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Jacob Howland

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Not just from that point. I mean, he actually remembers everything, but his experience is as vivid. His memories are as vivid as the moment of experience itself. And so he's completely overwhelmed and he just lies in the bed. He can't even, he lies in the dark. And then we have, for example, The Immortal. And it's about a guy who is in North Africa in fighting. This is his earliest memory anyway.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Not just from that point. I mean, he actually remembers everything, but his experience is as vivid. His memories are as vivid as the moment of experience itself. And so he's completely overwhelmed and he just lies in the bed. He can't even, he lies in the dark. And then we have, for example, The Immortal. And it's about a guy who is in North Africa in fighting. This is his earliest memory anyway.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Not just from that point. I mean, he actually remembers everything, but his experience is as vivid. His memories are as vivid as the moment of experience itself. And so he's completely overwhelmed and he just lies in the bed. He can't even, he lies in the dark. And then we have, for example, The Immortal. And it's about a guy who is in North Africa in fighting. This is his earliest memory anyway.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

And fighting in North Africa in a Roman legion and accidentally drinks the water of life, the water of immortality. And then after centuries and centuries, he seeks death. And he reasons that there must be an antidote, right? If there's a place where you can drink water, it makes you immortal. There's got to be some other spring or something that you can drink and allow you to die.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

And fighting in North Africa in a Roman legion and accidentally drinks the water of life, the water of immortality. And then after centuries and centuries, he seeks death. And he reasons that there must be an antidote, right? If there's a place where you can drink water, it makes you immortal. There's got to be some other spring or something that you can drink and allow you to die.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

And fighting in North Africa in a Roman legion and accidentally drinks the water of life, the water of immortality. And then after centuries and centuries, he seeks death. And he reasons that there must be an antidote, right? If there's a place where you can drink water, it makes you immortal. There's got to be some other spring or something that you can drink and allow you to die.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

But the problem is that his life just blends together. He can't separate anything out because...

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

But the problem is that his life just blends together. He can't separate anything out because...

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

But the problem is that his life just blends together. He can't separate anything out because...

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Yes, well, let me put it a different way. What he is suggesting is that we are creatures of finitude. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our lifespan. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our intelligence, our memory. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our capacity to understand. So, for example, there's another wonderful story.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Yes, well, let me put it a different way. What he is suggesting is that we are creatures of finitude. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our lifespan. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our intelligence, our memory. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our capacity to understand. So, for example, there's another wonderful story.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Yes, well, let me put it a different way. What he is suggesting is that we are creatures of finitude. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our lifespan. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our intelligence, our memory. We are creatures of finitude in terms of our capacity to understand. So, for example, there's another wonderful story.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

It's about a Mayan priest during the time of the conquistadors. And they destroy the civilization. They throw him in an underground prison. And there are some bars. And on the other side is a jaguar. And he begins to recall that there's an ancient myth that, The gods have inscribed in the world somehow a phrase that gives you complete omnipotence, if you could utter the phrase.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

It's about a Mayan priest during the time of the conquistadors. And they destroy the civilization. They throw him in an underground prison. And there are some bars. And on the other side is a jaguar. And he begins to recall that there's an ancient myth that, The gods have inscribed in the world somehow a phrase that gives you complete omnipotence, if you could utter the phrase.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

It's about a Mayan priest during the time of the conquistadors. And they destroy the civilization. They throw him in an underground prison. And there are some bars. And on the other side is a jaguar. And he begins to recall that there's an ancient myth that, The gods have inscribed in the world somehow a phrase that gives you complete omnipotence, if you could utter the phrase.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Anyway, and one day he's watching the jaguar and he realizes that its spots spell out somehow this phrase, which he then utters. And then he's looking for a way to destroy the conquistadors and restore Mayan civilization. But now he sees everything, this great wheel, the entire universe. He understands everything. And he has no longer any interest in doing anything.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Anyway, and one day he's watching the jaguar and he realizes that its spots spell out somehow this phrase, which he then utters. And then he's looking for a way to destroy the conquistadors and restore Mayan civilization. But now he sees everything, this great wheel, the entire universe. He understands everything. And he has no longer any interest in doing anything.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Anyway, and one day he's watching the jaguar and he realizes that its spots spell out somehow this phrase, which he then utters. And then he's looking for a way to destroy the conquistadors and restore Mayan civilization. But now he sees everything, this great wheel, the entire universe. He understands everything. And he has no longer any interest in doing anything.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Because that knowledge simply... It's complete. It's complete. And it's totally irrelevant what's happening here on Earth or anything like that.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland

Because that knowledge simply... It's complete. It's complete. And it's totally irrelevant what's happening here on Earth or anything like that.