But does that mean when you say life is suffering? I get where that's coming from, and I also get that there are challenges that we're all going to deal with every day. But if life's that miserable, what the hell do we celebrate? I don't know why anyone celebrates anything. I celebrate nothing. I truly don't. Um, if something good happens, I don't celebrate it. You know what? There should be about three people listening to this podcast, all right? Because everyone else is going to consider these to be um dark and negative and nihilistic and defeatist. And uh, I know it's insanely radical reaching those absolutely, okay? So, so even the question that you asked, I mean, I was going to interject, but I allow you to finish the question. You know, you said, you know, even though that we know life is suffering, I know that a butt is coming, all right? You know, there, there is, there is only suffering, and there is only, there is only misery. There really is no

and the reason that is is because nothing like nothing left if if you were a person who was in love with cars right and every day I brought you a new sports car but then every other day I took it away you would not look at that as a positive experience totally get it sure okay and that is exactly how life is so I don't sugarcoat things okay I say things the way they are I have no interest in making anyone happy or sad so when life is suffering does that mean that you go and sit in the room and cry all day long you can but the only reason that it won't benefit you is because even when you stop crying it'll still be suffering so there's no point right so I think it is the stark understanding that no matter what you do in this world no whether you raise children whether you build a 20 billion dollar company whether you become a famous professional athlete at the end of the day every human being ends up in the same place they end up alone in their house

with the lights dimmed, wondering when the satisfaction is going to arrive. And it doesn't matter how big the bank account is; fundamentally, everyone reverts to the foundation of what comes next because none of these things last. And you do not need to believe a single word that I say; I don't even subscribe to belief. You just have to open your eyes and look, and I totally get where you're coming from. And at the same time, we're talking to an audience who are building and growing companies. So, in the hallway of these companies, how can a message like that be inspirational to people who every day I go in this company or in these open these doors as a leader to want to inspire a group of people to do great things? Yes, um, that's a very, very good question. So, what I will say is that there is a great benefit in seeing the truth. But if the truth is seen for the benefit, then it becomes an ulterior motive, and it doesn't get anyone anywhere. But there just so happens to be an

organic benefit of seeing the truth. And if someone realizes, for instance, no matter what someone does in their life, they will never arrive at a place of satisfaction that will last. Then what will happen is that they will become free. And the reason they'll become free is that they will not tie any sense of hope or anticipation of happiness or self-worth to what they are doing. They will be free to create and to do whatever they wish to do, completely unbound by the hope of success or the fear of failure. Now, this is not why I am saying that one should recognize that life is suffering and that there is no satisfaction and that seeking the truth is the only way. I am not saying that to do those things in order to provide, in order to come at this benefit. I'm saying that those things are all true in their own right. It just so happens that seeing those truths organically provides one the benefit of freedom, which ironically is precisely what everyone is seeking to begin with. [Music] you

You Become Free When You Realize This - Kapil Gupta MD

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