2017 Maps of Meaning 09: Patterns of Symbolic Representation

In this lecture, I discuss the manner in which the fundamental symbolic archetypes (particularly those dealing with the Wise King and Tyrant) are hijacked for the purposes of propaganda. Ideologies are parasites. Their hosts are archetypes. Knowledge of the underlying archetypes can produce immunity against ideological possession.
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a Peterson a day keeps the chaos away.

[@Mrfailstandstil]

wtf bro?! are u even listening to him&?! u mustn't keep chaos away, u should embrace it and concur it and map it and rescue ur papa from it!

[@mineralisk]

... keeps too much chaos away, then :)

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For fucking real tho

[@brettclemens194]

An apple a day.....makes JBP not sleep for 19 days

[@Hxllysis]

Mrfailstandstil undue chaos, that is. I think the message is: yeah, we should venture into chaos to renew our lives but only to the degree that it’s necessary, otherwise everything that lurks in the unexplored domain might be too much, & that’s no goodie.

[@peter.girnus]

One of my favorite Jung quotes: "No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell."

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Love that

[@oz7081]

It’s that a Nietzsche idea?

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@Peter Girnus Is your profile pic a bind rune? It looks like gebu and wunjo (or the Christian "xi rho") with perthro too... It's interesting...

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@@oz7081 yep

[@arturhashmi6281]

@@oz7081 it's at least ancient, if we are talking about human ideas, but i do not know about this particular metaphor

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"Before you're disciplined you're not free, you're just chaotic."

[@neo1675]

Where’s that from its wise

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@@neo1675 this lecture

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@@ljph_9583 what minute

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[@HolyHubcap]

"Why be virtuous?, So you can bare the suffering of life without becoming corrupt"- JP Brilliant

[@PaulthePhilosopher2]

should be "bear" not "bare"

[@Justsomeguyyoutubing]

'bare' gives a darker meaning to that statement!

[@TheClassicWorld]

That's not profound, nor even the question these types are asking. The question is as follows: Why is becoming corrupt bad (and why should I care, regardless)?

[@DakkogiRauru23]

Retro Workshop Because you add more suffering to yourself and others than is necessary.

[@VinnyDamo]

This quote right here is pretty damn amazing

[@hvaranhvaran]

He got so much respect for his students and you can see that when he answers their questions and listens to them. Loving this small fact.

[@hermanomark]

yeah I smiled when the students applaud for the first time

[@HelloThere.....]

Yea they seem like a tough crowd though, the 2016 class was a bit more interactive and entertained.

[@wendellbabin6457]

Wasn't EVER my experience with ANY "Teacher" I ever had. Why U.S. Teacher's Unions need to go to (s)crap heap. Federal Employee Union too. Even FDR himself, the Left Wing's Patron Saint of everything, knew that was a bad idea.

[@Luke-lv3dz]

Watching this and reflecting on the conversation with Sam Harris, it's clear the two have a deep difference not just in belief and style but deep into cognitive function. JP has a broad, synthetic vision with connections everywhere; Sam has a detailed, incisive view but blind to the whole. JP values the novel connection (venturing into chaos) while Sam bunkers down in the known. If you push JP's thinking pattern to the extreme, there is psychosis; if you push Sam's, you have Asperger's. Sam only ever sounds logical but will never teach you anything truly new. Meanwhile JP occasionally skirts into mystical territory that risks sounding silly, but that's the voyage of the artist and will open an entirely new world. It's a temperamental difference and which style you like no doubt depends on your own.

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Great comment. Thank you Luke

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Star Wars vs. Trek.

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This was an especially good "episode." Also, I was folding my laundry, making my bed, and cooking meals for the week while listening to this. Feels good to have someone telling me there's meaning in keeping order in my life.

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SAME

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@@arturhashmi6281 a life coach is an unemployed single woman who thinks she knows better about someone else's life

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[@NinjaBoy137]

"Why be virtuous, that's the question. It is so you can bear the suffering of life without becoming corrupt" -JBP Working my way through these lectures, JBP is like the Jazz of lecturers; talking about one thing, then goes off topic where you learn a load of other things before coming back to the subject at hand. I so wish I had been able to access his works as a teenager. Would have helped me make life more stable for sure. Long may he continue.

