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Claire, if you could say one thing
to all the viewers at home watching...
what would you want to say to them?
Make sure to spread a lot of love and happiness and joy
in whatever way you can
because there's always someone who needs that.
There's...
What the fuck is that?
Construction.
Can they stop?
We can't hear you, I mean, we can't hear it. Don't worry.
Yes, you can.
Go silent fully.
Even if we can hear it, doesn't matter.
It's all good.
I'm a Scorpio and we are perfectionists.
Do you believe in Astrology?
I love astrology.
- Earl? - Oh.
Hey! Wait, does it make sense for me to just be standing here,
like, ready to open the door for you?
Yeah, dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, um...
Don't worry, don't overthink it.
All right, let's do it... let's do it one more time.
Just be natural. Just be natural, okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm natural.
Hey!
- Hey! - Come on in!
What you doin' out there?
Recording.
All right, so we are about to enter
the un-enterable land...
I'm just kidding. Okay, let's start over.
I'm nervous. Um...
All right, so we are going to enter my bedroom.
Really... oops.
You want me to stop recording?
Hold on.
Hey!
I don't know why I'm saying hey
as if I didn't already greet you.
All right, so, are you ready
to enter the one, the only,
Claire's Corner?
- Oops. - Whoa.
Didn't clean up this penny.
I'll just put that right there.
This is your bedroom?
Yeah, in all of its glory.
I love my bed.
It's so comfy.
I read somewhere that...
the more personalized decor...
Ahh!
There was a bug, sorry.
Um, I read somewhere
that the more personalized decor you have,
the further away you are from God
because God...
I don't know, it had something to do with Heaven
being a light, white space.
So, I believe that light, clear, airy, white spaces
are resembling Heaven.
I did... I think I read that one time.
I don't remember where.
I had just gotten done with my 1:30 vinyasa flow
and something about getting the blood pumping
through my body and, um,
fres... fresh oxygen throwing... flowing through my veins, um...
Does it look good?
So I kind of got out and was like, "Whoa,
I need to make a documentary."
I need to do this, and I called up my dad
and I was like, "This is something
that's really, really, really important to me,"
and, um, I was able to work
a little bit of my Claire magic on him,
and eventually I got him to come around.
Um, does your family... so, does he support you a lot?
He supports me in no way except... financial support.
So your dad only supports you financially?
Mm-hmm.
And you don't consider that to be support?
Hmm...
No.
Money is just money.
It's nothing, it goes away,
and it literally grows on trees.
So...
I mean, I would rather be poor and have...
you know...
But you don't want to try?
Well, I can't.
I'm not poor.
Unfortunately.
My first kind of rendezvous
with spirituality was...
Well, I was at the book store.
And I saw something
from someone who is now my favorite
or one of my favorite spiritual gurus,
and, um, I opened up his book, Tony Robbins,
and it said just,
"Get off your lazy ass and go do it!"
And that was like, whoa.
I just had to take a step back and take that in.
You know, it's funny, 'cause Tony Robbins
isn't really seen as a spiritual teacher.
Maybe not for you.
I always felt like I had a grand purpose,
like, there was something in Claire
that was more than just the average person.
I wanna be this thing that is one with the cosmos.
I wanna be Claire Cosmos, Extraordinaire.
And that means shedding all of my egoic tendencies.
That means realizing that I am one with everything.
That means becoming my most authentic self.
That means letting go of past traumas
and hurts and pains, of which I have so many.
I'm letting go.
Yeah.
I'm ready to be a perfect human form...
more-than-human form.
I'm ready to transcend humanity
and be a beam of light
in a human form.
And I'm just really, really, really excited
to figure it all out.
Let our journey begin.
Um, so, viewers, I figured that I might as well start
where I had the idea, which is the yoga studio,
and talk to the masters over there.
So, are you ready?
- I'm ready. - Let's go!
I'm asking them, but they're...
they can't answer, so they're ready.
I say you're ready.
I think you have to lock up.
Ah, no one ever comes up here. It's fine.
I leave it unlocked. Shh.
Don't break in, please.
This elevator's really slow.
It's pretty cool you have your own elevator.
I know, right?
Yeah, it kinda smells bad sometimes, though.
It's the only downside.
Are you excited that you're making your documentary?
If it turns out good.
I think it will.
Well, I guess... that's actually
really reassuring to hear you say it,
because you're the one holding the camera, so if you think...
Oh, I shouldn't show my double chin!
Um, thank you.
Yeah, that's reassuring to hear you say.
Okay, thank you for, um, coming here
and, um... or, well, I'm coming here, but...
thank you for sharing your spiritual insights with me.
I've actually had one particular burning question
that's just... just been on my mind for a while.
- Okay, go for it. - Oh, thanks.
What does "vinyasa flow" mean?
Oh.
Well, that's the term for one of our classes that we do here.
Oh. That's cool.
I didn't know that.
Um, okay, so there's actually another one.
It's this, uh, this phrase that you say
when we're in the downward dog in class,
and it sounds really like... it's kind...
it sounds like it's hard to pronounce.
It's like "ado-mukah-savasna"?
Um, what does that mean?
That's a great question.
Actually it means "downward-facing dog position."
That's the words for it.
Oh, it just means "downward dog."
I thought maybe it meant something more like,
spiritual or...
No.
It... it's... it actually represents
the flow of energy
when you do downward-facing dog,
and you can only access that and it's only conveyed
through the words "Adho Mukha Svanasana."
Oh.
Okay.
Um, what are the...
Um... is it...
It's not English, is it?
Is it an English word?
No.
No. No, I don't think so.
What are the origins?
- Yoga. - Yoga.
Okay. Oh, sorry. I meant, what...
Sorry, I meant, um,
the language, what language is it?
Indian.
Oh.
I love India!
Yeah, me too.
Claire, actually, you owe some money today.
- Oh, I do? - Mm-hmm.
Your membership is due, and we need to keep it afloat.
Yes, we do. How else are we gonna run this place?
- It's so beautiful. - I know. It's very beautiful.
- I'll pay. - Before we leave.
- Yeah, we'll do it. - Okay.
We can get back to this now. I'm sorry. I just forgot.
So, just in case
Heidi didn't give me the whole truth,
I decided to get it straight from the horse's mouth
and go to the Indians!
Let's see what we can learn.
Um, yeah, I actually, uh,
when I was in college, I took a...
a little Zen, uh, not a retreat...
I went to a, uh, a temple
with, uh, a Zen, um, master
or like... not a...
- You know what I mean? - Mm-hmm.
So it was good.
I... I learned a few things about that.
So, um, so it sounds like you're my guy.
Namaste. Right?
Like, something like that would probably put you at home.
Right?
- No. - No?
I don't know much about it.
I did have a moment when I, uh, I felt like I was one
with the universe, if that means anything?
- I don't know what that means. - Oh, that's incredible.
But um, uh, I...
I also think you mean, uh...
I'm a... I'm like, Native American.
You know?
I have... I'm 75 percent, uh, Indigenous.
Like, from, uh, the... the...
