Lecture: Biblical Series VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine

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In the next series of stories, the Biblical patriarch Abram (later: Abraham) enters into a covenant with God. The history of Israel proper begins with these stories. Abram heeds the call to adventure, journeys courageously away from his country and family into the foreign and unknown, encounters the disasters of nature and the tyranny of mankind and maintains his relationship with the God who has sent him forth. He becomes in this manner a light in the world, and a father of nations.
How is this all to be understood? I am attempting in this lecture to determine precisely that. How are we, as modern people, to make sense of the idea of the God who reveals himself to a personality? How can we relate the details of the Abramic stories to our own lives, in the current world? In what frame of reference can these stories be seen to make sense, and to reveal their meaning?
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[@lightingman117]

5:00 - Noah 14:05 - Noah archetype of God 16:00 - Tower of Babel 17:40 - God isn't cast in a very good light 20:30 - Satan 21:28 - solzhenitsyn gulag archipelago 23:00 - Nietzsche 23:30 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky 24:30 - Too big to fail 31:35 - Warning against hubris 35:45 - Be very careful 40:40 - Proverbs 16:32 41:30 - Get your act together 45:43 - Experience of God 47:00 - Jill Bolte Taylor 54:55 - Huxley 59:25 - Jill Bolte Taylor 1:03:53 - Cancer & LSD & Depression 1:21:10 - Crumb - Documentary 1:23:00 - Serial Sexual Predator 1:29:50 - Carl Jung Aion book 1:31:10 - Pictures or Words? 1:33:20 - Interacting with your Lucid Dreams 1:43:55 - King Arthur 1:46:28 - Beware of wisdom you did not earn 1:48:48 - Jung's voyage into a different world 1:53:30 - Presence and Disappearance of God 2:01:25 - Potential models of proper being 2:03:40 - Questions

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THANK YOU

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[@whit2642]

His ability to flow from one abstract historical or social theory/moment into a solid restructuring of it in a concise and digestible manner then flow right to the next is amazing.

[@Hodbrook]

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[@5jjt]

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[@umweltterrorist]

Young smart people listening voluntary to bible stories and their interpretations. It takes a special kind of man to do this.

[@isambo400]

Trafal G Law as a kid I hated going to church because it was focused on brainwashing instead of learning. I would cry to get out of it because I knew something was WRONG with Sunday school. But I still wanted to know what the whole thing was really about and nobody has been able to explain it to me until Jordan.

[@umweltterrorist]

isambo400 im glad to hear that

[@schitamora520]

It's not like many people know what it is about and are even able to explain. I recently went to church because of Peterson but still can't stand it, though i can acknowledge it's existence now.

[@shadfurman]

Trafal G Law he speaks with authority.

[@cryptarisprotocol1872]

+Schitamora Dude, my only issue with Church when I was growing up was it was so mother fucking boring that I can't stand it and the only time I find it even remotely fun was when they let we youth play in our little corner or section of the Church, while the adults do ugh there stuff.

[@RockBarnRecords]

Putting together IKEA furniture while I listen to this. The task has taken on cosmic significance.

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Rock Barn Records thats the way to go!

[@pay2gwyn383]

Instructions unclear, read meta-instructions for guidance

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

Don't just clean the room, assemble the room

[@austinlittle6154]

IKEA, Swedish for; good luck putting this shit together right the first time.

[@nancina49]

@@muscularclassrepresentativ5663 loved this.

[@tatianadan6835]

I would love to see Prof Peterson getting a Nobel Prize for Humanities He must be the person of the Century

[@RokU5]

Nobel is political now…Obama received”peace prize” for no reason but race (aka racism).

[@planetcaravan2925]

Millenia?

[@pierrelabounty9917]

Why not?

[@kegomania]

Unless you play identity politics. Then you hate jbp

[@DresdnerHaide]

*he is

[@christophertitanium8424]

I can't believe this series is free. Thank you so much, Dr. Peterson, this is absolutely incredible.

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[@blackkman1324]

ARE YOU KIDDING?? NEXT THING YOUR BELIEVE SNAKES AND DONKEYS AND TALK !!!!

[@therealwaltewhite]

@@blackkman1324 the bible has some hard to believe claims but there is some evidence to support Jesus was real and overall the religion has helped billions it has helped humanity in massive ways with it's teachings

[@whitemagus2000]

"Your are a fragile, vulnerable, mortal, half insane creature." Made me smile.

[@WendySyron_10.]

Abdul Alhaz made me smile too.

[@OneLifeTime.x]

And we didn't start like that... Oh what help we receive.

[@goprojoe7449]

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[@johnyrhuazz7773]

COME BACK WHERE YOU COME FROM ABDUL.

[@kayligo]

Relatable

[@SammyCee23]

"Beware of wisdom that you didn't earn"

[@whit2642]

SeouL That is evil. It manifests on the inside and loves to mock God and His loving goodness. And to make a fool out of us.

[@whit2642]

Michael Weber No.. which is why one must be wary of what parades as unearned wisdom.

[@CurtHowland]

Many scifi stories have that as the core element, such as David Brin's "Uplift Wars", and that horrible StarTrekNextGen episode, "We look for things. Things to make us go."

[@markdemell3717]

Above all seek WISDOM ! Not all intelligent people are wise.there is a big difference between the two .

[@MrMajsterixx]

@Ruben D it means that you are the wisest when you know you arent the wisest, that way you can always improve yourself, if you think you know something, you cant learn anything new.

[@luiscrespo9902]

"Everyone wants to fix the world but no one wants to help Mom do the dishes."

[@javietrios4582]

Or take her out for lunch.

[@BCBjcewA]

Yes but sometimes mom buys paper plates, and you have to just keep your mouth shut cause hell hath no fury like a women's scorn. So you let it be and retreat to man cave heaven..

[@monjier]

@@BCBjcewA the thing I hate the most about that scorn quote is that Tupac uses it. Which then makes it cringey

[@jimmythecrow]

i wanna help mom do the dishes

[@jimmythecrow]

@@monjier Tupac was a fantastic person, did many things. Youre just upset someone black and gangster used a quote that is true. You are literal cringe

[@Aleeeks101]

I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2018. Jordan Peterson is the antidote. Alongside a year of DBT, I no longer meet the DSM criteria for the disorder. I wish there was a way for me to thank him. You can go from the depths of hell to writing a thesis in clinical psychology, fixing the relationship with your parents, learning to communicate and work towards the flourishing of your community. All because of Jordan.

[@ultravioletbeing]

So proud of you!!!❤

[@mjk11outdoors]

Im a simple man. I see the Logos being resurrected, I click.

[@petergoddart4673]

same here :-)

[@pay2gwyn383]

And what did you erect with those Legos?

[@nickilovesdogs8137]

Legos of unempowerment. Only Ikea legos come out of that.

[@regularfather4708]

I laughed too loudly, so I had to show this comment to my wife... she rolled her eyes.

[@thomasadkins3743]

mjk11outdoors I love it!

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

I am a woman over sixty . I can’t stop watching these videos. His brilliance is mesmerizing.

