Leo D.M.J. Aurini - Why the World is Broken Part 1： Fear of Death

00:00:00.000 Why the world is broken. Part 1. Fear of death.

00:00:12.220 This world is broken.

00:00:16.120 Doesn't take any great scholar to tell you that. Just open up your eyes and look around.

00:00:21.140 Fifty years ago you could go and buy a coffee maker and it would last you the rest of your life.

00:00:25.540 These days, you're lucky if you get six months out of it before it has problems.

00:00:34.540 Look at our political movements.

00:00:37.520 As Jim Goad said, wherever the crowd is, they got there too late and for the wrong reasons.

00:00:43.620 How many more of these political movements, of these subcultures, do you need to see

00:00:48.500 start out with all this promise, all of this hope,

00:00:52.060 and just get flooded by people that just want to fight, that just want destruction. 0.57

00:01:00.440 And soon enough you have two sides fighting over garbage

00:01:03.700 and completely ignoring the reason the fight was happening in the first place.

00:01:10.600 Look at our pop culture. Look at our entertainment.

00:01:13.460 It's nothing but these stories that are so foundationally unfulfilling.

00:01:22.020 We go and we watch the movie or we play the video game and there's all this excitement,

00:01:27.480 there's all of these special effects, but there's no catharsis.

00:01:32.380 There's no true psychodrama at the core of it.

00:01:36.120 And we're left afterwards feeling cold and inadequate and desperate for more.

00:01:45.520 This world is broken.

00:01:47.580 And one of the reasons for it being so broken

00:01:50.920 is because we fear death.

00:01:54.780 Now I'm going to tell you three stories, three examples of what the fear of death does.

00:02:05.420 And the connection might not be obvious at first,

00:02:08.420 but it will become apparent.

00:02:13.360 The first is the story of modern economics

00:02:18.720 and about how we think we are above nature.

00:02:26.320 Now what have we been doing for the past,

00:02:29.620 really for the past 80 years,

00:02:32.440 but it's become increasingly evident in the current era.

00:02:37.100 What do we do whenever there's an economic downturn?

00:02:42.120 Whenever people are getting laid off,

00:02:43.940 whenever they can't afford to pay their mortgages?

00:02:45.520 Well, we say what we need to do is increase spending.

00:02:51.920 Because if we increase spending,

00:02:54.240 that's going to increase the number of jobs out there

00:02:57.520 and those people will be hired again.

00:02:59.740 So we lower the interest rate,

00:03:02.900 we make credit a lot cheaper,

00:03:04.720 we give everybody a credit card,

00:03:06.780 so that they rush out

00:03:08.400 and start buying brand new tech gadgets

00:03:11.800 that they don't really need in the first place.

00:03:15.520 And the theory is that will give everybody a job.

00:03:21.940 But here's what happens

00:03:23.280 when you make credit cheap for the consumer.

00:03:27.340 You also make credit cheap for the producer.

00:03:31.220 So, you have all of these consumers

00:03:35.100 with a bunch of cheap credit to go buy stuff.

00:03:37.960 If you're a producer,

00:03:39.580 you borrow some money,

00:03:42.060 you expand your operations, 0.87

00:03:43.820 and you start producing more junk.

00:03:46.120 So, none of the companies go out of business.

00:03:52.540 All of the companies have access to this cheap credit,

00:03:55.040 they start producing more junk,

00:03:56.520 and the consumers are buying more junk,

00:03:58.300 and what happens because of this?

00:04:00.480 What happens

00:04:01.500 is that quality drops.

00:04:04.500 The good companies

00:04:08.580 to remain competitive

00:04:10.640 with all the cheap companies,

00:04:12.960 the shoddy companies,

00:04:14.200 the fly-by-night operations

00:04:15.560 that should have gone out of business,

00:04:18.220 but don't,

00:04:19.900 because they've got cheap credit,

00:04:21.920 to remain competitive

00:04:23.980 with these companies

00:04:25.400 that will not go bankrupt

00:04:27.240 no matter how much they deserve to,

00:04:29.920 the good companies

00:04:30.960 need to lower their standards as well.

00:04:38.860 So, it really doesn't matter

00:04:40.300 if you buy a General Electric coffee maker,

00:04:42.660 or if you buy some cheap knockoff from China.

00:04:47.780 They are both built

00:04:50.060 to the lowest common denominator,

00:04:52.880 because this flooding of cheap credit

00:04:56.800 denies,

00:04:59.180 it denies

00:05:01.460 the forces of nature.

00:05:05.740 Sun rises,

00:05:07.040 sun sets.

00:05:09.900 You have a

00:05:10.900 you have a bull economy,

00:05:13.160 and you have a bear economy.

00:05:17.720 The forest grows

00:05:19.200 and becomes dry,

00:05:21.040 and a lightning strike

00:05:22.180 starts a forest fire,

00:05:24.720 clearing the way

00:05:25.580 for the forest to grow

00:05:27.000 anew.

00:05:29.180 Man, however,

00:05:34.700 man thinks he is above such things,

00:05:38.000 that we don't need

00:05:39.280 a forest fire,

00:05:40.540 that we don't need

00:05:41.920 a night time,

00:05:44.000 that we don't need

00:05:44.620 a bear market.

00:05:46.800 We are going to keep 0.99

00:05:48.180 the economy

00:05:49.380 in a perpetual

00:05:50.800 bull market.

00:05:54.040 We are going to

00:05:55.200 hop it up on uppers 0.52

00:05:56.620 and keep it going. 0.97

00:06:00.540 And brain dead zombie

00:06:01.960 is what we have.

00:06:07.180 Let's talk about our

00:06:08.040 psychodramas

00:06:08.840 for a moment.

00:06:10.260 Let's talk about our

00:06:10.980 our subcultures.

00:06:12.020 let's talk

00:06:17.120 about sports ball.

