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0:00 because money Can be the greatest servant you need money to put up schools scholarships hospitals ' ba hindi pwedeng prayers lang na ano even even the church needs money so Sabi ko nga sa mga estudyante kong pare eh tigilan niyo yung kas kasabi na parang iwasan yyung pera dapat Divine things no as long as you are in the material world you will need material things Bakit yyung mga swapang lang ang gusto ng pera okay the money is not the problem the problem is when you don't understand Why you want it w get it Uh it causes you so much suffering for example since Valentine's day that this person does not reciprocate your love OP yes and there you have done everything to make that change eh talagang ayaw sayo ' ba ah you will increase your suffering if you keep insisting Yes or do you free yourself
0:46 and say you let it go you let it go paano niyo malalaman kung kaya pa or or laging nakakahanap ng paraan sa univers Saan hindi nagdedesisyon yung kaya ko pa o hindi ah magdedesisyon ka na kakayan ko oh ang gandaa n kahit saang aspect ng buhay no ano poong maipapayo niyo sa isang tao para magkaroon ng good life do not focus on the outside world and the others look also with it look also with it ang mga susunod niyo pong mapapanood ay ang aking pakikipagtalakayan kasama si professor lorine Velasco isa pong guro ng pilosopiya sa de salal University Manila siya rin po ang ang founder ng DLSU pusa isang organisasyon
1:32 na nag-aalaga at nagpapakain sa mga pusa sa loob ng campus ng lasal paalala lamang po may iba't-iba po tayong pananaw at pamamaraan ng pamumuhay dito sa mundo ang mahalaga po ay parating pag-ibig ang ating pairalin may masasabi at masasabi po kaming mga mali at mga opinyong hindi kayo sumasang-ayon piliin po muna sana nating umintinde at umunawa bago humusga pawang dalawang tao lamang po kaming na nagkekwentuhan at sinusubukang matuto sa isa isa bago po muna ang lahat pakipindot po muna ang like at subscribe button bilang suporta mga minamahal na kapatid ako po Si Baste and this is epic um guys This is a very important episode dahil talagang mula nung simulan sinimulan namin to ni jimbert yyung
2:19 episode ay yyung podcast Ah talagang pinangarap na namin na ma i-guest si Ma'am lorine Velasco um si Ma'am lorine po is may philosophy prof nung ah college ako and Sa totoo lang ah Sobrang laki ng impact niya saakin kasi siya nagligtas ng buhay ko sa totoo lang like ah during nung high school Ako medyo bullied ako tapos Medyo marami akong an sa buhay dahil medyo dysfunctional din yung pinanggalingan kong family so dami kong questions before that Tapos i was really in the verge of deep deep depression and nasa point na ako na na kineso ko kung dapat bang tapusin mga
3:05 gann gann tapos ung mga tinuturo sa amin ni Ma'am as in sobrang naging impactful pero may isang linya May isa kaming topic na yun yung parang in a Snap of a finger Nagbago yung Oh so ikwento ko lang po ma'am na Ano kaya yun ' po ah Opo what was That line OP um ah tawag dito kasi ah pinag-usapan po arta natin si Albert Al so napag-usapan po yung suicide eh for a very long time po ah yung suicide nga po Medyo dumadaan sa
3:58 nako-control bagay na pwede kong gawin tapos po nung pinag-uusapan natin si cyu May isa pong estudyante na tinanong niya yung tanong ko sa utak may isa po akong kaklase na tinanong niya Ma'am hindi po ba matapang yung mga nagpapakamatay ta's sinabi niyo po Hindi ba mas matapang ka kung nagkakawalaan yung buhay mo pero pinipili mo pa ring magpatuloy pang Yes matapang ako yes opo So yun talaga kinikilabutan nga ako ngayon Opo so ah iintroduce ko po si Ma'am Loren Velasco ah philosophy Dr lorine Velasco po sorry not interested in that Ma'am pag-usapan natin mamaya kung bakit hindi kayo interested sa pagiging doctorate um Ma'am maraming maraming salamat po sa
4:45 pagpapaunlak sa invitation ko na mag-guest kayo Sobra po talagang ah Excited ako dito and yun nga po talagang ah feeling ko po ah yung mga naging epekto niyo po sa akin pag napanood po ng mga guest natin to sana po maapektuhan din sila nung ganon so Ma'am ah para sa unang-unang tanong po minsan po Ah medyo binibig Tan na namin para ma-set po yung pace Ah Ma'am philosophy prof na po kayo for many years yeah and Marami pong perspective ng iba't ibang philosophers Iyung ah na natutunan at itinuro niyo pero ngayon po ang tanong ko ma'am sa sarili niyong perspective What is the meaning of life Well I I would have to quote Joseph campbell because I understand perfectly What He wanted to say the meaning of life is
5:31 that you're there you're there present Right Here Right Now and there are so many things to do um you do not do things to achieve certain results It's enough that you do it yes okay and TH just this afternoon I was telling my my students you know Valentine's Day na naman in less than 2 weeks time you know love is sufficient unto itself you do not love because it will make you happy you do not love because it will will give you fulfillment love is sufficient unto itself Whether it is reciprocated or not to go through that experience is very soulful and enriching opo um kung mapag-usapan naman po natin Iyung love Ano po ba ang meaning naman ng love love is not just the romantic aspect of it
6:16 okay I am in Animal advocacy so love is widening the circle of compassion Why limit yourself only to human love When There are many kinds that are available and i have i feel so fortunate that the universe has moved me on a soulful level and open the door for me to experience Love From Another Uh angle which is not exclusive to human beings you know and how pure animals are um no ego Okay so it's also a path to self-discovery in my case I did not realize that I was willing to go this far walk 10 extra Miles So You Know um I wish that Everybody would have that opportunity okay but will also depend on your response eh it's not enough that the
7:04 opportunities happen you have to respond to it Opo Okay so even if the door is open but you will not enter it is not going to happen gets po ah Ma'am Medyo atras po muna tayo ng onti matanong ko lang po Paano po Nagsimula na naging ah napili niyo po yung pagtuturo as the profession ay Actually did not choose it I got invited to teach I fell in love with philosophy I enrolled in so many extra units and philosophy without a career plan I wanted to be a filmmaker and cinematographer buse my course is communication arts ah lazal din po ' ba lazal Yeah Commerce ako i wanted to be a filmmaker my thesis mate is one of the in-house directors of abscbn I thought My Career path was along along That line
7:49 but I did I wasn't happy with the production work Uh it was just too tiring you hardly sleep and I said no i don't want to do this and Uh The Day After I resigned when with no fallback Ha no plan B but I was just so done with it you know minsan ganon dadating ka sa punto mo na iyon Absolutely No Doubt about saying goodbye Opo and then The Day After I resigned I got a call from lazal offering me a teaching job talagang ha and then I was very happy with it and I'm still happy corrupting the minds of the youth favorite corrupting the minds of the corrupting the minds of the you sobrang Corrupted po ng mind the fact that I'm teaching philosophy eh kasi yung parameters talagang halos wala you can always move the boundaries
8:35 question the boundaries transcend the boundaries Yes um next naman po ah Paano naman po niyo n sigurado na yung philosophy na yung gusto niyong ituro well Syempre philosophy of man basic iyan the fundamentals well now the basic course is Ge ethics Opo But when I saw the textbook Uh predominantly western overview a little bit of eastern and my specialization of course is japanese philosophy and Z Buddhism so I wanted to incorporate more eastern so I I'm adjusting the the cabos ah ma matanong ko lang po yyung view niyo sa West and eastern philosophy Ah bakit po kayo mas nagli-link sa Easter philosophy because it's more complete it's not denying or Saying Goodbye But incorporating what
