I leveled up! But . . . 

The way you described shifting your attention in a playful sense, made perfect sense. Thanks Kenton.

Awesome, the example with your kid's drawing is very helpful. Thank you!

So happy for you 😁 It's kind of weird how spiritual evolution works, slow over time and some sudden boost sometimes. I am myself very pulled towards this quest of spiritual evolution, especially these last 2 years it became more and more prevalent in my life, and I should thank you for that, I think you are a big part of that shift in my mind and heart. Much love to you all 💕✨

A change in consciousness! Emmet Fox discusses this in great length. Beautiful to hear your experience.

Just found this today - in perfect timing.

It's always nice to hear from you, Kenton! I'm glad you're noticing this growth! It's also inspiring to hear that someone like you can still grow! If I can speak in the same language of games as "leveling up" I think it's really inspiring to see someone playing the same dream game of life as me, and even though they appear like a max level player to me that I'd thought hit the level cap already, and to see a message in all chat from them that says "I just leveled up again!" it fills me with the same instinct of congratulating the person who just leveled up as I would have with any other player who just grew in some way, but also fills me with a sense of inspiration since that means there probably isn't any level cap on this game of life. A big reason that's inspiring to me is because it means that no effort that is spent in growing ourselves is ever wasted. No matter how far we've come, there is no peak other than what we decide to stop at. This makes it a lot more viable to do things like multi classing since there isn't a number that you're going to hit that's going to stop the growth of any of the professions or skill trees that you decide to opt into. For example I've been trying to balance the monk class with the mycology skill tree, which is a balance that I think older players during the first shaman expansions might have invested a lot into, but isn't quite explored so much today other than by a few players. I'm finding that it makes a pretty mystical combination, even just learning new ways that life can exist can really stimulate my imagination personally, which keeps my mind open to new possibilities. It's also nice to hear that you've found a way to engage with your mind in a playful way and see more results in directing your focus from doing that. I really liked when you mentioned that playfulness being like otters or foxes. It makes me think back to when people would praise the spirit of these animals, and makes me wonder if this is the same kind of thing those people might have been pointing towards. Not so much the animal itself, but the way the mind of that animal exists. The kinds of traits they display in their way of being. Respecting the animal of course, but observing and learning from these traits. Elements of nature can make better teachers than a lot of humans can, at least in my experience. I can't really remember that much from school or even really college. But I remember everything I've learned from experience and practice.

you manifested your superpower! it is fantastic to see how life can still surprise us, great journey! I have the feeling that there will be a huge challange where we need all our powers, but now i am looking forward to this!

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this with us! It's difficult to see our day to day changes but there's an old Chinese proverb "No man walks through the same river twice. For he is not the same man, nor it the same river." Most of our changes are small but constant and seeing those changes in ourselves I think is important. Love to you my friend 🙂💚

Since i added yoga before meditation i have made a huge progress. Before i just got very restless and unmindfulness was a better description of my state of mind after three minutes. Yoga is mind body and soul connecting... for me. So i am still learning. Thank you for sharing your wisdom :)

yeah maaaaaaan =)))) lets do this deeper and deeper love youuuuuuu maybe the more intensity is added the faster the progress time seems relative ^^

I'm glad for your leap forward to better focus and controlling your thoughts. Seems like I've been struggling to stay focused at all lately. Wrecked my car after the tranny went out of my daughter's car. So hubby's work truck is now her kids school transportation and her work transportation and.... Listening to you again I feel better than the first time thru this video when the helpless and stupid thoughts and feelings threatened to get the better of me. How can I be playful in the middle of this mess? I think I need to hunt for some of your videos where you have mentioned some of those zen stories. Even trying to recall some of the twists in those stories helps me get out of the mood I find myself sinking into.

Welcome to 🐉 level, friend. But yes, It's tough to measure mental/emotional progress like you can the tangible, although even with the tangible (like weight loss), one can get so wrapped up in metrics that they lose sight of the goal. Trying too hard can hinder; one can get lost in repetitive motion/ritual, and potentially end up down a road akin to the "crystalline ego" analogy, so perhaps there is a blessing in progress that can't be mapped out on a graph. What you truly stand for is the best tool, it's going to inherently manifest itself [good or bad], even if you fall away from the path time to time. I can't say that we should avoid negative thoughts/emotions, but it's important that we know when to hold them or fold them, when to walk away and when to run. Some things, even the bad, require our attention, but we can remain in control and determine when/where energy into those is appropriate, and not let those harm our enjoyment of the good things.

Hmmm, my focus has been very bad lately. I multitask a lot and for some reason don't want to stop. I think I still have lots of learn but I want to try your playful approach. This reminds me of Lila (however it's spelled), aka Divine Play. Thank you for your work and thoughtful videos.

Thanks for the encouraging story

Very interesting! I'm had some amazing spiritual experiences. Even when I level up, I can't stay there forever. Sometimes it will last a day.....a week, but rarely a month. Yes, your daughters drawing is very important. I'm now an empty nester and those drawings are magical. My two girls are 28 and 21.

Thank you for sharing, Kenton. I think some Zen Master or another said there are a million satoris. Thanks for the inspiration; I have felt recently like my practice is just "doing my time." Love, Jimmy

I have tried getting into meditation several times,and it doesn't work for me.I have found that looking for the bright side of whatever is going on helps.Yesterday someone asked me how I was doing,and my reply was "I can't complain ",and I didn't.The practice of not complaining,can be a good tool,to building a good life.Surely if I wanted,there could something for me or anyone to complain about.The question is "does complaining improve the situation " ??? Most likely not.

I found intersting that you didn't just train your mind like a muscle so you can move the weight of your attention faster, but you stopped pulling that weight and just turn your mind. I don't fully understand what this means, but i had a feeling that this particular is very important. Thanks for sharing

Felt moved to share Byron Katie and her simple process of thought investigation. Her website has a great how to section, and her books are really good as well. This process has helped me "level up" many times over the years when the questioning comes alive again inside me.

I'm glad for you, Kenton.

thank you brother always a relief to hear your wise words can’t wait for the new season

Thank you for sharing. This channel is very inspiring, your videos makes me happy everytime i watch them 😊

I like how you talk about thinking you have mastered, or understand something only to find that you did not. I think we never learn everything. We learn until we die. That’s kind of disappointing to me to realize that I will never be fully enlightened but, at the same time if you look at it differently, you can say that you will always be improving.

I too, have a tendency to ruminate in ways that elevate my stress level to an extent that's generally unhealthy, but have used meditation to progress my ability to shift my attention away from rumination. I recently had an opportunity to see the value of this ability: I suffered a blow to the head and it was pretty clear that I had a minor concussion. I have enough medical training to know that mental and physical exertion can get in the way of healing after a concussion, so I used my meditation practice to sidestep rumination and be present in the moment in order keep my mental exertion and stress level at a minimum. I wouldn't say that the experience allowed me to "level up", but it did illustrate the value of having a meditation practice (even an admittedly imperfect practice) that I could fall back on in order to deal with a stressful situation.