What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real call game whatever you want to call it today is my most anticipated episode I've never been more excited to record one of these episodes than today Because the Twitter world and the NBA world is very weird right now This was supposed to be an episode why came in and I want to talk about the implications of like the virus and the NBA We've having games be postponed. We have full rosters Whether it be catching a virus itself or do the tracking can't play and I want to talk about I wanted to talk about how We might see another suspension hiatus of the NBA season I'm a fingers crossed that we don't see that but it's a real possibility There's gonna be a meeting starting tomorrow and it might be seven days maybe 14 Hopefully not months, but we will see but instead of talking about that stuff We have games to talk about and and more specifically some things that have been going on on Twitter that I have Questions like genuine questions to the audience here The average NBA fan be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe if you are new if you have no idea I'm gonna give all of my personal opinions about things around here You may disagree and that is completely okay. We have a very civil community around here Leave it in the comment section instead of talking about the first game of the day I want to go right into the headline of this when I talk about the Toronto Raptors because as of right now They are down bad with the Washington Wizards winning today and them catching another ale They are what is that does that make them the worst team in the NBA? Record wise obviously record wise. They're not the worst team in the NBA And nobody would have expected that going into the season We all had them in that upper echelon Easter conference teams of like we talked about the top four top five They were in that conversations. They brought back Fred Van Vleet, which was a super surprise I was 100% sure that he was gonna go to New York and one of these other places He comes back They pretty much bring the same team back other than those two center positions And that would be one of the main reasons why they can't keep up with their production from last year Marcos all Serge Bakker are miles ahead of what you get in Alex Lynn and Aaron Baines when he was healthy Luckily for them Chris Boucher has really come in and stepped up But the last two games they have lost by one and losing by one is stressful and it sucks for an NBA fan And I understand you Raptors fans being down bad right now I would rather lose by 20 than to lose by one especially on back-to-back nights. So yesterday When they lost against you the Warriors I recorded my reaction to the last possession because in my opinion that last possession was was bad It had Pascal Siakum doing a spin at the top of the key that created no space and the shot did not go in and they Catch a ale and people some people on Twitter took that as me being a hater or whatever, but y'all know me around here I'm going to have constructive criticism about players. I'm gonna praise them and they do well I'm gonna have constructive criticism. That's always been the relationship I've had with players in the NBA because why would I not can have constructive criticism after that possession now? What makes it worse right as today they lose again and the possessions are similar Where Pascal gets in an isolation situation, but instead of getting them at the top of the key He gets it on the lower block, which is probably a better shot of him at the end of the day He spins he spins and he misses a shot The shot was halfway down and it bounced out and you cannot make that up It was this close to going in and the Raptors lose two games in a row now My tweet today was you can't make that up and what I was referred to was the fact that the shot was in the basket and it came out But Raptors fans being where they are and I understand being down bad again Your team was projected to be pretty good and right now y'all are ass People saw that as me taking shots at Pascal Siakam because my last tweet 24 hours ago was me being constructive But if you know who I am and been a fan of the things that I do around here You know that I am a huge Pascal Siakam fan But being a fan doesn't mean that I can't criticize somebody Derek Rose is my favorite player of all time Go back and watch videos when he was with Chicago. Please Chris Paul Oh, you can't see it cuz couple waters over there. Chris Paul is my favorite point guard of all time Don't ask me how Derek Rose and Chris Paul don't ask me that question, but I'm constructive of every single player. I just am I remember listen When when the Raptors were on their pace to win this championship a couple years ago I was live streaming the games live reactions And I was damn near brought to tears when they won it because Cal La we finally won a championship So I know the newer fans don't know that and they may interpret that as me being hater a hater But my real question to y'all is How can somebody see constructive criticism and take it as hatred and even if it was hatred Right because some people on Twitter are clown and Pascal whatever Why would it matter to you? Why does it matter to you when that is a genuine question? For example when the Bulls lost the other day where Zach Levine put up basically 50 against the Clippers And we took an ale people were clouding the Bulls But it literally didn't matter to me because it just doesn't matter at the end of the day Right when when your team is that team is down bad. There are gonna be people that criticize it It's the same way with any profession in the world that is on the higher pedestal when when your favorite artist flops You're going to get people talking about your favorite artists flopping even if you really enjoyed the project It's just the way social media really works So if you know in your heart that Pascal has been really good because today he had a triple double The last game even with the spinning shot that didn't go down He's really good even the game before that he was really good if you know that in your heart Why does it matter where one random person on Twitter has to say about him? That is a genuine question that I will I will I want to know the answer to because as of right now I can't relate To feeling some type of way about someone else's opinion about my favorite team or my favorite player Let me know in the comment section um Again, this is a good game for pasca. Siakam is his first ever triple double But the rafters lose his game because they had like a three-minute stretch where they couldn't score and guess what who was scoring Uh mellow south to mellow for a couple big shots and couple great defensive possessions A Damian lilor, of course in the cj being as smooth calm and collected as can be They get that rebound with like 17 seconds ago He just goes coast to coast to a spin layup or a spin jump shot and it was so smooth You know, that's a big win for the poyland churro blazer Especially considering use of knurkus were down with a quad injury that we don't know Where it's coming from or what it's going to turn into so to be down I think they were down but double digits at one point to come back in the fourth quarter and get that win It's great And the rafters have to find a way to get their offense more fluid when they are down in these slumps Wow, did I just spend six minutes on that? I sure did but I had to get that off my chest because It's just so weird. All right. Let's talk about the sun's basically just coming out and not doing a thing I don't want to say this is what the sun's is But some teams when teams transition from being a bad team to a good team some of those bad habits still stick Right and what turns a good team to a great team is being able to take care of business when it really matters the most There's been a few games a season where the Phoenix suns come into town or the I don't know if they've always been on a roll when this happens Where they're going against an inferior team where they should 100% win and they play down to the competition Right this is something that happened to us to high school a lot too And I don't want to bring high school stories into it But my coach used to always say we are better than this team. You guys are playing down to the competition This is what happened with the suns today It happened against the the detroit pistons and then it was one more game I think where they end up losing because they play down to the competition I have to figure out or the team has to figure out how to get deandre aid into either Get it get more confident or just I don't want to say play harder But play more aggressive He is too big to be dominated by robin lopez. Shout out to the watchers for this win, by the way We knew that tom is brian being out get here get well soon It's it's terrible to have anybody, you know be out for an entire season But robin lopez is a significantly better defensive player than tom is brian So today the defense look way better than it had been with Thomas brian So that's a plus um bradley bill was com cool collected as well and they get a a big win. I mean This is a team that is fun to watch when they are rolling and today was one of those days That was birds hands has his first really good game of the season He shows why he got paid all of their money and and knocking a lot of shots down Other suns have to come out and chris paul has to get that into him because out of all the players in the roster Him j crowder Um are the ones that have like that winning dna that's been in a lot of good winning locker rooms So they got to get these younger players to really come to play every single night and don't care who the competition is Let's just go out there and who the bucks put together a crazy fourth quarter against the magic And I was really enjoying the magic game until that point Um, I had no idea that mobomb was actually getting pt and then I looked it up He'd only play a couple a couple games in a couple minutes this season Um, but what a crazy story mobomba is, you know, I'm saying I hope he gets gets better And I hope he's not look there's a picture of me on the internet somewhere in a mobomba jersey I hope it doesn't exist But it happened I was a big mobomba fan coming out of college and so far this in his NBA career He hasn't really lived up to anything But the bucks put it together in this fourth quarter gordo gordon. Hey, we're 34 points I mean in the first half he had like 28 so in the second half he didn't do much But this is what I was saying when the season was starting The the hornets are fun. I knew they were going to be fun going into things and this is the fourth game in the row I think they won where they play really well Um, this is a game that lamello ball didn't shoot the ball at all well But everything else about his game was amazing him and vante did not have good games and somehow they end out Winning it with him and vante not having good games shooting wise They definitely know how to play make and they definitely had to know how to do the surrounding things Defensively, I don't know if the numbers back me up on this But they haven't looked terrible when it was like lamello ball Um, when they run that three ball the three guard lineup of lamello ball terrible's year And vante gram and maybe the numbers don't back me up on that But the eye test is telling me that it didn't look bad at least in this game When they're all playing together shout out to pj watch to slowly get him back to last year for him I know he didn't shoot the ball well, but he started off really really good um in the last game I want to talk about Which which game? Oh, is that all of them? I mean the philly let's be honest philly shouldn't be playing either Um, just like how the other games got postponed the philly's just caught two ls at the expense of the nba because they don't have a complete team They honestly don't have a complete team. Oh Um, the nicks lost this one and this is a third game in a row where the nicks couldn't even crack 90 points Are they coming back down to earth? I don't I don't really know but it's kind of looking like that Um to not be able to put up 90 