The Single-Pointed Mind: The Bhagavad Gita, Ch2, Verse 41

What would it be like to have a single-pointed focus to do the things we love? This week, we will be diving into Chapter 2, verse 41. In these weekly lectures, we focus on specific ancient teachings that we can all apply to our day-to-day lives and personal spiritual journey!

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So today we are reading from the Bhagavad Gita. The Bhagavad Gita is a beautiful journey. For each of us to become whole. For me lately, I've been really thinking about this idea of wholeness. That our wholeness is our divinity. And our physical lives, Like it's the whole thing. That's really the journey here and it's a discussion between Arjuna the warrior. And Krishna, The God. But essentially, It's like. Arjuna is us. On the days that we're just questioning everything. You know, I got my sure. I don't even know if I want to do that. I don't know. Should I do this? Should I do that? Which should I do, You know? And Krishna is that highest center inside. Or you can imagine Krishna being God externally, Like it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter how we Perceive it. But the key is that we're having a dialogue. With wisdom. Wherever you find that in the world. And so today. We are looking at chapter two. Verse 41. Last week. This was our verse. On this path. No effort is wasted. No gain is ever reversed. Even a little of this practice. Will shelter you from great sorrow. This week. We're looking at this. Resolute understanding. Is single-pointed Arjuna. But the thoughts of the irresolute are many-branched. And endless. I'm going to read you a couple other versions of this. So here we have Paramahansa Yogananda. He says. In this yoga. Arjuna. The inner determination is single. One pointed. Whereas the reasonings of the undecided mind are unending. And variously ramified. In this yoga. Arjuna. The inner determination is single. One pointed. Whereas the reasonings of the undecided mind. Are unending. And variously ramified. I apologize, I did not look up the meaning of ramified. So if you don't know what it means, You're in good company. Oh, Does it mean many branches? Genius. That makes total sense. Thanks, Carla. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's version is. . . In this yoga. Arjuna. The resolute intellect is one-pointed. But many branched and endlessly diverse. Are the intellects of the irresolute. What's your sense of what Krishna's trying to say? Like what first comes to you when you hear that? In this yoga. The resolute intellect is one-pointed. But many branched and endlessly diverse. Are the intellects of the irresolute. The chittavrittis are omnipresent. Branchified. Expansive. There's the truth and then many takes on it. I don't know why I never actually looked up the meaning of the word irresolute. Irresolute means. . . Being hesitant or uncertain about how to act or proceed. Describes someone who is unable to make a firm decision. Or lacks determination to take action. It makes me think of a quote I saw this weekend. The clarity you are waiting for comes after the decision, Not before it. Oh, That's interesting. So I'd like to go down a few different paths. Branches. About this. Resolute then is marked by firm determination. Mm-hmm. It reminds me of monkey mind or needing to train the puppy. Mm-hmm, Totally. So the first thing that really interests me, And this is coming from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Oh, Hold on. I'm going out on an intuitive limb. The word struck me as the difference between having a focused or certain mind-heart. Or approach versus being uncertain and seeing many paths and not knowing what to do. Correctamundo. Yes, That is the general interpretation of this. So this is what the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi continues on. When he says, In this yoga, What he's saying is in this path to bliss. When the mind moves towards bliss. It experiences increasing charm at every step. As when one proceeds towards the light. The intensity increases continually. When the mind experiences increasing happiness, Then it does not wander. It remains focused in one direction. Unwavering. And resolute. What comes to you when you hear that? I'm going to chitchat about what I hear when I hear that. But I'd also love to know what you guys think. What first came to me when I read that was. How easily distracted my mind can be. It's one of the number one, I mean, I use social media and I like, There's a lot of things I like about social media. The thing that I don't like. Is that I pop on Facebook. And all of a sudden I'm reading people's opinions about things. And then later. I'm spinning on all these ideas that I read on Facebook. Suddenly I'm thinking about some bizarre thing that's happening overseas or something that's happening over there or some line that some person I don't even know said. And now everyone's arguing with them. And now I'm arguing with them, And I'm having conversations in my head with people that don't even exist. I mean, It could have been a bot just creating rage bait. But now. My happiness, My bliss, My potential reading time, My potential quiet time. Is now infiltrated Why these conversations in my head? And I'm arguing my point, And they're saying this, And I'm arguing this, And they're saying that. And every so often I just have to stop myself and say, Katrina, You're having a conversation with someone who's not here. This is not reasonable what you're doing, But it happens