Terell Kirby

Shit stain Awakening, now that's somethin'

It certainly is. Mainstream religion is a technology wielded for human survival throughout millennia.

Money is a human construct- it's value is relative This is all contingent on how much value you are offering society. Top earners invest in acquiring the right skills that add enormous value to people around them. It takes effort that goes beyond any single belief system. So the question remains: "how do I add enormous value to the world?". This would be considered the proper starting point for financial success.

Hopefully with a nice tea or coffee & blanket

The map is not the territory. I will contemplate the following: How are personality tests conformity? What are the limits of personality test? How do personality tests limit one's Intelligence? How can personality tests be used to reinforce self biases?

Yea—putting the two on the same playing field, when in reality, survival is just a limited offshoot in the larger whole of Truth. We need to cut to podcasters some slack, can’t expect them to understand it all in just 3 hours of speaking to Leo. Understanding this stuff requires hundreds if not thousand of hours.

Part of recognizing Infinity is collapsing the distinction between psychedelic states and enlightenment.

Of course, we can certainly create needless consequences for ourselves- but that is relative to the aim in doing so. All that is to say I get why you left some things unsaid, even in doing so-you got your points across.

Just because you can’t say it doesn’t make it not True . I did acknowledge the sensitivity of actually saying it on a podcast. And when are we gunna get an episode about these supposed shit stains on your carpet from Awakening? Didn’t expect that curve ball on part 2 of the podcast

** cough cough ENFPs do it better

My review: What went good- flow of conversation, much smoother than Curt Jaimungal’s talk. Anastasia & Shilo get tons of credit for being open to take controversial topics. Leo excelled at patience and non defensiveness. what could have gone better- when Anastasia insinuated Leo’s view on morality could lead to a death cult or suicide, it put Leo in a tricky position. It’s possible he could have put more emphasis on how death cults and suicide ARE actually manifestations of Absolute Good. But I get it, you can get banned off platforms nowadays for saying that. Her assertion at the very least can be considered a mental defense mechanism of the materialist, human-centric worldview. Very sophisticated and logical, but there is a subtle self preserving motive behind it. Overall- I give it a solid A, what would make it a A+ is going deep into things like Godels Incompleteness Theorem & Einsteins Law of Relativity as it relates to Infinity. If they do another talk, I’m sure it’ll check all the boxes.

As of late, hatha yoga

It definitely set the tone- I wonder how many viewers turned to the next channel after not being served that Sam Harris special w/ sauce

They tried to pigeon hole you into the Buddhist category at the start haha. Once you clearly stated what Awakening was, it took the air out of the room. Excellent job- you can’t put Infinity in a box, include the Buddhist / Non dualist box

Interesting that Anastasia is labeling Leo's perspective as: Non dual philosophy Belief system I guess that's the only way you can see it unless you've had some experience with trans human states of consciousness. Can't blame her, it couldn't be otherwise. A result of materialist paradigm lock.

Lmfaoo Skid Row Openers

We should give them credit for even allowing Leo on their platform. I think we forget how fringe, controversial and threatening Actualized.org teachings are to most people on the Internet and in the media. It already takes a high degree of open mindedness to entertain the ideas. Kudos to them for being courageous enough to do it.

Attitude: “I am gleefully looking forward deconstructing my entire identity, uncovering all my self bias and survival mechanisms, a full fledged ego death, becoming a social outcast, uncovering corruption of social systems I am embedded in, all while admitting my wrongs/corruptions incessantly. Oh what joy — all for the sake of Truth & God “ Says … no one lol

Men need variety. Sex with one woman means not having sex with all the other women he could potentially do it with. And so the saga continues. However, women don’t need to be all the things for men. Deeply fulfilling and satisfying relationships often go beyond sex, something deeper and more spiritual. I could see men learning how to satisfy themselves being useful in fortifying their commitment to that one special woman, without infidelity that often happens from men being sexually frustrated.

Hmm almost like asking the question, how to be wise while eating fast food Kidding- that’s my biased. I look at video games as a distraction ultimately, but I can see it sparking some creative inspiration. Similar to film

Interesting podcast-it gets juicy at the 23min mark when Brendon starts questioning Ralston on different levels of spiritual capacity in reaching Enlightenment: Few takeaways: Peter Ralston seems to have a flawed notion that there is nothing “special” about his Enlightenment. That everyone can do it if they just “stick with it” as it relates to contemplation. Ralston comes from a place of one size fits all- “don’t believe anyone and question reality for yourself”. While this is effective, it’s hasn’t been proven universal. For example, Brendon his lead student- can’t possibly be conscious of God based on the framing of his questions to Ralston. While this talk has a lot of gems and nuggets, Ralston’s definition of grasping what is true is quite abstract. It’s not guaranteed that the student following his work will come to the realization that they are hallucinating reality, Peter Ralston, and his teachings. This is never really made explicit in his talks. Leo was right in that we should question the worldview of even the most advanced spiritual teachers. If we are shy about it- it limits us. This was challenging, as I love Ralston’s work- still do, but it’s one perspective out of an Infinite number conjured up by Consciousness-no more or less special than the rest.

I would expect more restraint in such a response from a moderator on the forum. I don’t think anyone is in business of silencing others while insulting them at the same time.

Haha - not many people have common sense when it comes to matters of serious epistemology and existential investigation. It takes years and decades to develop that. Point being, most humans don’t think for themselves about fundamental questions of the nature of reality. They are likely engaged in group think and adopting various beliefs.

There are many cult leaders who engage in what you’re describing. We need to give credit to spiritual teachers who have the discipline to refrain from engaging in such abusive behavior towards their students- despite have the power to do so

Ralston also de-emphasizes the importance of states of Consciousness in his work. One can contemplate till the cows come home, but you’d be hard pressed to getting a radical state change from that alone unless you’re a genetic freak