00:06:20.500 With the understanding

00:06:21.440 that we're not just

00:06:22.100 talking about sports ball.

00:06:23.380 We're talking about

00:06:24.160 every single

00:06:25.040 political movement

00:06:26.000 out there.

00:06:26.880 We're talking about

00:06:27.360 the recent election.

00:06:28.760 We're talking about

00:06:29.780 all of it.

00:06:31.240 and it's perfectly

00:06:34.680 summed up

00:06:35.480 in sports ball.

00:06:40.040 So let's say

00:06:41.020 you're a big fan

00:06:42.660 of this.

00:06:43.700 You go and

00:06:44.840 you go and watch

00:06:46.120 the sports ball game

00:06:47.380 and you're sitting there

00:06:48.340 in front of your TV

00:06:49.260 wearing the jersey

00:06:50.380 and you're jumping up

00:06:51.360 and cheering

00:06:51.960 every time they score

00:06:53.160 a goal

00:06:53.600 and you're getting angry

00:06:54.920 whenever the ref

00:06:55.780 makes a judgment

00:06:56.480 that you don't like

00:06:57.560 and you are so

00:06:58.900 invested

00:07:00.020 in this event

00:07:02.600 that has nothing

00:07:03.500 to do with you.

00:07:07.600 And at the end

00:07:08.420 of the game

00:07:08.940 maybe you're cheering

00:07:10.740 because your team won.

00:07:12.740 Maybe you're crying

00:07:13.540 because your team didn't.

00:07:18.140 But at the end

00:07:18.940 of the day

00:07:19.280 you have lost

00:07:20.520 and you have

00:07:21.940 benefited

00:07:22.640 nothing.

00:07:24.380 Maybe you made

00:07:25.080 a $50 side bet

00:07:26.380 on the game.

00:07:27.260 But that doesn't

00:07:27.700 matter to you.

00:07:28.800 You spent $100

00:07:29.540 on all the

00:07:31.080 accoutrements

00:07:31.860 to watch the game

00:07:33.200 in the first place.

00:07:33.940 The $50 is nothing.

00:07:35.020 You've already

00:07:35.340 wasted $100 on it.

00:07:39.240 You just had

00:07:40.040 this huge

00:07:41.040 psychodrama

00:07:41.960 that meant

00:07:42.540 absolutely

00:07:43.700 nothing

00:07:44.700 whatsoever.

00:07:45.620 There were no

00:07:46.620 consequences

00:07:47.820 to this

00:07:49.200 psychodrama.

00:07:54.440 And this is all

00:07:55.400 politics has become

00:07:56.280 now.

00:07:56.580 politics

00:07:59.040 has devolved

00:08:00.700 into two

00:08:01.720 camps

00:08:02.280 yelling at each

00:08:03.360 other.

00:08:03.960 Calling the other

00:08:04.600 ones villains

00:08:05.380 and calling

00:08:07.280 themselves

00:08:08.080 virtuous.

00:08:13.120 With no

00:08:14.120 consequences.

00:08:14.900 No real

00:08:15.580 consequences

00:08:16.880 for either group.

00:08:19.320 There are real

00:08:20.620 consequences

00:08:21.240 but we don't

00:08:21.740 talk about those.

00:08:22.660 the consequences

00:08:24.240 that the two

00:08:24.860 groups talk

00:08:25.420 about

00:08:25.740 are mostly

00:08:28.400 illusory

00:08:29.400 in nature.

00:08:36.140 You've got

00:08:36.780 these debates

00:08:37.580 happening

00:08:38.120 between

00:08:40.120 atheists 1.00

00:08:41.960 and

00:08:42.620 evolutionists

00:08:44.120 and

00:08:44.580 Christians

00:08:45.480 and creationists

00:08:46.960 and feminists 0.99

00:08:48.160 and MRAs 0.53

00:08:49.520 and you get

00:08:49.820 all of these

00:08:50.500 debates.

00:08:53.380 And yet

00:08:53.600 neither side

00:08:54.320 could exist

00:08:54.980 without each

00:08:55.760 other.

00:08:57.420 Both sides

00:08:58.520 thrive on

00:08:59.580 outrage.

00:09:01.260 Both of them

00:09:01.900 perpetuate

00:09:03.000 the cycle.

00:09:04.500 There is

00:09:05.120 no ultimate

00:09:06.060 purpose.

00:09:07.240 There is no

00:09:07.640 ultimate end

00:09:08.460 to the sports

00:09:09.260 ball game.

00:09:10.080 It doesn't

00:09:10.500 matter who

00:09:11.440 wins the

00:09:12.340 Stanley Cup.

00:09:13.300 It doesn't

00:09:13.820 matter who

00:09:14.860 wins whatever

00:09:15.940 yearly event

00:09:17.300 it is.

00:09:17.900 There is

00:09:18.140 going to

00:09:18.300 be more

00:09:18.720 sports

00:09:19.140 ball games

00:09:19.720 next year.

00:09:21.420 There is

00:09:21.980 no end

00:09:22.720 state.

00:09:23.100 There is

00:09:23.300 no purpose.

00:09:24.120 The purpose

00:09:24.620 is the

00:09:25.180 existence of

00:09:25.920 the debate

00:09:26.340 itself.

00:09:33.780 These are

00:09:34.600 false

00:09:35.040 psychodramas.

00:09:37.300 That's all

00:09:38.100 they are.

00:09:41.120 And this

00:09:42.140 spills in

00:09:43.880 to our

00:09:44.940 culture as

00:09:45.840 well.

00:09:46.760 The false

00:09:47.400 psychodrama.

00:09:49.380 The false

00:09:50.080 hero's

00:09:50.980 journey.

00:09:55.540 Now the

00:09:56.440 hero's

00:09:56.800 journey

00:09:57.140 is

00:09:59.180 it's a

00:10:00.640 journey

00:10:00.960 from the

00:10:02.020 regular world

00:10:02.940 into

00:10:04.540 the dark

00:10:05.960 realm.

