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You know, I honestly think that deep down we all want to do something incredible with

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our lives.

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Something that no one has done before.

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But we feel like we need some type of, I don't know, magical power in order to make that

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happen.

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But what if I told you that you already had that power inside of you?

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One that many of us fail to utilize in our everyday lives.

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And that super power is self-awareness.

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And this season we're exploring how incredible that power is by looking at an anime whose

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main character just wants to be seen for more than just his actual power.

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And that anime is Mob Psycho 100.

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Hey what's going on guys, my name is Nate and you're listening to the Otaku Liberation.

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A show where we help you break the chains that are holding you back in your life by

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connecting some biblical principles with themes from your favorite anime.

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And without further ado, let's get right on into it.

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And we're gonna get right on in with the verse for today's episode.

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And that's Proverbs chapter 4 verse 23.

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And it says, guard your heart above all else for it is the source of life.

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And the reason I chose this verse for this theme is it's telling us to basically guard

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ourselves from outside influence, right?

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To guard yourself from everything else besides, you know, the Lord himself, besides what God

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has called you to do, who he's called you to be.

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And essentially just listen to him.

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And it ties into the self-awareness aspect of it because once you know who you are and

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who you are, nothing else is going to matter.

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Nothing else is going to even get in your way, get in your mind.

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Like it's never going to be a factor.

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And honestly, I feel like that this verse really ties into just the theme of this whole

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season, which again, is self-awareness.

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And when I was watching Mob Psycho before I even decided to do it as a part of this

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podcast, I almost immediately resonated with a lot of the characters in there and just

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the theme itself because it really dives deep into what it means to kind of grow into your

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own, right?

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To kind of grow into who you've always been or who you always could be.

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But now it just comes full circle.

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And before we go too, too deep into that, let me give you an overview of what Mob Psycho

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100 is and what it's about.

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So it was created by one, you know, O.N.E.

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Jesse, the author is what he goes by.

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And the original run for the for the manga was from April 18th, 2012 to December 22nd,

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2017.

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And it's about the main character Shigeo Mob Kageyama.

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And again, in for the context of the of the series, Mob means like John Doe, right?

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Basically you're you're bland kind of, you know, just a generic name given to people,

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I guess.

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And Shigeo is a middle schooler in a very, very powerful Esper or psychic, whatever term

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you want to use.

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And in order to keep his powers in check, Mob or Shigeo suppresses his emotions in the

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hopes that he's able to live life like everybody else.

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And the reason why he does that, because in the world of Mob Psycho 100, especially for

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the case of Mob himself, their emotions greatly dictate how powerful and how much they can

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control their psychic powers.

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And in Mob's case, since he's such a strong Esper, it's even more so.

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So if he loses control of himself, loses sight of essentially who he is, then he runs the

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risk of just running rampant.

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And so in order to avoid that, he chooses to essentially lock away his his own emotions.

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And and on through the journey of Mob and some of the other characters that we see,

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one of the big themes that's tackled in Mob Psycho, like I said, is self-awareness, but

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is broken down in three main ways, the first of which is the way of power and responsibility.

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OK, what does what does that mean?

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So Mob strives to keep his immense power under control so he doesn't hurt others.

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And sometimes this can be to a fault where he may need to use his powers in order to

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overcome whatever obstacle he's currently facing.

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But because of his his fear of essentially being who he is, then it causes him to to

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hesitate to second guess his in the base, a second guess, his decision making.

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And again, you guys know I love the cliche saying, you know, yeah, Uncle Ben said it

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best with great power comes great responsibility.

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And that rings true not just in the fictional realm of superheroes and anime characters,

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but it also rings true in the real world, because it is true.

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Those who have power have a responsibility to use that power wisely and correctly.

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And all of us have power.

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All of us have power.

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And God put us on this earth for a reason.

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Your reason may be different from mine and he may expect more out of you than me or vice

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versa.

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But the beauty of it is he only holds us responsible for what he has given us and not for what

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others even if not for what he's given others.

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And so just let out a sigh of relief.

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You know, if you're not a billionaire, don't worry about it.

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He's not going to hold you accountable for, you know, for being a billionaire because

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because you're not one.

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But I do like looking at this whole thing of your power and responsibility.

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So what is what is power?

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The way I look at it, power is just your influence within your your spear.

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When then your your immediate vicinity.

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Now, some people who, again, like the billionaires of the world, their influence is larger because

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they have more resources, they have access to more things, people, what have you.

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But just think about yourself.

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Think about the four to five people that you spend the most time with and think about how

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you how you influence them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, you know, because I've

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noticed sometimes you spend a lot of time with a person, you start taking on their mannerisms

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and how they talk, the things that you find funny or cool or whatnot.

