#25: Interview with Amarjit Singh

Published: March 24, 2021, 6 p.m.

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  • Christopher and Amarjit - friends since 8th grade
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  • High school used to be better
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  • Losing fingers is just part of growing up in Arizona
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  • Free doughnut! Oh, Crispy Cream... forget it.
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  • Amarjt\'s spicy Chai Tea
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  • Ten Gurus - basis of Sikhs
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  • Amarjit\'s travel tips for India
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  • Guru Granth Sahib
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  • Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam
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  • Sikhism - no hell, just self realization
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  • Singh for men, Kaur for women - way to dismantle Indian caste system
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  • The Golden Temple feeds 100,000 people a day
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  • "If it changes, it dies"
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  • "The soul is perfect" so don\'t try to change it, just realize it
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  • Self realization is a process of subtraction
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  • Slide projector / remove slide to see white light (consciousness) = self realization
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  • A "colorful person" is really just neurotic
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  • "Are you saying I\'m neurotic?" "No, you\'re not that colorful."
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  • Sikh Warrior
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  • Crossed swords - one to be the warrior of the soul, the other to be the warrior of world/politics
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  • India not really masking up (this is before spike in April)
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  • Indians have a different sense of personal space
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  • Big red X on your house if you have COVID in India - caused many suicides
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  • COVID response is speeding up current trends
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  • Kids aren\'t learning personal skills
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  • Zoom and masks both stifle communication
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  • Classrooms are now silent
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  • BSA to the rescue - the opposite of Idiocracy
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  • We all impact the \'Collective Consciousness\'
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  • Amarjit\'s Bodhi Tree story - kid is getting all the leaves. Amajit lets go and leaves start falling on him.
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  • Amijit\'s first retreat - He gets bullied
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  • "Who is the first victim of your anger?"
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  • Don\'t be clever with people, be generous
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  • Fight fire with fire? Maybe try water.
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  • Aversion or Attachement
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  • Are facial expressions cultural or innate?
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  • James channels the GGs
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  • Amijit\'s podcast - The Story of My with Amarjit Singh
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  • All the way from India just for this podcast
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  • Psychedelics? Oh, yes. Mushroom yogu, but nothing compared to meditating in a cave for 10 hours a day 40 days.
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