00:10:07.260 Into the

00:10:08.280 spirit world.

00:10:10.400 Into

00:10:10.760 the psyche.

00:10:13.520 And it's

00:10:14.220 a return

00:10:14.680 from it.

00:10:17.020 It's the

00:10:17.800 monomy.

00:10:21.220 And all

00:10:22.140 of our

00:10:22.580 myths

00:10:23.080 stop

00:10:24.080 halfway

00:10:25.220 through.

00:10:30.580 Star Wars

00:10:31.460 Episode 4.

00:10:32.640 This is

00:10:33.040 generally held

00:10:33.620 up as a

00:10:34.060 perfect version

00:10:34.900 of the

00:10:36.020 hero's

00:10:36.380 journey.

00:10:36.680 except it's

00:10:39.880 not.

00:10:40.560 It's a

00:10:40.940 stunted

00:10:41.340 hero's

00:10:42.000 journey.

00:10:43.020 But let's

00:10:43.500 run through

00:10:43.980 it as if

00:10:44.640 it is

00:10:45.900 the real

00:10:46.740 hero's

00:10:47.320 journey.

00:10:49.560 So the

00:10:50.440 journey starts

00:10:50.980 off.

00:10:51.580 Step one

00:10:52.160 is the

00:10:54.080 ordinary

00:10:54.460 world.

00:10:56.020 This is

00:10:56.260 where you're

00:10:56.660 introduced to

00:10:57.360 the hero.

00:10:57.960 You understand

00:10:58.440 their environment,

00:10:59.740 where they

00:11:00.200 come from,

00:11:01.260 their family,

00:11:02.340 their history.

00:11:04.400 But there's

00:11:05.060 something pulling

00:11:05.600 at the world.

00:11:06.140 at the

00:11:06.820 hero.

00:11:08.060 Leading to

00:11:08.800 step two.

00:11:11.020 The call

00:11:11.440 to adventure.

00:11:14.200 This

00:11:14.800 is where

00:11:16.220 Luke Skywalker

00:11:18.140 learns

00:11:19.260 about the

00:11:20.420 princess that

00:11:21.320 needs rescuing

00:11:22.140 and he

00:11:22.940 learns about

00:11:24.140 the Jedi.

00:11:25.240 He learns

00:11:25.860 about the

00:11:26.320 lightsaber.

00:11:29.000 Next you

00:11:29.760 have the

00:11:30.060 refusal

00:11:30.560 of the

00:11:31.720 call.

00:11:32.580 I can't

00:11:33.100 do it.

00:11:33.800 I have

00:11:34.220 farming to

00:11:34.760 take care

00:11:35.240 of.

00:11:35.440 I need

00:11:36.280 to do

00:11:37.360 all of

00:11:37.800 this.

00:11:41.120 This

00:11:41.680 refusal

00:11:42.180 is met

00:11:43.560 with events

00:11:44.200 that cannot

00:11:45.060 be ignored.

00:11:46.260 They refuse

00:11:46.960 the call

00:11:47.360 but are

00:11:47.700 forced into

00:11:48.340 it.

00:11:48.600 At which

00:11:49.620 point

00:11:50.000 they get

00:11:50.960 to meet

00:11:51.420 the

00:11:52.080 mentor.

00:11:54.160 Luke Skywalker

00:11:54.800 finds

00:11:55.320 Obi-Wan

00:11:55.960 Kenobi

00:11:56.400 and Obi-Wan

00:11:58.160 Kenobi

00:11:58.480 teaches him

00:11:59.260 how to

00:12:00.180 leave

00:12:00.680 his

00:12:01.280 regular

00:12:01.680 world

00:12:02.180 and go

00:12:03.740 across

00:12:04.900 the

00:12:05.560 threshold

00:12:06.180 into

00:12:07.340 the

00:12:07.540 dark

00:12:08.000 world.

00:12:11.720 At the

00:12:12.640 end of

00:12:12.900 act one

00:12:13.420 this is

00:12:14.520 where

00:12:14.920 Luke Skywalker

00:12:16.200 goes to the

00:12:16.800 hive of 1.00

00:12:17.260 scum and 1.00

00:12:17.780 villainy 1.00

00:12:18.300 under the

00:12:19.360 tutelage

00:12:20.260 of Obi-Wan

00:12:21.340 and he

00:12:23.000 meets with

00:12:23.480 a pirate

00:12:24.440 and a

00:12:25.180 smuggler

00:12:25.700 and escapes

00:12:27.560 Tatooine

00:12:28.660 while running

00:12:29.600 from the

00:12:30.280 law.

00:12:31.080 He's gone

00:12:31.540 from the

00:12:32.160 regular world

00:12:32.840 where he is

00:12:33.300 a good

00:12:33.740 farm boy

00:12:34.440 into the

00:12:37.380 dark world

00:12:38.140 of being

00:12:38.900 an outlaw.

00:12:39.440 next

00:12:43.740 in the

00:12:45.380 dark world

00:12:46.040 he starts

00:12:46.980 to challenge

00:12:47.720 himself.

00:12:48.400 This is

00:12:48.600 step six.

00:12:49.340 Tests

00:12:49.700 allies

00:12:50.180 and enemies.

00:12:51.580 He is

00:12:52.220 tested

00:12:52.700 he is

00:12:53.420 challenged

00:12:54.080 and he

00:12:55.080 he passes

00:12:55.960 the test

00:12:56.680 he passes

00:12:57.140 the challenge

00:12:57.620 he overcomes

00:12:58.420 he figures

00:12:59.180 out who

00:13:00.220 his allies

00:13:00.780 are

00:13:01.160 and who

00:13:02.180 his enemies

00:13:03.140 are.

