Gabor Mate Wisdom in Times of Crisis

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[@alisonjones9751]

Gabor, you and Peter Levine have been my greatest inspiration to study counselling at 61. Ray is also a beautiful person who I resonate with and is also an inspiration with my own issues. Love and thank you to you both.

[@jenwendy7]

I started crying when he said "barbaric". I live in the US and have spent my life within an undercurrent of fear. There is a violence and aggression here that permeates the air, greatly due to racism. But to hear Gabor define us as barbaric, brings tears, relief and great sadness to me.

[@nellier5704]

Gabor has saved many lives without even knowing. He is great!

[@annemariemahoney9464]

Gabor, one of my favourite human beings ... helped me understand so much about myself. My addiction problems. My people pleasing problems. So much wisdom, so appreciated 🙏

[@lizafield9002]

Wow, such a nice tribute. Bless you on your incredible & brave heroic journey.

[@karenmossbryan7932]

Me too. Revelatory to think addiction is there for survival. We are being human when we find a solution for pain that shall not be named.

[@heynowls3058]

Gabor is a beautiful guy. Not surprised people are grateful to him. I am too. Thanks Gabor

[@YouthfulYogi91]

A sincere, pure-hearted and compassionate being, that relays his understanding and experiences honestly.

[@WestCParallel49]

I think it's awesome he invited his wife to sit with him. It shows how powerful and human we all are, and how difficult it is to be human, and vulnerable. I really valued this presentation. Thanks.

[@ghesoonkarim602]

We need more doctors like him on this earth 💞 or good human like him with a good heart 💞

[@wheremylifego3790]

What about the other two ? Lol But yeah couldn't agree more, we are waking up !!!!

[@frankstared]

He has great perspicacity but truly all people have good hearts..it is just a matter of creating environments where they can be unlocked.

[@frankstared]

@@wheremylifego3790 These are not good times for most people, Gabor is right about that. Just like in the Great Depression in the US in the 30s, the rich and powerful are doing very well indeed but most people? They are struggling and when governments choose policies that ignore equity, we all are in effect ignoring their ongoing trauma.

[@guadalupeferreiro2628]

The level of humility & honesty gabor brings just adds another level to his brilliance & wisdom!

[@bludesertfairy3370]

I survived my car accident with a semi by surrendering to the situation and the fact I would probably die all in about 2seconds, but like Dr. Gabor I forget as well.especielly in that day to day. I think it's easier to surrender to crisis then daily tasks and relationships. at times I have to go back to that 2 seconds to remind myself what it feels like so that I can embody the feeling of surrender in present situations. Its definitely a life lesson for me I have to let go and trust God/universe but it's not always easy i think bc I been living more in flesh then spirit after trauma. As a child I was healthily surrendered before trauma. but age compounds things for sure.

[@sawtoothiandi]

i can identify with your experience. was held hostage once and assumed i was going to die. had no choice but to accept death. i felt calm. had ptsd after that, but starting to heal slowly now

[@sallyrile7601]

@@sawtoothiandi amazing..

[@cristinamellorodrigues6811]

Americanas love to create wars… that is how they make millions of dollars selling weapons of all kinds… they really don’t care how many were killed.

[@ethousandsofsuns5376]

There’s a very touching and eye opening movie about the Guatemala massacre that Gabour mentioned - “Finding Oscar”. Really worth watching it. 🙏🏼✨

[@JasonWilliams-ro8nm]

Gabor is a blessing for all humanity to enjoy. People are waking up to who they are on a scale never seen before in history. Thank you Gabor for all you do to hold space and assist in relieving suffering for all human beings of all levels of consciousness 🔥

[@coreym8493]

I love Gabor. His openness, intellect and genuinety helps

[@adamisaac4685]

My 11 year old golden retriever is dying a sudden death from a burst spleen. It is like a lightning bolt strikes to my core. As a 47 year old man, and a life long pet owner, I have lost many many pets. There short life spans give us so many small chances to deal with loss. Love as much as you can while your in this realm. Thanks Bodhisattva! We love you so much and will always remember you. Sweet cow baby

[@rescuechi97]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@veronicaperez3555]

One of my favorite humans on earth 🥰🙏🏼

[@pw4444]

Gabor may the light shine on you for eternity. ❤

[@anasyrett2648]

When you spoke about surrender it felt to me as though you were in surrender. I felt a profound peace at your words, even if you don't believe you have been there.

