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Upon reading “On Wooden” -I have come up with the following case for Coach John Wooden being an integrative thinker. Here is why: -Embodiment of higher values, instead of focus on success, stats, fame (Stage Orange) , his focus was on personal growth, potential fulfillment, and doing your personal best (Stage Yellow) as metrics for success -In basketball games, his team positions mostly had balanced scoring. This is extremely rare in basketball , usually guards have a much higher scoring % than other positions. This showed his value of integration in basketball, guards still had higher scoring, so he noted heirarchy (not Stage Green “everyone is purely equal”) but integrated it so it wasn’t overdrawn like Stage Orange -He values equality (Integrated Stage Green) for example he didn’t care about a players race, politics, or dietary preferences, what he saw was “is this student a solid team player” -He saw the team as an integrated whole and put more emphasis on the players who provided assists rather than super stars (proving he saw the team and as integrated whole rather than individual parts) -The more you read this book you really see how he viewed the basketball team as an integrated whole living being, quite revolutionary, especially for his time -He emphasized the importance of Love within the team chemistry and to have unconditional Love for his players. “There were players I didn’t like, but I loved them all” (Signs of Turquoise) -The value of hard work, ethics, role, and organization (dress well, be timely, come to practice) (Integrated Stage Blue) -Strong boundaries, rules and ability to lead and direct (Integrated Red) The more I read this book I see that he was truly an integral thinker, stage Yellow, and simply applied it to basketball while upholding high consciousness values like integrity, love, hard work, teamwork, not inflation or ego, and many more. This resulting in him being one of the most successful and highest winning coaches of all time. PROVING that if you develop yourself to higher stages of development, you can apply it any area of life for not only success but growth of others around you. His impact likely rippled through all who were on his teams.

Is he really doing a fucking birthday parade? You know who also notoriously did this? Hitler!

I will join. After binging documentaries on WW2 and Hitler, i don’t think people realize how quickly and easily the masses can slip into a deluded psychosis

I’d rather talk to actual humans than chat GPT responses, but ya it def sounds like it based on that response

If people are really sending chat GPT responses here that’s so lame

All the best brother, good discussion, I always appreciate deep thinking like this 🔥. About stage Orange= sports- same here which is why as I’ve read on it’s been a bit of a “holy shit!” moment because it’s so unlikely. funnily I just read this from the book this morning; “Everything was connected to everything; all details connected to other details as part of the whole” -Wooden Have a good one ❤️🙏

@Lyubov I’ll check it out Upon further reflection it seems balance is secondary to discovery. You must first discover what produces an effective and powerful life (FOR YOU) and then balance those key components out. Do you meditate 6 hours per day leaving only a few for work, social, health, and study? Unbalanced! So it’s not only an elimination of distraction like alcohol porn and scrolling (these factors only make the ice more slippery) you need all the help you can get to balance the powerful principles in your life. It makes sense to me now. I feel I understand what balance truly is

It’s so cringe. A bunch of people celebrating their delusion and hypocrisy.

It’s sad you have to share videos here bc YouTube no longer shows me it even though I’m subscribed

@Ulax Good points! Give it a read if you have time, the way he speaks seems to keep going back to classic Yellow language and perspective, maybe the book transmits it better but I could be wrong. You could also argue that he is using basketball coaching to benefit humanity through creating high integrity people who go on to do positive things in society

AI is good for this but shouldn’t replace your intellect and contemplation abilities. And you have to question are you “using it to help contemplate” or is it contemplating for you. Never outsource your minds genius

Honestly. This is the dumbest quote I’ve ever read. He must not have discovered the Witness Consciousness. If you look at your ego, sure it’s mostly just thinking, but even then, it’s not “shit”. If you realize you are more than your small self you expand into everything and pure spaciousness, freedom. Whereas if you stay outwardly focused you remain distracted. Sounds like he has some self hate issues too

