Speaker 1: Creativity is an addiction, unplugged because we will always say
yes to creativity. Totally end KD because we all make mistakes.
So turn it into a tool. This is arrow unplugged
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Speaker 2: And this is vocal dfrag defragging is asking the questions
and questioning the answers. I keep a written journal, I've
been doing that since November of twenty seventeen, in association
with my daily writing, which I've been doing since July
of nineteen ninety four. But vocal defragging is the opportunity
to physically vocalize your questions and then vocalize the answers,
then question those answers, to hear your voice. It's one
thing to have a pin in your hand and put
thoughts on a page. It's a different story when you
use your physical vocals and then you go back and
you study it, not listen to it because you got
an ego, but to study it to hear your inflection,
the empowerment of what is in your soul. But so
often it goes ignored, and the reason being is because
we don't want to feet the storms. So we sit
there and we go, well, I guess I'm frumpy. Oh,
I guess I'm pissed off. Oh I'm feeling like this
is gonna be the worst day of my life. Well,
ask the question why do you feel that way? And
then when you give it the answer, go ahead and
question that answer, because you know this is how you
get to the bottom of things when you're trying to
get on the inside of the me, myself and I
And that's what vocal d frag is all about. Sure,
I dream of one day get any opportunity to teach
people how to physically defrag and how important it is
to be able to say I am a d fragger.
I do not fear the self that I am. I
walk through an every day that isn't expected to be perfect,
and when it's not perfect and I am troubled by
things that are taking place, that's okay. I'm going to
d frag and I'm going to look for a different
way that offers a victory or just a better understanding.
That's all I want, just a better understanding. My sabdem
in martial arts, I'm a third degree black belt. My
sabonym would say, do you know what the difference is between
good and great? Sabdin, what's the answer on that, and
he would say, about this much his thumb and his
index finger, we're about one inch apart. About this much.
This is vocal, d fragging, interesting subject that we're going
to cover today. But we're all guilty of it. We
say it all the time, and we think, well, you
know what, if that's how I feel, that's how I'm
going to act. How about those moments when you go, hey, man,
what you got going on today? I've got nothing? You've
got I've got nothing? Itis So often when people are
asked questions and all you want is a simple answer,
and this is what you get, I've got nothing. Why
are you feeling down today? I've got nothing? I've got nothing.
I kind of always look around the room when someone
says that, and my honesty with them is simple, you
got nothing. You got us. That's something you have air
in your lungs, that's something you have thoughts that are
moving through your mind at the speed of light. That's something.
So to stay I got nothing, that's kind of a
weaker walk, when, in fact, through the power of choice,
because winning is a choice. Through that power of choice,
you can say I don't have nothing. What I've got
is a mindset a mindset that deserves to go through
a transition. But I ignore the idea that this thing
called transition walking or transition writing. It's just plain old stupid.
So I got nothing. I don't say it. I really don't.
Many times I have. And when I do say I've
got nothing, Oh, we're defragging. I'm gonna plant my butt
nutshare or I'm gonna pick up this microphone and we're
going to ask the question and question the answers, because
that's a cop out. When you say I got nothing,
you're telling the inner core of your mind, body, and
soul that you aren't good enough to be present in
my moment of challenge. I got nothing, But you do
have something. You have the willingness and the ability to
reach further than where you were yesterday. I say, these
people that always tell me I'm feeling numb today. Oh
that's another one of my pet peeves. You're feeling numb,
Obviously you're feeling something for you to say I'm feeling numb.
See the one thing that I wrote in my first book,
One manenty twenty one Thoughts, I said that depression is
not anger against oneself or other's. Depression is God's way
of saying, you know what, today You're not going to
feel numb. See what I mean, being able to sit
down to ask the questions then question the answers when
you say things that I got nothing. And it's going
to be a challenge to break free of that because
it's too easy to say I've got nothing or to say,
you know what, I got so much going on in
my life. There's just too many things to do and
expectations to meet. I am just numb. No, you're not
numb because you're feeling it right now. You are confused.
I get it. I get it because I live a
Google Calendar lifestyle. I have to be in so many
different places in one twenty four hour period. It really
drives my mind body. It's a crazy But how do
I do it? By being open and honest, by being
there for the self that's on the inside, By never
saying I got nothing or I'm numb, Because if I
am numb, I'm going to ask the question, what's got
you here? Buddy? What's going on? I know you're tired,
you got about three or four hours of sleep. I
get it, I get it, and today you're not going
to get home from the essential job until about eleven o'clock. Tough.
I know it's a tough cookie, but let's look at
the positive. You're okay, the house payment is going to
be made. Whoa okay? Okay, you know the flat screen TV.
That stuff costs money because you got to get all
those apps and stuff, you know, like Hulu Netflix. Okay,
because you're going to the essential job and you worked
late last night because you were doing a different kind
of job, and that's what pays for the RV. You
see what I mean. It's not that I'm belittling anybody,
including myself. What I'm saying is is that through hard work, dedication,
and the gift of being present with whatever energy is
moving through us, you have the ability to find your victory.
What are you looking for? You're looking for the trophy?
What is it that you think you've got to have?
When you say I got nothing? Are you looking for answers?
Then ask the freaking questions. If you're looking for answers
and you're not asking questions, then I understand where you are. Well, well,
I'm feeling kind of numb. Why what made you numb?
Because I'll tell you what I know. A lot of
people that take a lot of drugs and they drink
a lot of alcohol, and as numb as you think
they are, they're still feeling the pain on the inside
and they think that's going to wash it away. It doesn't.
It creates more doubt, fear, shame, guilt. So let's work
on that. Okay, let's work on When you have that
moment where you say I got nothing, ask the question
and then question the answers. Things will begin to happen
in your life. It's not going to happen overnight because
you don't trust it yet. Trust comes with conversation. Conversation
creates ability and a willingness to want to grow. Do
you hear that? To want to grow? And those people
that are around you, many of them don't want to
see you change because they like you just the way
you are. Yeah, I've got something for him. Let me
show them a picture of the new you. I'm Eryl
and that's vocal d Frank