YOUR DEAD ANCIENT ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN WAITING THOUSANDS OF YEARS FOR YOU TO REALIZE THERE IS A SLEEPING DRAGON INSIDE OF YOU
YOU NEED TO BE THE ONE TO AWAKEN IT TODAY
#072: I usually describe this podcast as a show about Asian diaspora overcoming identity struggle to become the best versions of ourselves. The tagline is something I’ve revised over the past several years. But I realize, there needs to be a purpose or a vision.
AWAKENING THE DRAGON IN ALL ASIAN DIASPORA
This is my current vision:
The ultimate self-actualization of all Asian diaspora brothers and sisters worldwide, to raise the level of consciousness of the peoples of Asia, and thus consciousness for all humanity.
We will make an impact on 1 million people, whether Korean-American, Hong Kong-Australian, Japanese-Brazilian, half-Japanese half-whatever, adoptee, etc. to dedicate their lives to their own self-actualization. At least one million. It starts with you, one. Then there are 10 of us, then1 00, then 1000, then 10,000 and then 100,000. It’ll just take TIME. MAIM TIME.
We want one million Asian diaspora to dedicate themselves to improvement in every human metric, be it physical, financial, mental, cultural, creative, and so on.
Because when we become truly self-aware, truly know who we are, and tap into our respective genetic potentials, our rich cultural heritages, and our unique personal life experiences, we will truly become unlimitedly powerful and fulfill our most glorious, deepest destinies.
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Korean-American. The country my father grew up in was a war-torn dirt-poor land. Later, when I was born, my family immigrated to the States. We had nothing but the shirts on our back, no rice in our sack. My father burned the boats, there was no going back to the Kimchi Trap.
Twenty years later, I came to Korea with the purpose of changing my life, a second life, to find my identity. I burned the boats coming here; I could not go back to America. I had to learn Korean. I had to figure out how to live in this society. Now I live happily in Seoul, a city of ten million people where cool amazing shit is happening all the time and there’s endless opportunity. Particularly nowadays, I have awakened the sleeping dragon inside me. It is roaring, it is shooting flames, with such intensity I have to share this burning passion with you, into this microphone, for the world to hear.
Reiterate: Dad burns the boats and has family immigrate to America for American dream; son grows up in America and ends up going back to Korea to live a new type of Korean-American dream, in the high-tech advanced society it is today. My parents lived a very difficult life, my father suffered the most: All the blessings have flowed to me. So I can’t fuck this up, even though I was a fuckup, no more fucking around.
In the past 10 years, I’ve had the most blessed and epic journey of self-discovery, experiences you’d never believe, adventures all over Asia to fill up books or a podcast. It’s only getting better. It’s a dream compared to the nightmare that was my past, the negativity and depression of my early youth.
In spite of whatever trauma, struggle or BS, it has all been worth it, every moment, the entirety of my life is a gift from the Ancestors and a gift from God. I realize I needed to go through it all in order for me to find my life’s purpose. The cumulation of my life experiences and my life force presents an incredibly wonderful gift to the world:
I had to go through all that so I can tell you that you are an enormous gift to the world. You and I, we have tremendous potential we have not yet even begun to fathom.
Awaken that sleeping dragon within you.
Here are some revelations I want to share with you:
Nobody told me this but I realize how blessed I am to have two cultures, two heritages: My Korean and American heritages. I don’t need to waste time feeling resentment or much confusion as to my identity. I’m both and neither, I’m my own person as a unique mix of both.
Therefore my path in life is not quite mainstream; that’s perfectly okay. I wish someone had told me that when I was a kid. That’s it okay to be different just the way I am, it doesn’t matter, I am going to become amazing because I have the blood of my Ancestors.
Before I thought it was not okay to be different.
Later, I realized, it was okay to be different.
Now I see, I am privileged to be different. This unique perspective gives me an edge above everyone else and a duty to bring healing, prosperity, and freedom to the nations. I have a unique destiny, and so do you.
Awaken that dragon within you, my brothers and sisters.
I believe in you more than you believe in yourself. I love you, with the full force and passion of all our Ancestors.
Awaken.