@@fabiotieri3155 we can watch it without subscribing. However, there is still the element of us paying the internet bill. Yeah, yeah...there is no free lunch. You have to do something to deserve something.
Watching this series has been one of the best experiences i've ever had. It's amazing how knowledge can make the same message mean something much greater.
Man deserves a Nobel Prize. Perhaps the most powerful speaker and philosopher of our time, whether he knows it or not. Once in a generation doesn't even begin to cut it. Thank you Dr Peterson for your work.
Dr. Peterson is an absolute treasure. I think about this every time i listen to him. So regularly. Wee are incredibly lucky to live while a mind like that is in his prime. And while Elon and Trump are alive. I promise you if you look 1000 years in the future those 3 people will be the most famous and/ or infamous people of our generation.
Why is nobody talking about the fact that you can't watch a 10 minute video without 3-5 ads scattered throughout it and peterson just gives out 3hrs of uninterrupted gold
00:01 - Biblical Stories Have Serious Depth 03:10 - God the Father As The Structure That Creates Consciousness 11:28 - Christ as the "Word" or Active Consciousness 13:28 - Truthful Speech as the Tool for Good 15:55 - "Competence" Hierarchy as more appropriate than "Dominance Hierarchy" 20:40 - Hierarchy and Sexual Selection 23:50 - Meta Hierarchies As The Beginnings of Virtue and the idea of God 29:07 - "God" as a Necessary Abstraction 30:45 - We Embody Ideas Before We Can Articulate Them 37:45 - The Relationship Between Father and Son 42:01 - Unknown Unknowns > Abstractions > Articulated Principles 48:30 - Predatory Abstractions 55:39 - Evolution and Neurochemistry (Lobsters, Rats, Wolves, Snakes) 1:11:45 - Hierarchy of Authority Emerges Out of Play/Games 1:15:30 - Representations of God The Father 1:20:15 - Attributes of the Ideal and their Authority 1:27:50 - How Rules/Laws Are Generated 1:31:50 - Iterability As The Basis of Morality 1:33:40 - Postmodernism & "Infinite Interpretations" 1:35:05 - The Repercussions of Evading Morality 1:39:42 - Tradition & Revitalization: The Advantage of the New Testament 1:42:59 - Responsibility, Burden and Transcending The Hierarchy 1:45:04 - The Jungian Shadow 1:48:10 - Drama Exists At Various Levels of Sophistication 1:51:54 - Yin, Yan and the Tao (JP Style Gold Ensues) 1:58:55 - Marduk and the Mesopotamian Myth 2:06:51 - Meta Hero Abstraction in Images
“Life isn’t a game, it’s a set of games, and the rule is never sacrificing victory in the set of games for victory in one game.” That hit very different.
It's sad that people are even suggesting this. Read some of the books he refers to and it'll be very obvious that he isn't a genius. Just because it's the best lecture you've seen doesn't make it exceptional, you need to see and read more
Jordan 'Buckosaurus' Peterson. The Oracle of Toronto. Slayer of Dragons. Sorter of rooms. Speaker of Truth. Oh man.... I only wish I had discovered him earlier.
This could be JBP's magnum opus. This material is so rich and deep yet mostly neglected in this day and age. It is an incredible service to us that he has managed to find a way to re-frame these stories so that they are allowed to resonate with the modern, scientifically minded individual. All I can say is thank your Dr. Peterson, keep 'em coming.
“I have never, in all my years as a clinical psychologist-and this is something that really does terrify me-I have never seen anyone, ever, get away with anything at all, even once.” (1:37:14)
I too think that whenever I make an exception from acting properly to play a videogame once. Because whatever you do, you also sort of start building a habit out of it and at the same time you fail at starting to create new, better habits. It's the notion that everything you do matters. So then I am more likely to play games again next week instead of grappling with chaos properly. It might not be exactly what he means with that quote, but I don't think it's too different either.
People get away with things all of the time. Look at the number of unsolved murders. And bad things eventually happen to everyone, whether or not they’ve done anything to cause it. We as humans will attempt to explain bad things that happen by tracing them back to bad things we’ve done. But sometimes it is only through selective reasoning and coincidence. This is so that we can encourage moral behavior and avoid the terrifying fact that we have no involvement in many of the horrible things that happen to us. If we can trace them back to some indiscretion that we inevitably have made it makes it seem as though it was not random and we (or God) has some sort of control over it.
@@davidkrottner6381 "People get away with things all of the time" Dude, do you want to actually read the statement with some "depth"? lol Yes, people get away with "murder" as in policemen (the law) don't catch them... But does the murderer wake up every night, from nightmare, trapped in a hell from their ACTIONS! Your attempt of explanation is just lazy 'surface scratching', incoherent dribble...sorry. You need to go back to the drawing board.
@@anthonybrett Exactly. JP doesn't mean that people are always arrested, tried, and convicted of their crimes, but that people pay for their wrongdoings in other ways. I told someone that sins carry their own punishment. There's always a price. Often it's a price in deteriorating personal or business relationships (speaking of myself, here); sometimes it's less visible. But there's always a price.
I love how he is honest about when he doesn’t have enough knowledge to speak on a particular subject or answer a question. I love that humbleness, he doesn’t try to pretend like he knows everything.
I don't think he likes to settle on things he is always examining and reexamining and knows his opinion on something could change given different information.
Thats one thing I really like about him too. That honesty, self reflection, humility, and yet knowledge and experience is incredibly awesome and refreshing
@gherrrie of course. That's an interesting thing to say to someone you don't know though. I mean it's useful general knowledge but I never said or implied he was anything like a deity. Not sure what you mean by dangerously good but anyone who has a firm set of morals can be 'dangerous' to people devoid of morals for example so there's that
@gherrrie true you said you people but at the same time you specifically tagged me. But its cool, apology accepted! I get your point, I do, and we should always be careful of what we allow into our brain, you are right. But I think you'll see from all the comments that he has led so much more people back to their faith, it would be rare and unlikely to have the effect you are talking about, Cos 1 he is Steelmanning the bible, see how he fully fleshes out all the ideas? 2 he has all his cards out on the table. He speaks honestly about his discoveries and journey, and stated from the start that he is approaching this from a psychological point of view and 3 his secularism is partly what gives him such a big audience. See the interview he has with the pastor who commends him on getting the bible message out to so many in an age where church numbers are dropping. Those are my thoughts. Thank you for your comment!
It suddenly dawned on me that among all the things we can dislike Social Justice Warriors for, introducing us to Jordan Peterson is definitely not one of them. I never heard of the man before, and now he's changing my life and expanding my mind.
I was agnostic until a couple years ago I met an awesome pastor. He is tattooed, has a past (he saw his potential to be a monster and woke), service was fun and exciting and everyone was every friendly. I was baptized. And he did help. Then covid.... I never established a genuine belief. After listening to Jordan Peterson for nearly a year, and after watching three of these biblical lectures, I only wish I could thank him in person. Hearing these have really given me a muchh deeper understanding and real appreciation for The Bible and religion in general. Such an amazing person that more people should come to know. Media/people definitely idolize the wrong people.
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. AMPC
Linda Karner true very true...but then the rotchilds wouldnt be in controll & rich & powerful thats the real reason why this is not allowed in schools/college
@@lilgorbe6752 It's pretty naive to jump to those conspiracy theories as being valid in that sense. Especially when you consider that JP literally created this himself AND taught it in university. Go find some evidence and convict them, I'm sure there's plenty of control, money and power in it for you. :)
Dan Dimit The archetype of the sage. goal: the truth is all that matters. weakness: can spend hours studying and reading and never act. The magician is the archetype in which you make things happen
Dan Dimit Yep same. Although you could say we're hoarding abstract acorns, in preparation for our abstract hibernation.. While waiting for abstract Spring
The religious tend to fuse fantasies of authority, while some vagaries in so called sacred literature is by itself a most unlikely concept. The extreme unlikeliness of the literature being useful as anything more than a tool of the state, seems less grounded in reality.
Moses is born in the second chapter of the second book and at this pace of 3 talks per chapter, given Genesis is 50 chapters it looks more like lecture no’154 😜
Climate C. Heretic Infertility is an aberration, not the norm. You don't base a social institution on minor improbabilities. The normal result of sexual intercourse is conception: marriage is to give the necessary security and stability needed to raise children who can carry civilization forward.
@Climate C. Heretic ua-cam.com/video/1opHWsHr798/v-deo.html At about 1:13:30 in this video, Peterson and Shapiro get to the topic about raising one's child in concern to one's beliefs. I hope you may get something out of this.
@Climate C. Heretic The divine spark is in both man and woman, it says so in the same history you are trying to sham. Plus most people here are atheist.
JBP will go down in history as one of the best lectures, smartest men, and greatest contributors to Christianity of our modern times. Just look at how many people who've previously only thought negatively of all religions now coming to realize the true purpose of its founding and implementation.
Yup. After graduating from a private Christian school in middle school, I made a promise to myself to stay away from religion, religious people, and especially that dumb bible. Fast forward to now and JBP, purchased a bible, reading it, really enjoying all the stories and ideas - like you said, he is a great contributor to Christianity. If he and people like him keep it up, religion might even be rescued enough to continue along into the future.
