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Gregory Bateson He wrote a book called "An Ecology of Mind"... seems to be pretty popular. Peter Ralston also recommend reading it in one of his book list recommendations.

https://futurethinkers.org/ Future Thinks is a decent one I think. I haven't listened to too much of them, but they've had some pretty high quality thinkers on (stage Yellow types as well). Self-development, systems thinking, and more higher-level stuff I'd say. Less stage orange personal development (though, they probably have that too), and more deeper psychological development and touching on things like collective sensemaking and collective coherence.

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file:///C:/Users/ninte/Desktop/Research/Psyche%20Shtuff/Foundational%20Guide%20to%20Neurohacking.pdf This came from a site called the Neurohacker Collective. Daniel Schmachtenberger has ties with it, and Jordan Hall might be as well, but I'm not sure. (both stage Yellow thinkers). Here's their short guide to the basics. Very worth it. Simple, straightforward practices that anyone can implement. If you just want the guts of it, I'd recommend going to the chart on page 8. It combines integral AQAL (interior-exterior / individual-collective) model & the pareto-principle (80/20) to illustrate foundational exercises (pareto 80% results) and advanced exercises (pareto 20% results). Interior / Individual : Mind Care Foundational (80% of results) gratitude internal reflection journaling / memorializing advanced (20% of results) effective psychotherapy meditation / mindfulness training coaching / mindset training Interior / Collective : relationships foundational(80% of results) company you keep company you give time without company advanced(20% of results) communication training studying human behavior sciences attachment theory education exterior / individual : body care foundational(80% of results) sleep nutrition movement advanced(20% of results) personalized / functional medicine integrative wellness therapies supplementation exterior / collective : environment foundational(80% of results) lighting air and water quality sleeping conditions advanced(20% of results) sleep tech environment tech time in nature It then goes into more depth explaining each exercise or item. Enjoy !

A few things I noticed. Seems like you might be paying too much attention in pleasing your parents and perhaps fearing their reactions. I'm not saying you shouldn't nor should take their advice. But if you can overcome the internal fear (or w/e it is) in relation to them, you might be able to see more clearly and authentically what it is you really want. I think the part about "finding a decent paying job at $40,000" seemed to be like setting a boundary about what is acceptable for you. Yet, did you decide what's acceptable for you or did they? Small bets Do some small projects to see if something is really worth your time (which you can perhaps do during school) Techniques to aid decision making Imagine yourself sitting in a room, surrounded by all of your heroes. Ask each one of them your question to see what they'd say. Ask yourself... What would Courage do? What does my Gut say? How does contemplating Death shed light on things? What does Caution say? What would my Enemy want me to do? Do psychedelics Cultivate a sense of love in yourself, and then, from that position, ask yourself the question and see what you see. What would love do? Do sentence completions Write a sentence stem like "The most loving, wise, important, and best choice to make here is to..." Then write 6-15 answers as fast as you can, without thinking. See what comes up. Remember, there are no right answers. You got this.

The concept of "waking up" vs. "growing" up comes to mind. How one can awaken to God or enlightenment, yet still be at any stage on the spiral (like Red). So, if one's at egoic stages, one will believe only they are God and are special. If one's at a ethnocentric stage, they will believe only their people can experience God and are chosen. I dunno what the Worldcentric stages would be; maybe stage Orange as only humans can experience God, and Green as all life can experience God...? But, it seems that people can have God-realizations yet their psyches can turn that into pathologies. I heard Ram Dass' brother had an awakening, but kinda went all "I'm holier than everybody" and it developed into neurotic, egoic, behavior. "I'm the Messiah" sort of stuff. I don't know your situation, and am assuming a lot about what you experienced, but that's the first thing that came to mind.

The Neurohacker Collective may have some good stuff. Pretty sure it's run by two stage Yellow people (Jordan Hall and Daniel Schmachtenberger; you can check them out on YT). https://neurohacker.com/ I haven't tried any of their stuff and don't know much about it except what was stated above.

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I could almost see it as a muscle. The Muscle of Love (or Lovius Maximus ). Sometimes I'm able to create that love in me and it feels strong, but most of the time at the moment it's hard for me to create it. I spend a few minutes each day simply trying to work that muscle of creating that feeling. But I haven't yet reached a radical paradigm shift. Have you tried ways to calm you nervous system (breath, yoga, mediation, etc.)?

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Er ma Gerd... look at what happened when I typed in "Internal family systems" (a form of psychotherapy)... https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/internal-family-systems-d85f20 Some answers: "Humans are the most terrible thing in all of existence." "Humans are a threat to most all other life." "Humans have created huge numbers of religions for no reason, all of which threaten non-human life with hell and human death cults." ... I don't think I'll be using this for investment advice haha

Another perspective on this might be distinguishing between the cult and your friend's behaviors and attitudes. As in, the community or cult might be a peaceful and really decent place with decent people, but then your friend's attitude and psychology may be moving into the unhealthy. That's the first thing I saw when reading what you wrote and your friends behavior. Sounds like he might not be displaying super healthy thinking and behavior. But, again, not saying the community isn't a cult either. Could be.

