Russell Lacour joins for me a mind-expanding exploration of the book “Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy," focusing on the nature of individual self-responsibility and freedom.
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OUTLINE 00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro 00:00:16 The Function of the Guru 00:02:19 The Market is a Psychological Drama 00:06:54 Responsibility: The Ability to Choose How to Respond 00:12:48 Bitcoin is an Inverse Ponzi Scheme 00:18:52 Is a Post-Money World Possible? 00:25:33 Yoga as Self-Transformation 00:31:12 Consciousness as the Universe Engaged in Self-Reflection 00:35:29 At the Edge of Eternity is the Unity of Opposites 00:41:32 Inner Engineering as the “User Manual” to Self 00:44:12 Love as Human Possibility, Rooted in Limitation 00:50:33 The Metaphysics of “Something and Nothing” 00:58:03 Death, Sleep, the Sacred 01:06:51 Thinking is Separating; Feeling is Unifying 01:12:23 Tantra: A Technique or Technology 01:19:35 Economizing and Amplifying Access to Dopamine 01:28:52 GPS: “Guru Pathfinding System” 01:36:17 “The Way is in Training” 01:45:40 “A Free Mind Never Concludes” 01:47:17 NYDIG 01:48:26 The Nature of Choice in The Digital Age 01:56:48 All Value Creation Requires Voluntary Action 02:05:18 “If Money Were No Object, How Would You Spend Your Life?” 02:07:48 The Quicker You Take Responsibility, The Better the Outcome 02:16:24 The Only Two Things We Can Control in Life: Effort and Attitude 02:24:24 “The Mind is a Great Servant, but a Terrible Master” 02:28:58 Material Engagement Theory and The Mind/Matter Continuum 02:37:19 Responsibility as the Art of Freedom 02:45:00 Fiat Money as a Means of Enslavement 02:56:21 A Purpose of Bitcoin: Highlighting the Flaws of Fiat 03:04:08 Inflation and Taxation as Dials for Turning Up Slavery 03:12:08 The Ability to Respond it the Basis of Life 03:20:52 Private Property is the Basis of Responsibility and Freedom 03:29:10 Taxpayers: The Crop Harvested by Statism 03:34:19 Bitcoin Reinstitutes Responsibility in the World