And we're back, Mike Cernovich Danger and Play, Gorilla Mindset.

We're here to talk about the Spirit.

Now nobody really likes to talk about the Spirit these days because

there's religious connotations and as you know there is no God

there is no thing other than us there is nothing greater than we are so how

dare anyone ever talk about the spirit or act like we humans are not the most important

animals to ever live? But I like to think a lot about the spirit for a number of reasons. One is that it gives meaning to your life and ways that nothing else can.

We're mind, or body, or spirit. There's a line that kind of came to me the other day and it's a

religious line and I don't actually agree that it's true. But think about it for

a minute. What if it were true? They say that God gives the hardest battles

to the strongest soldiers. This is always told to religious people, oftentimes the very evangelical people who are very poor and

they're going through tough times.

And the idea is God is bringing this on you because he wants to strengthen your spirit.

Is that really true? Well a lot of people are just

fuck-ups you know there's no other way to put it they can keep making their own

mistakes so whether there's really a benevolent God looking after all of us. That's a nice thought to have. But what if you just

thought about it for a minute? What if you just said, I am going to allow the suffering that I'm enduring to make me stronger of my spirit.

What if you said things don't happen for a reason until I give it a reason. What if you chose to give meaning to your

suffering? What happened then? What if instead of feeling sorry for yourself?

You did not, you embraced it.

You know, I was thinking the other day how, you know, really if you think about it, the way we view suffering is, it's an interruption

for my hedonistic lifestyles. Any kind of pain is viewed always as an

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