Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

What's your brain marinating in? #Shorts

29 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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A short dialogue (YouTube #Shorts) in which two speakers defend personal authenticity against religious/cultural judgment, emphasize that faith is a private relationship ("between me and God"), describe intentionally curating one’s social and media "diet" to protect mental health, and close with the metaphor: "the brain is like tofu — whatever you marinate it in, it becomes." The clip advocates prioritizing mental health and surrounding oneself with people who accept one’s true self.

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When people look at me, I'm emirati, she has 68 tattoos. She's not covered. Where is the religion? Where is the culture? Where is that? First of all, religion.
Is between me and God.
God doesn't have any secretaries or advocates on earth for them to judge me or tell me whether I'm going to hell or heaven. I love that line. That's it. As simple as that. That's the first thing.
Second thing is.
Culture, society, expectation. I am a soul with a human experience. This is a dress. If you don't like my dress, that's your problem, not mine. I am who I am. I've lost a lot of people, but it feels so good because now I only have people in my life that love me for who I am and for my authenticity. My priority right now is mental health. Friends. I went on, like, a diet. I cut out everyone. Bad. I went on a diet with, like, the stuff I watch, the stuff I read, the stuff I listen to. Even if there are songs that I feel like that are not good for me, I don't listen to them. So it's like my.
Mind is my priority.
This tofu is not going to be marinated.
In anymore.
I love that.
So remember this. The brain is like tofu. Whatever you marinate it in, it becomes. So make sure you're.
Marinating it in.
Something that's tasty.