Name: How To Silence Your Ego
Uploaded: 2021-10-28T06:10:34.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'How To Silence Your Ego' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-10-28. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'How To Silence Your Ego' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-10-28. Transcript available.

I like to think that, you know, a lot of life is about relationships and loving
each other and this and that, you know, and, you know, I've done my fair share
of reading on, like, Eastern philosophy and, you know, eliminating the ego,
eliminating desires and, you know, all of that jazz.
And I realized that that's really great to, like, be able to, like, you know,
conquer, conquer, like, some peace inside of you, you know, and be able to,
like, do that.
I think after you do that, though, if you're going to be in the world that I'm
in, you need to, you need to also, like, conquer war, you know, and you need to
learn a lot about that and you need to, and you need to know how to get there.
When I lost my first fight, I had to really do some searching, you know, I
spent about six months, probably, you know, Thursday to Sunday, every day in
the mountains, either camping or hiking or both.
And that's kind of where I learned to, like, meditate, learned to silent my
mind and just kind of, you know, like, listen to that little ego that's inside
your head because it'll chirp off, you know, like, it still chirps off no
matter how much I feel like I do still, you know, of course.
So, man, like, I know that it's in there, right?
Like, I know that, you know, it's in there, like, it wants power, it wants to
conquer, it wants things, you know, like, every need is an ego to feed, you
know, a Bob Marley from a Bob Marley song, but it's still in there, man.
But I think it's just more about, like, how do you respond to it best in a way
where it doesn't impact relationships with yourself and with other people?
Because, I mean, at the end of the day, man, like, we're humans, we're social
animals, like, I think that that's more or less why we're on the planet is to
interact and to love each other and all of that jazz.
And I think that if you let your ego get in the way of those types of things,
that's where the ego really is taking over your life, you know?
So, I just try to keep it right underneath that, but right at the level where
it's like, nah, but when I go in the cage, I'm still trying to, you know, win
and get all the things I want because I want a lot of things in my life.
Right.
So, still able to, like, just kind of almost corral it, like, at least have
some control over it.
Sure.
That's interesting.
Yeah, I think meditation is probably really, really key to that kind of stuff,
you know?
Do you do it?
I don't do it as much as I should.
And I can feel when I'm not doing it.
Yeah, yeah.
I can feel, like, the uneasiness inside of me.
Yeah, it's like clutter.
Yes.
Clutter.
And I can feel it start to push from the inside of me out towards onto my, like,
the inside of my skin.
Yep, yep.
So, it's funny when I know I have more control over that, like, things roll off
my shoulders easier.
I don't give in to, like, a lot of the traps of my brain and of society.
Mm-hmm.
And I'm a little bit more in control of myself.
And then I feel like I can also do my best work, then, just as a human.
Yeah.
Not even as, like, a comedian or a podcaster, but just as a human, as a brother,
as a son, as a friend, as a co-worker, all that kind of stuff, you know?
What, how do you make the clutter go away, then?
I think a lot of times I'll use yoga right now, and then I just started getting
into doing jujitsu.
Nice, nice.
You know, I'm white belt.
Hell yeah.
So, they give it to you when you get there.
But I am, uh, I'm certified white belt, so, uh, yeah.
So, that's been cool, man.
I never realized how much, um, anger I had.
And this goes back to what you were asking me about.
My answer to that question was, man, when I, like, about two years ago, I kind
of got into a space where I was just getting more popular.
And, um, and I think something, I had a lot of anger, I got a lot of anger,
because I, I, I think I always thought inside of myself when I got to a certain
level of achievement.
Whatever we view achievement as, or success, whatever, and it doesn't have to
be monetary success, but it could just be a platform, or finally having your
voice heard, or, um, finally achieving your physical potential.
Like, just different, when I got to a certain level of success that I was going
to feel a level of accomplishment that, that matched it, or that, I don't know,
that, that, the world was going to be different.
Suddenly, the problems, the uncertainties, the, the low self-worth, all that
shit would be completely gone.
And I think when I started to arrive at some of those places, it wasn't.
And I realized you're still just stuck with just, just life.
Yeah.
That, you know, like.
It still pisses you off when someone cuts you off in traffic.
Yeah, everything's still.
That's never going to go away.
Yeah, you're still, life doesn't come out and say, there's nothing that, there's
not like a magical waterfall that opens up and a man or woman walks out and
says, congratulations.
You did it.
Yeah.
There's never that thank you for your effort.
I think there was something inside of me, I think it got so angry because there
wasn't like a, you know, you don't get the golden orb or whatever, that Quidditch
ball.
You don't get, you know, there's no big thank you for your effort.
Yeah.
And, uh.
And that made you angry?
It made me angry.
I didn't know it was going to.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was just inside of me.
And so, I think I got so angry and I was having trouble finding a place to put
it.
And then, since I started going to the Jiu Jitsu gym, man, I get, it literally
has to come out of me because I'm fucking caged up by some 50 or 60 year old
man.
Yeah.
And I can't fucking do anything, you know.
Or they put me against some fucking, you know, spastic Adderall out 6'5 guy.
The white belts are the most dangerous guys, bro.
They're the most dangerous dudes.
I'm fighting a guy that drives a bread truck, dude, all night.
He hasn't even slept and he's in there.
The guy's fucking jacked out of his breath.
Just taking caffeine pills before, bro.
That's a real thing, man.
We got a couple guys like that, too, at the gym.
It's crazy, bro.
So, but just my, me wanting something and not having any control over it, that's
those moments where I'm just caged up.
I can't move somebody.
I can't.
And I'm trying with muscles in my nut.
Muscles I didn't even know were in my body.
I'm trying with and having no, and there's no return from the world.
And it's like, it kind of answered that question that I had where I wanted some
return.
And then it's like jiu-jitsu shows you that there's just, there's no return.
But it's kind of okay.
And you go back to a place where you each shake each other's hand and it's all
good.
And you try and learn a different way.
Hope you enjoyed that video.
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