Leo Gura

There will always be some tensions between stages. But the tensions are less brutal and problematic as we go higher. The tension between Green and Yellow should not be too bad.

Once you get to Yellow there's no much fighting left. Each stage up involves less and less fighting and demonizing. Getting everyone to stage Green is crucial because at that point there will be a lot more peace. Hippies and New Agers aren't known for shooting people.

It's more capitalist than communist.

@loub It's all extra ordinary

It can be either up or down. Doesn't really matter. Liberals tends to cast down. Conservatives tend to cast up.

Climate change is not a progressive issue. All the big oil companies have known about climate change since the 1970s. Their own scientists made internal reports on it.

@StarStruck No book will help you. FEEL what fear is.

In this case a realistic path forward would involve you first working on commercial videos to build up your skills, experience, and reputation. Then you could branch off and start a company/service where you specifically target more artsy clients who can appreciate what you offer. When you start business you usually have to send some years cutting your teeth on commercial work. In fact many filmmakers began their careers working literally on TV commercials. Working on artsy projects is usually something you have to earn. There are niches for artsy work but you'll have to figure out who those clients would be and what kind of services they need. But also, don't get too attached to your medium. You should be somewhat flexible about your medium. The medium should ultimately serve your highest impact. If your medium is too limiting, consider upgrading to something which more directly serves your impact statement. Why are you so attached to editing being the way for raising collective consciousness. There might be more direct ways of raising collective consciousness than splicing videos. Or maybe then you don't really care about raising collective consciousness? Maybe you care more about video? In which case you need to re-think your impact statement.

What kind of devilry is this? Do not give this forum a bad reputation with such stupid thread titles.

It's amazing when you realize that 1 billion Chinese citizens have never voted in their life. Because there is no voting in China, period.

That is stage Blue.

YOU ARE GOD!

@ardacigin You make some good points in your opening post. The video is an introduction for normal folk. Think of it as an on-ramp to more hardcore practice which may come later. We're building on-ramps here. The hardcore stuff comes later.

We've had MANY discussions on this forum about JP. I've given detailed critiques and what to watch out for. Use the forum search function to find them. I don't want to rehash it all again. These JP threads seem to resurface every few months and the arguments start to fly all over again. P.S. Funny story, I was house shopping this weekend. At one house I met a real estate lady. She asked me what I do. I said I'm a Youtuber. She said, "OH! You know I just discovered this guy on YT I really like." And I thought to myself, "Oh no, here it comes..." And she said, "Do you know this guy Jordan Peterson? I really love his stuff! I just discovered him." I held my tongue and kept on walking. "Yeah... he's somethin...", I said.

Well, I'd probably call that a shadow. It's common to have at least one color shadow. Common shadows are Green, Orange, or Blue. A shadow here would be one color which triggers you or you love to hate. For example, if you can't stand religious people, that's a Blue shadow. If you can't stand greedy Wall Street types, that's an Orange shadow. If you can't stand hippies and SJWs, that's a Green shadow.

JP is a bizarre mix of Blue, Orange, and Yellow. Trump is a bizarre mix of Red and Orange.

No one is ever immune to self-deception. Doesn't matter how enlightened you are.

I said synthesizing. Extraction is for amateurs.

Hehe, when I tell people it will take 10,000 hours, I am criticized for making it sound too hard. When I don't, I am criticized for making it sound too easy.

Because people are sheep who do not investigate things for themselves from the ground up. JP does just deceive others, he deceives himself first and foremost. The mind is a very tricky beast.

It's a teaching tool and a concept I enjoy.

That is the nature of all words. They all mean things. The very thing you dislike about the word "devilry" is the very thing I like about it and why I use it. It's provocative. It can be powerful to call a devil a devil to his face. When I call a viewer a devil, that has a certain affect on their psyche. It punches through the veil. A devil doesn't like being called out.

Just realize the ego is bullshit and you'll be a happy camper. You don't need to try to be a devil. Don't compromise with devilry. You can let it go completely. If you dare.

Vote for Bernie-fuckin-socialist-Sanders.

@Scholar Like I said, you can frame it that way, or another way. There is no argument here. Every word is a category. How you draw your categories is relative to how you want to frame things. For example, you used the category Maya. Which is similar to the category of devilry.