Alex Padron Podcast

In this episode we talk about porn and masturbation addiction, the structure of the psyche, the unconscious, archetypes, the shadow, and how the devouring mother has been recreated in the digital era and is siphoning the life force of disempowered men. Sign up for a free consultation call: https://alexpadron.co/b/dmnzI --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[00:05:01] You don't know what you want. [00:09:58] Perfectionism. [00:12:30] Limiting beliefs. [00:14:25] You're afraid to be assertive + shadow work [00:15:35] You lack clear boundaries and we lack self-respect. [00:16:39] The source of peace and happiness stems from your being. [00:19:40] A lack of boundaries and a lack of self-respect [00:22:11] What Nietzsche and Zarathustra say about self sabotage [00:23:18] Your essential self [00:24:10] Addictions and authenticity, and Gabor Mate Discover the ROOT of your Self Sabotage Exercises to integrate your Shadows Integrating the Shadow Exercise Podcast Episodes on integrating the Shadow: episode 3 episode 8 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[00:00:08] What is non-duality? [00:00:27] The premise of non-duality is that reality is not two. [00:00:33] It isn't you and reality. [00:00:37] Reality is One. [00:00:47] Non-duality seeks to answer two fundamental questions. [00:00:57] The first is: Where can we find lasting, on demand, peace and happiness. And the second: what is the nature of reality? [00:02:05] Nonduality seeks to answer: What reality is. [00:02:24] The fundamental tool we have at our disposal is our direct experience [00:02:47] the contents of experience [00:06:19] Most humans on the planet are constantly seeking and searching for peace and happiness in the wrong place [00:07:21] Metaphor for the source of peace and happiness [00:14:08] Exercise: Explore this understanding for yourself [00:15:42] Nietzsche on perceiving reality clearly [00:16:13] Krishnamurti on the highest form of intelligence: observation without evaluation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

Podcast Site https://anchor.fm/alex100653 Show Notes [00:00:08] the problem men face in western culture [00:01:13] Nietzsche on men in the west [00:01:54] The sophistication of Conor McGregor's striking and his soul [00:05:00] Safety and overthinking and being lost in thought [00:06:54] Stop reading modern books [00:10:47] Carl Jung on the inner feminine of men and the inner masculine of women [00:11:17] Feel the body exercise [00:11:56] Read your dreams exercise [00:12:10] Summary: stop being a pussy and learn to fight --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

Podcast Site https://anchor.fm/alex100653 Show Notes [00:00:21] douglas murray on western civilization and Critical Race Theory (CRT) and marxism [00:01:12] Nietzsche on the culture wars of western civilization [00:02:10] the overman or the ubermensch [00:03:35] nietzsche on morality being a tyranny on our nature [00:05:27] Nietzsche saw two systems of value judgements as forms of morality. The first being master morality and the second slave morality [00:06:55] Master morality [00:07:15] Slave morality [00:07:15] The slave morality is essentially a morality of utility. [00:08:24] slave morality condemns power but secretly wants it [00:08:24] slave morality wishes to invert the natural order of value [00:08:54] nietzsche on suffering [00:09:45] master morality vs slave morality [00:11:44] finding meaning in suffering [00:12:06] how western civilization and humanity are lost [00:13:24] nietzsche at his core defends humanity --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[00:00:09] Nietzsche on man's animal nature and the influence culture seeks to assert upon it. [00:01:11] our nature is crude and blunt [00:01:29] sermon on the Mount in regards to sexuality and the priestly types attempting to combat the passions by excising them all [00:01:51] Of our animal nature. [00:02:46] the history of church and science [00:06:32] my experience with burnout [00:08:25] Stats on US obesity from 2015-2016 from the CDC [00:10:30] the solution is in connecting with your instincts. [00:10:39] The soul speaks to us through the body, through the language of emotion. [00:10:54] what stands in the way are our chaotic emotions that are difficult and unpleasant to feel [00:11:15] But the Greeks found a solution to this. And it was in mythology [00:12:59] to help your ego, your king in the courtroom you need to EMPOWER HIM with LOGOS [00:15:00] Nietzsche spotted those who were too weak of will chose to wage war on their nature (and ours) [00:15:42] By bringing order to this we can perhaps begin to beautify our passions to spiritualize them [00:16:20] Through logos, we can bring order to these emotions and be better able to listen to our instincts and create a deeper harmony within ourselves. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[00:06:58] Model of how the brain and its effects on our direct experience [00:12:24] the direct experience of the mechanism behind Thought [00:12:55] The mind in a sense is pre-processing reality for us. [00:13:28] We recreate the world in our mind. Because we can control our mind. Whereas we can't control the world. [00:13:41] If the world, isn't the way we like it, we create an internal narrative about what's going on. We create judgment and we complain. Or in the above case, we panic. Because what is, is not what you expected it to be. [00:14:14] This internal narration of the world makes one feel empowered and it releases this pent-up energy. [00:14:22] So we don't really experience reality as it is. We experienced our thinking about reality projected onto reality. [00:20:06] the REAL problem we all have [00:21:15] exposing the thinker. Nonduality exercise --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[00:01:25] (personality metaphor) [00:04:00] (the struggle of childhood) [00:04:30] And as kids not belonging is, equivalent to death. What we then do is children is to learn to sacrifice our nature, to belong to culture. [00:04:41] so this essential part of you, your nature is who you were before you empathically intuited, who others wanted you to be. And then became that. When we sacrifice our nature to belong to culture by intuiting, what others want from us. [00:07:00] (Joseph Campbell's the grail king) [00:07:07] the apex of divine consciousness. What is within us to realize about ourselves? that realization is what the holy grail represents [00:12:22] (nature vs culture: who is running the show in your life and how to tell) [00:12:22] Now here's how you can tell if your nature or if your socialized self is running your life. If your feelings about life in general, contain discontent, anxiety, frustration, anger, boredom, numbness, despair, your socialized self is not in sync with your nature. [00:13:15] (harmonize nature and your socialization) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