[@BCBjcewA]

your sixty and a woman. how is this possible? I thought everyone died at 40? I guess thats why Im 40 and noone cares about what I want, only forcing the issue of procreation means if I dont have a job im not a man, and IF i Dont make a baby Im not a woman? It couldl be GOD would rather we not get to caught up in any single person to believe that they are a substitute for THE REAL GOD ...who is always the love you wish to give to others. BUT DONT GET ME WRONG> JORDAN PETERSON IS DOPE AF

[@eloisepoe]

I'm a woman over eighty. Same here.

[@TheGeraford13]

You're mesmerizing 😏

[@tofer980]

@@TheGeraford13 get in there paco

[@Paid2Win]

@@BCBjcewA Take your meds

[@alecalbarran-wick7113]

I decided to listen to this lecture while I recovered from Lasik (eye surgery). It is safe to say that by the end of the lecture I did not just gain my outer vision, but also my inner one. Truly transformative to say the least.

[@mharbaugh]

How's your eye sight these days? I got my Lasik about 5 years ago - best $4000 I ever spent!!

[@HTWW]

@@mharbaugh another LASIK beneficiary here - it feels amazing.

[@marialuisacruz7514]

Wow!!

[@Llama_Dhali_G]

Lasik is free. . . Just pop them gazers into the floating fire orb for a good 5 seconds and boom see ya next week!

[@leonhughes9014]

science helped you.. the same science that shows the bible is nonsense... but your only cool with science that helps you.... internet , phones, medicine, cars, planes...

[@Frostyfaucet]

Having almost fell into inescapable psychosis due to mental health, the more I learn from Peterson, the more sane I become. Thank you JP.

[@y5mgisi]

Same.

[@simonkrimms1009]

The Bible series are even more fascinating than Maps of Meaning. Such a stunning intellect...so glad he is on the side of good.

[@hennyzhi2261]

I would really love him to make this into a book (even if the editing process would be a nightmare). So much good could be spread that way.

[@hennyzhi2261]

Most of his overarching themes about chaos and order come from Maps of Meaning, but I think having a specific example like the bible having it's own book as well would be noteworthy considering how you practically have to be an apologist on a University campus (and a very good one) for anyone to take you seriously if you see merit in it.

[@nerd614]

Agree. The cool thing is he doesn´t even have a choice to be on any side.. I really love that he noticed that. I mean that he approaches truth partially phenomenologically, i.e. he feels for what resonates with him and takes this as a clue as to its truth value. And this again is nothing more than brute honesty, because everybody does that. It´s only unfortunately so, that many soft scientists think that the formal scientistic aesthetics of a paper (sounding scientific, getting quotes right, sentence structure, and so on) could substitute for testing your theory for consistency in a (or the) larger framework (which is given in so far as it constitutes your world and thinking in the first place)

[@isaacburrows8405]

Simon Krimms be careful creating sides of good and evil. It's a good way to scapegoat people

[@simonkrimms1009]

Relativism haha. When have people ever been illegitimately 'scapegoated'?

[@ceciliahilda8763]

I'm retiring next month. And I'm a bit nervous about how to keep up with my kids.

[@joshualanchester1747]

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[@ceciliahilda8763]

please what do you mean by trade?

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[@damiladaria2262]

I started working with him with 10 grand as capital. After a month he made me 45 grand. I was so skeptical and never thought it was legit until I received the win. Then I read more about it and believed. Many people make so much money from Bitcon stocks and the stock market.

[@jasonmcilhenny4286]

Dr. Peterson, Thank you for sharing your work. Almost a decade ago, I was struggling to get clean. I came across your work while trying to work through a personal definition of “a power greater than myself”. This is the “Higher Power” component of 12 step programs which I know you are familiar with. Your work has been a foundation of my recovery. Through your biblical lectures and your books, and in conjunction with a 12 step program, I’ve been able to put my life in order like never before. I was a multiple felon, an addict, a college dropout, and an awful excuse for a man. I blamed my addicted and abusive family that I was removed from by the courts at a young age. I blamed the ineffective government and I even blamed the God I claimed wasn’t real. (Funny how a man looking for excuses can place blame on an entity he holds as fictional.) Today, I have primary custody of my son. Today, I am clean. Today, I have a great job and beautiful home. Inside that home, I have a loving wife… a wife that constantly challenges me to be a better man and helps me raise my son to be a good man. I have gotten to the point in my recovery where my past is so distant that I was able to get cleared to coach my kid’s basketball team this year. Every day that goes by, I push to help other addicts find recovery and to continue my journey “pushing the largest burden I can manage uphill, gratefully.” I’ve wanted to thank you for a long time. I’ve modeled my aim upwards through the 12 step process bolstered with the 12 rules for life. I found peace with these cryptic, archaic stories through this lecture series. That allowed just enough separation in the armor that I built to shield me from the judgement of God to open me up to a prayer life that has yielded a rich spiritual connection with that God. I don’t know if my intellectual vanity would have allowed it without this lecture series. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. PS: I send links to this series and tell young men that I sponsor and support all about your work. You have helped me help many others and I imagine that pattern will continue to compound through the years. You are the proof that what teach is real. (Or… real enough to function and propagate through time. So… good enough for the pragmatists!)

[@ThisisFit]

"We're not built for static utopia, we're built for a dynamic situation where there's demands placed on us and there's the optimal amount of uncertainty ." Sweet and powerful words!

[@ToastingInEpicBread]

The lighting in this one is badass. The whole lecture is like a baroque painting

[@gregoryberrycone]

dat Chiaroscuro

[@peli_candude554]

If I had to buy tickets I'd be baroque too...

[@MetaMM]

Very astutely captured. Exactly my thought.

[@thisisnotok2100]

@@peli_candude554 underrated pun

[@mikefox3939]

Exactly. If only he had a goatee and velvet shirt with a ruffled colar

[@gytisleonavicius9387]

After listening all these lectures I developed JBP voice in my head. It helps to sort things out with difficult questions. Big Thanks!

[@BenjamindeVries528]

Same! Suddenly I'm finding myself being able to conjure up his voice to solve problems in the way that my mind thinks he would. And that's a great example of what he talked about when he described how our figures of imagination are distillations of patterns of behaviour that we have observed. After observing Peterson for such a long time, we have been able to capture and distil the living idea of him into our own minds. And it's not just a mere screenplay because this figure has actual psychological utility, which is remarkable.

[@nolovedivision3882]

The Peterson voice in my head is mostly telling me to stop being pathetic lol

[@thomasadkins3743]

Gytis Leonavicius I have also! I find my day going badly, I stop and clean my room

[@007Elvisofnazareth]

Just make sure it's using his actual quotes or at least his sentiment, and not just validating your psychosis.

[@VasiliyAgiy]

It's something like that

[@beaulahprins]

I can just listen to Jordan all day, his taught me more than what I learned in my 6 years of university education. Thank you for your talks your channel as been life changing, the impact you've had on my life and its been like 2/3 weeks I discovered your channel, I wonder why I didn't before, I discovered your channel and it was just what I needed you've been absolutely therapeutic made me put my entire existence into perspective God knows what you've done for me, stay blessed Mr Jordan. Your material has had a tremendous impact on my life you have no idea...

