Terell Kirby

You’d have to convince Palestinians that they are inside of Israel. They don’t consider Israel a legitimate state, let alone something they have to adhere to when it comes mandates to leave what they consider their land. There is no easy solution, both sides are hell bent in getting their way, the US and current Trump administration is accelerating the conflict with no end in sight.

Nothing wrong with ideals though, they are often the catalyst in changing political reality. Development models only go so far. Of course they help broaden perspective but an over focus on them is quite limiting in explaining the totality of a situation. Yes, there is a case that Palestinian low cognitive development has contributed to their destruction at the hands of the Israeli war machine, but Zionist ideology and racism/anti-Arabism in the West are equally at play. Effective handling of what an elevated society labels “barbarian” and “savage”, without use ethic cleansing or mass genocide backed by religious ideologies, is a true marker of high development. This is an ideal worth holding onto in my view.

Come to realize there’s a subtle distinction here. For me to truly take a teaching a spiritual teaching seriously- I’d have to work pretty hard in creating the conditions to come to same realization as the teacher. Not through simply reading or intellectualizing; I need a direct experience of what the teaching is saying. I cannot truly grasp any teachings thru language alone. Learning via spiritual texts will forever be limited in this way. Actualized.org for example, I spent the first 3-5 years watching tons of content, journaling, contemplating. It was until I really started to push against the method of: me + Leo + listening to/watching - for me to grasps that I could only go so far with it. I now do my best to find deeper and more nuanced ways in observing my mind constructing reality in ways that were not as accessible through consuming content alone. Nonetheless I had to start somewhere. Don’t take my word for it, but the most powerful teaching one can ever give you is that you are God, and that you are constructing all of reality. Grasping intellectually is great, but once you get a direct insight- your experience of life will never be the same. You’ll recognize it as such when you do :-), and you’ll no longer need any validation from teachings/teachers - you’re imagining all of it.

1 hunna

Time and attention, all women in relationship requires it to some degree-and the more in love she is, the more she craves it. Iron Law

It's also not your mother

Seems a fair assumption that God cannot be understood properly by just shutting off the Mind. But you can contemplate and use psychs to get there.

In God’s Mind

Glad I can’t imagine it these days - the thought makes me sick

Gotta reframe rejections. Think of getting 1000 no’s before you get your first yes and it’ll completely change your approach. It’ll all be well worth it in the end. Don’t give up hope

Shows the limits of what’s rational. perfect

@Leo Gura any plans on a part 2 for demystify-sci podcast? It’s been a while since the last update

The agenda is fulfilled once sex is procured. Everything leading up to it is a subtle form of manipulation to get what you want in the bedroom

Learning attraction, for both heterosexual men and women - requires some form of getting good at manipulation. Men manipulate a woman’s emotional needs for sex and women manipulate a guys sexual needs for safety / security. Of course this is a general statement, there could be more distinct and nuance motivations behind-but at a base level, this is it. I can’t criticize Leo too much on his perspective here- it’s grounded in fundamental realities of human survival. Of course we want to steer away from anything sounding sexist, or any element of toxic redpill- but we do have to acknowledge how human survival is at play. This is what makes this community special. Respect for women is a must, Leo has said this plenty of times. This forum is largely male from what I can tell- and when you get a bunch of horny men on an online forum, it never goes well- easily leads to misogyny. Grateful for all mods and others who hold the forum to a higher standard.

Deconstructing the self