Lecțiile unui Maestru Shaolin: Cum să-ți controlezi viața | BOABE DE CUNOAȘTERE | cu Shi Heng Yi (YouTube Video Transcript)

(00:00:00) Your YouTube transcript will appear here (00:00:01) [Music] (00:00:08) are you living your life based on (00:00:12) fear or not fear is restricting you to (00:00:17) discover you need to go into the (00:00:19) uncertainty how can you approach this (00:00:21) Spain and this empty space do you have (00:00:25) patience do you have Discipline Do you (00:00:27) have willpower we always want more and (00:00:31) more I get what I want and I still want (00:00:33) more that doesn't satisfy me your (00:00:36) satisfaction about (00:00:39) life is it based on a condition or not (00:00:43) God is not putting you in this earth (00:00:45) incomplete take care of the body refine (00:00:48) the body and at the same time you refine (00:00:51) the mind the more you think you're (00:00:53) perfect the less you're going to change (00:00:55) there is no progress there is no (00:00:57) development without restriction just (00:01:00) feel free without any type of (00:01:01) restriction I don't think this is the (00:01:03) way how a human in this world is (00:01:06) learning to grow what is the shaoling (00:01:07) approach to such young kids (00:02:00) buh (00:02:26) the inner mapping inside (00:02:57) B (00:03:08) credit bank master sir hello and thank (00:03:11) you so much for coming here uh to this (00:03:21) podcast that's surprise how do you did (00:03:24) you did you learn Romanian now before (00:03:26) coming not before coming but I spent (00:03:29) some years I have a good connection (00:03:31) actually to kch okay and in the past (00:03:35) years I had some period where I also (00:03:37) stayed in the city for a few years and (00:03:39) there I just catched up let's say what (00:03:41) was necessary so I understand a little (00:03:44) bit okay that that's so great that's (00:03:46) such a good news I have a lot of (00:03:49) questions but I want to start with the (00:03:51) beginning with your childhood when you (00:03:53) were introduced to the sholing practices (00:03:56) at the year uh at the age of four how (00:03:59) was it for five uh for a (00:04:02) four-year-old uh to be introduced to the (00:04:05) Shing practices how did that change you (00:04:09) well let's put it really straight away (00:04:12) like this I grew up in an Asian family (00:04:15) know my parents they came as refugees (00:04:17) from Vietnam to Germany in (00:04:21) 1979 and I also have like an older (00:04:23) brother and so growing up in an Asian (00:04:26) family is very clear that whatever my (00:04:29) father is saying you just listen to yeah (00:04:31) so which means that at the age of four (00:04:34) when he (00:04:35) decided um (00:04:38) he's putting me into a Shaolin school so (00:04:41) I had no choice in that sense I just (00:04:43) followed the instructions of my father (00:04:44) he said go there do the training and so (00:04:47) I went there do the (00:04:48) training so I wouldn't really say that (00:04:51) in the beginning it was my choice for me (00:04:53) it was just starting as a hobby starting (00:04:57) just as an practice to use my body not (00:05:00) to sit around too much using the body (00:05:03) using the energy that as a child for (00:05:05) example you just have this type of (00:05:08) energy which means you know to Children (00:05:12) there's not much talking necessary they (00:05:15) are not using the energy to process with (00:05:17) the mind this is what adults do with (00:05:19) children they are processing energy by (00:05:22) moving and so for me growing up with (00:05:25) this type of Shaolin practices meaning (00:05:27) Kung Fu practicing Kung Fu I just felt (00:05:30) like it's good for me on the one side (00:05:32) the body gets strong and on the other (00:05:34) side I just felt that to some (00:05:37) extent it's a big contribution to the (00:05:41) state of balance that at a later point (00:05:43) in time became more and more important (00:05:46) what it means what is it that needs to (00:05:48) actually be balanced out about yourself (00:05:51) what is the sholing approach to uh such (00:05:55) young kids isn't it's anyhow (00:05:58) constricting you from from uh I don't (00:06:00) know playing and doing what kids are (00:06:05) doing no it's it really depends (00:06:09) on how deep we are going to to answer (00:06:12) that type of question yeah so on the one (00:06:15) side of course there is the freedom that (00:06:17) a child is supposed to (00:06:19) have (00:06:21) but that definition of freedom yeah to (00:06:24) do what you want at any time that you (00:06:27) want just feel free without any type of (00:06:29) restriction I don't think this is the (00:06:31) way how a human in this world is (00:06:33) learning to grow so there is for example (00:06:37) derived from the ancient teachings is (00:06:39) saying that there is no progress there (00:06:42) is no development without (00:06:45) restriction and this means for example (00:06:48) sometimes you need to have somebody (00:06:50) telling you what you are supposed to do (00:06:53) even if you feel like sleeping until (00:06:55) like 10 11:00 well it's not good to do (00:06:58) MH it's wake up do your discipline (00:07:01) structure and then learn first of all to (00:07:04) just do things which are not based on (00:07:06) your (00:07:08) own sense of comfort let's call like (00:07:11) this but this sense of comfort is not (00:07:13) helpful when it comes to developing (00:07:16) yourself so and in a way now the (00:07:18) shaoling practices especially when it (00:07:20) comes to Children it is still a playful (00:07:24) way yeah because you're using the body (00:07:27) it's fun at some point it's still fun (00:07:30) you like to do the the (00:07:32) things but at the same time it's also a (00:07:35) healthy way to also start to understand (00:07:38) that this lifetime is not just about (00:07:43) um is not just about roses and (00:07:46) butterflies sometimes you are meeting (00:07:49) situations that you just have to face (00:07:52) and that you have to go through meaning (00:07:54) you're going to meet Conflict at one or (00:07:57) another Point you're going to meet the (00:08:00) the feeling of having (00:08:02) competition and the martial art the (00:08:04) sholing practices for example I think is (00:08:07) a very healthy way to already get used (00:08:10) to if you fail at one competition it (00:08:13) doesn't mean that you're a bad person it (00:08:15) just means practice (00:08:17) more so these are all things where now (00:08:21) when we talk about it already you see (00:08:23) that it's not just the physicality that (00:08:27) is so interesting about this tradition (00:08:30) about this practices it is especially (00:08:33) the question how does all this (00:08:35) physicality all this practicing of using (00:08:38) the (00:08:39) body how does it eventually translate (00:08:43) into your mindset translate into what (00:08:46) type of character are you do you have (00:08:49) patience do you have Discipline Do you (00:08:52) have willpower this is the question (00:08:56) because you know when we go to school (00:08:59) for example example there are subjects (00:09:01) that we are learning mathematics biology (00:09:04) physics chemistry all of these things (00:09:06) these are subjects that we are (00:09:08) learning but every human being has (00:09:12) something we have something inside of (00:09:15) us some people you would say they have (00:09:17) discipline other people they don't have (00:09:19) it some people have gratefulness other (00:09:22) people don't have it some people have a (00:09:24) natural sense of respect other people (00:09:27) don't have it so the question is is it (00:09:30) coincidence that you are born with (00:09:33) respect or that you are born with (00:09:34) discipline or is these character traits (00:09:38) something that actually need to be and (00:09:41) can be developed inside the human (00:09:43) being because if you're disciplined it (00:09:47) doesn't matter what you do afterwards in (00:09:49) your life if you are disciplined you're (00:09:51) going to have this discipline because (00:09:53) it's part of your character you're going (00:09:55) to carry it on for whatever you are (00:09:57) doing going to school going to (00:10:00) University having your first job (00:10:02) building up your your own company (00:10:05) doesn't matter what it is so this is (00:10:08) that interesting part which means what (00:10:10) all of this Shaolin practices for me the (00:10:14) way how I am sharing it since years what (00:10:16) it is about it is about figuring (00:10:20) out what is the core of you as a human (00:10:23) being that you can develop and then (00:10:26) afterwards what you are doing with this (00:10:28) core really really doesn't (00:10:31) matter some people make a professional (00:10:34) life in sports other people make a (00:10:37) profession by being a entrepreneur other (00:10:40) people they stay (00:10:43) employed other people build (00:10:46) houses other people build cars it (00:10:48) doesn't really matter the thing is that (00:10:51) along the way of creating something in (00:10:54) this (00:10:55) lifetime there are some helpful human (00:10:58) character traits or mindsets that I (00:11:01) think they need (00:11:03) development so and the question is now (00:11:07) okay how to develop them can you still (00:11:11) develop them when you're an adult and (00:11:14) you realize you don't have discipline (00:11:16) and you don't have these core um (00:11:19) characteristics you talked (00:11:22) about so from my observation and also (00:11:26) like sensing into (00:11:28) myself the more you're used or getting (00:11:31) used to something the more habits (00:11:33) actually you yourself are starting to (00:11:35) develop so we humans (00:11:37) are beings of (00:11:40) habit so the question is if 20 years (00:11:43) long you lived a type of life where (00:11:45) there was not a lot of discipline (00:11:48) involved you can still develop it of (00:11:51) course with the 21st years and onwards (00:11:54) but before that we have to somehow (00:11:58) balance out these 20 years of your habit (00:12:01) of being un (00:12:03) undisciplined so what it means is the (00:12:05) older you get the more habits you (00:12:08) already have the more difficult it will (00:12:10) become to change any of them so this is (00:12:13) why starting as early as possible is the (00:12:16) easiest way to actually program yourself (00:12:20) condition yourself in the right (00:12:21) direction of what type of habits what (00:12:25) type of thinking patterns you would like (00:12:29) to develop in yourself yeah but the (00:12:32) other truth is (00:12:34) also it depends on the openness of the (00:12:37) Mind eventually it is it depends (00:12:40) everything on the openness of yourself (00:12:43) so if somebody is 50 years old but he is (00:12:46) still open to life open to life means (00:12:50) you actually realize about yourself that (00:12:52) you know nothing about this (00:12:55) lifetime you have 50 years of human life (00:12:58) yeah but 50 years is 50 years yeah so it (00:13:02) really depends on how open are you (00:13:04) staying throughout your journey in this (00:13:06) lifetime if you always take care of (00:13:09) staying open there is no limit in terms (00:13:12) of how much and how much more are you (00:13:15) able to uh develop (00:13:18) yourself the more limited the more (00:13:21) restricted the more close you are the (00:13:24) more you think you are perfect the less (00:13:26) you're going to change they call it my (00:13:29) my point of view right you you change (00:13:32) the range of the possibilities to single (00:13:35) point of view in your life you mean we (00:13:38) don't need to be that sure that we know (00:13:40) the answer and we know uh what we know (00:13:42) and to be like to develop that Curiosity (00:13:46) that kids have usually into learning and (00:13:49) finding new stuff yes for example now (00:13:52) when you are mentioning already like (00:13:55) that child mindset yeah okay no (00:13:58) sometimes where (00:14:00) people are starting to study or starting (00:14:03) to get involved into any type of ancient (00:14:06) practices or ancient teachings for (00:14:08) example like Buddhism like Daoism like (00:14:12) confusion ISM just as an example you (00:14:15) know these uh ancient philosophies were (00:14:20) developed in a different culture it's (00:14:22) not the Western culture where all of (00:14:23) these things were developed so of course (00:14:26) it means that the language the words the (00:14:30) pictures that are being let's say (00:14:33) transmitted are based on the culture for (00:14:36) what it was developed for (00:14:39) so and why I'm mentioning this is