In this episode we talk about porn and masturbation addiction, the structure of the psyche, the unconscious, archetypes, the shadow, and how the devouring mother has been recreated in the digital era and is siphoning the life force of disempowered men. 

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[00:05:01] You don't know what you want.

[00:09:58] Perfectionism.

[00:23:18] Your essential self

[00:24:10] Addictions and authenticity, and Gabor Mate

Discover the ROOT of your Self Sabotage

Exercises to integrate your Shadows

Integrating the Shadow Exercise

Podcast Episodes on integrating the Shadow:

 episode 3

episode 8

[00:00:08] What is non-duality?

[00:00:27] The premise of non-duality is that reality is not two.

[00:00:33] It isn't you and reality.

[00:00:37] Reality is One.

[00:00:47] Non-duality seeks to answer two fundamental questions.

[00:00:57] The first is: Where can we find lasting, on demand, peace and happiness. And the second: what is the nature of reality?

[00:02:05] Nonduality seeks to answer: What reality is.

[00:02:24] The fundamental tool we have at our disposal is our direct experience

[00:02:47] the contents of experience

[00:06:19] Most humans on the planet are constantly seeking and searching for peace and happiness in the wrong place

[00:07:21] Metaphor for the source of peace and happiness

[00:14:08] Exercise: Explore this understanding for yourself

[00:15:42] Nietzsche on perceiving reality clearly

[00:16:13] Krishnamurti on the highest form of intelligence: observation without evaluation.

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Show Notes

[00:00:08] the problem men face in western culture

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Show Notes

[00:00:21] douglas murray on western civilization and Critical Race Theory (CRT) and marxism

[00:07:15] Slave morality

[00:08:24] slave morality condemns power but secretly wants it

[00:08:54] nietzsche on suffering

[00:12:06] how western civilization and humanity are lost

[00:00:09] Nietzsche on man's animal nature and the influence culture seeks to assert upon it.

[00:06:32] my experience with burnout

[00:10:54] what stands in the way are our chaotic emotions that are difficult and unpleasant to feel

[00:06:58] Model of how the brain and its effects on our direct experience

[00:12:24] the direct experience of the mechanism behind Thought

[00:01:25] (personality metaphor)

[00:04:00] (the struggle of childhood)

[00:04:30] And as kids not belonging is, equivalent to death. What we then do is children is to learn to sacrifice our nature, to belong to culture.

[00:04:41] so this essential part of you, your nature is who you were before you empathically intuited, who others wanted you to be. And then became that. When we sacrifice our nature to belong to culture by intuiting, what others want from us.

[00:07:00] (Joseph Campbell's the grail king)

[00:07:07] the apex of divine consciousness. What is within us to realize about ourselves? that realization is what the holy grail represents

[00:12:22] (nature vs culture: who is running the show in your life and how to tell)

[00:12:22] Now here's how you can tell if your nature or if your socialized self is running your life. If your feelings about life in general, contain discontent, anxiety, frustration, anger, boredom, numbness, despair, your socialized self is not in sync with your nature.

[00:13:15] (harmonize nature and your socialization)

Overview

This episode touches on the hidden wisdom anxiety has to offer and how being true to our inner nature points us toward the realization of pure peace. 

Shownotes

People Mentioned

Martha Beck

Eckhart Tolle

Carl Jung

Website

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