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@CreamCat Define "better shape"

@Leo Gura (apologies for getting partisan to any non-Bernie supporters reading this) How do you think Bernie could get the Democratic nomination? Right now it seems like the MSM is coalescing around Warren and she's picking up a lot of the failed centrist candidate's voters too, while Bernie is being deliberately ignored. I saw a while ago you betting someone that Bernie would win the election, and I feel silly for saying this but this is what I've been basing the last few months of my political analysis around. Now, I'm not so sure. What do you make the situation?

If you don't see the urgency at which we need to act to solve the climate crisis, that's a problem with you, not her. She may be a little bit too pessimistic, but this is a criticism from above, not below. To all the stage blue and orange politicians she's been addressing, she is way more on board with reality than they are. This isn't meant to be a criticism of you either, I'd genuinely like for you to raise your consciousness enough where you start to take it more seriously.

My biggest issue with nuclear energy is essentially that it's unnecessary. The biggest argument in favour of it is that it's CO2 free whilst also being able to meet the same demands as coal / gas etc. But you know what else is CO2 free and can meet the same demands as coal and gas? Wind, solar, water, geothermal! It's essentially a symptom of not enough consciousness when it comes to thinking how we can tackle the carbon problem. The answer is there. We all know what it is. But due to manufactured concerns about "wind and solar not being ready yet" (they are), nuclear seems like a respectable "middle ground" between fossil fuels and renewables. And don't get me wrong, this is coming from someone who used to be on board with nuclear energy when I was younger. I used to think it ridiculous that environmentalists didn't consider it!! and all that. But as I've grown in consciousness and awareness of the energy grid, it just seems silly to me that we'd spend billions of dollars on technology that still has its own drawbacks despite being CO2 neutral instead of spending on billions of dollars on technology with no drawbacks.

@Bas Thanks for this! @Bodigger Even if you say this in jest, it's funnily enough the exact reason we need him right now

The mainstream media is pushing the narrative that Warren is the candidate America needs and downplaying Bernie and his accomplishments. To everyone reading this thread, don't buy into the lie that Bernie is hopeless. He has what it takes and truly stands for the working class. Warren is OK but ultimately will buckle to the neoliberal establishment. Fight for Bernie. Get a stage Green candidate into the White House to berate the Stage Blue and Orange kleptocrats with their hypocrisy. Drag America up the Spiral. This is how we fix society.

Mushishi is a great little anime with a very meditative atmosphere that has a lot of subtle wisdom in it

@Hansu I just wanna say you're doing a great job at growing politically and your willingness to do self-reflection is very admirable! Keep at it man!

@Leo Gura This might be somewhat of a tangential question, but do you have any friends, so to speak? People you hang out with, are close to, support, get advice from, etc. and who aren't just a part of Actualized.org?

Jordan Peterson is a good clinical psychologist, and his content on purely that can be insightful. The problem is for some reason he's decided this qualifies him to be an authority on politics and sociology, when he really has no true understanding of how these things operate. Also, because he's been hanging around a bunch of shady actors (and is likely in the pocket of some of them), he's come to severely downplay the severity of certain socio-political issues affecting the world today. For instance, his stance on climate change is defeatist and borderline denialist, which is absurd coming from someone who's supposedly worried about the conditions that lead to totalitarian governments (famine and climate collapse are great motivators for dictators to get into power.) What his psychology and mythology stuff if you like, but in terms of self-actualisation, everything else of his will hold you back.

Good luck to you and the citizens of Israel tomorrow Nivsch!

@Scholar He's a dishonest person who likes YouTube money too much. I wouldn't waste my time worrying about him to be honest.

@Scholar Tim pool is a conservative in denial

@Leo Gura Did you mean to say you don't think Trump has any chance at re-election?

Yes, I think you're at a Green-Yellow level of development. The trick for you now is to integrate Orange, Blue, Red and below so that you can move beyond Green and get really into the juicy Tier 2 stuff. Don't approach this undertaking lightly though, you'll have to be very open-minded and willing to have your ideas challenged if you really want to integrate the lower stages.

@remember If they're leading a stage red or purple business, they are not turquoise. You have to be careful with your attachment to aesthetics/language here. Just because a company or person uses Yellow or Turquoise-sounding language in a product, doesn't mean they actually have any idea what those concepts they're talking about refer to. Odds are, if they're a greedy stage Orange business person, their only understanding of spirituality is how it'll help them make more money.

Off the top of my head: Western: Plotinus Heraclitus Parmenides Plato Pythagoras Proclus Iamblichus Jesus Christ John Scotus Eriugena St John of the Cross St Teresa of Avila Meister Eckhart Pseudo-Dionysus the Areogapite St Hildergaard Aleister Crowley Hegel Jane Leade Jakob Bohme Alan Watts Terrence McKenna Ram Dass Eastern: Nagarjuna Adi Shankara Lao Tzu The Buddha Guru Rinpoche Milarepa Guru Nanak Rumi Muhammad Al Ghazali Al Arabi Avicenna Averroes Bodhidharma Krishna Bankei Hakuin Seongcheol The Dalai Lama Dolpopa Sadhguru That should get you started!

At a glance, my guess would be blue with hints of orange and red.

@Ariesleith Be careful with that group. They're a cult centered around their deceased founder that engage in strict moralisation of members, demonisation of outsiders, etc.

@Scholar I He is keeping people stuck in blue and orange. If he wants to truly be a force for good in the world, he needs to drop his demonisation of green.

"Hippie vomit" is eastern spiritual concepts' way of influencing the Western consciousness, lol. I remember being a teenager and being weirded out by the Vishnu magnet my uncle had on his fridge. Now, looking back at it, it feels like an early encounter with the gods letting me know they would become major presences in my life, lol.

Eventually, once the pool of candidates is smaller, yes. For now though, he should stick to gaining momentum by calling out the corrupt establishment Democrats (Warren is a progressive, just not as progressive as Bernie) and taking the fight to the Big Pharma, Big Oil, etc. companies that are trying to undermine his ideas.

Nice!

Thank you for this find!

The funny thing is the technology IS here right now. It's being deliberately suppressed by the fossil fuel industry though, since it out-performs and is much cheaper than anything the fossil fuel industry has to offer. If people think fossil fuels are still viable then they're deluding themselves. We have everything we need to make the switch to renewables overnight. The the problem is corruption and devilry.