Okay, I'm going live now. Hello everyone, and welcome back to Sanjay Gupta Tech School. I'm Sanjay Gupta, your host. And today, we have a very special guest with us, who is an expert in the field of data science and AI. And she has an incredible background and have worked on some ground-breaking projects in the industry, right? So let's dive into the world of data-driven insights and artificial intelligence. So please join me in welcoming Sonal. So thank you, Sonal, for spending some time and being with us.  Absolutely, thank you so much, Sanjay. That's such a pleasure to meet you after so long and exchange some good pleasantries and a little bit about myself. So I am Sonal Sekri. I have been working in this field for more than seven years now. For about seven and a half years, I have been with Turtle. That's my current organization as an analytics leader. And my journey started right around my undergraduate and because of my, I would say, understanding and the zeal towards data, you know, that was something that really helped me grow into this field. So right after my undergrad, which was also undergrad, I worked for a couple of years and then I did my master's. And during my master's, I did my specialization in machine learning and that's when I decided that, you know, data science is the field where I wanna step in. Artificial intelligence, I would say it's very recent, right? It wasn't around seven years back. It is very recent, but then I believe both goes hand in hand. Yeah, absolutely. So once again, I welcome you on this platform and like students and experienced consultants are very much interested to know about the future of this data science and AI because they are hearing very much about these in Salesforce as well. So like on this channel, I have created lots of content on Salesforce. So Salesforce enthusiasts also like following me and learning lots of things. And right now, like Salesforce is also promoting data cloud, AI cloud. So I think our discussion will help them as well, learning these technologies and key concepts about them, right? Okay, so starting with the Q and A session now. So I will be asking some questions to you so that you can guide audience like what these things are and how they can shape their career in the field of data science and AI, right? So starting with the first question, like data science and AI are buzzwords we often hear, but they can be quite intimidating, right? Could you provide a simple explanation like what they really mean, what is data science actually and what is AI actually? Okay, so if I have to put in simple words, Sanjay, I would say data science is all about extracting the valuable insights from data. Now we may start from collecting the data, cleaning and analyzing in order to uncover any patterns or trends and these can be insights that can be used to create informed decisions, solve problems or even to improve the process. Now that's data science. So data science, if I have to say again, I would say just two words, extract valuable insights from data. Now if I'm talking about artificial intelligence, now artificial intelligence is a system that we as human are creating and it is to recognize the patterns within the data, make predictions and it may also include sometimes understanding the natural language or learning from experience. So it's nothing to be afraid about as many people get afraid about, oh, this is AI, this is new and it's gonna take away jobs as a very common notion that is, but we have to understand and have a grasp of one thing, that it is a system, it's a software that we ourselves are creating. It is to simplify our lives, it is to simplify the mundane work that we are doing and these are the works that typically require human intelligence or recognizing the patterns, I would say. Right, so after understanding both the things, I just want to know what inspired you to pursue a career in this fascinating field? I would say that overall my interest with data and then as you are working and going forward, you understand that there are profound impacts of delving into the data and becoming a data-driven person. So if I have to give you an example, we all shop from Amazon, right? One thing is you just go and do your shopping and the other thing is you come back, you take your data, understand your data and then there are so many APIs that are available or you can just download a CSV file and analyze your data and see, okay, where am I shopping more, right? Where is my credit card statement going towards? And that's the power of data.  So doing something versus analyzing something gives you a power of doing things the right way. So I think that's a practical example that I gave you, but the same thing is applicable within me. I'm a very data and I would say a very analytical person though I'm also creative, but then it comes with the nature I believe where I feel like, okay, there are so many good things that are being done and can be done if we continue to analyze data and work more with the data. Absolutely. So I think like lots of folks who are currently in BTEC are like struggling to find some jobs. So they will also get inspired with this, like if they have any analytical skills, so they can also go in this field, right? So as we all know, the tech landscape is constantly evolving. How do you manage to stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in data science and AI? I try to read as much as possible. So there are a few things that we all need to follow. One thing is continuous learning.  If possible, 10% if you are working and if you're not working, you're still studying, then of course most of your time should be going and reviewing the latest blog and something that you read in the blog, going in back again and then checking, okay, what did the blog talk about? I said the blog was about blockchain. So then going and then referring to blockchain and now we have chat GPT and so many other tools that can explain you in a much easier fashion. So I would say continuous learning is one thing, Sanjay, that I would encourage everybody. And then of course, if you have access going to conferences or even networking with people, asking what they are doing, how do they move forward in their life? How do they learn? Also gives a good flavor of understanding and being current. And then other than that, I would say that there are some good research papers and some good podcasts that you can listen. So I preferably whenever I'm going for a walk, I would just start a podcast on my phone or just read or listen something more that is relevant to my technology. And then that gives my brain a thought process going, okay, this is a new use case that somebody is coming up, let's try and implement this at work. Or let's discuss it with other industry experts. What are they doing about it?  So reading and being relevant is something that I would encourage to everybody. And in the world of digitalization, these things are not away from us, like lots of podcasts are available, as you told. And I just like when you explained, like when you are walking somewhere and at that time, like if you are listening, so we are doing some time management as well, right? So if we can make a habit of those things in our daily life, so I think everybody can learn new things day to day. And this is very much important, like to be updated, right? So next question is, can you like give us a real world example so that people can relate like how data science is basically impacting business or industry? Okay, so I can give you a very close example to something that we do at work and I work in a distribution company or an industry. But I'm gonna give you an example of a retail industry. So if you talk about retail, before we started into data science or AI or any of these fields, the data or everything was very manual. You had sheets or you had spreadsheets many times, many a times spreadsheets were also not there in some of the industries that were just printouts that people were working out of it. And now this is, I'm talking about 10 years back, right? Now as we are progressing as the realm of data science has increased in the last 10 years or so, I feel like if we talk about retail industry, then it is a mandate I would say for a retail industry to have a supply chain management, right? And how the supply chain management work, it solely depends on data, right? And how easy or how efficient it has been if you order something online from a retail store and how quickly it comes. It's only because you have, somebody has access to the data and they know how fast something can be delivered, how easy the sales have been or how the customers purchasing patterns have been. So everything is already known is already available and that has made our lives so much easier.  