How Cult Leaders Get You 1
This is a very accurate video!It doesn't mention the other main method, called 'love dumping', but it gets the rest of it so well. https://youtu.be/h7UzH-t4_QU Kevin CannPublic Domain5/3/2025
Realists
This is my second favorite meme. Instead of being all philosophical, just recognize where the piss is and deal with that. Kevin CannPublic Domain5/3/2025
Reaction: Bernardo Kastrup (The only real difference between “mind and matter”.)
Bernardo is pretty brilliant, and I've never heard anyone describe this tidbit from PS so clearly before: Yes, there ARE self-reinforcing, self-propagating, self-refreshed (as in a computer system memory state)…
Reaction: The Most Dangerous Form Of Meditation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEQnFXc_QQs&t=230s Dr. G is one of the best hybrid science/meditation guys out there. He doesn't get into inner architecture at all. But he's right. Meditation can be wonderful. But I…
Reaction: Jeffrey Kripal – Mysticism, Esotericism, Paranormal – Oh My!
This Jeff Kripal interview is actually one of his best. He’s more relaxed than usual, not being ‘under attack’ like he is in many of the places he gives interviews,…
Reaction: Esoterica: Schopenhauer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDrekCif8lc For those not familiar, Doctor Justin Sledge of the Esoterica channel is one of the most amazing resources on funky topics ANYWHERE. I don't have much to say about…
Analytical Idealism
Bernardo Kastrup is a genius, and the teacher Ruper Spira is cross-fertilized with him. This is the loveliness of two or more working together productively, without the battling of temporary…
Do You Have a Daemon? | Bernardo Kastrup & Jonathan Pageau
Bernardo is really coming along. He's quite something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tldjEKeL7m4 Make sure to read these basics to help interpret this. Under no circumstances is interpreting them as angels or 'demons' helpful…
Plato vs. Nietzsche vs. Platonic Surrealism
I've had Plato and Nietzsche both fighting for access to my Muse, and for the record, here's why I appreciate both of them, but Platonic Surrealism sends them both packing.Note:…