points on three straight games is is a bit scary We especially consider who their competition has been over the those course that course of time. So You know, um, I feel like rj. We know rj as a slasher obviously. That's what he does best But he needs to somehow get a jump shot too because it just makes things harder for Players like julius randall who's their best player at this point because teams don't even guard rj out there And they allow him that he doesn't get enough time to get that full head of steam to get to the basket anymore So they they got to figure that out and get his jump shot right or just surround him or four of the shooters But I don't even know if you how about I just get my guard to shoot the ball well You know I'm saying and he's only into year number two and I'm sure it'll come around eventually It's not like his jump shot looks bad or anything. It just doesn't really go down And the last game this is the last game the kings grill me back in every time I'm I'm ready to stop watching the kings. They do it and harrison barn shows the veteran leadership and put up 30 Dear and fox big game. Um, I don't really have much to say about the indiana pacers in this ale I don't know how you let that have dug make dummy puts up 20 and you still catch your ale is is rough Um, but this was a good game a good team game where everything was rolling for for the kings and they almost blew it They almost showed their age there, but they weren't able to put it together the ear fox big slam at the end and that was it I think that's the end of my episode If you enjoyed the video leave it a like and please I will be scouring through the comment sections I'm I'm genuinely curious about all those things. I literally have a goddamn pascal siacum shirt How many people have a knock off pascal siacum shirt? Please tell me love y'all call game


A very good evening aspirants, I welcome you all to the Hindu Daily News Analysis brought to you by Shankar Ayes Academy. Aspirants we are almost covering 6 to 8 important current-isolated news articles from the Hindu newspaper on a daily basis. Aspirants we are putting in lot of efforts to give you better and relevant content. So please support us consistently which will be very appreciative for our hard work. Thank you. Now let us get into the Daily News Analysis. Before that I have an announcement for you. The announcement is regarding Prilum's test series. Shankar Ayes Academy is going to start pre-storming match 1 for UPSC Prilum's 2024. The orientation for the first test will be conducted on 11th September 2023 and the first test will be on 18th September. A total of 48 tests including CSAT and mark tests will be provided in the test series. The fee detail for the test series is displayed here, kindly register to the test series immediately and boost your Prilum score. With this announcement let us get into the news analysis. Today I am going to cover important news articles from the Hindu's paper dated 1st of September 2023. Displayed here is a list of news articles that we will be discussing today. You can go through it. At the end of the video you will also have Prilum's practice question discussions. Also try to watch the entire video and a kind request to you all those who haven't yet subscribed our YouTube channel do subscribe and hit the bell icon button so that you will get regular notifications about our current affairs videos. Now let us get into our first news article discussion. Look at this news article here. The news is that Assam based surgical oncologist Mr. R. Ravi Kannan has won the Ramon Maxase award for 2023. Mr. Ravi is currently posted as director of the Kachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Assam. He won the award for his revolutionizing cancer treatment in Assam through pupil centric and pro-poor healthcare. This is all about the news. Now in this background let us understand few facts about Ramon Maxase award from Prilum's perspective. Now first let us see few points about Ramon Maxase. The Ramon Maxase was born on August 31, 1907. He was the 7th president of the Philippines. He served as a president of the Philippines from 1953 until his death in an air crash in 1957. The president Maxase was known for his service to the poor people and good governance and he was one of the most outstanding global leaders of his time. After his demise in 1957 the Ramon Maxase award was set up by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Philippine government. The main aim was to carry forward Maxase's legacy of service to the poor people and good governance. Note that the award was given for the first time in 1958. Since then over 300 organizations and individuals have been recognized and awarded for their developmental works. Now let us see few facts about the award. See the award is announced every year on August 31, that is on the birth anniversary of Ramon Maxase. The Ramon Maxase award is presented in formal ceremonies that usually held in Manila, Philippines. Now who select the award is? See the award is selected by the board of trustees of Ramon Maxase award foundation. The award is presented with a certificate and a medallion with an image of Ramon Maxase facing right in profile. Now what is the eligibility to get Ramon Maxase award? The Ramon Maxase award was conceived to honor the distinguished service done by a person to the peoples of Asia regardless of race, gender or religion. So the Asians who have shown excellence in their chosen fields and who are known for their selfless service to others without seeking public acknowledgement is the only eligibility to get the Ramon Maxase award. Since 1958 to 2008 the award was given in 6 categories annually. See the 6 categories are displayed here you can go through it. Among the 6 categories the category of emergent leadership was inaugurated in 2000 and it is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The emergent leadership award organizes an individual who is 40 years of age or younger for his outstanding work on social change issues in their community and whose leadership is yet to be widely recognized outside of that community. To put it simply an individual who is 40 years of age or younger and who is yet to be recognized for his outstanding work on social change issues will be conferred with emergent leadership award. Note that from 2009 the Ramon Maxase award is no longer given in fixed award categories. Except for emergent leadership. This means that as of now the award has no fixed categories except the category of emergent leadership. This all about the Ramon Maxase award. See the award winners of 2023 are displayed here you can go through it. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion we saw various aspects of Ramon Maxase award. See this topic is very much important for your CLIMS exam. So make note of each and every points that we discussed. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this editorial article. This article is speaking about the ongoing tussle between India and China. So in this discussion we will first look at the background of the issue and then we will see the points mentioned in the editorial. In addition to this we will cover the major aspects of India-China relationship. Now before getting into discussion the syllabus regarding this discussion is highlighted here you can go through it. Now first let us look at the background of ongoing issue between India and China. See recently China released a new map. This new map showed the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh, Akshay Chin region and the South China Sea as Chinese territory. See this map not just angered India it also angered other countries like Malaysia and the Philippines. See the Chinese map made no new additional claims. This is because China already claims Arunachal Pradesh, Akshay Chin and the South China Sea as an integral part of China. But issuing new maps while the territorial dispute is ongoing will only further complicate the issue rather than resolving the issue. So the release of new map is the reason for ongoing tussle between India and China. This is the background of the issue. See the editorial gives some insights about the ongoing relationship between India and China. According to the editorial the trust level between India and China is at an all time low. The editorial substantiates this claim by highlighting China's aggressive military mobilization on the line of actual control. And why is China mobilizing its troops? See India since 2017 has been more assertive over its claims in Akshay Chin. So to counter India's assertiveness China is mobilizing its troops along the line of actual control. See the editorial also provides a solution to repair the ties between India and China. According to the editorial India and China instead of relying only on high level interventions they should rebuild their relationship from scratch using greater mutual sensitivity. And this will provide the long term solution to the problems. This is all about the editorial. Now moving forward let us discuss various aspects of India-China relationship. Now first let us take the areas of cooperation. See the areas of cooperation between India and China can be further divided into political, economic and cultural spheres. Now first let us see about political relations. Although India-China political relations faced some hiccups on the whole the political relationship has been quite peaceful. See on April 1, 1950 India became the first non-socialist bloc to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The 1962 India-China war was a major setback in India-China relations. From the 1960s to 1980s the relationship between India and China was still sore. Then the bilateral relations started improving after Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's landmark visit to China in 1988. Then in 1993 Indian China signed the agreement on the maintenance of peace and tranquility along the line of actual control on the India-China border areas. This agreement ensured stability in India-China relations. See in the past decade India-China political relationship has diversified. In 2014 during the visit of President Xi Jinping to India the two sides upgraded their relationship to closer developmental partnership. Then the next major development in bilateral relations came in 2018. In 2018 the first informal summit was held in Wuhan. In this summit Mr. Xi and Mr. Modi agreed to enhance their relationship and they also vowed to use established mechanisms to bring down tensions along the India-China border. Then in 2019 the second informal summit between Prime Minister Modi and President Xi was held in Chennai. In this summit both leaders discussed the steps that can be taken to further deepen India-China bilateral interaction and to reflect the growing role of both countries on the global stage. In addition to this leaders of China and India have held many high level interactions on the sidelines of multilateral forums like BRICS, SCO and G20 summits. This is all about the political relationship between India and China. Now let us look at the trade relations. The China is India's second largest trading partner and as of 2019 India was the 12th largest trading partner of China. This shows the strong economic ties between both countries. In addition to trade various Chinese multinational companies have set up operations in India and Indian MNCs also have set up operations in China. Apart from this both countries have established institutionalized mechanisms like the joint economic group and strategic economic dialogue. See the joint economic group is led by the commerce ministers of both sides and the strategic economic dialogue is led by the vice chairman of Nitya Yog and the chairman of national development and reforms commission of China. See these mechanisms helps to take the economic relations of both the countries to greater heights. This is all about economic relations between India and China. Now let us look at the cultural relations. India-China cultural exchanges dates back to many centuries. There is some evidence that linguistic exchanges existed in 1500 to 1000 BC. And this is between the Shang Zohu civilization and the ancient Vedic