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Who is deciding what deeds count as morally sound or unsound? And on what criteria? What happens if evil is committed without repentance?

Can you be more specific?

@TruthFreedom what is heaven?

Oh god, I had forgotten about Pascal's wager. That one is exceptionally bad. Maybe the worst on the list. I had gone through these proofs over a decade ago when I was deconstructing my religious upbringing. Leo's channel didn't exist yet and I had no real direct experience with God. So I came to the conclusion of "I think all these proofs are bullshit, but I still have no idea if God is actually real". It was a profound full-circle moment to come back to these proofs, after having achieved at least some direct consciousness of God. What a plot-twist.

@sda my guess is that it's just genetics. Your genetic welfare is always unevenly distributed. On somethings you get lucky, on others not so much. Your whole body is likely not aging as rapidly as your hair. The reality is there may not be a solution for you besides hair dye. See how far you can get with lifestyle modifications like diet, toxin reduction, exercise and sleep. Talk to a doctor and see what they say. Maybe research some more alternative treatments like red light therapy.

I'd like to have one. Although I know there's more to go, I've accomplished a world class big-picture understanding of reality. But that required sacrificing quite a lot. So I think at this point, a family could be helpful for rounding out my development. Having kids is also still important from a collective perspective.

The models are fine, you just have to synthesize the disparate pieces. Individualism and collectivism feedback on each other in complex and sometimes counter-intuitive ways. If you read and understand her work, you will see Susanne Cook-Greuter is not enforcing a rudimentary hyper-individualistic / deconstructive frame on Green. Her framing is nuanced and understands Green's increasing interconnection with all of life. There's no contradiction here.

This is one of the best steelman cases I've come across for conservatism. Lots of crossover with Leo's work: If you're a liberal / leftist, these are the kind of people you need to be sharpening your intellectual sword against. You get a false sense of confidence debating with MAGA fools, like a boxer who has only ever fought children. Your political growth will be severely handicapped by this. Liberalism / leftism cannot possibly contain reality. And you're already a conservative / MAGA, you should watch this as well. Many of you cannot properly articulate the value of your own philosophy. This does a great disservice to conservatism and accelerates the spread of unhinged liberalism / leftism. You can also combine this with other thinkers like Leo Strauss to further sharpening your sword. I myself have made a list of such people for future reference.

To quote from Susan Cook-Geuter on the Individualist stage (4/5), which approximates to the transition to SD Green: This all correlates with the SD Green value system. So no, Green really is the first post-conventional, deconstructive stage in these models. All stages below that, including Orange, are conventional or pre-conventional. You can also look at Ken Wilber's Integral map and see this for yourself. Re-coalescing of community does not mean you have integrated conservatism. In practice, all these SD Green communities are full of hippy fantasies, leftist politics and delusional anti-mainstream thinking. That's what actually happens when you actually gather a bunch of SD Green people together. This is the opposite of conservatism. And it's not just because they're not "truly Green". They ARE Green. That's the problem. I'm sorry if I'm being blunt, but this is an absurd position you are taking. You seem to truly value community, but don't let that bias blind you on this. If you want to integrate conservatism, you must go beyond Green.

That could be a way to bridge things. I’d definitely be thinking about ways to make it sustainable for your body. If this is going to be your career, it has to financially provide for you for a long time. Also, don’t try to predict things too far in advance and map everything out perfectly either. Life purpose evolves and often in unexpected ways. It could radically change over the years.

@ExploringReality I think it can be a mistake to sometimes try and align your deepest spiritual work with survival and life purpose. Sometimes it's better to keep things compartamenalized. If skateboarding is really your zone of genius, do that for your life purpose and survival. Pursue spirituality outside of that on your own. It's possible they may end up coming together in an unexpected way too.

It's a reasonable question.

Whether it's deep holistic intuitions or some rational, empirical inquiry, it's all understanding. And it's all happening with your mind and your intelligence, just to different degrees. There is no escaping mind, intellect or understanding. There is no other process. Mind is using mind to understand mind. On this we are in strong disagreement. Stage Green cannot possibly offer healthy conservatism. The whole purpose of Stage Green is to begin the deconstructive process of societal norms and all your conditioning.

There have been strong protests for most modern wars. Look at how much backlash Vietnam and Iraq got. Whether or not it would be enough for the public to completely lose faith in Trump is questionable. It depends on how much pain they are experiencing and how much they attribute it to Trump. Most conservatives do not actually believe war or violence is wrong. They see that as a weak position for soft liberals.

At this rate, we may end up in an actual physical war with Europe and Canada.

That's the whole reason for doing an inquiry like this. If healthy conservatism is difficult to find, we must seek it out. It's like mining for gold. Their sense-making is often still shallow, yes. Those are definitely some errors leftists make. I doubt almost anyone understands Goodness or comprehends the depth of our collective problems.

A good discussion on the importance of press freedom:

Levitation or it doesn't count

Good find.

You bring more Tier 2 thinking, but I suspect there's still quite a bit of overlap. I actually have this debate with one of my close leftist friends. His viewpoint is incredibly similar to yours. "Evil" for most lefties is anything outside or against their SD Green value system. But their Green value system still tends to include seeing people as inherently good. Even the lefties calling for the guillotines are often doing so while believing in the inherent goodness of people. Here's a quick convo I had with GPT on this, which I think mostly nailed it: https://chatgpt.com/share/67c660ff-be24-800c-a9a7-5d78ae66ca3d My perspective would be that limitation is in service of preservation. Preservation is the goal, limitation is the tool. As long as we wish to preserve, conservatism will be relevant.

Re: wokeness is "dead" Is DEI just a moral fad, or is it deeper than that?

@Mu_ your questions are not unreasonable at all. Helping to bring the entire world up to the standard of living of the most undeveloped nations could cause more resource strain. But also, I would consider what the benefits of that would be. What would we gain in terms of technology, scientific-advancements, coordination, resource-use etc? If we consider the ecological crisis to be a function of Stage Orange and lower stages of development, then the reality is we need to more development, not less. You have to punch through the wall.

Vibes can be misleading.

Great. Keep us updated.

Vice News is exactly what popped into my head as well. This kind of thing seems up their alley.