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Change Your Life with the Discoveries of These Four Thinkers
Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque. –Krishnamurti
A word of warning- the discoveries of these four thinkers are not for the fainthearted.
If you’re interested in self-knowledge or smart self improvement, this will be the post for you!
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The discoveries of these four thinkers have a similar message that runs through them:
You matter, perhaps more than you’ll ever know.
They have directly helped me:
Shed anxiety.
Gain self knowledge.
Take my ideas and feelings seriously.
Find comfort in massive uncertainty.
Face and subvert attacks from others.
Fight the hardest battle against each of our final enemies- ourselves.
It’s my hope that they provide the same, and more, for you.
1. Alice Miller
Alice was a Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst.
“Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.”
An entry point into her discoveries might be that she:
Taught how to explore, understand, and study your personal history as a child. This has always been an area where we’re told to not look, as it doesn’t matter. But examining this area is crucial in order to gain compassion for yourself, learn to love yourself, understand others, and find and connect more deeply with those you love (or want to love).
Her work is also central in encountering and coming to terms with anger and aggression. Society would have us believe that these are base emotions, never to be encountered and if you ever feel them, then something is wrong with you. In reality, these are often the starting point of self knowledge and accurate thought. To build a more peaceful world, the individual must come to terms with, and transmute, that aggression.
Two of her recommend works to start with are:
One of the ideas that illuminates the reason so much of the world is trapped in a dystopia is childism. The fact that this isn’t considered a word or real “ism” is a strong reason to support this idea.
The horrible truth of her works is that nobody cares about you as much as you must learn to care for yourself. Nobody will have the enthusiasm you need. Nobody will have the patience with you that you must develop for yourself.
In a way, it’s the most invisible “ism” that plagues us, causing violence and strife, but the spotlight on evil never seems to start with childhood where it’s often perpetrated. Alice Miller offers an incredible micro analysis of this, and for a macro analysis, I’d recommend the work of Rene Girard.
2. Joseph Campbell
Joseph was an American mythologist, writer, professor, and lecturer.
I like to think of his work as vital in uncovering an invisible map and operating system for achievement: the hero’s journey. Campbell’s life was a powerful message as well, including teachings on why to pursue strategic isolation, and how to find and notice ideas and purposes that grab you.
Not many people know that during the Great Depression, Joseph Campbell lived in a shack and worked odd jobs so he could read everything he could for four years. Then, on the fifth year, he returned to the world with discoveries to share. He had no advanced degree, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a full professor at Sarah Lawerence College.
It’s troubling how the more an idea like the hero’s journey gains pop culture status or celebration, the less people read the source material or the things Campbell actually said.
“All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
―Joseph Campbell
The two most undervalued sources of Campbell’s work are two of his interviews available on Audible. They deliver new value and insights when you listen to them multiple times. If you’re looking for help with learning how to apply Campbell’s ideas to the world, Robert McKee’s work is great for this.
3. Carl Jung
Carl was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology.
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
His work is deep, and a careful expedition into it quickly leads you to a dark sea where you may stumble onto a startling truth that you contain multitudes. Exploring his work will help you internalize the idea that YOU matter, and that there is a hidden purpose and reason for who you are and where you’re at, and that with hard work, you can find it. You, your inner world, and perhaps the collective unconscious are all far more interesting than any garbage currently circulating on the news or masquerading as entertainment. Your thoughts will become filled with meaning the moment you think they are.
Two of his recommended readings include:
If you want to go deeper past Jung, you might be crazy, so be careful! But for a starting place, I’d recommend Terence McKenna.
4. Jordan Peterson
Jordan is a psychologist, writer, and professor of psychology.
His work helps turn the discoveries of everyone we’ve mentioned before into practical steps that anyone can take to help heal themselves. You can’t find meaning if you start by working to improve everyone else in the world. Meaning only arrives when you begin to work on yourself, and Peterson’s work offers you step by step instructions, and helps remind you of truths you know, but forgot. Plato said that all learning is remembering, and Peterson’s work helps accelerate this anamnesis or remembering. Instead of viewing the modern society and culture as simply unjust or a lie, his work helps show exactly how to stop complaining and start improving it.
“I don’t think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.”
“If you fulfill your obligations everyday you don’t need to worry about the future.”
― Jordan B. Peterson
Two entry points into his works are his free book, Maps of Meaning and his video lectures on YouTube.
To sum it up…
You are powerful beyond measure. Your past, present, and future matter. Your immediate actions towards the work you have to do today ultimately can, and do, revitalize the entire world. This is a simple message.
But it’s one that isn’t communicated enough in a sincere way.
It’s one of many that I will ensure The Mission delivers: to empower, hint, nudge, and generally remind you of what you already know.
I hope the work of one of these great thinkers inspires you to do whatever it is you’ve been putting off, or lead your on the path to finding your great work.
That journey is not for the fainthearted, and we’re honored to be joining you on it.
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