If you order it today, it's gonna take so many days unless you go and tell your local grocery store to deliver it to you, right? So I think, this is just one example I would say, but it's a very similar and a very common example that can come to my mind, you know, because of the data there is so much of the data, you can understand customers purchasing patterns, what are the seasonal trends and how would the demand and forecasting models work? All those type of things give us an idea of how things can be promoted or how the carrying costs can be reduced or how can we minimize the overstocking and so many other things that can be done as part of retail. Yeah, so I think as per your conversation, I could understand, I think in each industry, we require data science experts, right? Yes. Okay, and like, is it only role available or like it is having different roles as well? Under this umbrella, like we have data science, it is our technology, like can you tell me like what all different roles are available there because it will help like beginners to identify like they will be becoming data science expert or something else as well if we opt this technology. Mm-hmm. So many are times in many industries, as you're saying under the umbrella, what does come under the data science. So many industries, they start from a very simple platform which says, okay, start from reporting, right? You start reporting the data. So now reporting the data is not so easy because now you are focusing on the data accuracy. What are you reporting? How are you reporting? Certain aspects of automation goes into that. Next step goes into, okay, create something like a dashboard or a visualization where you are automated to a next step, right? That comes into, you know, how you are stepping into doing some sort of coding, some sort of automation using Python or our understanding the statistical model. So these are all steps that I'm talking about. One is reporting level, which is the basic one. Then it comes to dashboarding, creating the dashboards that is in Power BI, Tableau, Click or any other tool, right? So that comes the next level. Then it comes the analyst or a senior analyst position where somebody can do some coding and then, you know, do some automation on a next level and then have an integration or a pipeline with other tools. For example, with your ERB system or with Salesforce who extract data from one side where it also involves sometimes you're cleaning the data, right? So extracting, cleaning and then prioritizing. Then it comes to a level where you're predicting the data, right? Now this we're talking about on a level of a senior data analyst. When you're talking about predicting levels, now that is the level of senior data analyst. And then comes the data science, right? Where you are actually delving into the models and understanding the statistics and then saying, okay, this has been my pattern previously, now this result is, you know, the model is giving me XYZ, but I don't think this is correct. You know, you use your human brain and common sense to see whether this is going right or wrong or, you know, would you like to explore other models? And then that's the work of data science where you understand whether, you know, this model is better than the other model, right? So that's the path that I would say goes. So these are all the level of positions and the type of jobs which people can pick up when they're stepping into this field. Yeah, absolutely. I think this explanation would help all the beginners because I also heard data science. And for the first time, like, I also knew from your explanation, like, there are different roles available. Data science is having different roles. And step by step, like, people can learn and become, like, they can have a job on particular role, right? So, yeah, this is great. Now, like, let's jump onto the AI. So, like, nowadays, we can see AI has shown massive growth in various sectors, right? And can you just share an instance where AI brought about a transformative change? Any real-life example that you can relate with the industry as well? I can talk about two major fields. I would say one is definitely a transformative, but I would still mention the other ones. The first one would be healthcare. So, you know, AI we are using for diagnosing the diseases, develop, you know, treatment or deliver care. Medical imaging, that is AI-powered, is used to detect cancer cells with more accuracy than what human radiologist were able to do at one point. So that has really changed the arena and early detection of diseases is so much helpful because then it helps them increase the lifespan, right? So I think that is a good example of a transformation that I would say. So healthcare is number one. And then also, you know, finance, where they've been able to automate so many jobs and detect frauds, right? And then able to predict, okay, if something is going in the right direction or not, we have had so many instances in the past few years where, you know, bank itself were failing, right? So now with AI-powered data and then seeing the trends and then of course that led to stringent rules, of course, but then that was only possible through data and its understanding. Yeah, so next is like, let's talk about ethics. So when AI comes, so ethics also comes in the picture. So ethics in AI is a crucial topic, right? Critical topic. So from your perspective, like, what are some of the key ethical considerations that any data science or AI learner should always keep in the mind? For this, I would take a minute, Sunday to explain one thing that you have to understand that AI is a system. It is something that we as humans are building. We are training the data to recognize certain patterns. We are giving the system to train it first, train the model first, and then give the results based on that model, right? So as people who are developing that model, we have to understand that there is always some type of bias in data, whether we recognize it yet or not, right? So when there is a bias in the data that already exists, then it is possible that there can be discriminatory decisions that can be there, right? For example, we may not understand our data, may not show, but it is, let's say, biased towards male community, right? But we might be able to see the same impact in our results, but then we might be thinking that, okay, this is how the model is behaving, so it has to be right. But no, as a person who is developing that model, you have to see and understand, oh, that is the reason why the model is behaving and not favoring males, because my data was biased itself, right? So that is the number one thing. Number second thing I would say that there's a lot of potential to misuse AI. So as you see, a lot of articles are coming up in the field just related to ethics. One of the major piece is, since there is so much potential to misuse AI, just reading your data and then understanding what your patterns of purchasing is, and then just showing you those articles, and there's so many things, I'm just giving you a very simple example there. But there has to be some sort of control towards that. There shouldn't be anything related to manipulating people's behavior or something like that, right? So just a control towards misuse. It's a possibility and the VS developer should be aware about it and make sure that we don't do that. Yeah, so before moving to next question, I just want to request all the audience. Like if you have any question in your mind, so just feel free to post those questions in the chat. So once we complete the conversation, so I will be picking a few of the questions, not all. So I would request like Sonal will be answering those questions as well. Okay, Sonal, next is machine learning and deep learning. So first of all, like machine learning and deep learning both are same or different? So I would say, so machine learning is a subset of AI, of course, right? So machine learning is like training a model to recognize a pattern first of all. And then making predictions based on that. So that's as simple as what machine learning is.  So that's an example of machine learning. And deep learning is a specific part of machine learning itself. Okay. You're taking artificial neural networks and then understanding the complex data. So it's like the next level, of course, but then it's still the same stream, I would say. It's still a part of machine learning, though you're going working more on the complex data. For example, now deep learning would be, you know, self-driving cars are an example of deep learning. Yeah, right, yeah. Okay, so next is like many beginners, those who want to make their career in data science. So what skills and resources would you recommend for someone who is just starting their journey in this field? Like how they can start, what they can learn. I know you already explained all different roles, but if someone is a beginner, so how they can start their learning. So just focus, like if they want to learn those things, self, like self-learning if they want to start, so how they can start their journey. So I would say a few things Sanjay, if I have to mention I would say basics. Basics is, for example, I consider SQL and database knowledge as basics. Okay. So that's number one. How to read a database, how to join in a database and all those type of things. So database knowledge SQL, that's one. One, either Python or R, right? One visualization tool, any tool, whether that's Power BI, that's click, that's Tableau or any other tool, somewhere you know how to create a dashboard. So those I would consider basics. Now if you want to go towards the next step, then I would say work on focusing more on grasping knowledge or programming. Of course, I covered Python before, but then if you can delve more into advanced Python, that could be another piece, right? And then as you're moving further on a higher level, then I would say, okay, go more towards how to clean a data, how to extract the data and learning more about the tools that are available that make your life a little bit more easier, right? And then of course, hands-on is the major thing, whether you're doing SQL, whether you're doing your basics or you're going on the advanced level. To step into these are the things that I would say. And then of course, you can increase your realm because now you'll be learning more about the statistical models, which models work and there is no limit. And you can go on learning and learning and learning and it's a continuous learning process. But if you're just stepping into and you wanna do something by your own, start with the basics, practice and do. Not just watching videos, not just reading about it, not just reading the interview questions, but doing them. I think that's the key. Exactly, absolutely, because without doing, if you are learning only the concepts, that doesn't make any sense, right? Yeah. So Arun Pratap Singh is asking, so now I'm going to take some questions from the