[@ebb8980]

Thank you so much for this wonderful offering and sharing of wisdom and understanding. I cannot thank you enough! 🙏

[@frankstared]

Everyone is crying out for peace, none is crying out for justice... Everybody want to go to heaven, but nobody want to die. -Peter Tosh, "Equal Rights" (1977) from the album of the same name. Give credit where it is due. Respect.

[@cristinamellorodrigues6811]

I am addicted to Dr Gabor ❤

[@Levandetag]

Gabor Mate, is a wise voice out there, not interested in "idolisation". He is great to listen to to take back one own healthy strengths, and knowing where our weakness lies, never condemning, and creating new thoughts, upon old stiff ones. 8.10 min in-->, 9.17-->, 10.55-->, 13 min inforward "alla vill till himlen" control-power-issues, and neverever, cooperative solutions?.... 18.20---> Beautiful, reminder, to listen to. What he says after-around, 21.59---> and 33min in forward, is what this whole conversation, is worth listening to!!! (and, its interesting when newagy ones has to pour in positivity, to hold on to some comfortings,all the time ;) ) ....instead of start thinking-listening, wide and deep. Thank You Gabor, for your Sound Healthy Voice

[@UberTankred]

I finally realize why Gabor Maté is so critical of Jordan Peterson. Gabor said that he regrets that as a young family father he used to be an angry, self-centered, addicted workaholic. Does that remind you of someone? Jordan is the guy Gabor used to be.

[@lysechrist1947]

This was an invaluable interview that resonated beautifully and shook free several insights that bubbled up. How wonderful it would be if other spiritual teachers were so transparent and honest to share so intimately and fearlessly. I sensed today that perhaps moments of surrender are inextricably intertwined with flashes of insight. How could we have deep insights if the ego didn't bow to momentarily surrender and release its position of power, allow the insight to reach the conscious mind and be acknowledged. I will save this interview so that I can listen to it again. I've just recently discovered Gabor Mate and am appreciating the many videos I am able to find. The world certainly needs all of them now.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

You can see the goodness and peaceful nature beaming from these people. Beautiful ☮️

[@wordscaninspire114]

Well said Gabor re, so called, 'expert commentators'. And listening further on, oh so sorry to hear about your grandparents killed in aushwitz; how does anyone ever get over such traumatic loss. My dad, a Hungarian now aged 93, was eventually targeted by the Soviet system and fled, but luckily survived WWII intact 💚

[@jonathantrautman]

It has always been true that we must consider each other and that health is a social activity. Air pollution will still be a problem, climate change, diabetes, hypertension, trauma, and we'll all walk through it together. Thank you for sharing invaluable discussions!

[@Mark-tl1yp]

Collective collaboration depends on equity and symbiotic renaturalization.

[@saeedsobhani4213]

Please put it out there, BC and Vancouver, don’t know about the rest of Canada, having more serious problem with addiction, drugs and alcohol abuse than Covid-19. Professionals has to take action to abolish mental illnesses and addiction to save the next generation.

[@mariselamoreno5787]

A beautiful conversation. Gabor Mate thank you for all your incredible work. Rae is a lovely person 🙏🏻

[@rul4522]

So right, permission to share. I myself, born on 1942 in an occupied country in Europe, went last year to a therapist after anxiety coming up during the first month of Covid! Working in the garden i even didn’t notice at first. So, yes, never judge what came up.

