OmniNaut

I highly respect John Kiriakou (former CIA agent and whistleblower of the US torture program). He has been in prison for exposing the torture program. In this world there is a high price to pay for high integrity. He has been on several podcasts, most are centered around his time in the CIA and the workings of the CIA Some good insights here in the working of the CIA and governments. This interview goes deeper in his life and geo political topics. Worthy to be listened too.

@MajedAnd this is why Ken Wilber pointed out the difference between Waking up and Growing up. (Next to cleaning up and showing up). Spiral Dynamics is a model that is used for Growing up not Waking up. You have awoken yourself (if I believe it to be true), but that doesn't mean you're in Turquoise my friend. You can be awake in different SD stages, blue, orange, green, yellow, turquoise. If I do the math that means your in your early 20's, 21 to 23 something like that. That is just the age between where the brain is still developing and fully developed. This is the age bracket especially for men they are over confident, lack experience and think they can take on the world. Get some more life experience first, before claiming Turquoise. It will put things more in perspective. Although it is true that we're seeing a increasing development in stages. Heck my 14 year old nephew is already deeply in orange, setting up a webshop and YouTube channel. Claiming to be Turquoise at your age, is not impossible but a big stretch, and reading your posts don't convince me to think otherwise. Maybe we need to introduce a new distinction here, Turquoise kiddies, for people who have (claimed) to woken up but still are in a lower SD development stage. To be honest, I think Leo is in part to blame for this mix up that we see now between waking up and growing up. SD strictly speaking is not about awakening or enlightenment. Although in his (pulled) Turquoise video he touches upon this, the rest of his video and comments on the forum are mixed between growing up and waking up when talking about Turquoise. So I'm not surprised about the confusion that arises with this colour.

This shows a nice overview of different developmental models and how they scale to each other.

So I'm a scuba diving instructor who can teach in shark and marine (coral) conversation. The importance of Coral is really underestimated, it's (literally) the building block for life in the ocean. I live in the Philippines which part of the Coral triangle, the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on the planet. 76% (605) of the world’s coral species (798) are found in the Coral Triangle, the highest coral diversity in the world. There are big threats for coral. Humans, directly or indirectly are the cause of these threats. Destructive fishing: - Local fishermen: using dynamite fishing - Fishing trawlers: using kilometres long towing nets, scraping the bottom and destroying the corals - Crown of thorns: There is a starfish species called the Crown of Thorns and it eats away Corals. In a healthy ecosystem this is not a problem but because humans fished away the natural predators, like the Parrot fish and the Titan Trigger fish the Crown of Thorns are out of control. I heard of whole section of areas eaten away (here in the Philippines, Mindanao) by out of control Crown of Thorns. The thing that we can do for now is do special dives where we kill crown of thorns starfish, by ejecting them with vinegar. If you try to pick them up they will panic and release their eggs, making the problem only worse. This is only a short term solution though. Coral bleaching: - Rising temperatures of the ocean causes the polyp that lives inside the coral structure to separate from the coral and the coral will die and turn white - Increasing acidity of the ocean, rising CO2 emissions in the atmosphere is absorbed by the sea water, CO2 will absorption will lower the PH level, and the polyp will die and so will the rest of the coral. Waste: - Plastic and microplastic ending up inside the marine life Coral reefs provide oxygen, although the number varies online, a huge amount of oxygen that we breath comes from the ocean, mind you that also include production from seaweeds and seagrass. In the last years new research have shown corals that are more resilient to temperature and acidic changes, nature is adapting in certain cases by itself and also humans are cultivating more resilient species. Although this is good news, humans are still not off the hook (pun intended 😉), we need to adapt our ways to stop destroying the ocean. Conservation of the marine ecosystem is much more then just raising awareness or planting some coral. It's: - collecting data, through reef surveys and other methods, - talking with local fishermen, showing them less destructive ways of fishing. They are not the enemy, they need to support their family, - working with local governments, setting up Marine Protected Ares (MPA's), and making sure they're enforced, - working with international governments and institutions, because the ocean does not care about human made lines on a map, and also a lot of illegal fishing is often done by trawlers from other countries. I can talk for hours about this stuff, haha I invite fellow actualizers and @Leo Gura to come and visit, to see the incredible beauty of the under water world and the closest you will get to seeing real life aliens.