Indi... American Ind... you know...
I think you're referring to the...
Southeastern Asian... Southeast Asians?
- No, not Asians. Indians. - Okay.
I... I think you're a little confused
on... on who you're looking for.
- What do you mean? - Uh...
I am the one who's from North America, I suppose.
Yes.
- You're 75% from North America? - But not...
Yes. Yup, yup.
Okay.
About 70, 70 to 75, maybe 80.
I'm so confused.
So there's Southeast Asians, there's Indians...
And then this is the culture of North America?
Yes.
I really think I'm missing something.
- I think so, too. - Yeah.
You're not a Buddhist, are you?
Uh, no.
I... I've tried
to, uh, learn about Buddhism, of course.
But I... I'm not an expert yet.
Okay, but you do have an area of expertise?
- Yeah. - And it is?
Sure. Native American culture.
Oh, okay. Oh, okay, I see.
So you're 72% Native American is what you're saying?
Uh, right. Yes.
Okay, cool.
Uh, some... some people do refer to it as, uh...
I think it's an offensive term nowadays, "Indians."
But, uh, I... I... I think... I don't...
I'm Indigenous Mexican, you know?
So I'm like...
- You're Mexican? - Yeah.
I thought you were a Native American Indian.
Well, they're the same.
They're very close.
- It's all the same, you know? - What is the same?
I mean, where's it's different, I suppose like, you know,
Europeans are different, you know?
- I don't know where that is. - They're all "white,"
but they're not really, you know?
Is that offensive, to say that I'm white,
like, to white people, is that offensive, or?
Caucasian? I would say I'm like a bunch of stuff.
Like, maybe, um...
I think I am, like, one percent Native American.
I didn't realize that this was
a Native American Arts Center, 'cause it said "Indian."
But I do think I'm, like, one percent Native American.
Right.
So how much percentage Mexican are you, then?
Uh, a hundred.
But you're 75 percent...
Oh, I'm 75, uh, yeah, I'm 72 percent, uh, Native.
- Mm-hmm. - And then I...
oh, from the Americas.
And I am...
the rest, I'm mostly, uh, Spanish, yeah.
How are you 75 percent Native American
and 100 percent Mexican?
'Cause that's 175 percent.
I am 100 percent Mexican, yes.
But also 72 percent...
My heritage, yes.
And you're not Buddhist.
No.
Do I have any embarrassing moments?
No.
No, I actually can't think of any.
I just personally don't find shame
to be a very useful emotion, so I kind of block that one out.
I don't really... I'm not gonna lie.
I'm feeling like I don't really wanna keep doing this.
But I have to keep going for the sake of spirituality
and for the sake of teaching you guys,
so that you don't make the same mistake as me.
Point the camera to me. Get that guy.
- All right, can you hear me? - Yes.
Can you see me? Are you recording?
- Yes. - You're recording?
- Yes. - Okay.
There's a guy meditating right there.
Do you see him?
I think he's just sitting there.
No, he's meditating.
He's probably communing with God.
Okay.
I don't wanna talk to him. I'm too nervous.
I'm gonna get across the street, okay?
Okay.
- Hi. - Hi.
Oh, sorry to bother you.
Um, someone at the front desk said
that I could come talk to you?
I, um...
Sorry, um, I'm doing a documentary,
um, and I hope this is okay.
I hope you're who I should talk to about this.
But I wanted to ask about like, um...
Well, you're Indian, right?
Well, yes. Yes.
Okay. Woo! Thank God.
- Um... - Thank God, indeed.
Uh, yeah.
Um, so, uh,
I wanted to know if you knew anything about, like,
mindfulness and, um,
uh, like being Zen, 'cause I know in your culture
you're very spiritually heightened, right?
So I wanted to know about, like, maybe Buddhism
and whatever you know about spirituality, pretty much.
Uh...
Um, Buddhism...
You wanna know about Indian or Buddhism?
'Cause not all Indians are Buddhists.
Um...
But I thought Buddha was Indian.
Yeah.
So the problem is that Anousha is not Buddhist.
- Okay. - So...
So who is?
Could you get this recycling bin for me?
I wanna just get a... just one shot
of this authentic Chinese writing,
'cause it looks nice.
Oh, there's actually some here, too.
It's like I'm really in China.
This is so fun.
So, hey, guys, it's Claire again.
Um, after Earl so kindly explained to me
that Korean people are not Chinese people, um, ow...
I found this lovely Chinese temple
so I could learn about Zen Buddhism and mindfulness.
So, I'm gonna go see what that's all about.
- Claire? - What?
Come here, sorry.
- What's wrong? - Um...
- Is the camera dead? - No, no, uh...
What's wrong?
Zen Buddhism isn't really Chinese, like...
You said that you were looking for a Chinese Buddhist Temple.
But, like, if you're looking for...
Like, Zen is Japanese.
Why didn't you say that before?
I mean, I'm just supposed to observe.
But I didn't want you to be embarrassed again.
I don't get embarrassed.
Oh, no photo.
Sorry, they're closed.
They're closed.
Why the fuck are they closed?
Like, it should be open.
I'm sorry, I just don't really feel good right now.
Nothing is going my way right now,
and I'm not even being selfish about this.
I thought that God was supposed to help those who help others.
It's closed.
- Oh? - Yeah, just so you know.
Hi, can you... can you please stop following me?
I'm sorry. Just please stop following me
just for like, one second, please.
I really... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry to be mean, but I just really need
alone time for like five seconds, please.
The goal of spirituality is enlightenment.
And the goal of enlightenment is to be, like, a super being.
And, that sounds stupid.
It's... the goal of enlightenment is to be enlightened.
Duh! Could I come up with a better definition than that?
It's to be beyond your thoughts, beyond your feelings,
beyond your emotions, to just be like,
a little beam of light in flesh and bones.
That's what I wanna do, at least.
I don't know about everyone else but that's me.
So let's say you attain enlightenment.
- Which I'm very close to. - You're very close to it?
- Yeah. - Okay, so, you...
I think so.
- Can you feel... - I can feel it.
- You're close to it? - I can feel it encroaching upon me.
The enlightenment?
Yeah.
- Okay. - Yeah, I can see it.
What does it look like?
Hmm...
It looks like...
You know when your eyes are shut and you see your eyelids?
Yeah.
It looks a little like that.
Oh, shoot.
Hello?
Guru Bodhidarma?
- How can I help you? - Oh my God, this is so exciting!
Thank you so much for calling me back.
Um, so, I am making a documentary,
as I mentioned to you before,
and I just wanna know everything you know about spirituality.
Do it again.
Do not destroy life.
Do not take what is not given to you.
Do not commit adultery.
Tell no lies, and...
As Guru Bodhidarma gave me an in-depth explanation
of the Ten Commandments of Buddhism,
he also gave me an idea.
While I so appreciated him giving me a discount rate
for our valuable time together,
I couldn't help but feel like a Facetime call
wouldn't give me the necessary hands-on experience
that I was looking for.
So, Bodhi referred me to a colleague of his
in Los Angeles.
