Name: "Sink Into What You Are" with Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan (from Joe Rogan Experience #433)
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Watch the stand-up comedy video '"Sink Into What You Are" with Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan (from Joe Rogan Experience #433)' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2013-12-28. Transcript available.

"Sink Into What You Are" with Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan (from Joe Rogan Experience #433)

The Joe Rogan Experience
You ever have a friend go crazy on you?
Yeah
I've had friends that like legitimately lost their mind
I can't talk to them anymore
Like you would talk to him about events
And his version of events were just like
So not what actually happened
And you'll go, oh, this is a person that's lost their marbles
Yeah
Yeah, it happens
You can temporarily lose your marbles
Or permanently
Or permanently, yeah
But I think that like
I mean, yes, permanently, of course
There's like
You know, I'm not saying through psychedelics either
No, I know what you mean
I'm just saying people that just can't keep it together anymore
And for whatever reason
Whether it's a combination of life stress
And biological situation
Whatever the fuck they've got going on
You know, uniquely in their own brain
But some people just all of a sudden
Not there anymore
Not keeping it together
Do they think they're keeping it together?
Sometimes, yeah
I mean, there's broad, you know, broad range
Right
There's all kinds of
Yeah, it sucks, man
People
The brain is an organ and it malfunctions
And sometimes you go nuts
And that's
And you get stigmatized for it
Which really sucks
Because if you like
Because that just adds to the problem
Like if you
You know
You see somebody in a cast
And you're like
Oh, what happened to your arm?
And they'll tell you
Oh, you know, whatever
I fell down
But you talk to someone
Who's been like
Hospitalized for a few weeks
And they tell you
Yeah, I had to go to the hospital
I had a nervous breakdown
I went crazy
Shit my pants
Threw my dog through a window
You know
You're like
You know
You want to be compassionate
But there's some part of you
That's like
Oh
Now this is a crazy person
It's like
It's just
Something happened
The operating system
Temporarily crashed
And quite often
I think that could be
A very good thing
I think that
Having your
Your personality
Or your ego
Or crash
Can often mean
That you were trying
To be somebody
That you aren't
And some people
Invest so much energy
So much energy
Self-defining
Yeah
They just want to be something
You know
Since they were a kid
Their mother was telling them
You should be like this
And then they try to be like this
And they hold up this thing
They're always working
To hold up this giant tail
Feather
And it
Their arms start shaking
And then they can't hold it up
And that's
That's when they have like
Anger outbursts
Or suddenly like
Their friends are like
You turned into someone
That I've never met
I don't even know who that is
It's like no
That is
You met them
You met underneath
The tail feather
The seething sea
Of anger
And disappointment
And sadness
You met that thing
That they're trying to avoid
By looking up at this
Mask
That they're holding up
To the world
But that fucking
Seething sea
Of disappointment
And anger
And horror
And sadness
That's where it's at man
You gotta go into that thing
And for some people
The only way they can go into that
Is by having a full scale
Nervous breakdown
Because then they can have permission
To dive into that awful vortex
Of darkness
Because underneath that vortex
Of darkness
Is paradise
Underneath that
That's love
And happiness
And joy
And connection
And tranquility
And all that stuff
And everyone thinks
That the way to get to that point
Is by avoiding
This awful
Black forest
That surrounds
The Garden of Eden
Which is inside everybody
It's inside everybody
It's there
It's there
And it doesn't matter
You know
You can work out
And that will definitely
Give you a temporarily
Temporary good feeling
But until you address
The internal structures
That you haven't acknowledged
You're always gonna go back
To that place
Where you find yourself
Morose
And depressed
And angry
And you don't know why
You always go back
To that place
Until you sit
With the sadness
Inside of you
You have to do that
What you're describing
Is coming out of the closet
And you know
Yeah for a lot of people
That is what it is man
It's coming out of the closet
And there's a lot of closets
There's a lot of closets
There's not just the gay closet
There's all kinds of closet
There's the artist closet
Some people are fucking accountants
They're wearing suits
And their ties on tight
And they're fucking like
Organized and disciplined
But inside
They're probably painters
They probably wanna fucking paint
They wanna paint
Dayglow mountains
Down at the beach
That's what they really are
But their daddy
Or their mommy
Wanted them to be
A good little businessman
So they became this thing
That's the opposite
Of what they are
This is the verse
In the Bhagavad Gita
God forgive me
Because I've quoted it
Way too many times
But it's
It's better to be
An honest street sweeper
Than a dishonest king
It's better to be
A happy guy
Brushing fucking leaves
Up the street
Than it is to be
Some zillionaire
Who inside
Is dying
Or numb
Or miserable
Mostly numb
Numb's the word
Most people are just numb
But as long as
These people can quantify
On paper
I still have a
X million dollar home
My car still costs
X thousand dollars
This suit is an
X suit
I am still ahead
I am not going to
Abandon all these things
As long as they don't
See through the bullshit
Of the game
They think they're winning
They have to fall
Yeah
It's almost like
You have to fall
To really
That's what
You got to appreciate
Those moments
When it all
Falls to part on you
Because that means
You've got an opportunity
To try it again
Let's take a new
Fresh perspective
This is a cool thing
At this retreat
I went to
This guy Jack Kornfield
Said which I really loved
What a great name
By the way
With a K
Not a C
Jack Kornfield
Mortal Kombat
K
Jack Kornfield
But he's really cool man
With a K
Cool with a K
Yeah
Like the cigarettes
And corny
No this guy was awesome
