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@integration journey I have to say it's worth it. The amount of packed insight this app has is remarkable and most importantly it's entertaining and fun. I never found anything like Deepstash. I'm sure it will pay for itself, just by reading the insights from the money books the Profit & Loss case will be positive. I'm nobody to give advice but it's worth it the investment in my opinion. Books are too lengthy and inefficient if you're as busy as I am, having such breath of quality insights allows to get value every day while I'm commuting for example or taking a shit. You can get a book insights every time you go to the bathroom, just see how the compound interest will grow over time. I'll keep my exploration to find phone apps that allow for quality phone usage. I took the minimalist approach for years in phone use due to the low consciousness behaviour its systematically engineered for, but then I realised: what if instead of throwing the baby out with the bath water, I actually learn to use my phone for personal growth, that was the key insight and I kindly invite you to undergo the same process.

I've been trying apps for a long time in order to use my phone for self-development. The results have been generally quite disappointing, only Duolingo offered consistent value but again it's scope is quite limited. Other focus/intelligence apps didn't really do the trick or I found them unappealing long-term (aka a hard mental chore, not fun). Some weeks ago I discovered Deepstash, it presents book insights in a very concise and entertaining way. If you are used to thinking from first principles, you can really derive the whole book from the key concepts presented through the app. I wanted to recommend it because when you see something good that adds value you naturally want to share it. I'm contemplating on buying the pro version, but for now the free version has been more than enough for my needs. As an advice, it's better to choose books on news topics rather than familiar ones for you, as you'll be able to expand your horizont of understand quicker. I read one on marketing (Building a storybrand) and wow it gave me the right principles and understanding that I applied just after reading. Check it out and tell me what you think. Stop doom scrolling and start using your phone in positive ways!

Imo, it can all be boiled down to intelligence.

That's when the epistemic process starts. Kids are extremely curious. Most parents just get overwhelmed with that phase and don't give it the enough importance. This is absolute gold.

@Jacko Oh, in Spain there's a free and pro version. What a pity you can't enjoy it for free. Thanks for sharing.

I have to say this is not the full truth, I'd say around ~80% of the addicts are like that, but if you watch enough videos talking with druggies you'll realise there's a 20% which has quite some head and perspective on life. True their situation is shitty and they recognise their addiction and defects, but also so many experiences with drugs make them have a different perspective on life that in my opinion is more accurate than the average traditional brain-dead Christian or Muslim Joe. In any long video documentary on the suburbs you'll find one of these persons, and they share interesting perspectives worth considering and not to be thrown in the same bag as their peers and the shit holes where they live.

I sometimes see little kids in their phase of asking questions all the time, I don't wanna have children but I have to say I'd love to contemplate with my child in that phase and inquiry in the nature of reality.

Cultivating the mind is a great source of joy. I have to recognise lately I'm achieving levels of intelligence I would have never dreamt of. This morning I was bombarded by insights, everywhere I saw an insight like a thunderbolt resonated in my mind. I'm still so young and look to the future full of joy, can't wait for the amazing live in gonna live. I would love to talk with my 50 year old self, I'm proud of my past-self, my present-self and my future-self. Let love inundate my life; may I be worthy to drown in thy infinite love.

It's possible to do both. I have an amazing personal career and do a shit tone of psychedelics and Awakening work. That's actually the essence of my profile picture. I'm just saying it's possible, it's extremely hard but it's possible, I've done it. As a matter of fact, it's a way to keep my balance, dreaming and awakening are like my two wings, together they make me fly.

@integration journey It's not a free trial, you can go on with the free version with adds as much as you want, as far as I know. Being honest if the value keeps going on I'll surely pay it, I'm reading the insights on the book 'Finite and Infinite Games' and the value I've gotten from a 25min investment is outstanding. You could use this app to read all of Leo's booklist insights in a few months.

@gengar Only God surpasses all standards, any finite thing will be a limited part playing in the overall perfection of God, every figment of Reality fits in each other like a tesselation, what one lacks the other is abundant in, you cannot ask a part what only Infinity can give.

