This demonstration is going to be on the contents and the structures of extrapatic portal triad. So what we have picked up here, these are the parts of the extrapatic portal triad. This patient has undergone surgery. Therefore the margins and all the contents of the extrapatic portal triad are considerably distorted. Contents of the extrapatic portal triad form V like this. Right anterior, left anterior, posterior. Right anterior, this is the common bile duct. Left anterior, this is the hepatic artery proper. Posterior, portal way. So these three structures together constitute the extrapatic portal triad. They are enclosed in a double formed of peritoneum which is referred to as the hepatic diodenum ligament. Which extends from the first inch of the first part of the diodenum which is intraperitoneal and goes up and gets attached to the margins of the portal hepatis. This extrapatic portal triad forms the entrance where my finger has gone in. To this place, that is to the lesser side. And this opening is referred to as the epiploid for a man of been slow. And here we can do a procedure during surgery if there is bleeding and that is known as Pringles maneuver. In Pringles maneuver what we do is we put our finger inside index and the middle finger and put our thumb in front and we can compress the hepatic artery in case of bleeding during cholecystectomy. Now let's mention a few quick words about the other contents of the portal triad. This is the common bile duct which is formed by the union of the right and the left hepatic ducts and the remnant of the cystic duct because the gallbladder has been removed and after that it becomes known as the common bile duct. Behind the first part of the diodenum and goes through the head of the pancreas into the diodenum. The next structure of the extra hepatic portal triad is this one here. This is the hepatic artery proper. This is a continuation of the common hepatic artery. And after the common hepatic artery gives up the gastrodional branch that we can see here then it goes up and becomes known as the hepatic artery. In this patient we see that there is not one but three. So this is the remnant of the cystic artery and after that it is still continuing into the liver. That's one branch. We can see yet another branch and we can see the third branch. So these are all parts of the hepatic artery proper. That's the next content of the extra hepatic portal triad. And the third content is here which we have lifted up. This is the portal vein. So let's take a look at how the portal vein is formed. In order to see the portal vein we have to go behind the pancreas. This is the pancreas in front of us and this is the stomach. So now we are going to turn everything. We are going to turn the pancreas, the stomach and we are also turning part of the uterus. We can see this structure here in front of us. This is the superior miscentric vein which is running on the right side of the superior miscentric artery. The superior miscentric vein unites with the sprenic vein behind the neck of the pancreas. I have reversed the pancreas and you can see this is the under surface of the pancreas. The superior miscentric vein unites with the sprenic vein behind the neck of the pancreas. And after that, if I put my probe here, we can see it is coming here. It becomes only the portal vein. And the portal vein then runs up in the hepatodeuternal ligament as one of the constituents of the extra hepatic portal triad. And it runs to the portal hepatic and in the portal hepatic it divides into a right and a left vein. This clinic vein is also receiving this vein here that we can see. This is the inferior miscentric vein. So this is also one of the structures which contribute to the formation of the portal vein. And while the superior miscentric vein is running here, it raises the fold of the peritoneum here and that produces what is known as the paradeuternal fossa. And that is the potential side of internal herniation which can be risky if we try to reduce the hernia, we might enjoy the inferior miscentric vein. We can see the spleen deep inside the left hypochondrium. And the sprenic vein is here. So it comes from there behind the pancreas. In the earlier days, in order to investigate the portal vein, we used to do what is known as a splenoportovenogram. But that is an invasive procedure. Nowadays, instead, in order to investigate the portal vein, we do what is known as MR portalvenogram. And that outlines the entire portal venous system including the superior miscentric vein, the inferior miscentric vein, sprenic vein and the main portal vein. That is an important investigation which is done in the case of portal hypertension, especially after cirrhosis. This is an MR portalvenogram showing the inferior miscentric vein opening into the sprenic vein close to the spleen. And in this, the inferior miscentric vein is opening into the sprenic vein far from the spleen. In case of cirrhosis of portal hypertension, in order to decompress the esophageal varices, we can do a splenorenal shunt. We are not exposed of the renal vein here, left renal vein, but the left renal vein is situated very close and therefore it can be used to form a splenorenal shunt. The next thing which I would like to draw your attention to, since we are talking about the extrapatic portal triad and the portal vein, is this structure here. This is the remnant of the antriabdominal wall, more specifically the linea alba. This is the umbilicus. I am going to lift up the linea alba now. And we can see the undersurface of the linea alba. And we can see this structure extending from the undersurface of the linea alba. This is the falciform ligament. Why is it called falciform ligament? Because it is shaped like a sickle. It has got three margins. Two of which are attached, one is free. One attached margin is to the inner surface of the abdominal wall from the umbilicus up. This is one attached margin. The other attached margin is to the liver here. And this is the one which divides the liver into a right anatomical lobe and left anatomical lobe. And the third margin is the free margin. And in the free margin of the falciform ligament, we see this structure here, which we can feel and we can see also. This is the round ligament of the liver, which is remnant of the umbilical vein, which carries oxygenate blood from the placenta to the fetus. After birth, it becomes known as the round ligament of the liver. Also running, but not visible here, will be the para-umbilical vein. The para-umbilical vein actually is a pated vein, which communicates with superficial cutaneous veins from the umbilicus, which drain into the superficial epigastric veins. And the para-umbilical vein also communicates inside the liver with the left branch of the portal vein, which I showed just now. So therefore, this constitutes a site of potasystemic anastomosis. And in case of cirrhosis of the portal hypertension, these communications can become enlarged. And they form what is known as the caput medius around the umbilicals. So that's all for now. Thank you very much for watching. If you have any questions or comments, please put them in the comment section below. Have a nice day. Dr. Sanjay Sanyal signing out.