And he was
One of the things
He talked about
Is in some
Religious tradition
How they like
Hold the scriptures
A rabbi
Had his students
Hold the scriptures
Over their heart
And when they
Were memorizing them
And they would say
Why do we do this
And he said
So that when your
Heart breaks
They'll fall in
And it's a beautiful
Idea which is that
Heartbreak is actually
Your ego cracking
And the moment
That cracks
You're in the
Experience of truth
And when you're
In the experience
Of truth
That's when you can
Really become
Who you are
But to get to
Who you are
It's like when
You know
A bone heals
The wrong way
Like that's what
A lot of people's
Entire personality is
It's like a bone
That grew the wrong way
And that needs
A fucking
A snap
A crack
You know
And you get that
Through
You need that
That initial
Fucking thing
And it's a beautiful
Analogy
And it hurts
It hurts
But we're pain
Avoiding creatures
So we think
So we're always
Running away from
This pain
But the problem is
As we're running
Away from pain
We're still
Exactly
In pain
It's basically
Like being on fire
And running away
From water
You're just
Running away
From the water
Because you
For some
I don't know
That's a stupid
Analogy actually
For people
No you were
Doing great
Up until that
Yeah
You had a lot
Of great points
But it's true
You know
There's the monster
In the dark
And the faster you run
The more likely
You are to run
Into something
That's actually
Going to hurt you
As opposed to
Turning around
And saying
Oh fuck
There is no monster
No monster
You know
But you're never
Going to know that
Until you stop
And turn around
You know
And in some cases
People don't have
The discipline
Or the assistance
Or the balls
To stop and turn around
So they have to
Trip over something
And then there's like
Oh look
That's the classic story
That's the classic story
Of someone hiding
A secret
And going completely
Out of control
Because of the pressure
Of hiding that
Like that's the Ted Haggerty
Who's the secretly
Gay guy
Who's preaching
Against gay people
Oh Ted Haggard
Ted Haggard
Yeah in Colorado
Yeah that guy
Who was snorting
Meth off his
Gay lovers
Yeah
Woohoo
He was just
Going so far
The other way
He was just
So off the rails
Crazy
He was being himself
He was being himself
He was a guy
Who likes to snort
Meth off of cocks
He likes to do a little meth
And he likes to
Suck a few cocks
But I would say
He wasn't being himself
What I would say
Is that his
His behavior
Was so extreme
Because he was
Seeking balance
Between that
And the other
Bullshit in his life
Whereas if he weren't
Living that
He'd be right
In the middle
Right
Yeah well
But to get to the middle
You know
The way to get to the middle
Weirdly is
Whatever the behavior
Is that you're doing
That you're so horrified about
And terrified of
Sometimes
The really weird idea
Is
This is like
Something that
I like that Ram Dass
Says
Which is like
If you don't feel
Like meditating
Don't meditate
Don't force it
Don't impose this
On yourself
Keep doing the thing
You're doing
That's upsetting you
So much
Have the balls
To keep doing
The fucking thing
That you're doing
Keep doing it
Society is going to tell you
Don't be like this
Stop being like this
You have to change
That's what your parents
Always say
The idea is like
No
Sink into what you are
Right now
Just be that thing
Stop resisting
Exactly where you are
Right now
Is perfect
And that's a hard
Truth to grasp
Because you think
Right away
You think
Yeah what about
Fucking Jeffrey Dahmer
Is he perfect
Well what about
The leopard
When you're seeing
A leopard
Rip apart a creature
Is that thing
Is that a perfect moment
I don't think
The leopard
Fucks them
And then kills them
But you know
What ducks do
Ducks are necrophiliacs
Are they fucking
Evil creatures
Yes
I think they are
Well yeah
They are
Made that Phil Robertson
Guy a very famous person
Because he invented
A call for them
And now poor gay people
Have to hear
That a man's anus
Is not as good
As a woman's vagina
Can you imagine
If you made the choice
For a man's anus
And you hear this
Fucking big bearded
Fashionista
With his camo on
A bandana
He's an absolute fashionista
That's so weird
I never thought of that
Big bearded
Christian
Bible slinging
Fashionista
And he tells you
That your choice
Was incorrect
That in fact
The woman's vagina
Is the better choice
The man's anus
I mean
Come on guys
But how can you say that
If you haven't experienced it
Maybe he has
I think he has
Again
The balance theory
I think he's so outspoken
On that issue
Like most of these homophobes are
Because they're at home
Jerking off to gay porn
You know
Otherwise
You just don't give a shit
It just doesn't
Actually matter
Right
You know
It doesn't come up
In a GQ interview
It's a duh thing
Right
It's like duh already
Yeah
Like if you really care
If people are gay
Duh
Like you really care
That two guys love each other
And that you
Are you against love
Yeah
You only like love
If it's a man and a woman
Like what the fuck man
Really
Yeah
It's a duh thing
It is duh
It's duh
If you're talking about
Men's anuses
In GQ
Exactly
Maybe you've got some issues
To think about
Shouldn't we just
Be talking about ducks
Ducks anuses
I mean isn't that
Your whole show
Is about ducks
Do you know ducks penises
Why you
You shoot ducks all the time
Right
That's your thing
Let's talk about that
Just talk about murdering ducks
Yeah
Why you gotta talk about
Men's butts
Why are you talking about
Asshole quality
Why are you dragging this
Into butt sex
Well the only way you can live that fake life
Is if it's fake
The actual
You know
This puritanical ideal
That they've held up
It's not natural
And they haven't been really living it anyway
They've been pretending to be living it
They've been freaks
In this sort of a rebound
Sort of a way
To balance everything out
And I think that ultimately
That's being exposed
Over and over and over and over again
To the point where
It's not gonna be a viable option anymore
Like powdered wigs aren't a viable option anymore
Yes
You can't wear a fucking powdered wig
You know
And you can't pretend
You're this
You know
Rick Santorum guy
That you know
Just is a good man
Who believes in the bible
And doesn't want to see gays get married
Doesn't want to ruin
The institution