The DPO Project

This week Zi and Vindesh explore the different expressions of love.  Zi talks about divine love, and how the yogis approach unconditional love.  It’s a hard practice because it means you still must love something even when it’s not easy.  They use nationality as a reference point and how people can love their country despite knowing that the country doesn’t love them back.  We see this play out in...

This week Zi and Vindesh ask themselves, “what are we here for?”  Currently, oil prices are skyrocketing, a pandemic is still going on, and political unrest continues to cause global upheaval.  For the average individual, it's becoming increasingly hard to navigate the world's increasing costs.  They discuss what they think the priority should be and why focusing on overall health is the best thin...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore the different perspectives of events ranging from the war in Ukraine, gender rights, and buddhism.  They ask each other why people go a long with herd mentality, when we live in a time where there's such a broad range of humanity.  Ultimately, Zi explains why "Know Thyself" is such a key principle in a lot of the oldest philosophies.  

This week Zi and Vindesh discuss why living your truth ultimately leads to liberation.  What keeps us back?   Being afraid of how we’ll be perceived by the world around us can dictate how we express ourselves.  Zi and Peace share stories from their personal lives that led them to finally embracing their truth.  Once they addressed the root of their obstacles, they rocketed forward in all of their...

This week Zi and Vindesh discuss the current socioeconomic landscape and response to the developing war in Ukraine and Russia.  The term "rope-a-dope" is a boxing strategy that Muhammed Ali used in a match against George Foreman.  Essentially, Ali trained himself to sustain multiple blows at a time in order to build up his endurance.  This would allow the opponent to exhaust themselves first.  The...

This week Zi and Vindesh really dive deep into unraveling the myths about "saving" people.  A lighthouse has saved more ships and people than the coast guard.  It is a beacon that serves as an omen, this is rocky terrain.  Zi touches on the philosophy of Moksha, which the Vedas describe as pure liberation.  They also discuss the current turmoil in Ukraine and Russia and address the racist underpin...

"We are a common species with cultural differences."  This week Zi and Vindesh use examples from the news of the week to find our commonalities instead of our differences.  Ultimately, we all want the same thing for ourselves and our loved ones.  So, why do we think we are so different from one another.  Empathy can give us keys to understanding even if it's bizarre.  If we practice a certain kind...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore the many possibilities of gene expression.  Lately, Zi has been researching the role that genes play when it comes to determining your health.  We are beginning to understand the correlation between genes and our environmental conditions.  Zi mentions that each gene leads to thousands of little things.  We have more power to manipulate our DNA expression than we be...

This week we welcome Peace back to the podcast.  Zi and Vindesh explore dun…dun…dun…DRAMA!  It takes a tremendous amount of energy to sustain drama and have dramatic episodes.  Most often, people rely on drama as way to release or express emotions that they have repressed.  Zi shares his experiences and how he doesn’t like pettiness because it requires the same amount of energy as fighting but no...

This week we welcome a special guest, Peace Williams. In addition to being an entrepreneur and restaurant owner, he has dedicated himself to mentoring young people.   This week Zi and Vindesh continue to discuss how honor is dissolving and its impact on society.  We live in a culture that currently does not value honesty.  They discuss current events such as Whoopi Goldberg’s suspension for the co...

This week Zi and Vindesh discuss pressure, the good kind and bad kind.  The pandemic is well into year 3 now, and there's still no relief in sight.  The world is getting frustrated, but there's still hope.  As Zi says, "life is hope."  They explore different ways to navigate mental health so as not to become consumed with the rage.  What can we learn during this tumultuous time? Zi shares his expe...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore the latest current events and what survival instinct looks like in a modern society.  Zi explains why it's so important to cultivate situational awareness. They discuss what harmony in modern life could look like. It begins with understanding your self but in this current society we must learn how to mitigate stress first.  Zi says, "We each have our own journey. I...

