Shane Hanlon

LOL my mom thinks this is hilarious!

@Consept This felt right. Thank you for sharing

@Forestluv Yes, you are right. There are certainly incidents of racism where you would have to perform mental gymnastics of olympian levels to deny racism, like the one you just mentioned. I'm sorry that that happened. That sounds very scary. I certainly acknowledge racist events and that often times the best interpretation is racism. @Forestluv It really is up to interpretation. But it is only racist as long as the racist interpretation is prevalent in society. What to do about that I'm not sure. In this instance, I was specifically talking about the example you mentioned in soul. I don't think I've got it right, but I don't think I am solely considering one side. I am focusing on it here because I generally don't see people recognize this side of anti-racism. Where as the helpful side has gone mainstream.

I did something like this for a year and a half learning 3d art. Do you have a long-term objective with this work?

Wow, that must feel really bad. I'm sorry.

I agree with everything you said. I also think that the anti-racism movement has inflamed an overemphasis in interpreting everything as racist which ends up becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. Making the world into a more racist place than it actually may be. Because almost any action could have a racist interpretation if you are looking for it. We can simultaneously give these people the space and love they need to heal while also not instantly believing every claim to racism as well. @Forestluv It really is up to interpretation. But it is only racist as long as the racist interpretation is prevalent in society. What to do about that I'm not sure.

Thank you for your comments. They have been quite helpful for me <3

That's fair. I can see that. Maybe living in Vermont makes it feel like racism isn't a pressing reality for me. Vermont is 92.8% white and seems to average around a green level of development, so racism is hard to come by. Not that it never occurs. Would you say that the over projection of racism is an unfortunate byproduct of a more important movement of anti-racism that would push society forward and be more loving?

I definitely agree with that sentiment. I am also attempting to point out a pervading quality of anti-racism that I see a lot. When we primarily look at the world through racism, we will be projecting it onto the world, even when it may not be there. And we will often miss the broader picture because we are single-pointed in our perspective of the world. This exists on a spectrum throughout anti-racism to different degrees. I'm also not saying that all of anti-racism is bad.

I also live in a stage green environment. Vermont, USA. We have Bernie! I love it here! I agree with everything you said. Yes, I agree. I think the blindspots occur when she only sees the film from that perspective. She doesn't see how some of the things she interprets as racist could just be good storytelling tools. Like when Terry accidentally captures the wrong character and scares him. She interprets that as someone mistaking two black people for each other because they are both black. Of course, there are a million ways to interpret that scene. And 99.9% of them need no race in them. People start creating racist ghosts that aren't really there because that is what they are taught to do by anti-racism.

I don't think so. But I would be interested to hear you out. Yes, this is an obvious example. and the blindspots of anti-racism live on a spectrum. But, the main point pervades throughout almost all of anti-racism to some degree. That by looking at the world primarily through the lens of race we are often missing the essence of what is going on and misconstruing situations through our single-pointed perspective.

I think I could benefit from watching that. Any chance you could post the link again?

The book of not knowing. The book that walked me through opening my mind the most.

Sam Harris IMO is very smart and has a lot of great takes on politics and no-self. But He hasn't awoken to the whole array of spiritual infinitude. You can get a hint of that if you listen to his mushroom trip experience. He says he has a collision with what he would call the holy spirit if he were a Christian. But then he implies that he is too "wise" to fall into the traps of "basic Christian minds." Also implying that he doesn't quite value mystical experiences if he can't define them in his own framework. He has however begun to take quite an interest in psychedelics and I think that is good news for him moving forward. Psychedelics can open him up to everything else his current scientific partly stage orange worldview is holding him back from. His meditation app is the best one I've found. He is helpful and he brings in many other helpful teachers as well. Giving the app quite the buffet of spiritual paths. He is also about to add a psychedelics section in there. I'm curious to see what that will be about. In spite of all of the valid criticisms of Sam, you will find he is still an amazing person to keep in your merry-go-round of mentors. Just don't limit yourself to everything Sam limits himself to.

hmmmm. Fair enough. Thanks for being you Leo!

Thank you for watching! You're right. It may not be simple. And at the same time, we can't map out the entire path before walking on it. Love is simple. <3

Thank you <3

It is ultimately up to what inspires Leo, but I could see him beginning to expand his reach beyond just his current youtube audience with his deep understanding and concise clear communication.

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