Our machinery has coopted our "I."

It won't admit that it is not the "I" in its totality

— nothing is supposed to exist outside its domain.

But when our "I" — an "I" grounded

in powerlessness, curiosity, and compassion

— chooses to speak from that place,

even with just a suggestion or two,

the machinery may well have to move over.

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This is where freedom and transformation are sourced.

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This is Riki's discovery.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:01:20
Hello, Riki.

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[Riki (Kunming, China)] 05:01:22
Hi.

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[Riki] 05:01:24
Yeah.

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[Riki] 05:01:30
Good morning, yeah.

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[Riki] 05:01:36
I… yeah, I have a… yeah.

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[Riki] 05:01:40
Last week I I have had had a an interview actually you know um before I had you know this interview actually I have my own plan.

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[Riki] 05:01:55
And it's um.

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[Riki] 05:01:58
This in interview is, you know.

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[Riki] 05:02:03
My, my, my aunt, my relatives.

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[Riki] 05:02:10
Friends, you know, open a company and they happen, you know.

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[Riki] 05:02:16
try to recruit people. And at first, I just, you know, I…

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[Riki] 05:02:24
don't want to…

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[Riki] 05:02:27
Go to theirs.

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[Riki] 05:02:30
You know, but yeah, I, it's, it's, it's, I, it's.

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[Riki] 05:02:37
Yeah, I…

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[Riki] 05:02:39
I think this experience.

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[Riki] 05:02:47
Comes a lot of problem.

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[Riki] 05:02:48
I mean, um.

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[Riki] 05:02:57
First problem is I realized I'm easy to compromise, you know, when people around me told me.

 

[Riki] 05:03:13
That I should do something. And even, even I have, you know, have, have, have some decisions, but I just will, uh, impact by them. Like, maybe I think, uh, maybe I, I.

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[Riki] 05:03:30
I should listen to them, and I can…

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[Riki] 05:03:35
You know, try.

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[Riki] 05:03:38
But…

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[Riki] 05:03:40
But I…

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[Riki] 05:03:43
know, you know, the results, you know, outcomes before I, you know, I do it, but I still will listening to them and to.

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[Riki] 05:03:59
And to do the things I don't want to do.

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[Riki] 05:04:04
And, yeah, yeah, and, uh…

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[Riki] 05:04:08
I just cannot change this, you know.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:04:18
So tell me about, I've noticed at least three things you've lied about so far. Can you tell me what you've lied about?

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[Riki] 05:04:29
Oh.

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[Riki] 05:04:34
I think the… the wall is…

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[Riki] 05:04:43
I have to do… I mean, I have… I said I…

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[Riki] 05:05:04
Um, maybe it's… I… I…

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[Riki] 05:05:06
Said I have no power to.

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[Riki] 05:05:12
Make my own decision.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:05:15
That was one lie.

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[Riki] 05:05:38
I…

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[Riki] 05:05:56
I…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:05:56
Of course, it depends upon what you mean by the word, but you use the word should a few times.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:02
What do you mean by the word "should"?

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[Riki] 05:06:03
Oh, yeah.

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[Riki] 05:06:11
I'm, I mean.

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[Riki] 05:06:16
the…

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[Riki] 05:06:20
It's not, not should, I mean, the automatic, I mean, I.

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[Riki] 05:06:25
Before I lie.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:25
Yeah, yeah, you do. You were, you were the should. You said "I should." Okay.

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[Riki] 05:06:33
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:34
So that implies there's an I and there's an I that should. Okay, well, first of all, we got.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:40
Who is this I we're talking about?

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:43
Is this just the machinery "I"? Well, the machinery "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:48
Believes in that bullshit about shoulds.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:51
But the real Ricky doesn't believe that.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:06:55
She and she's and she's she's not speaking up the real Riki.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:02
All this is all — I'm here to report from the machinery. I'm not here — I'm not hearing the real Riki.

 

[Riki] 05:07:02
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:10
Killer machinery.