From my understanding, dissociation is more of a numbing of emotions, thoughts, and sensations. Like an escape from your body and feelings, which can be marked with depression, low energy, and a sort of hollowness perhaps. But it sounds to me like during these states you're feeling blissful rather than dissociated. I suppose it's still possible that you're using those states as an escape from certain feelings, and it could be dissociative, but it doesn't really sound dissociative from my understanding. Also, if your therapist isn't familiar with non-duality, altered states, and spirituality, they might confuse those different states or insights for pathologies or something else. I recently came across this guy, Jules Evans, who does work on spiritual emergencies (he wrote a book on it, I think it's called...). I think I heard him express a perspective that saw how the history of modern psychiatry and psychology (last 100 years or so) has demonized, pathologized, and thus mishandled, mystical states and insights. Seeing them as negative rather than positive. His view is that spiritual emergencies are different from psychological pathologies and issues, and that treating spiritual emergencies properly, with a positive and "allowing" sort of context, can actually help people grow enormously. But, if they are labeled and treated as illnesses, it can really damage the person. ..... I'm not exactly sure if that's precisely his POV on it, but it seems to me there's truth in there (also coming from personal experience/sensing as well). Here's also a video that may help you. It's Shinzen Young talking about how Depersonalization/Derealization is Enlightenment's ugly cousin. One gives people profound freedom, repose, and positivity. DP/PR is also an experience of the paper thinness of the world or emptiness, but the effect on the person has the exact opposite effect on the person to enlightenment. Like seeing the same thing, but having either positive or negative experiences with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zIKQCwDXsA&t=46s

This question of satisfying base needs and loneliness versus Covid I think is a good discussion to have. Personally, I've struggled immense psychological pain and agony from not having social relationships through life (for some reason, throughout my life I've never really found connection and friends etc.... probably trauma related). I find myself in positions where sometimes the emotional pain can be almost too much. I also recognize that increasing Covid spread could prolong any restrictions. Seems to me like it's very contextual: if your mental health has been decent, and the area or country you live in is high in Covid, it's probably best to not go dating. On the other end of the spectrum, if your mental health is really bad, and you're in a relatively safe place from Covid, it might be wise to cautiously pick one person to date with. Balance.

I've been dealing with some issues over the past year. I notice it has correlated a lot with my anxiety levels and living in places not with people I know. Sometimes I can do Reiki on myself and it goes away. Breathing seems to stop the rumbling in the tummy as well... Resonant Breathing 5 breaths per minute if over 6ft tall, 3-3.5 breaths per minute working up to 20 minutes a day.

He's no Joe Pesci, I can see that though haha... I'm having trouble placing Han on the spiral... Orange-ish?

@Leo Gura What about when he shot that alien dude in the bar? He seems very action-oriented to me and like he's able to utilize Red aspects to get out of trouble, and use his courage, warrior spirit, and audacity; like he did in this video with Jabba.. Jabba had him surrounded but he acted so cool and like he didn't care at all. Like fighting, escaping and out-flying others. It's like that Indiana Jones type of adventurous warrior spirit... lots of action, daring, fighting, etc. Not too well thought out... Would you not say those are healthy aspects of Red being put to use?

Just saw how Han Solo has some Red in him. Especially at the start of the story. More healthy aspects I'd say though: daring, audacity, shoot first and ask later, action oriented, etc. Perhaps he moves into Blue as well later as his character develops. Jabba I'd say is also Red, though, perhaps a more unhealthy version and probably has more of it.

00:28 & 00:46 seem like prime examples

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Yea, I feel like it's important get that "click" in your mind; the "oohhh I see" sort of thing. Contemplating it, mulling it over, looking at your experience, connecting dots, comparing it to other ideas and theories, looking for blind spots, etc. Probably more important than taking notes for notes' sake. Like, for me anyways, the point of notes is to compile the most crucial pieces of information so I can see all the pieces clearly and simply without having to rummage through a bunch of shit. Notes = efficiency + essentials ... for me anyways People are probably different too, and even different through time as to what's the "best" way for them to take notes. learning styles current context, environment, and needs etc. P.S. Tiago Forte @ fortelabs.com (might be the wrong address) has a tool called the "Second Mind". I haven't looked at it closely, but I think it's a note taking tool. He has some free resources on note-taking; a subject which he seems to be somewhat involved and passionate about.

I think my intensity in note-taking could have some neuroticism at its base. Like fearing I'll miss something and screw up. Might not be the best way to go about it. Like it might be more worthwhile to gain a few concepts with integrity rather than a butt-load of information I'll never remember. Though, perhaps we integrate information even if we don't consciously remember it... dunno.

I feel I've been doing what you've been doing. I type pretty quickly though. Lately, I think I'm trying to listen more, then take smaller and more condensed notes. Like trying to not transcribe him verbatim, but trying to siphon the core concept or idea he's talking about in a particular instance. I still do the transcribing thing to some degree. Also, I've found re-watching without taking too many notes, listening more to what he says and thinking about it, seeing where his ideas give me insights, etc. Maybe writing down some insights I find relevant or exciting. I also have found that if I go though a video and feel that I was taking too many notes such that I didn't really absorb anything, then trying to find 3 core ideas or insights can help to get something out of it rather than nothing.

This isn't 100% related, but when I saw you talk about colors and God, it made me think of the Jewish & Kabbalistic teaching of Ein Sof & the 10 sefirot. "Sefirot, meaning emanations, are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof (The Infinite) reveals Himself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the chain of higher metaphysical realms" Ein Sof is like water running through ten different colors. Though the colors are different, the translucent water is still the same.

He was one, if not the, first person who introduced me to spirituality and enlightenment. Something about his voice and way of speaking appealed to me. Both logical, sober, intelligent and wise, yet playful, open, soothing, and uplifting. I never really saw him as a hard-nosed, A-B-C-D teacher who can lay out practical advice and such. Though I'm not familiar with all his work. I did enjoy how he poetically talked about things though. Like it was a good mix of intellectual things, philosophy, motivation and poetry. Some "airy-fair" stuff (not saying this in a negative way) with some "harder-nosed" stuff. Enjoyed his person and style.