Integrate RED: 25+ PRACTICAL steps (Part II)

[koops]

In my previous post I talked about integrating Purple (+60 practical ideas to implement it).

Read it before this one.

Its impossible to integrate red without purple.

Goes DEEP:

 

In this one I rant about red.

Its going to resonate with men for most part.
Feedback is welcome.

Lets go.

 

RED:

What is red?

Everything that resonates with:

-Risk. Action. Hero. Warrior. Fight. Blood. Adrenaline

Red is about:

-Challenging your body for the sake of doing it, almost in a masochistic way. Feel alive. Take RISKS. Warrior mentality.

-Expressing your SEXUAL ENERGY in healthy ways. 

-Having clear BOUNDARIES & consequences when crossed; so you can fully stick to your blue principles.

-Thinking less. Take ACTION.

-Start thinking how you can life a HEROIC life. How can you flirt with death?

 

 

PRACTICAL STEPS:

 

- Stop talking about ‘masculinity'. Talk about MANLINESS.


- Think of all your DEEPEST (legal) SEXUAL KINKY FANTASIES. Make them REAL.

STOP - watching -  porn as a mean to satisfy your these fantasies.

Follow this rule: 'Im only going to watch porn videos that I had put into practice before in real life'
Ex: If you haven't done a threesome, don't watch threesome videos.  GO do a threesome in REAL life!)
 

-Learn about BDSM, and implement it.
 

-Ravish your woman.

Slap her, spit on her, choke her, piss on her (CONSENSUAL! Don’t be stupid!)

She has to genuinely enjoy this even more than you do.

Can you reach a point where she begs you to do it?

Is she getting more pleasure out of this than you do?

 

-Approach that girl in the club conveying your masculine sexual energy. Go for a ONS (sober) with talking as little as possible.

Just pure physical, energetic, polarizing, raw, visceral attraction.

Be proud of that sexual 'conquest'
 

-Eye contact. Even to the point were is uncomfortable.

-Don't smile if its not sincere.

 

- Challenge your body:
 

-Wake up at 6am and go for a run outside in the cold, or for a swim in the sea. Or sprint until you are nauseous.

Just for the sake of it. Is painful, is uncomfortable but you are a beast, and you love it.
 

-Go to martial arts classes.

Master at least 3 moves (ex:  jab-straight right hand; jab-low kick; near choke; 1 takedown).

Learn how to dodge punches.

You don’t really need more than that to be confident enough for handling a threatening situation.
 

-Fast for +48h. Feel how adaptable and strong your body is. Enjoy the hunger.

Fuck this society standards of eating 3 times a day. You are a warrior. You don’t need that.

 

-Confront people when they cross your boundaries (verbally).
 

-Go for a walk in a poor dangerous neighborhood (go with a lot of cash in your wallet if you dare).

 

-Write down a list of boundaries you have, and the consecuences when somebody crosses them.

Spend a full day contemplating and introspecting on that.
 

-You propably aren’t psycho enough.

Go 10% more psycho. Care less about what people think. You still will be caring too much anyways.

Satisfy your needs.

-Pump your chest like a Silverback Gorilla. Hard! Moan.

-Look at yourself in the mirror and bark like a fucking pitbull!

Feel the animal energy moving through your body.
Awaken that savage energy within you.

 

-Ask yourself:

''Am I willing to die for something?’'

''If I have to give my life for a cause, what would it be?''

''For what cause will I go to jail, or fast for a full month?''

 

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RED is not about doing illegal things, fighting people or even violence.       Is about ASSERTIVENESS.

It's about:

Are you willing to fight if necessary?

Are you afraid of confrontation or violence?

 

Take the example of Gandhi:

Is he red?

Of course not. His philosophy is non-violence.

But he had healthy red. 

-He wasn’t afraid of flirting with death, (he fasted for 3 weeks).

-He wasn’t afraid of taking a beating.

-He wasn’t afraid of spending time in jail (and maybe getting fucked in the ass)
 

If he hadn’t integrated healthy read, maybe he wouldn’t stick to his principles.

He had deep solid boundaries and wasn’t afraid of the consequences for sticking to them (deep suffering, death).
 

All of your cool nice little blue values mean shit if you are not willing to draw a line in the sand and deal with the consecuences

 

Another great example is David Deida.

He is a healthy green man. But listen when he talks about ravishing your woman. Thats healthy red integrated.

You can’t ravish a woman if you are not connected with that deep visceral passion.

