126 - The Virtue of Curiosity: How To Win The Inner Game

Men go through five distinct stages, each with their own drives, pitfalls, and keys to fulfillment. This episode covers each stage through the lenses of biology, psychology, mythology (Slave to King myth), and Nietzsche's Metamorphosis. Republishing this one as I wait for my next kid to pop. https://www.ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

The Road of Trials (Hero’s Journey) is a stage of life where the hero (you) are forced to engage in conflicts to gain power. In the movies, it’s the training montage between “All is lost” and “Apotheosis” (god mode). In real life, it signifies how you transform yourself during hard times. Road of Trials: Transform Yourself During Hard Times speaks about needing hard times in life, what to do when reinventing yourself, suffering in a direction, and why you must engage in conflicts. This is a republish from 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Modern society is amidst warfare of morals: Family vs. Globalism. Nature vs. Culture. Noah Revoy speaks on the war of perception and information, how part of taking responsibility as a man is in creating/building sovereignty for family, how to build a strong family culture, maintaining parent’s influence on your child, and protecting yourself via self-discipline as internal manipulation. noahrevoy.com ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

What does it mean to “be the rock” in a relationship? Having a man you can depend on is something every woman wants. But what does that actually mean in practice? It’s a mistake if you think relationships are symmetrical. This episode starts with changing your perspective on relationship, why you shouldn’t depend on your woman, how to stay grounded in a relationship, and what it means to be the rock in a relationship, really. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Can you prepare for fatherhood? Dan Doty from Fatherhood Unlocked speaks on how fatherhood is changing, how fatherhood shifts your focus in life, the importance of being a father, generational differences in upbringing, and other man stuff. I’m going to be having more dads on the podcast soon to discuss the importance of being a father. It is the King Archetype after all. Make sure you’re subscribed. And if your want to better access your archetypal masculinity, check out the Masculine Archetype Challenge: https://www.ruwando.com/archetype --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

NPR recently wrote a piece criticizing p*rn abstinence as somehow misogynistic. I break down the positives and negatives of NoFap, and also how this piece of propaganda is a cultural attack on the male agency. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

Tom Billinge and I speak on WarYoga, yoga's violent origins, the Rig Veda, Indian wrestling, martial arts and culture, masculine philosophy vs modernity, and different perspectives on "the gods" Tom is the author of WarYoga, WarYoga: Zurxane, Undying Glory, Age of Heroes. He's also a Muay Thai instructor and knows a lot about history and martial arts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

CJ Rodriguez from @masculinehealthsolutions podcast comes on to speak on male enhancement, natural bodybuilding, fatherhood, rebelling against modernity, and a male perspective on everything. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

According to Phub data, interest in "milf" skyrocketed last year. This says something about the male collective conscious via what Jung would call "The Mother Complex"-- material imprinting still affecting an adult man. 00:00 Phub data represents collective male consciousness 01:50 MILF going up to 2nd place (mommy issues?) 03:45 Mother Complex myths and movies 05:50 MILF trope (Mrs. Robinson) 09:20 The Oedipus Complex 16:30 Boy VS Man 18:30 What happens if you don't address the Mother Complex? 20:40 Coping mechanisms: transference, sex & violence 22:30 Madonna-Whore complex + merging the dichotomy 26:10 Coping mechanisms vs Integrating 27:30 Active Imagination exercise (Jung) 30:00 Feminine cleanse 31:16 Mapping complex to your actual mother 33:50 Mother Complex in Western culture 37:14 Coming soon: other psychological tropes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message

How much can women "control" men's emotions? Om and Joseph return to the podcast to discuss an experiment testing this. Also the power dynamics between the genders. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ruwando-podcast/message