Ep. 4: Perhaps the Greatest Gift to Others...

This message was a spontaneous message that “emerged” on the morning before the Black Cove/Big Hungry Forest Fire which destroyed so much of the Awakened Forest. As a person in a family or having loved ones, one can feel responsible to behave and be a success for the sake of others. There is a feeling of “duty and obligation” to others. This message offers some genuine relief from this nagging feeling that befalls so many people who try to live responsibly.

In this deeply personal and reflective episode, Andrew Reed explores what might be the greatest gift we can give to those we love: living fully, honestly, and without regret. Andrew shares insights on energy, mood, mortality, and the pull toward a life that’s truly one’s own — even when it contradicts society’s expectations.

Touching on the nature of change, the illusion of control, and the wisdom of surrender, this episode challenges listeners to consider whether living an authentic, courageous life might itself be a legacy. Through personal stories, philosophical reflections, and grounded truth, Andrew offers not just ideas, but an invitation to live deliberately — and to pass on that spirit of possibility to others.

Chapter Markers

(00:00) – Intro

(01:53) – When You Don’t Know Why… But Do It Anyway
The mystery of sharing ideas and the power of unseen impact.

(03:31) – Pattern Interrupt: Power Outages & French Presses
Disruption as a trigger for observation and presence.

(05:12) – Entertainment, Excitement & Divine Drama
The fundamental energy of the universe is movement and curiosity.

(07:36) – You Are the Pattern
Your unique view completes a piece of the universe’s design.

(09:17) – Wilderness Thinking vs. Societal Hypnosis
Boldness begins when we challenge inherited ideas.

(10:56) – Control Is an Illusion
Life invites a dance with the unknown, not domination over it.

(13:20) – Growth Requires the Manure
Real transformation is fertilized by discomfort and disruption.

(14:39) – The Gift of a Life Fully Lived
Living your truth may be the greatest inheritance you leave.

(17:18) – Inspiring Others by Living Honestly
A meaningful life creates ripple effects that reach far beyond you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:12):
What are you willing to throw your life away on? With
Andrew Reed and The Liberation.It's a serious question, one
worth pondering. Am I living thelife I want, an intelligent
life, or something else? How canI have a better experience of
life?
These are some of the questionsexplored in this series of

(00:34):
messages without the brag andthe advertisement. Getting
beyond even human institutionsand society into the wilderness,
nature, the reality of how lifeactually operates on this
planet. These messages rangefrom intimate recordings from
the Awakened Forest to concerts,national conferences, and

(00:56):
broadcasts on a wide array ofphilosophical topics.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Here I am in the Awakened Forest on a Sunday
after a great storm pass throughknocked out the power. I wake up
in a low energy state, which isoften the pattern after I've
been on the road doing my eventsand you never know who's going

(01:30):
to awake the high energy guy,the low energy guy, the
melancholy guy, the delightfulhappy guy. But I know this, all
of these are good. And I have toquestion, you know, why do I do
these podcasts? These messages.

(01:53):
And I do them with sometrepidation. I don't need any
more money success. I don't needany fame success. I don't need
people greeting me when I comeoff the road in a weary state
and they're camping out in myfront door. I don't need and I

(02:16):
think that's the whole point.
So why? Why? What is the purposebehind this? And the answer is I
don't know. I can't articulatewhy.
I just feel that inherently, Ifeel or intuit that there's

(02:38):
something good about sharing.And I know how revolutionary and
the revolutions that have beenerupted in my life because of
the exposure to ideas and imagesof how I could experience life.

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And as I go on reallyrelentlessly pursuing life,
pursuing knowledge, you mightsay, I find that as I advance
these ideas, these images, layerupon layer upon layer of
richness to my experience oflife. As I sit here in nature in

(03:23):
the awakened forest, the windwhips. It's like the drying out
effect after the heavy rains.
The delight of just the change,the constant movement of time. I
wake up, there is no power. So Ican't have my coffee. I can't
sit on my fine leather couch andplay guitar. I can't do that.

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Those things are different sothere's a disruption of pattern.
So therefore I put on my boots,I put on my pack, I put in my
writing utensils, whatever, andI walk down the trail to get
some coffee as I perceive that Ican make it via some propane and

(04:14):
the benefit of a lovely Frenchpress. What do I notice? I
notice an eruption of activitydown at the smallest of the
three ponds or I should say thetwo ponds and the lake. And I go
down there and I find this orgyof frogs doing their thing with

(04:38):
no regard that it's Sunday.
It's a holy day. And I go, Wow,that's incredible. That's
amazing. And I further trek tothe game house. This place is,
again, essentially a monumentdedicated to experiencing life

(04:59):
as game and play, recognizingthe duality of sides, basically
recognition of theelectromagnetic nature of the
universe.
That is just not a pulluniverse, that is a push and
pull universe of cause andeffect and the personal will,

(05:21):
again satisfying thatmathematical equation of life
that somehow we have toreconcile. And I get there. And
again, in a low state, comingoff the road actually feeling a
little bit of vertigo which hasbeen a part of my life whenever
I've experienced overoccupation. And there's an

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eruption of just divine thoughtsand energy and beautiful things,
divine illumination or divineintelligence, however you want
to language it. And these arejust unpredictable things and
further deepen my belief thatthe fundamental energy of the

(06:14):
universe is that ofentertainment, of excitement, of
drama, and the running fromboredom.
If you hear intellectualdiscourses in the background
that's because that's what Isurround myself all the time
just to gain insight into peoplethat I respect into their minds.

