Himanshu

What is the cause behind the chaos and destruction in the World?

He won't talk about it in the whole video - just to fuck with our brains.

How to absorb your awakenings experiences fully within one's body-mind-spirit and inform one's every experience! How to integrate awakening states to get to awakened stages? Specially when access to these states are gained through psychedelics. Body relaxation? Writing / Journaling?

Warning: Speculation ahead @iamnotahumanbeing@tenta I agree that it doesn't have anything to do with artificial intelligence and machine learning but these developments certainly will facilitate the development of the stage. Similar to how Red grew with development of weapons (enhancing one's power to exert force onto others), Blue developed with organized force and the invention of religion to keep the heretics (Red) in check. Distribution of Psychedelics (mystical experiences for everyone - "Can you pass the acid test?") had a role in the development of Green and Internet (Free distribution of information) had a role in the development of Yellow. Similarly, Artificial intelligence will certainly have a role to play, I cannot be sure what and to what extent. A better understanding would come out of comparing SD level with LOC (Level of Consciousness), there is a certain correlation.

Leo, what do you do to maintain your creativity / creative output?

I'm at my best when I'm engaged fully with a complex and layered artwork - something full of symbols and rich in form. If it is easy to get, it's not my thing. I can stare at a 'rich' artwork for hours immersed into and playing with all the ideas and feelings that it triggers within me. The same goes for rich and complex theories. I also have a strong unique ability to connect symbols to culture and psychology - and recontextualizing them in various ways. I'm really attracted to mythology, expressionists and surrealist artwork. Also, advertising, marketing and copywriting. Advertisements are full of subliminal symbols and 'archetypes' - the 'seducer' sells deodorants, the 'hero' sells undergarments and the 'mother' sells baby diapers, soaps and even hair oils. So, 'Translating concepts/feelings into form' is my zone of genius, And this is shit scary. Whenever I really dive deep into a philosophical idea and start to develop it visually, my whole body is responding to it. I've attempted to take up a subject and stick to it until it's fully developed. It gets really really discomforting to do this. I'll find a way, any way, to turn myself to something else. I get emotionally charged and highly sensitive to everything around me. Once I'm in, it's a labyrinth. I'm afraid I might lose touch with reality if I pursue this. Really. These seem like strange but good signs. Like the dark tunnel before the light. And I have an inkling that this is my path to Clarity and Wholeness. I'll stick to it. - Through my work, I want to shock and surprise by revealing the deceptions of perception, leaving the viewer dazzled and elated I want to help people touch upon the ecstacy of seeing from God's perspective, by showing them the immense complexity of the world, and still everything works in harmony. Isn't that incredible? I want to help people conceptualize themselves in more than one way. Everyone is a node in an information and a biological network, peak of natural evolution and home to a million microbes. You are not just 'you', see? I want to help people to look at the world through more perspectives. You could have been born to a different family in a different time with different struggles and different philosophies. What is it like to stand in someone else's shoes? -- My Life purpose is to create experiences that help people access and integrate the hidden aspects of their psyche, making them whole. My ideal medium is VR. My domain of mastery is Perceptual Psychology - still researching this part. If you've a suggestion, let me know. -- What does 'accessing the hidden aspects of the psyche' mean? Mixing realistic and abstract components to make dream-like sequences, which have heightened emotional component: heightened sadness, fear, ecstacy, pity, pain, disgust, excitement, despair or sexual arousal. Depending upon the emotional state, there are everyday objects, but altered physical properties to fuck your brain up trying to make sense of it. But brains are brains and they'll make up stuff for you. For example, the following image alters the scale. How would being the ropewalker make you feel? Provoked? Aroused? Triggered? How would being this man make you feel? Insignificant? Humbled? Lonely? Inspired? These are primitive examples, but good for understanding. Okay, how do these 'experiences' lead to integration and wholeness? This is somewhere along what Leo adviced (in one of his older videos) for shy people to become more assertive: next time when you're at a self-served restaurant, hold the line deliberately, face the anxiety of being opposite of who you (think you) are. Or If you're a hardcore capitalist, you can experience a rain of gold. (Like the raining burgers in 'Cloudy with a chance of meatballs) Does that fulfill you? These experiences are designed to trigger and heighten the emotional response. If you carry your awareness with you, these can be great tools for introspection and exploring your judgements, lies, even traumas. - I'll need to work up my emotional vocabulary alongwith my visual vocabulary. I'll be pulling a lot of images from Jung's archetypes, surrealism, mythology, cultural icons, sacred geometry, satellite imagery, biological renderings etc. Also, natural disasters, extreme landscapes, natural and supernatural phenomena, etc. And real buildings--particularly of Antonio Gaudi and the expressionists, virtual 3D models of everyday objects, conceptual architecture, famous buildings (in different contexts) etc. My inspirations for 'theory' will be the mad and the mystics: Ken Wilber, Kabir, Khalil Gibran, Gurdjieff, Nikola Tesla, Salvador Dali, Aurobindo, Rumi, Nietzsche, etc. - Why VR? Because it's way more effective for the purpose than any other medium You're alone in it Because the world is saved one individual at a time And your red is not necessarily my red. There is no way to know. Neither do you have a real way of knowing my pains and ecstacies. There are only a handful of VR artists out there, and they are busy making music videos - I've my blue ocean. VR content industry is booming, its not too late, not too early. - Somebody created landscapes out of Dali's works and it's fairly popular: Brilliant! I'm getting to work! - While that is not the priority, I do want to make money with this. Any critique / tips on business aspects are welcomed.