[@kforest2745]

I have seen nothing but greed during this pandemic in corporation and government. The people manipulated and patronized. Nothing’s changed.

[@stellahalliwell1287]

So lovely to see Gabores wife I bet a lot of his wisdom comes from her you know xx

[@sallyrile7601]

That's interviews people, not Gabor wife...

[@stellahalliwell1287]

Sallyrose mackay 39 mins into the interview gabores wife joins him

[@marktourtellotte1336]

Thank you my brother! Non-duality is obvious in your wisdom offerings...blessings.

[@backyardbuddha4067]

thank you best thing I have SEEN in months blessings and LIGHT to all of you

[@ap4146]

A Wise man with a huge heart willing to be vulnerable ... he is truly a game changer on this planet earth 🌍... thank you Dr Mate🙏

[@trylliumt5441]

Thank you for this conversation! And yes, sometimes we need to remind ourselves how surrendering opens for grace, so to speak, to wash over us and bring us to our center of knowing - who we really are - Love... and we rest there.

[@amiles7429]

Beautiful

[@cherylwilsherlimberlife7210]

Teach gratitude teach humans in a different way, everything will change

[@briechilli4496]

Thank you beautiful people 🙏🏽

[@PAZPERDEE]

Gabor has such a way of speaking, totally resonates with me, thank you 🙏

[@nkinyori]

Such a treat to meet Mrs. Mate! So wise and an aura of nurturing. May I learn to "bow to the wind". Thank you for this

[@cherylwilsherlimberlife7210]

FEAR it's self is the controlling factor we have been also brain washed in our beleifs

[@peacelovejoy8786]

Yes we have. Nothing real can be threatened

[@toriscott736]

Gabor, I am so truly happy you have such a warm and vibrant wife! She is lovely

[@richardparker8264]

This man is a saint. Listen to him.

[@gillstraker1994]

I live in South Africa,🇿🇦 My mother was a child during WW2 and living in England. She suffered with anxiety her whole life and feared the future. This fear was passed onto me. I believe that I unconsciously passed this same fear of the future onto my children. When the virus first rocked our world in 2020, it was a real revelation to my one daughter that her fear was acknowledged and so perhaps it will be imbedded in our fibre. I believe politicians in our country, capitalised on this fragile population and economy (as in other countries), to further their careers. The corruption and theft by politicians from their people has been totally traumatic. I’ve lost faith in humanity.

[@penelopeperez5349]

Such a beautiful, honest and tender-hearted conversation with Gabor Mate. Thank you all!💕🙌🏼

[@janawellness]

Gosh I love him. So much wisdom and clarity, humility (even though he disagrees 😉) and realness. Hope he lives forever! Can’t wait for his next book! 💜

[@elmarwolters2751]

In order for learning to take place on a social level , we need to demand and Establishment better education . We all do have collective power . We need to learn to organise this power , to become active citizens and exercise our power.

[@elmarwolters2751]

..... establish.....

[@dystoniaify]

Gabor meg fogok hallni egyedul. Konyorgok hogy segitcs. I grew up in poverty and abuse, a first generation Hungarian American. My life started in trauma. My grandfather, I never met was in a concentration camp. My great uncle died in one. I grew up behind closed doors, brought myself through college to become an occupational therapist. 5 years later, at age 30, I was left for dead in the middle of summatta for days with a rare hypoxic-iscemic brain injury at age 30. Took me 6 months to get back to Portland, OR. I was thrown to the streets like a dog for lack of insurance. I became crippled with dystonia and Parkinson at age 31. I just turned 40. I'm going blind and more crippled and bedridden since the shutdowns. I have. Fought alone! I can't do this. I'm in a dark, prison apartment. We are entering the great reset,which I have obsessively researched. The world. Bank, IMF,and the elites are going to further subjecte minorities via the orwelian social impact bonds. Oregon is already deeply invested. This is too much for this post and my joints are locking, I haven't slept,and I can't sleep. I need connection with. People! - Emese (I was already in social isolation in my dark,prison apartment since I went suddenly legally blind from a corneal disease in 2017, and was assaultrd,assaulted,. I fought so hard to beat my prognosis at the gym but my left Achilles shortened 6 inches from the dystonia when I was homeless! My reconstruction surgery is falling apart and my right ankle and hip is being pulled. I fought through more than I should 10 years! I am asking. Kerem!

