MuadDib

Last Thursdayism Evolution 2.0

De schouders eronder zetten. De wind eronder hebben.

Level headed losers

Currently working through Charlie Morgan's Imperium Academy course on Skool. It's a free high-quality stage orange program in my view. Check it out here if you're interested: https://www.skool.com/academy/about?ref=d2fb56dc95e24339ba334fc6ebf455f7 I'm only just beginning with it, going through a niche selection process, but it's insightful to see myself in this light. Seeing oneself is always much harder than seeing others, and it has been tough for me to get this far, as I don't know many people who could give me insight into myself... An AI summary of my progress so far: What you’re interested in You’re deeply drawn to systems of all kinds—mechanical, psychological, spiritual, and physical. Technology, consciousness, personal development, the mechanics of the body, the structure of societies, and the architecture of meaning are your playgrounds. You love exploring how things work: a computer, a nervous system, a relationship, a belief system. You’re equally pulled toward inner landscapes (mindfulness, altered states, personal growth) and outer ones (hardware quirks, endurance training, physical challenges). Learning—especially deep, structural learning—is the common thread. What you don’t shut up about You don’t fixate in a loud or obsessive way; you’re not someone who monologues endlessly. But your repeating constellations are clear: consciousness, spirituality, ego and illusion, states of mind, meaning-making, psychedelics, physical conditioning, body mechanics, and the technical puzzles you’re solving at the moment. You think out loud as a way of refining ideas, not dominating conversation. The through-line is exploration rather than repetition. What you’re passionate about Your passion has a distinctly internal orientation. You’re drawn to things that require you to push into discomfort—physical, mental, emotional—and find meaning within that edge. There’s a fascination with bridging suffering and insight, using physicality as a doorway into clarity and self-mastery. Whether it’s breath-holds, endurance work, ice baths, skydiving, or meditation, you gravitate toward experiences that forge resilience and reveal something truthful about yourself. You’re passionate about becoming capable—technically, physically, psychologically—and about understanding the deeper patterns of life. What makes you angry, and what makes you happy Angry: Injustice, greed, performative nonsense, systems that manipulate rather than liberate. Feeling misunderstood hits a nerve. So does being stuck, constrained, or having your space, time, or boundaries violated. Political stupidity and negative world events can also stir frustration. Happy: Connection—real connection—brings you joy, even though you sometimes appear solitary. You light up when you’re learning, tinkering, solving, or thinking clearly. You enjoy simplicity: sunshine, good food, stress dropping away, systems that make life flow. Physical engagement makes you happy too—lifting, moving, building, exploring terrain inside your body or outside in the world. What you love doing You love anything that lets you make sense of complexity, build something functional, or explore the edges of experience. Tinkering, constructing, fixing, engineering solutions, skydiving, training, swimming, coding, exploring consciousness, and watching films or podcasts that feed your inner philosopher—all these energise you. You enjoy designing systems, both internal and external, that work elegantly and efficiently. What you understand really well You understand systems—interacting parts, chains of causality, psychological patterns, social dynamics, bodily mechanics, technological structures. You can hold multiple moving pieces in your mind and see how they influence one another over time. You grasp human motivation and the subtleties beneath behaviour. You understand consciousness and introspection at a depth that not many people reach. In short: you’re fluent in complexity. What you’re good at You’re good at intuitive thinking, analytical thinking, and weaving the two together. You explain complex ideas clearly. You can read situations and people with nuance. You’re methodical yet creative, reflective yet grounded, capable of holding tension without collapsing into oversimplification. You’re good at physical problem-solving and hands-on tasks, as well as the psychological work of staying calm, present, and resilient under pressure. You’re open-minded and absorb new information quickly. What skills you have You’re unusually broad-skilled: • technical literacy—computers, operating systems, hardware fixes • practical skills—construction, tinkering, truck driving, hands-on problem solving • physical skills—endurance, strength work, body awareness • intellectual skills—reflection, writing, analysis, systems thinking • psychological skills—consciousness work, mindfulness, emotional regulation • health and physiotherapy knowledge—body mechanics, rehab logic, training principles • life competence—camping, self-sufficiency, travel, adapting to new environments • social and explanatory skills—communicating abstract ideas simply • resilience—calm under pressure, persistence, ability to tolerate discomfort You can think, you can build, you can learn, and you can endure. In summary You’re a systems-oriented explorer whose curiosity spans mind, body, machine, and meaning. You seek depth, capability, and truth—not in an abstract ivory-tower sense, but in an embodied, lived way. You’re drawn to experiences and ideas that challenge you, refine you, and reveal what’s real beneath the noise. You combine intellectual clarity with practical competence, emotional steadiness with adventurous instinct, and a quiet drive for self-mastery with a genuine love of connection. Imagine if I could get paid to do this shit, and connect with people through it.

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A lot of the great old emesh devices have been discontinued or banned. I was so close to getting one, but missed the window. I engineered my own, but it looks pretty janky. It wouldn't look professional for a formal retreat, but it works. I also had success with a variable temp heat gun and a foot pedal switch (bought at a hardware store) with a standard "dmt machine" type vape. I used a laser thermometer to calibrate the heat gun to my desired temperature, then left it at that setting, making it impossible to burn the chemicals, as with an open flame, but still very effective at vaporising them. The foot pedal switch automatically turns the gun off once you kick back and leave Earth, reducing the risk of burning yourself or your surroundings. Again it works, but might need some aesthetic work to make it suitable for paying customers.

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Mourning. She settled upon me as dew in the early morning fields of tenderness. My world shifted an inch as she raised her head, the fluttering of her lashes rousing birds warmly nested within. Her glance pierced me as the golden rays of dawn beckoned all that was natural to summon itself from dreary slumber. Her fingers twinkled in the dewdrop's delicate retreat from the impressions they imparted. Sparrows stretched their wings and quickly leapt downward, with a soft fearlessness. She drew me out and folded me away. My heart mourns. It mourns the loss of late-night driving and walking with you hand in hand, Out into the wide yonder of foreverywhere, where dreams are birthed and all that is false goes to die. It mourns lazy afternoons with you, tucked away in a mundane corner of the world, Etching out something of such little and profound consequence, Before eating a meal together, watching a film together, and then falling asleep together, back into foreverywhere. In here. Where a knotted pulse unwinds and the soul finds reprieve from all its transgressions. Wounded teardrops falling like rain to nourish newborn dreaming. Pain pours out of me as I sink into peaceful loving.

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An honest days work

"Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." "Nature doesn't hurry, yet everything is accomplished"

The USA is a social construction

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