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@Vagos I would focus more on not thinking for a while and building up your meditation, concentration, and yoga skills. I find the questioning to be ineffective without first being in a calm mind state.

Are you sure you guys are doing it right? You did promise them immortality and total omniscience, right? And they said No Thanks?

No, I'm not implying anything per se. I'm just assessing Trump's mind. He has the type of mind that will take down the ship with it if it goes down. I don't foresee a nuclear holocaust. But some phony war is within the realm of possibility. And more importantly he is going to wage a battle domestically this coming election cycle. It's gonna get nastier and dirtier than ever as his chances of reelection shrink. He will rally and whip up his base into an ideological frenzy. There will be even more conspiracy theories, demonization of decent people, and probably some degree of violence as things get desperate for Trump's base and they start to lash out. What you have to understand about Trump's base is that they're all-in. They will never admit defeat or any wrong-doing -- because it will be too ugly for them to admit. So they will double-down and scapegoat someone else -- like immigrants, Muslims, socialists, women, or whoever. As the failures of the Trump admin keep getting worse, the scapegoating will keep getting worse. The Trump phenomenon is like a giant swollen pimple that needs to burst. How bad it gets is hard to say. We have to be careful, but also don't get overly pessimistic. This is all part of the nation's growth process. It is all necessary to evolve to the next level. Just be careful not to get caught up in the eruption.

So what this tells me is you got A LOT of work to do before anything like enlightenment will dawn. Probably years of work. That's okay, but what I mean is, you don't have to worry too much about enlightenment right now. Focus building up your meditation skills, psychoanalysis, yoga, etc. All of that will build up your foundation. At some point you should begin to slowly ween yourself off the medication and pursue the Truth full-bore. Enlightenment is about facing your own death. So you need to build yourself up to the point where you're not having panic attacks and you a ready to face ego dissolution. You are not going to be able to avoid facing death. That is the whole aim of enlightenment work. Enlightenment is all about facing your deepest fears and seeing through them with extraordinary levels of consciousness and concentration. Weening yourself off SSRI's will also allow you to play around with psychedelics -- which are one of the most effective tools for facing death and fear.

@Meditationdude When you sit, what is your intention? What are you trying to understand or get? Sits are usually not nearly as effective without a clear intention. It's very important to become clear about what you want out of this work. And there are many things you could be working on / developing / realizing. If you want to just sit and done nothing, without any objective or goal. Fine. But then make that your intention and be clear about it: "I will just sit here like a cat and be in the present moment." Sometimes that's effective. Other times it's more effective to have some existential question you're working on, like "What am I?" or "What is reality?" or "What is Love?" or "What is Truth?", etc. But understand this: there is way more to this work than merely sitting like a cat. Nothing wrong with sitting like a cat. But if you really want to understand reality, life, and self -- that won't be enough. You need to probe various aspects of life to crack its secrets. Or you could be working on building concentration skill.

There are some things I don't share because it is reserved for future things I'm working on. Don't get too greedy. I share too much as it is.

Oops, yes. I fixed it. Thanks!

@Vagos Why are you on SSRI's and what is your plan for ultimately getting off them?

@Mikael89 Fundamentally we're here to do self-improvement and to grow ourselves as humans. I feel all those topics are relevant to that end. You never know when some seemingly unimportant topic might be just the missing piece you needed. But it's hard to please everyone. There are pros and cons going narrow or broad. My bias is to err on the side of comprehensiveness.

I already did. But I try to share my best resources on my blog. This sub-forum is mostly to see what you guys will create.

That is your self-bias talking, which you conveniently project onto me.

@Zizzero What you're missing is this: Every stage has healthy & unhealthy aspects. What are the unhealthy aspects of Green? Sit down by yourself and list all of them out. Then compare to Green news sources like TYT. You will see a nice match if you do the exercise properly. But you're gonna have to step outside your own personal opinions and biases to do this exercise correctly.

That only holds true for Green IF the other side is tolerant and non-oppressive. Green does not tolerate oppressive versions of stage Blue or Orange. Green will often viciously demonize capitalism or Wall Street, for example. Green can even be violent against oppression, as in the case of eco-terrorism, PETA, GreenPeace, and Antifa. Please educate yourself.

