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The health part: ...Fuckin pthalates man. The epistemic part: Also, apart from the specificities of what they're talking about, I just watched Leo's "Deconstructing Science: Part 1" video and found it nice to bounce what Dr. Swan described as her scientific process with the things Leo spoke about to just corroborate things he spoke about, and to further contemplate things. Almost as evidence. I think one of the biggest things I heard from her in the way she described her process that Leo spoke about as a flaw of science was how much estimation and guess work is done. If you just listen to what she's saying, you see that there's never 100% certainty in any results. There seems to always be a leap of faith. Even if the correlation was so strong such that doubting the connection is irrational, there's still a leap of faith (i.e., I guess reason and rationality doesn't preclude faith. Perhaps nothing does to certain degrees). Lesson = "reason"/"rationality" = one's best estimation of how a particular thing is based on one's conscious faith (or unconscious belief) in one's worldview (i.e., the entirety of one's web of belief informing what one thinks is likely in a particular situation). Do you agree?

I second this. Do stuff, have new experiences, follow what's meaningful to you (even if it's just a vague incling). Even do things that you don't think you'll like (if you've got nothing else). Start mini projects. Meet knew types of people. Travel. Make "mistakes". Though I do think it's good and wise to contemplate this stuff, for me (a heavy thinker type who can be low on the action), I think just doing more stuff if a great way to discover what I value. Requisite Variety applied to finding one's own values = trying stuff

Can you not get another job in the same field?

Yes. I think Andy Cutler says for DMSA it's 4 days. Quote from his book: "You must wait four days from your last mercury exposure before taking DMSA or DMPS. You must wait three months from your last exposure before taking alpha lipoic acid." Note though that DMSA and DMPS won't take heavy metals from your brain (and another area as well, but I forget).

@Vision He's got a book too that people like Daniel Ingram, Michael Taft, and other meditation masters/teachers recommend. One tip I got was, if doing body scanning, to not focus on the area of the body where those difficult emotions lie. So, if you get fears in your chest, focus on the feet or nose. For me, focusing on the feet, legs, and butt can give me a sense of groundedness.

Also, if you're going to do meditation, remember that for some people it can actually be re-traumatizing and make things more stressful. I think that was/is the case for me. Often if I meditate I'll get lots of tightness in my gut and chest and my right jaw will clamp down so hard. Here's a link to help navigate this particular issue of stress inducing meditation. https://davidtreleaven.com/ = trauma sensitive mindfulness.

I would say there's a higher risk of something going wrong with this combo. Be careful.

Also, maybe try drinking a bunch of H20 prior. Might fill you up such that food isn't desired.

I agree when I saw that triangle shaped one. I thought "this could be anything, how the hell do I know." I'm not saying there aren't a lot of weird ass shit being filmed. But that triangle one in particular was pretty fuzzy, etc. I went down the alien rabbit hole a while back. I'm not saying there isn't great evidence, but it's also like still, I dunno. Could be all sorts of random shit, even from other countries etc. Also, I think the thing that stopped me researching it heavily was just recognizing it as a distraction. Like, it doesn't really matter to my personal well-being if they are here or not. If they come, great, if not, fine. I don't think it's worth spending much time over since I was just neglecting my own life and development.

One of the best videos I've seen in a long time. Inspiring, informative. creative, engaging. Cheers

I feel like Daniel is a way more complex thinker than Ken. I obviously don't know. But I say this cuz Ken just seems to always be rehashing the same ol' same ol' and not speaking in any original way that indicates ability/skill in thinking and simply more ability in memorizing etc. I'm not saying this is true, but this is just something I've always wondered. Like Ken's ideas even have always seem quite simple to me... like original for sure and definitely very holistic, but also pretty simple (again, this is just my perception, I realize I could be way off). Whereas Daniel's way of speaking to me indicates, or shows, the complexity of his tihnking in a more clear manner.