9:20 you find in the West so that it gets enriched because the fact is we have rationality we have logic but you go beyond that you bring that with you but you don't That's not the limit mm ah Kum matanong ko lang po kung ma i-elaborate niyo pa po yung difference ng West and eastern philosophy Okay so predominantly Iyung western philosophy kasi and western Science of course is the foundation of that is the faculty of reason so which is one kind of understanding of course the first kind of understanding we have is instinctive instinctive o which we share with animals and then in Eastern civilization they also learn to tap another kind of consciousness a different kind of understanding which is of course intuitive intuitive Yeah Okay so This is understanding and knowledge beyond logic Okay so science is good and science is
10:08 beautiful the strength of science is is insistence on empirical data but the weakness of science also is in insistence on empirical data So what m bagay na hindi mo What if you don't have the empirical data it doesn't mean it's not there Okay so that That's when you have to go beyond kaya siya mas complete oo oo oo hindi mo siya iiwanan pero isasama mo siya but you see the limitations Ma'am Isa po ito sa mga pinakamalaking tanong ko sa buhay ah tsaka kung mas maganda po siguro kung masagot niyo siya in Filipino para um kasi yun po nabanggit niyo na sa eastern philosophy is very intuitive sig Ah yun po yung isa kong question sa buhay na malaking question ko sa buhay na Yes naniniwala ako sa lahat ng itinuro ng science pero at the same time yun nga po
10:55 maraming maraming experience maraming phenomena akong na-experience na hindi ko ma-explain na kahit science hindi pa ma-explain so isa na po diyun yung intuition mm like ako rin po kasi as a as a person po talagang medyo intuitive ako MM and sobrang dami pong bagay na yung yun po yung G feel na talagang nagkatotoo o Oo Oo So parang kung matanong ko po sa inyo ah saan po ba galing ang intuition it is like Uh the source coming from the universe and when you're plugged into it parang saksakan eh ' ba So yung power outlet kung hindi ka nakasaksak Don hindi mo na-access but the power is available Yes the energy is available Okay so it's like all the channels sa radio Yes if you don't tune
11:40 into that you don't hear Okay so so Iyung frequency mo doon so Iyung frequency na rational lang yyung frequency na instinctive lang okay and there are available other available sources So yun na yun na and we need all naman y know all of those sources have a place in our lives Opo Natutuwa nga po ako na ano Eh kasi ganun din po yung View ko nga na sa kunyari po sa pagsusulat ng kanta na parang si Universe may gusto ng intend na ganyan yan oo sa works of art ganon minsan h mo alam kung saan nahuhugot Ba't Lumalabas lang and it's simply just flowing through you Opo tuning in lang na parang saakin lang dadaan yung ano pero hindi naman talaga saakin and it's rationality that we try to figure out how Opo Yes but you cannot How do you dance like that you can't explain so teaching is an
12:26 art music is an art painting so many art forms ah if I May ask po Um kasi yun na po Napunta na po yung yung source na sinasabi niyo na yung energy or the the the frequency of the universe Ah medyo papasok po doon yyung concept ng saakin po kasi sa personal belief ko naman po yyung order na iyon or yyung yyung energy na iyon yyung one ball of energy after the big bang It's my It's my Uh definition of Divine para saakin na parang hindi siya si anthropomorphic being oo hindi siya hindi siya father hindi siya tatay it's an energy na lahat tayo part non Oo So parang kung kayo naman po ang tatanungin ko ma'am Ano po yyung Divine para sa inyo ganun din It's
13:13 that Presence It's that energy na When you come from the faculty of reason gusto mong i-define gusto mong i-translate into doctrines and dogmas not that they are correct but not that they are wrong but every definition is a limitation Okay so all rel are Cor up to a point and beautiful up to a point Pero pag naap ka diyan it can become ugly Yes then you fight for the idea it becomes an ideology you know so so belief comes from the mind Uh and life is not something that you need to believe in because it's there available to your experience you know the belief Is Not necessary anymore do I believe that I'm talking to you ba do I that I'm having Em
13:59 naramdaman mo na eh Okay so iba yung belief pwedeng maniwala ka pero hindi yun totoo di ba So Pero pagdating sa experience sa life Opo canot para po siyang ano nosis no parang Iyung Opo Yeah that's why the pantheistic Everything is Sacred and Divine that's why when I was asked to deliver a lecture sa conference ang theme nila Iyung parang tinatanong is God Alive Opo is God Dead Opo is God still relevant um So may the first two speakers They went into that the Muslim perspect you have the Christian perspective and I was the third and the last perspective and I said simula paang sinabi ko know the theme of this conference is to ask the question and to answer the question is God Dead is God Alive is God still relevant and I said the question to ask
14:44 is not is God dead or alive or relevant the question to ask is are we Alive are we Alive Because if there is God but you're dead wala rin Wal walin and that energy divinity the sacredness is there okay but are you there Are you plugged into it OP you know you're looking for Miracles and you don't realize that it's happening all the time yes yun nga po Iyung ano ko rin View ko sa buhay na parang magic is real and magic Is everything Parang ganon parang Yeah kagaya nito nag-uusap tayo you know the eyes can see the ears can hear And we're having this conversation we understand each other we ask each other's question all the Encounters are I cut my nails and they grow back wow
15:30 nga e Nauuhaw ako tos ininom ako ng tubig and then I feel different afterwards you know that that is a miracle Totoo po tsaka pag Yung nagka ano ka po sa buhay yung parang nag-oo in ka sa buhay Parang magiging Everything is parang magical nga na para siyang yung order nung lahat Yeah yung Paano tumutubo yyung blades of grass Yeah Paano yung Paano ka mahalin ng aso mo there is rhyme and reason Opo ung r and reason everything so para pong ah doun nga po Papunta naman tayo na parang kung may beauty sa buhay ah yung beauty po ba is it like subjective or parang ob some aspects of it Uh in accordance with the limitations of our experiences and Our value
16:16 judgments so nagiging limited but Ito na nga when you go beyond the definitions then It will open up another dimension of Beauty Okay um mapunta po tayo kay kanina napag-usapan natin si Divine so sa western perspective po or kahit sa Catholic perspective na lang is ah God already planned Everything okay na plinano na po lahat ng Diyos ah Kung sa atin po na kung ano naman tawag to kung pantheism ba or kung ano man ah sa definition niyo naman po na meron pa ring source may energy may may nag technical Order and Rhyme sa mundo predestined po ba talaga Iyung ako i don't think so Opo because that will
17:03 conflict with freedom and that will conflict with facing the consequences of our decisions Because if God just planned everything then you just have to wait or you're part you just you are just participating not on your own but like a Pawn ' ba like a puppet so I I I am not inclined Opo to agree But what is that which renders God powerless is precisely our Freedom yeah think the universe likes things to be in order and beautiful and full of love but when it comes to man we have choices and we there are men who choose things that are Evil that are ugly so ugliness comes from us We introduce that to the universe cruelty comes from us that does
