The Psychology of Pinocchio | EP 254

In celebration of part 4/4 of "The Adventures of Pinocchio and Free Speech" compilation series (available in audio-only format on the JBP Podcast), we decided to revisit a classic lecture from Dr. Peterson's 2015 Maps of Meaning series discussing the 1940 Disney classic Pinocchio.
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[@AbelbenAdam]

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[@rekostarr7149]

@@joeblow6669 there are limits to greed friendo.

[@shroomgrizzley464]

Why the repost we have heard this many times in videos. We need fresh content, if anything, more about competency and responsibilities they don't teach you in school for men. Thank you for all you've done.

[@jimp5133]

Modern adaptation -Artificial intelligence by Steven Spielberg, a robot who wishes to be a real boy.

[@MericaOutdoors]

There's no way anyone else has ever put this much thought into Pinocchio. Not even the writers. I love this man.

[@clkvlk]

most authors would say that the story writes itself when you are in a trance-like state. Their ideas are products of their personal and collective unconscious. So when the authors write books, they unknowingly store in them a vast amount of unconscious content that can be explored from a Jungian perspective. Innumerable associations can be made just like how Peterson brilliantly does here.

[@brennanruderman5667]

@@clkvlk That gives me some perspective as to how stories are made, because the creation of characters and the life that is given to them is something akin to a dreamlike state.

[@natronfatumallafalla1922]

I'm sure they did though...everumy kids or Disney movie or atleast 90% is based on demonic or religion in a "funny kid" story kind of way

[@Daveee72]

Definitely the writers

[@r.m5883]

They didnt have to… it’s since they struck something universal

[@Milestonemonger]

No matter how many times I've watched this clip over the years, I've always managed to learn something new. The meaning changes depending on where I am in my life

[@zmo1ndone502]

Karl popper speaks to jung

[@danhardin7243]

I am a psychology major and made the same analogies of Pinocchio over the years. What a blessing to have Peterson affirm my teachings to my kids & grandkids!

[@LaZanyarr]

U should make your own video's on Pinocchio and stuff

[@jonesjermaine4387]

I run a youth group and the kids now a day can only get off to Chick's with Dixs it's quite sad

[@StratMatt777]

@@jonesjermaine4387 Wow! REALLY?! That is scary/weird/sad. So, in other words... the elite have been successful at reprogramming the minds of the young in order to reduce repopulation by making it so they do not seek out a mate to have children with?

[@BigBootyBatman]

@@jonesjermaine4387 wdym? do you run a pron youth group or why would you know what theyre into?

[@dcnfamilyify]

Me too

[@SocialEP]

Imagine having the opportunity to sit in a college class room and learn from such a brilliant mind.... and then taking it for granted 🤯

[@ron072684]

Most of these kids feel they are entitled to it. They don't feel blessed for anything.

[@BigO_72]

Then imagine that college trying to get rid of him.

[@austindenotter19]

Dont take it for granted. Learn from this.

[@Paulo.1984]

@@ron072684 well, if you pay an arm and a leg for a decent college tuition, you have the right to at least believe you are entitled to inspiring and brilliant lectures. I do get your point, but it's so easy to just say that, without context. Not every kid out there is a deranged marxist

[@alandenton1024]

A brilliant mind? This man has so many personal issues I would steer clear if I was you

[@rules4life337]

The world wouldn't be the same without this man. What an amazing man.

[@SOULRELIEF22]

ONE DAY HE WILL DIE AND MEET JESUS, THE JUDGE OF MANKIND! "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37! I'M IN LOVE WITH JESUS! ❤️✝️❤️ "All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:3! "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Revelation 21:8! REPENT AND RECEIVE JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR TO HAVE YOUR NAME SECURED IN HIS BOOK OF LIFE! "AND WHOSOEVER WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE WAS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE." REVELATION 20:15! KJV

[@Myrslokstok]

Imagine being on his reeducational board 🙄

[@EcurbSSJ]

Glad to see this lecture back up. I got the privilege of watching the first one he put up which included clips from Pinocchio before the copyright claim from Disney took it down a couple hours ago.

[@TheRazzaManazza]

Oh, is that what happened. I was wondering.

