[@joerogan] Joe Rogan Experience #2358 - Chadd Wright

Link: https://youtu.be/xpM-pGPb8kc

Short Summary

Number One Action Item/Takeaway: Seek out voluntary adversity in your life. Consistent, difficult challenges, especially physical ones, are crucial for character development, mental toughness, and overall well-being, helping you navigate the complexities and temptations of success and public life.

Executive Summary: This Joe Rogan podcast episode features an open and wide-ranging conversation between Joe Rogan and Chad Wright of Three of Seven Project, delving into Wright's faith, the concept of good and evil, the nature of consciousness, challenges to human understanding, and the importance of seeking truth. Wright emphasizes the role of faith, personal experiences, and intentional adversity in his spiritual journey and encourages others to ponder their purpose and be open to difficult questions.

Key Quotes

Okay, here are 5 direct quotes extracted from the Joe Rogan podcast transcript, chosen for their insightful, surprising, or strongly opinionated nature:

1. "It just m it makes you think. It makes you wonder the h human's propensity to to stoop lower than an animal. Like we have the propensity as human to stoop lower than an animal" (This quote highlights a sobering observation about human behavior in dire circumstances).

2. "You know, like when I would tell people why I like mountain hunting, I'd be like, man, it's like a vitamin that you didn't know you needed. You get out in there in the mountains and you smell that clean air and you just feel it just your whole body just goes, this is this is so much better. This is so much better to live like this." (This expresses the profound, almost primal, connection to nature and its rejuvenating effects).

3. "You might see 600 axis deer wandering around this field." (This provides a shocking data point regarding the unnaturally high deer population on Lanai, Hawaii, underscoring the impact of introduced species).

4. "This I mean, you can go back and watch the beginning episodes of this. It was terrible in the early days." (This is surprising and humble, acknowledging the humble beginnings of a now extremely successful podcast, offering encouragement to aspiring creators).

5. "So, I'm convinced that when they are reaching into the air, they are reaching towards those people who they love who have died before them. that this woman's not a believer in uh as far as I know I I don't think I don't know what her you know what how her world view is is on in terms of what happens after this but she's just sitting here showing you saying hey this happens we can't figure out why we can't figure out what's going on obviously for me when I see that happening when Mr. Don sits up in the bed even though he's literally paralyzed by a stroke. He sits It's It's an impossibility. He sits up in his bed and reaches both hands in the air and then lays down and departs the tent. What do I I have to believe that like his transportation had arrived." (This quote conveys a profound belief about the afterlife stemming from witnessing a dying person's final moments).

Detailed Summary

Here's a detailed summary of the Joe Rogan podcast transcript, focusing on the key topics, arguments, and information discussed, excluding sponsor announcements and advertisements:

Health and Environmental Concerns:

• Chewing Tobacco and Cancer: Discussion about the link between chewing tobacco and mouth cancer, potentially due to chemicals used in tobacco farming.
• Glyphosate in Wine: Mention of a study finding glyphosate (a herbicide) in 100% of California wines tested, raising concerns about its pervasive use.
• Industrial Farming: Description of the negative impacts of industrial farming practices on soil health and the difficulty of converting to regenerative agriculture. Example of Will Harris from White Oaks Pastures' 20 year effort. Comparison of soil from industrial farms (pale, dead) vs regenerative farms (dark brown, rich).
• City Air Quality: Observation of poor air quality in Austin, Texas, reminiscent of pollution in Lagos, Nigeria, and its potential health effects.
• Sensory overload. The speaker describes his observation of sensory overload in the city with constant noise and air quality.

Social Commentary and Human Nature:

• City Life vs. Country Life: Contrast between the benefits of living in nature (clean air, peace) and the drawbacks of densely populated cities (air pollution, poverty, human suffering).
• Human Propensity for Degradation: Reflection on the potential for humans to stoop lower than animals, illustrated by observing homelessness and drug use.
• Personal Recovery Story: Sharing a story about the speaker's wife's recovery from addiction, offering a message of hope.
• Discussion on the chaotic environment in LA, the lack of peace, and the value of mountain hunting.

Personal Journey and Transformation:

• Early Life and Navy SEAL Training: Description of becoming a Navy SEAL against the odds, including undergoing heart surgery.
• Moral Decline and Turning Point: Account of a period of moral decline in the SEALs, marked by sin, harmful behavior, and a negligent discharge incident.
• Spiritual Awakening: A defining experience in Germany involving a perceived demonic presence in a barracks, leading to a search for spiritual meaning and conversion to Christianity.
• Discussion of James Cordell who prayed in the name of Jesus and cleansed the evil force from the barracks.
• Transformation and Ongoing Faith: Description of a radical personal transformation, including changes in desires and the ongoing process of spiritual growth.
• Acknowledgment of experiencing moments of doubt, alongside the fundamental belief in the necessity of the grace and help of the Almighty.

Religion and Belief:

• The Doctrine of Election: Explanation of the doctrine of election, the belief that individuals cannot choose to believe in God without divine grace.
• Interpretation of Scripture: Acknowledgement of the potential for hypocrisy and manipulation within religious institutions, and the importance of seeking truth beyond human interpretations.
• Personal Faith and Transformation: The speaker emphasizes his belief that the human brain was marred, the loss of contact with the Almighty.
• Importance of interpretation. Stating they may not be able to find the meaning, to get to the truth in a language.

Discussion of the Shroud of Turin:

• Belief in the age: Shroud of Turin, carbon dated around 2,000 years old.
• Details of markings: Blood and scar details, the image is of someone who was tortured and the source is thought to be generated from a burst of energy.
• Doubts and beliefs: Many believe it to be fake, new research proves it to be around for a couple hundred years.

Evolution, Death, and Purpose:

• Personal View of Evolution and Creation: Country boy logic of evolution being a failed process for humans.
• Disputes the Big Bang theory and explains humans genetic makeup was marred and contact lost with the Almighty.
• Speculation on Genetic Makeup: The speaker states there are men with special knowledge after angelic beings created a hybrid race.
• Contemplation on Aging and Death: The reason is because of sin. To help you contemplate, you should sit with a dying friend.
• Discussion of a Yukon race, a 1000 mile kayaking race on the Yukon river.

Life Lessons and Perspective:

• Importance of Voluntary Adversity: Emphasis on the value of physical challenges and voluntary adversity for maintaining sanity and developing character.
• Humility and Open-mindedness: Recognition of the limits of human knowledge and the importance of being open to questioning one's own beliefs.
• Discussion of maintaining sanity though exhausting labor
• Acknowledge that we have been played through propaganda, but if you don't take yourself too seriously you will be able to admit you were wrong.
• Advice for the host to stick with what he knows. You must be able to be afraid to discuss what you know.
• To be truly intelligent means realizing that you don't actually know much.