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ravenking13 (60) · 5 years ago (edited)

@rok-sivante man I do not have much to say cause this is a comprehensive complete piece as it stands.

A non-essential that I do wish to mention is I loved your example of Jordan Peterson, since he somehow has managed to take many of Carl Jungs Genius concepts and methodologies yet perverted them into nothing but the very bullshit Jung was trying to get us out of.

The very act of distorting truths into absolutes. Instead of realizing if truth has any absolute, it is the ground of paradox itself, which makes it infinite in expression and reflection of its inherent true core.

Jordan is feeding us more of the Tree of Good and Evil, to keep us in a state of duality, slavery, suffering. An absolute praise of civilization without realizing that its modern form is an abomination of what civilization could be if it were in tune with nature.

Which has no straight lines, but is wiggly and a seeming chaos of opposing forces and opposites, which are each just different sides of the same coin and this fact unites them back into a certain sense of order, without sacrificing its inherent potential for chaos/novelty.

The Tree of Life is the fruit that transforms Good and Evil, their mental duality by false belief put onto knowledge, into the hearts understanding and unification as Light and Dark merely together lovingly dancing, leading from knowledge to understanding.

The Mind Nested in the Heart of the Soul.

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rok-sivante (75) · 5 years ago

This is the most nourishing, quality comment I’ve read in a long time.

Felt a full $0.35 vote didn’t do justice, so had to go back and double it with one more on the separate comment about the tattoo. Haha.

⭐️🙏

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ravenking13 (60) · 5 years ago

I wish I had more steam power would have overflowed you with a big huge juicy vote myself :D

Thank you so much for sharing great quality content my friends and thank you for the vote <3

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flemingfarm (68) · 5 years ago

Jordan Peterson is a cunt. Typical loud mouthed personality who thinks they are more than they are.

I have found my guiding philosophy within the last year, at least the one that rings the truest to my mind/heart/soul. Stoicism has ticked off everything in my head, most of them I didn't know were on the list until my head went, "DING DING DING!!!!" upon ready many pieces from Seneca, Epictetus, Aurelius, Cicero, Voltaire, and others. The following is the primary point of Stoicism:

“The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own . . .” Epictetus

Our "advanced" cultures have abdicated all personal responsibility to others, the government, churches, money, doctors, politicians, celebrities, etc. Too often something "bad" happens to someone and they automatically look to blame everyone else in the world EXCEPT themselves. We are all a product of our choices. If we don't like who we are, make better choices.

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fknmayhem (70) · 5 years ago

Ironically enough Peterson's current day following is one which has largely disowned experts, yet follows the expert bullshitter.

Totally with you on stoicism, it has massively influenced my life and definitely for the better. But are most people ready for all the self-introspection we do day after day? Or is it just easier to sheeple and blame?

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flemingfarm (68) · 5 years ago

It's always easier to look outside of oneself for the answers. Then there is no reason to change since so many around are the same and refusing to accept responsibility for their actions, they seem to feel it is easier to just go with the flow than to make the change they know they need to. Hell I fall into the same trap occasionally!