1 00:00:20,729 --> 00:00:23,522 - I just wanted... I just wanted to be. 2 00:00:23,523 --> 00:00:25,524 I just wanted it. I really wanted it. 3 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:27,193 I really wanted it. 4 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:37,411 - I'm right here with you. 5 00:01:05,649 --> 00:01:08,985 Why did you have me if you didn't fucking want me? 6 00:02:13,550 --> 00:02:15,593 What I'm worried about in this meet and greet 7 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,470 is that I'm gonna be with somebody who's fine, 8 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,013 and they're gonna flank me. 9 00:02:19,014 --> 00:02:20,598 I don't want to be flanked by people. 10 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:23,017 And I've got a few that will do that here. 11 00:02:23,018 --> 00:02:24,310 So at that point, 12 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:27,688 I'll just kind of say we have to move on. 13 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:29,023 - Yes, which I'd like. 14 00:02:29,024 --> 00:02:30,483 But they... you gotta have, like, real tact, 15 00:02:30,484 --> 00:02:31,984 'cause some of these people, 16 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:33,778 it's not like a typical celebrity. 17 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:35,738 Like, these people are listening to me at 3:00 a. m. 18 00:02:35,739 --> 00:02:37,365 When they want to kill themselves. 19 00:02:39,326 --> 00:02:41,495 You just need wristbands. 20 00:02:45,415 --> 00:02:49,835 - Our world is facing some incredible challenges. 21 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,337 And what I love about Teal Swan 22 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:54,299 is she gets right to the heart of the matter. 23 00:02:56,468 --> 00:02:58,302 I felt like she was there for me. 24 00:02:58,303 --> 00:03:01,138 Like, I have almost all of her books. 25 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:02,807 And I've seen, like, a lot of her videos. 26 00:03:02,808 --> 00:03:05,434 I take notes on everything. 27 00:03:05,435 --> 00:03:10,022 We drove three hours starting 1:00 a. m. 28 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,024 Then flew three hours. 29 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:15,361 The airplane landed about 20 minutes before we got here. 30 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,612 So... 31 00:03:20,617 --> 00:03:22,201 Like, it's so straightforward. 32 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:23,744 - Yeah. - She lays it all out. 33 00:03:23,745 --> 00:03:26,414 Everything we're doing in our family is by the book, 34 00:03:26,415 --> 00:03:27,957 following exactly what Teal says. 35 00:03:27,958 --> 00:03:29,626 And it works. 36 00:03:31,545 --> 00:03:33,129 She helped my grandma heal. 37 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:35,172 Like, now my little sister's brought into it. 38 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:36,298 - Yeah. - It's, like, her mission 39 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:38,176 to, like, heal us all. 40 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:42,721 - Let's welcome Teal onto the stage. 41 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:46,726 - Hello. 42 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:52,899 Good to see you all. 43 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:58,530 I want to warn you in advance. 44 00:03:59,656 --> 00:04:02,366 When I'm dealing with somebody up here on stage, 45 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:04,744 some of you will get triggered by what I say. 46 00:04:06,371 --> 00:04:07,872 I'm a mirror. 47 00:04:07,873 --> 00:04:11,375 What a mirror does is it shows you the reality. 48 00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:14,753 It's obviously really intimidating to be 49 00:04:14,754 --> 00:04:17,381 getting naked emotionally, no matter where you are. 50 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:20,217 When you're doing it in front of hundreds of people, 51 00:04:20,218 --> 00:04:22,428 it's even harder. 52 00:04:22,429 --> 00:04:24,263 So I would like everybody here 53 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:27,183 to really give unconditional presence. 54 00:04:27,184 --> 00:04:30,060 Because when I'm dealing with somebody up here on stage, 55 00:04:30,061 --> 00:04:32,313 it does relate to you. 56 00:04:32,314 --> 00:04:34,608 The question is, how? 57 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:41,113 Okay, so whoever has a question, go ahead and raise your hands. 58 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:42,490 This one. 59 00:04:46,995 --> 00:04:50,039 - Wow, okay, so first of all, it's crazy that I'm here 60 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,458 'cause I've been watching your videos online for years now. 61 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:54,960 I've, like, visualized what I'm gonna do when I'm up here, 62 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:56,670 and this is crazy... okay. 63 00:04:59,591 --> 00:05:03,260 - My question is about my spiritual path. 64 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:05,304 For over a year, I feel... Not, like, stuck, 65 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,765 but I'm... like, I'm not moving forward. 66 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:09,433 - So I feel like I've been dealing 67 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:10,810 with these, like, two parts. 68 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:11,894 - Okay. 69 00:05:11,895 --> 00:05:13,479 - Like, there's one in a race car that says, 70 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,648 "Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom! Time to go!" 71 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:17,149 And then we got another one, he's just, like, 72 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:18,526 sitting on the floor, 73 00:05:18,527 --> 00:05:21,654 and, like, he's, like, sad all the goddamn time. 74 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:25,866 - I had a baby, and I want to go back to work, 75 00:05:25,867 --> 00:05:31,288 but I also have a lot of judgment for myself. 76 00:05:31,289 --> 00:05:33,624 - You can do nothing better for your daughter 77 00:05:33,625 --> 00:05:34,959 than to give her an example 78 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,545 of what a woman in her passion looks like. 79 00:05:37,546 --> 00:05:41,340 That's what women haven't had. We have not had this example. 80 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:44,969 There's a reason why you're both up here together. 81 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:46,720 So I'm gonna... I'm gonna play with that for a little bit 82 00:05:46,721 --> 00:05:48,639 until we get really clear on what's going on. 83 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,559 - I am the illegitimate child 84 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,144 of an affair that ended a marriage. 85 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:55,646 - Stop it! So am I! 86 00:05:55,647 --> 00:05:58,440 - Really? What a vibrational fact. 87 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:04,072 - I love this. I just love it. 88 00:06:06,616 --> 00:06:08,576 Time flies, doesn't it? 89 00:06:08,577 --> 00:06:11,245 - Am I really out of time? I can't do one more? 90 00:06:11,246 --> 00:06:12,621 One more! 91 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:15,165 You have to do... It has to be quick. 92 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,333 - Okay, it has to be quick. 93 00:06:16,334 --> 00:06:18,294 But, like, when we do this... what? 94 00:06:18,295 --> 00:06:20,170 - It's never quick. 95 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:23,591 - I want to! 96 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:26,011 I'm following my intuition. It's happening. 