Is that mix of:

Capacity for aggression / Being unapologetic about your dark desires   +   Deep love

Is like they say: Fuck her ass hard; and then read her poetry.

Red + Green 

This a hell of a combo. Dark gentleman.

This is what makes women fall deeply in love with you. Even ‘turquoise’ women love men with healthy red.

 

—

 

Coming back to TJ Reeves post that caused controversy talking about being Coral, and wanting to teach Leo about it.

He talked about Bruce Lee, Ido Portal or Laird Hamilton being coral (and he himself) because they put their physical life at risk.

Those guys are green with healthy red integrated.

Admirable, but not coral. 

An inspiration. For sure, but not sage levels.

Just healthy red integrated. ‘I don’t care about death’ attitude. Great healthy examples.

 

 

PROBLEMS with SKIPPING red

As I stated in my Purple post:

-You will become a laughable SJW

-You will become a sad lonely incel

-You will become a stage blue religious racist hating blacks and muslims

-You will become a slave of society, media, culture, your boss and your own emotions and impulses
 

Weak. No backbone. Scared.

Too much feminine compassion ('welcome refugees!', until they start raping and stabbing people in record numbers. Hello Sweden...)

Having climate anxiety. My God... what a bitch you are.
 

Ungrateful of your privileges.

You will moralize 'underveloped' people/cultures/countries, not understanding their situation, but thats because you were lucky enough for being born in a healthy family in a 1st world country.

You don't feel powerful, so you give shit to others.

 

 

Now, for a HEALTHIER integration, try the opposite of this macho-mindset I listed in the beginning.

-Wear pink.

-Do feminine practices like yoga, tai chi, qigong..

-Watch rom-coms without being insecure. Understand why women love this.

-Get in touch with 'feminine emotions'

-Go to ballet performances

-Do he chores with pink gloves.  

-Wear an apron for cooking

As Leo said in a video:

A man brings a man into whatever he is doing.
The activity doesnt define the man, the man defines de activity.

If you get this right... man, your life will be great.
 

 

FINAL WORDS:

Red is about:
 

-LESS FEAR.  MORE ACTION.  TAKING THE RISK.

Get your backpack over the fence.
 

Orange will make a strategy, but orange can get paralysis through analysis.

Red is this voice in your head : ‘dude you already read 10 books this month, you are a bitch, go outside and talk to 10 girls; or do 10 cold calls NOW!’.

Is that father talking to you. Is that masculine compassion.

Dont get too confortable.

Face reality!

Commit first, figure out later.

 

 

- START YOUR HERO'S JOURNEY.  INSPIRE people. CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

> Go watch Leo's video about the Hero's Journey.  BRUTAL video. (I watched it last week. Made me rethink my values and vision).

 

The thing is. The hero's journey starts with healthy red: 'fuck that. Lets go'!

You have to be willing to scape the tribe (purple). You have to be willing to die for the Holy Grail.
 

Nowadays, people go on a fake journey scaping the conforts of blue, and going into orange and some green.

Having casual sex, getting into a relationships, building a business, getting a 6pack, trying some drugs, traveling...  but that shit is EMPTY.


Without red, your vision is always going to be small.  Group-think infected.

The largest your vision, the higher the risk; the more healthy red you need.

Of course, you need blue and orange qualities, but first of all you need BALLS.  (Think of Gandhi)

And of course you also need green:
 

* Redirect that wild, aggressive energy into LOVE. * (Essence of healthy red from my POV)

With women.

With other men.

With your mission.

With the world.

With yourself.

 

Turn:

Fear into ACTION.

Logic into guts.

Passivity in to glory. 

Thinking into doing.

Safety into RISK.

You'll find the way.
 

Stop overthinking, stop theorizing, stop playing it safe.

Start fighting for a bigger cause. 

Be who you are, and let the chips fall where they may.

 

Redirect that wild aggressive energy into LOVE, and fill the world with it.

 

 

Much love

-k

 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2023 by koops

[Spiritual Warrior]

Another banger! Thank you!

 

Going on a run right now wearing pink and no phone, no music (red & purple) 

 

Just do it. You're a man, you're a warrior, you can handle anything. PASSION. DESIRE. 

 

[Spiritual Warrior]

Healthy stage red is equivalent to the bad boy archetype that women crave in a man. 

[Entity]

Fight!, ruby red, leathers and spikes!...cheers koops!

[koops]

1 hour ago, Spiritual Warrior said:

Another banger! Thank you!

