WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.740 Tell me about your vision. Well, my vision is 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:08.759 a world where each of us are feeling inspired, 00:00:09.099 --> 00:00:13.560 connected, and empowered, and a world of greater 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.399 spiritual intelligence. If you look at our world 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:20.780 today, Human cognitive intelligence, our IQ has 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:24.339 landed us on the moon, deciphered the genomes, 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:27.199 split the atom. We developed AI that's smarter 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:30.539 than many of us, including myself. We have emotional 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:33.039 intelligence that lots of people know about and 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:35.520 are working on that have connected us to our 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:38.159 emotions. We're more aware. We can manage our 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:41.219 emotions better. But still, the world is very 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:44.119 chaotic and problematic. Anxiety, depression 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.520 rates are soaring. Substance abuse, addiction, 00:00:47.859 --> 00:00:50.880 suicide rates are soaring. There's a loneliness 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:55.039 epidemic. There's political polarization, wars, 00:00:55.219 --> 00:00:58.079 environmental concerns. So something is missing. 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.740 And I think what is missing is an understanding 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:03.280 and appreciation of our spiritual intelligence. 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:07.430 And that's the third missing piece. that we need 00:01:07.430 --> 00:01:10.890 individually and collectively as a society so 00:01:10.890 --> 00:01:16.030 my vision is a world where more of us are awakened 00:01:16.030 --> 00:01:22.129 to our inherent potential of um our spirit essence 00:01:22.129 --> 00:01:26.129 our life force energy and can actualize it where 00:01:26.129 --> 00:01:28.969 we understand our interconnectedness and this 00:01:28.969 --> 00:01:31.469 is when we feel most fulfilled most empowered 00:01:31.469 --> 00:01:35.409 most connected and we do good for ourselves and 00:01:35.409 --> 00:01:38.489 the world around us well tell me more about that 00:01:38.489 --> 00:01:43.969 um like how and why like this is what is all 00:01:43.969 --> 00:01:46.310 it's it's a lot of things i'm familiar with most 00:01:46.310 --> 00:01:49.969 of it i'm not so okay in the chaotic world where 00:01:49.969 --> 00:01:54.810 like ai is coming to an extent where um the knowledge 00:01:54.810 --> 00:01:57.750 we hold as humans uh when it comes to information 00:01:57.750 --> 00:02:01.010 would be probably obsolete because there's going 00:02:01.010 --> 00:02:03.920 to be ways to get more and more knowledge and 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:07.079 how do you come into play into all this so i'm 00:02:07.079 --> 00:02:10.139 very curious well that's a good point exactly 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:14.180 so when some of the things that differentiated 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:18.340 us get as humans get automated with with ai and 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:22.090 with robots we have to leverage things that that 00:02:22.090 --> 00:02:24.389 are unique to us and that's actually when spiritual 00:02:24.389 --> 00:02:28.689 intelligence becomes more more important so you 00:02:28.689 --> 00:02:31.250 say well what is spiritual intelligence so a 00:02:31.250 --> 00:02:33.530 lot of people have heard about emotional intelligence 00:02:33.530 --> 00:02:36.629 so i'll just explain it as an analogy what is 00:02:36.629 --> 00:02:39.090 emotional intelligence the ability to draw on 00:02:39.090 --> 00:02:44.229 emotional resources and information to help manage 00:02:44.229 --> 00:02:47.860 emotions in ourselves and others So what is spiritual 00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:50.080 intelligence? Spiritual intelligence is the ability 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.199 to draw on, embody spiritual intelligence. qualities 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:57.280 and resources in daily life. So he said, what 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:00.060 are these spiritual resources and qualities? 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:02.919 These are things like purpose, service, gratitude, 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:08.000 joy, beauty, trust, humility, integrity, intuition, 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:11.759 things like that. These are the qualities that 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.360 through my doctoral research interviewing 71 00:03:14.360 --> 00:03:17.240 teachers across all the world's traditions from 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.780 Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.219 Shamanism are common. Regardless of their theology 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:26.680 and cosmology, they're talking about the value 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.560 of compassion and forgiveness and integrity and 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:34.580 humility. It's these abilities to embody these 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:37.180 qualities in daily life, in our work meetings, 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.620 in our meetings with friends and family, and 00:03:40.620 --> 00:03:43.300 how we drive on the freeway, and how we do shopping 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:45.740 in the supermarket. So spiritual intelligence 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:49.259 is different from spiritual belief, like I believe 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:52.060 in God, I believe in reincarnation, or whatever, 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:56.569 which is nice. Or I can have a spiritual experience. 