Guru Bodhidarma said, "No adornments."
Um, and his definition of that was "a thing that adorns,"
which could pretty much mean anything.
Like, that could be a rug or that could be like...
a car buffer or something like that.
So, um, 'cause that's technically an adornment.
So I googled what "adornment" means,
and it's like, accessories, like earrings, necklaces.
Need I go on?
I have like, a ton of that stuff.
So, I am going to remove it, um,
to follow along with Guru Bodhidarma,
who came highly esteemed from Google.
So, I should trust him.
Um, yeah.
So, um, my grandma taught me to always make my bed.
And, I do.
But I luckily have a maid who actually takes care of that
so I don't have to all the time, thankfully,
because that would be ridiculous,
'cause it takes me like, 20 minutes to do it every day.
So, um, yeah, obviously it's a big bed and I'm all by myself.
So, uh... wait a second.
Did Bodhidarma say to...
he said no luxurious beds?
Does this count as that, do you think?
Probably doesn't, though.
Well, is a luxurious...
is a bed luxurious because of its size, or?
'Cause I guess mine does accommodate
more than I necessarily need.
Um, sorry, no.
I shouldn't try to justify it.
I'm trying to do this the right way.
So I'll just sleep on the floor.
Here, I'll take one of these.
Oh, um, no, I'll just do it without, to be safe,
just in case that counts as being luxurious.
Okay. Good night.
Oh, sorry. You're still here.
- You're stepping on my feet. - Sorry. Sorry.
No, that's okay. What's up?
I think you still have my mic pack.
But I thought you were staying on the couch.
No, yeah, but we need the mic pack.
- You want it back? - Yeah.
But what if we need to film something?
Not when we're asleep, I have to charge the battery.
Oh, okay.
I'll give it to you.
I didn't even notice it, honestly.
It was pretty comfortable.
Here you go. Good night.
I think that consciousness is coming to a point
where we're waking up, um...
Sorry.
Uh, what was the word I was looking for? Um...
Oh, a... awareness is coming to a p...
we're in a period of time where consciousness is waking up.
And where everyone... con... Fu...
Uh, what's the word for "all together"?
- Where every... - Collectively.
Collectively. That is the word I was looking for.
I think we're coming to a period of time...
in, um, this planet's lifespan
where collectively we are coming to an awareness.
I think that most people go through life completely asleep.
and it's time for us to wake up.
I'm very happy you came here.
Not everyone is willing to wake up.
Yet, everyone is searching for bliss.
I found you.
What?
I said I found you, 'cause you're right here.
- You know what I mean? - Impossible.
I don't exist.
I am not really here.
Neither are you.
Neither is anything.
Everything is a mirage.
Do you understand?
- Yes. - No, you don't.
How did you know that?
- I'm perceptive. - Yeah.
I'm like a hawk.
I see everything.
Whoa.
Yeah.
Very good.
Yeah.
Your openness is infectious.
Oh. Well, that's sweet.
It seems you are...
the perfect pupil.
Yay! Oh my God,
I needed to take my hands out to clap.
- I'm so excited. - Hmm.
Let's do it. How do I do it? Woo!
- Anything. Anything. - Well, we have...
My... my colleagues and I have a retreat this weekend.
Mm-hmm.
But you don't really need to hear about it
because you're beyond ready.
- Yeah, I'm really ready. - Mm-hmm.
I'm just ready to do everything.
I just wanna give it all,
all my humanly wits about me, I just wanna get rid of it
and just learn what you have to learn.
- I'll take payment. - Oh, sure.
There ya go.
Of course.
Yes.
When you seek to be enlightened,
you need to move those emotional blockages
that have been built up over time, over the years,
and strip back, peel away the physical shell
in order for the spirit to be set free.
You mean like death?
- Death, like... - No, no.
Not exactly, no.
It's very painful to be human.
If you're seeking true freedom, it can be attained.
It can be attained,
as long as you release yourself
from your physical shell.
But it is not death.
This is it?
This is the place?
Yeah.
I feel like I shouldn't even talk loudly here.
It's like, nature is just so beautiful and peaceful.
All right, woo!
So this is where she said to park.
There's no other cars here.
What are... what do we do?
Where do we go, do you think?
Do... do you think it's down there?
So she said to park here,
find the creek, and follow it up to the source.
- I mean, okay. - And I've not...
I've done step one, I have yet to do step two,
which is to find the creek.
But... I feel like...
it looks like there could be a source of water down there.
I don't wanna fa...
Hey, fuck you!
Fuck you!
I don't know. Something about this doesn't feel right.
- Yeah. - All right, hold on.
I'm gonna call her.
Wait, I don't have her number!
I'm gonna email her.
She said that, well, I'll see... I'll see them there, so.
You know literally as much as I do.
Oh, my God!
I found the creek! I found the creek!
Guys, look!
I love Bliss!
She's amazing!
I feel...
I feel... sorry.
I feel it already.
I feel it already, like,
she was talking about all this friggin' stuff
that like, was so...
I didn't know what she was talking about,
but I understand this is a part of the program.
I feel, through this experience,
through her not giving me precise like, directions
of where to go, by her just saying to find the creek...
to find the creek and to follow the creek,
I am already like...
I'm already channeling and opening up
my own inner power and my own inner being.
This has already been, like, so, so worth it!
Yeah!
All right, to the creek.
To the creek.
I can't believe that I found it.
Wait, how are you gonna get down here?
- I think I can do it... - No, you can't do this.
This is scary.
Yeah, just stay up there for now.
I don't want you to hurt yourself.
I, however, am very brave.
Does that work?
Yes.
Stay there.
I don't want you to hurt yourself.
I'm just gonna come down.
Here, let me help you, if you're gonna come down.
No, I got this.
No, no, I gotta help you.
I... it was pretty treacherous.
You're literally...
Oh.
I did not realize
you got that on camera.
Careful, careful, careful, Earl.
I'm already being a much kinder person
and a much more empathetic person
since starting this journey.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
All right, guys, so I found the creek.
No, no, no, you get a shot of the creek.
Get a shot of the creek for them to see that I found it,
so that they know that I'm not making it up.
I don't know if I really see it that well.
Okay, all right, then we'll need to sh... come here.
Do you need me to hold the camera?
'Cause I really wanna make sure that they get to see the creek,
'cause I want them to know that I wasn't lying,
'cause I really did find it, which I'm very, very proud of.
Okay, here.
- Give me... give me the camera. - No, no, it's okay.
Oh, sorry, yeah, you're right, it's your camera.
Okay, guys, guys, do you see this?
Show them the creek.
I literally...
I... I literally found the creek that she was talking about.
And I thought I wasn't going to.
Like, for a second there I was on the side of the road
and I was like, "I don't know if I came to the right place."
But, um, this is an incredible...
And she said to follow it to its source.
So, this probably...
I'm sensing to go this way.
Sensing to go this way.
- Claire? - Yeah?
So, source, right? Does she mean where it comes from?
Yeah, probably where it originates.
- So you see that waterfall over there? - Yeah.
