Adam M

For me personally, I find it fascinating. Just from a pure exploration of consciousness perspective. I love how existence can take so many different forms and flavors. Considering that just from a materialistic standpoint.... 99.9% of "life" is not even visible to your eyes. If we expand from the materialistic viewpoint and begin to include understandings of energy and the "subtle realms" of being... Why would I not want to include them into my worldview? (considering that it's possible to find great structural explanations of these phenomena) I'm not saying that everyone has to explore these ideas... But my mind personally LOVES the twisted mind-fucky logic of these alternate realms and dimensions. Leo said something in the interview with Kurt Jamingual: "A scientifically-minded person NEVER EVEN CONSIDERS the possibility that reality may be physical for you today... but one day... when you get older... it may not be physical." This is the power of recontextualization. There's an infinitely unfolding ladder of ever higher and higher recontextualizations. Perhaps (I don't know but I have a hunch) in the form of ever-increasing and evolving "densities" of consciousness. Isn't that what relativity is? But hey... maybe this is my Pisces Sun, Moon, and Mercury doing the talking ( ) *Note: Just because you (in the general sense) see someone mention an idea that sounds "hippie" or "new-agey" ... try not to immediately put them into the "Spiral Dynamics - Stage Green" category. It is possible to cognize things like Astrology, Spirit Guides, Manifestation, Psychic Abilities, Entities, Atlantis etc. from a Turquoise and beyond perspective. It's highly integrated with everything spoken about here on Actualized.org (and as mentioned above... many things that are NOT spoken about here). Content vs Structure. Is that not what our life is as consciousness explorers? Just an infinitely unfolding holon of higher and higher perspectives? Increasingly interesting, integrated, and beautiful? Seems that way to me.

Entities are real. They exist as energy-bodies. Some are benevolent and some are malevolent... you can tell the difference based on the general "vibe" they give you. If you experience one... why say it's a hallucination? Why not just expand your worldview and metaphysics to include the possibility of entities? Frederick Dodson has some fantastic books and audiobooks about the subject that grounds the topic very well. I liked the books "Levels of Energy" and "Journeys Through Spectral Consciousness" Start there if you want to understand more about entities.

I've scored higher than average on both of these narcissism and psychopathy tests... i think that personality type does have something to do with it...I do believe that some people are naturally more selfish, opportunistic, manipulative, and less sensitive to hurting others. That being said, I think that everyone has a good heart... for some it's just buried further down than for others. I don't feel bad about scoring higher than average on these tests... because my general guiding principle for my life is to treat others the way I would like to be treated. And not to lie, manipulate, and hurt others for my own personal gain. Although, people who have a similar personality type as me (I'm an ENTP in Myers-Briggs) could easily take their selfish opportunitsm too far. i try to use my powers of charisma for good.

Primary: 2 Secondary: 3.2 Friends have told me that I could be a psychopath...I wouldn't mind cheating and manipulating when I was younger. But as I've matured I'm very adamant about making my money in the most ethical way I can. (which for me involves helping other people grow and develop themselves).

I got 21! really high on superiority and authority. perhaps I'm a narcissist.

@BlessedLion I agree

This is such an old criticism of Leo... "Smile when you say that, mister!" There's plenty of spiritual teachers that are all butterflies and rainbows... what's wrong with having a teacher that makes you feel like an idiot every once in a while? I've read stories of very enlightened Tibetan masters ripping the Mala beads out of their junior monks hands and ripping them apart while screaming and cursing as beads fly everywhere. all because they got the sense that the monk had dozed off into a routine state of chanting mindlessly. Would you say that this Tibetan master isn't enlightened enough? Because he acted rudely a few times? Do you see how you're actually such a whiny baby that cares more about your personal comfort than the Truth? A teacher that isn't afraid to call your bullshit is an invaluable resource... but only for people who are fully committed to their own improvement. For people who are only halfway bought into the path... A ruthless teacher seems like a devil with a pitchfork... but of course that's your projection.

If Leo is behaving in a way that you do not consider to be "spiritual." Before assuming that he is lacking development. Pause. And ask yourself: "Maybe I'm the one who is lacking in development and is projecting my childish view of how a spiritual person should or shouldn't behave?" It's so easy to criticize another... without reflecting on the validity of your criticism. Sure, Leo isn't perfect... but he's probably (a lot) smarter than you ... at least when it comes to the domain of understanding everything.... which is quite a large domain.

Here's one: "Thinking that your goal is more complicated and difficult to achieve than it actually is." another: "feeling unworthy to deserve the best of the best."

Not all women are selfish and entitled. There are plenty of cool girls out there that are very down-to-earth and also very beautiful. They just don't want to date you because you're low-value.

Thanks

It helps me brainstorm ideas and outlines for my videos and coaching programs. It also helps me do research into topics and connect them with other topics. In the future I can see how this will also help me significantly with email-marketing.

I absolutely adore this guy's dedication and love for his game. What a beautiful expression of a Life Purpose. This guy just loves creating worlds and stories and plots. That's how he gets in touch with the God within him. Bless his heart! I wish him all the best.

