The Highwire with Del Bigtree - AUBREY MARCUS ON ‘ARKADIA’

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

Holistic health guru and podcaster, Aubrey Marcus, discusses the unique upcoming Arkadia Festival in Las Vegas, where Del will be among the speakers, and describes the event’s mission of bringing people back together with compassion and love in such a divided time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-highwire-with-del-bigtree--3620606/support.

I am going to be in Las Vegas actually speaking this weekend. I'm on Sunday. I'm speaking. And the big question, if you want, or thinking of going there is like, what is Arcadia? You are about to enter a parallel reality. A representation of the return to innocence beyond the tragedy of our separation from each other and the earth. This is the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. This is Arcadia.

This story matters. And this story is a story of a more beautiful world. Invitation to step inside this story of Arcadia. It's a story that will hopefully be the start of a bigger story, a story that repeats time and again. But this is the Genesis story. This is where it starts. And we are all holding a piece of the pen. How do we want to write Arcadia?

It's up to us. This new story, like make it real because each one of you adds your penstroke, making it thicker and darker and truer. With every dance move you make, every compliment you give, every hug, everything you do, you can make this a new story.

We are in a moment of reconnection as humanity. We have a new opportunity to express a new self. And to do that, we need to see the mirror of another human being. And then Arcadia here, we are finding the opportunity to with fresh eyes see one another. Let's allow this to be the epicenter of something that ripples and ripples and ripples and ripples. Media is a perception. It's the ability to see the beauty in everything. To see the sparks in the shadows, to collect them from the broken vessels and say,

oh yes that's beautiful too that's the essence of the kingdom that's the essence of arcadia well i'll be there in arcadia in las vegas with my brother aubrey marcus who joins me now i know you're live there aubrey thank you for taking a moment i know you're trying to put magic together so i don't want to take too much time but for those of you that haven't seen it one of my favorite interviews this year was on the abbey marcus podcast definitely go and check that out i And clearly, by watching that little video there, Aubrey, I think I'm gonna have to lose the vested tie. I don't think I'm gonna fit in very well.

You go as you, Del. You bring your unique style, your unique self, your unique passion. You know, that's why we're having you out there is to bring your heart and bring your energy. And that comes through a suit and tie, and it comes through a tank top and glitter on your face. Whatever you wanna do, you bring it.

What is it, you know, when we look at, event like this. I mean it's it's really outside when I'm like health freedom but you've been such you've been so brilliant at talking about empowerment, health freedom and just venturing into that space and as people what is it about the work that you're doing that you know and Arcadia what is your mission here because I feel like we're all on this earth for a plan for you know for a reason at least I feel like I am it's a lot of what I'm going to talk about when I'm there on Sunday but you know what is your goal here I think that you know the world has become increasingly complicated and increasingly difficult and there's a need

for a lot of compassion there's a need for a lot of you know feeling what other people feel and that's what also you know heals the Heels the divide you know someone we both deeply support is Bobby Kennedy and his message is about healing the divide and to do that first we got to feel people's pain We got to feel the pain of the people who can't afford a house. We've got to feel the pain of everybody around the world and see through their eyes. So compassion is one part. But the other part is we have to feel compersion.

And that's the joy in other people's joy. Because meanwhile, while all of this ugly stuff is going on, you know, lovers are embracing each other. People are having bites of amazing food and laughing with their friends. And even when I went to the Soweto slums in Kenya, when they had an old beat-up soccer ball, the kids were laughing. playing and kicking on goals that were made with trash cans. You know, their joy and beauty and love. And we're here to anchor that. And it's not to bypass all of the challenging things,

but it's to say that also we need to remember the world we're fighting for. And we need to allow that compversion, which is the shared expression of somebody else's joy and their ecstasy to also fuel us. So, you know, that's a big part of what this Arcadia is about, is to get us back to remembering that, a more beautiful world really can and does exist and exists in microcosms. And what we're fighting for is for it to exist

in the largest macrocosm possible, a circle where nobody is on the outside. Really beautiful. You know, I'm glad you brought that up. I remember I had the same experience. I went to Haiti when I was working the doctor's television show after the earthquake, that devastating earthquake and just all sorts of horror.

But I remember seeing some of those shanty towns where just kids didn't even have clothes. They were so poor. and there's sewage running down the side of the hill, but you would still see groups laughing and giggling and standing around singing with each other. And I just remember thinking, man, if they can have joy in this, I should have be allowed a single bad day in the world that I come from, you know.

And there is, there's always beauty. And it really is important because, you know, if we don't understand the beauty, then we don't know what we're fighting for and then all we end up doing is fighting. Exactly. You know. Exactly. So that's the, you know, that's the stand of it's a different way to look at being a warrior.

You know, like sometimes we'll need to fight and that fight will involve tears and blood. And it will be a difficult way that we stand. And I say that metaphorically as much as actually physically. But another way to fight is to fight by a living expression of embodiment of the type of human, the type of humanity that we're all fighting for. And so, you know, I think this festival comes at, in some ways, at a perfect time to help a lot of people step away from all of the challenges that are in the world and anchor back to what it means to be in a, in a sacred community, in a place where you can let go and be in our

bliss. Well, it certainly looks like an escape. Can people still get in there if they just watch this and said, man, I want to escape, I want to get down there. I'm going to come in. I'm sure people are flowing in and out of there. I'll be there on Sunday. There's the website on the bottom.

FitforService.com slash Arcadia. I'm going to let you get back to making magic. Aubrey, I look forward to seeing you and just... I look forward to seeing you too, my brother. Yeah, and it's Arcadia with a K for anybody who's looking for it. And yeah, say hello if you come up from this show because I really appreciate everything you've been doing, my brother. Thanks for serving the world in the way that you do. Great.

Love you. Take care. See you. All right.