Joseph Maynor

Could you clarify this?

Happy New Year all!

The need for drama.

Yes. And people tell you what they're insecure about.

Some people really enjoy being an accountant, and they can make great money.

There seem to be those who find it best applies to countries and those that find it best applies to people. I fall into the latter group. I can generally tell someone's spiral stage after getting to know them. For example, I've been interacting with a stage red person now for months and it's real. You know it when you see it.

I don't mean to press you, but what is an idea or thought?

What is Existence?

I see it the other way around, maybe: I Am therefore thinking occurs.

Reminds me of stage orange on down the spiral. There's no attempt to build a peer-to-peer relationship which is stage green. The benefits from maintaining relationships is not appreciated -- for everyone involved too, vis-a-vis, people lower down on the spiral.

I love the post on reductionism. The there is no x and x is just y plays have been notable to me in my discussions lately. E.g., direct experience is just sensation, perception, thought.

The reason in the artform at issue.

What do you do as a job or career?

Take reasonable risks. That's the key. Living in a fantasy doesn't make a career. A career is grounded in reality and real value that people want to pay you for. This is where you need some planning and intention. Unless you just do this naturally, then there is no issue here. But most people need and want guidance as to how to monetize an off the grid job or career.

You can make a career out of modeling seeking truth for others that they will pay you for. But then they have to do the unpaid work to seek truth for themselves. Analogously, you can buy a Van Halen album which models EVH's guitar style if you want to learn how to play guitar, but nobody is going to pay you to practice guitar and develop your own guitar style.

It's uniquely you. Nobody can do you like you.

I feel like direct experience doesn't need a definition to be honest.

It's one thing to recognize this, it's another thing to try to define it.

It's the grease between the wheels. It's brilliant!

The subjects thing happened when Universities were created, if not before. I guess -- it's natural to class things by category, as Aristotle was obsessed with, after his disgust and/or reaction to his teacher Plato.