all the time. And that was the first thing that really struck me about how the distractions of our mind pull us away from happiness. And then my second thought was, Don't you find it weird sometimes? That it's almost like we're not allowed to be happy? Like there's some training in your head that says, If you're feeling particularly happy today, You really should start worrying about a war that's happening across the ocean, Or you really should start worrying about that thing your family members said. Or you really should start thinking about how you should be improving yourself. You really should start that yoga practice and you really should start that walking practice and you should really, And it's like, Why are we not trained? To stay focused on happiness. Why is this not trained into us that if you're happy, Stay focused there. If you are content, Stay focused there. But instead. . . It's like, I don't know, It's like idle hands do the devil's handiwork. Don't sit still. It's weird. Okay, I'm gonna read some comments here. The thought that comes is being mindful of what brings peace, Like making that the focus. The other side I find I waste a lot of time there and it sucks the life out of you. Like what you're talking about totally. Absolutely, It's a lie, But one we have to practice not to believe. That somehow happiness is irresponsible or something, Right? It's silly, Totally. That shame and shoulds keep the capitalistic machine going. Isn't that curious? Here's a question. Do we believe? Is there a belief system inside of us? That we actually should. Always be worrying about things. And I mean this seriously. I know the obvious answer is no, We shouldn't think that. I know that. But what actually exists inside of us right now? Do you have a program that says, You know, This person's really suffering, I should be really concerned about them. And I mean that seriously because I remember when my mom was sick. And so if there's anyone here who doesn't know these stories, My mom had cancer when I was, She was diagnosed when I was 21 and she died when I was 24. And the wild thing about when you have someone close to you that is sick. And this could be anything. This could also be. . . Caring for a loved one who's struggling. You know, It could be the people caring for aging parents. Or caring for children who are struggling or sick. When my mom was sick, It was like we weren't allowed to have a good day. Because mom was suffering. And it was like our lives just went on hold. Right until Mom either passed. Or got better, Which wasn't going to happen. And Wayne Dyer at the time was an incredible influence on all of us, My whole family. He was very big then, He was writing a lot of books. And he was really such a wonderful voice. He said, You cannot feel badly enough. To make someone else feel better. You cannot feel. Bad enough. To make someone else feel better. When we think of that. Why do we worry? Why do we stress out about other people's paths? We're not helping. We're not brainstorming with them on a treatment path. We're not helping. All we're doing. Is stealing our own joy. Which if we actually focused on our joy? We could bring joy to these people. And I don't mean. . . Turn that frown upside down. I mean genuine kindness and joy because when we are joyful, We are peaceful. We are content. And if someone is struggling, I know if I'm really struggling with something. I don't want someone who's stressed out and worried and freaked out about me. I want someone who has their own center. Their own quiet, Their own peace. That brings me peace. Not them being sideways because I'm sideways. My parents had some superstitions. Laugh today, Cry tomorrow. Like some balance in the universe not allowing too much happiness. The other thing that's really interesting is how We've normalized. Fractured thinking. That it's completely normal to be thinking about multiple things at one time. What are you thinking? Well, I'm thinking about this. I'm thinking about that. And don't get me wrong. That's me. Like if you ever dare ask me, What am I thinking about? There's like 12 channels running and I don't know exactly how that works. That doesn't make me happy. An interesting thing I learned in my hypnotherapy training. Was that our brain has one function, Survival, Keep us alive. Our brain has no interest in happiness. It focuses on what is wrong 90% of the time. Versus 10% of the time. Focused on what's right our brain goes down the what if negative rabbit hole trying to protect us from any possible threat It's so interesting. Okay, Between the brain organically being wired with a negative bias so that we are alert to threats in order to survive. And societal conditioning. It is challenging to orient oneself towards bliss or peace or contentment. As I watch my parents age within their dynamic and health conditions, It's hard to view life as not being impacted by challenge, Difficulty, Or losses. I know that I carry an inner peace, Yet also I worry about both others and self lately. So many people have unmet needs. That's so brilliantly said. And this is why they're talking here about the yoga. Of this practice. The yoga. Of single-pointedness. And this is where, From here on in, They're going to mention yoga a lot. And this is where it takes yoga away from just. Asana like the western perspective that yoga is balancing on your hands or sitting cross-legged or doing the splits or whatever it is you're doing. That yoga is an intentional practice. Focus, On something. It's being engaged