@@blueproductions4856 How wonderful to be 14 and have the privilege of this wisdom available. I am 73 and mourn the life I could have lived if I had been exposed to this knowledge early. Still, I celebrate how much better it got for me and others when I did find this knowledge. If you every get to see him in person, DO IT. It will stay with you like a great concert or movie does.
I've just had the epiphany that one of the 12 Labors of Hercules was cleaning the Augean Stables. Kinda like Jordan Peterson gives the assignment to clean their room to his patients. Also the Greeks called pathos, the experience of virtuous struggle and suffering which would lead to fame and, in Hercules' case, immortality. So I just think Jordan Peterson is the modern narrator of a deep-rooted ancient wisdom we had lost through time and now we can finally comprehend thanks to guys like him.
A lot of what he talks about is universal wisdom and classical knowledge. Many of us already know these things in our deepest souls but don’t dredge them out and put them into words. Much of the concepts he talks about are actually just bringing us up to speed with things that used to be taught in schools and colleges. The rest are his original discoveries and theories attained through a very methodical deconstruction of these texts.
Thank you Dr Peterson-you continue to amaze, educate and touch my heart with your teachings. I’m 74 and would never have imagined I’d have the privilege of your wisdom to enlighten and challenge me in my old age. You are a gift to humanity during this crucial phase of humanity’s history.
"Life isn't a game. It's a set of games and the rule is never sacrifice victory across the set of games for the victory of one game". That part has just changed my perspective on dominant.
Greetings from portugal you really changed my life, just want you to know you are really helping people. Thank you for all the amazing content (manly tears)
I'm actually crying, the research done on the juvenile rats brought me to utter tears. That is so true, if children aren't allowed to play, their brains don't develop properly. This resonates with me so deeply because of how socially afraid I am. I'm an only child, and this state of solo development has caused my mental maturity to distort from my peers. I honestly thought I was just weird and different cause well, that's what I am, but the fusion of facts that I had little to no social interactions as a child and that juvenile rats who don't play don't mature correctly, well, I'm shocked and sad cause that's me, I'm an immature rat who just wanted to play with the other kids. My parents aren't to blame though, that's just how my life turned out. If anything, I just need to not repeat this and have at least two children. For their sake.
Cyberpunk Alchemist - I had a similar upbringing because my delusional parents opted to raise me in an unconventional way which had the side effect of making it damn near impossible for me to relate socially to other children or for them to relate to me. The result was predictable social isolation throughout my childhood and adolescence. By the time I was in my late teens and left home I was almost moot and unable to make any kind of sustained casual conversation although I could fake it for short periods of time. It has taken me over twenty years to largely undue the damage of my parents choices. I had to choose a career in a specialized technical discipline and devout myself to it. The only reason this worked was because the skill set (computer programming) was in demand and the employers didn’t typically expect their IT guys to have much in the way of social skills anyway. I did manage to marry and even support a family with two kids. It has been hard watching my kids have the normal healthy adolescence I never got to have and seeing what normal teenage life looks like. My advise would be to read long form high quality narrative fiction and as much as possible. Books written by Nobel Prize winners in Literature are a good place to start. Reading online news or technical books will not have the same mental effect. Creative writing exercises every day even if they are short can expand your vocabulary and linguistics skills. There is no quick or easy way to undo the damage but it can be overcome. In my mid-forties now and have finally found a strange sort of peace in life.
I grew up on a farm, middle of nowhere, as an only child for the first eleven years of my life. I wasn’t interested much in toys unless they were physical activities (swing set, big-wheel, bike, etc). I roamed the farm, and the forest alone, and the imagination I lacked with dolls were made up for in outdoor exploration. I moved to town so that my children would have other children to interact with, yet I still have a son much like myself who prefers to be alone or outdoors chopping on saplings. Different family structures, different environment- yet very similar personalities and play preferences, both of us also having diagnosis of ADHD. The old nurture over nature debate leaves me to believe that in some ways, we just are who we are.
@@twelverules176 only child here too with same issues, my father was a kidder and always picked on me as a child and I believe that has hampered my ability to trust people since i was always waiting to be scared and also not having anyone to really talk too since I avoided him as much as possible. I love being on my own but even at 44 still feel emotionally as a teen and socially different and this has led me to not wanting children of my own.
Your parents must haven't done the proper job of making you concious enough of the even more dangerous outcome that could become from not socialising with your peers than keeping you on your safe shelter.
I have been going to church all these years and I could never understand the significance of the stories in the Bible. Thank you Dr. Peterson for doing this series!
brandon caruso I was taught (brainwashed) from a young age to believe in Jesus. Now I question everything and I am not sure anymore. Nevertheless, I do believe in a higher power.
Things I'm taking out of Peterson: - Don't try to save the world, clean up your room first; - Integrate your shadow; see the evil and the good in humans and know it's also part of you; - Stop trying to manipulate reality and speak what you think it's true; - Don't say things that make you feel disintegrated inside.
I think JBP would say don't "speak what you think is true", speak *truth*. So if you say something you think is true and someone validly disagrees, honestly consider their dispute and evaluate your speech so it can be closer to *truth*
Enjoyed this so much. As simple as it sounds, I honestly believe that our having seven children was the great dangerous adventure of life for us. We were walking on the edge between chaos and order for 30 years raising these children, all the while discovering our shadow selves. (Parenting puts you on the edge of tears almost every day, and puts you in the situation of curbing your itch to murder some rowdy kid virtually every day. It's exhausting in that respect.) The greatest work of my life and the most satisfying.
Anita Davis us too! (6) I tell skeptics that some people run marathons or climb mountains, but we've chosen to live on the edge this way. The world's a crazy place: why not fill it with people you love and who love you back?
Most compelling 20 seconds of this entire lecture: 2:25:44-2:26:04 - you can almost ACTUALLY see the wheels turning in his brain. The response being formulated, the pieces being moved. I'm not sure I've ever been so captivated watching a man stand still, staring into nothing, before.
The fortitude this man has, to stops himself in his tracks, with I don't know how many people watching, and reconsider his entire approach to answering the question, ego and awkwardness be damned, is so damn arresting.
That moment in the Q&A when he looks up and THINKS while everyone waits in breathless suspense. The only thing better than watching him think is hearing him think.
The fortitude this man has, to stops himself in his tracks, with I don't know how many people watching, and reconsider his entire approach to answering the question, ego and awkwardness be damned, is so damn arresting.
Who's the monster who pushed the dislike button? BTW, been self-authoring since the start of the year. I am an entrepreneur, my productivity levels have been rising steadily. I can hardly keep up with the changes in my life. Thank you, professor. You saved my life and my mind. All the best from a girl who once was in chaos and who is now on her way to the content middle. :-)
I think Jordan Peterson's "secret" is that he considers things from many levels of analysis - from biological (and even mechanical), to conceptual, to mythological. And thus he manages to illustrate that simple things are more interesting than they appear from just one - usually conventional - perspective. His style inspires creativity of various kinds, because a creative insight is mainly recognizing unconventional connections between conventional things. He kind of repeats many themes, so one might wonder why he is not boring? As a tentative answer, it seems to me that he is primarily valuable not as an inexhaustible repository of ideas, but as someone who inspires us to generate our own original ideas, be they big or small. It feels good to be a compatriot with this guy!
sammy2629 well it's also essential to keep ideas within constraints, otherwise ideas are just generated out of the aether with no solid footing to stand on.
SK good point, I find that intelligent people normally view the big picture first and then analyze categorically, coming to a nuanced understanding of complex issues. the more I use this analysis the more i believe that complex issues are difficult to explain in concrete and final terms. it is healthy to have some doubt in your beliefs. "for every complex problem there exists an answer that is clear, simple and wrong"
+Mike Woodruff: That's funny, man, about the simple and wrong answer to every complex problem! Continuing on your point about the process of analysis, I think the following metaphorical analogy captures it well. Trying to understand something is sort of like "looking" at your study subject through a lens and alternately zooming in (to see separate "pieces" of the problem, to count them, to study their structure, etc) and then zooming out (to see the whole subject again, but now in a new light, and also to be aware of overall borders of the subject and its interfaces with other subjects). And then you zoom in again, and so on. I think that this process generates a "living solution" that is continually updated based on the preceding analysis steps. Such a solution will initially appear as complex (too complex), but later it should start looking more and more "simple". That eventual looking simple is probably not so much an effect of its actual simplicity, but due to our changing our frame of understanding. Take care, and thanks for the interesting comment.
+Lita Davidson: He might indeed be naive, and Bill Gates might indeed have a personality disorder, but we do not know either of them enough to make such assertions. More importantly, my comment was not about Peterson as a person, but about a specific feature of his approach to analyzing problems and communicating his ideas. If we lose sight of specificity of the points we make, then any disagreement can quickly spiral out to name-calling and even violence. That is not only hurtful, but also completely unproductive.