17:49 not come from the universe um Greed comes from the mind you know the body is never greedy when You've had enough kahit mukbang mukbang ka diyan pag busog na hindi mo nakakaya manyar have many housesan the mind becomes happy with that Ah Ma'am kung matanong ko naman po dahil yun nga po Saan po naman galing sa tingin niyo yung Evil o kahit yyung ego man lang ng tao that's us Opo that's us Wala siyang pinanggalingan that's that's that's an energy coming from us translated into actions you know So hindi parang Takot ka sa demonyo mas takot ako sa tao ang pindot ng baril yun ang magrep yun ang magnanakaw yun ang gagawa ng kabulastugan okay but It's
18:35 part of us Running away from our responsibility when we'd like to transfer the energy to something else and we don't own it Kaya nga How do you stop a war you know Lord sana tumigil ang war and then I would ask I would tell my What do you want God to do Eh kayo Iyung ayaw tumigil eh kakapadala ng troops niyo diyan kakarelax Destruction ' ba Ah yun yun eh This is the reason why yung Zen story ' ba how to stop war sinampal sampal okay because the peace talk sending the diplomats you know The Ambassadors will only go so far that's the exoteric approach and the rational approach but you have to realize the fuel of hatred comes from us Wala namang problema na galit ka may maraming bagay na nakakagalit sa mundo o that not people are friend not everyone is a friend but
19:21 must we destroy each other yun yun eh must we destroy each other um yun nga po ah kung pupunta naman po tayo kanina nabanggit niyo po yung Evil ah para sa inyo po ba What are Evil acts po well Greed is Evil Opo Uh because Greed will result in so many actions you know the corruption the stealing the lying the deception Opo okay I did the two major paths of course the ultimate love and money Okay so for profit even intellectual property Why do you have Trademark patent intellectual property rights because people can steal ideas and it all boils down to profit pera pa rin talaga pera pa rin talaga and yet we are escaping from our responsibility when we put the blame on money Yes because money Can be the
20:07 greatest servant you need money to put up schools scholarships hospitals ' ba hindi pwedeng prayers lang na ano even even the church needs money so Sabi ko nga sa mga estudyante kong pare eh tigilan niyo yung k kasabi na parang iwasan yung pera dapat Divine things no as long as you are in the material world you will need material things too bakung mga swapang lang ang gust ng per money is not the the why you want it get it okay so It's nice to have a lot of money it increases your capacity to share and your capacity to help so for that reason It's nice to have a lot of money so pursue it but you have to know why you want it yes so possess but do not be Possessed Yes doon
20:53 nanggagaling yung danger non e you know if you just want money para malaki yung ego mo para sikat ka para ingit yung iba sayo that that changes the dynamics OP saka magbi bring din siya ng suffering SAO eventually Oo ' ba ganun yun eh so pero ang sarap masarap ang maraming pera masarap ang maraming pera tsaka kung paano mo rin po siya gamitin e Parang h totoo yung Evil talaga ang pera Oo tayo yun eh tayo yun pati yung pera sinisisi eh wala namang kasalanan ng pera Opo ' ba tayo yan eh um next naman po kung yun na nga po ah lahat po is responsibility ng humans ah kung matanong ko lang po yun na po big question when it comes When it comes to manmade things of course Yun tayo responsibilidad natin yun Hindi naman natin responsibilidad Iyung 21% oxygen in the athmosphere
21:39 That's a gift from the universe Uh the functions of the human body that's those are gifts from the universe But how you deal with that ang kasi ang unique sa tao we can introduce imbalance Opo Yun yun eh Saan po kaya naggagaling Bakit natin Bakit tayo Ba't sabi dami bagay na kailangan ng body matulog o O bakit mo pinipigilan kasi maraming ginagawa Kasi merong trabaho ' ba and and you sacrifice your health for for work you know for money for money ah but it it causes an imbalance eh Okay soa po siya ah overworked Parang overworked ako but iba yun eh it's not an employment It's a voluntary work oo hindi ka nagbibilang
22:25 ng oras o pero napapagod ako so pahinga ganyan Opo Ah ayun Punta po tayo doon sa big question nga po kasi Ah yun nga po kung uusapan po ng responsibility and ng will po ah po does Freedom exist po ba ako sa tingin ko Oo yes po sa tingin ko i could have said no to this podcast you know but i decided to say yes yes po Bakit po If I if kung pwede niyo pong i-elaborate i mean why not I mean You Were My former student and then There's nothing wrong with the inter viw if if it can enrich whatever whoever for whatever purpose ' ba So kwentuhan tayo dito sharing of ideas so and which is what I do also in philosophy Yes po kaya nga po talaga Tsaka kaya rin po naglakas
23:11 ako ng loob na na i-invite po kayo mag-guest kasi sa inyo ko po nakita yung passion for teaching talaga na yung hindi niyo po siya ginagawa para sa monetary rewards or kahit ano man pag nagtuturo po kayo dati as in naramdam na ramdam ko na Ang goal niyo talaga is mabago ung isip ng matuto matut Opo matuto talaga nakakatuwa po Um so unun naman po Um kung mapunta naman po tayo sa ah sa yung freedom nga po and na na kung kung may Freedom darating po doon yyung bad choices or ah wrong choices so Ayun naman po and yung wrong choices kadalasan nagbibigay sa atin ng
23:57 suffering so para sa inyo naman po Uh how do we avoid suffering or how do we free ourselves from suffering what to start with you have to suffer so much para maintindihan mo na talagang ayaw mo na so minsan dami tayong nagreklamo sa Pilipinas you know sa sobrang sufferings the corruption yung sistemang talagang minsan walang kakwenta-kwenta but I would tell my students if you want a better Philippines You have to have better Filipinos Yes pero pag pumunta ka sa social media Opo you know hindi ako nag-unfollow at hindi ako nagba-blog Opo Kahit na masakit sa ulo pakinggan yung mga pinagsasasabi at makikitid ang mga utak because research data yes and how will you know um Yun na nga eh the courage to face and look at things straight in the eye eh kung ayaw niyong magbago ayaw natin magbago eh hindi tayo
24:43 hindi tayo magbabago ah Hwag kang mangarap Opo ' ba Ah yung pangarap Sandali lang yan I mean konti lang that I mean I will that will only go so far that's what i'm trying to say it will only go so far It must be translated into action action po talaga action talaga eh Simpleng Simpleng pagtawid traffic lights hindi kayang sundin pagtapon ng basura ' ba walang pakialam Ah wala wala it's not G happen I don't see it happ changing Anytime Michael Jackson talaga if you want to make a world a better place Take a Look at yourself It may change h ba the change starts with you Opo Ah pero ayun nga po Um kung after mo ma-experience yung suffering Paano niyo naman po ma-freeze
25:28 I think so I think so I think so sa it's not so much changing the external circumstances e baka maaring Hindi naman external circumstance Yung nagpapalit Pero ikaw na iyung umiiba Okay yyung talagang ah it causes you so much suffering for example since Valentine's day that this person does not reciprocate your love OP yes and there you have done everything to make that change eh talagang ayaw sayo ' ba Uh you will increase your suffering if you keep insisting Yes or do you free yourself and say you let it go you let it go Opo Ah so yun naman po susunod naman po tayo sa sa ah sa pag Let go or kasi Ayun naman po akin ako bilang isang overthinker na sobrang Ayun po yung parang one of my suffering sa
