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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.

Not surprised- We should expect things like this for the next 10-20 years, Trump set the standard for this kind of depravity in US politics

Is it good tho?

God hallucinates all of experience, human and non human. Even the distinction between human and non human experience is something God hallucinates.

Owen has a chronic case of motor mouth

Leo turning up in Vegas tonight 😎

Awesome! Happy birthday 🎂

This is what we love about you- thanks

Leo and the act of appeasing don’t mix at all. That’s like Oil and water Sure he explains things, but he doesn’t indulge in fantasies of his audience for their approval. Not that he should, but that’s clearly distinct from simply explaining a stance on an existential topic.

Appeasement isn’t your thing, I get it. But yes, unusual in that most of us can’t afford a lifestyle that allows us to not appease or placate to others without serious consequences to our well being. When we engage with your style of communication, it can be difficult to integrate because it shines a light on how inauthentic we are and how we live on bullshit narratives. It’s like a mirror, either we self reflect or lash out- but it all comes from deep insecurities and avoidance of harsh truths about the ways in which we live. You could appease us more, but you choose not to. Whether that’s good or bad- I don’t know. But in twisted way, it can work in that it forces us to reckon with unappealing aspects of personality, to ultimately realize it’s irrelevant to when it comes to our own truth seeking journey.

Saying grace at the dinner table

This one's wild:

just when you thought you finally understood what a brat was ...

Awesome- quite an achievement, eh?