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That is the point where it seems the magic or alchemy actually happens. Once you isolate and take in all the information, spiritual education/understand, develop your intuition and learn what it sounds like, then you realize all of this is nothing without the other. The mirror is needed so we can learn how we come off and the energy we actually desire to put out. You feel like a different person and want to share but, for myself, I quickly realized that all people don't respond to regurgitation of knowledge that illuminated something for you personally. Seems it could take a lifetime to figure out how you share a feeling of divine love and connection with different people, that as you said will now be more to your choosing, that can equal the immense grandiosity of what you feel inside. That's why I say there in lies the magic. The turning of incoming energy into outgoing. I probably could come off a little "preachy" sometimes and in those moments I try to remind myself of one of my favorite saying " you can be happy or you can be right" 😂 or at least try to find a balance. Very insightful and interesting video/topic!
I’ve had to re-member myself as a child to see what I was like before the trauma hit at age 11. I was quiet, thoughtful, totally comfortable being alone and experiencing spiritual stuff like crying during beautiful music. Now, after healing, I still have those qualities even after brutal suffering. I had to let go of “the Pack” in order to heal. I’ve never once hinted to the old pack that I was better than them. I no longer have to explain myself to anyone, which is an enormous relief. It was very hard for the old pack to lose me. They didn’t understand, but it’s not my job to make them understand. My new pack developed spontaneously due to my new found authenticity, actually, the authenticity I had before the trauma but had forgotten. This is a deep subject that few can relate to, so thank you for taking the time to articulate and present your knowledge.
Love re-member.. So much resonated here.... The lose. Of of a parent at the age of 7 years.. I was absent throughout my childhood and left home at my earliest opportunity to re-member.. 💚
I have been in a season of grief and apathy for past 3 months, and today, this sudden dilemma hit me if I was really someone gifted and spiritual or just a weird child and social outcast who took on that spiritual identity to save herself. Since my first spiritual awakening, I had realised the need and importance of connecting to normal people and was able to be truly empathetic with them, but lately I have withdrawn from society and developed a distrust and pessimism. This video saved me a little and reminded me of the truth. Thank you so much, Jordan.
This was very relatable..I realised I was never really happy in this exclusive feeling. It feels like a defence mechanism driven by "I never want to be like you". Yet I always longed to be with everyone. The more I am able to hold my own, the closer I can be with "people", more inclusive and way happier. This feels closer to truth.
My favourite Krishnamurti quote: "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." (I didn't even need to look that one up) Shinzen Young, my main meditation guy, once talked about this issue to spiritual isolation (or spiritual superiority) on retreat. He said it's the sign of a spiritual adolescent. That a mature spiritual adult can appreciate all people, and doesn't create a hierarchy. But also (me talking here), there's nothing wrong with being in adolescence. It's an important stage of growth we all go through. So that can be embraced too. Appreciate what you said here.
“Spiritual adolescence” is a wonderful phrase and it’s always complex territory because we want to be somewhat hierarchical to recognise talent & effort… but not rigid or dogmatic in the distinctions. Thanks for this! 🎄
"Patho-Adolescent" is the term coined by Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., in his description of our present society. He proposed in "Nature and the Human Soul" that, from his experience leading VisionQuests, only about 25% of "adults" are yet mature enough for an encounter with their "Soul". He also purports (seems right, in my experience) that almost none of us have completed ALL of the tasks of his Developmental Wheel, and we all have work to do, determined by that which he called our "Center of Gravity", which reveals which developmental stage we are presently working within. We of course, can only start where we are, yes? He said that the best thing we could do with our culture is to create a healthy adolescent culture in which we would "mature" (as you said, no judgment; or at least the realization by the judger of the projection) into adults with the inherent capabilities of meeting our soul. He defined Soul as "the largest conversation you're to have with the world". Fits, I think, with Jordan's path and present work.
@@Eric-tj3tg Soulcraft was a major book for me when I first read it about 7 years ago. I’m currently reading The Journey of Soul Initiation by Plotkin and loving it. Definitely the most detailed work I’ve found that talks about these stages of development and from a very pragmatic and experienced perspective. I actually recommended the book to Jordan too.
@@Eric-tj3tg Although I don’t think Jordan has ready Plotkin, it’s clear that Jordan and Plotkin read all the same books (Soulcraft is full of great quotes that really shows Plotkin’s influences, and has a few James Hillman quotes, who’s one of my faves too). So yes I definitely see their ideas aligning.
I genuinely believe that with some people we end up outgrowing them. They end up not going in the same directions that we ourselves are going in. Though the door is still left open for new experiences with other kinds of people. There’s a time for self reflection, and there is a time for togetherness. Just choose the types of people you want to have personal stories and experiences with. Even if people get on our nerves, we live this individual experience, and we may not resonate with all people. They are on their own path of self realisation, which is unique to them. We may not be energetically aligned to them or their individual story, and that is okay. We grow we learn, lets keep going, even when we suffer we get it wrong to get it right. Respect the journey, everyone is processing differently. We can find pieces of ourselves in everyone, for me that is where we truly find connection. Compassion through connection, and recognising our own shadow helps, so wish them well, even if they are people deemed as “not your cup of tea”.
Katherine, well said! I particularly appreciate your words: "We may not be energetically aligned to them or their individual story, and that is okay. We grow we learn, lets keep going, even when we suffer we get it wrong to get it right." - exactly.