That's probably... where it comes from.
- Up this way. - Why wo... d...
What does the waterfall have to do
with where it originates?
Uh, 'cause it comes from a high place.
'Cause, you know, gravity and shit.
Oh, okay. If you...
If you know the science behind that,
I'll trust what you have to say.
I personally have never heard that.
But, um, but hey, this is every much...
every bit as much your journey as it is mine, so.
- And I... I've never said anything like that before, - Thank you!
so I can already feel how much this process is...
helping me become...
I almost got, like, in my head for a second there,
but this... overall this is helping me become a more...
What are you looking at? What are you looking at?
You're distracting me. Sorry.
I'm becoming a much more empathetic,
calm, open-minded, intellectual person.
So I'll trust you. This is your journey, too.
She's amazing.
I thought she was like,
really way too cool for me when I met her.
And I see why now, 'cause she literally is.
- Do you hear that fountain? - It's just... yeah.
That means we're close to the source.
Yeah.
Claire, I don't think.
- What? - It's been a while now.
This is a dead end.
Okay, I'm gonna cross.
- Dude, did you just see my butt? - No, sorry.
- I mean, yeah, uh, no, good. - Sorry.
- Wait... wait... wait for me! - Careful.
- Okay, Claire, maybe... - Yeah?
I see the origin of the creek.
It's right there.
Yeah, but...
- I see the origin. - It doesn't matt...
Okay.
- Let's talk. - Yeah. I...
We've been at this for a while.
What if...
I don't mean to talk shit about Bliss, but...
Wait, what the fu...
Sto... I'm gonna have you stop right there.
Zip. I see the origin of the creek.
It's right there.
So, here we go.
Whoa.
I don't know, man.
Is it safe? Are you good?
I think there's basil.
Yeah, I smell it too.
Looks pretty nice over there.
This is beautiful.
Bugs! Bugs!
Don't follow me.
This is too dangerous for you.
Alright, Claire, hear me out.
Yes?
I'm open to suggestions.
- I'm a bit stuck. - I don't think this is real.
Wait, what?
I don't mean to talk shit about Bliss yet again.
But just let me say this.
What if...
She's not here.
No, she's not. She's at the source of the creek.
What if the source of the creek's
at the top of a mountain and it's like way far away,
and she's not here,
and you're not gonna find the source of the creek,
and she's not gonna respond to your email.
And...
You know? Like, what if?
Like, what if she rented out where she like...
- You know? - I don't know...
I think there's a bug on me. I don't know, man.
I don't see the point of what you're saying...
I'm saying, what if, like, you're not gonna find her.
I get what you're saying but I don't know why.
She gave me very clear directions to follow the s...
I don't know why I have to defend myself to you.
You're not defending yourself. You're... you can... you can...
What is that?
There's so many weird creatures here.
Hold on, hold on. Listen, listen, listen.
You don't have to...
Is that a tadpole?
Being honest with yourself is not defending yourself.
- You're... you're putting me in a position... - You're not being attacked.
No, you're... listen to me.
You're putting me in a position where I feel like I have like...
I'm having a million thoughts a minute
and I need to defend myself to you.
You're saying just, like,
thing after thing after thing that is incorrect.
But I... and I want to defend myself
and I want to say, Bliss is here.
This is legitimate.
She gave me this... advice
to follow the creek for a reason, but...
but I don't even want to-
I don't want to have to defend myself to you.
This is about me becoming a bigger and better person
than I was before.
This is about me, like...
this is about...
this is about me, like, um...
this is about me, like... um...
Sorry.
If you make me defend myself to you,
that's part of, like, the old Claire.
That's something that I would've done, like, four hours ago.
But that's not something that I would do now.
This has already changed me and I don't like
that you're pulling me into that place.
I'm not pulling you away from change,
like, the change can stay and be real.
Yeah, you're trying... you're trying to knock me down,
- No, I'm not. - and all my life, people have done this to me.
All my life, all my life,
all my life, people have...
...they've taken me and they've tried to make me small
and they've, like, made fun of me,
and they've torn me down nine ways from Sunday.
And I just don't... I don't want that to be you.
We were supposed to have a special working relationship,
and I wanna find the origin of this creek.
How 'bout it, everybody?
Something's rustling.
Hey, guys! Hey, guys! Hey, guys!
Just an ann... Just an announcement.
- How would you even know that? - I have my phone.
I could check the steps.
I'm sure that we've been walking for a long time.
Oh, well, aren't you so advanced?
Claire, c'mon.
What? What... what do you want me to do?
It's... she...
I don't think this is... maybe...
You know what? I'm h... I'm... I'm feeling...
- What? What were you gonna say? - Yeah, what were you gonna say?
I'm feeling...
like I need to get something from my car.
I'm feeling like I need a fri...
I need to get something from my car.
So I'm gonna get something from my car.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, Claire.
Why are you sorry?
I just have to get something from my car.
I should probably take off this.
I thought about it and I realized
that you don't need to go into a forest
to find enlightenment.
No more Buddhas,
no more cultures, no more retreats.
Just some good, old-fashioned spirituality.
What could be more spiritual than spirits?
This is friggin' crazy.
I feel so many ghosts here.
I feel like a lot of ghosts.
- Do you feel that? - Yeah.
- You do? - I don't know. It's creepy.
It feels cold.
So what's the main concern for your visit today?
Um, I was hoping that we could get in touch
with spirits or The Spirit.
Is there someone
that you want to commune with?
Um...
Hmm, no, not in particular.
Do you have any dead relatives?
No.
Well, I... I can't help you there.
Hmm...
Shoot. Well, is there any... is there any other way
to get in touch with spirit?
Would you like to do a pendulum reading?
That sounds fun.
Okay.
So you're gonna hold it with your primary hand.
- Uh-huh. - Place your hand underneath it.
Okay? You have to relax your arm entirely.
- Okay? - Okay.
- Cool. - Oh, fun.
Good. Um, so we're gonna start by you just asking a question
to establish the direction that it's going to be moving.
So, you can start by asking your name.
Okay.
Is my name Claire?
Oh, whoa.
Cool. So front and back is yes.
Wow.
Whoa. It actually works.
Now ask it a "no" question.
Am I fat?
Whoa.
Ooh!
Thank goodness.
- You're definitely not fat. - That was a close one.
Good. Okay.
Let's just relax that.
- Okay. - Ask it a question,
something that you would like to have insight on.
Okay.
Am I gonna be famous?
- Whoa. - Don't move it yourself.
I didn't.
- Relax your arm. - Okay.
Do it again.
Am I gonna be famous?
It's confused.
Why do you wanna be famous?
I don't know why.
Hmm, good, a genuine answer.
- I didn't ask it a question. - It doesn't need a question.
The pendulum responds mostly on your subconscious thoughts.
I thought I was talking to ghosts.
Spirits come in as they see fit, but for the most part,
you're just talking to your inner thoughts and feelings.
Oh, shit. Can we summon one?
You don't have a reason to.
I just wanna talk to one.
Why do you wanna do that?
