Expectation Blocks You - Yogi Explains

Summary

November 17, 2023, 15 min

Why expecting or naming a meditative experience blocks it, prompted by a Joseph Campbell quote and Lahiri Mahasaya's advice to practice without thought of results. Hunting for results keeps the mind in the left brain. The Do Be Do Be Do formula solves this riddle by letting go into the Four Proofs, bliss and Hakalau.

In this video

Teaches

ExpectationLeft and right brainDo Be Do Be Do

Discusses

Let Go and EnjoyFour Proofs of MeditationSmall winsJoy vs happinessHakalau

Mentions

Joseph CampbellLahiri MahasayaQigongBlissHRV ResonanceLow-Idle-StateLeft hippocampus

Key moments

00:00Joseph Campbell: to expect an experience is to lose it 00:30Lahiri's riddle: practice Kriya without the idea of results 01:36Left brain holds the story, right brain the expansiveness 04:42Where to hang out after letting go: the four proofs 05:32The qigong friend: did you do it again?07:21A student's laughter after meditating: joy out of clarity 08:12Meditation as the most practical philosophy 09:11The formula: do be do be do 10:30Expectations and labels lock you in the left brain 11:22Practicing Hakalau over and over, counting each one 13:14Letting go of the left-brain ivory tower of story