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Consider these the demons that the hero must slay. It being this difficult is necessary so that it's worth it. Consider also that if your intentions are really selfless, the universe wants to help you. Examine your false beliefs that create resistance.

"Try Guided Exercise for Realizing You are God" or "What does Awakening Feel Like" But really, music is far better a teacher of consciousness than Leo is

You just summed up my current existence. Thanks!

@Leo Gura, what are your thoughts on these upper levels to Spiral Dynamics? I KNOW the model is useless in higher states of consciousness. I've been there, it looks like a complete joke, because I made it up as God. But if you HAD to assess the accuracy of this model, what would you say he gets right/wrong? Personally, I don't see why you separate mysticism/non-duality and SD. If the ultimate truth of every human is that they are God, shouldn't a model of human development account for that? This image is the most concise I've seen.

I’m realizing the differences between yellow and turquoise these days. Turquoise really is a more social stage in which one can be a leader of people who are in many different and often conflicting states of consciousness. Yellow is too distracted by ideas and models to pay enough attention to the ego dynamics of a group.

If purple has an object like tarot cards, they believe in them as an absolute source of truth. If a card says you're going to meet the love of your life, you better start making wedding ceremonies, sacrifices to the gods, and space for new children. If the card says you'll have a conflict in the near future, you better start preparing for war. Do Green people do this in response to tarot cards? No, because they know on some level it's just a silly game. If you're purple, you CANNOT fathom that such magic objects could be faulty. That would destroy your worldview and move you into red, where you trust only your ego. I've made the mistake of taking tarot cards too seriously. I think there's some supernatural element to them (you see the cards you need to see at the time you need to see them), but they're typically very vague and you'll only realize their significance much later.

If you do anything with spirituality, you know how to think with your heart instead of your mind. Now just think with your dick!

Is it a good idea to bring lsd (1 single tab) in my luggage? Or would I be an idiot? I can’t get it easily where I’m going. Flight is domestic in the US. Has anyone done this? What is the likelihood of getting caught?

Would you recommend it in a carry on instead of a checked bag?

Maybe near-death is not death

He's very stuck in his head and it's a long series, but I gained wonderful insights. You have to take notes on it and "translate" his teachings from a Yellow frame to a Turquoise frame, applying them to your own life.

Worrying about it is producing worse chemicals in your body than a little bit of smoke

I have a transpersonal therapist at the moment. He's great at validating and supporting my experience in a way no one else around me is able to. You'll know if they're the right fit for you pretty quickly based on their openness and their personal experience and what place they're coming from. They may not be the most helpful for "classical therapy" stuff but I already took care of that. Make sure they're not ideological. What would you say you're looking for in one?

I think of this as coming from a green ego with an instability at a lower stage. They may have a blue shadow that causes them to bring heavy moral judgement to these ethical issues or a red shadow that causes them to be violent about it. I think of true, healthy green as being much more nuanced and open minded, though not yet open to the relativism of yellow, which requires the person to be able to see past all cultural constructions. I say this because most people i interact with are stage green and most of them are not this black and white unless they also clearly have some shadow of a lower stage. What are your thoughts @Leo Gura?

Focus on what is wanted, not unwanted. LOA works with clarity. Defining the wanted is clear, but to say “I don’t want this” doesn’t define anything.

God is always by your side and loves you no matter what you do. There are consequences and karma, but it's not God who's against you, it's you who are against you. Unconditional love will heal that split, but it will take a while, so patience is just as important as love.

February 30th, eh? Last I checked that doesn’t exist ?

What you're referring to is not giving up on ethics and morals. Which we shouldn't. The truth is that the holocaust only happened if you imagine it did. But I don't go around telling people that or acting like that, because of ethical reasons that I deeply care about. Truth won't tell you how to act.

What I’m hearing: “I manage to get them with my personality, but because I think my looks are not good enough, I start thinking they’re not into me and I shut down the outgoing parts of my personality and focus on saying the right thing to make up for my looks”

Maybe this is a situation where you have to realize you did nothing wrong and that you don't really like her because she seemed to be judging and testing you the whole time, and you don't appreciate that. Don't forget you gotta like her too.

Still, your mindset needs to be "i don't care what little tests she throws at me, i won't derive my self worth from her approval"

Examine it, then live it.

Haven't taken it but the LP course seems much more comprehensive, plus JP literally says what the whole course is all the time in speeches, just imagine yourself in 5 years if things go well and if things don't go well. I don't think he gets into limiting beliefs and core fears and core values which is essential for this work.

@Leo Gura If i may ask you a personal question, how often do you fap and how do you access the central executive function to decide if it's an appropriate or inappropriate time to? I struggle with building that agency and swing between moralization and hedonism.

Mindfulness and non-judgement is the only way. No force or willpower will be sustainable enough, you need to build self-respect v e r y g r a d u a l l y through negotiation between the hedonistic and rational parts of yourself. Never demonize the monkey in you who wants junk food, and never demonize the one who demonizes the monkey