Tokyo Diaries, LIVE from the rooftop w/Zubin

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0:00 Live from the Asakusa rooftop, six days into Tokyo

0:31 How this trip is different from 2023

2:21 Cigarette vending machines and Japan's smoking culture

3:44 Tokyo style pizza and wandering into a mom and pop sushi spot

7:03 The efficiency and quiet expectation of conformity here

8:17 A Japanese friend on the shared feeling of unworthiness

9:31 The most advanced toilets known to mankind

10:04 Reverse culture shock and the craftsmanship gap coming home

12:34 A little panorama and thoughts on the movie Perfect Days

13:22 What was spiritual in 2023 and what's fallen away since

14:39 No difference between a monastery and a Tokyo street corner

17:01 Contrasting this trip with the 2023 Japan video

19:06 Unworthiness still getting triggered by cultural rules

22:05 Summer festivals, lotus ponds, and the Yasukuni parade

23:14 Is it easier to replenish energy on a trip than at home

25:16 What the live shows during covid actually meant

28:04 No consciousness, no other beings, just this appearance

29:02 Barnaby's kensho and the adrenaline that followed

31:08 Nothing happening, explained through the skyline

33:07 No thing radiating as appearance, and the freedom in that

34:31 Perfect brilliant stillness and unconditional love

36:48 Emptiness and fullness, the two stages after awakening

37:39 A new Uniqlo shirt and a sweatshirt made for women

39:17 Time as the mind's imaginarium and the seeking machine

40:44 A trip to Don Quijote and the kids' thousand-mile stare

42:01 A wobbly chair, a rooftop view, and a beautiful sunset

43:37 A quick tour of the kitchen, fish grill, and family shrine

45:38 Talking through determinism and free will

48:24 Why the question of free will falls away entirely

52:04 Playing with the shrine's LED lighting panel

53:04 Why nothing causes anything, explained through a dream

54:28 Wrapping up and saying goodnight from Tokyo