a king in Baghdad sent his son to the market for Provisions soon afterwards the son comes home his face white and trembling and tells the king that in the marketplace he saw a man a man he recognized as death who made a threatening gesture borrowing the king's fastest horse the sun flees at great speed to Samara a city a distance of about 75 miles where he believes death will not find him the king then goes to the marketplace and finds death and asks why he made such a threatening gesture to his son to which death
responds sir that was not a threatening gesture it was just that I was surprised I was astonished to see him in in Baghdad because I have an appointment with him tonight in somor so many of you have been wondering where did I go did I quit did I retire did I die and I want to set the record straight no I I did not quit no I did not retire and no I'm not dead but I am dying we all are in the next 10 minutes of you watching this video over 1200 people around the
world will die but the people in Bhutan one of the happiest countries in the world claim that in order to be a truly happy person you must think of death five times a day the Greeks and stoics would often keep a human skull on their desk side meaning momento Mori which transl relates to remember that you will die in the famous text the Tibetan book on living and dying it is said of all Footprints those of the elephant are Supreme and of all meditations that on death is supreme and so death guys and girls for
the last few months has had me questioning am I living this brief time that I have fully authentically so I took a pause please welcome Prince e Prince EA because listen I've been on this planet for 34 years the average lifespan for a man is 78 for a black man it is 72 so statistically speaking I'm getting close to halfway there now you may be 18 thinking you have 60 years to live but you may have less time than me because like that story showed us death finds you when it is time for your appointment
and so you too must ask what does it mean to live a full life because you see the quality of your life is based on the quality of your questions are you asking the important questions 99% of us are not for 99% social pressures have completely blinded us and turned us into hungry ghosts in the Buddhist tradition a Hungry Ghost is a demon ugly with a big belly long neck and Tiny mouth it symbolizes a tormented craving they are so hungry but with their tiny mouths and skinny necks they can never get enough to satisfy
their hunger so they keep searching isn't this the human condition no matter how much you get you always want more because of course you can never have enough of what you don't really want there's an 85y Old Woman Who at the end of her life wrote a poem and it goes like this if I had my life to live over I'd make more mistakes next next time I'd relax I will be sillier than I have been this trip I would take fewer things seriously I would take more chances I would take more trips I would
climb more Mountains and swim more Rivers I would eat more ice cream and less beans I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I'd have fewer imaginary ones you see one of those people who live sensibly insanely hour after hour day after day yeah I've Had My Moments and if I had to do it over again I'd have more of them in fact I try to have nothing else just moments one after another instead of living so many years ahead of each day you see I was one of those people who never go anywhere without
a thermometer a raincoat and a parachute if I had my life to live over I would start Barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall if I had to do it again I would travel lighter next time I would go to more dances I would ride more marryg go rounds I would pick more daisies if I had my life to live over guys my journey in life has been quite the adventure from growing up in St Louis the most dangerous city in America to working as a mascot to performing and
speaking all over the world see I have been blessed to be able to look behind the curtain on both sides I've seen great poverty and I've seen great wealth and so now I'm interested in what I believe believe is the most important step of Life the highest calling complete Freedom living in true freedom is rare I just don't see too many people with it now I've met Millionaires and billionaires and you would think they are free but many are imprisoned imprisoned by the ambition of wanting more they are not free they have Simply Built a
luxury bed in their jail cell this life guys is a mystery but this I know for sure we are not here to merely achieve name fame or financial gain there is something deeper Our Lives will be measured by our standard of life not by our standard of living we are not here to merely entertain ourselves to scroll up and down swipe left and right feeding our minds junk food ring these marvelous brains we literally use the greatest tool on the face of the Earth to spread hate on Twitter and watch prank drama channels that's like
building the most advanced computer known to man and using it only to watch Tik Tock videos so what's next for me well first it is my mission to walk the talk and then I want to help you to achieve complete freedom in all of his forms but first I must ask what is success to you I don't mean success in the eyes of others what is success to you what does your highest and best self look like there is a difference between ego goals and spirit goals between a good idea and a god idea you
can fool many people maybe even yourself for a time but I guarantee you at the end of your life maybe even on your deathbed you will wonder why you wasted this gift of existence striving for accolades and some empty version of success and so like me I want you to pause first appreciate where where you are right now realize you are still watching this video for a reason most people already clicked off because it is not their time to hear this it is yours I want you to let go of ego driven achievement realize that
you don't have to achieve anything to be worthy all you must do is be be yourself totally and fully there have been 117 billion people who have lived and died on this blue planet but there has never been and will never be another you listen not to your mind but to your heart of hearts so I will end with one final story The Great Master became a legend in his lifetime it was said that God once sought his advice God said I want to play a game of hide and seek with humankind I have asked
my angels what is the best place to hide in some say the depth of the ocean others say the top of the highest mountain others say The Far Side of the Moon or a distant star what do you suggest the master paused and said hide in the human heart that is the last place they will look
