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It's a bit odd that Yang argues that we are not yet ready for Medicare For Fall while pushing UBI. Right now we have a wider concensus for Medicare For All than UBI. At least 50% of the public is asking for Medicare For All. Not many are asking for UBI.

@Spiral_Wizardry_Fan The founder of AA cured himself using LSD. That was the whole key to recovery. Now of course they took the one key away, Lol. The key to all recovery is CONSCIOUSNESS. And nothing raises consciousness more effectively than psychedelics.

The Absolute and the Good are identical. It cannot be explained to you. You must awaken to what God is.

@Girzo More people die from lettuce than psychedelics. When was the last time you had your lettuce tested? But I get your point.

The Absolute is not a conclusion. It is. This is not a matter of evidence. This is matter of consciousness. You are not conscious enough so you cannot see what's right in front of you.

I have not read any of Goddard's work so I cannot say. Seems like he has some degree of awakening. The million dollar question is not IF someone is awake, but to what degree?

Depends of course on where you're at.

Why not drop it and go for the big thing? You can't solve an existential problem at the level of the relative. That's the point of transcendence.

Of course

Happy New Year! How was the banana?

"John DID NOT DIE from eating a cheeseburger. He dosed correctly and his friends were in the room to help him." Lol Putting LSD next to heroin and the word "die" is absurd. The only thing that will die is your big fat ego.

You're not quite seeing how radical Self-Love is. ANYTHING you do, is Self-Love. If you murder your family, that is Self-Love. Love is unlimited and you cannot ever fail it. Develop the courage to stop judging yourself, others, and reality. That's true Self-Love. Anything less would be ego. Which is also Self-Love. How would you act if you knew you were loved under all choices and circumstances? THAT is liberation. Anything less is slavery.

Personally I don't like psychoanalysis. I think it's more deluded than true. There are certainly some bits of truth in it, but also plenty of nonsense. There are much better resources. You don't want to end up like Slavoj Zizek: academically brilliant, but spiritually dumb as a rock.

@Justine You're getting "bad trips" because you've got a lot of shadow material to process before your psyche is ready for the really deep metaphysical stuff. Rather than trying to avoid bad trips, your intention should be to go into each trip and accomplish some shadow work. Confront those parts of yourself which you don't want to confront. Sort out your psyche. Slowly work through all your lies, fears, traumas, low self-esteem, grudges, etc. until your mind is pure. Then you will be ready for metaphysical contemplation.

Remember, this is a long-term game we're playing. Slow and steady wins the race. Don't treat self-actualization as a 1 year activity. Treat it like a life-long activity which you have no choice but to do. This should put things into proper perspective. It's like going to church. People who go to church never think to themselves, "How soon until all this church attendance is done? 3 years? What if I attend three times as much per week? Can I finish it in 1 year?" No! You go to church for life.

That's the one!

God is madman.

Looks certainly play a big part, more than pundits admit because it renders their punditry useless. The reality is that people vote for very stupid and simple reasons. Which is not good for serious candidates like Bernie.

In truth, yes, that's a good insight. But they like to pretend like he is the most progressive candidate out there. For example they will tout how much he is ahead of Bernie. Of course what they don't realize is that they support Yang not for his policies but for his style and resonance with their Spiral level, which is roughly midway between Orange and Green. Green is a deep stage. There is a big difference between mild Green and deep Green.

@Yog Well, that's explained by the Spiral. Teachings and teachers are at different levels, and levels have healthy and toxic manifestations. Criticism of me vs JP come from different places. Of course it's all relative in the end. All criticism is untenable in the end.

All of that is explained simply by Hilary being an uninspiring and unlikable candidate. She's just not a very likable person and her policies were bland. Many people vote simply based on personality, likability, and overall vibe. They are not doing any sophisticated analysis of anything. It's all by gut feel. Hilary's gut feel was bad. I voted for her, but I wasn't excited about it. I think this was the case for most people who voted for her. Trump had excited fools voting for him.

No No, you should be careful to understand what is really being said in the book. "Virtual" is just a word which means that the substance of reality is nothing.

@Actualized Disciple Alastair Reynolds is an amazing writer. Which is why those two episodes were so good. They weren't written by a hack, as is the trend in Hollywood these days. Good writing is rare these days in movies.

That's all in the mind of the beholder. Truth is whatever it is, good or bad. If you expect Truth to be pleasant, that's a problem. It may be pleasant but it may not. The Holocaust is as much a part of God as rainbows and butterflies. What will you do if you find yourself in the middle of a holocaust situation? Will be conscious enough to see the Truth in it? Or will you think that God has abandoned you?

That questions seems to lead to the I AM realization. Who you are is pure I AMness. But going even deeper, who you are is God, the one and only being. Then the question becomes, what is God? What is the "substance" of God, so to speak?