So team keep it clean. What's going on? It's engraving here with another video and Eric DeCosta John hardball Joe Hortese. They just had their pre draft pressor aka the Liars luncheon Where they try to throw a few smoke screens here and there we're gonna talk about everything that they talked about today Before we get into this I seriously got to say I appreciate y'all Reason I say that is just because I just see so much positivity In the comments whether being on Twitter Facebook wherever and I really seriously Appreciate that and like always say I don't care about if you agree with me or not That's fine, but I always do appreciate the support. I appreciate you voicing However, you feel about whatever we talk about respectfully I appreciate your support of the channel people that are new here people that are old here people have been here Since the car videos people have been here since just have a long you've been here Seriously, thank you because the fact that you you choose because you don't have to but the fact that you choose to spend a little portion Of your day with us as we talk about whatever it is going on in the NFL Whatever it is going on with the Ravens. I appreciate that so know that if ain't nobody tell you today that you appreciate it I appreciate you straight up. Thank you Thank you if you one person watching this alone If you watching this with your family if you watching this with your spouse your friends Whatever if you watching at the barbershop you got it playing on while you get your lineup done cool I appreciate it if you playing Madden right cool. I appreciate if you cooking dinner, you're cleaning up. Whatever you're doing. Thank you seriously, but anyway Eric Acosta whoo he um He had a lot to say today one of the questions that he was asked about The first thing we're gonna talk about They asked them. Oh, so you were the reports were that you were interested in talking to one Bobby Wagner, but it obviously didn't work out And he said are you still what are you gonna do next as far as moves? Are you done?  And he talked about how they're always looking at value as far as players and whatnot specifically free agents and then also With the draft too, of course, but he said just cuz the first and second wave of free agency is passed us by it Does not mean that we're done So that would indicate that they have some more moves that they're gonna make and I think that's expected But then this next part where he brought up how they signed Darrell Smith sometime in May and that was after the draft He said that could also happen with the Ravens now But then he also talked about how they have some moves to announce over the next couple of weeks now Initially, I know a lot of people y'all might have taken that a lot differently from me I did not take that as them signing people over the next couple of weeks Well, I mean they obviously could but the way that I took it more was them moving people them trading people them Releasing people them clearing up some roster spots over these next couple of weeks I will see I could be wrong as I have been wrong before but I just didn't take it as I all Ravens about to make Some blockbuster move they getting ready to do something crazy I didn't take it as that it didn't seem like that but these next couple of weeks they'll they will tell us the whole story so Getting into it from the beginning Eric the Casa a lot of this pre-draft presser to me in my opinion It was just him sort of re-itering a lot of the same things that he has said in the the past couple of presses Today was actually the first press conference where I do not think they must have put a note on every reporter's chair Like do not ask about Lamar Jackson do not ask about Lamar Jackson do not ask about Lamar Jackson Because I didn't hear no one question about Lamar Jackson not one question about his contract And I mean there's really nothing to talk about with it because there hasn't been anything going on with it But I do think those reporters probably got a little heads up from them anyway But a lot of this press conference was a lot of stuff that he said already as far as the Ravens strategy them being All responsible with cap and whatnot them loving their draft picks And that was a really good question that somebody asked about the way that the Ravens value draft picks Well, we're gonna cover all of that for you if you missed the conference if you watched the conference We got your cover either way. I appreciate you all again. So Eric the concert started off talking about how they made some moves last draft that gave them some additional picks this year He talked about the trade with Arizona. I talked about some other stuff, too I said they night they have nine picks in the first four rounds And he said they'll have a few guys in over the next ten days He also talked about how they had that big tryout yesterday with a bunch of players, too He talked about how it's been nice to see guys from Maryland from the University of Maryland Get drafted. So Jameson Hensley. He started it off. I think Jameson Hensley I know he'd been covering Raven for a long time. So I guess he got that seniority way He is like every press conference. He always asked the first question. It's usually him But anyway, shout out to Jameson Hensley. He said he asked about a contingency plan for Ronnie Stanley And he said we're not sure how Ronnie's gonna rebound But he said that he's on a good pace and that they're optimistic But he did talk about how they brought in Morgan Moses and they also have Joanne James and said they could also have an opportunity To draft a guy and yeah, that's something that y'all know. We've been saying all last year And all this offseason Stay ready.  All right, he's either not gonna come back or if he does come back He probably gonna end up going down. You hope it doesn't happen. Of course, you don't want it to happen We all want Ronnie Stanley to come back 1000% But it's always gonna be in the back of your mind He also talked about the if how concerned he is with depth at the cornerback position He said we're definitely concerned said they want to have as many guys as possible He said they have some great guys coming back and I really like this part But until they come back It's a question mark and he said they could take one or two corners in the draft and bringing in Marcus Williams That should help along with having Chuck Clark. He also talked about how Stevens should make a jump this year now And that when he said that Every time they talk about Brandon Stevens anything they talk about with Brandon Stevens I always believe them 1000% the reason being is because they showed us last year from jump from preseason like they talked they talked Brandon Stevens up a lot They talked him up a lot when they drafted him How much they loved them and this and that but then they showed they followed that with action and that dude was always on the field from jump They loved him and they you could tell the weight that you can tell how much they loved him by the way that they used him So, yeah, I would agree with Eric Dan I do not think that that was a lie He said that there's some good edge guys said there may be a run on them in the top 10 He spoke about David a job in his injury that Achilles injury. He said that that was unfortunate And he was also asked why draft picks are so important to him and why they value them so much. I Love that question. Love it He said that it's something that he's thought about over the last three months And especially when it when he's been seeing a lot of these other teams have more instant success by moving off of some draft picks And just being a little more aggressive He said that when you're able to draft franchise type type players Like Lewis Suggs airy Lamar Jackson Mark Andrews He said these young players they become a part of your city and they're people that fans can really rally around He said in our sport, we have a salary cap when you draft the rookie You know how much they're gonna get paid and he said it's not some irrational market price for the rookies Because their pay is set for at least three to four or four to five years He said that the draft became our lifeblood He said that the draft allows you to be competitive every year regardless of the salary cap And he said for us as long as I'm here the draft will be the foundation of what we do So and again that just sounded like a lot of We have our philosophy and that philosophy is gonna continue to be our philosophy and we're not trying to change it So hopefully since this was the liar's luncheon Hopefully he just Leading people to believe something else like I with the Ravens the way that we've been doing it is the way that we've been Doing it and it's been working and that's that's all we're gonna do since it's been working for us We've continued to be competitive Contenders competitive. Yeah Contenders, uh-uh But since we've been competitive We're gonna keep at that but again, hopefully this is just a little diversion from them really getting aggressive especially on offense But a we'll see seeing is believing our next question was asked to John Harbaugh He was asked about the instant success that a lot of other teams have had John Harbaugh said they've signed free agents before and they've even signed some this year And he said they've even signed some high-priced free agents before so Harbaugh Let it be known like hey We don't done this before so I don't talk about it like we ain't done it before But anyway, he said your draft capital is your capital and he said that EDC isn't shy about free agency Or he's not shy about trades either and he said we'll do it. However, we can And he's also talked about how that that's just not one way to do it because everybody like I feel like everybody Um looks at the Rams and I mean they are the Super Bowl champions and everybody looks at the Rams this year and say Oh, man, the Rams this year the way that they did it. Oh, that's crazy. And yeah work for them this year But what that that's the only time that they don't no no no no no no Rams been on this Rams have been on this vibe for a while now This year paid off the most but they been doing weren't they just in the Super Bowl couple year. Yeah, they lost it But did they make it or what? But again, you don't have to go Rams level I think a lot of us Ravens fans and I can of course only speak for myself But whenever you talk about the Ravens potentially getting more aggressive Everybody always points to the Rams and be like, alright, that's it.  