I've come up with some artwork ideas which I'm willing to share. Please note that these are half baked thinking-out-loud kindof ideas and I'd appreciate any feedback. I'm working on developing visuals for 'Ways of conceptualizing the self': - subject-centered - interactive artwork - One speck of dust among 7.7 Billion - Anonymous / Lonely - Each living in their own subjective bubble - A node in a Network - A personality - one as a selective information filtering node which consumes and produces (-- What one creates is important; because it propagates through a larger network) - relevant visual - vimeo.com/24212747 - A biological entity - layers of multiple organ systems working simultaneously - An entity among the larger ecosystem - an air/organic matter processing node - our skins constantly decaying and new cells constantly developing -- - Time spent / time left - according to the average lifespan of a human in that geography - One with the Universe - Absolute dissolution - Yogic/Vedanta perspective - Alex Grey's paintings are an inspiration Relevant visuals Each one of the above can be complete work in itself. Where does thought come from? From the collective / universal mind? Mind has no physical properties,but it can be expressed in certain combination of say, light beams and smoke Numerous light beams in a cuboidal room with every square inch covered with mirror One person at a time experiences the work Smoke hides the body Light beams shoot discontinuous light 'packets' suggesting transmission Who is transmitting? There is no 'who' There is a gigantic hotch-potch of 'transmissions' "Why do I attract what I attract?" (There was a positive thought experiment, not sure how legit it was, but it demonstrated that thinking positive can turn the direction of a prong or something) The flashlights suspended from the ceiling can be made to 'follow' the head of the viewer in the room to suggest coming and going of thoughts The color of 'packets' of light may change with (I've no idea how that can be done as of now) with what the other person is thinking The core idea is to evoke an emotional response, give a memorable experience and expand the horizons of one's understanding/consciousness. I really enjoy 'decoding' images and popular media and conversely putting ideas/concepts into visual form. I'm exploring new ways to develop these kinds of works and planning to study Experimental media. I'm currently digging into perceptual psychology, findings of which I hope to integrate into my artwork. If anybody has any advice / feedback / ideas, I'd appreciate it.