I don't know, 'cause it'd be fun?
Isn't talking to yourself enough?
Yeah?
Oh.
That's weird.
I don't know why it's doing that.
Hmm.
Anything else?
Um...
I'm afraid we're at time.
Oh.
Hmm.
Well.
And it's really frustrating to have to waste my time
talking to someone like that.
Anyway.
Well, good riddance, right?
So...
You know what I should do?
I should go to someone who really knows something
about spirituality,
like a spirituality expert or something.
- That probably exists. - Yeah.
Wow. Well, first of all, can I just say, I mean,
for your age and everything else, that is just...
that's an amazing sense of commitment.
I mean, if I... if...
if half the young people in my church
could even be as committed to doing this as you are for...
just for a documentary, that would be fantastic.
So, um, what that tells me about...
you asked about spirituality...
is that some people are spiritual by nature,
they have a spiritual connection.
And the spirit moves them...
they don't even know it... um, to do certain things.
So in this case, you might say
that the spirit actually has moved you
to make a documentary about spirituality.
- Isn't that funny? - Yeah, well, it definitely did.
I got out of my 1:30 vinyasa flow
and I just... it struck me that I needed to go do this.
- Wow, that's really amazing. - Yeah.
Yeah, it wasn't like a gradual thought process.
It just hit me like a ton of bricks
- that I have to go do this. - Wow.
So, I think that was the spirit, according to you.
That makes sense. Yeah, absolutely.
And it comes in all different forms, all different places.
Um, so what other kind of questions do you have?
Do you think that enlightenment is possible?
And what does enlightenment mean to you?
Sure. Okay. Enlightenment.
So, um,
there's a lot of common definitions for enlightenment.
Uh...
We don't usually use the word "enlightenment," traditionally,
but it's just one word versus another word.
We might use words like
"salvation," or, you know, "Heaven."
Those are the kind of words that we use
but basically means the same thing as enlightenment.
Obviously, you know a lot about Eastern religion and culture,
and that's kind of where that word comes from.
But basically, it's a sense of
peace and well-being and belonging.
That is kind of what I'm looking for, actually.
I wanna be happy all the time,
- pretty much. - Okay, okay,
so happy all the time.
That is definitely a big part
of living in the spirit.
Nothing feels better than just
always being surrendered to God.
Okay, so, if I wanted to start being happy
all the time right now,
I could just surrender myself to God right now?
Just by saying I do that,
and then I'll be happy all the time?
Well, it's a process,
but I think once you...
once you kind of dip your toe in,
you realize that it's much more of a fun,
enjoyable process.
It's not something heavy or that's hard.
It's supposed to be fun.
Why would someone want to be spiritual
if it didn't give them joy and pleasure?
I don't see any downside to this.
Why doesn't everyone do this?
I don't know.
I mean, am I crazy?
This sounds like there's nothing...
Am I missing any questions?
I mean, so you're saying enlightenment is possible.
Yeah, an enlightened state of being
is definitely possible.
I can be in paradise right now
all the time, right now, pretty much?
Well, yes, I mean,
because paradise is... well,
not right now, right now.
We don't want you to pass on tonight, or anything like that.
I mean, paradise is... it's a long journey,
and it's a good journey, so...
Wait, I have to die to get to paradise?
It's kind of like the ultimate goal, right?
Okay, how do we know that that exists, though, if...
I mean, 'cause who could report on it if no one's ever
come back from the dead, right?
Some people have died
and have things to say about it after the fact.
There's all kinds of things that you could study and learn.
People have died and come back from the dead
- and talked about it? - Yes, mm-hmm.
How do they... how do we know if they're lying?
It's, um, it's okay to have doubt.
We all have doubts all the time.
- Uh-huh. - And, um,
actually, if we didn't have doubt,
we would never have certainty.
It's like there's two sides to every coin.
So, when you have doubt, you study, you learn,
you grow in your relationship with the spirit
until you have certainty and peace,
and you know that someday... not now...
after you die, then you'll be in paradise.
Hm.
This sounds like a long shot.
Well, we don't like to think of it as a long shot.
As long as you don't rush there on purpose or anything,
you'll be good.
Yeah, you don't wanna do that.
Have you... do you know someone who's done that?
Oh, well, um,
I shouldn't joke about anything like that.
- Life is very precious. - Right.
If anyone is tempted to end their life
before the spirit's timing,
it kinda cancels out...
it kinda cancels out all the good stuff.
- Wait, what? - Yeah, yeah, paradise...
paradise is only for those who are willing to wait.
Seems like a lot of clauses,
and a lot of rules and regulations in this.
I mean, I don't know how we
- know all this. - No, now you're taking it too
out of... too far.
Well, this has been really, really, really, really,
really good.
Well, I'm really glad you came.
Actually, we have programs every night at 7:00.
And then one the weekends, we have things at
2:00, at 4:00, and at 6:00
- on Saturday and Sunday. - Okay, I'll remember that.
All right, yeah.
I don't know how I didn't see that one coming.
I got a free Bible.
I suffer.
I do.
Do I suffer more than the average person?
Yeah, probably.
Talking about it is kind of bringing me to that place.
Of suffering?
That's why I like to
make jokes and laugh,
and put on this mask,
be someone that I'm not,
'cause I think if I was actually my true self,
I would probably be smiling like 50 percent less.
And no one really knows what's going on
underneath the surface of me.
They see Claire, and they're like,
"Oh, that's such...
that's such a happy girl.
She posts these pictures on Instagram,
and she eats these, like, fancy lunches,
and her family takes care of her."
But no one really thinks about who Claire is,
you know, like, as a person.
No one really thinks about what I'm actually going through,
and how anxiety is
on the inside.
And it doesn't always show, necessarily.
Why are you anxious?
Because of the human condition.
You know who I actually can't stop thinking about,
is that, like, psychic girl...
if she was psychic, I don't actually know...
but the one who did the pendulum reading with me,
because I feel like she was just so,
so intense, and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
But I realize that maybe the reason
that I don't like her...
although I love everyone, I love girls, you know,
no women shame, or anything like that...
but the reason that I don't like her...
I mean, sorry, sorry.
It's not that I don't like her,
it's that I actually...
I didn't like my subconscious, which is what she brought up.
So, I'm gonna get rid of it.
Well, here's the thing, from my perspective,
there is no subconscious,
because we are all made of the same material.
Think of the stars, Claire.
You are made of the stars,
because stars are essentially
giant energy cells, giant nuclei,
and we're all made of little cells
with stars inside of them.
You see, we are made of electrons and neutrons,
and that's the same as stars,
except they're multiplied by a billion.
We are... Stars are an amalgamation
of all of the same materials as us.
Okay, so, would you say that
some people are stardust,
but other people are just stars, in and of themselves?
Well...
if one is, all are.
Hm.
So, my subconscious doesn't exist
because it's stardust?
Essentially, yes.
You can't get rid of something that doesn't exist.
Okay, what about my thoughts?
Mm-hmm, well, good question.
Here's the thing.
Have you ever seen one?
