#2 - Our Parents Fucked Us Up
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02/28/25 • 33 min
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In this episode I use This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin and break it down to discuss ways in which we were fucked up by our parents, emphasizing the fuck up is certain. It is inevitable. I also discuss how in most cases our parents didn’t mean to fuck us up, they just did.
“We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their age. It is scary, but the alternative is worse.” - Daniel Dennett
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide NOT to be reduced by them.” -Maya Angelou
Proverbs 23-13: Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Ephesians 6:1-3 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
Mathew 18:8-9 - If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away[...]And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away.
If you would like to discuss today's episode or comment on it, please visit Thinking Unchained.
In this episode I use This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin and break it down to discuss ways in which we were fucked up by our parents, emphasizing the fuck up is certain. It is inevitable. I also discuss how in most cases our parents didn’t mean to fuck us up, they just did.
“We need to let our children grow up to face the world armed with knowledge, with much more knowledge than we ourselves had at their age. It is scary, but the alternative is worse.” - Daniel Dennett
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide NOT to be reduced by them.” -Maya Angelou
Proverbs 23-13: Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
Ephesians 6:1-3 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
Mathew 18:8-9 - If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away[...]And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away.
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In this episode, I make an attempt at explaining why I created my podcast. Honestly, I don’t know if I am effective. I am almost certain the reason or purpose of my podcast will change with time. Below are the quotes I use in my episode.
Fame or self: which matters most?
Self or wealth: which is more precious?
Gain or loss: which is more painful? - Chinese philosopher, Laozi.
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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa
"Those moments of suffering interrupt your life and they remind you you’re not the person you thought you were. They carve through the floor of the basement of your soul, and they reveal a cavity below and they carve through that floor, and they reveal a cavity below." - Paul Tillich
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou
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