Good answer, I like this definition. If we define balance as solely parts of a whole serving that whole then societies standard definition of balance is silly (have a beer here, watch some porn there-just examples) but these things (imo) are purely detrimental with no value, if you really contemplate them and experiment you’ll see this. So with utter discipline you are left with balancing those things that benefit the whole- (what’s is the “whole” ? Your emotions, your vision, your purpose, God?) I believe the whole is your purpose which is = God, and Vision and a byproduct is high emotions. Balancing them becomes seeing each part- habit, study, creation, as an integral part of the whole. There is a hierarchy however, maybe 60% importance to creativity, 20% spiritual practice 10% social and sexual 10% to physical and so on. A beautiful contemplation

It’s an important and fundamental contemplation. For everyone it’s different. I also question, “what does balance actually look like” For myself I’m most stable and even keeled when I quit stimulation, things like coffee, porn, scrolling and alcohol- but then I ask is there a place for these things. I still am not sure. Because what is balance? Maybe balance is cutting them all out, and I know our mainstream culture would push that balance is including them, but as time goes on my definition of balance is changing. Maybe balance is being balanced in your nervous system and having time for nature walks, socializing, reading, and creativity. Because if we define balance as having a balanced system, then cutting out stimulation is a must

Another key point id like to add is his viewing of basketball spilling out into life itself. It’s almost as if he was a mystic who saw basketball as the training grounds for life, for himself and his players, instilling teamwork, integrity, balance, discipline and intelligent strategy into his students. And of course doing your personal best without attachment to outcome, a true karma yogi. I feel like if Ralston wanted to teach basketball he would’ve been like this. It’s just such an integration on all levels, with a sprinkle of being a hardass in there too.

Absolutely no AI was used in this case and presentation. Pure human contemplation

That’s a tough one yeah. Especially the intensity and amount of it

I’m also curious about this because I’m tired of general self help stuff and “you’re not broken” material. I want deep, thought provoking, mind fucky material. Integrated insights from history, humanity and consciousness.

Awakening to the Meaning Crises - John Vervaeke

I think it’s better to have that experience sober, without any substances. There is the emotion Love, and there is the metaphysical Love. Different things, but emotional Love can bring you to the Universal Love within which you can literally dissolve yourself. If that envelops you, you will know it to be different

There is a meditation from the Sufi tradition called “Blowing upon the embers of the Heart” which is quite powerful. I plan to make a video about it soon as it was taught to me by a master there. Basically just breathe into your heart and focus on Love, you can use moments in life you’ve felt love to enhance it. That Love is what you are and within you. Stay patient and stay focused on Love. I had my first true awakening to love while listening to Bob Marley on Acid, then sober awakening to love on silent meditation retreats

@ougyarg That’s awesome! Congrats. We were almost apprentice brothers, I was very close to doing the apprenticeship but decided to apprentice with another school at the last minute as it was also their last one. I was so torn between the two, and emailed with Ralston back and forth about it. It was like 50-50, so we almost knew each other very well! However, I think the apprenticeship looks incredible and I’m sure it’s only going to keep producing fruits for you as time goes on, being with Ralston that long will plant seeds that will flower for a lifetime. I’ve done about 6 weeks of in person workshops there but I’m sure that’s different from the apprenticeship. Super powerful though. My biggest question is if you guys ever did work on the heart, Love, as a metaphysical truth? Or do they still label that as hippie nonsense? Was Love spoken about or taught at all? Did you ever have moments of wanting to quit? What do you plan to do now that you’ve completed it? Do you feel you’ll be more effective and disciplined at whatever you want to do in life? Cheers

Don’t be so sure of this. Also is that all there is to life? Pure physical survival? Might as well be a worm if that’s true

I was inspired to make a video on this topic as it seems so popular and debated today. Let's discuss, what do you guys think and feel toxic vs healthy masculinity is?

Thank you so much for your kind words, I’m honored 🙏 You’re a delight to speak with! Likewise- Namaste ❤️