26:13 buhay hindi tumatahimik suut ako hirap ako matulog e hindi ganon naman talaga ang mind Kaya nga monkey mind ang tawag diyan monkey mind ang tawag diyan na po magli-lead yung Next question ha Ako po kung isa sa suffering ko is yung pag pamomroblema sa pasport pema sa future So ang kailangan po is maging present So paano po bang ah if magkaroon ng inner peace or maging present sa buhay ako ganito let's let's let's give more specific examples I remember seeing this Uh quotation eh parang you know you're afraid na mawawala mawawala What are you so afraid to lose you have nothing that you own There is nothing that you not even your body belongs to you It's a gift of the universe the fact that This is a life know of course kumakain ka But there are
27:00 involuntary processes there that has that have nothing to do with you Opo So what are you so afraid to lose when you have nothing to own but you have to look at that the straight in the eye hindi pwedeng iref mo Iyung takot harapin mo harapin mo Tingan mo titigan mo yung talagang Is it worth Uh nourishing Okay so do not let go kas parang I have to let go no no no if you w to hold on then hold onag mo tatakasan talaga hold on hangang sa tingin mo oh why am i holding on to this gets Why am I holding on to this kaya ako walang sa pilitan sa mundo ag yung estudyante ko nakatulog sa klase tulog eh inaantok eh Opo I'm not going to cause myself suffering na iniinsulto ako and all that you know because the world does not revolve around any of us Yes but we are
27:46 part of it yes okay we are part of it that's why iyung mga prayers minsan first personal yung talagang sana Lord magustuhan ako anong gusto mong gawin ni Lord ' ba and how different is that from a love po gayumahin ka ganon p gagayumahin siya you know at saka kung ako naman yung pinagdadasal talagang tigil-tigilan niyo ako ah Divine kung hindi ko siya gusto ' ba Anong gusto mong gawin ni Lord imanipulate para magustuhan Freedom Di ba Di ba and it's so undignified opo i find it undignified Opo Kasi parang yun nga po parang kunyari gusto mong mahalin ka yung pagmamahal It's a very natural thing na binibigay ng tao hindi siya hinihingi It's also somehow the ego eh that likes the reciprocation of it the possession OP gets okay but when you go
28:34 deeper pa yyung love na it doesn't matter if i'm loved or not opo Okay like I said you know I fell in love and then so minsan n nangyayari wala Kailangan ba may mangyari but I was moved by it I experienced it Opo I was touched By the By the experience hindi kailangan Ming mangyari yun na nga yun yung yung Focus doun sa result so kumbaga sa process po talaga hindi sa result and now What is thean of Life Is that you're there Yes that you're there talaga that you're there participating Are you ready to receive What the universe is giving Tanong ko lang Maam pagka ganon po ba pagka dumarating yung mga moments of anxieties moments of ganyan Meron po ba kayong mga mantra na inaano sa sarili niy I don't fight it
29:21 It's more of watching and Then where It's coming from and then of course namnamin mo rin yung experience kasi human experience Opo afterwards because the impermanence e even negative feelings will not Stay Forever Yes Yun nga yung pagung Alo Sayang pati pati yyung positive hindi rin di ba So but while you're there while you're there Ah Ma'am kung mapag-usapan naman po natin ah Yun nga po yung pagiging present at babalik po tayo doon na ang ang expert niyo po talaga is Zen Buddhism I don't even like to to use the word expert Ah okay Ano po ba ang I'm specializing in it okay No one Is An expert when it comes to Opo ah kung may
30:08 elaborate niyo lang po ba Ano po ba ang Zen Buddhism well Zen is basically what I love about Zen Buddhism Is that it goes against Buddhism meaning it transcends doctrines and dogmas and teachings coming from here that's why iyung mga Zen masters minsan nananampal ganyan um the categories Master Disciple relevant lang yan ag hindi ka pa nakakarating doon sa enlightenment and but the desire of the master is for you also to be enlightened and then the categories disappear the category and it always brings you back to the world of daily Affairs you God God ka Ang layo ng pinag-iisip mo ito oh ito o ang daming tasks you talk about love love love na napakalaki o ito oh OP facing you di ba you have a kid to to take care of you have a ne are I my brother's keeper um ultimately the
30:56 answer to the question is yes yes yes Bakit because we are connected to each other And that's part of the meaning of life that you do not only think of yourself and your fulfillment and Iyung deeper fulfillment kasama lahat Hindi lang ikaw hindi ka maiiwanan in fact kasama ka pero yung ego kasi tanong Takot na takot na Who is more important ako o sila others you know yung ganong conflict ah walang dilema I think love does not find it S in a dilemma it's the ego that finds itself in a dilemma so maganda po talaga na ang mga tao pagka nagde-decide lagi nilang isipin kung ano ba to Talaga bang gusto kong gawin to or ego ko lang yung nagsasabi na dapat kong
31:41 gawin to you have to know awareness It's It's more of awareness than thinking eh kasi Iyung thinking is limited Oo It's more of awareness kaya ang method sa sa eastern consciousness ay yung meditation meditation you sit you watch you watch the energy That's arising from you that's arising from the community you know masarap magbago ang Pilipinas but I don't see the energy that will result in that ' ba Ah Ma'am kung mapag-usapan lang po natin kanina yung yung ah And that's not being pessimistic Opo pero kasi pag nakita niyo po talaga yung paligid sa Pilipinas ang hirap maging optimistic pero well pero Kayo po ba ma'am sa view niyo ba may pag-asa pa ba ang Pilipinas Well sa pag-asa as long as Life Is there talaga namang meron but it
32:27 will take certain things From Us w Hindi ko alam Actually it does not matter naman If it happens in my lifetime or not sana sana yun know pero ngayon parang kahit bumaba si Kristo sa Pilipinas papakin ulit ng pilipino love ka kasi ang gusto lang nila yung Lord bigay mo to Lord ganito pero ano naman ang ginagawa mo para makuha natin yung gusto natin OP Opo tsaka singit ko lang din po si jesus christ Actually parang yung teaching po talaga ni Jesus Christ kung hindi medyo na na crize ng history G naman love din talaga siya Eun lang universal love lang din talaga e tsaka yung being one with God Parang being one with the universe parang po talaga pero yun nga po ma'am ah nabanggit niyo po kanina yung salitang enlightenment yeah ah So yun po
33:14 ah si Buddha tinawag na nagka Nirvana nag na Enlighten siya si jesus christ nag transfiguration enlightened pero para sa inyo Ma'am ano po ba talaga ang true definition ng enlightenment o ano ang taong enlightened well ako ang enlightenment ay the subject of the enlightenment is precisely everything about the universe the role of the positive and The negative not in the ethical sense only but also in the yinyang sense only Uh there the competition Between Two categories you know male and female hetero and homo ' ba talagang ah pagdating mo sa pag-ibig walang race walang religion Walang ah walang gender Yes ' ba ah and all the arguments and the quarrels precisely
34:00 belong to a certain level Pero pagdating doon sa Kaya nung 2013 when all the 50 states of america said yes to same se Mar Mar and I remember yyung kaibigan ko sa Facebook nagpost same seex wedding opo opo finally After 20 years and then that that that not that it mattered not not that it mattered and I understood perfectly what she was trying to say day yung pagmamahal niyo naman sa isa't isa yung nagmamay Tal they've been together for what 30 years or something like that di ba yun Yun po pero yun din yung fascinating sa love no na parang yun po na kahit Kunwari sa same seex
