{"id":1810747,"date":"2023-01-19T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810747"},"modified":"2023-01-19T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T20:27:15","slug":"exposure-therapy-radical-transformation-and-embracing-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exposure-therapy-radical-transformation-and-embracing-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposure Therapy, Radical Transformation, And Embracing Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexposure-therapy-radical-transformation-and-embracing-reality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810747&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The following is a transcript excerpt from Dr JOrdan B Peterson\u2019s conversation with Douglas Murray and Jonathan Pageau on the crucifixion of Christ as an archetypal story. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\/douglas-murray-and-jonathan-pageau\">listen to<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/douglas-murray-and-jonathan-pageau\">watch<\/a> Listen to the entire podcast on DailyWire+<\/p>\n<p>Podcast time: 42:29<\/p>\n<p>It definitely appears to me that the story of the Passion is an archetypal and foretold tragic catastrophe, and I\u2019ll explain the foretold part later. It\u2019s an archetypal catastrophe because it melds all the worst things that could happen to a person in their life. It\u2019s death, but it\u2019s knowledge of certain death, associated with death. Then it\u2019s youthful death, and it\u2019s youthful death at the hands of the mob. And it\u2019s youthful death at the hands of the mob despite innocence, despite the mob knowing of innocence \u2014 in front of the mother. And it\u2019s a consequence of the relativistic nihilism of the Romans, and the tyranny and the choice of the crowd, and the betrayal of a best friend \u2014 all of that. It&#8217;s a journey through some of the most difficult things in your life. But then that\u2019s not enough. There is the mythological cloud around the narrative because dying horribly and unjustly isn\u2019t enough. You have to also go to hell and suffer it. This would mean that the ultimate extension to the human experience involves not just the confrontation with evil and the unjust death or innocents, but also a journey into hell.<\/p>\n<p>OK, then the question would be \u2014 and this is the sticker as far as I\u2019m concerned \u2014 \u2018Isn\u2019t it the case that in your own life that the more deeply that you\u2019ve peered into the abyss of things, the more likely it is that a light shines through it?\u2019 And this is sort of the ultimate question of the Resurrection: How do you revivify your faith in life? Perhaps the answer lies in: \u2018By the radical acceptance of the malevolent tragedy of life.\u2019 There&#8217;s even more to it: \u2018By the radical embracing of even the hellish aspect of life.\u2019 You never know what might happen if you do that in a radical way.<\/p>\n<p>We know clinically if you find what people are avoiding and are afraid of and are disgusted by that\u2019s blocking their pathway forward, and you get them to confront that voluntarily, they get courageous and better. It\u2019s clearly the case, and it looks to me like the Passion representation and its mythological substrate is exposure therapy on a cosmic level. The more you examine the basic issues of life deeply, the more you become wiser and more enlightened. Then, I think I&#8217;d ask: \u2018If everyone did that to the utmost, what would it be that we might be able to conquer?\u2019 I don\u2019t know the answer to that. Your life would be transformed. Because people write to me constantly, I see what happens. When people take some responsibility for their lives, I can see the results. They write and they speak. \u2018Man, everything is way better.\u2019 Okay, what could be better?<\/p>\n<p>This idea is also found in the New Testament. There\u2019s a section \u2014 I believe it\u2019s in the Sermon on the Mount (it might not be) \u2014 where Christ says that heaven will not emerge and all things will not manifest themselves until everyone brings everything inside them out right there \u2014 divine possibility, let\u2019s say. The reason the world is so broken is that we are not able to give our best. We don\u2019t abide by the Law and the prophetic Spirit and we don\u2019t bring everything that\u2019s within us out into the world, and the world is lesser as a consequence of that. I do believe that we don\u2019t bring our best out because we\u2019re afraid and because we\u2019re desperate and because we don\u2019t have the courage to confront the malevolence and the suffering and the hellish aspect of life. When you look at death, you think: \u2018Well, is the death more real and the hell more real, or is the Resurrection more real?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>You can listen or watch the episode to hear more of the discussion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/watch\/browse\">DailyWire+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jordanbpeterson.com\/\">Dr Jordan B Peterson<\/a> Professor emeritus and clinical psychologist at University of Toronto. He was an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard from 1993 to 1998. He is an international bestseller and author of Maps of Meaning (12 Rules For Life), Beyond Order, and 12 Rules For Life. You can now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\">listen<\/a> To or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/watch\/jordan-peterson\">watch<\/a> His lectures are very popular on DailyWire+.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a transcript excerpt from Dr Jordan B Peterson\u2019s conversation with Douglas Murray and Jonathan Pageau on the crucifixion of Christ as an archetypal story. You can listen to or watch the full podcast on DailyWire+. 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