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Neither is Ralston.

I've not come across anyone who seriously uses sex in that way. Maybe some fringe tantra teachers, but that's about it. Sex, especially the pursuit of it, mostly just pulls you into the Dream. You're doing it for fun and pleasure, not contemplative work. Which is not to say you shouldn't have sex or pursue it.

If you can't learn from Ralston, who can you learn from? You might as well throw every teacher in the trash at that point.

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I think if you are honestly capable of transcending sex, go for it. Sex can be a huge distraction from deeper consciousness work, especially if you're a man. The problem is I think almost no one is truly capable of that. So you're better off just owning whatever desires you have until you age out of them.

That doesn’t even make sense within the standard chakra model. ”Heart of a lion” as a phrase is more about bravery and courage, which would be third chakra. This is what I mean about epistemic sloppiness around the chakra model. People just interpret it however they want. I personally do not see masculinity as being about compassion, unconditional love and connection, which is typically how the heart chakra is described. That’s more about femininity. But quite frankly I don’t take the chakras all that serious to begin with.

According to who? The chakra model is badly inconsistent. Teachers claim all kinds of things, based on their intuition and what they want to believe. Some may have legitmate ESP, but even here the claims are often not consistent. I once took a class with a psychic spiritual teacher who swore he downloaded from God that the chakras had swapped colors.

Heart chakra is nice, but I wouldn't really consider it masculinity.

Environmental imposition is a necessary condition for self-learning to occur.

But the point is that it becomes much easier to develop those neural pathways because of previous generations. Neural pathways and development co-evolve. You will rapidly ascend to the center of your culture in neural / ego development. And this builds on top of each other, which is how cultures are able to evolve over time rather than starting from zero.

No generation is starting purely from zero. Each generation inherits massive developmental advantages from previous generations.

Why would it only be true at a personal level and not a cultural one? Are cultures not made up of people?

You don't need to believe in moral development. Just contemplate and observe. It should eventually become obvious that moral development must be true.

Worth learning about, but ultimately overrated. You can do much better than Jung.

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Yes, that's the tension.

What uncharted territory? The only aspects significantly uncharted is our technology and the scale of society. Everything else is the same old, same old.

Clear Mountain Monastery Project:

@trenton So what would you prefer? How are you expecting to run society without an elite?

The more you think society is broken, the more you are going to feel the need to implement some radical solution. This is an advanced trap a lot of progressives fall into.

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That's actually an extremely common objection from SD Green people. Especially when they see indigenous, Purple folks down at the bottom of said hierarchy.

I would find a way to explore these kinks in the bedroom. Don't just assume they're toxic and shove them down. If you're worried about inherited misogyny, that's good. That shows you're not blind to the potential problems here. But misogyny can be healed independently of domination kinks. Work on loving and respecting women outside the bedroom.

Here's something that might have worked better: Reach out to different influencers who made response videos to the podcast. Bring on two and let them know they can ask any questions they want to Aubrey about the situation. No Marc Gafni or the backup squad to support him. This might have at least shown his followers that he was taking the criticism seriously. And it could be a good opportunity for his community to see actual conflict resolution dialogue, not fancy new age podcast speak. If no one is willing to come on the podcast, at least he made an effort.