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[Riki] 05:07:24
I just used to…

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[Riki] 05:07:28
like…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:34
The machinery is.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:39
Unless you're really certain when you use the word "I," say "the machinery..."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:53
Unless you're really certain that the real "I" is speaking.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:07:58
Say, the machinery believes. The machinery does this. The machinery does that.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:06
Otherwise, I don't want to hear the word "I."

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[Riki] 05:08:12
Oh, okay, got it.

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[Riki] 05:08:19
Yeah, I…

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[Riki] 05:08:21
And no.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:22
All right

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:27
So, okay, say the full sentence. I heard an "I". Is that a, is that the real Riki "I" or is that the machinery?

 

[Riki] 05:08:36
Machinery. I. Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:36
Okay, so then say the machinery.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:40
says.

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[Riki] 05:08:41
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:42
Otherwise.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:44
Unless…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:46
The real Riki, I don't want to hear any "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:50
coming out of that mouth, unless it's the real Riki "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:08:56
All machinery "I"s must say "the machinery says, 'I...".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:00
Believes. The machinery "has to." The machinery "should." The machinery thinks "it should." The machinery, like, that's, that's how you say it. Otherwise.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:13
No "I"s come out of that mouth.

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[Riki] 05:09:19
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:20
If I hear an "I" come out of that mouth.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:26
You don't let an "I" come out of that mouth until you have good reason to believe it's the real Riki speaking, not the Riki's machinery speaking.

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[Riki] 05:09:39
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:41
The machinery can speak, but only…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:46
by putting the words, "the machinery is saying, I da-da." The machinery is da-da-da. The machinery is da-da-da.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:09:58
I'm not asking the machinery to shut up.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:01
Okay. The machinery can speak that way.

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[Riki] 05:10:05
Oh, okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:06
Otherwise, any "I"…

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[Riki] 05:10:07
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:12
It's real Riki "I"

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:16
If you're not sure, you can even… machinery is asking, is this… "if the mouth spoke this way, would that be an Riki "I" or a machiney "I"? You can even do it that way, but…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:25
But be pretty sure. I mean, of course, I'm not going to get upset if you, okay, but.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:33
No "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:35
Unless…

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[Riki] 05:10:38
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:39
The "I" is pretty sure this is this is the real Riki speaking, not Riki's machinery speaking.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:45
Otherwise, the machinery gets to speak by saying, "the machinery is speaking..."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:50
I want the machinery to be responsible for speaking.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:10:56
And not and not claiming to be the "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:00
The machinery is playing the game. "I should do this. I can't change. I am so influenced by what other people say."

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[Riki] 05:11:00
Okay, yeah, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:17
I don't pay attention to what…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:22
I really see. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:25
Didn't say all that.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:27
The machinery speaks.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:29
Machinery says this. Okay.

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[Riki] 05:11:32
Okay, okay.

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[Riki] 05:11:33
Okay, uh…

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[Riki] 05:11:38
The machinery, you know, believe.

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[Riki] 05:11:43
Believe.

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[Riki] 05:11:46
I should…

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[Riki] 05:11:48
Listening to people.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:50
The machinery believes the machinery should be listening to people.

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[Riki] 05:11:51
And

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[Riki] 05:11:53
Oh

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[Riki] 05:11:55
Okay, okay, the machine rate, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:11:58
And listen, and listening means obeying, right?

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[Riki] 05:12:02
Oh, yeah, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:03
It doesn't mean just hearing and understanding. It means obeying. Okay.

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[Riki] 05:12:07
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:08
Be careful. Machinery, be careful with your words.

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[Riki] 05:12:08
Yeah.

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[Riki] 05:12:12
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:13
Okay, good.

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[Riki] 05:12:13
And the, yeah, the machinery.

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[Riki] 05:12:21
You know, peak.

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[Riki] 05:12:27
The machinery believes machinery.

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[Riki] 05:12:34
like, the machinery believe people are better than machinery when, you know.