I loved your comments, really resonated with me. I think deep down that I hoped I would meet a new tribe of people but it has not worked out in the spiritual community either. I said to my friend they are human too, they are no more special than anyone else. I got treat just as badly by people in the spiritual community. I think I just expected more of a connection, but I’ve been to circles whereby many folk just had really big spiritual egos. If I come across opportunities I will give it a go and if it does not work out I just shrug my shoulders. I am leaving it to the universe, if I am meant to connect with new people so be it. The message I get from my guides is that they are nervous for me about getting hurt. I think I am more chilled out about it than they are! I think I am proving I am less sensitive after another disappointing experience. The most important thing is that I am content as a lone wolf (I have a few friends). So if it happens and I am meant to be more with people then fine, if not then that is ok too. I dip my toe in and try new groups but so far nothing has worked out. I just do not feel comfortable and happy around the people I’ve met in groups to date. I never think for one moment I am special or better than them, I just do not feel content in their company. Sometimes I wonder though if I am just less tolerant of human beings per se. My husband said again recently that he is a hermit as he despises most people. I keep thinking no one is perfect but when your trauma is caused by relationship issues, it is difficult to get back on the horse so to speak. I am trying but one should not have to try as that is not the flow of the universe. In conclusion, I am going to stop trying to meet new people. If it is meant to happen it will.
After starting my spiritual journey, I sprung away from home as soon as i had a chance because i was feeling misunderstood, unaccepted and even suppressed by my mother. However, after a few years of practice, i felt this strong urge to come back to her and revive our connection as much as possible.. i understood that i had been running away from my own pain and darkness by avoiding those who help me see it. We, humans, are social beings whether we accept it or not. We can only feel fulfilled in service and relationships, and only in that can we actually progress. It’s easy to feel perfect when there’s no one to point out our faults... There are a few who are satisfied in relationship with God alone. But only a few. And they still express their love through service, even if they seem to be alone at first glance. In any case, relationships and service are the very essence of us. I was missing this topic in your videos to be honest so i am happy to After starting my spiritual journey, I sprung away from home as soon as i had a chance because i was feeling misunderstood, unaccepted and even suppressed by my mother. However, after a few years of practice, i felt this strong urge to come back to her and revive our connection as much as possible.. i understood that i had been running away from my own pain and darkness by avoiding those who help me see it. We, humans, are social beings whether we accept it or not. We can only feel fulfilled in service and relationships, and only in that can we actually progress. It’s easy to feel perfect when there’s no one to point out our faults... There are a few who are satisfied in relationship with God alone. But only a few. And they still express their love through service, even if they seem to be alone at first glance. In any case, relationships and service are the very essence of us. I was missing this topic in your videos to be honest so i am happy to come upon it finally 👍🏻
2.5 yrs into the healing journey and I'm finally letting go of the eggo 😏. I'm ready to re-introduce myself to the world and into healthy relationships. The lone wolf phase was empowering and allowed me to set firm boundaries but the level of discernment gained while observing in hermit mode is invaluable. It can make manipulative situations unbearable at times but with forgiveness and love in your heart it gets easier to excuse others who know not what they do. If you're reading this, don't give up! Your soul pack is out here cheering you on. 😇❤️🙏 Great Video as always Jordan
Just wanted to say, this was reeeeally good, Jordan! 😄Spent a good part of my life, even childhood, in the spiritual lone wolf mentality. Facing the human condition with love and compassion, and also with the correct boundaries in place is not always easy. It is an ongoing process of maturation for me as well.
Thank you for this series of teachings. I had a massive spiritual awakening event 14 months ago, and the integration journey has been in alignment with everything you talk about in your videos, within the content/context of my particular life story. There is so little out there that speak so eloquently, truthfully and in depth with this journey. I am profoundly grateful for the help, guidance and wisdom you share so selflessly. I went from the "wounded healer" to healing myself for the past 14 months as I continue to be humbled with how far my spiritual ego took it's superior narrative. Trauma + survival coping codependency + bypassing = massive spiritual grandiosity. I appreciate how much attention you give to recognizing the spiritual ego. It's really illusive and slippery, and a missing piece rarely talked about.
Juanita, this means a lot for me to read / thank you for continuing in your process and looking towards your next evolutions. Wishing you the best, and happy to have helped in some way 🌲
Thank you for talking about spiritual ego, as very few people actually mention this. It is a very real concept and one I believe applies to the spirit world too, not just this plane. I actually think people have taken the spiritual ego to such an extreme point that it has caused people to become spiritually mentally ill (hence the insane acts of some of mankind’s self destruct actions).
Epic video! Your ability to streamline these conversations and pack them with information is beyond helpful. I particularly love the notion of the immature or traumatized young child mentality that leaves the adult stuck in their grandiose thinking. Personal recognition for where the line is between feeling special and separate from individuals who have not honored their own spirit and the other side of needing to actively create community and connections to those on a similar path to you, has lead me out from withdrawing from society. There is fear for rejection and disapproval and regression as well, yet the optimism will prove that there is strength in forming bonds, as you said, we are deeply embedded. All our parts ought to compliment an other. Focus to be on strong and rooted relationships. A wounded animal retreats to lick its wounds, and once healed, sets out back into nature to traverse its life path yet again. Here is were we see the actions and individuals of substance that we too choose to live with. Find your pack was and is the best message for me personally and the notion continues to connect others within the same space of being. Together we move forward ! Thank you Jordan!
Maddie, it’s an absolute pleasure to read your words - always insightful, and I particularly appreciate your emphasis on the healing of the wounded animal - exactly! 🌲
Thank you, for this. At some point, in isolation, we meet (and are subsequently embarrassed by) our arrogance. Lone Wolf has always seemed like a silly thing, that only humans would use as a metaphor to storm off into the desert. Maybe we just evolve out of situations, where our souls feel they are drowning, smothered or caged. My continuous evolution does have me isolated, but I'm no lone wolf. I have children. I work in feral rescue. I have a horde of cats. They saved my life, so now I save theirs. My greatest isolation is my celibacy, which I chose over 7 years ago, because of the violence, sorrow and self destruction it visited upon me. Do I feel closer to "Source"? Absolutely. I have some serious self realisations happening, I'm at peace and fulfilled by true Agape Love. I see, now, that this season was something I always needed. I also believe, for me anyway, that my purpose here is to learn as much awful and good, as possible, so that I may, one day, be a Guide in the afterlife. I need to learn the patience that guides have with me, too :-) I was always in service to people and family who hurt me, including family, but it was realising that service is my nature but intended for children, animals and guide, that saved me. I go where my cup is filled, as I fill theirs. As I am being taught. As I will teach. Lone Wolf was my thing, fleeing. Future Guide, evolving, is so much better.
