So, I'm gonna tell you today about a way of looking at the world that I think is substantially different from the way most people look at the world
The standard scientific view of the world of course, is that it's made up of familiar objects
And that the world is in essence
A material place, but there are some very potent limitations of that viewpoint, despite the fact that it's given us tremendous power
And the limitations are essentially as follows;
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The essential materialist view can't tell us anything
About the consciousness
Which is probably the primary fact of experience
The essential materialist view can't tell us anything
About the consciousness
Which is probably the primary fact of experience
The standard scientific view of the world of course, is that it's made up of familiar objects
And that the world is in essence
A material place, but there are some very potent limitations of that viewpoint, despite the fact that it's given us tremendous power
And the limitations are essentially as follows;
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The essential materialist view can't tell us anything
About the consciousness
Which is probably the primary fact of experience
The essential materialist view can't tell us anything
About the consciousness
Which is probably the primary fact of experience
How old was I when everything you understood started to come together?
I think that really started happening to me, started probably happening to me when I was in my early 20s
I realized at about that age, that almost everything I said was a falsehood of one form or another
I was using language instrumentally in order to win arguments or to attain dominance, indicate that I was intelligent, or
To use it for victory, for narrow local, personal victory
And I realized that when I was in my early 20s, and I started to, 'cause a voice, in some sense a voice started inside my head, which I now regard as something equivalent to Cricket in "Pinocchio."
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The voice it's your opposite
The voice that makes you buck
The voice it's your opposite
The voice
The voice it’ s your opposite
The voice that makes you buck
The voice
The voice
I think that really started happening to me, started probably happening to me when I was in my early 20s
I realized at about that age, that almost everything I said was a falsehood of one form or another
I was using language instrumentally in order to win arguments or to attain dominance, indicate that I was intelligent, or
To use it for victory, for narrow local, personal victory
And I realized that when I was in my early 20s, and I started to, 'cause a voice, in some sense a voice started inside my head, which I now regard as something equivalent to Cricket in "Pinocchio."
[Chorus]
The voice it's your opposite
The voice that makes you buck
The voice it's your opposite
The voice
The voice it’ s your opposite
The voice that makes you buck
The voice
The voice
I'm dead serious about this, it's like, sort yourself out
[Joe Rogan] Sort yourself out before you try to figure out world, and that's the primary objective
[Joe Rogan] That's your that's your most important thing that you can do, sort yourself out
Absolutely, sort yourself out, and and
Marshal your arguments, and put yourself in order, so that
When someone pushes you a little farther than you should go
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You can say, "No."
You can say, "No."
Then when someone pushes you a little farther than you should go
You can say, "No."
You can say, "No."
Here's some fundamental rules about the shadow that you might
Think about as you move forward through your life
So a lot of times you're gonna have to negotiate on your own behalf
[Joe Rogan] Sort yourself out before you try to figure out world, and that's the primary objective
[Joe Rogan] That's your that's your most important thing that you can do, sort yourself out
Absolutely, sort yourself out, and and
Marshal your arguments, and put yourself in order, so that
When someone pushes you a little farther than you should go
[Chorus]
You can say, "No."
You can say, "No."
Then when someone pushes you a little farther than you should go
You can say, "No."
You can say, "No."
Here's some fundamental rules about the shadow that you might
Think about as you move forward through your life
So a lot of times you're gonna have to negotiate on your own behalf
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Most of it's illusion
Most of it's illusion
Most of it's illusion
So you know, I said what I had to say
I'm sure that I could've done it better, and many people have told me how I could have done it better, although it didn't mean they would actually do it
And you know, my job was at risk, serious risk for about two months, and it destabilized my family
They’ve been very brave about this, so like thumbs up to them, man
Here's the optimistic news, the universe has left me alone completely, I shook hands with the Dean two weeks ago, we're on friendly terms
They don't want this to go any farther than it has already
The students were tremendously welcoming when I came back to teach in January
Most of it's illusion
Most of it's illusion
Most of it's illusion
So you know, I said what I had to say
I'm sure that I could've done it better, and many people have told me how I could have done it better, although it didn't mean they would actually do it
And you know, my job was at risk, serious risk for about two months, and it destabilized my family
They’ve been very brave about this, so like thumbs up to them, man
Here's the optimistic news, the universe has left me alone completely, I shook hands with the Dean two weeks ago, we're on friendly terms
They don't want this to go any farther than it has already
The students were tremendously welcoming when I came back to teach in January
But why would I put my job on the line to have an opinion?
I know why, because the ability to speak your truth is the bulwark against hell
And losing your job, that's nothing, that's nothing compared to where things can go when they go badly
For me, it was just preventative
It's like, this isn't going in a good direction
Well, should you take a risk?
It's like, you don't have that choice
Your silent, that's a risk
Now most people don't understand the risks of silence
I happened to understand the risks of silence, because I've been studying them for 40 years
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It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say I am not saying your words
It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say I am not saying your words
I know why, because the ability to speak your truth is the bulwark against hell
And losing your job, that's nothing, that's nothing compared to where things can go when they go badly
For me, it was just preventative
It's like, this isn't going in a good direction
Well, should you take a risk?
It's like, you don't have that choice
Your silent, that's a risk
Now most people don't understand the risks of silence
I happened to understand the risks of silence, because I've been studying them for 40 years
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It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say I am not saying your words
It's my language
I'll take responsibility for what I say I am not saying your words