This week Zi and Vindesh continue the conversation about the opt out philosophy and how it can be applied in daily life.  Zi elaborates on why self ownership is crucial for overall health and wellbeing.  Does the "faceless committee" have your best interests in mind? Zi and Vindesh explore ways to navigate cancel culture and the importance of choosing relationships that already support you.

We are back in action and hope everyone had a Happy New Year! This week Zi and Vindesh  explore the current events and trends from 2021.  One question they ask is, “What is individual liberty and what does that mean in a shared society?”  Zi shares more insight on his “opt out” philosophy and why it may be better for overall health and longevity.

This week Zi and Vindesh contemplate what it takes to maintain harmony in relationships even when your views don’t align with your partner, friend, family member and so on.  Zi shares his knowledge of working with different people and in different countries and how that has shaped his understanding of how to have a harmonious lifestyle.  Ultimately, we should live a life that is joyous, and this w...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore what it takes to lead a joyful life.  According the Buddha, joy is the purpose of life and suffering is inevitable.  Zi explores what happens when life events prevent us from seeing the joy all around us.  If we are lucky, we have 100 years here and this week we focus on what habits beget longevity. 

Why don’t we pay attention to the signs and wait until it’s too late? Zi and Vin explore this question this week especially regarding omens for your personal health.  As Zi puts it, omens are preview of things to come and are not always negative. They serve as mile markers on a journey. However, humanity has this ability to override this information and like Zi says, “Go golfing during a lightning...

This week Zi and Vindesh talk about what happens when a movement or symbol starts begins with a good intention, but ultimately, like fruit left out too long, becomes rotten.  Movements or symbols become co-opted by other individuals with different agendas.  We’ve seen this play out in “woke” culture.  Now, we don’t even know what that really means.  They discuss this topic and how it plays out in...

This week Zi and Vindesh continue the conversation from last week’s topic.  They discuss the change that occurs before evolution can even take place. Like running a marathon, just the commitment to finish can be enough to take you farther than you thought you could run.  Zi and Vindesh talk about why pressure to change something initiates from the inside.  It’s often the hardest part of getting st...

This week Zi and Vindesh discuss evolution and technology’s role in the development of the current human condition.  Ultimately, Zi says technology should work for us and not us for it.  He describes the big advancements being made in the medical field but because it is not valued in the news stream, we do not know the substantial information coming through regarding cancers, Alzeiheimers and othe...

This week Zi and Vindesh pull stories from the week and focus their attention to the current cancel culture.  Zi just asks one question, why can't we just live and let live?  Every movement spawns a new movement, but we've stopped listening to each other.  In this madness, we are becoming less resilient.  Vindesh points out that evolution does require some conflict but we've made it so hard to hav...

This week Zi and Vindesh review the influencer culture and how it’s shaped the socioeconomic landscape.  In this reflection, they notice that honor does not seem to be valuable in this society.  Zi highlights stories from this week and discusses the reviews of Dave Chappell’s new comedy special “The Closer.”  They examine the current human condition and why these political battles are impacting ou...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore their feelings on...feelings! They are inspired by the recent whistleblower Frances Haugen who ousted Facebook's data recovery program which revealed that negative information or news spreads faster than positive.  It keeps Facebook members more actively engaged on their platform.  Zi shares his insight on how feelings can be deadly and how they do impact our healt...

This week Zi and Vindesh explore what it takes to read people and increase situational awareness.   Vin brought this topic up because of the recent report that violent crime is up, there are public service announcements everywhere promoting mental health and the general physical health of people is declining.  Zi shares his experience and the techniques he applies when he reads people and ideas as...

This week Zi and Vindesh ponder the question, “Why is the rich man’s chance of going to heaven so bad?” It’s a phrase Zi opens with as he and Vin discuss why “materially poor” people seem so much happier.  Whether it’s because the former seem to pursue the endless pursuit or the latter are much more in check with what they actually need, we can’t seem to ask ourselves at the end of this podcast, “...