97 00:06:28,847 --> 00:06:30,681 - You know, I've seen some of your videos, 98 00:06:30,682 --> 00:06:33,475 and I think, okay, yeah, I can do that. 99 00:06:33,476 --> 00:06:36,645 But then, somewhere along the line, 100 00:06:36,646 --> 00:06:39,982 there's just no motivation to do anything. 101 00:06:39,983 --> 00:06:42,234 If I was to ask you right now, 102 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,402 what is it gonna take for you 103 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,778 to be happy in life, what's your answer? 104 00:06:44,779 --> 00:06:46,530 Nothing. That's my problem. 105 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:48,741 Nothing makes me happy. Like, nothing. 106 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:50,409 - And your truth is nothing's going to. 107 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,786 - Yes. I think I'm not sure 108 00:06:52,787 --> 00:06:55,539 even what anything feels like at this point. 109 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,499 I don't know what I'm feeling. 110 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,043 - Then why are you still here? 111 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:01,045 - I really don't know. That's... 112 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,546 Why did I come up here? I don't know. 113 00:07:02,547 --> 00:07:04,423 Because I'm trying to figure out... 114 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:05,716 I'm really trying to figure out... 115 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:09,012 - Well, I mean why are you still here on the planet? 116 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,893 It's like part of you's trying to find an answer 117 00:07:15,894 --> 00:07:17,770 to stay alive, and part of you is like, 118 00:07:17,771 --> 00:07:19,855 "I'm just gonna take us out. 119 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:21,565 "Oh, look, here's another issue. 120 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,985 Oh, look, here's another issue," until you die. 121 00:07:26,404 --> 00:07:28,572 People have a very understandable 122 00:07:28,573 --> 00:07:31,575 yet unnatural fear of death. 123 00:07:31,576 --> 00:07:33,118 You have somebody sitting in front of you 124 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:36,622 that does not have a problem going to these places with you. 125 00:07:36,623 --> 00:07:39,625 Like, when we're really facing that decision point, 126 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:43,087 play out both sides. 127 00:07:43,088 --> 00:07:44,505 I'm literally saying, 128 00:07:44,506 --> 00:07:47,758 go to the worst of the worst-case scenarios. 129 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,594 And make your mind up. 130 00:07:50,595 --> 00:07:53,347 None of us are gonna get out of this thing alive. 131 00:07:53,348 --> 00:07:56,308 So the question is, if you knew that, 132 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:58,394 what would you do different? 133 00:07:58,395 --> 00:08:00,020 Thank you so much. 134 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,209 - What's up, Teal? 135 00:08:23,294 --> 00:08:25,171 I got a tattoo of you. 136 00:08:53,658 --> 00:08:56,952 - I never wanted to get into this field. 137 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:59,163 I never wanted to get into this field. 138 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:05,878 The spiritual field is a business. 139 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:08,547 - Everyone deserves to choose how they feel, 140 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,424 to experience the love. 141 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:12,217 I hated spirituality. 142 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:15,429 - Ultimately, the secret is to find stillness in the mind. 143 00:09:15,430 --> 00:09:16,889 I wanted nothing to do with it. 144 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:18,892 - And you're getting a two-year subscription. 145 00:09:21,102 --> 00:09:24,688 - I feel like I sort of just started speaking 146 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:27,608 to what is the most natural talent for me. 147 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:28,984 The question that I thought 148 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:30,778 was the most important to talk about this week 149 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:33,113 is one that I have received several times in the past. 150 00:09:33,114 --> 00:09:36,909 The topic for today is: what is the purpose of life? 151 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:37,993 The question that's been... 152 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:41,121 My career really just took off. 153 00:09:41,122 --> 00:09:43,123 I garnered so much attention on YouTube. 154 00:09:43,124 --> 00:09:44,750 It was just, like... 155 00:09:44,751 --> 00:09:46,168 - At the beginning of our newscast, 156 00:09:46,169 --> 00:09:48,879 we introduced you to Teal Swan, a young girl... 157 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,173 I was doing interviews. 158 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:53,550 I wrote books. 159 00:09:53,551 --> 00:09:56,845 People started buying my paintings. 160 00:09:56,846 --> 00:09:59,139 I'd created a community of dedicated followers 161 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:00,974 called the Teal Tribe... 162 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:03,936 Millions of members strong. 163 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:07,981 I became the spokesperson for every "lost toy" 164 00:10:07,982 --> 00:10:10,275 that there is in society. 165 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:13,487 I felt instantly just absorbed by this 166 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:15,072 big, massive, money-making field 167 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:17,324 that was, like, that's the new thing. 168 00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:21,870 But it was like the people were not ready for it. 169 00:10:21,871 --> 00:10:24,915 - She is incorporating practices 170 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:27,292 that can be dangerous or harmful to people. 171 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:30,379 - She claims to have extrasensory perception 172 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:31,922 and read people's minds. 173 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:33,882 - It's just, it's detrimental. It's destructive. 174 00:10:33,883 --> 00:10:35,759 It's change your whole life, change the way you think, 175 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:36,844 change the way you act with people, 176 00:10:36,845 --> 00:10:38,262 change the way... everything. 177 00:10:38,263 --> 00:10:40,764 - The truth of the matter is, she just has thousands 178 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:42,850 of desperate, lost, 179 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:46,145 confused followers that are enforcing her delusion. 180 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:49,106 - What it boils down to is that I'm teaching truth. 181 00:10:49,107 --> 00:10:51,984 I'm the one that'll tell you how it is, 182 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:55,362 whether or not you're able to handle it. 183 00:10:55,363 --> 00:10:58,157 I lack the capacity to stand on the stage and be like, 184 00:10:58,158 --> 00:10:59,324 "This is wonderful. 185 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:00,951 Just soak up the good vibes," when I'm like, 186 00:11:00,952 --> 00:11:04,746 "You are literally in a chain of addiction right now. 187 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:06,373 "But if you come to me, 188 00:11:06,374 --> 00:11:09,376 you will watch transformation take place." 