34:45 marriage same seex love na Willing ka talagang maging mag Rebel sa society magano para lang dun sa pagmamahal na yan e t saka love kasi hindi naman na ng social constructs yan eh ' ba I Mean beat your chest and bang your head on the wall OP Opo but when it finally happens ' ba it will happen Ayan ma'am e Matanong ko lang medyo lighten up tayo ng onti si Ma'am luren Velasco e na-inlove na po ba dati Ay oo naman Opo Oo naman wonderful men did something happen no Wala wala you know but they were wonderful men okay and I don't regret Uh having fallen in love Opo Opo Ah Ma'am Kung okay lang po ba
35:32 tayo medyo magal Pwede naman po nating i-cut fa Pero kung tuloy-tuloy lang tayo Ayun nga po Um kasi po nung nung po nung naging proof po kayo ah nababanggit niyo nga po na hindi na po kayo nagf family hindi na po kayo nag Meron naman but i don't have my own children I'm not married ah but I have a family and I expand the meaning of family I don't have biological children I have four legged children masahol pa sa limang anak ' ba ang nasa s po at ang advoc kasy na pinasok ko ' ba So it never occurred to me it was never part of the plan it just happened yun know OP so gets ah kung matanong ko lang po yyun nga po Um Ano po ba yung naging deciding factor ah na magfocus na lang po kayo sa pagtuturo and Ah ah sa mga sa mga Ayun
36:19 po sa mga four legged ah babies niyo po at hindi niyo na po pinuso yung traditional sense na dapat mong Puntahan na magpamilya ka it never crossed my mind it never crossed my mind Okay so do you regret not having getting not getting married No not having children Absolutely not di ba Tsaka Ma'am Sa totoo lang po I mean yung ginagawa niyo na yung purpose niyo nga po na ganyan Sobrang daming taong naapektuhan isipin niyo nga Ma'am ako technically sinasabi ko niligtas niyo yung buhay ko Di ba parang kahit wala akong kagagawan doon wala akong kamalaymalay Doo pero that's ano e Parang yun po yung parang niyo po sa purpose niyo and Dahil ginagawa niyo yung purpose niyo parang it it affects ganon ganon There's nothing wrong with marriage but that's not for me di ba Opo
37:07 Ah so Ayun po ma'am mapunta naman po tayo doon sa Ah ano nga ba yung tatanong ko h mo sinulat sa family Opo Hindi kasi ano lang siya e sumagi lang sa utak ko y e Ano nga ba yun sa family so yung family mo ah team Opo Yun o so Ah hindi ito po pala ang tanong ko umm yun yung purpose po pala na kasi po saakin sa perspective ko yun po yung purpose niyo Pero para sa sarili niyo po Ano po yung purpose niyo sa buhay hindi ko iniisip yung purpose iniisip ko lang hindi ko hindi ko siya iniisip Opo it's just the love that has moved your soul and then you act in accordance with that kasi yung purpose limited eh OP yung purpose ganito ganyan
37:55 eh paano hindi ko ma-achieve yung purpose mo mo eh precisely wala ng failure na ' ba the ah magss ba or hindi hindi ko iniisip yun eh I did not sign up for what DLSU pusa has become Yes we just wanted to quietly take care of the cat and then it It just grew into something that we never imagine it would be and yet you know when a challenge happens you just say yes to it you just say yes to it wala ako Iyung objective na i-achieve Wala akong ganon I don't operate that way so I fell in love parang I fell in love with FL wala akong plano career path but I fell in love with it so I took up all the philosophy subjects malay ko bang magkakaroon ako ng trabaho na philosophy ang linya Gusto kong maging filmmaker okay so life is what happens to you nga sabi while you're
38:41 busy making plans so hindi ako nagooperate on in that sense you know I I would say mas malalim yung hugot Opo hindi ako nagtuturo para lang ako may trabaho and pay the bills you know but I'm so Grateful I corrupt the minds of the Youth and I get paid For It Thank you very much ba but the joy if I do not find Joy in Whatever it is that I'm doing I stop doing it Opo okay but the joy kasi is not just happiness na positive It also includes the negative Iyung DLSU po siya is a lot of work I was there the entire pandemic you know made certain sacrifices Uh but not sacrifice When you come from Love So You Know You Say yes to it eh Oo So parang 14 days a day 14 14 hours a day wala kang day off pag naisip mo talagang ah
39:27 and yet How can i not do it hindi rin ako mag-e-enjoy uwi ako ng Christmas or ' ba New Year na walang magpapakain ang puso ng Camp So ibig sabihin po kahit ng Pasko talaga 365 Days a year Oh my anim na taon na akong nagpapasko sa hindi kahit before pa ata yung pusa talagang dati naman 10 years na ang dilas yung pusa pero yung the past 6 years talaga Pasco no year Holy Week yun na yun and then the pandemic I was there of course Opo tsaka yun talaga Ma'am yung ano ung an conditional love talaga hindi ka nila masusuklian e o Nam Oo it doesn't matter kaya nga kaya nga Well actually hindi ka masusuklian in terms of what you can determine rationally but the fact that they're Alive you know Anong reward nito that they're healthy that they're Alive ' ba yung walang kinalaman sa ego
40:14 mo walang kinalaman sa ego mo pero kunyari po ba kung sa usapang ego na Ayun nga po feeling ko kung ah evolutionary perspective naman po na siguro po ah Meron po pong ah Parang may rason si Evolution kung bakit niya niya pheno Iyung ego natin from a very instinctive no the ego can have Its Own fulfillment kaya lang kaya ko hindi titigil doon kasi there's another kind of fulfillment and Joy na nakita mo na lampas doon ' ba masarap ang maraming pera for your own sake the branded pero hindi na eh Hindi na Hindi na yun eh car o cat I could have bought three suvs with what
41:00 I've spent it makes me happy to a certain degree na meron kang car di ba para but the cats make me happier Opo yung leather sofa ko lumabas ang intestines scratch ng mga pusa ang mahal nian di ba sa ilang taon po ba nakang palit na kayo ng ba wala na i removed na my furnitures I had to change my lifestyle remove the ceramics gave up a little bit of my garden and you are accommodate precisely di ba So pinangangatawanan mo na and the cats make me happier OP Opo I find may ask Ma'am Why cats Well hindi ako makapag-relax [Tawanan]
41:57 is aso eh second lang ang pusa mas mabilis din silang dumami Kaya nung nag-rescue ako sabay ang kapon hindi pwedeng Rescue lang kailangan ima-manage mo yyung population kapon kapon kapon kasi mauubusan ka talaga ng F Opo totoo ah may limitations lahat ng shelters individual Rescuers we have our own limitations but sometimes you still stretch e push the boundaries for as long as you can so cut down on personal expenses ' ba mahalang gatas may mga kuting na padedehin ganon for as long as you can Okay you to be realistic that you cannot save them all you know but hindi rin din yung rule kasi minsan agag nasa harap mo na What's another mth to feed ' ba kukunin mo na pero yun nga po Paano po ba kung paano niyo malalaman kung kaya pa or or laging nakakahanap ng paraan sa univers minan
42:43 hindi nagdedesisyon yung kaya ko pa o hindi ah magdedesisyon ka na kakayanin ko oh ang ganda n kahit saang aspect ng buhay no kung may ganon kang perspective Na kakayanin ko Opo ang gand pag Galing ka kasi sa utak parang kaya ko pa ba o hindi sasagutin ka niyan Opo pero pag Galing ka pa sa mas malalim Minsan parang baka hindi na pero kakayanin ko kakayanin ko and so far naman po laging kinakaya ah t saka Saan manggagaling yung ganon sa pagmamahal yan mga Padre de pamilya madre de pamilya mga ' ba Parang ang hirap pero kakayanin Opo ah Maam kung matanong ko lang po yung ST po ba ng yung advocacy niyo sa sa mga sa mga pusa po ah naaalala niyo pa po ba yung
