Leo Gura

Hey, ya'll, I need your help! I want to create a comprehensive list of video examples of prototypical stage Yellow thinking. This is not meant to humiliate or demonize stage Yellow. It's meant to be an educational tool for people learning about Spiral Dynamics. So towards that end, scour Youtube and find all the videos you can which exhibit stage Yellow thinking. Try to find videos which are short and sweet. The more diversity we can display here, the better. Try to find examples from various cultures: Europe, Middle East, Asia, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Africa, South America, etc. We will create a mega-thread like this for every stage in the Spiral, from Red to Turquoise. But here, let's just focus on Yellow. Each week I will start a new mega-thread topic for the next stage. Do not start a political debate in this thread! It is not our goal here to defend our personal political positions or to judge any stage, but simply to compile examples. Thanks for your help! I'm excited to see what kind of juicy stuff you dig up. Try to be selective with your choices. This can turn into a really cool list. Stage Yellow Values: Nuance & complexity Openmindedness Perspective Novel concepts & POVs Generating fresh insights Understanding Systems thinking Nonlinear dynamics Sustainability, long time frames Going meta Big picture vs technical analysis Holistic analysis Synthesis Connecting the dots Penetrating to the core of an issue Identifying & solving root problems A multi-disciplinary approach Mixing hard & soft sciences Creativity, outside-the-box solutions Ecology Responsible ways of being Studying models Spiral Dynamics Natural hierarchies Education, knowledge, research, reading Reading lots of diverse books Clean content, concentrated information Life-long learning Expertise, competence, experience Context, learning from history Developing skills to become an instrument for the greater whole Independent thinking Neutrality: Being objective/impartial Designing solutions for the entire Spiral Meeting people where they are at Building bridges Social engineering Ecological designs Reducing the suffering of living systems Pulling ideas from many sources Combining different ideas, models, theories Left-brained Vision & purpose, being a visionary Requisite variety, mental flexibility Self-actualization Paradox Uncertainty Responsibility, independence, autonomy Being a lone-wolf Stage Yellow Examples: Abraham Maslow, Eben Pagan, Fritjof Capra, Carl Sagan, quantum mechanics, fathers of quantum mechanics, David Bohm, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrodinger, Arthur Eddington, Richard Feynman, Freeman Dyson, John Archibald Wheeler, Joseph Campbell, Erich Fromm, Clare Graves, Don Beck, Spiral Dynamics, Ilya Prigogine, chaos theory, cybernetics, biomimetics, NLP, Alfred Korzybski, the leading edge of academia, futurists, StarTrek humans & Vulcans, Prime Directive, sustainable living, ecology, eco cities, conflict resolution, Wikipedia, Buckminster Fuller

I think he was always that way. One does not merely devolve into being that way. Such a person never evolved in the first place.

Walking distance is the holy grail of game. But usually that's very expensive. Once walking distinct is out of the question, a 10 min drive is very good. If it's over 30 min drive it gets bad.

I didn't say it was mandatory for success. Clearly success can be achieved through bullshit and egotism. Realistically Awakening should come after survival and LP, since it requires such maturity. I am talking about Awakening, not scamming people. Owen's business is running scams, in which case shooting from the hip is acceptable.

Has zero to do with mushrooms.

@Carl-Richard I prefer 1 shot with good aim over 100 shots with poor aim.

This is like telling a soldier, don't worry about aiming, just shoot more.

What connection? Is there a connection between coffee and the human experience?

@ImagineEverything Nice! What practices did you do to reach this realization?

But it's important not to put the cart before the horse. Realize God first, then worry about what to do with it. Don't assume you will even want devotion afterwards. Maybe you will want to live alone on an island. Don't overlook that helping others is a clever distraction from Awakening. The world is full of fools eagerly trying to save the world but they haven't even saved themselves from their own illusions.

It is nonsense. Terrence had plenty of bad ideas. Stoned Ape Theory is one of them.

I do not.

@RendHeaven I was talking about his new wife, not the old one. It is no secret that he got sick of his first wife. And there's nothing unusual about that. People grow apart after 20 years.

Most people are sexually frustrated. Go work to get the sex you desire. That's better than sitting around hating your situation. Once you start taking action towards your goal every day you will feel better, even if you don't hit the goal yet. Also, learn to sexually satisfy yourself. Do don't need anyone for that. You should be able to satisfy yourself sexually more than another person would. Do that to hold yourself over until your work pays off.

These kind of teachings are stupid. None of these people realize what God is. You will never realize God listening to these fools. Stop assuming they know God. Serious yogis do not do decades of work for no reason. Just an ounce of common sense tells you that. These people have not done serious consciousness work so they don't even know what it is or why it is done. They think they can smartass their way out of it with some clever thinking. This is spirituality by fools for fools.

Some years back Bezos' phone was hacked by the Saudi government and his text messages leaked. In those text messages he talks about how much he loves his wife. So this isn't a matter of speculation. You can find the texts. They are pretty cringe but authentic.

Certainly.

Stop citing genetic freaks as examples to emulate.

Awakening does not care if you are man, woman, or baboon. There does not need to be a baboon path to Awakening. If the baboon refuses the "man's path", it will not Awaken.

Yes, although it adds needless complexity. You can do whatever but your mind is likely to lose focus and weaken the exercise. Of course it works on a psychedelic but if you take the psychedelic you gain no benefit in training up your sober state of mind. You need to train up your sober state so you are be conscious of God without psychedelics. It's not useless, you are becoming more conscious of God. It just takes time and focus. You can't go to the gym, do 5 pushups, and then say, "This is fucking useless." Nothing in life can be achieved with that attitude.

No, it makes for a life of illusion, suffering, and separation from God. There is no enjoyable life without consciousness of God. Again, please stop kidding yourselves. Awakening is mandatory for genuine happiness.

My old style was not aligned with truth because triggering the ego is not an effective way of guiding people to truth. My new style is more truthful, conscious, and loving. So I am not going back. Actually, even my new style will evolve into a more conscious and loving one. My old ways were immature.

This is BS. It will never make you Awake. It's time to stop kidding yourselves.

I am deep into work on a new course which will be out in 2-3 months. Topic of the course is: How To Program Your Subconscious Mind. It is very focused on practical exercises and not so much theory. I'm excited about finally releasing it so I wanted to build up a bit of hype around it. It will be a very powerful tool for you guys in your application of all the self-help theory and for creating success in all domains of life.

@ExploringReality I did it on purpose to make the teachings more serious. But I have backed off from that harsh style because I realized it is counter-productive.