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[@Khabezette]

Yes, it can be dangerous, and be wary of that. I feel much the same way as you, it has been about 4 months since I found Dr. Peterson's lectures and for most of that time I was pretty much flabbergasted, and I have learned so much to the point it has radically changed my life. But do not lose yourself in him completely, and don't shy away from disagreeing with him on certain subjects. I personally feel like Jordan is being influenced negatively by a certain part of his new found audience, and I have observed changes in his stances and behavior as a result of it. And who can blame him? Even someone as well-balanced as him will have some difficulty becoming so radically resonating with so many people in such a short time period. It's not easy. Anyway, my point is that you must keep using your critical eye, even towards someone as intellectually intimidating and enlightening as Dr. Peterson. Nobody is perfect, and nobody has it all figured out.

[@Werner140875]

Yeah, that is true. I have noticed so many comments from people, who are beginning to worship Dr. Peterson, starting to create "Team Peterson" (against Team Sam Harris for example), starting a Peterson tribe, want him in politics ("Peterson for president")and beginning to form a cult around him with their hero as priest. I dont want any of that. I dont want him to become a superstar, a politician or a cult leader. This man is a precious gift for our strongly irritated modern times and his mind and soul must not become corrupted by the seduction of power. But I am pretty sure he is well aware of that danger, because he speaks openly and honestly about his personal flaws and according to his theory this will protect him from becoming corrupt. Unless these are not just words... What kind of changes in his stance and behaviour have you already noticed? That is interesting, because I didn´t.

[@Khabezette]

Well, I don't know what your political affiliation is, so what I'm about to say may rub you the wrong way, and it will certainly piss off a good percentage of the people reading this. But it's no secret that a lot of these so called alt-righters have flocked to Dr. Peterson and are attracted to his message, presumably for his strong denunciations of SJW's, PC culture and the radical left. I think it's great that these people, whom I strongly disagree with on pretty much everything, are listening to Peterson, but I do believe they are listening to him for the wrong reasons. I also feel, and I acknowledge I may be completely wrong here, that this far-right fanbase has influenced Peterson's views in the sense that he is increasingly incapable of differentiating between left/liberal, and the radical left, basically bundling them all together. I frequently see comments of people saying that they were once liberals but have become conservative after watching Peterson's lectures, and that is just bizarre to me. Unless you are a radical ideologue, regardless of what side of the political spectrum you are on (and I would say that the alt-right is definitely radical) Peterson has said nothing that should make you give up your previous political beliefs on a whimper, just like that. Hes not arguing against liberalism or moderate leftism; hes arguing against what happens when such ideologies become all-consuming. But I do think that the backlash and harassment he has received from such types over the last few months has jaded him to the point were the left as a whole is denounced, and I don't think that benefits anyone. Again, that has been my observation, and I may as well be wrong.

[@FilterHQ]

Jordan is articulating something that is 'always known'..making the unconscious ..conscious. It's like someone telling you a memory that you forgot.

[@infinite540]

Dr. Jordan Peterson has become my own personal archetypal father figure.

[@benjaminabrams5000]

Cleaning my room and listening to this at the same time... Synchronicity indeed

[@m3po22]

2:00 Governments reflect the archetypes the people care about 17:00 Sacrifice 20:00 Groups, morality, brain size 37:00 - 45:00 There is no learning without sacrifice 45:00 Jonah, telling people they've sinned 1:04:30 Evolution of sacrifices 2:02:50 Conscientiousness and sacrifice, delayed gratification. IQ. Marshmallow test. 2:06:30 Baldwin effects. Memes turn into archetypes.

[@arepadelsur350]

He´s like an academic Clint Eastwood

[@BernardoFlor_Krio]

and that's that!

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[@stvbrsn]

So... do ya feel lucky? Do ya?

[@siddhantparikh3260]

This is perhaps the most accurate (read, "ARTICULATE" in JBP's voice) way of describing him.

[@stellaborealis4846]

Both are Geminis.

