We primarily think of actors as the ones playing a role and pretending to be someone they really are not. But in a sense everyone wears a mask and acts out a charade. This can be done deliberately, but most of the time is quite subconscious and involuntary. What are the purposes of putting on an invisibile mask? What would life be like without them? And how many layers of masks does a person actually wear?
The lecture "The Stuff of Thought: Language as a window into human nature" by Steven Pinker gives some examples and explanations of persons choosing to express their intention indirectly in order to get the best possible outcome with the least possible risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S1d3cNge24&t=1975s
What does death mean to you? Is it something you fear every waking moment? Perhaps subconsciously? Or is it something that gives life value? Today Steven and I discuss various aspects of death, including suicidal tendencies and beliefs in life after death.
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Continuing the topic of mental health, William and Steven talk about their experiences with anxiety and its consequences in every-day life.
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We start out our final attempt at this adventure book with the luck of very high values for skill, stamina and luck. Additionally there is a voice in the ether telling us when we are about to make a wrong turn or take an unnecessary risk. With these abilities at our disposal nothing things can't go wrong. Or can they?
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How would you react if you or a loved one were to be violated? Would you be blinded by rage, seeking nothing less than brutal vengeance? Or would you be able to distance yourself from that terrible experience and be content with the judicial process taking its course? Could you ever forgive the perpetrator? Or would his cruel act leave a vexing mark on your soul forever? In today's episode Steven and I discuss these and related questions and what we learn about our internal nature in response to outward experiences of undeserved crisis.
One LDS Man's Story of Tragedy and the Power of Forgiveness:
https://www.ldsliving.com/just-let-go-one-lds-mans-story-of-tragedy-and-the-power-of-forgiveness/s/71058
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zwQ_7q-fU
Wisconsin Amish Family Forgives Hit-And-Run Driver:
https://amishamerica.com/wisconsin-amish-family-forgives-hit-and-run-driver/
Matthew Perry debates drug courts with Peter Hitchens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDtIZZiySgA
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Kevin Beutler is a body builder turned network marketer. Having recognised the great business opportunity that has come with the revolution in the financial technology sector, he is now a self-made millionaire. He not only lives with financial freedom, but with mental serenity and fulfillment. Today Kevin shares with us some of the changes and decisions that were vital to his personal and entrepreneurial development.
Dr. David R. Hawkins's levels of human consciousness:
https://livelearnevolve.com/the-17-levels-of-human-consciousness-with-dr-david-hawkins
Polish pastor in Calgary, Canada using his voice to shun uninvited police:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziWXH7T15zw
Markus Streinz is a transformation coach providing personal liberation:
https://liberator-academy.com
Robert Kiyosaki teach financial intelligence in his book, including "Rich Dad, Poor Dad":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad
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We often perceive a plethora of options and choices to be freeing and empowering. But not only is this relative to our cultural expectations, it can even be counter-productive to be confronted with too many things to choose from. Our discussion of realities and illusions concerning freedom of choice is based on the TED talk "The art of choosing" by Sheena Iyengar (see link below).
TED talk "The art of choosing" by Sheena Iyengar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDq9-QxvsNU
"While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses."
- Stephen Covey
"If voting could change anything it would be made illegal!"
- Robert Borden
"Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence."
- Excerpt from this 2014 Princeton study:
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf
"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
- Mahatma Gandhi
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roaches to wealth and the accrual of wealth can be a two-edged sword. Are you getting rich by exploiting other people? Or are you building your financial independence by helping others achieve their own as well? We consider how our psychology towards money can have a great effect on our well-being and direction in life.
Book Recommendation: "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace Wattles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Getting_Rich
Book Recommendation: "Increase Your Financial IQ" by Robert Kiyosaki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki
Documention on the history of money and central banks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJd6RKsY5H4
The Law of Attraction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought)
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Honesty is a necessary ingredient for healing from past traumas, mainly honesty with yourself. If other people become disagreeable because you are learning to understand your self better, do you prefer to fit in and comply with societal norms or are you prepared to sacrifice those things for clarity about who you are and what the actual purpose of your life is? We are all under this spell to a smaller or larger degree. Breaking it is the concern of evey human being.
This video by Daniel Mackler serves as the basis of today's discussion:
"The Two Things That Deeply Psychologically Change a Person"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqcqjwHcis
A wise take on "the world's biggest problem":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCldjIVqxAU
A succinct explanation of the prisoner's dilemma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdITTDl5coE
Steve makes reference to the British musician Ren
https://youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc
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