Integrating Mind, Body, Culture, & Systems for Full Understanding (& the Magic of Big Books) [10/15]

[@crazydotcharlie]

This video just flowed through my mind. I’ve been really interested in Ken Wilber’s theory but he’s work has been daunting to dive into, but this video really helping me find the confidence to dive in. Thank you Mark!

[@crazydotcharlie]

*Mr Clark

[@mrclarksclassroom]

Oh, I completely understand that! If you'd like a more condensed version of this book, try "A Brief History of Everything". I enjoyed reading that also and it's written as a dialogue, which is very approachable. I just wanted at least 1 book in this series to be a "big book" as I know so many people find that idea daunting and wanted to address it!

[@mrclarksclassroom]

This video is in 2-parts: 1) Why you should tackle a big book (in general) (0:00 - 4:10) 2) Why you should tackle this big book specifically! (4:10 - 12:33) It's so difficult to summarise this book. Before you dive in, give 'AQAL' a search on Google and see if it's something that interests you. This has been a real shift in my understanding who I am, how I came to be, and why I might struggle to change, so it really is a paradigm shifting book (just from the psychological lens alone).

[@firagiosoberetti9114]

Amazing video, youtube recomended rocks< keep it up man, this channel HAS to get big

[@mrclarksclassroom]

Thanks so much for the enthusiasm! Really appreciate it!

[@Isrealityreal]

You are THE perfect person to ask this question, I was an anxious, emotional negligent and a logical person whose sense of primary identity was to be an intellectual that now as I understand it was the result of my brain being on survival mode ALL the time, now that I started to understand other aspects of my being I have started to develop and reinforce different faculties of my mind but the problem is now that I have brought deliberate intention into my life, I have or am losing the part of my mind that was powerful and electric i.e. my analytical mind, which now as I understand it was unconsciously and partly consciously conditioned, my question is how do I bring it back. If you ever had to answer this question, would love to hear what you have to say. Btw great content. Loving it.

[@mrclarksclassroom]

Firstly, thank you so much for such a detailed question. Regarding books that might be very useful for you, I'd suggest the Primal Wound (a video featured earlier in this series) and also 'Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving: A Guide and Map for Recovering Childhood Trauma and PTSD' by Pete Walker (not featured on this playlist but will make a video on it in the future). Secondly, the process that you're describing sounds something like the dialectical process. E.g. Having a thesis (an idea), then an antithesis (the opposite of that idea). The solution is then found in the synthesis; seeing which parts of what you have abandoned were actually healthy and that you'd like to consciously re-integrate into your life. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. I will likely make a video to address this fully in the future, but what I'd say for now is separating out the judgement of WHY you developed certain traits to begin with and focused on what you need in the future, from a survival-based mindset to a thriving-based mindset. I think you'd really like the Pete Walker book mentioned above. Sorry for the length of this comment. Hope it helps!

[@Isrealityreal]

@@mrclarksclassroom thank you so much for such a detailed and thoughtful answer mr. Clark, this was helpful and I'm really looking forward the video. like really really, because so many traits of your worldview are so much in allignment of mine.

[@GlenfordPaulMwalimu]

Thanks.