Mulholland Dr_ and not nearly as sleek and polished, but it is very similar in a number of ways.
But they are _all_ master works coming from a master auteur and great artist. I can appreciate each film and other works individually, and each film is unique, but _Mulholland Dr_ , despite it's reputation, is not fundamentally or radically different or better than the rest of his canon for fans of his work such as myself in my humble experience.
Jebus David Lynch looks great, 73 and looks 60 must be living for Sat Yugas.
Must be all those cigarettes
chainsmoker
So I should take up,smoking, cewl!
Looks great at 73.
Maybe he looks 73 but cause most of the people are sick and aging prematurely you get the wrong analysis :P
I remember my first philosophy lecture with a hugely talented and engaging tutor. He began the lecture with an incredibly beautiful mystical description of Being. We all sat there glassy eyed and spell-bound. He then said 'What I have just described is a mesmerising piece of horse shit. Welcome to philosophy and learn to understand the difference'.
Yes well there are many schools of thought the problem is we don't have enough philosophy classes even symposiums where discussions are even encouraged and look what happened to Socrates anyway forced to drink the hemlock for being too influential.
They are talking mainly about Transcendental Meditation a meditation technique brought by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, it sounds a bit difficult to understand but in reality they are talking about ancient teachings of the Vedas you can google all of these it is ancient knowledge.
Alan Eduardo Cruz ancient knowledge is outdated, dude.
@@jakecostanza802 actually scientists are learning more and more about meditation
@@jakecostanza802 google Indologists..just because you think you are living in a modern time..doesn't mean we are modern. Having more luxury and pleasures is not 'modern'..the miseries and existential crisis have remained the same...actually multiplied multifold since the ancient time.
@@jakecostanza802 Congratulations on the dumbest UA-cam comment ever written 👏👏👏
@@josef2012
“People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”
Stephen Hawking
All I know is ..learned TM in November 1992 and have never missed one day of it ..
The greatest cinematic genius of our time 💖
These yuga's are mentioned in Paramahansa Yogananda's aurobiography. Russell Brand has read this book and knows about it which shows how great of an interviewer he is since he lets Lynch talk.
I would respect David Lynch more if TM classes were affordable.
They are. Anyone with a good steady job can afford them :)
@@JazzyWaveOfficial so it's for the rich and not to help anyone
@@AQGOAT24 I'd say you're rich if you can do it on your own without needing much
TM is a trademark so one cannot freely call themselves a TM teacher but TM is Vedic meditation and is taught by awaremeditation.com or thequietparh.com Paul Brown. All the same technique. Also I believe some TM centers offer scholarships
True, but meditation is free. Read Thich Nhat Hanh. "The instant you sit down to meditate, begin watching your breath. At first breathe normally, gradually letting your breathing slow down until it is quiet, even, and the lengths of the breaths are fairly long. From the moment you sit down to the moment your breathing has become deep and silent, be conscious of everything that is happening in yourself.
After about 10 to 20 minutes, your thoughts will have quieted down like a pond on which not even a ripple stirs.
Taking hold of your breath is itself mindfulness. Your breath is the wondrous method of taking hold of your consciousness. Our breath is the bridge from our body to our mind, the element which reconciles our body and mind and which makes possible oneness of body and mind."
"Even the bit where you called me Richard" 😂
See Russell not attached to his identity 😌😜😊
I watch the original twin peaks once a year in the winter, it has become a part of my life, thank you David ! You are a genius. It's so cozy. 😺
thatdutchguy89 haha me too
or during the summertime. its nighttime, the windows are opened, its warm outside and i can hear the birds chirping. lovely!
@@reccct yeah, that sounds great too.
Love your comment. Haven't watched TP in 20 yrs, but just got the series. Could you, would you say a bit more about why? Maybe a little poem or a haiku?
R Brand and David Lynch on the ages of time . Golden age ...Kala Yuga = 420 .000 years ... half bliss ,half suffering . 5000 years into it. Aquarius age , time of peace, after 2000 years of Pisces time . This vid is golden , keeping it. Thanks 🙏🏼 how great this is 🤗✨needed perspective today
We need a full podcast with vedic philosphy with a vedic origin professor ❤
David Lynch is a brilliant man. I love his body of work and philosophy on life.