Have you ever tasted one?
So they don't exist?
It doesn't mean that they don't feel real.
So, how...
so, how do you let go of suffering?
You just don't feel it because it doesn't exist?
It's... yes, it's actually
fairly simple to not feel suffering.
So, how do you do it, just through like yoga,
or meditating or being vegan?
How do you do it?
I actually don't have to do anything,
because I'm not separate from the whole.
Well, so I shouldn't just do yoga?
You can, if you enjoy it.
But, never forget, it's not you doing it,
it's the stars.
Okay!
- Wow. - Mm.
Wow, this is insightful stuff.
Good, I'm glad I can be of some assistance.
I loved Zilmar,
so I wanted to go deeper into what he was talking about,
so I found this guy, and he's in the same
field of study as Zilmar, and, ahh!
I'm so excited, I'm so excited to talk to him.
Him and Zilmar, they never studied together,
but they do the same sort of thing.
So, I'm just so stoked.
I wanna learn everything about Zilmar's field
of spirituality.
Have you ever looked at the stars?
Yeah, actually, I have!
Those flickering lights in the sky
that really don't exist,
but I'm just gonna use this concept
just so you can understand.
When you look at the stars, you're not looking at something
that is happening in the moment right now.
You're looking at the explosions of stars
millions and billions of years ago.
And when we see the death of stars,
they could be turning into black holes.
And black holes, they have such a strong gravitational pull
that they suck in everything that's around them.
It could be asteroids, planets,
maybe even planets similar to our own
that have life,
even civilization similar to ours.
And they're just gone, like that.
Do you have Audible?
Hey, Earl,
I'm not down.
I'm just being
what I am,
or what I'm
not.
You know what?
This is pointless, so I'm just gonna put this here.
Just gonna take a little nap.
Just gonna take a little nap right here.
Did what Guru Ben tell you kinda mess you up?
- Who? - Guru Ben.
No, no, I wasn't even thinking about him.
I am
more spiritual than ever.
- And letting go. - Heidi did up my
yoga membership after that day.
It does kind of irk me a little bit
that I might be paying a different membership fee
than other people are paying,
especially Stream,
but I don't mind.
On this next leg of my journey,
I'm going to meet with my old friend Stream
from yoga class.
Yeah, I would say Stream's really, really spiritual,
and I'm gonna learn a lot from her.
She always, um...
she always runs after me after yoga class,
and she's like, "Claire, hey!"
And she usually tells me about whatever thing she's been doing,
that whatever phase she's going through.
Usually, she talks to me about it.
You know what? She's really weird.
She's like really, really, really weird, honestly.
She smells bad,
and she, um, has a moustache, which is fine!
It's fine if you have a moustache,
but hers doesn't look good.
Come in.
Don't be shy, I don't bite.
Today, we're takin' a trip to Topanga Canyon
to go see my friend Stream.
Stream is...
a little off-putting, so don't be scared.
I'm gonna take good care of y'all.
I'm gonna... y'all, Southern, my Southern roots comin' out.
I don't have Southern roots, but everyone does a little bit.
But, um, yep, goin' to Topanga Canyon,
talkin' to our friend Stream.
I'm still doin' this Southern accent.
I don't know why I'm still doin' this.
Sometimes it just gets the best of me,
you know how it is.
I'm so excited.
I'm really excited to just
go talk to someone that I actually know.
Oh, my God, I thought the elevator
just broke for a second.
Going to see Stream.
Going to see Stream!
Going to see Stream.
Going to see Stream!
Going to... oh, what's that?
I just got a message.
Never mind.
Um, I forgot I have something else to do.
I mean, she just cancelled,
but I have something else to do, so.
Yeah.
You ready?
Going back up this way.
So, change of plans.
Stream just sent... I... I didn't read the message yet.
Sorry, this didn't go.
I haven't read the message, but I'm sure she has
a very valid reason for cancelling.
"Hey, hon, got caught up working on a passion project.
Can't make the shoot.
Maybe this WordPress entry will be of use to you.
08/24 was a great insight.
Good luck, XX."
Mm, of course,
she has lots of experiences to draw from.
"08/24:
Guru Siddhartha was so powerful
that he could just knock a person out
just by looking at them with eye contact.
That's how connected to the source he is.
He's too much for people.
He's so powerful
that he uses his power to sexually manipulate people
because they would do anything
to feel that moment of bliss again.
It's so incredible to witness.
He's a true..."
...boddisita-va?
Body-sitivah?
B... boddisitiva.
"He's someone who foregoes ascending to nirvana,
and instead, is reborn endlessly
until they have saved all suffering beings
from non-enlightenment.
Their quest is to help everyone reach nirvana."
That sounds like me
with my documentary.
I don't sexually manipulate people, but...
...I kind of sound like a bodhi-sativa.
My childhood.
I wanna say it was idealistic.
I remember it as being idealistic,
but I know that it wasn't.
I can just kind of tell.
And when I start to scratch the surface of my memories,
I know there was a lot going on
that did deeply traumatize me, um...
I don't remember any of it, but I know it was there...
...and that sticks with a person.
You know, for example...
well, I don't have a lot of examples, because I know
it's repressed memories.
I don't recall them,
but they're so deeply rooted in my psyche.
So, I can't speak on this subject much.
Oh! Coming!
- Hello. - Oh!
- Hi! - Hi, I'm Earl.
Hi, Earl.
- How are you? - Very good.
- Am I in the way, or? - No, no, you're good.
The place is, you know...
You're doing a great job.
It's usually not quite this, uh...
Hope it's not, um...
Can I get you something to drink?
Uh, yeah, sure.
Okay.
So, you're gonna be filming us...
- Talking. - ...talking?
Yeah. Claire told me to tell you she'll be here soon.
Okay.
Where is this... is this gonna be shown?
Is this, um...
So, did you meet Claire in college, or, how, what's...
How do you guys know each other?
- Ooh, that's a sound. - You don't have to try to be
friendly with him, he doesn't really care.
Oh, you're tinkling!
I'm tinkling?
- Am I peeing? - That's beautiful!
That is... that is very...
- that is very impressive. - Oh, thanks.
- I like it. - Yeah.
It's very nice.
Belly-dancing, belly-dancing, is that?
Well, I'm not actually belly-dancing, it's just
- for me to feel spiritual. - Okay.
Okay, well, she doesn't understand, so.
- I don't know why I'm here. - No, I think I do.
I think spiritual is good.
I think... I think... you know, I think that I'm ready to...
I'm ready to listen,
whatever you have to say.
Yeah, we need to talk about some of the advisors
you've been talking to that are helping with your
spiritual journey.
That guy in Van Nuys.
Okay, well, I just wanted to
let you guys know that I don't need you anymore,
because your Western teachings are a...
a tempting illusion to distract me
from my path as a bodhisativa, so.
Okay, honey, um...
We never taught you anything.
We've always encouraged you to go
study and explore different...
Are you being aggressive because the cameras are here?
- I'm not being aggressive. - Okay, okay, right.