chat. So Arun is asking, what is the difference between data analytics and data science? Okay, okay, I'll say there are two terms. One is data analyst, which is a job, which is a position of an analyst, a person who analyzes the data. Analytics is a stream, analytics as in, okay, you are analyzing the data, so data, so how you say, okay, data science, data science is a stream or data scientist is a job, right? So that's the difference, analytics is a stream, data analyst is the job that I mentioned about. Okay, yep. And the next question from Arun itself, how is AI going to change the future and it affects on data science branch? How is AI going to affect the future? I think it's already impacting. Yeah. I would say, earlier we used to drive our cars and say, okay, now I have to go, I have to drive, let me look for the directions. Now it's all voice command goes to the car and the self-driving cars are available. They're not as popular right now, still in the beta testing, but I feel that the world is changing already. There are so many things that can be done. I, for job seekers, there are so many new tools that are available that can help you create your resume if you're sitting right in front. You do not have to make sure that your grammar is correct and you know good grammar, right? I would say five years back, this tool wasn't available. You cannot go and have a resume all by yourself, which is in the pristine condition. Now you can. So I would say life is already changing and in the future to come, there are more use cases that are coming up. I would say in the last three years, as we have seen AI develop so much, there have been so many use cases where you are able to see and understand. You know, what are the new things that can be developed? So for example, chat GPT came through and you know, as soon as that chat GPT was live, there were a number of other tools who started to have integration and could have a good support from chat GPT's API. So I believe, you know, there are so many things that are already changing and you know, that's something that I would say. Yeah, and next question from Arun. So he's saying like in recent times, most of the companies require data science, but why? And why has its demand suddenly increased since COVID? Okay, so I would say data science as a demand was there earlier. It used to be called as, you know, data analyst, data analyst position or a, you know, now the scope of the field has increased more because I would say and rightly after COVID because the companies were able to analyze and look at their data and their statistics during that time and see what their results were. But I would say that, you know, prior to this, they were still doing these activities, but maybe COVID made it a little bit more, you know, it emphasized it a little bit more. I'm not sure if I am relating the COVID part to it right, you know, correct Sanjay and Arun, but I feel like, you know, there has been some correlation which you rightly mentioned, but you know, data science is definitely, you know, becoming more popular, but it has been there before also. Yeah. Definitely, I would say in the last 10 years, COVID has just been there for the last three, four years, but then I would say data science has been progressing for the last 10 years. Yeah, absolutely. And yeah, so now one question from my side that I hear from lots of folks like AI is there and people are like having the fear, like will AI replace the jobs? So what is your perception to this question? Like will jobs be replaced or like it will be like going away? So what do you think? I feel like with AI, I wouldn't say the jobs will be going away. I would say the mundane work of doing same thing again and again can be automated, it can be automated even without AI, right? There can be some smart tools and technology, it may not be just AI, but yes, some mundane jobs that can be going away, yes, they can be, but however, we have to understand that one fact that it's not just AI that is making a change. We are building the AI system and if we can build a tool to automate a certain job, then the answer is yes, but it cannot replace a human mind. So if we are keeping ourselves up to date and still understanding that AI is there for me, it's a mindset shift, I would say, that if I am learning and I am keeping up to date, then my job is not going to get away, right? For example, certain invoicing, there are people who are just doing invoicing on the computers and just doing order entry. Now those type of jobs, can they be replaced? Yes, they can be replaced not just by AI, but it can also be replaced by a voice command system, saying that, okay, a phone call was received and the voice command system read and took the order rather than a person took an order. Which happens many a time when we call a banking, just calling a bank and there used to be so many tele operators earlier. Now that has been automated just by a voice call and you press, okay, you want to call it an operator, press nine, if not, then press the other selections. So those type of jobs have already been replaced and certain mundane jobs are and I believe they should be replaced because if it's like something that machine can be done, then we should do that. Yeah. But yeah, the learning here is that we should be able to keep up with the market. Instead of getting intimidated by the fact that, okay, AI is going to take my job, we should be up to the power saying that, okay, I think I should be learning a little bit more what AI does and how it does. Getting informed more and taking informed decision is something that I would encourage in that case. Yeah, perfectly answered. So like we need to upgrade instead of having any fear of losing job. Correct. For sure, there will be some changes in the pattern of the job but as I come from Salesforce ecosystem, so Salesforce is also like enabling their clouds basis on the AI. So in Salesforce ecosystem, also like people are thinking like, what will happen? What will be the future now? So like as things are progressing, so like our suggestion will be, please be up to date, learn new things, try to learn what is happening in the world of AI so that you will like get away from that fear zone, right? Absolutely. So yeah. So like we have done all the discussions, like so I just want to conclude the session. So before wrapping up, if you want to give your final advice to the beginners or like students, like how they can look into data science and AI, these technologies, their career as a future. So what suggestions you want to give to them? I would say work smart, not hard. Don't try to learn everything at once. Start from the basics and see what you can do, do hands on more rather than reading more, right? So I think in terms of data science, people start to think, okay, the syllabus is so wide and I cannot learn everything. Though I agree that many a times organizations require a whole lot of information, but if your basics are strong, you will be able to have a better foundation to answer the complex questions as well. Right. And like in India, there are lots of colleges where data science and AI is a specific branch. So earlier it used to like computer science branch. Now they have a specialized branch which is like data science and AI. So lots of like new things are happening up. So I think whatever insights you have given in this session, it will surely help beginners so that they can shape their career path in the field of data science and AI. So yeah, thank you Sonal for all the insights that you shared with the audience. And one more last thing, like if someone is having more questions and they want to like learn more about data science and AI. So can they connect with you on LinkedIn? Have any barrier and you want to remove that barrier and want to like have your future shaped in the field of data science and AI. So she will be the right person. Okay, so once again, thank you so much for joining us today like Sonal.  So I hope like in future, like we'll be having some boot camp. So I will invite you again for these sessions because you have lots of industry experience and that will benefit our beginners. So we'll reach out to you. Yeah. So thank you so much Sonal once again. Thank you Sanjay. Nice having this conversation with you and our guests. Thank you. Thank you so much viewers as well. Those who are joining live and those who are watching the recording. So thanks to you as well. Thank you. Have a nice day everyone. Bye. Thank you.


Fun today we are with the famous content creator Viraj Gehlani and we are going to be chilling out with him and know what does he do on a typical weekend. I play cricket and I go to my favorite restaurant called Ramashree in Matunga. Okay and what is that one food that you cannot do without or your favorite go-to food? I think my favorite go-to food would be Vada Paws but I also like this food and everything that has fermented I think is called a South Indian food, I can't tell you. And what is your next vacation going to be? So it's in London, I am going on 18th of this month and it's the first time we are taking a trip as a family so very very very excited. What's that last show that you have binge-watched? A very tough question, I keep watching the couple of shows but the last show which I binge-watched was the gym serve Vada Paws. Rocket Boys? Rocket Boys. And if you have to make one fun confession, what would you make? I am an extremely emotional person, I work a lot and I try to analyze the smallest of things and that's why. And the last question is, one skill that you would like to learn this year? To manage time. I think I am extremely workaholic and I don't have to do that, I don't even have the time to do it myself. I have been doing it for two days and I think it's a very strange feeling. I am trying to have conversation with people which is why we are doing this thing also.


