UnbornTao

As always, people confuse the individual with the actual communications. People notice his reputation and that becomes an important reason to follow him. If someone else said the same, would you consider it with the same criteria, or would you simply ignore it or take less notice because the person isn’t famous or whatever is the reason why you “admire” Peterson? I think many people do the latter.

Scrivener recently received a huge upgrade. I've used it on Mac for a few months and it's great. Perhaps better suited for long-form content such as books.

Go read Krishnamurti.

Are you asking for gems that Leo hasn’t shared in his book list? That’s what I gleaned from that.

Psychonauts! Haven’t played it, the name caught my attention, though. A new one will be released next year.

There will be a lot of discomfort and challenges. Your ego-mind will crave distraction and avoidance since at times the work will challenge your self-survival. Remember the big picture, think long-term, throw yourself into it. Think of how much you'll grow.

Talking about utopia: money seems to me a central issue. Take a look at the Venus project, for example. Think about it: money limits everyone’s potential. Image a scientist wanting to research cancer treatments but being stopped or severely limited by lack of capital. Theft, material greed, etc. is largely motivated by one’s own financial “status.” The poorer you are, the greater the motivation/need to steal. Whether you think doing away with any form of monetary exchange is visionary or utopian, I really think humanity will have to transcend the need for it if it wants to thrive. Imagine a society not held back by scarcity and bare survival, with all its basic needs met. Now visualize humanity in the year 3000, maybe as an interplanetary species. Going moneyless doesn’t seem too utopian now. Of course the negative potential would be real and could be devastating, too. However, providing high quality education on a global scale, and with money out of the equation, how much theft would occur, for example? A lot of corruption would disappear. Still, this would be external and there would have to be a lot of inner work done individually, but it sets the stage for that. Call me naive.

An important point: remember that purpose and meaning are not found, but created and developed. Usually assuming otherwise in terms of career keeps us uncertain, restless, dissatisfied.

@Shin @abrakamowse Buddha is a CROOKED socialist! He hangs around with Bernie too much.

If you want a bible, Healing With Whole Foods, then: Nutrition through the lens of stage green. It integrates Asian medicinal traditions with modern western research. The author even talks about enlightenment and spirituality. I guess that’s not what just you ask from a nutrition book although some may find it helpful.

Above Ramana Maharshi, just below Buddha.

Brendan, useful and clear as always. You could benefit from this:

@PlasmicProjection okey-dokey

What is the ultimate function of science? Is it to explain its invented distinctions? What are its epistemological assumptions? Will science ever get the Truth itself? What’s the relationship between direct experience and science? How does science reconcile direct consciousness of the truth of something? Will science one day be able to transfer one’s awareness from one body or object to another, what does this say about awareness? What is the ultimate form science will take? In other words, what are its limits? Except fact-based findings, is there something more science could offer in the future? Science can’t explain reality, life, consciousness, the lack of empirical findings regarding the self, etc. Or it can only explain and talk about things, but not get the nature itself. Will it ever be able to?

Holding meaninglessness as a negative is still operating from meaning! Let’s put it this way then: life transcends meaning, you’re free to create whatever purpose you want to create, or not. And then you die.

Seems yellow to me:

“1 - 5: God” - Leo Or 5meo.

Canary Islands, Spain

I like the Ashtavakra Gita. It’s as concise and straightforward as they get. Ramana Maharshi held it in high esteem. Maybe Ellam Ondre, too, which means All Is One. Who am I? by Ramana is also great.

Self-survival = struggle

Well, The Venus Project is planning to create a center for resource management. Their plan is to eventually create a city based on a resource-based economy and its values.

How do you research and create your videos? What’s the process you follow throughout the week?

Are you conscious of the nature of consciousness? I think he means what we might call awareness.

“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” ― Haruki Murakami

Contemplation into emotions and hatha yoga. Any form of exercise will help. Maybe start with less intense activities like hatha yoga or tai chi. They will help you develop body awareness. Peter Ralston has an online tai chi class—he’s a master martial artist. Yoga has helped me solve similar problems. Usually your body starts to hurt due to lack of movement (exercise) and bad posture in the first place. If you’ve been sedentary for months or even years, maybe it’s time to change that. Feel the body. A lot of times exercise, good nutrition, sleep, meditation, and breathwork solve the problem. Maybe try the Wim Hof method or take ice baths/cold showers.