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Dr. Jordan Peterson Explains 12 Rules for Life in 12 Minutes: Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and the author of the multi-million copy bestseller 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, #1 for nonfiction in 2018 in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, Brazil and Norway, and slated for translation into 50 languages.
If you’re interested in raising your level of consciousness, you’ve stumbled upon a significant resource that speaks a high-level truth in regards to The 12 Rules of Life list as explained by Dr. Jordan Peterson, according to the website ConsciousnessCalibrations.com
This is consciously curated content intended to provided inspirational teachings and life lessons as well as to align with our mission to raise the level of consciousness of the world to 250, or NEUTRAL on the Map of Consciousness®.
List of The 12 Rules for Life According to Dr. Jordan Peterson
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The book is divided into chapters with each title representing one of the following twelve specific rules for life as explained through an essay.
- “Stand up straight with your shoulders back”
- “Treat yourself like you are someone you are responsible for helping”
- “Make friends with people who want the best for you”
- “Compare yourself with who you were yesterday, not with who someone else is today”
- “Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them”
- “Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world”
- “Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)”
- “Tell the truth — or, at least, don’t lie”
- “Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t”
- “Be precise in your speech”
- “Do not bother children when they are skate-boarding”
- “Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street”
Source of the Calibration: for exact calibration, visit ConsciousnessCalibrations.com, a subscription-based calibrations website
Map of Consciousness® Calibration Range
400’s
The Books and Online Course: Discovering Personality by Dr. Jordan Peterson calibrate in the 400s.
The level of consciousness of the 400‘s on the map is the land of the mind. Ways of being at this level of consciousness include:
- Reasonable 400
- Rational 405
- Masterful at your life’s work 450
- The land of excellence 460
- Genius level 499
To put this into greater context, only 15% of the people on the planet calibrates above 200 on the map. The consciousness calibration of the planet is around 207.
Check out my podcast episode: Understanding the Levels of Consciousness of Rationality & Reasonableness in the Land of the Mind here.
Reflections & Insights into The 12 Rules of Life by Dr. Jordan Peterson
As this is a consciously curated Inspirational Teaching of the Day, I like to put into context what the author/speaker is saying as it relates to the Map of Consciousness®.
Be aware that we are all operating from our own level of consciousness on a wide variety of topics. With that understanding, your perception of what’s being spoken may be quite different than my own, or the speaker.
The teachings of Dr. Jordan Peterson calibrate in the 400’s. This is of a relatively high level of consciousness in this world and may very well be out of reach for many unless your intention is to “up your game” in a significant way.
This gentleman speaks the truth about what it takes to make a leap in consciousness in regards to The 12 Rules for Life list.
This level of consciousness is not the land of victimhood and powerlessness ( less than 200s) on any topic.
It is also not the land of emotionality (300s).
It is the powerful land of reason, rationality, transparency, intellectual excellence, and full acceptance that you are the creator of your own experience.
As my overarching intention is to help raise the level of consciousness of the plant from around 207 to 250,
Reflections & Insights into The 12 Rules of Life #1 – #4
RULE #1: “Stand up straight with your shoulders back”
This is a basic understanding of energy and power. The body calibrates in the 200’s, on the Map of Consciousness® which is positive aspect-oriented and constructive (of course).
Standing up straight with your shoulders back requires a positive energy field to do and can transform a negative mood or emotion quickly into one that has positive energy flow. I’m sure you’ve experienced this.
If not, then give it a try next time you’re feeling down or blue.
And to really “amp up” your energy field, throw a smile into it and laugh at yourself for feeling down and out in the first place or think of something funny. (A good sense of humor calibrates in the 300s. If you can laugh at yourself, consider it a strong suit in turning any foul mood around)
RULE #2: “Treat yourself like you are someone you are responsible for helping”
To take responsibility to help another indicates a sense of caringness, and to some degree love and understanding.
