Apparition of Jack

Jimmy Dore is a grifter who is high on his own farts and once he got a taste of some modicum of power (being one of the major figures in the Movement for a People’s Party) he suddenly saw himself as some sort of “progressive kingmaker.” He’s utterly delusional and full of himself and almost certainly wants the Democrats to fail so he can increase his own power in the MPP and earn more money / fame / status / power etc as a result. IMO he should be ignored entirely and be considered as helpful as a Trump fascist in fighting for progressive change.

I think Cyberpunk is interesting because it's yet again an example of unhealthy Stage Orange corporatism infesting good game design. When that "gameplay" trailer dropped last year (the one where the player saves the girl from the bathtub), I was thinking the whole time "this is fake, this is edited, the real game will look nothing like this", and it turns out I was right, lol. This is such blatant false advertising that for some reason gamers put up with and even accept as normal. If it were any other product (health products, cars, appliances, etc.) saying they can do stuff that they can't, people would be outraged, but because it's "just games" people don't seem to care despite how illegal the practice is. As a general rule of a thumb, if a game has either (a) been delayed numerous times or (b) has trailers that look "too good to be true", then odds are the end product will be shoddy and a buggy mess, no matter how many good reviews it gets. If you want to play big budget games, make sure their production process isn't full of controversy, and don't take what trailers and reviewers say at face value. Wait a little while after it comes out and see what the actual players are saying, and make a decision then. There are still good games being developed but you wan't be able to tell them based on hype / marketing / "reviews" (really just paid advertisments) say

Well, his crazed lunacy certainly did force a lot of growth in people...

Honestly? My own intuition plus what I’ve built up over the years reading other people’s testimonials etc. Ive had many experiences where I assume I was being contacted or directed by extra-terrestrial intelligences. I’m something of a shaman so I pick up a lot on the psychic currents happening beneath the surface. Of course I could be wrong but I’d be very surprised if something similar to this wasn’t happening.

This is what I think, prepare for some out-there stuff: Aliens, especially benevolent aliens in our galactic neighbourhood (think possible the Pleiades), have been trying to uplift humanity for a long time, possibly millennia. This isn't a hands-on interventionist thing though, it's a more subtle influence of sending out positive psychic energy to guide us in the right direction even if we're not aware of it. Now, of course, since this is happening a lot of people pick up on it to varying degrees (including this Israeli guy), but because they haven't fully grasped the true nature of their own psyche or what the form of alien influence takes, their ego co-opts whatever first idea pops into their head ("Israel and the US are in cahoots with the aliens! The governments will let the world know when it's time!") when these things wouldn't really make sense on closer inspection. I mean, why would advanced aliens care about which specific earthling governments to help? They don't recognise our own arbitrary national distinctions. They want to help all of humanity, not just one country or another. Besides, people in governments are just as undeveloped and deluded as anyone else, so I don't see why they'd contact governments specifically. I think humanity is just slowly being made aware that we're not alone in the universe simply as part of the natural evolution of the universe. Odds are we're nearing the point where our evolved neighbours will deem it acceptable to contact us directly in which case we'll become a full-fledged member of interstellar society, or at the very least, we're closer than we were even just a century ago. It could still take some time.

Let's not forget each stage includes the stages before it. So Orange will have an integrated Blue, Green will have an integrated Orange, etc. So a Green person like Vaush will accept certain points of the Blue worldview (discipline, laws, love of country, etc.) but won't get caught up in them if they start being detrimental. Healthy Blue to me would be someone like Mr Rogers or Theodore Roosevelt.

These two guys are healthy Stage Green men (one is a therapist, the other is a screenwriter) who deconstruct blockbuster movies that show their insights into the healthy (and unhealthy) aspects of human psychology and well-being. In this video alone they talk about Love, spirituality, dogma vs. open-mindedness, and many other things that relate to self-actualization. Highly recommended. @Leo Gura you might like to check this out.

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Robert Reich and Richard Wolff are both good at explaining Stage Green economics in simple terms, but because they’re associated with the left a lot of conservatives might simply refuse to listen to them. Who knows though.

A nation's cultural makeup is influenced by a lot of things, part of which is its archeological treasures. It would be like if, idk, Korea went and dismantled the statue of liberty in New York then put it in a stadium in Seoul instead. It would hurt the American psyche a lot and a lot of people would feel angry / depressed etc. Also, by putting them back in their original place, you re-connect that part of history to the "living world" around it, by letting people experience those statues / carvings / artefacts etc. in the same location that humans from thousands of years ago did. It's all about connecting with the past.

If people don’t believe we live in a gestalt consciousness I don’t know what greater proof to the contrary there is than our collective experiences for the last 8 months or so. So much collective tension and uncertainty has really affected the way people behave and cope. Reality itself has shifted and yet there’ll still be people yelling that what goes on in the world doesn’t affect the individual, lol. Things aren’t as bad as they were at first but there’s still a bit of tension around. I think humanity is going through a rapid growth period and that’s going to involve a rapid shift of many of our behaviours / thoughts.