[@RaGeMoDe1000]

This is what iv been searching for for years. Iv been so lost, I used to have a strong identity, raised as a Christian, I never doubted myself or anything I was taught, I never betrayed myself or my beliefs, I had naive confidence, strong back bone, determination, a mission. My ideology was ripped apart when I was 22, I slowly fell into chaos. Became overwhelmed with guilt over the mistakes I made in life as well as felt purposeless, confused, depressed, scared. I im 25 now, I've been obsessively learning philosophy as well as listening to many speakers, Jordan Peterson included. This lecture series has blown me away, I wish I found it sooner. I still feel very lost but on track I suppose. I still have not been able to regain my drive, momentum, confidence and belief in myself. My mind is so scrambled some days, iv been unlearning and learning alot, I don't have structure nor discipline. Thinking about joining a jiu-jitsu gym for that.

[@user-bs1jk7ir2b]

Я тоже, но мне уже 59 лет, 😢

[@dang0tt]

i wish i could be 18 again and attend your classes so i could go through my thirties more aware of all the shit that sorounds me..

[@bigbuggie5]

Danko gott you are still young enough!

[@kaylynnwatson3314]

Yes me too! But it's not too late start now!! With God all things are possible he will give back the years the locust ate.

[@Apollothecrowing]

I'm so grateful I started listening to these right at the end of my twenties. Now I'm trying to impart it on the teens in my life, but they don't have much interest, hah. I'm still trying though!

[@gavinhakes4859]

I'm 20 and wish I heard this when I was 10 so I could be the boy genius.

[@redghost6386]

I wouldn't have listened when I was 18 lol I'm only just about listening now at 40...

[@waitingforparts57]

Hello Dr. Peterson, My first time making a comment on KZbin it is your Channel! Your work has helped me immensely . Continuing telling the truth !

[@waitingforparts57]

What a trip to have you reply back! I feel like a kid in awe to a ballplayer ( when they were held as "heroes" ). But You are the Hero now to those of us who cannot speak the truth with the depth and clarity as you process.

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@@waitingforparts57 it seems like he deleted the reply, can you remember what he wrote?

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[@DocsDota]

If you can do a lecture and get your students to applaud voluntarily afterwards, you know you've reached out to them.

[@TheRealParsonz]

We're so lucky we have the internet and that we can listen to JP

[@DjSoulKing]

We need more educators like you who are driven and passionate. Not a psychology student but all your lectures are exhilarating. I can make sense of everything you say.

[@pavloviangoofwoofwoof6369]

Thank you for all you've sacrificed and please, never give up. Just listening to your discussions has made me a better man. I now have something to believe in, a goal. Not to be rich, not to live in deceptive comfort, but to try. I want to be moral. I want to be responsible. I want my actions on this planet to mean something. I want to be alive. Thank you sir Strength and honour

[@salesbuffet]

"But to try." Love it

[@1995yuda]

Beautiful. How are you doing 4 years later, mein frund?

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I'm so emotional your comment almost made me cry lol

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His opening dialogue here is just wow... Its wow. I love it when this man is on fire. It makes your soul tingle when he hits the threads of existence with his words.

[@meegee7871]

"The more responsibility you take on the more meaning your life has." So very profound.

[@cpfink1242]

Ive never been to a lecture in which the students applauded the professor after. That is amazing.

[@benisjamin6583]

I rewatched the entire second half the this lecture multiple times, and loved every second of it.

[@YodasPapa]

Anyone else feel conflicted about being addicted to JBP lectures?

[@markboggs746]

Got to watch em all!

[@GrinningAries]

I do. I don't want to get myself caught in an echo chamber where I only watch what I find agreeable without challenging myself. But I don't watch things I don't agree with much because I find it hard to find things I disagree with compelling to watch or listen to.

[@YodasPapa]

Yes. That's something that does seperate Peterson from other thinkers, and maybe makes him somewhat echo chamber proof. He is taking embodied knowledge and making it conscious.

[@williamkoscielniak820]

Ghost in a Jar: I've had similar thoughts about not wanting to place myself in a Jordan Peterson echo chamber. So sometime what I'll do is read a book or listen to another lecturer whose views have at least some differences with Peterson's, and another thing that I try the best I can to do, is to become aware of the moments when I react negatively to something that Peterson said and NOT repress those feelings, but rather be mindful of them so that I can find area's of disagreement. But yeah, it's hard not to idolize Peterson. The man speaks a language that feels so right, true, just, and valuable.