civilization. Apart from this during the first, second and third centuries AD several Buddhist pilgrims and scholars traveled to China on the historic Silk Road. Similarly, Chinese pilgrims also undertook journeys to India and the most famous among them being a Fahian and Huan San. This cultural relationship extends to recent times as well. To mark this relationship India constructed a Buddhist temple in Luoyang in Henan province. Apart from this the success of Bollywood movies and the increasing popularity of yoga in China also signifies the strong cultural ties between both India and China. This is all about the cultural relationship between India and China. Now having seen the areas of cooperation between India and China, now let us see the strains in the bilateral relations. See the strains or challenges can be subdivided into political, geopolitical and economical. Now first let us take the challenges in the political sphere. The first major challenge is border disputes. See the undersolved border issues particularly in regions like Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh have led to periodic military tensions between India and China. So this is a potential source of conflict. For example the 2017 Doklam standoff, then the 2020 Galwan clash and the issue of stapled visas provided to the people of Arunachal Pradesh are all the result of border disputes. So border dispute is the first major challenge. The border dispute has resulted in an increase in mutual distress between the two nations. And this mutual distress has given rise to an increase in cyber attacks and cyber espionage. This is all about the challenges in the political sphere. Now moving on to see about the challenges in the geopolitical sphere. See all the challenges in the geopolitical sphere arises from the geopolitical rivalry between the two nations. Now first let us take the Indian Ocean. See both China and India are trying to extend their influence in the Indian Ocean. Having Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean has worried India in recent times. So this is one of the reasons for growing mistresses between the two countries. Then the next challenge is competition for regional influence. India traditionally had influence over its neighbour countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. But China is using its economic power to try and bring these nations closer to China. So this is a major concern for India. And these nations acted as buffers for India. So the competition for regional influence is the next major challenge. Then the next challenge is China preventing the entry of India into United Nations Security Council and nuclear supplier groups. Lastly, the recent developments like Quad and India's growing affinity towards the USA has worried China. See China even jumped the gun and called Quad as the Asian NATO. So all these geopolitical developments have strained the relationship between India and China. Now finally let us see the challenges in economical sphere. The first challenge is the growing trade deficit. Sindhya is having a huge negative trade deficit with China and this deficit is constantly growing. The growth of the trade deficit with China could be attributed to two factors. One is ECSS2, Chinese imports in India and the next one is restricted market access to Indian products like agricultural products, pharmaceuticals and IT sector in China. So the raising trade deficit has also strained the relationship between India and China. And the next challenge is very low bilateral investment. Although trade volume between India and China has continued to grow, the bilateral investment between the nations has been very stagnant. According to the Ministry of Commerce of China, cumulative Chinese investment in India till the September of 2019 accounted to only 5.08 billion US dollars. And the cumulative Indian investment in China until September 2019 is 0.92 billion US dollars. This is the next major challenge. The low bilateral investment is a reflection of major distress between the two nations. And the last major challenge is regarding China's Belt and Road Initiative. The India has expressed concerns about China's Belt and Road Initiative which involves infrastructure projects in India's neighbouring countries. India views some of these projects as infringing on its sovereignty. India has also voiced its concerns about Belt and Road Initiative in various forums. So these are some of the challenges in India-China relations in the economic sphere. How can these challenges can be addressed firstly as like the editorial mentioned, the future India-China relations must be built on mutual respect for sovereignty and greater mutual sensitivity. Then to resolve border disputes, a diplomatic route must be taken. That is, high-level talks and regular diplomatic exchanges can help in understanding each other's concerns and finding common ground. In addition to this, conference building measures along the border can be done to prevent the escalation of border disputes into military confrontations. Then to resolve the issue of trade deficit, China must grant market assist to Indian products like pharmaceuticals, agri-products and IT services. India can also reduce its dependence on Chinese imports by proactively engaging with the Asian countries. And finally, both nations can explore track-to-diplomacy to resolve disputes. Here track-to-diplomacy refers to unofficial informal and non-governmental efforts to facilitate dialogue and to solve problems in international relations. See the Oslo Accords 1993 is an example of track-to-diplomacy. So options like this can be explored to bring about long-lasting peace between India and China. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion we saw about the recent ongoing tussle between India and China. Then we saw about the area of cooperation between India and China. Then we saw about the challenges in India-China relationship. And finally we saw some points about how the challenges in India-China relationship can be addressed. See this topic is very much important for your mains exam. You can use all these points in your mains answer. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article. The news is about discovery of seasonal habitation of prehistoric man in Pedagutta near Hyderabad. See while conducting survey near Pedagutta, some archaeologists have spotted four places that are having groups. Here groups means a long narrow cut in the hot surface like rocks that were made using hot tools. The archaeologists observed that the groups in Pedagutta were formed out of grinding and polishing of stone axes during the Neolithic period. They have eroded this conclusion because the groups are located close to natural rock shelters used by the Neolithic people as a seasonal campsites. So they confirmed that the groups were formed during the Neolithic period that is around 2000 B.C. See this discovery is significant because it pushes back the history of Hyderabad to prehistoric times. And this is all about the news. Now in this discussion we will learn some facts about Neolithic culture. Now first let us see the time span of Neolithic culture. Generally the period before the invention of script is broadly divided into stone age, bronze age and iron age. This classification is based on the materials used by the people during those periods. Now particularly talking about stone age, see the yearliest stone age in the history is called old stone age or Paleolithic age. Then the period after the old stone age is called Mesolithic age. And the period that followed the Mesolithic age is called Neolithic age or new stone age. So we can say that the Neolithic period is the last stage of stone age. See in India the Neolithic culture lasted from around 6000 B.C. to 2000 B.C. Okay this is all about the time span of Neolithic culture. Now let us see the major characteristics of Neolithic culture in India. See Neolithic culture is significant because it marked the spread of agriculture, animal husbandry and human settlements. It indicates the transformation of society from a food gathering economy to food producing economy. Now talking about the agriculture carried out by Neolithic age people, see the people of Neolithic age cultivated ragi, horse gram, cotton, rice, wheat and barley. The Neolithic people were termed as first food producers. Apart from this they also domesticated cattle, sheep and goats. Okay now talking about the tools used by Neolithic people, see the Neolithic people used tools made of stones and they were finely polished. Stone axes were primarily used in the Neolithic age. They also used tools for agricultural activities which were carried out in the fertile soil deposited by the rivers. Okay now talking about the pottery, see Neolithic people were first to invent pottery. The pottery of the period was classified as greyware, black, burnished ware and matte-impressed ware. Okay now coming to the settlements, the Neolithic people created permanent houses using mud bricks. As a result of these developments the hunters and gatherers began to settle in a particular place. Know that the people of Neolithic age didn't have knowledge about metals. Okay it is important to note that Neolithic culture in India was not uniform but varied across different regions due to ecological, climatic and cultural factors. As a result there were multiple Neolithic cultures and subcultures in different parts of Indian subcontinent. Now let us see the important sites of Neolithic culture distributed across India. Now first we look at the Neolithic culture of North-Western India. See the Neolithic sites in North-Western India have the yearliest evidence of plant and animal domestication in India. Some of the important sites in the region include Meghrakh, Rana Gundai, Sarai Kala and Chalingai. Okay next we look at the Neolithic culture of Kashmir. See the Neolithic culture in Kashmir was contemporary to the Indus valley civilization. Barzome is the important site of Kashmir Neolithic culture. In this site one peculiar feature is that the domestic dogs were buried with its master and they also used handmade potteries okay. Moving on now we will look at the Neolithic cultures of Ganges valley and Central India. The important sites of this region include Lehuradeva and Chopanimunda. Lehuradeva has evidence for cultivation of fries which dates back to 6500 BC. The people of this region used pottery with chord impression on the surfaces okay. Now next we look at the Neolithic culture of South India. See the Neolithic centers of South India are concentrated in Andhra Pradesh, Kannataka and North-Western part of Tamil Nadu. Some of the important Neolithic sites of this region are Vatkal and Halloran Karnataka, Nagarjuna Konda, Ramaburam and Viraburam in Andhra Pradesh and Payampalli in Tamil Nadu. See one unique feature of this region is that the ash mounds are found in the center of settlements okay. Now finally we shall see about the Neolithic culture of North-Eastern India. See North-Eastern India the Neolithic culture appears very late that is around 2500 to 1500 BC. Some of the important sites of this region includes Tajoli heading and Sarutaru in Assam. This region has the evidence for shifting cultivation. Apart from this stone and wooden memorials are built for the dead in this region okay. So these are the various Neolithic sites in different regions across India. Overall the Neolithic cultures were significant because they lead to development of advanced civilizations such as Indus Valley civilization and Vedic period cultures okay. And that's all regarding this discussion in this discussion we saw about the time span of Neolithic culture then we saw about the characteristics of Neolithic culture and finally we saw some important sites of Neolithic culture across India. See this topic is very much important for your prelims exam. So make note of each and every points that we discussed. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this article from Science page. Year later this month the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare tabled its 148th report in the Parliament. The report is titled Mental Health Care and its Management in Contemporary Times. So it is based on this report only the article here is written. This article highlights some of the important points from the report. So in our discussion today we will learn all the points provided in the news article. Now first let us look at the definition of mental health as given by the report. According to the report mental health refers to a state of well-being that enables people to cope up with stress of life. Now I will explain to you in better way with an example. Now let us imagine someone named Ibrahim. See Ibrahim is usually happy and he is able to bounce back from setbacks. He also talks about his feelings with friends and family when needed. Ibrahim also knows how to relax when he is stressed. Apart from this Ibrahim also takes care of himself in a positive way when he is relaxed. So if Ibrahim is able to do all these activities then according to the report he is mentally healthy.  See people with mental illness mostly have a negative view on life. They have bad motivating mechanisms when they feel stressed like isolation, aggression, procrastination and self-harm. From all these points we can observe that having a mentally healthy population is important for any country because mental health is indirectly linked to the economy.  For example in 2010 the economic losses of around 2.5 trillion US dollars annually were attributed to poor mental health and it is estimated that by 2030 the economic losses due to poor mental health might increase to 6 trillion US dollars annually. So addressing mental health issues of the population is important for all countries particularly India which is aiming to become an economic superpower. See to make the population mentally healthy we must first identify the challenges. So now let us look at the challenges highlighted in the 148th report on mental health care and its management in contemporary times. The first challenge is lack of trained professionals. See India currently has only 9000 psychiatrists that is only 0.75 psychiatrists per lakh people. This is significantly low considering the fact that 15% of adults in India are in need of mental health intervention according to the National Mental Health Survey 1 which was conducted in 2015-16. See according to the World Health Organization a desirable number is anything above 3 psychiatrists per lakh people. So to have a minimum of 3 psychiatrists per people India would need an additional 20,000 more psychiatrists. See to address the shortage the report has suggested an increase in the number of seats for MD psychiatric courses. Also to address the shortage in mental health workers like psychologists, psychiatric social workers and nurses the report suggested formulating short term training courses. This is about the first challenge and solution to such challenge. The next challenge is lack of funding. See the total budget estimate for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is around Rs. 89,155 crore. Of this only Rs. 919 crore is allocated for mental health. So the lack of proper funding results in inability to create a proper infrastructure and proper research in the area of mental health. Here the report suggests an increase in funding for mental health. In addition to this the report suggested using evident based interventions for developing infrastructure and other policies around mental health. This is the second challenge. Then the third challenge is the issue of treatment gap.  See to address the treatment gap the report gives us three suggestions. The first suggestion is using the existing wellness clinics to treat patients with mental health issues. Then the second suggestion is using telemedicine to address the treatment gap. And the final suggestion is revamping the district mental health program to address the treatment gap. So these are all the three suggestions that can be taken to address treatment gap. This is all about the third issue. The last challenge is the issue of stigma around mental health issues. That is the people fears about society when they have mental health issues. So the report here suggests creating public awareness using the national mental health program will help to address the issue of stigma around mental health issues. So these are some of the highlights from 148th report on mental health care and its management in contemporary times. And note that this report is submitted by the standing committee on health and family welfare in the parliament. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article yesterday the supreme court decided to examine the enforcement of regulations on the sale of green crackers. The supreme court also scheduled the hearing on September 13 to study the protocol to implement regulations or restrictions on the sale of green crackers. This is the crux of the news article given here. Now in this context let us see some points about green crackers and its types. Now let us start with green crackers. See the green crackers are fireworks that are healthy to the environment. This is because the green crackers can lessen the air pollution rather than causing high air pollution like that of conventional firecrackers. These green crackers are designed by the NEERY that is the National Environmental and Engineering Research Institute. Note that the NEERY is a constant of CISR. Now coming back to the green crackers. See some of the green crackers designed by the NEERY includes flower pots, pencils, bombs, chakras and so on. These green crackers are made from alternative raw materials to have a smaller negative impact on the environment and to minimize health hazards. It is said that the green crackers are environmentally friendly because they do not contain some harmful pollutants like aluminium, barium, potassium nitrate or carbon. Now coming to the question. Are green crackers totally pollution free? The answer to the question is no. See the green cracker can also cause air pollution but the main advantage is that the green crackers are 30% less polluting than conventional crackers. This is because the green crackers have less or no barium that causes smoke and emissions. In addition to lowering air pollution the green crackers are also said to have a lower sound level than the conventional crackers. See the sound coming from green crackers ranges between 110 and 125 decibels whereas the sound made by conventional crackers are roughly 160 decibels. So less sound is also another advantage of green crackers. See despite all these benefits these environment friendly green fire crackers are more expensive than conventional crackers. So this is one challenge that hinders the promotion of using green crackers. Now moving on to say about the types of green crackers. Presently there are three brands of green crackers available in the market. We will see them one by one. The first one is Safe Water Releaser that is the SWR. These crackers do not use sulphur or potassium nitrate. Instead they are made in a way that they release water vapor into the atmosphere when it gets burst. So this will lessen the discharged dust in the atmosphere. Apart from this these crackers also deploy the use of diluents. By using diluents the green crackers can control particulate matter emissions by up to 30%. This is about the first type that is the Safe Water Releaser. Then the second type is STAR that is Safe Thermite Cracker. Just like Safe Water Releaser the star also does not contain sulphur and potassium nitrate. These crackers controls particulate dust emissions and it also has low sound intensity. Apart from this this type of cracker also discharges less particulate matter into the atmosphere. Okay this is all about the second type that is the Safe Thermite Cracker and the final type is SUFFLE that is Safe Minimal Aluminium. See in these type of crackers the aluminium content is replaced with magnesium. So these crackers produces reduced levels of pollutants. Okay this is all about the types of green crackers that are presently available in the market. See currently all these three brands of green crackers can be only produced by licensed manufacturers that are approved by the CSIR. And note that the petroleum and explosives safety organization that is the PSO is tasked with the certification of green crackers. The organization certifies that the crackers are made without arsenic, mercury and barium and are not loud beyond a certain threshold. Okay now how we can identify the green crackers. See the green crackers are differentiated from conventional crackers by a logo and color. The green crackers have a green logo printed on their boxes. Apart from this they also have QR coding system. By scanning the QR we can verify whether it is a green cracker or not. Okay and that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion we saw various aspects of green crackers and its types. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next news article discussion. Look at this news article here yesterday the Bureau of Indian Standards that is the BIS conducted a meeting in Chennai. The meeting was attended by various stakeholders including manufacturers of oil weather drugs and representatives from several educational institutions. In this meeting the BIS brought out some standards that has to be followed in manufacturing equipment and the traditional medicine used in oil weather therapies. This is to ensure quality and streamline in the oil weather industry. See many people lack awareness on standards related to equipment and medicines used in oil weather procedures and treatment. And since traditional treatment centers are becoming popular today it is necessary to bring standards to safeguard patients well-being. And this is why the standards has been announced by BIS. Okay this is all about the news. Now in this background let us quickly go through Bureau of Indian Standards from Purlim's perspective. C Bureau of Indian Standards is the national standard body of India. It is a statutory body established under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986. Note that this act was replaced with BIS Act 2006. So as of now the Bureau of Indian Standards is governed by the BIS Act 2016. The BIS is functioning under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution. Note that the predecessor of BIS was the US-12 Indian Standards Institution. See all the functions of US-12 Indian Standards Institution were transferred to BIS. Okay see the BIS was set up to carry out activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods. At the term standardization refers to the process of creating standards to guide the creation of goods or a service. Okay now coming to the functions of Bureau of Indian Standards the main function of BIS involves the standardization and certification of goods articles processes systems and services. Apart from this the BIS also formulates the Indian Standards which covers important segments of economy. These standards help the industry in upgrading the quality of their goods and services. Apart from this the standards also helps in promoting standardization of goods and services present inside our economy. Okay this is all about the functions of Bureau of Indian Standards and that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion we saw about various aspects of Bureau of Indian Standards. Now with these points in mind let us move on to the next part of the video that is to discuss preliminary practice questions. Today we are having four questions I will solve three of them and one will be a quiz question for you. Look at the first question this question is regarding green crackers. Here three statements are given we have to find how many of the statements are correct. Look at the first statement green crackers release water vapor and don't allow the dust particles to rise. See this statement is correct the green crackers are designed to have 30% less particulate matter pollution and they release water vapor and it don't allow the dust particles to rise. So first statement is correct. Now coming to the second statement they are produced using barium nitrate as an alternative for the banned chemical zeolite. See this statement is incorrect the supreme court had banned barium nitrate which is an important raw material