Great! Thank you <3

@Leo Gura agreed

100% The traditional formulation of Stage Yellow in Spiral Dynamics terms is pretty limiting in the sense that it characterizes Stage Yellow people as being bookworms who think in a sort of autistic "systemic" way. (kind of like Eben Pagan) One might get the sense from the descriptions that in order to embody Stage Yellow values you would have to read 500 books like Leo (which is 100% not necessary). The traditional description of Stage Yellow is slightly biased towards the masculine intellectual type... and I don't think that it paints a good picture of the stage (I think that might be because Spiral Dynamics was used as a business-development model). It's important to distinguish "types" when looking at stage development. Leo talks about the distinction between types and lines in his video "Spiral Dynamics - Additional Nuances and Insights." For example, I am an ENTP masculine therefore my embodiment of stage yellow is pretty typical according to the model. However, my girlfriend is an INFJ feminine and her embodiment of stage yellow is COMPELTELY DIFFERENT than mine. (make no mistake, she is definitely stage yellow moving into turquoise) My girlfriend isn't much of a reader or information junkie at all. She's only read a handful of books in her life and she doesn't devour podcasts and lectures with nearly the same ferocity that I do. That being said, she has an acute understanding of the linguistically constructed nature of reality and a great awareness of Source Consciousness or Pure Self and many other spiritual awarenesses that are difficult to explain. (including unusually well-developed spiritual powers such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, energy healing abilities, and a very high awareness of synchronicities). The point is that she DID NOT get to this stage of development by reading lots of books and studying models of models (like I did). She got there via direct contemplation... TONS of self-reflection, meditation, and a little bit of listening to some high-quality audiobooks (like Conversations with God and some of Leo's videos and other spiritual mentors here and there).

Infinity means that everything fits

@Leo Gura That's disappointing. I was looking forward to calling you Don Leo.

I love how this guy talks about the selfish survival tactics and dirty secrets of academics.

If you get a good instructor, you can develop a lot more body awareness and breath control. I did hatha yoga for about a year and I always left the class feeling calm and mellow. I would definitely reccomend it, your body is a major part of spiritual growth! You don't need to be having mystical awakenings to get some good benefits from hatha yoga.

^^ DAMN! Edit: I don't think that ants communicate exclusively through chemical pheromones. That's the materialistic explanation of why ants can coordinate so intricately. I think that morphic resonance plays a huge role in ants communication (meaning that they communicate telepathically via the collective ants consciousness or whatever) But I've yet to gather any scientific data to prove my hunch.

Hey Self-Actualizers! Let's find out what are the most common challenges that Self-Actualizers are facing on their journey(s). It will be illuminating for all of us to see the patterns of all the obstacles that we have in common. So that we can come up with better solutions. "Seek first to understand, then, to be understood." - Stephen Covey To keep this thread organized, let's use a basic template for sharing your goals & challenges. Template: 1. Hey, my name is ___________ and I'm __________ years old. (you don't have to include personal details if you don't want to... it's optional) 2. I've been into Self-Actualization/Spirituality for ___ years. 3. What I am working towards creating in my life right now is ____________________. 4. The main thing(s) that I'm struggling with right now is ______________________. 5. ONE action step that I could take tomorrow that would help me move closer to my goal is ______________. * Please answer honestly and authentically, use this as a period for self-reflection. * Remember that it's okay not to have all the answers. We are all at our own unique stages along our journeys. Thanks for sharing!

@ivankiss @Ayham @RedLine @BipolarGrowth Thanks for sharing! A common pattern that I've already seen is: Wanting to creating financial freedom through Life Purpose... and an over-obsession with goals to the point where it causes stress and self-sabotage! Interesting...

I doubt that your actual type changes. I think you're just uncovering deeper and deeper layers of yourself... but at the end of the day. I think that you're using certain cognitive functions and you've been using them your entire life.

Yes. Also, it seems to be that your myers-briggs type is also related to your 'soul-mission' and is usually reflected in your top values. Ex. I just re-vamped my top 10 values and "exloration/learning" was my number 1 value (according to my deepest heart-feeling) That makes since since my myers-briggs is ENTP and Extroverted Intuition "exploring" is my primary function. *I didn't get exploration as my top value because of my myers-briggs type. I made sure that my assessment was un-biased by my knowledge of personality models. And only found correlation after the fact. Also, Leo's top value might be something like "Truth" as he's mentioned in other videos... "If you're top value isn't Truth! Then what are you serving?" (I paraphrase). That would make sense because his myers-briggs type is INTP and his primary function is Introverted Thinking or "accuracy" a.k.a. Truth. So, your "soul's mission" and what you most deeply desire seems to be related to your personality type. I believe that God can be found via all "primary functions" when taken to their extremes. All paths lead to God, as long as you are following the principles of Self-Actualization and you are striving to grow and expand consciously (and being true to your heart!) On changing your type: What Leo said above is accurate. I personally had a big problem with being too "P-trait" (too free-flowing and spontaneous) which caused me to be super dis-organized and easily distracted with "shiny object syndrome." I couldn't get anything done! So, I had to intentionally build my J-trait "scheduling, consistency, organization" so that I can be productive. I did this by installing a strict morning routine. This made be more well-rounded and helps me to further develop my main traits.