[@lynnequity7296]

'Let's not go there' so cute. Honey you came here to go there! Keep going, itll be worth it.

[@lubabosnjak6892]

It's about cycles and processes. Learning is an adaptive process.

[@STEAMLabDenver]

Thank you for sharing this conversation! ❤️

[@trisholer9761]

Gabor’s books were presented to me at the perfect time in my life! Thank you for putting your knowledge on paper for us to learn from.

[@LisaSmith-yb2uz]

Beautiful beautiful analogies of the grass in the wind 💨 and the little house 🏠 in a hurricane ! 🙏☺️❣️ty

[@rberliner6680]

From great suffering he has emerged with all compassion and all intelligence to uncover the true nature of human life.

[@silviatrost2671]

Thank you this is an excellent video, not only Gabor, but the way you were interacting with him I liked a lot . Thank you so much🙏❤️

[@flauwegeit]

Everytime I listen to Gabor I get that same feeling of genuine safety and love he radiates, Reminding me of the former president Vaclav Havel I met once upon a time when he was still in office. Just a presence that makes the darkness recede for a moment and when they are gone we will miss them dearly, Like your house has suddenly crumbled, In spite of his so called pessimism he makes me feel that way, Hopeful

[@larryhawk41]

It's great to see Gabor's wife Rae. He mentions her so often in his presentations.

[@kresivarivkah612]

My husband is Hungarian. We are separated by border closings. This is difficult. I will go to Hungary once the borders open. My husband has experienced much trauma. I have +,as well). We are able to use this time apart to do much inner healing. 🤗

[@Be1More]

you give me hope; thank you

[@mariaheals8581]

A true breath of fresh air. Thank you 🙏

[@bobdillaber1195]

Prophets have occurred throughout all human history when they are desperately needed. We are his disciples, not to worship him but to carry forth his message. Not just to others but first with ourselves.

[@margathea7072]

thank you wonderful interview...

[@RyanMaloner]

Thank you!

[@chickenyardproduct]

We need to address healing internally personally and also we need to address the external and political healing . when the personal healing is addressed it is easier to address the larger political systemic healing .and both will support each other.

[@nazaregil4839]

Thank you! Kisses from Portugal!

[@doreenstpierre4088]

Thank u 💓 amazing I am one person that hangs on your words . Their are a lot more people who are coming up and will pay it forward . Thank u for your great leadership 👏

[@yogablossom100]

Thank you so much, Dr. Gabor Mate. Listening to you brought me a lot of hope.

[@cherylwilsherlimberlife7210]

Thank you, beautiful humility and honesty

[@Twinlizzy1]

Thank you for sharing.

[@JoyAnnFlorette]

Thank you 🙏 for this beautiful conversation! ❤️

[@Sandra-lb5pu]

I am so blessed to have heard this. Thank you.

[@michaelg5494]

Hi, I always think a little silence in conversation can give it a little room to breath, a bit like in music,

[@violetmartin2986]

Hi, thank you very much..it was so good to meet Rae..as always there was so much to learn..with love London 💕

[@sayusayme7729]

Thank you for your brilliance of mindfulness. 🦋

[@emilyruth2164]

Thank you all for tenderness and honesty.

[@pw4444]

❤❤🙏.Thank you so much for this amazing post.

[@livingwithclimatechange8195]

Thank you for the video.

[@EusouDio]

Dr Gabor my huge thanks from my heart, all my life's perspective has change since I start to listen to you...You make my world better...Thank you Dr and Thanks you guys for share this video...Thank you very much!! 🙏🏼

[@LisaSmith-yb2uz]

This is (as always!) such valuable shared wisdom 🙏❤️ thank you so much for all you do, Gabor Mate! ❣️✨

[@berniebarclay2183]

Thank you for this.