[@jackc981]

Yeah me as well beautiful .I guess education begins after graduation s some sort...

[@craigwinston9042]

One thing to appreciate some intellectual writer, Quite another to deify and worship him. Hey man, your pathetic you know that? Why are there so many pathetic people around? Just chill out people

[@michaeldenisCarlin]

Jordan is the only person on youtube that i hit like even before i watch ..because i know it will be a great watch

[@kayleigh2873]

With every lecture I watch in this series I believe I become more and more Christian

[@DANITHERIPPER]

I become someone who believes in all religions at the same time

[@DavyCreation]

@@DANITHERIPPER true, however, and Jordan also says this, Christ is the only person that incarnates the idea of God (is a myth) and is historical in same time. Even his resurrection seems to be historical but we could debate this of course. The other religions like mythology, boudhism,... are only « stories » that have the same archetype than the Bible and Jordan explains it of course. But I know the fact that Christ is also something like a myth and same time something objectiv let Jordan perplexed. And well, Judaïsm, christianity and Islam is something else, they are also connected, but if you look into it, I’d say that it started to screw up with the creation of christianity in the 3rd century and then Islam started because they screwed up everything. I think Christianity deformed quite a lot (because of paganism) and seperated itself from Israel/the jews, and now since few decades, even centuries, there is a comeback to the rooth. And I even think you can find this connection of these religions in the hebrew bible, like archetypes of person/names/concept that incarnate them. For example some of the Jews say that Christianity comes from Edom, a people that has been born from Esav, the brother of Jacob, so Christianity is the brother of Israel kind of, but not the people of God (im talking about the Religion, not the christians necessarily). So I think there are a lot of wolves that are leading the churches that are not helping the ewes that are in them. That’s also the critics that Jesus did to the religious people at his time, and I think he would do the same today. But well, just my point of view, the story of Christ looks to be a bit more than the others myth or religions. Im very sceptical but that historical part makes me believe he is the window/the truth on the transcendental.

[@mansiondave23]

@@DANITHERIPPER if your first instinct is to say you “do it differently” you weren’t listening very well.

[@DANITHERIPPER]

@@mansiondave23 the more of geopolitics happen the more I am sure, there can't be a god - all the religious hate out there is embarissing for humanity

[@josephmelton4721]

@@DANITHERIPPER hahaha than you have no idea what religion or belief is.

[@stumbling]

I love how the background is just pure black, as if Dr. Peterson is speaking to us from the void! Very moody lighting too.

[@HTWW]

He looks a bit like G-Man (Half-Life universe). Just as powerful, but benevolent. Edit: and much less unnerving. You know, what with G-Man's/Mr.Shapiro's voice. :-)

[@crct2004]

I have been wrapped up in existential angst since I was and kid and just had the biggest revelation of my life! Just wow!

[@lisaortiz11]

Gods hand is on this man. Beautiful to watch his transformation into putting all his knowledge and wisdom align with the truth -Gods word.

[@cindyparker1854]

I agree and this is why I listen. Here is an intellectual man who's heart God is molding and using. It doesn't often occur that someone with Jordan's level of intelligence can be humble enough to handle God's word. A true blessing.

[@raagerooble3266]

Ok 👍 j.

[@raagerooble3266]

@@cindyparker1854 you guys can see your

[@raagerooble3266]

@@cindyparker1854 you are going

[@tishkaskogen3298]

Over five years I became aware of Jordan Peterson, (/before the Canadian suit), and started praying him(also my childhood friend from butte mt who had did career for army 28 yrs and strong man) and to see them both have their hearts turn to ABBA Father is awesome!! Prayers are so important and our way of true Interaction with all

[@josesalgado5133]

Who else leveled up after finishing the lecture?

[@gommechops]

Ding!

[@0larue0]

I did at 36:38

[@JesseCaine]

Gratz!

[@mihneabulzan432]

lmao YES !!!

[@tamaradox]

Yes😎

[@ceawake]

He's the smartest man we have access to. Something like that...

[@joshuathompson6794]

IF YOU REALIZE THAT YOUE RETTY SMART

[@readthebibleonamountain934]

He's is the one allowed to be, imagined he claimed Jesus Christ to be God and has resurrected, would you think of him the same?

[@goprojoe7449]

He shows the door to the door kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKicq4aDqLCWrc0 this is the door

[@s3m4jno5w4d]

One of the most studious certainly, I think the Weinsteins edge him however. He's very much in the ballpark though, to the plate even. I love their interactions, really hope Eric gets Jordan on his Portal once he's recovered fully. Be well Sir

[@Brenthias]

...you know?

[@falakoala4579]

My father just died tonight.. Listening here for some answers🙏🏽😢

[@dakini365]

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[@danielcropp8553]

I am sorry for your loss.

[@southwestsaxon]

lol

[@Geudry]

reading this 10 months later, I hope you found light in the events that took place. Hopefully you're doing better now than that day,

[@michaelonwuamaegbu1637]

11 months later. I hope you find all the strength and peace to move forward and bring your family together.

[@darkpoetik5375]

every time i listen to this man, i level up on knowledge....

[@khaii13]

Christianity minus the fundamentalism and creationism. This can play well with other belief systems; and this is why atheists are drawn to him to the point that there are threads started *by atheists* about how JBP "converted" them; and then atheists commenting that, even if they don't "get religion" and are still atheists, that they can look at the Bible (and Christianity as a whole by extension) from a different light instead of writing it off outright.

[@user-vd6ec7kx8x]

khaii13 I just started going to a bible study group at my uni. I was straight up with them that I was an athiest but am a "Christian supremacist" of sorts, who was looking to see how well I could articulate my idea of Christianity based on extrapolations from Jordans work. We started with Romans, 1:1-18 and they seemed to think that what I was saying was a reasonable interpretation. Basically that to have faith you have to act out that faith or it's meaningless, I hope that faith in the idea of Christ's divinity in the abstract instead of literal, is enough to get me through judgement, but if not, I will have lived a "good" life so that may have to be enough.

[@VASI_LIKI]

khaii13 ironically .... the bible is not just a christian document (OT).

[@user-vd6ec7kx8x]

VASILIKI well of course. It belongs to all of humanity now. But on another note, do you like the Jewish "new testament" equivalent, the rabbinical traditions and such or the Christian version better? The Jews seemed to have kept their stuff more exclusive and the Christians seemed to want to spread the word, as far as I can tell.

[@GrimGriz]

Selling God to atheists > selling icecubes to Eskimos

[@khaii13]

*Ameranthe Kekistani* In agreement of your interpretation of Roman's 1:1-18. Though if you are gonna go that route, then maybe the letters of Peter, James, and john; along with most of the first three gospels would resonate with you more than the letters of Paul and his disciples (like Timothy). As for the term "Christian supremacist", that thing got me curious. Care to expound? And also elaborate on your experiences on how you are received in the Bible study group after being straight with them with your atheism if you don't mind.

