Bryan Lettner

I created a ketogenic diet plan for myself, every calorie planned out. 75% fat, 20% protein, 5% carb. Designed for my bodyweight, ~160-180 lbs. Adjust accordingly. I created it for the purpose of cutting fat while maintaining muscle. Everything explained in the intro. program attached. ** I haven't tried it out yet myself. ** i'm no expert. Use at your own risk. Post your thoughts if you try it! Enjoy. KETO-CUT.zip

here is a vid this guy just did which addresses the alleged "soul trap" and how to navigate your next experience upon dying. The cliff notes: -most of your mental faculties will be gone, and you'll have to operate without them. -any spiritual growth you have accumulated will need to be "flexed" like a muscle, as you hold your own and make peace with the darkness and face it, rather than panicking and fleeing to comfort. As you do this and hold a strong love vibration, you're "free to go" after a few moments (back to heaven/God). But hardly anyone can accomplish this, apparently. But none of us really have a clue. Still all guesswork at this point.

Also, the Shepard Tone, the "perpetually rising frequency", kind-of a pseudo- strange loop. Also this dude makes great GIFs, pretty loopy. (scroll down for GIFs). Here's a couple:

The idea from the movie The Never Ending Story, that Creation must be "reseeded" and "given a new name" by one of its creations, to keep it from being consumed by The Nothing. (2 min clip)

Serious work is great and all, but sometimes the existential angst is too much. Like being an exposed nerve. Anyone have good ideas for healthy ways to achieve a temporary, relaxing "durr-state" for a few hours? To "take the edge off" more or less, take my mind off heavy stuff, induce a sense of ease and well-being. So far i've got: regular breathing, cardio or gym, L-theanine and some herbs/supplements/ calming tea, maybe some puzzle-solving little computer games, watching some standup comedy, busying my hands with little tasks like dishes or laundry, listening to music.

Here's some (mostly speculative, just guesses): Continuity and discreetness give birth to one another. They are both limit cases of one another. A regular polygon with infinitely many sides is a continuous circle, and the curviest curve is an angle or sharp peak. It makes emotional sense to do things that don’t make logical sense. Not making sense makes sense? (this one needs work, maybe not a strange loop.) Reality is deterministically spontaneous. Spontaneity and determinism give birth to one another. Reality is the only map that is also the territory. It describes itself with itself.

Yes, I don't think it's too unusual. One or two hits of a blunt, only into mouth, not inhaling into lungs, gave me open-eye visuals. Also my chest and throat disappeared from my proprioception, so I was unable to monitor whether i was breathing or not.

@Prabhaker Touche. Shots fired

@Pure Imagination Would agree. Haven't tried 5Meo, but Ayahuasca ripped me open pretty hard, brutal 6 month hangover. I almost wish I hadnt done it at all... too much. Prefer a more gradual, light-handed approach now. I look forward to new developments in psychedellics, where we can possibly fine-tune them and give you a controlled "gentle glimpse". Let you dip your toes in first.

pursuing enlightenment be like... https://9gag.com/gag/ap2jrO9 pursuing enlightenment be like.mp4

What does the ideal or objective language look like? If we were to map out the fundamental structure which underlies all human languages... what shape might it take? Hi guys ’n gals. First post. Let’s get jiggy. Let's try to point at this subject from a few different angles, to give a better idea of what is being referred to: The “Geometry of Generality” The “Shape of Language” (considering only the inherent properties of language, not the human conventions) The “Meaning Map” The “United Web of all Definitions” The “Structure of Concept” The “Fundamental Circuitry of Relationship” The "Network of Notions" The “Dictionary 2.0”, which distills the english language to its essence, organizing concepts relationally and geometrically, rather than organized alphabetically (a.k.a. arbitrarily and clumsily). For an early prototype, we could envision an app on you computer, like an indra's net or a holographic ball-and-stick molecule model, where you can zoom in on a concept and see the "neighboring" interconnections and concepts which define it. Needless to say, finding this shape is no small task. But it is also a pretty low hanging fruit. The number of words in the dictionary is actually pretty manageable, and a lot are repetitive. Leo’s "Contemplation" video triggered a long flow state for me. "What is it, what is it?" I wrote down all the fundamental concepts i could think of. Of course we can spend 1000 hours contemplating one fundamental concept alone, and perhaps only scratch the surface. Very true. But... fortunately, mapping generality is one subject where breadth is depth! The concept you are trying to grasp is comprised of all other concepts! It is defined by an infinitely rich web of concepts. As such, it cannot be fully grasped... but you can asymptote towards a deep understanding by increasing your bit-resolution and mapping more and more of the structure of generality. And fortunately again, there are really only a few thousand fundamental concepts, in my estimation. Emanating out from only a few fundamental concepts, proliferating and expanding in a highly ordered way. (Possibly mimicking the structure of the number line itself... which may be a 1-dimensional compressed or disguised form of an infinite-dimensional fractal.) The Derrida episode also got into this as well. So step 1 is recognizing the “infinite regress” property of language. Words mutually define one another, serving as the ground for one another, or perhaps with the shared ground of being itself. But now we have to take the second step, which is mapping out that regress. Mapping out the inter-branching structure of meanings which mutually substrate one another, like an intricate but highly-ordered tumbleweed. Again, easier said than done. --- Imagine a shape like E8, where the most pervasive notions (like "rhythm") are more proximal to the center node, and the most specific concepts (like "watersnake") are more distal. A framework which emanates outward from the most primary concepts via a very simple pattern of iteration, and accommodates an infinite amount of infinitely subtle concepts. --- Imagine connecting tidbits of wisdom into the connected web in which they inherently dwell, like a multidimensional jigsaw puzzle, rather than considering them in a piecemeal and isolated fashion. One could express a truism as coordinates in the whole integrated shape. *** I’m betting that 20 years from now, people will look back and say: “how on earth did we carry on for so long without even knowing the basic structure of language/concept/relationship, or even suspecting its existence?” Once we have it mapped out, we’ll probably kick ourselves for not seeing it sooner. Lots more to be said, but just wanted to raise the topic. Your thoughts, hypotheses?