189 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:14,464 - I perceive her to be creative, powerful, productive. 190 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:16,091 - This woman is a goddamn monster, 191 00:11:16,092 --> 00:11:18,343 and I suggest you do a lot more research. 192 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,012 - This one hit me hard. 193 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:22,848 Fucking Teal Swan. 194 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:25,100 Teal Swan stuff, who if you don't know is... 195 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:27,853 - I gotta give Teal Swan mad props for this one. 196 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,897 I got a little Get to Know Yourself game today. 197 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,693 - Freakin' to heal this. 198 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:37,738 What if you weren't alone in this? 199 00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:40,407 Maybe then, your life might just be worth 200 00:11:40,408 --> 00:11:42,368 sticking around for. 201 00:11:47,165 --> 00:11:50,334 - Can we spend, like, a minute or two on the overall goal, 202 00:11:50,335 --> 00:11:52,211 where we are right now, so you understand 203 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:54,713 a little bit of where I am in my thought process, 204 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,465 in terms of the followers? 205 00:11:56,466 --> 00:12:00,594 So right now, we're at 1.2 million followers on Facebook. 206 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:03,013 The next step, in terms of competition, 207 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:07,935 is to reach about 2.4 million followers... double. 208 00:12:07,936 --> 00:12:09,728 Because that's where Eckhart Tolle is 209 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:11,772 and where Deepak Chopra is. 210 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:14,149 The next one is double, too. That's Tony Robbins. 211 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:16,568 It's at 4 million followers. 212 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,862 How do we get above that, you know? 213 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:22,407 So let's say 2.5 million followers is my goal, 214 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,744 and I do whatever I can to get her there. 215 00:12:31,501 --> 00:12:33,878 - When was the first year you started doing this to me? 216 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:39,007 - Fucking day two? 217 00:12:39,008 --> 00:12:40,801 - What, every two or three months, 218 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:43,471 every three months, for 17 years? 219 00:12:45,306 --> 00:12:47,307 Okay, Teal, this worked out pretty well. 220 00:12:47,308 --> 00:12:49,434 - Yeah, but you gotta make sure it's all in there. 221 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:50,853 - Uh-huh. 222 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,780 Okay. 223 00:13:01,781 --> 00:13:03,324 - Bye. 224 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:06,576 - Okay. 225 00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:08,912 All right, we are... 226 00:13:08,913 --> 00:13:13,250 We're gonna have better sound than we've ever had, Teal. 227 00:13:13,251 --> 00:13:15,627 Recording. 228 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,922 When I first met Teal, I was 19. 229 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,465 - What do you want done with the person 230 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:21,967 who has hurt you or someone else? 231 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:23,385 I looked at her... Like, our eyes connected, 232 00:13:23,386 --> 00:13:26,096 and it was like this laser beam, like, whoosh. 233 00:13:26,097 --> 00:13:30,976 She was someone who actually saw me for the first time. 234 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:33,145 - So you can understand how this process works... 235 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:37,190 When Teal and I started the company, 236 00:13:37,191 --> 00:13:39,568 it was like, all right, well, let's do this video series. 237 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:41,862 We'll call it "Ask Teal." 238 00:13:41,863 --> 00:13:44,489 We did a video every week. 239 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:47,492 And haven't missed a week since the beginning. 240 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,997 Welcome, everybody. My name is Blake. 241 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:55,751 I've lived with Teal for 16 years. 242 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:57,210 Us, as a group, you know, 243 00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:59,296 we are all here... We're all matched to each other. 244 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:00,922 We're all in this room for a reason. 245 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:02,632 This is an exercise we do to, like, 246 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:05,719 tear down the bubble between ourselves and other people. 247 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,430 Right there. You see that? 248 00:14:08,431 --> 00:14:09,806 She... 249 00:14:09,807 --> 00:14:13,268 - At least this is comic relief, right? 250 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,103 - Hey, everybody. 251 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,606 Come on. Welcome to the show. 252 00:14:17,607 --> 00:14:19,232 All right. 253 00:14:19,233 --> 00:14:20,984 Sorry. I'm from the west. 254 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:23,487 Don't... don't blame me. I'm from Utah. 255 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,034 Teal experienced the worst of the worst, 256 00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:32,954 and she knows how bad the mind can get 257 00:14:32,955 --> 00:14:36,208 and where someone is. 258 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:39,503 She can meet them on any level... 259 00:14:39,504 --> 00:14:42,048 Any level of suffering. 260 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,599 - Just whenever you're ready. 261 00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:56,269 The year was 2001. 262 00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:57,729 I was sitting in a hole, 263 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,273 my wrists and ankles tied together. 264 00:15:00,274 --> 00:15:02,317 I had been targeted by a family acquaintance 265 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:05,612 who, unbeknownst to my parents, was a psychopath. 266 00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:06,905 I was emotionally exhausted 267 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,074 from almost 13 years of torture. 268 00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:10,325 Despair was like a tornado 269 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:12,786 that chased me no matter where I ran, 270 00:15:12,787 --> 00:15:15,205 and I was tired of running. 271 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:17,499 I began to design a process, 272 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:19,709 one that would help make even the most wounded 273 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:22,045 and fractured person whole again. 274 00:15:22,046 --> 00:15:23,672 I realized this was a breakthrough 275 00:15:23,673 --> 00:15:26,216 that could really change the world. 276 00:15:26,217 --> 00:15:29,386 I call this approach the Completion Process. 277 00:15:31,806 --> 00:15:35,058 I started to hold retreats for people 278 00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:39,271 to experience the Completion Process. 279 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:42,692 They come from all over the world for two weeks. 