[@satorsatori8793]

thank you for this wonderful interview and meeting Gabor's charming wife. Blessings.

[@flauwegeit]

Dr Gabor Before the Euro we used to have something called 'Zieken Fonds' here in Holland Like a collective Health Fund. Everyone was insured for about 30 euros a month, Unbelievable in todays standards, I now pay 185 euros and do not even have half the coverage and it gets more expensive every year. I am on welfare so I am basically paying one fifth of my total income. For no reason what so ever, we could easily do the same thing we used to do but No, they feel we should be more like america

[@donnalovstrom2862]

Wow what a beautiful conversation.

[@SarahJaneFarrell]

In such gratitude for the contributions of truth telling and honesty from Gabor and to see the dance with his beautiful wise partner thank you

[@roryoconnor861]

Surrender occurs or it doesn't. It is not an act initiated by a person

[@peacelovejoy8786]

Trauma is a wound... profound! Will you carry that wound with you forever - wow, though provoking🌻

[@estherng9001]

Thanks for facilitating this talk, thankful for Gabor and Rae's sharing -- yes the Chinese word for crisis 危机, the first character denotes 'danger', the second 'opportunity'.

[@badmamjamma]

I've never seen Gabor's partner, Rae sp?. What a great contribution. I loved the little house on the prairie and the wind blowing through the doors. That is much more relatable to me than the old, well-known metaphor of the tree. Also, how great that she mentioned that it's Gabor's mind that forgets he is good at surrender. Wow, that was so profound for me. When I look back, I can see I've actually done quite well with it. But in times of crisis, when it's time to surrender, my mind says, "You're not good at surrender," which makes it harder to do so.

[@badmamjamma]

Is there anywhere we can see more of her?

[@embodiedauthenticity]

Great Interview! Very much agree that this is a time to realise the oneness in the world and it's a great time to release our fear of dying :)

[@ISSMoniqueHill]

Look forward to the movie!!!

[@youdamartian9695]

Wonderful perspective 🙏🏽

[@willowbroaddus2753]

Gotta love Gabor 💗💖💕❤️🙏✨

[@heartbasedresearchtoajourn8158]

This is the time to go within

[@purpleflame334]

Thank you

[@bessybessy8053]

Love from Greece it's nice to see you smile life is beautiful live the moment you only have moments do not believe in tittles around you are only people and personalitys by chance some one is your mother or father they are not you do not be controled , see what can not be seen hear what is not said , take care

[@silviopina_111]

GRAZIE!!!

[@jeandicarlo-wagner]

Old stuff, yes...that’s what is happening. Thank you, Gabor. I have been suffering. I was seeing a therapist, she told me I have enough internal resources. She terminated therapy, I didn’t want to, I don’t feel I do. I have felt panic and now shame that I should do better.

[@delaney6066]

That's unprofessional and harsh! If you were benefiting from therapy, try to find a good therapist who comes from a place of compassion for your experience and validates your pain. If we were able to find those inner resources by ourselves we wouldn't need therapy. Sometimes life piles up on us, and we need a kind guide back to our light. ✨

[@criticalthinker6736]

Dr. Mate was also featured in the independent documentary *Zeitgeist Moving Forward.* I highly recommend all watch it for a new train of thought and non-secular ideas on the root causes of aberrant behaviors, from addiction to violence. Good health to you all.

[@tbbart6463]

Tom b has an AA talk called emotional sobriety on you tube. He described how he couldn't take in the nice things that people were saying about him and it's the best solution based talk I have found on my inability to accept that with my darkness I have the light flowing through me.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

35.29 - Awakening IS deep honest, on the most real, actual level there is, beyond body-mind conditions.

[@neeneelee1973]

You Sir are correct!