in something. Because as everybody's saying here, The mental mind. Is programmed to protect us. It's programmed to look at the worst possible scenario so that we're ready for it. This. Is one aspect of the mind. This is the reptilian mind. This is the aspect of us that keeps us alive. But we have. An entire prefrontal cortex. That is open for anything. Our whole mind is not. The reptilian survival mind. But where do most of us live? There. Why? Because we've been trained to. And we've been taught to by our parents, By society, By movies, By books, By everything. You know that fear is everywhere. Whether you listen to the news shows or whether you listen to conspiracy theorists, Whether you listen to Facebook, Whether you listen to. . . It doesn't matter. And I'm not saying one is right or one is wrong. I'm just saying. If fear is the primary teaching, We're in big trouble. Our brain is in big trouble. Because when fears drive the boat, We stay in that reptilian mind. And this is where the path of yoga is different. Whole path of yoga. It's not meant to be easy. It's not meant to be, Oh, Now you've said these words. I get it. I'm happy now. That isn't the path of yoga. There's a reason why it was passed from master to student. Only certain people stayed with that master or stayed with the practice. Because this training is what we were overcoming. It's not small, And I say it's not small because It's okay when we fail. And even maybe failure is the wrong word. But it's okay when it's hard. It's okay when all that fear training rises and we find ourselves, You know. In the corner eating chocolate or wondering what in the world did we ever do wrong. But all the great teachers. Tell us. Can overcome that. We can reprogram our brain. Thrive. We can reprogram our brain. To be single focused. Even the eight limbs of yoga. Patanjali Sutras. The first two are yamas and niyamas, Which are all about different ways of even looking at the world. The next one is asana. And this is not what we think about asana like the Western world. Asana means How are you sitting right now? So like right now, Wherever you are, Whether you're sitting or lying down or whatever. Be aware of your posture on the earth. Echo, Are you hunched? Are you leaning? Become upright, Wherever you are. And just sort of become upright. And feel your alignment, Your chakras aligning with the center of the earth. Feel yourself sitting on the earth. This is where you live. The second is pranayama, So now we breathe. Breathing deeply, Exactly where we sit. And then if you're driving, Don't do this, But everyone else, Just close your eyes. And the next step is pratyahara, And you withdraw the senses. Withdraw the sight, Withdraw the ears, Withdraw the taste, Withdraw the sensation of your skin. This is why your asana must be comfortable, Because you don't want to be thinking about how you're sitting. And we go inward. The next limb. Is called Dharana. Single pointed focus. And so now whatever you're doing inside. Focus on one thing. Focus on the breath. Focus on your third eye. Focus on. Joy, Focus on peace, Focus on love. This is where you would do traticum. You might light a candle and gaze at the candle. Single-pointed focus. We do this not because it's good for us, Because we're practicing. This is yoga practice. We're practicing single pointed focus. And like someone said earlier, You know, The monkey mind or training a puppy. We are as gentle with ourselves. As we would be training a puppy. Oh, Come on back. Oop, Come on back. Oh, Come on back. And eventually, We start to retrain our mind that we can stay focused. And maybe we stay focused for five seconds. Maybe we stay focused for 10 seconds, Maybe we stay focused for a minute, And then what we find happens is the next, You know, A few, Maybe you do this every day, And you're just going to sit, I'm going to sit for three minutes, And I'm just going to practice being single-pointed focused. I don't have to be perfect, Just like we talked about last week, That no effort is wasted. Every tiny effort we make. To be single-pointed focused helps. And it might be. Not Checking social media. All day long. You don't have to throw it out. But just say, You know what? I'm gonna check it in the morning and. . . Maybe I'll check it at lunch and I'll check it at night. Or maybe I'll just take it in the morning. But to get rid of all the notifications. For me, It's really hard to get a hold of me during the day. Because I have my phone on do not disturb. All day long. The only people that can break through it are my children. Because they never call me unless it's an emergency. They're actually not phone people. My daughter loves TikTok and my son loves to game. It's not like they're like. . . Complete. Mennonites or something, You know, Or purists. But they don't text like that. They're not like that. So if they're messaging me or calling me, I need to know. Other than that. . . I run on an answering machine. I am undisturbed because my mind is already disturbable enough. The last thing I want to know is so-and-so called me or so-and-so texted me or so-and-so sent me a reel. I don't want to know that. Because. There is bliss in single-minded focus. Like we don't need to do it because we should. It is joyful. To actually be able to sit down in the corner. And just sit and read undisturbed. We don't do that because we should. We do it because it's amazing. If you want to paint, You want to just be able to paint. You want to be able to put up that easel. Undisturbed paint. Why? Because