Justin Evans

Sounds like what you experienced is solopsism. Leo also describes this as absolute sovereignty I believe.

That seems about right for stage beige. Pure selfishness, pure instinct to something they like, present moment not thinking ahead.

Here's another example of self-organizing and labeling. For context, Foxhole is a world war 2 style game where thousands of players fight in two factions for weeks. There's little to no private ownership of anything in the game. Since the scale of wars are huge, most of your contributions are like a drop in the bucket, so you tend to focus on one or two roles. The satisfaction comes from doing your part rather than the outcome. What I like about this container yard example, players join and leave the game whenever they want and contribute to the yard. They self-organize with signs, people make stuff for the yard, and random people pick it up for deliveries for the front line. It's all public ownership. Sure it's just a game. But, it's still cool to learn from it. Because people don't take things as seriously as the real world, so it's easier for people to experiment with stage turquoise style organizations even if they aren't aware of it.

I'm lately obsessed about stage turquoise organizations and wanted to share some stuff. (I'm aware there's a stage turquoise mega thread, but I wanted to narrow it down to organizations specifically. I hope that's okay.) Im paraphrasing so I could be wrong. One of its features includes decentralized interconnected authorities. Think of circles of teams that act like departments, but they aren't rigid hierarchies. In these individual / team bubbles, roles change all the time depending on the org's mission statement and goals) and they manage themselves. And, these bubbles communicate and help each other whenever they need to as well. Information has to be super fluid and accessible, including perspectives from your whole team. I've wondered how do even build a foundation that makes self-managing and self-teaching a possibility? I saw this video today about labeling and organizing stuff, and it's genius, it seems like a really cool start of a foundation. Turns out labeling is literally like mindfulness labeling for your organization. Labeling leads to awareness and insights. Labeling your stuff can help your teammates proactively do tasks on their own, learn information, or self-organize even if you don't know anyone, if there's a language barrier, or a difference in technical expertise.

It's pretty sad that compulsive lying and not answering a single question in the debate (except for tariffs which I don't even think he knows what it means) is so commonplace now from Trump that people call it strategic. The bar is in hell for republican standards.

The most important thing to know about dreams, at least from my experience, is dreams speak in your own personal language, so only you can truly know what it means to you. Sure, dreams have some shared language like chairs or cars, but how you associate with those things are all you. Don't think too much about symholism. How did you emotionally feel when that dream happened? Did you feel unworthy? Left out? Misunderstood? Selfless?

Or a clearer way to approach this is, just because something is true doesn't mean you can always prove, debate, or communicate it to other people. Sometimes you need direct experience. But, if they try to debate something unprovable then they shouldn't be surprised if people pushback.

I'm a game designer, one of the most important things we do when testing our games is watching live reactions of people playing the game, especially video streaming. It taught me that sometimes, it's valuable to see a persons' reaction or thought process behind their opinions, so I can make more informed decisions when I talk with other people or when I'm working on a project that affects other people. Destiny is one of those people I like to watch for that reason. He's also one of the few streamers who shows his own research processes which is quite valuable.

I don't think Leo should go mainstream. There are too many problems that come with adding more contributors, especially liability. I dont think theres anything wrong with Leo being a one-man shop, and the quality of his work is already amazing and good enough for the audience that learns it. Yes his health might go downhill in the future, maybe he can't sustain it, but adding more people into the equation takes away the personality from his work, the personality that makes his work so special in the first place. I'd rather see his work shine the way he wants it than to see it become a conglomerate and potentially burst into flames because of emergent collective ego problems that come out of it that Leo can't anticipate. I don't think that's a control issue, its a very real thing to be cautious about.

