Dan502

I generally like the blog for its mix of videos and updates from Leo. I check it from time to time.

What a long-winded way of saying that knowledge is relative

To me it seems a bit like when a baby sees its reflection in a mirror, and then says to the mirror "Mirror?! Why do you look like a baby!?

Destiny mainly seems to engage in political debates although I'd still like to see Leo talking to him, as he could be a route to talking to someone like Dr. K which I think could be a really interesting conversation although I may be getting ahead of myself.

There's a beautiful parallel between Peterson not listening to Elon and people also not listening to Elon in this thread about Peterson not listening to Elon. When I say "not listening", Peterson himself as an ex-clinical psychologist will be well aware what this means. The interruptions, the judgement. But even he doesn't follow the rules in this interview. In his defense, it is "only" an interview but good interviews also require good conversation which requires good listening. And that's very difficult, for me, for Peterson, for everyone.

The idea that, whatever we create will eventually be destroyed. I read that Zapff was inspired by Schopenhauer and antinatalism.

With Matías De Stefano, the stage orange part of me wants to write him off as deluded because so much of what he says is stuff that seems like fantasy. I would be surprised if Matias' memories took place within what we normally think of as physical reality.

To the mind, everything appears relative.

@Yousif your comment reminds me of the phrase "Time is money". It seems a bit like a currency. We can save it, spend it, buy it and sell it.

The average person imagines multiple potential futures but only one past. This is because our eyes are in the front of our head, metaphorically speaking. This enables the distinction of choice, which gives the person's ego some sense of omnipotence.

Happy birthday

We can make a distinction between being God, which is what we are anyway, and realising that we're God, which is partly what Actualized.org is about. In order to realise that we're God, we must first realise that what we think we are is not God. Most of the time people don't think that they're God so this is fairly straightforward, but it helps to reiterate it here because there are all kinds of people wandering around telling each other that they are God, which can confuse the mind, which is good but people can also latch on to it as a belief, which is not realisation. Actually one thing I hadn't thought of, which is so obvious that I missed it, is that the average person's mind would also have to drop the existing belief that it's not God Huh... interesting.

@Thought Art thank you

In order to teach you that you're God, the spiritual traditions must first help us to drop our existing personal identity. And if I, as a person, am so fucked up that I believe I am God, then a spiritual teacher would be there to help me drop that identity. With an identity like that, I might not make it through the door and if I did they'd have their work cut out, but who knows, I might get lucky.

Merry Christmas all