Why do we have resistance to certain goals? Especially the ones that are really important to us?

This episode covers how to be passionate about your goals, especially if you have a pattern of putting them off. There is a relationship between emotional patterns and behavior, and we can reprogram these emotional patterns.

00:00 - Why do we have resistance to certain goals?

2:44 - What is passion actually?

4:08 - Fear of failure brings self sabotage

6:27- Different kinds of thinking

7:37 - How to reprogram emotional patterns?

13:36 - The connection of big goals and resistance

16:48 - Attachment to identity vs action

17:59 - The reward of hard work

20:05 - Dealing with emotional discomfort

30:29 - How to be Passionate about your goals?

Guru Pashupati speaks on the philosophy behind hanuman, how to train on gada, and other life wisdom.

00:00 - Intro

01:12 - Spiritualism and Martial Arts

12:25 - Different Forms of Guru

13:46 - Life and Playfulness

16:00 - The role of money in our life

19:43 - Symbolism of Hindu Deity Hanuman

25:28 - Violence, Power and Domination

28:16 - Connection of Justice and Power

30:51 - The power of conserving your energy

34:23 - How to train with gada?

38:07 - The Four Stages of Consciousness

41:10 - The Imagination and False Perception

44:05 - Supplement Reality with Dreams

46:35 - Guru’s Lifestyle

49:18 - Energy Cultivation

The Magician Archetype is the part of your psyche that makes meaning, abstracts reality, and creates your life-- whether you take that literally or figuratively depends on your Magician.

This episode covers "magic" in the creative process, the shadow aspects of the magician, the five stages of belief, the importance of the Fool archetype, hacking self-fulfilling prophecy, and how to become the magician.

00:00 Intro

4:20 Magical thinking throughout history

5:35 Subjective mind of magical thinking

10:55 What is the magician archetype?

13:57 Belief and meaning as magicians tools

18:21 Magic in the creative process

29:40 The importance of the Fool

34:55 Shadow aspect of magician

37:30 Removing blocks to becoming the magician

45:19 Five stages of belief

1:03:23 The role of the magician

1:19:30 How to become the magician?

Uncover your inner world:

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(includes a free coaching session with Ruwan)

The Warrior Archetype is the part of the psyche for overcoming obstacles and winning zero-sum competition. It's become the most suppressed aspect of masculinity in the modern era.

Activate this archetype within you with the Masculine Archetype Challenge. Comes with a complementary coaching call with Ruwan:

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(Republish from 2020)

This book totally changed how I view human behavior, and perception of reality.

I focus on the first 4 "non-spiritual" circuits of Timothy Leary & Robert Anton Wilson's circuit model.

Republished from 2020. This is the episode that got my wife to like me. I'm still on paternity leave. New episodes coming in June.

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Psychophilosophy, quantumpsychology, thelema, general semantics, Alfred Korzybski

Men go through five distinct stages, each with their own drives, pitfalls, and keys to fulfillment. This episode covers each stage through the lenses of biology, psychology, mythology (Slave to King myth), and Nietzsche's Metamorphosis.

Republishing this one as I wait for my next kid to pop.

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The Road of Trials (Hero’s Journey) is a stage of life where the hero (you) are forced to engage in conflicts to gain power.

In the movies, it’s the training montage between “All is lost” and “Apotheosis” (god mode).

In real life, it signifies how you transform yourself during hard times.

Road of Trials: Transform Yourself During Hard Times speaks about needing hard times in life, what to do when reinventing yourself, suffering in a direction, and why you must engage in conflicts.

This is a republish from 2021.

Modern society is amidst warfare of morals: Family vs. Globalism. Nature vs. Culture.

Noah Revoy speaks on the war of perception and information, how part of taking responsibility as a man is in creating/building sovereignty for family, how to build a strong family culture, maintaining parent’s influence on your child, and protecting yourself via self-discipline as internal manipulation.

noahrevoy.com

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What does it mean to “be the rock” in a relationship? Having a man you can depend on is something every woman wants. But what does that actually mean in practice?

It’s a mistake if you think relationships are symmetrical. This episode starts with changing your perspective on relationship, why you shouldn’t depend on your woman, how to stay grounded in a relationship, and what it means to be the rock in a relationship, really.

Can you prepare for fatherhood? Dan Doty from Fatherhood Unlocked speaks on how fatherhood is changing, how fatherhood shifts your focus in life, the importance of being a father, generational differences in upbringing, and other man stuff. I’m going to be having more dads on the podcast soon to discuss the importance of being a father. It is the King Archetype after all.

Make sure you’re subscribed. And if your want to better access your archetypal masculinity, check out the

Masculine Archetype Challenge:

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