I listen to this playlist at night and I think my brain absorbs it while I sleep. When I wake in the middle of the night I realize it’s still going and no matter where it is it’s pure gold. It’s the best college class. I wish I had it when I was younger. It would have made a bridge to Christ for me. Perhaps I would have found a church I liked??? Instead I just found organized religion unpalatable. Now I can watch the Asbury revival and weep and I know why. I’m tuned into the eternal struggle of life and our need to seek connection with God. To seek God’s support and healing of our wounds from life and our bad choices.
Doctor Peterson- you may hear this 1000 times and you might never read this but I’m grateful for the value you give so genuinely and freely to the world. Tuning in from Hawaii
Wrote an entire memoir on my own struggle with PTSD. God, I wish I would have found Dr. Peterson 10 years before I began that process. Could have scrapped half of it. Thank you, JBP. God bless.
The Family Virtue Signal it is being published, but I would hate for that comment to come across as spamming. That wasn't the intention. If you would like a copy you could dm me and I would be happy to get you one.
I have started watching these lectures daily every morning with my coffee and every night late. I feel like I am learning something well worth my time.
JBP is like Moses. He listened to everyone’s problems until he figured out the underlying rules of the game, now he’s sharing them from the top of the mountain.
Dr. Peterson, I was having a rough day and facing challenges in my career, so I decided to CLEAN MY ROOM and get my house in order. It made an immediate difference. A client I worked with subsequently wished me a long and healthy life afterwards. Thank you.
These lectures are so good I'm actually binge watching them, and I will do so as well with the Maps of Meaning ones. Thank you Dr. Peterson... Can't belive these are free...
I think them being free has to do with the notion that what comes as a result of philosophical degeneracy is greater overall than what he might gain as monetary value. i.e. he values the propagation of wisdom unrestrictedly, over it being restricted for revenue’s sake.
As a Psychology student from Vancouver Island University and also what is coined a born again Christian /follower of Jesus Christ, I find these lectures quite fascinating indeed... wonderful to put it into words without religious undertones.... my son actually shared the first link with me last week and I have been watching when I can...
He goes "you cant make sense of sense data without an a priori structure, you cant extract from sense data the structure that enables you to extract sense from sense data" without stuttering, then proceeds to forget the word "bottle"
he's too sophisticated for simple nouns. LOL. I once played tennis beside Anna Kournikova at a friendly fun raiser. she couldn't keep the ball in play with mediocre club players. I think as a professional, she hasn't seen a tennis ball move so slowly in years and it was "a different game". maybe that's what "bottle" is for Peterson. just a little too simplistic!
I wondered whether that was some genius acting to demonstrate an example, or a coincidence of such precise synchronicity that Jordan being on that stage saying what he's saying is exactly what the universe wants.
@@jillrichardson1520 high level video game players have the same problem sometimes. You know exactly what the best move your opponent can make is so you prepare for that move and then they do something completely unexpected and it throws you off lol
I just think he was in his imagination and thoughts talking about the images. And then it’s a shift. It’s pretty normal to get carried away in deep thought with complex logic and not be able to draw it back to the immediate present. Think about being in deep thought when driving and you have no idea how you got it your destination.
Rings of some Zen ideas... you won't find your buddha nature with the senses or the mind, and yet that same nature is behind the whole process and at the root of all the senses.
I was an atheist for a long time, became very religious after battling addiction then became disillusioned by my religion because I just couldn’t accept it as literal This has helped bridge that gap in so many ways and makes so much sense
As someone who has been living life like a sheep, with no knowledge of the world around me, I can say this series has been mind bogglingly eye opening. Peterson's mental journey by lecture successfully takes me on a rollercoaster, and has me rethinking not only my own psyche, but the anthropological universe as a whole. This series ties it all together. Everything I have learned about the world has little to no context until I uncover the ideas Jordan Peterson shares. I am ever grateful to you for providing this epic of conscientious discovery
I'm smart enough to know that I'm not smart enough to truly understand everything he's laying down, but I'll watch the entire series anyway because what the hell else am I going to do?
I often sleep with lectures playing in headphones to distract my brain enough to filter out other noises and sleep. This lecture series is giving me some crazy dreams!
Haha I do the same sometimes. I once dreamt that I was on the front row of a college lecture when JP just finished the lecture. We were taking with him and I remember thinking, wow this can’t be real I’m actually in the same room as this man. But I didn’t notice I was dreaming
He cured my insomnia. When I wake up at 3am, I also listen with headphones, it distracts me from my chatter so I can fall asleep. I always wake up at a needed answer, write it down, fall back asleep, and apply it the next day.
I am three parts in and this is probably one of the most important talks I've ever listened to. Even if 10% of his ideas turned out to be right, it's still a revelation and a giant step in human understanding. This should be required viewing/reading in schools at some point!
.... to be stable enough, engaged enough, so not only are you doing what you should be doing, you're doing it in a way that increases the probability that you'll do it better tomorrow...
Dr. Peterson has a way of making incredibly abstract concepts palatable to the general public without oversimplifying ANYTHING, and that is the mark of true genius. Thank you for all you’ve done for everyone you’ve touched.
SepehR 2.0 he said that? In what context? Was he seriously saying it (was he serious when he said that?) I'm asking because for most popular/influential people, their words are either taken out of context, or words are put into their mouths.
khaii13 so he said something like that even an atheist will be redeemed and go to heaven (without accepting jesus christ which is mandatory in bible!) ! so basically finally every one will go to heaven!
i have seen this on so many websites! i can not confirm all the sources though since many of them are atheist websites! but as it appears pope has sais something like these
@Antonio Rackman Saydam The universe is not a vacuum. Earth is a part of the universe, you are from the universe and Jordan Peterson is from the universe.
Thank you. Dr. Peterson. You make me think at deeper levels than I have even attempted before. I have grown in my faith and my ability to discern the serious flaws within the secular philosophy/political belief structure driving our world lemming-like to the edge of the abyss.
So thrilled with this series. JP has helped me make sense of things that I grew up with and rejected but sensed all along had a depth I didn't understand. I have woken up to the possibility of the transcendent and welcomed it gladly back into my life. Not as the religion, but as a way of being for all humanity.
With you there man, I never felt 100% convinced by organised religion or the complete abandoning of it's ideas. Turns out I was just waiting for Prof. Peterson to sort the ideas.
Sadly, church - an establishment that is normally led and attended by ignorant hypocrites - has become one of the worst advertisements for Christianity.
Here's an idea: Share these videos with your priest, pastor, or church group. Organize a weekly or monthly evening presenting these lectures on large screen, then form discussion groups. People are thirsty for understanding the bible. Too many are quick to reject religion and the bible and criticize without trying to understand.
unfortunately I think a vast majority of "true believers" would reject the good Doctor out of hand. Too many would accuse him of diluting the message, and being heretical. They want the bible to be literally true only, without allowing room for the figurative case as well. Tis a shame, cuz as far as I can tell Jordan essentially recognizes Jesus as the META hero that we should all seek to emulate.
I'm mormon, and nothing Dr. Peterson says conflicts with the doctrine. I know people, adults (I'm 15), who likewise partake in Peterson's intellectual enrichment, and these lectures on the bible are neither atheistic nor theological-like I said, objective.
Most christians I know are as encouraged by this message as anyone. CS Lewis himself started as an atheist who recognized the mythological value of the bible stories. He wondered if myths could be true. And Tolkien walked him through that. You have to love and believe in God if he is the author of myths that are true!
"Everything horrible that human beings have done was done by human beings... and you are one of them." I think there has been a breaking point in my life since I heard this phrase. When someone said "We are all sinners", I just thougth "yeah, yeah, humans are imperfect, leave us alone" Now I see what that old phrase really meant, so deep
I love how doctor Peterson takes time and steps back before he speaks or answers. He doesn’t speak to speak, he speaks after thinking. One thing that I have learnt from him and trying to apply it in my life.
Jordan Peterson: *prepares for lecture on the psychological implications of the bible.* also JBP: *talks about lobsters and Jung* Seriously, though, Jordan Peterson is the reason I'm going back to church with my family. Atheism is ultimately too nihilistic and destructive.
Destructive is right alright. I'll never believe in the metaphysical part of it, but I'm partaking in the church so that I may raise my kids Christians unlike how I was raised.
@@DsiakMondala the term Christian means to be Christ like. Ultimately you're following the example of a man who taught love, acceptance, non possessiveness, and peace. If that's not a message worth following then idk what is
I feel the same way, you’re not alone. As a teenager, I took it upon myself to engage the ancient and evermore entity of human morality and thought “I know what is bad and good”. Then...I took acid. Acid made me plunge DEEP into the abyss of hell and made me realize, ‘hell’ is within me, not somewhere underground. Fast forward to me finding Jordan Peterson. He has helped bring back Christianity into my life and my family’s lives.
Atheism isnt a belief system, an ideology or a set of rules to live by. Atheism is simply a word used to describe not beliving a god exists. So what is the alternative?, fource yourself to believe what you know deep down isnt true? Would take a seriously weak mind to accomplish something like that.
