I worked with ChatGPT on coming up with a pretty detailed breakdown of the US political spectrum
1. Far-Left/Radical:
This segment includes individuals and groups advocating for significant social, economic, and political change. They may support policies such as universal healthcare, free higher education, wealth redistribution through taxation, environmental regulations, and social justice initiatives. Some far-left groups may advocate for socialism or even more radical ideologies. Examples of Ideologies: Revolutionary socialism, anarchism, communism, libertarian socialism including hardline anarcho-syndicalism and hardline social anarchism, and extreme left-wing populism. Examples of Groups/Organizations: Socialist Alternative, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, Antifa, TYT (after they became vitriolic), Secular Talk (after it became vitriolic), Majority Report (though a bit more reasonable than TYT, Secular Talk, and other progressive YT channels), Vaush (also a bit more reasonable than TYT, Secular Talk, and other progressive YT channels), and Rational National (before it became vitriolic). Examples of Individuals: Angela Davis (activist and former member of the Communist Party USA), Richard Wolff (Marxist economist and advocate for worker cooperatives), Jill Stein, Rashida Tlaib, Infrared (Haz), Eugene V. Debs., and Norman Thomas. Left-wing/Progressive:
Progressives advocate for social, economic, and political reform to address issues such as income inequality, healthcare access, environmental protection, and social justice. They support policies like Medicare for All, tuition-free public college, a Green New Deal, criminal justice reform, and LGBTQ+ rights. Progressives can vary in their positions from center-left to left-wing, depending on specific policy preferences. Examples of Ideologies: Democratic socialism, social democracy, progressivism, pragmatic variation of anarcho-syndicalism, left-wing libertarianism, left-wing populism, and left-wing Independents. Examples of Groups/Organizations: Abolitionist movement, civil rights movement, Knights of Labor, 19th century People's Party, People's Party (1971), People's Party (formed in 2017), Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Center for American Progress, other left-wing think tanks, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Networks, Worker Cooperatives and Employee-Owned Businesses, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Sustainable Business Networks, Social Enterprise Networks, and other left-wing business networks, Justice Democrats, Sunrise Movement, UAW, Rational National (before it became vitriolic), Democracy Now!, Jacobin, Current Affairs, The Intercept, TYT (before they became vitriolic), Secular Talk (before it became vitriolic), Majority Report, Vaush, Pod Save America, Michael Moore Podcast, Actualized.org. Examples of Individuals: Thaddeus Stevens, Frederick Douglass, Radical Republicans such as Ulysses S. Grant, William Jennings Bryan, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, MLK, Malcolm X, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bernie Sanders (U.S. Senator and democratic socialist), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. Representative and progressive advocate), Elizabeth Warren (U.S. Senator and progressive Democrat), Sherrod Brown, John Fetterman, Ruben Gallego, Jamaal Bowman, Ro Khanna, Katie Porter, Barbara Lee, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, David Pakman, Brian Tyler Cohen, IRI, Destiny, Michael Moore, Leo Gura, Noam Chomsky, Paul Krugman, Joseph Stiglitz, Mark Zandi, Ron Klain, and Shawn Fain. Center-Left/Moderate Liberal/Liberal:
This group occupies a more centrist position, advocating for pragmatic solutions that balance progressive goals with fiscal responsibility and market-based approaches. They may support policies like a public option for healthcare, moderate tax reforms, and incremental changes to address social issues. Centrist Democrats often emphasize bipartisanship and compromise. Liberals typically emphasize a balance between individual rights and the role of government in addressing social and economic issues. They often advocate for reforms within the existing political and economic systems, supporting policies such as expanding access to healthcare through private or public means, promoting incremental changes to address social inequalities, and favoring market-based solutions alongside government intervention. Examples of Ideologies: Liberalism, pragmatic progressivism, center-left populism, and left-leaning Independents. Examples of Groups/Organizations: Progressive Policy Institute, Center for American Progress, other center-left think tanks, more moderate factions within the Democratic Party, labor unions, the Kennedy family (except RFK jr.), the Warren Court, Keynesian economics, New Keynesian economics, Social Venture Network (SVN), B Lab, Conscious Capitalism, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA), and other center-left business networks, MSNBC. Examples of Individuals: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel J. Tilden, James Garfield, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Truman, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden (President of the United States), Kamala Harris (Vice President of the United States), Pete Buttigieg (Secretary of Transportation and former presidential candidate), Al Gore, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Sherrod Brown, Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, Nancy Pelosi (one of the greatest US Speakers of the US House in US history), Samuel Rayburn (also said to be one of the greatest Speakers of the US House in US history), Jim Clyburn, Adam Schiff, Alex Padilla, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Josh Shapiro, Wes Moore, Tim Walz, J.B. Pritzker, Justice Elena Kegan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Jack Smith, John Maynard Keynes, Jason Furman, Larry Summers, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, Mark Zandi, Claudia Sahm, Paul Volcker, Timothy Geithner, Janet Yellen, Rob Rubin, Gene Sperling, Steve Rattner, Brian Deese, Ron Klain, Lael Brainard, Jack Lew, Antony Blinken, and Eric Holder. Centrist/Moderate:
Centrists prioritize pragmatism and moderation, seeking to find common ground between left and right-wing perspectives. They may support a mix of progressive and conservative policies, depending on the issue, and generally prioritize compromise and cooperation over ideological purity. Centrists often value stability and incremental change over radical reforms. Example of Ideologies: Pragmatism, moderation, bipartisanship, political Independence, centrism-populism, and possibly extreme centrism. Examples of Groups/Organizations: New Democrat Coalition, Blue Dog Coalition, other conservative Democrats, Republican Main Street Partnership, Rockefeller Republican, other moderate and liberal Republicans left today, Independents, Third Way, Neoliberals, Bipartisan Policy Center, No Labels, Problem Solvers Caucus, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and the Stone Court. Examples of Individuals: George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Eisenhower, Richard Nixon (was in many ways the last liberal president in policy before Obama), Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, Ross Perot, Doug Jones (former U.S. Senator known for bipartisan approach), Jon Tester, Susan Collins (U.S. Senator known for moderate positions), Larry Hogan, Joe Manchin (U.S. Senator known for his very bipartisan stance and very heavy influence from corporate donors) and Kyrsten Sinema (known for her extreme bipartisan stance, lack of transparency, and very heavy influence from corporate donors), Josh Gottheimer, Abigail Spanberger, Jerome Powell, Ben Bernanke, Olivier Blanchard, Rob Rubin, Gene Sperling, Steve Rattner, and Merrick Garland. Center-Right/Moderate Conservative/Conservative:
This segment of the spectrum advocates for limited government intervention in the economy, fiscal conservatism, and traditional social values. They may support policies such as lower taxes, deregulation, free-market healthcare solutions, and a strong national defense. Moderate conservatives may be more open to compromise on social issues like same-sex marriage and immigration reform. Examples of Ideologies: Conservatism, moderate Republicanism, center-right populism, right-leaning Independents Examples of Groups/Organizations: Republican Main Street Partnership, Rockefeller Republican, Blue Dog Coalition, other conservative Democrats, American Enterprise Institute, other center-right think thanks, US Chamber of Commerce, and other center-right business networks, The Ripon Society, the Vinson court, the Burger Court, the Rehnquist Court, the Roberts Court (before Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away and got replaced by Amy Coney Barrett), and some of the GOP Establishment. Examples of Individuals: John Adams, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Chester A. Arthur, James Blaine, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, William Taft, Herbert Hoover, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon (also began the War on Drugs and the Southern Strategy), Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, George H.W. Bush, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema Ben Sasse, Colin Powell, John McCain, Adam Kinzinger, Mitt Romney (U.S. Senator known for moderate conservatism), Larry Hogan, Lisa Murkowski (U.S. Senator known for independent streak), Charlie Baker (Governor of Massachusetts and moderate Republican), Chris Christie, Josh Gottheimer, Hank Paulson, Jerome Powell, Jeremy Siegel (economist), Chief Justice Roberts, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Right-wing/Conservative/Traditionalist:
Conservatives generally prioritize individual liberty, free-market principles, and traditional social values. They advocate for limited government, lower taxes, deregulation, and a strong national defense. They may oppose progressive policies like affirmative action, gun control, and government-run healthcare. Socially, they often support traditional family values, religious freedom, and stricter immigration policies. Examples of Ideologies: Conservatism, fiscal conservatism, free-market capitalism, traditional values, right-wing libertarianism, right-wing populism, and right-wing Independents. Examples of Groups/Organizations: Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Hoover Institute, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Family Research Council, Club for Growth, other conservative think tanks, most of the GOP Establishment, the Roberts Court (currently), the Hughes Court, US Chamber of Commerce, and other center-right business networks. Examples of Individuals: James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, John Bolton, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley (former Governor of South Carolina and conservative Republican), Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Johnson, Pat Buchanan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Clarence Thomas, Roger Ailes, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro (conservative commentator and author), Robert Mercer, and other right-wing mega-donors, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, William Randolph Hearst, William F. Buckley Jr., Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Alan Greenspan, Steven Mnuchin, Donald Rumsfeld, Rex Tillerson, Mike Pompeo, and William Barr. Far-Right/Reactionary:
This segment encompasses individuals and groups with extreme right-wing views, often advocating for a return to traditional social hierarchies, nationalist policies, and authoritarianism. Far-right ideologies may include elements of racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism. They often oppose immigration, multiculturalism, and international cooperation in favor of a more isolationist or nationalist agenda. Examples of Ideologies: Nationalism, white supremacy, authoritarianism, extreme right-wing populism Examples of Groups/Organizations: Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Qanon, American Renaissance, FOX news, OANN, Newsmax, Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christians, and the Roberts Court (currently). Examples of Individuals: A majority of Republican/conservative elites in the US, right-wing mega-donors, Donald Trump, MAGA Republicans, Steve Bannon (former White House Chief Strategist and far-right nationalist), Ted Cruz (U.S. Senator and conservative Republican), Pat Buchanan, Newt Gingrich, Marjorie Taylor Greene (U.S. Representative known for promoting conspiracy theories), Mike Johnson, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, Chip Roy, Jim Jordan, Vivek Ramaswamy, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Clarence Thomas, Richard Spencer (white nationalist and alt-right leader), Roger Ailes, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Charlie Kirk, Robert Mercer, and other right-wing mega-donors.  
There is some overlap with examples of each of these Individuals, Ideologies, and Group/Organizations put in each of their respective categories, but I think this is a good start. Let me know what any of you have to add to this breakdown.
*Extreme/radical centrism actually hasn't been officially considered as being really within the center or anywhere else within the spectrum; however, one could argue that it would be at the very, very center of the spectrum, but it is just as dysfunctional as any kind of extreme/radical left-wing ideology or any sort of extreme/radical right-wing ideology, in its own way. I want to say that both Manchin and Sinema and other right-wing corporate Democrats like them have been contributing to the problems we have today that are usually attributed to radical centrism. No Labels definitely smells like a major contributor to extreme centrism and corporate extremism. Then again, populist movements can also emerge in the center of the political spectrum, advocating for reforms to address perceived government corruption, bureaucratic inefficiency, or political gridlock. Centrist populists may prioritize anti-establishment rhetoric and propose policies aimed at increasing transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in government.
**Given that the use of the terms far-left, left-wing, center-left, centrist, center-right, right-wing, and far-right/Reactionary officially didn't begin to be used until around the turn of the 20th century in the US, we (including the AI) can only make best guesses as to which political figures before around the year 1900 were in which category on the political spectrum. All of them before 1900 were probably either some kind of centrist or barely at the center-left or barely at the center-right, except for James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Thaddeus Stevens, and Frederick Douglass. James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson were staunch conservative presidents, right before and right after the Civil War respectively, both of whom strongly opposed civil rights for African Americans. Buchanan in particular was very pro-slavery, and was party responsible for the conditions that led to the outbreak of the Civil War. Thaddeus Stevens and Frederick Douglass, on the other hand, were probably firmly left-wing political leaders as they were fierce social justice warriors who fought like hell to abolish slavery and make the federal government grant all African-Americans American citizenship and every civil right/liberty.
***Nobody really knows what Trump is or what he truly stands for. However, he clearly is striving to be the dictator of the USA and is doing everything he can to escape justice for everything he has done.

