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/