43:28 unang-unang pusa na ni-rescue niyo yung unang-unang pusa k inalagaan niyo na na-realize ko na mahal na mahal ko kayo kas the first cat that I fell in love with Persian cat nabigay sa pamangkin ko hindi pa sa inyo Hindi pero she lives in my house we we live in the same house and then nung nasa Sofia University ako sa Tokyo I stumbled upon information on animal cruelty yun ang talagang nag-move ng soul ko na ganito palang ginagawa natin sa kanila That's why I said pagbalik ko ng Pilipinas Ah gagawa ako ng paraan para matulungan sila so Una sa community ko lang sa subdivision eh yung chair person ko pumunta nagdala ng Rescue niya pinap sabi niya Bakit hindi natin to gawin sa lasal O ' sige inumpisahan naman namin sa lasal t's lumaki na ng lumaki ng lumaki OP 10
44:16 years na ang DLSU po siya maano ko lang po ang ma-share ko lang na ang lasal is one of the most cut friendly University sa Opo sa Pilipinas sa atin Napakaswerte ng pusa ng lasang OP Napakaswerte Napakaswerte ng pusa at Napakaswerte din ng team na ang policy makers natin i compassionate are openminded hindi n not necessarily cat people but they understand the advocacy Yes Po Opo Kasi kahit kami doon dati nung maming pusa sa lasal talagang ako nag-e-enjoy na ako na ang galing siang Shelter talaga ng lasal hindi kasi ang daling ang dali Ang dali nga nila yun nga po yung point niyo na ang dali nilang hindi mahalin eh kasi m Pero kung nga po yung salasal na parang doun po doun din po ako tuwang-tuwa sa lasal and education ko na parang hindi hypocrite yung mga tao doun You Walk The
45:02 talk you have to walk the talk na parang saal Makikita mo talaga na kahit yung mga professors passionate talaga sila hindi yung yung hindi nagtuturo lang para sumweldo kasi pero may mga anti clat people din Lahat naman ng community you know but kaya importante yyung policy makers mo eh pag enlightened at kind at compassionate yung policy makers mo kahit na marami kang gago sa komunidad they will not prevail OP kaya importante ang role ng leaders Opo So yun yun totoo pero Ma'am kung maitanong ko lang po Medyo ito medyo ano lang ah wild question lang na kasi po ako rin ah Ano po very ano ako sa sa mga hayop pero may na-encounter lang po ako ng meme sa social media na na parang ano rin yung parang kunyari na inaalagaan natin yung mga catch dogs ganyan pero mga mga ipis
45:51 mga Yeah na parang ang ang ang compassion and love daw may may aesthetic a ah yeah yeah yeah kaya species ang tawag don Well actually Syempre hindi naman ako wala naman akong pet na ipis Opo aun nga pero ang Lala ko hindi ngaraw po kayo pumapatay ng ipis na opo i i Of course I don't want them on my food and my kitchen but I remember I had this very very this experience that what like a Revelation to me so Syempre ayaw mo yung lumilipad na ipis no So may parang may hawak akong walis or sinelas and then I posted Opo and then I saw the Cockroach Takot na sakot din siya Takot na takot din siya probably more Terrified I was and That's when I decided No I will not kill ba die another day and not by my hand and besides kaya naman minsan maraming ipis
46:36 yung bahay mo kasi madumi yung bahay mo So kailangan linisan mo para hindi dadating that's why when I drink my coffee afterwards I wash it right away para it doesn't sit on the table and the ants will come taos lulunurin mo sa lababo ba They don't have to die not today and not by your hand ah Maam labas naman po tayo punta naman po tayo sa prof niyo sa professor ah kung ako po isa kayo sa naging iconic na professor ko na sa totoo lang yung pagbagsak niyo po sabi bumagsak ako kay Maam Ah yung pagbagsak yung pagbagsak ko kay ma'am is one of the greatest thing na nangyari sa buhay ko totoo po yun Ma'am as in hanggang ngayon nga po 12 years after binabanggit ko pa yung pangalan niyo eh Proud siya na bumagsak sa klase ko Hindi kasi Ayun nga po ah kung maikwento ko lang din yung pagbagsak ko kay ma'am nakwento ko na sa dati kong podcast to na Ah si ma'am kasi sobrang enlightening
47:24 niya magturo pero medyo may pagka-stress sa grading mm sa standard sundin natin na parang nothing ah hindi naman nagma-matter lahat to dahil wala naman nagma-matter sa mundo pero may standard tayong inagan so sundin natin naalala ko po yung dinyan niyo naon e oo So parang eh ako May pagkukulang din talaga ako as sa student pero yung pakikinig ko sa inyo talag You're Not The Typical student Sabi ko nga eh Ah hindi magno-habang Opo yun nga po yun yon Opo so nung ah Dahil nga si Ma'am is Focus niya is Zen Zen Buddhism which is yun nga po yung very very circular type of consciousness tapos nung bumagsak ako kailangan ko
48:10 ulit i-take yyung philosophy class so napunta ako kay Sir Villa corte naman po which is ah frederich nietzsche naman so will to power so parang intense very western very very may konting may pagka egotistic na klase ng philosophy pero alam k hindi e hindi naman pero on a hindsight lang si so para sa akin na yung naging impact na anun na na na- Enlighten niyo ako and at the same time bumagsak din ako and Kinailangan ko i-take to Parang kung yun nga kung sinasabi ko man na existent kung existent man ba yung right and left nung nung Villa corte and Miss lorine Velasco yung gitna na pinapuntahan ko nung para talagang Oh my god hanggang ngayon everyday of my life gamit na gamit ko yung and we can integrate actually will
48:57 to power Opo love talaga yun nga po parang alam ko nga po eh parang may God po ata si nietzsche ung parang si abraxas ba tapos si abraxas is love parang ganon Ewan ko kung and love is beyond good and Evil love is beyond good and Evil Opo so para talagang naging sobrang impactful So yun nga po yung next ko na tanong na kung kaming mga estudyante may impactful na mga professor sa amin sa inyo po ba ma'am may mga mga sobrang ah naaalala po ba kayo mga estudyante niyo na parang Uy binago nito yyung buhay ko not so much binago yyung buhay but showed me different perspectives at saka yung natutuwa ako like may magtatanong ng Miss So can we use bad words in your class may magtatanong Miss so Miss can we use bad words in your class okay and
49:43 i would not have thought of the answer if the question was not asked so I appreciate my students OP So pwede nga po ba in that sense and I said Why are the words bad What did they do to you so miss you know if somebody said shit why shit a bad word not if you say bowel or excrement they mean the same thing what i'm trying to point at a social construct tayong nagde-decide ito Iyung bad words ito Iyung hindi Okay so when somebody lifts the middle finger galit na galit ka because you're saying Yes to the meaning of that Naalala ko yung alaga ko e Sabi ni Ninay Ninay ito yyung bad finger and I said Let's cut them off ayaw naman niyang paputol Ninay Ninay only eight are good fingers di ba yung mga ganyan kasi yung middle finger nga bad daw Opo and then I of course whispered to her and I said All fingers
50:29 are good and all fingers are beautiful OP nasa Kum Paano mo siya gagamitin Oo so nasa social construct iyan so pag sinabihan ka ng pangit you know what hurts you is not so much the word eh Opo it's it's the desire to be called pretty Opo ' ba ayaw mong sabihan ka ng pangit What's wrong with the word pangit okay because you agree to that eh Okay so so liberate yourself talagang sa perception mo po SAO sa mga outside na na and Wicked hum yung talagang pakialam mo kung napapangitan SAO Mat nga ni yun e pinakailaman mo pa kung paano ka makita Hayaan mo sila di ba saka nga po babalik at babalik Nothing really matters talaga e and what kind of consciousness ask questions like you know am I pretty Opo di ba let me introduce to you a mirror