No, it does not have to be that But just to up it a little more just to because these draft picks They're not as they're not always as valuable as the Ravens try to make them and we've seen that and we're gonna talk about that in a Little bit with some more stuff that a few of them had to say but They can be more aggressive But you could trade some away with you moving up in the draft for a higher quality player You trade in some away for a highly higher quality player And I it was my first time today and I know the interviews from like weeks ago But it's my first time today listening to the pivot when they had Jalen Ramsey on there And he said it too. He said you should always be in win now mode and I agree. I agree with him 1,000% And Ryan Clark asked him a really good question. He said, um, it's with with picks is potential Overproven as far as draft picks because draft picks they give you potential. They oh, yeah they potential to do this versus somebody who's proven already and I just I feel like with Ravens. They in my opinion They they value potential a little too much and a lot of times they don't even end up banking on that potential they sell you on potential but Potential it that's cool But are you going to tap in and reach out and pull out that potential or you're just gonna sell us on potential for forever How about we get some proven as well, especially on offense, but anyway, let's keep it moving Hortes Joe Hortes said it's a deep class of edge guys said they got opportunities to get one in the first in the top four rounds Um, Eric Dacosta was asked about them not spending a lot of money or second contracts on the center position He said they've had some vets as soon as he said they brought he brought out a Matt Burke Also, he said we've also gone the younger route and he talked about Ryan Jensen And he said Ryan Jensen he went on to get a big contract and to win a Super Bowl He left that part out though, but that's okay He said and with that team too because a lot of again a lot of people when it when it when we talk about going all in Pete everybody mentions the Rams, which I can understand reasons he bias I get it But look it remember the Bucks to Remember the Bucks they had they had a high quality at the wide receiver position. They have Mike Evans They had one of the best receivers in the game Mike Evans. They had Chris Garwin they still they had um Karen Bray and OJ Howard they had quality attack, but they still went and got a Rob Grunkowski Obviously got Tom Brady, but um, they still got a Rob Grunkowski They had who they who they had Ronald Jones and they had somebody they still went out and got LaGuerre Blunt They had um Chris.  They had real quality like high high quality and they still were like, you know what? We're going to add even more quality to the high quality team that we got Because we we really want to make this Super Bowl happen, but anyway Eric Dacosta also talked about how you may only have a few true sinners in the draft and he said talked about how a lot of teams They take a guard or tackle and they end up converting them to center Said it's a tough position to feel via the draft and he said that they see four to five guys That they like at center that won't be first round picks He said it's both a physical and a mental component and they have to also Be leaders as well. So to me again liars luncheon that made it sound like he's gonna take a center early That's what it's like to me again Remember because a lot of this stuff that they say is opposite, but a we'll see we got like a little less than a month He was asked if a running back falls. Would you consider using a first or second round pick on a running back? He said I don't see. Oh, yeah he said I don't know about a first rounder because I don't see anyone who would be like and Value that as a first round running back But he did say as we get into the second or third or later rounds if the best player available is a running back Then we'll see so that means no he's not I Said he said especially since we run the ball more than most people do and he said that a coach Hardball has been saying that for eight years now that the Ravens have to have the strongest running game philosophy Philosophy but anyway Ryan Mink X EDC if they feel like they have ammunition to move up in the draft if they want to and Eric The constant said that with all the draft picks that they have it gives them the flexibility to do whatever they want to do And then he started trolling right here He said it's a strong possibility that they'll have more than 10 picks or less than 10 picks when it's all said and done So yeah, EDC was trolling right there They asked EDC have you changed the way that you assess the medicals as far as injury history and whatnot He said that they've always been pretty conservative when it comes to that As far as players who have been hurting whatnot He said very few times that they'll take a player that had injury concerns in college He said that some guys have injury history, but don't miss practice of games And he said it's not really a way that you can predict that So somebody asked Hobbs how many first-year plug-in players. Do you think you can get in the draft? Then EDC took it like Hobbs was sitting there They asked him the question of cameras on them the ADC said I got this one And he said every pick you bring in you expect him to play Even Carter laughed at that and he ain't even knows what's going on right now And he said that every guy we take in the fourth round this year better be playing for us And I don't I don't think he was speaking literally for all their fourth round picks but I think he was just speaking in general as Saying that every guy that we draft even if they're not a first or second rounder if they're not the highest draft pick Then they need to be on the field contributor Then he said which I thought was really funny. He said that does the data back that up probably not so I appreciated that that honesty because that for me I love it if You can get up there and you know these like these Raven like Eric the cost of John Hall boy That was like they got a good talk game. They got a real good talk game But I appreciate when if they get up there and they're honest if they take accountability for different things Always appreciate it really from anybody But anyway EDC was asked about Stanley and Bowser coming off for serious injuries And they asked him do you think do you go into the draft thinking like worst-case scenario? Like if they don't come back or does that change your plans or whatever and he said that they talk about the roster They come up with different strategies and said that they try to protect themselves The best way that they can and EDC might as well just said we try to stay ready So we ain't got to get ready. So he said that that's why they have they had Joanne James already But they still ended up signing Morgan Moses Um Ortiz mentioned how you have to look for interior defensive linemen as far as three down players I mean he said that they are really hard to find so maybe Excuse me. Maybe they try to push Jordan Davis stock down a lot or a little bit so they could go and grab them We'll see EDC talked about how they have a lot of work to do to replace their defensive line in their past rushes He said that they see guys in the first three rounds that can come in and contribute now So I really like this question that somebody asked him to they said EDC How do you feel that you've done in these first three years as the Ravens general manager? And he said he doesn't feel like his role is really any different than it's been since 2005 Especially when it comes to the draft He said he's proud of what they've done as a team over the last few years said that they aspire to do better And a lot of that falls on him He said it's hard for young players to play unless they have an opportunity And then he said that there's an opportunity for our young guys that we have to play And for the guys that we draft to play Hmm So seeing will be believing with this one But when he said that it's probably just me but when he said that that made me think that they would actually make a move for somebody like a Vetted not even a veteran guy, but somebody who's established So we'll see what happens with that but again like I said at the beginning when he when he talked about they got some moves to announce That that part to me did not sound like he's talking about signing people that again It doesn't sound like he's talking about trading people releasing people something like that So we'll see He was asked what do you learn about someone when you draft a player and they don't get on the field EDC said that self-scouting sometimes it can be bad evaluation. See again. I always appreciate the honesty. I Love it. He said that sometimes it could be bad evaluation Sometimes it could be injuries, which is also true some guys just they get drafted and they can't stay healthy He said it could be off the field character He said it could be a lot of different factors and said it could be Opportunities where guys didn't initially have an opportunity because they had guys that were in front of them He said sometimes a salary cap And he said something he said it's not just one answer and he also talked about how What did he say he also talked about how As far as the salary cap he said sometimes you'll you'll have guys where you'll have them for a couple of years And they don't really get much of an opportunity and then they do get an opportunity at the very end of their contract And then it'll be too late to pay them Because they end up blossoming and now they're like a hot commodity in those free agent streets So Hortes talked about how EDC puts the guys in preferential order as far as the draft board He said it's an underrated class for quarterbacks. So this is where you try to push up quarterbacks So somebody else will take a quarterback ahead of you He said that Malik Willis is a dynamic player and he has an unbelievable On and he said Kenny Pickett had an had an outstanding year and he said a lot of quarterbacks are gonna outperform their draft Projection so again, they just trying to boost up these quarterbacks so somebody could take a quarterback in front of them Harbors was asked about what type of cornerbacks that he likes. He said bigger faster stronger. So, you know, my guy Harbors be playing matter He said if you're gonna compromise then you have to decide which one of those traits you're willing to live without and I appreciated the way He broke that down He said you'd like to have a 6-3 corner But they're not all like that and he said he just likes physical players at corner and guys with ball skills Hensley Jameson Hensley asked if Eric the cost will be in favor of an NBA type of style draft lottery To where if teams tank Just because they tank to get the higher pick that they don't and it's a lottery It's like a random know how that goes a random selection And Eric the cost has said that and he ain't really been ever thought about that like that Hobbs on his contract extension. He said that he feels grateful, but still motivated all at the same time said We need to win more games He said we need to win more playoff games And he said we need to win championships That's a goal He said he's determined to get us all where we want to be I'm in Hortes was asked about the tight end sheik from Maryland. He said he's undersized versatile And has real good speed and he said that for the Ravens he'd be able to do multiple things So they ain't drafting him Here the cost said that every team every year is trying to find new ways to beat your behind And that was when he was asked if they like trying to develop any like new strategies anything As far as the draft from their experiences with COVID He said it and he said if we if I told you that I had to kill you I said, oh boy, and he laughed at it. He's oh, no, just joking or whatever Don't ask that question again And then he was asked about the possibility of bringing back Brandon Williams and Kaleas Campbell And he said that job is to see what where they have holds to see how much money they have and make the best decision And he said with the cap they're gonna be responsible with their deals He and he said the cap is not unlimited That was that so it actually went a lot faster than I thought it was going to um, and yeah, I didn't really I Didn't really get it anything too crazy out of it I mean, of course, we'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks if anything But yeah, like I said the the biggest things that I got from it were when he talked about I think they had moves to announce over the next couple of weeks It sounded like people leaving the Ravens instead of them coming on and again like we mentioned earlier, too A lot of it was just them letting people know like we are the Ravens We've been doing it this way for a long time and we're gonna continue to do it this way moving forward because we've overall had success doing it in our Teams existence and our teams short existence as a matter of fact, so we'll see how it goes team. Keep it clean I love y'all. I appreciate y'all for listening. Thank you, and we out


