In Episode #007 The Power of Discipline, Hip Hop and Zen Buddhism to Gaze Deep Within, we move up to the second level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and talk about how our constant pursuit of Safety and Comfort gets in the way of achieving our higher purpose. Unadorned Suffering is the bedmate of Masculine Growth, aka: we must give up what we are in order to become what we will be. 

Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want right now.

Augusta F. Kantra

Life is full of paradoxes. We're going to first open our minds to what our life could be, then we're going to remove fear and listen instead to our heart. Discipline your mind against the agenda of media and look deep within yourself for the answers to life's questions.

• We're wired to Seek Certainty
  
• We're wired to seek uncertainty (paradox)
• Security/fear keep us where we are (instead of becoming our higher selves.)
• Fear and Inoculating yourself against other people's ideas.
• Fear exists only in your mind. If you would like to transcend it checkout episode #16 on "Top-Line Philosophy"

• We're wired to avoid pain (Freud's pain pleasure principle)
• "Unadorned Suffering is the bedmate of masculine growth" -David Deida
• Things that are easy to do at first become hard over time and vice versa. -The Slight Edge
• For what is each day but a series of choices between the right way and the easy way. -Csaba Gabor

• Cultivating Shosin or "beginners mind" -Zen Buddhism
  
• Meditation which leads to silencing the monkey mind and asking yourself the deep questions of life.
  
• Fear and Innoculating yourself against other people's ideas.
• Goal Setting Escaping Paralysis
• The hard work of deserving your goals
• Discipline your mind against the agenda of media and look deep within yourself for the answers to life's questions.

1. I have a big glass of water first thing in the morning (#006 How to Wake up Like a Champion)
   
2. Stretch before you sprint (#004 The Minimum Effective Workout For achieving a Peak Physical State)
   
3. The No List: Dont Beat yourself up that you aren't falling asleep, Chili pad (#005 How to Fix All Your Sleep Problems)
   

1. The Way of The Superior Man -David Deida
   
2. 11 Rings - Phil Jackson
   
3. Miyamoto Musashi -The Book of Five Rings
   
4. The Slight Edge -Jeff Olson
   
5. Sigmund Freud
   

Remember: I don't have all the answers, I'm not a guru. Just a companion on the path.

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