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[Riki] 05:12:42
It's related to something, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:47
So that machinery believes that other people may know better than Ricky knows, okay?

 

[Riki] 05:12:47
And…

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[Riki] 05:12:51
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:57
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:12:58
Good

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[Riki] 05:12:59
And I think the big problem here is Riki.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:02
Oh, I

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[Riki] 05:13:04
Oh, Riki, uh…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:06
Is that Machinery "I" speaking, or is that the real Riki "I" when you said "I" there?

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[Riki] 05:13:10
Real Riki. Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:14
So, Real Riki thinks what?

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[Riki] 05:13:22
Used to let the machinery make decision.

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[Riki] 05:13:27
I, I, I want to.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:30
Let me think.

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[Riki] 05:13:31
Here.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:39
No, that's machinery "I" talking.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:42
Because, see, so because Riki thinks she has the power to stop the machinery, she doesn't.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:13:49
The machinery "I" thinks it is fucking powerful. The real "I" stands in the place of powerlessness.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:01
You start with powerlessness. Maybe you can play… maybe you could play with the machinery. Maybe you can say, oh, I think I'll… I'll ask the machinery if it'll be willing to do.

 

[Riki] 05:14:02
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:13
Holy moly, I'm so scared. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:20
The real "I" starts with powerlessness.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:22
Of just watching the machine do what it does. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:26
Starts with powerlessness. It's grounded in being powerless.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:31
It's being okay with being powerless.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:34
Dan.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:37
Then from there, curiosity.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:41
Compassion maybe towards this machinery and playing with the machine. That's how you have a sense of will, whether that when your mouth, when that mouth opens.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:14:53
And says, "I," whether it's a machinery "I" impersonating the real "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:02
or…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:03
The real "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:04
Okay.

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[Riki] 05:15:06
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:06
'Cause the real "I" will speak.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:10
In a way that's obvious, she is grounded in powerlessness.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:16
And okay with powerlessness. She can observe. She can even have curiosity. She can have compassion. Okay. And she can consider suggesting to the machinery, "would you be willing to play with this...?"

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:31
Would you be willing to play with "holy moly?" But even that, she has to rely on the machinery, maybe, to be open to that, okay? Because the machinery is just automatic, automatic.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:44
And the "I" is grateful to have the machine.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:49
And recognizes all the great things the machinery does for her.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:15:53
Okay, we're talking about, yeah, we're talking about machinery can mess up. Okay, but machinery does a lot of great things for us.

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[Riki] 05:16:09
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:10
So this is.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:12
So when that mouth…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:16
opens to use the word "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:19
Check.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:22
Is that I grounded in powerlessness?

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:26
And, and just, I, I, I.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:29
Like just being clear, like looking clearly as possible, being curious about the machinery and even other people's machinery. And those are the people being, oh, their machinery is saying you "should" do this.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:48
Yeah, they're run by their machine.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:16:53
That's, that's their machine running them. 

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:06
This "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:09
That's how you know. When that mouth opens.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:15
And "I" comes out.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:21
Ask yourself first.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:24
Otherwise, yeah, you, it, the mouth can still open, but then it says the "machinery says, quote, I. The machinery says, quote, I. So it's like machinery is is acknowledging."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:38
I'm just I'm just using this word "I" here to to figure out how to express this, but it's not it's not that.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:47
There we are.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:17:54
So just take whatever time you need to think, and then you can still speak.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:00
But just…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:04
Any questions about that distinction?

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[Riki] 05:18:09
Uh… yeah, I… mhm.

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[Riki] 05:18:15
Yeah, I, yeah, it's I, I want.

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[Riki] 05:18:20
Like

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[Riki] 05:18:22
Like, if I want to use I, I…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:27
If that mouth.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:29
If

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:31
I, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:33
If you just said I, then.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:36
double-check, is that "I" grounded in powerlessness? You can still use the word I if you say, "the machinery says, and then…"

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:18:48
Like a machinery's acting, or like, I wants to say, the machinery says, wants to say, I can't, I think I should listen to my, what other people say, okay?