there's bliss in it, There's joy in it. Amazing things end up on the canvas through single-pointed focus. Why? Because we're closest to our divine nature. We're closest to God. We're closest to our most expansive selves. And those are paths of joy and bliss. There's another, I think it was Paramahansa here that says, Oh yeah. Okay, You guys ready? The minds of those who do not practice this yoga. Are constantly in the field of sensory experience. This fails to provide the mind with that great joy which alone can satisfy its thirst for happiness. The minds of those who do not practice this yoga are constantly in the field of sensory experience. This fails to provide the mind. With that great joy. Which alone can satisfy its thirst for happiness. So let's unpack that for a minute. When we are doing something we love. And this is where it's so important. To do things that we love, To do things that bring us authentic joy. And I'm not talking about, Oh, I just love chilling and watching Netflix at the end of the day. I do too. It's not a judgment, But that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about something that lights your soul up from the inside. These are the things we've lost over time we've lost what we call hobbies what we call like you know what i mean like what is it that just lights you up Because when we're doing something that we love, Our senses disappear. You ever done that? Last night, My partner and I were watching a documentary. And we were riveted. To this documentary. We didn't move from our chairs. Suddenly, We weren't Changing our positions and uncomfortable and our backs or nothing. We were riveted. We didn't even move We heard nothing else. We weren't looking for snacks. We weren't doing anything. We were riveted on the one thing we were doing. But what happens when our mind is all over the place? And it doesn't matter whether you're doing something or not, But let's say your mind's over here, Then it's over here, Then it's over here, Then it's over here. We feel every pain in our body. Suddenly, Like if we go back to the sensory experience, We feel everything. Suddenly we want to taste something and then we're off to the fridge looking for a snack or we're looking for chips or we're looking for chocolate or we're looking for, I don't know, Sugar or we're looking for coffee or we're looking whatever. We're looking for stuff to satisfy. Or we're looking for things to satisfy our eyeballs, Our sight. So we're like, You know what? And then we pick up our phone and we start scrolling. Because we aren't doing something that is capturing our attention. We're not actually focusing on something that brings us joy. It's a fascinating idea to me. When we notice ourselves, So this is the thing, Imagine noticing yourself. Twitching. Noticing all your aches and pains. Heading to the fridge, Heading for snacks. What are the things that, Because in those moments, Notice the fact that you are noticing that it's cold in here or god am i ever hot you know or oh i wish that neighbor would stop cutting their lawn because you're noticing everything in your sensory it's like What are you doing? And this is where we kind of can reverse engineer it back and say, Why am I not able to focus on what I'm doing? Should I be doing something else? Am I doing the wrong thing right now? So it's just an interesting thing, Right, To really watch ourselves. If we're becoming super obsessed with our senses, Maybe we need to shift gears. You know, Normally in all of our lives, There's about five different things we could be doing at any time. Maybe we need to shift gears, Maybe the spirit, Like that's how I am, Like I have. Probably seven projects on the go at any time. And I have to kind of sit there and think, What would really light me up right now? And if I do the thing that lights me up, I'm not heading to the fridge. I'm not worried what the neighbors are doing. I'm not worried about anything because I am so completely focused on it. If I think to myself, Oh, Katrina, You really should work on your finances and get your HST into the government or something. But that's not actually where my heart is, Because my heart's actually doing this new promotion for this new program I'm running. Then the whole time I'm like working on those spreadsheets. I'm thinking about chocolate. I'm thinking about coffee. I'm thinking about doing something else. And I'm fidgeting and I'm uncomfortable and my back hurts. It's an interesting thing in life to say. What if I don't follow the shoulds? And what if I just. . . Do what I'm called to do in this moment. It's so cool. So I also want to read you something, And then I want to do an exercise with you. So Paramahansa Yogananda, He said something. That really. It almost hurt my feelings. Undecided Dreamers. Dissipate their mental powers in the confusion of endless, Many-branched pathways of interests and desires. Undecided dreamers. Dissipate their mental powers. In the confusion of endless, Many-branched pathways of interests and desires. So this hurt my feelings when I read that. I am certainly an undecided dreamer with a bazillion interests and desires. But what's interesting is one really neat. Metaphor. That we can think about for this particular teaching. Is the vision. Of a tree. And I would love for you to do this. If you can do this right now, If you've got a piece of paper and a pen or something where you can visualize it in your mind. On the paper. Draw a trunk. You know, With some room to write inside the trunk. Outside of the