[@youngiansorted1255]

My Wife got worried when I started drinking Coke Zero.

[@ninjamaggadottir8277]

The most important person of our lifetime, completely changed my outlook and my life. Thank you JBP

[@jprt1990]

43:43 "...the relationship falls apart. No challenge." I'm astonished. You just explained the failure of a relationship whose demise I was trying to get a handle on for four years. I can't believe I never considered that.

[@bunkaaa8726]

Incredible, Peterson is just giving a fucking lecture for a course I'm not taking and never will take, but I sit here in awe and inspired to improve myself.

[@jordanneedscoffee]

Around 34:30 he drops "Familiar, Family" comparing two words that sound alike but most people don't think have any connection whatsoever. It's kind of amazing how insight like that is just a split second name drop in his lectures.

[@ozymandias5847]

A genius speaking knowleadgeably about quantum physics, biology and psychology in an interesting practical way. Each lecture is a braingasm. Thanks for this Dr. Peterson

[@1995yuda]

So true. Nice username, man

[@TopHatKitty]

I honestly just think you point out the obvious profundity of the human experience and landscape and it clicks well with so many people because so much of it is obviously true. I'll think throughout the lecture, "oh yeah, I knew that, makes sense." I would even bet that this is a common comment, because it's so damn true and really resonates at a visceral and logical level simultaneously.

[@hellscream991]

I've listened to hundreds of hours of JBP and he always manages to say something that runs chills through my spine. Such an elegant character that really brings the best out of people, people like that are so rare that we should all cherish JBP and be thankful that we got him. One of the best moments in this is around 1:40 untill 1:42 or so..

[@kagisomonareng]

This is probably one of my favorite lectures delivered by Dr. Peterson. It's amazing how he can synthesize a large swathe of rigorous academic, religious and literary texts into a single coherent narrative.

[@DJSbros]

"Wandering off in a single direction is extraordinarily dangerous, you will eventually fall over a cliff" Damn, that was so simple yet so eye opening.

[@stvbrsn]

Yes, but this dynamic is also illustrated in one of the archetypes: the fool in the tarot deck. Sometimes one must risk carelessly walking off the cliff in order to experience true freedom. It’s a trade off.

[@1995yuda]

@@stvbrsn innteresting

[@Ayushkumar-cv3er]

Wow! Just so brilliant. 1:04:02 JBP explains about the Hindu Goddess kali and I being a Hindu by birth can say Man he got it so perfect. In our culture, we sacrifice animals to the goddess kali but I never knew why we do that. Maybe sacrificing animals isn't the optimal sacrifice but sacrificing our polluted self is the right kind of sacrifice and this idea obviously came from JBP. Hats off Dr. Peterson. You know more about Hinduism than 99.99% of us.

[@ericvrenios5854]

watched all of M/M 2016 and M/M 2017 (up until here) and this is my favorite lecture so far. We're so lucky to have this content available for free.

[@salesbuffet]

Thank God for freedom of speech.

[@DonDutch-bm2iq]

Jordan Dressed one shade off from MR. Rodgers.. which is a subconscious archetypal manifestation lol.. "The benevolent neighbor"

[@oo88oo]

This reminds of when Keanu got plugged into that machine in The Matrix and a flood of information was downloaded into him. A flood of information, and no way to stop it flushing forth. A burst dam.

[@hermanomark]

I'm 3 years late huhu

[@joshwhite5407]

I know Kung fu

[@danrocky2553]

I'm insanely grateful this is available.

[@kelvinxg6754]

FOR FREE extremely grateful.

[@osamabinobama4954]

Your videos make me grow as a person mr Peterson, I will be forever grateful, and will continue what you teach to my future kids.

[@chrissedgwick450]

I have been listening to Mr. Peterson for about a week straight now while I paint, he is a very deep thinker. I think he picked up the dying torch of Joseph Campbell and basically started a bonfire with it! So glad to have a positive role model in opposition to our current post modern deconstructionist obsessed society. Thank you so much for posting these.

