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That would be the mistake I was pointing to. But Ralston's style is not for everyone. He's in his own niche.

That is a strength mine, but at the great cost of overburdening my mind. It's no wonder nondualists don't take my approach. Much simpler to just meditate. Ralston is not great at communicating to normies and newbies because of the freak he is. He doesn't resonate with how normal people think, because he's never thought like them. I don't idealize him at all. I have been critical of him. But you are not giving him enough credit. There are some. But not all freaks are equally freaky. He is indeed a special kind of freak. Freakier than most. Freakiness comes both in degrees and in kinds.

That's the aggressive ignorance I was talking about.

Don't forget Brazil.

I am working on both fronts, up and down. And if I discover in the end that down was better to up, I will let you know.

Well said.

Yes, this is the fundamental problem with capitalism, it actually rewards some of the easy and less important jobs while underpaying the most important ones like school teachers and other kinds of helper roles. It's twisted that a Hollywood actor makes $50 million of 3 months work while the teachers of their children earn $60k/yr.

I did, but I'm refreshed at the moment.

@Aaron p My pleasure.

A Purple caveman can be enlightened or awake. Spiral level is independent of enlightenment or awakening.

Of course!

I did not have a precise timestamp to know. Just let it go.

Both Trump threads have been merged. Sorry @Hardkill I merged them in the wrong order. I wanted to keep your original thread but the merging interface on this forum software works backwards.

"Have" is just a figure of speech. You are consciousness. And consciousness has degrees. If I was a kangaroo, yeah, I would not have a desire for higher consciousness. What's sad is that most humans don't utilize that desire even though they are one of the few animals on this planet capable of such desire. Isn't it obvious to you that the only reason humans were able to build a civilzation, while none of the other animals did, was because we have higher consciousness than them? Humans are more intelligent because we are more conscious. A donkey does not have enough consciousness to build a rocket ship. I can't believe I have to explain this to so-called enlightened people. You actually believe that aliens are not any more conscious than humans. You're not being serious.

Varying your chems can help. Deeper contemplation can help. For me it came quickly.

Law and Order! Lock him up!

Psychedelics + contemplation

Yes you can. He will still run, even moreso because it's his only way to avoid prison.

Wow

Not at all.

I don't see you appreciating any aliens but rather mocking and dismissing those who do.

It's hard to say who understands what.

Let's all live on the moon while we're at it.

Wrestle a crocodile under a flowering cherry tree.

Say more if you want help.