Cireeric

If youre not afraid to throw in some microdosing too the Staments Stack (Lions Mane, Niacin, psylocibin) seems very interesting. The qualia products (Qualia Focus and the even better, but also quite expensive option Qualia Mind) are the most effective supplements ive tried that give me an noticably mental edge. Im pretty sure Qualia + the Staments stack is a really powerfully mix giving you peak clarity in terms of attention, memory and plasticity and I will experiment with that in the future. They should go pretty well together.

one of my absolute favorites

Honestly there are quite a few courses in it that sound really interesting, like Petersons Intro to Nietzsche, the Art of Storytelling or the Social-Psychology of Status.

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Sex, Ecology and Spirituality is peak Ken Wilber and his magnum opus. It definitely needs some time to work through, but its very rewarding. I found No Boundary his most enjoyable and more easy to read, which focusses on psychology and self-actualization, but is much more narrower in scope.

Befriend interesting thoughtful people and have deep meaningful conversations with them. This one is huge! Getting involved in some group/community and organize meetings or events can also open up a lot of opportunity and learning-experiences. Find some good conscious martial art form like Jiu-Jitsu and really practice and fight with people: I think this one is also very transformative, but im kinda procrastinating on that one.

It is just one metaphor. Another way of saying it is Source/God is having an "Cireeric" experience. From your Point of View, Source/God is having an "Princess Arabia" experience. In the case of the blind man, Source is having an "blind man" experience. And my claim is that as long as Source is having any particular experience, for example an "Princess Arabia" experience, from within that you cant validate other experiences directly, in the sense of accessing it, but you still trust that your friends having an experience too.

The One Source/God (You) looks through many eyes and constructs many POVs simultaneously. Im enjoying and create my own POV right now, as Source is looking through my eyes, while you enjoy and create yours. Source/God is looking through all of those eyes, creating all those POVS simultaneously. But you still cant access other ones, while looking through your eyes. I think the erroneous conclusion comes from the assumption that you can know absolutely everything from within your POV, by ramping up your consciousness with 5Meo. As long as you take an perspective/have an relative POV that locates in space and time your perspective will be partial. In my experience right now, of course youre just an avatar in an online forum. But im pretty sure somewhere out there is a guy with an experience of writing on this forum. Im even pretty sure we could meet up and our POVs could interrelate with each other, while still coming from the same source

@bambi Yes I can understand that critique, he doesnt have the lightness and joy that you would expect from an spritually evolved person, he has some bitterness that doesnt speak good for himself. But you dont know what he wrestles with and what he went through. He still is a deep and serious thinker and if you saw some of his newer podcasts, which I posted here he shows himself open, honest and vulnerable. I also wouldnt say he is on a low level of spiritual development, he mentioned that he is doing kriya yoga everyday and he has done some deep psychedelic trips. When he speaks about god or his religious ideas he doenst do this just from an intellectual/dogmatic/belief-based standpoint but it comes from deep grappling and authentic insight. I probably sound like a total JP fanboy here, which im not. I just think like with most thinkers there is some signal and some noise and you have to discern for yourself. My point is just that the signal in his teaching goes way deeper than people seem to give him credit for.

Just watch the first 5 minutes of this. This is about Truth, Life Purpose and Meaning in life, very similiar to the teachings of Actualized. This is about living your unique story and finding your passion. This is what drives real activism. Yes, he uses christian religious analogies, but this does not make it stage blue. I think he gets mostly strawmanned for his sometimes bad takes on politics and dismissed entirely.

Would love to see that!

I think he gets dismissed way too easily here on this forum. He has some really deep and profound takes and great articulation of his ideas. If you watch this one earnestly I think it is hard to make the argument that he is on surface level personal development, neither it is just christian fundamentalism:

If I would take 800mg of Modafinil I would end up being a jittery, sweating mess with massive headache that couldnt sleep for 24 hours. That dose doesnt sound healthy nore sustainable

Marc Gafni has an interesting and beautiful framing and understanding of Shadow, which he lays out in his book: Your Unique Self. The Shadow Dance one from Leos list is the more practical one to work with.

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The oversimplified evolutionairy psychology answer is: Women were staying in the village preparing the nest, while the guys were out there hunting.

Recently I became quite interested in nutrition. I first read Dave Aspreys HeadStrong which I found very exciting to read. I implemented some of it and it made some difference for me. Now I read his next book, where he talks about "AntiNutrients" and specifically phytic acid. Before the book I thought Walnuts are a no brainer in terms of positive benefits for brain-health and bought them regularly, feeling good about it. Now Dave says they contain phytic acid which will suck the minerals out of me. I searched on the internet and couldnt really find consensus on the topic. This is a struggle since they were a stable in my diet, which I felt good about and now they are seemingly bad for me. How seriosly should I take this topic of "anti-nutrients", especially related to walnuts and is eating a hand of walnuts a day now a net positive or negative for me? Would love to hear the thoughts of some of the nutritional guys here on the forum

Wow, thx for your detailed answer and reasoning! Will also think about the hierarchy of evidence concept. Finally I can enjoy my walnuts again I still pretty much enjoyed his book: HeadStrong and found some stuff in it quite useful and had the feeling that it had an positive impact on my wellbeing and cognition, mainly adding more good fats and doing IF or some other fasting irregularly + giing some more praise to some of my already implemented practices like cold-showers and meditation. Do you read it and what is your opinion on this book?

Yesterday the Consilience Project (the Think Tank from Daniel Schmachtenberger) dropped the new article on the Progress Narrative. Very high quality writing with a lot of insights and the most comprehensive, nuanced critique of the progress narrative with a lot of examples and details. Definitely worth reading!: https://consilienceproject.org/development-in-progress/

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This is based Problem is that the stakes are so high that there is not much time left to be really stupid anymore.

I really dont like this narrative. If we collectively all believe that narrative we give up choice and close the field of play/other possibilities. It is a very bad self-fullfilling prophecy.

I tried Lions Mane with no noticable effects in my experience. I think there is also often a difference in quality with the different Lion Mane stacks you can find online. If you want to experiment with microdosing shrooms too Paul Staments protocol seems pretty interesting, which I want to try out in the future: https://microdosinginstitute.com/microdosing-101/substances/lions-mane-stacking/, it includes psylocibin, Lions Mane and Niacin with potential synergistic effects between them. My everyday go-to nootropic, which I used for several years now with good and noticable effects on cognition, focus and quality of perception is Qualia Focus, the most affordable one from Neurohacker Collective: https://www.qualialife.com/shop/qualia-focus This is the best quality you can find on the market in my estimation. Qualia Mind is even better but it gets a bit too pricy for my budget.

Nice! that is a good addition.

I think the most important is to zero in with full focus and engage the material as deeply as possible, trying to understand the essence of what is being communicated. You can almost always put a bit more effort and attention into it. Always try to relate it to the other stuff you learned and make the connections. It will make it easier to remember and it will grow your own personal understanding. Going for a walk afterwards or doing nothing and thinking about it also helps. Of course there are many other techniques, that are potentially useful like writing stuff you remember down afterwards but I never sticked to those since it is not very fun.