I'm doing it live real quick. Okay, I know I usually do my Sunday lives at five-ish, but I'm in total do or die mode. I'm getting all this stuff done and right now I just finished one huge thing and I'm taking a break, so I'm doing it right now. Do or die mode is like this, in case anyone missed it. I have this on my wall now. To keep me in line, I look at it every morning to get me going. Anyway, okay, I did think of something that I wanted to talk about. What are you guys doing? You're just hovering around now. Go play. Hey, Mr. Landfall, what's up? Okay, last week, a lady said in one of the comments something that I didn't really respond to very much, but I kind of been thinking about it a lot. And she said that her best Christmas ever was the first Christmas when she didn't have anyone relying on her.  Like that was her Christmas, but she was like it was the best because no one was relying on me. Now, I don't know that lady's particular circumstances or anything, so I don't want to talk about that. I'm going to talk about the fact that I've heard that said a lot of times by a lot of parents. You know, I just want no one to rely on me. I just want to be in a situation where no one relies on me. I want to go somewhere where no one's relying on me, blah, blah, blah, you know? And the thing is, if you're going to have kids, they're going to rely on you. So if you make the decision to have kids, you are already deciding that they're relying on you. And a lot of people say, you know, but it didn't mean to have kids. No, you made some decision. There were very rare cases when someone had no control over it. Like did you decide to get drunk before you went to the party? Well, that was the decision that got you the kids, whatever, you know? Generally speaking, almost everyone decided or made some decision that resulted in their kids. And that's when you took on the responsibility of taking care of those kids. But even in the circumstances, the very extremely rare circumstances where the person has no control and somehow they ended up with the kid, you still are responsible because that kid is helpless without you. So you have to be responsible, right? Now, when you're in a situation like that, where there's something that you have to do, like it's not just gonna go away.  And in case you haven't figured it out yet, this does not just apply to kids, but this is the analogy we're going with right now, the example we're going with right now.  Anyway, if you have a responsibility like that, like kids, where you're going to have to continually do things for them four years, the harder you try to get out of it, the more miserable situation it's gonna be. And the more you embrace it, the more you just say, hey, I'm gonna be a parent, I'm gonna be an awesome parent, the better it is. Because the more you try to avoid it, the more you try to avoid the situation, the worse a parent you end up being. So your kid needs something and you kind of like do a really crappy job and avoid it and do something else or whatever. And then you end up feeling bad that you did a bad job.   I'm gonna make it so they feel so loved that they're not always screaming at me for love that they can relax and they're not going crazy. That's one of the big parts of this. Like if you're always trying to avoid your kids, they're gonna come after you and try to get your attention. You know, I'm totally sweaty right now, right?  And there's a video I did years and years ago about courage, you know, one of the adventure builder virtues, one of the main eight principles, courage, where I was saying that if you try to avoid problems, they can just run over you. And the example I gave was sailing a ship on the sea. And now I actually have a lot more experience with being in waves on a boat. But if you're trying to kind of like turn away from the waves, the waves hit you on the side of the boat, your boat's just rocking like crazy.  So like the harder you try to avoid dealing with problems, the harder they get. And it's all kinds of things, not just kids, obviously, it's anything you need to deal with, any problem in your life that you have, or not even necessarily a problem, some obstacle, anything you have to do, the harder you try to avoid it, the harder it becomes. It's like when you've made a mistake, when you spilled something on the floor and then you put a rug over it, and then it's like, whoa, I'm not gonna say anything.  But if you just address it right away and say, okay, I spilled something, let me not just try to cover it up with a rug, let me just actually like address it right when I can, clean up the problem, it's done. Then you don't have to spend the next week smelling this horrible smell, constantly under stress, waiting for someone to figure out what it is. And it's like that with all kinds of problems in your life. So deal with your problems as soon as you can, but to do this is not an easy thing, right? And this is why if you go on YouTube, there's like millions of videos of like psychology tricks and psychology hacks that you can use to kind of trick yourself into doing the right thing in different circumstances. And there's like hundreds of them for all kinds of different circumstances. But here's the thing, you can just get rid of all that. There's only one psychology trick you really need, and it's not really a psychology trick, it's just you just have to build the habit of doing what you need to do. Build the habit of doing whatever you need to do and not doing whatever you don't need to do. A lot of this applies to like trying to quit smoking or eating better or exercising in the morning or whatever, like all kinds of things in your life, you have hundreds of decisions in your day and you know the right answer and the wrong answer for the large majority of them.  But my bed is so comfortable. You obviously know which is the right thing to do there, right? But it can become a habit to do the wrong thing over and over and over. And maybe I'm partly talking about this because it's New Year's and people like to make New Year's resolutions. So here's something you can do. A New Year's resolution you can do if you like doing that kind of thing. And if not, just do it anyway. Start trying to address problems as soon as you can. Oh God. Start doing the right thing, you know? And stop doing the wrong thing. And there's a way you can build habit for this. And I'm gonna give you an example of one I did years and years and years and years ago. So when I was a kid, I grew up on sugar. I just ate mountains of sugar, so much sugar. Like I was a kid. I didn't know how bad it was for me and my parents were just like, oh, sugar, whatever, you know? So much sugar. And then finally, I don't know, at some point in my 20s or somewhere around there, I don't know, somewhere along the line, I was like, I wanna stop eating sugar. Like I'm gonna stop eating sugar. And I quickly realized that I am addicted to the sugar. Like if I don't eat sugar for a certain amount of time, that's all I'm thinking about. I'm just like, oh my God, I am totally hooked on the sugar. And this is why I don't give sugar to you guys because you get addicted to it really bad. And I'm totally addicted to sugar. Kept trying to not have it. And it wasn't working for a while until I did this one thing. I went to the store and I was like, all right, I'm just gonna face this head on and just, I'm just gonna focus on this and I'm just gonna beat it. I went to the store to get groceries, you know. And then as I was leaving, I was like, all right, here's the chocolate bar thing that's, you know, right by the cash register, impulse buys. Let me find the most gooeyest, carmeliest, chocolate-iest, delicious, cool, scrumptious, oh, so delicious chocolate bar I could find. And I got that, ooh, so, oh, so tasty. And I bought that and I took it home. And then I put it on a shelf in a place where I spend a lot of time. Whenever I'm inside, I will see this thing. So I put it right where I would see it, right at my eye level and I saw it like 150 times a day. And I walked by this thing.  And at the beginning, a few times I actually had to yell at it like, no. But eventually it just became a habit to not eat the thing. And then like six months later, girlfriend came to visit, like just a friend who's a girl. And she grabs this chocolate bar and opens it, starts eating it, and she's like, hey, you want some? And I was like, first I was like, what are you taking my chocolate bars for?  And I was like, no, I don't want a piece. And she's like, really, it's yours?  And I was like, no, I just don't want it all. Because I mean, by the end of the first month I barely noticed the thing was even there. And by the end of six months I didn't care about sugar at all because it was staring me in the face over and over and over. And because it was constantly in my face and I constantly said no to it, I built up the habit very quickly to not be interested in that. And you can do this with smoking. If you're trying to quit smoking, you can say, all right, here's a cigarette. I'm gonna light it.  If you have a shopping addiction, say this, all right, I'm gonna go into the store. I'm gonna walk around. I'm even gonna pick up a few things. I'm gonna put them all back and I'm gonna walk out with nothing and then do it and do it very deliberately. Because the problem is with habits and addictions. You get trapped when you're not paying attention. And that was with the sugar. Like when I was doing something else, not paying attention I would start thinking about the sugar. And then by the time I realized what was going on I was just like, oh, I want it. Do it when you can be very deliberate and what's rational about it. And do that and get used to doing that. Get used to not indulging in the thing you don't want. And also if you get used to doing whatever right thing and pretty soon you start building up the habit of just doing the right thing. The thing that you know is the right thing instead of what you know is the wrong thing. And then when you start building up those habits you start feeling better about yourself. And you start feeling better about all this stuff.  You actually start liking your life when you start doing a good job in it. It's kind of like playing a video game. Life is like a video game.  