Terell Kirby

That’s heartbreaking.

Why do we kid ourselves? I’m finding this position is the best ground to do deep contemplation about what’s true- prevents you from taking on biases of teachers and humans in general. Pick up a topic, and admit to yourself that nobody knows anything about it. Until we personally validate truth claims about any aspect of reality, it is hearsay taken on faith. For example- The sky was blue before you knew that others “knew” about the color of the sky. Our experience is prior and fundamental than the idea of some “other” knowing about it.

How about an episode on ‘How to Not Idolize Peter Ralston’ ? But in all seriousness, you have a point-any teacher or teaching we idolize creates a distinction in reality between us and him- In Truth however, our Minds are all constructing Peter Ralston and his teachings. They are high consciousness-but still partial and limited in that they are coming from a human:

Ralston is strong at cutting through spiritual fantasies and bullshit, which is also a strong suit of yours. Doesn’t seem like he’s explored many higher states of Consciousness outside of his sober state, however a lot of his dictating comes from a Truthful place I feel

Huge waste of time focusing on personality quirks of Leo- the man isn’t here to offer us pleasantries-he’s here to get us to Truth. Try not to kill the messenger, you’ll fail to get the message

Certainly a worthy endeavor to deconstruct such labels and categories:

gender aside- how tolerant are you in terms of being socially isolated and misunderstood? That's the central question for any human seeking Awakening. It was stated a while back that woman's survival and sense of self is often shaped by her social bonds. Cutting all that off for Truth poses a bigger risk to survival than men in many cases.

A good Book reference: Ending Unnecessary Suffering-Peter Ralston

Wonderful. i am rewatching your episode on conformity, probably my 3rd or 4th time. The ideas in this are so profound, I’m looking forward to these being introduced on podcast forum, hopefully reaching a broader audience.

Geez that would make it worse I’d assume

Of course. You Cant land an 8/10 girlfriend without first developing social skills, and social skills require you get out of the house to socialize. So yes, there is a tradeoff in that one takes away time from the other, but also can be done across different periods of your life.

That’s not actually verifiable across the board. Of course you could say to hell with humanity and cut off all friendships, that would prevent any potential drama and fallout. But that’s not always healthy either. Well that’s cool, but still is an introverts bias

Talking and bullshitting are essential skills to making friends and developing relationships of all kinds. Without negatively framing extroversion as a whole, I’d argue that there are many introverts who envy the skill of bullshitting and talking in others. I’d also argue the skill of bullshitting and talking doesn’t necessarily signal one’s core capacity or lack of capacity to be intelligent. Note: I’m an ENFP, I’m a huge fan of your work and have many insights/Awakenings that I don’t find many here have had-of course this is my assumption, and can only go off what I read

The illusion of my, me & mine. What stands in its place is Nothing proper.

When I finally understood what Allah was, the last thing I wanted to do was wage war against the infidels.