[@tomjeff1743]

Disney has become worse as the tribe has exerted greater control

[@somedudeRyan]

Even more powerful lecture with the source material included, glad I was with the lucky ones to see it before it was chopped

[@dreamarcher4018]

Of course after all these years it was up and then taken down because Disney is so Woke they don’t want their old stuff to expose them as Pinocchio’s themselves.

[@rathelmmc3194]

That’s an unjust copyright strike. This clearly falls under fair use.

[@thisismyaltaccount4195]

I remember first watching this a few years back. Great stuff and a lot to unpack. I find myself having to rewind and re listen a lot of times to try to digest what you're saying, but it's well worth it

[@chris432t6]

Never gets old imo!

[@juniorvonclaire3576]

Take notes. You might include times in your margins.

[@IndigoDisco]

' Unpack' makes me wince.

[@seratonin7004]

I find that a lot with Jordan actually. Not because of any fault, there's just a lot to unpack and my brain is working in turtle mode... I see revisiting such content as a means of continual learning.

[@Bill..N]

Jordan Peterson is worthy of respect on MANY levels, and I sincerely enjoy hearing his perspectives.. Heading the list among his skill sets In my HUMBLE opinion, is his surprisingly smooth talent of misdirection. Next I bow to the mans ability to weave together patches of assumptive knowledge with very inventive scraps of analogs and similes that sometimes feel a little ponderous, but still convincing.. BUT that being said, in the end I agree wholeheartedly with the man's sincerity and conviction..Peace.

[@VicariousView]

Jordan, I don’t know if you’re ever going to see this - this lecture of yours, this storytelling of yours about this story has been one of the catalysts that has changed the way I feel about change in a way that has changed me for the better, and I am infinitely grateful. Thank you.

[@MxmentoMxri]

I absolutely love symbolism and archetypal story structure analysis. It's so mind blowing.

[@drmarkrieke]

You should look into Joseph Campbell, the meaning of myth

[@Graceunderpressure63]

I love to listen to this man speak...no matter the topic!! He is brilliant, passionate and powerfully humble!

[@KeiichiTheOtaku]

Dr. Peterson, this lit a fire in me. I paused half way through, and watched Pinnochio for the first time since I was too young to remember it. I recognized sagas in my life that match the three trials - including ESPECIALLY rescuing my Father from the whale, which I believe now I quite literally have. Without belaboring the point, at 35 I finally suddenly recognized myself as someone worthy of the future. There is no other way to describe it than that all at once i was stunned and grateful and terrified and exalting all at the same time. I cannot express my gratitude in this forum, but I hope at some point in the future I will have the opportunity.

[@Mindstangle]

being 35 years old with an anime avatar is far beyond help

[@donilexington4600]

@@Mindstangle aww, Look it's a donkey!

[@tha1ne]

@@Mindstangle imagine being this judgmental on a comment literally describing how he is inspired to get his life together. Seems you are far beyond help bud

[@Mindstangle]

@@tha1ne oh no another dude in his 40s who identifies as a cartoon lmao

[@tha1ne]

@@Mindstangle

[@user-qz1tl4od6o]

"When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."-1 Cor 13:11

[@Doctor.T.46]

And your point is?

[@JonLovestheLord]

@@Doctor.T.46 It is the biblical equivalent of the meta-archtype of the Pinnochio story. Take the time to listen to the video. Think before you comment.

[@TheHulksMistress]

That’s great. I haven’t watched this video yet but I still like the quote. Many of my friends are even as adults still totally embedded in their childhoods. I find it so strange personally. I understood wanting the occasional comfort sure, maybe something that lifts your spirits like a childhood meal or movie. But people who choose to perpetually live in their childhood?? Good god no. That’s just self sabotage. I enjoy being competent and capable thank you very much

[@fritzco55]

@@TheHulksMistress How many aged people are stuck in "Pleasure Island"?

[@JoseGarcia-cv2sv]

Nice!👍🏻

[@M64936]

I started following your channel when you had 2k subscribers, I remember watching these lectures - they blew my mind. And that's saying something, because I have read all of Nietzsche and Carl Jung's works.

[@Mnnwer]

Same here, big fan of Jung and Nietzsche, read most of their works, so it is really nice hearing someone articulate, and use the works of Jung in such a profound manner.