that (00:14:42) here in the western very often you want (00:14:45) proof and you want to have science as (00:14:47) the one that is the truth yeah people (00:14:51) believe numbers people believe the signs (00:14:53) and all of this and therefore one very (00:14:55) important thing if you believe in (00:14:56) science then you maybe just listen right (00:14:59) now what the scientists maybe say about (00:15:02) their observations about this universe (00:15:04) that we have right now which means that (00:15:07) all the matter everything that we humans (00:15:09) see see the planets the Stars the (00:15:13) galaxies what we see is (00:15:15) 0.1% of what is there yeah that's true (00:15:19) okay so what does it mean it means 99.9% (00:15:23) or let's say the majority of existence (00:15:26) you don't see yeah so how can you as a (00:15:29) human being say you know (00:15:32) anything at least you can you know what (00:15:34) what you know I mean I have this I have (00:15:37) this kind of questions and conversations (00:15:40) with myself because I'm a scientist and (00:15:43) it's very hard for me to go beyond the (00:15:46) evidence-based I mean the evidence-based (00:15:49) is something I can't be sure about the (00:15:52) rest for me is like a dark forest and (00:15:57) I'm kind of afraid I don't know what (00:15:59) what what I can find there and if what I (00:16:01) find I can't interpret in the right way (00:16:05) and uh it seems dangerous for me as a (00:16:08) scientist (00:16:10) okay there is a time when the child is (00:16:15) born he has no words in his mind he (00:16:18) doesn't know (00:16:21) anything when the child looks at the (00:16:24) tree looks at the (00:16:27) tree now I set the word already but when (00:16:30) the child looks (00:16:33) at that yeah it's there it's obvious (00:16:38) there is (00:16:40) something but when does this something (00:16:43) become a (00:16:47) tree well well let's say that when your (00:16:52) mind starts to develop this pattern and (00:16:56) when this tree fits in the pattern of (00:16:59) the Tree from where does he get the word (00:17:01) tree okay how does he know this (00:17:06) is well he learns it from his parents (00:17:09) [Music] (00:17:10) or before he get the information put in (00:17:14) the mind of the child that this is a (00:17:16) tree yeah the child still looks at the (00:17:19) that whatever it is yeah it is only a (00:17:24) tree because somebody is telling you it (00:17:26) is a (00:17:27) tree without somebody telling you a name (00:17:30) for this it is still there it is out of (00:17:34) doubt it is in existence it is not let's (00:17:37) say an illusion it's real the difference (00:17:40) right now is that everything that we (00:17:42) start to like learn in this (00:17:45) lifetime from somewhere we learn to (00:17:48) label everything mhm (00:17:51) labeling yeah and and this is the moment (00:17:54) where the openness the Curiosity (00:17:57) of whatever happen whatever it is it's (00:17:59) just there it (00:18:01) is but this labeling of giving (00:18:03) everything a name this is the reason why (00:18:06) things along the line get restricted (00:18:09) because we start to think in categories (00:18:12) this is good this is bad yeah yeah and (00:18:16) it is useful let's say for communication (00:18:20) amongst (00:18:21) people but on the other side in another (00:18:24) state of being in another perspective of (00:18:28) looking at this life (00:18:30) lifetime sometimes it's really not (00:18:32) necessary to use (00:18:34) words because the words any words never (00:18:39) describe what it (00:18:41) is it never describes what it (00:18:44) is now the only reason we call this one (00:18:47) right now table because it is commonly (00:18:50) understood and defined as table if right (00:18:53) from the beginning we would have said (00:18:55) this is not called table it's called (00:18:56) chair then today we would call this (00:18:58) chair (00:18:59) so it's not a table it's not a chair it (00:19:01) is just something we label it as what is (00:19:04) it in (00:19:07) essence can you describe a situation (00:19:10) where where this kind of uh thinking can (00:19:13) help you or when describing by words (00:19:17) some things we are limiting ourselves in (00:19:20) understanding the (00:19:23) world I try as good as I can to still (00:19:26) that everybody like who also like listen (00:19:28) right now can follow a little bit yes (00:19:30) okay so I said in the moment we are (00:19:34) labeling something labeling meaning you (00:19:37) give something a (00:19:39) word so if I say uh look at the (00:19:43) glass we know where to look because this (00:19:47) one we have named glass yeah but why do (00:19:51) you know where to (00:19:54) look it is because this glass at this (00:19:58) very moment (00:19:59) is something else than everything it's (00:20:01) surrounded of so by using words what you (00:20:05) are actually doing what we're doing is (00:20:07) we're separating mhm we every word is (00:20:11) defining a form it is defining a shape (00:20:16) in the moment something has a form (00:20:18) something has a shape there is something (00:20:20) inside the form there is something (00:20:21) outside the form you are separating mhm (00:20:25) this existence is not separated mhm (00:20:29) yeah okay now let me give you an example (00:20:32) for example yeah we are right now here (00:20:34) in (00:20:35) Kapa I think like one 1 p.m. noon (00:20:38) time (00:20:40) um if you look out right (00:20:44) now what do we (00:20:46) have (00:20:50) sunlight (00:20:52) okay actually I made a mistake telling (00:20:54) you that's 1: p.m. without the 1: p.m. (00:20:56) if I ask you what do we have right now (00:21:00) if we look outside the building we are (00:21:02) in oh right now from your sense do we (00:21:04) have day or night ah well if I if I (00:21:08) would not know the time I would not (00:21:10) could not tell if it's day or night yeah (00:21:13) okay even if we look right now out and (00:21:15) you say it's day yeah it is only day (00:21:18) based on our perspective because we are (00:21:21) right now here in Europe yeah but at (00:21:23) exactly this point in time it's day and (00:21:27) night at the same time (00:21:30) on the on the perspective I'm talking (00:21:32) about it's just that we it's day and (00:21:35) night exist at the same (00:21:37) time this part of the globe we have day (00:21:40) other part of the world right now is (00:21:42) night at the same point in time we have (00:21:45) both mhm there is no chronology between (00:21:48) now is day later is night mhm day and (00:21:53) night exist coexist at the same (00:21:57) time right now we can sit (00:22:00) here we have we call this (00:22:03) life we all wish that now we have life (00:22:07) we hope this life is going to be 70 80 (00:22:09) 90 maybe 100 years long and after this (00:22:13) 100 years then death can come (00:22:18) yeah death and life is not a (00:22:22) chronology who gives you the guarantee (00:22:25) not right now no matter how healthy (00:22:27) you're living you get a heart attack (00:22:29) Tech right now where's the guarantee (00:22:32) well I don't have one is one one of my (00:22:34) fears yeah me I don't have it either I (00:22:37) don't have the guarantee I don't know (00:22:40) every morning if I wake up death is not (00:22:44) coming (00:22:45) later life and death simultaneously at (00:22:48) the same time so using this type of (00:22:54) perspective success and failure there is (00:22:57) no successful person I know in in this (00:22:59) world that I would regard as successful (00:23:01) who does not at the same time has (00:23:04) success on this side and can prove to me (00:23:07) on the other side all of the failures (00:23:09) that eventually led to his success true (00:23:13) so what it means is to to live in a (00:23:18) world where you think that we are living (00:23:21) in a world which is about life it is (00:23:24) about light it is about moving upwards (00:23:27) it is about successful it is about (00:23:29) beautiful it is about higher faster (00:23:34) better this type of propaganda of making (00:23:37) the human belief this life is one (00:23:39) directional and that you can (00:23:42) choose I think is a misconception and (00:23:46) one (00:23:47) day I feel the very (00:23:50) hard reality is going to come and the (00:23:53) reality is that this one and this one MH (00:23:58) losing (00:24:00) failure um letting go dying getting sick (00:24:06) it is a part of every human being's (00:24:10) lifetime but now just looking at the (00:24:13) world what is it that is is propagated (00:24:16) where is all the energy of the human (00:24:18) being going it only goes in this (00:24:20) direction because it feels (00:24:22) comfortable (00:24:24) security insecurity is nothing (00:24:27) uncertainty is nothing that you feel (00:24:29) comfortable with to deal it deal with it (00:24:32) but what I'm saying is this and that (00:24:34) they belong together there is no way out (00:24:38) and the earlier you start to realize (00:24:41) this the more (00:24:44) real your view about this existence (00:24:47) about your life (00:24:50) becomes and and what it means is you (00:24:53) start to appreciate way more what you (00:24:56) have right now instead of running around (00:24:59) starting to chase some things over and (00:25:01) over again to afterwards realize you (00:25:05) come alone you go alone very (00:25:08) simple yeah and so these are all these (00:25:11) implications that again you see we talk (00:25:14) a lot about mindset it's all about mind (00:25:17) this is the essence of the shaoling (00:25:19) practices not to forget this is the (00:25:22) essence this is where all of the (00:25:25) beautiful forms the hardening yeah the (00:25:28) fighting aspect of it the combat aspect (00:25:30) of it where at the end all of it boils (00:25:34) down to the point how much have you (00:25:37) understood about your life during this (00:25:42) uh (00:25:43) yeah this lifetime that you have (00:25:46) available that is the core how can (00:25:48) normal people that don't have the time (00:25:52) to go to the Shaolin Temple and to (00:25:54) practice a lot how can they start to (00:25:58) integrate this this philosophy in their (00:26:00) liveses because the truth is that we (00:26:03) always want more and more let let me not (00:26:06) talk about others I want more I want (00:26:10) more money I want more uh knowledge I (00:26:13) want more Sports I want more friends (00:26:16) more holidays more (00:26:19) success (00:26:21) and I feel why I want more because I (00:26:24) feel more (00:26:26) um uh (00:26:31) valuable this this way when I get more (00:26:33) and when I get what I want I still want (00:26:37) more and I know it's not the healthy pth (00:26:42) yeah I know it's it's not going anywhere (00:26:45) I get what I want and I still want more (00:26:47) that doesn't satisfy me what can I (00:26:51) do uh to find this harmony Because by (00:26:56) the other side I'm afraid that if I I (00:26:58) will not work more if I will not have (00:27:00) more Vlogs and TV shows and stuff like (00:27:05) that I feel that I I'm afraid that I'm (00:27:09) going to lose stuff I'm going to miss (00:27:12) stuff so I keep going that direction (00:27:14) although I know it's not the healthy one (00:27:18) what how can I bring back the harmony (00:27:22) while still serving my um um let's say (00:27:27) my purpose in life (00:27:30) okay okay there are like a lot of things (00:27:33) right (00:27:34) now so number one that uh starting when (00:27:37) we started the conversation that I hear (00:27:40) is you mentioned the word fear yeah fear (00:27:43) and also (00:27:45) uncertainty (00:27:46) yes these two things (00:27:50) are the biggest challenges every human (00:27:54) being is going to (00:27:57) face the question is are you living your (00:27:59) life based on (00:28:02) fear or (00:28:06) not and this fear let's let's put it (00:28:08) like this is not (00:28:13) helpful because it restricts you it (00:28:16) restricts your ability to let's call it (00:28:19) to expand the (00:28:21) Mind fear is restricting you to discover (00:28:25) because fear makes you to stay inside (00:28:28) let's say (00:28:29) the comfort zone but why do we call (00:28:32) something the comfort zone it's because (00:28:34) we have spent so many time already (00:28:36) inside that zone that we know you know (00:28:39) everything about it inside there already (00:28:42) you have seen it you have experienced (00:28:44) all of it that's why everything has (00:28:46) become comfortable to you so as long as (00:28:49) you're comfortable it means you're not (00:28:52) leaving the things that you (00:28:55) know this existence is too big it's 0.1% (00:29:00) of knowing is 99% of not knowing mhm