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The reality is that we're all one, that we are all connected, completely
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connected. Then the disconnection is an
illusion that we are stubbornly hanging on to.
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The butterfly story is fun because I
was at one point my brother got
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married in Colorado. We went whitewater
rafting the day after he got married,
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and there was two rafts, six
people in each raft, and there was
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Colorado River, which is very it's
very well known for its it's challenging whitewater
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rapids, and while you're in the
middle of the rapids, you're very focused
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on staying alive, not falling off
that boat because people have drowned. That
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someone had drowned the day before we
got there, so you focus all of
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it. The adrenaline is pump and
you focus on everything that you're doing,
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and then all of a sudden,
the river will calm down and you'll be
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in this beautiful, peaceful area of
the river with nothing around you except the
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canyon walls and nature, and it
was just it's just beautiful. And then
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just when you're getting accustomed to that
piece, oh, the white water is
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again, and then you start growing
really focused again. All that kind of
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stuff. Well, at one particular
time, when we had just gone through
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this particularly difficult set of white water, it opened up to this beautiful,
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peaceful area, and as we're just
admiring the nature and the peace, all
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of a sudden, this monarch butterfly
starts fleeing around everywhere, and everyone in
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the boats were like, oh,
oh, oh, putting up their finger,
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trying to get it to land on
their finger. And I was like,
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oh, please stop that butterfly.
There's no ways going to land on
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anyone's finger because it doesn't want to
risk it its own life. And something
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inside me at that point said to
me, will raise your finger. It's
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going to land on yours. And
before I knew it, my finger was
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up and that butterfly damned if it
didn't land on my finger. Now,
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at that moment, everyone in the
other rasp, We're going, oh my
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gosh, how did you do that? That's amazing. All I heard was
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because at that particular moment, there
was nothing that existed that wasn't a part
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of me. That butterfly and I
were looking at each other on my finger,
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and nothing else mattered, but the
connection between that butterfly and me.
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There's nothing else in existence. And
my mind expanded so much that it wasn't
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just now suddenly the butterfly and me. It was the butterfly and me,
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the water, the canyon walls,
the other people in the other rafts,
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rafts, the trees, everything.
We were all connected. We were all
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one. The energy was mixing one
from the other. And just as quick
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as it came, the butterfly flitted
away, and that reality, that connection
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was gone. The time that that
butterfly was on my finger was magical.
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We were completely I was completely connected
with everything. The minute it went away,
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that was lost. And I have
since tried to rekindle that experience,
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and I've gotten successful in certain certain
times and not successful in others. But
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that's the reality of our universe,
is that we are truly all one.
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We're just in different vessels. And
that's what that butterfly caught me. Well.
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I don't have a butterfly story.
That is a beautiful one, though,
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But I think about love and when
we say, you know, you
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have to live in love and live
in service, and I think people get
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confused and maybe they think about relationship
love. And the other day I was
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meditating and I had this image of
this child running through the water a little
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you know, maybe three or four
year old child just laughing at the edge
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of the beach, just running through
the water, and it just felt this
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incredible wave of love. And that
is the type of love that I think
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connects us all, the love that
doesn't depend on anybody else. Now Here,
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you have a child that's just happy
for no reason. No one's doing
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anything to or with this child,
but they're just loving the feel of the
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water, the smell of the ocean
air, the breeze and all of that.
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We all have those moments, we
all do. We forget maybe about
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them, we get mired down in
work and whatnot. But if we can
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remember those moments, those moments are
when we're all connected because we all share
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that. We all share that ability
to have that connection of that type of
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love, and that's what we try
to or we have to try to get
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back to when we can, because
that's just pure joy, not depending on
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anything. Did I mention Karen was
a walking, talking love
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The reality is that we're all one, that we are all connected, completely
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00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:14.119
connected. Then the disconnection is an
illusion that we are stubbornly hanging on to.
