Terell Kirby

Finally came in- can’t wait!

@Husseinisdoingfine Modern China isn’t even remotely close to the kind of Soviet style Communism under Stalin. The reason I say Stalin is the greatest Communist is because he was quite serious about the destruction of private markets. This is not the position of modern day China-we can’t truly call it a Communist state. Don't confuse me saying Stalin was the greatest Communist with me saying that he did anything remotely positive for the people of the country or world at large. He is responsible for the deaths of millions of his own citizens through war, famine, enslavement of rural peasants, labor camps and murder of many civilians, military commanders and political opponents through his private police state. But nonetheless he was a serious Communist- that should tell us a lot about the ideology and how it turns out in practice. We see what’s happening in North Korea today, China & Russia were smart enough not to adopt the same strategy, at least not in its totality. Even then they are still backwards in many ways

Stalin was the greatest Communist that ever lived.

Oversized clothes making a comeback Shopping at H&M Shopping at Zara

Hmm… You’d actually have to have a direct experience as a self aware cat to validate these claims. Not saying you can’t, but until you do, it’s hard to say cats are self aware.

This is like the elderly person who gets unwittingly scammed by telemarketers. Note: Claude isn’t conscious, Claude IS Consciousness. This goes over the heads of the typical scientist

What Ralston gets right: Our understanding of ANYTHING is often largely conceptual, not grounded in direct experience or consciousness of the truth and/or reality of a thing. Not making a clear distinction between conceptual knowledge and direct experience is the foundation of all self deception. What Ralston gets wrong: Not acknowledging that subjective states of Consciousness matter. Misses the necessity of exploring altered states of Consciousness to deepen one’s understanding of Reality (this creates his bias against psychedelics). Not an emphasis of cognitive stages of development and why they matter. This is where Leo’s work comes in to fill that gap. Ralston is an amazing teacher, but he gives the vibe of a stubborn old man, because…well..he is one lol. As with any spiritual teacher, they have biases. It’s the responsibility of the student to make a teachers biases clear.

Think tanks / mastermind groups

The price of fame- Russell has gotten away with so much shit over the years because of his celebrity - he can’t help himself

American exceptionalism

Because you are Omniscient. I’m kidding

Our culture won’t allow such a thing. It’s almost like a shared understanding between all women to never be honest about who they sleep with due to social ramifications. I think it’s helpful to empathize with women regarding this. Much more acceptable for men to be attracted to toxic women vs. the other way around I feel.

Useless indeed when it comes to truth seeking. Useful for survival of faith narratives. Everyone has faith to some degree, we have faith when we go to sleep-we are sure to wake up the next morning. Yet all faith is based in assumption.

doesn't matter what we think. If you're attracted to them, that's all you need

@Leo Gura Great write up of retreat details, clear and concise. I get a real no nonsense feel from this retreat.