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:04
Like that. You can use the word, but it has to be in that context. The machinery says. The machinery is saying.

 

[Riki] 05:19:04
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:13
The machinery is saying, "I". The machinery is saying, "I".

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:29
Double check. Is that "I" grounded in powerlessness?

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:33
Observing the machinery, observing this part, that part, with curiosity, compassion.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:42
And then, and maybe that "I" can suggest, hey, "how about some holy molys here about this?" Or, or could you consider that this should is, "oh, machinery, can you consider this?"

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:19:58
that you… what does this should really mean that you say there? Or what does this have to really mean that you say there? It could even ask the machinery to consider.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:10
Are the is it's it's is the machine which believes.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:15
Helpful. Accurate.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:17
Supportive. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:24
The real "I" could be saying things like that. Grounded and powerless. Even there, even there, it can make suggestions without, it doesn't become part of the machine. You see, the machinery just.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:40
Yeah, the machiney wants to — it wants to claim everything, you know? It wants to claim — it doesn't want anything to be outside of it, okay?

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[Riki] 05:20:50
Hi

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:51
Because the machinery is run by the house of good and bad.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:20:56
Yeah, praise and blame, you know. It doesn't want anything to be outside the house of good, outside of praise and blame, you know.

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[Riki] 05:20:56
Oh, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:06
Misunderstand them. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:09
And the machinery can.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:13
Uh, gently be possibly of reprogramming, you know, with.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:20
Suggestions from the "I" that is grounded in being powerless.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:28
Sort of like a CEO...

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:35
that can, has no power to fire anybody, has no power to hire, like just, like, it's got to get the other people to hire or fire, you know, or the other machine, you know, it, but it, but it can just, it can just.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:49
The CEO can just look down.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:21:52
with curiosity and compassion and say, "Hey, sales department down there, what do you think about this idea?" Like that.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:22:06
but always grounded in powerlessnes. like that. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:22:10
Alright.

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[Riki] 05:22:20
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:22:22
That you can keep talking.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:22:26
Very clearly, something comes out of that mouth, it's very clear it's coming from, it can start with the word "I," if it's coming from the "I" grounded in powerlessness. Otherwise, the words start with, "the machinery is saying...."

 

[Riki] 05:23:02
No, it's just a little bit hard, you know, it's hard to.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:23:07
The machine, is this, hey, is this the machinery or "I" saying it's hard or machinery says it's hard?

 

[Riki] 05:23:10
Oh!

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:23:19
Every sentence either begins with an "I," which is THE "I", or it begins with, "the machinery says I..."

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:23:26
It's hard?

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[Riki] 05:24:17
Yeah, I think it's hard.

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[Riki] 05:24:30
Yeah.

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[Riki] 05:24:32
But

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[Riki] 05:24:33
Yeah, I mean…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:24:33
So, so, so this, so this I that I'm here saying, just claiming, I hear an I word, okay, I think. So this I is grounded in powerlessness.

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[Riki] 05:24:40
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:24:45
Is it the real "I"? Is it grounded in powerlessness? 

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[Riki] 05:24:45
Yeah. Yep.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:24:51
The "I" that is grounded in powerlessness. How can anything be hard for an "I" that's grounded in powerlessness?

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:25:03
See, it wasn't the  real "I" because it was not grounded in that.

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[Riki] 05:25:03
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:25:43
The machinery doesn't like this exercise particularly.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:25:50
Machinery doesn't want to admit that it's machinery.

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[Riki] 05:25:55
Yeah, yeah.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:25:57
Yeah, see the machinery. Machinery wants to pretend to have the choice.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:02
Riki's machinery doesn't have any fucking choice..

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:04
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:06
The machinery is fighting this.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:11
It doesn't want to have this distinction.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:15
Machinery must think it's everything.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:18
So it has to pretend it has a choice.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:23
Okay.

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[Riki] 05:26:23
Oh, yeah. Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:24
Okay. Okay. So.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:31
Start fresh.