[@jjiacobucci]

It is late June 2020. How appropriate this lecture is in contrast to the current events in our society

[@BCBjcewA]

its so crazy that you said that. ARE YOU CRAZY TOO!

[@brosephbroheim6428]

Timeless wisdom.

[@josebenjumedarubio5666]

Man, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for this. Thank you

[@zariars]

So far, your series (without this edition) has been watched for: 3,014,808,907 seconds or 50,246,815 minutes or 837,446 hours or 34,893 days or 95.5 years. Your series has gone beyond the average human lifetime. Congratulations! Weird milestone, but still worth something!

[@brianandcindy1]

Does that assume everyone watched the whole thing, beginning to end?

[@PicturingOurPast]

brianandcindy1 do you assume it’s possible not to?

[@alphabeta4028]

Ask video "Despacito" and "Gangnam Style"

[@s3m4jno5w4d]

I've listened to this several times, first time watching

[@scarecrow1323]

@@PicturingOurPastexactly what I thought.

[@Sousanators]

I personally was able to quit smoking after my third time taking mushrooms. The first two trips were pretty much recreational with friends, but the third and most profound was done as some form of self therapy. I did them alone, and would probably describe the first 50% of the trip as horrifying. I don't want to get into it but somehow I was able to empathise with the people in my memories on a level so intense that I felt as if I were them. I felt vulnerable, and I rememberd those people in my life who were less fortunate and are no longer alive. Those deep emotions I felt made me deicde to never touch another cigarette again. I was surprised at how easy it was to quit. It was almost like I didn't even have cravings anymore. The best way I have come up with to explain this is that I just "knew" I wasn't going to smoke again. It was just a fact and it played out like one. Kind of hard to explain but hopefully anyone who read this will catch my drift.

[@llsspp]

Sousa the same thing happened to me, but through using LSD instead. I remember smoking a cigarette that day and just feeling so truly that this was doing absolutely nothing for me. It took me a few months to process it, but that was definitely the awakening that pushed me over the edge. Weird stuff..

[@usa4287]

"Beware of wisdom you haven't earned." JP

[@dougnkaty]

Sousa I have done mushrooms once and I think that after that I started craving intellect and mind growing conversations. I also enjoy weed and that expands my interest in videos like this.

[@Deepstatedebate]

I stopped smoking after my first mushroom trip. I smoked for almost 16 years. Haven't even thought about them sense.

[@Deepstatedebate]

@@usa4287 only a person who hasn't done mushrooms can say that you haven't earned the wisdom you get from them. I earned the wisdom from my half ounce of golden teachers. It was the most horrifying experience of my life that felt like a timeless hell. The lessons I learned in that ONE trip were more difficult to earn than ANY from my marriage to a woman with borderline personality disorder, my 3 failed and one successful businesses, my own struggles with Bipolar 1, and overcoming my addictions. Jordan Peterson should try mushrooms and return to tell us if it's not an earned experience.

[@markdicarlo216]

When I listen to Professor Peterson's lectures, and I know what has happened to him the past year or two; I always think of Icarus who flew too closet the sun. Best wishes, Professor.

[@megscott222]

I'm was raised a Christian and I remain a very strong one to this day. I wasn't born with faith. I was a skeptic until I was 23 and I was going through a lot. I asked for faith on my knees and and God took over. I decided to get baptized and although it wasn't immediate, my attitudes and heart slowly changed. I feel that God gives us all the chance to find Him in different ways. He can use anything. Some people are stubborn and only really find God in their rock bottom. I feel blessed as I've just never had an addictive personality but I took a little too high dose of LSD once. I could feel the true absence of God's grace that the demons feel. It was the darkest and coldest, most forgotten and bitter sadness I had ever encountered and it increased my faith. Drugs can open a portal in the mind and these days, I like to keep those portals closed.

[@brianholden7981]

1:49:14 "Jung believed that we were dreaming all the time..." That's going to bother me for months.

[@Brian_S_O_Tuireann]

Are you awake yet?

[@JesusFreeForAll]

If you want you articulate that in a none roughly way, how would you say it?

[@MHAFOOTBALL]

Jung had a special way of bothering people

[@FreeAmerica4Ever]

Many never wake up sadly.

[@1amilliman]

Are you a man dreaming you're a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming you're a man? - Chuang Tsu

[@JonathanWirjoprawiro]

50:42 "it's hard to dice celery when you're a generalised cosmic phenomena"

[@amandahelenatkins8636]

Yeah that is brilliant

[@isaacislaughter]

I knew someone else would also comment on this. 😁👍

[@pjotrtabachnikoff6099]

I really believe that this lecture is the most profound from the Biblical Series, and maybe even all his lectures. More often than in most talks, he pauses, stumbles, and takes time to phrase his thoughts, and you can tell it really takes all his mind and focus to properly formulate his ideas, which are so deep they almost cannot be articulated. He is almost in the realm of the esoteric, the shamanic hidden knowledge about our consciousness, whilst trying to stay rational and academic in his ideas. You can really see he is pushing his own abilities of articulating specific ideas, whilst simultaneously trying to "stay on topic" and give structure and direction to the lecture in general. Truly a piece of art.

[@auntieb3621]

I'm thrilled and inspired by these discussions. What a phenomenal circumstance to happen upon. Thank you.

[@Benutzername0000]

*Q&A* Summary 2:04:31 Thoughts on Borderline Disorder 2:10:33 Thoughts on psychopathie and relation to protesters? 2:15:00 Are bad trips and Jungs idea of confronting your deepest fear correlated? (more context in the question) 2:19:25 Deconstruction of a paragrah from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger 2:26:03 Transcendental mystical idea of god vs orthodox literalism and can be the former be seen as an antidote to extremism? 2:33:08 Advice for implementing these ideas within psychotherapeutic pratice? Feel free to copy&improve&paste or leave some suggestions to improve it.

[@schitamora520]

first

[@Benutzername0000]

ok m8

[@andrewmalcolm3209]

Cheers Bucko

[@mctog1]

While the last question was meant for 'the clinical context' Peterson's answer can be applied by anyone to help anyone. The advice can even be applied by a person to help themselves. This last few minutes of the talk was so valuable.

[@karolooo0]

The fact that so many people folllow JBT gives me hope.

[@krystlebarboza3320]

This is probably my favorite lecture in the series so far. It’s a nice contrast in the middle to be able to stand on a topic that seems so comfortable to the speaker. This series is like watching someone climb a mountain and this lecture was a break on the climb.

[@beccareynolds4625]

He looks like a caravaggio painting in these lectures. Thank you JP for your eternal wisdom 🙏🏻

[@AsIfInteractive]

I believe he's saying that when you behold the father figure naked (i.e. its flaws and failures), it is *yourself* that you're depriving of an archetype.

[@saffigrey5887]

Succinctly put!

[@ludvigfjellstrom6970]

Yes, or that you’re not properly thankful/respectful for your tradition and your forefathers!