Hi there,
TL;DR in bold.
So I am just back from a solo meditation retreat. I wanted to go to Vipassana, but with all the surges in Covid cases in my country in the last weeks I had thought it might not be the brightest idea, so my room it is.
It started out as a mixed Vipassana/Kriya retreat, but slowly evolved into Kriya-based one. Yes, I am no good at sticking to the plan. Typical INFP guy here.
My Vipassana technique of choice was Shinzen Young's mindfulness with labeling, the "See, Hear, Feel" method. I like it more than the body scaning technique they teach at Goenka's Vipassana retreats. Shinzen Young is an inspiring person, too. It's thanks to him that I started to question if I am not undervaluing stuff like insight mediation and should give it more effort.
My Kriya routine is (I have had almost a year of a gap in practicing it and I am just getting back on track since the 1st January, practicing daily):
Preliminary Kriya Supreme Fire up to 20 minuntes Maha Mudra 3-12x SantataGamana's/Mukherjee's Kriya Pranayama with concentration at the Third-Eye 108-144x Self-Inquiry or concentration for 20-40 minutes at the end.  
It takes up to 1 h 30 min to complete.
For Kriya Supreme Fire I use Wim Hof-like technique of doing 30 short, sharp inhales and exhales to oxygenate the body, It's super easy to hit 1 min 30 s or 2 min that way. I remember that using this technique I was able to hold breath for 3 minutes in year 2019. So I think that I will switch to full Kriya Supreme Fire soon after the retreat.
I had a problem with Vipassana. The problem was I had been constantly falling asleep and lucid dreaming or simply dreaming instead of actually meditating. So 2-hours meditation sit was effectively more like a 1-1.5 hour sit. I even had a dream of me meditating in one place and then after waking up I saw that I am in a completely different place. And I was like, "duh, why is it happening to me?"
I know why, it's because I had constantly been laying on the floor with a straight back to give my legs and knees a rest, but it turns out I am godlike at falling asleep at completely flat, uncomfortable floors. But I had to, the knees got such a beating before I started this retreat (I went biking for the first time this year and kind of got carried away), that I didn't want to risk any injury.
That's why I have switched to yoga only. You can't fall asleep doing yoga (probably, haha).
Here is my schedule for the first 2 days:
It's basically appropiated Goenka's Vipassana schedlue. I didn't know what I was doing when planning this up, just went with my mojo and put stuff in there. Too much physical exercise.
I had set up timers on my phone to remind me of the schedule and put it into extra-battery saving mode.
I then went to improve it for the next two days:
This was better, but still not right. The lesson I have learned is that doing Kriya that close before sleep can make falling asleep more difficult, yet I haven't corrected it during this retreat.
The schedule I sticked to the end of the retreat is such:
Yup, that's 400-600 Kriya Pranayamas a day. But I think this was still ineffective use of time. If I had to start again, I would cut physical yoga asanas (Iyengar) to 1h maximum. Do more sessions of Kriya, aiming for 800-1000 a day, no psychedelics. I would also try to all the Pranayamas as early in the day as possible, to crowd them in the morning and early afternoon. That would be it for a Kriya-themed retreat.
I will for sure experiment with other formats, like semi-retreat when I do yoga intensively in the morning and then go about the day as usual, work, etc., for a month. Or do 1-day intensives with 1728 pranyamas on Sundays, for example. 1728 x KP should take about ten hours, that's totally doable.
If anything, I could have structured this retreat so that I had 1728 repetitions of pranayama per day, yet as I have said, I didn't really know what I was doing there, before this retreat I was doing only 72 x KP per day and didn't know if there's a limit. There is no limit, one can go on and on and practice. The biggest obstacle is finding an assana to sit/lay in for ten hours with a straight back. I have heard you can drink water during the practice, preferably with ghee, but that sounds like a hindu dogma to me, haha. I would try to do it in "one sitting" from 5AM to 4PM and then rest.
What I am thankful to this retreat for is showing me the benefits of such a rigid time schedule. I think I will get serious about scheduling my normal days after this retreat in a similar manner. It's something I have never done really, but makes sitting down to do the practice super easy, because you are always well slept, nourished and at the right place when there's the time to practice.
About the psychedelics, I have thought that with so much time on my hands it would be interesting to try different routes of administration for DPT. I don't recommend doing that on a retreat, it's just something I have been curious about and couldn't find a better time to do.
So, vaping DPT freebase is easy, too easy. I have wasted like 200 mg because I didn't know how to vape. First, I have had problems with freebasing it, the stuff is a very sticky brownish oil and it's such a pain to manage. So after managing to put like 15 mg from the original 60 I have puffed it and felt threshold effects. After some time I tried to put a paste of DPT mixed with baking soda inside the vaporizer with a drop of water, it has worked, but the water was a problem, I had to carefully evaporate it at around 100C and don't know if that cooking hasn't destroyed some of the molecule. I don't know because when was about to take to take a puff from the vape, I forgot to empty my lungs. Before I have exhaled the air, the DPT has condensed on the glass and made everything dirty, I have only taken into lungs like 10% of the cloud and again felt light mood enchancement. That's when I gave up the method for now. Too much pain with freebasing it correctly and it leaves a smell in the room.
So oral administration it is. I have taken 200 mg put into capsule and the other day 300 mg. It works, works like a charm. So far the best ROA for this compound IMO. I have bought my DPT at $8 a gram so I don't feel like it's too wasteful to eat that much of it for one and a half hour of tripping. 200 mg is an equivalent of 45 mg insufflated (+ intensity) and 300 mg is similar to 60 mg insufflated or 110 mg plugged (++ intensity, Shulgin's scale), but with no clogged sinuses, bad taste or bleeding from anus. At least with my metabolism. I was scared because of the reports of extra long trips, like 6-10 hours from this ROA on very high doses, but it seems to not be case, it's a standard for DPT 1.5 hour duration, although I can't be sure of what would happen at a higher dose. I don't know anything about tolerance, maybe my 300 mg trip had been weaker because of the tolerance, dunno. Takes about 40 minutes to load when taken in a capsule (might depend on the capsule you have got).
What else I have been up to? Read SantataGamana's books, started Peter Ralston's The Book of Not-Knowing, indulged in the poetry of Ryokan and Rumi when had had a break from the meditation. Poetry totally recommended for a retreat, haha. Cooked some good food, worked on mindfulness in everyday activities, had a detox from the internet, video content, smartphone, messenger, etc.
Results from the practice:
Feeling of a stronger control over the mind and its urges. Slightly elevated baseline level of consciousness. It's not much, but noticable. Learned to do Kriya Yoga well better. Found comfortable sitting postures. Some calm, spontaneus kundalini activity throughout the day. Improved concetration skills. That's it, nothing fancy, no extraordinary experiences.
Here are the sitting set-ups I recommend:

1. For Maha Mudra and sitting with legs crossed/half-lotus. The tilt from the yoga block beneath is very useful and adds comfort by lowering the knees realatively to your hips.

2. For additional comfort, put a blanket on top. It's good for cross-legged postion and sitting on your knees if you like to have knees close together and calfs apart.

3. Put a zafu on the side to sit on your knees and have a support for you butt. This position is just as good as a zen sitting bench or maybe even better. You can put a stiff blanket on top to make it higher, but it has to be stiff, it can't be a soft one, because otherwise you will be sliding to the sides and forwards/backwards.
That's all I have had to share, much love and peace.

Here are some recommendations from me. (* = My top recommendations)
1. Try and run some *PSTEC click tracks. Its an NLP/ Hypnosis program which helps eliminate strong emotions linked to memories. (Bit hard to find online though maybe)
2. *IFS therapy (Try and work with a therapist with a level 2 IFS training or above. Bonus if they also work as a program assistant.)
3. Read *Pete Walker's CPTSD surviving to thriving (Also look into CPTSD in general)
4. EMDR (If you have numerous traumatic memories, or they occurred over prolonged period, would prioritize IFS therapy)
5. TRE exercises
6. Psychiatric medication
7. Journaling
 

I was watching Edward Frenkel's interview and just wanted to share some of his constructive criticisms to science, that pretty much go in line with what @Leo Gura discusses in many episodes. In particular, he points out:
The tendency of experts to try and model the world using exactly the field they've learned (egoic bias as I'd put it -- he alludes to the behavior being comparable to what priests do in stage-blue societies): https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxL4oZCLVMQeMl9oqa2NG2OY1QovtN4ns_?si=nrI8LSmkJ_ie1i4W The dismissal of the value of subjective understanding (he also mentions how Quantum Mechanism and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem -- proven since the first half of the last century -- have not yet pervaded popular common sense): https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxyuGuzVIcuSI-T1zY-0jFaFcvmwRXeJKG?si=mCAA50AMIFuJerEF In addition, he provides a simple and brilliant explanation of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, 100% worth watching.
It seems he's been watching too much Actualized.org

Then that is your deficiency  Some people are so relaxed that dopamine would probably be their only way to become more social. You should see the med student who conducts our brain dissection lab sessions. He is a walking brick wall 😆 (not in an autistic way).
 
On a slightly (un)related topic, I've been thinking a bit about the relationship between neuroticism (in the strictly emotional lability sense) and creativity which we talked about one time. I consider myself way above average in creativity, and I've always been highly neurotic. I'm high in openness too, yes, but the combination with neuroticism and openness I think creates a creative beast. My dad is like that (BP1 diagnosis, arguably the definition of openness + neuroticism). My friend from class is high in openness but comparably low in neuroticism (by my estimation), and he doesn't seem as creative in the strictest sense but certainly intellectually gifted. Same with the aforementioned med student.
Another slightly tangential thought to that, I had a wild idea that maybe sprinters or explosive athletes are more neurotic on average. It sort of makes sense that one's personality would be associated with some deeper biological traits like that. In other words, being able to quickly change your physiological state in terms of muscle fiber recruitment could be mirrored in being able to quickly change your psycho-emotional state (emotional lability). Maybe there could be some co-selection of genes going on there to create the optimal "fast" phenotype. Again, this is of course just wild half-baked speculation. I haven't looked into any potential data on that yet
Also, back to creativity, I say "in a strictly emotional lability sense" because I believe that even though I have severely reduced my more "Freudian" neuroticism (internal conflict, repetitive and irrelevant mental chatter), I still have a mind that changes quickly while zeroing in on a task. In other words, my mind finds more relevant information and faster. So in a sense, it's possible to distinguish between a more generally dysfunctional neuroticism and a more generally functional neuroticism: emotional lability with or without task-irrelevant mind-wandering. Then again, I'm not saying task-irrelevant mind-wandering is by definition dysfunctional; I'm just saying generally (most people in the modern would could certainly benefit to have less of it).
I hope I'm not derailing the thread 😳 (I got carried away, I'm sorry 😣; just ignore everything but the first paragraph if you're not Nilsi. This is what happens when I take breaks from the forum and post at night 🤭).

I suppose I will at some point share my massive Excel Document of Links to Documentaries. 
 
For Now I will share a list of channels and playlists that I have come across in this thread. 
Countries List: https://www.worldometers.info/geography/countries-of-the-world/#:~:text=Countries (following the U.N. definition,Dependencies and other territories

Free Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/@FreeDocumentary/videos
Geography Now: https://www.youtube.com/@GeographyNow
Complete Country Playlist: https://youtu.be/ipVw772hCrM?list=PLR7XO54Pktt8_jNjAVaunw1EqqcEAdcow
Playlist From Actualized Member: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKm7OXaaugYBkh-7bpMXByjUd4eXVgUcc
Indigo Traveller: https://www.youtube.com/@IndigoTraveller/videos
Stop Over - Documentary, Discovery, History: https://www.youtube.com/@StopovertvHD/videos
Slice: https://www.youtube.com/@SLICEDocumentary/videos
DW Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/@DWDocumentary/videos
Free High-Quality Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/@FreeHighQualityDocumentaries/videos
Geodiode: https://www.youtube.com/@Geodiode/videos

@herghly A much deeper understanding of humanity, psychology, finance, strategic planning and scheduling. General observation of mental health, proficient systems modelling, self actualization and stage yellow mindset. 
In Wake Up, Eben states that "awareness is our most valuable asset" The whole course is about designing a life that frees up our awareness so we can get to work on what matters.
Notes from Leo's Stage Yellow Lecture:
Stage Yellow Values: 
Nuance & complexity  Openmindedness  Perspective  Novel concepts & POVs  Generating fresh insights  Understanding  Systems thinking  Nonlinear dynamics  Sustainability, long time frames  Going meta  Big picture vs technical analysis  Holistic analysis  Synthesis  Connecting the dots  Penetrating to the core of an issue  Identifying & solving root problems  A multi-disciplinary approach  Mixing hard & soft sciences  Creativity, outside-the-box solutions  Ecology  Responsible ways of being  Studying models  Spiral Dynamics  Natural hierarchies  Education, knowledge, research, reading  Reading lots of diverse books  Clean content, concentrated information  Life-long learning  Expertise, competence, experience  Context, learning from history  Developing skills to become an instrument for the greater whole  Independent thinking  Neutrality: Being objective/impartial  Designing solutions for the entire Spiral  Meeting people where they are at  Building bridges  Social engineering  Ecological designs  Reducing the suffering of living systems  Pulling ideas from many sources  Combining different ideas, models, theories  Left-brained  Vision & purpose, being a visionary  Requisite variety, mental flexibility  Self-actualization  Paradox  Uncertainty  Responsibility, independence, autonomy  Being a lone-wolf  Through observing Eben one gets to observe most if not all of the above values.