[0:51] we hate those who reflect in us what we hate about ourselves [1:34] we disconnect from self when we don't speak our truth [1:42] not taking ownership of your bullsh*t [2:31] Alan Watts on Carl Jung embracing his dark side [3:19] Carl Jung on acceptance yourself before you can accept others completely [7:35] owning your psychological projections is our social responsibility [8:14] people like to live in ignorance because it's easy, it's safe [11:15] being a whole human means feeling your feelings, not shaming yourself for having feelings [1306] neurosis forms when we repress parts of ourself [13:47] you heal neurosis by integrating your shadows [14:09] individuation comes with its perils [15:09] Jordan Peterson's exercise to practice authenticity [18:02] Carl Rogers on individuation [19:59] individuation will put you at odds with family values [20:27] Eric Neuman on the shadow [21:15] people are controlled by what they are unaware of behind closed doors [22:50] integrating aggression [23:26] Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a way to integrate aggression [24:02] Neitzsche on the evils that man is capable of from Thus Spoke Zarathustra [25:10] Ken Wilber's shadow integration approach: the 3-2-1 technique --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

Overview This episode touches on the hidden wisdom anxiety has to offer and how being true to our inner nature points us toward the realization of pure peace. Shownotes Anxiety is at an all time high and is expected to continue to climb [0:48] A transformation in consciousness is needed to save us from ourself [1:45] Eckhart Tolle on the proportion of awakened individuals in the future [1:65] The relationship between anxiety and enlightenment [2:27] We are animals in our nature [2:53] Culture forces us to conform to its demands at the expense of our nature [4:16] Carl Jung on how too much culture makes for sick animals [4:34] The wool culture places over our eyes to convince us to sacrifice our nature [4:49] The purpose of anxiety [5:00] Enlightenment is not an end goal [6:38] Being tethered to a wild animal metaphor for anxiety [7:03] Being in a room with a wild animal metaphor for anxiety and your inner nature [8:42] A guided gratitude meditation exercise from Martha Beck [9:15] Anxiety won't go away, but you will stop suffering from it [11:39] People Mentioned Martha Beck Eckhart Tolle Carl Jung Website awakenedapes.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support

In this episode I discuss how shame masks itself as anger, and how shame prevents men from being courageous, because of our confusion in thinking vulnerability is weakness. What's behind courage, and how might one be more courageous in their own lives? awakenedapes.com check out Brené Brown's work: https://brenebrown.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex100653/support