Bruh. MBTI's foundation is partly genetics and partly childhood. You can't determine the type of a 4 year old for example. From let's say 8 to 10 the personality will be formed. I'm not debating that talent does not exist. On the contrary it does, but your stating and how you so eloquently chose the words chads and pussy, is a dead give away you have spending to much time with pill and manosphere ideologies. I'm getting really tired of these kind of BS ideologies completely twisting and warping it to fit their own ideology. They have a word for that, it's called propaganda. Your type does not determine if you will be a "chad" or a "pussy". Look here, every type has successful people. Although you will find that some types will have more of the same kind of people. Although it's said that your personality will not change once it's formed. Researcher Dario Nardi found that under certain circumstances personality types can change. As I said, do some proper research and look beyond the social media and pill/manosphere brainwashing. You're being played by them

I deleted my Facebook in 2013. Only WhatsApp, text, mail. Should be enough if people want to contact me. You really know who your friends are when you have no social media anymore. No surprise, shockingly little and that was over 10 years ago, probably now it's even worse.

Welcome to the world of dark patterns. It's not social media alone, it's everywhere. The latest trick in the hyper orange playbook

https://chatgpt.com/share/a30127a7-2ba6-4d2e-ba75-c9729dcda279 Don't have much time at the moment but ChatGPT does a good job of explaining. I asked these questions: 1. what can happen when my DNA information is leaked 2. Are there already real life situations where this happened? 3. Do insurance companies use this data? 4. How can criminals use my DNA data 5. How can governments misuse DNA data? Also 23andMe real life bad behaviour: https://cglife.com/blog/23andme-sold-your-genetic-data-to-gsk-personalized-medicine-ethics/

Unfortunately Myheritage got hacked in 2018 https://www.twingate.com/blog/tips/myheritage-data-breach My sister did a DNA test with them now her and my (family) DNA information is out in the open. People some information is just to valuable to trust to any other company. This is patient data and should be treated as such. Take your own responsibility as well to do the proper research on privacy. It looks like Millenials/Gen Z doesn't have any concept anymore about privacy and the implications if we loose it.

This is NOT how MBTI how works. Upgrade your MBTI sources, no TikTok, Facebook, social media are not proper resources for this. Also clean yourself from all the (insert colour) pill and manosphere ideologies.

Be really careful with handing over your DNA data to a company. Especially 23andme is a company that will actively sell your data to other companies. You can't remove your personal data anymore once you have done the test. Even if the EULA you will agree to at that time will protect your data, there is no guarantee that the company will be bought or mergered in the future, and gone is the control and promises of your personal data. Remember this is your (and your families) body blueprint. Every potential decease and weakness will be handed over to them. In the US there are already instances of insurance companies buying DNA data from these companies and you can't get a health insurance if you red flag for certain markers. Also your family will be influenced by YOUR DNA data you give to these companies. The EU the last 1 1/2 years is a really good job in protecting the digital rights and privacies of the citizens, these rules are there for a reason. To protect your data. If an company in the EU is not allowed because of these rules, most of the time it's for a good reason. Also see my reply in topic V

@Uncover Because you never disclosed her function, I assume we're talking about a job in one of the stores? This behaviour from those guys is not acceptable and should be escalated. First the store manager, other way is HR department of LIDL Romania (there should be an internal contact address or number on the internal website of the LIDL Romania company). If that doesn't work then go to the main HQ in Germany. But first try to escalate to store manager, if that is to scary for her or if it's not handled go to HR, they should take it seriously. Also try to get some evidence to help to take it more seriously. Good luck

I see it more as a two step forward one step backward kind of thing. In the end we're still moving forward. But if you focus only on the backwards steps then you'll have the illusion of moving backwards.

Absolutely correct Bali is not the same as Indonesia. Bali is still mostly local religion and Buddhism. While the rest of Indonesia is full on Islamic (The biggest Islamic nation in the world). Have you already visited local homes of people? When I was in Bali 13 years ago there was a local tour you could do. You would visit the rice fields, plant rice, ploughing the rice field on an Ox, visit a local school. Did you see the cock fighting already? Haha, If you go to Phuket now I don't think it will be much better with tourists. I think Bali, Koh Tao and Phuket are the most mass tourist places you can visit in (S)E Asia. Come here to the Philippines, much less tourist, low season now, some rain, but 28 - 30 degrees Celsius everyday. Awesome locals, awesome nature

Yup, it's Vince Vaughn. They already made a movie about it 11 years ago.

@VictorB02 Hey, Mr. TerraNaut, any update. How has it been? What things did you do, what insights did you get?

Don't skip out in exploring the ocean. You're in the Coral Triangle, one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on the planet. Immerse yourself in a true alien environment . Try some snorkelling, scuba or free diving. Go swim with some Whale Sharks, that will be a life changing experience.

Dude it's nonsense. There is 2 errors in your thinking here. 1. Assuming that the direction of spin is an indication towards left or right brain dominance. Which is not true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_dancer https://theness.com/neurologicablog/left-brain-right-brain-and-the-spinning-girl/ 2. Assuming that right brain is superior and more god like than left brain, which is also not true. Left/Right brain dominance is more closely connected to Left/Right handedness, ear and eye dominance. Right brain half is connected to the left hand. Left brain half is connected to the right hand. Right brain is more associated towards creativity and emotions, left brain is more associated with logical processing. At least this was the theory for years. Also some articles are pointing out that even the left/right brain distinction is blown out of proportion. And I read somewhere a couple of years ago (I don't know where) that brain functions can switch hemisphere in certain circumstances. Connecting Right brain to more god like features is absolutely nonsense. Then all left handed people are better then right handed. Which should be retribution for a the suffering we left handed had to endure throughout history. We were mocked and ridiculed called devil worshippers, but no more, now it's time for the the left hand uprising 🤣. Even the Latin word for left handed is Manus Sinistra, which means sinister hand. Fun fact, when I was doing my IT studies I did an assignment with the University of Arts in Utrecht. Although between 10 to 13 percent of the population is left handed, 40 percent of the students in the university was Left handed, I got these numbers back then from one of the professors working there. There is a correlation between hand domination and creativity. But that still means that 60 percent is right handed. There is still so much unknown when it comes to the brain. Don't take the social media stuff for truth. It's usually just false. Just a fun one to show how strange the brain can be:

@Davino I just watched the first ten minutes of the video (don't have time to watch the entire video, so it could be it's more nuanced). And for me it's another guru who is lost in claiming that the style of xxxx (s)he follows is the best. Getting a little bit bored by all this ego bullshit within the spiritual world. No no no, that style will not get you to enlightenment/nirvana/samadhi, only my style but you have to devote the next 30 years entirely, only then will you reach it. Don't corrupt yourself with the other styles. I studied Raja Yoga, which follows the eight limbs of Patanjali. Which includes Yama's and Niyama's, Asana's comes third yes like he claimed. But he doesn't provide any reason why for Hatha yoga Yama and Niyama are not included. Simply put, the Yamas are things not to do, or restraints, while the Niyamas are things to do, or observances. Together, they form a moral code of conduct. They come before the Asana's. It's a different way of looking towards Yoga, that does not make the other one wrong, just different. We had people there who studied Hatha yoga and switched to Raja because it works better for them, and no doubt there will be vice versa as well. For me the thing I stumble the most with this kind styles/disciplines is they think it's the only or best way to achieve the ultimate. It comes to me as a Blue/Orange way of spiritual ego. One explanation I heard is basically this, within the spiritual world there's a lot of competition and basically they have to market themselves. So rising yourself up and putting others down is just a business strategy. Doesn't have to mean that it's the case here, but keep it in mind. I'm not even talking about the Western mindset of Yoga approach, even within India/Nepal there's a lot of competition. Maybe this is his reaction towards the capitalisation of (Hatha) Yoga that we have seen in the west, I don't know. Be careful what you call no-bullshit. A guru that claims his style is the best you should be sceptic about. There are a million ways to climb the mountain to the top. Paraphrasing Ken Wilber BTW also my (Raja Yoga) teacher had the ego of claiming his version of Yoga was the best.

But he's claiming neither. @ElvisN The EDT model of Susan Cook Greuter is not the most popular psychology developmental model out there. I think the most popular one on the internet and on this forum Spiral Dynamics. Although I like the EDT model better when it comes to personal development, it's more nuanced than Spiral Dynamics, SD is the most popular one. Leo, did a extensive video series on SD, and in the main development section of this forum there's a topic for each colour. The Expert level of EDT is comparable with Orange of SD. I don't have too much practical advise for you, at least there's a lot of practical advise already to be found out there. You can look in this topic : For me the most "meta" advise I can give you for Expert/Orange is summed up perfectly in these two quotes: - The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those who cannot read and write but those who cannot Learn, Unlearn and Relearn. - Alvin Toffler Now with AI incoming it's important to prepare yourself for that, there will be a huge gap for success or even survival for the ones who can adapt the fastest. - You were so preoccupied with whether you could. You didn't stop to think if you should. - Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) Develop your moral compass more, believe me in Orange/Expert the limits will be continuously tested by the outside world. Be careful by crossing those boundaries for the outside world. But also realise that your moral compass is a result of your conformist background, so question it and adapt to higher levels. Also, question the information you gather (including mine), that's the new super power you will develop now over conformist, instead of blindly accepting what is said. Also also, on a personal note, it will not come into play now, but it will help develop you later, especially when you enter Yellow/Strategist. Be observant, notice things in all areas, when you see them enough you will notice connections which will turn into cause and effect. Store them somewhere in your brain or notes or something. Because the more you will see those connections they will turn into patterns, then you will see patterns in different domains, maybe the same, maybe different. Then you will start too see patterns within patterns, and now you're entering the domain of Fractals. It will help you with integrating Systems Thinking. Later on for Turquoise/Unitive you will expand it even further. But the groundwork for this is done in Orange/Expert. Good luck out there man 👍🏼

