ktt2.com/i-miss-jordan-peterson-47209

ngl i been reading a little Peterson and on the whole his message is actually pretty wholesome and genuine.

But he got that rep of a figurehead of the weirdo loser/pick-up artist crossover community so you gotta be wary of those ppl who cap for him

exactly bruh, self responsibility and s*** is fine but miss me wit that whole group of speakers that are in that lane he's in

that being said 'cultural marxism' as a term is a f***ing xenophobic dogwhistle and mfs can smd but hold up

Some defenders of Peterson, including at times the polemicist himself, have tried to depoliticize his interventions by insisting he is primarily a psychologist who offers individual guidance and inspiration to people — mostly young men — trying to make their way in a tough world. But this ignores the fact that Peterson speaks at great length about politics — excoriating socialism and feminism, defending hierarchy, and so on — and his rhetoric and ideas have been popularized alongside his self-help sermons telling listeners to clean their rooms.

jacobinmag.com/2020/4/jordan-peterson-capitalism-postmodernism-ideology

from my 'commie cultural marxist' source btw lol

Best pic of my first lead climb last weekend. Stoked to go out again on Saturday!

oh u was in the natural realm huh
i need to get outside with a friend or something

gotta roll in the dirt and feed ya microbiome

being in nature is so good for the soul man there's nothing quite like it i def recommend getting out whether alone or with someone

ELEMENT.

@JayZen thx for posting that chris hedges speech yesterday or the day before i prolly listened to it 3-4 times now it's really making me question my day to day life and how deeply programmed i really am despite spending a decade trying to unlearn things...

no problem man. if it inspires deep and insightful change or self betterment, then i'm happy it's benefited you!

i have been reading The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra and it's also made me ponder just how impulsive and reflexive i am. sometimes it's my instinct to get angry, hopeful, offended, scared, flattered, etc. i mistake those feelings as "me" when i have a lot more power over my brain than i thought i did. those reactions are often my own personal choices.

unlearning is hard stuff. but every day is another chance to get things right

Not sure where I heard this but "If you are a puppet of your lowest instincts you will be puppeteered by anyone who can provoke them" seems pretty relevant here.

Hard to keep a level head in all of this but that just means it's even more important to do so.

that's a good quote i like that a lot.

just one day and one thing at a time man. this is the journey of life. every bump and stop along the way is progress toward you becoming what you will turn into.

i have a problem with getting pissed off at work over small things. when i told a good friend of mine about it, he told me that the more you practice a good habit, the more likely you are to practice that habit on instinct.

so for instance, when someone is being a d*** to me in my job, i just breathe and try my hardest not to let it get to me. even just depersonalizing myself from the situation and just reminding myself in my own confidence is good.

the more often i do it, the less often i feel the need to stew over the pointless s*** that makes my blood boil. these lessons feel like ones all young people must learn with experience. so don't give up! we are still on the journey

Our ability to cultivate joy has not been scientifically studied as thoroughly as our ability to cultivate happiness. In 1978, psychologists Philip Brickman, Dan Coates, and Ronnie Janoff-Bulman published a landmark study that found that lottery winners were not significantly happier than those who had been paralyzed in an accident. From this and subsequent work came the idea that people have a "set point" that determines their happiness over the course of their life. In other words, we get accustomed to any new situation and inevitably return to our general state of happiness.

However, more recent research by psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky suggests that perhaps only 50 percent of our happiness is determined by immutable factors like our genes or temperament, our "set point." The other half is determined by a combination of our circumstances, over which we may have limited control, and our attitudes and actions, over which we have a great deal of Control. According to Lyubomirsky, the three factors that seem to have the greatest influence on increasing our happiness are our ability to reframe our situation more positively, our ability to experience gratitude, and our choice to be kind and generous. These were exactly the attitudes and actions that the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop had already mentioned and to which they would return as central pillars of joy.

There are four independent brain circuits that influence our lasting well-being, Davidson explained. The first is "our ability to maintain positive states.” It makes sense that the ability to main tain positive states or positive emotions would directly impact one's ability to experience happiness. These two great spiritual leaders were saying that the fastest way to this state is to start with love and compassion.

The second circuit is responsible for "our ability to recover from negative states." What was most fascinating to me was that these circuits were totally independent. One could be good at maintaining positive states but easily fall into an abyss of a negative state from which one had a hard time recovering. That explained a lot in my life.

The third circuit, also independent but essential to the others, is "our ability to focus and avoid mind-wandering.” This of course was the circuit that so much of meditation exists to develop. Whether it was focusing on one's breath, or a mantra, or the a***ytic meditation that the Dalai Lama did each morning, this ability to focus one's attention was fundamental.

The fourth and final circuit is "our ability to be generous." That was amazing to me: that we had an entire brain circuit, one of four, devoted to generosity. It is no wonder that our brains feel so good when we help others or are helped by others, or even witness others being helped, which Ekman had described as the elevation that is one dimension of joy. There was strong and compelling research that we come factory equipped for cooperation, compassion, and generosity.

Climbing again tomorrow :pog:

It was sick af

Absolutely beautiful weather which was unexpected. Forecast said cloudy and windy in the 40s and 50s. Turned out to be sunny and calm almost the whole day feeling like high 60s.

Did a really cool chimney there and top roped a 7 and an 8 that were really fun.

All that at the main wall of the crag but then we went to The Pit which is basically a pit lmao. Small cave entry and then it opens up into this pit with 6 routes going out of it from a 7 to a 10c. I tried to lead climb an 8 in there but had to lower off after the 3rd bolt cuz I just ran outta strength. But it was a kind of a hard 8 so I'm still happy at how far I got.

And of course smoked some weed at the end and just chilled and ate snacks lol

really out here living your best life wit that s***