if (00:29:04) you want to discover what is the (00:29:07) 99.9% it means you need to leave the (00:29:11) space of knowing you need to leave the (00:29:13) space of (00:29:15) comfort you need to go into the (00:29:18) uncertainty and this is that fearful (00:29:20) part and people the more fearful you are (00:29:24) the the more you're going to stay where (00:29:26) you are (00:29:28) the less fearful you are the more you're (00:29:30) going to expand the more you're going to (00:29:33) discover so now the question is how can (00:29:36) I now (00:29:37) learn to face your fear and to let's (00:29:42) say yeah to face it and there again I (00:29:47) think the shalling practices is one of (00:29:49) these ways like I said in the beginning (00:29:52) it starts with the fact of you have (00:29:55) competition sometimes there when you're (00:29:57) still young facing other ones in (00:29:59) competition after all the Shaolin Kung (00:30:02) Fu is still a martial art meaning you're (00:30:05) also using the things together with (00:30:07) another partner or do any type of (00:30:09) spurring meaning you even if you have (00:30:12) gloves on but you are standing there and (00:30:15) are still willing to actually right now (00:30:18) try out how good is the things that you (00:30:21) have learned and how much pain can you (00:30:24) take so facing pain is also something (00:30:28) something that goes along the way of (00:30:30) practicing the sh in martial (00:30:33) arts now to just give you an (00:30:37) example right now if I'm telling you (00:30:40) okay let's make together I don't know 50 (00:30:43) push-ups maybe you can do 50 but 200 you (00:30:46) cannot make right now so the question (00:30:49) right now is how can you move up from (00:30:52) making 50 push-ups up to (00:30:54) 200 it means that at the 50th push-up (00:30:59) even if you're struggling even if it (00:31:01) hurts even if the muscles are burning (00:31:04) you need to learn to to unlock that last (00:31:08) power that you have and push through the (00:31:11) pain and make at least the 51 (00:31:15) push-up this is the way how skills how (00:31:19) abilities start to grow inside of us and (00:31:22) in the same way how the body is growing (00:31:25) in the same way also I think it is in (00:31:28) regards to the mind you don't have to (00:31:30) jump right away into the darkness this (00:31:34) is not many people can do this but (00:31:38) realizing okay this is right now my (00:31:40) comfort zone and tomorrow I'm already (00:31:43) trying one thing that is just new to me (00:31:48) yeah I feel oh it still feels (00:31:50) uncomfortable to me but okay let's try (00:31:52) just one step out next day another step (00:31:56) out meaning in integrate the jump into (00:31:59) the uncertainty into your lifetime until (00:32:04) it becomes a (00:32:05) habit yeah this is the one way that (00:32:08) means how to develop that ability to go (00:32:12) against the fear this is one (00:32:14) thing and now the second part (00:32:18) is uh and I think this is now very (00:32:20) useful for for (00:32:24) everyone if you have if you have the (00:32:27) wrong image about yourself on this Earth (00:32:32) if you are viewing yourself like from a (00:32:34) wrong (00:32:36) perspective then it just means you will (00:32:39) never get into the understanding what (00:32:42) type of potential you are actually (00:32:44) possessing what do you mean you've uh (00:32:47) you have a wrong image of yourself but (00:32:49) can you give an example yes somebody who (00:32:51) has never practice martial arts yeah if (00:32:55) that person looks into the (00:32:57) mirror he you would say this is (00:33:00) me I have this black hair I have this (00:33:04) eyes I have these lips I have this skin (00:33:06) color this the very first (00:33:09) view when you start practicing the (00:33:11) martial arts it goes hand in hand at (00:33:14) some point that you see hm okay but (00:33:16) inside of that back of skin there's more (00:33:21) you have a scal structure you have (00:33:23) muscles you have tendons you have organs (00:33:26) you have a whole system of of I don't (00:33:30) know how you call it lymphatic system (00:33:33) you have according to ancient tradition (00:33:35) you have an energy system you can go (00:33:38) even smaller into all of our organs are (00:33:41) made out of molecules the molecules of (00:33:44) atoms and the atoms of proton neutron (00:33:45) electron the point is you becoming more (00:33:49) and more (00:33:51) fine more and (00:33:53) more refined (00:33:56) about there is much more about us (00:34:00) because in the moment where you realize (00:34:02) that back of skin has more on the inside (00:34:05) it also increases right now your ability (00:34:08) if you say health is important to me (00:34:11) well then it's not enough to just like (00:34:13) use cream on your skin that is taking (00:34:15) care outside if you know there is more (00:34:18) inside then it means whatever you eat (00:34:21) whatever you do whatever you're drinking (00:34:24) how does it affect what is inside of you (00:34:29) so all these practices what does it do (00:34:32) it makes you become more refined about (00:34:37) yourself your layer of when you look at (00:34:40) yourself when you sense into (00:34:43) yourself you feel more what you are and (00:34:47) still we're talking right now all about (00:34:49) physicality yeah but at the same time (00:34:52) just like in the psychosomatic uh (00:34:56) relation your mind mind is (00:35:00) unhealthy directed so the body can have (00:35:03) an effect so shaoling tradition or this (00:35:06) approach is exactly the other way around (00:35:09) take care of the body refine the body (00:35:12) and at the same time you refine the mind (00:35:15) the more fine you become about the mind (00:35:18) and why is the mind so important because (00:35:20) I think no it's not I think (00:35:22) but it matters if you wake up in the (00:35:26) morning what are you sinking when you (00:35:29) wake up in the (00:35:30) morning and if you already wake up with (00:35:34) conflict in the (00:35:36) mind wake up with with unsatisfaction (00:35:39) Inside the Mind wake up with a feeling (00:35:42) of lack of I wake up I have to do (00:35:45) something quickly because I don't have (00:35:46) it right now whatever it is so running (00:35:49) after (00:35:50) something this is where it is already so (00:35:53) the point (00:35:55) is why do (00:35:59) we (00:36:00) Chase why do you chase anything it is (00:36:04) because you're in a state of lack (00:36:08) something's (00:36:10) missing if you would have it why would (00:36:12) you chase (00:36:14) it yeah and now the question is where (00:36:18) does this lack come from and now come (00:36:20) back to the (00:36:22) child the (00:36:25) child the incarnated soul the incarnated (00:36:29) spirit when it comes to the Earth (00:36:31) whoever made it possible for that child (00:36:34) to (00:36:35) come you can call it God you can call it (00:36:38) the nature you can call it the universe (00:36:40) no matter what this Force this power (00:36:45) does not make (00:36:48) mistakes God is not putting you in this (00:36:50) earth (00:36:52) incomplete why would he do (00:36:56) that what he's on the earth is existence (00:37:00) he's granting us existence yeah and (00:37:03) afterwards it starts that we have (00:37:07) Concepts we start thinking we start (00:37:10) having ideas about how this life is (00:37:14) supposed to be if you're not successful (00:37:17) it's not the life if you don't have many (00:37:19) cars it's not the life if you don't have (00:37:22) many friends is not alive well no this (00:37:24) is all human ideas you came to the Earth (00:37:27) right from the beginning you have been (00:37:31) complete this is the (00:37:33) alternative and this is what um let's (00:37:37) say at the moment I would say is just (00:37:40) guiding to rethink so what is the next (00:37:43) way of what can people do rethink your (00:37:46) life look at how is your life looking at (00:37:51) the (00:37:52) moment how did you spend the last 5 (00:37:55) years 10 years and then also do you (00:37:59) maybe see some patterns in your (00:38:02) life I tell you one pattern everybody (00:38:06) has I have I had it too we all have it (00:38:09) because it's normal there was a time we (00:38:12) we didn't even have any mobile phone (00:38:15) then like the first noas came out yeah (00:38:17) in different type of shapes uh shapes (00:38:19) and forms and okay eventually you even (00:38:22) got one we're happy about it then the (00:38:25) next generation of phones came out and (00:38:27) this one was okay it's old already you (00:38:29) want to the next one so then you got the (00:38:31) iPhone then you got the iPad then you (00:38:34) got the MacBook Pro then you got your (00:38:36) high- station then you got the big TV (00:38:40) screen then the first car you had was a (00:38:43) Volkswagon then afterwards you had a BMW (00:38:46) meanwhile you can afford like uh (00:38:49) Mercedes a Porsche is also on top a (00:38:52) Lamborghini is on top yeah a Bugatti is (00:38:55) on top but there is a pattern behind (00:38:58) there whenever you get what you want you (00:39:02) will realize that's not it mhm and so (00:39:06) the question is when do you start to (00:39:09) realize the pattern that running after (00:39:13) desires is not going to (00:39:16) fulfill your desire I know that I feel (00:39:20) that but I still run after desires I (00:39:23) have like desires and I want to have a (00:39:27) Porche I want to have a bigger (00:39:29) house I know this won't fulfill me but I (00:39:33) feel this world I live in is like (00:39:37) screaming at us that's this is the only (00:39:41) way um the world right now is so good on (00:39:46) comparing us right I mean maybe 20 years (00:39:50) ago we didn't have social media you you (00:39:52) you don't know how many friends have (00:39:55) each one now you can see you go social (00:39:57) media you see how many followers you (00:39:59) have like it is it becomes the (00:40:02) competition that I feels is sucking all (00:40:05) the energy from us and getting us apart (00:40:09) from that uh um that human being that (00:40:12) you become when when when you're born (00:40:14) and when you're complete so how do I (00:40:17) mean I feel like we are in a in a loop (00:40:21) uh that is sucking uh this energy from (00:40:23) us how can you get (00:40:26) out without losing in your purpose in (00:40:29) life let's (00:40:30) say this is where it comes from what you (00:40:34) need is (00:40:36) realization what you need is wake (00:40:39) up this is where all these terms are (00:40:42) coming coming (00:40:43) from and also really (00:40:46) important followers are not friends (00:40:50) followers are followers they follow you (00:40:52) as long as the image that you (00:40:55) represent fits to some way of thinking (00:40:58) of the ones that follow you yeah I (00:41:02) wouldn't give anything about (00:41:03) followers there is a a circle of very (00:41:07) very close friends of life and they (00:41:11) don't care if there are ups and downs (00:41:14) these are the ones who stay on their (00:41:15) side so this is like the other truths so (00:41:19) quantity itself determines nothing it (00:41:22) only determines and is a proof maybe (00:41:25) that at the moment the way of what you (00:41:27) you are sharing with the world many (00:41:29) people are resonating with it which is a (00:41:32) good thing then at the same time also to (00:41:36) take that misunderstanding away I grant (00:41:39) you the Porsche I grant you a big house (00:41:42) yeah it's all nice and I mean if you can (00:41:45) afford it it's absolutely something I (00:41:47) mean why not uh the German technology (00:41:51) and possibilities that meanwhile is is (00:41:54) able to do is like pretty awesome the (00:41:56) only thing is (00:41:59) ask yourself (00:42:02) your satisfaction about (00:42:06) life is it based on a condition or (00:42:09) not because this is what now I I I would (00:42:13) see right now everything that at the (00:42:16) moment you want to have you say you know (00:42:19) already but what I'm saying (00:42:22) is always when you say I need this in (00:42:26) order to feel compete complete I want (00:42:28) this in order to Feel Complete then it (00:42:31) means your life your satisfaction about (00:42:35) life is based on conditions as long as I (00:42:38) have many followers I'm happy as long as (00:42:41) I have a family I'm happy as long as I (00:42:44) have the car and the big house I'm (00:42:46) happy the fact (00:42:49) is you do not have a guarantee you do (00:42:54) not have a security that at any point in (00:42:57) time you're going to lose these (00:43:00) things first of all latest when the body (00:43:03) falls