Did anyone ask you to sign a contract that gives your government permission to pay for immoral things you never supported like stockpiling nuclear weapons?

Mark Gober explores the many problems with the numerous abstract social contracts you never agreed to and how open-eyed compassion and discernment can light a path to more informed, people-centric decisions this week on Spirit Gym.

Find out more about Mark on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram.

Timestamps

3:13 Before 2020, Mark had less than zero interest in politics.

10:23 Liberty and the non-aggression principle.

13:41 Authority figures.

26:51 A rite of passage at an unconscious level.

30:46 “I think you’re probably right about this, but my life is good the way it is…”

35:18 The connection between liberty and free will.

40:29 Applying near-death experiences to the Golden Rule.

54:33 Statism.

1:07:58 A very different approach to medicine.

1:11:23 Are we living in a Leviathan state?

1:24:29 A need for compassion and discernment.

1:38:02 The Austrian school of economics theory.

1:50:35 A metaphysical political philosophy.

2:08:33 “I can’t control the outcome of the world but what I can control is my own behavior.”

2:15:07 The earth is an elementary school for young souls.

2:23:19 The Riddler.

Resources

An End to Upside Down Liberty by Mark Gober

Paul’s Spirit Gym conversations with Dr. Christiane Northrup and Anne Helfer

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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