@Leo Gura Finally your travels to LA will be shorter and more environmentally friendly. Next step for you guys, let go of the car to travel everywhere. It starts at urban planning.

Yup, it sucks. I feel for the guy, the part basically where he says where his study is made redundant implies the scale. With a normal lay off, you apply to a different company, in a recess, at some point it will bounce back, but now you're telling people that the thing they went to school for will never come back anymore. That's tough. One thing I learned people can be resilient, and I wish the guy best of luck, hopefully in the UK they have opportunities soon to switch careers.

I'm not thinking in positive or negative, I'm just thinking that it's part of our future history. Even it's net-positive, we also need to keep in mind that many people will be affected by it in a negative way. And measures need to be in place to relieve that suffering.

Ok let's break it down from a logical perspective. The most developed countries are all democratic, so the governments are chosen. That means that to have a Yellow government you at least need people to acknowledge Yellow, that means you need a society of at least late Orange / early Green. I see you live in Canada, so Google tells me that the average age of the politicians is 51. That means the average was born in 1973 (Gen X), those people grew up in pre-computer revolution, they were basically teenagers when the first home computers came into society. They're not the boomer generation, but they're parents were boomers, so a big part of their upbringing was still influenced by that generation. The 1970's was an completely different era. The whole notion we have now of "changing yourself", and "you never stop learning" are quite new maybe from the last 15 to 20 years. I was born in 1981 (start of Gen Y), in one of the most developed countries, my generation still was brought up with the classical way, go to school, choose an education, start a job, and work there until your pension. Constant adaption only started with the computer revolution. Before that life was much more stable. The older you get the more difficult it is to have drastic changes in mind set. The brain takes longer to process new information, and it's more difficult to let go of old believes, especially if you grew up in an era where you are not brought up with constant change in your childhood. Heck I'm 42 and even I start to notice how difficult it is to process radical new perspectives. I need to work hard on it. And I see Gen Z now picking up things so fast, because they grow up in an era where constant change was more part of the childhood and because they're now in their 20's so the brain can still easily adapt. OK now AI/AGI comes into play. Climate change was already mentioned by scientists in the early 1970's and look how long it took for the people and governments to be acknowledging and acting upon it. It took 50 years, and still within politics there are plenty of people who are debating if climate change is real. Even if the signs are there. Adaptation of AI/AGI will not be any different. Especially when the first impacts of it will be major job losses. To tell an stage Blue or Orange person maybe even Green person that the solution in their problem is the same thing that created their problem that takes open mindedness. So AI will be seen as an evil thing in less developed minds, because it created their problems. And remember in a mature and non corrupt democracy the politicians are chosen and representative of the development of the people. Also keep in mind that elections (usually) only happen every four years, so that means governmental development only happens every election period. So to have new fresh views within governments takes at least four years. A lot of change can happen within those four years when the impact of AI really gets high. AI/AGI is not a magical solution, it's a tool, be we humans are still the one holding the tool. It has potential but it's still unproven and untested and people already are walking away with it like it will be our saviour. Like Jesus with an CPU. That's stage Blue. We have an option at some point to let AGI to be the tool who controls the tools, but do we really want to do that? Look how long it's already possible for airplane to fly on autopilot. But would you step in a airplane without any pilots on board? In my IT studies I minored in Change Management, and since then I was involved in a lot of large projects (company and nation wide). I have seen first hand how difficult it is to change on an individual level and on a department/company/national level. P.S. Just to clarify, I know I'm generalising here, and there are exceptions and it's not all so black and white. So the message is, human change is slow.