Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 13
What progressives and Bernie supporters don't understand about how people vote:
Update: I didn't stress enough in this video how important personality and image is when people select the President. Yes, Spiral Dynamics alignment is crucial, but also personality and image is crucial. Don't overlook the possibility that many voters simply vote for a person who they are: A) familiar with, B) who fits their party, and C) who's looks and tone they like. In the case of John McCain vs Barrack Obama, for example, McCain just had the wrong image. Most people vote holistically, not based on any single policy issue. They evaluate a person's overall vibe and likeability. Because when you're uninformed, that's pretty much all you have to go on. And most voters are severely uninformed.
Covid-19 has devastated the Vegas economy. The entire Strip will be shut down for a month, if not more, which is like shutting down the heart of this city. Tons of people losing their jobs. Everything in this town functions off socialization and large crowds, from the casinos to the restaurants to the strip clubs.
But yesterday I was doing my usual night drive around the city — when I drive for an hour and contemplate life — and as I drove thinking about what role Covid-19 plays in the larger scheme of the universe, I saw this out my window:
That's it! It's that simple!
Most of the hotels on the Strip have gone dark, but they left a few rooms lit up in the shape of hearts.
Could the sign be any more obvious that this virus is not some mindless evil or pesky inconvenience, but a nudge towards our evolution to higher consciousness?
Make no mistake, the suffering, danger, and death is real. But that's the nature of Love. Love is not soft. Love is relentless. It will not yield to your smallness. Love is hard like a diamond.
Just because life becomes hard doesn't mean it isn't Love. Life gets hard precisely to show you how strong Love is.
Do not wish for life to get easier. Wish for your love to get stronger. Be BIGGER! Love wider!
Don't wait for God to light up hotel rooms in the shape of hearts for you to recognize Love.
People are sometimes baffled why I would choose to live in the city of sin. But if you can't find God in a strip club, you don't understand God.
"When we are divided, the virus exploits the cracks between us." — WHO director-general Dr. Tedros
As Covid-19 divides us, it brings us closer together into an ever deeper unity.
See my video: Division vs Unity
Pssst.... You'll never go wrong assuming it's ALL love ;)
Everything gained will be lost.
Everything lost will be regained.
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What does this mean?
You will spend your life accumulating things, people, circumstances, positions, experiences, knowledge, success, money, power, sex, health, family, reputation, etc.
You will struggle desperately not to lose these things.
But you will lose them one by one. Causing you great suffering, especially in those cases where you think you cannot ever replace what was lost.
By the end of your life you will lose everything you gained, culminating in the final loss: birth itself.
And at the exact moment you complete the surrender of your birth, you will instantly regain everything and everyone you lost by merging with them in Infinite Consciousness, completing a perfect circle.
By losing your self you will find your Self.
Ta-da!
Life is a mirror for finding your True Self and suffering polishes this mirror.
If you're someone who's interested in psychedelics as a tool for spiritual growth, I highly recommend reading the entire Wikipedia article on Timothy Leary as it shows the dangers and problems that come with mainstreaming psychedelics.
There's a lot that happened in the 60's which the current generation has forgotten about or never understood. It's important to understand how the psychedelic revolution of the 60's went off the rails and why it sparked a backlash.
The RightWingWatch.org Twitter account is a jaw-dropping collection of dogma, closedminedness, and ideological stupidity. It's really a thing of beauty. I have long wanted to make a mega-collection every closedminded ideological thing that mankind has ever said — as a teaching tool.
It's worth studying the RightWingWatch examples in detail. If I was a university professor of philosophy or epistemology, I would have an entire course where we study the epistemic stupidities of the right wing around the globe. And it would be one of the most popular and educational courses on campus.
Anyhow... Enjoy it, but not too much ;)
P.S. The left wing is not immune. It's just that the right wing is in a league of stupidity all on its own.
