Arthur Brooks
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
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These are deeply existential questions that are rooted in almost everything itself.
These are deeply existential questions that are rooted in almost everything itself.
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Yeah, yeah. Those are the same thing. And the other one was? Was, why are you alive? Which means, who created you and for what purpose? In your belief.
Yeah, yeah. Those are the same thing. And the other one was? Was, why are you alive? Which means, who created you and for what purpose? In your belief.
Yeah, yeah. Those are the same thing. And the other one was? Was, why are you alive? Which means, who created you and for what purpose? In your belief.
Those aren't the same thing. Oh, absolutely not. There's what you desire and what you desire to desire. There's a whole series of iterations about that. And a well-constructed life, the one in which you're really in charge, has good knowledge such that based on accurate knowledge of who you are and why you are, you can make the alterations that are appropriate. That's what it really comes down to.
Those aren't the same thing. Oh, absolutely not. There's what you desire and what you desire to desire. There's a whole series of iterations about that. And a well-constructed life, the one in which you're really in charge, has good knowledge such that based on accurate knowledge of who you are and why you are, you can make the alterations that are appropriate. That's what it really comes down to.
Those aren't the same thing. Oh, absolutely not. There's what you desire and what you desire to desire. There's a whole series of iterations about that. And a well-constructed life, the one in which you're really in charge, has good knowledge such that based on accurate knowledge of who you are and why you are, you can make the alterations that are appropriate. That's what it really comes down to.
And that's the best that we can use in behavioral science.
And that's the best that we can use in behavioral science.
And that's the best that we can use in behavioral science.
Right. This is the psychodrama. The problem with the psychodrama is that it's me, me, me. And me is the wrong answer. So that's what we talk about when we talk about faith in what I teach. It's not about a particular religious faith, notwithstanding the fact that I practice one. It's self-transcendence. Self-transcendence is the essence of awe, of getting small.
Right. This is the psychodrama. The problem with the psychodrama is that it's me, me, me. And me is the wrong answer. So that's what we talk about when we talk about faith in what I teach. It's not about a particular religious faith, notwithstanding the fact that I practice one. It's self-transcendence. Self-transcendence is the essence of awe, of getting small.
Right. This is the psychodrama. The problem with the psychodrama is that it's me, me, me. And me is the wrong answer. So that's what we talk about when we talk about faith in what I teach. It's not about a particular religious faith, notwithstanding the fact that I practice one. It's self-transcendence. Self-transcendence is the essence of awe, of getting small.