Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 42

This is outstanding:

Make no mistake about it: conservatism is the justification of corruption and lower development. It always has been. Always. This sounds so biased and unfair, but that's just how the cookie crumbles.

However, this is not the same as to say that conservatism is always wrong. There are many cases where mankind is just so corrupt that higher development is impossible. So I am not simplistically saying that conservatism is wrong. I'm saying something advanced and non-partisan. And this does not mean liberals are free from corruption or that they are simplistically "the good guys".

The reason it works this way is because humanity has no recognition of how corrupt it is. Humanity underestimates its own corruption by a factor of at least 100x. The corruption is so profound that it is impossible for humanity to fix itself. Ironically, this means that corrupt policies and ways are actually important, necessary, useful, and "right" — because we have to live within our situation. Progressives counter-intuitively go wrong in that they underestimate how corrupt mankind is and the need for policies that realistically manage this corruption.

For example, progressives underestimate how racist humans are, so they naively advocate for stuff like endless immigration, not understanding that this will create serious backlash and regression precisely because most human beings are racist and do not want to live alongside immigrants. It's funny because progressives are portrayed as calling their opponents racists too much, but in fact progressives underestimate the prevalence and appeal of racism. So ironically, conservatives are right on this issue — not because conservatives are better or morally superior — but because conservative immigration policy aligns more realistically with the corrupt state of mankind: that most humans are racist. Conservatives are right precisely because they are morally inferior and mankind is too morally degenerate to act any better. This is why communism failed. This is why environmentalism fails. This is why Israel-Palestine fails. This is why immigration fails. This is why demilitarization fails. This is why veganism fails. This is why libertarianism fails. This is why drug decriminalization fails. This is why defunding the police fails. This is why the UN fails. This is why world peace fails. This is why free love fails. This is why the hippies failed. This is why guys like Trump, Putin, Xi, Orban, Erdogan, Netanyahu, etc. rule the world.

Conservatism is so successful and popular because mankind is corrupt to the bone. Mankind is way more evil than it admits to itself. Mankind is so hopelessly corrupt that progressives constantly fail. This is not a demonization of conservatives nor a glorification of leftists, this is the most accurate model of mankind, which has the most predictive power. If you do not understand this, you will keep failing in your political predictions and your activism.

You must understand the beast you are wrestling with or it will gore you. Leftists regard mankind as a cute puppy when it is more like a demonic rhinoceros.

We who wrestle with demonic rhinocerii.

True and healthy conservatism comes when you understand that mankind, especially in groups, behave like deluded demons. This is not an ideology, this is insight born from deep experience, contemplation, and God-Consciousness. Stop underestimating corruption.

This report is right-on: Infinite Love and Nothingness forever.

I also really like this part: "If you eat an orange, the taste you feel in your mouth is the communication with the spirit of the orange." That's a powerful perspective. I haven't thought of it that way before. I'm stealing that idea.

Ken Wilber is the most important philosopher of the 20th century. Academic philosophy doesn't even understand his significance. You can throw away 2000 years of Western philosophy and just read Ken Wilber and you'll be better off than the reverse. Philosophy education is a scam. Just read Ken Wilber and embody it.

With that said, Wilber's application of Spiral Dynamics to our political situation is mistaken. Stage Green is not the problem.

You can find more clips of that interview on that channel.

Some truth art.

The moment a banana realizes it is God.

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Hint: Trolling the stupidity of post-modern art.

This is what a libertarian state would look like in practice:

Yes, being too liberal is a problem, don't kid yourself.

One thing I must admit being wrong about as a leftist/progressive is drug decriminalization. The cold reality is that when you make hard drugs or even weed easily available and destigmatized, a lot more people get addicted — and addiction cripples lives. The leftist, libertarian utopia where the evil government just decriminalizes all drugs and things are fine is an epic self-deception. That's not how drugs work. The more I see it, the less I agree that even recreational weed should be allowed. Don't bullshit yourself: recreational weed is evil. There is a huge difference between occasional tripping as spiritual work vs recreational use (which is what most people do). I'm really against chronic weed use, and all drug use, unless it's for serious spiritual purposes in a non-addictive manner. Anything that makes you addicted is wrong.

This issue is a good example of where the left goes wrong. As long as drugs are easily accessible, people will use them. That's the bottom line. The problem with decriminalization or legalization is that it makes drugs way too easy to get. The problem of drugs is truly a devil's dilemma: we're damned if we ban them and we're damned if we don't. The idea that the drug war is just an evil government racket is wrong. The drug war exits because easily accessible drugs ruin lives, families, and communities.

How do we solve the drug problem? What a question.

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Please don't mistake Actualized.org teachings for supporting addictive drug use. I'm concerned that people might use my psychedelic work to rationalize recreational use. I have never used drugs recreationally. Not weed. Not even alcohol. I don't want Actualized.org to be used to endorse stoner culture or rave culture. Despite what it might seem, I've always been a sober-minded person and that's one of the factors behind my success. If I had gotten mixed up with weed, alcohol, or even psychedelics at a young age I would not be as successful and developed as I am. If you're in your early 20s or even younger, I recommend you delay experimentation with psychedelics until your life is more established. Build up your foundation before you run off into the spirit world. Being sober is crucial for making life-defining decisions in your late teens and early 20s. If you are high on weed every week you will make poor life decisions which are not in alignment with self-actualization and real spirituality. Weed will reduce your motivation for working hard and staying focused on your life purpose.