How powerful of a resource this would be?
Navigating vast field tested experience almost in a research paper like manner while omitting all the toxicity and ego by using a search function based in field reports, maybe even somewhat like Leo's blog Index was  created.
This would be a perfect job for Reddit 
CALLING UPON ALL TECH SAVVY PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
The future of the lower end of the masculine gene pool is in YOUR hands

I could be totally wrong but you sound like my twin replica.  (I guess this is what I would suggest to my twin me haha)
Read page 87-89 on Flight (or the entire book - I am actually on the section I just suggested haha but it sounds like a good fit actually):  https://blobby.wsimg.com/go/a7124a00-f63c-4010-bbdc-5020f1cf45aa/Complex PTSD_ From Surviving to Thriving ( PDF.pdf
I've been called a child and then looked this up and found this and then the book above https://www.michaelsamsel.com/Content/Individuals/adult_child_syndrome.html
Also, thoughts all the time could be high ideaphoria - it's a skill/talent/aptitude (I have it too)
I've quit jobs too but meh I think it was for the better and they were not something that utilized my strengths.
It's okay to go from doing a lot to doing nothing.  Sometimes seeking calmness when we feel too chaotic can be helpful - like trying to seek stillness, quiet, peace.  This book helped on accepting that: (read first paragraph starting with "Listen" on page 123 of pdf, 124 of the book text) https://www.perfectbrilliantstillness.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Book-from-PerfectBrilliantStillness.org_.pdf
What has also helped is noticing that the thoughts are not complete and will never necessarily be complete and that we can get trapped in thoughts like when we forget we are watching tv and to notice when oneself is so focused on thoughts and try to back out of that.
Ask yourself - what is going to be the most helpful immediate thing for me and start doing that.
It's okay to have all these different ideas you want to think about.  When that happens to me, I try to write all of them down and then pick one to think about and if I feel I have exhausted that one, I can then go to the next on the list.  Also what helps is typing it so you can write it faster and I guess I like writing because I can see/store the thought and don't have to keep on repeating it over and over again to hold it in my head.  Having a blog (I used wordpress.com, free) can help get those thoughts out.  I've also liked using Microsoft Paint for thoughts as I can use the text function and put them all over the place.  Also its cool to have a large dry erase board and write them on there but note that hand writing will be slower than typing.  Also tools like Scrivener are cool if you want to turn it into a book.  Also, Trello helps (free, Trello.com) for organizing activities and that is a kanban style thing.

Blog Posts for 2023
January 2023 
    •  Passengers 
    •  PBD vs Neil deGrasse Tyson 
    •  Dark Chocolate Filled With Lead & Cadmium 
    •  Rain World 
    •  Exploring Alien Life 
    •  Royalty & Monarchy Is Toxic 
    •  Toxic Masculinity In A Nutshell 
    •  Actualized Quotes #022 
    •  The Topic Of Genetic Freaks - Part 2 
    •  Actualized Quotes #023 
    •  The Genius Of Tracie Harris 
    •  What It's Like To Have Schizophrenia 
    •  Reverse Osmosis Water System 
    •  Are You A Narcissist?
    •  Psychedelics Are Dangerous   
    •  The Church Of Psilomethoxin 
 
February 2023
    •  How Academia Is Corrupt 
    •  The Limits Of Logic 
    •  Explaining Infinity
    •  Actualized Quotes #024 
    •  The Topic Of Genetic Freaks - Part 3 
    •  Actualized Quotes #025 
    •  Where's The Beauty? 
    •  Understanding Geography 
    •  Actualized Quotes #026 
    •  Actualized Quotes #027 
 
March 2023
    •  Israel, Russia, China, Iran - Global Politics 
    •  Actualized Quotes #028 
    •  Understanding Conservatives 
    •  Arnold On Hate 
    •  Actualized Quotes #029 
    •  The Faroe Islands
    •  Actualized Quotes #030  
    •  Actualized Quotes #032 
    •  Equaldex 
    •  Actualized Quotes #031 
    •  Cave Awakening  
    •  Actualized Quotes #033  
    •  Actualized Quotes #034  
    •  Actualized Quotes #035 
    •  What Is Empathy?
    •  Gay Grooming Nonsense  
    •  Actualized Quotes #036 
    •  A Bubble Of Consciousness 
    •  Chris Langan Interview  
    •  Actualized Quotes #036 
    •  AI Art - Part 2  
    •  The Evolution Of AI 
    •  Stealing Candy From A Baby   
    •  Starbucks Shamelessness 
    •  The Case For Shutting Down All AI 
    •  Understanding Disagreeable People  
 
April 2023
    •  AI Art - Part 3 
    •  The Mechanics Of Art AIs  
    •  What Is Post-Modernism?   
    •  AI = Making Distinctions  
    •  Salvia Meme  
    •  Modern Day Slavery  
    •  Thinking Deeply About The Trans Issue  
    •  The Trap Of Pragmatism  
    •  The Wealthy Have Less Empathy  
    •  The Metamorphosis Of My Work  
    •  Understanding Cuba's Economy  
 
May 2023
    •  Why The CIA Only Hires Sociopaths  
    •  How Financial Gurus Scam You  
 
June 2023
    •  Actualized Quotes #037  
    •  Political Immaturity 
    •  At Least 12 Alien Craft  
    •  Actualized Quotes #038 
    •  School Board President's Speech 
    •  Actualized Quotes #039  
    •  How Putin Was Born 
    •  Actualized Quotes #040 
    •  Science Fraud 
    •  Actualized Quotes #041 
    •  Andrew Tate Teaches Sex Trafficking 
    •  I Love Morning Joe!  
    •  Actualized Quotes #042 
    •  RFK Jr Town Hall   
 
July 2023
    •  Problems With RFK Jr 
    •  UFOs Are Here 
    •  Science Fraud - Part 2 
    •  Actualized Quotes #043  
    •  Actualized Quotes #044  
    •  Actualized Quotes #045 
    •  Deepak Chopra On Consciousness 
    •  Actualized Quotes #046 
    •  Kitten Realizes It Has 4 Paws 
    •  Universal Brain 
    •  Actualized Quotes #047 
    •  When You Finally AWAKEN!  
    •  Poor Leonard Suskind  
    •  Actualized Quotes #048 
    •  Is ESP Scientifically Real? 
    •  Actualized Quotes #049 
    •  The US / Mexico Border Situation 
    •  Vegas Prostitutes 
    •  Roswell Documentary 
    •  The Ultimate Guide To Nuclear Weapons  
    •  The Varginha Incident - Brazil's Roswell 
 
August 2023
    •  My Apology 01  
    •  The Vatican's Position On UFOs 
    •  The Highest Penthouse In The World 
    •  Actualized Quotes #050 
    •  Understanding Saudi Arabia   
    •  Life In Mumbai   
    •  Life In Bangladesh 
    •  The Bulwark  
    •  Finch  
    •  Jordan Peterson vs Matt Dillahunty On God
    •  Sam Harris On Assholes   
    •  2024 Will Be A Train Wreck   
 
September 2023
    •  The Man Who Groomed The World 
    •  Inside Taliban Politics
    •  Bush vs Bush   
    •  Roger Penrose vs William Lane Craig 
    •  Can Science Find Mind?  
    •  Actualized Quotes #051  
    •  Molecular Biology Is God  
    •  Godel's Incompleteness Simply Explained  
    •  Actualized Quotes #052  
    •  John Mearsheimer On Geopolitics  
    •  Actualized Quotes #053  
    •  Dr James Tour On Abiogenesis  
 
October 2023
    •  Actualized Quotes #054  
    •  Cat Recontextualization   
    •  Pyramids Recontextualization  
    •  Eastern Europe Corruption 
    •  Iraq's Secret Sex Trade
    •  People With Perfect Memory 
    •  Poison Cotton  
    •  Origins Of Technology 
    •  Profound Quotes #025
    •  Pig
    •  Profound Quotes #026  
    •  Zeolite Nanoparticles For Detox
    •  Profound Quotes #027
    •  Inside A Taliban Courtroom
    •  American Religion 
    •  Profound Quotes #028  
    •  The Hasidic Jews Of New York  
    •  John Mearsheimer & Judge Napolitano 
 
