-Thank you for being here.
-Well, thank you.
It's an honor.
-Your posture is already -
I'm already insecure
about this whole thing.
In your introduction,
I mentioned
you've written about 90 books.
Is this true?
-Yeah.
You have to be neurotic
to do that.
[ Laughter ]
Compulsive,
obsessive, and neurotic.
That's why.
-And you say it so calmly.
'Cause I've written
a grand total of one book.
And, y'all, writing a book
is so hard.
[ Laughter ]
It is so hard.
So how have you managed
to write 90?
How do you keep coming up
with things to write?
-I give a lot of talks,
and I find myself saying thing
I've never said before.
Then I get ideas.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-So you just say things you've
never said, you write a book
-Yeah. I find myself
coming up with things.
I say, "Wow.
Where did that come from?"
[ Laughter ]
Write a book.
-Y'all, imagine if we wrot
books about all the things
we thought about.
-If they're interesting.
-If they're interesting.
There it is.
See, there's the --
That's wonderful.
Well, your newest book --
I actually have it right here,
which I'm super excited about.
It is called "Metahuman:
Unleashing Your
Infinite Potential."
Congratulations on that.
-Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It is out right now.
Besides it being very soft
what can you tell us
about this book?
-So, "meta" means "beyond,
and "human," in this case, means
the conditioned social mind,
which is insane.
Our collective mind
right now is insane.
We've produced nuclear weapons
biological warfare,
Internet hacking,
extinction of species.
-Vines, TikToks.
[ Laughter ]
-Poison in our food chain.
So we're now risking
our own extinction.
And we're at a crossroads.
Either we wake up
to who we really are,
as infinite potential,
or we get bamboozled
by this insane mind.
And if you don't think
the collective mind is insane,
then I'm sorry, you're declaring
your own insanity.
[ Audience "Oohs" ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-So, one thing you write about
which I want
to dive deeper into,
is psychedelic drugs.
Now --
Hi, ooh, the chills.
So, microdosing has become
such a big thing in California
I want to know what sort o
experiences you've had.
You went
to the psychedelic drugs.
Tell me everything.
[ Laughter ]
-When I was 17, I tried LS
in medical school,
and then I tried it again
in medical school.
-Wait.
In medical school?
Was it part of the curriculu
or just --
-No, we had some students
from Harvard
who were experimenting and -
[ Laughter and applause ]
But it did open me up
to the Matrix.
[ Laughter and applause ]
And that's what
the book is about.
-So, what I took away
from this story is,
if you want to do drugs, do it
if you are in medical school
That way, your Indian parent
will be okay with it.
[ Laughter ]
That's what I took away
from this.
-Or -- Or -- Or --
-Because you said the key words.
You said medical school,
you said Harvard.
And I can imagine
every Indian parent being like
"Then, it's fine."
-That's it. Right.
If you're not American,
then you can go to Peru.
[ Laughter ]
-But I have a serious question
Do you --
'Cause I met you backstage
just a few moments ago,
and here you are,
and I'm sensing a very calm --
I'm sure you sense this.
A very calm energy.
Do you ever get angry?
-No.
[ Laughter ]
-So, you never get angry?
-I used to, but I don't.
-Wait. So what do you do whe
you're about to get angry now?
How would we change that?
-And that's --
You know, anybody can do that.
Anytime you notice
that you're reacting with anger,
observe your reaction to react
-Wait. You're saying
anyone can do this?
-Anytime you're reactive, stop
Take three deep breaths.
Observe and then proceed
with compassion.
-Can you look into that camera
and talk to my mom real quickly?
Can you just let her know?
-Hi, Mom.
-Can you just say that everyon
can control their anger?
-Everyone can control it,
including moms.
[ Laughter ]
-That's what's up.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's what's up.
You're welcome,
children of immigrant families
that you can use
that video on loop now.
