Today's Mondays of Meaning covers the human ideal, dealing with a spiritual crisis & how responsibility gives life meaning.


** Mondays of Meaning
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August 23th, 2021 | Dr Jordan B. Peterson
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Hello,

In this week's edition, we'll be discussing the human ideal, living as an individual in a time of spiritual crisis and how responsibilities give life meaning.


** On Social Hierarchy and the Human Ideal
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The negotiated social hierarchy is never perfect because of those changes and internal corruption: willful blindness, manipulation, the exercise of arbitrary power, parasitism, selfishness, and general criminality. Thus, the ideal person not only has to be properly socialized but has to serve as someone willing to attend to, resist and repair the always-outdated and somewhat corrupt social structure.

That ideal person is represented in the stories we tell one another about the heroic individuals who serve as our role models. However, there is a danger attendant in the fact that the social order is insufficient: that fact opens the door to careless, self-interested and irresponsible social rebellion, as an imitation of genuine creativity. On the creative side, this is equivalent to the misuse of power, manipulation, and voluntary blindness that corrupts social institutions.

The ideal person (or the ideal balance of persons) is, therefore, someone who is properly socialized, appropriately grateful for and appreciative of the wisdom of the past, but still capable of creative and reparative action—and willing to accept the responsibility for that action—when the social situation has become too rigid.


** Monday Reflections
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"It's a good thing, not a selfish thing, to choose people who are good for you."(Share this on Twitter ([link removed]) )

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"There is no evidence that the importance of friendship declines in any manner with age." (Share this on Twitter ([link removed]) )

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"Expose yourself voluntarily to things that you are avoiding and are afraid of and know you need to overcome in order to meet your self-defined goals."(S ([link removed]) hare this on Twitter ([link removed]) )


** This Week On The Podcast
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Oh, the Humanities! | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast | S4E42: Dr. Stephen Blackwood

If you’re ready to get philosophical, there’s one person that you should definitely tune in to listen to. I sat down with Dr. Stephen Blackwood to discuss what it means to live as an individual in a time of spiritual cultural crisis. We talked about his work with several programs as well as his experience being the founding president of Ralston College.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:

“There might not be a meaning in life, there are places where people derive meaning.”
Dr. Stephen Blackwell:

“Realization of the individual has to come down at a very fundamental level to the individual, no one else can live your life for you.”


** From The Archives
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Meaning of Life for Men | Jordan B Peterson
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"Responsibilities. That's what gives life meaning. It's like lifting a load, then you can tolerate yourself."

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Thank you for reading,

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

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