00:13:06.280 And once

00:13:07.240 he is ready

00:13:07.860 once he is

00:13:08.400 ready through

00:13:08.780 these tests

00:13:09.380 comes step

00:13:10.320 seven.

00:13:11.440 The approach.

00:13:14.220 This

00:13:14.740 is where we

00:13:15.860 find where

00:13:16.380 we are at

00:13:17.100 the end

00:13:17.700 of episode

00:13:18.680 four.

00:13:19.120 A new

00:13:19.380 hope.

00:13:20.720 The approach.

00:13:22.340 We are

00:13:22.900 on Yavin.

00:13:24.540 The Death

00:13:25.000 Star is coming.

00:13:25.760 We know

00:13:26.120 what the Death

00:13:26.620 Star is.

00:13:27.120 We know

00:13:27.600 who Darth

00:13:28.780 Vader is.

00:13:29.380 And Darth

00:13:29.700 Vader knows

00:13:30.760 who Luke

00:13:31.220 Skywalker is.

00:13:32.080 He knows

00:13:32.540 who the

00:13:32.880 Rebellion

00:13:33.400 is.

00:13:34.520 Who they

00:13:34.880 are.

00:13:35.920 These lines

00:13:36.460 have been

00:13:36.680 drawn in the

00:13:37.160 sand now.

00:13:38.080 Good guys

00:13:38.540 and bad

00:13:38.860 guys.

00:13:39.380 So there's

00:13:41.380 the approach

00:13:42.040 that the

00:13:43.340 Death

00:13:43.560 Star approaches

00:13:44.360 and the

00:13:45.660 X-Wings 0.98

00:13:46.040 and the

00:13:46.280 Y-Wings 1.00

00:13:46.660 they approach

00:13:47.220 the Death

00:13:47.580 Star.

00:13:48.380 And finally

00:13:48.920 the ordeal.

00:13:54.860 Ordeal,

00:13:55.800 death,

00:13:56.460 and rebirth.

00:13:57.140 This is

00:14:00.200 supposed to be

00:14:00.740 the middle

00:14:01.220 of the

00:14:01.520 story.

00:14:03.120 But in

00:14:03.760 Star Wars

00:14:04.260 this is

00:14:04.520 the end

00:14:04.880 of the

00:14:05.120 story.

00:14:07.480 And after

00:14:08.220 it there's

00:14:08.660 a very,

00:14:09.360 very short

00:14:09.920 denouement

00:14:10.620 which is

00:14:11.900 step nine.

00:14:13.940 Reward.

00:14:15.680 This is where

00:14:16.360 the hero

00:14:17.440 grasps the

00:14:18.860 treasure

00:14:19.300 that they're

00:14:20.640 supposed to

00:14:21.080 have.

00:14:21.600 And this is

00:14:22.240 where our

00:14:22.540 movies end.

00:14:23.140 it's very

00:14:28.440 clearly played

00:14:30.340 out like that

00:14:31.040 in Star Wars.

00:14:32.300 But you go

00:14:32.860 and see any

00:14:33.620 Marvel film

00:14:34.640 and it's the

00:14:35.500 exact same

00:14:36.080 thing.

00:14:37.680 There's a

00:14:38.320 big bad guy

00:14:39.340 out there

00:14:39.920 and he's the

00:14:40.620 bad guy

00:14:41.080 because he's

00:14:41.560 the bad guy

00:14:42.200 and the hero

00:14:43.000 needs to go

00:14:43.480 fight the bad

00:14:44.080 guy because

00:14:44.560 he's the

00:14:45.000 hero.

00:14:45.300 end of

00:14:46.740 story.

00:14:54.240 In a real

00:14:55.120 story,

00:14:55.740 this isn't

00:14:56.160 where it

00:14:56.460 ends.

00:14:58.560 No,

00:14:59.160 after defeating

00:15:00.200 the bad

00:15:00.680 guy,

00:15:01.720 there's the

00:15:02.740 road back.

00:15:05.160 This is

00:15:06.020 where the

00:15:06.460 hero reflects

00:15:07.320 on what

00:15:08.400 they paid

00:15:09.220 for this

00:15:10.420 thing they

00:15:10.900 acquired.

00:15:12.180 They begin

00:15:13.040 to understand

00:15:13.720 what this

00:15:14.400 thing

00:15:14.720 is that

00:15:16.860 they acquired

00:15:17.360 through the

00:15:17.940 price they

00:15:19.200 paid for

00:15:19.820 it.

00:15:20.620 They begin

00:15:21.160 to understand

00:15:21.860 that the

00:15:22.860 villain wasn't

00:15:24.400 truly a

00:15:25.680 villain.

00:15:27.100 It was just

00:15:27.920 another person.

00:15:29.580 It was just

00:15:30.140 another force

00:15:31.300 in the universe

00:15:32.380 like they're

00:15:33.100 a force in

00:15:34.420 the universe.

00:15:36.300 And thus,

00:15:37.520 going through

00:15:38.080 that darkest

00:15:38.800 quadrant of

00:15:40.240 eight to

00:15:41.460 ten from

00:15:42.220 the ordeal,

00:15:43.640 which is their

00:15:44.040 death and

00:15:44.440 rebirth,

00:15:44.720 to the road

00:15:45.840 back,

00:15:46.740 they have

00:15:47.280 gone fully

00:15:48.320 through the

00:15:49.620 dark world.

00:15:50.780 They are now

00:15:51.440 part of the

00:15:52.860 dark world,

00:15:53.680 leading to

00:15:54.040 step 11,

00:15:55.740 the resurrection.

00:16:00.580 Mario,

00:16:01.860 in the

00:16:02.620 resurrection,

00:16:03.160 Mario has

00:16:04.220 been through

00:16:04.920 the ordeal.

00:16:06.140 He has

00:16:06.400 fought off

00:16:06.900 Bowser,

00:16:07.380 has rescued

00:16:07.880 Princess Peach,

00:16:08.660 and now he

00:16:10.620 comes to

00:16:11.040 realize

00:16:11.660 that his

00:16:13.760 enemy was

00:16:14.760 never

00:16:15.000 Bowser.