@@stephenlord1986 Uh yes It is a belief system... how could you know deep down it isn't true? Its true there is no physical evidence for God... but that also means there is no evidence that God doesn't exist. It takes a seriously weaker mind to be as biased as you, especially since you literally said Atheism is a word to BELIEVE that God doesn't exist right after saying Atheism doesn't take belief. and I mean that in the most loving way possible :)
JBP talkin' about the eternal dragon. I bet Peterson gathered all seven dragon balls, summoned Shenron, but the Dragon asked JBP for a wish instead. What was the wish you ask? Shenron: I wish to become the best and most efficient Eternal Dragon I can be!! *Dramatic Pause* JBP: Sure thing... Clean Your Room.
I cannot thank you enough Dr Peterson for your difficult life journey that brought you to the incredible man you are that is setting us all free. Thank you ❤
JP runs down the entire visual-neural-perception process like it’s a rap song but can’t think of the words for “water bottle” 😆 I LOVE HIM more and more each day 🤓🤯😍🥰
Years later and I still refresh myself on this series. I'll never forget the day, the moment I watched the outrageous students that surrounded Dr. Peterson on his campus. To watch this man take on his opportunity since day one. I have grown with Dr. Peterson .
I'm atheist and ex-christian and i loved it. It's clearly about actual thought and psychology, not religiosity or ideology. He genuinely seeks truth and insight, not push a presupposed ideology that is kept out of criticism's way.
Pitbull18 Dr. Peterson is not pushing religion on anyone. He is explaining the psychological relevance of Biblical themes and it’s place in society. These lectures are not an endorsement or promotion of religious text.
The description of the terrified gymnast standing on the edge of chaos and turning it into order inspiring people to involuntary worship with her perfection made me cry.
@@regulardude7961 - depends on the woman. I supported me and my husband during the recession when he was unemployed for nearly two years. That’s what marriage is about. It’s about helping build and support each other through life.
I go on runs listening to Mr. Peterson. I’ve come to gain this sort of meditative state that keeps my pace hard, but my reaction almost cat like. The way this man can articulate all this wisdom is truly amazing.
Jordan Peterson may be the most feminist person in the world. He is the only person I have ever heard acknowledging the real issues that separate men and women. He really seems to understand quite well that it is not the same to live as a woman and it is a man. There are different circumstances, that doesnt make it worse or better it just is. We still have to deal with it all, which is what makes a GOOD husband such a blessing. My husband and I compliment eachother, not like saying nice things, but helping eachother live. What he cant do, I do, what I cant do, he does. We comfort,so the, serve and please eachother to our best ability. Theres still struggles but we find a way to make it work and we are finding our way out of a really crappy lifestyle.
This is my 3rd time taking the biblical journey with Jordan. Still learning and still amazed that these lectures are free for anyone to enjoy. Thank you Dr. Peterson!
Thank God for this man. What a wonderful combination the power of the internet and the power of this guy's mind coming together to spread potent wisdom to millions of minds simultaneously. Hard to believe that it's even real sometimes when I see all the material people like Dr Peterson have up online for FREE
JBP takes simple things like children socializing by playing house and makes it seem like an alien is watching them and trying to figure out what they are up to.. i completely approve.
I can’t believe these are free to watch. Thank you Dr. Peterson
Well all those who subscribed to Peterson's Patreon kind of payed for them.
@@fabiotieri3155 we can watch it without subscribing. However, there is still the element of us paying the internet bill. Yeah, yeah...there is no free lunch. You have to do something to deserve something.
Its not free ,we have to pay for data
Free because it’s the Truth.
💥👈😙👉💥
Watching this series has been one of the best experiences i've ever had. It's amazing how knowledge can make the same message mean something much greater.
I’m 77yr old Grandmother.
I feel like I’m in a college class! Wonderful to have these lectures to still educate myself! Thank you!
Be a gem of a grandma and buy his books for your grandkids. ;)
go granny
Welcome. Good to know that there are still elders looking to learn.
Its a wonderful thing isnt it
Hey, God bless you Sharon! You seem like a charming woman and I wish you all the best :)
Man deserves a Nobel Prize. Perhaps the most powerful speaker and philosopher of our time, whether he knows it or not. Once in a generation doesn't even begin to cut it. Thank you Dr Peterson for your work.
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Dr. Peterson is an absolute treasure. I think about this every time i listen to him. So regularly. Wee are incredibly lucky to live while a mind like that is in his prime.
And while Elon and Trump are alive. I promise you if you look 1000 years in the future those 3 people will be the most famous and/ or infamous people of our generation.
@@nomorebs then your an easy to fool sheep, fag pit n shill is part of the big club thats ruining our realm.
Every single time I listen to a Jordan Peterson video it's like my brain aligns properly and I'm inspired.
Well expressed!
Agreed
It is refreshing to see someone so open to interesting ideas
Can't agree more
Logos rising.
Unite Gentiles
Why is nobody talking about the fact that you can't watch a 10 minute video without 3-5 ads scattered throughout it and peterson just gives out 3hrs of uninterrupted gold
Why don't you use an add blocker like Uni-blocker and also UA-cam enhancer!.
Isn't he demonetized?
@Sasa Radetic no no no he specifically doesn't say dominance except when talking about Lobsters, he uses 'authority' or 'competence' instead
@Sasa Radetic yeah, to point out the ridiculousness of the idea :p
So far this lecture was a big revelation and should be obligatory to watch for all people.
00:01 - Biblical Stories Have Serious Depth
03:10 - God the Father As The Structure That Creates Consciousness
11:28 - Christ as the "Word" or Active Consciousness
13:28 - Truthful Speech as the Tool for Good
15:55 - "Competence" Hierarchy as more appropriate than "Dominance Hierarchy"
20:40 - Hierarchy and Sexual Selection
23:50 - Meta Hierarchies As The Beginnings of Virtue and the idea of God
29:07 - "God" as a Necessary Abstraction
30:45 - We Embody Ideas Before We Can Articulate Them
37:45 - The Relationship Between Father and Son
42:01 - Unknown Unknowns > Abstractions > Articulated Principles
48:30 - Predatory Abstractions
55:39 - Evolution and Neurochemistry (Lobsters, Rats, Wolves, Snakes)
1:11:45 - Hierarchy of Authority Emerges Out of Play/Games
1:15:30 - Representations of God The Father
1:20:15 - Attributes of the Ideal and their Authority
1:27:50 - How Rules/Laws Are Generated
1:31:50 - Iterability As The Basis of Morality
1:33:40 - Postmodernism & "Infinite Interpretations"
1:35:05 - The Repercussions of Evading Morality
1:39:42 - Tradition & Revitalization: The Advantage of the New Testament
1:42:59 - Responsibility, Burden and Transcending The Hierarchy
1:45:04 - The Jungian Shadow
1:48:10 - Drama Exists At Various Levels of Sophistication
1:51:54 - Yin, Yan and the Tao (JP Style Gold Ensues)
1:58:55 - Marduk and the Mesopotamian Myth
2:06:51 - Meta Hero Abstraction in Images
Thank you
You da man, Josh!
Climate C. Heretic lmao 😂
This is.... 👌🏻
Segment Writer's like you are the best!
“Life isn’t a game, it’s a set of games, and the rule is never sacrificing victory in the set of games for victory in one game.”
That hit very different.
This guy will be remembered as an absolute genius
No doubt the Jung of our time.
@@truman5838 nah he is recovering from drugs
nope lol
Only by dopes.
It's sad that people are even suggesting this. Read some of the books he refers to and it'll be very obvious that he isn't a genius. Just because it's the best lecture you've seen doesn't make it exceptional, you need to see and read more
Jordan 'Buckosaurus' Peterson. The Oracle of Toronto. Slayer of Dragons. Sorter of rooms. Speaker of Truth.
Oh man.... I only wish I had discovered him earlier.
Saint Peterson the Wise formerly 'the Brave'
You're just in time man.
Sorter of Selves, Cleaner of Rooms.
....and Protector of the Realm
Daddy McNuggets comedy gold
This could be JBP's magnum opus. This material is so rich and deep yet mostly neglected in this day and age. It is an incredible service to us that he has managed to find a way to re-frame these stories so that they are allowed to resonate with the modern, scientifically minded individual. All I can say is thank your Dr. Peterson, keep 'em coming.
Jacob Russell said it perfectly
It’s an act of love what he does.
The new exodus series is phenomenal
“I have never, in all my years as a clinical psychologist-and this is something that really does terrify me-I have never seen anyone, ever, get away with anything at all, even once.” (1:37:14)
I too think that whenever I make an exception from acting properly to play a videogame once. Because whatever you do, you also sort of start building a habit out of it and at the same time you fail at starting to create new, better habits. It's the notion that everything you do matters. So then I am more likely to play games again next week instead of grappling with chaos properly. It might not be exactly what he means with that quote, but I don't think it's too different either.
I hope so. I truly hope so.
People get away with things all of the time. Look at the number of unsolved murders. And bad things eventually happen to everyone, whether or not they’ve done anything to cause it. We as humans will attempt to explain bad things that happen by tracing them back to bad things we’ve done. But sometimes it is only through selective reasoning and coincidence. This is so that we can encourage moral behavior and avoid the terrifying fact that we have no involvement in many of the horrible things that happen to us. If we can trace them back to some indiscretion that we inevitably have made it makes it seem as though it was not random and we (or God) has some sort of control over it.
