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@Rilles What did you try?

Talking about e-ink tablets, journaling exercises and techniques and my own inner work journey. Still in early phase. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6r9IOD0EaHOR8_Qg_95jbQ

Yeah, I do because I want to be authentic and I enjoy it as subject. Thought, people do disagree with me. Risk rejection.

@Vision Not synonymous but related. Karma Yoga likely goes beyond your life purpose.

What are peoples opinions on Evernote? I have been using that, and my reMarkable as my commonplace book. I like use my reMarkable for its distraction free design tbh. However, I think my note taking system can be upgraded. I find it helps me get into a deeper note taking while reading books and kindle. I will compare it to onenote this week.

Karma Yoga is an aspect of enlightenment. However, you want to get all the kinds of yoga together to really become enlightened. You even want to go beyond Yoga. Life Purpose is not the same as enlightenment, but can be an aspect of your path. Life purpose is the creation of meaning, where enlightenment is... though multifaceted it is waking up to the truth of what you are. I think both are connected.

Sounds like you are asking the right questions. You will have to figure out what works best for you! There are also subfields in self help that help you learn to design your own life long learning plans. Personally, I find myself reading multiple books at once. I review as I go, and when I finish the book I review my notes, book highlights and answer what I learned from it. Polymath: https://www.amazon.ca/Learn-Like-Polymath-Multidisciplinary-Irreplaceable-ebook/dp/B08JKPHMX7/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=polymath&qid=1610544944&sr=8-4 gives a good outline for creating your own learning plan, breaking things into modules and how to take great notes

I am studying it, I think its an interesting thing!

"Peaceful Protests against Voter crime"

@abrakamowse I agree.

Important to remember that the people who rioted at the capital did so out of love, given the education they have had from: News, social media, memes, videos etc.... They actually thought what they were doing was for the good, for truth.... They love their country, and don't know where the lies start and end.... the lies in the US are so omnipresent people are lost in an Ocean of Noise.... not to mention peoples already tendency for self deception, devilry etc... Idk, I feel embarrassed when I make much smaller mistakes in my life. How is the US going to find a common ground? There are far more factors at play than meets the eye. You can't have a democracy with a population who only watch what makes them feel good. This combined with Corona, jobs loss, etc... It's madness! What is a hero in an ocean of noise? but a criminal in someones eyes?? and vice versa.. The intellectual infrastructure of a nation is crucial, and in the states it has been eroding for years. How does a country build on devilry transition into a modern world? Messily. To all my American brothers and sisters I am wishing you a safe ride through this.

What is happening in the states I think goes well beyond MAGA and more about what is the fucking truth? People are gonna do what they think is right. What are they looking at? So many things JP (not jordan peterson but Awaken with JP) does in this to me seem immoral in how he stretches truth... Truth is complicated AF.

@Leo Gura I see your point. However, I am thinking Jordan has publicly denounced that he sides with Nazi. I imagine he would take offence that someone claims he sides with Nazis given his background and study. He even claimed that they didn't like his ideas. He also claims to be against the ideologies that lead to Nazism. I do know he has made open comments about the extreme left, and not about the right. I would be mindful of saying he 'sided with neo-nazis'... I don't think he has done this, at least not intentionally. I agree he is not the intellectual people portray him as. I will keep an open mind. Jordan Peterson was been a tough person to understand. I think he has cognitive dissonance for sure. But, also his own perspective that has at least kernels of truth. Should he be denounced? I will let that sit for awhile and think about it. He is not someone I hold as the standard of intellect I spend my time listening to, other than to understand him as a phenomen. I want to see him and his situation more clearly. Is he to blame for it partially? Well, perhaps I can see your point there. But, having dissonance and not seeing the wider implications of what you are saying, is that the same as siding with?

@Mips Do your research, be mindful and when you do do it, commit to it with an open mind.

Not sure if this is shared here already. Michael Moore thinks more riots are to come! But much bigger....

@Rolo Does that for me too. time to quit that waky tabaccy. Weed can do that to people. take a break maybe?

In what ways to do you uncover, face, correct and transcend your beliefs, models of reality that have no grounding in reality? One thing that is becoming apparent on my path is that I am moving from an area of delusion, ignorance, prejudice and cognitive dissonance toward open mindedness, truth, not knowing, self knowledge and aligning myself with the geometry of the cosmos. I am finding it a rewarding, but often painful process. I find when I discover an aspect of my thinking that is delusional that I have a mixed group of feelings because reality is so complex, and there are so many sciences, world views, etc that I find it hard to trust myself or others. I want to know that the models of reality and systems for living I use are in accordance with truth. However, taking into account my selfishness, relativity, cultural programming, wishful thinking etc and being inside this beautiful biological meat bag it is hard to know what is true. Personally I am doing the following: 1. Radical Open mind 2. Reading books on how the mind works especially focused on how the mind tricks you 3. journaling 4. Meditation 5. Self love and inner patience 6. Holding my mental models to the light of day 7. Asking powerful questions 8. Research 9. Feeling into my heart, body and intuition 10. Admitting when I don't know, or that I have been delusional and in what areas 11. Patience with confusion, not knowing etc 12. Not allowing my self image to be one of righteousness but one of curiosity and patience How do you deal with overcoming inner delusion and falsehood?

"I know a time is coming.... All Words will lose their meaning..."

@James123 Because of Consciousness and Awareness. There are many 'I'....

@tsuki Great Response @Tim R I think that is a good point too.

@James123 There are States, because there is no 'I'

@Skin-encapsulatedego No they are not a distraction, but can be. For example the insights from 5meo or LSD have given me insights into creativity, body awareness, forgiveness, God, Mental models, paradigm shifts, etc none of which I could have had otherwise. They are not a distraction (though at times misleading for me... but that is because of my own level of developmental structure, lack of maturity etc) psychs are essentially tools to be used like any other spiritual tool. I think our culture doesn't understand them and the fear of being 'high on drugs' , dualism and 'war of drugs' mentality, fear of being seen as a 'drug user' all make it more challenging. Not to mention the immaturity that comes from recreational psychedelic use in pop culture... I think ultimately it is up to you and how you use them in your life. If 'just in time learning' was a thing in personal development, there may be times that doing a psych is a good idea, and times when it is a distraction. Your level of awareness and self knowledge will determine this.

I relate to this. Trust that these feelings are a guidance towards a new light!

@somegirl Personally, I don't think so. I would imagine that the best and most sustainable systems are built upon truth, systems thinking and ecology. Does the sun and moon lie to the earth? No... It just holds it in place and has done so for billions of years. I think that evil, lies and manipulation can likely last a relatively long time, however not forever or 'long' when compared to what a society can do with the right foundations of 'Truth' in place. I think that life on the planet wants to evolve its consciousness and in the long run humanity wants order and justice because it wants to survive. (though corruption is also created by low conscious survival needs). Lies and corruption wear away at the stability of large systems, words lose their meanings, mental health declines... Of course its case by case... In order for any group of people to successfully get along there needs to be some coherency in their world views. Different situation call for different types of survival strategy. Also, it might not be obvious to the people are are doing the manipulating and lying that they are even doing so. Take certain religions and secular views that are cognitively dissonant and. Who is to say what is evil and what is good when things end up in a grey area? From what you described I would say that that kind of system wouldn't last long. A system with no balance isn't going to be able to last compared to one based on truth.