[@geoffreyharris6453]

I hate deconstructionist.

[@1234Daan4321]

I just can't stop binge watching Peterson's videos 😂😂 I really am getting myself together these days because of it. It's already giving its fruit, since I seem to be doing so much better than before and also the majority of other people. It's insane really, but works out extremely well for me. Thanks dr. Peterson!

[@briscoelang2436]

I liked this talk, big fan of biblical archetypes even though I'm atheist. during the Sam Harris podcast I understood why Harris was giving him a hard time, but I do love these biblical archetype metaphors.

[@poi4ever121]

The Passion and energy! And knowledge!!

[@sinister0vampira]

this is one of the scariest lectures, I'm 25 and female terrified of being a baby machine, clueless about what I wanna do with my life :) just a bundle of joy to watch this.

[@MrJas321]

"Terrified of being a baby machine" Can you elaborate a bit? Is that your view of marriage?

[@xyhmo]

One more comment: I really enjoy these lectures, thanks for sharing. And thanks for making the world a better and truer place.

[@willheyward]

This is he best lecture so far. Outstanding.

[@willybiber3035]

Recognition. Gratitude. Love. And a big smile.

[@Sturdee]

Oh good. You fixed the playlist to play in the right order. I was about to leave a comment about that in one of your previous videos. Thank you for that, Dr. Peterson.

[@Kommandant7]

I feel blessed to virtually attend his lectures.

[@sweatytrees2294]

My second time watching this. It’s very interesting, I’m currently reading “12 Rules For Life”.

[@razvanpurdea9884]

This should be a mandatory course everyone takes before they’re 20

[@Phoenix-Brah]

The curious are already partaking. I find it a personal blessing how accessible this information is.

[@kelvinxg6754]

@@Phoenix-Brah it is !

[@rmk_online]

40:00 - "You want to become a master of taking down the wall, extending them and building up". Best approach to motivate people to learn new things incrementally.

[@whiskeycrusaderwill8699]

I always felt that these lectures should end in a round of applause, I'm exuberant that this one did just that. Thank you for another journey into myself. You are the best I've found so far at leading me into the unknown chaos that awaits us all when we delve into ourselves. This lecture series has profoundly changed me! Thank you for piecing this together, but more over, sharing it with all of us. So that we can know what these stories have been trying so hard to tell us.

[@huhwhat12]

My guys sweater is on point here!

[@JustinBanks]

Talked about JP at my NA meeting tonight, particularly the bit about structure leading to freedom.

[@thomasberton7235]

The good Dr. often brings to my mind the C.S. Lewis essay, Myth Became Fact and Acts 17: 23 - 30.These are just a few of my favorite things. So many things fire off in my mind when listening to him. Old Joe Campell was merely a primer. His talks are helping me to bear my sufferings with more gratitude than I had previously been. My already active dream life is become terribly imtense as of late. I'm wondering if it isn't a response to these lectures. Anyways, tanks a bunch, Dr. Peterson!

[@garfieldbraithwaite8590]

I’m back watching these wonderful lectures in lockdown. JBP is really needed at this difficult time in our history. Chop chop professor there is work to be done. Get well soon

[@wadimwadimow5439]

The most powerful lecture ever..

[@MarekKorkusinski]

I have found a very interesting convergence of this lecture with - of all things - an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation called "Darmok". The crew encounters a culture whose sole mode of communication consists of naming the archetype relevant for a given situation. Unfortunately, these archetypes are not known to the crew, so they cannot communicate with the aliens. The Unknown is so unknown that Picard has no cognitive tools to even try to unpack it. But the alien captain kidnaps - in a way - Picard down to a planet, where they have to live through an archetypical situation, grappling together with a beast. They are forced to develop modes of communications which they can name - each in their own way. This shared experience becomes the core of their mutual understanding. The archetypes are such core for all of us, sometimes not articulated but somehow common and somehow accessible for all. Obtaining that understanding, that sort of emotional cohesion is - as the film suggest - even worthy of ultimate sacrifice.

[@shaun_rambaran]

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

[@harkyo]

His eyes wide open.