I can find myself in most of your videos. I truly love your work. I'm actually going on my lone-wolf journey in a few months (also traveling through Portugal) and I'm excited to fully live this state of awakening. 🖤 Thank you.
Perfect! It’s a beautiful country perfect for the lone wolf season of intentional healing - happy to resonate in these videos, Celin. Thank you for commenting here!
Hi Jordan, this isn't related to this video but I'd just like to thank you for your book suggestion, Trials of the Visionary mind. It's absolutely brilliant with a combination of being stimulating and illuminating to read, but not too dense where it's difficult to understand. It's one of the best books I have come across in any area of spirituality and so practical. I wish I'd had it during several dark night experiences, as it could assist with the process on so many levels. I'm also grateful for the work you put into your content and sharing some valuable materials. There are lots of us who don't have access to the teachers we need at the appropriate level, who have to find their own way without anyone to help with exploring the right teachings at the right time. It's also very difficult to find psychotherapists or mental health practitioners who understand and respect the psychological challenges within a spiritual framework. For me, my 'treatment' and healing work with traditional psychology and my spiritual path have been separate, which creates a gap that makes the overall process disjointed and fragmented. I gave up on the sense of needing to find a spiritual teacher who 'got me' and the full extent of my sensitivity. By sensitivity its not that I feel 'special' or more attuned than anyone else, it's a level of sensitivity where it can be so heightened I can't actually go out or be around people. This came about purely from coming across a number of bad teachers, and experiencing shame and spiritual bypassing when I challenged them by asking genuine questions. It seemed to get worse over time as my awareness shifted and has allowed me to tune into my intuition more. the last time it was so bad it escalated into full on spiritual abuse where I was mocked, diminished and demolished when they sensed I was a 'trouble maker'. It was a shamanic training course and the person running it considered me a threat, so he threatened me in a deeply sinister way and warned me into silence and submission. I was genuinely terrified at the time, as I was in a vulnerable space and dealing with some heavy trauma work and didn't feel safe anywhere. He knew this but had such little integrity or compassion, it blocked him from being able to see me and recognize I was in deep trouble on every level. He threatened me with sorcery which I didn't doubt as he had a deep understanding of magic, and I knew he was capable of inflicting psychic harm through sorcery. To get back to my point, I've been my own teacher and I've actually made more progress by understanding my inner world without any external interference and finding more peace from within. Your book suggestions are like a life line for me and anyone who is doing the work by themselves. I find you a great teacher too, it's a great gift along with your integrity and genuine desire to be of service 😊
When I hear the term lone wolf the first thing I think of is what someone told me as a kid “a lone wolf is a dead wolf”. I’m sure I’m was going through something dark of that nature. I’m glad someone older than me talked some sense into me. I’ll never forget that saying, and I have a really strong relationship with God now so it’s impossible to truly be alone in my walk through this life. The term lone wolf also makes me think of the Ben Howard song Black flies.
There’s a guy called Blanco White who’s also from the UK, and makes very moody music with deep lyrics. I really appreciate these artist who paint pictures with their words.
As a spiritual being I am totally happy being a lone wolf, but as a human being not! As I have awakened and being a spiritual being is what I am permanently, the hermit in me is winning out. All efforts to connect with new people are failing and very few external relationships make me happy. I keep quiet most of the time about my spiritual experiences due to past ridicule but continue my lightworker role in loving service to the Divine.
As someone who was chasing the 'life' my entire existence, I love this part of my life. I intend to enjoy it and bask in it for as long as it is necessary, I trust that I will be shown other wise, if need be.
hi Jordan, as usual this was a great talk. I can so relate to pretty much everythinjg you hightlighted in this video. Throughout my own process, i have had to come to terms with the tension between isolation and going my own way. For sure, in my case I spent years really, out of sync with this dicotomy. Obviously, I have come to learn that much of my own grandiouse tendencies that lead to me encapsulating myself into my own 'special spirtiual bubble' was a defense mechanism. The underlying assumption being that if i could wrap myself up in spirtual concepts then somehow i could get away with not actually engaging with the world at all, whilst at the same time feeling a sense of personal power! Back then i was unaware of the importance of simply learning how to inhabit this animal body, with all its imperfections and messiness, at times. Being an aritst, I am both condemed and blessed to have to spend long enough periods on my own - its a major part of the nature of what i do. That said, i am grateful that i have somehow been able to find my through a lot of pitfalls on the path towards a current level of integration that seems to work for me. It has been a tricky balacing act though, and there is always the possiblity of those gradiouse and self centered tendencies to creep in. When in doubt about where i am standing in any given day, I always find that returning more fully into the body, into the felt experience of being here, independent of whatever narrative may be occuring, always helps me to see more clearly the 'actual' ground i'm standing on. and then if action or some form of course correction is required, it is clear what needs to be done. More often than not though, the simple return into the felt experience of this animal body is enough to find my way home again, so to speak. As always, many thanks for these rich and practically helpfull videos, Jordan. Best regards. Jason
Thank you for taking the time to share some of your story here, I may not have the space to respond in detail but I appreciate your transparency and am happy to have been helpful. Wishing you well until next time, brother.