@@davidkrottner6381 "People get away with things all of the time" Dude, do you want to actually read the statement with some "depth"? lol
Yes, people get away with "murder" as in policemen (the law) don't catch them...
But does the murderer wake up every night, from nightmare, trapped in a hell from their ACTIONS!
Your attempt of explanation is just lazy 'surface scratching', incoherent dribble...sorry. You need to go back to the drawing board.
@@anthonybrett Exactly. JP doesn't mean that people are always arrested, tried, and convicted of their crimes, but that people pay for their wrongdoings in other ways. I told someone that sins carry their own punishment. There's always a price. Often it's a price in deteriorating personal or business relationships (speaking of myself, here); sometimes it's less visible. But there's always a price.
I love how he is honest about when he doesn’t have enough knowledge to speak on a particular subject or answer a question. I love that humbleness, he doesn’t try to pretend like he knows everything.
I don't think he likes to settle on things he is always examining and reexamining and knows his opinion on something could change given different information.
Anna Vajda Yep, he is extremely careful with the words that come out of his mouth
Thats one thing I really like about him too. That honesty, self reflection, humility, and yet knowledge and experience is incredibly awesome and refreshing
@gherrrie of course. That's an interesting thing to say to someone you don't know though. I mean it's useful general knowledge but I never said or implied he was anything like a deity. Not sure what you mean by dangerously good but anyone who has a firm set of morals can be 'dangerous' to people devoid of morals for example so there's that
@gherrrie true you said you people but at the same time you specifically tagged me. But its cool, apology accepted!
I get your point, I do, and we should always be careful of what we allow into our brain, you are right. But I think you'll see from all the comments that he has led so much more people back to their faith, it would be rare and unlikely to have the effect you are talking about,
Cos 1 he is Steelmanning the bible, see how he fully fleshes out all the ideas?
2 he has all his cards out on the table. He speaks honestly about his discoveries and journey, and stated from the start that he is approaching this from a psychological point of view and
3 his secularism is partly what gives him such a big audience. See the interview he has with the pastor who commends him on getting the bible message out to so many in an age where church numbers are dropping.
Those are my thoughts. Thank you for your comment!
It suddenly dawned on me that among all the things we can dislike Social Justice Warriors for, introducing us to Jordan Peterson is definitely not one of them.
I never heard of the man before, and now he's changing my life and expanding my mind.
As it was written in the book of Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
same!
I absolutely agree!
same
but he's actually thinkin aboutt the water in the bottle, not the bottle
I was agnostic until a couple years ago I met an awesome pastor. He is tattooed, has a past (he saw his potential to be a monster and woke), service was fun and exciting and everyone was every friendly. I was baptized. And he did help. Then covid.... I never established a genuine belief. After listening to Jordan Peterson for nearly a year, and after watching three of these biblical lectures, I only wish I could thank him in person. Hearing these have really given me a muchh deeper understanding and real appreciation for The Bible and religion in general. Such an amazing person that more people should come to know. Media/people definitely idolize the wrong people.
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense.
AMPC
@@hardasnails11b15 Please stop.
@@hellooutsiders6865 Jehovah's Witnesses are what turn people OFF from Christianity. Please stop.
@@hellooutsiders6865 Ya... only jehovah's Witneeses do that with no context buddy.
@@hellooutsiders6865 That would be you.
These lectures have helped me battle drug addiction. Slaying one impulse at a time. Thank you Dr. Peterson. I am beyond grateful for your wisdom.
Lukas Villa Wishing you the best fighting that, brother.
Schwartz Champ I appreciate that
Lukas Villa, Fight the good fight buddy. We're rooting for you.
Yamez Schneider thank you! :) ✌️
best of luck!
This is what college should have been!
Linda Karner true very true...but then the rotchilds wouldnt be in controll & rich & powerful thats the real reason why this is not allowed in schools/college
@@lilgorbe6752 It's pretty naive to jump to those conspiracy theories as being valid in that sense. Especially when you consider that JP literally created this himself AND taught it in university. Go find some evidence and convict them, I'm sure there's plenty of control, money and power in it for you. :)
@Cosmin Stoian Amen
Linda Karner I guess you went to the wrong college.
I would win a discussion with Jordan in front of an audience after just 3h of sleep as Jordan does not believe in Jesus Christ.
Most difficult for me is tearing myself away from this JBP material long enough to actually put it into practice.
I'm listening to it while systematically networking on LinkedIN right now, haha
Dan Dimit The archetype of the sage. goal: the truth is all that matters. weakness: can spend hours studying and reading and never act. The magician is the archetype in which you make things happen
Dan Dimit Yep same. Although you could say we're hoarding abstract acorns, in preparation for our abstract hibernation.. While waiting for abstract Spring
The religious tend to fuse fantasies of authority, while some vagaries in so called sacred literature is by itself a most unlikely concept. The extreme unlikeliness of the literature being useful as anything more than a tool of the state, seems less grounded in reality.
Good stuff! Where can I find more of this archetype info?
I somehow feel not lonely when i'm listening to his lecture
exactly, someone with brain finaly
That God’s pyramid hat example had me weak. Like, a reminder when your dad is like what I tell you?😏
Hey, how are you doing now? Hope things are going better. Greetings
I can't wait for part 50 when he gets to Moses
That actually made me laugh out loud, dammit.
500*
Moses is born in the second chapter of the second book and at this pace of 3 talks per chapter, given Genesis is 50 chapters it looks more like lecture no’154 😜
😂
Everyone hates Arithmetic... :-) lol
2:13:13 "Marriage isn't for the people who are married. It is for the children". This man is absolutely awesome. A font of knowledge.
He is awesome. And that statement is absolutely true.
Total truth, and I LOVE to hear it coming from a modern professor of the humanities.
It gives me hope for the world.
Climate C. Heretic
Infertility is an aberration, not the norm. You don't base a social institution on minor improbabilities.
The normal result of sexual intercourse is conception: marriage is to give the necessary security and stability needed to raise children who can carry civilization forward.
@Climate C. Heretic ua-cam.com/video/1opHWsHr798/v-deo.html
At about 1:13:30 in this video, Peterson and Shapiro get to the topic about raising one's child in concern to one's beliefs.
I hope you may get something out of this.
@Climate C. Heretic The divine spark is in both man and woman, it says so in the same history you are trying to sham. Plus most people here are atheist.
JBP will go down in history as one of the best lectures, smartest men, and greatest contributors to Christianity of our modern times.
Just look at how many people who've previously only thought negatively of all religions now coming to realize the true purpose of its founding and implementation.
Henry Cox one here
This guy makes me love everyone.
Yep, that´s my story!
He's brilliant! A modern Messiah.
Yup. After graduating from a private Christian school in middle school, I made a promise to myself to stay away from religion, religious people, and especially that dumb bible. Fast forward to now and JBP, purchased a bible, reading it, really enjoying all the stories and ideas - like you said, he is a great contributor to Christianity. If he and people like him keep it up, religion might even be rescued enough to continue along into the future.
Normal people to a child: OMG he's doing house play
Jordan peterson to a child: he's in the path of higher consciousness
As a 14 year old I back this 100%.
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How wonderful to be 14 and have the privilege of this wisdom available.
I am 73 and mourn the life I could have lived if I had been exposed to this knowledge early.
Still, I celebrate how much better it got for me and others when I did find this knowledge.
If you every get to see him in person, DO IT. It will stay with you like a great concert or movie does.
Your experience is valid
@@divergentsenior pass it on!
Jordan is like an intellectually superior being
😂😂😂
Give this man a noble prize for Peace!!
I just love the humour that naturally comes up in his explanations.
I've just had the epiphany that one of the 12 Labors of Hercules was cleaning the Augean Stables. Kinda like Jordan Peterson gives the assignment to clean their room to his patients.
Also the Greeks called pathos, the experience of virtuous struggle and suffering which would lead to fame and, in Hercules' case, immortality.
So I just think Jordan Peterson is the modern narrator of a deep-rooted ancient wisdom we had lost through time and now we can finally comprehend thanks to guys like him.
Yeah! You are right! Also seen in Karate Kid's movies
Except if it were lost, he wouldn't be talking about it. More like misplaced and ignored.
A lot of what he talks about is universal wisdom and classical knowledge. Many of us already know these things in our deepest souls but don’t dredge them out and put them into words. Much of the concepts he talks about are actually just bringing us up to speed with things that used to be taught in schools and colleges. The rest are his original discoveries and theories attained through a very methodical deconstruction of these texts.
Thank you Dr Peterson-you continue to amaze, educate and touch my heart with your teachings. I’m 74 and would never have imagined I’d have the privilege of your wisdom to enlighten and challenge me in my old age. You are a gift to humanity during this crucial phase of humanity’s history.
"Life isn't a game. It's a set of games and the rule is never sacrifice victory across the set of games for the victory of one game".
That part has just changed my perspective on dominant.
That is profound. I’ve never thought of it that way but of course that makes sense. That truly is life.
