Joseph Maynor

Very odd. You would think the law of supply and demand would have supplied the missing link here. It appears there is an error in the code somewhere. How do you explain it?

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I posted a lot of great albums here too.

Quality stuff. Highly recommended. Great writing style too. I’m impressed with the beautiful and succinct writing. https://www.amazon.com/Sanctuary-Self-Ralph-M-Lewis/dp/091205753X

You know when you have a song stuck in your head and it just stays there going round and round. See how this explanation resonates with you: Having a "song" stuck in your head is an example of duality, as well as an instance of being too attached to (and clinging too much to) the Mind-Matrix. The Mind-Matrix has individuated, or sectioned-out, from the presence of Being, some piece of a song. And you are attaching to it, and you almost can't help but attach to it. Again and again and again you are attaching to (or clinging to) this "sound image", which comes from the Mind-Matrix. You actively try and release these "thoughts", and the ego says no through its behavior. You got yourself a little war goin'-on there right? One way to handle this is to just let the "song" burn itself out on its own. I've had situations where I've had a "song" stuck in my head for days and days and that's what I decided to do. The ego will chew and chew and chew on the "song" until it naturally gets sick of it, and then you'll get the release naturally. It's like at some point the ego just gets over-satiated, like eating a pint of rocky-road ice cream everyday for 60 days in a row. You gotta let the "song" burn-out like this sometimes, which is kinda crazy. The conscious-mind can't just rid this "song" willfully either, not sustainably. So, this is interesting from a free-will/ no free-will perspective too. So, the "song" you hear in your head is an example of duality. And it's also an example of how clinging too hard to the Mind-Matrix can torture you. It also shows the down-side of listening to music when you are trying to be free of Monkey-Mind. If you wanna be in Being a lot you gotta stay clean and pure and watch your intake. The Ego will use all of that content as fodder to create Monkey-Mind dualities which will ensnare you in 1000 ways.

This is a bit weird, but it does seem to have some interesting legs when you inquire into it. If we look at your awareness, you don't know that you were born directly. That comes from testimony of others. You do not directly recollect being born. This means that your birth -- to you -- can be nothing but thought, and all thought is false existentially speaking. Therefore, it is a false that you were born. Thoughts?

SET ONE: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/exeas/resources/oxherding.html SET TWO: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/mzb/oxherd.htm Placement -- In Set One: I feel like I'm at "VIII. Both Bull and Self Transcended"

HERE'S SOME SELF-INQUIRY FODDER! -- DO THE WORK, DON'T JUST SIT ON YOUR ASS ACTING LIKE A CHILD What is the Ox? What is the Oxherder? What is the relationship between the Ox and the Oxherder? What does it mean to transcend the Ox? What does it mean to transcend the Oxherder? I'll do it too. This is how we learn. Learning is behavior change and observation. Learning is takeaway. Just reading like you are studying some scripture (or science haha) is not learning. It's in through one ear and out the other. You can actually observe that! LISTEN: Most reading is in through one ear and out the other. This doesn't mean it is non-useful -- but be mindful of what you actually retain from what you read; what you obtain. A lot of studying is wasting your time. The Mind feels better, but what have you gained? What have you truly learned? What is learning? You gotta inquire into this yourself. YOU gotta look into it! Stop trusting your beliefs on faulty epistemological footing. This is what self-inquiry is all about, what it cures. You are going from trusting others to deriving all your beliefs yourself. It's the pathway to finding your authentic self. This is the Summum bonum of personal development work. Derive all your beliefs all over again now that you are a smart adult -- you'll have a couple few surprises! Video to watch on point:

I think this is a fascinating conceptual and epistemological issue. Reality seems to begin and end with awareness. But we are all told stories of our birth by people who claim to have birthed us. So, we have an issue about the epistemological status of testimony. We also deal with the epistemological status of the past too. Does the past have any relevance to present awareness? You might want to inquire there. This also gets at issues of What am I? If I'm awareness, then to ask for a moment of birth is ludicrous. Just as ludicrous as a fat man enjoying canned salmon! Ok, that was a poor attempt at humor, but I needed to break that up there to keep the communication flowing right. Anyhoo -- here's the bottom line. You were never born and you will never die. These are concepts, and they are coming from you. They are a story that is being birthed out of you! So, what you wanna do is self-inquiry work into the distinction of reality and non-reality. That's a rabbit hole worth pursuing if you're at the advanced stages of personal development. Regarding psychedelics -- they tell you how clean you are. The more authentic you are the more psychedelics become innocuous. They may still be weird and distressing, but you're not gonna freak out about it. Only egos freak out on psychedelics. Psychedelics let you know how much ego you have. Thanks Leo for doing the videos on psychedelics. That's putting your finger on the best litmus test of ego, which is needed to clean up the problem. We gotta know that we have a problem before we can work to clean anything up. That's what psychedelics can teach a person. Video on point to watch: I loved this one Leo! Good job.

What does this conjure up for you? What is a snob for you?

This is good. You transcended the mind. See? Your mind augments your reality in many ways. When you get in a state of flow like that you can see what reality is outside of what the mind wants reality to be.

We gotta balance everything in smart ways. If you're growing, that's the test. Synergy was one of Covey's Habits for a reason. Ya ever hear of the phrase -- "Two heads are better than one!" Well, there you have it. If you wanna be smart, you gotta learn from everyone. And for that you need to be in an environment where people of all ages discuss ideas. It depends on what your motive is. And what you take to be important to your growth at a particular time. If it's not resonating with you, if you feel too reigned in -- just stay away for a while. But remember: Keep rules, but be flexible with them too. Do rules, don't let rules do you! It's a certain kind of intuitive balancing act. Use all of your tools to the max! And give back! You owe that to your teachers. Give back what you took and then some! That's called contribution: and it's a core element of life purpose work. Contribute to growth -- you'll get it back in spades! It depends on how far you wanna go in this work. If you're a deep-diver like me, you'll wanna hit the deepest bottom there is. For better or for worse! There's a deep backdrop that you can build -- like the stark-white canvas behind the painting. There's something to be gleaned from every experience. Be a sponge -- just wring yourself out every now and again. That's fine! That's normal! Cleanse and renew. That's healthy. I've done that many times myself. That's what life is! https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits/habit-6.html Watch: Watch this one after:

It's kind of a strange place to get to -- to authentically exist. You can't really be too cocky and you can't really be too modest. You know less than you want to know, and that's ok. The most important thing is to be authentic and then most of your problems melt away. And to know is egoic. You can survive just fine without knowing, can't you? This is a paradigm that you probably have never even been exposed to. It's kind of a jump from what you have now. Watch: This is a great explanation by Leo: Another important one to watch:

Listen to this album! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygène

READ THIS FIRST! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Red_Heart_Shines_Toward_the_Red_Sun

What's your daily meditation habit like?

What's your daily meditation habit like?

It depends on where you are in your personal development which advice is gonna resonate with you. I think the answer is to find your authentic self and then nurture authentic interests. Hone those to get the bottom layers of Maslow's Pyramid handled in your life. You do authentically want to take care of yourself, the Mind just disconnects you from this desire. So, counter--intuitively, when you discover the no-self, which is your authentic self, you will naturally gravitate to being much more pragmatic about taking care of some of the more mundane needs of a quality, comfortable life. But expect all of your unauthentic desires and goals to fall away. Watch this video: Watch this one too: It's a good one: