How the Light Gets In: “Solving the Meaning Crisis”

Watch the full video here: iai.tv/video/solving-the-meaning-crisis-john-verva…

I've never seen John so animated and so authoritative before. This might be a strange thing to say, but it's almost like John was in some sort of exile and just returned from it with newfound wisdom. Great talk, hope to see more like it.

Anthem - Song by Leonard Cohen Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in

Hi John I’m a musician from Ireland - been watching your videos since 2019 - your work has and continues to inspire my meditation practice and my philosophical meditations which inform the songs I create. Thank you for doing this - you’re having a great impact on the younger generation (I’m 27)

Always love to hear the encapsulation of work in these shorter videos. Thank you as always!

I wish I could like this twice.

Fantastic! Condensed, to the point, and on the spot! Thank you John for all that you do ❤

Pairing nihilism and narcissism is an interesting move. I have found, coincidentally, that a greater concern for my own wellbeing (rather than the neglectful disregard I've so often exhibited) has been a big part of my shift away from despair and nihilism into a more meaningful life. Right now it feels over-focused on myself, and yet it's also a corrective from an abusive and neglectful upbringing. And I do feel more keenly than ever my littleness, and the need of humility, before everyone and everything else. It's a work in progress, of course. Thanks for the video.

Dr.Vervaeke and Dr.Peterson are very great people. They provide lectures for well-being of people who learn from it, and this video lecture is what is to have revere. The lecture is intellectual ability of human being and they do good influence to people, meaningful and mindful are same root I think. I am not perfect so cannot follow all, attitude is what both proponents would like to cultivate.

John, I just want to thank you for all the work that you're doing. I've first learnt about you in summer 2023, and I'm currently on my third try of getting through Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, now doing notes and trying to watch at least 15-20 minutes a day. After all this, you now feel like a close friend for me, and kind of an archetypal wise old guy giving advice. I would really like to see you live, even though, given the political situation, it's hardly possible in the nearest future. As people in the comments have already noticed, your work has tremendous impact, and all that meaning-crisis-grammar is now embedded in my mind for good.

Thanks John Your lecture definitely helped my view point of the world & myself. Hope you come to the UK more often 😊

Excellent!

Excellent talk

Philosophy of mind was the most interesting class I ever had, another great lecture!

Your talks always inspire awe ✨️

Thank you

Outstanding presentation!

Excellent talk!!

Very good summation of your thesis here, thanks John! ❤

Love your work - thank you for interpreting and weaving the narrative of our times, braided in with relevant history. Absolutely necessary and brilliant! ❤️