I've definitely been there. Feeling like I just can't stop, even though I know the food I'm eating is killing me in addition to immediately feeling crappy while eating. Dougnuts, cakes, ice cream, you name it. For me I think a big shift came when watching one of Leo's food videos. He said something like "If you eat this diet, you can eat as much as you want." For me that just made sense. So I just started to binge on stuff that was "healthy" foods. Like peanut butter, bananas, nuts, rice, carrots, fruits, veggies, potatoes, etc. I think that made a big difference for me since all the sugar and chemicals etc. was just making the binges way worse. Then I think also working on trauma work and IFS therapy integration etc. Some psychedelics and emotional work. With this, one thing I've tried to do is, whenever I feel a craving or compulsion to seek food, asking "what am I avoiding or not wanting to feel"? and then trying to just feel the feeling or thought I'm trying to avoid. Even if it's only for 5 seconds. It's 5 seconds of feeling and healing (I hope). Sometimes if I did a 5 second pause before binging, it would be enough to then cascade into holding for longer and healing that feeling such that I didn't feel the need to eat as much. Then I allowed myself to eat whatever if i still felt like it (this is actually crucial since, if you make a promise to yourself that you're gunna allow yourself to eat if you just hold for a minimum time, and then you proceed to not eat it, you're psyche will backlash since you made a promise -- this is of course if you still feel the desire to eat and don't overcome the craving in that moment).

I think "Feeling" might mean not necessarily that the person feels a lot, we all do. I think it's more about knowing one's own or others' values. Conversely, "Thinking" might be more about respecting one's own reasons or others' reasons for things. I do not know how MBTI defines these terms though. I don't agree that it's looping. I've heard looping described elsewhere as well, and I think it's something different. The way they found jumpers was going through a few thousand people, typing them according to strict definition both typers shared, both typers typing the person in separate rooms, and then they say they get the same type 80% ish percent of the time out of their 512 subtypes beyond the MBTI 16. This is Objective Personality that does this. I think it's probably the most rigorous data collection of personality systems, maybe Big Five is equal but I don't know much about it. I'd look into it though. Here's a brief overview of their system It's not the whole thing, but it's the core of it.

ISTP jumper. So instead of Se as 2nd function, I'm using Ni (from someone who does typing via the objective personality system). Their code would look like = Ti/Ni sb/c(p) MF From 16 personalities = ENFJ, INFJ, INFP I think ISTP is more accurate.

mmmm carbs. I wonder though how much of an issue being overweight really is. Meaning, obviously being obese is probably unhealthy in many ways. But like just being overwight to not a huge degree. How much of a health indicator is it?

@Epikur I don't think your example accurately depicts reality. Ya, you can "play" or act all types as to what you think they are. Just like I can act like a psychopath in a movie or act like a 14th century monarch. But these aren't the same as what a person is throughout their entire life. Also, I've heard people can do all of the functions, but it's more of what one is unconsciously, repeatedly, doing and respecting throughout their entire life, rather than consciously trying to portray your representation of certain functions/types, or even deliberately working on doing more of a certain function.

It seems to me, coming from people I've heard whom I consider experts in this area of human growth, that... Growth might mean different things at different points. As in, perhaps at the start when someone is dealing with lots of psychological and interpersonal issues, shadow work and trying to heal and resolve conflicts and traumas is crucial and works well. But then, after a while of doing this (depending on the person), you might reach a point where you're just digging up endless shit and that now the best way to grow might be something along the lines of self-acceptance or discipline or something. Bonnitta Roy (someone who I consider a stage-yellow thinker) spoke about this, in that yes, for certain people shadow work, etc., is essential, but then also the mind can endlessly come up with stuff. So there's a point at which you're just endlessly going around in circles where your time might be better spent tackling "issues" (or perhaps simply reframing issues) in a different way. Seems like the lesson here is that growth doesn't only mean "tackling issues", but could also mean going meta and gaining a new perspective on how you see something, the issues, the world, such that the issue resolves itself. It could also mean learning how to balance shadow work, etc., with other areas of life and perhaps refocusing. Like if you've been doing lots of inner work for a while, and it's starting to feel monotonous, maybe the growth is now more about trying to find things that bring you joy and learning how to get a better balance in more areas of life.

The Work, by Byron Katie. The Immune System Recovery Plan. The Science of Success The Book of Not Knowing Taming Your Gremlin. ... to be fair, these are the majority of the books I've read from his list. I'd say I use techniques from "The Work" the most out of these books on a day-to-day basis and from which has helped alter negative emotions most.

In Andy Cutler's Mercury Detox Protocol book, he claims there might be potential in it helping with a low-functioning liver. I really like the taste (maybe even I like the smell better), especially regular rather than decaf. Something about regular coffee just has a more hearty and full flavor compared to decaf, which usually tastes sort of weak or thin to me. But I used to usually drink decaf just cuz the caffeine affects me negatively. Now I'm not drinking even decaf since it's apparently a high-thiol food, which I've noticed affects me negatively.

I wouldn't know. But how many did you have out? Did you get x-rays? Are you doing the Andy Cutler protocol?

