Matt23

I think you answered your question yourself.

Sounds like you may have bitten off more than you could chew, and that, for exploratory projects, smaller bets/projects would be better since you're not committing hugely to something which may or may not be of interest. I guess it also depends on how much work is involved and how much of an inconvenience it is. The way i heard it was that it was a large inconvenience, and that now you feel sorta trapped I think I'd tell them honestly how you feel and what you want. If they are friends, I'm sure they'd understand. I wouldn't do it from guilt and sacrifice all that time and energy just to please others. This may backfire in the long run as resentment and stress will build. I'd say, ideally, try to do something like it but on a much smaller scale. Like 3 months max... maybe even 1 month. Maybe it'll be a slightly different project, but try to keep the part of it you're interested in exploring the same (for this one it sounds like you're most interested in doing a project with friends). You could also see if your friends would be ok with you doing it part-time or only for a month, or something you feel is good for you. Also, it sounds like your other breathing and beats projects are things you're more excited about.

Does your heart say anything? What would love do? What would wisdom do? Sometimes, if i focus on the area just below my belly button (i.e., my center of gravity), that is where I've had some answers come up which I think relate to being more balanced. It's like there could be a link between physical balance leading to emotional and mental balance, which is a better place to think or make decisions. A technique i sometimes do is rock front to back on my feet, trying to feel where the mid point is below my belly button. Then rock side to side and do the same thing. Then concentrate on the point where the center point of the two axis meet in my belly (i.e., my center of gravity), and then ask it a question and wait for a response.

You might like Jordan Hall & Daniel Schmachtenberger's theories of collective intelligence. They actually did a trio discussion with Jamie Wheal (ex-partner of Steven Kotler) on collective intelligence produced by Rebel Wisdom (you can youtube it).

Cheers ya'll. Will look into it.

Hey. I've heard self-hypnosis has helped some people with psychological issues and growth. I've heard it's like meditation, but I'm not really sure what the difference is. Anyway, I'm interested in practicing it. Any resources, videos, people, books, websites, etc., for it? Thanks

@Ensho Cheers

@Space I tried going to this link, but it said I needed to subscribe to a paid monthly membership to access it. Is there another location or way to listen to it for free?

I think Peter Ralston also makes a distinction between awareness and consciousness. As in awareness meaning simply being aware of things, and consciousness meaning something else I have no idea what that is. I've never had an enlightenment experience and have no idea what he, and perhaps you, mean by consciousness as opposed to awareness/being aware of stuff like everyone is to one degree or another. Can you elaborate or try to explain consciousness? Is it more of like a simple "knowing" or something? Or is it similar to awareness?

I'd also watch out for when the reason of lying to protect someone legitimately is being coopted for lying in a way which you say is to protect them but is actually you being an enabler of their negative behaviors. In which case you're not helping them learn the lesson and may need to be more strict. Ex: Perhaps the difference between... Lying for your mom since, if you didn't, she be killed. vs. ... Lying for your mom because she feels she doesn't want to summon the courage to confront a co-worker or boss about an issue she has with them at work. She's also not raised the issue with them before. Again, this isn't a perfect analogy since some people may be in abusive relationships at work and elsewhere, and, due to their life situation, personality, traumas, etc., may be feeling like really helpless about it and may need someone to step in... Gotta find that line. Again, this is where your personal discernment needs to be brought into play.

I would agree with this as well. I'd also suggest that, in a different situation, that lying isn't necessarily "bad". Check out Laurence Kolberg's stages of moral development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_moral_development I'd say your mom was doing something that was kind of low-brow and manipulative (but I don't know the situation fully, I could be totally misinterpreting here). If she had said the reason's why she wanted you to lie, and depending on those reasons (e.g., if she wanted you to lie so she could escape an abusive relationship I'd say is acceptable, or, she wanted you to lie to get a raise or to avoid some smaller or more petty issue she had with a co-worker, I'd say that wouldn't be "right"). I guess I'd say it depends on the context, including: How forthright she was about the situation or how much you knew about the situation. How severe the situation was. perhaps what the alternatives to lying were. Another option, depending on how severe the situation is, is to lie to help the person/yourself so they are ok and not in danger, etc., and then if you still feel bad about it redeem yourself by coming clean later. I don't think I'd prefer this option since it implies sort of that the lie you told may not have been the best thing to do since you do feel bad about it. But, on the other hand, you feeling bad about it could be your own moralizing or neurotic thinking and coming clean may be a way in which you feel would alleviate yourself from the guilt. But, if this is the case, instead of firstly coming clean, maybe try to contemplate it and do inner work to see what's true and alleviate yourself from the neurotic guilt... Again, I don't know the situation and I prefer to take each situation as it comes to feel and decide what is true or best. Look within.