To really feel whole we have got to connect with all our experiences. The lone wolf idea is a compartmentalising state when bad and a healing stage when good.
@@jordanthornton thanks jordan I really appreciate your videos your doing something good. I like how you approach the spiritual aspect of life with an openess but also apply a practicality to it and the avoidance of using it as a form of escapism.
What a great topic!! I feel like I can go between both extremes, but I do feel that spiritual awareness is what enables someone to become a gifted leader.
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I’m really interested in hearing your thoughts on the trickster archetype. I feel like it gets a really bad reputation, but I resonate with the making light of dark times. Without laughter there is no hope. So I feel like it’s a much needed energy despite it being foolish at times. Many lessons to be had when dancing with the jester. I feel like this type energy kept me going through dark childhood times.
I'd say: Transcendence and social conformism are opposites. And transcendence - the ability to connect to something higher and beyond your self like God, or the True, Beautiful and Good, means Values - is an individual thing. Sometimes you need to disconnect. In order to grow as well inside and into the next edition of yourself. I need solitude, as an introvert Tranquility is my source. And - even if it is the wolf in the trauma tunnel - the first thing to heal is, to accept it as right. As long as you still think of yourself as wrong or dysfunctional because of your chosen aloneness, as long you can't heal. :)
Hm very interesting I talked with a good friend of mine about exactly this topic, and she said that she realized that young people simply don't have Mentores anymore which can "initiate" them when it comes to these topics. I personally think that people who have spiritual awakenings are the minority, most simply fall into nihilism or spend all time searching for an "absolute truth" which they can never find. Funny to think, that even 100 years ago you were automatically "embedded" into your culture without having to read 1000 books to find a coherent worldview...but I guess here we are. By the way, did you have the pleasure yet of reading perennialst authors like schuenon, lings or guenon?
@@jordanthornton All of these Authors are today categorized under the Traditional School. Basically all of them believed in the core unity of religions, but in contrast to new agers they stressed the importance of following the exoteric aspects of one single tradition. Most of them became Sufi Muslims which is interesting as well.
@@MaxpsychologieHave you looked at Advice for the Serious Seeker by James Cutsinger? Schuon, Lings and Guenon are very good reading in terms of providing both a framework of critique of the modern and the explaining the paradox of multiple religions, and their various correspondences. Cutsinger provides practical steps in engaging that body of work.
@@Maxpsychologie A most unexpected response. Let’s see if it rings in your soul. I’d say judge it not by how much you ‘like it’ but by how much uncomfortable Truth it contains. 😉
Thank goodness you stated the firm frame work needing to be established. O am very directive with this with my patients. But, to some disagreement with colleagues in a professional manner. But, I noticed top down cascading approach trends to train a person to shape with identity in such a way it manifests the results. Hearing this from you is reassuring I'm moving them in the right direction. But, it's only a scaffolding which eventually dissappear when the structure can support itself. Thanks again!
Elitism is wrong Just being good fair honest and devoted and applying that to everything will give you humility and compassion always winning ways Apply to oneself also
I feel and felt like a Lone Wolf, but in the sensé of searching my tribe. I was happier when i did my work with children via Book beccause i was on a Real stuff and m'y Heart was sure that IS was fair, but AT thé same Time i was alone. M'y intial wound woke up with a relationships and i fall in the New age stuff that didn't help me expérience thé full spectrum of stuff but instead renforce a fawn réponse, i m into this stuff since 2017, and now i'm not alone i am isolated and IS like i can't find again this sensé of grounding joy, and physical activity are gone, i don't Care to be awake even with m'y trauma i prefere this ancient me enthousiast and open to thé World and others people heart
so what happens when you try to join groups but they dont accept you? being a lone wolf is not a choice made by arrogance. this society outcasts people.
Going to take your question and make a full video on this as soon as I can, in the meantime good luck and do what you can. You got this, even if it feels heavy.
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It's an absolute pleasure to film these TH-cam videos, and I feel fortunate to receive an abundance of meaningful messages every week, but I am unfortunately faced with the disappointing reality of turning away the vast majority of people who want to work together.
I have significantly limited availability and can only support twenty people per year because I do not offer one-off calls or drop-in consulting sessions.
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That is the point where it seems the magic or alchemy actually happens. Once you isolate and take in all the information, spiritual education/understand, develop your intuition and learn what it sounds like, then you realize all of this is nothing without the other. The mirror is needed so we can learn how we come off and the energy we actually desire to put out. You feel like a different person and want to share but, for myself, I quickly realized that all people don't respond to regurgitation of knowledge that illuminated something for you personally. Seems it could take a lifetime to figure out how you share a feeling of divine love and connection with different people, that as you said will now be more to your choosing, that can equal the immense grandiosity of what you feel inside. That's why I say there in lies the magic. The turning of incoming energy into outgoing. I probably could come off a little "preachy" sometimes and in those moments I try to remind myself of one of my favorite saying " you can be happy or you can be right" 😂 or at least try to find a balance. Very insightful and interesting video/topic!
I enjoyed reading your comment here, thanks for sharing your words Amanda 🎄
Fantastic comment spot on!
I’ve had to re-member myself as a child to see what I was like before the trauma hit at age 11. I was quiet, thoughtful, totally comfortable being alone and experiencing spiritual stuff like crying during beautiful music. Now, after healing, I still have those qualities even after brutal suffering. I had to let go of “the Pack” in order to heal. I’ve never once hinted to the old pack that I was better than them. I no longer have to explain myself to anyone, which is an enormous relief. It was very hard for the old pack to lose me. They didn’t understand, but it’s not my job to make them understand. My new pack developed spontaneously due to my new found authenticity, actually, the authenticity I had before the trauma but had forgotten. This is a deep subject that few can relate to, so thank you for taking the time to articulate and present your knowledge.
