ep 19 - Discover the Secret to Why We Suffer and How to Transcend It (with Lak & JT)

The Martial Mind Power & Martial Arts Philosophy Podcast

In todays episode, co-host Jatinder and Sifu Lak choose and discuss today's koan: "Crisis or cry-sees", found on page 410 of Lak's book, "The Art Of Thinking Without Thinking."

Highlights include:

- Why a personal crisis is so destructive and destabilising to the real you

- The flight, fight and freeze response in relation to helping and healing others

- Why suffering is like re-reading the same chapter of a book

- The deeper benefits behind suffering and what it's here to teach us

- Various meanings of the word "avatar" and its true definition

- Why we are a individual expression of the divine

- How a crisis helps to re-align you back to balance

- What is the cosmic play and how opposing forces play into it

- Insights about reality and perception from the wearing of a VR helmet

- How dealing with someone in a crisis with empathy is a powerful way to go

- Valuable lessons about how crisis plays a important function in combat and fighting

Martial Mind Power, by Lak Loi, uses martial arts inspired by #BruceLee, ancient wisdom, and self-mastery principles to help provide better mental health for a modern age. To learn more, check out Lak's books here: https://www.martialmindpower.com/