for producing crackers. Therefore the ces are needy choose to use potassium nitrate and zeolite instead of barium nitrate. So second statement is incorrect. Now coming to the third statement the green crackers are completely pollution free. See this statement is incorrect because the green crackers are not completely pollution free but they are 30% less polluting than conventional firecrackers. So third statement is incorrect. Here only first statement is correct so the correct answer for the question is option A only one. Moving on let's take up the second question. Here a description of particular initiatives given we have to find the description describes which of these four given initiatives. Now I'll read out the description it is an initiative of Ministry of Education aimed to provide psychosocial support to students family members and teachers for their mental health well-being during the times of COVID-19 pandemic. This text is related to which of the below mentioned government initiatives. Option A Kiran helpline option B monodharpan initiative option C manas mobile app option D raw app. Here the correct answer is option B monodharpan initiative. See it was aimed to provide psychosocial support to students family members and teachers for their mental health well-being during COVID pandemic. So the correct answer is option B. Now we will also look at other initiatives. Now commute to Kiran helpline. See Kiran helpline is 24 7 toll free helpline launched by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This helpline provides support to people who facing anxity stress depression suicidal thoughts and other mental health concerns. Okay now commute to manas mobile app. Here manas stands for mental health and normalcy augmentation system. It is a national digital well-being platform. This mobile app has been developed to promote the mental well-being of Indian citizens. Okay now coming to raw app. It is a mobile application that provides free information to the public on mental health care professionals and mental health care centers. Okay now moving on to the next question. See this question is regarding Bureau of Indian Standards. Here three statements are given. We have to find how many of the statements are correct. Look at the first statement. It is a voluntary organization responsible for promoting industry growth without any regulatory authority. See BAS is a statutory body and not a voluntary organization and it has regulatory authority in certain sectors. So statement one is incorrect. Coming to the second statement it formulates standards only for the manufacturing sector and does not cover services sector. See this statement is incorrect because the BAS formulates standards for a wide range of products including services. So second statement is incorrect. Now coming to the third statement it grants certification by conducting testing or inspection. See this statement is correct. The BAS conducts testing and inspection as part of its confirmity assessment procedures and based on the assessment it grants certification to the products or services. So third statement is correct. Here only one statement is correct. So the correct answer for the question is option A only one. This is a quiz question for you today. I will pose this question in a community section. Try to answer it. The answer for the question will be posted in the comment section of the question itself. You can verify the answer and displayed here are the main questions for your practice. Go through the questions, write your answers and post it in the comment section. With this we have come to the end of the video. If you found our video to be useful please like comment and share it with your friends. And don't forget to subscribe Shankar IS Academy YouTube channel. 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One of the core issues for many of us heart-based business owners or just kind of more intuitive workers is consistency. I hear this, I've heard this over and over and over so many years. And I myself, most of my life, I struggle with being consistent with doing the important things. So I don't know if you can relate to that. I can certainly relate to that. And really, because of implementing joyful productivity over the past now, I'd say I've been implementing it diligently for about 15 years. I would say probably about five to seven years into it, well even less than that, three to five years into implementing it diligently, I began to see that I'm becoming a different person, which is really both beautiful and surprising to me. Because I'm like, I didn't realize, well, I didn't realize I could change so much. And I want to tell you, I really believe that each of us can change dramatically, dramatically, really can. The human mind and the spirit, the human spirit is neuroplastic, is very pliable. We are able to activate potentials way beyond what we currently are living. And it's because of practice, practice again and again and again and again and again, and continuing to practice that changes us and integrates that change more and more deeply over the years. It takes years, it really does, not just, you know, three weeks, right. Some people say, oh, pure building habit, three weeks. And that might be true for certain habits. Or, you know, maybe you've heard you've read the James Clear, you know, research 67 days is the, you know, average time based on all the studies that build a habit. I no longer believe that. I mean, yes, that's probably true for like certain tiny habits. Yeah, sure. And for changing ourselves at such a core level to become consistent in doing uncomfortable things takes years of practice. It's not surprising that there is the old 10,000 hour rule now 10,000 hours is there's no it's not really imagining that it sounds good. But the idea is 10 years of full time practice, right. I don't think it takes 10 years necessarily, but I'm going to say it takes a couple of years of consistent practice. It takes years of practicing or flailing and practicing consistency before we become more and more consistent and then it becomes something that's just part of us, whatever will become consistent with discipline. I tell you I've been so growing up I was so frustrated, because I realized at one point in my, you know, later youth, I guess my early adulthood, I would say, I realize I'm the one in my own way. I am I have all these dreams I have all these desires goals, vision, and the one reason I can't do this because of my lack of discipline. Like I realized that in my early adult like, and I got so discouraged when I realized it because I thought that was unchangeable. I will tell you I'm a different person today than five years ago, for sure, and very different than 10 years ago, because of discipline and consistency so why how, how come we're not consistent how come we're not disciplined. Well, let me just say I wanted to have some seeing my notes here. Consistency leads to skillfulness and skillfulness leads to results. Oftentimes we even beat ourselves up when we do something we don't get the results. Of course you're not going to get the results of course you're not going to do something well or do something excellently. If you don't do it consistently, because if you don't do it consistently you can't have the skillfulness, and without the skillfulness the results are either take a great deal of willpower, or they're haphazard. They're more skillful than the results come easily easily. So, I mean today I mean one more thing I was, I used to be growing up I was extremely shy. And I stuttered, I had a stutter growing up I don't know be a lot of people didn't know that I used to have a stutter, and I used to be freaked out when I got in front of a room. Because I, you know we immigrated to the US from Taiwan when I was just learning how to communicate, you know, as a young adult. And so it's like I got freaked out because I, you know, so I couldn't speak in front of people. So now I'm a completely different person you can't stop me from giving me a crowd I'd love to speak. What happened consistency of practice led to skillfulness and skillfulness made me a different person which leads to results. I'm not reading notes right now extemporaneous speaking is so easy for me, because of so much practice right consistency, being on video is not something that those of you who know my story about being on video my god I avoided it, like, like I talked it down for four years I couldn't stand how I looked at how I viewed myself I couldn't stand how I looked and how I sounded.  It was with with a lot of encouragement and love from colleagues like Tad Hargrave marketing for hippies calm check out his, his work that encouraged me to show up again try again try again try again. And now can't stop me from being on video it's very natural for me now but I'm a different person. And same thing, and you too. I invite you to chat below.  In what area of your life, because of consistency of practice now you might, you might not have intended to practice you're at some of you were forced into practice, like practice being a parent. Very different person now then you were before you had kids or practice being a caretaker practice being doing some particular skill that you had to many of us had to practice using social media because kind of forced into this new world. Right. So, all right consistency leads to skillfulness leads to results now consistency being a problem now how does consistency therefore take place. It takes place by kind of three major moves right three major phases, or three major areas to work on one is calendaring and setting boundaries, which we talked about earlier in this webinar series calendaring setting boundaries. So that's, you got to plan well to be able to because because because for example, you know I always use the example of writing you don't want to write consistently, you have to experiment and figure out what time of day is best for you to write. So that you can plan more skillfully to say oh I got to write in the morning. Oh, I got to write in the evening, or I got to write, you know, in the middle of whatever for you. So calendaring and then setting boundaries like closing the door, when you're writing or when you're doing the thing that you want to be consistent with close the door, right, tell everybody you're not available for an hour. Right because you have an appointment on focus me focus me as another secret to my consistency. Right. I use focus may several hours a day if I'm not on a call, or I'm teaching, I'm on focus me. So consistent calendaring setting boundaries, first part of consistency or that's the that's the first aspect of it. Second aspect of it is normalizing that discomfort of getting into the work. And let me let me talk about this right. And let me just give the big picture so calendaring and setting boundaries. I mean, the discomfort of getting into the work, or basically generating flow and inspiration instead of waiting for it. Okay, so that's the second part. And the third part is working lightly is generally how I like to say it, which is basically letting the lights go sooner than you probably would have liked, because you see the bigger picture and you're working more lightly you're working with less intensity, working more sustainably personally right. So, which I'll talk about in the upcoming segment but let me let me talk about this middle part of normalizing that this comfort of getting into it. It's boredom, right anxiety resistance. Did you know that that is normal for expert creators. Did you think that if you felt any kind of resistance towards a task that somehow your spirit guide is telling you not to do it. Could be right. Some of you are much more spiritually attuned than I am. Could be your spirit guide so you're not to do it. I don't know if the stars not being aligned for you to do it. But I don't know. Right, do you have to determine that you have to understand spirit.  Do you know the difference. It's hard to tell sometimes. What I know what I know for many many years is maybe I've trained my spirit guide I don't know what it is or maybe I've trained the stars, I can move stars by saying I don't feel like doing it. Screw it, I'm doing it anyway. Watch me of resistance.  