[@millennialmadness5138]

Can you imagine an analysis paper written by Dr. Peterson? Holy cow. I had no idea the depth of Pinocchio. What else have I missed?

[@hakapelika7024]

Peter Pan...read the original. A warning for parents...disney ignored the moral lessons in the cartoon renditions

[@scorpionformula]

I genuinely could watch Peterson over and over again

[@briankepner7569]

Okay now I know this man is a prophet and genius and humble as well. I am so glad that there's a voice like Dr Peterson's out there. Thank you for the keen insight and human psychology

[@passionplanet2336]

He is just following the crumbs IMO they all lead to JUNG he is the real prophet but the crazy part is we all are... its just some are able to put it together .. it is their burning desire to understand themselves that causes a HUGE burden on their lives... Interesting stuff and im on the same path...

[@jessicabowling5645]

No. No one person has the complete answer. And if you know better, where is your video?

[@TipsyFlipper]

as a child of the 70s 80s I feel like the surface messages of Pinocchio were pressed fearfully upon me. I will watch this video on repeat because the deeper complexities of this story are always building and increasing. Thank you for your deep look into this story Jordan Peterson.

[@condorsouthernlands4730]

It was traumatizing for me personally. When the movie ended I just kept asking what happened to all the other boys on pleasure island!?😢

[@jaimelovemac88]

I agree. I never recalled the story to be one of my favorites. I just always felt afraid.

[@jonesjermaine4387]

I run a youth group and the kids now a day can only get off to Chick's with Dixs it's quite sad

[@troychester3686]

These archetypal analyses are my favorite JP content.

[@mathewhill5556]

The applause at the end brought tears to my eyes. I heard echoes of future standing ovations found in a mundane classroom. I heard the spirit of those students shine. Thank you Dr. Peterson.

[@tulipanrosas]

Si bebé

[@sceadugenga735]

no offense but this is one of the corniest, most insipid displays of limp wristed fan mail i've ever read

[@jonesjermaine4387]

I run a youth group and the kids now a day can only get off to Chick's with Dixs it's quite sad

[@IsabellaLinares2022]

If only I could be one of your students in the classroom! I have always loved sociology and psychology, the dissection of lies society is composed of, and the food we eat from infant-hood.

[@wiseyoungman1]

You are. Welcome to the class.

[@filibertoaguilar4509]

Thank you Jordan b Peterson and everyone a part of it 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽. I appreciate your time 👆🏾😇💚

[@thenx0136]

I would like to have a teacher like Jordan Peterson

[@berni4560]

To me, childhood memory, Pinocchio was about telling the truth, or not. Never knew there's more to Pinocchio then 👃👃👃 Thanks for the insight.

[@alizewilcoxen9787]

Them Disney mf knew 😭

[@SusanHL]

Thank you Dr. Peterson, for everything you do!

[@SingItSandra]

Mr Jordan my father did die and people did everything to upset me I have total respect for you and the pressure was real I hope you are doing great

[@chris432t6]

Absolutely fantastic! JP communicates so beautifully! When he speaks I'm uplifted and after listening feel more in tune and harmonious every time. Thank you JP for everything! Much love always!🌞

[@tulipanrosas]

Ahuevo hijo!

[@celenecranenburgh9566]

You know...I don't understand most of what anyone is saying here...let alone the guy on the screen above the comments...but GOD bless you in your freedom to think and say what you do. Xxx

[@peter-peter5929]

Complex simplicity. I find it amazing how someone can give a deep breakdown of a subject, in this case Pinocchio, in a way that represents our daily struggles, and how it starts to open doors in our minds, allowing us to answer many of our own questions. This video helped me in so many areas, both personally and professionally. From 7:50 to 8:15 the message is a perfect message for our development, especially for one who follows Christ and wonders how we mature in our walk.

[@nicorovertsthesecond9069]

What a way to celebrate 5 million. Classic Peterson. Changed my life. Maps of meaning was one of the first things that made sense for me. I cannot fully express my gratitude, but you are my hero. Thankyou

[@davidjordan2336]

I haven't seen the movie version (presumably the Disney adaptation) that Peterson is going through, but I've read the book a couple of times as an adult, and I've been pretty amazed at its depth. Good children's literature always seems to be incredibly deep. Like traditional fairy tales seem to have many layers. It's too bad that that's not the case in our contemporary work.