No. That is incorrect. You need to study the Spiral Dynamics theory more. Go read the SD book or the works of Ken Wilber. Ken Wilber wrote an entire book about the "Mean Green Meme". Green precisely demonizes Orange and lower stages. https://www.amazon.com/Boomeritis-Novel-That-Will-Free/dp/1590300084

No, you misunderstand Green. Green is precisely tribalistic against oppressors. Green does not embrace those who are intolerant, like racists or authoritarians. Which is why Green dislikes Trump so much. They cannot stomach his bullying of people and his divisiveness. Green is a collectivist stage which comes with some group-think and dogmas. This doesn't make it Blue. Green dogma is quite different from Blue dogma. Overall, Green is much better at dealing with multiculturalism. Green is not nationalist or racist. Blue is. Green is not so evolved that it will be understanding of racism. That requires Yellow and above.

Actually, that's part of Green. Green sees Blue & Orange as evil sometimes. To stop seeing Blue & Orange as evil requires Tier 2 Yellow perspective, which of course Green lacks. Besides which, Trump supporters are not the sharpest tools in the shed. Have you watched some videos of Trump rallies? Of Trump supporters being interviewed? It's beyond deplorable: The ignorance is astounding.

It's not enough to resonate with Blue or Orange. One has to transcend them. I can make YT videos that resonate with stage Blue and feed their worst racist impulses, leading them towards Nazism. I can make YT videos that resonate with stage Orange Wall Street types and help them to further exploit society and 3rd world countries with sweatshops. Fearmongering (as JP like to do) is not an effective way to lead people up the Spiral. How can you elevate stag Blue & Orange people to the next stage -- Green -- when you fearmonger about feminists, post-modernists, relativism, LGBTQ, environmentalists, hippies, Marxists, socialists, and communists??? That sends a message to stage Blue & Orange: "Don't bother going Green. Green is delusional and dangerous. Stay Blue & Orange." Conscious leaderships requires pointing out the limitations and dysfunctions of the current stage, not the future stage. For JP to lead people out of Blue & Orange he would have to be talking about the limitations and problems of Blue & Orange. Instead he talks about the limits of Green. Talking about the limits of Green is only helpful if you and your audience is at least Green. JP denies the seriousness of climate change. That alone tells you the danger of his ideology.

@Zizzero Many of these sources certainly have a bias. You have to appreciate that Tier 2 political sources basically don't exist. We live in the real world, where stage Green politics and news is about as advanced as it gets (for now). TYT is leading an effort to get money out of politics. Show me one other source which is doing that? Show me one right-wing commentator or channel which is vocally advocating for removing all money from politics or passing a Constitutional Amendment to remove money from politics. Like I told you before, both sides are not equal. You have to be able to watch these sources while at the same time being aware of their their biases (and your biases). And you always have to consider: what's the alternative? You gonna watch CNN? Fox News? What? You gonna stick your head in the sand and do nothing? All those alternatives are worse. Despite whatever biases they have, TYT is serving a very important function in promoting uncorrupted democrats who take no corporate PAC money or big dollar donors. Nothing like that exists anywhere else right now. If you can't appreciate the value of that, that's your bias clouding your vision. TYT elected one of the most conscious, empathetic, and uncorrupted congresswomen ever: AOC. TYT is actually the cutting edge of politics in America.

Any threads which aren't up to par will simply be moved to the Sefl-Actualization or Spirituality sub-forums. That should work well. Once we get a lot of threads, we might elect a dedicated Mod to curate that sub-forum and make it pretty with good formatting. If anyone is interested in that job, get in touch with me. A track record of mature forum behavior is required.

