ChimpBrain

There was a part in the new stage orange video about orange's limitations, and moving into green, that reminded me specifically of Russell Brand's story. Basically he ran stage Orange to the end, got rich and famous, married a beautiful popstar, was a sex and drug addict, and at his lowest point had some kind of spiritual awakening that has led him into green/yellow. If you're heavily orange yourself, like me, his podcast is probably worth listening to. His most recent episode just happens to be with a favorite on here, Jordan Peterson. https://www.russellbrand.com/podcasts/

His audiobook "the end of your world" is my favorite.

I have no idea where it will end up, but as I'm sure you already know, it was created in response to some of the problems with stage orange after the 2008 housing market collapse. I'm pretty optimistic about the possibilities of cryptocurrencies in general, but I'm pretty optimistic about everything concerning technology. I guess that's the orange in me speaking too lol

Do you have reason to think it is? He seems pretty genuine to me. He's been doing the Trews for years now so if it's a front it's one he's been keeping up for a long time LOL. It seems like this would be something that's hard to fake.

He's really bright and has a way with words, that's for sure. I noticed though in his podcast with Sam Harris that I found myself thinking Sam was "right" more than Russell, which tells me I must be still more in Orange than I'd like to be. I also wanted to mention his book, Revolution, in the OP but forgot. it's very green/yellow and also very funny.

Episode of JRE where he tells his whole story.

This sounds a lot like the advice given in nonviolent communication by Marshall Rosenberg. Have you read that by chance?

You want something like this. I wear earplugs and then put these on top of them. https://www.amazon.com/Mpow-Reduction-Protection-Adjustable-Professional/dp/B01L1U9L5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529695679&sr=8-1&keywords=ear+muffs+noise+protection search "ear muff" instead of "headphones"

I got 13% blue, 13% orange, 6% green, 33% yellow and 33% turquoise. Unfortunately this isn't an honest assessment because I'm already aware of spiral dynamics and know to some degree what answers will land me a higher score. I WANT to think these are my honest answers, but would they be if I hadn't watched Leo's videos and read Spiral Dynamics? Probably not. Then again, I guess it's possible that this material has changed the core "me" to some degree. After all, one of the criteria for stage yellow is recognizing the other stages.

I'm a Peterson fan generally speaking and I liked that, she makes a lot of very valid points. I'd never heard of her before. Thanks for posting!

None. This wasn't the case for a while and I'm embarrassed of how far I've regressed.

I watched this full episode the other day. I actually thought about posting it here because a lot of the topics Firas hits are common themes on this forum but didn't think anyone would actually watch it. Firas was doing a pretty good job of trying to argue Rogan out of strict rationality but my only concern is that he's doing it with a more of a religious motive than a truth motive. If you watch some other videos with him like the one I post below he presents a lot of these same arguments but with a lot more justifying of his religion mixed into them.

I got to visit Germany last summer for the first time. It was my first time to Europe at all actually. We stayed in Goch and then Baiersbronn before also visiting Switzerland, Italy, and Amsterdam. What I saw of Germany seemed pretty cool, although expensive. Hiking in the Black Forest was nice.

Yeah that's the second draw for me aside from the people there. All the outdoor activities. And yeah I was eyeing suburbs of Denver and/or Colorado Springs areas. I spent a summer in Colorado springs once and loved it. We camped for a week up there during May and it reminded me how great it is. I've never spent a winter there though so 6 months of snow might change my mind about how awesome it is, I don't know.

Yeah that would be ideal. I just have no desire to live in a huge city. I could possibly move to a small town outside of a city like that though. Yeah if I moved to a stereotypical progressive area like Seattle or San Francisco or something I'm sure you're right, I'd get annoyed with it all in a hurry. I remember you saying you lived in Ft Worth for a while. I'm about an hour north of there on the OK border. I moved here from a much smaller town in OK which is where my whole family is from. This town is better than where I grew up, no doubt about that, but it's still not ideal. Austin is actually second after CO on my list of possibilities. It would be much easier from an employment and cost of living standpoint, it just doesn't have the mountains. Where you at? The town I grew up in is pretty bad too. Population 300 in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma.

I understand the progression of the stages but I'm not aware of any yellow dominant areas in the US. If you are, fill me in! I think as far as pinning a label on an entire state, some blend of orange/green is about as good as I'm going to find in the US. Your last line is good advice but easier said than done, and if I didn't have a kid that's probably exactly what I'd convince myself was the best course of action. There are a lot of valuable things I could learn by living elsewhere too though, especially considering I've lived in a blue dominant area my entire 36yrs on this planet. " racism, homophobia, small mindedness, and religious fanaticism." -- this is exactly what I'd like to keep my daughter from having to grow up around. It's starting already with the constant Jesus talk from her friends and cousins and she's only 6. You're right that most people here are "nice". People in Colorado are nice too though. Even nicer on the whole IMO. Also I think I see how they came to think the way they do already though because I was basically one of them until I was about 30. I wasn't different like you growing up, I was just a part of the herd. Thank you for chiming in Emerald, you always give such good advice on here! *This post sounds as if I'm just arguing for what I want to hear but that's not the case. I don't actually want to move. Moving to a place where you don't know anyone is scary and it will pretty much devastate my savings. I'm just trying to see it more objectively I guess by using you guy's eyes too.

Inner engineering is not a step by step guide but it DOES provide a lot of useful info if you plan to give Yoga an honest effort. You can find guided tutorials like this online if it helps any, although I assume you're already well aware of this

I recently read Sadhguru's book's Inner Engineering and Midnight With the Mystic and enjoyed them both. He motivated me to take Yoga more seriously.

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink....?

I had my truck broken into and a bunch of shit stolen last year and had a similar reaction. I noticed being surprised in real time by my lack of concern. I was mainly annoyed that I'd have to go to the DMV and get a new license. In my case it was only about $500 worth of money and possessions. Had I been literally robbed, like had my bank accounts drained somehow, I would not have been nearly as cool about it.

I've been doing intermittent fasting for the past 3 or 4 years now. The last four to six hours of my fast I feel very alert and sharp. I eat my first meal around 1 p.m. and then my last meal around 9 p.m. . I prefer to eat this way because my prime work hours are from 8 a.m. to about 3 p.m. and I want to stay focused and sharp. Then my largest meal of the day is at around 9 p.m. which makes me nice and tired so I fall asleep easier.

I did the Terrence McKenna 5 dried grams on silent darkness thing 2 summers ago. Locked myself in the master closet for about 5hrs. Nothing impressive or especially interesting happen Tbh. I prefer tripping alone during the day out in nature. The only caveat being that I need to be where there are zero people. The local park ain't gonna cut it lol. Definitely research your specific anti-anxiety drug to see if there are any possible reactions.

I don't want to derail the OP's question but I also have a technical question that I've just never made a thread about since there isn't a section for it. Am I the only one who has a "new posts" button/option on a mobile device but not on a desktop? Is this just a difference in the browser being used? Thanks!

No society is without problems. I'm sure you don't believe that the citizens of Sweden are worse off on the whole than the citizens of North Korea, Russia, The Philippines, Turkey, and other red/blue countries who's leaders have received praise from Trump. If my assumption is correct, I can't draw any meaningful point from your post about red/blue immigrants raping women in a green/yellow country.

Oprah has (had?) an entire TV show dedicated to spirituality where she interviews people like Eckhart Tolle, adyashanti, etc. It's called super soul Sunday. She's definitely fully aware of the concept of enlightenment.