[Ep.51] How Conditioned Are We ?

How much of what you do, think and feel comes from intentional, free chosing? How much of your actions and decisions are pre-programmed? You are the product of your upbringing, culture and genetics. What is out of our control? What can we influence? How can we counteract our predestination? Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Are you taking too little responsibility for your actions, or perhaps too much? How much are you able to understand or determine the consequences of your decisions? Are you in control of anything? Is free will an illusion? Can you do something to improve your thoughts, feelings and relationships with others? Steve and William discuss what these questions all come down to. Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Everyone has the choice of either living isolated from other people and their own feelings on the one hand, or to connect with others and their own emotional core on the other hand. The road towards connectedness involves vulberability and weakness. But it leads to a very rewarding ability that includes deeper understanding of and union with humanity. Dr. K's interview with Ludwig treats heavy subjects around death. In order to "come up for air" and take a break from the seriousness, they tell a dick joke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzOedHm_kM Steven Covey explains the 3 steps of maturing in life in terms of dependence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MwSb21Rac Abraham Maslov's hierarchy of human needs starts at the bottom with the necessities for physical survival and has to do more with relationships and self actualisation towards the top. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Cook Briggs developed indicators of personality types by expanding those previously formulated by Carl Jung. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator The Color Code is a model for profiling personalities and was developed by Taylor Hartman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartman_Personality_Profile Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

What secrets do you have? What facts about you must never become known to others? What happens in our childhood that implants beliefs in us that hide away for the rest of our life? Can we uncover them deliberately? Can we regain the emotional freedom and levity that playing children have? Steven and William discuss theses questions in an attempt to better understand where shame comes from and how to heal from it. Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Humans need each other, and so they need to depend on each other. When we make a promise or sign a contract we intensify an understanding that is usually mutually beneficial, but we also agree to retribution in the case of non-fulfillment. Is such a formal arrangement better than the everyday trust we put in someone's word? Or is it a sign of a lack of trust? Steve and William discuss examples such as business deals and marriages. Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Psychological torture can be used to break someone's mind and implant a belief in the victim's mentality that will shape their behaviour permanently. Is something similar going on at a societal scale? Are we all susceptible to a slow and subtle mental manipulation through mainstream media and other influences? How can we become aware of such tricks? 1984 is a dystopian novel by George Orwell that is often cited in the context of social engineering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four "Chain of Command" is the double episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation referenced in this discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_Command_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation) Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Feelings of anxiety often come when some security in our life diminishes. Because we believe that our existence depends on that safety net, we fear that its loss will cause our life to end. Jiddu Krishnamurti has helped many audiences realise the falsehood of such beliefs. In this interview he explains step by step how such thoughts about our existence and its safety are the cause for our anxiety and that the only true security is to be found outside of the realm of thoughts and beliefs. Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Everyone overthinks, not only people diagnosed with OCD. We spend the majority of every day ruminating over the same old thoughts: worries about how we are viewed, about our possessions, and about any other thing or idea that makes up our artificial identity. Living in the past is another example of this, for example holding onto regrets or abuses. On the other hand, living in the future is when we imagine a negative scenario that will be unescapable. What is the solution to these counter-productive habits? It is freeing ourselves of the world of thought and time. Scene from Finding Neverland about rediscovering the magic lost after childhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmcZU82YaEw Siddharta Gautama obtained enlightenment which was far more important than any worldly or material achievement possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buddha Quote by Albert Einstein: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_130982 Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Neither William nor Steven have had first-hand experiences with alien life or technology. But it can be fun to speculate: What would it mean for humanity if an advanced race from a distant galaxy visited our planet? What technologies and spiritual insights would we be able to learn about from them? Would novel sources of virtually free energy unite us or lead to new reaons for war? The list of possible questions goes on and on. Dr. Steven Greer leads a movement to disclose reports by whistleblowers and decades' worth of related evidence: https://siriusdisclosure.com/ China's Tiangong space station was launched in 2021: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station For years the pentagon has been losing track of tens of trillions of dollars: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-35-trillion-accounting-black-231154593.html Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)

Honesty is a necessary ingredient for healing from past traumas, mainly honesty with yourself. If other people become disagreeable because you are learning to understand your self better, do you prefer to fit in and comply with societal norms or are you prepared to sacrifice those things for clarity about who you are and what the actual purpose of your life is? We are all under this spell to a smaller or larger degree. Breaking it is the concern of evey human being. This video by Daniel Mackler serves as the basis of today's discussion: "The Two Things That Deeply Psychologically Change a Person" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xyqcqjwHcis A wise take on "the world's biggest problem": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCldjIVqxAU A succinct explanation of the prisoner's dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdITTDl5coE Steve makes reference to the British musician Ren: https://youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc Homepage: https://whoamipodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podcastwhoami Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastWhoami Odysee: https://odysee.com/@WhoamiPodcast Attributions: Music: "Merry Bay" by Ghostrifter Official (https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official/merry-bay)