[Chorus]
My sense is that if you wanna change the world
You start from yourself and
Work outward
Work outward
Work outward
My sense is that if you wanna change the world
You start from yourself and
Work outward
Work outward
Work outward
Because you build your competence that way
It's like, I don't know how you can go out
And protest the structure of the entire economic system
If you can't keep your room organized
[Joe Rogan] Yeah, isn't that an issue with people, though?
That they always want to enact some sort of
Control over the outside world
When their inside is all fucked up
My sense is that if you wanna change the world
You start from yourself and
Work outward
Work outward
Work outward
My sense is that if you wanna change the world
You start from yourself and
Work outward
Work outward
Work outward
Because you build your competence that way
It's like, I don't know how you can go out
And protest the structure of the entire economic system
If you can't keep your room organized
[Joe Rogan] Yeah, isn't that an issue with people, though?
That they always want to enact some sort of
Control over the outside world
When their inside is all fucked up
[Chorus]
(The next question)
Do you have problems in your life
That you're not addressing that you could solve?
The answer is yes
The answer is yes
Do you have problems in your life
That you're not addressing that you could solve?
The answer is yes
The answer is yes
And it's an easy thing to figure out
You sit on your bed one morning and say, okay
There's some things that
Need to be done that I don't want to do
That I could do
That would make things better by the end of the day
What are they?
Your conscience will deliver those suckers
In no time flat, man
(The next question)
Do you have problems in your life
That you're not addressing that you could solve?
The answer is yes
The answer is yes
Do you have problems in your life
That you're not addressing that you could solve?
The answer is yes
The answer is yes
And it's an easy thing to figure out
You sit on your bed one morning and say, okay
There's some things that
Need to be done that I don't want to do
That I could do
That would make things better by the end of the day
What are they?
Your conscience will deliver those suckers
In no time flat, man
You've gotta be oriented towards something
Because otherwise you're disoriented
You just spin around in circles
And then you suffer
And so do people around you
It's not a good solution
Orient yourself towards something
You have to figure out what it is
What will work for you
What goal would justify the suffering of your life
Start trying to piece that together
You're going to get better at it
But it's a personal process
So, you need a personal place to stand
Because otherwise you're going to be handed
A place to stand on a plate
And it may be one that makes you a puppet
Of someone else's goals
So, I would say, you know, what are the processes
Well, I think what I've recommended to people is
Because otherwise you're disoriented
You just spin around in circles
And then you suffer
And so do people around you
It's not a good solution
Orient yourself towards something
You have to figure out what it is
What will work for you
What goal would justify the suffering of your life
Start trying to piece that together
You're going to get better at it
But it's a personal process
So, you need a personal place to stand
Because otherwise you're going to be handed
A place to stand on a plate
And it may be one that makes you a puppet
Of someone else's goals
So, I would say, you know, what are the processes
Well, I think what I've recommended to people is
One of the things I tend to do is to look at
Symbolic representations
Through the lens of evolutionary biology
Rather than assuming that
These representations are mere superstitions
That play no functions
Like, we have the idea that
There's a deity That's father-like
So, it's a disembodied spirit In some sense
That's eternal
That has paternal characteristics
It's like, okay, well
Strip it of its metaphysics
If you strip it of its metaphysics
And just look at that as a biological phenomena
It's like, what might the idea, that
Symbolic representations
Through the lens of evolutionary biology
Rather than assuming that
These representations are mere superstitions
That play no functions
Like, we have the idea that
There's a deity That's father-like
So, it's a disembodied spirit In some sense
That's eternal
That has paternal characteristics
It's like, okay, well
Strip it of its metaphysics
If you strip it of its metaphysics
And just look at that as a biological phenomena
It's like, what might the idea, that