[@hakapelika7024]

Do Peter Pan. And Alice in Wonderland. These original books are all warnings to parents too.

[@laurakosch]

It’s rare to find depth like this in contemporary writing. Despite all our modern hubris and delusions of superior worldview our society is plagued by mental weakness and blind spots.

[@grumbledore424]

I wish metaphors and symbology had been explained to me better when I was a child.

[@cyprusfang535]

No point, you wouldn’t have understood, better to learn it when you can actually grasp it

[@myownmasterpiece8788]

You know what makes a person a great parent and good with all kids? Treating them like a human being who is competent enough to understand.

[@all_angles8528]

Jordan Peterson is a global treasure

[@yashmalik9714]

A Brilliant Lecture Pulled From The Depths Of A Magnificent Career

[@joseleviste762]

Thank you Dr. Peterson . I wish you happinesses and good health.

[@ghostfox3560]

Glad to see this video is finally available. I saw it released while I was at work and taken down pretty quick via DMCA claim. Always interesting seeing your old lectures on this topic, Dr Peterson.

[@NAJErEa91]

💯💯💯

[@lmn6440]

Fuck copyright and the Mickey mouse act

[@abornpayne]

I am blessed in that I was able to be with my father today, an Eagle Scout in the pursuit of helping others 🙏

[@whiskeysavage2955]

I can tell you this.... This man is a gift to us all from our FATHER.

[@arkofthecovenant6235]

Great lecture Dr. JP! It reminds me of what John Henry Newman said. “ The conscience is the aboriginal vicar of Christ.” ( delete? )

[@anasantos3663]

Just beautiful to listen. Thank you Dr Jordan Peterson

[@waterbourne9282]

I'm so grateful for JBP interpreting and revealing the hidden meanings in the Disney epics and the Bible. Most grateful.

[@dibanhiramosramos1770]

such an incredible explanation, love the perspective. Thank you

[@thenx0136]

It is amazing how Jordan can do a lecture like that based in a movie like pinocchio

[@sgtrabbi]

Jordan, I cant thank you enough for this lecture. Truly, may Yah Bless you! 🐏

[@sgt1terrence]

I watched all his Maps of Meaning videos and grew so much.

[@ps4shotsgaming528]

My favourite Disney movie hands down since I was a kid, Great to see Peterson having this lecture

[@SalahDSalim]

Jordan Peterson is a brilliant and rare person

[@adamburling9551]

Not the arbiter of what is attractive and beautiful necessarily though. No matter what ones status or education might make them believe and state matter of factly.

[@ss2Sagan]

Keep up these well picked nuggets! Maybe one day we will have comprehensive playlist of all major and minor 'notes struck' that spark the much needed light within..

[@RositaKastro]

I have been going back to the pinocchio story once in a few years. It does have very strong imagery in terms of archetypes and personality development. I enjoyed this lecture, thank you.

[@lalumamankarisman5233]

Wonderful way if thinking sir. thanks for sharing your view, we lack exactly this kind of thinker and value observer. we now living in the world where "freedom" is actually a "free-dooms" with people celebrating it day and night. not knowing the end is near and they are no prepared to be thrown into the cliff.

[@dmac9777]

This is what should be taught before anything else.

[@9a076]

Love these videos. Thank you 😊

[@roastedbabycarrots1493]

I would honestly do anything to see Dr. Jorden Peterson analyze Attack on Titian

[@cestmoi4532]

What a wonderful lecture. Thank you for sharing it with us. 💛

[@sorartificial]

I love when you mentioned that he mastered fire cause at the beginning of the movie Pinocchio almost burned himself with it, by learning from his experience he was able to turn something destructive of the world into something good.

[@guimblezin]

*Thank you for the lecture, you're really a intellectual.*

[@minto7699]

An intellectual.........if the next word starts with a vowel. It's An......ok

[@walterworrall]

@@minto7699 you beat me to it. Grammatical authoritarians unite!

[@c3realpt]

Foda-se

[@Jasmine_06]

@@walterworrall 😐

[@Vizzo69s]

Thank you so much. I’m finding meaning in this which is helping me greatly!