00:16:16.180 Bowser is

00:16:16.660 just another

00:16:17.120 man.

00:16:18.480 That Princess 1.00

00:16:19.260 Peach was

00:16:20.440 not a reward.

00:16:22.420 Princess Peach

00:16:23.040 is just another

00:16:23.720 human being

00:16:24.720 on her own

00:16:25.720 journey.

00:16:26.060 this is where

00:16:29.340 Mario

00:16:30.060 achieves

00:16:30.800 enlightenment,

00:16:32.280 and he

00:16:33.060 realizes what

00:16:33.880 it means to

00:16:34.540 be a hero

00:16:35.040 and what it

00:16:35.520 means to

00:16:35.980 be a villain,

00:16:37.000 and that we

00:16:37.500 all have both

00:16:38.280 these elements

00:16:38.940 inside of

00:16:39.960 ourselves.

00:16:41.040 And so

00:16:41.280 finally,

00:16:41.760 12,

00:16:42.320 he returns

00:16:43.140 with the

00:16:43.820 elixir.

00:16:45.300 He returns

00:16:45.880 to the

00:16:46.160 regular world,

00:16:46.900 he returns

00:16:47.360 to his

00:16:47.820 home.

00:16:50.680 And now

00:16:51.480 he can be

00:16:51.900 a force

00:16:52.440 of wisdom

00:16:53.380 within his

00:16:55.060 own home.

00:16:56.240 He can

00:16:56.700 become the

00:16:57.260 mentor to

00:16:58.140 the next

00:16:58.540 young man

00:16:59.180 that needs

00:17:00.060 to go

00:17:00.560 on the

00:17:01.400 hero's

00:17:01.780 journey.

00:17:07.440 That's

00:17:07.960 the true

00:17:08.340 catharsis

00:17:09.020 that comes

00:17:10.240 from it

00:17:10.560 all.

00:17:11.880 It's the

00:17:12.400 realization

00:17:13.200 that every

00:17:15.400 single one

00:17:15.940 of us,

00:17:16.760 we might be

00:17:17.440 the hero

00:17:17.880 of our

00:17:18.280 story,

00:17:18.980 but we're

00:17:19.540 the villain

00:17:20.040 of somebody

00:17:21.040 else's.

00:17:23.380 When you

00:17:24.720 go to

00:17:25.020 church,

00:17:25.700 if you

00:17:26.040 go to

00:17:26.340 church,

00:17:27.600 the

00:17:27.740 Christian

00:17:28.240 psychodrama,

00:17:31.580 we,

00:17:32.340 we in

00:17:33.460 the pews,

00:17:34.800 we're not

00:17:35.180 the protagonists.

00:17:37.700 We are

00:17:39.560 the villains.

00:17:41.020 We are

00:17:41.400 the ones

00:17:41.700 that crucified

00:17:42.320 Christ on

00:17:44.020 his hero's

00:17:44.720 journey,

00:17:45.660 and yet he

00:17:46.020 came back

00:17:46.580 with the

00:17:46.960 elixir.

00:17:48.600 And so

00:17:48.860 we return

00:17:49.320 to him

00:17:49.780 as penitents,

00:17:51.800 as petitioners,

00:17:53.380 asking for

00:17:56.060 this wisdom.

00:17:58.500 If you

00:17:58.700 study the

00:17:59.120 Bhagavad Gita,

00:18:02.360 Arjuna

00:18:02.840 eventually

00:18:04.720 comes to

00:18:05.220 realize that

00:18:05.780 he himself

00:18:06.420 must also

00:18:07.020 be the

00:18:07.920 villain when

00:18:08.840 he fights

00:18:09.500 his old

00:18:10.180 family members

00:18:11.280 because that's

00:18:11.720 the only

00:18:12.000 path forward.

00:18:15.360 The hero's

00:18:16.360 journey is

00:18:17.220 painful.

00:18:18.680 It's

00:18:19.000 self-examinatory.

00:18:21.340 It's

00:18:21.960 self-revelatory.

00:18:23.380 You

00:18:24.260 learn

00:18:24.700 about

00:18:25.420 yourself.

00:18:25.980 You

00:18:26.060 learn

00:18:26.360 things

00:18:26.980 that

00:18:27.220 hurt

00:18:27.640 about

00:18:29.680 yourself,

00:18:30.120 but that's

00:18:30.400 not what

00:18:30.680 we have

00:18:31.100 nowadays.

00:18:32.000 That's

00:18:32.280 not what

00:18:32.520 we want.

00:18:33.840 We want

00:18:34.560 to stop

00:18:35.300 the hero's

00:18:36.220 journey

00:18:36.560 at point

00:18:38.020 eight,

00:18:38.480 right on

00:18:39.840 the brink

00:18:40.440 of the

00:18:40.820 darkest

00:18:41.180 moment.

00:18:42.500 We want

00:18:43.180 to pretend

00:18:43.580 that everything

00:18:44.200 is fine.

00:18:47.080 Everything's

00:18:47.620 happy.

00:18:47.920 and so

00:18:53.360 we see

00:18:53.680 these

00:18:54.000 perfected

00:18:55.220 idols

00:18:55.980 of the

00:18:57.400 hero

00:18:57.700 who never

00:18:59.380 learn anything

00:19:00.300 about

00:19:00.700 themselves.

00:19:02.560 They never

00:19:03.500 learn anything

00:19:04.260 about the

00:19:04.740 villains.

00:19:07.500 All they

00:19:08.360 learn is

00:19:08.740 that they

00:19:09.020 deserve

00:19:09.500 success

00:19:10.120 and we

00:19:11.180 walk away

00:19:11.880 angry

00:19:12.840 and bitter

00:19:13.720 that we

00:19:15.340 don't have

00:19:15.860 that same

00:19:16.540 sort of

00:19:16.900 opportunity,

00:19:18.040 that same

00:19:18.480 sort of

00:19:18.920 success

00:19:19.480 in life.