3
00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:19.239
The butterfly story is fun because I
was at one point my brother got
4
00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.160
married in Colorado. We went whitewater
rafting the day after he got married,
5
00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:25.359
and there was two rafts, six
people in each raft, and there was
6
00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:31.399
Colorado River, which is very it's
very well known for its it's challenging whitewater
7
00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:35.119
rapids, and while you're in the
middle of the rapids, you're very focused
8
00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.719
on staying alive, not falling off
that boat because people have drowned. That
9
00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:43.320
someone had drowned the day before we
got there, so you focus all of
10
00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.399
it. The adrenaline is pump and
you focus on everything that you're doing,
11
00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.399
and then all of a sudden,
the river will calm down and you'll be
12
00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.359
in this beautiful, peaceful area of
the river with nothing around you except the
13
00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.479
canyon walls and nature, and it
was just it's just beautiful. And then
14
00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:00.560
just when you're getting accustomed to that
piece, oh, the white water is
15
00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.200
again, and then you start growing
really focused again. All that kind of
16
00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.599
stuff. Well, at one particular
time, when we had just gone through
17
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:11.319
this particularly difficult set of white water, it opened up to this beautiful,
18
00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:17.200
peaceful area, and as we're just
admiring the nature and the peace, all
19
00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.799
of a sudden, this monarch butterfly
starts fleeing around everywhere, and everyone in
20
00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.959
the boats were like, oh,
oh, oh, putting up their finger,
21
00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.120
trying to get it to land on
their finger. And I was like,
22
00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:27.959
oh, please stop that butterfly.
There's no ways going to land on
23
00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.680
anyone's finger because it doesn't want to
risk it its own life. And something
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00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.879
inside me at that point said to
me, will raise your finger. It's
25
00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.840
going to land on yours. And
before I knew it, my finger was
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00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:46.239
up and that butterfly damned if it
didn't land on my finger. Now,
27
00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:48.799
at that moment, everyone in the
other rasp, We're going, oh my
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00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:51.359
gosh, how did you do that? That's amazing. All I heard was
29
00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:59.280
because at that particular moment, there
was nothing that existed that wasn't a part
30
00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.799
of me. That butterfly and I
were looking at each other on my finger,
31
00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.199
and nothing else mattered, but the
connection between that butterfly and me.
32
00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:14.280
There's nothing else in existence. And
my mind expanded so much that it wasn't
33
00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.919
just now suddenly the butterfly and me. It was the butterfly and me,
34
00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.120
the water, the canyon walls,
the other people in the other rafts,
35
00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.000
rafts, the trees, everything.
We were all connected. We were all
36
00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:29.759
one. The energy was mixing one
from the other. And just as quick
37
00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:34.719
as it came, the butterfly flitted
away, and that reality, that connection
38
00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:39.560
was gone. The time that that
butterfly was on my finger was magical.
39
00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:44.560
We were completely I was completely connected
with everything. The minute it went away,
40
00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:52.680
that was lost. And I have
since tried to rekindle that experience,
41
00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.159
and I've gotten successful in certain certain
times and not successful in others. But
42
00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.319
that's the reality of our universe,
is that we are truly all one.
43
00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:09.800
We're just in different vessels. And
that's what that butterfly caught me. Well.
44
00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:14.680
I don't have a butterfly story.
That is a beautiful one, though,
45
00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:21.560
But I think about love and when
we say, you know, you
46
00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.919
have to live in love and live
in service, and I think people get
47
00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:30.360
confused and maybe they think about relationship
love. And the other day I was
48
00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:35.599
meditating and I had this image of
this child running through the water a little
49
00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.039
you know, maybe three or four
year old child just laughing at the edge
50
00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.719
of the beach, just running through
the water, and it just felt this
51
00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:46.800
incredible wave of love. And that
is the type of love that I think
52
00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:51.560
connects us all, the love that
doesn't depend on anybody else. Now Here,
53
00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:53.680
you have a child that's just happy
for no reason. No one's doing
54
00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:59.240
anything to or with this child,
but they're just loving the feel of the
55
00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:02.039
water, the smell of the ocean
air, the breeze and all of that.
56
00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.360
We all have those moments, we
all do. We forget maybe about
57
00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:10.280
them, we get mired down in
work and whatnot. But if we can
58
00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:13.639
remember those moments, those moments are
when we're all connected because we all share
59
00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.639
that. We all share that ability
to have that connection of that type of
60
00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:20.199
love, and that's what we try
to or we have to try to get
61
00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:25.839
back to when we can, because
that's just pure joy, not depending on
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00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:30.000
anything. Did I mention Karen was
a walking, talking love