Watch me, watch me. So I kind of rebelled against my resistance and my anxiety. It's one way of doing it. It's one way of doing it and maybe because I had a lot of internal critics, which you could say is the anti spirit guides. Trying to bring you down. So, boredom anxiety resistance is normal bar bar boredom anxiety resistance is normal for many of the expert creators out there. It's not necessarily true that because you feel boredom anxiety or resistance that your spirit or somehow it's not, it's not within flow it's not Taoist it's not in flow for you to do that thing at the time, could be like I said could be the stars or the spirits or whatever but what I know is having practiced rebelling against my resistance. I kind of like, maybe I, I kind of practice the principle of the universe gives way, the universe gives way. When you set an intention and you move through the resistance, and you become a creator, you become the creator of your life universe gives way. Or you might say it's the monkey mind that is becoming tamed, right to the monkey mind is being tamed to your higher mind to say no, no, it's time to create. No, no, it's time to do this thing because it's on my calendar. And if I if I still feel a lot of resistance toward doing it. Then maybe I can ask myself, is there a better time of the day or better time of the week that I should be scheduling this thing in the future because right now it's a ton of resistance. I'm still going to move through it right now for this hour and publish something crappy. It's fine, it's fine. But next time maybe I should schedule at 9am or 9pm instead of 2pm, you know, so so you learn over time but still the key is, is to understand that there is an illusion for us hippies, or for us heart based people that flow is supposed to happen on its own, or that if work is done right it's supposed to be light and fun at the beginning. So that's the that's the that's the big mistake, the big mistake is work is supposed to be light and fun at the beginning. No one ever told us. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no work is not supposed to be light and fun at the beginning. It's supposed to be light and fun. After you move through the initial resistance, and you learn to generate the flow, then you're having fun. So it takes me sometimes, half an hour of writing frustrated before I find my way through the resistance and now I'm having fun, like I'm seeing something come together now. I'm using writing as an example, you could talk about using, you know, doing marketing as an example learning technology or doing your bookkeeping or doing your taxes or whatever has resistance. It's supposed to be hard at the beginning. But what is not hard at the beginning, you know, and sure you could say tiny habits sure that's fine but designing the tiny habit, maybe hard, right, designing it right. But the key is to understand there's my cat there baby girl in the in the other webinar segments you see buddy there but when when baby girl wants to the bed she gets to bed there is no resist you move through the resistance, but he says all right sorry. Buddy my dog always gives way to her. So and she's much smaller too. So, so she practices moving through the resistance. So you have to just understand that we don't somehow. I mean, sometimes we're lucky, and we do experience lightness and flow, you know, inspired moment creativity and if you have that. And if your schedule allows it. You can move things around you're inspired right now go ahead and create. Go ahead and do the thing you're inspired to do right now. Move just as long as you move your schedule around can you move whatever you were going to do at 9am to do something else to another time of the day or another day of the week. It's fine. I do that all the time. But then you have to notice, I'm always inspired at 9am, or I'm always inspired at 9pm. Then maybe you should plan that in the future, rather than just always be haphazard to just be inspired at random times. Then you're not planning you're not using your brilliant mind. You know, you got to marry the left and the right brain, right marry mind and heart. Right. So, so, whether or not you have inspired, I'm usually not inspired. Honestly, I do all of my most of my creative work is done not inspired in the beginning, not inspired. But I understand the principle like baby girl of moving through the resistance. And so I just basically rebel against my resistance I go hey, I know you're resistant but I'm going to do it anyway. You know, I don't have to be angry or or mean to that part of myself I simply say oh got it I understand your resistance, setting you aside for now. I'm just going to play with this. And I'm going to publish something crappy. Right. And so, how, so how do we find our way into the flow. How do we generate lightness and fun and creativity. Right. So that's something you've got to discover on your own. I have a process I do the energy reboot. If you don't know it just Google energy reboot and you find my process but my process is not for everybody. It's simply the fact that there is a process of generating flow is what I want you to develop some of you may need to dance. Some of you may need to, you know, I don't know, do some lighter candle or something like that. Some of you may need a journal for a little bit. But the idea is to find your way into the flow you do something quick. Don't don't say why I got I have to walk for three hours in the woods before I'm creative that's not that's not good. That's fine, you should still walk three hours in the woods, but you can't let you can't have that as a crutch. Every time before you write got to walk three hours in the woods. I mean, unless you can plan that into your daily life fine great wonderful. You have that privilege of doing that great. Most of us don't can't do that.  So, so my energy reboot takes me not three hours, 20 seconds. If you can find a jet flow generating activity. Now, just after 20 seconds doesn't mean I'm suddenly brilliant no no like I said, after 20 seconds I still struggle for the next five minutes, before I do another energy reboot for 20 seconds and then I struggle a little bit less for another five energy reboot. Yeah, sometimes I do my energy every five minutes, and then I struggle but less each time. And then by the half hour mark, I moved it I moved through it. I moved through it the dog has moved out of the way and now the cats in the bed, you know, and now I'm like cool. Now I'm in flow. My god it took me half hour but same thing with my videos. Have you noticed I mean from the beginning of the segment till now now I'm much more energized I move through the resistance. I'm much more alive but it took me how long it take me 10 minutes. Right, same thing with any of my watch any of my videos you know this beginning is not the same energy as when I'm middle to the end I'm much more energized moving I generate flow while I'm in it. Right. So that's how that's how we do it.  We're moving through resistance every day.   Yeah, and you can literally be in a community you want to be part of my focus make group by the way I don't, I don't get paid if you join my focus make group it's just a convenience for you to be paired up with me and other people in my group more often. In the chat below the link to to join my focus make group. Again, you can pay for focus may you pay them if you want to have unlimited sessions it's like $5 a month or whenever you're watching this it might be $10 or $15 a month by that point. Still a great deal. But basically, the key is, again, if I let's step back out a little bit to a bigger picture and say, you know, instead of delay gratification, you know, which, which is true we get gratified the more we work on our skillfulness. But when you are willing to join the community of creators around the world and join this adventure of moving through resistance at the beginning of any creative endeavor. I think that's important anything that adds value has resistance in the first, you know, five to 30 minutes, sometimes 45 minutes, right the faster, the more you practice the less time it takes to go through resistance for any tasks or any project any skill. And that's on this adventure, you know, be part of this movement worldwide movement and moving through the resistance and what happens is, you find a reward in every hour of creating no longer have to delay gratification because I feel so proud. Every time I finish writing something because I couldn't have imagined writing something in the beginning of the hour it was a blank page blank page I maybe have a topic. I don't know how am I supposed to write more than five words on this topic I don't know what I'm going to say blank page, but then by the end of the hour something's there it's such a miracle. It's such a reward. So, I invite you to normalize creative discomfort. All right. So, so let me go ahead and pause and see if you have any questions and then let's we can move on from there.


Okay. Hello, everybody. Good morning. Good to see you all. Welcome to our all day movie workshop. I'm Peter. For those who are new, I'll be hosting today. And yeah, we have a full day ahead of us. So, um, yeah, I'll just let anybody new know about how we run our movie workshop. So we're going to start with the movie with David. And then afterwards we have a 10 minute break. And then we're going to go into a breakout rooms where you can express any emotions that came up for you today. And after that, we have a 45 minute break. And then we have a Q&A session with me. So I'm going to pass it over to you now David. Thank you, Pete. Hi, everyone. Welcome. Welcome from all around the globe. We're broadcasting live from Lafayette, California, the Bay Area. And you'll see a little bit of that in the movie today. So it's, it's fun. It's, it's like a nostalgia thing to be broadcasting here from Northern California. It's known around the world as one of the hotspots for spiritual awakening and non-duality. So what a movie we have today. It's interesting. All the themes that you voted on, and you, you gave us the top themes that you wanted to experience and they are very, very deep themes for sure. Very deep. So it was a lot of prayer going into to this one. And I was actually praying with a group of friends in the monastery about what the movie would be for this week. And, and I looked out the window and a bald man walked by and we all looked at each other and we went, okay, we know the movie Jesus. Jesus always gives us a little symbol so we can't miss a bald man walking by the window. Okay, got it Jesus. Jesus, we know, we know now which one. So we're going to have an exciting time today. And it's going to be a deep dive. I think what touches me about the movie today too is it's such an example. I know a lot of us have done a lot of workshops, a lot of seminars. We've, we've read a lot of books. We've learned a lot of things in our quest for self realization and spiritual enlightenment. But I don't think there's anything that's more helpful to us than an example, then a living example, a living example is so powerful because when you see what the living example is up to you think, oh, I guess I can be open to anything.  There's a living example and then we're so touched. And we think, yeah, I, I'm going to go all the way with this. I'm not going to hold myself back from reaching my remembrance of God from my remembrance of my true reality as the living Christ. So, here are the themes that you voted for in the order that you voted. The first one is called living from a giving state of mind. Payment first with 45 votes, living from a giving state of mind. Wow. If you can really sink into this experience and just realize that that's all that life is about is giving and extending. And then you have the trust to say, well, you know, in the past Jesus I've had this getting mechanism maybe I wanted to get a partner or a family maybe I wanted to get a house. Maybe I wanted to get a career maybe I wanted to get money wealth possessions. And of course, this, this world of time space is distraction bill so the ego has set up an intricate network of distractions at every angle, every direction you look their distractions, not just some many. And so, basically, when we go on the authentic spiritual journey we have to admit to ourselves okay we're facing distraction bill with our five senses and and our intuitive self is calling us deeper inward into the mind to go on a very exciting journey past a lot of thoughts and beliefs that are blocking us from from experiencing the light. So, if we think the adventure is in the world of the five senses. If you look out the famous rock group Bachman Turner overdrive. You ain't seen nothing yet.  