[@skmin125]

Yes, for you forsake the clemency you soon will be needing

[@markdemell3717]

No!

[@berniejii3739]

Jordan your hands seem to think in images

[@nosraltinmad5767]

BernieG Reene his hands ARE him

[@pay2gwyn383]

One day we have to put a canvas in front of him, and put a wet paintbrush in his hands.

[@duanenash9474]

Like a spider spinning a web to trap you inside it's sticky gooey substrate. And you like it.

[@naiomik6179]

He really does, I constantly take screenshots to draw later lol

[@LukeMlsna]

Predominantly triangular images.

[@mokdis00]

I used psilocybin many times as a young adult, thirty plus times. What JP says is true, I know it saved my life then and now. I was in a bad place. People like Jordan and Terence McKenna have helped teach me a vocabulary that accurately helps describe those revelations. Thank you. ✌

[@CSHorn]

I abused psychedelics dozens of times as a teen and young adult. I had fun but never saw the deeper meaning. I went on to become a heroin addict(not because of the psychedelics) and by the time i was in my mid 30s i had lost everything that ever meant anything to me. I had just gotten out of jail last june and was living in one of the local dope motels trying to change and stay clean in spite of my surroundings and not being very successful except to pass tests for probation when a friend gave me a huge dose of psylocybin that ended up with me locked in the bathroom in my insalubrious crack den motel bathroom with the lights off laying in the bottom of the shower when things i still cant articulate came rushing to me. The next day for the first time in my adult life i was able to say no when i was around drugs. I wasnt really sure why or how i just knew that it was the trip that changed me. A few months later i had finally moved out of that shit hole and found a place of my own for the first time in years. Another friend happened to stop by with some acid and the next thing i knew i was 60 feet up in a tree looking down at an inky black abyss below me and nothing but the stars above me. I should have been terrified but , and i know this is insane but i was linked with that tree and the sky above and i had a strange experience that one would almost call an out of body experience. I wasn't looking down on my self or anything but my mind and consciousness were independent of my body. I climbed down, went home went to sleep and woke up and other than some cuts and bruises i kind of just forgot about it. A few months later i was stone sober at another hotel but a nice one this time for a liaison with a girl sans my intrusive roommate. We finished the evening, she left , and i went to lye down and got on here to find a good lecture to fall asleep to. I had never heard of Terrence McKenna before that night but for some reason i turned him on. I began to listen and he started saying things and explaining things he could only have known if he had seen and felt the things i did in that bathroom and in that tree. He made me realize that there was something there and whether it was my own mind telling me things i didnt know i knew or some gaps in my consciousness being bridged by some higher power, there was something there. I went(sober mind you) into what i suppose was a transcendental state which i still cant explain. I saw myself as a boy and even though we didn't exchange words we said so much. He let me know that no matter who or what i lost that i finally found me and that it was going to be better than ok from now on. I saw daughter, who was taken from me because i was locked up and had no family to take her while i was gone. She was my world and it broke me, no it fucking killed me and who i was before. It was something i thought was going to be the beginning of the end. We were sitting on a park bench again i was stone sober, and like younger me we didn't talk but she smiled at me and took my hand and at that moment i knew that it was ok, it was what we were both supposed to be doing. After that everything changed. I have been truly happy and at peace for the first time in my whole life. My search then lead me to JP and he opened my eyes mind and heart to so many things i never knew i knew and so many things i never even imagined. McKenna lead me to the path and JP has guided me down it. I owe them and those psychedelics i never knew had purpose a debt of gratitude ill never be able to pay.

[@MegaMerdeux]

@@CSHorn that is an awesome story bro. I also had a life transforming event thanks to JP. I am familiar with LSD trips, but my transformation was influenced by dreams that I started having after discovering JP. I wont go into it since its very long. But one of the advantages is that I stopped porn and masturbarion immediately and became a little bit more courageous when confronting obstacles in my life. I still have an entire universe of things to learn. But now I'm a little bit braver.

[@TheMidnightLibrary]

I tried 8 grams of shrooms and had a psychotic break during the peak. I don’t remember much from when I was actually peaking, other than throwing up and “coming back” suddenly, as if I had just woken up for the first time in my life. It was the most surreal experience I’ve ever had. I came out of the ego death way too soon, and didn’t know how to deal with going from feeling like I was God and one with everything in the universe, to suddenly being myself again. I puked up the shrooms and I think that ended the trip prematurely, and I just haven’t been the same ever since. I sometimes have these moments where I feel like I’m the only person that actually exists, and everyone and everything else is just a projection of my mind. It’s so incredibly lonely and depressing, and I want to try to talk about it but I feel like there isn’t a point because nobody else is real anyway, they’re just going to respond in ways that are projected by my own mind. It’s a very dangerous and terrifying place to be in, and when I have those moments I just freeze and don’t know what to do. I often wonder if there’s even a point to doing anything at all, because since I’m the “only consciousness” that truly exists, I’m going to continue existing whether I do anything or not, and I’m never going to die because I’m just going to come back as someone else, or even just restart this life from birth once I die. I suffer from some kind of fear of eternity. The thought that this just goes on forever horrifies me. There is no end to it. Our consciousness just continues existing even after death because energy cannot be created or destroyed. So I just sit there sometimes, wondering how many times I’ve lived this life or other lives, wondering how old my consciousness is, and most importantly wondering what the point of existence is. I find myself wondering what is going to happen after death, and why? Why does reality exist? Where did it come from? Is anything real? Am I real? I kind of rambled a bit at the end there, but that is just about the only way I can describe what I’ve been going through for the last 3 months. Since going through this, I’ve turned to the Bible and starting seeking God and I’ve finally found Him. In the process, I understood the existence of satan and what his existence means in the context of my life and my experiences. I realize now that what I experienced during that trip was the worst form of spiritual attack that a person can imagine. I was presented with the belief that I was God, which is the ultimate form of blasphemy, and was beginning to believe that since I was God, I could do anything I wanted to anyone I wanted, and there would be no consequences because I’m the moral authority. What this quickly morphed into was, I could do every evil or messed up thing that I could ever imagine doing, I could commit every sin in the book, do every drug on the face of the Earth if I wanted, say anything I wanted, and treat people however I wanted. I could also do nothing if I wanted, and could even kill myself if I wanted, because I’d just come back. And looking back on this now, I realize just how evil all of that was, and it’s obvious those were lies straight from the devil himself. Of course he wants us to believe we are God. That is the highest form of idolatry and blasphemy that there could possibly be, and not only that, it is a one way trip to an endless pit of loneliness, depression, sorrow, and eventual suicide due to those very things. It is nihilism in its truest form, and I now believe psychedelics will open a person up to this kind of spiritual attack and influence them to believe these things which would quickly lead them to destruction. DO NOT take psilocybin, or any hallucinogens, or any drugs whatsoever. There is no way to directly reach God while on this Earth. The only way to be in the presence of God is to follow His Word and live righteously and be allowed into Heaven, and you can only do that after passing from this life. If anyone tells you they spoke to God or felt His presence while on any hallucinogenic drug, they are spreading the same kind of lies I experienced during my trip, and are going to lead you down a path of destruction if you choose to listen to them. Read the Bible for yourself and seek God. He is the only way.

