Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights
Miscellaneous bits of wisdom and resources on personal development, life purpose, philosophy, epistemology, nonduality, psychedelics, etc. Published randomly throughout the week.
- penetrating mental vision or discernment.
- the sudden act of grasping the inner nature or truth of a situation.
- a deep understanding of a person or thing.
Insights here are meant to be quick and half-baked. Consider these food for thought.
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The ancient Greek word for truth was Aletheia. It was popularized by the earliest Greek philosophers.
How is Aletheia defined?
Aletheia is variously translated as "unconcealedness", "disclosure", "revealing", or "unhiddenness". It also means "reality". It is the antonym of lethe, which literally means "forgetting", "forgetfulness".
What is it that's being unconcealed? Maya. God's hallucination of the universe.
Why is its opposite forgetfulness? Maya. God dreams so deeply that it forgets it was God.
The opposite of truth is being lost in a dream. Every untruthful person is just God lost in a juicy dream. Philosophy isn't what academics think it is. Philosophy is really about one thing: the study of how God dreams Reality. True philosophy is about uncovering the cosmic hallucination. Philosophy is the pursuit of Truth. This is different from science, different from religion, different from a cult, different from academia, different from scholarship, different from religious studies, different from meditation, different from personal development, different from proof, different from avoiding suffering.
Source: Wikipedia
The demonization of empathy is very wrong:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaRVf1NxXqy
It is not the case that conservatives hate empathy. They love empathy when it's for them. They just hate empathy for everyone who is not them.
Conservatives want empathy for me but not for thee.
Conservatives corrupt empathy by biasing it exclusively towards themselves. There are serious consequences for that. It means you'll be deluded. Biasing empathy like that is not worth the epistemic cost. Instead, strive for equal, even-handed, unbiased empathy.
The notion that God loves some more than others is childish and laughable.
A perfect example of how lower stages of cognition conflate spirituality with survival:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaeHvU_h0Cx
Watch out for this trap. This example is gross and obvious. In your case the conflation will be much more subtle.
Do not use God to rationalize your survival. God does not care about your success. God does not care about your church's success. God does not care about the spread of your belief system. God does not care if your children live or die. The ego cares about those things, not God.
Two good examples of the problem with AI:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ5ABcSNrg2
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2L2-gID_t
AI gave the richest and most powerful people the perfect excuse to go on a frenzy of theft. Mass theft has been normalized overnight.
This Instagramer has a multi-part series on famous men who use religion to cover up their sexually abusive, Stage Red lifestyles:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaxsMWjx4VJ
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYz63FeRMWK
I've pointed out this pattern before: Stage Red exhausts itself and evolves into Stage Blue by "finding religion".
Remember how I said the lower stages of development are very predictable? Well, this is that.
You can watch the Red >> Blue evolution happening right on social media, in real-time. That's the power of learning developmental psychology. You will understand humanity like no one else. You will see patterns no one else can see.
Note: This example illustrates why I don't look up to MMA fighters. Their psyches are quite Red. Someone who loves to punch men in the face will have few qualms about raping a woman. It's all in good fun for Red. To Stage Red, rape is fun. Imagine that!
Note: The Instagramer is being too uncharitable and cynical. These men are not merely using Jesus for a cover-up, they're actually transitioning from Red to Blue. Believe it or not, that is progress. But, Green cannot appreciate that because it doesn't understand developmental psychology. So your understanding is already higher than the Instagramer's.
This is well said:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZvSnBjDTyP
Overlaps nicely with things I've said in the past:
There's a bonus point here: It's not just that conservatives are less intelligent genetically, it's that since conservatives live in less developed parts of the country/world, their survival is more difficult, more threatened, so they must invest more time in survival, which leaves them less time for intellectual development and education. The educational opportunities in conservative parts of the world are objectively lower. There is no MIT of southern rednecks, because rednecks don't have time to sit in a classroom. That's why their necks are red, and why the love Trump.
"Smart people don't like me." — Donald Trump
One of the mundane reason's I'm so openminded and intelligent is because I was educated in really good progressive California schools, by great teachers. I would not be who I am today if I wasn't educated in progressive California. That is my privilege. 98% of the world's population simply can't afford that privilege. Never forget that. Just education is a huge privilege. Leftists forget this too easily. Conservatives, generally-speaking, don't have access to your schools. Of course, conservatives love to demonize your schools. But that's because they never went to your schools.
If everyone in the world had access to California schools, that would change the world. We are still far from that.
A deep insight from Ram Dass:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbJI7G5xgUA
Listen to it several times, so you don't miss the very beginning.
Think deep about this:
"If everyone gets caught in your game, you lose."
That's like billionaires and celebrities. They think they're winners, but actually they're losers. Losers at the spiritual game.
What's your game?
Notice how scientists' and physicists' brains break when they encounter Infinity. But they don't understand why. They think encountering Infinity is a mistake. Not at all.
From a scientist's narrow, myopic point of view, Infinity seems like hell breaking loose. Well, that's right! Infinity is so free that it even contains Hell, demons, goblins, unicorns, cosmic horrors, and much more terrifying stuff. What physicists hide from laymen is that they are always wrestling with Infinity, but they don't understand that they are wrestling with God. The evidence of God is found across all of physics in the form of intractable infinities.
Consciousness/God is an infinite field of infinite singularities. This is more beautiful, profound, and true than anything any physicist has ever said. But nobody wants to listen, so I'm just talking to myself.