An exploration of Rilke's poem "⁠Du im Voraus verlorne Geliebte⁠," ("You Who Never Arrived"), alongside Leon Russell's "⁠A Song for You⁠," and Martin Buber's book ⁠I and Thou⁠, delving into themes of elusive love, the intricacies of human connection, and the profound nature of both inner and outer I-You-ness.  (00:00) "⁠You, In Advance, Lost Beloved⁠”  (01:30) Only You (1994 Romantic Comedy - ⁠watch on YouTube⁠) (03:39) The "Mission" of Rilke's "Du Im Voraus" & The Duino Elegies (07:52) Learning Rilke on Walks in the Kent Countryside in 2019 (09:19) Rilke's Death at The Age of 51: Slain By A Rose? (10:38) The Main Ideas Behind Buber's Book Ich und Du (I and Thou) (13:25) Split Brain Personalities (15:00) GPT-4's Enneagram Nursery Rhyme Inspired By "⁠This Little Piggy⁠" (15:56) The Left-Hemisphere "I" Narrator Vs. the Right-Hemisphere "Self" (18:15) Primate Evolution in the Great Rift Valley: From Forest Dwellers to Survivors of the Savannah (20:48) Greed is Good? (⁠watch clip on YouTube⁠) (21:40) The Emergence of the 'I' in Human Evolution (23:10) Present-Focused Animate Consciousness vs. Conceptual Consciousness (24:17) Social Interactions and Survival in Early Human Communities (25:28) Theory of Mind (31:03) Conceptual Self-Description and Mental "I"-Focused Time Travel (32:27) The "I" as Podcaster, the Self as Listener  (35:25) The Story Behind Leon Russell's "A Song For You" (37:54) Analysis of Russell's Vocal Style  (39:51) Leon Russell's Childhood and Struggles With Disability (44:25) Evolutionary Human Lifespan Limits (44:35) Vulnerability (47:54) The Desire To Be "Seen Through" (52:00) Buber's Three Spheres of I-You Relating (53:20) Podcasts As Messages In A Bottle (55:35) Finding You in Slug Trails and Solitary Spiders  (56:30) Samuel Barber's ⁠Agnus Dei⁠ "You" (57:00) Hello/Goodbye