Ep 58 | UTOKing with Layman Pascal | Relational Value, Self-Esteem, and Spirituality

In Episode 58, Gregg welcomes back Layman Pascal. This is Layman’s fifth time on the podcast, so he needs no introduction. Gregg joined Layman in May for the first “metamodern spirituality retreat” hosted by Brendan Graham Dempsey, and aligned more deeply Layman’s approach to spirituality with UTOK’s metapsychology. A point of contact that needed more elaboration was the organization of the self and the nature of self-esteem and the relational world. In this episode, Layman takes the opportunity to flesh out how UTOK’s Influence Matrix frames social influence, relational value, and self-esteem, and the implications this has for spirituality.   - - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - - a discussion about the metamodern retreat on the Integral Stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKtGKy6duag blog on relational value and social influence: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202111/social-influence-versus-relational-value#:~:text=Social influence is the capacity,to our mental health problems The End of History and The Last Man by Francis Fukuyama https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550 What to Do If You Are Depressed: A Guided Tour by Gregg Henriques https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201908/what-do-if-you-are-depressed-guided-tour Gran Torino https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Layman ℹ️ - - - Substack: https://laymanpascal.substack.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liquidsyntax The Integral Stage on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaA4zkLRnR3lGm8Y7c5Tvdw   - - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx   - - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - - Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/ Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system