I'm fairly certain what I want to do in my life. I want to be an independent New Media Artist, this is a budding field, and I have the following reasons: It allows me to combine my long-standing interests in computers/tech, psychology and Art I can make the viewers engage with the artwork on so many levels, it's incredible. A well-done piece can transform an individual forever Interactive/ user-centric generative art is a game changer. It's a whole new artform that has never been possible before It allows me to explore deep metaphysical questions, unlike any other medium It allows me to explore logic and algorithms -- giving me a way of understanding how, for example, natural patterns emerge - that fascinates me Most of the development in the field is only recent. I can be a pioneer in the field exploring the unknown, paving way for more researchers/artists. I have a natural ability to get the mood of a house, painting, music, sculpture (and people) and feel it through my bones And conversely, it's natural for me to imagine complimentary visuals when a sound is playing I can research further into archetypes, symbols, and perceptual psychology... and use them in my work, I can keep developing forever I can make people feel wonder.. again. Because existence IS anything but mundane, it's MAGICAL! Now, here are the issues: I recently quit my job as an Architect and currently have no source of income I am not skilled enough to develop even good-enough art in another 6 months at least, and As it's a budding field, there is very little market for the kind of exhibitions that I imagine As of now, I've no real cash-flow system in mind. I don't know what I'll sell and how It still feels like a pipe dream I am afraid of committing to one thing and 'feeling' that I missed on something - which despite being very unlikely to happen, is something I fear - and I hope will be tackled in the LP course While my parents are fairly supportive, living at my parents' home is stifling. I have a few ideas that can potentially support me financially while making me a better artist: Starting a YouTube channel- documenting my journey, exploring filmmaking, tinkering with electronics Long road Start to build a community which later may turn into appreciators of my work Gives me a 'voice' in the public Doesn't make any money until 1000 subs -at least 3 months of publishing quality content, SEO management, and being a wise ass strategic wizard with what I post Providing freelance 3D modeling/rendering services Doing freelance writing for Arch magazines Joining a lab/school working in this direction as an intern/entry level artist All of the above

I'm fairly certain what I want to do in my life. I want to be an independent New Media Artist, this is a budding field, and I have the following reasons: It allows me to combine my long-standing interests in computers/tech, psychology and Art I can make the viewers engage with the artwork on so many levels, it's incredible. A well-done piece can transform an individual forever Interactive/ user-centric generative art is a game changer. This could not have been possible before ever. The non-enlightened me is filled with gratitude to be born in this decade It allows me to explore deep metaphysical questions at a deeper, more tangible level It allows me to explore logic and algorithms -- giving me a way of understanding how, for example, natural patterns emerge - that fascinates me Most of the development in the field is only recent. I can be a pioneer in the field exploring the unknown, paving way for more researchers/artists. I have a natural ability to get the mood of a house, painting, music, sculpture (and people) and feel it through my bones And conversely, it's effortless for me to imagine complimentary visuals when a sound is playing, or articulate a feeling in colors and form I can research further into archetypes, symbols, and perceptual psychology... and use them in my work, I can keep developing forever I can make people feel wonder.. again. Because existence IS anything but mundane, it's MAGICAL! Now, here are the issues: I recently quit my job as an Architect and currently have no source of income I am not skilled enough to develop even good-enough art for another 6 months at least, and As it's a budding field, there is very little market for the kind of exhibitions that I imagine As of now, I've no real cash-flow system in mind. I don't know what I'll sell and how It still feels like a pipe dream; it lacks specificity and enough strategy I am afraid of committing to one thing and 'feeling' that I missed on something - which despite being very unlikely to happen, is something I fear - and I hope will be tackled in the LP course While my parents are fairly supportive, living at my parents' home is stifling. I have a few ideas that can potentially support me financially while making me a better artist: Starting a YouTube channel- documenting my journey, exploring animation, filmmaking, tinkering with electronics Long road Start to build a community which later may turn into appreciators of my work Gives me direct feedback to improve the work that I produce Gives me a 'voice' in the public Doesn't make any money until 1000 subs - at least 3 months of publishing quality content, marketing, SEO management, and being a wise ass strategy wizard with what I post Providing freelance 3D modeling/rendering services Working as a freelance writer for Arch criticism/journalism All of the above If anybody has any words of wisdom/support/random pieces of advice to open my mind or straighten my ideas, they're welcomed. What I'm really seeking is feedback, if you have this far into the post, you might as well give some. I seek to learn and your words will be thoroughly considered, I promise.

