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Maps of Meaning
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2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2016–2017 · score 2.2
A lecture series by psychologist Jordan Peterson on the psychology of myth, religion and narrative, drawing on mythology, evolutionary ideas and the work of psychologists and philosophers to interpret human behavior. It is distributed as free lectures on YouTube.
Commenters call the lectures transformative and recommend them as a way to see everyday human behavior through the lens of ancient mythology, though one notes the reasoning requires critical listening.
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I've been through something like this – up until I've hit ~25 years. I was fairly "disorganized". Issues w/ all forms of "authorities", trouble w/ my personal finances, not taking care of my mental (taking rest and time off) and physical (sleep, nutrition, exercise) health, never sucking it up striving towards overcoming adversities (however minor they might be). Most of all, starting many things, but never finishing anyth, which really invoked constant background anxiety.
Chaos and disorder.
Not sure what happened exactly, but there was one point where I couldn't anymore.
Looking back, I think what really was a breakthrough for me was journaling. First thing in the morning and right after opening my eyes, in free form w/o correcting my self. Just letting it out.
With time your thought becomes more precise and there comes clarity. I've started picking patterns in my way of thinking, my habits and behaviors – pretty much in all aspects of my life. I've started tracking other aspects of my life, which led to other insights and finding in a very quantified way what works and does not works for me.
Still, you're here on HN. I'm pretty sure that despite everything you go through now, there is something internally which does keeps you on the right track in the grand scheme of the things. There is exploration and exploitation. The time will show.
I would also highly recommend you checking Dr. Jordan Peterson's lectures "Maps of Meaning" on YouTube and his "Self Authoring" program.
A related story featured on HN a couple of days ago [1]. I'll echo JonnieCache and recommend Jordan Peterson's lectures [2]. If you are concerned about investing the time in an entire lecture, check out the video "Dragons, Divine Parents, Heroes and Adversaries: A complete cosmology of being" [3]; it gives a high level overview of the content contained within his lectures. I believe 'Personality and its Transformations' (2014 series) followed by 'Maps of Meaning' (2015) to be the best approach, though I haven't yet had a chance to listen to the 2016 releases.
Jordan has uncanny ability to piece together observations on human behavior with science and mythology; expounding humanity's nuances, ticks and everyday common behavior through the lens of ancient mythology, evolution and ideas and theories by notable psychologists and philosophers.
Keep an open mind while listening, but also be prepared to think critically about many of his assumptions and assertions as Jordan takes a number of 'educated' leaps (and demands you follow) in regards to published studies and what they may infer, but the leaps are never illogical - just yet to be soundly proven.
Overall, listening to these lectures truly was a transformative experience for myself.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10941363 [2] https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqONu6wDYaE
edit: linked this story and not the previous one.