Welcome to what the F is going on in Latin America, CodePink's weekly YouTube program of hot news out of Latin America and the Caribbean. In partnership with Friends of Latin America and Task Force on the Americas, we broadcast every Wednesday, 4.30 p.m. Pacific, 7.30 p.m. Eastern on CodePink's YouTube channel. July 19 marks the 42nd anniversary of the day the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional took Managua, Nicaragua. And ousted the U.S.-backed Somoza dictatorship, which had been in power for two generations spanning over 40 years. As has been the case since 1979, through the 1980s and most recently, April of 2018, U.S. attempts to remove President Ortega from power are once again in full view with the simultaneous introduction of the Renacer Act in both houses of the United States Congress. There is the an acronym for reinforcing Nicaraguas and adherence to conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021. That's a mouthful I know for all of you. But if you read one or both acts, they're pretty much verbatim, copies of one another. It's basically nothing short of regime change legislation via economic sanctions. I encourage you to read both bills. The bills include such language as the need for the Sandinista government to improve its response to hurricanes and this referencing the two hurricanes that hit Nicaragua November of 2020. And it's just absolutely amazing that this is even in the bill considering some of the lack of hurricane response in the United States. So both bills contain language such as that. So that gives you an idea of what we're going to talk about today. So today, I want us to celebrate this 42nd anniversary by focusing on the successes of the Sandinista government. And to help us do that, we are joined live from Managua by our very special guest, Yvonne Acosta. He is the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, who by the way was placed under targeted sanctions by the U.S. Treasury May of 2020. I first heard Minister Acosta speak a few weeks ago when he presented the National Plan Against Poverty and Promotion of Human Development. I have asked him to join us today to present one part of his discussion that I found particularly interesting and wanted to share with all of you. So welcome, Minister Acosta. It's such an honor to have you with us this afternoon. And I'm so pleased that you had time to talk with us. Thank you very much. Good afternoon.  Thank you very much for showing that graph, which sums up the hopes and the challenges for the Unicaraguan people, the economic agents, producers, and the governments. These are not only challenges for the government, but for the society and the country. Before delving into these 12 topics, we needed to remember what the country was like in 2006. And that is not really referred to in the public and political debates. There is a different narrative. The country which President Ortega received on the 10th of January, 2007, was a country of blackouts. Blackouts happened where there was electricity and 50% of the population had no electricity. The country was turning its back on the rural communities and on the Caribbean. The indigenous people and the people of African descent did not exist. There wasn't a logic of incorporating or serving the autonomous peoples by means of public policies. The campesinos had been left behind as well as the producers due to the privatization of the national bank and practically its disappearance. There was no financing. There were no credits. There were no roads. There was no energy. There was no drinking water. And social indicators such as infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate, were in terrible condition. The figures were similar to those we see today, unfortunately, in a few Latin American countries, which are generally the countries that resort to the World Bank's IDA programs, which are clearly identified. Therefore, those 16 and 17 years of neoliberalism meant privatization of public services. In terms of education, the country was condemned to having only four grades in primary school. The health care system was also privatized. It was a country with no social investment, a lack of public investment, and that translated in only 50% of electrical coverage and many blackouts because there was no capacity to generate electricity. And out of the 2,000 kilometers of road, only 30% was in regular condition. The lack of drinking water and sanitation, there was a great deficit in telecommunications. And the country's poverty figures experienced a turning point. And they were turning into the worst figures in Latin America from 2002 to 2005. It went from 45% to 48.3%. When it comes to general poverty and extreme poverty was reaching 17.2%. So the country with definitely a small economy had no public policies that indicated a change in direction. In fact, poverty was worsening. And the neoliberal government was proud because they said that they would bring foreign investment, the $243 million in foreign investment, were not enough, there were not enough jobs. And public investment barely surpassed $270 million. There were no resources in public policy, not even to provide primary school children with a glass of milk. So the neoliberal model was a disaster and we put an end to that on the 10th of January. Fortunately, we didn't experience a pandemic in 2004, 2005 or 2006 because it would have been very difficult to deal with that situation considering how the public services had been destroyed. Secondly, it's important to talk about what the government of Nicaragua under the leadership of Commander Rotega has done to change the situation of the country. So in the first place, all social and public services have been deprivatized. It's important to create public services to ensure free education and healthcare for our people. In the second place, public and economic policies need to center on the poorest. The main priority has to be the fight against poverty and extreme poverty. Successful public policies are not only those which make the economy grow or the foreign reserves grow or which ensure macroeconomic stability, but also those which ensure that most of the population improves continuously on a daily basis. So they need to be meaningful and valuable for the people. Governments need to be meaningful for their citizens and that is done by giving back through resources and policies to the largest majorities. For instance, during the government of Commander Rotega, we managed to double more than 100% of the kilometers of road that were built, but we also ensured that 85% of roads are in a good condition and that makes us the country with the best roads in Central America. We need to remember that we are the smallest economy in Central America but we have the best roads. From 2007, we also managed to build the most modern and developed healthcare system in Central America by bringing investments in technology, improving the hospital infrastructure by hiring physicians and healthcare staff to take care of people. We also made quick progress in providing water and sanitation. We went from 60% to 91% in urban sectors in terms of drinking water and we went from 30% to 57%, almost 60% in terms of sanitation and those are issues which are relevant for people's lives. That is not only for the political and business minorities but for the largest majority but I think that the most important change in direction implemented by Commander Rotega was making public education free at the primary, secondary and university levels making sure that our education system was coherent. As of the 10th of January 2007, making sure that 100,000 students went back to school by providing free education apart from free healthcare. But for the country to grow and to experience an extraordinary decade in social and economic terms it was necessary to invest not only in roads and energy but in capitalizing the rural communities. We mobilized 275,000 productive vouchers for women in charge of families in the rural sector, the productive food voucher. So we capitalized the small rural production. We developed the zero-usery program and granted more than 1,300,000 credits to women to breach the gender equality gap. Therefore the government had extraordinary figures as well in terms of maternal mortality rate. It decreased by 67%. We went from 95 women who died every 100,000 to 35. And let us not forget that maternal deaths represent a lack of public policies because having a child is not a disease. So that represents a deficit in public policies. And we achieved a 67% decrease in that. And those are great challenges. Therefore the country became more equal. There was greater participation. We implemented public policies focusing on the recovery of our productive capabilities. We managed to increase agricultural and livestock production by 75% and agricultural production by 85%. We doubled the size of the economy going from 6.5 billion to 13.7 billion in the span of 10 years. But what's most important is how this was translated into the largest majorities. And we managed to reduce general poverty from 48.3% to 24.9%. And extreme poverty from 17.6% to 6.9%. And these are extraordinary figures. And this was achieved with a social stability, consensus and dialogue and political stability. It was a decade characterized by social, political and economic progress. We didn't want to center only on the economic aspects as it happens in some countries. We wanted to make sure that the economic progress reflects positively on people's well-being. So we came to the conclusion that 2018 was an expression of hate by some minorities given the progress the country was experiencing and that had a great impact. The failed coup d'etat attempt had an impact that was equivalent to 52 hurricanes similar to Hurricane Ayota in terms of its impact and the damage it caused. And it had such a great impact that the failed coup d'etat attempt caused a more severe damage than the global pandemic in Nicaragua. And that is extraordinary when you take a look at the figures. 