Introductory spoken message by Brian Johnson describing the Philosopher's Notes Live from Bali audio recordings. He explains that the collection contains 41 out of ~90-minute classes he taught in Ubud, Bali, describes class sizes and international attendance, the interactive format and Q&A, and notes occasional audio issues and ambient Bali sounds in the recordings.
Hey, this is Brian. I want to thank you for signing up for Philosopher's Notes Live from Bali, where we have 41 of the 90 minute classes that I taught in Bali. As I think you may know, I spent a year in Bali writing the last about 58 of the 100 philosopher's notes. And while I was there, I taught about 90 different 90 minute classes in a yoga studio in Ubud, Bali. It was a lot of fun. We had classes that were as small as five or six or seven or eight people and as big as like 25 or 30. So really intimate group of people. Once we had 25 people who were from 19 different countries. So really cool international blend. And the context and the format allowed us to have some really nice interactive discussions. So I hope you really enjoy that. One of the things that people tell me they like about the Philosopher's Notes live from Bali MP3s is that whereas in the 20 minute MP3s, I basically just have time to read the PDF and go through the quotes and my commentary on them, with the live classes that I taught in Bali and these recordings, I can kind of dance among the different ideas. We can explore different teachers in more depth. And then we have some great questions that the philosophers who attended the class asked. And so that allows for a really cool, dynamic conversation, which is awesome. I'll also say I apologize in advance a few times. We have people often a few times in one recording will have some questions asked that are hard to hear. So I apologize for that. We also have some geckos and some insects and some rice farmers providing their own soundtrack to these classes. So hopefully you'll enjoy the kind of jungle Bali rice farming energy. This yoga studio is just in an amazing place overlooking rice paddies in the jungles of Bali in an open air environment. So really cool and hopefully you'll get a sense of that. People often say they like feeling relaxed. The energy of Bali kind of comes through. So there you go. Thanks again. I'm really appreciating your support both in signing up for this product and also just everything that we're doing. You guys have been amazing and I hope you enjoy. Look forward to sharing more with you and talk to you soon. See you.