[@kyledamron]

Dr. Peterson, I just wanted to tell you that while we don't always agree on certain issues I've realized you are not the big bad wolf the media tries to portray you as. When I took the time to listen to you I realized I agree with you far more times than I disagree. I feel that you take great care with working out your full opinion on things before speaking, and are quite a caring person. You've had a profound effect on me. I grew up in a single-parent home with a father in and out of jail, prison, or rehab. You've changed how I think about things and I have realized I can do things, just one thing at a time to slowly better my life. I have even found myself at 35 crying because of some of the things you have said. I was very depressed after I was hit by an unlicensed driver while I was crossing the crosswalk. I was told before emergency back surgery I was either going to die or never walk again, and while I am alive, I was in a wheelchair and remained in one until I started believing my life was still worth living, and I wasn't going to give up and after a lot of hard work I can walk with a cane today. And I had given up before I heard you talk about making your bed. Now I'm taking the time to make my bed, and clean my room every day. I had stopped doing that and it bugged me. Just doing that has improved my life in ways only a year ago I thought were impossible because making my bed lead me to realize I can help myself if I work hard and change one thing at a time. It lead me to try physical therapy again with a different therapist who didn't tell me I won't walk again, and it paid off. Thank you so much. I will never judge someone without hearing them out again because they may say something that changes my life like you did. Edit: I'm sure you don't have time to read youtube comments, but I hope you see this long rambling comment because I don't know if there's a better way to thank you. I needed to hear a lot of the things you have written about and said, I thought my life was over when I broke my back in the car accident and as I mentioned was told I wouldn't walk again. I now know I was wrong, the doctors were wrong, and it started with making my bed and changing what I thought I could change and ended up changing what I was told I couldn't. Thank you again so very much. You gave me hope again.

[@Wearethewingmakers]

Pinnichio perfectly describes awakening to reality. If u dont control your mind someone else will(puppeteer) until u wake up and become real they will direct your life and you will call it fate. If you dont wake up u will become a heehawing jackass who is nothing more than a resource. Connecting with your consiousness is absolutely the goal of this operation.

[@YougottabeDryhumpinme]

I like the way you subtly pointed out the fact that most Democrats/Donkeys/Jackasses still don't have the ability to comprehend the world based on reality instead of pure fantasy.

[@jamesalewis]

Man! I love these lectures!

[@muhammadshahroznadeem6837]

I don't think anyone can digest his lecture in one go, resiting his classes is a must....

[@iLuminarious]

"It's much better to learn how to do something than to benefit from the thing itself." Dayyyyuuuum.

[@LucentpoolsDFW]

Do a series on Disney fables!

[@Torile0]

please, Pinocchio is not a Disney fable

[@LucentpoolsDFW]

@@Torile0 Yah I know that but whether you like it or not that is how most people today know about it. Regardless, his breakdown is fascinating which is why I requested more breakdowns.

[@TheRealMrMustache]

I’ve taken many great classes and had many wonderful professors, but I’ve never seen a professor receive a round of applause at the end of the lecture. An impeccable educator

[@marcellogenesi6390]

Hmm! i wonder if this professor has ever read the actual book in its original language. Disney mutilated Collody's story.

[@destinhook3826]

Please do more psychology Jordan!! That’s why we love you

[@jean-marclamothe8859]

Personally at now 59 years old I have passed several stages or levels that helped me to became an adult, a man and it has been difficult and I suffered a lot because my dysfunctional family ( 8 th of a 9 children family) had left me with many things to repair and mostly no tool or know how to resolve them. To me, PERSEVERANCE has bee to most effective tool I used. To summarize my story I became less teenager at 33 when I had my first of my two boys. I DIG inside me to become conscious of things that I were not conscious because it’s difficult to fix something you don’t know you have or that you refuse to see. All this story use to make me think to a wonderful Prayer, sorry for the bad translation , it Reminds me of the Serenity Prayer .; My God give me the Serenity to accept the things that I cannot change. The Courage to change the things that I can and The Wisdom to know the difference. The more you pay attention to your real self, there would be more subtle things that will appear so you will have to accept the like it is or try to change it. Have a good walk on the path.😊

[@Dbo704]

Yes! Thank you forever everything Dr JP. Hope you are well.