[@rondanakamura2655]

​@@TheMidnightLibraryThank you so much for your candor. Occasionally you will hear someone who took hallucinogens say, "It was bad", and refuse to talk about it further. Most times, those who have taken hallucinogens are convinced that it's the BEST thing EVER, and that everyone should take them and even give it to your pets. Your honesty is so refreshing. Thank you again.

[@SheOpines]

Recently I crowed with happiness because I found an infant onesie covered with Lobsters and little Lobster feet for my unborn nephew. May he be blessed with intellect and insight like Dr Peterson.

[@Coldbrookdangee]

I told my dad I plan to save him from the underworld. Does anybody have a couch I could sleep on?

[@anondoggo]

It's not meant to be taken literally...

[@pizzapizza2225]

David Chorak David Chorak You have a contradiction. By definition, him being pragmatic, means he is being practical. And what is practical is, by definiton, what is useful in the real world. So pragmatism is automatically useful for the real world beyond just theory. So I don’t know what your actual complaint is, Peterson is more than a theory guy, evident by his newest book which offers a set of rules which is intended to enable one towards a better version of themselves(litterally and tangibly in the world via results) and therefore(this is the more theory part of his book) a better world as a whole, because as a piece of the whole we, upon improving, better it automatically.

[@FreeAmerica4Ever]

Lol

[@FreeAmerica4Ever]

@David Chorak I agree with some of your statements, and I would like to say that the way you worded some of it, makes me feel like you have maybe indulged in his lectures perhaps? Either way, I think you are absolutely correct about the pragmatism bit, and honestly I only disagree with you about the ideological factor. Dr.Peterson most definitely has a straight forward, no BS, won't sugarcoat or withhold details, no matter how painful or terrifying they might be. In my honest opinion he embodies a wide range of ideologies and his message encompasses many avenues of reason and logic, yet the end result is ultimately the same either way.

[@DontLeaveMeLucile]

Don't be a ham

[@wackyelectricity]

"Jordan Peterson and chill"

[@masonadams2831]

I really do this.

[@sveha6271]

"JP and *sort*"

[@tardigrade85]

I chuckled and then I said like wow man.

[@richardsantanna5398]

mabaker Nah, go home.

[@angelinahale1356]

Yes!

[@Kriko-qs7yf]

I’m extremely grateful for this series and the fact that you made it public and free. Thank you

[@sharoncochran8508]

I don't agree with everything that Peterson says regarding evolution but my mind is expanded and challenged with every "sermon". I absolutely love these free lectures! Thank you, Professor Peterson!

[@colemartin7320]

I see a lot more concern over JP's overall message in this comment section compared to previous videos. Maybe he is just getting to the point where he is reaching a broader audience now. We have to realize that we live in a society that profits off of the lies you believe. JP is not your typical double-minded fool. Stop thinking he is. He's obviously thought a lot about really difficult subject matter, and he's helping a lot of people right now. Is he getting everything right? Probably not because it's not like he's trying to decipher which Starbucks frappé is the best flavor. He's tackling the questions of our very existence. He is moving the conversation forward which is incredibly refreshing in this day and age. Stop fearing moving forward. If you're worried about this becoming a "cult" begin thinking for yourself what can you do to lead the best life possible. That is actually what JP is trying to make you do!! P.S- the memes are getting old.

[@dougnkaty]

Cole Martin the problem with most cults is the leader is typically sleeping with all the women. We don’t have to worry about that with JBP he’s not interested in power and has a value system higher than most.

[@ghldhnl8340]

I'm just incredibly grateful that years of listening to dozens of different podcasts, viewing lectures, reading books etc. have led me to Professor Peterson. Anyone have good experiences to share about the Self Authoring Suite? I just started it and am tremendously excited

[@nascent4735]

Jim White I bought it, but I'm nervous to do it. I'm a little worried about how it will affect me.

[@anthonybenger6660]

Jim White self-authoring suite is quite broad, encompasses a lot of context, but it is what you make it, the more you put in the better. I did each section over a couple of days to really engage. Well worth the time.

[@blakephilpott5761]

I want to try the past authoring one.. lemme know how it goes for you.

[@ghldhnl8340]

I'm halfway through it now. It says the exercise may take up to 4 hours but I'm spending more time on it and divide it over multiple days. So far it's been an interesting process and I'm sure it's going to be of great benefit when doing the Future Authoring program, which I'm actually most excited about. To each their own and of course you may have your reasons, however I would only suggest to do the entire Self Authoring Suite while you're at it, because why not? Best of luck

[@ghldhnl8340]

Hey btw, I think that as off today or otherwise within the next couple of days, the discount code 'future' will give you 20% off the entire 2 for 1 special

[@spencerstephens7594]

At 1:35 when he talks about slaying the dragon and absorbing a power from it, I was blown away with the parallel to Skyrim. Anyone else think of that? I keep seeing deeper into all the artistic themes of my culture that I used to just accept and appreciate subconsciously. Incredible. It's like when I started learning Spanish and I started noticing all the roots and meanings being interwoven everywhere and in all sorts of languages. Thanks for my education JBP!

[@MegaMerdeux]

After discovering JP years ago everything I experience: music, movie, videogame, show, book etc. Has dramatically changed. Now I can see more clearly the patterns that have always been present. Way before mankind came into "existence". I always joke with my wife that JP has ruined my ability to mindlessly enjoy stuffs. Now I see patterns everywhere. And they're all somehow portraying the same things. The best way to describe it in layman's terms is when Neo resurrected in the original movie. And I'm so thankful, but at the same time terrified now that I realise that it's a beautiful and very delicate system. And that every single person on this planet can have such a huge impact on existence itself.

[@lectrix8]

He often makes the point that the archetypal stories that present themselves in our arts hyperlink conceptually to other works. The most hyperlinked or referenced works are what we (as a human race) think of as the classics. This is why he relies on myths of antiquity, philosophy and literary classics so often to help clarify the analysis of the archetypal patterns. What is is mind blowing is to see him do this with the biblical text so profoundly without imposing religious dogma.

[@BarbVice13]

@@lectrix8 … yes, exactly. You described it perfectly.

[@go9256]

Born to atheists, I had some personal experiences with a power greater than myself and began my journey to Christianity. I, too, was shocked at the depth and pervasiveness of the Christian ethos .

[@MoKuzi]

Soaking it all in! There is so much light in these series! Thank you, sir, Dr. Peterson!

[@infinite540]

I watch a lecture from Dr. Peterson and I think, "this is the best one." Then I watch the next lecture and I'm like, "crap, this is the best one." The guy is inexhaustible.

