YouTube VIDEO TRANSCRIPT for Daily Taoist 21:
Alright. How far will I go? I don’t know. I’m still enjoying myself. I think that’s a good sign. So– Let’s do– Let’s do two more.
We’re on NUMBER 10 now. (of the Tao Teh Ching)
Natural leadership is by example and balanced patterns.
Resisting natural progress creates conflicts which are revealed as internal or external disturbances.
More is accomplished by directing natural patterns than by forcefully changing the course of a river.
Unpacking this is a lot of work. Hearing me and not reading it probably makes it a lot harder. Let me just read the whole thing again.
Natural leadership is by example and balanced patterns. Let’s read that one line again.
Natural leadership is by example and balanced patterns. Okay? That makes sense. A parent animal.
Resisting natural progress— What the heck’s this? Like learning to walk maybe?
Resisting natural progress creates conflicts which are revealed as internal or external disturbances.
Ugh. If you were trying not to walk then it would seem like you had mental problems on the inside or whether there was an external problem like your legs are broken. So that’s resisting natural progress. You’ve got to look for what’s wrong. Maybe there isn’t anything wrong. Interesting.
More is accomplished by directing natural patterns.
Directing. Not creating. Directing natural patterns–that you’re kind of urging somewhere.
Than by forcefully changing the course of a river.
Yeah, that’s not urging. Gotta build a dam.
So yes. Okay. So more is accomplished by just gentle, I guess. Gentle pushes than– Same with teaching people characters. And that’s so true of– I was trying to help somebody the other day who’s got a very bad mental problem. He– I teach the mind like in psychology– Let’s get away from the soul thing entirely
I see that in your mind we have a– This goes back to San Diego State University days. I believe that the mind has a– it’s kind of like the subconscious and the conscious. I think we can all agree on that. But I believe there are actually two characters or IDs or egos there. The subconscious is very childlike, and trusting, and non-judgmental. It just believes everything. And then the conscious mind is scrutinizing and can be everything from trusting to not trusting. But it still makes the decisions like a soldier or a policeman. So it’s protecting the subconscious too.
So when a person watches horror movies, the conscious mind has decided, “Oh okay. I’ll get out of the way and let you watch this because it makes you excited… or gives you some emotion. Just creates chemical hormones you know. Transmit when you have fear. So unfortunately that’s not a wise decision for this guy to let the kid watch the horror movies and get scared. Feel those emotions and get those adrenaline rushes.
So anyway, I believe the mind has two different points. That was one of my examples. But anyway.
This person has a real problem with that because the little guy runs the ship. And the conscious person has almost no say in anything. It’s very, it’s really amazing. It’s– That’s why some people think this person is maybe retarded because it’s the kid mind that talks. And the kid mind talks like a little kid and says really five-year old type of things. So some people think this guy must be retarded. But he’s not. The conscious mind is very smart. Very smart. He can do– But for some reason he shut down to let this little kid take over. And his… overall life– we see that from backing up and looking at it: and we see that he’s totally like– his parents just like gave up trying to teach him. And he became a total drug addict and has no… ability to control– control himself.
So the little issue in the brain became the bigger issue in life. And you’ve got somebody whose– Yeah. So, anyway, so you can see how some people are homeless. But he really doesn’t have mental problems. He just– Well he does have a very bad mental problem, but he actually could fix it if he’d just learn how to govern himself. If he could be more self-governing: he’d be a decent person. But he’s given up and let the little kid take over.
Wow. Did I get off course there.
So here we go. I’m gonna read this thing again and then I’m gonna blast down the page and I’m not going to answer any of these questions. Because these would actually– It would depend on what business I’m talking about. How I would answer these questions.
Okay. NUMBER 10: of my book. Which is called Tao of Taoism based on Lao Tzu, the original author, a couple hundred years before Christ, writing his book the Tao Te Ching or Book of Changes. Or Book of All Changes. Or the book of How Everything is Always Changing.
Here we go: NUMBER 10: Natural Leadership is by example and balanced patterns.
That’s the natural kind.
Resisting natural progress creates conflicts which are revealed as internal or external disturbances.
So that’s that guy.
More is accomplished by directing natural patterns than by forcefully changing the course of a river.
And unfortunately the little kid screaming seemed like the river. But it wasn’t.
Okay. Here we go.
Do you enjoy leadership responsibilities?
Do you enjoy leadership responsibilities?
Remember, these are your answers. Don’t answer what you think you’re supposed to answer. Forget that. Don’t forget: this is not about the right answer. Nobody else is even supposed to see this. Okay? Unless you want to share it–which is fine. But this is only for you. So you can look at you.
Here we go: Do you enjoy leadership responsibilities?
What are your basic rules when being a leader?
If you’re a bad leader, you may have really bad rules. Fact is, if you are, you’re going to make rules. The bad leaders make the most rules.
Here we go: What are your basic rules when being a leader?
How do you enforce your rules?
How do you enforce your rules?
What examples do you set for others to follow?
What example do you set for others to follow
When do people tend NOT to follow you or disagree with you?
When do people tend not to follow your or disagree with you?
What are your balanced patterns that aid leading others?
That’s a little more interesting.
What are your balanced patterns– (your balanced patterns) that aid in leading other?
What problems do you consistently find in others?
What problems do you consistently find in others?
How do you influence other people to follow?
How do you influence other people to follow?
How do you reward those who do follow you?
How do you reward those who do follow you?
When people or jobs create difficulty or tension for you– How do you handle stress?
When people or jobs create difficulties, or tension– How do you handle the stress?
How patient are you with those who take advantage of you? Or don’t appreciate you?
How patient are you with those who take advantage of you? Or don’t appreciate you?
Then you can talk about how impatient you are. You get the topic.
Do you enjoy caring for other persons?
I’m not saying ‘will you.’ Remember, think of the truth. Answer truthfully. That’s the most important thing. If you lie to yourself– Gosh. How can you ever get smart?
Do you enjoy caring for other persons?
Do you inquire as to other people’s problems and try to help on a daily basis?
Do you inquire as to other people’s problems and try to help them on a daily basis?
How do you help people?
How do you help people?
Do you mind your own business and stay out of other people’s affairs?
Do you mind your own business and stay out of other people’s affairs?
Do you prefer to stay out of your affairs and private matters?
People are like “AAAAHHHH.” I don’t like my private affairs. I read that wrong.
Do you prefer OTHER people stay out of your private affairs?
Do you have privacy issues? What are they?
Are you usually reluctant to discuss your personal problems? And why?
Are you usually reluctant to discuss your personal problems? And why?
That’s a big answer. You might not get it. You might be, “Oh. My dad was that way.” Maybe actually you can go farther back than that.
Do you believe your privacy is very important and why?
There you go. That’s the last question here, other than: My Shifu’s suggestions. Which I can’t give you.
So anyway, Do you believe your privacy is very important and why?
This is an interesting concept. I wonder if I could use this as a counseling book. I’ve never thought of making money off it that way.
I’d give it to my students and talk to them about it for free.
But what if I did use this on the internet. People somehow respond to these pages. Charge something. I can’t work for free forever.
I’ve been working for fee for thirty years.
Okay. Oh. I’ve got to stop. Alright, eleven minutes?
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