[@SingItSandra]

Thank you for everything Mr Peterson

[@armanbf]

This analogy is always a helpful reminder

[@WHITEBOARDSTRATEGIES]

Id' like to re-construct the classroom lecture at home - by watching the cartoon segment, then listening to Dr Peterson's thoughts. Question: Can you provide an index to the timed pieces from the cartoon movie that Dr Peterson refers to?

[@LaZanyarr]

That's exactly what i was hoping for

[@gods_monsters]

Can you not? 1:00

[@loganwilcox4037]

This man has lifted so many from the deep, dark ocean we call modern society.

[@gvdude]

Simply brilliant.

[@durbanbudz]

Great lecture, thank you kindly!

[@cleaninglady3189]

I have made that journey to the underworld several times, have fallen apart many times and been reborn again. recognizing that someone is pulling the strings with me and considering if that was where I wanted to go and then untangling myself from those ropes and starting over. I know where the demons haunt and why. yes, developing autonomy is kind of taboo for them. I played roles, was seduced and see how evil this world can be. much deeper than other people. the pain in it is so deep that for a long period of time and now sometimes still, I wake up and my face and neck are soaked from crying. I have experienced many levels of chaos when all I wanted was to put things in order. back home. from home to home. everything was chaos. the grasshopper was always with me. that has been my salvation, for I come from dark places of my youth. I do have an explanation for J.C. He is there for everyone who pays close attention. Trauma has made me spiritual. I have a long list of traumas. it's like i subscribed to it. Given the time we live in, I assume that I still have a few things to learn and that I will go back to the abyss to come back reborn. I have been in dialogue with my consciousness since about age seven with periods of deep fall to high spiritual consciousness and very clear experiences. I was a low-skilled good-hearted obedient slave who always knew I had to free myself from that. I also returned home many times and found nothing. That is still an issue for me. I've been so desperate at some that God even sent me an angel to fish me back in. My intuition always directs me to God. Yet sometimes a demon manages to get me. For example, if I am sick or through people around me. I see a lot. On different levels. As a low-skilled person, I learned to pay attention. Like some kind of animal instinct. That is it. The same goes for the message that is passed to me. Gepetto trapped in the great whale of limbo is true for many. They linger at a low level of consciousness. This is largely due to the way they are directed in how they should view their history. Many people are only looking for fish. They are low in skills and only want to own. They have more or less lost their animal spiritual intuition. It feels so lonely to me. I think it's lonely for everyone. My first spiritual experience was also my fifth. I was visited by a dragon. He wanted something with my heart and I assure you he didn't get it. I have burned a number of ships in the meantime.

[@jeyrey3898]

Thank you for re uploading this!!

[@mbm8404]

At 21:00 he touches on something that applies quite well to current issues of the 2020s. More folks who think they know better than “the old ways” should listen to this and think about it… quietly. For a long time.

[@Cooler7328]

Fascinating parallels between Pinocchios journey and modern woke ideals. Love listening to this!

[@rockking8023]

I heard this and took it to memory and meditated on it for a very long time, still to this day, many years later it is in my daily talk to the subconscious. "The rock that stands in the ocean is constantly challenged by the waves for its stability. By being grounded in what's important will you rise to the challenge of the waves?" I have looked at this in many ways.

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[@travishancock9120]

Good thoughts. I love art and storytelling. I believe that fiction is the primary way humans evolve at this point, considering how we are no longer in a survival situation as a species. Now we survive bu preserving ourselves in values we teach our children, and the best way to teach is through stories. Well, maybe it is not the best way to teach, but even Jesus taught through parables, so I think there is a good argument for that. What I am trying to get at is, thank you for the insight into this old and frankly confusing story. The way you taught made it truly profound in ways I haven't considered before.

[@NickNicometi]

Non-fiction is stranger than fiction!

[@Odonanmarg]

Sometimes it’s fun listening to Peterson.

[@SteveVi0lence]

I needed this explanation like 10 years ago Dr. P

[@internationalsurvivalcounc6980]

"The Parable of the Little Fish" "The fool catches the little fish...and glad that he ate... The Wise catches the little fish... and used it for bait." Selah... -Gerald

[@bubblyb9935]

Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. I feel very blessed with the opportunity to listen to you.