24 billion against 4 billion. So it's like six times more damaging. And I think that shows the reason and something that is worth condemning which is destroying the country's capabilities for the poorest. So in that context, we developed this national plan against poverty and for human development. And we include these 12 guidelines which are basically the hopes to breach certain gaps. We've had some progress, but there are still some important gaps. Then reinforcing the government's efforts in the fight against poverty. And also the hope of eradicating extreme poverty. No government, no society should have extreme poverty. Population with less than $1.25 per day. So we summarized all that in this graph that you're seeing on the screen. What are the relevant topics? Well, definitely the macroeconomic stability is something that we have to continue working on. We are a country that managed to develop a solid strategy in terms of public finances, sustainability, improving its balance sheets, reinforcing its reserves, having a sustainable indebtment strategy which allows to lay the necessary groundwork to attract more private investment. And in a strategic way, foreign direct investment that allows to create the jobs that the country needs and that it also has a positive effect on the income and the salary of the Nicaraguan people. We also thought about improving the basic conditions for development by providing people with electricity, by building roads and bridges, by accelerating the provision of water and sanitation to the population, by ensuring strategic investment for the ports in the Caribbean, by attracting investments for our railroads and we are studying if it can be electrical with Korea, investing in a strategic riverside in the Pacific that allows us to develop a tourist hub in the Nicaraguan Pacific coast, ensuring that the rate competitiveness matrix is a reality to attract more investment and foster the agricultural and livestock industry to create the necessary jobs, to continue working on healthcare and education, to strengthen our gender equality strategy. We are proud of the effort the country has made to be among the first five countries according to the World Economic Forum, only surpassed by four Nordic countries and in order to do that we need to capitalize and invest in bridging the gender equality gap and strengthen women's role, not only to recognize women but also because the country needs it, if women represent 52% and they do not have equal participation then it will be more difficult to develop the country, women are leading figures not only in the political sector but also in a production and society they have influence over the family, so if the country wants to develop more quickly it needs to bridge its gender gap, also the rural and urban gap and the gap between the minorities and the majorities, we need to bridge all the gaps and create equality so that the country can develop quickly and do it in a balanced way for people to live better. Another strategic guideline that we have included is climate change, that we have linked to our productive matrix, we believe that we need to administer the water resources to recover the water basin that we need to reforest and to attract forestry investments which are strategic for the life of the country but we have to do this in an articulated way with the productivity matrix because the agents of this change are the more than 300,000 producers or rural producers and we've noticed that the positive effects from climate change derive from the successes that we have when fighting against rural poverty and when transforming the agricultural and livestock sector because if the rural sector becomes wealthier then that will be harmonious with nature because they can produce more in a better way by providing a better quality of life to the rural sector and that translates into having better water, better forests, more diversification and above all more oxygen so that the economy, the rural economy can work. I think that's essential and lastly I would like to talk about a topic that I think is worth highlighting because I am from the Caribbean coast and I would like to highlight this that we have designed a strategy to implement a special development area in the Caribbean coast given that the Caribbean coast has always aspired to be the connection point to the Caribbean to the North American Caribbean and the South and Europe but we are one of the few countries which have a Caribbean coast with no ports so we are planning the construction of a port near Bluefield in that area that will allow for the development of the autonomous region which comprises 38,000 square kilometers which is equivalent to 1.70 percent of the size of El Salvador so it's almost twice the size of El Salvador and we have recognized 23 territories of indigenous peoples and the government of Commander Rotega has given the Caribbean region the largest public investment stock in history we're talking about electricity, road connections, airports, hospitals in the furthest municipalities ensuring energy for the rural sector mainly solar energy and also providing water and sanitation to all the municipalities and I think this is a great act of historic justice by the country towards the ethnic minorities that had been excluded for a long time until the 1979 Sandinista revolution and it was a topic that gained popularity after the autonomy act was adopted in 1987 so with this investment the Caribbean coastal experience a strategic transformation the quality of life of ethnic minorities will increase but this will also contribute to the development of the country so this national plan against poverty and for human development is a summary of the aspirations of the indigenous and the Nicaraguan people so I think I've given you a quick summary of all of this and it's been a great opportunity to share this national plan against poverty. Thank you so much Minister Acosta for this fabulous presentation it's very very inspiring it's very ambitious and it's also in my personal experience been very successful with the exception of the setbacks that your country incurred with the coup attempt in April of 2018 two horrific hurricanes fall of 2020 and on top of the COVID-19 pandemic I was in Nicaragua I spent all of March in your country it was an honor to be there wonderful people I have to say it was really felt quiet at home among you and your countrymen I wonder I well before I ask you this question I just would like the audience to know that the Nicaraguan people love their country they very much support this vision that Minister Acosta has presented to you and the thing that made the biggest impression to me in March and then of course hearing the present Minister Acosta's presentation last week is that this plan this human and economic development plan benefits the large large majority of the entire population it is not simply to the benefit of one demographic sector of the Nicaraguan populace it is a vision to develop and raise the vast majority of the of the Nicaraguan citizens and that and it's very it's very apparent when you spend you know time in the country one of the things that was mentioned in the presentation that maybe made a few of our a few members of our audience give some pause was the the idea of private investment and foreign direct investment and I wonder if you can explain to all of us how that is being cultivated and managed with the philosophy of San Dismo that is you know prevalent in your in your culture today yes the country has taken a leap of quality in terms of the design the management the implementation and the use of financial resources from bilateral development financing and multilateral financing to the point in which Nicaragua is the most recognized country by multilateral banks in terms of its accountability its management and use of funds we've had enormous results they are public they are on the documents by the World Bank the IDP the Central American Bank for economic integration the European investment bank we have an incredible record of recognition and if a country manages well designs well uses well and is accountable then the number of projects grows rapidly and that has allowed us to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in energy to provide that 46 percent which had never had electrical connection with electricity it is it is probably the shortest time span I mean eight years for the second half of a country to get electricity and it's the second farthest half because it's a rural community and we've also made progress in terms of roads productive investments drinking water and that creates a gross capital stock that is good for the country that improves the country's competitiveness conditions and that's a necessary groundwork to make sure that we reduce transaction costs in the economy for the whole economy for the small producer and the big producer to have roads with electricity and drinking water that benefits everyone not just one sector everyone will benefit from the positive impact of reducing transaction costs therefore when it comes to attracting or bringing in resources for public investment that starts with a good design and good management but it is necessary to implement the program well and to be accountable to the resources from our partners from banks from multilateral cooperation and that creates a virtuous cycle because one has a good performance and one receives resources and creates a positive impact and this variable is very important for foreign direct investment because if a business person is in Australia or in New Zealand he or she doesn't know the country so the business person takes a look at the most important economic indicators and he probably considers the level of competitiveness of the country whether the roads are in good condition or not whether the rates are competitive or not and if the country and the government are committed to investing enough resources to make the country more competitive and allow for crowding of resources so probably the business person takes a look at the IMF or central bank indicators and takes a look at the macroeconomic stability levels fiscal discipline the sustainability of economic and financial policies he or she will surely take a look at the results in terms of legal safety and investment safety therefore without having been to the country because he or she lives far away the business person can continue to invest and in this way we've received important investments in mining and renewable energy in energy in general investments in the agricultural sector it's one of the most successful free trade zones in Latin America it has doubled the number of jobs in the last few years so we think that public investment together with macroeconomic stability and economic indexes strategically contribute to creating trust and to giving it meaning but there is another variable in Central America from the northern triangle to Mexico that's probably the most violent area which is not at war so when you find a country that is well established and which has a public safety strategy a contention wall for its neighbors in the south and for the northern triangle which creates a safe shelter for investment a downward rate in terms of the number of homicides every 100,000 inhabitants it is the safest country in Central America we have the