@electroBeam Yes, it is indeed circular, a representation of Representation itself. But some representations would be inaccurate, and some would more accurate. The goal with this is to uncover the most accurate representation of Representation possible. And yes, language cannot be understood through language, only through direct experience. Understanding happens with the beholding of a representation, which is experiential. No understanding occurs within the confines of the model itself; Understanding only occurs within beholders of the model. Certainly, data points in a computer model cannot entirely encapsulate Reality or Language itself, or any of it at all. There is no attempt to do so. But it can be a good enough microcosm or representation or reflection so as to be a useful navigation tool. The geometrical relationships between timeless phenomena (Universal Laws) are fixed. Knowledge of those geometries would enable us to make more educated assessments and life-choices. I've been toying with the idea that Reality itself might be the one exception to the rule, "the Map is not the Territory". In other words, Reality describes itself with itself. Which might explain Terrence McKenna's gut feeling or suspicion that "the world is made of Language". Representation and embodiment may be two sides of the same coin, in some sense.

As inspiration for what the shape might look like, we could imagine something like the GIF image on this post: http://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/1358541 That's a mere 2-dimensional image with only a few points... but perhaps with the number of points and number of dimensions approaching infinity, we could get something resembling the fundamental structure of language. Complete correlation, connections between all possible connections... resulting in "emergent divinity", or beauty arising from particular patterns of relationship. A word = a snapshot or portion or subset of the shape, with more fundamental concepts corresponding to more prominent features of the shape, and less fundamental concepts corresponding to finer or less prominent features. Note that such a model readily supports infinitely nuanced shades of meaning. @knuckles Enjoyed your reply, appreciate the enthusiasm.

