Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Rafael Thundercat]

9 minutes ago, moonawakening444 said:

hey @Leo Gura 

i was reading your blog post on leftism and i´ve noticed you´ve mentioned the leftist as a she/ her...

i´m genuinely curious to understand why

what am i missing here? lol 

 "That’s the ugly elephant in the room that the leftist can’t stand to see because it would shatter her political paradigm."

"She thought society was just about to take a huge leap forward but instead it takes an ugly slide backward."

Good you notice too. I found very strange. Sometimes the finger write so fast that bias in mind just come out. 

[Leo Gura]

18 minutes ago, moonawakening444 said:

i´m genuinely curious to understand why

Equality.

[Human Mint]

https://www.actualized.org/insights/two-sleeps

Be careful with overestimating the two-sleeps as the best option. I would rather sleep uninterrupted.

Test it for yourself comparing when do you feel best when you wake up the next day.

I have noticed that when I eat too many carbs as a last meal (big spike in blood sugar) I tend to have that "watch" window at night. But if I eat a salad as last meal I will just have a sound uninterrupted sleep (edit: tested again and woke up for 30mins middle night, so I don't know) — also considering other disruptors like caffeine and eating window.

And this also corresponds to the diet in most of recent human history — lots of grains, bread, rice, beer.

But the disruption of melatonin because of light is very real and you can test it immediately.

This it just my theory and experience in trying to enhance sleep.

Edited 16 hours ago by Human Mint

[moonawakening444]

4 hours ago, Human Mint said:

Be careful with overestimating the two-sleeps as the best option.

been doing this for the past three years and it works perfectly for me... 

you also have to consider your work schedule and adapt to it 

[Human Mint]

23 minutes ago, moonawakening444 said:

been doing this for the past three years and it works perfectly for me... 

you also have to consider your work schedule and adapt to it 

Nice, just saying. 

There are tons of weird sleep cycles found in living beings.

Some aquatic animals rest one brain hemisphere at a time while the other is active for survival.

[Rishabh R]

@Leo Gura Have you read books of German philosopher Arthur Shophenhauer? Like Counsels and Maxims. I ordered it 2 days ago.

[Rafael Thundercat]

31 minutes ago, No1Here2c said:

What do you guys think about attempting to create a mature, focused,

"Ego Weapons & Defense Mechanisms"

Mega-Thread?

Not needed ,the Whole Forum is abundant in examples. 

[BuddhistLover]

Our whole mission in this search for God is understanding metaphysics. Putting the puzzle of reality together. 

[ZenSwift]

14 hours ago, ZenSwift said:

is there a book on your book list that dives deeper into THIS self deception problem? Where your personal territory is so different than other people's, that the maps you create from it barely helps other people?

Metaphysics & Epistemology
Book 7, Book 8, Book 10, Book 11

Systems thinking 
Book 2

Consciousness, Enlightenment & Spirituality
Book 1

Philosophy 
Book 1

Science & Life    
Book 12

Edited yesterday at 12:32 AM by ZenSwift

[PenguinPablo]

Because extroverts talk so damned much, a timid introvert views it as strength.

This is part of the reason many quiet types marry the brash loud mouths.

But the reality is many of these incessant speakers have no emotional depth nor the ability to deeply connect with others. 

Like Leo said just a bunch of yapping because they think all of the shit coming out of their mouth is gold.

Zero self awareness. 

Rant over. 

I APOLOGIZE to any of the amazing extroverts out there. 

Edited 20 hours ago by PenguinPablo

[OBEler]

@Leo Gurai pure to deepening my relationship to truth "

How does that look like on a mundane day? It sounds a bit abstract to me. 

How does that look like for example with AI Revolution on coding. No one needs to code anymore. How do you deepening this truth. Or are you only focusing on absolute truth.

 

Edited 23 hours ago by OBEler

[Nemra]

Loved the Brain Fuel perspective.

Psychedelics are categorized in such a way that it creates bias towards them, and people treat that categorization as absolute.

These catagories are

• Hallucinogen: Assumes malfunction
• Illegal Drug: Assume criminality
• Narcotic: Assume addiction

Edited 3 hours ago by Nemra

[Rafael Thundercat]

Good. All categories are human inventions and projections. So where humans learnt to invent and project categories? Like this is a rock that is a lake, that is fire, me human etc..?

 

[integral]

Yeah but people's default States can be 10x improved, most people are living at negative fuel, super low level dysfunctional unhealthy fuel.

I've experienced super low levels, negative fuel. So I think Leo is could have a blind spot here, his brain seems to function pretty well throughout his life.

Edited 4 hours ago by integral

[Rafael Thundercat]

Most humans dont have even access to quality good Whole food that gives their brain defalt brain power. So the fuel problem connects with the economic problem. Some people dont even need or are able to do psycadelics since they are focused in eating good meals,paying bills,etc.. Leo remember that your capacity to psycadelic your way to Infinity is a previlege. You already recongnized it but still insists in speaking of humans as rats or pests. You speak much about it and at same time you are one among us Pests, Parasites, rats. 

[UnbornTao]

I love me some Vernon Howard.

[UnbornTao]

The fuel one - insisting on a fundamental fallacy.

Sounds convincing, though. People would rather have a way out (or way in) than sit with ignorance, even when that way is built on false premises.

Ramana wouldn't have forgotten - or realized, or seen through - his nature depending on which mind state he happened to be in, had he developed dementia, suffered a stroke, or taken the drugs. This suggests the recognition isn't a neurochemical event or a state.

The fallacy is thinking that within a dream you can ingest part of the dream in order to wake up.

This impossibility can feel discouraging - everywhere you look is the dream - but that's only apparent. The possibility doesn't rest on the brain because it was never about the brain to begin with.

Oh, fantasy is conformity. The kind we're unwilling to give up.

When everything you have is drugs, everything looks like a brain - or some such (maybe the other way around.)

Edited 3 hours ago by UnbornTao

[Nemra]

17 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

The fallacy is thinking that within a dream you can ingest part of the dream in order to wake up.

So in your nightly dreams, parts of the dream haven't affected the dream itself? 

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, integral said:

negative fuel.

That is compatible with my analogy. Even a good fuel can have pollutants. And there are certainly dirty fuels and even stuff like mechanical damage to the engine.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

32 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

The fallacy is thinking that within a dream you can ingest part of the dream in order to wake up.

That's not a fallacy, that's empirical fact. That's exactly how it works.

You are the one engaging in fallacy. If you could not use the dream to awaken, then all spiritual teachings and techniques would not work. All manual techniques are using the dream to awaken. You are just biased against a particular class of chemicals.

You are a chemical bigot.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura