Joseph Maynor

It's a process of unlearning that you have to embark on. You want to just watch and accept reality exactly as it is. That's it. But -- see -- here's the paradox, you can't really see why this needs to be this way until you've exhausted theory, until you've made your peace with it. And the theory is still important, just not as important as we think it is in this work.

That's what I just went through over the past couple of weeks. The Truth is inside of you.

It tells me that there are some common themes that Spirituality addresses, one of which is to know thyself.

Furthermore -- another hypothesis is that this two-dimensional field is just colors and 2-dimensional shapes. This thesis needs to be investigated as well. Put your contemplation hats on and let's see what we can say about these claims.

I guess you would have to isolate the visual field from other sensations to investigate this hypothesis.

I didn't say that. You thought you caught me huh -- haha! Check your quote again.

What is time? That's the initial Socratic Question. So, I think the first answer is that it's a word. It's a word that has several meanings. What particular meaning are you interested in? Are you assuming that there's one essential concept of time that underlies all other concepts of time? Notice that this is a theoretical assumption.

In one sense yes, but in another sense not necessarily. I can have a continuous conception in contrast to a binary conception of something. Think of a binary conception like an on-off switch and a continuous conception like a dial.

"Spirituality is being 100% present in what is real for you in the moment -- what is True in your experience" -- Emerald.

Better yet -- double major in Philosophy and Psychology. I knew a guy who did that when I was in college. I always envied him for being able to do that.

Yeah, you guys should review the theory:

Thank you. I feel better already. Now the focus is on the work not on the social stuff as much. The social stuff is the biggest distraction. If you want a friend, get a dog haha. Ah, that's brutal. Thanks for getting rid of the thumbs-up feature. That was distracting as hell.

Leo's Life Purpose Course. It's very well done. I'm still working on the third part of the Course myself.

A book I can recommend is "Spiral Dynamics" by Beck and Cowan. It's probably a book worth investing in for you. https://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Dynamics-Mastering-Values-Leadership/dp/1405133562

Nah. All you need is a cellphone timer.

"The Truth is always there in front of you, but your ideas insulate the Truth from you." -- Emerald

One of the reasons I live in San Francisco is so I don't have to own a car. My life has improved immeasurably by not having to drive or worry about my car getting fu*ked with on the street. I can walk anywhere. The City is pretty geographically small. If something is too far or I am being lazy, I can always take the train or the bus.

Anyone who says Enlightenment is permanent, if they're not talking about themselves -- don't listen to them. It's a cliche that is very overused in this work.

It's hard to judge the intent of people. Maybe someone else's beliefs really resonate with them. Do you want to get in the business of judging beliefs? I don't think that's a good idea. Let it go if it's not hurting anyone. Science is a set of erroneous beliefs too. This work is about getting in touch with the Existential Truth anyway. All this Science and Philosophy bullshit is really just a distraction to that purpose too. If you want to be Enlightened, you need to empty your cup anyway. It's all in the intent though. If someone is just dicking around, then that can be gently stopped. But all beliefs are not the Existential Truth, so arguing which is better than others in this work is beside the point.

The weirdest language I ever tried to learn a little bit of is Turkish. It is very different from both English and Spanish. So different that you should experience it. It will change the way you think about language. The reason I learned some Turkish is because I did a 2 week stint in Istanbul Turkey and I wanted to be able to speak a little bit of the language.

Curious. Leo makes this positive claim in the below video: The future is not predestined. How do we know that?

There's nothing in reality that isn't you.

I agree. There's a little dopamine hit that comes with giving and receiving a thumbs up. That's the thing that I think needs to go. It's not a reliable indicator beyond popularity anyway. I've stopped givings thumbs up because of this reason. I don't want to be addicted to being "affirmed" on the Forum -- and I don't want to be addicted to "affirming" on the Forum.

The only thing that bugs me is when he states that the future is not predetermined. We don't know that. That's a very contentious debate in Theology and it's not to be flippantly taken for granted. Studying Theology has given me a shore of reference on this debate that I'm sure gives me a nice dose of awareness on this issue. You would need to shoot a video on that issue alone to do it justice. It's a thorny issue.

The stingray combines both haha.