George who slays the dragon you are even the archetype of the "eternal Redeemer," Christ whose suffering and death redeem Mankind. Third, in voluntarily accepting your suffering, you will have the opportunity to transcend it. "Do the useful things no one else is doing." "Admit to your feelings," particularly your uncomfortable feelings of resentment, anger, or pain.
How will you know where to find your suffering? The question may seem silly, but Peterson says we tend to "hide unwanted things in the fog." Sometimes, it's simple. "It is also the place where vulnerability is transcended." "The cross, for its part, is the burden of life," he says. Peterson seizes on the Christian drama as the ultimate representation of this truth. Culture has produced various "limiting disciplines" to train for this-the "Thou Shalt Nots" of the Ten Commandments and other moral codes, as well as Peterson's rules. Second, you must become responsible for your suffering. "Pay attention, above all, even to what is monstrous and malevolent," he warns. And you are one person, divided by two natures at war within you and at the mercy of larger dueling forces. But evil and suffering are real, Peterson wants his patients and readers to know. There's something perhaps odd about encouraging your patients to read The Rape of Nanking. In his books, Peterson makes three consistent points. Peterson manages these, as well as other questions, with his signature polymath style, combining insights from his private clinical psychology practice, ancient mythological traditions, popular children's literature, scientific research, art history, medieval alchemy, dreams, and the Bible.
The 12 rules are straightforward answers to perennial questions: How might humans reform stagnant social institutions? What characteristics make up the ideal personality? Should we seek happiness in life or responsibility? Is true romance possible? And how can we be grateful despite our suffering or the suffering of those we love? Whether it is the problems of chaos or control, Peterson forces us to confront our lives, in ways that are entertaining and insightful, as a hero's journey of sorts-a story with a meaning. At first glance, his new set of rules seems indistinguishable from his last.
While the first book focused on defeating chaos in its various forms, the second explores the dangers of excessive order. His new book, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, promises to be a companion work to his wildly successful 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. And he is, as has been remarked before, a once-in-a-generation kind of writer. Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist and professor, is considered one such teacher.
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