(mentioned at 1:08:55) @Leo Gura The problem: relapse into old habits, when returning to daily life. To discuss a solution, let's acknowledge some of the dynamics which are are at play here, and some relevant bullet points. Kindof a hodgepodge of ideas: the principle of induction is immutable, and always in effect. Whether in electromagnetism or induction of behaviors. Everything is a tuning fork for everything else. Environments and circumstances induce habits. anchoring is relevant here. Merely encountering a familiar sight or smell will automatically re-prime the behavioral patterns most often associated with that stimulus. So some amount of stimulus avoidance or de-correlation is helpful. The human body and brain is old, possibly outdated hardware. Our innate habit-formation protocols are based on a primitive, dangerous survival environment. we live in a messy era of increasing confusion. None of us have a damn clue what we're doing here on Earth, what we are, or what to do about it. Until this is resolved, we will continue to indulge escapist tendencies. like seeks like. Habits of all kinds drive us to seek out other habits which will reinforce it. We fall back into our "old ways" because these ways have mini egos and are afraid of dying. we need to have the humility to view ourselves as mechanical. There is a continuum (or maybe mobius strip) between inertial and volitional. Commander, and commanded. You and I are an amalgam/system of both. all indulgent behaviors are an attempt to get a taste of the divine, which is actually a self-loving act. If we were to reconfigure the human experience such that divinity were the default, rather than the rarity, no one would feel the need to "get high". Ideally, choosing the healthier option must feel just as good or better than choosing the unhealthy one. Belief plays a big role. If you don't believe you will be emotionally supported in a new lifestyle, then you will continue to get your support where you already know you can get it (old habits). Many tiny unpredictable things trigger our web of habits and loops. Even specularity (quality of lighting) matters a great deal. It influences your mood etcetera, driving you to behave this or that way. Expansion caps. Expanding with vigor only to hit the walls of a limited box that you can't get out of: whether consciously or unconsciously, we intuitively know that for all our efforts, brutal annihilation is our fate (at this level, anyway). So when we get too close to optimization, we bump up against limits of our human form and habitat. I think we avoid getting too perfect, because we know that there is nowhere to go from there. So by refining ourselves, we are heading straight for anxiety and paralysis. Whereas, when we fuck ourselves over, at least we have something to do and some way to grow in the aftermath. Feeling the gap: becoming a more healthy and streamlined person will force you to feel the gap between you and others who aren't at that level. So we avoid transcending opur dysfunctions, because doing so would bring the dysfunctions into sharper contrast. people have no choice but to seek relief. Certain activities are a "match" to the 9-inch face mole in our lives. Imagine trying to get a date , but you have a mole which covers your entire face. The whole face is just one big mole. Yeah, that's what it's like trying to get in shape or become enlightened while having a job which takes up all your time. until we get rid of the mole, it will seek matches to perpetuate its existence. We need freedom AND resources, or short-term gratification habits will inevitably creep in. where are habits stored? "neurons that fire together wire together". Habits are intricate webs of large self-reinforcing tapestries. The solution: It sucks because it is a mind-numbingly monumental task, and it's not actionable just yet... but the solution, as i estimate, is to take a systems engineering approach. to put "quality control" on Reality or our neighborhood of it, to the degree that that's possible. the only real situation is to map out the dynamics at play, as many as possible, and treat it all like a circuit. For instance, if we could somehow implement proactive monitoring (computer-assisted correlation maps) and on-the-fly decorrelation procedures, then we'd stand a much better chance. What those decorrelation procedures might look like, I have no idea. But it would be like an "anti-habit", or habit kryptonite. -An under-discussed pillar of physical fitness is: not having a job AND already having enough money to buy any food you want AND living close to a gym AND etc etc. The idea here is that unless you have all of the "and"s checked off, relapse is inevitable, in a deterministic sense. So nothing less than a complete restructuring of human society will solve relapse issues. And even then, life as a fragile fleshy body in an indifferent universe is traumatizing enough, even if you have your survival and thriving needs met. So from there, full extrication from our physical universe to "greener pastures" will be in order. Like a system upgrade. Our type of universe is an old model and is not well-suited for habitation. it comes with inherent stresses, which will necessarily lead to dysfunctions and relapses of all kinds, no matter your level of willpower. Just as a psychedelic can supercharge your meditation, a environment finely tuned to be conducive to well-being of its inhabitants can supercharge habits (or decharge the bad ones). But by all means, exercise the willpower that you do have. Some helpful habit hacks: -cold showers (builds will power) -start each day with a small act of discipline, before any acts of gratification. -wear earplugs. (drowns out noise, decreases its effect on you).

I like to break it down into two types of gratitude: interpersonal, and existential. On one level, yes we should be grateful that someone invented air conditioning after years of hard work. On the other hand, the fact that it's still too hot in the room should make us a little angry, and inspire us to change our circumstances or move to a new one. If we didn't have a healthy amount of anti-gratitude, we wouldn't make any progress in anything. I think we should also be a little angry that we were born. If someone walks up to you randomly and punches you in the face once, should you respond with gratitude, since maybe someone 5 minutes ago got punched in the face twice? No, any amount of undesirable stimulus is way too much. Anti-gratitude is just a sign of having good discernment and not letting not-so-smart people tell you that you should be grateful for copious piles of poo.

@Solace Thanks i will give it a try!

Interesting ideas, everyone. Anyone else struggle though with the heart telling you to go in too many different directions? My heart wants to go in the direction of finishing this song AND that song AND building an AI AND finishing a book AND doing comedy AND blah blah AND eight different youtube channels AND making 5 movies AND exploring math and philosophy AND giving it all up just to meditate AND etc etc. How can we trust the heart if it contradicts itself? It's like having 500 babies to breastfeed but only two titties. ...Which is a frustrating scenario (i'm sure many of you can relate), which makes me resent the heart (with all my heart). Not complaining, first world problems I know I know. But like I'd almost rather do none of them and not trust my heart and just be a piece of shit to spite the creator or the heart or whatever, because doing heart-inspired actions 1 at a time is so slow and cumbersome and unsatisfying. Or who knows, maybe I'm conflating/misattributing, and i don't even know what the heart is.