It points to numerous ways of being that are of higher consciousness like:
- Genuine (255),
- Supportive (245),
- Balanced (305),
- Available (265)
To really make a leap in consciousness is to be “willing to accept that you are the creator of your own experience” (calibrates at 350), which according to Dr. David R. Hawkins, is a spiritual gateway into higher consciousness.
At the level of consciousness of acceptance you are not only willing to forgive others, but importantly, forgive yourself.
This is truly taking responsibility for your own life at a high level.
To put this level into context, only about 8% of the planet operates at this level or above.
RULE #3: “Make friends with people who want the best for you”
Interestingly this rule was not created to make your life easier, but to make your life more difficult.
The difficulty lies in you’re being able to see that those people that want the best for you know what you are capable of. They aren’t going to let you “get away” with any form of victimhood or “poor me” for long, if at all.
They are going to challenge you to let go of limiting beliefs and step into true courage in any area of your life that may be running a lower frequency or belief that isn’t true.
People that truly want the best for you are going to challenge you.
“They get to DEMAND THE BEST from you”
In fact, last week’s Inspirational Teaching was on the topic of Your Soul’s Plan and how in the pre-birth planning stage major life challenges are planned for. You asked for it at a Soul level.
RULE #4: “Compare yourself with who you were yesterday, not with who someone else is today”
This is an injunction about envy.
Envy calibrates at about 125 on the Map of Consciousness® which is the level of desire. This is a lower level of consciousness that is negatively oriented, downward pulling, and destructive.
The energies of Envy and desire are:
- Cravingness,
- Disappointment,
- Bitterness, and
- Resentment
To compare yourself to another can be a motivating factor if it’s not too ego or envy driven, especially if the energy of love and appreciation for another’s accomplishments or place in life is the motivating factor.
The significant thing you need to be aware of is that the energy of envy can take you down the rabbit hole of negativity and self-destruction.
A “better” compass may be to have continual love, appreciation, and acceptance for where you are at on a daily basis.
“Compare yourself to yourself and use yourself as the target for improvement and comparison.”
You are, after all, a powerful eternal Soul that is here to fulfill its Soul PLan to experience fully that which is “not love”, and likely transcend limiting beliefs of unworthiness and powerlessness.
Reflections & Insights into The 12 Rules of Life #5 – #8
RULE #5: “Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them”
“The rule of thumb here is if you dislike them, other people will. And it’s a bad idea to let your children act in a way that makes other children dislike them or adults dislike them…Your primary responsibility as a parent is to help your child learn how to behave so that the social world opens up its arms to them and welcomes them at every level”
Now admittedly this is not an easy thing to do.
In my experience, though I’ve never been a parent, I have found that dealing with my own “inner stuff” frees me from bad behavior in general.
I also create within myself a model for behavior and the “change I wish to see in the world”.
It also avails me of wisdom (385) and understanding (400) of less than desirable behavior and how to deal with it.
This requires conscious awareness and inner reflection and the willingness to let go of lower levels of repressed and suppressed emotion.
Of course, trying to do this in the midst of a child’s temper tantrum in the middle of the grocery store can prove to be the ultimate challenge.
Do the best that you can.
RULE #6: “Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world”
“The rule means to bind your ambition with humility and work on what’s right in front of you that you will suffer for if you get wrong before you engage in the large-scale transformation of other people.”
I hear this one loud and clear!
Humility calibrates at 270 on the Map. This is a powerful level of consciousness and understanding. It’s no wonder it’s consistently considered an recommended as a powerful way of being
Other ways of being around this level of consciousness are:
- Neutral 250,
- Available 265, and
- Kind 220
If you’re attempting large-scale transformation of other people, check-in with yourself to make sure you’re not running low-level energies (below 200) like:
- perfectionism,
- the need to control others, and
- the need to be right and prove others wrong
I’ve felt myself being this exactly!
RULE #7: “Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)”
This is a significant rule to listen in on… (Starts at 3:05)
First of all, let’s understand that expediency is calibrated as a low level of consciousness and it’s the level of consciousness that typical politicians operate from.
The definition from the dictionary is a means of achieving a particular end.