lowest amount of homicides every 100,000 inhabitants there are no kidnappings and even vehicle theft which is famous in countries that are close by that doesn't exist in Nicaragua the last case was 10 or 11 years ago so for instance migration if one takes a look at the outflow index of people who leave Central America for the United States it's very strange to find a Nicaraguan person so that can only be the result of a set of public policies which are attractive to foreign investment it's a safe country a very nice country with a low cost close to the beaches close to volcanic lakes with great economic stability and a public policy aimed at providing the country with social cohesion investment in education deluxe hospitals for the population and maybe you have had the chance to visit the Fernando Verespais hospital which is probably a better hospital than most private hospitals in Central America there are extraordinary private hospitals throughout Central America which generally are funded by North American investments but when it comes to a country with such a small economy it should be recognized that we are developing and carrying out public policies aimed at a strategic goal which is strategic for all countries reducing poverty and eradicating extreme poverty so I think that having good public policies economic stability safety and public investment is very attractive to foreign direct investment I have to say one yes it was in the health care system while they're in March and it's one of the most efficient experiences I've had in my entire life and the care is very high level of professionalism and effective it was a very positive experience I also want to mention to the audience well one when the minister is talking about the northern triangle he's referring specifically to Guatemala Salvador and Honduras which I think many of you watching know how much migration comes from those three countries and that many of the root causes of migration are due to this neoliberal economic model placed on those three countries by the United States also I should share with the audience and with you minister Acosta while in your country in March which I will say was the sixth time I've been to Nicaragua since 1984 and I was there for the first time July 19th 1984 the most common thing we heard and we heard this throughout the country we were in Managua we were in Estelillo and Nortega and Birwi was that people would say we don't have a lot but life is good here and when they mention when they say life is good here they mean life is stable it's economically stable there's physical stability and security and no reason to leave people love their country and when they say we don't have a lot well that refers to what the minister has been talking with us today about the development of the economy for the vast majority of the citizens and people are really enthusiastic about this they're very very enthusiastic and they're happy to talk about it also the road system I would argue is is not simply the best in Central America I think it's the best in the Americas including the United States it's a fantastic infrastructure project and the roads are incredibly well built and well maintained so I wonder you know before I let you go this afternoon if we could talk a little bit about the government's decision to leave the economy open during the pandemic it's thriving there and I can say that through personal experience so the decision to leave the economy open and also just for the audience to know when the minister was speaking about foreign loan and having a good you know a good reputation on paper and on field performance Nicaragua has outperformed on most measuring variables has outperformed IMF loan requirements until until the United States government has manipulated those statistics when introducing the Renus Air Act in the Senate and the Congress but it's really really important for all of you to understand that this government and and its financial leaders have outperformed the requirements of the IMF specifically but other foreign investment firms as well and that and that's really credit to you Mr Acosta and and and the and the people helping you implement to secure foreign investment and and implement your projects and it's that foreign investment that the Renus Air Act is going to attempt to block and so you and so I just think it's so important for all of you watching today to really understand this project that minister Acosta has talked to us about how exciting it is how positive it is and how it benefits the vast vast majority of Nicaraguan citizens and so um so before we go please talk to us about the decision to keep the economy open and also I guess one other thing to comment on is is food sovereignty you mentioned the development and the procuring secure economic security for the 300 000 rural food producers Nicaragua's 95 food sovereign which is an impressive statistic so so if you could comment on those two on those two variables before before I let you go that would be wonderful thank you very much of course so firstly the decision to keep the economy working back in April 2020 is the result of a multivariable analysis of a strategic decision-making matrix in the first place Nicaragua is a country which has a great rural community almost half of the population lives in small rural municipalities therefore the risk of infection is low practically non-existent because people live a hundred meters away from each other families meet at parks there is no overcrowding in many municipalities the second factor is a social and economic one there is a large popular or informal economy in which people live on a daily basis out of what they can do at popular markets in the agricultural sector in the transportation sector therefore closing the economy would paralyze their livelihoods to live on a daily basis the third element had to do with the fact that if 99.9 percent of countries decided to close then we didn't have to because we wouldn't receive people from abroad and the fourth element had to do with the fact that it was necessary to strengthen and reinforce the healthcare system you can take all the necessary measures social distancing hand washing wearing masks but if your healthcare system is not strong and that is something that is seen in many developing countries there may be a collapse and when we took a look at the figures we saw that from 2007 the hospital investment stock had grown quickly during my presentation I said that it went from 3 billion quarter bus to almost 17 billion furthermore the medical staff was increased by 140 percent and the healthcare staff by 60 percent so there was an important public healthcare infrastructure throughout the country 1333 healthcare stations people had access to healthcare at their doorstep great changes were made the voluntary network was reinforced to perform these five million visits there are a bit more than 1.2 1.3 million houses and we made five million visits so we analyzed our risks to continue strengthening the healthcare system to have the ICUs the ventilators but we also needed to make sure that the rest of the country apart from not getting the virus could get the resources they needed could continue working and in the first review conducted by the IMF it was said that the economy was losing between 11 and 14 percent and that is a disaster that happened in many countries and we said okay so in those conditions we need to strengthen the healthcare system we need to visit people accompany them educate them but we also need to protect the rest of the population and by this we mean that they need to be working actively and apparently we were right because a few months later all the country started opening their economies bit by bit so we managed to reduce that estimation that forecast by the IMF of between 11 and 14 to minus 2 percent so we prevented a great damage to the economy by carrying out matrix analysis based on the reality but there is something else we think that being able to take care of the people quickly so that the healthcare system doesn't collapse to continue providing services was key to not experiencing the situation that happened in South America where hospitals were collapsing due to overcrowding so we were able to say we have the capabilities to provide public healthcare to people we are ready and we probably have the best family and community healthcare model surely the best one in Central America and there are Caribbean countries with great healthcare systems but we have the best one in terms of its response because our healthcare system it centers on the epidemiological subject that many countries have left behind there may be good hospitals which are great at treating strokes or cancer but they have left their epidemiological policies aside as if it were something from the previous century so by having those capabilities we discussed with the different officials from the financial and the healthcare sector and we decided that we could reinforce the healthcare system while at the same time having the economic activity as a priority and we've had extraordinary results and we're probably the alleged American country with the lowest number of cases or with the lowest fatality rate and we are quickly reactivating our economy last year the economy experienced a minus two percent decrease which was one of the lowest GDP falls and we are now recovering by five percent more than what was forecast for 2021 and I think that the producers linked to agricultural exports should be given credit because we continued to export coffee sugar cane meat seafood beans to Central America and the all the economic agents continued working while at the same time taking care of themselves and allowing for the economy to continue working because if the economy doesn't work we won't have resources to continue reinforcing the healthcare system if I don't have resources how can I import expensive medications that have gone up by 500 percent we needed to have resources to get face masks so having identified a way of maintaining these two topics as a priority has given great results and secondly you mentioned our production policies reinforcing exports food safety and how to make progress towards food sovereignty in Latin America even though many countries have an agricultural industry Nicaragua is one of the countries in which most of what's on the table is produced nationally. Nicaragua is similar to Mexico in the sense that people eat rice beans meat chicken at a high rate but none is as well and all that is produced in the country here and there are incentives to produce and to have consumption 80 percent of the consumption is produced nationally but what's important is to increase productivity so that we can fulfill the needs of the local market and also reach the markets in neighboring countries as is the case of our beans our milk our cheese because that creates wealth for the rural producers and for the country we are the greatest meat producer in Central America and I think that in the future we will be one of the benchmarks due to the quality and the safety of our meat and also because we are very close to the markets so in terms of logistics prices are better the United States is a great consumer of Nicaraguan meat in the south of the country