It's not very fun, right? But you start doing a good job. You start getting some kind of positive feedback. Gold or whatever. But in real life you just start getting better and better experiences and that's how you get a good life. So anyone who likes New Year's resolutions make a New Year's resolution to build better habits, to build specifically one generalized habit of do the thing that you know is right. Oh, here's another really good example. Because a lot of people are stuck on this one. TV, watching television, right? How many people watch television spend hours a day? Or YouTube, whatever.  Here's what you do. You say, all right, here's a TV show I'm interested in and I really want to watch it. I am going to watch half of it and then turn it off. You do that a few times and your brain just like breaks the cycle of being trapped in there, of being stuck and not being able to get away. You break it right at the part where you really want it to continue but you've already predetermined that you're going to do this.  Say this, all right, I'm gonna talk to her two minutes from now.  And because you're doing it at the hardest point then it like breaks down that resistance. Like go through the obstacle at the hardest point and it knocks down the obstacle. Okay, so any New Year's resolution people do that or do whatever you want, I don't know. All right, what do we got here? How is everyone Mr. Landfill? Tony Simmons, what's up? Hello, Jimmy, big thumbs up from England, McBong's lab, I love your crazy names. Oh, happy New Year, Shawn, absolutely true. And it's wisdom from our ancient ancestors, ancestors that did not come easy. Your refrigerator is very cool. Well, actually it's not, it's off right now so it's kind of warm, there's nothing in it but I'm gonna go get something to put it in it probably today and then it will be cool, yeah. Hopefully even cold. But yeah, it is pretty cool too. Have a productive, happy New Year to you and your whole family. Well, thank you, what is this kid doing?  Just kidding. Peace, Jamie, great message. Thanks, man, self-control pays very well. Self-control, man. Yeah, the harder you try to avoid stuff the harder it gets to deal with what you gotta deal with but if you build that habit dealing with the stuff you gotta deal with maybe it just becomes a habit and then it gets a lot easier and yeah, life just gets way better, man. Hi, Jamie, great to see you. Wait, what? I was snacking raisins. You wanna snack a raisins? No, you already have one.  Raisins and peanut butter. Hi, Jamie, great to see you. By this point, can you eat some sugar and not become addicted to it again? Yeah, yeah, I can totally.  Particularly if I know I'm gonna do a lot of exercise.  But yeah, I can be in a circumstance where I eat a cookie every couple months and it doesn't throw me back on the wagon. Actually, I don't really like sugar anymore. Like it tastes terrible to me. It's funny, yeah, I don't know, yeah. Like it kind of tastes sickening, you know? All right, let me just make sure I'm at the bottom. Hi, Jamie, do not work so hard in 2024? Are you kidding? I gotta work 10 times harder in 2024. Let's see, would you plug your house into your boat batteries while as you did your lumber mill? No, I don't see any reason to do that. The boat has enough electricity, the house has enough electricity, I don't need to connect them.  I know the name always makes you raise an eyebrow. Your giant robot was a big inspiration to my work. Oh, that's excellent, well, hopefully my next giant robot will also be an inspiration. I'm super excited about building another giant robot. Of course, I gotta finish a bunch of other stuff right now. Well, not right now, but before I do a giant robot. So today I was doing a bunch of digging up on the hill, flattening out a zone where I still wanna put a guest house up there. And then I was taking the dirt and putting it on my running trail. I'm bumping up my running trail, like maybe that much higher. Because there was that one weird tide last week where, I don't know, for like 15 minutes, my part of my running trail was underwater. It wasn't even the highest tide day last week. I think it was just a weird circumstance where two tidal currents were coming in and converged at the same time, like this bumped up the water for 15 minutes. Kind of like a slow-motion ramp-pump effect. But yeah, it was... Ramp-pump? I could explain to you, Ramp-pump, we're gonna build one eventually, but don't worry. But yeah, I just wanted to make sure my running trail is always dry. Yeah, maybe it was a tsunami. Hi, Jamie from Rhode Island. I spent a lot of time in Rhode Island. That was where I went to school. How was the fart tank project? Oh, the fart tank, you're right. I wanna, yeah, I wanna get the fart tank going again. I got a pipe for it. Hi, Bellatrix. Wait, I put the pipe and the valve. I just need to make sure it's all airtight, because I think there's a leak in it. I mean, I'm pretty sure there's a leak. Hi, Bellatrix, yes, that's you. David is saying hello to you. Mini one, mini tsunami. Okay, I'm gonna go eat some food and start my next thing. What am I doing next? Oh, I gotta dig some more digging, because that doesn't matter. All right, I'm gonna get to work. Everyone else, have an excellent day. And where's it, you wanna push the X? Enjoy your swimming around the island videos. Oh, I'll have to do more. I got a new underwater camera, something like that. I feel like I'm swimming right now, because I'm soaked. Anyway, push the button. I'm trying to. Do it. Missed it. Do it again. I'm gonna follow this lab. Wait, you just gotta push it once. Okay, now push okay. Very good.


The Major Arcana is the story of a great personal transformation. It is very familiar to Joseph Campbell's, the hero with a thousand faces, telling a timeless and cyclical story from the start of a journey and moving through a variety of experiences, coming to a higher revelation and ending in the same place that it all began, but with a much greater understanding of life, reality, and the sense of self. Since the terror was invented, the formula of the Major Arcana has been called the Path of the Fool. For hundreds of years, the Fool generally had no number, except for one-off decks like the 15th century Sola Busca, where it was given the number zero, or decks from the 18th century Belgium that gave it the number 22. Today, however, it's often just given the number zero. Now for us today, being explorers of these cards as well, a profound vision called us to make several changes to this character. The name of the Fool has evolved, and so across patch to row and this video series, the Fool has become the Child. Now historically, the Fool and the Child are related and linked to the Hebrew letter Aleph, whose value is one. As such, the Child has also been gifted the number one in addition to zero, and when we put them together, it makes the symbol for Phi. Together, the zero and the one teach us that the innocent heart of the Child is the beginning and the end of any journey, and expresses the state of all possibilities described by the nature of this character. It is the return to innocence for us Heraclitus writes, the kingdom belongs to the Child, mirroring the teachings of Jesus who said, anyone who doesn't receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never get into it. Now I understand that these changes ultimately put patch to row into a new category of to row. This is a new system altogether, and that these changes may come as a shock to many traditional tarot practitioners watching, but I'd like to encourage you to remain open-minded with these changes. There are more things that line up than break by this shift, but in order to experience the alignments, we must be open to all the ways that it can appear. And you know what? If you don't like it, that's okay. Just pretend that the numbers and the names are the original meanings that you're familiar with. They are essentially all the same in principle regardless. That said, if you're on the other side and you find this fascinating and feel the call to go deeper, please use the link at the top of the description to really explore the nature of these cards. We have a special workshop available, and the opportunity to get all of our tarot material in a special exclusive bundle. And now, let us shift our perspective and dive into a world unlike anywhere we've ever gone before. Let us sink into a world replete with symbology and experience the way in which tarot speaks to our souls. In truth, the tarot is a description and a diagram of yourself. It speaks to your soul and attempts to guide you back to who and what you really are, one with everything and in a state of wholeness. The major arcana begins with the child who appears to be setting out on or returning from a journey. This character has nothing but a small pack with him and walks towards a cliff and into the unknown. He is called the child because it would appear that he is not paying attention to what's happening around him. He's so excited about what he might find on his way that he doesn't even notice that he's about to walk off of a cliff. And with these steps, the child embarks on a story of a lifetime. But will the child learn to pay attention before it's too late? Getting into the more esoteric meanings, the child is connected to the element of air, signifying the breath of life and the power of the mind, the mental element. In her medic teachings, it is said that everything in this reality emerges from nothing out of the mind of God. And in this way, we too can create our realities through the power of our thoughts and intentions. This card also relates with Aleph, the creative force of potentials without any action or motion to them. Upon setting out on his journey, the child first encounters the wizard, also traditionally known as the magician. The wizard shares all of his spiritual tools with the child. The child is so excited to receive these gifts which become invaluable to his quest. A disc, a cup, a sword, and a wand, along with a parchment and a pen. These represent the four elements, the physical, the emotional, the mental, and the spiritual aspects of himself. The wizard represents the first aspect of creation, the awareness of the various aspects of the self, and the creative motion put forward into living out a dream. He is connected to the planet Mercury, linked with wisdom and communication, and is also connected to the pathway called bet, the force from the mind of God which sets the wheels of creation into motion. With gratitude, the child now experiences a sense of expansion into the nature of what this particular journey really represents. Continuing on his adventure, the