So, Madhu, tell me about your vision.
Yeah, the main thing that I keep in the forefront of my mind is the vision of service.
Really what that means is being of contribution as opposed to being of taking.
Because the mind either looks at life in terms of how can I, what can I get out of this,
or in terms of what can I give towards this?
How can I actually take something that's been gifted to me and share it out with others?
So the main vision is how do we take these gifts with our unique psychophysical natures,
the things that we've learned and earned and been shared with, and use that to improve
the quality of life of other individuals.
Thanks for sharing that.
Where did this vision of sharing come from?
Where did it come from for you?
Yeah, so on my 18th birthday, I actually shaved my head and became a monk.
I lived in and out of India, half the year in India, the other half in ashrams or monasteries
in the West.
And the whole aspect of becoming a monk and practicing meditation for hours every day,
that's the part most people know of.
It's like, okay, you go and it's a very peaceful life.
But the other half is contribution, it's serving, it's everything from feeding people to sharing
transformational knowledge and teaching meditation to whatever the case might be.
So the whole basis of it is taking everything that you're learning from these ancient practices
and how to implement that practically and share it with other people so they themselves
can improve their quality of life.
That's amazing.
That's very profound.
Is that why you do what you do?
What do you get out of it?
Yeah, there's a satisfaction.
They've even done tests on the happiest people, people who say they're happy and they even
hook them up to machines to test particular types of brainwaves of, quote, unquote, happiness.
I'm oversimplifying it, but we see that the more that we try to take, the more of a deprivation
we experience.
The more that we try to accumulate this type of consumer mindset, there's a direct correlation
to a sense of deprivation or wanting or longing.
And it usually think, okay, if I get more, then I'll be happy.
Once I have it, I'll be happy.
But we very much, all we have to do is watch a movie or two, ask a couple people who are
successful.
They'll go, yep, that's not it.
I have all the things in the world.
That's definitely, even if they're happy, that does not directly contribute to their
happiness.
Whereas you see the people who have the most, they become the most philanthropic.
Not everyone, of course, but those who, again, are living somewhat of a whole lifestyle.
They give back.
They give in charity.
They give in contribution.
They share.
They take what they have and use it to help others.
And that's really where, as a social mammal or as a human being, we thrive because we
want to be a community.
We want to be in collaborative efforts with others.
And the way that we do that is sharing or contributing.
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