November 2023
    •  Coastline
    •  The Geopolitics Of Oil
    •  Tunic  
    •  How North Korea Makes Money   
    •  Life In Vladivostok 
    •  Leo's Geography Challenge
    •  Somalia  
    •  The Whipscorpion
    •  Building My New PC (2023) 
    •  Survival In Nigeria
    •  Profound Quotes #029
    •  Lessons In Being A Visionary
    •  The Thomas Crown Affair
    •  Iran From Above  
    •  Aleksandr Dugin - From Russia With Evil
    •  What Is Post-Modernism?   
    •  Hypercube Infinity   
    •  David Grusch - Earliest UFO Recovery
    •  Homeless Pickup 
 
December 2023
    •  Consciousness Light Analogy  
    •  Recontextualization Prank    
    •  Carlin On Self-Help    
    •  Gerald Anderson Roswell Interview    
    •  Richard Doty UFO Interview    
    •  Dumb Ways To Die    
    •  Roswell Interviews    
    •  Gaslighting Masterclass    
    •  ChatGPT Demo - Alien Poem    
    •  Why Hollywood Is Not Conservative    
    •  How The Queen Eats Bananas    
    •  George Lucas Explains Star Wars    
    •  Varginha UFO Alien Communication    
    •  Protect Your Ears!   
    •  Do You Believe In God?    
    •  Actualized Quotes #055   

How Socialization Makes You Stupid - Problems With Conformity & Group-Think
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The dangers of conformity and group-think The speaker's experience with socialization and observations about its effects on their mind The speaker's struggle with socialization and realization that it goes against their values and interferes with their authenticity, original thinking, and pursuit of truth The idea that it is possible to socialize while still maintaining values and being authentic, but that it requires effort and may have hidden costs The concept of "socialization brainwashing," in which socialization pressures individuals to conform to certain values and beliefs Examples of socialization brainwashing, including the way schools and mass media promote certain viewpoints and the way social groups influence individuals' beliefs and behavior The idea that socialization can make individuals "stupid" by limiting their thinking and inhibiting their ability to think critically and independently The importance of maintaining a degree of independence and critical thinking in order to avoid being swayed by group-think and conformity The potential consequences of blindly following social norms and group beliefs, including the suppression of individuality and the potential for harm to oneself and others. On average, women are more social creatures than men Intellectual geniuses of history tend to be reclusive men (example given of Einstein, Newton, Tesla) Socialization takes time and energy away from intellectual pursuits When socializing, you become the average of the minds you are socializing with Even if you are socializing with intelligent people, you are subscribing to group think and conformity Socializing has a cost and trade-off, and it's important to understand and make a conscious choice about whether to accept those trade-offs It's important to find your own balance between socializing and solitude, and this balance may change at different points in life Being more social means more social conditioning and less original thought, and being more solitary means more time and space for original thought It's important to find a balance that works for you, and to be aware of the trade-offs associated with socializing. Groupthink occurs when people in a group do not think independently and instead bounce ideas off each other in an echo chamber This happens because it is difficult and stressful to think independently, and it is easier to follow the herd and trust in a leader Humans survive in a herd and construct self-serving narratives together, creating a synthetic augmented reality that becomes indistinguishable from physical reality Survival is shaped by the herd or tribe one is part of, and this can constrain and limit one's mind and intelligence, but also provide benefits such as education It is important to consider the costs and constraints that come with positioning oneself within society, such as working at Starbucks or becoming a professor at a university It is important to think about how one's position in society will impact their values and priorities, and to consider alternatives to traditional career paths One should strive to maintain their individuality and autonomy, and not be afraid to think and act independently It is important to be aware of one's own biases and the biases of the group, and to actively seek out diverse perspectives. The social matrix misdefines intelligence Intelligence is often equated with success, survival, socialization, academia, and left brain calculation abilities The speaker wants to redefine intelligence to include wisdom and love The speaker believes that if an action is not wise and loving, it cannot be considered intelligent The speaker believes that intelligence should align with infinite intelligence, which is wise and loving The speaker believes that society's current understanding of intelligence does not include this connection to infinite intelligence The speaker believes that true intelligence includes selflessness and the highest intelligence is love The speaker believes that society's current definition of intelligence is incomplete and needs to be revised to align with infinite intelligence Developing mastery of the mind requires practice and cannot be achieved solely through shutting off the mind or accessing non-dual states The mind is a powerful and dangerous tool that can be mastered through practice Other minds and culture can influence and affect one's own thoughts Avoid parroting phrases and ideas that are not your own, especially within the spiritual community Notice how the need for social survival can pressure one to conform to group think Engage in practices that allow for original, high quality thinking Cultivate deep intelligence by understanding things deeply and properly Develop the ability to jailbreak the mind and understand high levels of abstraction and relativity Practice meditation and mindfulness as a means of improving thinking processes Modern society offers a lot of freedom and tools for creators and innovators However, it is also easy to become distracted and conform to the "social matrix" To avoid becoming a "zombie" and to live a fulfilling life, it is important to think original thoughts and spend time alone thinking Reading books and watching videos, and listening to gurus can be helpful, but it is not the same as thinking original thoughts To practice thinking original thoughts, try picking a subject and thinking about it from scratch without consulting external sources Make a habit of regularly setting aside time for original thinking It is important to balance socialization and alone time to live a fulfilling life Contemplating God is important, but it's also important to have fun and be silly sometimes Don't use deep intelligence as an excuse to judge or criticize others for having fun or being social Don't rely on God to solve problems like loneliness, instead take action to create connections in your life Distinguish between shallow and deep non-conformity Shallow non-conformity is when you join a group or movement without thinking independently Deep non-conformity is when you pursue things you genuinely love and don't compromise your values and priorities Be careful not to demonize the mainstream or subscribe to conspiracy theories Don't turn Actualized.org into a trap, it's meant to be a resource for personal growth and development, not a replacement for original thinking

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▶️ Leo’s Blog: Videos, Summaries and Interviews ▶️
(Most blog videos are 45-60 mins, some are 2 hrs (of course )  Videos are listed in reverse chronological order, for the most part.)
 
                Epistemology ⁉️ 🤔 💡
• Apr 21, 2021:     Sherlock Holmes' Brain
• Mar 21, 2021:    Why Debates Don't Work
• Feb 25, 2021:     Learning From Partially False Perspectives
• Aug 23, 2019:    My Critique Of Zizek's Critique Of Buddhism
• Aug 19, 2019:    Why Are My Videos So Long?
• Aug 15, 2019:    How To Test For Self-Bias
• Jun 27, 2019:     Sense Organs Are Imaginary
• Oct 22, 2018:     Skepticism & Nonduality
• Sept 16, 2018:   Metaphysics vs Epistemology
• Sept 4, 2018:     All Understanding Is Metaphoric
• Oct 3, 2018:       All Understanding Is Metaphoric - Part 2
• Dec 21, 2017:    Changing Perspectives Destroys Reality (note)
• Dec 9, 2017:      Understanding Better Than Academics
 
                Enlightenment 🤯
• Feb 29, 2020:   What It's Like To Smoke Salvia Divinorum (note) 
• Feb 5, 2020:     Explaining God For Dummies
• Dec 17, 2019:   Miracle Awakening
• Dec 15, 2019:   Ego-Collapse Awakening
• Jul 17, 2019:     Infinite Love Awakening
• Jun 21, 2019:    DPT: The Other God Molecule  (Summary)
• Jun 11, 2019:    Total Omniscience Awakening
• Nov 29, 2017:   Absolute Infinity Demo (10 mins)
 
                Life Purpose 💪 😤
• Aug 23, 2021:    Extra Insights About Good Intentions 🤯 (Summary)
• Feb 28, 2021:    Guerilla Business Advice   (Summary)
• Jul 22, 2020:      Requisite Variety & Creative Laziness
• Jul 11, 2019:      Tapping Into Collective Consciousness 🤯
• Oct 8, 2018:      How I Started My First Business
• Sep 10, 2018:    Why Get Rich Quick Schemes Don't Work
 
                Society & Politics 🌎 🏛️
• Nov 26, 2020:   Conscious Capitalism BS
• Jul 8, 2020:        Deconstructing Property Rights
• Apr 17, 2020:    Why Bernie Sanders Lost (note)
• Aug 21, 2019:   Rethinking Human History
• Oct 23, 2019:    Why The Media Is Corrupt
• Oct 7, 2019:      The Big Picture Of Global Politics
• Jan 23, 2019:    My Political Awakening (Essay)
• Sep 6, 2018:     Inside The Mind Of Trump
• Jan 10, 2018:    Life Lessons From "Life Below Zero" (note)
 
                   Yoga 🧘🏼
• Mar 6, 2018:    Sitting Posture For Yoga & Meditation (9 mins)
• Mar 6, 2018:    Don't Half-Ass Yoga (note)
 
                Leo’s Health & Life 🍎 🥗
• Feb 18, 2022:   Explaining Take-Down & New Awakening
• Apr 9, 2021:     Water Fast Ends, Carnivore Diet Begins
• Mar 17, 2021:  14 Day Water Fast
• Feb 5, 2021:     Back From 2 Month Break, Updates   (Summary)
• Jul 21, 2020:     My Health Situation
• Jul 7, 2019:       Do I Doubt Myself?
 
