Jocko Underground: Losing My Faith in Humanity and The World.
6/1/202615 min
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Losing My Faith in Humanity and The World. Could you take a dangerous submission to the limit if you had to? Taking a promotion and more money but stress on the family. Should you move out of your town because of social political reasons? Can't seem to get into the shape I want to be in. Feeling a bit useless after service.
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First 90 secondsJocko Willink· Host0:00
This is the Jocko Underground podcast, number 216, sitting here with Echo Charles. We have some questions from the front lines- From the front lines [laughs] ... from where the rubber meets the road. [laughs] And we are going to offer some suggestions, possibly some answers, and at a minimum, some courses of action you can follow to navigate the maze of life- Yeah ... as Echo Charles puts it.
Echo Charles· Host0:20
It's true. That is correct, and very helpful too, by the way, so thank you. All right, first question. "I believe in science. I work in the medical field, yet all my life I've felt that science alone will not suffice. There's a spirit within us. There's some divine beyond, call it what you may, God or otherwise. I live in a war-torn part of the world. Events of the last few years made me resent, even hate, whatever God there may be, not because what happens to me, but because what happens to others and to others' children on both sides of, of the conflict. My faith in the basic good nature of this life and world is completely shattered. What God can allow such things? If this is the price of paradise, then paradise is lost to begin with. Never saw myself as a man of faith until I had it all shattered. My spirit is now broken. I'm open to ideas." Thank you for your service.
Jocko Willink· Host1:13
[sighs] Um, yeah. There is evil in the world. There's no doubt about it. And depending on where you are