[@retardedEdd]

Man, I love these lectures. Your gesticulation is so on point that every movement seems to add to your arguments. Like the hands and arms agrees with your mouth so much that they are trying to speak every word. I hope you see this because I would love to hear what you think of my case. I work as a kindergarten teacher and we are researching how we can create a a (fictional )magical world that contain whatever the children want to find there, treasure, adventure, dragons magic. .... And me researching for stimuli I could use to inspire the children and add to their collections of stories to draw from, I watched the sword in the stone.... Now I have been quite anti religious/"hard atheist" basically my whole life, caused by an odd mixture of beeing confused by what you would call the straw man of religion (Me growing up in secular Norway never meeting any better, lets call it proof. and probably an addiction to the feeling of intellectual superiority I got by trying to measure religion with science as measuring tool. And then the image of myself being so "anti god" and so antagonistically to every aspect of religion suddenly crashed with the weird memory of me 4-5 years old having Merlin, as my own imaginary friend. THE Merlin completely stolen from the animated sword in the stone. A fact about myself i seldom think of but now see in a whole new light using your perspectives on how one should guide oneself to not become a puppet and how the achetypical wise man, the wizard with the clearly omnipotent powers defeat the witchy mother nature madam mim through mastery of the unkown... I was particularly hoping you could put the Disney Merlin + Arthur through your archetypical deconstruction because right now I fear that god is a bearded wizard that left me when I was seven.......

[@peterburns4586]

Hmm I believe Marie Louis von Franz, the student of Jung, did an analysis of the myth of king Arthur's legend

[@dougaduncan]

All of these lectures have so many great bits of information and insight. This is perhaps one of the most important, for me, in understanding how all of these ideas hold together. Amazing.

[@dipperactual4904]

Starting around 9:00 JP references how if you understand the archetypes, you'll be able to resist ideological propaganda. Profound and true!

[@tombuckley91]

Don't you ever make we wait this long for a video ever again 😂😂😭

[@deborahrobinson5618]

i just go over the 2016 lectures again during a lul :)

[@JustinBanks]

started watching camile paglia lectures at .5 speed

[@DelioPera]

Spring break.

[@TheModernHermeticist]

S.Y.O.

[@SladeOb]

Tom Buckley, you jinxed us! Where is #10??

[@fryingwiththeantidote2486]

After every JP lecture I always listen to Wagner, I just get a craving for that type of dramatic mythological art

[@beatsbury3209]

Dr. Peterson is just on fire in this lecture. He really glows. Fascinating!

[@cutwir3317]

I started creating short stories based on his ideas for myself and it helped me understand the world around me. I feel more connected, less fragmented creatively.

[@shoconno]

"Your girlfriend is not your mother" - Peterson

[@mehrabnury3976]

or at least they shouldn't be.

[@elycetyler1942]

Nor is your wife. Realized far too late that’s what my ex wanted me to be.

[@1995yuda]

@@elycetyler1942 You could've helped him.

[@Swngrs21]

I'm not sure how these students don't ask more questions. After three questions he's like "Any more questions?" and the students are like "newp" and I'm like "YES!".

[@vickiewatson4107]

Me too !

[@sentient133]

Delighted to hear such a well deserved applause at the end! So good to see students respecting such a profound intellectual and dedicated teacher! Truly inspiring! Thank you Dr Peterson!

[@TheWaterShaman369]

Thank YOU Jordan Peterson!!! You simply sharing this knowledge has completely transformed my life… started absorbing this information back in 2017 when i was working 3 jobs; a butcher , a chef & a server at three different places. Was completely broke selling cocaine & other substances to feed my habits of BEiNG hell bent on self destruction… for starters i was lying to myself & my intimate partner on the daily… scheming & co-creating iNFiNiTE headed hydras with almost every interaction & relationship. Started to “enter the dragons” & stop lying to myself & others… then i slowly let go of my drug addictions including my self loathing. Worked on cleaning up my living spaces, moved to a different state & created a daily routine. I’m almost 27; For the last four years having a daily practice to help ground myself & focused on gratitude instead of PAiN. Thank you Dr. Jordan Peterson, words cannot describe my appreciation & limitless LOVE for you & everyone YOU love & have helped establish a iNTEGRAL consciousness. 🌬♾🕸💗🌊🛸🌊🌔✨☀️❤️‍🔥

[@curiousgarlic2060]

"Before you are disciplined you are not free, you are just chaotic." - JBP

[@IndigoSpades]

I just found your channel and I am so excited to watch more of your lectures. Thank you!

[@gary_michael_flanagan_wildlife]

End of the last video: “Good enough. I’ll see you in a week”. Me: “see you in 10 seconds!!” And thank God for you Jordan Peterson. These lectures are so valuable. I think if everyone really took the time to watch, the world would be in a much better place!

[@Gullinnova]

You know Dr Peterson you have hit me the nail squarely on the head. When i was like 10 or 12 roughly i realized the value in honesty. Because i became enchanted by science and all it has done this forced me into a materialistic view of the world in order to remain an honest person. I have ALWAYS wanted to join a group and even believe in a god to bring order and comfort out of the unknown but this seemed dishonest. Ironically i believe that god would not accept a liar and so i must not believe in god in order to remain a good person. Your distinction between dogma and the eternal or transcendent image of Mary as life itself has profoundly changed my view of life today. I could go on but i'm going to work this out in your writing course which i will begin later today. Thank you for being the example of virtue we all need in this time

[@hopefaithlove2827]

Love these lectures so much thank you!! I just wanted to add that looking at the patients dietary and exercise habits may also be important before prescribing antidepressants...just a thought, and I'm not a doctor

[@nickcsuki8123]

Anyone who really likes the interpetation of these stories should check out the book Iron John by Robert Bly. It explores the deep meaning behind an old story in a similar fashion. JBP his lectures remind of the experience of going through that book...

[@mahabir_navin]

So much brilliance and elucidation in every statement.

[@janjoson3843]

Man!!!! i have never felt better and secure since meeting The Professor. This is what I missed in college. I am taking notes...

[@fullthrottlewrx]

Jordan you mentioned doing a series in which you cover the bible in its entirety...I would be THRILLED to watch that! I'm 29 and you have genuinely introduced me to a completely new way to look at religion for the first time in my life! Love your work, thank you!!!!!!!

[@salesbuffet]

Same. JP has inspired a new thirst for religious understanding.

[@MegaJacques17]

I grew up with a narcissistic alcoholic father. He would come home late at night drunk and cry while saying, "I wish I was young again." The next night he would come home and destroy the house, and in the morning he would ask me "who did this!" These types of situations occurred all through my childhood. Looking back I think he was upset he didn't accomplish more by the age of 40 and I also got the feeling he was jealous of my youth. Now he's 58 and lives by himself in a one bedroom apartment. I'm 30 and we rarely communicate. I'm not sure if I should build a relationship with him or leave it as it is.

[@MediaMalable]

Your story is sad and affecting. Many of us grew up with absent or actively destructive fathers. For us "re-connecting with the father" may have to take the form of developing our own inner connection with our cultural tradition and with THE FATHER that lies within ourselves. Sometimes the real life parent is simply a destructive wreck and not someone who can ever engage positively with us. I'm sure only you can figure out if that's true for you or not, but I hope you find your way to the best outcome.

[@heerakathakor6016]

James Lizotte it's entirely up to you. If you feel like you should(I say feel because you say you don't "know" what you should do and when we don't "know", we "feel" to make the right decision), then go ahead and do it. If you don't, then don't. You're responsible for your own happiness, and at the same time making sure you don't cause problems for the ones around you. It's not your duty to make someone else happy; as long as you're happy and not causing others to suffer, you're fine. However, if you feel like helping him and think you can, give it a try! Although you'll have to give it some time, change doesn't occur overnight. Hope this helps :)

[@freezeframe924]

this is the best lecture i've seen him give thusfar. fantastic.

[@michellepassidomo3673]

Thank you for recording and sharing this JP.