280 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,529 Welcome to the Completion Process. 281 00:15:47,530 --> 00:15:49,406 We're in for some deep transformation 282 00:15:49,407 --> 00:15:50,782 while we're here. 283 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,325 I was hooked right away. 284 00:15:52,326 --> 00:15:55,162 There is no one else on the planet who... 285 00:15:55,163 --> 00:15:58,081 Everything they say, I agree with it. 286 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,126 I've heard so much about 287 00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:03,336 what it's like just to be in her presence. 288 00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:05,088 I'm trying to be cool about it 289 00:16:05,089 --> 00:16:07,174 'cause obviously there's a part of me that's worried 290 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:10,386 I'm just gonna fangirl and be a little bit too much. 291 00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:13,847 I never heard anyone, like, 292 00:16:13,848 --> 00:16:16,099 speak so much truth. 293 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,185 I feel like she's Jesus. 294 00:16:18,186 --> 00:16:21,313 Why wouldn't... 295 00:16:21,314 --> 00:16:24,358 everybody just, like, treat her, like, so special? 296 00:16:26,152 --> 00:16:27,736 You know, I've heard about the energy 297 00:16:27,737 --> 00:16:31,489 that's created when she comes into a room. 298 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:34,534 I got goosebumps now. Absolutely goosebumps. 299 00:16:46,047 --> 00:16:47,464 Okay. 300 00:16:47,465 --> 00:16:48,798 Sorry if I'm staring at you a little bit. 301 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,800 I want to... I want to gauge where the room is first 302 00:16:50,801 --> 00:16:53,721 before I jump straight in. 303 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:02,354 So many people who come to healers 304 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,773 aren't really coming to heal. 305 00:17:04,774 --> 00:17:08,610 They're coming for a quick fix to their emotional state. 306 00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:10,987 It's kind of sad to me, but I also understand it. 307 00:17:10,988 --> 00:17:12,322 For the majority of people, 308 00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:14,616 if you just showed them a red button and said, 309 00:17:14,617 --> 00:17:16,117 "Push this button and you'll feel different," 310 00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:17,869 they would push that button. 311 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,204 That's why our pharmaceutical companies 312 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:21,957 are doing so well today. 313 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:24,084 We're in the opposite business. 314 00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:25,377 We're not in the business of people 315 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:26,878 feeling immediately better. 316 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,506 We're in the business of healing. 317 00:17:29,507 --> 00:17:31,675 I'm going to ask you, for this week, 318 00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:35,804 you start looking at the world through the lens of trauma. 319 00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:38,014 What do I mean by that? 320 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:41,851 The question is not, what's wrong with you? 321 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:44,771 It's, what happened to you? 322 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:48,984 And unless we deal with that, we just can't move forward. 323 00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:51,736 That's why you're here. 324 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:56,199 Completion Process is not a trite self-help technique. 325 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,579 It is an extremely intense soul retrieval process 326 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:04,374 whereby you are undoing the entire trauma. 327 00:18:04,375 --> 00:18:05,709 And the reason that I have to give 328 00:18:05,710 --> 00:18:08,128 such a big warning relative to this process is 329 00:18:08,129 --> 00:18:10,130 we're coming up against mainstream psychology 330 00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:12,674 in a lot of ways. 331 00:18:12,675 --> 00:18:16,344 It is a major debate whether reexperiencing a memory 332 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,723 is something that people should even do. 333 00:18:19,724 --> 00:18:22,934 My rule is, if you want to come within 50 miles of me, 334 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:26,104 you better be ready for the deepest end of the pool. 335 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,865 We're gonna do this for each person. 336 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,534 I want you guys to break off into groups. 337 00:18:41,203 --> 00:18:44,247 We're coming back to this moment of trauma, 338 00:18:44,248 --> 00:18:47,667 so as to consciously relive it. 339 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:50,463 This is how we start to resolve it. 340 00:19:08,939 --> 00:19:10,650 - What are you seeing now? 341 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,612 I feel like... It feels like anger. 342 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:16,821 - Mm. 343 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:20,408 - Really angry, like, rage. 344 00:19:20,409 --> 00:19:21,660 Like, this part of me just, like, 345 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,787 wants to take this knife that's here 346 00:19:23,788 --> 00:19:25,622 and just stab my mother. 347 00:19:25,623 --> 00:19:26,998 - Yeah. 348 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:30,126 - It fucking hates her so much. 349 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:32,295 It wants... it wants her to just, like, 350 00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,840 feel all of the pain that she has inflicted. 351 00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:38,551 - Mm. 352 00:19:38,552 --> 00:19:40,637 - Hm. Is there anything I can do 353 00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:44,683 for you to help you feel better? 354 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:47,311 - I think just being here. - Okay. 355 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,690 - I just need to feel someone there with me. 356 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:52,691 I never had that. 357 00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,484 I never had anybody touch me 358 00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:56,528 and tell me that they were there for me. 359 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,488 Every touch was unsafe. 360 00:19:58,489 --> 00:20:01,199 - Aww. 361 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,743 - I just remember my mom hitting me so hard. 362 00:20:03,744 --> 00:20:07,247 And it was just unsafe. It wasn't okay to touch. 363 00:20:11,544 --> 00:20:15,172 It just hurts. She's hurting me so bad. 364 00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:21,594 Just visualizing me stabbing right into her heart. 365 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:23,763 Just, like, stabbing again and again. 366 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:28,560 Like, why can't you see how much you're fucking hurting me? 367 00:20:42,533 --> 00:20:43,742 When we have a strong, 368 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:46,077 uncomfortable feeling in the present, 369 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:49,706 we close our eyes and sink into the feeling. 