Originally from Ecuador, our talented guest this week, Diego Perez, actually goes by another name - YUNG PUEBLO! This past year he blew up on Instagram under the pen name @yungpueblo sharing poems, love notes to the universe, and everyday, simple mantras by which to live your life. Not only is he a writer, but a student and expert practicer of Vipassana mediation and speaker. Through his work, he hopes to support the healing of the individual, knowing that when people release their personal burdens it helps humanity build a global peace. MIC DROP. Or more like PEN DROP ... SO LET'S GET TO THE GOOD STUFF & WHAT WE TALK ABOUT: Why "Yung Pueblo"? Diego talks about his Ecuador roots and the true meaning of his people, origins, and name the inspiration for his words, which come from SIMPLE HUMAN LESSONS we learn growing up Fun Fact: Diego mediates for not one but TWO HOURS a day - DAMN, teach us your ways! how his words and his creativity grows through mediation his Catholic upbringing & how he was a big "doubter" - not feeling complete in his spiritual practice his fascination and focus on LIBERATION and FREEDOM what its like to go on a 10 DAY MEDITATION & how much sh*t presented itself to Diego when he embarked on it & how it WORKS Diego's upbringing, his drug + party filled college and post grad experience drugs, alcohol, and how it AFFECTS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS how taking hallucinogenic drugs (LSD, etc.) affect YOU, your THOUGHTS, and the way you LEARN being PRESENT, whether it means you are sober or not the power of MEDITATING instead of doing drugs AKA the mind calming and the mind stressing the idea of ONENESS VERSUS NOTHINGNESS, that there's not one answer to everything how the chaos in our lives are VITAL to understanding your inner self and peace how INNER PEACE contributes to GLOBAL peace and collective consciousness the POWER of SOCIAL MEDIA and lying to yourself This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices