Episode Details

The sense of self may die, but these termites eating my house are still VERY much alive 😉

My recent livestream on TikTok. Some of the topics touched on:

Beliefs as an endless, dissolving process.

The VPZD show as a dance of conditioning between hosts and audience.

Fighting for a cause as really fighting for identity.

Communicating needs with a partner.

Book recommendations for exploring non-duality.

A partner's neediness as a mirror for one's own conditioning.

Doctor as just another fallen-away identity.

Finding meaning in a meaningless existence.

Why human consciousness defaults to negativity.

Letting go of the belief that you should be positive.

Getting contradictory antivax and pro-vax accusations back to back. Substituting one identity paradigm for another.

Reflecting on the 30s, 40s, and 50s as different flavors of seeking.

Flu shot risk tolerance and personal choice.

The shingles vaccine decision.

Nothing is happening, yet the characters keep playing their story out. Political yard signs causing friction with a spouse.

Sitting with the shock of losing a friend badly.

What is the point of any of this.

Termites, relative and ultimate reality.

Letting go of tribal fighting.

The Macklemore and Ed Sheeran controversy revisited.

Viewers sharing Macklemore songs and other political art.

Richard Wagner as beauty coexisting with bigotry.

Working with insects as a way to understand fear.

Closing thoughts on why this TikTok live feels accepting.

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