in Florida therefore if we increase productivity if we have the necessary technical assistance if we manage to have financing for the productive matrix platform that will ensure food sovereignty but that will also allow us to reach more and better markets in Central America in Mexico in the United States Canada but that's why we talked about Caribbean port because we are facing Europe and we don't sell much to Europe we're also close to the Pacific and we don't sell much to Asia and we also don't export much to South America therefore we want to achieve greater productivity in the agricultural sector greater competitiveness by means of ports airports so that our national production can enter more and better markets and that will have a positive result which is food safety and sovereignty. Well what an exciting vision for your people and your country it's fantastic and I'm so I'm happy to say I was able to experience it earlier this year and I'm so thankful minister Acosta that you've been able to join us today and share this vision the success of this project with with our audience it's really been an honor to have you with us today and I just really want to extend a happy July 19 to you and your countrymen and a wish for your continued success and also want to let our audience know that you can specifically assist in keeping the United States regime chain efforts out of Nicaragua and allow the Nicaraguans to maintain their sovereignty and continue to grow their country in their own vision by helping stop the renaissance act in both the senate and in congress I would encourage you to contact code pink.org for that and also the nicaragua network at afgg.org to learn more about that and also everyone please be sure to catch code pinks what the f is going on in Latin America every Wednesday, 4 30 p.m pacific, 7 30 p.m eastern on code pink youtube and again minister Acosta an honor to have your time this afternoon our pleasure to be in conversation with you and I hope we can do it again. Thank you very much. It really does have a suggestive name. Sounds better in English. What the earth is going on in Latin America? It's excellent. That's probably true so okay everyone thanks again for joining us and we'll see you next week.


As long as the mind is deceived about its identity, it's in a very, very confused state, very confused, not mildly confused. It's extremely confused. It's so confused that Jesus actually at one point in the Course says, you can't judge your advances from your retreats. You can't even judge your advances from your retreats. Now that's pretty confused. The ego can be kind of insulted with that, but it's like you can't even judge the advances from your retreats. I'll start off with an idea where Jesus says, whenever you feel the need to become defensive about anything, you have identified yourself with an illusion. Let's expand on that. Whenever you feel the need that you're confused or uncertain about anything, you have identified yourself with an illusion. Whenever there's a sense of mixed feelings, you have identified yourself with an illusion. Every time you have a sense where you feel like, oh my God, I'm clueless. I don't have a clue what to say or do here. Holy Spirit, help me. You're identified with an illusion. The Buddha talked about emptying the mind completely. Jesus says the same thing in Lesson 189. Simply do this, be still. Lay aside all thoughts of what you are, what God is, everything you've learned about the past. Hold on to nothing. Do not bring with you one thought the past has taught or one idea, belief that you've ever learned before from anything. Forget this world. Forget this Course. In fact, if you're identified with a Course in Miracles and it's conceptual theology and everything, you're still identified with an illusion, even with the Course. So, this is a pristine state of mind. Mary Bakeretti, I loved, she called it science. She would use science as synonymous to Christian science, which was really like Gernes Holmes' science of the mind. And Jesus is kind of like giving us the science of the mind. It's not mysterious at all. It's not unpredictable. It's not a quagmire. It's not a muddy water. It's not foggy at all. He says, this Course is even easy. He says at one point. And this Course means exactly what it says. This is a Course of Love. Clearly, the mind that's, we'll say, taking on the Course and taking on Jesus for help, it has to first admit that it hasn't a clue about anything. That would be the most honest thing it could admit. It is completely clueless about anything. And what I mean by that, too, is also it's not to try to presume or assume anything that you know anything about anything. And that's, for me, been my whole work with the Course. I would immerse with it. And I started off in the helping professions as a case manager. I've worked in social services and very similar kind of things for years. And when I first got into the Course, it was the most humbling thing I thought. Wow, I don't really have a clue what healing is. I was raised as a Christian. I spent my whole life in Christianity. I don't know how to pray. I don't know what compassion is. I could use the word. I wouldn't know truly what true compassion is. And I certainly wouldn't know what love is. When people say be loving, it's a good idea to have a clue about that when you are totally bewildered about that. So they talk about Zen beginner's mind. We have to first come to start to realize that there's a misperception going on. And the only way that we can let the Spirit pour through us and what to say and do is to do a lot of clearing. We've got a massive, massive clearing to do before we can honestly say with confidence, I am the light of the world. I bring healing to everyone, everything I look upon to honestly say that. It takes a lot of clearing. So that's exactly what we're doing because what I would say is that what I found in the healing profession, so to speak, and all the social services and everything was, I was trying to be helpful with really with no clue of how to be helpful. I was like in the dark, you know, stabbing in the dark trying to do the best that I could do and feeling quite overwhelmed actually many times and quite out of my league in terms of true healing. And what I discovered was it's all about identity. Like I can be with Armelle and watch her go through the day and watch her interact with people. And it's just at times it's just like one of these old swords. It's so swift and so uncompromising. People have said that she's controlling. She's just absolutely ruthless. You know, I can give all these adjectives and everything, but it's just like this with the sword just slicing through the even silk, you know, slicing the silk up and everything. Because in order to heal you have to be absolutely, positively uncompromising. There can't be any gray areas. There can't be, there's no wiggle room. You have to come to such a pristine state of mind that you actually question all beliefs that there's causation in the world. That the world can cause you to feel anything. Good, bad, right, wrong, whatever.  It was really the blade of discernment. Let that blade slice, slice and dice through illusions so that it's all shredded and all you see is the light shining through. It's always about identity. I know through all those different roles that I seem to play, I always felt in some sense that I was compromising. I didn't quite understand how I could get out of it. You know, I would tell Jesus, I've got to eat, got to earn money. You know, okay, I'm a counselor now. Okay, I'm a case manager. Okay, I'm a tennis instructor.  So that's what my journey has been is completely emptying my mind of identifying with anything of this world. And the only way that you can, can really feel that, that certainty, that joy just bursting forth from your heart, where when people would bring somebody where I've had people bring a dying, there was a dying man. I've worked in hospice. I've thrown myself into spirits, put me into all these situations, only for one reason, all these seemingly separate situations scenarios, just to see that I was the living Christ, just to see that the dead could arise in front of me. I could witness the raising the dead experience. I did. Just to see symptoms fall away instantaneously into immediate remission, not something over time. Because why? Because, because identity is not a matter of time. The holy instant. The holy instant. We were talking the other day, we were just sharing, somebody was sharing in Los Angeles with us about a new movie where it was, it was called meant to be and it was about, it was kind of a Christian movie of, of the whole movie was, there was an abortion, a mother aborted a child, a little an embryo, but it was a little boy. And, and then the whole movie was, was meant to be what if the abortion hadn't occurred? And what if the child was born and all the people and met all these people and everything? And so she told us the whole movie, the premise of the movie, and Armelle went, that's all of us. None of us were ever born either. Now, let's go into that. That's an experience.   It's, it's so undoing this linear time thing, so coming to the Holy Instant, so coming into the presence of the Spirit, the joyful presence, that, that there really are no options. It's not that we're going to be able to acknowledge linear time and try to figure it out and come to healing when the atonement is the awareness that the separation never happened. God didn't create linear time. We're, we're dealing with a sticky, messy, linear situation of the ego's making, and, and the only way that we let it go, the only way we heal is to see the absolute impossibility of it. In order to, to really heal, we have to really come to an experience that, that the future is just a figment of hypothetical thoughts, and so is the past. This whole world is hypothetical. We don't get all bent out of shape when somebody's giving us hypothetical options, you know, like when you go to a restaurant and you go to the waitress, you say, what's good? There's a menu and everything, and she gives you like, well, I like this and that and this and this and this. We don't get, we don't get upset when she gives us five hypothetical choices. We're just grateful. Everything in our world is hypothetical. We have to actually allow ourselves to be convinced that this is a hypothetical world, or more like that movie I just mentioned, The Man Who Knew Too Little with, with Bill Murray, where it's all improv, you know, theater, and the realm, he's aware that it's all theater, so they try to poison him, strangle him, drug him, choke him. I mean, they come, the world comes at him, it rob him. The first scene is they take, give me your wallet with a knife, and then in the middle of the scene, he's got a little fear coming out, then he's got this mindset that it's all improv.  I mean, they, they try to do everything to him, but he's in the state of mind that it's like a fun game, and he's so, you know how Bill Murray can be, he's so playful with everything, no matter how they try to come at him. And that's what we're doing. We're just training our minds into that same kind of playful state of mind where we can have fun with the hypothetical world, because it's hypothetical.


