Primordial Provisions Podcast
We're all wayfaring through this world. Host Ali Elashram dispenses oral provisions for the journey and discusses what he sees as common roadblocks holding people back from meeting the needs implanted within them from the start, so that listeners can be more empowered to live well and uncover who they really are and what they're really made of. You'll learn about human needs and their fulfillment, curtailing wants, respecting and drawing from tradition, resisting monoculture, outward sobriety and inward ecstasy, productively navigating diversity and pluralism, and advice to avoid getting overwhelmed. Hit subscribe, and get ready to tap into your primordial side.
Episodes
20 episodes
Coexistence
#020 - Is it possible to have humility, healing and stability while still attaining money, respect and power?
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2:40
Beauty Not Indulgence
#019 - Beauty is often associated with indulgence, and the virtues of frugality and efficiency are often associated with ugliness. If we reflect further, however, beauty, frugality and efficiency look like complimentary qualities with indulgenc...
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Episode 19
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5:21
Opportunity of Now
#018 - A replicable framework for effectively taking advantage of the opportunity of agency in our lives and being as strong as we can be could be defined as follows: acknowledge our powerlessness > have gratitude for our agency > make us...
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Episode 18
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5:30
Motivation
#017 - Is angst a forgone conclusion for many living in the served world? How can angst be dealt with and motivation become more systematically experienced?
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Episode 17
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4:57
Dreams
#016 - What is the balance between romanticism and cynicism towards dreams?
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Episode 16
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7:54
White Supremacy
#015 - How can we tune out the noise and know where to begin dismantling white supremacy? Like unraveling the knots of many issues, taking a look at beginnings and isolating variables is always a good place to start.
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Episode 15
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8:31
Moments
#014 - Do we wait around for "big" moments in our lives to give us feeling? Do we use them as drugs and an escape from our meaningless and unfulfilling lives? We do we sustainably and healthily feel in all our moments, big and small? Are some m...
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Episode 14
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5:32
Beginnings are Bitter
#013 - The start of anything meaningful is bitter. The ability to extract benefit starts with bitterness. Feeling and its subsequent benefits aren't been possible without bitterness, and there's an interesting, scientific metaphor that supports...
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Episode 13
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4:32
Feeling: Opening the Floodgates
#012 - A life well-lived is marked by meaning and fulfillment - prerequisites that come with a prerequisite of their own: feeling. Without it one can't experience meaning, fulfillment or a robust life. The problem is we can't pick and choose wh...
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Episode 12
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3:53
Bailouts
011 - We know bailouts serve the rich and corporate. Why does it seem we're more perturbed by assistance being extended to those more comparable to us humanly and socio-economically, though?
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Episode 11
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5:21
Objective Truth: A Realization
#010 Does objective truth exist? Is it possible to prove it? Can its absence be proven? In the tenth episode of Primordial Provisions, we briefly dive in.
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Episode 10
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6:11
Denial and Suppression
#009 Are we using the time we have to make deposits or withdrawals from our life account? Deposits require acknowledgement and addressing of issues; withdrawals come when we deny and suppress those issues.
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Episode 9
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6:35
Uncertainty: Reality or Perception?
#008 - We find ourselves in a time where the ability to imagine our futures is more difficult than ever. This can leave us feeling anxious and unable to make decisions. Is anything certain? Is anything uncertain? How can the discussion of those...
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Episode 8
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7:34
Prestige: a Trick and an Illusion
#007 - Are we making decisions based on intentions of gaining prestige? What is prestige? Is it something we should intend on?
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Episode 7
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7:18
Respect: a Trivial Pursuit
#006 - Respect is the end-goal of the money, power, respect process. This is truly a trivial pursuit that leads to the acquisition of wants at the expense of needs and long-term instability.
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Episode 6
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11:53
Money and How It Can Be the Door to Distraction and Destruction
#005 - Understanding the acquisition of money, or provision, and how, like control and power, it is out of our hands is an essential foundation of a humble, stable life. Getting it wrong can take us way off course.
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Episode 5
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13:16
Power and Dealing with Our Utter Lack of It
#004 - Power for most of us is more of a contemplation on our powerlessness. It can be quite a disempowering and depressing topic if not pondered in a manner that keeps our agency intact and in the forefront of our thoughts and subsequent actio...
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Episode 4
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8:50
The Ultimate Projection
003 - Psychological projections and the veracity of arguments for meaning, or lack thereof, in life are explored and connected.
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Episode 3
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5:52