Help me understand more what he means by that
Greetings from portugal you really changed my life, just want you to know you are really helping people.
Thank you for all the amazing content (manly tears)
Angola é nossa!
Even Dr. Peterson's UA-cam comments are true and meaningful!
My tears are so manly that foot long erect cocks pop up wherever they land.
Sorry I have been drinking.
+simhthmss Real men don't piss in other men's cornflakes, buddy.
I'm actually crying, the research done on the juvenile rats brought me to utter tears. That is so true, if children aren't allowed to play, their brains don't develop properly. This resonates with me so deeply because of how socially afraid I am. I'm an only child, and this state of solo development has caused my mental maturity to distort from my peers. I honestly thought I was just weird and different cause well, that's what I am, but the fusion of facts that I had little to no social interactions as a child and that juvenile rats who don't play don't mature correctly, well, I'm shocked and sad cause that's me, I'm an immature rat who just wanted to play with the other kids. My parents aren't to blame though, that's just how my life turned out. If anything, I just need to not repeat this and have at least two children. For their sake.
Cyberpunk Alchemist - I had a similar upbringing because my delusional parents opted to raise me in an unconventional way which had the side effect of making it damn near impossible for me to relate socially to other children or for them to relate to me. The result was predictable social isolation throughout my childhood and adolescence. By the time I was in my late teens and left home I was almost moot and unable to make any kind of sustained casual conversation although I could fake it for short periods of time. It has taken me over twenty years to largely undue the damage of my parents choices. I had to choose a career in a specialized technical discipline and devout myself to it. The only reason this worked was because the skill set (computer programming) was in demand and the employers didn’t typically expect their IT guys to have much in the way of social skills anyway. I did manage to marry and even support a family with two kids. It has been hard watching my kids have the normal healthy adolescence I never got to have and seeing what normal teenage life looks like. My advise would be to read long form high quality narrative fiction and as much as possible. Books written by Nobel Prize winners in Literature are a good place to start. Reading online news or technical books will not have the same mental effect. Creative writing exercises every day even if they are short can expand your vocabulary and linguistics skills. There is no quick or easy way to undo the damage but it can be overcome. In my mid-forties now and have finally found a strange sort of peace in life.
I grew up on a farm, middle of nowhere, as an only child for the first eleven years of my life. I wasn’t interested much in toys unless they were physical activities (swing set, big-wheel, bike, etc). I roamed the farm, and the forest alone, and the imagination I lacked with dolls were made up for in outdoor exploration. I moved to town so that my children would have other children to interact with, yet I still have a son much like myself who prefers to be alone or outdoors chopping on saplings. Different family structures, different environment- yet very similar personalities and play preferences, both of us also having diagnosis of ADHD. The old nurture over nature debate leaves me to believe that in some ways, we just are who we are.
The plight of lack of social development of single children is yet another outcome to be laid at the feet of planned parenthood ideology?
@@twelverules176 only child here too with same issues, my father was a kidder and always picked on me as a child and I believe that has hampered my ability to trust people since i was always waiting to be scared and also not having anyone to really talk too since I avoided him as much as possible. I love being on my own but even at 44 still feel emotionally as a teen and socially different and this has led me to not wanting children of my own.
Your parents must haven't done the proper job of making you concious enough of the even more dangerous outcome that could become from not socialising with your peers than keeping you on your safe shelter.
I had some good lecturers when I was an art student. Jordan has rekindled my desire to learn. He is a brilliant teacher.
I know man. Had to put my German bag away for awhile because ya know...😌
I have been going to church all these years and I could never understand the significance of the stories in the Bible. Thank you Dr. Peterson for doing this series!
I'm a lifelong christian too, and also had a lifelong interest in psychology, since 10 actually. It's definitely given me a new lease on the Bible.
Sharnee Martin I totally agree.
Sharnee Martin always ask your pastor if you find hard to understand something, he will be glad to explain
And the meaning is ... (dramatic pause) clean your room.
brandon caruso I was taught (brainwashed) from a young age to believe in Jesus. Now I question everything and I am not sure anymore. Nevertheless, I do believe in a higher power.
"That's a tree cat snake bird, and that's the thing you really want to avoid. You don't want to come across one of those."
~ Jordan B Peterson 2017
Robin Bartlett that should be a fucking Tee dude....im making it ASAP
Robin Bartlett
Sounds like my ex 😂. (Might as well add Medusa to the list, too !)
And it's ouroborous.
Mainstream media in a nutshell
What he showed is the milky way and you cannot avoid it cuz you live in it so again he makes no sense.
Things I'm taking out of Peterson:
- Don't try to save the world, clean up your room first;
- Integrate your shadow; see the evil and the good in humans and know it's also part of you;
- Stop trying to manipulate reality and speak what you think it's true;
- Don't say things that make you feel disintegrated inside.
I think JBP would say don't "speak what you think is true", speak *truth*. So if you say something you think is true and someone validly disagrees, honestly consider their dispute and evaluate your speech so it can be closer to *truth*
Good list. I'll also take shut up, listen, and pay attention :)
Learn history, so you learn what you are and how to act
Live on the line between the known and the unknown
The way that dr Peterson translates our abstractions into words is unbeliavable
Enjoyed this so much. As simple as it sounds, I honestly believe that our having seven children was the great dangerous adventure of life for us. We were walking on the edge between chaos and order for 30 years raising these children, all the while discovering our shadow selves. (Parenting puts you on the edge of tears almost every day, and puts you in the situation of curbing your itch to murder some rowdy kid virtually every day. It's exhausting in that respect.) The greatest work of my life and the most satisfying.
Anita Davis, wow. Well articulated.
Anita Davis us too! (6) I tell skeptics that some people run marathons or climb mountains, but we've chosen to live on the edge this way. The world's a crazy place: why not fill it with people you love and who love you back?
Amazing! x
Anita Davis yes! Same here but we are in the middle of the adventure with our youngest being just four. Glad to hear you made it out alive 😂
I know that itch. (4 and counting)
This man WILL change the world.
aWin w Because of JBP, so many people gave the potential to do so also.
He's changing the world ...
He already is. ....
Kelly Berry
WE all do this.
He already changed mine, I'll go and change it some more as a tribute to him.
Most compelling 20 seconds of this entire lecture: 2:25:44-2:26:04 - you can almost ACTUALLY see the wheels turning in his brain. The response being formulated, the pieces being moved. I'm not sure I've ever been so captivated watching a man stand still, staring into nothing, before.
your comment is AWESOME
The fortitude this man has, to stops himself in his tracks, with I don't know how many people watching, and reconsider his entire approach to answering the question, ego and awkwardness be damned, is so damn arresting.
Jordan b. Was so generous by putting all these videos on here for us. Finding them was a turning point in my life
That moment in the Q&A when he looks up and THINKS while everyone waits in breathless suspense.
The only thing better than watching him think is hearing him think.
The fortitude this man has, to stops himself in his tracks, with I don't know how many people watching, and reconsider his entire approach to answering the question, ego and awkwardness be damned, is so damn arresting.
It also reminded me about the queen's gambit, he's not playing chess on the roof but scanning for the right answer.
Who's the monster who pushed the dislike button? BTW, been self-authoring since the start of the year. I am an entrepreneur, my productivity levels have been rising steadily. I can hardly keep up with the changes in my life. Thank you, professor. You saved my life and my mind. All the best from a girl who once was in chaos and who is now on her way to the content middle. :-)
I think Jordan Peterson's "secret" is that he considers things from many levels of analysis - from biological (and even mechanical), to conceptual, to mythological. And thus he manages to illustrate that simple things are more interesting than they appear from just one - usually conventional - perspective. His style inspires creativity of various kinds, because a creative insight is mainly recognizing unconventional connections between conventional things. He kind of repeats many themes, so one might wonder why he is not boring? As a tentative answer, it seems to me that he is primarily valuable not as an inexhaustible repository of ideas, but as someone who inspires us to generate our own original ideas, be they big or small. It feels good to be a compatriot with this guy!
SK I think the purpose of repeating themes is to generate new ideas. It's the process he uses to ride the edge between order and chaos.
sammy2629 well it's also essential to keep ideas within constraints, otherwise ideas are just generated out of the aether with no solid footing to stand on.
SK good point, I find that intelligent people normally view the big picture first and then analyze categorically, coming to a nuanced understanding of complex issues. the more I use this analysis the more i believe that complex issues are difficult to explain in concrete and final terms. it is healthy to have some doubt in your beliefs. "for every complex problem there exists an answer that is clear, simple and wrong"
+Mike Woodruff: That's funny, man, about the simple and wrong answer to every complex problem! Continuing on your point about the process of analysis, I think the following metaphorical analogy captures it well. Trying to understand something is sort of like "looking" at your study subject through a lens and alternately zooming in (to see separate "pieces" of the problem, to count them, to study their structure, etc) and then zooming out (to see the whole subject again, but now in a new light, and also to be aware of overall borders of the subject and its interfaces with other subjects). And then you zoom in again, and so on. I think that this process generates a "living solution" that is continually updated based on the preceding analysis steps. Such a solution will initially appear as complex (too complex), but later it should start looking more and more "simple". That eventual looking simple is probably not so much an effect of its actual simplicity, but due to our changing our frame of understanding. Take care, and thanks for the interesting comment.