Quick note, we watched this episode prior to being told there was an end cutscene in it so we did not react to it. In episode 13 we will talk our thoughts on it so do not fret. And so we arrive at the end of season 3 part 1. It's been quite a wild ride up until now sort of setting up for what could be an insane confrontation in the next 10 episodes. And the last one we got a very in-depth look into Eren's father Grisha's life and all the moments that led up to his death via Eren. We even found out that way back at the beginning of the show Keith's friendship with Grisha was actually the catalyst in him being the one to sabotage Eren's gear and attempt to get him out of the cadets. If you needed a channel be sure to drop a sub and hit that big white bell especially so you don't miss out on our reactions to season 4, which is premiering very soon. And with that being said, enjoy the video. Well they have it. Ah, dissect it. I honestly thought Levi was just gonna hold on to it as like a, yeah, contingency plan. The spine? Remember how he was talking about how you have to drink like the spinal fluid or something? Yeah. Do you have to eat? I don't know. Levi. Here's the Levi. Could he grow the arm back if he turned into a Titan? Probably. Oh just hold on to it not to actually use it. Yeah. It'll just be like, yeah, I can end the moment thing if he has to use it. Everybody's got their different dreams.  The whole torture thing just set me off. Oh, I forgot about that.  You don't know art? I just, I don't know. At first I thought he was like this kind of like lovable guy. I was like, oh, he's kind of trustworthy. He kind of like picks this. No, I'm kind of scared of him now. Night of the battle to retake. Wait, why is it a battle to retake the wall? Is it because there's Titans in there? Probably. He's made it their home. And they could just kind of waltz in. I feel like wherever his father came from is where Rainer and Bertolt maybe are. Or, yeah, I don't know. Go to the basement. Do it now. What do you think is down there, Willie?  I think that's where he got the idea. Do you think it's another torture machine? Another tort, yeah. I'm just surprised it hasn't been targeted by other people yet. If it's that important. Maybe that's why the Beast Titan is there. Well, is he there? It looked like it. I mean, it looks like that town, you know. Yeah. I mean, other people really don't know about it. Yeah. I don't think. Sure. But they do know that he lived there. Possibly. Probably. Probably. I can't really predict what they're going to find, though. Yeah. Imagine it's just nothing. It's just empty. What then? I don't think he is. That's rude. I don't think he is. I think he's got to do it for his dad. Okay, so he is technically. Who'd be after her? I guess he's just saying in retrospect. I feel like he is the smartest one. He really likes to avoid the dice, dude. And he wants to. Do you think that's like too prideful, though? What? Him going and risking himself dying just to know the truth of the world like right away. Like for that moment. I don't know, man. We don't really know what the truth is yet. Yeah. I mean. I like how when there's nothing, they just put food. Meat. Meat card. Meat. Meat. Meat. The heavy metal. They're animals. That's a bad idea. Potato girl. She's just eating the entire thing. Kill her, Connie. Do it. He should put him. Sasha, too. That meat is cheese. Oh my God. They're animals. That nosebleed.  Why do they eat that? We eat it like that. I don't understand. The food budget for two months, sheesh. They actually had to restrain her? In four months, she's lost it. Very optimistic.  And they're still alive. Nice job. Venice! Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Talk to me? I like how comfortable they are to just have like petty arguments. I think it's kind of like stress that they haven't been without I guess fear in a while. Oh my God. I think it's some two horny transforms. Oh. That's kind of... Yeah. Yo, this is getting a little too personal. My man. Oh my God. That was actually like a... They need to take it easy. Sheesh. Your mom. Aaron's like, I've had enough. He bites them. Mika says just smiling. Oh, there's Papa. Oh my gosh. Sasha. Oh God. Oh, them three back together. All alone. What is a team? What is a team? Dang. They all saw it too. Yeah. That's what Alhannes said. It was like he wanted those days back.  Gotta keep looking forward. Oh yeah. Wasn't his whole thing. The thing about the sea. He wanted to see the sea. Yeah. Yeah, he wants to see the world. Well, let me know he would just be in the forest. 90% of it. Just one forest. Yeah. There's also that flash to him being older. Do you remember like looking at the sea? I don't remember that. It's like the beginning of this season, I think. Morning comes. Oh, they were telling another one. Yeah. So the end of part one is like setting up for them retaking the wall, I guess. The objective that's been there since. Yeah, like you said, season one. Episode one was the basement. With the people. Yeah. Like no one's supposed to know that they were doing this. Hey, I think it's good. Yeah. Get a little more L up for the people, dude. Nothing wrong with it. Everybody's usually like super depressed about like just their existence. They're like, oh great. People are going to go die again. Because they actually have a reason to be confident in them now. Look at Erwin's smile. Let's go. PogChamp. His yell dude. Okay. I am happy he's going to be fair.  I'm still happy he's going. Off they go. Wait. Hey guys. Hey, that was Rainer. I think it was just Burnt Hole, but his hair was just going back. Wait, really? That was Burnt Hole? Yeah. So maybe you're right. You definitely are right. They're definitely there. Dude, he looks so cool. What? Shoot. All right. Well, that is setting it up for season three part two, I guess, was like the whole retaking the wall. And I'm guessing what they're going to find there is the Beast Titan. Because like I said, I'm pretty sure from the end of the last episode, it looked like he was there. Maybe they've already made it to the basement. Maybe the basement is like even destroyed. Who knows? Because it looked like there was a lot of chaos that had gone on. But also it looks like he had fought the Beast Titan. And maybe that's why he's like kind of recovering at this point. Now they're just waiting for the inevitable scouts to show up. But yeah, that's pretty much it for this part of the series. Season three episode 12. We are moving on to season three episode 13. Next hopefully we will catch up pretty quickly for season four. Because I guess I think it's like from when we're recording this. It's not too long from now. So guys, hope you did enjoy the video. 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