雷に打たれたい男 — 稲妻・臨死・エックハルト・トール

1/2Sorry, thank you. And uh, you know, extremely bad connection because of the weather. You can might hear the rain, you know, in my I'm in my car.

2/2And it's very dodgy weather today.

1/2So I'm not sure but uh yeah today I was sunny. Started as a sunny very clear skies. As far as you can see, you know, very very wonderful weather.

2/2It started. And the next time, boom. Like it started raining like crazy.

1/2Now it's it's The it's becoming uh weaker, so it's very not that hard, torrential, but uh. And lightning. Uh, how is it?

2/2Thunder? Lightning sound? You know, it's what what do you say?

1/2But yeah, I'm in my car. It's very kind of like cozy. You know what I mean?

2/2Like uh rain hitting the roof of the car and uh it's kind of like a Uh ASMR, you know what I mean?

1/3Yeah, warm and snug inside and AC on from summer. And it's you know, very cold in the room and I uh cover with like a thick blanket. You know what I mean?

2/3It's like uh it's against global warming, you know. You shouldn't do that kind of, but it's very uh uh excellent way to to spend inside. You know, AC blasting and you are bundled up, some kind like clothes.

3/3So it's very extravagant, extravagant way.

1/3I yeah I don't like uh, you know, I'm not um weather doesn't affect me. Some people really being influenced by the weather. And yeah I like sunny days, of course.

2/3Not hot, like sunlight gives me a power. Like uh photosynthe you know I photosynthesize. I know it's weird to say, but I'm like plants.

3/3You know.

1/3Yes. And I want to be like get got get uh lightning, you know what I mean? Uh because it makes you a special person.

2/3Some people get kind of like lightning and get a new ability. Uh and kind of superhuman like ability they get. And it's fishy, but at the same time I think I kind of like believe.

3/3Some kind like shock, like extreme shock inside your body activates some kind of super power within your brains, because brains only usually, you know, normal daily life, it's like a you use like 5% or 10% of your brain capacity. And so some kind like a rude awakening happens by getting kind of like a you know, it awakens your super power. Have you heard of such a story?

1/4Because you cannot do it, it's very dangerous and uh it's impossible to get, it's all about coincidence. So you can't set some kind of situation where you can get nicely get thunder. It's all about luck and uh most people die.

2/4And but some survived. It's like a uh near death experience is a better word, I think. They are at the edge of life and death and uh they kind of saw some vision, and they get back and they kind of like a changed man.

3/4They changed totally in terms of his view of life. And near death experiments are studied a lot in a scientific field. Some serious scientists have been studied many years, decades.

4/4And it's actually obviously change your brain, how to wire and structurally. At the same time, spiritually speaking, many spiritual people like those kind of stories.

1/4Yes, some appreciation of life. Of course it's like a yeah got saved by God. So you can appreciate more normal daily life.

2/4Because death is everywhere. Million things could can take you out. You know what I mean?

3/4Cars, you know, like uh illnesses, you know everything. We are so vulnerable. And but everything, you know in daily life we take everything for granted.

4/4And that's one of the reasons we suffer mentally, physically, because we don't count blessings. Our brains are uh gravitated toward dangers and hates.

1/4So negative things always always on your on your mind and recurring. I think almost every person has a kind of trauma going on in your head. What happened 10 years ago?

2/4Still they are complaining and uh cannot overcome, you know. I'm talking about me. And what will happen tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

3/4You already concerned about what will happen. Yeah, so you cannot focus on now, you cannot live right here, right now. But a funny fact is you cannot live past or future, you are only right now.

4/4So mental drama is everything for most of the human. They don't know uh beyond thoughts and emotions.

1/3That's why I maybe I talked about before, so I you know, I'm like a little bit getting used to spiritual world. And uh one of my mentors uh is like Eckhart Tolle, have you do you know Eckhart Tolle? The Canadian spiritual teacher.

2/3He's like a one of the most famous guy. 20 years ago they did a big show, like live streaming show with Oprah Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle. And it skyrocketed his name and uh he wrote a book, the most famous one is The Power of Now.