+Lita Davidson: He might indeed be naive, and Bill Gates might indeed have a personality disorder, but we do not know either of them enough to make such assertions. More importantly, my comment was not about Peterson as a person, but about a specific feature of his approach to analyzing problems and communicating his ideas. If we lose sight of specificity of the points we make, then any disagreement can quickly spiral out to name-calling and even violence. That is not only hurtful, but also completely unproductive.
I listen to this playlist at night and I think my brain absorbs it while I sleep. When I wake in the middle of the night I realize it’s still going and no matter where it is it’s pure gold. It’s the best college class. I wish I had it when I was younger. It would have made a bridge to Christ for me. Perhaps I would have found a church I liked??? Instead I just found organized religion unpalatable. Now I can watch the Asbury revival and weep and I know why. I’m tuned into the eternal struggle of life and our need to seek connection with God. To seek God’s support and healing of our wounds from life and our bad choices.
Love this. Especially the Asbury comment. 😊
I think I'll try that. Have to find more ways to take this in😅
His comment on the relationship between the Old Testament and New: "After you learn to play by the rules you can learn to make the rules"
1:39:50
makes perfect sense
It’s like the old saying about art. You have to learn the rules before you can break them properly.
@@ainzooalgown1364 it's practically embedded in every pursuit of progress - a metaphysical thought fractal
What we’re developing is the capacity to pay attention ♥️
Doctor Peterson- you may hear this 1000 times and you might never read this but I’m grateful for the value you give so genuinely and freely to the world. Tuning in from Hawaii
Do you think JP knows how powerful his ripple affect on the world has been for good? Man deserves an award in his name.
Wrote an entire memoir on my own struggle with PTSD. God, I wish I would have found Dr. Peterson 10 years before I began that process. Could have scrapped half of it. Thank you, JBP. God bless.
Braxton McCoy better late than never man, hope you keep getting better
Jae Lax I appreciate that. You too.
The Family Virtue Signal it is being published, but I would hate for that comment to come across as spamming. That wasn't the intention. If you would like a copy you could dm me and I would be happy to get you one.
I have started watching these lectures daily every morning with my coffee and every night late. I feel like I am learning something well worth my time.
JBP is like Moses. He listened to everyone’s problems until he figured out the underlying rules of the game, now he’s sharing them from the top of the mountain.
that's a deadly observation
You've made a not so obvious observation bucko.
great analogy
This is IQ160 type of comment
he is NOTHING like Moses..
What a force of nature this man is
Honestly. This series is the best part of my life right now.
IVE BEEN SO ENLIGHTENED BY THESE LECTURES ON THE BIBLE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!
Dr. Peterson, I was having a rough day and facing challenges in my career, so I decided to CLEAN MY ROOM and get my house in order. It made an immediate difference. A client I worked with subsequently wished me a long and healthy life afterwards. Thank you.
These lectures are so good I'm actually binge watching them, and I will do so as well with the Maps of Meaning ones. Thank you Dr. Peterson... Can't belive these are free...
And the personality series as well
I think them being free has to do with the notion that what comes as a result of philosophical degeneracy is greater overall than what he might gain as monetary value. i.e. he values the propagation of wisdom unrestrictedly, over it being restricted for revenue’s sake.
As a Psychology student from Vancouver Island University and also what is coined a born again Christian /follower of Jesus Christ, I find these lectures quite fascinating indeed... wonderful to put it into words without religious undertones.... my son actually shared the first link with me last week and I have been watching when I can...
Watch it more and rewatch it. A lot of information to take in
He goes "you cant make sense of sense data without an a priori structure, you cant extract from sense data the structure that enables you to extract sense from sense data" without stuttering, then proceeds to forget the word "bottle"
he's too sophisticated for simple nouns. LOL. I once played tennis beside Anna Kournikova at a friendly fun raiser. she couldn't keep the ball in play with mediocre club players. I think as a professional, she hasn't seen a tennis ball move so slowly in years and it was "a different game". maybe that's what "bottle" is for Peterson. just a little too simplistic!
I wondered whether that was some genius acting to demonstrate an example, or a coincidence of such precise synchronicity that Jordan being on that stage saying what he's saying is exactly what the universe wants.
@@jillrichardson1520 high level video game players have the same problem sometimes. You know exactly what the best move your opponent can make is so you prepare for that move and then they do something completely unexpected and it throws you off lol
I just think he was in his imagination and thoughts talking about the images. And then it’s a shift. It’s pretty normal to get carried away in deep thought with complex logic and not be able to draw it back to the immediate present. Think about being in deep thought when driving and you have no idea how you got it your destination.
Rings of some Zen ideas... you won't find your buddha nature with the senses or the mind, and yet that same nature is behind the whole process and at the root of all the senses.
I was an atheist for a long time, became very religious after battling addiction then became disillusioned by my religion because I just couldn’t accept it as literal
This has helped bridge that gap in so many ways and makes so much sense
Good for you brother. Keep going.
As someone who has been living life like a sheep, with no knowledge of the world around me, I can say this series has been mind bogglingly eye opening. Peterson's mental journey by lecture successfully takes me on a rollercoaster, and has me rethinking not only my own psyche, but the anthropological universe as a whole. This series ties it all together. Everything I have learned about the world has little to no context until I uncover the ideas Jordan Peterson shares. I am ever grateful to you for providing this epic of conscientious discovery
I'm smart enough to know that I'm not smart enough to truly understand everything he's laying down, but I'll watch the entire series anyway because what the hell else am I going to do?
You could CLEAN YOUR ROOM!
just a reminder: Clean your room
You are really intelligent, in fact
You can clean my room
Jordan Peterson is a guy worth following. I’ve made adjustments in my life based on his sermons.
I often sleep with lectures playing in headphones to distract my brain enough to filter out other noises and sleep. This lecture series is giving me some crazy dreams!
Haha I do the same sometimes. I once dreamt that I was on the front row of a college lecture when JP just finished the lecture. We were taking with him and I remember thinking, wow this can’t be real I’m actually in the same room as this man. But I didn’t notice I was dreaming
He cured my insomnia. When I wake up at 3am, I also listen with headphones, it distracts me from my chatter so I can fall asleep. I always wake up at a needed answer, write it down, fall back asleep, and apply it the next day.
My dreams on this are insane
Ooh~ Nice idea. I'll try this.
You must be sleep typing
“And the word becomes flesh...” Thank you for this digital treasure, so humbled and moved by your wisdom sir. 🙌🏽😌
I am three parts in and this is probably one of the most important talks I've ever listened to. Even if 10% of his ideas turned out to be right, it's still a revelation and a giant step in human understanding. This should be required viewing/reading in schools at some point!
Jordan Peterson just cleaned the room inside my soul.
😂 inspiring
This was absolutely powerful. One of his best lectures of all time. And that says a lot!
.... to be stable enough, engaged enough, so not only are you doing what you should be doing, you're doing it in a way that increases the probability that you'll do it better tomorrow...
Dr. Peterson has a way of making incredibly abstract concepts palatable to the general public without oversimplifying ANYTHING, and that is the mark of true genius. Thank you for all you’ve done for everyone you’ve touched.
"God's complicated that's the thing"
One of the best line i've heard
not really, it's the standard excuse for Christians whenever the Bibel contradicts itself.
Christian priests/pastors/preachers seriously need to hear this series, man.
BTW: no sleep/notification squad sorting in!
khaii13 i kind of think pope needs to watch these! then may he wouldn't say hell does not exist!!
SepehR 2.0 he said that? In what context? Was he seriously saying it (was he serious when he said that?) I'm asking because for most popular/influential people, their words are either taken out of context, or words are put into their mouths.
khaii13 so he said something like that even an atheist will be redeemed and go to heaven (without accepting jesus christ which is mandatory in bible!) ! so basically finally every one will go to heaven!
khaii13 yoganonymous.com/pope-francis-hell-fire-adam-eve-real
i have seen this on so many websites! i can not confirm all the sources though since many of them are atheist websites! but as it appears pope has sais something like these
This guy is a gift 🎁 from the universe into the existence.
@Antonio Rackman Saydam The universe is not a vacuum. Earth is a part of the universe, you are from the universe and Jordan Peterson is from the universe.
@Antonio Rackman Saydam what you mean is space, the (mostly) empty room between celestial bodies. The universe is everything we know exists.
@Antonio Rackman Saydam So he created a universe full of sinners and then pissed off? Sounds like a great God.
Every single time I listen to a Jordan Peterson video it's like my brain aligns properly and I'm inspired.
Thank you. Dr. Peterson. You make me think at deeper levels than I have even attempted before. I have grown in my faith and my ability to discern the serious flaws within the secular philosophy/political belief structure driving our world lemming-like to the edge of the abyss.
So thrilled with this series. JP has helped me make sense of things that I grew up with and rejected but sensed all along had a depth I didn't understand. I have woken up to the possibility of the transcendent and welcomed it gladly back into my life. Not as the religion, but as a way of being for all humanity.
