Whose Side Are You On, Anyway? (Asking for Humanity.)

WITH LOVE, DANIELLE

Danielle LaPorte

Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 697 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

I’ve been wondering how we could each collectively wake the f*ck up to the basics of Love. You too?

So, I have a little story about a monk and a sandwich to share. But first, I’m going to unpack the definition of Common Sense and rant for a minute—because humanity’s Common Sense tank is running on empty, and our collective shadow is louder than ever.

In this episode:

What Common Sense really means—and why Common Sense isn’t common
The difference between wisdom and opinion (hint: wisdom includes everyone in the solution)
Why we’re stuck in polarization—and how to move beyond “us vs. them” thinking
The collective shadow is OURS, not theirs. We all scoop from the same pool.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I have a cheeky question for you.
0:04.4	Whose side are you on anyway?
0:07.6	I'm asking for humanity.
0:09.7	I have a quick story about a monk, a sandwich, and common sense.
0:17.5	But I'm going to start with some biblical wisdom, specifically John chapter 3, verse 17, 18.
0:24.5	But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him,
0:32.3	how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but indeed and in truth all right so
0:43.0	i've been wondering just thinking about how we could each and collectively wake the fuck up to the
0:51.3	basics of love divine love i know you're wondering too. So I have a little story
0:58.0	about a monk in a sandwich, but first, I'm going to unpack the definition of common sense.
1:05.2	So capital C common capital S sense. And then I'm going to rant for a minute, if you will allow me to.
1:13.0	Of course, you will allow me to.
1:14.1	You press play.
1:15.2	Common is this.
1:16.4	Common is common ground.
1:18.0	Common is human family.
1:20.1	Common is we all come from the same source.
1:24.4	Common means all sentient beings.
1:29.3	Sense is wisdom.
1:32.4	Wisdom, at least how I look at it as a root virtue, or what I would call, because the Catholics
1:40.8	absconded the term virtue and made it pious for all of us, I would call it a soul quality, capital soul, capital quality.
1:49.5	And wisdom as a soul quality considers everyone, all beings, in the problem and the solution.
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