[@juniorvonclaire3576]

DR. P… Like you, I’m very good at seeing and interpreting symbolism. Actually, I’m rather exceptional at it. But we’re also both highly adept in applying philosophy and teaching. However, I think you’re the best that I’ve encountered. I’m likewise drawn to the lessons taught through successes and failures of human behavior, historically. The twentieth century provides a surplus of both and I admit to having been drawn to the atrocities, and can relate to the deep emotional impact they evoke, but examining the past 8,000 years of Western Civilization has furthered my understanding and continues to present new questions. As I learn, it’s increasingly revealed how little I’ll ever know …or of which I’ll ever become aware. It’s so humbling. Ty for contributing to the search for truth. You’ve been a facilitator and have voluntarily taken on your burden. I’m satisfied when I observe you reacting emotionally about the horrors of the past, the blessings of the present and to the outpouring of appreciation others have shown for the help your work has been to their lives. Each of these, in my opinion, are good reasons for being overwhelmed by emotion. My personality is very similar in that regard. This might seem a long comment, but I’ve watched over 200 hours of lectures, speeches and interviews which you’ve provided. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🫵🏻🙏🏻

[@patrick815]

I miss watching these. Keep it coming Jordan's assistant.

[@nikolozkiziria419]

love those old lectures , really nice ones

[@katiec3623]

This is cool. Thank you Dr Peterson!

[@MISSICSART]

Thank you for the re-upload. Perfect timing!@

[@ywmy]

It's an example of how archetypes work, and an example of shared human experience. Something about Pinnoccio is "Human" to its core

[@lirraakthedragon5586]

I wonder what Jordan would've made of the game Bloodborne... Trying to come up with theories and explanations lead my thoughts down a path that fried my brain for a couple of weeks. Thinking about it... I think Bloodborne may have been a turning point in my brain chemistry and segway into becoming more interested in interpretations of reality...

[@joeygreathouse3029]

Disney: bleeding so badly they're copyright striking actual analysis of their work because they know it will get more views than Disney properties 😆

[@RhythmicEye]

The first film I ever saw as a very young child. JP just shook my foundations. Will need to review!

[@jessicacollier2499]

I cried listening to this dude

[@karenstrickland9164]

I saw Pinocchio when I was probably 9. Still love this story. Dr Peterson makes me enjoy the story even more.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

I am but only one of the 5M subs to JBP... and damned proud of it! Thank you for all you do

[@TheGoldeyFamily]

So thankful for the internet and our ability to see true genius at work.

[@lindaardigo5456]

Always beautiful! Thank you 😉❤️

[@entireman7513]

The entire story is really only about the man, Geppeto...who creates a alter ego or outward man represented by Pinocchio. It's like Geppeto is the inward man or soul, and Pinnocchio is the outward man. This is why Geppeto keeps becoming in a captivity because as he is led by selfishness and unrighteousness, he falls into spiritual bondage. The fairies and cricket various avenues of God working within the man to bring him to completeness (perfection as Jesus teaches) where his outside and inside are in harmony. Once Pinocchio/outward man started seeking the inward man/Geppeto he started that path that Jesus teaches us that leads to completeness (as we do His teachings and believe as He believes this outward and inward become harmonized). At the end of the story Pinnocio is completed as a clean minded external spiritual being...Geppeto and Pinocchio being the two parts of a complete spiritual human. It all makes more sense when you take Jesus' yoke to learn from Him and obey Him, believing as He believes. You actually go through this entire image and process that was laid out by the writer of Pinocchio.

[@lifsys]

Fantastic juxtaposition. What an opportunity for growth and expansion you offer your students. Always compelled by your views and perspective. Thank you for sharing!

[@rileyphillip]

Thank you Dr Peterson!

[@ZetTroxX]

I'm SO glad I finally start listening

[@barco1ml]

Augustine - “If no one questions me, I know: if I would explain to a questioner, I know not.”

[@Doctor.T.46]

I think you owe it to us to explain your understanding of that statement...and a reference so we can look it up for ourselves.

