Way Of The Truth Warrior Podcast

Drive With Dave 3: Adversity/Opinions/Guns/Violence

On this drive I speak about:
Jiu-Jistu 
Trial and error 
How does adversity make you stronger
How I lied to myself
Valid vs invalid opinions
Self defence
Trump election till now
Gun control good or bad
Okinawan weapons 
The choice

Are You Suffering From Depression/Anxiety & Need help? Listen to This. - David Whitehead

Online counselling help here: http://influencelogic.go2cloud.org/SH38

Today is Mental Health Day. Are you feeling depressed or anxious? Suffering from PTSD or other mental health issues? You are not alone. In this video I share some of my own personal experiences with depression, and cover some excellent resources and empowering information that will help you on your mental health journey. Please share this video and help create awareness for those that you know who are suffering from depression, anxiety, PTSD, or other mental health issues that might be holding them back in life. Hope it helps! - DW

Drive With Dave 2: Vegas Aftermath/Media/Race-Sex-Gender War

Come alomg for a drive with me as I discuss the media aftermath in the wake of the Vegas shootings, and the media's cultural information war on race, sex and gender. 

Hope it helps - DW

QUOTES (I got the name wrong on the quote I mention, it was not Fromm it was Schlain. But they both expressed similar opinions) 

Eve’s descendants have steadily accumulated the power to destroy each other in an unholy Armageddon and, like sleepwalkers, are shuffling toward a planetary ecological disaster. How could a slight, five-foot-tall, two-legged animal create such sublimity and yet wreak so much havoc in so miniscule an interval of earth’s history?
– Leonard Schlain (Sex, Time and Power)

…man differs from the animal by the fact that he is a killer; he the only primate that kills and tortures members of his own species without any reason, either biological or economic, and who feels satisfaction in doing so. It is this biologically non-adaptive and non-phylogenetically programmed “malignant” aggression that constitutes the real problem and the danger to man’s existence as a species…The most ample – and horrifying – documentation for seemingly spontaneous forms of destructiveness are on the record of civilized history. The history of war is a report of ruthless and indiscriminate killing and torture, whose victims were men, women, and children. Many of these occurrences give the impression of orgies of destruction, in which neither conventional nor genuinely moral factors had any inhibitory effect…There is hardly a destructive act human imagination could think of that has not been acted out again and again
– Erich Fromm (Anatomy of Human Destructiveness)

The major rise in our killing prowess occurred primarily in the last hundred thousand years, with the sharpest spike limited to the last forty thousand. Creation is a nightmare spectacular taking place on a planet that has been soaked for hundreds of millions of years in the blood of all its creatures. The soberest conclusion we can make is that the planet is being turned into a vast pit of fertilizer
– Leonard Schlain (Sex, Time and Power)

If the development of civilization has such a far-reaching similarity to the development of the individual and if it employs the same methods, may we not be justified in reaching the diagnosis that, under the influence of cultural urges, some civilizations…possibly the whole of mankind, have become neurotic?
– Sigmund Freud

Drive With Dave 1: Vegas Shooting: What Really Happened on Oct 1st?

Come alomg for a drive with me as I discuss what I feel is on everyone's mind regarding this horrible attrocity that took place in Las Vegas. 

Hope it helps - DW

Meaning Of Life/Responsibility/Justice - Truth Warrior Ep. 04

Have you found your purpose in Life?
In this episode I take a walk through the woods and share some thoughts and ideas on meaning, personal responsibility, and justice.
I start with presenting a case for meaning and purpose in life, and contrast that with the opposite view of no meaning in life.
I then go into the connection between personal responsibility and your overall success and happiness, and then we dive into a philosophical understanding of the concept of Justice right from the individual level, to the societal level. I speak a bit about psychopaths and sociopaths, free will, the current political landscape, the extreme left and extreme right, the free market, how communism and nazi ideology came to be, and what happens in society when the principle of justice is kicked aside.
I finish with a challenge.

Hope it helps!

- David Whitehead

LINKS:
Ayn Rand on Justice: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/justice.html
Justice as a Virtue: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-virtue/
Warrior Lifestyle: https://thewisdomwarrior.com/warrior-wisdom-the-introduction/
Revenge vs Justice: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolution-the-self/201402/don-t-confuse-revenge-justice-five-key-differences
Self Responsibility: http://www.nathanielbranden.com/all-about-responsibility

Survival/Warrior Code/Transhumanism/Free Will - Truth Warrior Ep. 03

In ep 03 of Truth Warrior I open with a personal story that I have not told many people about how I was jumped by a gang of 6 and was nearly killed. Martial arts saved my life.
I then discuss popular culture and how young people need to be taught philosophy and a code of ethics. I break down the various warrior codes of ethics from the ancient past and how they can help you achieve the life you want.
I move into sharing some current ideas on how the human brain is NOT a computer, nor is the human body. I get into AI, the rate of technology and its implications, and how to stay grounded, motivated, and focused in a crazy world.
Next I go into some success secrets, and share my personal opinions on some political and social issues, and finish with an argument against psychological determinism (fatalism) and establish the case that we indeed have free will to choose our destiny and are not merely governed by antecedent forces infringing upon us.

Hope it helps! - David Whitehead

LINKS:

The 9 noble virtues:
http://www.odinsvolk.ca/O.V.A.%20-%20NNV.htm

Bushido/Budo
http://www.aikidofaq.com/essays/

Antecedent definition: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/antecedent

Conscientiousness: http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/conscientiousness-13

your brain is not a computer: https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer

Why Your Genes Aren’t Your Destiny: https://chriskresser.com/why-your-genes-arent-your-destiny/

Epigenetics: https://www.brucelipton.com/resource/article/epigenetics

Politics and Social Philosophy: http://www.nathanielbranden.com/politics-and-social-philosophy

Free Will: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/free_will.html

Why Western Civilization Works: Dr Jordan Peterson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWUjj4kTzk&feature=share

Can Martial Arts Save The World? - Feat. Mike "Spider Ninja" Bidwell TW ep 02

In Ep. 2 of the Truth Warrior podcast I interview Mike Bidwell who is a lifelong martial artist, and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt. HE runs the popular instagram page and website: @BJJAfter40 (https://bjjafter40blog.wordpress.com)
We chat about martial arts, Jiu Jitsu as a way of life, and movement culture. We also touch on how certain principles and skill sets learned on the training mats can translate into one's life and our society as a whole. We connect some dots on:
bullying in schools, self defence, the inner struggle, advice for entrepreneurs, how to build self esteem, the mind/body connection, mastering fear, the way of the warrior, spirituality and much more.
Check it out and if you get something of value PLEASE SHARE!

- DW

My site: http://www.wayofthetruthwarrior.com

What Is Your Personal Philosophy? - Truth Warrior Podcast Ep.1

Hosted by David Whitehead, this weekly podcast is for those who seek to take on the adventurous journey of self actualization and combines a unique look at philosophy, martial arts, health, music, entrepreneurship, personal development and esoteric study.

Ep 1: The importance of developing a personal philosophy

In this episode I cover a bit about my background and how the "Truth Warrior" idea came into being as my personal philosophy of life. I introduce this new podcast with some ideas on what the terms "Truth" and Warrior" mean to me, and share some thoughts on overcoming various challenges, the history of martial arts, the way of the warrior, finding happiness, building a freedom lifestyle, and the difference between objective truth, and subjective truth. Hope it helps! - DW

Next week I interview Mike "Spider Ninja" Bidwell. He is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt and lifetime martial artist. He runs the instagram page BJJafter40: https://www.instagram.com/bjjafter40/?hl=en

David's website: http://www.wayofthetruthwarrior.com