51:16 di ba or or do you like me Opo and I will reply to you do you like you Ay ang ganda n Ma'am Sa totoo lang maraming taong naghahanap ng pagmamahal sa ibang tao na hindi naman nila Do you like me Mahal mo ba sarili mo parang hindi ang gusto sa Zen it always brings you back to yourself Do you like you Opo a so ma'am yun po kung may maipapayo kayo sa mga tao Paano po ba mahalin ang sarili the acceptance na Ian ka na ayan ka ' ba kung kung ah marami akong may sayad ako eh Eh anong gagawin natin Di ba ba Ah pero kung meron kang gustong baguhin ah SAO din manggagaling yung energy ' ba kung ayaw mo pala yung
52:03 nakikita mo bakit ah mo hinahayaan magpatuloy yun yun eh Opo y know sometimes the question is that simple but it's the simple things we miss out on eh Opo Ayoko ng hindi nag-aaral E bakit hindi ka nag-aaral ba ayoko ng bumabagsak Eh bakit ka bumabagsak yung mga ganon Ayoko n nung nai-inlove lang ako basta-basta tapos parang I'm trapped in this pattern ' ba then Who's going to Stop that Opo pero yun nga po ba ah kung yun nga po kung yung love na minsan na-attach din tayo kasama nung love ay talaga Paano mo nga po ba pipigilin no hindi mo mapipigilan Opo hindi mo mapipigilan but the point is do you need to be
52:48 imprisoned by that it's do you need to be imprisoned by that is Sometimes you justify it eh Opo ah kagaya ng estudyante ko mis alam ko naman I'm in a an a one-sided relationship Unrequited pagsabi pa lang niya ng one-sided tumasa yung kilay ko but i let her finish the question love ba iun and then I said after She said her peace if it's one sided It's not a relationship Yeah ' ba Iyung parang si Tom Cruise ang boyfriend ko pero hindi niya pa alam ' ba yung talagang ah no okay but precisely Yun na nga so love is not concerned with the reciprocation eh that's the ego that desires you know kung nagustuhan ka bonus yun opo bonus yon It's not a necessity It's not a necessity um ah kung mapunta ulit po
53:34 tayo say sa pagtuturo po ma'am Ilang taon na po kayo nagtuturo 30 plus years 30 plus years um sa 30 plus years niyo po na pagtuturo Ano po yung kumbaga yung greatest experience niyo as a prof po yung parang most memorable most memorable experience niyo well Ako naman I enjoy the teaching with students who are receptive Opo I will not Choose one class over another you know every trimester for me is special and every class special Opo Yun yun So sino ba yung favorite class mo po yung parang kunyari yung citic na kunyari nangyari lang sa school or kahit hindi siya isa student pero parang may nangyari sa inyo na After that parang medyo mas nagbagong tao kayo wala wala
54:19 akong ganong experience wala akang present po kasi talaga K sustained eh sustained siya it's not just one specific thing that ah ' ba parang sustained sustained si nichi nga said something like along That line eh it is not the intensity but the duration of High feelings that make great man Iyung intense ngayon lang tapos wala na the yung sustained sustained sarap kasi kunwari para saakin bilang isang medyo ADHD na tao yung yung duration ng highs and lows ko e yung struggle yun kasama yun para kang magtatanong Anong favorite na birthday mo Anong age wala every birthday is special sa gift It's a renewal of ano So
55:06 wala akong pipiliin na you know Although when I turned 40 I said So this is life Opo the past 4 decades bring on Bring in the next 40 years Opo bring in the next 40 years Ah Ma'am kung matanong ko lang po kung ako sa inyo na may naging impact po kayo sa akin mm ah Meron po ba ba kayong mentors in the past na talagang parang ah ah naging life was my teacher life talaga life was my teacher and I had some wonderful people coming into my life pero hindi Iyung impactful na mentor ko na ganyan ah life was my teacher and then But there were of course individuals that I appreciated so much and I still appreciate so much wala na sila Opo ah but it's not so much yung parang wow model hindi hindi ganon it's
55:53 just that we became friends and then the love okay perish Okay so talagang parang wow publish ka publish ka para alam yung pangalan mo nbabasa ka ng mga tao publish or perish and yet we continued to visit her way beyond retirement years and I also saw when i delivered my eulogy for her you know publish Si Dr Kito achiever but she also reach a point in her life when she realized there's nothing wrong with perishing There's nothing wrong with perishing medyo mahirap tanggapin yun Ma'am no pero ayun nga parang wala kasi yung ego Parang naalala ka may Legacy ka
56:39 you get coated ' ba the ego Mak is happy eh with those things one of these days I will retire I'll probably go into oblivion Is that a sad state of Affairs not necessarily in fact this year when i celebrated my birthday I turned off the date of my birthday Opo para wala saakin masyadong bumabati kasi parang that stillness OP ' ba ah not that nagsusuplada ka But you know that that Silence buse every day special eh not just the birthday not just the Christmas not just the New Year su everyday talaga un nga po sinabi ko na Everything Is Magic So lahat ng nangyayari sayo is magical e Parang ganon Ah Ma'am ah kung matanong ko naman po yun nabanggit niyo kanina yun sa perishing So pupunta na diyan si death
57:26 yeah Ano po ba ang view niyo sa After Life wala akong view sa After Life I am not interested to go to heaven Bakit po ah That's not my motivation If there is then let's check it out di ba ah if there's none it doesn't bother me um I'm okay I have no problem with staying dead Okay from a psychological perspective the belief in eternal life or after life can be a defense mechanism against death and dying Yes Yun nga po Okay um I have no problem with staying Dead and resting in peace you know Uh life is Too Much Trouble Sometimes you know if Reincarnation is true and you tell me you'll be the most powerful in the next life I'm not interested the most famous not interested the most
58:11 beautiful the most you know popular I'm not interested but if you tell me an animal needs help I will come back nakakatuwa mo sobrang pure sobrang pure na in for a million Lifetime time I will come back Opo parang yun po meaning of life No para talagang ang simple na parang meaning of life cut ' ba yaman popularity the ego iyan the ego iyan OP And that's the beautiful thing you don't need to be Rich to be happy totoo you don't need to have a college Education to be happy you don't need a phd degree to be happy So yun yon ay am next na tanong ko ma'am nabanggit niyo kanina Tinanong ko kung doctor na po ba kayo sabi niyo not interested Bakit po ba hindi kayo interested na tumaas pa ng
58:58 tumaas ung Rango niyo As I I never worked for promotion that was never my motivation um I had to finish my ma kasi wala nga akong diploma sa lasal so kailangan ko matapos i continue to improve and study you know So I had scholarship grants outside but I never studied kasi for the diploma Yes or the degree and i would not read because it's a requirement you know I like reading Uh books that are wonderful and there are o opo So ganun din ako pero ayoko din ng puro libro puro libro puro libro OP nakat namang Pareho tayo diyan kasi may share ko lang po yung diploma ko sa lasal hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa nakukuha ako R Ako nga rin yata hindi ko pa nakuha eh hindi ko pa nakukuha yung diploma ko sa lasal kasi lagi yung
59:43 sinasabi kung ba't ganon graduate ka Wala kang kahit ano kahit picture nga po sa yearbook wala ako MM Ah meron naman ako sumama naman ako sa bat ko so ako po parang pag tinatanong ako h kasi yung hindi yung diploma yung [Musika] nagko-cause that na feeling ko e natutunan ko doun e importante sa akin Parang ganon poo so Ayun po matanong ko naman po next Ma'am so para sa inyo po ba Ano po yyung definition ng isang good man anyone who comes from love cannot be but a good man it has nothing to do with moral standards moral standards are culturally based Opo depending on the religious