Michael Stanwyck
Ditto
Michael Stanwyck Ditto
With you there man, I never felt 100% convinced by organised religion or the complete abandoning of it's ideas. Turns out I was just waiting for Prof. Peterson to sort the ideas.
TheyLiveGlasses Was told once when I complained about organized religion that the problem with churches is people run them
That's true my fellow Greg, bad people can use good ideas for bad purposes and derail them.
I just love hearing the knowledge pouring out of this man’s head. More than a grate thinker he’s a good teacher!
I find he spends to much time thinking of grates
Grate thinker indeed. He "shreds" the competition xD
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Its incredible. You give objective insight into such controversial matters. I've learned more from these videos than at church. Thank GOD for you.
Sadly, church - an establishment that is normally led and attended by ignorant hypocrites - has become one of the worst advertisements for Christianity.
Here's an idea: Share these videos with your priest, pastor, or church group. Organize a weekly or monthly evening presenting these lectures on large screen, then form discussion groups. People are thirsty for understanding the bible. Too many are quick to reject religion and the bible and criticize without trying to understand.
unfortunately I think a vast majority of "true believers" would reject the good Doctor out of hand. Too many would accuse him of diluting the message, and being heretical. They want the bible to be literally true only, without allowing room for the figurative case as well. Tis a shame, cuz as far as I can tell Jordan essentially recognizes Jesus as the META hero that we should all seek to emulate.
I'm mormon, and nothing Dr. Peterson says conflicts with the doctrine. I know people, adults (I'm 15), who likewise partake in Peterson's intellectual enrichment, and these lectures on the bible are neither atheistic nor theological-like I said, objective.
Most christians I know are as encouraged by this message as anyone. CS Lewis himself started as an atheist who recognized the mythological value of the bible stories. He wondered if myths could be true. And Tolkien walked him through that. You have to love and believe in God if he is the author of myths that are true!
JP: interprets hidden philosophical principles behind ancient text with immaculate vocabulary
Also JP: forgets what a water bottle is called
Exactly. She ain’t a harlot in this house bro🤷🏽♂️
Lol thats a hilarious observation, i think it shows the paradox of human nature in such a great way.
Very intelligent people tend to forget simple concepts and words because they are so used to thinking in academic terms.
@@xelaphilia omg!
He pretended to not thinking "bottle" to make his idea clear to the audience that abstract categories come late in the process of perception.
Jordan Peterson's talks dont just let me understand myself better but give me so much more consideration and love for other people. Thanks Mr Peterson
"Everything horrible that human beings have done was done by human beings... and you are one of them." I think there has been a breaking point in my life since I heard this phrase. When someone said "We are all sinners", I just thougth "yeah, yeah, humans are imperfect, leave us alone" Now I see what that old phrase really meant, so deep
"Rats won't live without love" - that blew my mind.
That killed me.
That obliterated my existence
Who would have thunk it? Blew my mind too.
I love how doctor Peterson takes time and steps back before he speaks or answers. He doesn’t speak to speak, he speaks after thinking. One thing that I have learnt from him and trying to apply it in my life.
I would never ever click on a video that named "biblical series" but Here I am sitting and listening to the 6th hour of Jordan's wisdom bombs.
Jordan Peterson: *prepares for lecture on the psychological implications of the bible.*
also JBP: *talks about lobsters and Jung*
Seriously, though, Jordan Peterson is the reason I'm going back to church with my family. Atheism is ultimately too nihilistic and destructive.
Destructive is right alright. I'll never believe in the metaphysical part of it, but I'm partaking in the church so that I may raise my kids Christians unlike how I was raised.
@@DsiakMondala the term Christian means to be Christ like. Ultimately you're following the example of a man who taught love, acceptance, non possessiveness, and peace. If that's not a message worth following then idk what is
I feel the same way, you’re not alone. As a teenager, I took it upon myself to engage the ancient and evermore entity of human morality and thought “I know what is bad and good”.
Then...I took acid. Acid made me plunge DEEP into the abyss of hell and made me realize, ‘hell’ is within me, not somewhere underground.
Fast forward to me finding Jordan Peterson. He has helped bring back Christianity into my life and my family’s lives.
Atheism isnt a belief system, an ideology or a set of rules to live by. Atheism is simply a word used to describe not beliving a god exists.
So what is the alternative?, fource yourself to believe what you know deep down isnt true?
Would take a seriously weak mind to accomplish something like that.
@@stephenlord1986 Uh yes It is a belief system... how could you know deep down it isn't true? Its true there is no physical evidence for God... but that also means there is no evidence that God doesn't exist. It takes a seriously weaker mind to be as biased as you, especially since you literally said Atheism is a word to BELIEVE that God doesn't exist right after saying Atheism doesn't take belief. and I mean that in the most loving way possible :)
JBP talkin' about the eternal dragon. I bet Peterson gathered all seven dragon balls, summoned Shenron, but the Dragon asked JBP for a wish instead.
What was the wish you ask?
Shenron: I wish to become the best and most efficient Eternal Dragon I can be!!
*Dramatic Pause*
JBP: Sure thing... Clean Your Room.
I cannot thank you enough Dr Peterson for your difficult life journey that brought you to the incredible man you are that is setting us all free. Thank you ❤
JP runs down the entire visual-neural-perception process like it’s a rap song but can’t think of the words for “water bottle” 😆 I LOVE HIM more and more each day 🤓🤯😍🥰
Years later and I still refresh myself on this series. I'll never forget the day, the moment I watched the outrageous students that surrounded Dr. Peterson on his campus. To watch this man take on his opportunity since day one. I have grown with Dr. Peterson .
Its truly interesting how the talk about truth and responsibility stirs something inside...
After watching this series... I now refer to JP as Father Peterson...May he bless us all....Amen...
who would have guessed that in 2017 a youtube video called "Biblical Series III: God and the hierarchy of authority" would get so many views
Revi, and I'm Hindu, but I loved it. 😅
I'm atheist and ex-christian and i loved it.
It's clearly about actual thought and psychology, not religiosity or ideology.
He genuinely seeks truth and insight, not push a presupposed ideology that is kept out of criticism's way.
Pitbull18 Dr. Peterson is not pushing religion on anyone. He is explaining the psychological relevance of Biblical themes and it’s place in society. These lectures are not an endorsement or promotion of religious text.
Revi true lol I'm an atheist
Probably Nietzsche. ;)
The description of the terrified gymnast standing on the edge of chaos and turning it into order inspiring people to involuntary worship with her perfection made me cry.
Just got to that part of lecture and I got chills up and down my spine
"Marriage isn't for the people who are married. It's for the children! Obviously. And if you can't handle that: grow the hell up".
which means there is no reason for marriage whatsoever unless you are planning to have children.
@@regulardude7961 or if you are man who likes forking over half of his wealth in family court and have his kids turned against him.
@@PurpleMusicProductions no thank you. I will go ahead and continue to enjoy being solo and wealth building and traveling.
@@regulardude7961 - depends on the woman. I supported me and my husband during the recession when he was unemployed for nearly two years. That’s what marriage is about. It’s about helping build and support each other through life.
@@regulardude7961 and then what would be the point of you at all? Self gratification? Good luck with that plan in old age
I go on runs listening to Mr. Peterson. I’ve come to gain this sort of meditative state that keeps my pace hard, but my reaction almost cat like. The way this man can articulate all this wisdom is truly amazing.
Jordan Peterson may be the most feminist person in the world. He is the only person I have ever heard acknowledging the real issues that separate men and women. He really seems to understand quite well that it is not the same to live as a woman and it is a man. There are different circumstances, that doesnt make it worse or better it just is. We still have to deal with it all, which is what makes a GOOD husband such a blessing.
My husband and I compliment eachother, not like saying nice things, but helping eachother live. What he cant do, I do, what I cant do, he does. We comfort,so the, serve and please eachother to our best ability. Theres still struggles but we find a way to make it work and we are finding our way out of a really crappy lifestyle.
Brilliant speech.
To be honest: I often listen to Dr. Petersons fantastic lectures while I'm cleaning my room.
Ditto
I do it while playing video games
Driving to work. Cleaning at home. Doing anything that doesn't require listening.
ifyouwereme Yup. I love listening to him as I'm driving.
Yeah I just did the same!!!
I'm so happy I can watch these! They take me back to a time when I enjoyed great happiness...
This is my 3rd time taking the biblical journey with Jordan. Still learning and still amazed that these lectures are free for anyone to enjoy. Thank you Dr. Peterson!
i love it when he starts thinking, I have started doing that while I talk
Seriously, this guy is INCREDIBLE.
Good literature doesn’t die much like great UA-cam videos. Enjoying this in the midst of the world crumbling round us. God bless.
Thank God for this man. What a wonderful combination the power of the internet and the power of this guy's mind coming together to spread potent wisdom to millions of minds simultaneously. Hard to believe that it's even real sometimes when I see all the material people like Dr Peterson have up online for FREE
JBP takes simple things like children socializing by playing house and makes it seem like an alien is watching them and trying to figure out what they are up to.. i completely approve.