child meets the priestess, a powerful young woman who reveals to the child that just having these four elements present does not make the story great. She explains to the child that there is a natural ebb and flow to life, and that by living in our hearts and trusting our intuition, we can go with the flow and live the life of our dreams. She reveals to the child that this knowing comes from inside of us, and in this way, we tap into the limitless potential that brings abundance and goodness into our lives, and the lives of those around us. Astrologically, she relates with the moon, the subtle reflection of the self, and a sense of deep inner knowing. On the Tree of Life, she is connected to the pathway of Gimel, the gateway to the inner, all-knowing self, and the inner mysteries behind all forms of spirituality. Feeling enlightened, the child expresses gratitude and continues on his way. Now, in traditional tarot, the child would next encounter the empress. However, in patched tarot, he actually meets the emperor next, who has changed positions with the empress. This is because of the letter Hei in Kabbalah and the Tree of Life. Hei is the letter which represents both aspects of the feminine in the tetragrammaton, Yod Hei, Vav Hei, the sacred and holy name of God. By shifting the position of the empress to sit here, it allows her to align with and embody this divine feminine more fully. It also shows that the higher-fat, who embodies the birth of a new consciousness, is born through the feminine. There are several other reasons for this change as well, creating a natural flow through masculine and feminine, yin and yang, back and forth like a wave, in these initial cards leading up to the lovers, where they all unite together as one. For those interested, you can read more information about it at patchtarot.com. And again, if you're a tarot traditionalist, just pretend that these next two sections are in reverse order. When the child first meets the emperor, he learns that this character is all about structure, law and order. His head is turned toward the sun, but he is still able to keep an eye on the world before him, finding a balance between looking to the light and shining it bright on the kingdom he leads. He explains to the child the value of internal and external structures. By following the laws of nature, we find a deeper sense of who we really are inside, and how to get along with all of creation that we are a part of. Astrologically, he relates with Aries, the fiery and energetic leader, and on the Tree of Life, he relates with Dalet, the passage between heaven and earth. Soon after, the emperor introduces the child to his wife, the empress, a mature and sacred holy woman who holds the entire earth in her lap. She sits with a gentle bearing in a serene environment, nurturing and supporting all of life. The child inquires into her nature and she explains that her nature is nurture to care for those around her, including herself. Astrologically, she is linked with Venus, the divine feminine, and on the Tree of Life she connects with Hay, the effortlessness of creation, divinity and gentleness. The child then recognizes this nurturing aspect of himself and becomes aware that he is not the only one on a life journey. He realizes that everyone is, in their own way, and he can be a supportive and uplifting person in the lives of everyone that he meets if he so chooses. The empress urges him forward on his journey to go and see what the divine feminine has brought into the world. With this newfound information, the child resumes his journey and finds himself meeting what appears to be a great spiritual master who appears in several forms. He is the Hierophant and is the archetype of pure spirituality and spiritual leadership, genuine wisdom passed down by sages and ancestors and practiced through many different cultures in a beautiful variety of ways. These practices are observed by the younger generation where they are developed, changed and evolved through the heart of childlike wonder. It is in this way that our collective family evolves and changes. Astrologically, this card relates with porous, the down-to-earth practical aspects of spiritual action and on the Tree of Life, the Hierophant relates to Vaaf, that which binds us to our faith and the teaching and learning of cosmic principles. Moving on, the child finds himself in a courtyard and is astonished to see everyone that he's previously met, the magician, the priestess, the emperor, empress and the Hierophant have gathered together for a sacred wedding. The child recognizes the pattern. All these opposing archetypes find perfect harmony and union with each other entirely through the power of love. He is delighted to recognize that this balance of opposites exists within his own self as well. Astrologically, the lovers relate with Gemini, the twins who embody the union of duality. The Tree of Life pathway here is Zion, the fine line between oneness and individuality. With this newfound inspiration, the child feels prepared to go anywhere and do anything. The child presses onward and sees a great chariot with a suit of armor upon it, moving at a phenomenal speed. The charioteer reaches out and grabs the child, pulling him onto the chariot as they speed along with full control over where they are going. The child soon learns that the chariot represents his own inward and outward motion as well as the idea of planning for where to go. The child is amazed at this revelation, seeing how far and how fast he has come already and that his own journey is propelled by such motion. Astrologically, the chariot connects with the zodiac sign of cancer, the crab with the hard shell and soft interior, and that inner softness is the source of motivation. On the Tree of Life, the pathway related is Chet, the container by which the spiritual will is received and channeled.  Propelled by his inner motion, the child soon comes to a grove where a young woman is playing with a great lion. She strokes his mane and, noticing the child, beckons him over. How are you so close to the lion without being eaten? The child asks. She smiles, wrapping her arms around the Great Beast. We share the same passion for life. Our hearts are in sync, she responds. The child then realizes that within him, these two represent his own higher and lower selves, each with their own unique desires and wills. When they are united in the heart, even the great ferocious lion may find itself calm and peaceful in the presence of beauty. This card, Passion, is astrologically related with Leo. The sign of vibrant personality and conscious will. On the Tree of Life, the related pathway is Chet, a path of many meanings, but ultimately leading to the discovery of one's true spiritual nature. Walking into the woods, the child realizes that he is growing tired. He comes across a clearing and sees a hermit sitting on a stump deep in meditation. Well, that looks great, he thinks to himself, and so he walks over to the hermit and takes a seat. Deep into meditation he goes, and in this trance-like state, he hears the voice of the hermit in his mind. This is the vastness of thine inner world, and all that thou can explore to know thine self. The child is amazed to find the totality of what is within him could be explored forever. He also notes how peaceful it is here, away from the hustle and bustle of the towns, which before was all that he knew. Astrologically, the hermit relates with Virgo, intelligence and personal development, practicality as well. The Tree of Life association is Yod, the hand of God which moves through us, guiding us in life by the power of listening and acting upon this divine will. Finished with his meditation, the child continues his journey and eventually hears some gentle music. It is sweet and sublime and resonates deeply in the child's heart. He walks towards it and this time finds a musician. The child asks the musician who he is. I am Elijah, he responds. The child compliments Elijah on his music, but the player insists that the music is not his own, but only flows through him from the great beyond. He explains that there is an ebb and flow to life, up and down, yin and yang. And if we can listen to and watch the natural currents, we can ride these waves of life and experience profound lessons no matter where we are or what we are doing. The child is blown away by this, realizing the greater wheel of flow all around him. The wheel of flow is related to the planet Jupiter, the planet of luck and fortune. On the Tree of Life, the pathway is cuff, the palm of the hand, the giving and receiving of creator and creation. Leaving the forest, the child encounters a strange sight, a powerful woman within a large crystal who holds a great scale. She is strangely luminous and he thinks she must be an angel. Approaching her, he discovers the nature of her being. She is the archetype of balance. She reveals to the child that no matter what he does, no matter where he goes, there must always be a striving for equilibrium and balance within him. And if he does not actively strive for balance, balance will find him. The child remembers the music of Elijah, recalling the Yin and Yang, ebb and flow which turn heaven and earth, and recognizes that he will not inflict karma upon himself if he is willing to strive for inner balance above all things. The astrological relationship here is with Libra, the sign of balance, equilibrium, cause and effect, Yin and Yang and so on. And the Tree of Life pathway is Lamed, which is a path that puts pressure on the soul to stay on the narrow path of righteousness and virtue. If we deviate from our inner calling, we will pay a karmic price till we return to our inner balance. His next meeting again surprises him. He sees a man hanging upside down, his hands pegged to an upside down cross. The sight frightens the child at first. Who is this hanged man? The hanged man receiving the child explains why he hangs upside down. He is surrendering in order to embody a higher consciousness and that the pegs in his hands are Vaaf, the Tree of Life pathway symbolizing devotion to his calling. The child receiving the wisdom in this desires to understand and so he too decides to hang himself upside down as a representation of self-sacrifice in order to receive a higher consciousness. We must empty ourselves in order to be filled. This card relates to the element of water describing the infinite expansion inwards as a result of the suspension of outward motion. The Tree