370 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:51,040 We ask, 371 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:53,544 when was the very first time I felt this feeling? 372 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:59,215 We invite the memory to surface. 373 00:20:59,216 --> 00:21:01,217 Be present with whatever arises, 374 00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:04,387 regardless of what it is. 375 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:07,807 By mentally making changes to the past, 376 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:11,478 it causes mental changes to our present, 377 00:21:11,479 --> 00:21:14,899 like a puzzle piece going back into place. 378 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,363 - Hm. 379 00:21:22,865 --> 00:21:25,241 Do you want to leave this memory now? 380 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:33,082 - Same key, everybody. 381 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:51,851 Something I really want to tell you... 382 00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:53,269 This has been more life-changing 383 00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:55,146 than I expected it to be. 384 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:59,484 And I'm gonna come home and I'm gonna be different. 385 00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:01,110 I'm really focused on this, 386 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:04,364 and I feel like I really want this to be my life's work. 387 00:22:04,365 --> 00:22:06,157 Like, this is the most connecting thing ever, 388 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,325 and that's exactly what I need. 389 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:09,328 I need connection from people. 390 00:22:14,458 --> 00:22:16,125 With this process, 391 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:20,797 the chances are you're gonna overhaul your entire life. 392 00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:24,467 It can be things like being ostracized by the family. 393 00:22:24,468 --> 00:22:27,804 It can be things like, "Oh, shit, I just realized 394 00:22:27,805 --> 00:22:31,516 I married somebody for the wrong reasons." 395 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,685 It can mean, "I didn't want children. 396 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:34,686 "What am I supposed to fucking do 397 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,938 now that I have these two kids?" 398 00:22:36,939 --> 00:22:38,690 If the life that someone is living 399 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:41,860 is based off of an inauthentic truth, 400 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:43,528 when they start to unpack themselves 401 00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:44,863 and realize what they really need, 402 00:22:44,864 --> 00:22:48,074 they're probably gonna be making massive changes 403 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:52,161 that will affect everything and everyone in their life. 404 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:54,080 So I have a quick question. 405 00:22:54,081 --> 00:22:57,500 If you spend all your time calling people's BS, right, 406 00:22:57,501 --> 00:22:59,002 is there anyone out of the team that you would have 407 00:22:59,003 --> 00:23:03,674 enough respect for that they could challenge you? 408 00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:06,259 - That's a strange question. 409 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,386 Why is that an important question? 410 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,721 Hm? TEAL: Why? 411 00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:12,016 I should have someone above me? 412 00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:15,768 - Not above you. 413 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,437 Like, who do you look up to, to call... 414 00:23:17,438 --> 00:23:18,938 - I don't look up to anyone. 415 00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,732 But I... and so I have resistance against that, 416 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,025 if I'm being brutally honest. 417 00:23:22,026 --> 00:23:24,903 Why? I should have someone above me? 418 00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:26,821 It's not gonna happen. 419 00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:28,740 Is that stubbornness? 420 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,325 - I wouldn't be particularly aware 421 00:23:30,326 --> 00:23:32,869 if I wasn't able to recognize the potential 422 00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:34,454 of someone having more awareness than me. 423 00:23:34,455 --> 00:23:36,123 I've never met them. 424 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:40,418 You seem to go into resistance about this. 425 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,253 I want to know what it's about. 426 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:43,796 Yeah, I do feel that way. 427 00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:45,882 Where is the sticking point with you? 428 00:23:45,883 --> 00:23:48,384 I'm not here thinking that you have all the answers 429 00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:49,844 and they're all right. 430 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:51,971 I'm expressing everything that comes up for me, 431 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:56,184 every question, every challenge and opposition. 432 00:23:56,185 --> 00:23:57,560 But I also don't have to agree 433 00:23:57,561 --> 00:23:59,771 with everything that's being said by you. 434 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:02,231 And nor should I... By anyone else. 435 00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,359 - It would be the same if I went to the Dalai Lama today 436 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:08,196 and I said, "Okay, but, like, you... you are in this place 437 00:24:08,197 --> 00:24:10,907 of, like, all-knowingness, but who's all-knowing for you?" 438 00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:13,660 That's a challenge. The reality for you is, 439 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,453 you think there's an actual fucking consequence 440 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,580 for somebody not having a mentor. 441 00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:20,083 You're afraid of that consequence with me. 442 00:24:20,084 --> 00:24:21,919 So... 443 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:26,255 I would love if you would spell it out for us 444 00:24:26,256 --> 00:24:29,093 why I'm so fucking unsafe if I don't have a mentor. 445 00:24:32,262 --> 00:24:35,098 It concerns me that... 446 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,560 I look up to people, 447 00:24:39,561 --> 00:24:43,731 and then I then find out 448 00:24:43,732 --> 00:24:47,986 that they are not who I thought they were. 449 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:50,154 Bikram. 450 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:51,823 John of God. 451 00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:53,533 It's an authority thing. 