This is a beautiful and inspiring comment, thank you. I hope more people read your words, Rebecca.
Love re-member.. So much resonated here.... The lose. Of of a parent at the age of 7 years.. I was absent throughout my childhood and left home at my earliest opportunity to re-member.. 💚
Same
I have been in a season of grief and apathy for past 3 months, and today, this sudden dilemma hit me if I was really someone gifted and spiritual or just a weird child and social outcast who took on that spiritual identity to save herself. Since my first spiritual awakening, I had realised the need and importance of connecting to normal people and was able to be truly empathetic with them, but lately I have withdrawn from society and developed a distrust and pessimism. This video saved me a little and reminded me of the truth. Thank you so much, Jordan.
It’s my pleasure to have offered this at what seems like an important moment for you, Maryam 🌲
This was very relatable..I realised I was never really happy in this exclusive feeling. It feels like a defence mechanism driven by "I never want to be like you". Yet I always longed to be with everyone. The more I am able to hold my own, the closer I can be with "people", more inclusive and way happier. This feels closer to truth.
Beautifully said - thank you taking the time to think deeply through these challenges!
My favourite Krishnamurti quote: "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
(I didn't even need to look that one up)
Shinzen Young, my main meditation guy, once talked about this issue to spiritual isolation (or spiritual superiority) on retreat. He said it's the sign of a spiritual adolescent. That a mature spiritual adult can appreciate all people, and doesn't create a hierarchy.
But also (me talking here), there's nothing wrong with being in adolescence. It's an important stage of growth we all go through. So that can be embraced too.
Appreciate what you said here.
“Spiritual adolescence” is a wonderful phrase and it’s always complex territory because we want to be somewhat hierarchical to recognise talent & effort… but not rigid or dogmatic in the distinctions. Thanks for this! 🎄
@@jordanthornton yes we want hierarchical understanding without value judgments
"Patho-Adolescent" is the term coined by Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., in his description of our present society. He proposed in "Nature and the Human Soul" that, from his experience leading VisionQuests, only about 25% of "adults" are yet mature enough for an encounter with their "Soul". He also purports (seems right, in my experience) that almost none of us have completed ALL of the tasks of his Developmental Wheel, and we all have work to do, determined by that which he called our "Center of Gravity", which reveals which developmental stage we are presently working within. We of course, can only start where we are, yes? He said that the best thing we could do with our culture is to create a healthy adolescent culture in which we would "mature" (as you said, no judgment; or at least the realization by the judger of the projection) into adults with the inherent capabilities of meeting our soul. He defined Soul as "the largest conversation you're to have with the world". Fits, I think, with Jordan's path and present work.
@@Eric-tj3tg Soulcraft was a major book for me when I first read it about 7 years ago. I’m currently reading The Journey of Soul Initiation by Plotkin and loving it. Definitely the most detailed work I’ve found that talks about these stages of development and from a very pragmatic and experienced perspective. I actually recommended the book to Jordan too.
@@Eric-tj3tg Although I don’t think Jordan has ready Plotkin, it’s clear that Jordan and Plotkin read all the same books (Soulcraft is full of great quotes that really shows Plotkin’s influences, and has a few James Hillman quotes, who’s one of my faves too). So yes I definitely see their ideas aligning.
I genuinely believe that with some people we end up outgrowing them. They end up not going in the same directions that we ourselves are going in. Though the door is still left open for new experiences with other kinds of people.
There’s a time for self reflection, and there is a time for togetherness. Just choose the types of people you want to have personal stories and experiences with.
Even if people get on our nerves, we live this individual experience, and we may not resonate with all people.
They are on their own path of self realisation, which is unique to them. We may not be energetically aligned to them or their individual story, and that is okay. We grow we learn, lets keep going, even when we suffer we get it wrong to get it right.
Respect the journey, everyone is processing differently. We can find pieces of ourselves in everyone, for me that is where we truly find connection.
Compassion through connection, and recognising our own shadow helps, so wish them well, even if they are people deemed as “not your cup of tea”.
Katherine, well said! I particularly appreciate your words: "We may not be energetically aligned to them or their individual story, and that is okay. We grow we learn, lets keep going, even when we suffer we get it wrong to get it right." - exactly.
I loved your comments, really resonated with me. I think deep down that I hoped I would meet a new tribe of people but it has not worked out in the spiritual community either. I said to my friend they are human too, they are no more special than anyone else. I got treat just as badly by people in the spiritual community. I think I just expected more of a connection, but I’ve been to circles whereby many folk just had really big spiritual egos.
If I come across opportunities I will give it a go and if it does not work out I just shrug my shoulders. I am leaving it to the universe, if I am meant to connect with new people so be it. The message I get from my guides is that they are nervous for me about getting hurt. I think I am more chilled out about it than they are! I think I am proving I am less sensitive after another disappointing experience. The most important thing is that I am content as a lone wolf (I have a few friends). So if it happens and I am meant to be more with people then fine, if not then that is ok too. I dip my toe in and try new groups but so far nothing has worked out. I just do not feel comfortable and happy around the people I’ve met in groups to date. I never think for one moment I am special or better than them, I just do not feel content in their company. Sometimes I wonder though if I am just less tolerant of human beings per se. My husband said again recently that he is a hermit as he despises most people. I keep thinking no one is perfect but when your trauma is caused by relationship issues, it is difficult to get back on the horse so to speak. I am trying but one should not have to try as that is not the flow of the universe. In conclusion, I am going to stop trying to meet new people. If it is meant to happen it will.
