#294 - John Vervaeke - Creating A Life Of Meaning & Wisdom

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

John Vervaeke is an Associate Professor at the University Of Toronto.

There is a meaning crisis upon us. People are revisiting Stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt to understand themselves and connect with the world around them. John joins me today to try and give us a route out of this trench.

Expect to learn the different types of learning, how John would construct a person who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practises that John uses to continue to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and much more...

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0:00.0	Oh, hello friends, welcome back.
0:03.5	My guest today is John Viveki, he's an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, and
0:08.6	we're talking about creating a life of meaning and wisdom.
0:12.6	There is a meaning crisis upon us.
0:14.9	People are revisiting stoicism and Buddhism and mindfulness and psychedelics in an attempt
0:20.1	to understand themselves and connect with the world around them.
0:23.5	John joins me today to try and give us a root out of this trench.
0:27.8	So expect to learn the different types of learning how John would construct a person
0:32.6	who is ready to become wise and find meaning, the daily practices that John uses to continue
0:37.9	to grow every day, what the relation is between being too cerebral and lacking wisdom and
0:44.4	much more.
0:45.4	I mean, just the title of this episode should explain that it was one I was really looking
0:50.5	forward to, and we get to go so super deep here.
0:54.8	The last half or the last third of this episode is some of the most impactful and profound
1:01.7	lessons that I've had from a guest.
1:04.2	John is a wonderful thinker.
1:06.4	He has this fantastic YouTube series which we talk about and you can find on his YouTube
1:10.7	which is linked in the show notes below.
1:12.3	So listen to this episode if you enjoy his work which I'm sure that you're going to go
1:17.0	and check out the YouTube series.
1:18.6	It's 51 hour long lectures.
1:22.0	So there is an awful lot for you to get into, but I'm very happy to expose you to John
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