To get what you want the most, you have to go where you at least want to find it. That's the principle of facing the dragon to get the gold. That's the idea of facing the darkness within in order to overcome what is keeping you from a growing relationship with God, from passing through the looking-glass to the other side.

Part of this episode explores a lecture by Jordan Peterson. The link to that lecture is, https://youtu.be/io5IsuoLHuc.

_________ "Elementary" is a podcast series that explores two spiritual kingdoms with two competing views on how the world should be ordered, and the two sides of the natural and the supernatural reality in which we live.

__________ J. Randall Ory is a Church Anthropologist, Activist, Teacher of Contemplation, and Carpenter. He hosts The Construction Monk Podcast, as well as writing books, and producing videos at his YouTube channel "The Construction Monk".

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