                   Retreats 🏝️ 🧘🏼 🍄
   Leo’s Retreat at Home: 🏡
• May 31, 2018:   May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 1
• Jun 4, 2018:       May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 2
• Jun 8, 2018:       May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 3 💪
 
   Leo’s Retreats in Hawaii: 🌺
• Apr 26, 2018:    Second Hawaii Retreat Intro (19 mins)
• May 1, 2018:     Hawaii Late Night Insights 🌃
• Apr 22, 2018:    Conclusion: Mindfucked In Hawaii 🍄
 
• Feb 25, 2018:    First Hawaii Retreat - Feb 2018 (8 videos) 🌴
 
   Leo’s Retreat in Arizona: 🏕️ 🏜️
• May 7, 2017:     Solo Retreat Videos & Insights (10 videos)
 
                Interviews with Leo 🎙️
• Sept 20, 2021:   The Theories of Everything Podcast interviews Leo
                             — Ego Death, God, Reality vs Dream, TOEs, and an "Ask Me Anything.” (Part Two)
• Sept 7, 2022:   The Theories of Everything Podcast interviews Leo
                             — Infinite Consciousness, God Realization, Free Will, and Love (Part One).
• May 7, 2021:   The Charlie and Ben Podcast interviews Leo
                             — Deconstructing Reality, Psychedelic Enlightenment and Spiral Dynamics.
 
• Nov 20, 2016:  Leo Interviews Martin Ball - Using 5-MeO-DMT To Become Enlightened. (ep.#283)
• Nov 9, 2016:    Leo Interviews Peter Ralston.
• Nov 2, 2014:    Leo Interviews Tripp Advice - How To Be An Attractive Man. (ep.#176)
 
                Articles ✍️
• Leo’s “20 Dream Killers” article.
• Leo’s "Personal Development Blueprint.”  (covers over 100 Self-Help concepts)
 
                   Viewer Compilations 🥳
• Incredible, Powerful Concepts on Life & 5-MeO-DMT 🤯 
• Building a Passionate Life 
• The BEST Strategy to Attract SUCCESS 
 

Loving Radiance posted this in the summaries thread .  Reposting here since it’s for one of Leo’s blog videos.
 
Blog video. Back From 2 Month Break, Updates (upload February 5th 2020)
Balance of Creative Work & Rest
Possibility of getting oversatiated from over consuming personal development / spiritual content to the point of just consuming it
this results in not living life anymore as to not experience the whole range of life because the mind is still immersed and is not truly resting resting allows getting conscious & self-reflective of one's work by recognizing limitations from a detached birds eye view because of the contrast of work & rest Pacing oneself (resting, and working with the right endurance & speed) serves long-term sustainability of creative work output
all areas of life are better to be seen through the lens of sustainability ("Is this area of my life sustainable? If not, how can I make it sustainable?") undogmatic sustainability includes exhaustive unsustainable work in one area while neglecting other areas (temporary) Looking at one's life to be an apple tree:
apples are results result-oriented approach isn't healthy as only caring about the apples neglects the roots, trunk, branches, leafs... other parts of the tree are other areas of life that get neglected when one only focusses on the fruits of the work Creative work -:
is counterintuitive to manual work.  Being pragmatic & deadline oriented eats up creativity one is most creative (getting ideas & inspirations) when nothing productive is being done directed with deadlines gets practical (perfectionism is restricted) seems to be balanced when done in cycles of: working on a project finishing the project time off & resting work with less creativity needs smaller cycles (diurnally and hebdomadally rather than biannually or annually) Innovation
That what worked before will not be that which brings your work to the next level being stuck in your old ways of doing creative work will get your work outdated by the competitive innovative work of other creative people True Spirituality informs & transforms all areas of life like the way of doing creative work Role of requisite variety (RV) in life
Definition from Wikipedia, "If a system is to be stable, the number of states of its control mechanism must be greater than or equal to the number of states in the system being controlled." there is not enough RV used when one is stuck on any problem not enough RV manifests in a narrow uncreative approach troubleshooting with try & error has to be so much done that success is inevitable (through lateral thinking & trying out a wide range of solutions; there's now equal/higher RV than the problem) upholding identity is something that often holds back RV find root problems in your life and apply RV - one solution will work by chance Working on projects
requires focus  (eliminating all distractions, creating a working environment)

(D'oh, some of the links didn't work .  I can't edit the original post, so I'm reposting the list.  Good times !!!)
 
Actualized.org Blog Videos
     Society & Politics
[] Inside The Mind Of Trump
[] Why Bernie Sanders Lost
[] My Political Awakening
[] The Big Picture Of Global Politics
[] Why The Media Is Corrupt
[] Rethinking Human History
[] Conscious Capitalism BS
[] Deconstructing Property Rights
[] Life Lessons From "Life Below Zero"
 
     Epistemology
[] Why Are My Videos So Long?
[] Metaphysics vs Epistemology
[] Understanding Better Than Academics
[] Changing Perspectives Destroys Reality
[] Why Debates Don't Work
[] All Understanding Is Metaphoric
[] All Understanding Is Metaphoric - Part 2
[] Skepticism & Nonduality
[] How To Test For Self-Bias
[] Learning From Partially False Perspectives
[] My Critique Of Zizek's Critique Of Buddhism
[] Sherlock Holmes' Brain
[] Sense Organs Are Imaginary     
 
     Enlightenment
[] Absolute Infinity Demo
[] Explaining God For Dummies
[] Total Omniscience Awakening
[] Infinite Love Awakening
[] Ego-Collapse Awakening
[] Tapping Into Collective Consciousness
[] Miracle Awakening
[] DPT: The Other God Molecule
[] What It's Like To Smoke Salvia Divinorum
 
     Life Purpose
[] Why Get Rich Quick Schemes Don't Work
[] How I Started My First Business
[] Requisite Variety & Creative Laziness
[] Guerilla Business Advice
 
     Health
[] Don't Half-Ass Yoga
[] Sitting Posture For Yoga & Meditation
 
     Leo’s Health & Life
[] Do I Doubt Myself?
[] My Health Situation
[] Back From 2 Month Break, Updates
[] 14 Day Water Fast
[] Water Fast Ends, Carnivore Diet Begins
[] Things I’ve Been Wrong About
[] Fat Leo (I had to add this because it’s adorable)
 
     Retreats
[] Solo Retreat Videos & Insights
[] Hawaii Retreat Intro
[] Hawaii Solo Retreat Feb 2018 Videos
[] Hawaii Late Night Insights
[] Mindfucked In Hawaii
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 1
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 2
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 3

(Here's all of Leo's recordings from the blog.  I'll update as more come up.  Enjoy !!)
 