Great point

Great to deconstruct the marathon illusion when I just committed to run a half-marathon next year

On Quote 545, I'll add another one: Reality is uncaused, self-caused and infinitely-caused. ~ Leo Gura

⚠️ Warning, only read if you are mentally stable ⚠️ I've done a psychedelic retreat, 8 trips back to back on a variety of substances (10+) in mid-heavy doses for two weeks. I was starting to get more conscious and infinite with each trip, reaching new levels of Awakening every time, it's shocking how deep you can go with psychedelic retreats, it seems you max out, only to breakthrough in the next session, I was blasting through every limit till this happened... So what I'm sharing is what I would have loved to know before hand. Most of the times the limit to your awakening is that you just can't get really there, you're not conscious enough, but as you keep on pushing you encounter harder and harder limts to break, what you will discover if you go hard enough, deep enough, long enough is a seemingly unsurpassable wall of FEAR. You'll be so fucking conscious that you may realize on the other side are the best realizations you could dream of, your whole life search, but that wall won't move an inch and will makes you recoil consumed by an incomprehensible fear. With some time for integration and contemplation, fear is designed to protect your 'self' hence imagine the fear you have of not burning your hand while cooking, multiplying it by a trillion for the destruction of all that you are and all that is, moreover fear makes you act in a flash and not to become contemplative, being one of the hardest hindrances to surpass in Awakening. I was haunted in particular by these 3 fears: 1. Death / Universal anhilation: I would die and everything would die with me, if I dared to take a step further and Awaken to the ultimate Reality of what I am, what God is and the ultimate Infinite singularity: my human self would totally die, I would never come back, the human life, all my dreams and aspirations, my family and friends, this universe, everything would vanish forever, like sand blown by the wind. It's not even that "other people" would find my dead body and cry over that, no no, it's even more radical than that, this whole dream, this whole fucking movie, would come to an end, I would resolve all of existence and become God in my Infinite Reality forever beyond any limitation. If any other particular dream would unfold, at all, was dubious, as I standed in the midst of an infinite consciousness singularity sucking me and all of Reality into oblivion. 2. Too much / Infinity A fear of too muchness, of overstimulation overflowing, of fuck it you've really gone tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo far this time. You've fucked it up, you cannot take it, it's impossible to fucking take, every part of your psyche cannot hold it, all safety limits in all dimensions are beeping like a nuclear bomb is going to explode. You've gone through these fears before, but never like this, never like this. After inspecting you realise that 'too much' is just a pseudo word for Infinity, what you truly fear is Infinity. 3. Insanity (totally losing your shit) Insanity, levels of insanity imagineable, levels of distortion, despersonalization, uncontrollable delirium, totally imagineable, no framework can hold your mind, you've lost memory, history, self, context, you only get context from two past frames behind you which dissolve into nothingness and no ground on the next frame but a chaotic flux of unrestricted consciousness, so fucking mad that you can't even call yourself mad, all personalities, all psyches, the whole of reality, an assilum, a delirant carnaval playing in your infinite mind tirelessly and absolutely awake. These fears are very strong and existential, I couldn't breakthrough them with more psychedelics but recoiled in fear again and again, the wall is still there and it needs time and understanding to integrate it with of course surrender and Love. These fears are here and will haunt you before your greatest Awakenings, beware!

Def underrated, it's one of the quickest ways to change your state.

@SimpleGuy It's a risky decision. Why is there a sense of urgency? Can't you generate 1200$ of savings by mid 2027? If you feel like it's a calculated risk, then go ahead, read the details but will you be able to pay the monthly fees while you're doing the course if you don't have money? On the other hand having that pressure will really make you work and push yourself so that's some good motivation but you have to weight in the risks vs the opportunities. Make a business case with the help of AI and maybe post it back in here for more context and tailored advice. At the end of the day, you'll be fully responsible for what you do, as you're legally an adult.