Did you sanitize the...
you know, it's looking a little
- infected. - You're making me wanna
- take it out. - Okay.
It's embarrassing, 'cause I just got this,
and it was a special thing to do, but...
Am I saying something to upset... ooh, sorry.
Am I saying something to upset you, or, you know, or...
It just doesn't seem like you see the value of what I'm doing.
I'm going on a really big spiritual journey,
and it doesn't seem like you understand spirituality, so.
Well, is it helping you?
Yeah.
That's good.
That's... that's really good!
Why are you lying? Why are you lying to me?
- You don't really think that. - I just... I said that's good.
I just don't think you're ever gonna be...
Look, you know what?
When I was in college,
I studied a lot of Eastern philosophy,
and I think it's really fascinating stuff, I do!
And Buddhism is... it's a...
it's a very... it's a very expansive,
all-encompassing... I mean, there are many paths, of course,
with Buddhism, so.
Which of the philosophies or paths did you follow?
Or are you currently following?
Um...
vinyasa?
What? Honey, that's yoga.
Oh, honey.
Oh, sweetheart.
Okay.
What is your end game here?
I mean, what are you hoping that this is gonna lead you to?
I wanna... I wanna
- enlighten the world. - And how much does that pay?
Well, I think it would probably pay, like, millions
once I get it out there and everyone sees it.
They would become happy, and then everybody would pay...
would pay you some money to learn the answers to...
to life, the meaning of life, and...
Well, they wouldn't just pay me money.
They wouldn't just like donate to some random website,
but they would pay to watch my documentary.
- Right. - Like on Amazon Prime,
- or something like that. - Right, right.
- Amazon. - Or on Netflix,
- and I would sell it to Netflix. - Yeah.
Okay.
But you were doing... you were doing pretty well, finally.
You were gettin' those...
- those Cs up, and... - I'm doing well now!
I'm doing well now.
I'm doing better now than I was then.
You are, yes, I just wanted you to finish and get your diploma.
- I don't want my diploma! - That looks so good on a res...
- I don't want my diploma! - Okay.
I don't want my diploma, it's not gonna do anything for me.
Getting a diploma has nothing to do...
Earl didn't ask for my diploma when he came to work for me.
Like, it just... I'm not gonna need the diploma
when I sell this on Netflix.
No one cares.
Right, did you...
Do you work for Netflix, Earl?
No? Okay. Um...
Well, you had talked about grad school,
and I thought that that was a really good idea.
Well, I changed my mind, I changed my mind, so.
- Okay. - Yeah, I don't want grad school
anymore, 'cause I'm doing this now,
and this is way better than grad school.
- Yeah, I don't know, whatever. - You know what, honey?
I understand, I know your 20s is full of so many questions
- and so much... - I don't have questions!
I feel like I have a lot of answers!
I have a lot of answers, and I'm getting all the answers.
You're getting... and...
and you're really trying to find even more answers,
and you're trying to change the world.
When I was in college, I wanted to go to Africa,
- and I wanted to stop apartheid. - Why would you wanna
- go to Africa? - Me and five other people.
There's nothing in Africa,
- Africa isn't even spiritual. - And we had zero influence
on the entire situation.
It's sort of like, by the time we got there,
it had already happened.
I didn't even hear what you said you wanted to stop.
- Why was you... what were you? - Apartheid in South Africa?
- It's a... - I don't know what that is.
Okay, maybe if you finish college, then.
Those are the kind of things you could find out about.
So I came here just to get
- insulted. - History is very...
no, sweetheart!
- No, no. - No, I did, I did.
Look, you look beautiful.
- I don't believe you. - I'm a little...
No, I am... I know...
I know you don't believe me at this point,
but I'm just gonna say it.
You look gorgeous.
Finally, you...
you have something that's
covering most of your body... I'm not...
I mean, at least you didn't come to the front door in a burqa.
I was very pleased about that.
Oh, my God, you're acting like I'm a prostitute!
And if I was... I mean, first of all,
that would be my choice, so it wouldn't...
Well, a burqa, you know...
Never mind.
I think that, uh...
I think that we need to have more...
I love this communication, I do.
And I will do my part, and I will listen more.
Okay? I will, I will!
And you know what? If Dad's not here, we will...
we will do the FaceTime with him.
I don't wanna FaceTime Dad.
Honestly, I don't even wanna be here.
Can we... can we wrap this, Earl?
I don't wanna talk... I don't...
I feel like I'm getting insulted, so.
I'll get some, uh...
Some B shots, I'll get some... some, yeah.
I didn't come here...
Some B shots, like vitamin B shots?
That might help you, you know.
I do sometimes worry about
your depression.
Sweetheart, I love you so much.
I do, I do.
We wouldn't have this conversation if I didn't.
It's just that I...
I don't want you to be taken advantage of.
I want you to find those answers, I do.
I want you to find those answers.
I'm just wondering if you're asking the right questions.
I would say so.
I don't know why she acts like
she's being so nice, you know?
That's the thing that makes me the most mad.
If she was just upfront about what she thought,
I wouldn't even be mad at her, because
at least she would be saying what's on her mind.
But instead, it's like she's really passive aggressive
and she lies to me,
and she acts like she's so friendly for you,
and she offers you cookies, and she's so nice.
But...
That's the thing that bothers me
is that if she was just honest, I wouldn't even care, you know?
But she just pretends,
and she pretends like she's on my side,
but I know she's not.
I look at her, and I'm like, "Why?"
I said, you heard me, I was like,
"Why are you lying to me?"
And that's actually what it feels like.
It's like, "Why are you lying to me?
You don't believe in what I'm doing,
You never have, that's fine, just tell me,
instead of patronizing me and making me feel like
a stupid little kid."
She didn't even like all this, and I knew she wouldn't,
but she pretended to.
She pretended to be nice
'cause the cameras were there, obviously, so.
I think that feeling the need to express your spirituality
comes from a place of, um,
deep-rooted longing and feeling like you need validation,
and needing to be loved by others,
and need to show instead of do
with quiet confidence,
like me.
Well, no, I was calling because I'm...
This sounds stupid,
but I'm doing really well,
and I'm feeling really, really, really spiritual,
and... no, it's not!
No, it's not like that.
No, it's...
The other times, the things weren't as important to me,
but this time it actually is,
and I'm actually doing it all the way, like I have...
I have a full camera crew, and...
Well, you never...
you never believed in what I was doing, so...
I'm not calling you to be an asshole!
Why are you acting like
I'm about to attack you, or something?
I just wanted to... obviously, I see now that it was stupid
that I even did this,
but I just wanted to fill you in.
I'm not lying!
Why would I lie about my intentions?
That seems like the most pointless thing to do.
You don't have to be talkin' to me right now.
Well, if you actually wanted to talk to me,
I would just be letting you know
how well I'm doing,
and how spiritually enlightened I am,
and how I don't need you anymore,
and I don't think about you anymore,
and I don't give a shit about you anymore.
So, that's what I would be saying if you cared to listen,
which you don't, so.
It doesn't make a difference to me anyway.
