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Just this morning, as of writing this, I visited a Buddhist temple and meditation center. The place was officially non-sectarian but clearly followed a tradition and practice rooted in Zen. The reason I attended was that I wanted more order and structure in my meditation practice. I often find myself incredibly inconsistent and sloppy when trying to discipline myself—especially when it comes to spiritual work. I’ll set the goal to meditate for one or two hours, only to find some excuse to get up and end the session early—or take extremely long “breaks.” I want to do more work integrating Spiral Dynamics integral BLUE, for which I discovered through introspection, I'm clearly lacking. I also find myself coming up with arbitrary reasons not to practice at all. I set the intention, but then never follow through, telling myself I’ll just do it tomorrow. I don’t know why, but whenever I try to engage in any spiritual practice, I feel this internal resistance screaming at me not to do it. And even when I’m in the middle of it, every part of my body seems to be begging me to stop. I feel this internal hyperactivity within me, like as if I can't sit still, and I need to go for a walk. When I was in the temple, the feeling was there, but for some reason I powered through the whole two hours. I went to the temple because I decided I was done with the sloppiness. I wanted consistency and routine—and people who would, in a way, “force” me to become a better meditator. I arrived at the temple at 9:00 AM, when the meditation began, and it ended at 11:30 AM, with two 10-minute breaks in between. That means I completed two solid hours of meditation—something I almost never do on my own because I always find some excuse to stop early. When I got there, I was joined by two Buddhist monks from China (Taiwan), as well as ten other people. The monks were really cool—one of them became a monk at 21, and now in his 60s, he even has a Ph.D., I believe in Buddhist studies, though I’m not entirely sure. We introduced ourselves during one of the ten-minute breaks, and I mentioned Actualized.org and Leo Gura. Then, once the meditation ended at 11:30 AM and I went to collect my belongings, an older man approached me and said that he also watches Actualized.org. We started talking about our favorite videos and our admiration for Leo Gura. We were both long-time fans of the channel and bonded over our shared enthusiasm. Later, I spoke with one of the monks and asked him about different spiritual practices. He told me that he doesn’t believe his methods are superior, but that while in the temple, they teach according to the early teachings of the Buddha. They don’t incorporate methods from, say, Hinduism. I’m well aware of Leo’s critiques of Buddhism. But for someone as hyper as I am—who has trouble sitting still and can’t sleep at night because of sporadic, chaotic thoughts—just sitting for two full hours watching my breath is a huge improvement and a leap forward in my progress. It’s an accomplishment I don’t recall ever achieving before. Given how restless and undisciplined I tend to be, I’m genuinely celebrating the fact that I managed two whole freaking hours. I did it! That’s a massive improvement for someone like me. I fully intend to keep going, hopefully several times a week if I can, or at least once a week. The structure, the monks’ supervision, and the sense of routine have been incredibly beneficial to me—especially since I find it so difficult to stay committed on my own, for the reasons I’ve already shared. Pictures below taken from my iPhone.