 

Going on a run right now wearing pink and no phone, no music (red & purple) 

 

Just do it. You're a man, you're a warrior, you can handle anything. PASSION. DESIRE. 

 

Exactly. Nice you implement!

[koops]

41 minutes ago, Spiritual Warrior said:

Healthy stage red is equivalent to the bad boy archetype that women crave in a man. 

Yep, and he can get a bit more twisted, by loving the fact that he is with more than one girl without them knowing that, and realizing that he has the power to break their heart.

I was like that for period of time. I felt good about it, but now I realized the toxicity of that.
 

The key is to integrate that red with green.

 

[Carl-Richard]

Back when I discovered some of my Red blind spots and was exploring emotions like anger, I discovered a neat conceptual distinction: reactive aggression vs. proactive aggression. Both concepts are useful to learn to recognize and integrate if you struggle with a Red shadow.

Reactive aggression is when you're able to say "no" and to react when somebody disrespects your boundaries, and to use the accompanying emotional energy that arises as intended. In other words, if you start to feel anger, then be angry at the person that made you angry. Don't instinctively internalize your anger, bite your tongue or run and hide with your tail between your legs: externalize your anger. In other words, don't be a doormat. That said, obviously you have to do what is appropriate in each situation (as externalizing is not always appropriate), which can be a learning process.

Proactive aggression is when you're able to approach, confront, claim, assert. For example, it's about approaching a girl, or confronting a bully, or claiming what is yours, or generally asserting yourself in the situation. This requires tapping into a much more visceral and persistent type of energy that doesn't just arise in the moment. It's always there. I identified it (cornily) as "Red Andrew Tate" energy. It quite literally feels like a burning fire in your abdomen. It can be tapped into consciously, but it can also be harmful if not done carefully.

Edited November 13, 2023 by Carl-Richard

[HMD]

@koops Damn brother, who are you? Good stuff here! 

[koops]

17 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

Back when I discovered some of my Red blind spots and was exploring emotions like anger, I discovered a neat conceptual distinction: reactive aggression vs. proactive aggression. Both concepts are useful to learn to recognize and integrate if you struggle with a Red shadow.

Reactive aggression is when you're able to say "no" and to react when somebody disrespects your boundaries, and to use the accompanying emotional energy that arises as intended. In other words, if you start to feel anger, then be angry at the person that made you angry. Don't instinctively internalize your anger, bite your tongue or run and hide with your tail between your legs: externalize your anger. In other words, don't be a doormat.

Proactive aggression is when you're able to approach, confront, claim, assert. For example, it's about approaching a girl, or confronting a bully, or claiming what is yours, or generally asserting yourself in the situation. This requires tapping into a much more visceral and persistent type of energy that doesn't just arise in the moment. It's always there. I identified it (cornily) as "Red Andrew Tate" energy. It quite literally feels like a burning fire in your abdomen. It can be tapped into consciously, but it can also be harmful if not done carefully.

Nice distinctions!

Good way to put it.

[koops]

9 hours ago, HMD said:

@koops Damn brother, who are you? Good stuff here! 

Glad you like it

 

[OmniNaut]

@koops Good effort for trying to make this list. But there's a couple of things that I want to add.

One thing that is important is to make is a distinction between a natural integration of Red when the time is right to integrate, and an integration of Red for people who have missed out on it in their cultural/social upbringing.

For me this post strikes me as the second distinction, integrating Red after people past the natural window. What I have seen multiple times before, in myself and others, especially in 1st Tier colours, when trying to integrate from a reaction of missing out there is a lot overcompensating done. Mostly this comes from repressed and uncontrolled emotions from denied natural integration. Multiple points in this topic look to me as overcompensation towards missing out the natural window.

Why is this such an important distinction to make?

Because people who are passing through Red in their natural window (as @Lila9 pointed out, age 13 to 20) may pick up at the over compensation points and in the end does more damage then good.

At this moment we have a unique situation in the world where the need for integrating Red is high, because (western) culture was demonizing Red the last 35+ years. Now most of the information found (online and social media) out there is a reaction to this lack of Red. So this is OK for a (man) 25+ who missed out on Red and trying to integrate, so long if the person knows how to filter out the toxic stuff. But this information (I mean this trend, not this post) is not OK for the 14 yo who is exposed to this without asking through social media. 

Perfect example we have is Andrew Tate. This is classic over the top Red over compensation, (don't mistake him with proper integration). And you see the biggest defenders of his arresting where 14 to 20 yo protesting for his release. This age and development stage is still highly deceptible to any kind of imprinting without logical or sceptic thinking (because that has not come online yet for them) .

