As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency
Download MP3This episode frames the systemic application of correspondence as the practice of aligning your objectives to the way the world actually works, rather than trying to force outcomes through wishful thinking or brute effort. The emphasis is on how alignment reduces wasted energy, increases effectiveness, and restores a practical sense of agency.
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Leverage comes from understanding how correspondence works across “the physical world, the social world, the emotional world.”
- The point is functional: alignment matters more than proving truth.
- You can do “a lot more with a lot less energy and a lot less effort,” but not with zero effort.
- This framing rejects mysticism and focuses on constraint-based realism.
- Community engagement and change require methods that work in practice, not finger-wagging.
đź’¬ Featured Quotes
- “The people that can leverage the principle of correspondence the most are effectively the people that can create the largest amount of change in the world.” (0:00–0:08)
- “When you understand this, when you know how this works, you can do more than someone who doesn’t.” (0:15–0:22)
- “We look across all of the systems in the world, the physical world, the social world, the emotional world, your conscious experience, your present moment awareness.” (0:30–0:41)
- “Unmet needs… don’t go away typically.” (0:41–0:54)
- “It allows you to intentionally align whatever your objectives are to a truth about the way the world works.” (1:44–1:52)
- “We’re not trying to defy the laws of physics.” (2:06–2:10)
- “You’re going to be able to do a lot more with a lot less energy and a lot less effort.” (2:21–2:27)
- “That does not mean zero effort.” (2:27–2:29)
- “This isn’t mysticism. This is reality.” (2:41–2:43)
- “You cannot put a bowling ball at the top of the hill and expect it not to roll down the hill eventually.” (2:43–2:53)
- “Conforming to those systems is a lot more useful than trying to break the rules.” (2:59–3:09)
- “If you’re trying to drive community engagement, it doesn’t make sense to run around and wag your finger at everyone in the community and say you should do this.” (3:39–3:48)
- “This understanding is absolutely critical to help you regain a sense of agency.” (4:05–4:18)
Creators and Guests
Host
Brian Mattocks
Host and Founder of A Mason's Work - a podcast designed to help you use symbolism to grow. He's been working in the craft for over a decade and served as WM, trustee, and sat in every appointed chair in a lodge - at least once :D
