Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

And so you might say, well, if you've missed your adventure, Carl Jung said, modern man doesn't see God because he doesn't look low enough, which is a very interesting way of conceptualizing. It's like one of the things I try to do in this new technology we're developing with Essay, but also as a theme in Essay. we who wrestle with God, is to point out that you can learn to watch.

And so you might say, well, if you've missed your adventure, Carl Jung said, modern man doesn't see God because he doesn't look low enough, which is a very interesting way of conceptualizing. It's like one of the things I try to do in this new technology we're developing with Essay, but also as a theme in Essay. we who wrestle with God, is to point out that you can learn to watch.

So for example, when I was dealing with depressed people in my clinical practice, and this is a pretty standard behavioral approach, is one of the things you do with depressed people is you have them track their mood, say maybe every hour during the day. Because a depressed person will assume that they're very unhappy and that that's always there.

So for example, when I was dealing with depressed people in my clinical practice, and this is a pretty standard behavioral approach, is one of the things you do with depressed people is you have them track their mood, say maybe every hour during the day. Because a depressed person will assume that they're very unhappy and that that's always there.

But if you get them to track it, what you find is they may be comparatively unhappy, but there is variation. So there'll be times when they're much more miserable than usual, but also times when they're less miserable. And they may not even really know when those times are without tracking it.

But if you get them to track it, what you find is they may be comparatively unhappy, but there is variation. So there'll be times when they're much more miserable than usual, but also times when they're less miserable. And they may not even really know when those times are without tracking it.

So one of the things typically is depressed people will isolate themselves because they think they don't want to see anyone. But if you have them track their emotions, you find that when they're with other people, they're almost invariably less depressed. Okay, so imagine now I had you make a map of your emotions across a week, and we associated the emotions with what you were doing.

So one of the things typically is depressed people will isolate themselves because they think they don't want to see anyone. But if you have them track their emotions, you find that when they're with other people, they're almost invariably less depressed. Okay, so imagine now I had you make a map of your emotions across a week, and we associated the emotions with what you were doing.

What we'd find is some of the things you were doing were making you much more depressed, and some of the things less. And so then your goal, so the first goal is see that, attend to that, as if you're ignorant even with regards to your own nature.

What we'd find is some of the things you were doing were making you much more depressed, and some of the things less. And so then your goal, so the first goal is see that, attend to that, as if you're ignorant even with regards to your own nature.

And then the next thing would be, well, how about you do a little bit more of the things that are positive and a little bit less of the things that are negative, right? And then we will remap that and see if you've moved your average mood, you know, up the distribution. And so this is what they call the beginner's mind, at least in part in Buddhism.

And then the next thing would be, well, how about you do a little bit more of the things that are positive and a little bit less of the things that are negative, right? And then we will remap that and see if you've moved your average mood, you know, up the distribution. And so this is what they call the beginner's mind, at least in part in Buddhism.

You want to look at the situation, which might be your own situation, as if you don't know yourself. It's like, okay, well... What am I interested in? People are often loath to even ask that question because they may find, for example, that the thing that compels them forward isn't the thing their father or mother wanted them to do. That's a very common familial story.

You want to look at the situation, which might be your own situation, as if you don't know yourself. It's like, okay, well... What am I interested in? People are often loath to even ask that question because they may find, for example, that the thing that compels them forward isn't the thing their father or mother wanted them to do. That's a very common familial story.

You know, you might be shocked at who you are. It's highly probable, just like you're shocked when you start to get to know someone else. It's the same as gonna apply to you. And the rule there is something like, watch, don't assume. Don't put your presuppositions before the realities of your experience. So he had to watch. And if you watch, you see you can rectify your aim.

You know, you might be shocked at who you are. It's highly probable, just like you're shocked when you start to get to know someone else. It's the same as gonna apply to you. And the rule there is something like, watch, don't assume. Don't put your presuppositions before the realities of your experience. So he had to watch. And if you watch, you see you can rectify your aim.

And so that's the difference between attention and thought. You know, Luciferian intelligences worship their own presuppositions. Someone who's active and attentive watches, they're alert. Meditation can foster that, right? Because it teaches you to be present and awake. And so I would say to people who haven't found their calling is that they're not noticing it in its micro-manifestations.

And so that's the difference between attention and thought. You know, Luciferian intelligences worship their own presuppositions. Someone who's active and attentive watches, they're alert. Meditation can foster that, right? Because it teaches you to be present and awake. And so I would say to people who haven't found their calling is that they're not noticing it in its micro-manifestations.

You know, it's not going to necessarily announce itself like Gandalf announced himself to the Hobbit. It's going to be subtle. Things bother you, that's part of your adventure. Like, there's going to be certain things that grip you and disturb you, and those are the problems that you're destined to have to contend with.

You know, it's not going to necessarily announce itself like Gandalf announced himself to the Hobbit. It's going to be subtle. Things bother you, that's part of your adventure. Like, there's going to be certain things that grip you and disturb you, and those are the problems that you're destined to have to contend with.