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[Riki] 05:26:51
I… yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:51
First words, first words out of that mouth.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:26:55
Needs to be either "I" or "the machinery is saying..."

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[Riki] 05:26:57
Why

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:00
Those are the only two options. Then your mouth can put anything after that. Okay.

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[Riki] 05:27:11
I think it is fun and interesting to distinguish "I" and "the machinery." Yeah.

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[Riki] 05:27:19
Sure.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:20
I think that could be coming from the real "I." It could be. OK. All right.

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[Riki] 05:27:27
Yeah. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:28
Okay, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:30
Okay. Yeah. I would really think it's interesting.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:34
Yeah. Okay.

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[Riki] 05:27:34
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:27:36
Yeah.

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[Riki] 05:27:48
And I think use this, you know.

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[Riki] 05:27:53
Come, you know, this, how to say it, this way.

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[Riki] 05:28:04
I probably can.

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[Riki] 05:28:16
Have a new view to look at my problem, yeah.

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[Riki] 05:28:22
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:28:33
Well, I'm a little bit concerned here. It could be okay, but it looks like it's trying to grasp.

 

[Riki] 05:28:33
Yeah. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:28:44
for some power here.

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[Riki] 05:28:46
Oh.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:28:47
I probably think this could be, okay, yeah, it could be, but the reason I'm a little bit concerned that that's not fully from the…

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[Riki] 05:28:51
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:28:58
I is it looks it feels like it's a little bit grasping for.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:03
Thinking it has power that it doesn't, that that "I" doesn't. Okay.

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[Riki] 05:29:08
Okay, okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:15
This "I" does not have power in the sense that the machinery thinks it has power like force and do and yeah.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:22
Yeah, it has. It's yes, it can observe.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:29
It can be curious.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:31
And even these are just can can be a concern. It can be curious. It can.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:40
maybe suggest…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:42
That's some ideas, you know.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:45
And then just notice what happens. Yeah, it might even prefer one way over the other even. Okay.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:29:55
But it is grounded in powerlessness.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:02
Grounded in powerlessness.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:06
And and.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:08
Grounded in powerlessness.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:13
More and more than what can happen.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:17
See, this is what's called.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:19
I called up.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:22
Non-doing: The Watcher Effect

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:37
The Non-Doing Watcher Effect, like you watch the machinery. You're the non-doer. The real "I" is the non-doer.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:30:48
It's a watch. It watches. Yeah. And it watches and observes, maybe . Oh, I'm noticing this. I'm noticing this. I'm thinking that the machinery might consider this.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:11
You just watch with curiosity and compassion.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:14
The machinery, with the machinery, automatically believing "should." The machinery automatically believing that "should."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:22
And watch her being able to observe, oh, yeah, the machinery's believing things that aren't true.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:29
Yeah, but still just observing.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:31
And not even.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:35
Just doing that.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:38
Things can change. But…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:43
If that I…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:46
It's really not the "I." It's the machinery. Oh, no, no, no, no. Okay, we got control here. We're getting control here. No.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:55
Now, that's machinery then.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:31:58
Not the "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:00
The "I" is the watcher.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:03
The observer with curiosity.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:08
Maybe compassion and seeing things, seeing maybe options, but still just to…

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:14
Being aware, observing, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:18
No.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:20
Yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:22
Awareness. The awareness effect. Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:27
And it's it's it's like.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:30
Counterintuitive.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:32
Like, okay, you got to be careful. Oh, if I just observe, then I can get it to do things.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:40
But then that's that then you're trying to control. Right? Okay? And then you're not really observing again. Okay?

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[Riki] 05:32:45
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:48
You're not like this. Okay, just observing. Watch happens. Observing. Watching. Curiosity. Okay.

 

[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:56
Okay.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:32:58
And this and also this is the distinction of the "I."

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:33:02
Machinery. The "I."  The Machine.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:33:08
And this is where freedom is.

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[Dwight (DaNang, Vietnam)] 05:33:12
This is where freedom is.