452 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:56,369 I can misuse my power. I can do that. 453 00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:58,162 And I had better be aware of that. 454 00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,622 I could take my skills, 455 00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:01,457 and I could ruin someone's life with them. 456 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:02,625 I have to be aware of that. 457 00:25:02,626 --> 00:25:04,877 Otherwise, I'm not very safe, am I? 458 00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:07,588 I have no problem with people not following me, 459 00:25:07,589 --> 00:25:09,298 if it's the right thing for them. 460 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:10,842 But play a game with me. 461 00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:14,595 Pretend that I could round everyone up on the planet, 462 00:25:14,596 --> 00:25:17,807 and we found who the fastest human was, 463 00:25:17,808 --> 00:25:20,309 and then you looked at the fastest human and said, 464 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:22,520 "You can't teach me running 465 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:25,898 because you don't have someone faster than you." 466 00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:29,527 That's what you're doing to me. 467 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:31,571 So is this really an argument about that, 468 00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:32,947 or is this an argument about the fact 469 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:35,784 that you don't believe that that's me? 470 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,434 - Okay, I'm struggling with two memories here, 471 00:26:01,435 --> 00:26:04,062 because... 472 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:06,064 like, the real conscious awareness that, like, 473 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,232 I'm different than everyone else was... 474 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,568 Happened in kindergarten... 475 00:26:10,569 --> 00:26:11,903 Teal, look at me. 476 00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,906 With my mother. 477 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:17,742 To put it mildly, I scared her to death 478 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:19,577 from a very young age. 479 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:20,703 - Yeah. 480 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:22,246 Can you wave to Mommy? 481 00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:23,706 Can you say... blow kisses and wave "night night"? 482 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:25,041 Can you blow kisses? 483 00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:26,793 - Night night. TEAL'S Night night. 484 00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:28,461 - I love you, Mother. 485 00:26:28,462 --> 00:26:30,963 I love you, too, Teal. 486 00:26:30,964 --> 00:26:34,718 I was seeing other-dimensional entities. 487 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:39,847 I'm talking about being able to see people's emotions, 488 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:42,183 hear what people are thinking, 489 00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:45,436 seeing dead relatives. 490 00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:50,108 For my parents, my abilities were actually seen as curses. 491 00:26:50,109 --> 00:26:52,568 I watched this ripple effect go across the community, 492 00:26:52,569 --> 00:26:56,823 where parents wouldn't let me interact with their children. 493 00:26:56,824 --> 00:26:58,199 Got it, Teal? 494 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,742 My mother dragged me to every therapist 495 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,703 she could think of. 496 00:27:02,704 --> 00:27:07,166 And I received every single diagnostic. 497 00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:09,585 Don't move yet. Just stay right like that. 498 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:13,297 Schizophrenic. Bipolar. 499 00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:16,926 Borderline. Everything. 500 00:27:16,927 --> 00:27:19,762 Very nice. 501 00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:22,473 They don't know what to do with me. 502 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:24,141 Until this man came into the family 503 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:27,854 saying he's an alternative practitioner. 504 00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:30,106 He said, "I know what to do with this kid. 505 00:27:30,107 --> 00:27:31,941 "Just let her come with me on the weekends 506 00:27:31,942 --> 00:27:35,320 and I will help her deal with this." 507 00:27:37,155 --> 00:27:39,073 It never occurred to them why it might be 508 00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:42,285 a little bit strange for a 60-something-year-old man 509 00:27:42,286 --> 00:27:46,081 to want to spend so much time with a little girl. 510 00:28:00,888 --> 00:28:02,680 Okay. "At six years old, 1990, 511 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:05,892 "I was raped in a church below our house. 512 00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,352 "He left me there for what seemed like hours 513 00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:11,898 "and put me in a pit he dug in his backyard. 514 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:13,691 "He told me if I told anyone, my family would die 515 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,611 and my horse would be killed." 516 00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:18,363 That was how old I was. 517 00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:23,367 "February 1997. 518 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:26,120 "Took me to a place behind his home again. 519 00:28:26,121 --> 00:28:27,830 "He walked at me and picked me up by my throat 520 00:28:27,831 --> 00:28:30,374 "and put me on the floor. 521 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:34,171 He raped me with my shirt still on and drove me home." 522 00:28:36,298 --> 00:28:38,132 "Summer 1995. 523 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:43,012 "He blindfolded me and gave me an injection into my arm. 524 00:28:43,013 --> 00:28:44,513 "I started to cry uncontrollably. 525 00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:47,892 "He laid me inside the house on the living room carpet. 526 00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:50,770 Kept me drugged up with ketamine." 527 00:28:50,771 --> 00:28:52,438 "I started writing journals. 528 00:28:52,439 --> 00:28:53,564 "Chronic headaches began. 529 00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:56,692 Trouble all the time with cramps." 530 00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:58,069 I wrote this when I was admitted 531 00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:00,197 to the hospital psych ward. 532 00:29:02,783 --> 00:29:06,077 For a suicide attempt. 533 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:08,287 Age 17. 534 00:29:08,288 --> 00:29:10,456 One of the things that they, like... therapists love to do, 535 00:29:10,457 --> 00:29:12,041 especially when you're in, like, group therapy, 536 00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:13,876 is they have you do art 537 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:18,089 that represents the emotional space you're in. 538 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,715 There it is. 539 00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,817 When my world came crashing down, 540 00:29:37,818 --> 00:29:41,320 I knew I had to run away from my abuser. 541 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:47,284 I drove to Blake's house. 542 00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:57,461 So Blake bandaged me up... 543 00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:00,214 and sat and cuddled me. 544 00:30:00,215 --> 00:30:02,801 Can you say something for the camera? 545 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:08,180 Teal's camera shy. 546 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:10,851 And we fell in love. 547 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:16,313 We lived a very simple life where I was just trying 548 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:19,692 to heal from everything that was happening. 549 00:30:19,693 --> 00:30:21,403 He was safe. 550 00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:25,865 He was absolutely unconditional. 