Time for the Irrational, Layman Pascal

In the conversation Rebel Wisdom has been tracking, what's missing?

Layman Pascal believes we're not paying enough attention to the irrational, the realms of the imaginal and the occult.

"Layman Pascal was incarnated on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest. He used to be a meditation teacher, yoga instructor & public speaker — but he's feeling much better now."

[PhilosophyPortal]

Layman Pascal is an absolute G. Great shout out to Bard's philosophy!

[willgiorno]

Thankyou. Would love to hear these discourses including the chronically ill the frail elderly, the vulnerable...seems to me they are a missing reality here

[johnmadany]

I spent my morning turning my neighbors dead trees into firewood and wood chips. I’ll be warmer this winter and my gardening efforts will be greener for years.
I choose life!

[DayGame]

All the best on the next chapter of your great adventure, David. Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable has been one of the most valuable practices I’ve cultivated. It has brought me freedom, peace openness and joy and enhanced the quality of my life immeasurably.
That is what I want for you… to smile and welcome the discomfort knowing it is clearing you out for some new delight.

[JacksonBeale]

Love his bio... "feeling much better now...." rebbelwisdom, you should be proud of what you've accomplished and your bravery in making this decision. 👏

[ErnestoEduardoDobarganes]

Rebel Wisdom has been one of the best youtube channels for the last 4-5 year. Really good. Expecting always more from DF.

[rosalieschneider]

Oh my God! I LOVE this brilliant human! I could watch/listen to Layman Pascal all day. Absolutely captivatingly brilliant.

[antonyliberopoulos]

Some wonderful tools for us to keep developing.

[larrykiehl]

David, I’ve very much appreciated the interviews you’re brought to us over the years. Valuable explorations and considerations.

Some thoughts about your next steps. I very much appreciate what it’s like to be “in the water between two shore, ” as it were; wondering how “next” will unfold and emerge. But perhaps what is next for you isn’t something beyond a complete release of RW, but to take it to RW 2.0 (or 3.0, depending on how you assess what you’ve done so far with your interview format).

For example, not just having interviews of guests about their leading-edge work in the domains of consciousness and mental content, i.e., hearing their “knowledge dumps” of what they cognitively know (about whatever) to us, but getting your guests to live-share, to enact, to demonstrate what they supposedly know (not just talk the talk)…a little more “show us” would be useful. To put it in Wilber’s framework, don’t have them provide just their UL content (cognitions, awarenesses about this, that, and the other), but what that knowledge would look like being enacted/modeled in the UR (individually expressive/behavioral) and LR (interactive with other people) quadrants, especially the latter.

Wishing you wellbeing in your journey.

[aquilaidha]

Dave I think its a great idea wrapping up RW, not because it hasn't been a good thing, but I can only share that the moment I heard you announce the notion, I got a lovely inner buzz of approval; yeah this is the right thing for you, and I was so excited to witness you staying on track with what is yours to live. I have been gifted by you; allowed to witness something of you over the years, able to recognise your personal growth, deeply moved at times when you shifted in ways that felt softer and more open [to my perception and senses]. I hold love for you even though I don't know you at all. Perhaps this is only fair and lawful: a gift for a gift; we touch each other in mysterious ways and most of the time we are hardly aware of it.

[whowonthatballgame]

its way over my head and it does spark something inside. Am a sports fan and Layman brought up near the end of the video the world is in an apocalyptic mood and being a sports fan like I said I still see billionaire owners sign athletes to long term hundreds of millions of dollar contracts. Its like they are unaware of this apocalyptic mood Layman talked about .

[CactusLand]

Fantastic conversation, really enjoyed it.

[philosopherking]

Oh man, I had no idea that rebel wisdom was wrapping up! Something told me to check the channel today as no videos have popped up for at least a year on my feed. Amazing job, brother!. Hope to meet you down the road at some point!

[annemariesegeat]

mapping people in the field, yes!!! 🥰

[paulwillisorg]

I agree with Rene Girard. These problems have already been solved.

[MarioSpassov]

I'd understand if some people can't relate with what is being said here, it feels a bit like Layman undersold himself a bit here by dropping too many names instead of pointing to actual examples of how this would look concretely and in detail. If you aren't familiar with these it all just sounds weird and non-relatable. One time he said something I felt was truly insightful. He said in its past attempts integral had made the mistake of not building from the lower levels up in its attempts to build communities. Building from the lower levels up means to get people together around actual everyday concerns like building a home, making sure your community is fed, working with actual interpersonal conflicts, making sure people have their basic needs met, building a business together. That made sense to me. I think one of the challenges today is that many people want to experience the tribal but without all the weird stuff. There are many tribal examples around but to enter you have to buy all kinds of weird mythology or submit to a cult of personality. And if you don't you kinda are never accepted into the tribe. If we can figure that out, how to be tribal without ending up clinging to weird metaphysics and creepy cult-leaders, we'd make a significant step forward.

[ruipedroparada]

I have often pondered the expressions "we as a species" and "that which makes us human", which have insidiously found their way into the discourse; one day, in that ponderation, the term "humant" surfaced, i.e., a designation for what resounds in the 'human platform' but is not necessarily human (still working on it, though...), etc

[jamesmartinique]

*Mrs Charlotte is legit and her method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with her new strategies *

[maggen_me]

In the wilderness you have to be very careful...the line between integration and fragmentation is almost invisible.

[davidbates]

Good conversation, but is there a missing bridge between head & heart centred consciousness, described as 'automatic-states' in Stephen Porges Polyvagal Theory & the paradox of the nervous systems, vagal brake?