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Spectacle vs Heart - In Life and Story - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 9 min

Spectacle versus heart in movies and spiritual teachings, drawn from Blake Snyder's Save the Cat. Contrasts The Watchmen with Ghost, and Tony Robbins' spectacle-heavy events with Tad James's technique-dense NLP and Time Line Therapy training, offering questions for judging what a teaching actually delivers.

In this video

Teaches
Story structure
Discusses
Blake SnyderTony RobbinsTad James
Mentions
KrishnaHypnosisNeuro-linguistic programming (NLP)Time Line Therapy

Key moments

00:00Blake Snyder, Save the Cat and a World War II script01:26Snyder's principle: spectacle versus a true story02:06The Watchmen as a spectacle movie with little to say04:06Ghost: a small-budget story that hits the heart04:49A meditation teacher who leans on spectacle05:22Tony Robbins events and addiction to spectacle06:17Tad James's training: all technique, no spectacle07:04Questions to find the heart of a teaching08:07Heart, truth and technique instead of spectacle