Leo's Blog: Infinite Insights — Page 53
Check out this beautiful new super-computer simulation from NASA:
Your tax dollars at work.
When I was in university my plan was to work for NASA on the Mars missions. But then I changed my mind and decided to focus on philosophy and game design instead.
Trans, non-binary, and Q+ people are toying with identity, but identity is a very dangerous and serious thing. You have no idea what you're doing when you play with it willy-nilly. Yes, identity is a social construct, but it is far more than that. Identity is a metaphysical construct. Which means, identity is more fundamental than PHYSICS! Which is why conservatives are scared to death of questioning it. Well, their fears are not unwarranted — paranoid and transphobic though they are. Allowing children to toy with their identities can lead to all sorts of undesirable outcomes. But then again, prohibiting them from experimenting is also problematic. It is a parent's job to create a safe environment for minor experimentation. Unfortunately most parents have no understanding of how to do this because humanity in general has no clue what identity is.
I have deconstructed my human identity so profoundly that I temporarily became an alien consciousness. You think I am kidding. I am not. This did actually happen to me. I came pretty close to physically killing myself (not on purpose). You might think this is fun and cool. But if you actually experienced yourself as an alien consciousness you'd think you'd gone insane. So really, when you toy with your identity deep enough, you're toying with insanity. This is what no spiritual teacher tells you because they have not gone beyond the human. Classical enlightenment and nonduality can take you to God (maybe), but not beyond the human. I am talking about truly nonhuman consciousness. It is both Awakened AND alien. Classic nonduality may be awakened (although I would dispute that) but it is certainly still human. I am talking about truly nonhuman consciousness which you cannot imagine even if you are awake. I am not talking about merely "identifying" as an alien — as though you just call yourself one and expect others to reflect that label back at you out of sympathy. No. I am talking about losing your fucking mind, and then becoming an alien consciousness.
I know because I did it.
No spiritual teacher has taught you that this is possible.
What?!!! How is such a thing possible???
Well, you see, science tells you that you are human. And you believe this. Further more you believe that you don't believe this, but that this is an objective physical fact. But what happens if you deconstruct science so deeply that you actually stop being human? Has anyone ever seriously considered this possibility? Can you intuit how dangerous this might get?
How would you feel if you lost your sanity and could not ever get it back?
In the future I plan to release a course that will teach you how to become an Awakened alien intelligence. I'm still researching this domain.
That's what all this work ultimately leads to.
Yeah, holy fuck indeed. This ain't your Pappy's spirituality. I've found ways of accessing alien consciousness. I don't mean talking to aliens. I mean, becoming an alien.
Wow!
Think deep about what I am telling you. What do you think is possible if you fully jailbreak your mind? How would you know unless you did it?
So... A random psychic guy contacted me recently with the following story:
He told me that he was born with the ability to see and "smell" people's souls. He says that souls among humans come in many degrees. The degree of a soul is based on how many times it has "respawned" — his terminology. He said that some souls are newer and some older. The newer ones have only spawned 1-10 times. Other souls have spawned 20-50 times. And old souls have respawned 100-500 times.
The more a soul respawns, the more mature and wise it gets, the more abstract and unique skills its develops. Souls in the 1-10 range tend to be naive, foolish, shallow, selfish, materialistic, and manipulative. Souls in the 10-25 range tend to be deeper, reaching into the Spiral Dynamics Green stage of development. 25-100 become wise if they grow up in a good environment. 100-500 become really nuanced, wise, and skillful if properly developed, but even without development they have an innately deep character.
He said my spawn count was over 1,000,000.
I asked him if he could read his own soul's spawn count. Interestingly, he said no.
I'm not claiming any of this is true. I don't even believe in souls. I identify myself as INFINITY. I just wanted to share this as an interesting story. Make of it what you will. I found it deliciously self-serving.
Funny enough, a few years ago I had a different psychic tell me that I had an "old soul", whatever that means. But then again I've had psychics tells me all sorts of BS that never panned out. But also I've had psychics tell me specific things that did pan out. I've gone to about 7 different psychics in my life, just to test them out because I was curious. Although this psychic randomly reached out to me.
Oh... he also told me that most souls to him are easily identified as human while a few others are "unidentified" or what he calls "alien". Guess which one he said I have?
Again, this is just for fun.
Or is it? ;)
Outstanding Russian film. Watch it:
These are the kind of films I love. Clean, grounded, mysterious, thrilling, tasteful.
I wish they made more films like this.
You can find this film with English dubbing if you don't like subtitles. The dubbing is pretty good.
Speaking of genetic freaks and oddball brain wiring, check this out:
This is one of the reasons why psychedelics and spirituality don't work the same on all people.
