Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs (4K)" video.

  1. "Store up treasure in heaven..."...I think "experience" is the treasure, in the larger sense. My movement in reality leaves footprints in the sands of time and space, so to speak; these are our MEMORIES, and they belong to Cosmos. These treasures in heaven, the discarnate state, serve as landmarks by which to orient and by focus constrain the spirit which naturally seeks to expand, even to the point of dissipation. "Believe and you'll be saved"?! Could it be that believing in a God-filled Creation actually produces the structures in heaven that "save the soul" from one life to the next?! 😶‍🌫
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  2. Balance makes the cynic cynical about his own cynicism. Delusion is the fantasy you believe to be fact. Fantasy is the fundamental psychical balancing mechanism. The basis of fantasy is "imagination", the creative facility of awareness, which is used to instantiate symbol systems, that, in their turn constitute control interfaces to the emotional layer of psyche. This is the pattern of all "self-control". From the perspective of awareness, the "unknown" is the inchoate, imperfectly formed or developed; disordered or incoherent...a random seethe of possibility, potential. Striking a balance means comparing a particular "known" to a relevant "unknown", observing and identifying associations as they arise in response to the character of the contact with the "unknown". Step by step, you clothe the unknown in images known only to you. The pattern of these images forms a symbol that represents particular knowledge--the unknown has, thus, been actualized, becoming "known". Continuing the process, the border of the "unknown" is pushed back, as disorder is ordered in experience. The pressure of disorder liberates order from its own tyranny, perfection of order.
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  3. "Monk mode"? Would that include sperm retention?! Curious practice...
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  4. "Always tell the truth", is probably not exactly correct: "Do not speak falsely"--including to yourself--because there are special consequences for speech, especially brutally honest speech. You know what words mean for you, but for others you can't know for sure, so it can be unfair to speak what you think is the brutally honest truth to everyone. You are guaranteed to be misunderstood, rendering you a liar in another's eyes, engendering a variety of real-world consequences...all due to original error. Generally, the less said, the better for you, but maybe not best for others. The original error could probably be corrected, enabling error-free communication.
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