551 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,951 It did not matter what I did, like... 552 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:30,453 Which I'd never experienced before. 553 00:30:30,454 --> 00:30:32,163 Look at that beautiful girl there. 554 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:36,292 I'd never really had a safe environment 555 00:30:36,293 --> 00:30:38,128 till that time. 556 00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:42,257 He's the one that really taught me to trust. 557 00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:48,012 - People thank me a lot for that, 558 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:52,184 for saving Teal, in a way. 559 00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:55,853 But she was in so much pain at the time. 560 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:59,065 I just wanted to be there for her. 561 00:30:59,066 --> 00:31:02,194 I don't really feel like a hero. 562 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,488 You know, I was there 563 00:31:05,489 --> 00:31:09,450 and loved a person at this right time, and... 564 00:31:09,451 --> 00:31:13,913 I hadn't really been in many relationships. 565 00:31:13,914 --> 00:31:17,334 We found family with each other. 566 00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:21,420 Our romantic relationship lasted a year, 567 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:22,421 but when we broke up, 568 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:25,925 we never stopped living with each other. 569 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:31,514 We're looking at probably 12 or 13 relationships... 570 00:31:31,515 --> 00:31:34,558 since Blake. 571 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,730 Hi, Teal. 572 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:41,982 Hi, Mark. 573 00:31:41,983 --> 00:31:44,360 Happy baby shower. 574 00:31:44,361 --> 00:31:46,571 I've had five marriages. 575 00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:49,907 And Blake stayed with me for all of them. 576 00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:53,327 Why don't you throw him in there... 577 00:31:55,205 --> 00:31:58,165 Relationships are not unidimensional. 578 00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,292 My son has been around Blake as a second dad 579 00:32:00,293 --> 00:32:02,379 from the day he was born. 580 00:32:05,215 --> 00:32:06,799 So it's not like you throw things out the doorway 581 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:11,054 just because it's not working on a romantic level. 582 00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:15,433 He's my family. 583 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:21,772 No matter what, we're in each other's lives forever. 584 00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,844 It's hard to find real connection 585 00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:54,805 in today's world. 586 00:33:00,020 --> 00:33:01,937 Hello. 587 00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:03,732 Wanna come here? 588 00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:07,651 I felt completely isolated, 589 00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:11,947 and I was searching for community, 590 00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,491 and found Teal's work. 591 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:22,499 At the beginning, I was watching the videos 592 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:25,669 whenever something would come up in my life, 593 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:30,217 and then I went to the Completion Process training. 594 00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:34,262 It touched me on a very deep level. 595 00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:38,307 There's something you get from that... 596 00:33:38,308 --> 00:33:40,309 From that relationship that you... 597 00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:44,396 That makes you feel seen, and people want that. 598 00:33:47,192 --> 00:33:50,027 And that's basically where I got to know Blake. 599 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:55,616 I love his big heart, 600 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:58,202 where he feels like he tries to help everyone 601 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:01,038 and get them out of their pain. 602 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,706 I feel like he got me. 603 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:06,502 Like, with just a few words, he understood where I'm at. 604 00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:08,003 - This is Osho. 605 00:34:08,004 --> 00:34:10,172 This is Goldie. 606 00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:12,591 That's Stripekisser. 607 00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:14,051 Peanut. 608 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:16,553 And Fiona. 609 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:19,765 Where you going? 610 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:26,021 I love them, but they are just stuck there, 611 00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,691 in that tiny, little world... 612 00:34:30,277 --> 00:34:32,403 Where nothing changes. 613 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,541 Hello? 614 00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:46,792 - Hello. 615 00:34:46,793 --> 00:34:48,211 Hey. How's it going? 616 00:34:53,049 --> 00:34:57,137 Yeah. You nervous about everyone here? 617 00:35:00,390 --> 00:35:03,267 - Well, they're very excited to see you, 618 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:06,855 and to add a new family member, so... 619 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:12,818 Pretty courageous. 620 00:35:12,819 --> 00:35:13,819 Yeah. 621 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:24,664 So I'll see you soon? 622 00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:27,583 Bye, bye. 623 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:44,809 - Mm. 624 00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:22,304 All right, Blake, you and I need to talk about 625 00:36:22,305 --> 00:36:25,474 this woman. 626 00:36:25,475 --> 00:36:28,185 You're, like, so one-track, it's kind of scary. 627 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,604 Uh-huh. - And I'm afraid that... 628 00:36:30,605 --> 00:36:33,190 she's gonna show up, and you're just gonna be, 629 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,901 like, totally fixated, totally in lovey mode. 630 00:36:35,902 --> 00:36:38,654 You realize you've got, like, a lot of responsibilities. 631 00:36:38,655 --> 00:36:42,491 - Okay, I don't know. I guess... I guess it just... 632 00:36:42,492 --> 00:36:44,368 I'll just say what I'm hoping. 633 00:36:44,369 --> 00:36:46,161 I feel like you want to be able to just live life 634 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:47,621 without thinking about the consequences. 635 00:36:47,622 --> 00:36:49,373 That's what it feels like to me. 636 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:51,709 Well, I mean, I know 637 00:36:51,710 --> 00:36:55,212 your life is, like, 638 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,423 serious a lot of the time. 639 00:36:57,424 --> 00:37:00,509 Maybe it's more serious than I would be in my household, 640 00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:01,719 or whatever, you know, beyond the mission... beyond... 641 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:05,013 - Like, anybody... Anybody who gets to know us... 642 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:09,768 Anybody who gets to know us has an instantaneous platform. 643 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:11,478 This is what you're not thinking about. 