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🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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0:00.0 | How long did you do the monk thing? |
0:01.0 | Three years. |
0:02.0 | And why did you quit? |
0:03.0 | So many. |
0:04.0 | He's quit the wrong word? |
0:06.0 | Yeah. |
0:07.0 | Like why did you decide to come back? |
0:08.0 | It's like asking someone, why did you get divorced? |
0:09.0 | That's the kind of question. |
0:10.0 | I apologize for the word. |
0:11.0 | No, no, no, no. |
0:12.0 | It's a good question, but I'm saying like that's what, it felt like a divorce. |
0:16.0 | Like that's how it felt. Everybody keeps telling me that I need to do more yoga, that I need to meditate more, that I need to |
0:24.2 | embrace all these ancient philosophies to help me manage in this modern world. |
0:29.2 | Sure, that's good. |
0:30.8 | And I went to a yoga class and somebody yelled at me because I took their mat. |
0:35.0 | And at the end of the day, what's so wrong with the modern world? I mean, |
0:38.6 | I can disconnect by zoning out in front of Netflix just fine. In fact, I find it super relaxing. |
0:44.4 | What's the right balance? That's why I sat down with Jay Shetty. He's the host of the podcast |
0:50.1 | on purpose, and he has spent a career helping people find peace, tranquility, and purpose in our modern world. |
0:57.6 | He actually did live in a temple as a monk for three years, before leaving that life to return to our magical and wonderful modern society. |
1:05.6 | We really got into it. |
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