00:19:20.900 We're angry

00:19:21.680 that we

00:19:22.840 don't have

00:19:23.180 an Iron

00:19:23.620 Man suit,

00:19:24.480 that we

00:19:24.800 don't have

00:19:25.080 a lightsaber,

00:19:26.040 that the

00:19:26.400 closest we

00:19:27.040 can get

00:19:27.680 is to

00:19:28.380 pretending

00:19:28.880 to be

00:19:29.780 Luke Skywalker

00:19:30.840 in the

00:19:31.220 movie,

00:19:31.780 pretending

00:19:32.120 to be

00:19:32.860 Iron

00:19:33.260 Man.

00:19:37.100 And so

00:19:37.980 instead of

00:19:38.560 returning with

00:19:39.060 the elixir,

00:19:40.260 instead of

00:19:40.560 examining

00:19:41.000 ourselves

00:19:41.520 and coming

00:19:41.900 away with

00:19:42.300 wisdom,

00:19:43.220 we turn

00:19:44.500 away from

00:19:45.000 death.

00:19:46.900 and pretend

00:19:48.500 that everything's

00:19:49.260 just fine

00:19:49.960 as we

00:19:50.900 see with

00:19:51.780 bitterness.

00:19:58.460 So what

00:19:59.340 is death?

00:20:02.460 What

00:20:03.180 is death?

00:20:06.680 Well, it's

00:20:07.520 the end, but

00:20:08.300 it's more than

00:20:09.220 just the end.

00:20:12.420 Death

00:20:13.180 death is

00:20:14.700 the final

00:20:15.060 judgment.

00:20:18.480 Now, whether

00:20:19.200 you believe

00:20:21.140 that you

00:20:21.560 are going

00:20:21.940 to encounter

00:20:23.500 the book

00:20:24.580 of life

00:20:25.060 and be

00:20:26.440 held

00:20:26.740 accountable

00:20:27.220 for all

00:20:28.220 of your

00:20:28.440 deeds,

00:20:29.620 or if

00:20:31.380 you believe

00:20:31.900 that

00:20:32.300 consciousness

00:20:33.420 ceases,

00:20:36.180 there's

00:20:37.500 that eternal

00:20:38.420 nothingness.

00:20:42.740 Either way,

00:20:43.420 it's a

00:20:43.580 judgment.

00:20:45.600 Your body

00:20:46.380 is going

00:20:47.000 to be lying

00:20:47.500 there in

00:20:47.940 that casket

00:20:48.660 as all

00:20:50.520 the friends

00:20:51.560 and family,

00:20:53.020 those that

00:20:53.400 are left,

00:20:54.700 those that

00:20:55.040 you still

00:20:55.360 have,

00:20:57.080 stand

00:20:57.400 around.

00:20:59.240 And they'll

00:20:59.840 say kind

00:21:00.340 words, but

00:21:01.140 the fact is

00:21:03.060 your life is

00:21:03.620 over.

00:21:04.840 There's no

00:21:05.260 more,

00:21:05.780 there's no

00:21:06.980 more hope.

00:21:08.420 There's no

00:21:09.420 more

00:21:09.760 opportunity.

00:21:13.040 The final

00:21:14.000 chapter has

00:21:15.300 been written.

00:21:16.420 The work

00:21:16.940 is completed.

00:21:19.360 There's

00:21:19.920 nothing more

00:21:20.600 to be added

00:21:21.240 to it.

00:21:22.100 Whatever it

00:21:22.680 was,

00:21:24.060 it stands

00:21:25.020 for whatever

00:21:26.260 it was.

00:21:30.680 Death

00:21:31.480 is that

00:21:32.720 judgment.

00:21:33.080 judgment.

00:21:37.280 And whenever

00:21:37.960 we are

00:21:38.260 judged,

00:21:39.640 we fall

00:21:41.480 short.

00:21:44.360 Whenever you

00:21:45.020 take a test,

00:21:46.600 very seldom do

00:21:47.500 you get 100%

00:21:48.300 on that test.

00:21:49.460 If you get

00:21:49.900 100%, then the

00:21:50.920 test was far

00:21:52.280 too easy,

00:21:52.740 wasn't it?

00:21:54.180 What's the

00:21:54.760 point of taking

00:21:55.660 a course of

00:21:56.240 doing a test

00:21:56.880 where you get

00:21:57.920 100%?

00:21:58.700 any test

00:22:04.080 worth taking

00:22:05.020 is going

00:22:05.280 to be a

00:22:05.600 failure.

00:22:06.040 And that

00:22:06.240 ultimate test

00:22:06.900 of life,

00:22:07.340 you are going

00:22:07.740 to fail

00:22:08.080 on it.

00:22:12.240 And so

00:22:12.820 death isn't

00:22:13.380 just death

00:22:15.240 itself,

00:22:15.780 the final

00:22:16.400 arbiter.

00:22:17.840 Death is

00:22:18.340 something that

00:22:18.840 happens to

00:22:19.340 us every

00:22:20.400 single day.

00:22:21.760 every single

00:22:24.780 day when we

00:22:25.400 go to

00:22:25.760 sleep,

00:22:26.760 that day

00:22:27.220 is completed,

00:22:28.160 that day

00:22:28.480 is finished.

00:22:30.220 Everything

00:22:30.620 that could 0.68

00:22:31.680 have been

00:22:31.980 done,

00:22:32.620 all those

00:22:32.920 possibilities,

00:22:33.700 they no

00:22:33.960 longer exist.

00:22:35.080 Instead,

00:22:35.920 what was

00:22:36.600 done is

00:22:38.120 all that

00:22:38.400 exists.

