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We don't perceive the world: not directly. There is just too much world to see, just as there is too much past to remember. We must restrict our limited vision and understanding to that which is of vital importance.
Think about it this way: when driving somewhere new, do you pay attention to the road, or the map? Obviously, you pay attention to both - but if the map was good enough, it could replace the road entirely.
It’s certainly the case, even now, that the maps provided by services like Google are of such quality that much of the attention of modern drivers remains focused there. It is easy to imagine a projection of a Google map onto the windshield, replacing the road itself (and that would work perfectly fine, as well as the map and the actual road matched well enough so that nothing interfered with the task of driving). This is very instructive, with regard to how you actually see the world.
Inconveniently, to say the least, this replacement of reality by map would only work if the future precisely duplicated the past, and it doesn't. New obstacles and opportunities emerge continually, although not at every level of being, at every moment.
The world is structured in a manner akin to music: some things remain the same—some themes repeat—but other things transform, sometimes dramatically, deeply and unexpectedly.
We employ habit, deterministic habit, to deal with the former. But we use consciousness, that deeply mysterious function (our awareness: malleable, unpredictable, difficult, imaginative, contemplative and slow) to deal with the latter. We perceive a map, constructed by our minds, overlaid on the world.
Much of our perception is memory, particularly as you gain experience—and that’s a good thing, because it is very hard to see the world, in its full, high-resolution complexity, and because it is very difficult to update the map, particularly if it has remained unchanged for a very long time, and is deeply embedded in habit.
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The Immortality Key; Psychedelics and the Ancient Age | Brian Muraresku | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4: E37
On today's episode, Dr. Jordan Peterson is accompanied by author Brian Muraresku and Professor Carl Ruck to unravel the secrets of ancient Greek culture and religion. They embark upon the sinuous journey of discussing psychedelics in Ancient Greek religion, and how both Brian and Professor Ruck became deeply invested in understanding the subject.
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Carl Ruck:
"The moment when you bring your unconscious into your conscious reality is an extremely orgasmic, pleasant feeling."
Brian Muraresku:
“I've never experimented with psychedelics and that's the great irony of the book and all this research. I was influenced profoundly by the impact of Roland Griffiths' research."
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How To Self Improve | Jordan B. Peterson & H3H3
Ethan (H3H3):
“How do you organize your time? How do you remain focus and productive in the face of insurmountable work?”
Jordan B. Peterson:
“Lists. Schedules. And I have help... I get up in the morning, I have everything scheduled, I know exactly what I have to do, there's a hierarchy of priority. I'm really operating on a day-to-day level right now because there are so many things to do, I can't look more than about a day or two ahead."
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Thank you for reading,
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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