00:03:56.669 --> 00:03:59.310 I could be meditating. I could be walking in 00:03:59.310 --> 00:04:01.750 the forest, and all of a sudden my ego dissolves. 00:04:01.750 --> 00:04:04.449 I feel one with everything. There's no separation. 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:07.009 That's a beautiful spiritual experience. But 00:04:07.009 --> 00:04:10.469 spiritual intelligence, how do I embody these 00:04:10.469 --> 00:04:14.590 realizations in my daily life to express these 00:04:14.590 --> 00:04:18.089 qualities that I just mentioned, where the rubber 00:04:18.089 --> 00:04:23.310 meets the road in how we live? Thank you for 00:04:23.310 --> 00:04:29.019 sharing that. What would you say is the why of 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:31.860 what you do this? Like, why you do this? Yossi, 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:34.139 what gets you out of bed every morning to keep 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:36.079 doing what you do? Why are you on the podcast 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:40.540 talking about all this? Well, this is my calling. 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.220 This is my passion to awaken greater spiritual 00:04:43.220 --> 00:04:46.100 intelligence in myself and the world. That's 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:49.680 why I started this nonprofit, AwakeningSpiritualIntelligence 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.779 .org. And it's really the result of my lifelong 00:04:53.779 --> 00:04:57.879 journey, which started in the Israeli military, 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.720 where I had the fastest promotion record in the 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:02.850 history. history of my regiment, won all these 00:05:02.850 --> 00:05:05.069 awards. Luckily, it was a peaceful time. But 00:05:05.069 --> 00:05:08.730 the military command and control model chafed 00:05:08.730 --> 00:05:11.410 at my soul. And I resolved to someday build an 00:05:11.410 --> 00:05:14.930 organization that inspires the best in people 00:05:14.930 --> 00:05:18.810 and brings out the best in actualizing each individual. 00:05:19.089 --> 00:05:22.170 And that led me to then start two tech companies 00:05:22.170 --> 00:05:24.750 in Silicon Valley that I was fortunate enough 00:05:24.750 --> 00:05:27.750 to take public. But, you know, in the midst of 00:05:27.750 --> 00:05:31.620 all of that, I also had an experience called 00:05:31.620 --> 00:05:34.699 the dark night of the soul. And that led me to 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:38.819 a spiritual awakening that where I realized our 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:42.259 interconnectedness and that we are part of one 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:46.819 web of life, one reality. And that blew the circuits 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:50.060 of my mind. It also got me pushed out of the 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:52.480 company I started. I was the CEO of a public 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:57.500 company and, you know, I couldn't contain this. 00:05:57.949 --> 00:06:01.670 energy of awakening, the kundalini, the sense 00:06:01.670 --> 00:06:05.189 of oneness. And my board pushed me out. It was 00:06:05.189 --> 00:06:09.829 very embarrassing, shameful experience. The headline 00:06:09.829 --> 00:06:11.829 stories in the Wall Street Journal, New York 00:06:11.829 --> 00:06:14.629 Times was like, I became emotionally unstable 00:06:14.629 --> 00:06:18.490 and so on. And all the people that were seeking 00:06:18.490 --> 00:06:21.990 my company stopped corresponding to me and returning 00:06:21.990 --> 00:06:25.069 my emails and my phone calls. But that led me 00:06:25.069 --> 00:06:29.019 to try to understand. Was this real? Was this 00:06:29.019 --> 00:06:32.360 delusion, this experience of our interconnectedness? 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:36.759 And that's what got me to go and do a PhD in 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.660 psychology and the interface of spirituality 00:06:39.660 --> 00:06:42.860 and psychology. And that's how I came across 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:46.300 this concept of spiritual intelligence and did 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:49.259 the research to define it and then how to academically 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:53.540 validate its measurement and then show that leaders 00:06:53.540 --> 00:06:56.339 that have higher spiritual intelligence are. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:59.899 get inspired and then inspire people around them. 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:03.220 And then they lead teams with higher commitment, 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:06.319 greater morale, lower turnover. Other follow 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.959 -on research has shown that those leaders produce 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.579 better financial results for their organizations. 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.920 So it's a win -win. It's a win -win for the individual. 