trunk, Imagine there's all the branches. So outside of the trunk, Write down all the aspects of your life. For me, For example, What I was doing, So I was doing this exercise earlier because that really hurt my feelings. The trunk was me. So the trunk is you. And around the trunk, I put all of my interests, Which all of my interests are part of my business. Which makes life really weird sometimes. But I wrote all of my projects, And all of my interests, And everything I love to study, And everything I love to practice, And ballet dance, And writing books, And creating courses, And teaching yoga teachers, And teaching yoga, And exploring this, And being here with you guys, And the Bhagavad Gita, And all these things, And Tantra, And millions of branches all over this tree. But what was interesting is I started to visualize. But who is the core Katrina? That feeds all of these branches. There is a core. There is a core self. Prime directive of my soul. That is kind of like an umbrella for all these things. And it could be many things. It could be the pursuit of joy. It could be the pursuit of self-actualization. It could be finding community or understanding humanity or whatever. It could be a virtue. Like let's say you're Predominant virtue is truth. And everything you're interested in. Actually comes back to truth. Or maybe your predominant. Interest in life is love. And all the branches of your world. Are all focused in love. And maybe it's family and kids and grandkids and friends and community. Or maybe it's the love of photography and weather patterns and squirrels. Like, Who knows? But I highly recommend it. Doing this exercise, Taking a piece of paper, Making a trunk, A nice thick trunk. Writing all the branches of your life. All around the trunk. And then the cool thing is. If you want. To Make a tree grow big and strong. Do you water the branches? Do you water the leaves? Or do you water the roots? So then the question becomes. If we want to be single-pointed in our life. It's the trunk we're talking about. It's the core of who you are. And there is something really healing about connecting. With the core of who you are. And then nourishing that. Watering those roots to really imagine like What do you do? Every day. That waters your roots. Or what would you love to do? Every day. That would water your roots. And I would love for you to share that in the chat. What would feed your soul? What would nourish the trunk of your life? That would then feed all the branches. That you are intrigued by. Rating. Drinking enough water every day. Reading. Writing my poems. Gardening. Practicing gratitude. Meditation. Dancing throughout my day. Prayer and meditation, Devotion every day, Laughter. Being with someone who I love. Mm-hmm. That's funny. I've realized very recently, Like so I've belly danced for a long time. I took belly dancing probably 25 years ago. Something i almost never talk about is i owned a dance studio back in. . . 2005 we opened it. And I was supposed to be the business. My partner was supposed to be the dancer. And uh Things didn't work out exactly like that, And I ended up having to teach. And so I started teaching belly dance. And I taught belly dance for years. And then I stopped for a long time. And I realized that doing belly dancing. YouTube videos? Water is my roots. And it feeds everything I do. Not necessarily so that I can go and teach belly dance. But it waters the roots and makes me so clear about everything. Isn't that crazy? Like for me, To sit and read, Spend some time reading every day. And belly dance. That feeds all of my yoga teacher trainings and tantra classes. Yoga and writing and everything. Isn't that wild? Helping others, Walking and listening to Insight Timer. What's a belly dancer you would recommend? So when you take belly dance classes, There's two kinds, Well, There's three kinds of belly dance classes. One. You learn a choreography. Really common. Most belly dance classes are designed around that. Another is. . . Drilling particular areas. Isolations. And so you'll just, Today we're gonna work on hip drops and shimmies and just drill those exercises till it's in your body. I like classes that's actually a class. And I just get to dance and move the whole time. And there's this lovely woman. I think it's called belly motion or something. And that's what she does. She's kind of kooky, But I like it. This class is definitely a high one on my list, Reading and my work as well. Singing. Isn't that cool? I just find there's something about. . . Identifying that. That for all intents and purposes, Everything you guys have mentioned That's your yoga. And to do those things. Single pointedly. Without distraction. That is your highest yoga. It's so contrary to everything we are taught that it's supposed to be hard. The word discipline comes from the same root as disciple. And a disciple is someone. Who believes in something and wants to expand in that thing. So let's say for example. You love piano. And you sit down at the piano. And explore the piano. You explore the sounds and what can happen. And maybe you love the theory. So you explore the scales and all the different fifths and sevenths and all this, What do you call those? What do you call those? A fifth and a third and a. . . Intervals. Thanks. Um. . . And maybe that's what you love, And you just dive into it with the same single-pointed joy that we're talking about. Right? You can feel that. Imagine there's something you love like that. And you're like, Oh, I just want to know more and