Absolutely loved this one Russel and David! 2 people who I very much admire and look to as idols. I hope the universe lets our paths cross one day. I would absolutely love to meet both of you! My heart yearns to reach higher/expanded levels of consciousness and be able to inspire and guide people on the path/act as a bridge to higher and more expanded levels of consciousness. Incredible resonation with this one! I wish you love and light on your paths brothers.
"THE SECRET IS TRANSCENDING EVERY DAY."
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Russell Brand! I love you so much! You are my HERO! If you ever get to read my little ol comment, I would want you to know that I am a recovered heroin addict, and you are so inspiring! Most ppl don’t ever get to the 12th step and that is a spiritual awakening, and thank you for giving the world such a relatable example of this. If ever I were to meet a public person, I would want it to be you. Cyber hugs!!!!! Much love! Much respect! And of course, Namaste! 🙏🙏🙏🌸🍓🌿😊
After my reading up on transcendental meditation (TM) and the David Lynch foundation, I have actually unfortunately lost a bit of respect for the man. I don't believe you need to join an organisation and pay loads of money to learn the most natural thing - how to meditate. Many real gurus can tell you the same thing, the ones that are not in it for the fame and fortune.
We just need ourselves. Our quiet space within ourselves. There is no and shouldn't be no monetary cost when it comes to personal development and spiritual growth. I'm just tired of these sect-alike and cult type of organisations that pray on vulnerable people's lives.
David has respect for ot but he doesnt make the rules for it. He does pay for a lot of peoples free classes for it tho. I don't hold it against him
I think the money is a sponsorship....the organization has expenses and overhead
Is it for profit?
The biggest impediment to my meditation is your whining
@@MrTristanryan Great Argument, 10/10, Wisdom like a Buddha
stop telling me how to meditate I didnt even pay you, And what the fuck do you know about me or the quiet space within myself.
Holy shit! What a legend! 💜
Russell and Jenny, you have to upload the full video of the interview here !!!! - I don't care how grainy the footage is or anything - this is a absolut must - you will never reach enlightenment if you don't upload the full video - I guarantee :)))) thank you !!!!
ijust can say wow. Since the myspace era, I've been hearing Mr Lynch trascendental meditation recommends, now Im watching him today talking about the same makes me think the way he looks he's been meditating everyday.
He's been meditating twice-a-day since July 1973. He says he has never missed a single session in the entire 46 years.
"Then the next Yuga is Yugo-slavija, and its 2 quarters of a century and its 0 percent bliss and 100 percent non bliss."
Ivo Ott my son is living in Belgrade and loves it.
Finally something to look forward to!
Hahahhahahaha
dobar
Hahahaha .... I thought you were serious
This happens to me after I dumped the worlds religion. Christianity was my cup of tea as a child into 20’s. I’ve never been happier in my life. I now feel the oneness of nature and the universe since I became a scientist.
Dump labels.
"I love organic phenomenon." - David Lynch
Please put the whole damn thing on UA-cam. I download and watch everything on UA-cam premium to avoid data usage or downloading other bloated apps. I'd like to listen to this at work, I love Lynch. He is one of my favorite eccentrics. A few people die and you will be in that list too. Much love.
Satya yugg, Tretaa yugg, Dwaparr yugg and Cully yugg is how you'd pronounce it more accurately :)
Well thanks , but we all knew what he was talking about, the words and how they are said are just pointers as E Tolle would say. No need to comment , I suppose , but like you , just had to.
Rod Callaghan precision is important
@@frederickyorck3732 Not really. Focus should be more on knowledge
It's Yuga actually... Hindi doesn't pronounce The Last Letters completely
@@sameerkasivajhula9002 no its yug not yugaa,dharm not dharma
Greek mythology speaks of something similar. Beginning with a Golden Age, then a Silver Age etc. Leading to further decline and shorter life spans.
Interesting, although it seemed like the Vedic version expanded into longer lifetimes if I heard correctly
Both Indo-European religions. Hinduism developed along different roads and was developed more introspective taking cues from Central Asia and the preexisting religious culture in India.
@Bidu Bidu "Indo-Europeans never existed" facepalm.