I don't think Joe Biden is Green at all. You might be confusing Blue collective values with Green Collective values. He's definitely an old fart from the tradition days; family togetherness n all that. Not saying it's bad. But ya, I definitely appreciate Green to some degree. It's weird, I can often feel triggered by them, with like their more superficial views and stances, but a deeper underlying layer in my notices how compassionate, understandable, and awesome they are as well. Especially for taking care of everyone in a more loving way. and I appreciate that for sure, to the point where their superficial stuff is easier to look past since I "obviously" see how much more conscious they are than other people. I also don't strictly equate Green with hippies smoking dope living in vans. I can see them being quite successful and very functional and hard working and high-level people, in terms of society's definitions anyway. Like, I think many of them often have excelled in areas of life, but then once moving into Green, have forgone those successes which then, since people don't see a Green person's successes and all they see is a hippie dude, they think they are lazy slobs.

"Wiki-wiki"

I don't think there is anything right or wrong with it, and I don't think that saying it's wrong as a way to coherce someone to not commit suicide is the best or most loving way to do so. I'd say to a person who wants to do it "Ok, I love such that you're free to do it and I can't necessarily stop you if you wanted to do it." But also that I think it's true that if the person did commit suicide, they'd feel deep regret since they might realize the love they've broken by losing life, reality, others, etc.. So it's almost like those saying to not commit suicide can only simply suggest it, perhaps from empathic knowledge that the person will regret it. And that if a person doesn't want the other to commit suicide from hurt about missing that person, that that could be selfishness on their part, but perhaps also love as well, but that perhaps the most loving way to interact and respect a person who wants to commit suicide is to try to not impose your own desires on them since they may then feel trapped and not free, but that the best way may be to simply suggest in a way indicating you're not trying to manipulate them, but simply trying to help them see if they really want to or not and that they may really regret the decision. I don't know at all about this as I've not really thought about it. But I think for me I see truth in these values of showing love to others by not imposing your will on them, even in these types of situations, and that that may be the better way of helping them in the end since you're showing them unconditional love, which may be a more powerful force in helping them change their decision then trying to manipulate and force them to not commit suicide since you're selfishly not wanting them to die so you can avoid your own suffering from that (which I'm also not condemning, since I think that is also 100% understandable). Seems to be something there with truth.

I wonder how accurate it is. Does anyone know about the way they put this together and what organizations are involved?

This is effin awesome. I love the design and fluidity of it, combine with relevant info. Science + Design =

Tingling is normal. I would say the cramping could be normal too, but I dunno. If it's really severe and super painful, I'd listen to your body. All I know is that the tingling is a common side-effect, including muscles contractions (like your hands crimpling up), and is harmless as far as I'm aware. It goes away in m experiences.

Cheers

"... Tucker Carlson, who I think is a likely future president." Yikes

@Forestluv Any chance you could cite some here? Cheers.

I did it a few years ago. I took a few years to complete it too, I'm pretty sure. I still don't feel I have a direct and confident sense of some elements of my life purpose, like my medium, zone of genius (some hints), and some other stuff. Though, I'm 60-70% confident that my long-term vision is to create some sort of retreat center/research center for consciousness and psychology and perhaps self-sustainable community with it. I still don't have the practicalities and what exact creative thing or skills I'll be employing on the daily. Definitely don't feel a sense of passion yet. But, maybe feeling a bit closer. I think I need to experiment more and gain more experiences. Emotional-mental issues I think are also hampering my progress some. But am working through them and gaining knowledge along the way. These troubles will also probably (I can't see how not) be integrated into my life purpose and how/what I contribute.

For a non-enlightened person, I'd say "Ballsy." For an enlightened person, I sense and from what I've heard, it ain't no big deal, and perhaps maybe even pleasurable.

I like him on a technical and intellectual level, though, maybe I find him too intellectual and making too many distinctions, like maybe I find trying to memorize all his distinctions a bit much sometimes and prefer to stick with his basics, which I like. Like his humor and lightness that he brings, as well as the clarity with which he describes the spiritual domain (what I see as a beneficial side of all the fine distinctions he makes for which I criticized him above). I could and might see him as being a little dogmatic sometimes, especially with the Zen approaches and attitudes. Down to earth.

I dunno about the LSD part, but, in my experience, whenever I have a craving, I try to first (not always, and probably not most of the time) feel the feeling that I'm trying to avoid with the addiction. Whatever it is. And, depending on the severity of suffering in that feeling, I may just mindfully feel it for a few seconds and then do the addiction, or, sometimes, I'm able to fully be with it without letting the addictive behavior happen and then transcend and heal that suffering feeling by feeling it all the way through. Usually something comes up when feeling these unwanted feelings, I think often pain of some sort.