Psyched Substance YT Channel Features educational videos about various psychedelics, discusses tripping safety, compares various substances, trip reports, etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8V3KNSgDr1Dai77_y8JrQ - - - - - - CG Kid YT Channel Features educational videos about substance abuse by an ex-addict. Many trip reports, discussions of dangers & risks, etc. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCacn-Cy4KtIm-dl0iuLHAUA/ - - - - - - Reddit/psychedelics Useful discussions about psychedelics, lots of trip reports, lots of experienced psychonauts sharing their wisdom. https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychedelics/ - - - - - - Reddit/researchchemicals Invaluable information if you're going to be playing around with research chemicals. Trip reports, dosage ideas, etc. https://www.reddit.com/r/researchchemicals/ - - - - - - PsychonautWiki Tons of information about all kinds of substances. A good source for learning about dosages. https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page - - - - - - Erowid.org The internet's largest database of trip reports. A good source for learning about dosages. https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/psychoactives.shtml - - - - - - BlueLight Drug Forums Large forum about drugs & psychedelics. Useful for hard reduction, dosage ideas, trip reports, addition help, etc. https://www.bluelight.org/xf/forums/ - - - - - - Shroomery Forums The internet's biggest mushroom grower's forum. Teaches how to grow mushrooms, trip reports, and discussions of other psychedelics too. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/ - - - - - - Reddit/5-MeO-DMT The latest news & discussions specifically about 5-MeO-DMT. https://www.reddit.com/r/5MeODMT/ - - - - - - Change Truth YT Channel In-depth interviews about psychedelics with some of the world's top psychonauts & experts. An amazing resource for fundamental psychedelic education. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvLheAt4vkRL-LhCxFFU25g/videos

No, it means infinite mystery.

This sub-forum is meant to be unlike other sub-forums. Only start a thread here if you have a high quality conscious resource to share. The resource could be a link, a video, a website, a podcast, an interview, a TED talk, etc. But it must be some external resource link. Do not just start a thread here about some opinion you have. Your link must also be relatively high quality and related to consciousness work / inner work / self-actualization. The vision for this sub-forum is that over time we will build an amazing list of the highest consciousness videos, interviews, podcasts, teachings, and links on the web. Think of this like a collectively curated list of the best of the best teachings. A newbie who browses this sub-forum should consistently strike gold. This is community-created resource list which gives our members a chance to make a positive, long-lasting contribution to the forum rather than just debate or talk. Think of this like a Self-Actualization & Spirituality Wikipedia. All threads in this sub-forum will be heavily curated by Mods to make sure they truly belong here. Discussions of the linked resource are allowed and welcomed inside the relevant thread. Do not start a thread in this sub-forum unless you have some external resource to link. Try to keep politics out of this sub-forum. We have a dedicated Politics sub-forum for political resources. Do not link Actualized.org videos here. That is redundant. This is not a place for self-promotion. Give your post a good descriptive title, so people know what they're clicking on. It's important that we maintain a high quality threshold for content in this sub-forum in the same way that Wikipedia does. Here are some ideas for threads to get your mind jogging: The Best Of.... XXXXXX (replace XXXXX with any quality spiritual teacher: Osho, Ekhart, Spira, Mooji, etc.) Resources For Addiction Recovery Resources For Kriya Yoga Science & Spirituality Intersects Top Muslim/Sufi Spiritual Resources Top Christian Spiritual Resources Best Schools Of Yoga Best Hatha Yoga Online Programs List Of Top Meditation Teachers List Of Top Spiritual Retreat Centers Conscious Sexuality Resources Best TED Talks Relevant To Spirituality Best Psychology Lectures Best Philosophy Lectures Best Environmentalism Podcasts Best Marketing Courses Top Resources For Starting Your Own Business Motivational Talks Top Resources For Building A Powerful Morning Routine Top YT Fitness Channels Top Online Indian Gurus As you can see, there's enormous potential here.

Rational National: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9oQdIk1MfcnzypG3UnURA Secular Talk: https://www.youtube.com/user/SecularTalk TYT: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks The Majority Report: https://www.youtube.com/user/SamSeder The Michael Brooks Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2UY1hxlMr4_7Az_iQ82HQ The Humanist Report: https://www.youtube.com/user/MikeAnthonyTV Kim Iverson: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoJTOwZxbvq8Al8Qat2zgTA The Hill: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWXiRWZ29zrxPFIQT7eHSA The Intercept: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv002AUCZaPNwiADqwchijg Democracy Now: https://www.youtube.com/user/democracynow Beau Of The Fifth Column: https://www.youtube.com/user/unvoicedproject Democracy At Work: https://www.youtube.com/user/democracyatwrk Vox: https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom Vice News: https://www.youtube.com/user/vicenews Rebel Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQ6Gptuq-sLflbJ4YY3Umw Integral Life: https://www.youtube.com/user/IntegralNaked/ Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/user/PowerfulJRE

From now on all political issues will take place here: https://www.actualized.org/forum/forum/31-society-environment-government-politics/

Okay, here it is! We now have a dedicated sub-forum for Conscious Politics: https://www.actualized.org/forum/forum/31-society-environment-government-politics/