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:19.199 People with greater spiritual intelligence have 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:22.490 better mental health. resilience better quality 00:07:22.490 --> 00:07:25.250 of life they're also more productive they feel 00:07:25.250 --> 00:07:27.829 connected to themselves they feel connected to 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:32.350 other people and um in a world where we're feeling 00:07:32.350 --> 00:07:35.750 this loneliness epidemic this polarization i 00:07:35.750 --> 00:07:39.509 think This is a key antidote of what we need 00:07:39.509 --> 00:07:42.290 individually for our mental health and quality 00:07:42.290 --> 00:07:45.529 of life and fulfillment and what we need societally 00:07:45.529 --> 00:07:48.750 and in our families. So many families are suffering 00:07:48.750 --> 00:07:51.990 because there's this polarization. One person 00:07:51.990 --> 00:07:55.410 votes this way and the other person votes this 00:07:55.410 --> 00:07:57.889 way and they can't agree and they can't listen 00:07:57.889 --> 00:08:01.250 to each other. And there's all this animosity 00:08:01.250 --> 00:08:05.399 and either or thinking. That's why I'm passionate 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.339 about it. Because I think it's what's needed 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:13.480 for us individually and collectively. So when 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:18.680 you talk about the oneness of everyone being 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:21.600 part of one thing, what do you mean by that? 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:25.660 Okay, that's great. That's a good question. Something 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:27.480 you might hear people that are spiritual say, 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:30.240 oh, we're all one. well i think it's not exactly 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.240 like that if you look at my hand there's this 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:36.120 pinky finger and this thumb well they're they're 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.080 one hand right but they're not the same thank 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:42.720 god each each finger has its job and it's a good 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.139 thing i have a thumb that acts differently than 00:08:45.139 --> 00:08:47.659 the pinky or the other fingers now you can think 00:08:47.659 --> 00:08:50.740 about the human body there are many trillions 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:55.440 of cells and Each cell is unique. It has a cell 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:58.000 membrane. It has to keep its integrity. It has 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.820 its immune system that keeps it alive. But it's 00:09:01.820 --> 00:09:04.379 also part of an organ, whether it's the kidney 00:09:04.379 --> 00:09:07.159 or the liver or the thyroid. It has a function 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:10.120 within the organ. And then the organ is embedded 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.700 in the organism. And the organism has to function. 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:16.700 Each cell has to do its job within the organ, 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:20.860 within the organism. The cell has to worry about 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:24.240 its individual survival and functioning and integrity, 00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:28.159 but also has to worry about contributing to the 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:31.679 overall organism. If the cell keeps itself alive, 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.539 but the organism gets cancer, eventually the 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:39.519 cell dies. So the same is with us. Now, each 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.039 cell in the human body has the same DNA, and 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.460 it comes from the same stem cell. But it differentiates 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:49.379 and takes on a unique role, a unique function. 00:09:49.620 --> 00:09:52.740 So it is with us. Each of us are part of this 00:09:52.740 --> 00:09:55.960 one web of life, but we're each endowed with 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:59.100 our unique talents, gifts, and superpowers. It's 00:09:59.100 --> 00:10:02.340 like we have our own unique instrument that we've 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:06.340 been granted by life. And we want to play as 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:09.299 part of this beautiful symphony, part of this 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:13.179 bigger organism of life that we're a part of. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.120 we are one but we're not the same we're one and 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.820 we're uniquely individual am i making any sense 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:25.960 to to some extent so when it comes to a single 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:29.919 cell right i can i can feel i can touch and i 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:33.379 can experience it in real life because it's there 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:37.200 right but when you talk about life in sense of 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.950 a bigger like a bigger picture bigger bigger 00:10:40.950 --> 00:10:43.169 living, breathing organism? Like, what do you 00:10:43.169 --> 00:10:47.350 mean by that as me being part of that? Well, 00:10:47.549 --> 00:10:53.769 look at the web of life that is happening right 00:10:53.769 --> 00:10:57.350 now. The way it looks, if I look at the plant 00:10:57.350 --> 00:10:59.590 on my desk right now, you can't see it, but there's 00:10:59.590 --> 00:11:03.169 a green plant on my desk. There's trees, green 00:11:03.169 --> 00:11:05.789 trees outside. The sun is shining. It's a beautiful 00:11:05.789 --> 00:11:10.190 day here. Now I'm going to inhale. I'm drawing 00:11:10.190 --> 00:11:13.210 in oxygen. Where did that oxygen come from? It's 00:11:13.210 --> 00:11:16.610 the exhale of the plant of the trees. Now I'm 00:11:16.610 --> 00:11:19.990 going to exhale and I'm exhaling carbon dioxide. 