Holism, Addiction & Wisdom

0:00 – Invocation
1:14 – Holism as relational
3:12 – Holism as contextual
4:22 - How life resists reduction
5:59 – The dark side of life
8:50 – How holism includes anti-holism
12:16 – How holism alters thinking itself
14:29 – What is wisdom?
15:53 – Addiction & self-importance
19:38 – Accepting things as they are
20:59 – Wisdom & humility
22:31 – Humanity's evolutionary struggle
23:45 – An exercise you can try at home

[xyugi]

The last proposal in your video made me cry very deeply, it made feel in love with existence and made me want to forge a courageous enough soul to be worthy of this gift. Thank you.

[k.q.]

Have you ever considered writing a book? I'd definitely buy one.

[nicoledodson]

Another great video, Babe!! Mindfulness as a way to wisdom! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[jrtg]

I feel smarter listening to Mr Dodson's lectures!

[dlloydy]

Your summing up of this one is thought provoking as well as brilliant. Thank you

[fatherburning]

Knowing now what was happening in your life when you made this video adds such depth to your words sir. Thankyou for your work.

[czarquetzal]

I teach Literary Theory in the undergraduate level but I enjoy your lectures.

[kiddogonzalez]

I really appreciate your videos and content, it helps me a lot, thank you for that, keep it up.

[hatemeldmerdash]

I love you so much, you deserve so much more views, but I guess people don't wanna hear your intelligence

[dlloydy]

Hey great you’re posting content again. Your ‘stuff’ is really cool. I wondered do you miss working at the university/teaching students directly interacting with them? It crossed my mind so I thought I’d ask!

[BrentDavis]

Very Zhuangzi, to me at least. Great video.

[andytaylor]

What a Beatiful reflection. Dear professor 👨‍🏫 merry Christmas and happy new year, to you and your family ❤️🐸

[tannerhagen]

Looking at the stars is good, but my dealer, FXX, is going to get me a nice hit of Always Sunny in Philly.

[unusualpond]

Wonderful thank you. I’m amazed you never used the word “Freedom” to describe the illusive goal of our global self-obsessiveness. What a schemozzle 😂

[czarquetzal]

Great lecture, Sir. Alternative to toxic Peterson, hahaha 😂

[kaptinkanoodle]

One burning question from the video: What's your favorite video game?

[ivankaramazov]

You see, I want a lot.
Perhaps I want everything:
The darkness that comes with every infinite fall
And the shivering blaze of every step up.

So many live on and want nothing
And are raised to the rank of prince
By the slippery ease of their light judgments

But what you love to see are faces
That do work and feel thirst…

You have not grown old,
And it is not too late to dive
Into your increasing depths where life
Calmly gives out its own secret.

– Rainer Maria Rilke

[complexlogic]

Do you think eventually the western and eastern philosophies will converge onto a more or less holistic planetary philosophy, such that instead of having so many nationalist-focused agendas, the Earth and its inhabitants can live amongst each other like any other big city dynamic?

[unusualpond]

We all know Dr D fell into a cauldron of liquorice root when he was a baby.

[innercityhoops]

Thank you for the videos Professor. I have a topic suggestion that you may find interesting which is Atheism, and if you can look at it as a form of rebellion against the conditioning we are all brought up with, how it destroys the limitation that religion puts on us.