The thing is I think Vaush would be open to changing his mind, if he was given the right arguments and shown the right rhetorical tools. He seems to have a greater meta-awareness of social issues than many other leftists I've come across. But then again, he does seem pretty heavy into the online leftists "ACAB" etc. world, so who knows.

So many poorly-adjusted Solar Plexus chakras...

Leo, covid denialism is a hallmark of right-wing politics. I'm honestly not defending the BLM protests etc. in times of a pandemic, if I'm being honest I do think they pose a hazard, but at least most left-leaning people agree that covid is a problem and take precautions as a result. MAGA and other right-wing tendencies either just ignore it or even outright embrace their reckless behaviour. It's a problem of Green vs. Blue. Herman Cain even died as a result of getting covid from a Trump rally. We can't ignore the obvious.

That's where Yellow comes in, a.k.a. Green 2.0

@Preety_India I don't want to downplay the severity of the problem, in fact I think about climate change pretty much every day, but I don't think this is going to be the downfall of humanity. Things might get tough, sometimes extremely tough depending on who you are and where you live, but humanity is simply way too adaptable to let it truly destroy us. Plus, there's simply too many positive forces at work to let whatever setbacks climate change brings be apocalyptic. Will society change dramatically? Yes. Will a lot of people lose their homes, their communities, become refugees, get sick, go hungry, and even die? Yes. Will it be the end of the world? No, not by a long shot. If anything it'll teach us a lot of powerful lessons that we can use to make an even better world once it's all said and done.

You're missing the bigger picture here. Americans are awake politically in a way not seen since at least the 60s, if not even earlier. Hell, in some ways they're more awake than they have been ever, especially when it comes to things like race and the environment. Trump galvanized a lot of people into taking things seriously for the first time in their life and that's exactly the situation we have today. That's why 75 million Americans voted for Biden, a completely unparalleled number in history. It would actually be harder for the Biden administration not to pass good legislation this time round than to actually pass it, just because of how much pressure they're going to be dealing with.

Encourage unions Pass a $15 minimum wage Pass a Public Option healthcare to eventually pass a universal healthcare system

So who is going to replace him?

It depends where you're at and what your goals are IMO. If you're just starting out personal development / spiritual growth, it's probably very helpful to read philosophy, history, sociology etc. so that you can get a feel for concepts like epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, etc. Also learning about the dominant cultural ideas and historical trends that influence your society can be very helpful for "seeing through the matrix" so to speak and it'll help you understand just why people in your society think and act the way they do. I know in my own life, I developed a LOT by reading critiques of capitalism, works on sociology, history artciles about major events that have occurred (and some not-so-major ones), and so on. There's so much interesting stuff happening under the surface of people's assumptions that 99% of people will never notice simply because they haven't been made aware of it. With that being said, there's probably a time when you'll need to let go of your reliance on these things and start to come up with ideas on your own, or even better, let go of analytical thinking entirely. Thinking itself can become an addiction, which is something Leo helped point out to me, lol. Eventually if you develop yourself enough you simply begin to appreciate the present moment for what it is without the need to constantly deconstruct everything. So really it's up to you. If you're still getting value from reading big ideas then keep doing that. But if you feel like you'd rather focus on more direct experience at this point, then focus on that. Basically trust the process and the rest will sort itself out.

Well, what do we mean by "cancel culture?" It's a broad term that can mean almost anything. Someone getting publicly denounced because they said one sexist joke back in 2006 could be called "cancel culture", or someone getting denounced, being fired and having their platforms taken away because they called for the expulsion of all minorities in a news article could also be called "cancel culture." The first would be an example of excessive moralism that no one can really live up to, and it tends to be the examples that right-wing groups focus on as cancel culture being "out of control." But the second one is a very legitimate response to real threats to people's lives and the people who complain about it are just bitter their toxic ideas aren't being heard. At this point, I don't think the term "cancel culture" really means anything. People can use it for whatever political ends they're trying to seek. If you hear it used about a specific situation, look into that situation yourself and come to a conclusion on your own IMO.

Don't miss for the forest for the trees, friend. Biden will bring with him the most developed, conscious administration in history.

I think Biden is a good person. He has said and done some questionable things in his life, as any person in positions of power are to do, but on the whole he seems to have lived a life of civility, compromise and dedication to the ideals of humanism and compassion. Check out this video of him defending black South Africans and tell me he doesn't have a heart: Also, you want some cool meta-analysis? I think if Biden wins in November, he will govern and act in a more conscious manner than he did in the 80s, 90s and 00s. You want to know why? Simply because he will govern in a more conscious age. The winds of growth are blowing, and its hard for anyone not to feel them, especially for someone with a lot of influence like Biden. His positions are already more compassionate and conscious than thy were even 20 years ago. As someone with a relative degree of open-mindedness and civility, that kind of energy is hard not to harness.

This song came to many moons ago and it's stayed with me ever since. It reminds me of being a lone explorer unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos. I get the same feeling when I look at Actualized.org's new logo. Thought you guys might appreciate.