The world's most spiritual people are genetic freaks. This is the dirty secret no spiritual guru tells you. If you feel lonely as a spiritual person, and you wonder, "How come others around me aren't into spirituality like I am?" It's because you have unique brain wiring which makes you spiritually attuned while the majority of mankind does not.
You got that high midichlorian count, bro. Don't squander it. Begin your Jedi training ;)
Psychic abilities are largely genetic. Which is why most people think psychics are woo-woo. They are as woo-woo as 7ft tall humans.
When I was young my father told me of a friend he had in university back in Soviet Russia who had perfect photographic memory. He was able to remember phone numbers for years and could play a game of chess blindfolded, but had problems achieving basic success in school and in life.
When I started my first online business, my first employee, Alex, was an amateur musician with perfect pitch. It's estimated that 1-5 in 10,000 people have perfect pitch. He was just a natural at music and signing. One day we were having lunch at a restaurant with live music and Alex would call out every time the pianist played the wrong note. It was a busy and noisy restaurant and none of us could hear it but him.
I've been looking forward to this game. Finally Scorn is out and I started playing.
My impressions after 2 hours of playing: It's unique and stunning visually in terms of environmental design and world-building. I'm usually not a fan of puzzle games, but the puzzles here are surprising good. This is not a first person shooter and there's little action. The game is very slow. It's basically a walking simulator that lets you soak in the creepy and breathtaking bio-mechanical scenery.
I highly recommend it as long as you don't expect action or "fun" from this game. You play this game for the vibe and the art.
It's very creepy but not scary.
Unfortunately because it's so slow and has little gameplay or mechanical depth, I don't see it being popular or selling well. It would have sold much better if they combined the environment of Scorn with the gameplay of something like Subnautica. That would have been a killer combo and sold millions of copies. I really wish it had more depth, gameplay, and choice. The world is phenomenal but they need to bring some meaningful gameplay in order to make it a full-fledged game. Subnautica set in the Scorn world would be so amazing. A huge missed opportunity for such a beautiful world. It would also work great in VR.
The art direction of this game deserves an Oscar or something. It's basically a horror art showcase. This game is the incarnation of the word macabre. You can really appreciate it as a work of Consciousness.
This game would be truly terrifying if there was a giant alien stalking you throughout the entire playthrough, and you couldn't kill it but had to hide from it and lock it behind various doors or spook it off with flares and other items as you desperately try to find an escape pod.
The perfect game for Halloween.
Very fascinating look into the kind of toxic and depraved content shared across Facebook (but really, the whole internet):
This is what you get when you let freedom and libertarianism reign online. People who suggest that the internet needs less censorship, less moderation, less government, and more freedom of speech, have no idea what they're talking about.
People sometimes accuse the Actualized Forum for being both too toxic and too censorious. Well, now you have some perspective. The Actualized Forum is a Zen garden by comparison. People sometimes tell me in shock, "But Leo, I expected your forum would be much more conscious than it is because you teach such high-consciousness stuff." To which my response is simply: "This is the INTERNET we're dealing with here, you dummy."
But I want to note, this is not really Facebook's or Zuckerberg's fault. Sure, they can invest more money into moderation and they can be much less libertarian in their philosophy, but the reality is that when you have a platform with billions of people, human nature is simply going to play itself out. And human nature can get pretty depraved. Even if Facebook moderated all this stuff, they wouldn't actually stop the acts themselves, they would merely make things less visible to the public. There is value in looking human depravity in the face. It's good to know how depraved human beings are because we love to think of ourselves as these wonderful, intelligent, polite beings.
And YES, everything shared on Facebook is LOVE! If you cannot wrap your mind around that, you've got no business doing science or spirituality. Love includes all the sick, twisted, depraved things consciousness can imagine.
As part of your spiritual development it's important to come face-to-face with how twisted, vicious, and dirty consciousness can get. Everything you hate the most about reality, all the greatest evil, is actually God. And your job is to accept and appreciate that. That's real spirituality, not the cute spiritual quotes you read on Instagram.
The ENTIRE internet — with all of its most disgusting shit — is a direct reflection of God's Mind. You can't even comprehend yet how disgusting the darkest corners of the internet are. With that said, be careful not to feed your mind with garbage. If you respect and love yourself you will not feed your mind toxic and depraved imagery.
People just don't appreciate the depth of the free speech problem.
This video compares the cost-of-living for 3 classes of Roman citizen: lower (farmer), middle (soldier), and upper (aristocrat). Very interesting:
Remember, up to 40% of the Roman population were slaves. But slaves in Rome were treated differently than slaves in the Colonial Americas.
It's good to study how ancient peoples lived, so that you have a sense of context and appreciation of the radical diversity of human survival.