After starting my spiritual journey, I sprung away from home as soon as i had a chance because i was feeling misunderstood, unaccepted and even suppressed by my mother. However, after a few years of practice, i felt this strong urge to come back to her and revive our connection as much as possible.. i understood that i had been running away from my own pain and darkness by avoiding those who help me see it. We, humans, are social beings whether we accept it or not. We can only feel fulfilled in service and relationships, and only in that can we actually progress. It’s easy to feel perfect when there’s no one to point out our faults... There are a few who are satisfied in relationship with God alone. But only a few. And they still express their love through service, even if they seem to be alone at first glance. In any case, relationships and service are the very essence of us. I was missing this topic in your videos to be honest so i am happy to After starting my spiritual journey, I sprung away from home as soon as i had a chance because i was feeling misunderstood, unaccepted and even suppressed by my mother. However, after a few years of practice, i felt this strong urge to come back to her and revive our connection as much as possible.. i understood that i had been running away from my own pain and darkness by avoiding those who help me see it. We, humans, are social beings whether we accept it or not. We can only feel fulfilled in service and relationships, and only in that can we actually progress. It’s easy to feel perfect when there’s no one to point out our faults... There are a few who are satisfied in relationship with God alone. But only a few. And they still express their love through service, even if they seem to be alone at first glance. In any case, relationships and service are the very essence of us. I was missing this topic in your videos to be honest so i am happy to come upon it finally 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing some of your story, process and perspective - wishing you all the best in your unfolding
Goodness, you are prolific! Thank you!
2.5 yrs into the healing journey and I'm finally letting go of the eggo 😏. I'm ready to re-introduce myself to the world and into healthy relationships.
The lone wolf phase was empowering and allowed me to set firm boundaries but the level of discernment gained while observing in hermit mode is invaluable. It can make manipulative situations unbearable at times but with forgiveness and love in your heart it gets easier to excuse others who know not what they do.
If you're reading this, don't give up!
Your soul pack is out here cheering you on. 😇❤️🙏
Great Video as always Jordan
Never heard the phrase ‘Soul pack’ before - excellent fun phrase, thank you as always 🌲
Just wanted to say, this was reeeeally good, Jordan! 😄Spent a good part of my life, even childhood, in the spiritual lone wolf mentality. Facing the human condition with love and compassion, and also with the correct boundaries in place is not always easy. It is an ongoing process of maturation for me as well.
Ongoing process of maturation is exactly the phrase - love it, and wishing you well Judit🌲
Thank you for this series of teachings. I had a massive spiritual awakening event 14 months ago, and the integration journey has been in alignment with everything you talk about in your videos, within the content/context of my particular life story. There is so little out there that speak so eloquently, truthfully and in depth with this journey. I am profoundly grateful for the help, guidance and wisdom you share so selflessly. I went from the "wounded healer" to healing myself for the past 14 months as I continue to be humbled with how far my spiritual ego took it's superior narrative. Trauma + survival coping codependency + bypassing = massive spiritual grandiosity. I appreciate how much attention you give to recognizing the spiritual ego. It's really illusive and slippery, and a missing piece rarely talked about.
Juanita, this means a lot for me to read / thank you for continuing in your process and looking towards your next evolutions. Wishing you the best, and happy to have helped in some way 🌲
Thank you for talking about spiritual ego, as very few people actually mention this. It is a very real concept and one I believe applies to the spirit world too, not just this plane. I actually think people have taken the spiritual ego to such an extreme point that it has caused people to become spiritually mentally ill (hence the insane acts of some of mankind’s self destruct actions).
Epic video!
Your ability to streamline these conversations and pack them with information is beyond helpful.
I particularly love the notion of the immature or traumatized young child mentality that leaves the adult stuck in their grandiose thinking.
Personal recognition for where the line is between feeling special and separate from individuals who have not honored their own spirit and the other side of needing to actively create community and connections to those on a similar path to you, has lead me out from withdrawing from society.
There is fear for rejection and disapproval and regression as well, yet the optimism will prove that there is strength in forming bonds, as you said, we are deeply embedded.
All our parts ought to compliment an other.
Focus to be on strong and rooted relationships.
A wounded animal retreats to lick its wounds, and once healed, sets out back into nature to traverse its life path yet again.
Here is were we see the actions and individuals of substance that we too choose to live with.
Find your pack was and is the best message for me personally and the notion continues to connect others within the same space of being.
Together we move forward !
Thank you Jordan!
Maddie, it’s an absolute pleasure to read your words - always insightful, and I particularly appreciate your emphasis on the healing of the wounded animal - exactly! 🌲
Thank you, for this.
At some point, in isolation, we meet (and are subsequently embarrassed by) our arrogance.
Lone Wolf has always seemed like a silly thing, that only humans would use as a metaphor to storm off into the desert.
Maybe we just evolve out of situations, where our souls feel they are drowning, smothered or caged.
My continuous evolution does have me isolated, but I'm no lone wolf. I have children. I work in feral rescue. I have a horde of cats. They saved my life, so now I save theirs.
My greatest isolation is my celibacy, which I chose over 7 years ago, because of the violence, sorrow and self destruction it visited upon me.
Do I feel closer to "Source"? Absolutely. I have some serious self realisations happening, I'm at peace and fulfilled by true Agape Love. I see, now, that this season was something I always needed.
I also believe, for me anyway, that my purpose here is to learn as much awful and good, as possible, so that I may, one day, be a Guide in the afterlife. I need to learn the patience that guides have with me, too :-)
I was always in service to people and family who hurt me, including family, but it was realising that service is my nature but intended for children, animals and guide, that saved me.
I go where my cup is filled, as I fill theirs.
As I am being taught.
As I will teach.
Lone Wolf was my thing, fleeing. Future Guide, evolving, is so much better.
Beautifully said, I appreciate your words and considerate reflections. Thank you.
I can find myself in most of your videos. I truly love your work. I'm actually going on my lone-wolf journey in a few months (also traveling through Portugal) and I'm excited to fully live this state of awakening. 🖤
Thank you.
