Bouncer

Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast

Timber Hawkeye

Spirituality, Buddhism, Awareness, Calm, Society & Culture, Meditation, Mindful, Buddhist, Philosophy, Awake, Minimalist, Innerpeace, Selfhelp, Spiritual, Education, Aware, Mindfulness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

All sorts of random thoughts show up during the day and even while meditating, so we need a bouncer to decide which thoughts get to enter our minds, which have to stand outside, and which are banned for life. To listen with captions, visit: https://youtu.be/XnUAJB3Y0Xk

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0:17.0	Welcome to the Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast. Our intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich, and inspire a simple and uncomplicated life. Discover the benefits of mindful living with your host, Timber Hawkeye.
0:36.2	I was in my 20s at the height of the 90s club scene, either spending my night standing in line with cash and hand to pay the cover charge so I can get out of the cold and onto the dance floor, or cutting to the front of the line,
0:41.1	where the bouncer recognizes you, smiles, and lets you in because you are on the guest
0:45.9	list as a friend of a friend of the manager, the bartender, or the DJ.
0:50.3	Young and broke, but addicted to base, we did everything we could to secure a spot on that
0:56.4	guest list.
0:57.5	In our eyes, the bouncer at each local club was right up there with St. Peter protecting the pearly gates of heaven, where the gods spun records and nothing else mattered.
1:08.0	The bouncers were to be respected because they had the authority, the power, and the muscle to kick you out or let you in.
1:15.1	Bouncers are also responsible for making sure the male to female ratio inside a club is balanced,
1:21.4	and in some extreme cases their job is to only allow pretty people to get in.
1:26.0	Every club has different criteria.
1:28.0	I'm telling you this because many people tell me they feel like failures at meditation when certain thoughts still show up.
1:35.6	But silly as it may sound, I picture a bouncer in my head deciding which thoughts are free to join the party, which have to stand outside, and which are banned for life.
1:46.5	Even after years of meditation, all thoughts still show up, but that doesn't mean they all get to dance.
1:53.2	And just like some people who were desperate to get into the club resorted to desperate measures,
1:58.0	which is what the silly song DJ girl was all about, depicting a conversation between a club bouncer and a very determined
2:05.5	groupie carrying records trying to get in saying I'm with a DJ I'm with a DJ okay?
2:11.4	Some thoughts wear a disguise use a fake ID, so to speak, anything to get in.
2:16.3	The bouncer's job is to stick to the names on the guest list and the given criteria for the
2:20.9	night. Do you see how useful having a guy like that in our heads would be to keep
2:25.6	certain thoughts, cravings, and our egos from sneaking in? In my experience, meditation is not about
2:32.2	stopping thoughts from showing up, which try as I might I cannot control.
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