[@modernexistence4206]

1000%

[@AdamEvans416]

57:05 love how he even touched on fasting as part of human effort towards effecting physiological change

[@danseaingnuggets]

As a 59 year old educator, I was forced out of my top paying job as a school administrator. I took early retirement in order to stop the school-place abuse that was making me mentally, physically ill. I stumbled across Dr. Petersons series. Being a person of faith decided to give it a go. He has helped me with my chaos. Thank you Doc! If you ever want to do a series on midlife crisis’ or midlife existential crisis I’m your gal. The amount of chaos I brought and the world brought on me in 14 months would have driven an introvert to end it all-being an extrovert, I am clawing up the mountain and avoiding the dragon fires. I will survive. My story-I’m sure is much like many. Thank you. My struggles growing up provided me with the armor needed to continue. 🌹🙏♥️🕊

[@sfisonkosi7229]

Your talk's had brought life to my meaningless life, once upon a time. Thanks 👍🙏

[@cghrios783]

I hope U have found God and Jesus and you continue on your quest. Allen Nolan is a formidable teacher in all things Bible. JP wakes up our curiosity for learning and he explains everything with his innate ability. I don’t have a religion but I’m consider myself a Christian follower of Jesus and Allen Nolan has helped me tremendously.

[@philipspires5781]

Exposure therapy is the exact opposite of safe spaces.

[@Connie938]

Philip Spires oh my, yes sir, and we need a whole lot more exposure therapy!

[@Dylan-cp9ph]

Voluntary exposure is the only effective exposure, not forced.

[@Dylan-cp9ph]

The neurocircuitry of voluntary exposure vs forced is different

[@coffeedude]

Not really comparable

[@tuskinradar8688]

Instead of going to a place thats safe for you, you make the dangerous safe for you on your own by conquering that danger in your mind. Good stuff.

[@ImChrisNotChrist]

To think that a few years ago, I was angrily debating on every religious-oriented video I stumbled upon, and now I rush to these videos when the notifications pops-up?!?

[@tuck-brainwks-eutent-hidva1098]

Hey -- "ImChrisNotChrist" -- I giggled at this name. Do you get auto-addressed computer stuff that abbreviates "Christopher" as "Christ"? My former husband did -- figured this might be universal to the 21st century. You could probably start an identity group, join the Oppression Olympics! 🤣 Hey -- everyone is doing it!

[@thebestdanceofthenighthing1633]

😂😂

[@jacobp7280]

I am 23 and experimented with psilocybin mushrooms several times from about 18-21. Those experiences are what brought me back to Catholicism and gave me the ability to understand far greater things than myself.

[@fabiotieri3155]

"So big it can't but fail" It explains (well it summarizes in one sentence more likely) the fall of the Roman Empire too.

[@BlackSilver23]

7:10 He should definitely do a lecture (series) on the Tao Teh Ching.

[@wuvincent5461]

actually,it would be helpful for people like me from China to understand it,because the original version of the tao teh ching is way too difficult for us to swallow ,it was written by totally different language from what people use currently.

[@cellardwellerproductions5125]

@wu Vincent Is there an old, I assume, Chinese? Like the old English that the King James Version is written. Hardly anyone speaks that way today. You have to be a lawyer to follow the, thee, thou, thous. Earlier Dr. Peterson had said the Tao Teh Ching is very easy to follow.

[@ExpressVisually]

Yesssssss!

[@s3m4jno5w4d]

He hasn't parsed it fully yet so no

[@joshuamontesinos5051]

absolutely

[@amnoduck]

A. W. Tozer: What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

[@Argail8137]

Brooooo!! I feel bad for watching this video for free. I ve been watching watching Dr. Peterson for the las 4 years and I am feeling blessed.

[@jiensuyang3915]

We listen to him in order to be in the presence of such greatness . We did not imagine we could have access to this luxury. He is gold .

[@oisnowy5368]

There are times such as these when a single thumbs up button simply isn't enough. Great insightful and inspiring video from start to finish.

[@safeforsureable]

I can only watch and listen in awe to professor Peterson. Very inspirational.

[@mariadeleon5203]

Sooooo good! I adore this man on so many levels. Thanks Dr Peterson for sharing your thought provoking insights. You're a breath of fresh air.

[@smittyk7810]

I liked Jordan and his ideas from the first KZbin introduction. I am thankful for his message to humanity at this time of obvious need. I predict he will be remembered in history for his effects into the future. A push back towards the centre is so needed.

[@AuthenticVideos]

Love this specific lecture. He just looks so focused and speaks so well.

[@realbigveggie]

"Let us make us a name" is very important. They wanted to be famous/very well known in all the world. Pride in ourselves will ruin the best of us.

[@markfeagans9679]

This man's intellect is rare in that his brilliance is also in his ability to talk to the masses in a way that is comprehended by most all. He is a great communicator.

[@Maedelrosen]

those questions were absolutely something else, bloody brilliant

[@blubalub]

Is that a new suit? New tie? Looking good. I'm not sorted out yet but I'm glad you are, roughly speaking.

[@cctx3940]

T Clark Yeah he's getting about 50 thousands dollars a month now

[@robbyr9286]

graphtreon.com/creator/jordanbpeterson

[@blakephilpott5761]

im happy he's making money doing this, if he is... sooo much value.

[@danni8191]

Chris Cs. Most of that goes into renting this hall.

[@theporcupine9993]

More power to you !

[@jamblack3247]

I am 60 and can't seem to get enough of this man. So wise and such communication skill. I am a follower. Think is the best description

[@sams5803]

I feel like Jordan has digested the works of so many amazing authors. He embodies them almost. All while having a conversation with them.

[@ladyfaye8248]

Respect to you Jordon. It is proving a real revelation to me, watching through your many videos. You lift the veil on some things which have been a mystery to me, and underlined much that I had learned and yet had nowhere to find any kinship with that learning.

[@BoianTV]

The ammount of wisdom inside this video series is incredible

[@coreyp9951]

Good morning, Doc. Would just like you to be aware that this past weekend I had my wife and 2 children baptized, due to, in part, your lectures. After watching your MoM lectures, I had a new perspective when l started watching these lectures, which gave me a new perspective on Christianity. (Sort of like that T.S. Elliot line you like to quote). I feel like I get it more than I have ever previously been able to articulate. Thank you for doing what you're doing.

[@coreyp9951]

Attempting Anonymity, "I had" applies to a specific, personal situation I was referring to. It was a poor choice of words on my part. Thank you for your critique. I accept it and will strive to improve myself for the future.

[@greggor07]

BrokenSocialCompact I don't think your choice of words is bad. I think you expressed exactly what you did. And baptizing your children, who have no say in the matter betrays your tyrant nature. Also, you missed the whole point of the lectures. Baptizing isn't gonna do a god damn thing.

[@Slewfy]

In Biblical Christianity, one makes a personal declaration of faith in the redeeming power of Christ's sacrifice BEFORE being baptized. "Getting your wife and children baptized" is not a personal decision on their part. They are not believers because you got them baptized. Any genuine Bible believing church would not baptize them without a personal confession of faith on each one's part. Faith is personal. You cannot have it for someone else. I would question the biblical veracity of the particular denomination you are attending.