Actualized.org Blog Videos:
     Society & Politics
[] Inside The Mind Of Trump
[] My Political Awakening
[] Rethinking Human History
[] My Critique Of Zizek's Critique Of Buddhism
[] The Big Picture Of Global Politics
[] Why The Media Is Corrupt
[] Why Bernie Sanders Lost
[] Deconstructing Property Rights
[] Conscious Capitalism BS
[] Life Lessons From "Life Below Zero"
 
     Epistemology
[] Why Are My Videos So Long?
[] Metaphysics vs Epistemology
[] Understanding Better Than Academics
[] Changing Perspectives Destroys Reality
[] All Understanding Is Metaphoric
[] All Understanding Is Metaphoric - Part 2
[] Skepticism & Nonduality
[] How To Test For Self-Bias
[] Learning From Partially False Perspectives
[] Sherlock Holmes' Brain
[] Why Debates Don't Work
     
     Enlightenment
[] Absolute Infinity Demo
[] Explaining God For Dummies
[] Total Omniscience Awakening
[] Infinite Love Awakening
[] Ego-Collapse Awakening
[] Tapping Into Collective Consciousness
[] Miracle Awakening
[] Sense Organs Are Imaginary
[] DPT: The Other God Molecule
[] What It's Like To Smoke Salvia Divinorum
 
     Life Purpose
[] Why Get Rich Quick Schemes Don't Work
[] How I Started My First Business
[] Requisite Variety & Creative Laziness
[] Guerilla Business Advice
 
     Health
[] Don't Half-Ass Yoga
[] Sitting Posture For Yoga & Meditation
 
     Leo’s Health & Life
[] Do I Doubt Myself?
[] My Health Situation
[] Back From 2 Month Break, Updates 
[] 14 Day Water Fast
[] Water Fast Ends, Carnivore Diet Begins
[] Things I’ve Been Wrong About
[] Fat Leo (I had to add this because it’s adorable)
 
     Retreats
[] Solo Retreat Videos & Insights
[] Hawaii Solo Retreat Feb 2018 Videos
[] Mindfucked In Hawaii
[] Hawaii Retreat Intro
[] Hawaii Late Night Insights
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 1
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 2
[] May 2018 Solo Retreat - Part 3

There is a potential problem with SD where it can feed into the (especially western) tendency to want to place humans on a hierarchy, which can be used to justify various forms of inequality and oppression/domination. I don't see this necessarily as an inherent quality of the model itself, but I see some real dangers in how it could be interpreted to feed into various ideologies. I think there is value in spiral dynamics and it shouldn't be demonized or dismissed outright, mostly the problems come when people start confusing the map for the territory. Even if someone says they are yellow/turquoise does not mean that they are in any way immune to this problem.
I also wonder, what is truly gained with the spiral dynamics model that can't be achieved through a non-hierarchical model like the Scwartz model of basic values?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_basic_human_values
 
Here is also a nuanced discussion on the potential shadow sides of stage theories like spiral dynamics:
Ps. I am not anti-spiral dynamics, I just want to bring another perspective to this discussion, which I haven't seen much on this forum. The point is not to say that spiral dynamics is bad or should be dismissed, but to poke at the model from many perspectives to see if it truly is the best way towards what we see as valuable in understanding reality.
 

I feel like the universe is grooming me to ground myself, then learn how to fight, then go training intensely with Peter Ralston and then becoming mma champion and then redirecting all religious dogmatic people towards higher consciousness ressources:
eckart tolle
adyashanti
mooji
jordan peterson
Sahdguru
Leo gura
peter Ralston 
brendan Lea
Am I becoming insane or that’s it ? I’ve already been 4times in psych ward. I’m certainly a little bit insane but I have reach very unrealistic states of consciousness through psychedelics and have a real taste for violence eventhough I hate it and want a peaceful world 

I know about meditations of marcus aurelius and seneca, but i thats about it. And when i read meditations, i understand some thoughts, and others make no sense to me. I want to learn about philosophy as a whole, any suggestion would be much appreciated  

Let me share my perspective as a MD who has worked in this field for the last 10 years. 

Like in any other occupational category, you will find dieticians/nutritionists all across the competence-spectrum. I have worked with almost genius level individuals who managed to change peoples diets to a lifechanging degree and with a success/repition-rate almost unheard of in the medical field. I have also witnessed blatant incompetence, lackluster cookie-cutter diet plans completely unfit for the specific needs of the patient and especially in the online communities, dangerously off-evidence approaches that will shorten someones lifespan in the long run.

I think that outstanding performances in the medical field or in general, humanistic sciences boil down to a few, very distinct common denominators. Above all stands the validity of your treatment approach. As Hippocrates said 2500 years ago - "Primum non nocere" - which translates to "first, do no harm"! Is the thing you are doing (the new diet, the drug..) actually improving the patients life, or are you doing him worse? It's really bioethics 101. The next question that naturally follows: How do I know? And right here we to enter into the domain of science & scientific evidence. If you want to be an outstanding practitioner, then you need to be up to date with the best available evidence to the problem you are trying to solve. This also includes where science falls short. I have so many colleagues that just blindly trust everything that stands in a scientific paper, without critically evaluating the data at hand. In fact, a shitload of doctors are just algorhytmically following treatment guidelines without ever reading first hand evidence at all - which is good, because it brings everything to a pretty high quality baseline - but lack's nuance when nuance is called for. 

The other extreme is what you see in the dietician-influencer sphere. The carnivore-nutritionist who tells people to not give a shit about their LDL-cholesterol is doing harm. Their approach is not based on a legit heuristic and it takes quite a lot of cognitive dissonance and avoidance mechanisms to keep up a completely ludicrous worldview. If you want to become a more heterodox dietician, then at least stay honest and engange with the arguments - have a strong "Why" for what you are doing. 

Now my next point speaks to compliance. If you want to reach your patient/the person you are working with - if you want him to follow through with a new diet plan, then there are ways to influence that which are inside of your control. We have known for years that the exact same drug will increase/decrease in effect depending on the person prescribing it. Placebo effects are an often ignored part of todays medical practice - but it's  everywhere and all the time (almost like conciousness is fundamental ... ). The way you engange with your patient, the words you use, your vibe, the way you carry yourself, the motivational aspects you build into the conversation - all that and much, much more infleunces the outcome on the other side of the equation. The best nutrionists I have worked with have one very succinct feature: They care! They give a shit! They listen - and they actually try to find the best way forward for the individual sitting across them. This is the art of medicine. This is where the good and the great practitioners part ways. This explains why one nutritionist might have an 80% compliance rate, while others are at 20%. 

This explains why some dieticians are highly respected by colleagues, doctors and patients, while others are deemed delusional or supbar.

Alright, and lastly - because you mentioned it. I don't know where this myth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies comes from. Very, very few doctors actually make money from selling big pharma drugs. You don't get money from that - at least not where I live. I have not recieved a single euro in my life from a pharma company. In fact, most of my colleagues are highly annoyed by pharmaceutical representatives who constantly come to the hospital and you need to sit through their boring presentation about their "!new wonder drug!". But hey, at least I can stock up on ballpens that way. Drugs just work. They do. It's fine to criticise our current medical paradigm that too often relies on drugs where real changes could be achieved through simple lifestyle changes - but then do that without enganging with conspiratorial arguments. 

Books continuation
51. Road since structure - thomas kuhn
52. Methodology of scientific research programme - Imre lakatos
53. Proofs and refutations - imre lakatos
54. Mathematics, science, epistemology- imre lakatos
55. Against method - paul feyerabend
56. Problems of empiricism- paul feyerabend
57. Knowledge,science and relativism- paul feyerabend.
58. Conjectures and refutations - karl popper
59. Realism and aim of science - karl popper
60. Science, faith and society - Michael polanyi
61. Philosophy of natural science- carl hempel
62. Many faces of realism - hilary putnam
63. Mind, language and reality - hilary putnam
64. Representation and reality - hilary putnam 
65. Models and analogies in science- Mary hesse
66. Structure of scientific inference- Mary hesse
67. Models and metaphors - Max black
68. Concepts and role of models in mathematics, natural and social sciences - Hans freudenthal
69. Studies in methodology and foundation of science - patrick suppes
70. Representation and invariance of scientific structures- patrick suppes
71. Models and methods in philosophy of science - patrick suppes
72. Structure of science - Ernest nagel
73. Introduction to logic and scientific method - Ernest nagel
74. Observation and theory in science - Ernest nagel
75. Inquiry as inquiry: logic of scientific discovery - Jaakko hintikka
76. Logic of epistemology and epistemology of logic - Jaakko hintikka
77. Science and partial truth - Newton da costa
78. Semantic conception of theories and scientific realism - Frederick suppe
79. Structure of scientific theories - frederick suppe
80. How laws of physics lie - nancy cartright
81. The Dappled world - nancy cartright 
82. Models as mediators - Mary s morgan, Margaret morrison
83. Models and theories - Roman frigg
84. Fictions in science: philosophical essay on modelling and idealization - Mauricio suarez 
85. Aspects of scientific explanation- carl hempel 
86. Scientific explanation- Richard braithwate
87. Nature of explanation - peter achinstein 
88. Four decades of scientific explanation - wesley salmon 
89. Statistical explanation and statistical relevance - wesley salmon 
90. Logic of statistical inference - ian hacking 
91. Logical foundations of scientific inference - Henry kyburg 
92. Theory and evidence - clark glymour 
93. Foundations of measurement-  suppes, tversky, krantz, luce
94. Extending ourselves - paul humphreys
95. The world observed, the world conceived - hans radder 
96. Material realization of science- hans radder 
97. Philosophy of scientific experimentation - hans radder
98. Thing knowledge, philosophy of scientific instrumentation - Davis baird 
99. Objectivity - lorraine daston and peter galison
100. Image and logic - peter galison
 