00:22:43.000 And there's

00:22:43.640 going to be

00:22:43.920 failure in

00:22:45.640 that.

00:22:46.980 Most days

00:22:47.720 of your life,

00:22:48.280 there's going

00:22:48.740 to be

00:22:49.340 failure.

00:22:51.760 and

00:22:54.640 failure.

00:22:56.540 Well,

00:22:57.280 failure

00:22:57.640 leads to

00:22:59.520 suffering.

00:23:03.040 The

00:23:03.640 business

00:23:04.840 that

00:23:07.360 made bad

00:23:08.620 investments,

00:23:10.200 it's a

00:23:10.420 cockamamie

00:23:10.920 idea,

00:23:12.760 that business

00:23:13.320 that during

00:23:13.640 the bull

00:23:14.200 market,

00:23:15.680 that everybody

00:23:16.180 was so eager

00:23:17.020 to invest

00:23:17.800 in this

00:23:18.140 business,

00:23:18.600 this sounds

00:23:18.980 like an

00:23:19.280 idea,

00:23:19.700 maybe we

00:23:20.120 can make

00:23:20.400 a million

00:23:20.740 dollars.

00:23:21.760 Some of

00:23:23.620 those

00:23:23.760 businesses

00:23:24.100 go on

00:23:24.500 to make

00:23:24.720 money,

00:23:25.280 but a

00:23:25.560 lot of

00:23:25.880 them

00:23:26.120 fail.

00:23:28.320 And this

00:23:28.920 creates

00:23:29.480 suffering.

00:23:35.380 The

00:23:35.940 adventures we

00:23:36.440 make in

00:23:36.720 our own

00:23:37.100 lives,

00:23:38.060 the

00:23:38.200 relationships

00:23:38.700 we build,

00:23:39.540 the

00:23:39.680 friendships

00:23:40.060 we create,

00:23:41.380 some of

00:23:41.840 these

00:23:42.200 dissolve.

00:23:44.940 All

00:23:45.500 things

00:23:45.980 eventually

00:23:47.080 dissolve.

00:23:48.480 Everything

00:23:48.900 falls

00:23:49.980 apart.

00:23:53.520 If it's

00:23:54.300 allowed to.

00:23:56.960 But you

00:23:57.660 see,

00:23:57.900 we,

00:23:58.180 we fear

00:23:59.340 death.

00:24:00.800 We fear

00:24:01.760 the suffering.

00:24:03.760 We fear

00:24:04.740 the business

00:24:05.380 closing and

00:24:06.260 being laid 0.64

00:24:06.700 off.

00:24:07.400 We fear

00:24:08.020 the broken

00:24:09.320 heart,

00:24:10.200 that if we're

00:24:10.800 actually honest

00:24:11.740 and open with

00:24:12.960 somebody,

00:24:13.300 it is a

00:24:14.540 distinct result.

00:24:15.300 we fear

00:24:18.940 the suffering

00:24:20.180 of realizing

00:24:20.900 that we

00:24:21.900 ourselves

00:24:22.360 have been

00:24:23.020 villains in

00:24:24.000 some other

00:24:24.400 hero's

00:24:24.920 story.

00:24:28.020 We fear

00:24:29.460 that suffering,

00:24:30.960 we fear

00:24:31.460 that death,

00:24:33.540 and so we

00:24:35.120 turn away

00:24:35.560 from it.

00:24:38.120 We create

00:24:39.080 the economic

00:24:39.540 stimulus to

00:24:40.800 keep all of

00:24:41.280 these companies

00:24:41.780 going so that

00:24:42.440 nobody ever

00:24:43.140 gets laid

00:24:43.560 off, none of

00:24:44.020 these companies

00:24:44.440 ever die. 0.85

00:24:46.260 And the

00:24:46.860 economy turns

00:24:47.520 into a

00:24:48.260 zombie economy.

00:24:52.860 We fear

00:24:53.660 failure within

00:24:54.480 our own lives,

00:24:55.120 so we turn

00:24:55.460 to sports

00:24:55.940 ball.

00:24:56.480 We turn

00:24:56.840 to these

00:24:57.440 stories that

00:24:58.900 are truncated

00:24:59.760 halfway through

00:25:00.540 so that we

00:25:02.340 never have to

00:25:02.880 pay the

00:25:03.120 consequences.

00:25:04.660 We can

00:25:04.900 live vicariously

00:25:06.060 through these

00:25:07.780 heroes.

00:25:09.960 Always be

00:25:10.680 winners as

00:25:11.640 we're living

00:25:12.000 through these

00:25:12.400 heroes.

00:25:12.800 Never be

00:25:13.120 losers,

00:25:13.680 never suffer. 1.00

00:25:15.300 And so

00:25:18.720 we never

00:25:19.080 learn.

00:25:20.120 We never

00:25:20.400 actually take

00:25:21.180 the test.

00:25:22.560 We never

00:25:22.880 fail, we

00:25:24.380 never suffer,

00:25:25.840 and we

00:25:26.280 never grow.

00:25:32.580 Failure and

00:25:33.960 suffering is

00:25:35.180 necessary for

00:25:36.300 growth, and

00:25:37.200 we shy away

00:25:37.940 from it.

00:25:38.920 We deaden

00:25:39.720 ourselves with

00:25:41.000 heroin.

00:25:41.480 We deaden

00:25:42.480 ourselves with

00:25:43.480 other psychoactive

00:25:44.580 substances.

00:25:47.260 We deaden

00:25:48.480 the economy

00:25:49.300 with stimulus.

00:25:51.740 We are

00:25:52.020 terrified of

00:25:53.080 falling asleep,

00:25:55.180 of entering the

00:25:55.900 dark world,

00:25:56.840 because we do

00:25:58.020 not want to

00:25:58.720 admit what

00:26:00.020 sort of

00:26:00.400 monsters lie

00:26:01.960 beneath the

00:26:02.840 surface.

