117. Benjamin Smythe

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2012

⏱️ 117 minutes

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I thought I knew something. It turns out I didn't. My heart explodes into pieces, and they rain down everywhere I look. It doesn't feel as new agey as it sounds, and that ends up being such an incredible delight. Nothing spiritual I have ever encountered has anything to do with the simple Wow I am talking about. It is this Mystery. Wow! Facebook page Summary and Transcript of this interview. Interview recorded 3/31/2012 YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Benjamin Smythe: A Fun and Sensitive Guy 00:04:25 - The Importance of Authentic Sharing 00:08:15 - Learning to Be a Good Person 00:12:20 - The Humility of Seeking 00:16:18 - The Beauty of Not Knowing 00:19:58 - Embracing Paradox and Shutting Up 00:24:05 - Balancing Self-Awakening and Helping Others 00:27:49 - Embracing Chaos and Helping Others 00:31:08 - The Beauty of Connection on the Street 00:34:48 - The Power of Kindness and Love 00:38:10 - The Sadness of Human-to-Human Violence 00:42:06 - The Resonance of Kindness and Compassion 00:45:51 - The Setup of Competition 00:49:41 - Embracing the Vast Range of Possibilities 00:53:42 - Finding Ease in Chaos 00:57:04 - The Value of Living in Integrity 01:00:51 - Honoring and Learning from Others 01:05:02 - The Innocence of Humanity 01:08:52 - The Shift in Subjective Perspective 01:13:25 - The Potential of Every Individual 01:17:07 - The value of silence and the limitations of language 01:21:33 - The Silent Experience of Ourselves 01:25:24 - Discovering the Quiet Within 01:29:11 - Questioning the Bible's Moral Guidance 01:33:20 - Ideas Competing for Attention 01:37:19 - Choosing Love and the Possibility of Force 01:41:17 - The Responsibility to Care for Each Other 01:45:26 - Making a Difference, One Person at a Time 01:49:25 - The Egalitarian Quality in Spirituality 01:53:05 - Playing with Different Ideas 01:56:28 - Stay Connected through Interviews and Chat Groups Save

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:29.0	My name is Rick Archer, and my guest this week is Benjamin Smyth.
0:32.6	Welcome Benjamin.
0:33.9	And Benjamin is a really fun guy.
0:38.3	I think I deserve the coffee mug or the T-shirt or even the, you know, even the little
0:46.3	satchel that you might give out for people who actually listen to all of your YouTube
0:51.3	videos because I've listened to all 78 of them.
0:54.9	And if that doesn't deserve a prize, nothing does.
0:58.0	You do, you get a prize.
1:00.0	Okay, good job.
1:01.0	I give out pacifiers.
1:03.0	And you're a fun guy.
1:08.0	I mean, you're sort of a performance artist of non-duality or something we might say,
1:14.8	and as people will see when they watch your videos.
1:17.9	And I really appreciate your sensitivity and your, I mean, you're a tender-hearted guy.
1:24.5	I've seen you laugh uncontrollably and break into tears and just go through
1:30.3	all sorts of, you know, what I would say are very sensitive fluctuations of emotion that you
1:37.3	don't always see and people display publicly. So that's nice. And I also would say you're kind of a gutsy guy. I mean, you've, you know, spent
1:47.5	countless hours sitting out on the street with a your perfect sign. And I guess you're
1:52.9	known in some parts as the your perfect guy. And that's kind of cool. So we'll talk about that.
1:59.8	One thing I was curious about when we were setting up this interview, at one point you emailed
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