The Wetiko Mind Virus: Counteracting Self-Sabotage w/ Paul Levy # 463
May 15, 2024
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Renowned thinker and author Paul Levy discusses the Wetiko Mind Virus, challenging our perceptions of reality. Topics include confronting inner darkness, recognizing self-sabotage, and embracing inner demons with love. The podcast delves into the transformative power of self-awareness and interconnectedness in combating negative influences.
Understanding the concept of Watiko aids in combating self-sabotage and shadow behaviors.
By objectifying inner demons, individuals can separate themselves from destructive forces for self-realization.
Dreams offer insights into personal and archetypal challenges, facilitating psychological and spiritual healing.
Embracing interconnectedness and compassion serves as a defense mechanism against the isolating grip of Watiko.
Recognizing existence as a collective dream shifts focus from separatist delusions to interconnected unity.
Integrating primal instincts positively prevents destructive behavior and promotes self-awareness and empowerment.
Deep dives
The Concept of Watico as the Force of Negation
Watico, a force symbolized as the anti-you, represents the inner saboteur and harsh inner critic affecting individuals. The term Watiko, derived from Native American culture, embodies the negation force that impacts personal and collective lives. Understanding Watico is vital in combating destructive patterns and shadow behaviors, both individually and within communities.
Externalizing the Inner Demons
Externalizing the inner demons, as seen in stories of exorcism or battling negative forces, aids in distinguishing oneself from them. Recognizing and objectifying these forces allows for separation and conscious awareness, leading to a transformative journey of self-realization and empowerment.
Dreams as Insights on Personal and Archetypal Challenges
Dreams provide insights into personal and archetypal challenges, as seen in symbolic dreams like encountering evil or the blind woman regaining sight. Through dreams like discovering unseen aspects of the father archetype, individuals can navigate deeper psychological and spiritual realms for healing and understanding.
Connection to the Collective Field as a Defense Against Watico
Remaining connected to the collective field, embracing compassion, and recognizing interdependence with all life forms a powerful defense against Watico. Realigning with the interconnectedness of existence serves as a foundation for combating the separatist delusions perpetuated by Watico's influence.
Significance of Collective Dreaming and Compassionate Awareness
Realizing the collective nature of reality and embracing compassionate awareness shifts the focus from separatist delusions to interconnected unity. Viewing existence as a collective dream characters within each other's dreams and fostering love and interconnectedness counteracts the isolating grip of Watico's illusions.
Recognizing Our Inner Darkness and Shadow Self
Acknowledging and embracing the darker aspects of our nature, such as competition and sexuality, is crucial to avoid shame and projection of the shadow onto others. By integrating and channeling these primal instincts positively, like embracing competition in healthy ways or recognizing the complexity of our sexuality, we can prevent destructive behavior stemming from shame and unacknowledged aspects of ourselves.
The Shamanic Journey of Healing and Integration
The shamanic journey involves confronting and integrating disassociated parts of ourselves, often triggered by trauma and dissociation. Shamans are called to seek these internal fragments, which may appear as madness to others, but through this journey, they reclaim and unite these lost aspects. This process mirrors a personal and collective path of healing and integration, where recognizing our inner fragmentation leads to wholeness and individuation.
Dreamlike Nature of Reality and Unforgettable Truths
The concept of an unforgettable, eternal truth highlights the amnesic nature of how we forget and remember aspects of ourselves. The dreamlike quality of reality is revealed when we awaken and recognize the symbolic nature of dreams, understanding that true lucidity involves not controlling the dream but ourselves within it. This realization of the dream's reflective nature aids in dispelling the illusions created by our unacknowledged shadows and internal fragmentation.
Overcoming Shame and Embracing Our Full Authentic Self
Overcoming shame related to our primal instincts and sexuality involves accepting and integrating these aspects as part of our authentic self. Acknowledging the beast within us and embracing its role allows for a healthy channeling of these energies in constructive ways, preventing shadow behaviors and fostering self-awareness and empowerment. By facing our shame and integrating all aspects of ourselves, we move towards wholeness and self-mastery.
Understanding unconscious activation and contemplation
The podcast episode explores the concept of unconscious activation and contemplation, using personal experiences as examples. The speaker discusses how unconscious actions can lead to learning moments when reflected upon objectively. By toggling between subjective experience and objective contemplation, individuals can gain insights and continue their shamanic journey.
Empowering personal victories for universal impact
The discussion delves into the significance of personal victories over inner darkness like Watiko and how these triumphs contribute to a universal shift. By integrating personal wounds and shadows, individuals can transmute lead into gold, symbolizing inner alchemy. The narrative emphasizes the power of courage in facing abyssal encounters and embracing transformative journeys.
Why don’t you always act in your own best interest? What is this force of Resistance preventing you from achieving your dreams? What is behind our collective psychosis? In this gripping and revelatory podcast episode, we venture into the depths of our psyche to expose the Wetiko Mind Virus–The Devil by a different name. Renowned thinker and author, Paul Levy has spent a lifetime on Paul unveils the holographic elements encoded within this enigmatic force, challenging our perceptions of reality and awakening us to the hidden truths that shape our world. From the shadowy depths of our subconscious to the interconnected web of human consciousness, this episode transcends mere discussion—it's a battle cry that empowers us to confront the darkness within and reclaim our innate creative agency.
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