0:00:54 kevin is sitting on grass at a park of scottsdale arizona 0:02:34 kevin mentions a story from buddha 0:04:48 living in the now vs interacting with the inner narrative 0:05:56 how can we navigate in a paradigm where rules are breaking day by day? 0:06:36 does sometimes a collapse needed for resetting the system? 0:07:18 kevin mentions the period after julius caesar's assasination and states it may not be easy to recover from a collapse, 0:09:30 if we want to throw phony politicians out we should be ready for ones authentically lying as well, 0:10:26 kevin says he does turn to stoics when he is stressed out by conditions he can't change, and gives and Epictetus quote, 0:12:01 kevin talks about how things went down while vote-counting in Phoenix Arizona 0:12:59 we are trying to resist reality unfolding and quote from byron katie 0:13:44 another quote from Epictetus 0:14:48 as the life's necessity we may need to work through people no matter what result comes out 0:15:06 ptolemy's book toll mandate and library of alexandria 0:17:25 we need to trust life and what it needs to be 0:18:07 contrast between fanaticism and free thinking periods of time 0:19:47 how we can approach the unfriendliness of the today's world from a place of peace 0:20:55 more quotes from Epictetus 0:21:20 if you find yourself caught in fear and terror go back to precepts and practice rational thinking 0:22:11 continuation to Epictetus passage 0:22:35 universe is strong and superior such that its unreasonable to resist events happening to us 0:23:27 kevin talks about how Epictetus gain his freedom and became an outcast from Rome after 20 years 0:24:21 Epictetus goes with the flow in life like a martial artist