@Faceless Your outlook on life sounds interesting. I don't see anything wrong with movement or thought or engagement, as long as we don't identify it. Open to different perspectives here. The projects I work on vary. making music, exploratory math, writing, miscellaneous brainstorming for inventions n stuff

So there is an infinite amount of possible experiences. Some unpleasant, some pleasant, some weird, etcetera. My question is: does everything that can happen have to actually occur? Perhaps there is some universal law which requires this. But I hope not, because if so, that might mean that 50% of Reality is on fire in some degree or torment. Forever, without hope of reconciliation. Some texts like Bhagavad Gita talk about "facing the unfaceable". I hope this is not what that phrase is referring to. Definitely a barrier for me on the path... I don't want to go any further cuz I'm afraid I might find out some ugly facts such as the above. Also, if anyone wants to weigh in on this one: Is there an "absolute pain", analogous to absolute zero in temperature? A "maximum degree of suffering"? Or is the potential for suffering limitless? Not sure I want that one answered either actually. Makes me want to stick my head in the ground and stop existing. Thanks in advance!

Thanks everyone. I think i just have to get more comfortable with the uncertainty. The "it's just a dream" perspective doesn't do it for me. It's easy to take that perspective from a position of current ease and homeostasis, but while all may be a dream, one who is being tortured will assure you that it is not "just" a dream. It's also real. Pain hurts. It doesn't not hurt. And the essence of who we are is pure awareness or consciousness or maybe nothingness... yes, we are that, but trapped. You're trapped awareness, conditioned, bound. A grain of sand is the same in essence as the whole beach, but it is not the whole beach. If you think you are everything, try levitating that cup in front of you or morphing it into a cow with your thoughts. Right, you can't, so we are imprisoned consciousness, confined to a tiny little blob. We are not the body in essence, but we are certainly stuck in one, even if it is "just a dream" that we are. But I guess even if pain is always occurring, adding worry, stress, and fear won't resolve it. So we can still retain some peace of mind at least.

@Faceless Interesting thoughts. Although, I do far less thinking when i'm working than when i'm not. the closest i've ever come to an ego death would be during flow-states when i'm not thinking or concentrating, but just "channelling", more or less. just pure witnessing. but then, i'm no expert on this stuff. wouldn't call myself a serious student. i dont really care much about becoming enlightened.

for purposes of mental health, you can always pick an arbitrary meaning or purpose, such as learn an instrument or surf a big wave or something. Often feels better to be oriented than un-oriented. Whatever you enjoy, just work on it for a couple hours. Maybe set some goals. In my experience, i get existentially angsty when I'm not working, and i feel better when i work on a project.

@Scholar You speak much truth, Scholar. "It is equally foolish to over-emphasize the Absolute at the expense of the Relative, or to over-emphasize the Relative at the expense of the Absolute." -The Kybalion or Corpus Hermeticum or one of those.

@tsuki Tsuki you've got the idea, I agree with everything you've said. (I was kind of being generous when i said we're already making much progress with the machine learning stuff). What I am alluding to is a "beta-version" of the approximation of the structure, which would still have great usefulness, and which we can refine over time. Something we can use to "kind of get an idea." A "word" is like a low-resolution Riemann approximation of a continuous curve, the continuous multidimensional tapestry of meaning and experience and phenomenological hierarchy. Language itself is onto-conceptual... in other words, it's not just concepts, because it has its roots in experience and Being, so we obviously can't fully express the structure of Language in any kind of representation or model. But my point is, for practical purposes, it is not necessary to do so. At best, any representation of the S.o.L (structure of language) would be a mere contemplation tool. But we could use this tool for education purposes, as a guide to seeing conceptually how notions interconnect (which of course would then have to be grounded in real world experience). @Principium Nexus Yes indeed! Thinking processes could be modeled as mini-circuits in the great Structure. The English language is tragically over-defined and conflationary and redundant, so get a clear image that's not a tangled mess, we would need to get rid of words with multiple meanings (over-definition... sooooooo dumb. a recipe for massive miscommunication ) and multiple words with the same fundamental meaning (redundancy). We also don't need actual words comprised of letters. A "word" can be expressed as coordinates in the Structure, and a sentence could be expressed as a circuit or graph between the nodes (words). Even if we don't attempt to map the Structure, we should still clean up our human languages to have only one definition per word and only one word per definition.

@Principium Nexus Thank you very much for those links! yes the first video shows we are already making much progress. The second is also very exciting, because as a music producer, it would be very useful to be able to brows sounds by subjective quality or timbre.