[@juliawinsa4260]

Extraordinary lesson, as usual, I am eternally grateful for the wisdom shared. Although, regarding the question at the end of the lesson about the usage of meds for experiences of depression and anxiety, etc. I long for deeper analysis. Actually rather correlated to the last and final question... Having reflected upon depression most of my adult life, as in periods having experienced periods of tremendously deep lows (as in consumed by suicidal thoughts level) and hopelessness and lethargy, and sharing this tendency with for example my father, I found that at least in my personal experience that sometimes even if all the outer factors of life have been "right" I could still fall into despair. And in my case, I would associate it with a sense of meaninglessness, and even if I had acceptable circumstances and securities I hadn't pushed or challenged myself into the unknown, in the sense of overcoming resistance and fears to do so (the unknown being many different things: out of fear taking "the safe path" with a safe career instead of exploring my real interests and passions). I am certainly not saying that this is true for all, but I do wonder if sometimes, perhaps also for others, there might be more to the story. And I've come across many different people who don't have the fortune of a very considerate doctor that rapidly prescribe them antidepressants sometimes after only one short consultation. I've just recently experienced this with a friend (who probably was strongly affected by the current isolation due to the famous virus of this time of 2020) who was prescribed not one, but three psychotropic drugs: an antidepressant, an antiepileptic, and even a strong benzo. (Also I found interactions between the meds prescribed, and his other anti-diabetic meds, as he consulted me to have a look.) Medications that are not without complications and consequences. Especially benzos, as JBP, unfortunately, has experienced, I say with all possible respect and immense gratitude that also he shared his story and devastating experience with this medication. I am a so-called pharmacist myself, but skeptical to the search of rapid solutions to sometimes much more profound and complex problems. Also, the fact that we are living in complex societies with oftentimes very high demands and harsh judgmental environments can make life quite complex and maybe let many of us lose track of ourselves, where we are in our lives, and if they feel meaningful... Of course, these are no more than personal reflections and not objective truths. But something I have reflected upon a lot, and still do. For it is so enormously common with depression, and I think it's something that needs to be explored more, for however privileged we truly are, many of us experience deep misery. When I made a long-term traveling I for the first time in my life experienced a deeper sense of gratitude, that was not the "solution", but it was part of it and a change of perspective of the whole meaning of life.

[@semajisme2965]

2:13:45 Take this to heart and NEVER LIE !

[@quangthainguyen7519]

Dear Mr Peterson, I've listened many your talks. They are really helpful for me. Thank you so much

[@ceawake]

I am 56 and have been studying philosophy/self-knowledge ideas for the last 15 years. Many of my battles have been won by finding the monster within. These battles started before I'd ever heard of JP. When I speak to persons of colour about my 'inner racist', to gay men about my 'inner homophobe', and generally to anyone about my 'inner bigot', THEN reveal my struggle with such matters, the seeming divide evaporates. The only time it doesn't if if someone is a black-belt SJW, convinced they are more kind and intelligent. Such denial forces us to find the monster without. JP's ideas and descriptions have helped me join up dots I never knew existed. And I have tied them to previous explorations to see what is universal and what is faddish virtue signaling and finger pointing. A couple of hours watching JP is becoming the new Rock n Roll. I tilt my hat to you Sir, thank you.

[@drditup]

this is absolutely marvelous. i love these talks and recently bought the book =)

[@camerincaraballo6413]

congrats on getting over 200K professor!

[@fubuuu5358]

Camerin Caraballo almost 1 milli now

[@roman14032]

@@fubuuu5358 almost 2 million

[@toplobster5374]

@@roman14032 almost 3 million

[@tobiasengel8385]

1:35:54 Thanks for making that crystal clear Dr. Peterson

[@tedberd]

my morning with Jordan ....my life is changing .

[@Jacob-sb3su]

"I dont want anything to do with women" "Well then youre a pathetic weasel" That hit me hard, lately ive been taking myself out of the dating scene to try and work on myself but now I feel like a pathetic weasel for doing so

[@deamorta6117]

im on your position now, how have you been doing so far? what changes you made?

[@iicojoroii3246]

Theres nothing wrong with taking the time to work on yourself temporarily, thats not what he's saying is bad..

[@AngusTheWizard]

Jesus Christ. One of his best lectures yet.

[@caterine4604]

I really admire you Dr Jordan Peterson.

[@margaretmeyncke3592]

I loved being a stay-at-home mom. Raising human beings was so satisfying. I considered it an excellent career.