But there is much more to say about it. In the book Spiral Dynamics in Action, by Don Beck and others, China is a deep Confucius BLUE with a deep cultural PURPLE. Purple? Yes, ancestors are too be respected, and face is to be kept, all of this comes from the Purple value system. Society's with purple in their culture aren't solely at that code. For example, Iceland is presumably at the GREEN system, but they have a deep PURPLE code in their culture, with their belief in the invisible elf people. The fact is, is that their political system of Government is a BLUE, one-party Marxist-Leninist style of government. This system of Government is very similar to that of Singapore, or Taiwan, back when Taiwan was a one-party state. I'll post an image of the Spiral Dynamics political evolution model later, but that is objectively the situation. And an ORANGE model of Government is much more of a pluralistic multi-party system. So their Government may be effective, but will it last? Will it still be here within 50-100 years? I ask this because China, according to Xi Jinping, is in the "primary stage of socialism", and intends to reach total socialism once the productive forces of capitalism have fully developed the country, by 2050. https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/comments/ehzwv3/china_after_2050_be_patient/ I really like Ken Wilber's analysis of Marxism. But what Marxism attempted to do, was to establish a pluralistic communitarian mode of production (GREEN, Ken Wilber's Collective Exterior quadrant), onto places that were pre-industrial, feudal, and still had monarchies (RED). So what happened, was the society's did evolve upwards, they evolved to BLUE. So what Marxism became was it turned into an absolutistic religion, and there was virtually no difference wether someone was a fundamentalist Christian or a fundamentalist Marxist, because it was believed in with that level of absolute certainty. Edit: Pic taken from my iPhone. From the book, Spiral Dynamics in Action. So it clearly states that a BLUE form of Government is one-party rule, government control. Does this not perfectly describe China? What will happen to China’s one-party Marxism-Leninism once society and humanity evolves upwards the Spiral Dynamics integral? Will it be a GREEN socialism enforced by a BLUE government? Will their plans to become a socialist society after exhausting capitalism work?

Is it going to be a typical text post or a blog video? Because I miss the good old days when you did blog videos. But I’ve been wrestling with this thought for a while. But The People’s Republic of China is right now as we speak constructing the world’s largest hydroelectric plant. Meanwhile in America, we couldn’t even pass build back better because it was sabotaged by only two senators. In America, we have exactly zero miles of high speed rail. California tried to build this sort of thing, before it was sabotaged by Elon Musk. And yet, they have over 20,000 miles of this stuff. But why? Is it because of their political system? The one party state? The Communist Party? The central planning? I like to think that one of the advantages of living in a one party state is that it allows for leaders to think decades ahead without having to worry about the next election cycle electing a new party that overturns the goals of the previous party. Similar to how Trump undid of a lot of Obama’s legacy. In America, billionaires stand behind Trump during the inauguration. But in China, they have special measures to make sure that the “bourgeoise” can never rise above the Politburo.

Spiral Dynamics Beige – Notes Essence Core Values: Survival, instinct, immediate physiological needs Paradigm: "I survive" Worldview: The world is a place to meet basic needs; actions are driven by instincts Life Theme: Satisfy physiological needs and sexual drive Life Philosophy: Survive in the natural environment Origin Period: Approximately 150,000 years ago (Homo sapiens) Geographical Location: Eastern African savanna, regions of modern-day Iraq Founders: Homo habilis (around 2 million years ago)Spiral Dynamics Integral Human Development Developments: Motor system, basic reflexes, anticipation tendenciesSpiral Dynamics Integral Historical Development Energy Sources: Muscle power, meat, and general food Highlights: Human diaspora to all continents Lowlights: Despair due to natural disasters and diseases Economics: None Religion: None Cultural Theme: None Art Forms: None Leaders: None Inventions: Stone and bone tools (e.g., scrapers, knives) Modernization: Use of fire, building temporary shelters Societal Manifestation Community Forms: Solitary existence or organized in herd-like bands Community: None Modern Examples: Homeless individuals, drug and alcohol addicts, mentally handicapped, bedridden patients, terminally ill General Characteristics Strong reflexes and highly developed physical senses Driven by biological, physiological, and instinctual needs Instinctual and motor skills dominate behavior Recognition Presence: Individuals unable to survive independently, requiring care Absence: Basic survival needs are met; individuals can care for themselves Coping Tips Approach: Provide basic necessities (food, shelter, care) Positive Stimuli: Food, drink, rest, shelter Negative Stimuli: Anything undermining basic survival needs Qualities and Shadows Healthy Manifestations: Ability to survive independently Unhealthy Manifestations: Inability to care for oneself; dependence on others Prejudices Other value systems may view Beige as dependent, unreasonable, or overly driven by survival instincts Leadership No typical leadership characteristics; actions are unconscious and self-directed Interventions Teamwork: Non-existent; survival is individual-focused Gaining Trust: Provide necessary care and demonstrate reliability Sayings Beige is pre-verbal; no specific sayings associated

How do I integrate beige into my life if I feel as if I lack beige in my internal psyche development?