Oh, yeah?
You're gonna go?
Cool, well, instead of saying it,
why don't you just do it?
I don't wanna be sad anymore,
I just wanna be happy all the time.
It's not fun!
And I'm just wonder... so many people are sad all the time,
and I'm wondering why.
I just wonder why, you know?
I feel like it's not a bad place to be here.
It's not bad to be on Earth, you know, it's good here.
I like it, for the most part,
but I just don't know why, I just don't know why
it's so easy to be sad, and why there's so many things
to be sad about, and why bad things happen,
and why sometimes we're sad,
even when bad things don't happen.
I just don't know.
There's just no way out, obviously.
You just have to deal with it if you're here.
But you're not here for that long, 'cause we all die,
but... I don't know.
I mean, it makes me sad that
my grandma died,
but I don't think about that all the time.
I think about it a lot,
but...
...I wanna make it go away.
That's why I wanna be enlightened, so...
so that I realize that...
that those things don't matter,
things like your grandma dying,
and your parents dying, and things like that.
So, if I'm enlightened,
then I'll realize that those things don't matter,
because...
I don't know, then I'll just be like a blob of energy,
and I won't care.
I think I...
I know a guy, who might, like, could help.
What does he do?
He owns an art gallery, but, like...
He also helps people.
Okay.
What does he do?
He's, uh...
He helps people, he could help me?
What does he... what do you mean, like a doctor?
Yeah, yeah, kinda like a doctor, he, um...
He gets drugs, but, like, good ones, like, um...
- Like marijuana? - Like
And
- And like - I've never tried... before.
Do you wanna?
Yeah, do you think it would help?
I mean, you said ego death, so it made me think about it.
Does... have something to do... Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
Yeah, no, I've I've always kind of been afraid to try...
because I've heard that it could bring out
any dormant mental illnesses you have,
and mine are already barely dormant as it is,
so I haven't really wanted to test that.
But if it could kill my ego, then I would definitely do it.
Let's do it.
Is he alive?
I don't know why that was my first thought.
- Alright, let's do it. - Is he available?
Yeah, I'm sure.
- Really? - Yeah.
All right.
Well, I guess I should put my bodhisativa outfit on.
If you, yeah, well, I don't know if he's available right now.
But, yeah, we'll... I'll text him.
I'm gonna put my bodhisativa outfit on.
Bliss does exist.
Nirvana exists.
But our brains are too unevolved to feel it.
Our minds are stuck in the fourth dimension,
but there's a way to open up your mind
and reach nirvana.
Now, I'm not sayin' it's gonna last forever,
but it will change you forever.
You have to do a lot of...
It doesn't mean happiness.
It's closer to
allowance, acceptance.
Wow.
How do I do it?
We're gonna dissolve it all into a glass of water,
and you'll just drink it down.
Okay, so we put this in water, and I drink all of it?
- Yup. - We just put it in wa...
- Like, we just... - Yeah.
Okay.
And, it's all... it's all on here,
this isn't just paper, right?
- No, no. - Okay.
You will see soon enough.
What does this say on this?
Om.
It's the original sound of the universe.
If you can go prior to that sound,
that is where enlightenment will find you.
I drink this whole thing?
Mm.
Mm!
Good.
Ah!
Ah.
And now...
we await annihilation.
You might wanna get comfortable.
All of you spiritual people are like,
"This is an illusion, this is real,
this doesn't exist, this does exist,
this is Buddha, this is, this is, uh..."
You know?
Pick a side!
Correct.
No.
Incorrect.
There is no I.
There is no you.
What about me?
There's no me.
Well, there might not be a you,
- but there's definitely a me. - That's what I'm saying,
is there's no me.
- There's no you. - You!
- You? - Correct.
How did this end up pointing this direction?
Did you do this?
When will it kick in?
About 30 minutes.
How could you understand something that
cannot be understood?
- I don't wanna die. - You must fall.
- I don't wanna die. - Die!
It's creepy... no!
Random naked chick in a veil...
Need some water or anything?
Now you sleep.
Who's really afraid of being seen?
I don't exist.
- Exactly. - Are you Bob Ross?
We are all Bob Ross.
He can never drop it, or else everything will fall.
What if you let it fall?
Soon, you'll begin to fall
into an endless void.
- Eternal happiness. - Now emerge from you chrysalis
- reborn! - Come to me.
- Eternal happiness. - This is why nobody's happy!
Are you in the void?
Eternal happiness.
Exist.
You gotta kill yourself!
Whoa! I'm stuck!
- Oh, no! - Hold on.
- How are you feeling? - Ow!
Claire?
What? Claire?
Claire, I can hear you, but what the...
I can hear you, but I can't see you.
Claire.
What is...
Please stop following me, please stop following me, bro,
just stop!
I don't know what's going on.
And I don't know the difference between myself and a toilet.
Come on, they don't call me stupid.
They don't think I'm weird and gross and embarrassing,
and they're just nice to me, so they're the only people...
Oh my God!
You don't wanna tell me!
Claire?
I didn't do anything!
- No filming! No filming! - Hey, hey, okay, whoa.
I didn't do anything.
And that's how it felt.
Well, the arrest was actually an accurate recording,
but the... trip scene, that was...
I literally edited it
to re-enact how it felt for me.
After I got arrested, we stopped filming
just because, I don't know,
real life kinda felt more important at that point.
It wasn't a big deal.
I should probably clarify.
I was only there at the station for a couple of hours,
and then my mom came and got me,
which I'm very grateful for.
After that happened, I was kind of upset that
I didn't have a moment where it all clicked
spiritually, at least.
But throughout the process of making this documentary,
I've done so many things that I never would have done
if there wasn't a camera here.
Like, I wouldn't have done any of that stuff.
So, I've learned a lot about myself
in a ton of different ways.
I didn't become enlightened, and I don't have, like,
anything incredible to give you
other than what you've already seen,
and I hope that you can get something out of that.
But, man, it's been a really cool experience,
and I'm really happy that I did this.
And now, I encourage you
to find your own answers about life,
because at the end of the day,
no matter what someone has to tell you,
it's not gonna mean as much...
as much as it would if it was just coming from yourself,
and you got those answers on your own.
And everyone can have different answers,
and that's what I think the cool thing about life is.
Your answer might look completely different than mine,
but we all have the same goal,
which is, I don't know, a beautiful thing, I guess.
Not to be cheesy, but that's really cool.
So go out there, get your answers,
make a documentary if you want to.
If not, you totally don't have to do that either.
But thanks for watching mine,
'cause if I didn't make this with the idea
that people would be watching it in mind,
I wouldn't have made it.
And thank you to Earl
for being here to film it.
And thank you to my mom,
who I realize that I
could be treating better.
And just, I mean,
thank you to all those people who scammed me,
because you taught me a lesson too.
And thank you, Claire, for havin' the guts
to go do somethin' that will make you look really stupid,
and you did it anyway.
And, you know, I'm allowed to be proud of myself too.
There's nothin' wrong with that, right?
Hopefully, okay.
Well, thanks for watching!
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