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ep 30 - How To Live a Balanced Life In a Greedy, Consumeristic and Materialistic World (w/Lak & JT)

The Martial Mind Power & Martial Arts Philosophy Podcast

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Episode  ·  1:05:31  ·  Aug 31, 2022

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In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Life is a zero-sum game", found on page 572 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking." Highlights include: - Newton's law of conservation - energy is never destroyed or created, it just changes form - How society is set up for consumerist and capitalistic tendencies and otucomes - How are we approaching life - in a hurry to the end or savouring as best as we can? - What was the deeper meaning behind the Lak's brother rejecting his  hand-me-downs - The lost art of passing on "hand-me"downs" in the western world - Avoiding the trappings of trends and taste-changes to lighten the load on mother earth - The suffering and trappings of attachment and wanting more - Lak shares insights from the "must "model as learned from his project management job - Breaking patterns as inspired by Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do - A transformational model you can use to uncover how to know what you don't know - Developing  "stickability" and avoiding spinelessness in pursuit of achieving goals - Becoming a "king-spiritual-master"  that sits in between the 2 extreme states of existence - The value of staying in your lane - everyone has their own dharmic path, what's yours? - The problems with impostor syndrome and how to overcome it - Insights of letting go and attachment over owning a Ferrari: "how can i become a spiritual master if i own a Ferrari?" - and more Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/

1h 5m 31s  ·  Aug 31, 2022

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