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And I think this is a hugeaspect of cultivating your mind,
your perception of the world andwith all its obvious benefits
from doing that. And so thefundamental energy of the
universe, that of entertainment,excitement, drama, as well as
the realization that the pointof life or the foundation, I

(07:03):
should say, of the universe isyou. And you don't have to look
any further outside of anythingis that you are here to
experience life from a certainperspective, from a certain view
that only you can create. Andthat no other person, no other

(07:30):
thing, no other consciousnesshas exactly the same perspective
as you do.
And thus, in doing you, in doingyour thing in this world, you
are absolutely 100 completingyour part in the design of life,

(07:53):
this intelligent design of theuniverse and how it operates.
And recognizing again patternand that you are an ever
changing patterns. No patternstays the same. They change
really little by littleorganically or I should say in

(08:13):
an agricultural pace of thisconstant layering or richening
of your experience of life.Again, it would be ridiculous
for us to have the same viewsabout life at 50 as we had at

(08:35):
the age of seven.
No, our experience informs usmore and more and more. But the
issue is that we becomehypnotized by society. Basically
the consensus of societalopinion. And to be brave is to

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perhaps challenge those and say,you know, let me set aside all
of the ideals of society, all ofthat which I've been taught, and
let me think for myself. That'sa very bold move, very difficult
for most people to do.
Usually people have to takethemselves out of society into

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the wilderness experience likemost shamans and holy people and
what have you through thisprocess of discovery to find out
what is the truth or theultimate truth, which is
probably a preposterous idea,ultimate, because that means

(09:43):
there's an end and no thingshave ends. Nothing is just like
a dead end. All things areinfinite, at least in my
understanding thus far. And soto think for ourselves is a
grand notion, to live anauthentic life, to become the

(10:10):
realized human being, the personthat has reconciled both evil
and good, both the dark side andthe light side, that experiences
life as a whole rather than ahalf life. And it's us
frustrated because our equationdoesn't seem to work out.

(10:33):
So why do these podcasts? Why dothese messages? I don't know and
I think that's a very goodanswer Because anyone that says
that they do know knows not.Right? Isn't that what the wise
people that preceded us say?

(10:56):
To know is to not know and tosay I do not know is to know.
And thus introducing this ideathat it's okay to accept or
relinquish at least this idea ordesire for control, which is an

(11:17):
illusion. And somehow get withthe idea as a jet goes over.
I've been on too many of those.But get with the idea that it is

(11:39):
good to plan.
It is good to attempt to havecontrol and to direct something.
But there's always gonna be thisother element of the unknown,
the unsuspected, the surprisethat is going to be introduced,
that creates this drama andexcitement in life and accept

(12:03):
that that's the game. And thusyou end up with this coolness,
this unfazed approach to life.But even with that stated,
nobody wants to live the unfazedlife. It's great if you're
suffering or you have what youfeel is an imbalance of chaos

(12:25):
and suffering and anxiety overlife that you can't control it,
that's great, that's groovy.
But you must realize that onsome level you want that change.
You want to have the prospect ofa better tomorrow. So, you know,

(12:47):
with the cultivation of yourmind surrounding yourself with
ideas or an environment thatcultivates the unfazed life or
I'll I'll say a relatively morecontrolled life is a great thing
but again if it was all unfazedlike everything was oh you know
that's so nice oh that's so badI could have predicted that oh

(13:11):
that oh, that's the natural.Well, that's that's great. But
at a certain point, that kind offlatlines.
And it's like, god, I needsomething that really shakes me
up here. I need something thatjust levels my foundations or my
ideas about how things work. Andit's only in those times of

(13:36):
great pressing, of greatstressing, that growth is
possible. We need the manure ofof life. We need that dark side.
We need the naughty to beintroduced, bring things to life

(13:59):
and to give life poignancy justlike death. We know that the
great certainty will occur atsome point. And what does that
inform us to do? Well, to get onwith it. Like, Hey, I need to
actually live my life.
And, my God, I'm living a lifeliving according to dictates by

(14:23):
society. And that's not what Iwant. And I think about this in
relation to my kids. I have onesurviving child, my daughter.
I've lost two.
And I think what is the greatestgift I could give? What is
perhaps the greatest thing Icould pass on to my kids? And

(14:50):
perhaps it's this, that if sheknows I lived a great life, I
did what I wanted, Iaccomplished what I felt was
worth giving my life to, that Ilacked nothing, that I acquired

(15:12):
what I wanted. That enables, inmy case, my daughter, to not
regret anything, to not have anyguilt or say, Boy, I feel so bad
for my dad. He never got this orwhatever.
But in fact, she can think andhave that warm feeling that my

(15:36):
dad lived a great life, that hedid what he wanted to do. He was
happy with his life. He diedwithout any regrets. Isn't that
a great legacy to pass on tosomeone that you actually lived,

(15:56):
that you actually contributed?And in doing so, you passed on
an example, an image, orsomething of value to those that
came subsequently or to thosethat you love.
And perhaps not only will theynot have guilt or regret or a

(16:23):
feeling of sadness for theperson that passed on, but they
have actually an image or anideal of how to perhaps live
their life and can summon thecourage to say, No, society is
telling me to do this, that thisis defined as success, but I
want to do this. I want to throwmy life away on this particular

(16:48):
move or venture or aspiration.Maybe that's the point. Just to
live a life of inspiration foryourself first because your life
has again, it flows out of you.It starts inside the kingdom of
God within, flows outside of youand if it delights you it gives

(17:13):
off energy that inspires others.
And if they in turn live aspectacular life because of your
contribution to their life, thenI think that's a splendid thing.

Speaker 1 (17:36):
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