[@barco1ml]

@@Doctor.T.46 I am happy to. The quote is from Augustine’s “Confessions”: Si nemo ex me quaerat, scio; si quaerenti explicari velim, nescio. (Conf. XI, 14.) I mentioned it because at 5:48 in the video JP says “you know why but you can't say why you know or what it is that you know” and then references Jungian archetypes. This is interesting because Carl Jung (born 1875) was a contemporary of Oswald Spengler (born 1880) and they have interesting parallels. OS also has the same ambition as JP did in Maps of Meaning “I am writing my book in an attempt to explain the psychological significance of history-to explain the meaning of history.” OS wrote “The Decline of the West” and in the Preface to the Revised Edition he says: “And now, finally, I feel urged to name once more those to whom I owe practically everything: Goethe and Nietzsche. Goethe gave me method, Nietzsche the questioning faculty - and if I were asked to find a formula for my relation to the latter I should say that I had made of his “outlook” (Ausblick) an “overlook” (Überblick).” In Maps of Meaning JP says: “Jung's ideas are not primarily Freudian … It is much more accurate to view him as an intellectual descendant of Goethe and Nietzsche-influenced in his development, to be sure, by the idea of the unconscious-than as a Freudian ‘disciple.’ Jung in fact spent much of his life answering, and attempting to answer, Nietzsche's questions about morality.” Carl Jung gave us the idea of “Synchronicity” which is, in some sense, the opposite of causality in the psychological realm. Spengler set the idea of “Destiny” as the opposite of the principal of causality in the historical realm. In “The Decline of the West” OS quotes that passage twice saying “In the older philosophy I have found one, and only one, profound and reverent presentation of Time; it is in Augustine [the quote],” and then later: “… is something that is not to be explained by any why and wherefore and yet is of inward necessity. And thus the phrase that Augustine in a deep moment used of Time is valid also of destiny [the quote]” I hope this explains why I mentioned the quote.

[@Doctor.T.46]

@@xeropunt5749 Two types of people raise my hackles...those who write in riddles thinking it makes them appear clever, and those who feel the need to emphasise how ridiculous they sound by adding lol just to confirm it. Well done for doubly raising my hackes...quite an achievement.

[@Doctor.T.46]

@@barco1ml Excellent Matthew, thank you. Synchronicity was extracted from Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche, which is volume 8 in The Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Just wanted to make a small addition to your explanation.

[@barco1ml]

@@Doctor.T.46 JP often opposes Isaac Newton (lifeless mechanics) with Charles Darwin (living adaptation). This fundamental dichotomy is basically what OS has in mind as well. He says: "The means whereby to identify dead forms is Mathematical Law. The means whereby to understand living forms is Analogy. By these means we are enabled to distinguish polarity and periodicity in the world." Later on he says "I would not have one single word changed in this: 'The Godhead is effective in the living and not in the dead, in the becoming and the changing, not in the become and the set fast; and therefore, similarly, the reason (Vernunft) is concerned only to strive towards the divine through the becoming and the living, and the understanding (Verstand) only to make use of the become and the set fast' (to Eckermann). This sentence comprises my entire philosophy." He was quoting Goethe. I would add (since JP said he wanted to explain the meaning of history) that OS says of this: "All effectual history begins with the primary classes, nobility and priesthood, forming themselves and elevating themselves above the peasantry as such. The opposition of greater and lesser nobility, between king and vassal, between worldly and spiritual power, is the basic form of all primitive politics, Homeric, Chinese, or Gothic, until with the coming of the City, the burgher, the Tiers État history changes its style. But it is exclusively in these classes as such, in their class consciousness, that the whole meaning of history inheres. The peasant is historyless." And later on he says: "But when Jesus was taken before Pilate, then the world of facts and the world of truths were face to face in immediate and implacable hostility. It is a scene appallingly distinct and overwhelming in its symbolism, such as the world’s history had never before and has never since looked at. The discord that lies at the root of all mobile life from its beginning, in virtue of its very being, of its having both existence and awareness, took here the highest form that can possibly be conceived of human tragedy. In the famous question of the Roman Procurator: “What is truth?” - the one word that is race pure in the whole Greek Testament - lies the entire meaning of history, the exclusive validity of the deed, the prestige of the State and war and blood, the all powerfulness of success and the pride of eminent fitness."