Philip Golabuk on the Nature of Self-work and Freeing Ourselves of Contradiction

Philip Golabuk is founder of PhilosophyCenter, where he offers philosophical counseling, self-study courses, and LIFECOACH Training. Their mission is to encourage and facilitate the self-work that leads to greater awareness, creative expression, and personal evolution as well as a deeper appreciation for the miracle, mystery, and opportunity of being alive. Philip is a member of the National Philosophical Counseling Association, has taught college level philosophy courses, and has worked as part of a community outreach program to inmates in jail and prison.

PhilosophyCenter: https://philosophycenter.net/

Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast

Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry

Video episode: https://youtu.be/ZcOcZ_EZDD8

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucasFMPerry

Timestamps: 

0:00 Intro
1:54 Life principles: Truth and uncertainty 
6:50 Life principles: Limitation and responsibility 
13:10 Useful questions in self-work 
16:40 Being in conflict with your own truth 
20:19 Off handed remarks that confess beliefs 
23:47 Bottom up and top down self-work 
30:29 Accessing and practicing bottom up and top down self-work 
35:50 The decisive question: What bad thing happens if I have what I want? 
38:18 Willingness being 90% of self-work 
44:35 The mind as a good servant but a bad master 
50:33 Degrees of certainty, induction, and truth
55:05 A perspective on Universal Love, Said The Cactus Person by Scott Alexander 
1:04:20 Outro