Just to add something relevant, not sure if this counts as 'Art', but looking at this has given me a lot of humility and inspiration. This is a screenshot of my desktop: This is live imagery of earth of sun setting over my current country of residence. It's like looking at myself zoomed out 1000x. The lines around Earth is a music visualizer. A reminder to the misguided sense of self-importance. This gets even more interesting when past about 10 PM when the sun gets visible. What is Art anyway?

I think that the marketing strategy you use is highly dependent on what value you're providing. If it had been an impersonal product, Eben Pagan's marketing would have been way more useful. Most people do not really care about the hand-made quilts, howsoever cool you may think they are. While some may and they'll put the word out. Since you're a coach, personal recommendations are going to much more effective than an ad-I-didn't-ask-for before a YouTube video or on Facebook. Of all the personal/ business development ads I've seen on YouTube/FB, the only one I looked up is Tai Lopez because I had already heard of him from other sources - which is unlikely unless you're internet famous/notorious like him. However, the reach of personal recommendations is definitely limited in a sense. I'd say put 90% of your time and efforts in providing massive value and creating a following. For 10%, try doing effective ads and test the waters. Godin's strategy makes much more sense if your clients are internet-savvy millennials who already have a lot of choices on their fingertips. If your clients are middle-aged people, they MAY click an ad that solves their immediate problem/pain.

@plutoIncredible! However, I always find the location and scale of an artwork are incredibly important to produce the desired effect. The first painting in a 20ft height room is tingling sensations and euphoria, in a passport size, it's a cool digital drawing someone made. I find Marina Abramovic's work stemming from pain, which is effective because pain, particularly physical, is familiar to most people. Plus, empathy aka 'mirror neurons' and there's art that made chills run down your spine. Except the core/source, many lessons to learn there. I found this fascinating article by Alex Grey on his meeting with Ken Wilber: https://www.alexgrey.com/media/writing/essays/for-ken-wilber/ Here are some excerpts: .. Where is the spiritually inclined, philosophically minded artist to turn?” And Ken replied, “My advice would be to go back to the German idealists like Schopenhauer. He was the last great philosopher to deal with the transcendental function of art. Joseph Campbell wrote a wonderful book called Creative Mythology, part of his Masks of God series of books. Campbell summarizes Schopenhauer’s aesthetics pretty well, so that would be the easiest entry to his thought. If you like it you can go for the original texts.” "Ken has given me other important pieces of personal advice such as the time he cautioned me in my tendencies to look superficially at lots of spiritual paths and not choose one. He advised me to develop an in-depth practice. He quoted an Asian proverb, “Chase many rabbits, catch none.” "A spiritual art must transform the artist and the viewer. In order for art to be transformative, it has to undo you. " "They must reach beyond the present limitations of their bodymind or ego to a higher level of consciousness and being. One could look at the process as “variations on a scream.” There is a violent painful birth to much great art. The artist has labor pains. It is the worst and the best. For the art to be spiritual, the artist has to be a better person after finishing the work than when they began it." "Conventional art is an expression of the self or world as it is now. Transcendental Art expresses something that you are not yet but that you can become…" "... So artists have to ask themselves, “Is my art just a way of affirming my mediocre whiney-ass self, or am I up to the challenge of spiritual transformation, reaching for the higher self and a deeper art?” A list of Ken Wilber’s Art writings on Art: 1. In the Eye of the Artist – Art and the Perennial Philosophy 1989 Sacred Mirrors -The Visionary Art of Alex Grey and the second edition of Eye To Eye. “Bad Art Copies, Good Art Creates, Great Art Transcends.” 2. Various passages from Sex, Ecology, Spirituality 1995 and A Brief History of Everything 1996 3. How Shall We See Art? – What and Where is Art? 1996 3 a. Integral Art and Literary Theory – Part I & Part II 4. Levels Of Art 1997 5. To See A World – Art and the I of the Beholder 1997 6. Foreword to Alex Grey's book, The Mission of Art 1998