[@greggor07]

@Kvothe Windrunner Children don't have a say in whether they want to eat? You never came in contact with a human child, did you? And you could at least try to draw an analogy which isn't completely retarded. Languages? How can teaching children languages be bad for them? Religion is completely different in it is teaching children what to think, instead of how to think. Luckily, most normal children realize how idiotic religion is by the time they're 12.

[@theresamc4578]

@@Slewfy Acts speaks of the head of the household and his family baptized together. So this is biblical. It is also biblical that baptism is necessary for salvation. Please don't criticize those who do not follow your interpretation and act with love and sincerity.

[@Africestry]

Whoever you are who can't sleep tonight, is tired or sad, believe that there will be tomorrow that will light up your beautiful days. You just need to endure a little more, a little more, and a little more ... Thank you for being patient, thank you for being able to survive. And as you read this, promise yourself that you will be able to get through your toughest days in the future. Promise to keep smiling, no matter how you are ... You deserve to be happy :)

[@user-mm5wy8dm7h]

I really enjoy prof Peterson his lectures are instructive full of a new view and perfectly reasonable and logical

[@andykelly7367]

Thanks Jordan... Man you came along just in time....For everybody! My spirit has been dancing for months now thanks 🙏 Godbless you, your wife and children. Healing has begun. Andy Kelly 🇬🇧

[@shmuwee]

The impatient crack fiend wait for this lecture was like no joke, man

[@ImTakinMeFishin]

Jordan lol every week I go through withdrawals....

[@elbazart]

I discovered this series just recently, so I get to binge! Muhahahaha!

[@michaeltrooney6089]

Jordan 0

[@dravenocklost4253]

@@elbazart Same, mwahahahaha!

[@-RXB-]

Luke Rinck Quitting buprenorphine/opiates right now. Really is just as hard as people say. But then again it’s easy at the same time. We shouldn’t think too much about doing or not doing. Just doing. In the now. Mindfulness meditation really helps.

[@stevensalfelder7219]

I use to be a Pastor and this is some of the best preaching I have every heard, Helped me more of how to really apply what the scriptures are saying. Some things he mis spoke on the content of the scriptures but I get his drift. After I look up dome of what he spoke first :)

[@LuisSUAREZ-ze4gh]

Superb.. I feel blessed to have this series. God bless you JP.

[@cai1000]

The Word of God offends those who are living in rebellion and who are proud of their sin.

[@captainradio5894]

Did you just attempt to tell a complete stranger what offends him?

[@dirtymikentheboys5817]

it falls off deaf ears.

[@formdusktilldeath]

sounds a little dogmatic

[@theporcupine9993]

polyhistor that's what I find annoying if JBP talks about the Bible. On one side There are the extreme religious people that say this dogmatic bullshit that doesn't make sense and on the other side there are the atheist just wanting to bash on religion. Luckily there are loads of nice and rational thinking people in the middle.

[@theporcupine9993]

cai1000 you're using a common used false reasoning technique called ad hominem. Addressing a big group of people under evil is an easy solution and will surely have bad consequences if you continue to do so. The human psyche and the world is a tad more complicated.

[@tippidink]

Like the father I never had.

[@keanurevert9275]

Dayvon Bryant projecting your daddy issues onto others is unbecoming. Why say things that make you look so weak

[@keanurevert9275]

Dayvon Bryant sort yourself out bucko

[@coffeedude]

@@keanurevert9275 You sound resentful. Clean your room bucko

[@keanurevert9275]

@@coffeedude i will just for you

[@scottmultner354]

It's beautiful to be able to watch and appreciate a man at the "top of his game" Thank You Dr Peterson

[@mills2607]

This series changed my life

[@IndianBrah]

Yeah! Need some sorting out and bible talk with my morning coffee!

[@JohnSmith-cw1lf]

Anang M your morning coffe takes you 2:40:00 to drink?

[@williamdowney6265]

you must take a long morning coffee!

[@Cperambulator]

You mean Sorting oot! :)

[@gwilymbatista4118]

Ditto, Bucko!

[@cwb0110]

Jesus AND mushrooms!!! 2 of the many reasons I love this guy

[@joshwhite5407]

Jesus WAS a mushroom

[@VinnyDamo]

“Why democracy works: it allows people to talk...” hear that big tech?? 🧐

[@ianpage2509]

I did.

[@book3100]

Sure they hear it. That's why they shut down certain people and not others, and they think it won't come back to bite them.

[@BCBjcewA]

yeah what that guy said......

[@SkyKingAzure]

Then maybe they don't WANT a democracy.

[@Rodzilla5332]

I listen to his lectures while working a 9 hour shift. It works out to be about a lecture then break, lecture then lunch, lecture then break, lecture then home to analyze the wife.

[@SensemakingMartin]

Wonderful setup you've got there

[@carolirene49]

He puts information together so well! His perspective on LIFE is so insightful that my nerves about who, what, and why are made to feel much better. It just makes sense

[@James-jb7ow]

I think what's so appealing about Peterson is that he's reopening the door to mysticism in a way that's rational. I think it's a fact that we have a fascination with unknown or mystical but for the past however many years all we've had is religion, which to a large degree goes against our sense of the rational, or the new age druggie mysticism which is just as boring in many ways. Petersons reintroduction of the old mysticism through a rational lense re kindles and satisfies to a degree that age old desire for the mystical by breaking it down in a way that makes sense. It's a very strong antidote to nihilism that I think could save civilization from complete philosophical degeneration. He's doing "God's work" if you ask me.

[@kevinvanhorn2193]

Eric Raymond's essay "Dancing with the Gods" also examines this theme of rationality and mysticism not necessarily being in conflict.

[@G_Ozare]

Damn well said.

[@cosmiccomedy7394]

Really underrated comment. I completely agree.

[@keithcaldwell8524]

I have always had trouble, difficulty with the Old Testament. Thank you for this.

[@nitsuanomrah6997]

2:19:25 how he broke that down and explained how christ is both the judge and redeemer gave me the chills, not in a bad way but its just amazing watching him think something out and just blow your mind with his answer

[@alexb3617]

and this real son of a bitch just insulted him directly. like wth? who does that? maybe i don't understand, Is this a normal way of addressing someone?

[@nitsuanomrah6997]

@@alexb3617 who insulted who? Sorry my comment is 2 years old need some brushing up

[@alexb3617]

@Nitsua Nomrah the recurring funny guy who asked the question. sorry for the 2 years delay, i just discovered these series. too bad it didn't continue to more stories btw cause i am too hyped about them

[@nitsuanomrah6997]

@@alexb3617 this is definitely JPs magnum opus.. honestly it changed me. I own both his life rules books but nothing compares to his biblical series. I wish he'd continue it too, but idk if he's at his prime any more like he was here.. This is the JP we all love. I'm happy you gave a long biblical series a chance. I sure as hell never thought I'd get into something like this but man, I needed it. God Bless.

[@alexb3617]

@@nitsuanomrah6997 yeah he started off a bit soft after the rest but i watched his most recent conversations on his podcast and he already seems sharp as his old self so fingers crossed man, who knows he may even continue. god knows we need this kind of content now more than ever