Leo Gura

It's not that you cannot be Green without ditching social media. But if you're on social media, it will keep you from connecting with Being and nature and people. The very fact that you are afraid to leave social media because it is integral to your business/career is a huge sign that Orange has you by the balls. You are prioritizing success over other things and you're addicted to it. No one is saying you should never use social media. We're giving you suggestions for how to evolve to higher levels of consciousness. In the same way that you might tell a fat person to stop sitting on the couch. This does not mean you need to throw your couch into the dumpster and sit on a bed of nails.

Disowning reality does not work. The purpose of Spiral Dynamics is to help you OWN every stage. That can only happen when you understand that every stage is necessary to the functioning of the whole. Yes, even Nazi's are necessary. OWN it. Everything is you.

@Romazho Welcome to a little taste of real spiritual work

Cause most people on YT and in the West are Orange. Of course many Green people watch me too. Fully overcoming Orange isn't easy cause it's the predominant culture of our time. Even much of personal dev is Orange. As my channel evolved over the last year or two, I've probably alienated many solid Orange people with my mystical talk. So maybe now I have more Green people. Who can say? The majority of viewers stay silent. The wisest, most Yellow viewers probably don't ever post a comment, which skews my understanding of my audience.

Funny, I thought Russell's position was wiser than Sam's. Sam is still stuck in his mind and defending a rationalist ideology.

He seems genuine, but you never really know with celebrities. What you see on TV is a sliver of their entire lives. And as an ex-addict, it's easy to backslide. I hope he keeps it up.

@Outer That is a great video. Thanks for posting it. Shows the complexity of people.

He manages to run circles around conventionally-minded Orange/Green people, which is just delicious: He's a really great example of social and emotional IQ, rather than logical IQ. That's what post-rationalism looks like.

Yup, Russell is a great role-model. Let's hope it's not just a front.

No civilization is possible without rules. So get used to it.

Seems very typical Orange to me. Don't underestimate how douchey and heartless Orange can be. That's standard Wallstreet mentality. A Red person is not just going to price gouge you, he's gonna slit your throat and rape your daughter while you slowly bleed out.

Don't forget The King of Orange

Forgot to mention this genius in my video.

Every color on the Spiral has its own version of political correctness: Blue PC = banning vulgarity, sex, porn, blasphemy, banning criticism of the church/civilization Orange PC = banning criticism of the evils of corporations Green PC = banning racist speech, hate speech, cruel speech, banning criticism of Green If you criticize Islam in Blue Saudi Arabia, they will kill you. If you expose the evils of factory farming in Orange America, they will sue you. If you call someone a racial slur in a Green organization, they will fire you.

@martins name Being a good and intimate lover is actually Green An Orange guy doesn't care about pleasing his woman in bed. He pumps and dumps.

Right, that's pretty much what I suspected. So what that tells me is, you're a typical young male in stage Orange who is still evolving and will eventually mature into Green. Nothing abnormal here. You have been very thoroughly conditioned by our heavily Orange culture. "Emotions as a weakness" is a very common idea these days with young men. It's part of Orange culture and trying to find your male identity. But as you mature as a male, you will soften and you will see the power of emotions. In your 20's, you still haven't found yourself as a persona. (Never mind enlightenment.) So one of the ways young males go about finding themselves is striving to fit the "alpha" ideal. Which requires a denial of emotions, femininity, softness, vulnerability, crying, caring, empathy, community, cooperation, love, relationship, etc.

We've been having an uptick in trolling and personal sniping on this forum recently, and I'm getting sick of reading it. This is a warning to all trolls: stop, or you will be banned. Stop sniping at other members Stop creating purposefully inflammatory topics Stop defending and justifying yourself Stop acting like a jerk Stop acting like a cocky know-it-all Stop purposefully contradicting other members just to provoke them Stop speculating about things Stop blaming others for trolling or provoking you Stop telling other members what color on the Spiral they are (let them figure it out for themselves) Stop telling other members how wrong they are Stop telling other members how unconscious they are Your actions are souring this forum. Be an example of higher consciousness on this forum. If someone provokes you, do not attack back or take their bait or justify yourself, Just let it go. If the trolls persist we will ban them, so there's no need to justify yourself in response to trolls. Take the higher ground. Make your points without making it personal Be nice

@Onecirrus I'm curious, how old are you? I suspect there are a lot of people (mostly autistic-type young males) in the world who feel like you, which is why speakers like JP, Sam Harris, Dave Rubin, Stephen Molyneux, Trump, etc. have cult followings. It would be interesting to learn more about how their followers really feel inside and why they get triggered by Green so much. Is it just a symptom of passing from Blue to Orange? Or is it something deeper like overabundance of testosterone, resentment towards women due to inability to get laid, lack of socialization due to an overly-digital lifestyle, autistic spectrum, etc?

That tendency is very hard to overcome. The ego judges "high consciousness" as "better than" low consciousness. This is of course false. A truly conscious person knows that consciousness is not better than unconsciousness. All is one. There is no better or worse. Those are all relative judgments of the ego, which are very difficult to surrender in total.

It's just a consequence of releasing these Spiral videos. After the series is over, it will pass and we will move on to other stuff. It's not possible to teach Spiral Dynamics to this audience without all this hoopla. At the end of the series, I'm gonna tell you: "Now, drop all of Spiral Dynamics. It isn't true."

Guys, when you're posting videos, try to find short snippets which demonstrate the point in a minutes or two. Hour long videos aren't good for this list. We want to find examples which distill Orange down to its essence.