Here's something that you're never going to forget bump bump, you know, Bachman Turner overdrive. Come on inside. Jesus is like in there going come on come on you can do it. Turn away from the five senses. I know it's, it's enticing, but I did it, I turned away, I know it's distracting but I did it, I turned away and you can do it to because we're the same one. We have the same source, and we can turn away from these five senses and we can actually go inside and hear the small still voice that's in our heart that's calling us drawing us like a tractor beam into the light. And, and that will will quench our thirst. You know, like Jesus told the woman at the well 2000 years ago, he said, he just looked her in the eye and he said drink of me, and you will never thirst again. Wow, imagine that light in your mind coming drink of me. You will never thirst again you think the set five senses are great. You ain't seen nothing yet, you will be blown away by the light when you experience the light. Our second theme is when I can't see trust that I'm carried. When you feel confused, trust that you will be carried when you when you feel depressed trust that you'll be carried. When you feel just down and out like you feel like giving up like, ah, this is just unfathomable, or this is, this is stressful, strained, difficult. Or just to trust and allow yourself to be carried.  I'm just going to be still here and let myself be carried. The third theme. Use everything as a backdrop for prayer. So, I would advise when you pray just just start to open your mind up to the idea of praying continuously. You know, we don't have to think of prayer as an activity. Yes, walking is an activity. Okay, eating is an activity sex is an activity, working is an activity. Parenting is an activity. Why not take prayer off of the timeline and say, I'm going to cultivate praying continuously. I don't want my prayers to start and stop like an activity like walking. Oh, I'm praying. You know, if somebody, if somebody looks at you and they see you in this quiet state of mind in the gaze and somebody says, What are you doing, you can always safely answer, I'm praying. And maybe if you say that enough, they might even leave you alone. They might think, Oh, gosh, all they do is pray all the time. Hallelujah. They pray all the time. That's the most glorious state of mind to be in a constant state of prayer for God. Here I am God. Here I am Lord. That was the four word prayer that Jesus gave to Helen Shuckman to give to Bill Thedford, because Bill's mind was always, you know, fluttering around and distracted so finally Jesus said to Helen, here's a prayer for Bill. Here I have Bill say, repeat in his mind, here I am Lord. Isn't that nice? Four words. That's not a long prayer at all. That's easy to remember. Here I am Lord, here I am Lord, at any moment at any time of the day, here I am Lord. Number four of the themes, be transparent, don't hold back. You have full permission to be transparent. Say what you need to say. Pray. You know, there's some situations where you may need to just be very prayerful, because you're not trying to change the world by acknowledging these emotions that you're having. You're just starting to be very honest with yourself about the emotions. You don't have to hide emotions from yourself. You can let them come up. You can let them come up. And if it feels like you're stuck after you've been praying for a while, then just talk to a mighty companion and say, you know, can I talk to you for a moment? I've got some emotions. The clouds are passing through my mind. I would love to be able to just share what's on my mind. And that's a beautiful way too of relaxing and clearing your mind. And finally, take one moment at a time. Sometimes people say to me that's easier said than done in this world because this is a world of past regrets and future worries and concerns and plans. But I think the movie today will be an answer to your prayer of how do I live one moment at a time, because the main character in the movie today. He's as present as Forrest Gump. He's as present as Chauncey Gardner in being there. This guy is present. He is just tuned into the present moment. But unlike Chauncey Gardner, who kind of has a more of a secluded life, the main character will be guided into many, many, many interactions and many holy encounters from this peripheral state. And I think that's a good example because when we listen to Jesus in the New Testament, he said, when you pray, go to your closet and shut the door. So Jesus is like, he knows we have to really go beyond the distractions of the world. He knows that if we get caught up into the ego's distractions, it's going to be that we're going to be like wasting time.  And when you are so prayerful and so tuned in and so aligned, then you might say you become a miracle worker. If you become a miracle worker, Jesus says, I will arrange time and space for you. You can relax. I'll handle all the details of time and space. What does that mean? I'll handle the details of where your body is supposed to be. What location? I'll handle the details if you need rest, if you need food, if you need partnership, if you need anything at all. So from that state of prayer, it will be given you. So that's why I always say, always put prayer as your top priority. There's a woman who lived in the 1800s and early 1900s who I talk about a lot. And her name was Mary Baker Eddy. Mary Baker Eddy's teachings were very deep and there was much confusion about her teachings. But I was one time was asked, can you summarize the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy? And I said, yeah, I can do that in two words. Pray first. Pray first. Let everything else come from the prayer. And really Jesus was a great example of that too. He always put prayer with his Heavenly Father first above everything. Above his time with the apostles, above a time with his friends and family. He put that above thinking about the Romans. He put that above being concerned where he would sleep or where he would eat. You know, he said in his teachings, take no thought for what you should wear or eat. Wow, you must be in a state of prayer if you take no thought for what you should wear or eat. I like that state actually.  Today is yellow, mellow yellow. This is the shirt that showed up for me to slip on. I didn't make a conscious decision to wear yellow. I just said, oh, what kind of day is it, Svava? She said it's a bright day. It's a very bright day. It's yellow. And I could see why with this movie. If you aren't touched and moved with this movie, I don't know what touched you and moved this one. It makes me cry every time I watch it because of the love and devotion that's so exemplified and demonstrated. Our movie for today, and I'll move into a bit of a setup, our movie for today is called Hari Krishna, the mantra, the movement and the Swami who started it all from 2017. For some of you who follow me along, you know, I showed this about a year ago or so. But I'm not concerned whether I've shown anything before. I just pray on the themes and if Jesus wants to show the same movie five times in a row, I'm all right with that. Because it's always for me the first time when I see a movie, I'm in it for the first time. I'm not aware that I've seen it before. I'm just in the presence of the love. So, in alignment with our themes, this movie is going to show us a demonstration of a man called Prabhupada who basically he is living in India and the year is 1965. We'll see some great flashbacks from his life, his father, what impacted him in childhood. We'll get to see his guru, which is not a strange thing in India. If you're a spiritual aspirant to have a guru. It's kind of funny when I say the word guru because people have so many different connotations around the word guru. And I always was reminded when I asked Jesus, what is a guru? He spelled it out to me. He just went, gee, you are you. Gee, you are you. He's just saying, a guru is aware of the oneness, a guru is aware of the connectedness, and a guru is just a reminder that you're the whole thing. You are everything. There is nothing but you. Gee, you are you. That is a simple acronym of what guru means. Now, if you project other meanings onto guru, then you can project a guru is like some kind of an authoritarian figure or some kind of being that requires obedience. And what I would say is, if there's a presence of love that's constantly reminding you that you're holding complete. That's the kind of presence you want to be obedient to, because that's the spirit. And that's the whole point of listen and follow is being obedient to your higher self to your internal teacher. And a lot of times people get confused when they think of a guru as a body because a guru may seem to have a body but really doesn't. And they know it too. They, they don't really act like they have a body. The love that radiates from them is so all inclusive and so vast that, you know, you could close your eyes and feel the presence. You don't actually need an image of a guru, but in form they are just devices, the body is used as a device to remind you of your eternal nature it's a very loving presence. So in this movie, Prabhupāda will will start off in 1965. And that's where the movie kind of begins where he, he is prompted to come to New York City.  And this is not like Paramahansa Yogananda coming over on a very nice boat in his young, young adult years and coming over very with nice robes and dressed and he's received in New York City and and he's established as a young spiritual teacher. This is a 70 year old man who hops on a freighter, a commerce freighter with no money and comes across the ocean all the way from India to New York City. This man had never experienced snow and he comes over in the winter. And one of the worst snowstorms. He arrives in New York City the worst snowstorms in the history of New York City. So there's inches and huge numbers maybe feet of snow all around. He's coming with no money. And I think he gets a winter coat and a winter hat and then he, instead of having giving talks and lectures he's just moving from one office building to another. And I'm sure that Indian experience helps. You've got to learn sometimes to be a squatter in India. Oh no problem squatter in the United States. That is not an accepted a squatter is not accepted, but he's coming with such determination such motivation. I think that's the bit I will say about Prabhupada is that we are going to be fascinated to start to really get inside of his heart and really get inside of his mind to see. Imagine yourself at 70 years old, being strongly prompted will say for some years to go to the West, like Paramahansa Yogananda was prompted by his guru, except you're 70 years old you have no money. And the people around you are not encouraging you to go either.  Surely you will die. That's the kind of send off he's getting.  How's that for a lunch pad.  You know the spirit of God is in him. Self in those circumstances and getting a prompt. The other thing is, he's not coming to the United States in the roaring 20s in the time of prosperity. He's not coming during the Great Depression he's coming in the mid 60s, mid 60s United States war protest riots nuclear test. Huge tension racial tensions. The Vietnam war is going on and there's people protesting all over the place. If you think the world situation is in a bad shape right now, you should try 1965. But it was wild. It was wild, and even in ego terms wild and here he is landing with no money. No connections, coming in on a freighter for days, a commercial thing probably carrying cargo, and he's landing in New York City, in that setting.  