Because you've been conditioned to think its weird by the society. There's nothing intrinsically weird about it.

If you're interested on the topic of how capitalism steals value from poorer nations, then I highly recommend these following books.

Matt Walsh's 'Am I A Racist' documentary is part of a large effort by the ruling class to get people distracted away from the real economic issues of capitalist tyranny and exploitation, by focusing their attention to trans ~ whatever, and fighting the SJW race activists. We have no economic democracy, no collective ownership over any of the means of production, no employee representation on the top companies, the top ten percent of income earners own ninety percent of all the stock. People are working longer for less, so much so that the poorest have to be subsidized with food stamps and medicaid because they earn so little. We have a soaring national debt of thirty six trillion dollars. The world's largest environmental polluter, the U.S. military industrial complex, is eating more and more of the federal budget as it and the CIA are spreading American terrorism all over the world. And these people think that the greatest threat to society is some kid decides to identify as non-binary, some trans person wants to participate in sports, and college students protesting for BLM.

Gabor Maté is a saint and his books are excellent. His intellectual opposition to Zionist evil is just a blessing.

I laughed at this.

Now do beige.

People misinterpret Spiral Dynamics integral because they haven't done the reading.

I'm joking of course. A real solution that is integral, is not to force everyone up to the next stage as fast as possible. That's not an integral solution. A proper integral solution would be to provide each SDi code with a suitable habitat, where the healthiest expression of that code can flourish, and the unhealthy expressions can be diminished, as well as providing the infrastructure to allow that code to gradually evolve to the next code. You will never completely eliminate any one code, n'or should you want to, because each code is needed in a healthy eco system. The first tier codes, their highest form of care is enforcing their memetic system on the rest of society. At yellow, the highest form of care is to provide each code with its own 'habitat', where the healthy expressions of that vMeme system can flourish. Orange will continue to exist in society in the form of technological innovation and entrepreneurial ingenuity and creativity, and that will exist within green socialism/social-democratic collective system so that the needs of everyone are met before any realization of profit. And even after all of that evolution, there will always be a percentage of the population exhibiting a lower code, and that's a good thing. In Iceland where believe in the mythical invisible people (Huldufólk), and place an importance on family reunions, traditions which go back to the Vikings, they have a community bond which allows them to weather out natural disasters of other mass scale problems.

If that is the case, then every American citizen should be given a free Tony Robbins book.

I'm posting this as a response to the blog post about the 3 flaws of conservatism. This video below is a really cool explanation of the origins of conservatism. It came out of the collapse of European monarchies and the idea was the intellectuals observing the developments of the time thought that the idea of a nobleman having the same amount of influence as a commoner was profane. They wanted to preserve the hierarchy of the monarchy, without the monarchy itself. To achieve this, they turned their eyes to the market. America is a capitalist democracy. A conservative is someone who skews slightly towards capitalism and a liberalism is someone who skews slightly more towards democracy.

Glad I could help. I always find that reading or watching examples of people who work hard, lets say bodybuilders, always inspires me to do things like go to the gym. Pretty much, its the same reason why universities are so popular. Because people aren't capable of educating themselves, or raising their own consciousness. Having an instructor really takes away the task disciplining myself off my shoulders by unloading it onto a monk or instructor, who tells me when to show up and what to do.

Like Putin!

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If so, what exactly do you wear? Below is what I use. The Russich Leder Cuir de Russie by Farina, I wear in the summer and daytime. Whereas the Azzaro Wanted by Night, I wear during winter and at night. Btw, the two colognes above were gifts. I would never shill money for fragrances because I'm yet to decide if cologne/perfume is a scam.

China is building a new dam. Meanwhile in America, our congress couldn't even agree on build-back-better because it was sabotaged by only two Senators.

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