With Joe Wehbe

How essential is 'suffering' and pain to 'waking up'? By this we mean, gaining awareness, learning more about right and wrong, and living a good life. LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The sixth of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes into a contrast between Harry Potter and Voldemort. They had similar upbringings, so why did they turn out so different? 'Neither can live while the other survives...' what can we take this to symbolise more broadly? SUMMARY 0:00 Stories like Harry Potter hit fundamental parts of human experience 2:00 Neither can live while the other survives 2:40 What is ‘ego?’ 5:45 A broader understanding of addiction 8:00 Is pain always the prerequisite for addiction? 11:10 The Voldemort ‘spectrum’ 15:10 Being run by the ego = The Christian Devil, Temptation. 17:30 How an egomaniac sees the world 21:18 The highest priority always wins & Harry’s similarity to Voldemort. 24:17 Gains that proceed from narcissism don’t seem to last 27:37 How Harry Potter paints the concept of the ego clearly 32:23 Contrasting Snape & the Malfoys to Voldemort LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The fifth of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes into a contrast between Dumbledore and Voldemort, and how they represent two poles we all oscillate between in our own lives. Most perplexing of all are our subtle attempts to pursue immortality in our everyday lives. SUMMARY 0:00 When things feel like life and death 4:00 We identify with things 5:50 Dumbledore vs. Voldemort on immortality 11:00 Relating to the idea of eternal life and love 15:15 Voldemort’s currency vs. Dumbledore’s currency 19:35 ‘Without doubt, there’s no faith.’ 21:23 Subtle searches for immortality in everyday life 26:00 Making sense of our world now 29:40 The Power of human denial LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The fourth of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes deep into Albus Dumbledore and especially his contrast with his childhood friend, Grindelwald.It's a story and character that teaches a lot about trauma, hypocrisy, teaching, education, wisdom, the danger of ambition and arrogance, temptation as well as the religious 'God-like' concept. SUMMARY 0:00 Dumbledore Backstory & Seeing Your Hero's Flaws 4:50 Dumbledore Through Harry's Eyes 6:40 Dumbledore's Childhood 9:51 Significance of Dumbledore's Sister 12:32 'The Greater Good' 20:10 Relating Dumbledore's Mistake To Today's World 23:30 Hypocrisy & The Danger of Sunk Cost 30:24 How Grindelwald Ended Up On A Different Path 34:24 Dumbledore's 'God Mode' And Dumbledore's Approach LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The third of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes deep into the soul, mind and backstory of the famous villain. We explore how Tom Riddle becomes Lord Voldemort in the books, and how this gives an insight into human behaviour, the ego, stories of identity, our susceptibility to 'evil' and empathy. SUMMARY LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The second of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes deep into the first book, the symbolism of the Muggle vs. Wizard World, and a light review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. SUMMARY LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The first of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books. We explore the impact and power of fiction vs. non-fiction books. SUMMARY 0:00 Having a general laugh about removing our egos 2:17 Talking about personal experience with Harry Potter then seguing into journey with serious reading. 6:30 JK Rowling backstory 9:49 The melody beneath words in books, trying to speak to the conscious mind. 21:00 Programming other people. LINKS Short Stories, Importat Announcements and Book Releases: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ Website: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Constant Student Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/

The Doorman Newsletter for more updates, short stories and important articles: https://thedoorman.substack.com/  Great TED Talks have been made about Imposter Syndrome. Some of the world’s most successful, high-performing people admit they’re still impacted by it. There are so many great and varying resources on how to overcome it. But can go a layer deeper?   What if Imposter Syndrome is a simpler phenomenon that we thought? What if it is useful, not as a sign of where we need to push harder, but where we’ve actually gone away from a place of living and achieving more naturally?  What if it’s like a time-out in basketball — a sign to get us regrouping so we can get back to playing our way?  In this short episode of With Joe Wehbe, we try to dig a little deeper into Imposter Syndrome, cross-referencing very learned and achieved people’s wisdom with our own personal, everyday experiences.    We reflect on the times where Imposter Syndrome has shown up, and where it hasn’t, and reflect on what that might mean for us. Hopefully this triggers your own thoughts and helps you explore ways of more permanently relieving this feeling, or dealing with it more effectively.   THE CONSTANT STUDENT (Community): https://www.constantstudent.com.au/  WITH JOE WEHBE WEBSITE (Blog, All Writings, Projects, More): https://withjoewehbe.com/  THE DOORMAN (Substack Newsletter):  https://thedoorman.substack.com/

Just how important is community and connection to others? How much difference does access to a community or finding the ‘right’ people make?    Can the value be over-hyped? Are people concretely Introverted or Extroverted, or is there more to it? Why do some of us feel just as comfortable around people as we do alone for long periods of time?    We explore these questions in episode 281 of the With Joe Wehbe Podcast… having previously built a formal community and tapped into different kinds of communities, we cross-reference personal experience and observation with a lot of conventional wisdom and science to unpack this.     We also explore nuance like expectations, relief-seeking, healthy reliance on and relationships with others, and where we project personal challenges onto the need for community.    Within the episode show notes / Youtube description there are also links to other podcast episodes and blog pieces I’ve written in the past with my views on this same topic, and some of the science or theories that formed old views about the importance and role of connection to others.    DOORMAN NEWSLETTER Book updates, short stories and more: https://thedoorman.substack.com/ WITH JOE WEHBE WEBSITE More about Joe, Blog, All Writings and More: https://withjoewehbe.com/ CONSTANT STUDENT The Community: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/ SUMMARY:  0:00 Introduction 1:53 Luke’s experience with community, running community and the workplace.  7:00 Joe’s experience with community, feelings of isolation & building a community  11:48 ‘I’ve never met a peaceful person who didn’t seem comfortable in their own skin.’   14:28 Exploring Introversion vs. Extraversion, and an alternative theory based on experiences.  18:20 Does Every Group Have Its Own Personality?  21:45 The Role of Expectation and Projection  26:10 Exploring The Energy We Get From Others  28:30 Not Mistaking In Others What Is In You & Identifying With Groups  33:00 How People Might Become Fooled Into Thinking Others Are The Solution.  39:20 What Issues do we ‘create’ for ourselves? Jumping over walls of self-built anxiety.

0:00 — Not playing into the disturbed mind. 7:45 — Discussing Manifestation and Intention & understanding life’s natural path. 11:45 — Playful self-inquiry 12:30 — Alan Watts exploration of the God Hypothesis, How religious systems are reflected in laws. 16:00 — Have we made nature our enemy? 18:45 — Feeling the spiritual in writing 21:00 — do we over-identify with the outside world? 24:00 — Who moves society forward? Entertainers, scientists, or someone else? For updates, fables, important pieces and book releases go to: doorman.substack.com  My website with about me, other projects, writings, blog, podcast and more: https://withjoewehbe.com/ Our community, The Constant Student: https://www.constantstudent.com.au/