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FYI episode #404 says ‘unlisted’ and is not shown on their YT channel for me as of this moment. I am not sure if this is a glitch or if it was not meant to be shared yet. @Leo Gura

If the only thing stopping you from investing is the US market right now, invest more in Europe. I had the same worries. I did not want to let my money sit and I wanted to literally have some stock in companies and industries I am interested in. Everyone, up until recently, recommended broad index funds, ETFs, bonds, etc. Things that capture the whole market instead of just a few companies. Honestly, despite the US being essentially just 7 companies, the S&P is still a seemingly good investment. Gold, silver, battery industries, etc. You can look up basic portfolio percentages and gauge risk. That’s what I did, but I bet I little bit more on Europe, thanks to the ‘Pivot’ podcast and the ‘Prof G’ podcasts. They predicted their broad funds would benefit from the US’s tariffs and the uncertainty, 1-2 years ago. They were right and it made sense, so I started investing. It gave me a different outlook on investing, actually made me realize I wish I did have the faith to just invest everything into the US, because it is ‘my country’— but that ignores true investing and is myopic. It was clouding my view. (I’m not even a Super Patriot™️ or anything. I just grew up in America and have been told and seen us run the global economy more or less my whole life.) — hope that gives a little perspective. I have been jumping into this world myself, recently.

1 at a time.

@thierry This post was the sacrifice. Imagine if you left that all inside of you. Good job.

@Someone here I have a random guess that: there is something you have been meaning to do and have not or you do not have a definite routine(?)

What appointed you to this disappointment?

Figure out why you seek Truth until it is the only thing that makes sense to do. If you are unable to do that; figure out why. If you are unable to do that; figure out why • ♾️ You are always going to wish you had better sleep, money, food, relationships, hobbies, crafts, etc. Never stop pursuing those, simultaneously. It will be true regardless of ego perception. Only an ego can pursue Truth, anyhow— these things are not separate. You need to survive in this body to pursue God. It is the whole point. If either pursuit clashes, you are doing it wrong.

@Hojo I took it down because I realized I inherently ignored the ‘anonymous’ part, conveniently, lol, oops.

@Uddi it’s really not lol.

Awesome

@Cred Reality only needs consciousness. Consciousness creates, interprets and provides the sense of interaction, all in one swift act.

Lol

@Alexop My survival is aligned with Truth. There are no negative effects there. It seems like the debate with how far to go with the Truth is personal to you and one you are debating with. It can be easy to project it off on to others, especially when we see them react negatively to one of Leo’s videos or simple notions of Truth. However, I’d argue you wouldn’t be focused on this if you weren’t regretting or debating how far you should be going or have gone with Truth yourself. I asked a similar question for myself in a thread, recently. ’To live for Truth or by it,’ essentially. Tricky decisions.

It’s going to blow your mind when you realize there’s only one mode of anything lol.

@Cred It slightly even more ironic. Your model is almost like the psychology ‘models of models.’ The model acknowledges different modes of being, some modes being a mode of modeling itself. Modeling is inherently indirect, yet the better the model—the more direct. So, if you are modeling a model of direct experience • mode of modeling • etc. Just those two modes inherently describe the irony. You cannot experience the mode of modeling through any mode but the mode of experience. It is definitionally impossible/logically incongruent.

@Alexop You have some mid to strong observations that are now clearly layered in some frustration. I would recommend asking yourself how philosophy may be affecting your life personally, before we argue generalities.

Reality only needs consciousness. Consciousness creates, interprets and provides the sense of interaction, all in one swift act.

@Hojo I had this happen with my guitar years ago. Leo mentioned ‘just look at something, appreciate it—no words! Can you even do that? Pick something and look at it until you forget what it’s called.’ My guitar stopped being a ‘guitar’ to me. I realized I had baggage and expectations to playing my music and it went back to being this odd box with some strings on it; I saw it like a kid again. — Before I knew about how cars worked— ‘Car’ referred to this seamless thing I would enter and could move me to somewhere else. Eventually, I learned about all the pieces of a ‘car’ and my idea of what I thought an entire car was completely changed! I actually merged with the car. I can hear noises in a car and respond like it’s my body. Quite odd.

OP, your line of questioning is super vague. Have you done psychedelics at all OR are you stuck in a state now? This feeling you describe is quite basic when doing psychedelics and your other questions depend on what it is you took, how much, mood, intent, environment, what you ate before, etc. In general, one may carefully and safely source and consume proper psychedelic doses and patiently take them over time to intentionally develop this feeling you mention, be it for the first time or to experience it more generally or even sober. Of course

Why would Leo be responsible for any of this?

These models are fun but if you ultimately craft this, it’s going to distort your interpretation of the world.

This thread is semi-non-directional. Philosophy being dirty work is just one philosophy. OP seems to have some personal ideas tied into the pursuit of Truth.

You all preach context and subjectivity and then call straight men defensive for not liking penises or trans-women. You guys can’t even define new terms or your own sexuality so when a straight man, who really, really, simply, will fuck anything—except something with a penis— you guys lose it. ”It doesn’t make sense! Those aren’t the rules! We have new terms!” Yet the infighting continues because while trans-ideology and new gender theories can help individuals with unique circumstances, the framework is logically abysmal to the point where you guys can’t even define it amongst yourselves and it has corrupted our social fabric. Do whatever you want. But if you can’t explain it, keep it to yourself or at the very least know it’s obvious; your lack of direction.

I do not think OP intended this to get political. Besides, the answer is not political. The world, especially Americans, have been handed more personal power, autonomy and consequently more responsibility than any other time in history. At the same exact time, other responsibilities are being taken for the sake of convenience and many feel their power leave with their purpose. It turns out, personal autonomy is not societal autonomy. Yet—while each component of the modern world becomes more secularized and specific—naturally, so do people. And unfortunately the people are still stuck on freedom—not what they can do with it. How does an ant know where to stand?

I do not know that I have made too many giant decisions in my life yet. In highschool, I decided to trash my grades and sell most of my possessions, though. In hindsight, the decision was actually easy. I could have never foreseen the effects, however. I knew I did not want to go to college and I had different priorities than most people. It was difficult keeping that narrative while teachers, parents, principles and ultimately the law were involved. I evaded truancy but accepted I wouldn’t go to college because of my grades. I was misunderstood for a long time. I even remember taking college classes in highschool for no credits and I’d give speeches and write papers on how ineffective and scammy college was… in the college classes. People really did not understand. About 7 years later now—half of those people dropped out of college. Half of the people that did not still do not have a job in the field they went for. I apply my skills I learned actually living life in high school to maintain flexible work hours and focus on myself still. I have a ‘1/4 life crisis’ because I am afforded one— I am able to think ‘oh I could’ve been doing this differently’ and change my life style because I never locked myself into student debt or a ‘company job’ as a doctor or engineer. The decision was between Freedom and Conformity. And I supposed I decided to take on the consequences of non-conformity pretty early and aggressive.