#052 - Gabe (@VividVoid_) on Identity, Art, Authenticity, & Courage
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Gabe (@VividVoid_ on Twitter) is a writer and coach, and former Marine. We talk about inferiority, art, nothingness, spirituality, courage, fear, alignment with The Void, representations of reality, exposure therapy, Quality, and more.
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(00:52) You’re not inferior to anyone else
(06:14) Art is the byproduct of a spiritual practice
(09:28) Authentic expression; anger & competition
(16:55) Do nothing, seek wisdom: space for contemplation & rest
(20:31) What is The Void?
(25:57) Microdosing honesty & better representations
(33:27) Courage & fear
(37:48) Exposure therapy & yin-yang
(41:35) Going from conditioning back to freedom; critical thinking & being a “combat medic”
(48:30) Direct experience; understand your behavioral loop & where you can intervene
(51:53) Taking practices & ideas from ideologies; being identity-less
(59:51) Poetic writing
(01:02:48) What is Quality?
(01:04:50) Gabe’s final question for listeners
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Gabe’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VividVoid_
Gabe’s (Old) Blog: https://vividvoid.substack.com/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
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