Okay, I'm enjoying this, so here we go: It's important to note that tier 2 starts with the transition of an individual from pre-programming to self-programming. This is one of the epiphanies that creates the transition from Green to Yellow. That is why highly intellectual people(who have had enough knowledge to gain a glimpse of the whole game) in stage blue may show Yellow characteristics (Jordan Peterson for example). The understanding that one can consciously create oneself fully blossoms in Turquoise when the wholeness of the earth becomes an existential reality. If nothing is required, Turquoise is at rest. If it is not required, why do something? Everything is great and nature is taking care of us all. All we need is alignment with the whole. (which may sound much wiser but somewhat similar to Stage Purple 'we must please the mysterious spirits') Coral may be founded on the research development of Yellow, particularly in areas of personal development - using AI, augmenting senses for specialized, superior perception, blending natural and artificial means for enhancing one's life experience and developing mind-body mastery. Mixing intense meditation and brain machines. Mixing psychedelics with say, sense deprivation chambers. It is important to understand that if you lack a solid grounding in Turquoise: if your meditations are not industrial grade (as Leo says), Coral is just a fantasy/cheap imitation of/by Stage Orange. If you're not grounded in the nuanced/systemic thinking of yellow and existential wholeness/interdependence developed at Turquoise, the unhealthy aspects of Coral thus developed will only wreak havoc. AI is not a shortcut, it's a mighty tool and must be handled as such. Turquoise understands individual as a manifestation of the whole and vice versa. Coral may seek to bring direction to the equilibrium thus produced. When each child knows, as is told in Isha Foundation's schools: Aham Brahmasmi (I am the cosmos), there will be a desire to break out and go further. Defining power as the ability to bring desired changes within oneself and onto the world. With the Internet and free dispersion of knowledge, each one of us is way more powerful than someone two decades back. This is basically what brought Yellow to the mainstream, which 3-4 decades back would have been a small circle of academic intellectuals. With further technological growth and deep learning (the ability of machines to learn on its own through input alone), we may find more and more seamless human-machine augmentation, making an individual much more powerful than currently imaginable, which might just be what manifests Coral. Anything beyond this is too far out for me to imagine/speculate, neither do I find it a productive discussion. [Edit] Found this really interesting article: https://medium.com/@sterlingcooley/coral-meme-spiral-dynamics-level-9-3db412799198

@tenta Every occurring stage has a new set of concerns. You can see yellow as making sense of the complexity of the world and Turquoise as making earth a harmonious whole. The primary difference between tier 1 and tier 2 is the freedom from fear/compulsion. Yellow (Tier 2 Stage 1) is akin to Beige (Tier 1 Stage 1) in the sense that both have fresh untainted perspective and concern the individual. For Turquoise(Tier 2 Stage 2) the tribe is earth and the mystery of life much more experiential - akin to Purple (Tier 1 Stage 1) with less mystery and more mysticism. For Coral, there might be similarities with Red. Coinciding with Mars settlements expected in the coming decades, there might be a development of assertive, courageous, decisive and action-oriented individuals who deal with the uncertainties of exploring new planets. It's a matter of life and death again, what Red was very adept at taking care of. The primary difference would be incredibly larger circle of concern. I haven't read a lot and this is just speculation on my part.

It's time for some good ol' philosophy! Life is an infinite game, society a multitude of finite games. Going to school is a game, raising children another

The School Of Life overall is a very green move. The conclusion of the talk borderlines Yellow thinking.