644 00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:14,231 You're, like, blindly trusting people. 645 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:16,442 All this girl has to fucking say is, 646 00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:19,236 "I was around... I lived with Teal. 647 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:20,946 I lived near her. I was part of her community." 648 00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:24,408 Everyone's like, "Oh, really?" Like, it's that fast. 649 00:37:24,409 --> 00:37:27,077 It's... you're... You chose into a life 650 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:29,329 where it's not simple anymore. 651 00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:33,709 Only after a very, very long time 652 00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:37,838 do I know whether I can trust somebody or not. 653 00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:40,048 That's scary because I don't know this person. 654 00:37:40,049 --> 00:37:41,717 She's... all of a sudden, 655 00:37:41,718 --> 00:37:44,762 I have a person whose truth and boundaries I don't know, 656 00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:47,556 and she's just moving into my community. 657 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:09,454 - I can't seem to decide to commit to life or death. 658 00:38:10,747 --> 00:38:13,957 I have been straddling the fence 659 00:38:13,958 --> 00:38:17,920 between... there's so much beauty in this world, 660 00:38:17,921 --> 00:38:21,423 and I know that, and I want to be here for it, 661 00:38:21,424 --> 00:38:23,926 but I've done the suffering thing. 662 00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:30,475 So the question is, is how to know necessarily... 663 00:38:33,186 --> 00:38:37,105 If my time is done or not. 664 00:38:37,106 --> 00:38:40,150 - If you're still asking that question, it's not done. 665 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,278 - Fuck. 666 00:38:48,701 --> 00:38:50,953 - You have no idea how many people... 667 00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:53,163 A lot of people. - Are feeling that way. Yeah. 668 00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:57,000 A lot of people. - Yeah. I figured. 669 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,168 By raise of hands... 670 00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:02,047 And I need you to be honest, okay? 671 00:39:02,048 --> 00:39:05,969 How many of you feel like you're not doing okay at all? 672 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,725 It saddens me that, when I fly around the world, 673 00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:15,310 we're sitting in these audiences, 674 00:39:15,311 --> 00:39:18,522 and everyone's lonely. 675 00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:21,568 This is the emotional Dark Age that you are living in. 676 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:40,002 By no means have we figured out mental health 677 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:41,336 and suicide in our society. 678 00:39:41,337 --> 00:39:42,796 We've got a long way to go. 679 00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:44,923 But should we be listening to the words of someone 680 00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:47,801 who doesn't have any education qualification on this 681 00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:50,178 because she believes that her extrasensory abilities 682 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:52,723 uniquely qualify her? 683 00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:54,349 Vulnerable people want someone 684 00:39:54,350 --> 00:39:55,684 to hand them their answers. 685 00:39:55,685 --> 00:39:57,728 Like, it's just a psychological fact. 686 00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:00,939 A lot of vulnerable people want someone to be their savior. 687 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:04,861 And this person has done that on a huge scale. 688 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:08,280 She really is building this brand 689 00:40:08,281 --> 00:40:11,617 and connecting with people through her YouTube videos 690 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:15,537 and her Instagram posts, but who regulates this stuff? 691 00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:17,456 Sometimes, the easiest thing 692 00:40:17,457 --> 00:40:20,250 to find online isn't the best thing to find. 693 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:24,212 Teal Swan has over 145 million views online. 694 00:40:24,213 --> 00:40:25,714 - I thought it was just 695 00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:27,925 damaging, useless advice, really, 696 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:30,552 from someone who was, you know, a bit too big for their boots. 697 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:32,846 But actually, the reality of it 698 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:35,891 was that people had followed this advice, 699 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:38,602 felt encouraged to kill themselves and done so. 700 00:40:38,603 --> 00:40:40,604 She's an actual cult leader 701 00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:44,191 that has a pretty strong following here on TikTok 702 00:40:44,192 --> 00:40:45,859 in the spiritual community. 703 00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:50,072 She's likened suicide to a "reset button" 704 00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:52,450 because she believes in reincarnation. 705 00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:59,122 You would have to convince me otherwise 706 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:03,085 that Teal's teachings did not play a significant role 707 00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:07,757 in the mind of our daughter when she took her life. 708 00:41:09,425 --> 00:41:11,552 - Oh, God. 709 00:41:34,534 --> 00:41:37,369 This career is where I live and die. 710 00:41:38,663 --> 00:41:41,373 I'm trying to end the cycle of suffering. 711 00:41:45,086 --> 00:41:48,296 It's like, you're either in or you're out. 712 00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:51,258 You either understand this, 713 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:52,676 or you get off the ship. 714 00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:58,223 I'm gonna carry it to the ends of the Earth. 715 00:42:01,936 --> 00:42:03,353 If I say, you know, I'd like to get to the point 716 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,355 where I'm considered to be more spiritually influential 717 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,816 on this Earth than the Pope, some people would be like, 718 00:42:07,817 --> 00:42:09,693 "Yeah, that's not gonna happen." 719 00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:11,738 Fuck that "It's not gonna happen." 720 00:42:32,091 --> 00:42:34,509 We hired a private investigator 721 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:35,844 to clear out the facts. 722 00:42:35,845 --> 00:42:38,180 - They're claiming Teal was responsible 723 00:42:38,181 --> 00:42:39,973 for Leslie's demise. 724 00:42:41,893 --> 00:42:44,186 - I define myself as an expert in human suffering. 725 00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:46,438 Why do people call you a cult leader, then? 726 00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:47,856 I feel at home. 727 00:42:47,857 --> 00:42:50,192 It's a totally different home, but I feel at home. 728 00:42:50,193 --> 00:42:53,195 Blake is the person that I'm closest to. 729 00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:55,906 The problem comes whenever a girl that he's with 730 00:42:55,907 --> 00:42:58,617 has a truth that opposes mine. 731 00:42:58,618 --> 00:43:00,828 Then it's her versus me.