Please explain how Greece, India, Iran, Vikings, celts etc had similar cultures and languages then
@@guileniam don't mind him. He probably is one of the Hindu supremacists, who thinks that Hindus and Hinduism were and are somehow superior to other people and religions. These people theorize high level bullshit, for instance everything good in west has been copied from India, all the scientific developments which happened in Europe happened in India previously.
@@devarya8963 it's silly because Hinduism/Vedic philosophy was Incredibly advanced but you can't outright make up stuff either
Rewatching Twin Peaks: The Return. Thank you David Lynch
This is a time, if you become aware, it will be easier for you to get out of the material world. You can experience bliss by meditation on the divine and when you are with the association of devotees you become totally in bliss and you can transcend this world. You can control your senses and not be controlled by them. Love that you are talking about this, it is the truth and you can be happy in any circumstance. Radhe Shyam.
my intuition made me search for Russel Brand - now I see this video of my all time favourite artist / person - WTAF - where is the full interview? thanks so much guys :)
Your vids just keep getting better Russ
Twin Peaks season 1 is the most atmospheric piece of television alongside the first 5 seasons of the Simpsons that I have ever seen :) It's pure nostalgia :) Amazing channel this :)
We are not only 5000 years in, we are coming out of that age into the next one where our lives will begin extending longer & longer
I am entering the age of the Twiglet
:o
I enter an age of complete bliss just listening to David Lynch say the word Quinoa. Don't know if I could handle 100,000 years in the same universe as this man.
I like how this clip ends with David talking about sex, that's enough of a tease for most people to go and listen to the whole thing!
Everyone must know their quite self in order to have peace in this world, because without knowing that peace your mind will have control of your life rather than you having control of your mind.
I've had transcendent experiences twice now. It's interesting to hear David Lynch talk about doing it daily. I wonder if he's truly reaching full transcendence daily, or if he's just in a deep meditative state. Thoughts?
Confirmation bias
absolutely brilliant. Thanks, Russell - Lynch is wonderful.
Russell you shining light this is amazing- looking forward to the rest!
This is the most cutting edge video on the internet.
"The Sleeper Must Awaken."
Describing shadows on the cave wall, this is.
One million people need to sign a petition to remake Twin Peaks Season 3!
David Lynch is a pure artist
Wonderful conversation. Like two old raincoat pervs in a bus shelter quietly discovering each other's genius and deciding to go for strawberry milkshakes.
Although I love both dudes, your comment almost made me roflmao
OMG! THANK YOU!
Nice talk with Richard and David
Hes got some oil on his shirt! Omg! He was painting at his house and just went out to attend to this podcast. Amazing as always!
"The One power that illumines everything and every one is indivisible. It is the Ear behind the ears, Mind behind the mind, Speech behind speech, the Vital Life behind life. The ears cannot hear it; it is what makes the ears hear. The eyes cannot see it; it is what makes the eyes see. You cannot speak about it; it is what makes you speak. The mind cannot imagine it; it is what makes the mind think. It is different from what all we know; yet it is not known either. Those who feel they know Him, know Him not. Those who know that anything amenable to the senses is not Brahman, they know it best. When it is known as the innermost witness of all cognitions, whether sensation, perception or thought, then it is known. One who knows thus reaches immortality. - Kena Upanashad
I love hearing ideas that are so far outside my current concept of reality. Different perspectives = wisdom. No thank you to YT for un-notifying Russell on my channel, not cool!
I love these topics too
plz release the full video, this is amazing
I‘m surprised D.L. is still alive. But not just that he looks fresh an healthy reminding me to start meditating more regularly again. THx🙏
He also chainsmokes
Damn! These meditations must be great man!)
The new David Lynch film, Organic Phenomenon, starring Russell Brand. I'd watch that.
I love a bit of natural organic phenomenon also ;)
I tell that to my AI robot wife everyday durring charging... 😍
Not going to lie, it's 1 AM here and I'm working while listening to this and my ears ringing ringing when he called Russel, Richard, lol. Awesome podcast.
Beautiful chemistry between these two very interesting guys♥️♥️
How could you prove these time and bliss percentages?
chris clay there’s no proof. It all depends on your capacity to believe utter and complete bullshit.