3/3It's the most famous spiritual books in this century.

1/3Eckhart Tolle, yes. And actually today yeah it's such a coincidence and not coincidence, but I mentioned him first. Right now I'm having I'm uh physical book I have right now and today I read some of the parts so that I can recall.

2/3I bought it five years ago and uh I read multiple times, countless times. It's not about the content, it's about the vibe. It's one of my favorite books, maybe the best book.

3/3The Power of Now.

1/6Because we are spiritual people, right? Because we don't know when we die. And where we go.

2/6And what's before we born, and uh after. Scientists can't answer. They can make up some kind of, you know, stupid ideas about black hole or big bang, but before big bang, what was that?

3/6So yeah, I'm also very uh firm believer in science. I'm not totally gone into another dimension, you know what I mean? Spiritual woo woo uh guy, no.

4/6I'm in a scientific field. Science proves how things behave. And but they doesn't tell you why.

5/6They tell you how, how some kind of like a physics, how to behave in a physical world. But they don't tell you why. So uh spirituality or religion comes as a place to tell you why.

6/6And most of the bullshit idea, you know what I mean, but uh yeah. I think every person, if you are seriously thinking about stuff, they eventually end up being asking why.

1/4And so Eckhart Tolle is a very simple guy. He like under sell, you know, he's like a very uh reserved, it's not like opposite of some Tony Robbins, you know what I mean? He doesn't speak much and speaks very slowly, maybe put you to sleep kind of like you know.

2/4Most people maybe consider him as a boring old guy. But comedians talk fast, so that they could hold attention. But Eckhart Tolle's way of talking also attracts some audiences.

3/4His famous phrase is like a voice in your head. And voice in your head is not you. We are aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensory stimulus.

4/4But we are not that. He says we are not the thoughts in your mind, not the emotions, not the body.

1/4So who are we? That's a question, very philosophical question. And so do you know uh I like also Ramana Maharshi.

2/4Have you heard of him? He's an Indian sage. He just uh 100 years ago he lived.

3/4He was considered one of the like Jesus or Buddha level of spiritually wise. Everybody admire him. Still.

4/4And some serious curious scientists visited his villages. And his best is he he's a Hindu.

1/2But I want to talk, yeah next yeah. Thank you. Because I you know, this is an English lesson, you know, I I'm reminding myself.

2/2So sorry about, you know, I'm just monologuing.

1/6I'm pretty aware of it. This is the English class at the end of the day. But it's very good for me to talk about what I'm interested, so it's very easy for me to speak English.

2/6Because I've read so many books about Eckhart Tolle and Ramana Maharshi, so I can talk about them in English. And so Ramana Maharshi's, what was his philosophy? Uh, it's beyond philosophy.

3/6It's like existence. His famous words: many followers asked, how do I get enlightenment? And he asked them, who are you?

4/6Who am I? Maybe who am I is the best answer. And obviously silence is the way to know who you are.

5/6But seekers don't want to be silent. And continue to talk to other spiritual teachers, go to holy places, so that they wish that gives you some kind of spiritual experiences. But Ramana's answer is simple.

6/6Ask yourself who am I. And be still. Be still and know that you are God is a English phrase, right?

1/2So what I'm doing right now is uh contrary to Ramana's teaching. I speak. But it's like a practical reason.

2/2I'm not here to be enlightened, you know what I mean. I'm here to speak, to brush up my English and improve my English. Ultimate truth has nothing to do with English or your improvements.

1/2Wow, uh maybe yeah, thank you. Time is like approaching, but uh yeah. What's your, so last question, what's your stance about the truth or ultimate truth?

2/2How do you think about? How do you interpret?

1/2Wow, nice, nice answer. I don't know. Yeah, yeah.

2/2Thank you. Ah, can I continue this conversation next time?

1/2Yeah, uh, I don't know is the ultimate answer, uh, Eckhart Tolle or other, you know, the Tibetan uh Dalai Lama, you know. The I don't know is a have a great power they say. So I want to talk about next time.

2/2Always appreciate your your patience with me, thank you so much.