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You kind of feed off of each other.

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So just think about how you're affecting other people and how they're affecting you and influencing

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you because that influence is power.

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And I want you just to be more, I guess, cognizant is the right word is be more intentional.

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There we go.

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There we go.

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Be more intentional to how you interact with people and how it gets in business and how

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you can make a difference in their lives, whether how how small it is or how big it

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can be.

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It all comes down to how we use our gifts and our talents and the power that in God

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gave us.

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And I can stress enough, you're only responsible for what you can do.

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Not asking you, not telling you, you have to change the world in, you know, in two days

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or something crazy like that.

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It's all about what you already have at your disposal, what you've essentially already

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have been doing.

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Now you're just doing it with more intention.

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So that was the first part.

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First part against power and responsibility and just being aware of the power that you

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have and how you're using it.

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So the second point is the emotional intelligence or connecting with others, however you want

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to take it.

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And being emotionally intelligent is a vital skill in life because it not only helps you

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understand yourself, but it will also help you connect with others and understand where

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they're coming from.

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So in the case of Mob, he always takes into consideration how his actions or the actions

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of others will affect those around him.

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Again, this ties back into why he doesn't use his powers because he knows if he does

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use his powers and they go out of control again, a lot of people's lives are going to

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be in danger.

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They're going to be negatively affected by his actions.

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And again, like I said, not even just his own actions, but some actions of the enemies

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that he's going against at that point in time.

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And whether it's, you know, Stimple, Claw, you know, sometimes even Reagan, if he's being

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ridiculous.

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And Mob is always thinking about others.

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And I think that's something that we can all take from is to just be more cognizant of

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how our actions or inactions are affecting the people around us.

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And not just our loved ones, but just people in general.

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Because you may think is what you're doing or what you've done is it's innocent, it

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can hurt nobody, you know, or is only affecting me, you know, whatever the case may be.

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Oftentimes it's not.

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Sometimes it's not just affecting you is affecting again, those same four to five people

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that you spend the most time with and who truly and genuinely care about you, then is

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going to affect them a great, great deal.

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So just being able to recognize how you how you are feeling and how to express those feelings

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in a healthy way is it's a superpower in of itself.

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Sorry, just reading, reading this and just really thinking about it.

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This is something I have.

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I'm still learning and approving, but for the longest time could not get right.

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And just, you know, full disclaimer, I'm an emotional guy, right?

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I'm an emotional guy and I I like to say I feel my emotions deeply, which means, you

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know, when I'm sad, I'm really sad.

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If I'm angry, I'm really angry from happy and really happy type thing.

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And it it ebbs and flows.

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So when I was younger, I used to always, you know, just be a crybaby, right?

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If I got too, too upset and the water works for common, that that's how it was.

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That's you know, that was my MO even in even in high school, right?

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Up until I believe my junior years when I finally got out of that season.

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But so I went from just being overly emotional to the other end where I never fully express

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myself because I don't know.

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Just hear you think about I'm not sure why I or what caused the shift to happen, but

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I just noticed in myself that I taper my emotions.

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I keep them close to the chest and don't and I don't really express them as nowhere near

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as much as I used to.

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But now it's to the point where they're not really expressed at all.

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At least it was.

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I can say I'm getting better and being more animated, I guess.

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I'm trying to trying to be.

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Sometimes these things are a little nerve wracking.

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But for someone who's personally gone through this and we're still going through it, you

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know, just being able to express yourself in a healthy way, you know, without blowing

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up on somebody or or just, you know, flying off the deep end or on the other end, not

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expressing yourself at all or not expressing yourself enough.

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And I strongly encourage you just to just be honest with yourself.

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That's where it starts from.

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Just be honest with yourself and what you're feeling and know that it's OK.

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You know, whatever it is that you're feeling, it's OK.

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And to just let them go, let them flow.

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just let it go.

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Because none of these things are going to are going to last forever.

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And again, emotions are fleeting.

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You're going to feel it for one second and the next second you you're good again.

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So just take it with a grain of salt.

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Don't get so hung up on it and, you know, this basis don't turn in the mob.

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Don't turn in the mob.

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Don't keep them so close to the chest that you physically can't express them anymore

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because that's not that's not healthy either.

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So just learn how to be honest with yourself, how to be honest with your own emotions, how

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you're feeling, and then also just be aware of how others are feeling and really just,

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you know, be better, I guess.

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My enemy.

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So I was pointing to, you know, emotional intelligence and being able to connect with

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other people.

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is rejecting external validation or making me not reject, but not relying on external

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validation because in mob actually exemplifies this really, really well because this whole

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motif is that his worth isn't solely determined by his psychic powers.