You do math on them
@@infinidimensionalinfinitie5021 there's no way to prove or disprove it. Then its utter gobbledigook. It is fair game to call it bull shit then. If ''there's no way to prove or disprove it'' isn't qualified to be called BS I dont know what is. Even something that is provably false helps in creating a clearer picture.
David Lynch is talking out of his beliefs without anything to back it up.
Its an ancient Myth. M Y T H. Do you know what that is? :)
@Chris Clay take copious amounts of illicit drugs
wheres the full podcast?
Blessing and Light on the Journey of a Thousand Steps
Ah man, David Lynch is really awesome, where is the rest of the pod cast. Thanks for that.
What is this, story time for adults
What is this, a center for ants
@@timelessthee I was trying to be funny. It was a kinda inside joke from a meme group now I feel dumb. Just nevermind. Ya'll are good.
@@rockkiall Oh, my bad man. I got whooshed myself. Keep on keepin' on.
@@timelessthee nah, I should not post when on meds. ha!
We love to watch you interact with our mystic Sadguru
Ohhhh,.... i second that!
Yes! And longer than 8 minutes lol
YES! thanks I read 'Catching the big fish' over and over on my coffee breaks during work. I hope the rest of the interview is worth posting
David is looking fresh.. and he's good at remembering facts.. I'm half his age and facts are constantly escaping me ..
Na he’s wrong about Kali Yuga we are breaking out of it now check out the work of Sri Yukteswar who identified a mistake in the way some people were interpreting the calendar
Your comment aged as well a milk
Good, because enough is enough.
*I want to see Russell Brand on the Joe Rogan podcast.*
edit: I personally haven't watched it yet.
Man...they just did their third podcast together...
@@mirbar4073 .......lol thanks for telling me
I was just about to say he's been on 3 times and last time was like a week ago. Russel and Joe and whett and link are the 3 podcasts I listen to
Rogan is off his tits and talking bollocks--shamefully unprofessional...
Neal Wailing Rogan is also a narcissist who likes to hear himself talk way too much to be conducting interviews.
Exactly! Loving your channel Russell, thank you for bringing this information to the world :))
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It was a interesting chat. David Lynch is his own being, and his movies have a tendency to creep me out. But l was seeing them in a theater, not on TV. The larger than life visuals are spooky. Blue Velvet was such a ethereal expirence for me! Thanks for the chills!🙂🙃😀😙😂🙅🙆🙂🙃😀😙😂🙅🙆🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀🌹🍀
So basically, there's a Man in back of this place...and He's the one who's doing it.
Pure speculation; we are not in a position to know what is going on in this Universe.
Universe manipulating Unicorns,,, of course
Rest in peace Billy Conforto, drove into an embankment high on pills
Love the work and insights of David Lynch. The challenges you are currently facing remind me of the character of Fred Madison in Lost Highway, who creates a new life and a new identity, but his past starts to resurface and catch up with him. Like all of David's work it's very much open to interpretation, but one interpretation could be that the new life is happening in Fred Madison's imagination, as a way to escape from being physically imprisoned and incarcerated for having (seemingly) murdered his wife, but even his escape into a dream ultimately disintegrates into a nightmare.
In this current "real life" drama", you have been described as having entered into a 'mirror world' by becoming an icon in the alternative media arena. But in fact have been doing exactly what David suggests in this interview, by using your position of power to help manifest peace in this world.
I'm also reminded of the Club Silencio scene in Mulholland Drive, which I think is a brilliant piece of theatre/cinema in that it demonstrates how easily we as the audience become drawn in and identified even as the magician is exposing that it's all just a tape playing and all an illusion. And one of David's ten questions that he poses about that film is what is seen and understood in Club Silencio.
Definitely a parallel with the misuse and weaponisation of the power of visual story telling in this unfolding drama in which you are currently centre stage. 🪐 For my part I think I've just reached my own Club Silencio moment with all of this, in recognising how I along with the viewing public have been deliberately drawn in and hypnotised by this whole story.
I guess that is the moment of transcendence which David talks about in this interview. I hope that, whatever the outcome in how all this unfolds, you too will find your own way to come through and transcend this and find the light amidst all this darkness. 🙏🕉️