1:00:28 affiliation OP I think goodness is deeper than that Kaya nga di ba Kaya nga ina-analyze ko yyung song na you Better watch out Better not cry Better not power I'm telling you why and that's how you start teaching children to become manipulative and at that Same song say the line to be good for goodness sake Opo ng So walang kondisyon walang kondisyon Okay so when you have love in your heart you cannot do Evil Opo yun nga po kung matanong ko lang po kasi Ah ito isang isang scenario lang po thought experiment na yun po laging question na kunyari dumating sa point na isang tatay walang walang walang walang walang wala na siyang pera tapos yung anak niya is um critical ang kondisyon Tapos po wala na siyang ibang
1:01:16 way para sa kanya kundi mang hold up kunyari mm ah kung yun nga po if it's coming from love na dahil gusto niya lang ma-save yung buhay ng anak niya pero at the same time it's the act is kind of Evil ah Hindi kasi pwedeng isolated lang yun eh Bakit nagkaganon yung sitwasyon niya ' ba Bakit ka may anak tapos you're not prepared for it in fact I will give This example na na factual you know maraming Street kids diyan sa Eya Street sa labas ng lazal makukulit nakakainis minsan they will get yyung mga Starbucks ng mga estudyante natin from one perspective Nakakainis Mga salot ng lipunan and yet From Another perspective What have we done to our children that they need to do that What have we done to our
1:02:01 children bring them into existence tapos hindi mo kayang paaralin hindi mo kayang pakainin do you come from love if you bring children into existence na Alam mong hindi makayang p h nga po ' ba nakita ko sa interview eh buntis siya sa 10th child ang apat dumedede taas ang kinikita nila sa pangangalakal a Php200 ' ba yung parang minsan na mag-iisip isip ka naman I had a cousin Whose siblings died from malnutrition dalawang kapatid niya so sinabi niya hindi ako mag-aanak hindi ako magdadagdag ng batang nagugutom ganun yung hugot niya OP pero kung wala kang pakialam ' bag gawa tapos kung mag-suffer sila di oo pero pero
1:02:46 naisip ko rin si si Manny Pacquiao eh ' ba kung kung kung siya'y in abort ng nanay niya di Walang ganon ' ba Say ah Totoo yan naisip ko rin po yan so ganon ganun Okay but of course love is not only for the rich It's also for the poor but Yun na nga dadating sa ganon kasi ako in my case parang hindi ko rin maaatim na maaatim na ako'y magnanakaw sa iba para sa pamilya ko para sa pagmamahal OP at ayoko na ang pamilya ko ay magnanakaw para sa akin gets Opo totoo yun Ayoko yun Opo okay na ako sa starvation Kung ako'y mamamatay sa sakit dahil wala tayong pambayad Huwag kang magnanakaw Opo Ganon din Hwag kang magnanakaw do not violate another
1:03:32 family another human being so minsan may nang-hold up Okay sige sige mang-holdup ka pero bakit mo kailangang patayin kailangan mo magpaiyak ng pamilya kunin mo na yyung pera ' ba yung ganyan pero yun na nga eh to start with the very desire to steal What does not belong to you ba is already problem Opo sabihin and then you act on it tsaka yun nga po yung kanina pinag-usapan natin na kakayanin ko panigurado kung nag-isip ka pa ng paraan maaaring kayanin mo Hindi lang naman talaga yun yung yung ano pero Ma'am Kung okay lang po mag-isang to experiment lang po kasi ito lagi kong tinatanong din to sa podcast sa pag sa mga philosophical na tao po ethics naman po
1:04:18 Medyo papasok or morality sige Oo um yun nga po ah imagine po na merong na merong time machine to pwede tayong bumalik tapos kung sakali pong ah Sino ba yung one of the most evil person na dumating ah kunyari Hitler do I even want to meet this person Opo si ano po si baby Hitler makakabalik ka sa moment na baby pa si Hitler and Alam niyo po yyung ginawa ni Hitler na Evil sa buong mundo would you do the the the earth a favor Killing the baby Hitler or not wala question no no Yeah because I do not just blame Hitler for the holocaust yes it is a
1:05:06 group of people having the same energy Opo maybe Hitler Ged the instruction but if there's nothing in you that will follow that Opo okay then probably if you're going to kill Hitler you kill all Opo again everyone Opo I will not I will not opo um meddle Ang ganda ng sagot Opo I will not meddle opo But there were lessons learned from it Although lessons are not the most important thing Okay ah Ano ba ang nawala buhay buhay but sometimes you give that up for something bigger for something higher Because if you killed him parang
1:05:51 may messianic complex ka pa niyan e ba par saor So I will not opo tsaka feeling ko rin may darating at darating ulit na Hitler Meron nga may mga small hitler's sk left and right ba it doesn't have to be a holocaust I would say anyone who who kills another person OP is a Hitler energy Opo pero mapag-usapan natin Maam lang yyung World War 2 yyung ginawa na genocide ng na genocide na It's still happening ang daming ethnic lensing So walang tigil walang tig pag-usapan lang po natin Sobra po k lalo na sa israel lalo na po kasi yung saakin na ginagawa ng Israel ngayon ah pinagdaanan niyo dati yan Ba't niyo ginagawa ngayon sa iba but Ano yan eh
1:06:38 kasi hindi si linear na cause and effect eh yun yan eh Tagal ba So walang katapusan the animosity is so deep the very fact that you're Jew the very fact that you're the this you know label this the hatred is there and that's why we look within we look within kasi yun nga po parang dun yung isa kong malaking question sa World War I is get si Hitler nga pero paano niya na-convince yung isang buong lahi eh kasi patayin natin lahat to Parang Anyway saka yung mga pumatay nga po e paano niyo navin Yeah parang There's something there in that consciousness that global consciousness Parang yun nga po yun din ang nakakatakot we learning the lesson you know sa Japan Ayaw na talaga nilang war
1:07:23 ayaw Nil minsan dum dating yung possibility di ba let's give up the self defense kasi may threat eh and the instinct of self preservation naman syempre You will protect yourself um This is the game we play This is the game humans play Opo and it's there and you project whatever good Ah Ma'am Ito naman po Iyung Next question ko um kung kanina po tinanong ko What is a good man ah Tapos papasok po tayo sa greatness which is yun kung Mak ko lang K Kay kay nietzsche Is You have to be a Superman overman great man mm ah para sa inyo po ba Ano po ang great man and after po non Ano po bang mas maganda maging good man ka or maging great man ka I would say the two are synonymous a
1:08:11 good man is a great man and a great man is not great by anyone's standard people may not even know you may not even get the recognition and that is precisely what makes you great And good because you're not after that Ganda sagot Opo Ah ito Ma'am Medyo Tapos na rin po tayo mga last few questions lang ma'am kung matanong ko lang po kung yun nga po ah you've been teaching for 30 years plus um Marami pong batang nabago niyo yyung buhay na-corrupt nga po y pero ma k Explain niyo lang po bakit nga po ba corruption yung ginagamit niyong word because you're changing so many things that are accepted by society acceptable to society and then your questioning so many things the critical thinking the open-mindedness you know all the social constructs that I'm asking my students
1:08:58 to not take hook line and sinker hindi por sinabi ng matanda tama Opo ' ba Hindi po por sinabi ng teacher Okay OP hindi po sinabi ng pare or ng Pastor ' ba tama eh kasi nga philosophy the
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