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Now in the show where there are other experts or other psychics on the show and other ones

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who are very, very powerful, you know, not, they're not as powerful as he is, but they're

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pretty close and their whole identity is them having psychic powers, like in how strong

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they are and so much so that they just don't even consider just doing normal things as

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something great.

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And for mob is the exact opposite.

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I mean, he pretty much loads his power for the majority of the series and he just wants

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to be normal.

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He just wants to be able to do normal things and excel at what we consider, you know, this

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would be normal, you know, getting good grades at school and being able to talk to girls

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and again, because he's in middle school and he's going through that and, you know, being

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athletic, being able to run for more than 20 feet without passing out, you know, things

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like that, things that we wouldn't think would be a problem for somebody who has those type

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of abilities.

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But in mob's mind, if he were to just rely on his abilities all the time, then that would

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be the only thing that he has.

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And in that, that speaks volumes to me and was the reason why I wanted to cover this

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entire anime, but it's just that particular moment, that particular idea is that, you

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know, we are not defined by what we can or what we can't do.

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We are all uniquely made and no one thing makes or breaks our personalities.

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So you're, we are not, we are not just one thing.

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Not one thing defines us, you know, you, you being six, two doesn't make your entire personality,

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You being a star athlete, you being a superstar in the classroom or you struggling in the

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classroom or you not being a star athlete, you, you know, whatever it is that you think

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is defining you, whether it's good or bad, it's not, you know, it's not the only thing

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that you offer.

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It's not the only thing that defines you.

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Not the only thing that is a part of you because we are all made up of different gifts and

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talents and things like that.

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And again, that's part of the beauty of the world and no, no two people are ever the same.

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And but that also means you have, you have the opportunity to continue to grow and discover

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new things about yourself.

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You might discover new things that you're bad at or good at, you know, or amazing, you

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know, and even then, even those new things aren't going to define who you are.

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Because again, we're just a combination of all our different gifts, talents, life experiences,

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you know, environment, all these different things that make us who we are and who we

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are is amazing.

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You're amazing.

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And don't let anyone else tell you different.

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Don't tell yourself anything different.

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And no, seriously, don't tell yourself anything different because even if you're, excuse me,

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even if you're saying it as a joke, right, our brains don't recognize jokes and sarcasm.

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So everything you say to yourself, you're taking it literally whether you want to or

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not.

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And it's good.

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Just going to start this whole negative feedback loop of you quote unquote joking about it.

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Then you start thinking about it for real.

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And then now you're just feeling worse about yourself.

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So I really want you to take a step back and start saying some positive things about yourself

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in your life.

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You know, say I'm today, I'm going to be happy today.

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I'm going to do great things.

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I've already done great things.

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I'm awesome.

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I'm also because some random guy on a podcast said I am and, and you know, just different

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things like that.

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You really get into your own into your own head and give yourself some credit and don't

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worry.

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It's not, you know, I'm not giving you the big old homework assignment without any help,

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without any guideline.

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Again, that's what this whole season is going to be about this whole, you know, four or

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five, six episode.

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I'm not sure how long it's going to be yet, but you know, this whole season is about self

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awareness and how we view ourselves and how we have how our own action decisions affect

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our lives and those around us and just improving it.

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I mean, that's, that's pretty much it.

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So just kind of a quick summary.

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Mob Psycho 100 has the overall thing of self awareness and we mainly look at it through

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Shigeyo or Mob, whichever one you want to call them.

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I'm going to switch between the two and how his journey revolves around understanding

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his own emotions and the psychic powers.

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But through his experiences, we're going to learn the importance of, you know, recognizing

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consequences of our actions, both the good and the bad, the value of being able to connect

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with others and not relying so much on external validation and what other people or what other

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things are saying about our self worth.

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You know, self awareness is a guy in force in Mob's life and helps shape his choices

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and decisions and it's also something that's going to help guide us to if you let it.

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And just like anything else, that's a skills, the skill we're going to have to develop and

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really practice to get better at.

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But don't worry, I got your back.

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We're here.

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We're going to go through all this together.

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I promise.

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All right.

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So thank you guys for tuning into today's episode and I pray that you get what you needed

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out of it and that you learn something new about yourself.

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And if you like what you heard on today's episode and want to take a deeper look, head

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on over to the otaku liberation dot net where you find an accompanying blog article that

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goes even deeper into today's episode.

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And you'll also find a link to our YouTube channel where I cover some bonus topics, some

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bonus topics outside of our podcast.

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Just a little, you know, shameless plug right there.

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But don't forget to tune in next week to the next week's episode as we learn what it means

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to truly be ourselves with the main character himself, Shigeyo.

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And as always, remember, you are the main character of your story and that story doesn't

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end until he says so.

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All right.

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Be blessed.