Perfect! It’s a beautiful country perfect for the lone wolf season of intentional healing - happy to resonate in these videos, Celin. Thank you for commenting here!
Wow. Divinely timed message for me as this is my current struggle. Thank you for being you and doing what you do
Anne, I’m happy to show up in what seems like a timely moment for you 🌲
Yes absolutely always remain embedded 💚and have to remain connected.. Love this 💚🎄
Exactly!🌲
Hi Jordan, this isn't related to this video but I'd just like to thank you for your book suggestion, Trials of the Visionary mind. It's absolutely brilliant with a combination of being stimulating and illuminating to read, but not too dense where it's difficult to understand.
It's one of the best books I have come across in any area of spirituality and so practical. I wish I'd had it during several dark night experiences, as it could assist with the process on so many levels.
I'm also grateful for the work you put into your content and sharing some valuable materials.
There are lots of us who don't have access to the teachers we need at the appropriate level, who have to find their own way without anyone to help with exploring the right teachings at the right time.
It's also very difficult to find psychotherapists or mental health practitioners who understand and respect the psychological challenges within a spiritual framework.
For me, my 'treatment' and healing work with traditional psychology and my spiritual path have been separate, which creates a gap that makes the overall process disjointed and fragmented.
I gave up on the sense of needing to find a spiritual teacher who 'got me' and the full extent of my sensitivity. By sensitivity its not that I feel 'special' or more attuned than anyone else, it's a level of sensitivity where it can be so heightened I can't actually go out or be around people.
This came about purely from coming across a number of bad teachers, and experiencing shame and spiritual bypassing when I challenged them by asking genuine questions.
It seemed to get worse over time as my awareness shifted and has allowed me to tune into my intuition more.
the last time it was so bad it escalated into full on spiritual abuse where I was mocked, diminished and demolished when they sensed I was a 'trouble maker'. It was a shamanic training course and the person running it considered me a threat, so he threatened me in a deeply sinister way and warned me into silence and submission. I was genuinely terrified at the time, as I was in a vulnerable space and dealing with some heavy trauma work and didn't feel safe anywhere. He knew this but had such little integrity or compassion, it blocked him from being able to see me and recognize I was in deep trouble on every level. He threatened me with sorcery which I didn't doubt as he had a deep understanding of magic, and I knew he was capable of inflicting psychic harm through sorcery.
To get back to my point, I've been my own teacher and I've actually made more progress by understanding my inner world without any external interference and finding more peace from within.
Your book suggestions are like a life line for me and anyone who is doing the work by themselves.
I find you a great teacher too, it's a great gift along with your integrity and genuine desire to be of service 😊
When I hear the term lone wolf the first thing I think of is what someone told me as a kid “a lone wolf is a dead wolf”. I’m sure I’m was going through something dark of that nature. I’m glad someone older than me talked some sense into me. I’ll never forget that saying, and I have a really strong relationship with God now so it’s impossible to truly be alone in my walk through this life. The term lone wolf also makes me think of the Ben Howard song Black flies.
Appreciate this wisdom, and also your reminder that Ben Howard exists - been a while since I’ve listened to him 🌲
There’s a guy called Blanco White who’s also from the UK, and makes very moody music with deep lyrics. I really appreciate these artist who paint pictures with their words.
As a spiritual being I am totally happy being a lone wolf, but as a human being not! As I have awakened and being a spiritual being is what I am permanently, the hermit in me is winning out. All efforts to connect with new people are failing and very few external relationships make me happy. I keep quiet most of the time about my spiritual experiences due to past ridicule but continue my lightworker role in loving service to the Divine.
As someone who was chasing the 'life' my entire existence, I love this part of my life. I intend to enjoy it and bask in it for as long as it is necessary, I trust that I will be shown other wise, if need be.
Trust in the process and intention to connect with those who matter - yes!
hi Jordan, as usual this was a great talk. I can so relate to pretty much everythinjg you hightlighted in this video. Throughout my own process, i have had to come to terms with the tension between isolation and going my own way. For sure, in my case I spent years really, out of sync with this dicotomy. Obviously, I have come to learn that much of my own grandiouse tendencies that lead to me encapsulating myself into my own 'special spirtiual bubble' was a defense mechanism. The underlying assumption being that if i could wrap myself up in spirtual concepts then somehow i could get away with not actually engaging with the world at all, whilst at the same time feeling a sense of personal power! Back then i was unaware of the importance of simply learning how to inhabit this animal body, with all its imperfections and messiness, at times. Being an aritst, I am both condemed and blessed to have to spend long enough periods on my own - its a major part of the nature of what i do. That said, i am grateful that i have somehow been able to find my through a lot of pitfalls on the path towards a current level of integration that seems to work for me. It has been a tricky balacing act though, and there is always the possiblity of those gradiouse and self centered tendencies to creep in. When in doubt about where i am standing in any given day, I always find that returning more fully into the body, into the felt experience of being here, independent of whatever narrative may be occuring, always helps me to see more clearly the 'actual' ground i'm standing on. and then if action or some form of course correction is required, it is clear what needs to be done. More often than not though, the simple return into the felt experience of this animal body is enough to find my way home again, so to speak. As always, many thanks for these rich and practically helpfull videos, Jordan. Best regards. Jason
Thank you for taking the time to share some of your story here, I may not have the space to respond in detail but I appreciate your transparency and am happy to have been helpful. Wishing you well until next time, brother.
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Good advice!
2:29 spoke my life when started speaking
Wishing you well on your next steps this year.
