Dropping Out and Tuning In - Why I'm Quitting to Pursue Religion
A personal chat about some recent changes which connect to larger themes floating around society at the moment specifically, burnout, meaning, and questioning what really matters in life. See my work: lanehuitt.com
Video Chapters
- 0:00 From business collapse to a spiritual quest
- 3:50 Quitting it all: A Buddhist temple residency begins
- 6:00 Confronting religious trauma and disfellowship
- 10:20 Expanding consciousness: Psychedelics and meditation insights
- 18:15 Reclaiming the spiritual impulse with intention
- 20:15 The profound journey: Embracing suffering for depth
Original Output
0:00 From business collapse to a spiritual quest 3:50 Quitting it all: A Buddhist temple residency begins 6:00 Confronting religious trauma and disfellowship 10:20 Expanding consciousness: Psychedelics and meditation insights 18:15 Reclaiming the spiritual impulse with intention 20:15 The profound journey: Embracing suffering for depth Timestamps by StampBot 🤖 (235-dropping-out-and-tuning-in-why-i-m-quitting-to-pursue-religi)
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0:00 Business collapse leads to Buddhist temple quest 0:35 Five years building a construction business, planning furniture venture 1:40 Dream furniture business crumbles due to bad projects 2:40 Economic "tariff shock" and client loss causes exhaustion 3:50 Abandoning furniture dream for a Buddhist temple residency 5:00 Transformation: deep inner work beyond a simple makeover 6:00 Religious trauma from Jehovah's Witness "disfellowshipment" at 18 7:25 Drug abuse, rehab, and questioning the "disease model of addiction" 8:30 Finding equanimity but deeply unhappy in a bland perfect life 10:20 Psychedelics and meditation: the material world isn't everything 11:00 Western society's allergy to ambiguity and need for certainty 12:15 Doing the hard thing: building a custom door by hand 13:15 Continuing the hard thing: creating a handmade door with Japanese tools 14:15 Hard work pays off, despite the sweat and frustration 15:15 Business crumbled, spiritual path emerges: a new direction 16:15 Childhood devotion to Jehovah's Witnesses and "deconversion" at 2020 17:15 Realizing his religious impulse won't go away, just goes subconscious 18:15 Consciously engaging with a healthy religious impulse 19:15 The human need to "conceive the inconceivable" in religion 20:15 Soul's journey: embracing suffering as a path to depth 21:15 Religious impulse is deep-seated; feeding it with meaning, not just dogma 22:15 Thank you for watching my chaotic journey; subscribe for more! Timestamps by StampBot 🤖 (235-dropping-out-and-tuning-in-why-i-m-quitting-to-pursue-religi)