andyjohnsonman

Anyway back to politics. I think the problem is economic growth is their main concern being more important than peoples health, well being or happiness they are infrastructure being more important than healthy lungs. I was travelling around China for national week（国庆节) and it was amazing to see how everything i saw was about how great China is. I saw a man free solo rock climb up a 100 meter wall risking his life but the crowd only cheered when he waved the Chinese flag at the top. I also love china but not in the same way they do. If you ask Chinese why they love China they will say because of the party and if you ask why is that you will hit rock bottom or what I like to call a communist cul de sac (french for dead end).

Yes you are right not all are "blue". It depends where in the country they live. The first tier cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangdong) are quickly becoming orange and if you met people who travel they will definitely be exposed to other cultures especially the ones who have VPNs and can access information that isn't propaganda. However even these people if you were to marry them are heavily influenced by their culture and the older generations being forced into blue values. Saying this I find the majority of them very nice as long as you stay away from politics or anything that offends their national pride and collective ego.

Ive been living in China for the last 7 years and what serpantZA channel talks about is pretty much on point. Although he has started to get alot more negative about China in his videos lately. As for dating Chinese girls they are very beautiful and they are very attracted to white men. You have the options of girls completely out of your league from what you can get back home. However the cultural differences are massive and dating stage blue girls with stage blue traditional values can be very challenging even for the most open minded individuals. There are so many family pressures for security, marriage, house, cars, babies and looking after the extended family that it can be overwhelming. This is one reason i'm thinking of moving to live in a green country like somewhere in Scandinavia in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9VGkCudZs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI-6x7GLwN8

raising your consciousness

This seems a pretty flawless thought experiment to design and govern a society. I remember Leo using this example in his conscious politics multi part series. The only critique i would have of it is that it doesn't take into account historical context. If you don't know about how black people have historically had a disadvantage for example then you would be ignorant of how to design a society fairly. It doesn't take into account certain disadvantaged groups who would need more aid within the society.

Could it be possible that people go on a self development journey because of the way society currently is. The majority of people are so disconnected from having any meaning in their life and disconnected from others that we need to pursue something to give us meaning? It seems like self actualisation is an obvious meaning maker. If I lived in multi-generation communities where we were all connected to each other and had a purpose to help out our community in whatever way i'm sure I wouldn't be so focussed on self development and would be content with what I already have and the journey I was on. However because people feel more and more disconnected from others, themselves and nature I feel they need something like this to strive for. What are peoples thoughts on this?

If I’m thinking something negative about someone what is the likelihood that they are also thinking negatively about me? If I let go of my negative thoughts about someone else does this mean they also let go? I know many will answer in the absolute term I am them and they are me but I am talking in the relative sense. If I do loving kindness meditation and send out positive thoughts of wellbeing to someone what are the chances that these thoughts will actually make a difference to that person or is the general idea that by sending out loving warmth to another person it is giving more love to yourself.

Wouldn't that make Mate more stage yellow if he understands Trumps behaviour from a compassionate and empathetic perspective without being judgemental?

Russell Brand and Candace Owens have a very rational debate about capitalism and socialism. Many great points are made here.

This is very good:

A great read.

I've been listening to a lot of Schmachtenberger's stuff lately he really is an incredible thinker.

I rate Daniel Schmachtenberger very highly as a critical thinker.

*one of the biggest platforms

Yea its true he does have the biggest platform on the internet and it's wise to use it responsibly.

In that case Joe could introduce him to his sensory deprivation tanks, smoke some DMT with him and then get him on his show rather than ostracising him.

In that case how do you deal with convicted felons? A loving approach is to forgive and give a second chance right? I like the way Norwegians handle serial killers giving them a chance for redemption and not vilifying them. If they lied before and you never trust them again surely they would just be locked up forever or even be given the death penalty.

It's worth watching all 31 episodes, each episode reflecting on what we can do about the meaning crisis - defined as a disconnect from the world, ourselves and the future. The problems being deeply historical, cultural and cognitive problems. Looking at past figures who have spoken in ways that provide the resources we need to tackle this problem.

This is an absolute gold mine

I just got back into Kriya seriously after a bit of a break. During navi kriya i felt my base chakra more than normal and felt like it was opening up. During Kriya Pranyama i managed to feel deep levels of relaxation and calm. After that i started concentration and i felt sicky feeling in my gut. I stayed unreactive to this and started to feel worse to the point where my body was shaking and had a gag reflex followed by my back tensing up immensely. This meditation is ridiculously powerful and wonder if anyone else has experienced anything similar and can breakdown what is going on.

Sorry for the clickbait title. So what would I say to Trump if I met him? It would be very hard not to moralise telling him what he's doing wrong and what he should do. However it seems clear people have to figure things out themselves. I don’t think telling people like Trump what they should do would help. They are so stuck in their paradigms, I would give them my perspective, let them think about it. If I tell him his pitfalls and force the change on to him this will most likely have the reverse effect, making him more defensive, and more stuck to their way of thinking. I think ppl have to figure things out themselves through trial and error and the problem when they have constant errors and no change then what do we do? They need outside help. After watching Leo’s “A rant against Morality” video and then his conscious politics video it seems to me there is a slight contradiction. Moralizing has an aire of superiority (i'm right and you're wrong). Morality is a human invention, we are making up the rules as we go along, what is right and wrong, its do as you like in the animal kingdom, whats right now might be completely wrong in 100 years. However even though it is a human invention it’s a necessary one. Animals don't have the power to destroy the whole planet, they don't have the degree of variety in their behaviour that we have. In Leo’s politics video he talks about freedom and true freedom being rules - if you want freedom like the animal kingdom then it wouldn’t be free (well it would but not in the way you would like it to be). So I therefore feel a sense of what is right and wrong is necessary in order to create a system that can be governed and have an equal chance for all. To do this societies and govenments must then surely moralise as to what is and isn’t right?