I feel one of the best ways to handle racism, probably if it's not the hostile and "attacking" (not necessarily physically) type, is to show them understanding and give them a space to express themselves safely (maybe to a degree of course). I say this cuz I watched this interview of a woman who was expressing that she didn't want black people in her neighborhood. You could see the woman was timid to express these views since she thought she'd be attacked by the press. But the woman interviewer said something like "No, it's ok. I don't believe in your views, but it's ok to say what you want." I feel this sort of let the woman who was expressing racist views be more open to the "other side" and not see them as enemies, perhaps increasing the possibilities of questioning her own beliefs and being more open to beliefs of "the other side." Obviously things are more nuanced, like if someone was verbally berating someone, I don't think this would work. But, hey, it might throw them off as well since they might be expecting counter-defenses etc.. Kinda like a dog will only chase you if you run, or, you only get counter-resistance if you resist (I'm imagining pushing a baby's hand, and that only when you pish do they push. But if you relax they also relax). As for criminalizing hate speech.... hmmm.. I dunno about that. I mean, do we have any laws against verbal assaults? I haven't thought about this at all, but my first feeling is that it's a tricky thing and borders on sort of being not totally clear or right for me. Like, I dunno... I guess I don't think verbal assaults should be a punishable crime (including hate speech). That's my first feeling-thought. I dunno, maybe hate-speech... but it's a fine line for me. Mixed feelings about it. Like, that seems a bit too much and too fa and moving into the dystopian theme. Too much control isn't a good thing. We gotta have room for people to feel free to express themselves and even vent etc. for one thing since if people, or any animal, feels it can't freely/safely express or be itself, it usually backlashes even worse down the road. That's not the only consideration, but those are my first thoughts. Also, it might depend on where one lives (social, political environments etc.). Like, if your population is largely Red or something or Blue, even Orange, then trying to force control over speech would probably be a disaster and do more harm than good. But if your society was at, say Green or higher, it wouldn't even be an issue to begin with so you wouldn't need those laws.

Ya. Honestly though, not to rationalize and belittle how I feel, I think most people there are quite supportive and non-judgemental (to a degree) about it. At least not openly. I'm not totally clear on the situation, but I think most of the disagreeing came from the resident's mom and not really much of the staff. Like the manager said "As long as he's doing the job right, that's all I care about." I even told one of my coworkers who's Christian and she's pretty ok with it and has even had gay friends in the past she's told me about (she even showed me a few of them on her phone to check them out haha). I guess maybe it's a more cultural attitude, something maybe that's not sooo explicit or harsh, but maybe more subtle forms of insecurity and "not ok"ness if you get me (I mean, they may not even be aware). The thing that got me the most I think, if I understand what happened correctly, was putting "alternative lifestyle" on the report. I dunno if they did that cuz that's what the mom said, but ya, I dunno, just felt like they were trying to hide me being gay or something. .... Felt good to type this out to clarify a few things.

@Carl-Richard I want to add an epistemic caveat though, saying that just because someone says something or acts in a particular way a few times doesn't mean that they are that type or have that function as their top function, etc.. Like, plenty of people call each other selfish, etc.. It's when it is a continual issue that they feel really upset with or a behavior they continually do as a larger "meta-pattern". If you catch my drift. I'm also honestly not an expert on this stuff and could just be leading you more astray haha. "Buyer beware: these maps could be faulty."

@SamC mmmm... I dunno. In terms of Cook-Greuter's 9 stages model, probably somewhere around Conformist - Expert, mayyybe (big maybe) slightly moving into the stage above Expert (adventurer?.. no... I forget the name). In terms of SD, maybe a center of gravity around high-Blue, low Orange.. Though, these might be generous, as I do struggle mightily with emotional issues and anger issues etc., eating addictions etc. Like, in terms of the SD model, I probably have some lines of development that still haven't integrated Red well and Blue, and might in some instances still be stuck in those lower more egoic levels. I can sometimes notice myself, when in poor emotional wellbeing, almost regress back to the more egoic frame of mind and just focus on survival. Lots of time, perhaps most, I'm feeling a struggle to just survive and live pretty miserably. It's getting better for sure lately and am feeling more and more times where I feel I can just relax and enjoy the moment. I think my highest lines of development would be intrapersonal, cognitive, kinesthetic, aesthetic, spiritual/philosophical. My lowest are probably interpersonal, emotional, sexual, logical/mathematic/linguistic.