RomeoStevens
@RomeoStevens76
spiritual practice is working when it changes your sense of what's possible Founder: http://mealsquares.com Writing: http://tinyurl.com/bdp9bjv4 type of gavagai
Really enjoyed my conversation with Daniel. Hit on a lot of threads that have been alive for me the past few years.
new episode with @RomeoStevens76 On how he reduced his neuroticism scores from 60th to 5th percentile as well as building self trust, Core Transformation, samskaras, pedagogy and the philosophy of intentionality links below 00:00 - Reducing neuroticism to 5th percentile…
ADHD hypothesis: we're all getting extra conditioning every day from switching between tabs while waiting for other tabs to load.
Sunday dhamma chat and qa with @BuddhistSanta in 90 minutes, post topics you want to hear discussed
GLUCONEOGENESIS FROM PROTEINS SPIKES CORTISOL SPIKED CORTISOL TEMPORARILY FEELS LIKE CLARITY LONG TERM CORTISOL RAPIDLY AGES YOU THE LOWEST MORTALITY DIETS ARE 50% CARBS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER SPECIES OF PRIMATE EAT FRUIT EAT FRUIT EAT FRUIT
I’m not sure who has to hear this but… YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES YOU DO NOT NEED CARBOHYDRATES
The first noble truth: there is suffering The second noble truth: there is a cause of suffering The third noble truth: there is an end to suffering the fourth noble truth: draw the rest of the fucking owl
Did intelligence emerge as an evolutionary arms race between blame and excuses?
You really know you fucked up when avalokitesvara starts a slow clap
My favorite 4chan microcosm thread of all time (which I insanely didn't screen cap) went as follows: OP: random question about some movie series, picture of beautiful actress First comment: "I love women so much" (dozens of replies) Second comment: totally unhinged long rant…
People are so afraid of calling out bullshit in themselves I think because they fear they are secretly bullshit people (imposter syndrome). Echoing the Lamas, it is difficult to do real spiritual work with terrible self esteem. This is one reason why the preparatory practices…
Reminder that every thought experiment works equally well with good things happening and philosophers are just mentally ill.
I asked claude to "make a virtue dependency graph" and it just went off: Red are foundational and enable others (outgoing arrows), purple are composite, requiring many other virtues in order to develop (many incoming arrows), orange are developmental, and green are interpersonal.
Practicing diligently, realizing the benefits, and teaching anyone who subsequently asks is the greatest show of gratitude for the teachers who spent time on you.