of Life pathway is Mem, which also means water, the infinite depths inside that we have to explore and discover. Hanging upside down, the child closes his eyes and is greeted by another figure this time in his inner vision. It is death. The child fears that his journey is over, that he has died signaling the end for him. But death shows the child a pathway and takes him on an inner journey through a great green gateway into an all-encompassing light. The child is filled with this light knowing and understanding a deeper purpose as his entire sense of identity and ego dissolves. This card is associated to the sign Scorpio, the constellation of death, sex and rebirth. The Tree of Life pathway here is Nun, the fish who moves effortlessly from state to state, releasing attachment to personality in order to discover deeper truths. The child then sees the Earth through a portal and in his astral form eagerly returns to his body. Returning to his physical existence, the child undergoes a metamorphosis. He experiences resurrection. Having now dismantled all aspects of his ego, he finds himself to be a clear soul with many new aspects of himself to work with. He recreates molds and shapes a new sense of self and rises into the air with radiant light, embodying all of the light from his vision with death but now brought into his physical form. Astrologically, this card relates with Sagittarius, the path of the philosopher, imagination and focused will. On the Tree of Life, the pathway is Samaic, the support which helps us honor and maintain the transformations we have experienced. Filled with passion and a newfound spiritual connection to life, he moves on, but he immediately encounters a frightening figure, the Devil. The Devil holds out a handful of gold to the child who sees that behind the Devil are two souls who have already bound themselves to him, chained up, but whose chains, he notices, are so loose that they could leave at any moment if they really wanted to. In this, the child realizes the nature of the Devil, not a force of evil, but a symbol of desire, temptation even. The child recognizes that he has chained himself to his desires in the past, but he will no longer let his earthly desires control him. Instead, his soul's desire will take the lead on this journey. This card is related astrologically with Capricorn, the mountain goat who climbs to higher and higher heights, always striving upwards. The Tree of Life letter is Ayan, which describes that this card is more about our focus. Will we surrender ourselves to our desires, or set our focus and dreams upon the top of the mountain, and like the mountain goat, maintain that desire as we strive higher and higher? With gratitude, the child thanks the Devil for the timeless lesson and forges ahead. As the child continues, he approaches a great and mighty tower, brilliant yet dark and angry-looking eye blazing on the top. He enters the tower and realizes as he walks through that this tower represents and embodies his old state of being. He used to be materially focused, limited in his consciousness, not seeing the greater picture or nature of the inner light. The moment he realizes this greater truth, though, that his old way must collapse, he explodes into a brilliant white light, and the tower comes crashing down to Earth, revealing a luminous, shining star in the sky above him. This card is related to Mars, the planet of divine masculinity, and the raw power which causes the old awareness to fall away. The Tree of Life pathway here is Pay, the power of communication shared by people around the world, which, by speaking the truth, casts wickedness away and brings about an enlightened mind. The child now stands at the foot of the rubble and looks upwards to the star in the sky. Looking closer at the star, he sees with his third eye a mysterious angelic form hovering above the Earth. This beautiful angel appears to be drawing energy from the star and delivering it to the Earth below. A sense of warmth, compassion, and deep trust fills the child's heart, and he suddenly knows the vastness of the cosmos and sees how small he is compared to the infinite space. But still, he is filled with faith, because he knows now that there are powerful and magical forces guiding all of reality, including his own journey. This card is related with the sign of Aquarius, the water bearer, which describes the individuality and uniqueness of the self, but has a very humanitarian focus and connected to all in its perspective. On The Tree of Life, we have here the letter Zari, which describes the angling of the personality in order to raise it to a higher frequency. As the child continues peering into the sky, he recognizes that the moon is looking down upon him, and he experiences himself as if he were a little boy again. Looking up at the moon, he finds himself compelled to face his fears and look deep into his subconscious, a realm in which he had never quite ventured into, at least to this depth. Deep into his hidden self, he goes, treading towards the light of the moon within, very aware that, in this deep, dark abyss, if he were to go off course, he might become lost in and consumed by his subconscious. Astrologically, this card relates with Pisces, the emotional, poetic, and subconscious depths. It is the final sign in the zodiacal wheel and at the crux of renewal for a new beginning. On The Tree of Life, this letter is related to Kuf. Kuf describes the back of the head, speaking to the reptile brain or the cerebellum, and teaches us to change our lower animalistic self into a higher self-awareness through the process of integration. Reaching the moon at the end of his path, he looks into the moon closely and sees himself reflected there. He recognizes that he was the one causing the moon to reflect light and that he actually embodies the sun within him. Exploding with golden light, the child experiences the majesty of the sun within his own heart, illuminating his vessel and shining bright. In this experience lies true enlightenment and the radiant generosity that comes with experiencing such a profound and joyous love. Astrologically, the sun relates, of course, with the sun, which describes the willpower and inner vitality and the luminous radiance of the shining heart. On The Tree of Life, the sun is connected to the pathway called reish, which speaks to face, personality, and the vibrant power of the creator, shining bright through all manifested things. With this radiance within him, he now rises into the air. A new aeon is upon him as he rises above the earth and sees a great transcendent portal above him. He opens his arms and rises up, sharing in the spirit of the phoenix about to be reborn anew. He realizes that the entire world is coming along with him for his own journey has profoundly affected the world around him, just as the world has affected him. What could possibly lie on the other side of this portal? It is a mystery and the aeon is the gateway of transformation which also relates with the passage of time. The astral signature for this card is the element of fire, which speaks to our spiritual will as well as a symbol of technology and the aspirations of mankind, marking a shift of ages. On The Tree of Life, this letter is shin, which also relates with fire and describes the sharp connection between the human mind and the inert substance of matter. All dreams and visions are possible and if we can forgo our need to have everything right now and surrender to the natural cycles of time, there is nothing that we cannot do. The final card in the major arcana cycle or the path of the child is traditionally called the world or the universe. In Pachetero, it is the crown. In this card, the child emerges from the portal on the other side of the aeon and rises into a mystical cosmic space. Around him, his Merkaba is active and radiantly spinning and the child looks forward seeing a great celestial dragon with someone riding it, beckoning him to come on another cosmic journey. But the child also has one more profound experience. Physically, he finds himself standing on a cliff, the same cliff where he started his journey so long ago. In this new state of being though, his perspective is entirely different. He looks at the world with new eyes, connected and whole realizing that the purpose of his journey was not to disconnect from his physical body and become a spiritual creature but to find a fusion and harmony between the mind, body and soul as one. This card relates with Saturn as well as the element of Earth and secretly, Ophiuchus, the 13th Zodiac. This is a place where the cosmic laws of the great universe beyond and the workings of the world at last make sense and a deeper understanding is known inside allowing for an actual living of the spiritual nature to be experienced. On the Tree of Life, this pathway is tough, the path where all cosmic energies and experiences of life form together to bring you to the present moment that you are currently living and breathing within. This breath right now even as you watch this video is the accumulation of all of the life experiences that you've had up until this moment. Once the crown is attained we find ourselves right back at the very beginning with the child standing upon a cliff having completed his journey. With this new enlightened perspective, the child once again sets out on a journey and takes his first step. The Tarot is a fascinating and powerful journey of self-discovery through cosmic archetypes. 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GT Goku isn't going anywhere. In fact, I'm gonna- I'm gonna- How's it going, everybody? Dachodoi here back with another round of Dragon Ball Fighter's Rank Matches. And this time, we are playing Team Top Tier with Cell, Goku GT in the middle, and Yamcha rounding off the team in the back. Now with that said, I actually am not too good at Goku GT anymore. It's been a long time since I've taken him into training mode, and people have just gotten crazy good with him. Oh my goodness, my trunks assist got sniped. I was moving real confidently for a guy with no assist. Nice super dash. Man, blue trunks looks really- I mean, blue Cell looks really good. I got bat down. I'm too tall. Maybe he drops this? We get out scoff-free, but I don't know. With two bars, it's looking pretty dead. Yeah, it's looking pretty dead. All right, let's refocus up. One bar. All right, so he got me on the cheek. Yeah, this dude picked me out of a bargain bin. I can't tell what's going on. No, I can't believe I got caught by his armor suit. Really? I can't believe I got caught by- Dude, this first match has been wild. This guy's on the verge of demotion. He's like, I'm not leaving. I would have- oh, six frame?  