Not sure if this has been posted before.

This? “‘As We Are’ is a fourteen-foot, 3D universal human head made from ribbons of ultra-bright, LED screens. In the back of the neck is a photo booth capable of taking 3D pictures. Once a visitor has their picture taken, they step out of the booth and their head is displayed on the giant head. The sculpture addresses the relationship between self and representation of self, asking the subject of the portrait to reconsider presence through magnification. It is intended to provide amusement and evoke larger discussions around the phenomena of social media, diversity, and the power dynamic of public art.” http://theinspirationgrid.com/as-we-are-interactive-art-installation-by-matthew-mohr/

There is a Swami Vivekananda's book called 'Karma Yoga'. You might find it useful.

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I'd define Turquoise Art as Artwork that commincates Turquoise values, the primary one being seeing the interconnection and interdependence of everything. Alex Grey himself strikes me as a 'Green' person as well, but his work is a good inspiration of stage-turquoise art. One of the principles, as I see it, should be the expansion of the 'sense' of this-is-me. For example - making one realize the ever-present(and never-noticed) connection between the the body and the environment--the continuous exchange of air. (Half of my lungs are out there!) - Courtesy Sadhguru Other than that, maybe a near death VR experience would be a Turquoise Art? I imagine art-rooms where one can spend designated time, say 20 minutes, and the environment subtly influence the body system - certain sounds are relaxing while some can make you emotional. Diffused warm light in a showroom is very different from a cold blue light in a dairy plant. A closed room with today's technology is a laboratory for senses. Every sensory input can be controlled - for desired effect. I'd rather not partner with the devil while working on these.

@NonBeastboy fiverr is great, thanks for letting me know. I intend to move anyways because I find staying with the family too restricting. @Space Great advice. I'm working on it.

I've studied Architecture and have been practicing as one for an year. While I loved being in Architecture school, absorbing knowledge and dreaming up everything that could be done, I've hated the constraints of working under someone. My main issues with the firms were: lack of larger contribution, lack of experimentation, slow growth and very little work-to-pay ratio. I've quit my job and have been staying at home for about 2 months now. Now that I've distanced myself from a job, I find myself interested in learning psychology, sculpting and other forms of visual art, color theory, culture, advertisements, working with senses: sight, sound, touch and smell, interpersonal relationships and the fundamentals of physics - electronics, distilling light and sound, etc. So much so that I end up spending all my time researching, listening to theory and looking at works of other people. While I still love designing spaces and I can (maybe after years of struggle) find the application of my interests in Architecture and Interior design, it being a service business I cannot find the level of autonomy and freedom I desire in my work. My research has led me to some interaction design firms working with electronics to create user experiences primarily (as of now) for advertisements. I've had random visions (intuitions?) of working with new media to make art - using, say, projectors, generative art, sounds, wind guns, sensors and pulling data from the internet, to design a user-centric experience (artwork). This could be way more intimate than any other art form(except filmmaking, perhaps). The range of depth achievable with this form is much higher than strictly visual art or music. This could bring about realizations that a Kandinsky or a Picasso simply cannot. I plan to pursue post grad in either new media design/experimental media arts (a lot of experimentation and charting unknown terriroties - anything I produce is never-seen-before and one-of-its-kind) or Information design(large scale useful contribution aligning with my passion to learn broadly). As of today, I'd be thrilled to be in either of those fields. Now, I've an unplanned one and a half year ahead of me before I join a post grad. I intend to move to a new city and complete the life purpose course. Other than that, I've absolutely no idea what I'd be doing. I do not want to join another architecture firm, but I'm going to need money to not worry about survival and buy materials to work with. What are some ways to generate income in this context? I may start learning the software and techniques for experimental media and provide freelance services/teaching the same - but I am not able to find a solid ground to stick to.

Thank you @Kavv . It needs a lot of work, @Shiva I know. Alex Grey has produced some incredible works. You should look him up.

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