In this week's edition, I look at why you need to integrate your shadow and Masih Alinejad and I discuss the current situation in Iran.
** Mondays of Meaning
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January 23rd 2023 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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In this week's edition, I look at why you need to integrate your shadow — and your aggression. Masih Alinejad and I discuss the current situation in Iran, and I pull from the archives on "What's More Real Than Pain?"
** Integrating Your shadow
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No one can be a good person without integrating the capacity for aggression. That is because you cannot say "no" without the capacity for aggression. If you really say it, "no" means there is nothing you can do to me that will make me change my mind. Or conversely, it means I will play for higher stakes than you are willing to. Unless you have your aggression integrated, there is no chance you can say that, and if you did, no one would take you seriously because they would know it was just a show. Therefore, one of the most useful things you need to work on is this idea of the integration of your shadow.
What do you do with the part of you that is aggressive and potentially malevolent? You just crush it — that is the superego response in some sense — and you just put it behind you, so to speak. Or, do you admit to its existence and bring it into the game?
Disciplined aggression gives you access to the whole source of energy you would not otherwise have.
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** Monday Reflections
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"If you are still an adolescent by the time you are 40, you would be the sort of person you do not even want to be around. There is something rotten about that. In the contemptible sense, it [adolescence] is something that has overstayed its welcome." (Share this on Twitter) ([link removed])
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** This Week On The Podcast
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The Protest in Iran and What It Means | Masih Alinejad | EP 324
Masih Alinejad and I discuss the current situation in Iran, the growing unrest as revolution beckons, and the need for support from the world stage. Alinejad recounts her personal experiences growing up in Iran, being exiled, and multiple kidnapping attempts orchestrated by the current regime.
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** From The Archives
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What's More Real Than Pain? | Jordan B Peterson
Dr. Peterson:
"The reality of pain is undeniable. And it's not amenable to rational argumentation. It announces its existence. For a long time, I thought in some real sense that there were no more fundamental realities than pain. And there is an ethical dimension to that too. Because if you accept the reality of pain, there seems to come with it the impetus to eliminate unnecessary pain."
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