Jesus. Jesus, the six frame hitter, but he just- he did not care. He's done that a lot now. A lot of vanishing as well. There we go. We're back in it, boys. It took a while, but we hear now. It took a while, but we hear now. Now, all we need to win is to reset Neutral four times, and then, you know, eventually he'll be out of characters because he's already out of Sparky. So we've already won half the battle. There we go. That's one. So that is one character. This is one Neutral reset. So now we have to land another hit again. All right, that's another hit. I tried to let that hang for as long as I could. I don't know if I should 2M again, honestly. I did it again. I was very lucky, I guess. All right, so that is a second reset to Neutral. Now let's see if we can go ahead and bring it home here because we have to win Neutral again. All right. We don't have three bars this time. We are sick. That was nice. Kept the patience. Probably should have thrown another 2M, but I don't regret anything too particular.  That, oh my God, that hurt to watch. All right, and we're back. And ironically, it's another double Vegeta team. All right, we just chased them down. Oh, man, I can't believe we lost that tray. Ha, ha, ha. We had the chase that go for us. We don't take care to avoid any trouble. Hmm, does that work? I'm not talking. Okay, it is lagging tonight, boys. Oh, he gets nothing off that, I think. Okay, and don't panic. And we get the knockout. Thank you. Thank you for not panicking me. Passed me was really going through it a couple seconds ago. Now I can just switch out peacefully. Back up. Back up forward dash. No, no, no, no, we don't. I do not want to take a hit and stay in the corner like that. I will, jeez, seven front, ha, ha, ha. Well, whoa, it's a wash. This game is, it's gonna be hard to get any dead out of this one. Okay, we saved that. All right, I'll switch, I'll switch. Thank you. All right, so he has to tag us out if he wants it. Which I'll be fine with, because I plan on level threeing.  I'm that guy, dude, I'm that guy, let's go. Finally, I never get to be on this side of the level three. But I am now, baby. Oh, I tried it again. I tried it again. I tried it one more time. All right, now the only real advantage we have is we have sparking up, which, you know, it's a pretty important factor. Be opted to go for that one. Don't ask me why. Okay, here we go. I knew he wasn't gonna be ready for it. Partly because of the lag, yes. Partly because I don't think most people would have been ready for that. That was a very random maneuver. Backbreaker. No, please level three. Please level three or do something. How about we wake up level three? How about we both exchange formalities? Ha ha ha, you and the earth shall be destroyed. All right, these, why has today been wild for fighters? I got online today. I was like, let's play some fighters. Nah, we play in a different game, boys. We are playing a different, but still enjoyable game. They'll get me wrong. Let me check. Yeah, my router is still plugged in. Whoops, I accidentally clicked drag and rush. Not the best start. Place the bar. Okay, I'm gonna vanish just so I can switch out. Ah, you have to, I always forget you have to do the two, three, six, seven after that to get sliding. I'll take it, I'll take it. Oh yeah, take, no. Wait, get back in this corner real quick. Oh, Vegeta, Vegeta assist. I'll take it. Yes, lag. It's not gonna stop me from having a blast. Ah, I try to get him back to the ground. If I don't have Yamcha up, it's very hard to get a spirit bomb set up now that I'm really looking at the numbers, crunching them. The L's are coming flying. He has no assist to extend this. I'd rather just, Ely, that was nice. All right, we should be able to kill with just the drag and rush. Please connect, please connect, please connect. Thank you, dude. I was so worried when that didn't kill. I was like, we need to at least get one. That effect looks better than I remember. Is that real? Is that real? Hold on, I'm confused. I'm gonna look at that later. Reminder to future me, look at that. Put up an old screenshot if it looks better. Also, hold on, past me needs to concentrate. I'll be right back. Okay, we're just gonna snap him out. Actually, he's a DP, I'm not doing that. Oh, that was my bad. My beat, my beat. Oh God, please don't, please don't kill. Understandable. Understand, I did deserve it. I deserve to lose that character.  Uh-oh. Uh-oh, it is gonna take some doing to get that. It is gonna take some absolute doing. Oh God, I'm really super dashing my hearts. What is happening to me? There we go. Oh, pause the presses. That was the most egregious auto combo hit box I've ever seen in my life. Wow, that wasn't even close. That was egregious. That was, oh my God, that one should be sitting on a desk somewhere near Kelly or something. That one was awful.  Yeah, it's not, it's impossible to get him at this point. What am I doing? Okay, for the super death. If you show patience, good things will happen. See? Like me not being able to kill that guy. There we go. Ah, you see, I was patient. I didn't even complain once. All right, we're gonna have to maximize damage here. Still won't be able to kill. I'm gonna save bar. I'm gonna save bar for this. Yeah, let's go. Wow, that was lucky. That was real lucky. You got the frame issues. You got pretty much everything you could ask for here. This is a storm. All right, come on. Can we actually do some cell stuff? Ah, it's too low. Really, at early sparking? I get in early sparking, but that is early. Uh-oh, uh-oh. Emergency plan, I'll try to move. Oh, he already did, whoa! And where did, wait, when did Minato? When did he place the tag on me, bro? That was crazy. My dude just blipped. He said, actually, bro, I'll talk to you later. So I really got somewhere to be.  I see why this guy had a purple disconnect ratio. I don't think he's a rage, but he's still out here. He doesn't play like somebody that rage plays, honestly. I think it literally is just as the connection issue. Vegeta taking some lump. I mean, cell taking lumps, courtesy of Vegeta. All right, we down tech here. Down tech vanish. It must have registered me trying to jump, which looking back, I can see why it would. It was not a good one. Not a good, not a good, honestly. Down. Wow, again, he's doing this. Switch. And now a super dash. Admittedly, I might have had the wrong read. There's the super dash. That one was unproven. Oh, can we kill here? No, we can't. But I'm gonna do it anyway. I'm gonna do it anyway. All right, let's go. Our knockdown in the lag. You won't even be able to see the mix up. What's the mix up? He has to attack. Poor Jim. I was also at a range. It was in fact, oh, that was an interesting choice for DP down heavy. Mistake after mistake after mistake. But we are, just as a reminder, we are one game away from wrapping this up. Please hit. It didn't, oh, no. I could feel the aggression of the run up punch. That was interesting. GT Goku isn't going anywhere. In fact, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, yeah, right, bro. I take it back, bro. That was, this is sus. I'm calling suspicious activity. I gotta get that, I gotta get suspicious activity police out here, bro. That was not, mm. Anywho, hopefully you guys enjoyed the ranked match session. If you did, make sure to go down below in the comments. Let me know any suggested teams. While you're down there, make sure to like button and subscribe if you enjoy the videos and wanna see more of them. 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Victor, the folks and developer and the community teams, and I'm excited to share some recent developments we've made to the plugins directory. These changes are based on a resource conducted by Federico, and our goal is to create a more user-friendly and clean interface for making easier for users to find the plugins that match their needs. We understand that finding a plugin can be daunting, especially when there are so many options available, and we are confident that these changes and the upcoming ones will make a big difference in the user experience, and we are excited to hear a user's feedback. In the slides you have links to the Figma design and the development side, where we are implementing the changes before deploying to production. I wish to show you the changes I'm showing on the screen, to show you my bad face, but I have to look at the other screen. This is the current site, in the upper we have the search and filtering bar. We've discovered during the research that the purpose drop-down is not meaningful to many users and that the plugin type 1 is clearly oriented to technical people, administrators and developers, and the search bar was on the right side and is not perhaps the optimum site for it, so, and additionally, the short filter is not very useful because if you click on short by any criteria, you are not aware that you are doing that, they are not highlighted in any way. So the first change we've done has been to change this bar, give the main focus to the shares box, because people are interested in looking for some specific terms. We've changed the plugin types to plugin categories, we've revamped the names and grouped the plugin types into categories that are meaningful to all users, not only technical ones, and we've changed the short filter in a more friendly way, so it's easier to select the criteria and know which one is being used. Additionally, we've added these links in the upper of the page, where we want to inform people or users of the updates we are doing to the site and we are very interested in getting their feedback. The last change, I'm going back to the current site. If I click, users have this more button that leads to a super long page where you have to scroll a lot to decide what it's planning to use, and we are moving to a pagination solution. I'm going back to the slide, the pagination was really since yesterday, but I haven't deployed to PollAxion to this site yet, it will be done today or tomorrow. The pagination will keep the single-page application architecture that we have now to avoid increasing or increasing the number of requests to the site, and it will be based on the AMD page content component that is available in Core. That's all for me.