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Leo's shtick is so much more than just "that's cool, but have you tried 5-MeO-DMT?". Joe will never ever concede on the fact that he is God, that he is creating everything in existence, that he is the only being that exists, that people don't exist, that matter, time and space doesn't exist, that reality is imaginary, that MMA is low consciousness, that he imagined his own birth etc.. If you mention just one of those things, you will get laughed at and not be taken seriously for the rest of the conversation. Then again, he has people like Alex Jones on his show who talks about interdimensional aliens and other brain-meltingly obscure conspiracies, so who knows. Maybe it would be cool if he focused on trying to teach him Spiral Dynamics, but they would or later have to talk about his main ideas, and that would either require a stoned Joe or an unserious Joe. Either way, the audience will not be happy.

Would be way too controversial and way above Joe's poor head.

"Everything" is a thing, and all things are dual. However, The Absolute, the "totality" of every "thing" (the whole), is non-dual. A duality is infact simultaneously non-dual: each part is only defined relative to the other, and therefore they're necessarily a whole; one, not two; non-dual. In an attempt to avoid confusion, we tend to distinguish between these seemingly contradictory perspectives by referring to them as "relative" and "absolute". From the relative perspective, all dualities are two, but from the absolute perspective, all dualities are one. A thought is a duality. Thoughts only exist relative to non-thoughts. Therefore, from a relative perspective, "non-dual thinking" is an oxymoron. From an absolute perspective, everything is non-dual, including thoughts, but it doesn't help very much speaking about it that way, because all forms of intellectual inquiry happen in the relative domain.

Notice how my comment contains two perspectives: forest fires are bad for individual trees, but forest fires give space for new trees. I initially didn't press on either one, but is it really worth the risk of losing the entire forest? I think not. The forest will get to this stage regardless of how many times we burn it down.

The forest might benefit more from more forest fires.

Dementia patients seem to lose aspects of their sense of self.

Learn to take a hypothetical lmao. People are selfish by nature. To become selfless as an individual takes a lot. For a society to become collecively selfless is virtually impossible.

Nofap made me stiff, on edge, not able to sleep, restless and generally a weird stuck-up dude. Not worth it.

Cool. When will you take a real rest?

No matter how many societies must collapse, they must sooner or later go through this stage we're currently in. Green's fondness of purple is funnily enough blinded by their privilege.

If I remember the movie correctly, the moral of that story was that he was brave enough to sacrifice a part of himself to rescue a greater part of himself, but in the frame of being a stage red tough-guy. The truth in that is that sustaining anything requires sacrifice; the specifics of which is what morality is concerned about finding out. What sacrifices are worth it? In that movie, the person who doesn't dare to stand the pain of chewing off their own finger doesn't understand the importance of sacrifice and the bravery that is required to sustain yourself in a dangerous world, and this applies to all aspects of life.

Practice empathy of their limited perspective. Put yourself in their shoes.

You're getting pretty stuck on one example. It's not necessarily about the thing itself (sex or gold), but it's more about the tone and manner. Many people buy gold rings and necklaces that look "fashionable", and that isn't red. Having a lot of sex isn't necessarily red either, but having a lot of violent and exploitative sex is. Modifying your body parts is also about more than just a pure display of wealth or power.

Keep you mind occupied.

Do you feel anxious ever? Stiff? On edge? Restless?

I'm pretty sure it's all about being able to express oneself authentically and freely, and that requires opening your emotions, letting them flow naturally. It can actually be practiced.

Sit in meditation, probe your body for tensions, primarily in the abdominal area, and try to release it by provoking an emotional reaction. Essentially, actively try to start crying. You don't have to be loud or anything. It can be done relatively silent and gentle, like you're whispering. Spend some time everyday seeing if you can release stuck up emotions or energies. I started doing this after I realized that I have been repressing my emotions for years, and it really got things moving for me.

You can't put the genie back in the bottle.

I think I'm purple, so I'm literally off the charts.

@Jed Vassallo In that case, I'm sure you would be better off to just have a personal vetting processes through applications and meetings. Tier 2 doesn't grow on trees. You wouldn't get much out of taking an assembly line approach.

A stage orange person would most likely be able to ape himself up to a yellow if the questions are comparable in depth to a political compass test. It would have to be a very thorough and grueling test, and that is not going to happen.