There’s typically more emphasis on getting it done than the principles of the pursuit.
RULE #8: “Tell the truth — or, at least, don’t lie”
Rule #7 is better understood as one of The 12 Rules for Life when you understand Rule #8.
Lying, in general, calibrates below 200 on the Map.
All lower levels of consciousness in fact “hold no truth”.
So to continually believe, behave, or act in a way that’s not true about who you really are, creates a self-destructive vibration within your energy field that wreaks havoc on all of you mind, body, spirit.
There’s no “energy” to seek meaning in life.
In fact, life is perceived as meaningful at consciousness level 400 on the Map.
Reflections & Insights into The 12 Rules of Life #9 – #12
RULE #9: “Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t”
I hope you’ve listened to this video on The 12 Rules of Life List by Dr. Jordan Peterson. There’s something about his voice and something about the way he speaks in clear and wise ways that are really quite moving.
I am coming away from this encounter less ignorant and less “corrupt”.
The key insights I am receiving from this rule is:
Be open. A willingness to be Open calibrates in the 300s, which is a powerful attractor field to bring you more positively oriented things to be open to.
Discernment (375) would also be helpful in your willingness to be open and walk away from all encounters “less ignorant and less corrupt”.
Do be wary of skepticism though, as skepticism calibrates at a low level of consciousness in the land of righteous pride and the need to be right and prove others wrong.
So it takes practice to walk the line between discernment, humility, openness, and skepticism.
RULE #10: “Be precise in your speech”
This is a variant of the testament
” knock and the door will open or ask and you shall receive” or “what you hold in mind tends to manifest” (calibrates 505)
“…with what we know about the psychology of perception.. it is the case that you don’t get what you don’t aim at. You might get what you do aim at. And you might get better as you aim as well…”
Dr. Hawkins talks about this as well and suggests that you bypass the mind and BE the field.
Whatever it is that you want, just become that without engaging the mind.
“Be the Change” you want to see in your life.
It also invites the understanding to pay attention to what you say non-verbally with your thoughts, your feelings, and your unconscious beliefs.
RULE #11: “Do not bother children when they are skate-boarding”
I like this one!
Let your children live life.
Let them make mistakes and learn from them.
Let them pick themselves up on their own.
Let go of the need to create co-dependent relationships that inherently create weak foundations for a thriving existence.
Allowing kids to take risks and test themselves in a world that’s already challenging creates an attractor field for courage.
Courage is the doorway to true power and infinite potential.
In the absence of courage (helicopter parents), there’s only lower consciousness which has no “power” to create a meaningful and fulfilling life. Trying to shelter your kids from the world does them a great dis-service and reveals your own cowardice as a parent. Like it or not!
Encouraging your kids to try new things and make mistakes builds a field of empowerment and self-sufficiency. A gift to any child.
A great rule of thumb that people that work in nursing homes have is—
“Do not do for anyone something they can do for themselves.”
RULE #12: “Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street”
Rule #12 is really speaking to those challenging times and traumatic experiences that can throw you for a loop and send you spiraling downward.
Dr. Peterson is suggesting that encountering the cat on the street is
“…a meditation on fragility, when you don’t know what to do. And that’s when things have gone really bad for you…”
So how do cope with such traumatic losses?
So the wisdom he offers is this chapter of the book is to break up these really bad things into time frames.
The more intense things, like the death of a loved one, may require a moment-by-moment presence of just being with it and allowing it to be, best you can.
As the days and weeks go by from the passing of a loved one or any significant loss can be handled on a day-by-day basis, a week-by-week basis, and a month-by-month basis.
You know. These things heal over time.
Importantly though is to take the time to appreciate what there is to appreciate. Silver linings can always be discovered (eventually) after a traumatic loss.
Love, appreciation, gratitude, and devotional prayer calibrate 500 – 540 on the Map of Consciousness®. There’s more than enough power and inner source in these attractor fields to help relieve the suffering and the burden of grief and loss (75 on the Map) or any one of life’s tragic events.
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