00:11:20.169 --> 00:11:24.190 And that's the inhale of the plant and the tree. 00:11:24.309 --> 00:11:27.809 So the trees and the plants and I are in this 00:11:27.809 --> 00:11:32.389 symbiotic relationship where we are one part 00:11:32.389 --> 00:11:38.250 of larger web of life. I don't have a separate 00:11:38.250 --> 00:11:40.830 existence. I couldn't exist without the trees 00:11:40.830 --> 00:11:43.350 and the plants and the oxygen that's in the atmosphere 00:11:43.350 --> 00:11:47.070 and the earthworms that are in the earth and 00:11:47.070 --> 00:11:52.490 all of the way life connects us all, the farmers 00:11:52.490 --> 00:11:58.679 producing the food and whatever. The way it looks 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.799 from the common human mind is like we're all 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:07.200 separate individual entities, like a billiard 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:10.620 ball or whatever, that are all distinct and have 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:12.840 distinct boundaries and we have nothing to do 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.759 with each other. But we need to understand this 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.440 is kind of a cap... Copernican revolution of 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.519 consciousness that happens when we realize this. 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:25.399 Like up until Copernicus and Galileo, we believe 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.480 that the earth is at the center of the universe 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:31.299 and the stars and the sun rotate around it, right? 00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:33.139 Because that's how it looks through the day. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:36.440 You see the sun move across the sky, but then 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:38.419 they realize, no, it's the other way around. 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:41.960 You know, the earth comes out of the sun and 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:45.500 is sustained by the sun's energy for all life. 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:50.299 So this is a Copernican revolution is when we 00:12:50.299 --> 00:12:52.720 understand our interconnectedness, even though 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.919 from the egoic mindset, I'm a skin encapsulated 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:01.080 ego. All I am is this body and it's bounded by 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.840 my skin and I'm independent from the rest of 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.139 existence. Well, that's obviously not true. There's 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:12.049 no, I have no existence. On my own, without Mother 00:13:12.049 --> 00:13:14.889 Earth, I have no life. I have no life without 00:13:14.889 --> 00:13:18.809 the sun feeding the energy that grows all the 00:13:18.809 --> 00:13:23.250 food and sustains this planet. So that's what 00:13:23.250 --> 00:13:27.269 I mean. We're part of a web of life. Okay. And 00:13:27.269 --> 00:13:33.909 from all that knowledge, then what? Well, then 00:13:33.909 --> 00:13:38.370 like a cell in the human body, I can't just selfishly 00:13:38.370 --> 00:13:41.990 think about. what's good for me. I have to worry 00:13:41.990 --> 00:13:45.549 about the organism I'm embedded in, because if 00:13:45.549 --> 00:13:48.490 the organism is sick and gets cancer, then eventually 00:13:48.490 --> 00:13:52.129 I die. So what this means is that I can't just 00:13:52.129 --> 00:13:55.629 say, hey, all I care is about, you know, how 00:13:55.629 --> 00:13:58.990 much money I make and how much food I can eat, 00:13:59.149 --> 00:14:03.110 etc. It's ultimately not fulfilling. So if there's 00:14:03.110 --> 00:14:06.429 a virus like there was in COVID, it spread through 00:14:06.429 --> 00:14:10.429 the whole world. It affected all of If we have 00:14:10.429 --> 00:14:14.950 global warming and we have these environmental 00:14:14.950 --> 00:14:18.590 disasters, it affects all of us. So I have to 00:14:18.590 --> 00:14:22.710 figure out how can I contribute to this overall 00:14:22.710 --> 00:14:26.429 web of life. If there are wars happening, it's 00:14:26.429 --> 00:14:31.529 going to affect me. So I have to think more globally 00:14:31.529 --> 00:14:35.549 and act locally in terms of what are my gifts. 00:14:36.190 --> 00:14:38.350 And then how can I contribute to the greater 00:14:38.350 --> 00:14:42.679 whole? Life continues to thrive for many generations, 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:47.379 for my children, my grandchildren, and so on. 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:49.360 Thank you for being here today. I'm really happy 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.600 that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. I'm looking 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.860 forward to seeing your reactions as these episodes 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:56.659 continue to move forward. This is going to get 00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:59.279 more and more fun. We'll have more and more engagement 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.360 as well. We'll invite people to participate in 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.539 the show. And thank you for giving us your time 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:05.820 and attention. Have an excellent time building 00:15:05.820 --> 00:15:08.179 out your vision and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.