This week, I explain why you should not betray your destiny — and the danger in doing so.
** Mondays of Meaning
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March 25th 2024 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Hello,
In this week’s edition, I explain why you should not betray your destiny — and the danger in doing so. Then, I talk with Alberta’s Minister of Seniors, Community, and Social Services about the dire problems with unregulated homeless encampments, foreign gangs and cartels, and drug abuse. From the archives, I revisit a lecture about why focusing on the work in front of you is often so challenging.
Advice
Recognize Your Destiny
In the Old Testament, God tells Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh, but instead, Jonah runs away, boards a ship, and endures sailing through a storm. The sailors on the boat with Jonah cannot quite discriminate chaos from weather because they have not differentiated the world to that degree. They think, perhaps, the boat would not be swamped if someone on the boat had not done something wrong. There is logic to that, even though it is not of infinite applicability.
If you betray your destiny, you will drown in a storm. It will, of course, happen immediately because what is calling you to be your best is exactly what is pushing you forward to manifest yourself most fully in the world. It is what you need. If you run away from it, the boat will start to rock very quickly. So you must realize you have done wrong and reconcile yourself with the world. That is what Jonah does: He repents. Jonah recognizes his destiny and does what God says.
Like Jonah, if you fall apart and then put yourself back together, you are in better shape than you were before. Maybe you do that 20 times in your life, and you do it voluntarily. Every time you do it, you are more like the spirit of the illuminated human being — and less like what has been thrown overboard.
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Here are the remaining dates for my "We Who Wrestle with God" tour in April and thereafter, where a special guest sometimes joins me. On my tour, I will discuss ideas closely related to my 2017 Biblical lecture series — ideas I’ve been working through in my forthcoming book. Tickets are still available for upcoming shows. Click below to purchase yours.
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In his five-episode series “Vision & Destiny,” Jordan outlines both why you need a vision for your life and how to create one that will guide you through your future. Though challenges will inevitably arise, it is possible to discern the difference between the type of vision best suited for you and your path forward. Begin with episode one, “Understanding Vision,” to learn from Jordan how to decide what you want first. Stream “Vision & Destiny” exclusively on DailyWire+.
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The Most Important Tool In Therapy
We know that if you expose people to what they are afraid of but also avoid, they get better. You have to do it carefully and cautiously and with their own participation, but of all the things that clinicians have established that are credible, that is number one. The clinical experience is redemptive because it is designed to address suffering insofar as the people who are engaged in the process are both telling each other the truth. And just by talking about your problems, you have admitted that they exist now. That is a pretty good start.
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** On The Podcast
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Alberta Vs Drugs, Gangs & Cartels | Minister Jason Nixon | EP 432
This week, I talk with Alberta’s Minister of Seniors, Community, and Social Services, Jason Nixon. We discuss the dire problems created by unregulated homeless encampments, the onset of both indigenous and foreign gangs and cartels, and the two schools of thought on how to approach drug abuse — one that enables “safe” usage and another that focuses on real addiction recovery.
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** From The Archives
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Why It’s So Hard To Sit Down And Work
A distraction of fantasies sometimes enters the theater of your imagination when you begin a task such as studying. In this lecture, I explain four functions of the unconscious, which includes memory’s role in the unconscious. Bad habits — or anything you practice — become a part of you, settling in your unconscious, especially the less integrated you are. One question to ask is: What is it you are trying to avoid?
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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