One thing that helped me personally with this question is instead of asking myself "How is it possible?", ask "Where does it already happen?" Because this question helps you see that there are plenty of scenarios where we admit we imagine things and we dont even need to ask why or how it works. The biggest example that comes to mind is dreams. Some people have more vivid dreams than others, so not everyone can relate but I will stick with this example for simplicity. Notice that in a dream, you become a character, your mind creates the place, time, and setting, all of this happens in one single present moment but creates an illusion of continuity. You can go to a museum in your dreams, you can remember being in that museum from 15 years ago and you can still recall art pieces the tour guide is talking about. It is only when you wake up when you realize it is imagination. On the topic of objectivity, how is it that a glass of water stays on your table when you leave your house? We can go back to the dream example, you can dream that cars pass by on the highway, you dont know where they are all going, it feels objective, but it is all created by you, and it works. The point I am trying to make is that asking where imagination already happens is important, because those outlier experiences such as dreams, where there is Illusion of time and objectivity, IS part of reality. Of course, not to misinterpret as using dreams as the answer to your questionbut rather just to help see new possibilities and ways to open your mind.

Everybody has their own way of making that leap, the key is finding your strength. That might sound generic so I will give you an example. I grew up with my mom teaching me how to move and create energy in my body when I was young. Regardless of whether that was something real or just my imagination, I got really good at doing it, and it became something I did subconsciously. It turns out through habit, I started doing it in my dreams, and your willpower can manipulate reality in your dreams. Fast forwarding to college, I did so much meditation and mindfulness that I started doing it accidentally in my dreams which triggered awakenings. This is very different than lucid dreaming because in lucid dreams you know you are dreaming. Instead, you sincerely believe it is reality and you still question it with your meditation and will. Doing this along with building a practice of surrendering your fears away in real life can make you surrender fears in your dreams (as fears are oftentimes what makes a dream more solid and real, letting that go makes the dream melt away.) Why am I talking about this? It helped me realize that you won't always know the exact steps to getting awakenings and to deeper embody what you already know. It is best to plan your growth on grounded things that you can use every day both awake and asleep such as learning to let go of fear, becoming more courageous, letting go of comfort, practicing will power as if you can improve the outcome of your life solely through that. And that these skills build up in unexpected payoffs and events based on your strengths and when you need it the most. Hope this helps!

When I do mindfulness exercises, I notice that my eyes strain and hurt a lot (even when it is pitch black and I'm not trying to look at anything). I think one reason this is the case is that I identify mindfulness with sight, and that the source of what I am is like an eyeball seeing things, seeing sights, seeing what I am hearing, feeling, smelling, and so on. I want to be able to feel and hear into my experiences by being them rather than seeing them if that makes sense but I am not sure how to do this. Do any of you share a similar frustration? Do you know of any alternatives?

To be clear I am writing an argument against Alan Bloom. I think stage green is very positive compared to the previous stages (although they all have valuable lessons on their own) However, I am presenting my thesis to a professor heavily invested in stage blue and orange so it is important that I chose my wording wisely so it can better relate. I have watched Leo's SD videos, I love them and I wanted to bring that in some shape or form into academic discussions. I might just buy the book anyways because it could be useful tool for personal growth, but if it does not have historical / political examples in it then I cannot use it in my thesis. Thank you for your reply btw.

Forgive me if this is the wrong topic channel, I was unsure where this question would go. I am taking a senior seminar class, a hybrid of political science and international affairs. I am writing a thesis which challenges the book "Closing of the American Mind" by Alan Bloom by comparing the perspective to spiral dynamics. Alan Bloom believes that the characteristics of stage green (relativism, multiculturalism, mob mentality, democratic theory, and values) are a degradation to democracy, the university, and to humanity which could potentially spiral into a new form of fascism. From what I've heard, spiral dynamics includes all of these facts and recognizes the limitations of these characteristics in stage green, however, they see it as a necessary stage which we will eventually grow out of. Going to the question, I found the book online, but it looks like it talks about business and leadership. Before I buy it for research, does anyone know if inside that book there will be historical or political examples or is it just business related?

I recently lost my best friend, potentially my whole friend group, my original career path, and "relating with others like I used to" because of my journey. The lesson I learned was that the costs of seeking truth are immense, but the rewards are the of the greatest yields in life. Here is the catch, if you halfway pursue the journey, the costs will be detrimental and you probably won't get much in return. In that case it's not worth pursuing truth. That indecisiveness is the downfall. In my opinion, it's worth it, IF we go all in and fully commit.