Ask yourself this question, do you really want 14 yo experimenting with sex perversions, walking in a dangerous neighbourhood with money, etc.

At the people trying to wanting to help yourself and others integrating Red. Contemplate on this question: Is this point I'm trying to make an reaction of missing out or is this something that a person passing through in the natural window also should know about?

It's clear that society has no right answer yet of integrating Red in a healthy way for both distinctions. Opening the discussion how to integrate Red in a healthy way (in the natural window) into a society is something that needs to start now. Should this be a thing left to parents, or should the government provide possibilities for this for example in schools. Maybe a 2nd Tier society will have the answer for this. Because Green society is still reacting against Red, so that is not going to work.
 

Exiting Red

Another thing that I found lacking in this post is knowing when Red is fulfilled and it's time to exit this stage.

 

@koops Maybe put a disclaimer in your post (and upcoming posts) that this is advise is meant for people who already past the natural window and trying to integrate, not overcompensate.

 

BTW, this overcompensating and repressed emotions of denied integration is not only visible in the societal discussion of Integrating stage Red, but also you see this happening with feminism, gender equality, discrimination and racism. But that is a discussion for another topic.

Edited November 13, 2023 by OmniNaut

[kag101]

i used to be fragile, then i tried doing a bunch of random macho stuff. it didn't heal me; actually, engaging in these type of activities just added to the problem.

neither did doing the opposite -- forcing myself to do overly-stereotypical feminine stuff -- do any good.

it might be interesting to explore some of these things, but being neurotic about it won't help in the long run.

[koops]

I understand what you are saying.

And yes, you are right, this post is for people who already past that window, which I suppose is the vast majority of this forum (people with some healthy blue, orange and green, so they won't go over the top with this action steps).

The reality is that most people in west, as you said, need to go back to purple and red and integrate this stages. Thats the point of my post.

Of course this post is NOT for 14 year olds Tate supporters. That would be a mess.

I wouldn't say any of this to a 14 year old.

What I posted were examples of actions/habits that a healthy adult could implement.

 

Sometimes a bit of overcompensation works.

If you are super shy man, afraid of talking to women, spending a few months day-gaming for hours, talking to hundreds of women and going in dozens of dates can be a good idea, although is not sustainable, but is needed to break from the shell.

The same starting a business. You can be working 12+ hours per day for months, so after you can take the foot off the pedal.

The same integrating other stages. An hedonistic stage orange wanting to integrate blue for example. Maybe he needs to stick to a super strict routine for weeks or months, giving up pleasures with tight accountability.

Or a rationalist-scientific orange. Maybe he needs to go full woo-woo yoga, new age, before finding a nice balance between healthy orange and healthy green spirituality.

Each person needs to find their balance.

 

[koops]

6 hours ago, kag101 said:

i used to be fragile, then i tried doing a bunch of random macho stuff. it didn't heal me; actually, engaging in these type of activities just added to the problem.

neither did doing the opposite -- forcing myself to do overly-stereotypical feminine stuff -- do any good.

it might be interesting to explore some of these things, but being neurotic about it won't help in the long run.

Ofc, no need to go neurotic. I realize some things may be over the top.

The key is to find your sweet spot

 

[Fluran]

psychedelics substances induce some equivalent of green/yellow/turquoise state of consciousness,

which tripping/microdosing can be practical to induce internal individual state and solidify the state of consciousness

 

for red, psychoactive substance that induce red state, it reminds me cocaine,
but it is as well highly addictive, as well illegal.
I wonder if there would be some safe substance to help and foster red state

[Nivsch]

Assertiveness is the key in my opinion. I dont know if to just be aggressive is healthy. And I wonder why not to naturally find the right red suitable to YOU in YOUR version, as you are using this list to be inspired.

Edited November 17, 2023 by Nivsch

[koops]

@Fluran I won't suggest using substances in order to get in touch with 'red'

[koops]

@Nivsch Yes, assertiveness seems to be one of the key aspects of integrating red.

 

[ricachica]

I know you started off by saying this bodes well with men…but definitely just as much with women, who have little to none of these outlets/experiences in their daily life, or at any point in life at all. Happy to apply some of these:)

[Avidya]

@Carl-Richard Great insight! Wow this is an amazing, good quality thread. Keep the insights coming! I think we can all benefit from integrating lower aspects of the spiral and sharing our journey along the way.