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@Clearheaded are you here to sell things?

That's great, as long as it's mixed with proper ecosystems

Biggest downside of Bernie IMO. He is against it, although not explicitly psilocybin

Hey, I'm 17, and in a very similar situation to you. I'm going to university for psychology next August. Your overall perspective reminds me of myself in some ways. I am way less certain on life purpose though, however, I have made a lot of progress and put a bunch of time into it. I appreciate your attitude, I aim to be a positive as you about the future and my potential! Anyway, on this paragraph, I resonate deeply with the idea of doing both simultaneously. Currently, while I am meditating a lot and all that kind of stuff, I am putting about as much effort into the 'secular' stuff, like life purpose. I have thought about going all in for spirituality, even skipping college to go meditate all day somewhere. Ultimately, especially after a retreat, I realized that that this was a kind of spiritual bypassing. Avoiding building an excellent life purpose and relationships and filling my lower needs would lead to a shallower awakening, and really wouldn't work. This is at the very least the conclusion I drew, I hope you find it helpful.

How else are you gonna do it and not fuck up the circadian rhythm

I've noticed how powerful kriya yoga is totally depending on my level of consciousness. If i am busy and mindless thorughout the day, it really does nothing, and it is hard to focus. If I am somewhat mindful throughout the day, it works good. When I was on a retreat, it worked insanely well and was more powerful than any other time.

I'm reading The Religion of Tomorrow by Ken Wilber. In it, he describes his shadow work process of 3-2-1 or 3-2-1-0 I've been doing 3-2-1, where basically you find something that bothers you or the opposite, which is an it, 3rd person. you then talk to it, 2nd person, then reown it, 1st person. Yesterday I did this with a person that bothers me. At the 2nd person part, it became clear that they didn't deserve so harsh a feeling from me. At 1st person, it became clear that this was a part of me I didn't like. At that point, I decided to practice self-love. It seems to me that the best thing to do at that point is love that disowned part of the self. I did it just like this method

What do you guys think about going to Naropa University for undergrad?

you'll never look back

I've seen a lot of what seem to be substantive criticisms of Ken Wilber. What do you guys think of these? Are these legitimate? Why does this happen? It seems to me he might just have some type of shadow, or perhaps the claims are unsubstantiated. http://www.kheper.net/topics/Wilber/Cult_of_Ken_Wilber.html https://markmanson.net/ken-wilber

Would the one about SD and economics on the book list be good?

@Jed Vassallo I do think it is feasible. That's certainly something I would want lol. @Leo Gura About survival, yes, but won't that survival be happening on tier 2 and up spiral stages, such that it will be structurally similar to what a future stage yellow or turquoise society would look like? This way it would be much better than mainstream society. Although that may be what you just acknowledged. Anyone know of examples?

The decisions for acceptance are supposed to come out soon, so I've been thinking about going here for undergraduate. In many ways, it seems way better than other schools. It emphasizes a global perspective, environmentalism, and changing the world. Life purpose is something people here are interested in, way more so than the average state school. It is insanely affordable, around a third to half the price of some other schools I like. I wouldn't go into debt. Study abroad is part of the tuition, and everyone does it. Highly rated academics, super small classes, great curriculum. It was founded by Buddhists but is non-sectarian. However, there are criticisms, many claim religious discrimination takes place against non SGI buddhists, and it's hard for me to tell if these criticisms are accurate. https://ocweekly.com/soka-university-of-america-is-a-school-on-a-hill-6416780/ Like these As far as I can tell, it is stage green and up. They even have almost all of Ken Wilber's books in their library. The most I've seen at other colleges is one. The atmosphere just seems above the downsides of modern american universities, overall. But the claims of religious discrimination and of buddhist cult stuff accuses it of being stage blue. It seems like just a bad reaction. They are less tied to their buddhist religous roots than most christian founded universities. Of course, I'm not sure if anyone will have a good answer, since it might take a bunch of research. But from what I've said and stuff, What do you think? Thanks!

I don't agree with everything in this video but I found it very interesting. Addresses celibacy a good bit.

I read Power v Force. Does anyone know if truth v falsehood has new info? This whole concept and the kineosthology is interesting. I just wonder about the claims that it is universal. Since he and ramaji(who didn't even credit hawkins and acted like he came up with the idea, while still referencing him once or twice, in the book 1000) disagree on some random words. And then its like come on some word has an absolute numerical value? really? with no explanation of what the metaphysics and conceptual scheme behind that is.

Bump I got accepted. Which is cool, since 25% do with the early action option. Would really appreciate some perspectives as this is a big life decision.

let us know how you like it

would love to hear how you got there. I'm trying to really get into dream workr

Ohhhhhh of course. great point. yea seems like criticisms are pretty superficial.

wait I just ate an apple for breakfast. I almost never eat apples. And I watched a video out the snake in adam and eve yesterday. then I see this thread and this post

@Identity That seems to be the structure of a lot of the top tier liberal arts colleges in the US. Just waiting for Leo to start that 'college' in hawaii

@Nak Khid I mean that the overall changes in the functioning of the body and mind may differ in proportion. So while the blood alkalization of Wim Hof will be mirrored psychologically, it is primarily a physiological change. I understand this is a dualistic oversimplification.

I've done shamanic breathing for about a year or two on and off. I find that it just doesn't work for me. I either breath too fast and can't go very long at all, or too slow and get nothing. I just tried the Wim Hof method and it was great. I can get as deep as I've gotten with shamanic breathing at the end, but throughout the whole 20 min. The pauses in between rounds just make it so much more effective. I plan on doing this every day, however I am concerned there is a reason Leo did not teach this method @Leo Gura Will the Wim Hof method produce the same emotional/spiritual purification results as shamanic breathing. Sorry if this is already a thread, when I searched Wim Hof, or similar keywords, nothing came up.

OP, could you elaborate on why you think that? We will listen with open minds.

But have you done that? how do you know? and what is your idea of 'gravity will still exist'. What is that concept