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
Classic 🌲
Thank you for uploading this video, really helped me
Good timing - Uploading my response to your questions about university later today, Hector! Check it out 💪🏻
@@jordanthornton yesss, thank you 🙌 and I hope it helps to other people in my situation too
I’m a lone wolf now and I can socialize with everyone but when I was pleasing everyone else I found myself secretly innerly an outcast
I'm glad that you've found the middle ground, thanks for sharing.
To really feel whole we have got to connect with all our experiences. The lone wolf idea is a compartmentalising state when bad and a healing stage when good.
This is incredibly well put - I agree!
@@jordanthornton thanks jordan I really appreciate your videos your doing something good. I like how you approach the spiritual aspect of life with an openess but also apply a practicality to it and the avoidance of using it as a form of escapism.
What a great topic!! I feel like I can go between both extremes, but I do feel that spiritual awareness is what enables someone to become a gifted leader.
I would agree - all about grounding and centredness
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I’m really interested in hearing your thoughts on the trickster archetype. I feel like it gets a really bad reputation, but I resonate with the making light of dark times. Without laughter there is no hope. So I feel like it’s a much needed energy despite it being foolish at times. Many lessons to be had when dancing with the jester. I feel like this type energy kept me going through dark childhood times.
im gonna be brief: thank you!
I'd say: Transcendence and social conformism are opposites. And transcendence - the ability to connect to something higher and beyond your self like God, or the True, Beautiful and Good, means Values - is an individual thing. Sometimes you need to disconnect. In order to grow as well inside and into the next edition of yourself. I need solitude, as an introvert Tranquility is my source. And - even if it is the wolf in the trauma tunnel - the first thing to heal is, to accept it as right. As long as you still think of yourself as wrong or dysfunctional because of your chosen aloneness, as long you can't heal. :)
Beautifully said, I can share your perspective and appreciate your words, Lauretta 🌲
This video really really helps me to understand somethings
Here to help!
Perfect timing! Thank you..
Timely moments, always there 🌲
Yes. Yes. Good call
Thank you - hope this landed 🎄
Hm very interesting I talked with a good friend of mine about exactly this topic, and she said that she realized that young people simply don't have Mentores anymore which can "initiate" them when it comes to these topics. I personally think that people who have spiritual awakenings are the minority, most simply fall into nihilism or spend all time searching for an "absolute truth" which they can never find. Funny to think, that even 100 years ago you were automatically "embedded" into your culture without having to read 1000 books to find a coherent worldview...but I guess here we are. By the way, did you have the pleasure yet of reading perennialst authors like schuenon, lings or guenon?
Max, these are excellent points / I agree with what you’re sharing and unfortunately haven’t read any of these authors! What is the literature like? 🌲
@@jordanthornton All of these Authors are today categorized under the Traditional School. Basically all of them believed in the core unity of religions, but in contrast to new agers they stressed the importance of following the exoteric aspects of one single tradition. Most of them became Sufi Muslims which is interesting as well.
@@MaxpsychologieHave you looked at Advice for the Serious Seeker by James Cutsinger? Schuon, Lings and Guenon are very good reading in terms of providing both a framework of critique of the modern and the explaining the paradox of multiple religions, and their various correspondences. Cutsinger provides practical steps in engaging that body of work.
@@MustafaAlmosawi I just got a copy of it today, because of your recommendation. I let you know how I liked it in a week or so :)
@@Maxpsychologie A most unexpected response. Let’s see if it rings in your soul. I’d say judge it not by how much you ‘like it’ but by how much uncomfortable Truth it contains. 😉
Thank goodness you stated the firm frame work needing to be established. O am very directive with this with my patients. But, to some disagreement with colleagues in a professional manner. But, I noticed top down cascading approach trends to train a person to shape with identity in such a way it manifests the results. Hearing this from you is reassuring I'm moving them in the right direction. But, it's only a scaffolding which eventually dissappear when the structure can support itself. Thanks again!
Grounded approach, Brian. Thank you for doing this work!
@@jordanthornton sir, thank you.
Wonderfully addressed! Thank you Jordan!
Fiona, you are most welcome!
Thanks!
You are most welcome, Chris!
I appreciated this message, thank you.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment 🎄
Elitism is wrong
Just being good fair honest and devoted and applying that to everything will give you humility and compassion always winning ways
Apply to oneself also
Any tips for how to meet a more aligned pack?!
Become someone worthy of being accepted into a better quality group of people & then present yourself online in a way that attracts them worldwide ✌🏻
Loved this! Thank you!
Orla, you are most welcome!
People hate authenticity. They hate the truth in my eyes and my spirit.
Wishing you well, brother - keep going
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I feel and felt like a Lone Wolf, but in the sensé of searching my tribe. I was happier when i did my work with children via Book beccause i was on a Real stuff and m'y Heart was sure that IS was fair, but AT thé same Time i was alone. M'y intial wound woke up with a relationships and i fall in the New age stuff that didn't help me expérience thé full spectrum of stuff but instead renforce a fawn réponse, i m into this stuff since 2017, and now i'm not alone i am isolated and IS like i can't find again this sensé of grounding joy, and physical activity are gone, i don't Care to be awake even with m'y trauma i prefere this ancient me enthousiast and open to thé World and others people heart
I’m sorry to hear of some of these difficulties and wish you the best with your continued path ahead 🌲
so what happens when you try to join groups but they dont accept you? being a lone wolf is not a choice made by arrogance. this society outcasts people.
Going to take your question and make a full video on this as soon as I can, in the meantime good luck and do what you can. You got this, even if it feels heavy.
What you describe are two ends of the same spectrum :))
Sure, that’s what I likewise come to at the end of the video - hope this helped!
@@jordanthornton 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏻👁
How dare you! I'm special goddammit! Lol!
You’re still special 😉
Do spiritual people have to speak so low and seem like high?, I ask because I see it a lot among "spiritual people".
I don’t know - everybody speaks very differently 🌲
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