more and more. And the more I learn and the more I play, The more I just want to keep going in it. I have chills just saying that. You know, It's like I just want to dive into it. So every day you dive into the piano, You dive into the theory, You dive into the playing, You dive into maybe creation. Maybe you're not a theory person and you're just a by ear person. You just love the sounds and you love creating and composing and everything. You just dive into it. The problem with the word discipline. Is at some point in history. Someone watched. Someone who loved piano. And said, Wow. That person has such great discipline. And it got twisted. Well, I should have that kind of discipline. You should have that kind of discipline to sit down. Do you know what I'm saying? It's somehow Twisted. Like it twisted to the outside that now suddenly. It became what was once an absolute joyful thing that withdrew all other senses away from you and allowed you to experience the bliss and happiness of it. Suddenly became a should. So now imagine yoga practice. Same deal. Let's see. You say, You feel this call and you think, You know what? I would really love to explore. Meditation. I want to explore meditation. I want to explore it. I don't want to accomplish something. I don't want to become good at meditation so that other people can see that I can sit cross-legged in full lotus for an hour and a half without moving. That's not it. I want to explore. My inner world. I want to explore this. Infinite, Eternal being that I am. Well, I'm going to create a comfortable seat. Oh, That's OK. I'm going to make a sheepskin. I'm going to put some cushions down. I'm going to close the windows so that it's quiet. I'm going to sit on those cushions where I'm super comfortable. I'm going to close my eyes. Withdraw my senses from the world. And I'm just going to breathe. And I'm going to observe what's going on inside of me. I'm going to observe my emotions. I'm going to observe my thoughts. I don't know, Observe my breath. Isn't that interesting? I actually have, My breath is very shallow today. It's interesting. Imagine. You're sitting there having this entire inner journey. And you don't even realize that half an hour has gone by. And you're like, Wow. That was so interesting. I'm going to do that again tomorrow. So the next day comes along and you're like, Oh, I'm gonna. . . Go on my little exploration. So you go and you sit down. And your light. You have another exploration. So now suddenly five years have gone by and every single day you've sat down on your mat and gone on an exploration, Sometimes half an hour, Sometimes 10 minutes, Sometimes an hour, Sometimes maybe three minutes, Who knows? But you just have so much joy in it. And you just feel so good all day. You really like it. And so someone says to you, So what's new? And you're like, You know, I've been meditating. Kind of cool. " And they're like, Really? How long do you meditate? And you're like, You know what's different? Sometimes it's like. . . 10 minutes, Sometimes it's half an hour. And then the other person says, Wow, I wish I had that kind of discipline. You know what I mean? Like we've got it all backwards. If you love to sing, We should just sing! And then maybe an hour goes by. And then you find yourself singing every day. And someone else's. I wish I had the discipline to do. . . Do you know what I mean? Like it's all backwards. So it's just interesting. I'm just going to read the chat here. As I listen, The word passion comes to mind. Following one's passion. It's less about discipline from that restrictive or forced energy. Totally. More so, It's about the openness of expressing one's passion. To connect with self or others, Or to express uniquely in a way that suits you. People have said that when I tell them I do needle painting, It's not discipline, But the joy of doing it. 100%. So what is your takeaway today? What's a small thing you would love to write on your fridge or metaphorically put a sticker on your fridge? Or what would you love to do today? What can you do today? To water your roots. To stay in that single pointed joy, Because that was the point, Right? How to practice. Single pointed. Joy I know for me, I'm going to belly dance. The tree with its trunk and branches, Yes. Please do that exercise for sure. Go towards joy. Joy is now. To write without distraction. To play the piano. To think more about what waters my roots and then do one small thing to start it. Wonderful. So good Dance and sing today. Pick something that waters me every day. Notice. I have to sleep tonight. To leave the phone in the house. I literally love to leave my phone at home. Just and pretend that it's a phone on the wall. When I'm traveling, I like to have music and maps, But. . . For the most part. I love my phone being plugged in at home. And the I go out about my day. After work, I'll take a walk around the lake with my sister. Oh, Nice. Can I read the passage again? Sure. Resolute understanding is single-pointed Arjuna. But the thoughts of the irresolute are many-branched and endless. We traveled for the last 15 days with little or no service. It was such a delight. Because the beautiful thing is we don't have to throw anything out. As long as we focus on the tree trunk, As long as we focus on our core, Everything will be fine. We just can't get twisted by all these million thoughts and branches. Otherwise, The tail is kind of wagging the dog. Thanks, Everybody. Hope you have a great day or great evening. And I'll see you next week.