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So, Madhu, tell me about your vision.

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Yeah, the main thing that I keep in the forefront of my mind is the vision of service.

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Really what that means is being of contribution as opposed to being of taking.

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Because the mind either looks at life in terms of how can I, what can I get out of this,

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or in terms of what can I give towards this?

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How can I actually take something that's been gifted to me and share it out with others?

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So the main vision is how do we take these gifts with our unique psychophysical natures,

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the things that we've learned and earned and been shared with, and use that to improve

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the quality of life of other individuals.

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Thanks for sharing that.

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Where did this vision of sharing come from?

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Where did it come from for you?

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Yeah, so on my 18th birthday, I actually shaved my head and became a monk.

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I lived in and out of India, half the year in India, the other half in ashrams or monasteries

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in the West.

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And the whole aspect of becoming a monk and practicing meditation for hours every day,

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that's the part most people know of.

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It's like, okay, you go and it's a very peaceful life.

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But the other half is contribution, it's serving, it's everything from feeding people to sharing

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transformational knowledge and teaching meditation to whatever the case might be.

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So the whole basis of it is taking everything that you're learning from these ancient practices

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and how to implement that practically and share it with other people so they themselves

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can improve their quality of life.

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That's amazing.

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That's very profound.

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Is that why you do what you do?

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What do you get out of it?

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Yeah, there's a satisfaction.

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They've even done tests on the happiest people, people who say they're happy and they even

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hook them up to machines to test particular types of brainwaves of, quote, unquote, happiness.

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I'm oversimplifying it, but we see that the more that we try to take, the more of a deprivation

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we experience.

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The more that we try to accumulate this type of consumer mindset, there's a direct correlation

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to a sense of deprivation or wanting or longing.

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And it usually think, okay, if I get more, then I'll be happy.

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Once I have it, I'll be happy.

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But we very much, all we have to do is watch a movie or two, ask a couple people who are

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successful.

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They'll go, yep, that's not it.

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I have all the things in the world.

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That's definitely, even if they're happy, that does not directly contribute to their

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happiness.

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Whereas you see the people who have the most, they become the most philanthropic.

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Not everyone, of course, but those who, again, are living somewhat of a whole lifestyle.

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They give back.

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They give in charity.

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They give in contribution.

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They share.

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They take what they have and use it to help others.

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And that's really where, as a social mammal or as a human being, we thrive because we

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want to be a community.

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We want to be in collaborative efforts with others.

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And the way that we do that is sharing or contributing.

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Thank you for being here today.

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I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live.

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I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes continue to move forward.

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This is going to get more and more fun.

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We'll have more and more engagement as well.

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We'll invite people to participate in the show.

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And thank you for giving us your time and attention.

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Have an excellent time building out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.