00:26:07.360 And because we

00:26:08.540 are afraid of

00:26:09.120 these monsters,

00:26:09.860 because we are

00:26:10.360 afraid of

00:26:10.820 death, we

00:26:11.620 are afraid of

00:26:12.180 the darkness,

00:26:12.620 because we do

00:26:13.400 not enter it.

00:26:15.540 Those monsters 0.55

00:26:16.320 chase us for

00:26:17.880 our entire

00:26:18.680 lives.

00:26:20.080 They run us

00:26:21.080 ragged.

00:26:24.740 And that energy

00:26:26.080 that we started

00:26:26.820 with in youth

00:26:27.780 is bled from 0.92

00:26:29.500 us.

00:26:30.440 We are bled

00:26:31.280 dry like the

00:26:33.060 victim of a

00:26:34.300 vampire, and we

00:26:35.560 become that

00:26:36.300 vampire's willing 0.80

00:26:37.680 servant.

00:26:38.360 we ourselves

00:26:39.840 become undead

00:26:41.720 because we

00:26:44.600 fear death.

00:26:50.320 The solution

00:26:51.620 is to stare

00:26:53.920 death in the

00:26:54.500 face. 0.86

00:26:55.720 The solution

00:26:56.340 is to accept

00:26:58.540 suffering.

00:27:00.320 The solution

00:27:01.180 is to pursue

00:27:03.300 virtue.

00:27:04.200 Virtue.

00:27:08.360 When you

00:27:08.640 are suffering,

00:27:11.360 there's

00:27:12.540 often nothing

00:27:14.360 you can do

00:27:14.820 about it.

00:27:17.400 If you

00:27:18.040 are working

00:27:18.440 for a company,

00:27:20.720 you are going

00:27:21.980 to get laid

00:27:22.740 off eventually.

00:27:25.440 Could be

00:27:26.080 through your

00:27:26.500 fault, or it

00:27:27.100 could be

00:27:27.360 through no

00:27:27.760 fault of your

00:27:28.240 own.

00:27:28.460 You are

00:27:28.700 going to be

00:27:29.100 laid off.

00:27:31.180 That part's

00:27:31.940 inevitable.

00:27:34.320 But while

00:27:34.940 you're there,

00:27:35.820 you can work.

00:27:36.620 you can

00:27:37.800 accomplish.

00:27:38.800 You can

00:27:39.280 show virtue.

00:27:42.760 You are

00:27:43.400 going to have

00:27:43.880 a broken

00:27:44.220 heart.

00:27:46.020 And you

00:27:46.520 can ignore

00:27:46.940 this.

00:27:47.420 You can

00:27:47.620 never trust.

00:27:48.320 You can

00:27:48.460 never open

00:27:49.020 your heart,

00:27:49.980 and you

00:27:50.180 can run

00:27:50.480 roughshod over

00:27:51.780 everybody else.

00:27:52.640 You can run

00:27:53.320 from the

00:27:54.100 pain.

00:27:55.880 And then

00:27:56.380 you'll have

00:27:56.680 nothing.

00:27:57.560 And then

00:27:58.080 you'll have

00:27:58.360 created more

00:27:58.920 pain in the

00:27:59.360 process.

00:27:59.960 Or you

00:28:01.480 can trust.

00:28:03.160 You can

00:28:03.800 open yourself.

00:28:05.060 you can

00:28:06.460 accept the

00:28:08.040 darkness, the

00:28:08.880 pain, the

00:28:09.700 monsters.

00:28:10.920 You can take

00:28:11.460 the risk.

00:28:11.960 And you

00:28:12.180 will pay

00:28:12.680 for it.

00:28:14.080 But you

00:28:14.680 can practice

00:28:15.420 virtue.

00:28:19.040 So that

00:28:19.760 when that

00:28:20.340 final

00:28:21.040 examination

00:28:22.540 comes, that

00:28:23.380 final judgment,

00:28:25.880 you know

00:28:28.640 you're going

00:28:29.000 to fall

00:28:29.340 short.

00:28:31.040 That judgment

00:28:31.880 will come

00:28:32.620 for you.

00:28:33.400 And there

00:28:33.760 will be

00:28:34.260 failure.

00:28:35.060 but by

00:28:37.660 confronting

00:28:38.520 death,

00:28:39.480 confronting

00:28:39.880 failure

00:28:40.400 throughout

00:28:40.820 your life,

00:28:42.080 and reacting

00:28:42.960 with virtue,

00:28:44.760 finding that

00:28:46.380 pearl of

00:28:47.200 wisdom,

00:28:48.660 and returning

00:28:49.700 with the

00:28:50.160 elixir,

00:28:51.560 even though

00:28:51.980 it costs

00:28:52.460 you,

00:28:54.700 you can

00:28:56.120 confront

00:28:56.620 death

00:28:57.140 with a

00:28:58.620 peaceful

00:28:58.900 heart.

00:28:59.280 death.

00:29:03.880 I'm going

00:29:04.700 to leave

00:29:04.960 you with

00:29:05.300 a short

00:29:06.020 poem

00:29:06.540 by the

00:29:08.720 17th

00:29:09.320 century

00:29:09.640 Japanese

00:29:10.160 poet

00:29:10.580 Matsuo

00:29:11.780 Basho,

00:29:13.540 which

00:29:13.940 some of

00:29:14.680 you might

00:29:15.000 recognize

00:29:15.620 from the

00:29:16.000 Ian Fleming

00:29:16.600 novel.

00:29:19.500 You only

00:29:20.560 live twice,

00:29:22.400 once when

00:29:23.440 you're born,

00:29:24.940 and once

00:29:26.060 when you

00:29:26.880 look death

00:29:27.460 in the

00:29:28.220 face.

Leo D.M.J. Aurini - November 18, 2016

Why the World is Broken Part 1： Fear of Death

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