apart you're going to lose them (00:43:05) anyway but even before that just look (00:43:08) out in the world when we had for example (00:43:10) the the restrictions coming because of (00:43:13) the covid yeah what can you do as an (00:43:16) individual if the government decides (00:43:20) finished no more podcast no more going (00:43:23) out no more meeting friends stay at home (00:43:27) yeah and you had a lifestyle every day (00:43:30) you go out meeting friends every day you (00:43:32) drive around every day you are outside (00:43:34) but now because of whatever you are (00:43:36) forced to stay in that restriction what (00:43:39) is going to happen to your life (00:43:42) satisfaction the more you were con the (00:43:45) more it was based on the condition of (00:43:49) Life needs to look like this the more (00:43:53) the more we will suffer that's probably (00:43:55) one of the reasons why a lot of people (00:43:58) develop depression right during the (00:44:03) lockdown I think it goes both ways many (00:44:06) developed depression and many started (00:44:08) waking up (00:44:10) realizing I cannot base my life on (00:44:14) circumstances where I don't have (00:44:16) influence on and this is exactly what (00:44:18) this life is about don't base your life (00:44:24) satisfaction on circumstances where you (00:44:28) have no influence on if you have well (00:44:31) then change them in the way that serve (00:44:32) you but there are many things we don't (00:44:36) have and to already right now like (00:44:39) realizing I (00:44:41) cannot as a small citizen I do have no (00:44:45) influence on whatever the politicians (00:44:48) are going to throw out there no (00:44:52) way and then it starts that you are (00:44:56) realizing your life is in your (00:45:00) hands your responsibility is make sure (00:45:03) that (00:45:05) inside you always fool or that you're (00:45:08) feeling fool no matter what happens on (00:45:11) the outside nobody can take something (00:45:13) away from you because the gift that has (00:45:16) been given to you is the existence is (00:45:19) this lifetime in the first place we (00:45:21) already have been given the greatest (00:45:24) gift of everything (00:45:25) existence now don't let anybody (00:45:29) interfere trying to take that away from (00:45:32) you so that means don't Outsource the (00:45:36) power of having your hands uh of having (00:45:38) your life in your own hands don't (00:45:40) Outsource this (00:45:44) to external (00:45:47) circumstances don't Outsource it to the (00:45:49) amount of messages you receive per day (00:45:51) don't Outsource it to the number of (00:45:54) followers don't Outsource it to (00:45:58) yeah how big the apartment is how many (00:46:01) cars you (00:46:03) have if you can afford it do it just (00:46:06) don't make that emotional and mental (00:46:09) attachment this is the (00:46:11) part it's not about how many cars you (00:46:14) have you can have a whole garage full (00:46:16) with all the luxury cars that's not a (00:46:18) problem the problem is how much are you (00:46:22) identified with your possessions the (00:46:26) identification is the problem to have a (00:46:30) garage full and just use them and enjoy (00:46:33) them and when you drive and the weather (00:46:35) is nice then is really nice but then you (00:46:37) put it back into the garage you go eat (00:46:39) your meal and while you eating the car (00:46:42) is gone you're not thinking about a car (00:46:45) anymore it's gone it's standing in the (00:46:47) garage finished now you just enjoy the (00:46:50) meal attachment is the problem (00:46:54) mhm yeah so and this is all I would say (00:46:57) it is a process it is of (00:46:59) rewiring how have you lived your life (00:47:03) until right now how much did it serve (00:47:06) you the way of thinking until now and (00:47:09) how much also did it limit (00:47:12) you these are all things every (00:47:14) individual has to ask for themsel and (00:47:18) this is why now this is why also now for (00:47:21) example whatever conference uh I go to I (00:47:25) always say I have nothing to give to the (00:47:27) people I'm not giving you anything right (00:47:31) now I'm just saying something which is (00:47:34) let's say my view and you have to ask (00:47:37) yourself what is it from what you have (00:47:39) heard until right now that in a way (00:47:41) resonates with you you observe this (00:47:44) pattern in your own life and ultimately (00:47:47) the only person who can do something (00:47:49) about it it's not (00:47:51) me you make the decision your life is in (00:47:55) your (00:47:55) hands the old only thing that I'm doing (00:47:59) is if at all I'm taking something away (00:48:03) I'm taking away misconceptions and (00:48:06) illusions that people might have in this (00:48:09) lifetime if they haven't didn't have the (00:48:12) possibility to hear other (00:48:15) perspectives so and because the shaoling (00:48:18) tradition or the way how I grow up is a (00:48:21) very different way of life this is maybe (00:48:25) why this (00:48:29) understanding of okay you can use the (00:48:30) body to get to the (00:48:32) mind and then once you at the mind what (00:48:36) is it that you can actually observe (00:48:37) about yourself what type of questions (00:48:40) can you ask yourself this is then where (00:48:42) people realize oh okay so there is there (00:48:45) are other people in this world they have (00:48:47) grown up differently and they ask (00:48:50) themselves different (00:48:53) questions but we all live the same life (00:48:56) so which which way is the right way the (00:48:59) Western approach or the Eastern (00:49:01) approach no listen to all of them and (00:49:04) then individually choose what is working (00:49:08) for you and what (00:49:12) not yeah I have so many things to say um (00:49:16) first of all this podcast is called bab (00:49:18) de which means seeds of knowledge so you (00:49:22) basically give us some seeds of (00:49:23) knowledge they can grow in a fertile (00:49:26) soil or they cannot but yeah you share (00:49:30) the seeds of knowledge and thank you for (00:49:31) doing so I love the way that having (00:49:34) properties and being (00:49:36) competitive does not uh uh necessarily (00:49:40) negatively impact your fullness right (00:49:44) but you need to be sure that this is not (00:49:47) like uh you're not feeling your your (00:49:51) gaps with these properties you first (00:49:54) have to be full inside (00:49:58) and (00:50:00) uh where can we (00:50:02) start let's say that somebody realizes (00:50:05) that he is using these external (00:50:10) conditions to to to feel good inside H (00:50:14) how can you start because I think the (00:50:17) more you're in that (00:50:19) situation it becomes more painful to (00:50:23) look inside and to see how empty you are (00:50:27) for (00:51:26) how can you approach this pain and this (00:51:30) empty space where where do you have to (00:51:34) start this is exactly the (00:51:38) approach how you learn to face the pain (00:51:42) use the body so what is the very first (00:51:45) thing anybody in the world is supposed (00:51:48) to do if you look at your life and (00:51:50) realize that in the last seven days you (00:51:53) are only sitting or (00:51:55) lying it's not enough is unbalanced no (00:51:58) matter what it (00:51:59) is that person is going to be unbalanced (00:52:02) for sure so this is why any type of (00:52:05) physical activity doesn't need to be (00:52:07) Shaolin Kung Fu any type of physicality (00:52:10) needs to be inside the way of life of a (00:52:14) normal human being you mean any sports (00:52:17) like any sport so sport is already good (00:52:19) ultimately meaning take care of the (00:52:22) body because you know there is a nice (00:52:25) saying (00:52:29) um as long as your body is (00:52:32) healthy you have thousands of (00:52:35) problems yeah but in the moment your (00:52:37) body gets sick you have one problem (00:52:40) that's really true yeah that that yeah (00:52:42) that's true okay so this is that's why I (00:52:46) mean first of all before like tackling (00:52:48) everything yeah so how to build up your (00:52:50) life and how to whatever do make sure (00:52:53) your body stays healthy if the body is (00:52:55) not healthy you don't need to worry (00:52:56) about anything else (00:52:59) so respect take care and love your body (00:53:04) nourish your body nourish yourself in (00:53:07) such a way that you understand it's (00:53:10) something right now very very precious (00:53:12) to have okay this is number one okay (00:53:17) okay now of course there is a difference (00:53:21) probably what type of sport you are (00:53:24) doing but I can only talk about let's (00:53:26) say the shaoling way the shaoling (00:53:29) practices and what is so special about (00:53:31) them is that they are not based only (00:53:35) unlike external (00:53:38) practices yeah in the Shing way (00:53:40) sometimes you have just positions you're (00:53:42) just standing body is not moving mhm but (00:53:46) just because the body is not moving (00:53:48) doesn't mean you're not training (00:53:50) something doesn't mean you are not doing (00:53:53) something it's just not visible on the (00:53:55) outside yeah that's why we call it it's (00:53:58) internal (00:54:00) training internal training meaning for (00:54:03) just as an example feeling how much (00:54:06) tension do you carry inside of your body (00:54:09) you know if somebody like stay like this (00:54:11) you can see I have tension okay but then (00:54:14) I relax the shoulder okay now looks (00:54:16) better but that's just the outside layer (00:54:19) the question is inside your organs (00:54:21) everything inside how much tension do (00:54:24) you carry there so this is also a away (00:54:27) what is happening in all of these (00:54:29) martial art practices meaning you become (00:54:32) more fine than even about your body and (00:54:36) the more fine you become about the body (00:54:38) the more access you have to it and (00:54:41) because you become so fine the Mind (00:54:44) becomes so fine it becomes more subtle (00:54:47) to the changes that are happening inside (00:54:49) our (00:54:51) lifetime and then what do you do with (00:54:53) that ability of you sense like the s (00:54:57) changes it is like you have a way better (00:55:00) possibility right now to really fine (00:55:03) tune your life mhm yeah you realize oh (00:55:06) no that that that frequency doesn't (00:55:08) sound right a now it's (00:55:12) okay yeah so it has something to do with (00:55:15) how fine are you to adjust your (00:55:19) life yeah it's like you're a busy man (00:55:23) you have a hobby you have a profession (00:55:25) you have the podcast maybe you have a (00:55:26) girl girlfriend maybe you have children (00:55:29) the more you (00:55:31) have the more aware you need to become (00:55:35) how do all of these areas actually (00:55:38) interfere to your (00:55:41) overall (00:55:43) feeling and if one of these things (00:55:47) like is needs more attention you need to (00:55:50) be able to sense this mhm if another is (00:55:53) like too much then you need to take a (00:55:56) little bit so it's always a type of (00:55:59) balancing the more areas in life you (00:56:01) have the more detailed the more fine you (00:56:04) have to become to balance all of this (00:56:07) out you spend too much with podcast and (00:56:09) with work and uh (00:56:12) with I don't know with with your hobbies (00:56:15) well your relationship won't be happy (00:56:18) it's just going to be like this but you (00:56:20) give all energy only into the (00:56:21) relationship well you're going to be (00:56:23) unhappy because all the other things (00:56:25) that are also important to you you don't (00:56:28) have enough energy so it's a very fine (00:56:30) line sometimes to really figure out how (00:56:33) to adjust and that (00:56:36) means to be able to really (00:56:39) sense sometimes really sense the (00:56:42) presence of the other person which means (00:56:44) just because somebody talks to you and (00:56:46) smiles in your face doesn't mean the (00:56:48) energy is (00:56:50) right yeah but exactly already with this (00:56:52) word when I say energy yeah it's (00:56:55) sometimes strange to people that they (00:56:56) say oh it's esoteric so what what do you (00:56:59) mean by energy but you know it's it's (00:57:02) very (00:57:04) simple people can laugh in your face but (00:57:07) you feel is not real mhm people can just (00:57:11) sit there and you can feel their (00:57:13) suffering people can sit there and (00:57:16) pretend to smile but you can feel they (00:57:18) angry this is what what I in a in a (00:57:21) simple way say beyond what we see (00:57:24) obviously (00:57:26) there is another area that gives you (00:57:29) more and more real actually information (00:57:33) than the obvious what you think you see (00:57:36) smiling doesn't mean (00:57:38) friendly what energy is behind there no (00:57:42) and this also means the refinement of (00:57:45) you sensing also (00:57:47) things and it comes with a healthy body (00:57:51) it is the starting (00:57:52) point healthy body first then you (00:57:56) integrate the practices more into your (00:57:59) daily life and this refinement like I (00:58:02) said in the shaoling Arts also like in (00:58:06) the taitron systems there you have a lot (00:58:09) of this type of what I call refining the (00:58:13) body yeah you refine the body (00:58:15) automatically you are refining the (00:58:18) mind yeah and this is where nowadays I (00:58:21) think it's such a great help actually (00:58:25) that it just looks like a martial art it (00:58:27) just looks like you do sport yeah but (00:58:29) with the right mindset in the (00:58:31) combination of what you are doing and (00:58:34) what mindset you have is a very very (00:58:37) powerful tool to combine two things body (00:58:42) and mind in the same practice in the (00:58:45) same practice body and (00:58:47) mind yes and translated into your inside (00:58:53) world together with the outside world (00:58:56) mhm so at the moment people are chasing (00:58:58) chasing chasing which is not wrong yeah (00:59:02) but now instead of having 100% of only (00:59:07) chasing do 80% chasing and 20% look (00:59:12) inside adjust what look if you cannot (00:59:16) face yourself 100% face yourself (00:59:19) 20% okay when you are comfortable with (00:59:22) 20% looking (00:59:25) inside move it up 50% you do internal (00:59:29) work about yourself about your mindset (00:59:31) about your feelings about your (00:59:33) expectations about the perspectives how (00:59:36) you're looking into the world at 50% you (00:59:38) invest in building something up on the (00:59:41) outside now we're already at 50/50 mhm (00:59:44) and from there on your decision how you (00:59:47) continue some people go 100% inside and (00:59:51) outside do nothing (00:59:53) anymore yeah but it's also for me um for (00:59:56) me personally also not the way how I am (00:59:59) at the moment uh working now this is the (01:00:03) reason why I also like accept it in a (01:00:05) way to to come to this podcast because I (01:00:09) just think it is a very very good way to (01:00:11) get this type of knowledge out so I (01:00:14) regard this also as my contribution in a (01:00:17) way yeah with all the practices that I (01:00:21) had before to now I think there is (01:00:23) something that can help people just by (01:00:26) listening to it that's why I do (01:00:29) it yeah but on the other side when (01:00:31) podcast and all the events are finished (01:00:34) then I'm by myself all alone I'm very (01:00:37) happy to be alone I have no problem with (01:00:39) that at all and then go into my internal (01:00:42) practices refine myself and actually (01:00:44) working on (01:00:46) myself so working on yourself on the one (01:00:50) side and then with everything that you (01:00:53) have discovered give it out do something (01:00:57) contribute to this globe contribute (01:00:59) something in this Earth this is my (01:01:01) balance that makes me feel very very (01:01:07) comfortable what are you doing when (01:01:10) you're (01:01:16) alone so it's mainly training (01:01:20) training or also (01:01:22) really sensing inside where are the (01:01:27) gaps so just really sitting there and (01:01:30) asking (01:01:31) myself what is the reason at the moment (01:01:34) I don't enjoy this (01:01:37) life what is (01:01:39) missing yeah what what's the reason (01:01:42) right now for you to be unhappy about (01:01:44) this (01:01:45) life simple question like this and (01:01:49) really this is something that everyone (01:01:51) can do right yeah not can do only (01:01:54) probably should do because if you don't (01:01:57) ask this question the answers uh most (01:02:00) probably cannot (01:02:02) come so you just sit and you ask (01:02:05) yourself what what why don't you like (01:02:08) what why don't you like your life right (01:02:10) now what is the gap what is missing in (01:02:13) my life yeah what do you think you still (01:02:17) need does it really make sense imagining (01:02:20) you would have already what you are (01:02:22) wishing for how would it change you (01:02:24) right now mhm now let's put it simple (01:02:27) like this at outside I have at the (01:02:30) moment maybe I have my Porsche standing (01:02:32) now just imagine instead of the Porsche (01:02:34) outside this time it's a Bugatti (01:02:35) standing both of them y car how does it (01:02:38) change you sitting (01:02:40) here (01:02:42) nothing (01:02:45) nothing (01:02:47) yeah only when you sit inside then there (01:02:50) is a difference but for right now there (01:02:52) are many things on the outside they (01:02:54) don't matter what matters is how how do (01:02:56) you feel right now this is what (01:03:00) matters so there is something simple (01:03:03) about it you know the problem many times (01:03:06) in in nowadays world (01:03:09) is (01:03:10) that you are not here you cannot just be (01:03:15) alone with (01:03:17) yourself either when you're alone with (01:03:19) either you're drifting off into the past (01:03:22) about what everything went wrong in the (01:03:24) past or you drifting off into what you (01:03:27) still want to see and have in the future (01:03:30) so this projection either into the (01:03:32) future or the memories into the (01:03:35) past both of these things is What Makes (01:03:38) You (01:03:41) Suffer we can sit right now over here (01:03:43) and think about what happened last week (01:03:46) and then maybe it makes us angry or we (01:03:48) can sit right now here and we look into (01:03:50) next week oh no Financial Department's (01:03:53) going to come yeah and also makes you (01:03:55) suffer again (01:03:56) but right now right now there is no (01:03:59) reason to suffer I don't (01:04:03) suffer Neuroscience calls that pred (01:04:06) predictions so basically our brain is a (01:04:10) predictions machine it predicts all the (01:04:13) time even when you don't think about (01:04:14) things it predicts things like what (01:04:17) would happen if it's going to be an (01:04:19) earthquake uh what what is the root out (01:04:23) here even if you don't think about that (01:04:25) so I think that like like this is and we (01:04:28) analyze the past to learn from that so (01:04:31) probably these are good tools but they (01:04:33) are not good when we just do that right (01:04:36) and because this brain this machine (01:04:40) is it is made to analyze the past and to (01:04:44) make predictions for the (01:04:46) future it is so hard to stay in the (01:04:49) present right so how can how can we stay (01:04:54) in the present (01:05:00) so I think we we (01:05:02) can also say that the mind or what we (01:05:06) refer as the mind is something very very (01:05:08) powerful it's something very intelligent (01:05:11) it is something very very (01:05:13) powerful because it is so powerful it is (01:05:16) also (01:05:19) that element about you which can make (01:05:21) you suffer a lot or which can make you (01:05:24) flourish also a lot (01:05:27) it's the same mind that created the atom (01:05:30) bomb and it is the same mind that (01:05:31) created all the technological (01:05:33) developments that we have nowadays so we (01:05:35) can create something with the mind or we (01:05:37) can destroy something with the mind we (01:05:40) can use the mind to really use it and (01:05:43) benefit our well-being but we can also (01:05:45) use the mind to destroy our well-being (01:05:48) so the question is how do you use the (01:05:51) mind in the proper way this is like one (01:05:54) question so and how now to make better (01:05:59) use of the mind or better use of the (01:06:03) presence this is the point where now it (01:06:05) comes to all different types of (01:06:08) practices that are existing in this (01:06:11) world (01:06:12) like focus on the (01:06:15) breath do your internal work focus on (01:06:19) the movement focus on the sound (01:06:23) everything that brings you into the (01:06:25) presence (01:06:27) yeah this one doesn't happen in the past (01:06:30) mhm yeah there's nothing more real (01:06:33) there's nothing more direct nothing more (01:06:36) present than something like this and so (01:06:39) to remind yourself also again to (01:06:42) identify okay I'm thrifting off right (01:06:44) now come (01:06:47) back because also when you do breathing (01:06:50) methods when I inhale and let's say I (01:06:54) feel this stream of air that goes (01:07:00) in also so in the moment where your mind (01:07:05) is is locked on the breast so you follow (01:07:10) the line as good as you can this can (01:07:13) only happen in the p in in in the (01:07:15) present you cannot feel the breath of (01:07:18) the past there is no breath of the past (01:07:21) there is no inhalation of the (01:07:24) future whatever you sensing when you (01:07:27) follow the stream of the breath it's the (01:07:30) presentence the breath never happens in (01:07:33) the past and it never happens in the (01:07:35) future it's that direct experience so (01:07:39) that means it doesn't matter eventually (01:07:42) what is it that you are let's say (01:07:44) locking your mind on as long as it is (01:07:47) something that happens in the presence (01:07:49) and this is where all this exercises are (01:07:53) coming in when I talk you right now I (01:07:57) know what I talk yeah when I'm (01:08:01) eating I feel the sense of the food when (01:08:05) I'm sleeping I'm really trying to enjoy (01:08:09) the sense of body is resting mind is (01:08:12) resting this is how sleep (01:08:15) feels yeah when I'm at a (01:08:17) concert listening to (01:08:22) something these are all type of (01:08:24) practices when I walk out in the street (01:08:26) and the sun is shining on my face and (01:08:29) the people are sitting there at the (01:08:30) coffee and you hear they talking but I (01:08:32) walk and I feel I sense this is the (01:08:35) sunshine this is the people talking my (01:08:37) feet are moving I'm here I know what I (01:08:40) do I know what I'm (01:08:42) surrounded uh with so being just very (01:08:47) present being very aware because without (01:08:51) this awareness it's (01:08:53) like without this awareness you wouldn't (01:08:56) even or people maybe wouldn't even make (01:08:58) a difference yeah whether you sit in a (01:08:59) Porsche or if you just like sit in um in (01:09:03) a (01:09:05) Corvette but if you're if you aware you (01:09:08) feel very very (01:09:10) clearly a car that drives like this can (01:09:13) only be a (01:09:15) portion yeah so awareness is key because (01:09:19) without it there is no (01:09:22) enjoyment yeah you don't make use of (01:09:24) what you have (01:09:26) awareness is what is like making it (01:09:30) finally real for you you worked so hard (01:09:32) for it now you have it enjoy it yeah but (01:09:36) you can't enjoy it if all the time you (01:09:37) think about like last week or if you (01:09:39) think all the time about what happens in (01:09:41) the future enjoying what you have is you (01:09:45) arrive at exactly where you are right (01:09:49) now with what you have that's it there (01:09:52) is no wishing for something more of the (01:09:54) future and there's not wishing for (01:09:56) something that wouldn't have happened of (01:09:58) the past no you in the present that's (01:10:01) it and the more you realize this about (01:10:05) yourself the more you integrate this (01:10:07) just into your (01:10:08) normal (01:10:10) uh (01:10:12) being then it starts to (01:10:16) shift yeah just bring more (01:10:19) presence (01:10:22) into the present how often we have to do (01:10:25) do that I I mean are are you always (01:10:28) present or what percent of the time you (01:10:31) try to be present at the moment if I (01:10:34) talk about myself if I observe myself (01:10:37) the most of the time I would say I'm (01:10:40) present and I'm realizing when I'm not (01:10:44) so the amount of being absent is what I (01:10:48) realize when I'm absent I realize it (01:10:51) when I'm present it's my normal (01:10:53) state for other people maybe it's the (01:10:56) other way around but this really depends (01:10:58) on your personal relation and how much (01:11:02) you practice So eventually the thing is (01:11:06) the truth is you're always present you (01:11:09) just don't know about it you just over (01:11:12) you you're over there's some layer on (01:11:16) top of the presence which somehow makes (01:11:17) you think you're not in the present but (01:11:20) we're always in the present just the (01:11:22) realization that you are is not there (01:11:25) because it is (01:11:27) overlaid by (01:11:29) thoughts if you take the thoughts away (01:11:32) you will realize oh there it is it's so (01:11:36) nice because this is a much easier (01:11:38) approach for me at least to understand (01:11:42) that pres I mean I am present right now (01:11:44) I just don't realize it's not something (01:11:47) that presence is something I have to (01:11:50) achieve by um big efforts no I'm just (01:11:55) present so nice I'm present I just have (01:11:57) to realize that and get get rid (01:12:00) of of the noise so and this is exactly a (01:12:04) very very nice point where now you (01:12:08) see I call it only like this yes but the (01:12:12) one approach that we have at the moment (01:12:14) in this world is in order for us to be (01:12:18) full to to feel full we need to attain (01:12:22) something we need to do something M you (01:12:24) need to have your diploma you need to (01:12:26) have your job you need to have money you (01:12:29) need to have the first car you need to (01:12:30) have you so that means this approach is (01:12:33) about you need it's about it's about (01:12:37) doing yeah but the realization that I (01:12:40) was just telling you right now that you (01:12:42) have yourself is no it's not about doing (01:12:45) it's there (01:12:46) already it's there (01:12:50) already it's just covered all the time (01:12:53) so this time is not about adding (01:12:55) something there it's about this year (01:12:58) must (01:12:59) go and that (01:13:01) one must also Bo there it (01:13:04) is nothing needs to be done it is (01:13:07) something we have to (01:13:09) undo this is the E (01:13:12) approach yeah and I I love the way you (01:13:15) combine them because you don't say you (01:13:17) don't have to do anything I mean you can (01:13:19) still have you can still (01:13:22) do but you have to realize that you (01:13:24) already have what what you need right (01:13:28) it's the balance it's the balance so (01:13:31) just right now I think it's really (01:13:33) helpful yeah you know you don't have to (01:13:35) throw away everything that you have (01:13:37) learned until right now in in in that (01:13:39) sense it's just that there are more (01:13:42) perspectives that when you have access (01:13:45) to both of these perspectives just find (01:13:47) out for yourself sometimes this makes (01:13:49) more sense sometimes this makes more (01:13:51) sense well important part (01:13:54) is as long as you have it you can choose (01:13:56) when to use it but if you don't even (01:13:58) have it you can't use (01:14:00) it so what does it mean whatever there (01:14:03) is to learn in this world it's never (01:14:05) wrong to learn it you never know if you (01:14:09) will need it one day and then it's (01:14:11) better to have than to need it is one (01:14:15) way out of many that are existing I can (01:14:18) only or I did talk only about this my (01:14:21) whole life because I Walk This Way it (01:14:25) doesn't mean it's the only way it's just (01:14:28) because I walked it for so long it is my (01:14:32) understanding of okay how do this these (01:14:35) practices interfere or are connected (01:14:39) with with building up a life that you (01:14:43) think is worth living that's (01:14:45) it what is the Shaolin practices doing (01:14:48) for me help me build up a life a quality (01:14:51) life that's it if you want to call like (01:14:54) this this is one of of the main emphasis (01:14:57) that I was putting in in always sharing (01:14:59) these things out but there are many ways (01:15:02) yeah so but (01:15:04) ultimately it's the (01:15:06) mind and yeah it's just you know but in (01:15:10) the field of martial arts is just in a (01:15:12) way also like pretty attractive in terms (01:15:16) of you make your body (01:15:21) strong you have let's say movements that (01:15:24) on the one side also sometimes are quite (01:15:28) aesthetic and it's so nice and (01:15:32) whole for me so you there's everything (01:15:35) involved there is Diet involved there is (01:15:38) like structure involved like when would (01:15:40) it be good to wake up when is it good to (01:15:42) go to sleep and all of these things so (01:15:44) it's a whole nice let's say culture (01:15:49) tradition this is what I I find so nice (01:15:51) about it that the Search is Over You (01:15:55) Don't (01:15:55) need to search for like so like here I (01:15:59) take this yoga practice and then from (01:16:01) here I take the breathing exercises from (01:16:04) here and from here I take like the (01:16:06) dancing moves and then you have like a a (01:16:09) mixup yeah um yeah a mixup (01:16:12) menu but mixup (01:16:16) menu maybe gives you the feeling of you (01:16:20) have some Freedom yeah yeah but (01:16:23) structure gives you Direction (01:16:26) and you find distruction in a show in (01:16:28) school or Temple right yes also (01:16:30) depending on who's teaching it to you (01:16:32) but it's supposed to be like this (01:16:34) yes um tell me about uh your temple uh (01:16:39) it can anyone attend that do you need is (01:16:42) there like an exam how do you if I want (01:16:44) to come to your temple how what should I (01:16:46) do so very (01:16:49) simple um (01:16:56) I started with this (01:16:58) idea in 2011 2010 as you mentioned and (01:17:02) already from the beginning it has always (01:17:04) been my wish and also my the way of how (01:17:08) I share the things to tell the people (01:17:11) listen you do not need to live inside (01:17:14) the monastery to develop (01:17:17) everything that uh that I think is worth (01:17:22) to be developed you don't need to stay (01:17:25) inside the monastery but what is the (01:17:28) special thing about the monastery it (01:17:30) means if you come for example to (01:17:33) visit from Monday till Saturday for one (01:17:36) week everybody can come or sometimes we (01:17:38) also have weekend programs during this (01:17:41) time you don't need to worry about where (01:17:44) you sleep what you eat and what you (01:17:47) drink everything of this is is taken (01:17:50) care of your job in this week is only (01:17:54) sleep eat and (01:17:58) train after you train you can rest when (01:18:01) you rested enough you train again so the (01:18:04) main focus about why a (01:18:06) monastery it is in order to not waste (01:18:09) your (01:18:10) lifetime yeah if you come food is taken (01:18:13) care of everything is taken care of your (01:18:15) focus is dive into the (01:18:18) teaching completely dive into the (01:18:20) teaching for let's say in that week one (01:18:23) week long and now just imagine somebody (01:18:26) who spends there 1 year 2 years 3 years (01:18:30) 4 years 10 (01:18:32) years 10 years of every day looking (01:18:36) inside yourself sensing inside feeling (01:18:39) inside refining yourself of course (01:18:42) somebody like this when he then goes out (01:18:45) has a complete other sensation and (01:18:48) perception of this life than a normal (01:18:51) person it is because of the time (01:18:53) investment that that has went in to yeah (01:18:58) to dive into these teachings so this is (01:19:01) the reason for me why monasteries make (01:19:03) sense mhm that you have a place that is (01:19:07) going to take care of you and you can (01:19:09) just focus (01:19:11) on all of these theories how to put them (01:19:15) into (01:19:16) practice okay so and for all the world (01:19:20) yes there is the possibility that they (01:19:23) can come for one week and and just visit (01:19:25) the temple and dive into for one week or (01:19:30) a weekend throughout the whole year so (01:19:33) we normally have a yearly program where (01:19:36) you can just it's a PDF file with all (01:19:38) the dates when you can (01:19:40) come yes this is the way how we are set (01:19:42) up in the (01:19:43) monastery and what you also find there (01:19:46) for example is very strict and (01:19:50) structured uh schedule okay so there are (01:19:54) fixed eating time 8:00 breakfast 1 p.m. (01:19:57) is lunch 6:00 p.m. is dinner there good (01:20:01) times yeah for the health yeah these are (01:20:03) good times for the health but in the (01:20:06) beginning together with that amount of (01:20:08) training what you also have sometimes (01:20:11) it's also difficult yeah meaning yeah (01:20:14) you eat at 8:00 then you have training (01:20:16) from 9 until 11: so when you finish the (01:20:19) training you're hungry already but you (01:20:21) need to wait until 1:00 you cannot eat (01:20:23) in between (01:20:25) so what it means yeah is yeah but why (01:20:28) can I not just go to the kitchen and eat (01:20:30) when I'm hungry because this is your (01:20:33) mind telling (01:20:35) you but there's something about you (01:20:39) which is let's say stronger than the (01:20:42) mind the mind can be your friend and the (01:20:45) mind can be your enemy and if I'm (01:20:47) telling you there are three times per (01:20:49) day eating that's (01:20:51) it in the first weeks let's say when you (01:20:54) would stay like still you're thinking (01:20:55) about eating you're hungry all of this (01:20:58) but at some (01:21:00) point you will have accepted it that (01:21:03) okay 8:00 1:00 (01:21:05) 6:00 you're okay and what does it mean (01:21:10) now the real Freedom has come M now (01:21:14) you're (01:21:15) free because even if you're hungry and (01:21:18) you say next food is at 6:00 is no (01:21:21) problem I can wait it's good let's do (01:21:23) something else yeah and you free not (01:21:26) free (01:21:27) is it's 2:00 I'm already (01:21:30) hungry 4 more hours I need to eat (01:21:34) something I I cannot wait until 6:00 (01:21:37) anymore this is not (01:21:40) free see so this idea of what does (01:21:43) freedom mean to you does it mean you can (01:21:45) go to the kitchen anytime you want no (01:21:48) that means your slave to the (01:21:51) Mind mhm free is no matter what the mind (01:21:55) tell (01:21:57) you you can wait I can (01:22:02) wait so and this is where now you see (01:22:05) that sometimes it's necessary to have (01:22:08) this obvious structure and discipline on (01:22:12) the one side but why because it's it's a (01:22:16) helpful way to bring out that type of (01:22:19) Freedom that we say from our tradition (01:22:21) this is the (01:22:23) freedom it's all also not the freedom in (01:22:26) terms of yeah yeah especially yeah you (01:22:29) walk through Clues yeah many beautiful (01:22:30) women but at home you have like uh uh (01:22:34) your own women sitting already now you (01:22:36) could say well it's a free world we're (01:22:38) all free so my wife is at home but (01:22:41) actually I can still flirt around this (01:22:43) is a way of where you say well this is (01:22:46) freedom yeah but where does this type of (01:22:48) Freedom lead to it's leading to (01:22:52) suffering yeah you're causing suffering (01:22:55) by behaving this type of (01:22:57) free no if you have one wife you stay (01:23:00) with that one wife that's (01:23:03) it and you're free from suffering right (01:23:06) if and you stay free from (01:23:09) suffering but if you but if somebody is (01:23:12) tempted too much if somebody cannot (01:23:14) handle his (01:23:17) temptation uh yeah he's not free no he's (01:23:20) enslaved by (01:23:22) Temptation and at some point this type (01:23:25) of behavior is not just going to bring (01:23:27) suffering to you it also brings (01:23:28) suffering to everyone that you are (01:23:32) involving in so this is where I say yeah (01:23:35) what type of Freedom are you talking (01:23:38) about yeah and the freedom that (01:23:40) eventually is going to get onto the (01:23:43) costs or is causing suffering to you and (01:23:46) other ones this is not the freedom we (01:23:49) want it's it's the type of Freedom that (01:23:53) makes us be able to live live together (01:23:55) in the community way better this is the (01:23:57) way of (01:23:58) Freedom yeah where I can let you live (01:24:01) the life how you like to live it and you (01:24:03) let me live my life how I like to live (01:24:05) it I don't need to tell you your way is (01:24:07) wrong you should live like I do no this (01:24:10) is not free this is (01:24:12) limited this is thinking you have the (01:24:14) answers to to the questions of the (01:24:16) universe well you don't just as like I (01:24:18) don't have them the only thing I'm (01:24:20) sharing right now is my observation I (01:24:24) don't say it's right for anyone I just (01:24:26) say until now everything we talked about (01:24:29) it worked for (01:24:33) me if something is useful from what we (01:24:36) have talked about and somebody tries it (01:24:38) out and then realize hm cool also works (01:24:41) for me I'm really happy about it but if (01:24:43) somebody