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As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency

As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency

Update: 2026-01-01
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This 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.

πŸ”‘ Key Takeaways

  • Leverage comes from understanding how correspondence works across β€œthe physical world, the social world, the emotional world.”
  • The point is functional: alignment matters more than proving truth.
  • You can do β€œa 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.

πŸ’¬ Featured Quotes

  • β€œThe 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 )
  • β€œWhen you understand this, when you know how this works, you can do more than someone who doesn’t.” (0:15 –0:22 )
  • β€œWe 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 )
  • β€œUnmet needs… don’t go away typically.” (0:41 –0:54 )
  • β€œIt allows you to intentionally align whatever your objectives are to a truth about the way the world works.” (1:44 –1:52 )
  • β€œWe’re not trying to defy the laws of physics.” (2:06 –2:10 )
  • β€œYou’re going to be able to do a lot more with a lot less energy and a lot less effort.” (2:21 –2:27 )
  • β€œThat does not mean zero effort.” (2:27 –2:29 )
  • β€œThis isn’t mysticism. This is reality.” (2:41 –2:43 )
  • β€œYou 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 )
  • β€œConforming to those systems is a lot more useful than trying to break the rules.” (2:59 –3:09 )
  • β€œIf 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 )
  • β€œThis understanding is absolutely critical to help you regain a sense of agency.” (4:05 –4:18 )

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As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency

As Above, So Below: Systemically Align to Reality & Regain Agency

Brian Mattocks