He's probably used to prayers all day long. And then he goes across the ocean on a freighter and then he gets thrown into New York City in the winter with snow during one of the most tumultuous times in American history. Now that's what I like. I like to see a guru who faces the greatest adversities, throw me into anything.  Hit me with your best shot. He was doing a Pat Benatar back in 1965.   And then he's like saying, ego, hit me with your best shot. Come on, hit me with your best shot, you know, that's what I like now that's a guru. That's a guru who goes with nothing else, but prayer and faith and says hit me with your best shot, because he's there for the whole universe. He's doing this for the whole universe. He's not doing this for a person. He's not doing this for a country. He's not doing this for fame. He's not doing this for popularity. He's doing it for the glory of the Lord. Now, the Course tells us there's many pathways to God. For Prabhupāda, his Lord is a little blue man. For some of you, Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior. And for Prabhupāda, it's a little blue man in Krishna. But I'll tell you, he is devoted to the presence of love behind this little blue guy. This is a little blue guy that has lit his life up. This is a little blue guy that he would do anything for. I mean anything, absolutely anything, because the form is not the Lord. It's the presence of love. It's the presence of God's love behind the form, behind the Krishna, behind the Jesus, behind the Buddha, behind the Ramana Maharshi. There always is this bright light. And as Jesus tells us, there's many pathways to God. The Course is just one form of the universal curriculum. So, in his mind, he's there for Krishna. And that may be a bit abstract, because Krishna seemed to live centuries ago, like Jesus lived centuries ago. But actually, we're going to find out that Prabhupāda has a guru of, as he grew up, you know, his father was so supportive of him. You're going to be amazed at the father of this guy. This has got to be the all-time biological father in history.  What would we be like if our biological parents had just told us consistently through childhood and teens and beyond? Just devote yourself to God. Education. Just devote yourself to God. Family. Just devote yourself to God. Imagine having a father like that. Now you're starting to feel what Prabhupāda's got underneath him. His dad was like, really, just devote yourself to God. You know, that's it. And then he was inspired by Gandhi. Anybody else here inspired by Gandhi? I was. He was inspired by Gandhi big time. The only thing is, he reaches a point in his devotion where he realizes he starts to feel the depth of, oh my gosh, God is not political. God is not about India or Great Britain. God is not about some culture or country dominating people in another country. God is not about trying to get people in or out of a country. God is not about overthrowing a government. God is not about fighting. And Gandhi's essence was non-violence. And then he still had a bit of the political in there about get the British out of India. But I think Prabhupāda was drawn to Gandhi's light and then he meets his guru and then the guru is, ooh, guru is beyond politics. The guru can't even understand politics. When you meet the guru, when Paramahansa Yogananda met his guru, that's all she wrote. That's all she wrote for this life. The guru stands for what is good for the whole, not what is good for India, what is good for the country, not what is good for the family. The guru is a representation of what is good for the whole. So the words that come through the guru's mouth are for the whole. They're to bless the whole. They don't bless the part. They bless all the parts by because they bless the whole. You see how vast that is. When the guru tells you something, you don't take it as a man or a woman speaking to you.  That's the reverence of what the guru is in India. The guru is like in Western world, you know, it's like, oh, I've heard that a spiritual teacher is an author. Do they have any books? Whoa, guru is beyond books. Whoa. The guru understands that there is only one author and that author is God. And God is the author of reality and God authors in spirit. And that means all other authors are non-existent. Words are non-existent in the presence of the Lord. You go into that light and you realize there are no other authors but God. God is the author of who I am and God is the author of reality and there is no other. You see how, wow, that's what the guru is. So the guru is going to say something to Prabhupada and we're going to discover what that is. When the guru gives an instruction to you before the guru passes away, whoa, that instruction is going to stay on Prabhupada's heart. He will never be able to escape that instruction because that instruction is for the whole. That is not a personal thing. Just like with Paramahansa Yogananda, when the guru, his guru appeared in his mind and said, go to the west. Actually, that was the last thing that Paramahansa Yogananda was ready to hear. You know, he was having a, he had a school, a school of happiness over in India. Beautiful Indian children that were so attentive, trying to learn to live a happy life. Paramahansa as a young man, you know, as a young adult, he had everything going on in India and then, whoa, the guru appears in the mind.  You do not question the guru because the guru is for the whole. This is not some author who's who's been on TV and written a few books. Whoa, no, the guru is the presence of God. And that instruction from the guru is for the whole universe. It's not for a person. It's not for a country. So we're going to see this in action. This is a dynamic that a lot of people that live in Western countries. They don't even know what it means. They just have ideas from past learning of what a guru is. They have ideas from the past. And all guru is, is a man or a woman is to be revered and sit at the feet of the guru and all this mess. Really, that's not it. That's, that's like trying to find the guru by going to a shopping mall and deciding what to buy. That's what I have to do with God. God doesn't have anything to do with commerce. God is the presence of I am this. It's prior to time and we're going to really start to feel this depth of India this depth of spiritual practice that that is really there. And, and for those of you practicing a course of miracles. It's these kind of movies that give you an opportunity to see the presence of God in a deep way shown to you as a demonstration. When you see a movie like this, I, my prayer is that your heart is stirred up from whatever you were struggling with, and, and you just allow your heart to be kind of lifted up into this freedom, this vast experience that is so vast that it just leaves a state of stillness and then any instruction that will come to you is for the good of the whole. If you're guided to go somewhere, it's for the good of the whole. If you're guided to eat something or not eat something, it's for the good of the whole. Like Jesus says in the workbook of a course of miracles, everything I think and say and do teaches all the universe. I'll say that again, everything I think and say and do teaches all the universe, because who I am is everything. Who I am is not a personality who I am is absolutely everything. So when you are, are following your inner guide you're doing this for everything. You aren't doing this for a specific reason you're just doing everything that you think say and do for the good of everyone. So that's a guru that's, you might start to accept yourself as a saint in training. I like to tell people, you're just a saint in training. They go, that's the first time anybody use the same word with me. I said, yeah, I'm doing it you're a saint in training, because I do see that that's what everyone is it's just a saint in training. Some really good tools for our saint in training hood. We, we've got a really great. We've got a great inner teacher and we have great great tools, music, anything we need to to realize this. So, sit back and enjoy this movie because I think you will be inspired by what you experience I hope I pray that you will be inspired. So I'll pop in very soon.


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Sometimes, Sai feels unlovable. He feels like he'll never be lovable because that's just how it is. He has an empty feeling inside, especially when he doesn't feel loved by the person who he needs it from the most. Do you ever feel this way? If you do, it's okay to have those feelings, but feelings aren't facts. In psychologist Dr. Amy Marshall wants you to know no human is inherently unlovable, so you don't have to ever accept this feeling. But this feeling is valid and very real for you and for many others, and we want to help you understand why. Because by understanding the psychological root cause of why you feel unlovable, you can begin to heal and experience love. An early defining moment. According to the psychology group Harley Therapy, childhood trauma is a leading cause of adults feeling unlovable. And research in neuroscience and attachment theory supports this view. Therapist Linda Graham explains that you are born into this world wired to need connection. All babies need somebody for their survival, but if that need is met with dismissal, indifference, or denial, that instinctual need to reach out is replaced with a feeling of rejection and confusion, making that baby or young child disengage and withdraw. Essentially, you may have learned to fear wanting or needing someone, and if these experiences happen often enough in your childhood, the emotional meaning center in your brain begins to encode a memory that reaching out and needing connection equals pain. This becomes an unconscious memory that can distort your perceptions and make you believe that no one can love you, explains Linda. Rejection and abuse. When was the first time you thought you were unlovable?  When Psy thinks back, he's confronted with memories of friends abandoning him, teachers believing he wouldn't amount to anything and mocking laughter from his first crush. Psy learned he wasn't alone when reading a post from the counseling blog on Tumblr, and that people in abusive relationships and survivors of trauma can feel unworthy of love. Psychologist Dr. Amy Marshall explains that abusers might tell their victims that they don't deserve better treatment, that they're unworthy of love, or that no one else will want them or treat them better. Shame. Shame can make you feel like you don't deserve love because of a mistake you've made and regret. But there's also the shame that can come from something you didn't do, the feeling that who you are is a burden. For example, sometimes the people who raised us have such high standards that you feel like you're only lovable if you perfectly meet these standards all the time. Have your parents ever said something like, the Smith's son just got into Harvard, aren't his parents so lucky? It's this type of language that can make you feel unworthy, explains better help. Not only that, but if you don't fit within your family's cultural expectations, it can understandably make you feel inadequate.  How to Heal Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York says that studies confirm that love is one of the basic human needs, along with having food, shelter, and water. No baby born on this earth is undeserving of that basic human need. And that includes you. You are born deserving of love and who you are today deserves love too, no matter what you've been through. If you've been taught that you're unworthy of love, that's just not true. And with the help of therapy and new loving relationships, you can rewire your brain. And those painful memories will be replaced with new neural connections of love and acceptance. As therapist Linda Graham says, with healing, love and acceptance becomes the response.  You don't have to go down anymore. Did you find this video helpful? If you did, please let us know in the comments. And if you think this video could help someone else, please do share it with them. We'll see you again real soon. And in the meantime, remember, we love you.