says well this is not my way of (01:24:46) living I don't share this opinion is not (01:24:49) a (01:24:49) problem (01:24:51) yeah well at least I would really love (01:24:55) uh right now to visit your uh Shin (01:24:59) Temple sometime but so is it you have (01:25:02) programs that are are available to (01:25:04) everyone right is there any test you (01:25:06) make or you just subscribing you go (01:25:08) there yeah you subscribe you go there (01:25:11) and then starting from day one we're (01:25:13) going to have a look at you physically (01:25:16) and also like mentally where we where we (01:25:19) sense that you are standing and based on (01:25:21) that week then you will get answers okay (01:25:25) and you can stay for a week or more well (01:25:28) normally the guests or the majority of (01:25:31) people that are visiting us it's a one (01:25:33) week's day yeah sometimes now during (01:25:35) summertime or when there's Easter it's (01:25:38) possible to have like two weeks uh next (01:25:41) to each other so two weeks uh (01:25:43) consecutive yeah but then there is also (01:25:46) a possibility and this is what we call (01:25:49) in our place (01:25:51) discipleship that means you start on the (01:25:54) 1 of January and stay the whole (01:25:56) year yeah more or less without leaving (01:25:58) the monastery one year you stay there do (01:26:00) you have a your phone there you can (01:26:02) communicate with other people not at all (01:26:05) times yeah there are there are spaces (01:26:09) when of course you can communicate but (01:26:11) the majority is really for one year (01:26:14) you're dedicating your lifetime that (01:26:16) this is now the center of your activity (01:26:18) it is your center of being so one year (01:26:21) long dive into all of this how how do uh (01:26:25) these people that go through this uh (01:26:27) onee program how how their life changes (01:26:30) they go back to community they well the (01:26:33) one year is only the preparation year (01:26:36) mostly they stay one year then after one (01:26:40) year you can actually already decide is (01:26:42) this a way of life for you yes or no (01:26:44) yeah if you say Yes actually is really (01:26:46) nice you extend a second year two years (01:26:49) of discipleship if you have stayed (01:26:51) already two years now (01:26:55) afterwards you have the chance to extend (01:26:57) another 3 years so we have 5 years (01:26:59) already after these five years actually (01:27:02) it's possible that you are starting to (01:27:05) enter into let's say the the Inner (01:27:08) Circle the inner circle of our community (01:27:11) which means you're learning also things (01:27:14) related to the martial arts and you just (01:27:17) dive deeper because 5 years staying (01:27:20) inside this mindset in inside this world (01:27:24) you get some deps that you don't (01:27:26) normally get when you just like from (01:27:28) time to time get into these teachings (01:27:31) yeah and this is our way this (01:27:33) discipleship and then afterwards another (01:27:35) 3 years of training (01:27:38) people this is our way right now how to (01:27:42) make sure that all of these teachings (01:27:45) doesn't get lost yeah that's so (01:27:48) nice uh and for for the one week I'm (01:27:52) just curious for the onee program what (01:27:53) you told me yeah you it at 8 11 uh no 8 (01:27:57) 1 and 6 right and what other things are (01:28:00) are uh people doing at what time you got (01:28:02) to sleep normally the day ends around (01:28:06) let's say 9:30 the day ends with the (01:28:09) last final ceremony and it is possible (01:28:13) at 10:00 to lay in the bed actually okay (01:28:15) so yeah and besides that besides the (01:28:18) lunch times there is quite intensive (01:28:20) like 6 hours of training which are then (01:28:22) still spread throughout the day which (01:28:24) can means sometimes it's 2 hours in the (01:28:26) morning 2 hours afternoon 2 hours (01:28:29) evening sometimes depending on our (01:28:31) teacher 3 hours session in the morning 3 (01:28:34) hours afternoon finished but so it's (01:28:38) quite a lot of time like I said (01:28:41) to try out all of this what we refer as (01:28:46) the shaoling methods the shaoling Arts (01:28:48) The Shaolin practices this physicality (01:28:52) merge together with the internal (01:28:54) practice (01:28:55) to get to the Mind meditation practices (01:28:58) sitting meditation walking meditation (01:29:01) all of these things uh included (01:29:06) yeah um can you just describe your day (01:29:09) like in the temple what what are you (01:29:10) doing what time you wake up what how you (01:29:13) start your day what you thinking about (01:29:16) well so the structure is normally 6:00 (01:29:18) is wake up time 7:00 is the sitting (01:29:20) meditation 8:00 is breakfast 9:00 like I (01:29:24) at 9: until 12:00 or sometimes 9: until (01:29:27) 11: is like the first training session (01:29:30) at 12: um 12 noon is working time for 1 (01:29:35) hour so walking you walk working okay (01:29:38) working so work yeah so if there's (01:29:40) something to do inside the monastery (01:29:42) cleaning the windows cleaning the (01:29:44) toilets um helping outside in the garden (01:29:47) sometimes we also then integrate the (01:29:49) guests to help us with that 1:00 lunch (01:29:52) after lunch short break 3:00 until 6:00 (01:29:56) or 3 until 5: training time again 6:00 (01:30:00) p.m. dinner then if it was only 2hour (01:30:04) session 7 until 900 another training (01:30:06) session yeah or sometimes classes (01:30:09) philosophical classes open talks (01:30:11) question and (01:30:12) answers 11:00 uh 9:00 evening (01:30:17) ceremony and that's it Monday till (01:30:20) Friday that's a pretty strict uh (01:30:23) structure that's a pretty straight (01:30:27) structure which is happening every day (01:30:29) in the monastery but depending on of (01:30:31) course how the schedule also of the (01:30:33) individual there is so meanwhile look (01:30:36) right now like I'm traveling here to K (01:30:39) so this is not my schedule right now (01:30:41) obviously yeah tell me about the Sleep (01:30:43) uh is there any anything special you're (01:30:46) doing and or you just laying in the bed (01:30:48) and in in the bed and fall (01:30:52) asleep um (01:30:55) so one thing I realize for myself is is (01:30:58) not the amount of time how much I spent (01:31:01) lying horizontally which matters it's (01:31:04) not the fact of lying which matters it's (01:31:07) the question of how much do you recover (01:31:10) through during that during that state (01:31:13) yeah so and that means recovery can only (01:31:16) happen if there is (01:31:18) no usage let's say of energy it's like (01:31:22) you know when when we have our our (01:31:24) phones or you have the iPad even if you (01:31:27) plug it into (01:31:29) electricity but you still have a lot of (01:31:31) programs running there still can mean (01:31:33) that 3 hours later nothing has changed (01:31:36) in the amount of battery uh capacity (01:31:39) yeah okay so that means being plugged in (01:31:43) but then at the same time having as (01:31:45) inactive as possible then it starts (01:31:48) recovering yeah so and similar like this (01:31:51) I think it refers to as humans as well (01:31:53) so that means what is it in the evening (01:31:56) that is sucking energy most probably (01:31:59) well probably it's not (01:32:01) moving because this is what the body is (01:32:04) supposed not to do so staying (01:32:07) still it's the mind it's the Mind (01:32:10) activity very much which is sucking a (01:32:12) lot of energy meaning like you go to bed (01:32:15) you wake up in the morning but still (01:32:17) feel like very tired and not (01:32:20) recovered well it might be the reason (01:32:22) that your brain (01:32:24) your mind is still too active in the (01:32:27) evening and this is again where it comes (01:32:30) from to discover okay stop thinking too (01:32:33) much of the past stop dreaming too much (01:32:35) about the future practice yourself (01:32:38) remain in the present so and this also (01:32:41) then translates afterwards into your (01:32:44) quality of sleep because when you sleep (01:32:47) you (01:32:48) sleep when you eat you eat when you talk (01:32:52) you talk when you work you work (01:32:55) but nowadays people work and they think (01:32:58) about eating people eat and they think (01:33:00) about sleeping people sleep and they (01:33:03) think about walking so there's something (01:33:05) not aligned mhm see so there is some (01:33:09) there is no (01:33:11) synchronicity you are here but actually (01:33:14) something else is there and this is not (01:33:16) how it's supposed to be being present (01:33:19) means you sleep you sleep you talk you (01:33:21) talk you eat you eat you walk you walk (01:33:24) you drive you drive you listen you (01:33:28) listen this is ultimately where all of (01:33:31) this journey goes and then the amount of (01:33:34) sleep is not so important but the (01:33:37) recovery (01:33:38) rate is very very different how much (01:33:42) sleep do you need as hours when you're (01:33:46) as you said you sleep you sleep when you (01:33:48) rest properly well I'm happy if I have 7 (01:33:52) hours when I have 7 hours I'm happy yeah (01:33:56) yeah 6 hours is quite limit so then six (01:34:01) is really limit I can maintain even five (01:34:05) or 6 hours but after like a few days I (01:34:09) feel it's not good to continue like this (01:34:11) because then you're starting to really (01:34:14) burn um burn some energy which you (01:34:18) cannot recover (01:34:19) anymore and this is also very (01:34:21) interesting now when it comes to (01:34:24) to that word energy on the one side and (01:34:27) also how it is related (01:34:30) to diet breathing Brea breathing and (01:34:36) lifestyle so the quickest way of to (01:34:39) let's say change something about the way (01:34:42) how you feel during the day or about (01:34:44) your energy state are these three (01:34:47) things (01:34:49) diet breast work and (01:34:52) lifestyle if if you have good nutritious (01:34:56) food if your breathing apparatus is (01:34:59) working properly and if your lifestyle (01:35:02) let's say waking up at a certain time (01:35:05) going to bed early enough having enough (01:35:08) sleep if you maintain all of these three (01:35:10) things chances are very very good that (01:35:13) your energy level is is is proper yeah (01:35:18) if the diet is not good if your breast (01:35:21) is not good if your lifestyle is not (01:35:23) good still you alive somehow but the (01:35:28) energy that is now being sucked out from (01:35:30) you in order to make you still (01:35:33) functioning it is coming from something (01:35:35) that we let's say in the ancient (01:35:38) tradition call it comes from your (01:35:40) essence the essence that in traditional (01:35:43) Chinese medicine we regard as being (01:35:45) stored in the (01:35:47) kidneys yeah (01:35:49) so the kid which means ultimately to (01:35:52) make it short no good lifestyle no good (01:35:56) food no good breath life short you die (01:35:59) early yeah that's very very simple yeah (01:36:04) yeah so that's (01:36:06) it yeah uh can you maybe can we go (01:36:10) through them uh in short terms about you (01:36:13) said diet uh breeding and lifestyle what (01:36:18) what diet do you practice uh and what do (01:36:20) you recommend to people (01:36:22) so I think it is an very individual (01:36:25) Choice yeah yes inside our Monastery we (01:36:29) mainly eat or primarily it's vegetarian (01:36:32) not vegan it's vegetarian so you eat (01:36:35) eggs for example eggs we eat milk (01:36:37) products we also have cheese is also not (01:36:40) a problem for us yes but a lot of (01:36:43) vegetables a lot of (01:36:45) fruits and let's put it like this in (01:36:49) generally speaking not so much (01:36:55) Deb (01:36:56) products not just like animal debt but (01:37:00) like (01:37:01) bread bread is also in a way is De yeah (01:37:05) you know (01:37:06) so (01:37:09) or yeah this is ultimately like if you (01:37:12) want to look for your for the diet how (01:37:15) to like adjust it maybe (01:37:18) beans vegetables there you see it's (01:37:21) still like it's a plant it's still alive (01:37:23) it's still carries the energy of growth (01:37:25) inside of it this is a little bit this (01:37:29) idea yeah but at the end I really think (01:37:32) it's a personal choice everybody has to (01:37:34) make um that's why I normally never give (01:37:37) any recommendation except for the one I (01:37:39) just told you right now to really try (01:37:42) try things (01:37:43) out um anything that is in a way also (01:37:46) artificially produced like sugar put (01:37:49) into (01:37:50) form you eat those sometimes but only if (01:37:54) my mother gives it to me but besides (01:37:56) that I normally like don't eat sugar (01:37:58) also chocolate I am not a big chocolate (01:38:02) friend okay yeah so what about the (01:38:05) breath what how should we practice (01:38:08) breath for health okay I think there is (01:38:13) um breast work also known as chiong or a (01:38:17) part of the so-called chiong practice (01:38:20) Yeah chiong meaning energy work or (01:38:24) sometimes also simply breast work (01:38:26) because that word CH yeah energy the (01:38:29) breast is a form of energy you stop the (01:38:32) breast life's finished so therefore (01:38:35) chiong also is involving different type (01:38:38) of breast Works nowadays people already (01:38:40) know yeah very famous very helpful uh (01:38:45) from Vim Hof MH yes so he's for example (01:38:48) one Pioneer in this type of area for (01:38:51) sure but also deriving many of the (01:38:54) methods from tibetian Buddhism where you (01:38:58) have this type of Tumo breathing the (01:39:00) so-called fire breathing but it's just (01:39:02) one area it just means there is so much (01:39:06) that you can do with your (01:39:08) breath your breath is not just about (01:39:11) inhalation exhalation the question is (01:39:14) how long can you inhale how long can you (01:39:17) exhale you can inhale short you can (01:39:20) inhale exhale short you can inhale short (01:39:24) exhale fast you can inhale fast exhale (01:39:26) short so that means there are many (01:39:28) things that you can first of all adjust (01:39:31) with the breathing and then it's also (01:39:33) about capacity so I can just (01:39:36) inhale normally (01:39:41) like or you really start to to fill up (01:39:45) the body I'm not sure if it's going to (01:39:47) be uh hearable later but then it's like (01:39:50) this (01:39:53) [Laughter] (01:40:15) no it's (01:40:16) full and then you exhale yeah so that (01:40:19) means also like the capacity that was so (01:40:21) long the volume of breath is another (01:40:24) area that goes into the field of breast (01:40:26) work yeah so just learning different (01:40:30) ways how can you use the breast to make (01:40:33) it useful for you yeah and this is (01:40:36) something also where you where we see in (01:40:39) the field of martial (01:40:41) arts there is no way to make proper (01:40:45) martial arts if you cannot adjust your (01:40:48) breath yeah because it means for example (01:40:51) in the moment where in the martial arts (01:40:53) we have any type of (01:40:56) forceful (01:40:58) movement yeah if you want to have a (01:41:00) forceful movement you have to use the (01:41:03) breath to support it m it's like when I (01:41:06) I inhale fill my (01:41:11) up yeah so I cannot (01:41:16) make mhm something is not correct there (01:41:20) is the movement and the breast (01:41:26) yeah it the breath the way of how you (01:41:28) move it is one expression of how are you (01:41:32) using the energy of the body and this is (01:41:36) where it also makes a lot of sense not (01:41:38) just in the field of martial arts but on (01:41:40) a daily (01:41:42) basis now that is breath yeah and (01:41:45) lifestyle of course is it's just what we (01:41:47) mentioned before in terms of charging or (01:41:50) discharging yeah if if the energy ener (01:41:54) input is not able to recover your energy (01:41:58) output well then it only means that at (01:42:00) some point people run into what is (01:42:03) called (01:42:05) burnout so therefore what is it about (01:42:08) the lifestyle don't waste more energy (01:42:10) than you (01:42:13) have what do you think about this kind (01:42:15) of wearable devices because like I found (01:42:19) about this energy my body has and how to (01:42:23) how to waste it or how to use it like (01:42:27) using a watch like this it's a watch (01:42:29) that he he kind of tells me what what (01:42:34) you you told us right now I think it's (01:42:38) better to have your own sensors but it (01:42:40) has a sensor that uh knows uh he feels (01:42:45) how your body bits and uh based on that (01:42:48) he can tell you how much you recover (01:42:50) during the night so I can have 8 hours (01:42:53) of sleep and have battery full of 40% (01:42:56) it's like your body energy battery or I (01:42:59) can have a really restful sleep when I (01:43:02) meditate before the sleep I sleep in a (01:43:05) cold environment and I sleep for eight (01:43:08) hours and I wake up and I hi my energy (01:43:10) at 80% 90% And also if I'm very stressed (01:43:15) that day I can waste my energy as you (01:43:18) said by let's say 5 6 p.m. and then I'm (01:43:22) I'm on zero and I feel that that I use (01:43:25) the energy that is not mine anymore I (01:43:27) use that core energy that should not be (01:43:30) used so how how do you think uh what do (01:43:33) you think about these devices that we (01:43:36) are wearing by one hand they are helping (01:43:39) us is there a risk to lose your own (01:43:46) senses I think the risk is there yeah of (01:43:49) course the risk is there in the moment (01:43:51) where you Outsource (01:43:54) your own sensitivity to something where (01:43:58) I say well if you train enough you also (01:44:01) have that sense for yourself but of (01:44:04) course it also means you need to be able (01:44:05) to have this time to invest first of all (01:44:08) to have this sensitivity therefore I (01:44:12) also think that all these tools are very (01:44:14) useful yeah on the one side to give you (01:44:17) information that elsewise at the moment (01:44:19) you wouldn't get at all yeah but to also (01:44:23) understand (01:44:24) that tool is going to give you (01:44:25) information but now the question is what (01:44:28) are you going to do with that (01:44:30) information just possessing information (01:44:33) changes (01:44:35) nothing it's always about somebody gives (01:44:38) you information you receive information (01:44:40) and how do you translate this now into (01:44:43) any type of action that changes (01:44:47) something so meaning wearing um any tool (01:44:52) every day getting information but for (01:44:54) you or in general you just use it as (01:44:57) okay nice 90 and 60 and 100 good and (01:45:01) tomorrow you look at the numbers again (01:45:03) and for you it's just like collecting (01:45:04) numbers but nothing you do about it then (01:45:07) it doesn't make (01:45:08) sense yeah and it's so strange that (01:45:12) studies actually show that people that (01:45:15) are wearing this kind of devices are not (01:45:18) actually taking any action after that I (01:45:20) mean when they developed these devices (01:45:22) they said hey when if you can what see (01:45:25) how many steps you took into the day (01:45:27) that will motivate you to take action (01:45:31) and it helps me but it seems in in the (01:45:34) studies that it doesn't help a lot of (01:45:36) the people like the medium they they (01:45:38) they don't take any (01:45:40) action um balance is a key just like in (01:45:43) anything else that I guess we were (01:45:46) talking about I can tell you how it (01:45:47) helps me like I understood that I have (01:45:50) to go to bed at 9900 p.m. that helps me (01:45:53) lot to sleep better and I understood (01:45:56) that I have to leave any party about 2 (01:45:59) hours before I go to bed so that makes (01:46:02) it 7 p.m. so therefore I go to no (01:46:05) parties since I wear these (01:46:08) devices tell me your your like this is (01:46:11) my last questions what what what's your (01:46:14) uh what's your feeling about the future (01:46:17) about the about the direction which we (01:46:20) we we are going with with the world with (01:46:23) all this Tech with AI with social media (01:46:27) that's isolating us what's the direction (01:46:30) we going to is it optimistic is it um (01:46:34) pessimistic I think in in (01:46:39) all life cycles of every culture that (01:46:43) ever lived on this (01:46:49) planet (01:46:50) now I have to mention uh probably people (01:46:54) will misunderstand but doesn't matter I (01:46:56) think this nature this planet everything (01:47:00) about it can never be out of (01:47:03) balance the universe is never out of (01:47:06) balance because the universe is simply (01:47:09) not (01:47:11) separated yeah this is like the one (01:47:14) statement so even nowadays if you have (01:47:17) or if we sense oh something is Shifting (01:47:20) something is bad there's too much (01:47:22) technological development something is (01:47:24) too is too much being outsourced that is (01:47:27) the one thing but because things are (01:47:30) being obviously so much Outsource there (01:47:33) so fast (01:47:34) technological advancement away from away (01:47:38) from being human this is why the force (01:47:41) of other ones in order to even more now (01:47:45) push to the front again the realization (01:47:48) of what you really are this is also (01:47:50) growing at the same time (01:47:53) so it is because of the technological (01:47:56) advancement moving away from being a (01:48:00) human this is the reason why it's also (01:48:02) connected to the fact of so many people (01:48:04) right now having all these wakeup (01:48:06) calls so many people getting interested (01:48:10) into this type of topics what can I do (01:48:13) to not Outsource my life to all this (01:48:16) technology so this comes up because of (01:48:19) the (01:48:20) technology the faster it grows on the (01:48:22) one side the more and deeper the (01:48:25) understanding also becomes to the inside (01:48:27) and the question simply is on which side (01:48:31) are you (01:48:32) standing or maybe you don't even need a (01:48:36) side to stand (01:48:37) on (01:48:39) because it's all (01:48:41) connected so it's neither optimistic nor (01:48:44) is it pessimistic in my view it is (01:48:47) really just (01:48:49) like it is a different experience that's (01:48:53) going to come no matter in which way (01:48:56) it's a new experience that is just going (01:48:58) to (01:49:01) expand expand the (01:49:04) realization how much is possible in this (01:49:07) world you can go to the Mars on the one (01:49:10) side and on the other side you can go (01:49:12) into the deepest deepest layers of what (01:49:16) you find inside there inside yourself (01:49:20) both of these methods are existing (01:49:22) nowadays (01:49:24) yeah this is such a calming uh answer (01:49:27) and (01:49:28) perspective yeah thank you for that what (01:49:30) would be your message to our audience on (01:49:34) How to Build a Better more harmonious (01:49:37) life that is in tune with who they are I (01:49:42) think it's really helpful to exactly ask (01:49:47) this (01:49:49) question is it possible that the way how (01:49:53) I am looking right now into this (01:49:56) lifetime the challenges that I am facing (01:49:59) at this point in (01:50:01) time could it (01:50:03) be first of (01:50:07) all that I created them myself this is (01:50:12) one (01:50:13) question and second one is is it also (01:50:17) maybe showing up like this right now (01:50:20) everything because I was not skillful (01:50:23) enough and haven't discovered yet what (01:50:27) is my (01:50:30) potential figuring out what is your (01:50:33) potential MH and second one is see who (01:50:37) is the one who created all of (01:50:41) this who is the creator of all the (01:50:43) suffering that you are having in your (01:50:47) lifetime I can give you the answer (01:50:49) already right now as long as you point (01:50:50) out what's there (01:50:53) is (01:50:55) wrong I think this is a good starting (01:50:59) point take your life in your own hands (01:51:02) and from there it (01:51:05) begins that's great thank you thank you (01:51:07) so much for sharing all of these (01:51:10) experiences I really want to visit and (01:51:14) maybe say a week in uh um Shaolin (01:51:19) Monastery I can't wait for this to (01:51:22) happen you have to contact details (01:51:24) anytime feel free to just contact us no (01:51:27) problem thank you I'm going with your (01:51:28) permission I'm going to leave a link if (01:51:31) uh you can share uh uh and um in a copy (01:51:35) of this U podcast So yeah thank you (01:51:38) again so much for thaning your your time (01:51:40) and to giving us the seeds of knowledge (01:51:43) and I hope this all of this infos will (01:51:46) help a lot of people to to go more (01:51:50) inside to find the presence (01:51:54) and to ask this uh these questions as as (01:51:58) a starting point thanks again for the (01:52:01) inner mapping inside event which which (01:52:04) we attend right now for uh making this (01:52:08) happen and yeah thank you (01:52:22) again (01:52:51) for for (01:53:35) Bank thank you so much Master for all of (01:53:38) this knowledge thank you very much (01:53:40) you're welcome goodbye