Books ( for introduction and valuable insights)
1. Aim and structure of physical theory- Pieere Duhem.
2. Philosophy of mathematics and natural science- Hermann weyl
3. Analysis of sensations- ernst mach
4. Science of mechanics - ernst mach
5. Knowledge and error - ernst mach
6. Nature of physical reality - Henry margenau
7. Foundations of physics - Henry margenau 
8. Analysis of matter - Bertrand russell
9. Human knowledge- Bertrand russell
10. Scientific image - Bas Van Frassen 
11. Laws and symmetry - Bas van fraassen 
12. Empirical stance - Bas van fraassen 
13. Scientific representation- Bas van fraassen. 
14. Philosophical foundations of physics - Rudolf carnap.
15. Fundamentals of concept formation in empirical sciences- Carl hempel
16. Foundations of physics- philip frank
17. Logical structure of world - Rudolf carnap.
18. Problems of philosophy in their interconnection - Moritz schlick
19. Epistemological writings - hermann von helmholtz
20. Popular lectures on scientific subjects - hermann von helmholtz
21. Popular scientific lectures - ernst mach
22. Theoretical physics and philosophical problems- ludwig boltzmaan 
23. Common sense of exact sciences - william kingdon clifford
24. Where is science going - max planck
25. Experience and prediction - Hans recheinbach
26. Rise of scientific philosophy- Hans recheinbach 
27. Empiricism, logic, mathematics - Hans hahn 
28. Principles of mathematics( part 7 only) -  Bertrand russell 
29. An enquiry concerning principles of natural knowledge- Alfred north whitehead.
30.  Nature of physical world - Arthur Eddington.
31. To save the phenomenon- Pieere duhem.
32.  Philosophy of physics - Mario bunge
33. Foundations of physics - Mario bunge
34. Philosophy of science vol 1 and vol 2 - Mario bunge
35. Explaining science, a cognitive approach - Ronald giere
36. Scientific perspectivsim- Ronald giere
37. Mathematical epistemology- E.W beth and jean piaget
38. Understanding causality- jean piaget
39. Language of modern physics - E.H hutten
40. Concepts of modern physics - john stallo
41. Ways of world making - Nelson goodman
42. Structure and appearance- Nelson goodman
43. Fact fiction forecast - Nelson goodman
45. Logic of modern physics - Percy Bridgman
46. Nature of physical theory - Percy Bridgman 
47. Foundations of scientific inference - wesley salmon
48. Representing and intervening - ian hacking 
49. Phenomenology of perception - maurice merleau ponty
50. The essential tension - Thomas kuhn
 

Ziewe has a legit Full Enlightenment experience description in his book "The Ten Minute Moment" which is very very hard to just make up in the form he describes.
Shhhh, or else the metaphysical Love=Absolute aficionados could get a challenge that suddenly a legit nondual realizer has had the Godhead-Absolute Reality-Love-Light realization as foundation of Reality/Absolute also, but on a more stable basis and not only a temporary state - and also values and emphasizes its importance a lot! Seen from that perspective, the only thing that is missing a bit is that Szyper starts talking about some advanced Alien-level-stuff, but you never know... ( :
By the way, Ziewe has some literal Aliens, and also some more metaphysical Alien-Level-realizations descriptions in his books (Multidimensional Man mainly).
Selling Love Light by the River

If it is assumed that the side of the spectrum you mention is possible concerning reincarnation/other dreams (the bad ones), why not contemplate the other side of the spectrum (the good ones)? 
Jürgen Ziewe, Multidimensional Man Jürgen Ziewe, Vistas of Infinity Jürgen Ziewe, Elysium Unveiled (breathtakingly beautiful) Robert Monroes books David Spandler, Subtle Worlds. An Explorer’s Field Note William Buhlman, all books Grof, Books of the Dead Manuals for Living and Dying Grof,Beyond Death.The Gates of Consciousness More on request Seriously, don't destroy your life with this horror-line of thinking and going down that rabbit-hole.
Consider especially taking a look at Jürgen Ziewes Elysium Unveiled. There are a few horror-scenarios inside (as with the other books also), but the rest is of breathtaking beauty.
If the possibility of other dreams in Infinite Consciousness/reincarnation is maintained, why not let the beautiful geenie (video above) also out of the bottle?
Of course, none of that has to be believed for realizing what Reality really is. The nature of Reality/Infinite Consciousness is always right here right now, covered by clouds of illusory separation/ignorance.
And what You really are can never be harmed (no moving parts).
Selling Water by the River

Here is his take from a Q & A on his newsletter;
 
Question; Peter, Thank you for your answer! It's clear. I love it. Charles Berner would be very happy to see the purity of your transmission. I have another question: You say love is not an enlightenment question, because it is a human invention. Yes, what we call love is a psychological construction, BUT, isn't it a prefiguration of the reality of what we truly are? ("prefiguration" is not the good word, sorry, but it is near to what I want to say). Do you think love is only from and in the dimension of illusion and has nothing to do with the Absolute, our absolute nature? All the things you enunciate, I totally agree (mind, emotion, language), but love (I don't speak about emotion), isn't it what we really are, finally? The direct experiences I had were love. At least, I recognize this state of perfection, of union as love. Is it only my definition? If we take love as an object of enlightenment, what happens?   Thank you Reine
 
 
Answer: Reine, You can call it whatever you want, but it is necessary to know it is not what you call it. Why choose the word love? You must have some beliefs or predisposition to think that way. If you are talking about a love that isn’t love, again, why call it love? If you recognize a state of perfection or unity or being one with everything, etc., this is still a state, it is not consciousness. People so often confuse the state that arises when they have an enlightenment with the consciousness itself. This is not a deceitful attempt on their part, it is just a mistaken one. The mind will do its best at that moment to make sense of this consciousness breakthrough and form some idea or state that matches the influence this breakthrough has had on the mind. But it cannot actually match the consciousness because there is nothing there and no state at all that is this consciousness. If you ask what is love, you have to focus on whatever you experience as love, yes? Is that universal? Is it an experience? Does it ultimately transcend experience? You have to tell the truth, but most people who ask such a question already want it to be a universal state, they already want it to turn out to be some particular way, don’t they? This is not open from the beginning and so isn’t really honest. You say you got this after your breakthrough, if your consciousness was real and it was YOU, your true nature, than what you say is rather irrelevant. If you came to me and said you got you are love, I would have a hard time with that if there wasn't a clear consciousness there that was beyond love or anything else. If there was, then it doesn't matter that you call it love, but I might ask you at that time, why? And then listen to your response. If you are conscious you will know and can say why, if it is a conclusion or a state you were overwhelmed by then you won't be able to say or you will resort to your mind or beliefs and start making an argument or explanation. This then shows you aren't really conscious of the truth.
 
It is so hard for people to get beyond overwhelming states that occupy the bodymind and sweep them away in unprecedented ways. Such states as feeling one with everything, universal love, getting the perfection of everything, not finding a location to self and feeling free of limitation, getting a hit on infinity, and so on. When they have such experiences arise, people conclude these must be enlightenment because they never had anything like it before and they sound very spiritual and transcendent, and might fit with some belief system they've heard about. It does suggest a great deal of focus and contemplation where the mind has let go and opened up, creating a completely new perspective and experience. But it is not enlightenment. This is not to say that beliefs in a spiritual system and images of what enlightenment should look like can't also deny the truth when it is presented. Once I was teaching in France, and a woman, the wife of an ex-apprentice of mine, made dinner for us and sat next to me as we ate. I didn't know her, and was just having fun chatting normally with people at the table, when she began asking me questions about consciousness. I would respond and then return to the meaningless chatter with others. I have no recollection what I said really, just that I responded honestly to her questions as best I could. Later, she told me she had been living in a Buddhist community in India for something like 8 years but when she had a conscious breakthrough the community and teacher denied it, because she wasn't "ready" or "advanced" of some such. In other words, it didn't fit with their belief system and hierarchy. She saw their limitation and ignorance and so left them to become a mother and give up such pursuits. Until, she says, she met a man at dinner that give her a new perspective on it and so began working on consciousness once again. She went on to later translate The Book of Not Knowing into French. I recommend you take a look at that book. Has tons in it that might assist in your work. It's in French and is being translated into German right now, but I’d suggest you read it in the original English if you can, translations are always a little off. Good luck