Reflection on the Lecture Series: Deconstructing Rationality Overall, the lecture series on deconstructing rationality was fantastic—deeply insightful, thought-provoking, and highly valuable. What follows is not so much a critique as it is a set of perspectives that emerged through my own contemplation. These are not necessarily blind spots in the material, but rather dimensions that I would have appreciated seeing more strongly emphasized and spotlighted. The first point concerns the very foundation of rationality as an interface for understanding reality. Rationality inherently assumes the presence of a thinking human mind; it operates within states of consciousness in which thought is active. In this sense, rationality is inseparable from human cognition—it depends on the activity of thinking. However, this immediately reveals a limitation. If rationality requires thought, then it only applies to those domains of experience where thought is present. This means it represents just one bubble of reality among many. There are other modes of experiencing and engaging with reality that exist outside of this framework. A clear example is the meditative state. When one is fully present, without engaging in thought, what role does rationality play? In such states of consciousness, there is direct awareness and interaction with reality that does not rely on conceptual processing. Understanding, in this context, is immediate and unmediated by thought. This leads to a foundational insight: rationality assumes thought, but thought does not encompass the totality of reality. Therefore, rationality is inherently limited to the domain of the thinking mind. The second point expands on this limitation by examining the domain of emotions. Rationality, while powerful in analyzing and structuring understanding, cannot fully penetrate or resolve certain aspects of reality like love or strong emotional experiences. Take fear as an example. Even highly rational individuals often experience fears that they themselves recognize as irrational. One can apply rigorous logical analysis, examine the fear from every angle, and arrive at the clear conclusion that it is unfounded or highly contextual. Yet, despite this clarity, the fear itself often persists. Rational understanding does not dissolve the emotional response. The same applies to emotions such as anger, resentment, or lingering psychological trauma. A person may fully understand, from a rational perspective, that holding onto anger is unnecessary or unjustified. They may be able to contextualize the situation, see multiple perspectives, and reach a logically sound conclusion. Still, the emotional residue remains present within the psyche. This highlights a crucial limitation: while rationality can clarify and contextualize emotions, it cannot fully resolve or dissolve them. As established in the first point, rationality operates within the scope of the thinking mind, which is itself limited. Although there is some overlap where rational insight can influence emotional states, there exists a significant dimension of emotional reality that lies beyond the full reach of rational processes. This represents a profound deconstruction of rationality and brings into focus one of its clearest limitations. The third and final point addresses the relationship between rationality and intelligence. Developmental models, such as those proposed by Ken Wilber, describe a progression from pre-rational to rational to post-rational stages of cognition. Even when one fully matures along this developmental path—engaging in rigorous reasoning, recognizing its limitations, integrating creativity, and drawing from both analytical and creative/intuitive dimensions of the mind—this trajectory does not culminate in the highest form of intelligence. The reason is that all of these stages remain within the human cognitive framework. Even post-rationality/meta-rationality by David Chapman, with its openness and integration, still operates within the paradigms of the human mind—within structures shaped by concepts of logic, skepticism, sanity and philosophical reasoning. These may be expanded and refined frameworks, but they are still frameworks. Reaching the highest levels of intelligence, requires something more radical: the transcendence of the human frame itself. This includes transcending not only rationality, but also the broader paradigms that define human understanding. It involves embodying and going beyond the structures of thought, beyond the assumptions embedded in logic, mathematics, science and skepticism, and beyond the very frameworks through which we define and confine knowledge and sense-making. From this perspective, what could be called infinite, mystical, or metaphysical intelligence cannot be fully accessed through any purely human system of reasoning or philosophy, because being human is only one dream out of infinity, and truth is Infinity. No matter how advanced or refined, such systems remain inherently limited, like trying to bottle the ocean. To reach oceanic level realizations—to truly jailbreak the mind—requires moving beyond all human-bound states. This insight carries particular weight when considering the motivations of rationalists themselves. Many are driven by a genuine desire for intelligence, insights, and understanding. Yet if intelligence extends beyond rationality, then a true commitment to understanding Reality ultimately requires questioning—and transcending—rationality itself. In that sense, this final point becomes especially significant: rationality, even at its peak, it's a local maximum stage and not the endpoint of intelligence. Closing Reflection Rationality is not infinite—it is a useful tool the human thinking mind uses to navigate a small slice of reality. It cannot touch the silence of pure awake presence and experience, it cannot dissolve the weight of lived emotion, and it cannot reach beyond the boundaries of the human framework that generates it. You can refine it, expand it, and even transcend into post-rational cognition—but as long as you remain within the architecture of the human thought states of consciousness, you remain within the limits of what the human can access. If intelligence is truly the pursuit of reality in its totality, then it cannot end in rationality. It must go beyond it, at that point, rationality is no longer the guide. It is just one tool in the tool box. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, that's the realisation that breaks you free from rationality.

I love interviews on kids, there's just so much to learn. The whole dynamics going on serve as great food for thought.

It's a pity that smoking regular weed reduces my state of consciousness. It makes me dumb, clumsy and restless. Quite a contrast with eating it, I've had a few profound experiences through that ROA.

Oh yes, the ultimate secret!

The secret to life is human development and Awakening. One without the other and you're doomed. Just awakening you'll be awake in a nightmare. Otherwise you are lost in a wet dream. Both together is an awake all embracing and flowering human dream.

@SimpleGuy The hard truth is there's no way around it. You can minimize it as much as possible but sometimes you're down and you only want some comfort in your coping mechanisms. What certainly helps is not torturing yourself more when you're down, as that makes you more down and making you fall back into more coping mechanisms. A trick is that motivation doesn't bread actions when you're down but action brings motivation, so if you want to breakthrough the natural pendulum of ups and downs in life you gotta do what makes you good, which is easier said than done. The better you do the worse the pendulum will swing, these are the mechanics of life, but if you do it correctly you'll see the upward tendency. May Infinite of Love be with us❤️