Is Jordan Peterson a man with virtue?

[clouffy]

There is a lot of rejection and maybe demonisation of his ideas, and for some time i have been a huge follower of his youtube videos. And then I came back to Actualised.org and the whole spiral dynamics thing, and this kind of created a resistance for me against JBPs ideas, since many people here say he's a stage blue guy. I have depression and I find his words to be very true...

his ideas are not completely false, and as Leo says there is a little kernel of truth in everything, even in the "wrongest" religions. So how do I listen to JBP again/ what should I do about listening to people I may have built a resistance against?

[Leo Gura]

He is acting out stage Blue/Orange with a massively repressed Green shadow. Which is a common developmental pathology at his level.

The danger with taking his teachings too seriously is that he will corrupt your mind with his massive Green shadow, causing you to have a massive Green shadow, thus stunting your growth to higher levels.

His politics is also helping to maintain the status quo of corruption, American Exceptionalism, and mass income inequality as he resists systemic reform of capitalism.

With all that said, of course some of his teachings can be valuable. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Very few teachers are 100% wrong. Rather, it's a question of how developmentally advanced, accurate, and healthy are their teachings? Is he teaching you pathological stuff like duality, judgment, hatred, demonization, dogma, illusions, division? Or is he teaching you love, consciousness, truth, integration, holism?

[ajasatya]

6 hours ago, clouffy said:

So how do I listen to JBP again/ what should I do about listening to people I may have built a resistance against?

don't pay attention to his philosophical/social/political teachings. stick to his practical advice on how to make peace with your parents and organize your life.

if you feel depressed, you need to build a solid ground and learn how to walk on it. too much abstraction will just drain more mental energy.

[clouffy]

@Leo Gura Thank you, I'll make sure to bring love with me.