BlessedLion

Love the post on Ken Wilber. I truly think his work is the best out there and every time I read his books I grow immensely. He is way ahead of his time

The irony is that these are Orange metrics of success

I’ve been really enjoying diving back into Orange recently. Lotta beauty there that I initially labeled as “bad”

A great lesson on authenticity and life purpose, props to Mark, unfortunately i think his follower count will drop now that he is actually going to produce in depth content. I also don't really agree with his viewpoints or perspective on many things, but thought this was cool. Being a full-time podcaster seems pretty difficult, and this brings light to an even deeper issue: Most of these people being interviewed and famous podcasters are actually extremely contradictory and do not like being challenged on their views. I see why Mark got burnt out on these mainstream guests, honestly it's simply too much information to truly ground and go deep in anything, like quick hit dopamine self help

A good example of this is Diary of a CEO. It’s the number 1 podcast in the world but it’s like fast-food dialogue and entertainment. It’s Netflix wearing the cloak of education and learning. The latest video is on stupid gimmicks and tricks for manipulating your facial expressions so people like you. Like your appeasing a baby! Another recent one is on a crooked cop, there is no wisdom being learned here, just interesting stories and perspectives, but no one watching DOAC is learning core principles of living well. It’s bubble gum self help. And all these guests do is just loop and loop on different platforms creating this echo chamber which causes mass confusion on how to live but people think they are becoming smarter.

He’s already really rich and successful. I don’t think he gives a shit about it

I was laughing my ass off out loud in the cafe when I heard that part

I think it’s okay but it’s missing some serious principles and time tested values, has a tinge of nihilism to it, and he seems to have a serious chip on his shoulder around Stage Green values and practices like meditation and love. Not my vibe, but I can see how it could help a lot of people, especially young guys. Overall I think he’s a solid male role model, and doing good in the world.

That’s true. Researching, structuring editing and creating videos from scratch is much more challenging than asking questions

I think it depends on who you interview, but most of these mainstream “experts” are like bubble gum self help. They are charismatic and pull you in but their advice is shallow and not rooted in any deep or time tested principles. Alex Hormozi Rich Roll Sadia Khan even Robert Greene They rarely share anything that profound and mostly confuse people. I don’t think their work is grounded in strong principles. It’s like a strange form of word wizardry. But people like Wilber Ralston Grandmeister Wolf Would be an honor to interview

Agreed. Love how he breaks it all down so clearly

We speak about the Psychedelic versus Meditative path, God Realization, Love, Authentic Living and tons of other topics. I find Martin so cool to talk to as he just has so much depth and wisdom in these topics, and can articulate it so well. As my first ever interview I feel so lucky to have gotten to speak to Martin about these topics, it was awesome! If you watch it enjoy

I also feel that reincarnation can still exist as a system within the completeness of God. It doesn’t make full sense to me that one can go from being a human to a bird but that’s just my 2 sense. Martin says “the only one who reincarnates is God”

@PenguinPablo Hope you enjoy(ed)! @Yimpa Hahah, always love your unfiltered authenticity @Jodistrict Agreed

I found this pretty cool & balanced:

@Breakingthewall Cool take, thanks for sharing. I’ll contemplate this too. @Lyubov Yes, I felt so much love and humanness from him.

Hahah yeah , well written out! In that context yes it’s totally delusional and toxic and the “betas” might just be men who are ready to settle down and focus on something deeper and build more. That’s such a childish viewpoint of Women and dating.

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Insightful. I think it depends how we’re contexting “Beta” too, because this can also mean spineless, no boundaries, overly nice, worming his way for female attention But if “Beta” means emotional, caring, kind, sensitive, sexually disciplined, then yes a Beta is a solid catch (as long as he’s still in his masculine frame and focused on purpose, mission, discipline and isn’t more emotional than his Woman. Imo.)

This is good advice for men too. Def fallen into this illusion in dating, for the stimulating, edgy, fireworks kinda woman, leading to inevitable pain

Thanks for sharing! I do appreciate your metaphors and shared examples, it brings a better context for your points. Overall I agree with you on this, but recently I’ve found there doesn’t need to be so much “challenge” and “calling out of bs” Im dating a woman now and it’s changing how I view relationships. She is like my supporter and biggest fan, rather than someone challenging me, because I do that to myself enough. I don’t need my Woman being over my shoulder constantly testing and challenging me like that. For example I am working on quitting adult content, and had a slip up recently, I was drowning in guilt and shame and told her honestly about it and she just held me lovingly about it and it was super healing. If she was like “this is the LOWER you, step up!” I’d have felt even worse. Now I’m porn free and crushing life, because she’s such a fan. That’s awesome you lived with a Nun, and I totally agree with her pov. These days I feel so much annoyance with certain groups of people and their insane political views, it’s very tough to feel love for people, especially when they are just causing destruction and suffering. Dogs are much easier Agree with you about us shaping ourselves only in relation to others. And if I was a man on an island I’d probably love it haha. But ya I get your point. It’s like David Deida speaks about how we can only meditate so much until we face life and bring our center there while sharing our gifts, much more challenging. Last thing I’ll leave is around the Michelangelo example, why do we need another to sculpt us or see the best in ourselves? 🔥❤️

Agreed. This whole framework makes no sense. Honestly I can’t even believe this is a discussion. Wouldn’t you want to date an adult not a child? Ive recently been so much more attracted to maturity and WOMEN and girls (no matter how hot) are just unappealing

Nonsense. A woman can be feminine and still have her life together and doing well. It’s called a Woman, a mature fully grown adult Woman can do this and still be feminine and it’s very sexy. Sure, if you’re dating underdeveloped girls with the psychology of a 9 year old then yeah you’ll have to baby her. Fuck that. I prefer being with a Woman who can also take care of me and help me feel better. It’s not like she needs to be mommy but I def don’t want to be daddy either. It’s a Man Woman relationship.

That’s beautiful!

I think you can equally realize God single and just introspective. Being in a relationship imo should be chill and supportive. I never loved this idea that your partner is supposed to manage your personal growth and challenge you, and that if you walk the path mostly depending on yourself you’re somehow missing something. But yeah, human love is beautiful and feels great. Also the masculine feminine polarity is one of the most awesome things in existence.