P.P.S. What RightWingWatch.org shows is that one of the best ways to combat ignorance is simply to put it on full display until the evidence becomes so overwhelming and obvious that no decent person can deny it. This is much more effective than argumentation or debate. Just show examples of stupidity and truth will prevail. Of course you must gather your examples in a fair-minded way, without taking things out of context and without promoting a counter-ideology. So it is possible for an ideologue to abuse this method. For example, the right wing loves to cherrypick the worst examples of left wing behavior on purpose to misrepresent the left wing and make the right wing look reasonable.
If you are in the US, it's gonna get really bad in the next 2 weeks. Make sure you stay at home as much as possible. 20% percent of severe coronavirus cases are people between the age of 20 and 44.
If you are young and catch this virus, your chances of ending up in the emergency room is 1 in 5. No joke. And in 2 weeks you will be lucky if you can find a hospital in a major city with an open bed. You really want to avoid this thing.
Do not socialize. Do not hang around people. Do not touch objects outside your house without gloves. Do not come within 6 feet of people. Do not hang out in busy public places like restaurants or stores. Just get your groceries with gloves and go the fuck home.
Update: The following in-depth article was shared on the Forum by user Matt23:
Corona virus public service announcement:
The virus seems to hurt most those with the weakest immune systems. The best thing you can do right now is to boost your immune system with supplements, vitamins, powerful antioxidants, and good nutrition. This should be done prior to infection and doubled down upon if you start noticing flu-like symptoms.
Here are supplements I recommend you buy. I make no money off these supplements.
Basically anything which boosts your immune system:
- Chaga mushrooms (tincture or powder)
- Mushroom immune support (tincture or pills; these usually contain a mix of many species)
- Black Elberberry (tincture or pills)
- Enchinacea (tincture or pills)
- Garlic (pills)
- NAC (pills)
- L-Glutathione Reduced (pills)
- Beta Glucan (pills)
- Astaxanthin (12mg pills)
- Vitamin C (1,000mg timed-release pills)
- Vitamin D3 (5,000 IU softgells)
- Colloidal silver (20-30PPM liquid bottle, not eyedropper or nasal spray)
And generally, any other supplement which is proven to boost one's immune system. You can do some basic research to find others if the above are out of stock. There are also many different brands and many online stores besides Amazon (which might get sold out). You can buy these supplements individually or sometimes in various "immune booster" blends. Either way is fine. You can also buy them at local grocery stores, pharmacies, and vitamin shops. Sometimes finding them locally is easier, so don't give up hope if they are sold out online.
I suggest you stock on up on the above, take some daily for the next month or two, and triple down on the dosages if you start to feel sick. It is safe to mega-dose Vitamin C and Vitamin D3 for short periods of time. I would do so immediately if I felt sick. A mega-dose of Vitamin C might be 5,000mg to 10,000 per day and a mega-dose of Vitamin D3 might be 10,000 to 20,000 IU. I would only mega-dose a few days at a time if I was sure I was sick.
The government should really be passing out these supplements to everyone for free, but of course that's not gonna happen, so it's up to you to take responsibility for you and your family's health. Don't expect your doctor to know about these supplements. Doctors work within a very narrow-minded medical system, ignoring all natural and herbal remedies.
Note: I am not saying these supplements & vitamins are a "cure" for the corona virus. I'm merely saying your body will stand a much better chance of fighting the virus if you supply it with the raw nutrients it needs. Your recovery will hinge on the strength of your immune system, which hinges on your diet and nutrition. Taking these supplements on time could make the difference between having a mild flu vs ending up in the ER or dead. Raw juicing of fruits and veggies should also be helpful, although that requires going to the grocery store frequently, which isn't the best idea.
Don't panic, just get prepared and take this virus seriously. Start limiting your public exposure because this thing is gonna get a lot worse before it gets better. I would expect most countries to get locked down very soon.
This is also a great opportunity to become mindful of how SURVIVAL dominates all human thought and behavior, both individually and collectively. Notice just how wrapped up your mind is in survival. Your mind is not interested in truth, fairness, or love. It's interested in a warped, biased perception of reality which serves the narrow survival goals of your limited self-identity. From this one dynamic all the rest of your problems emerge.