I felt this ❤

A lot of words to describe very basic human concepts... lol

This is fantastic! I'm enjoying piecing together the parts from each video that you make.

My apologies for the sound quality at about two thirds of the way through. I've transcribed the script into the video so you can turn on captions if necessary.

as you describe Teal I keep thinking of Joan of Arc

I'm so excited for the shadow work video!

I would love a video on how to know what stage you are at in different areas of your life and how to intentionally progress your consciousness

Check out the description of this video for some suggestions for how to use it!

I love the k-12 equivalent focus being consciousness progression

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Something I like to do is notate thoughts as I watch a video, so I am going to do that here. :P The very first sentence is already ringing out for me! "...Why we would want to communicate with them instead of having them argue with each other." I have noticed an intense desire in me especially the past few months to communicate and hold harmony in relationships instead of butting up against the beings I interact with. With your your first introductory words I am recognizing that I have GOT to start that process inside my self. I already knew that, but hearing it out loud helps solidify it further. I was laughing at the example of the 'selves' arguing over taking a nap, working, or noticing that it's the wrong job for you... because it was entirely relatable and I have seen myself go through that deliberation so many times. xD Thank you for that. Personifying the parts of the self is very helpful for me to actually listen to them. I definitely still tangle and argue, especially around addictive behaviors and when I find myself to be very low energy. I also feel like my subconscious wants my waking self to pay more attention to my dreams, and when my lifestyle doesn't give me enough time in the morning to do so it feels very un-listened to... That's something I would like to heal. Thank you for mentioning how emotions are messages from the subconscious, and for outlining what they mean and what to do about it! These things have so many varying flavors, infinite circumstance, yet it is so helpful to have a place to start with them. I have been practicing a lot with trying to witness my state of being and what I am feeling and sensing, yet I think I might be in a phase where I often end up dissociated or confused. I'd like to practice participating in my story, and this helps me work with that side of my life, to build things I can recognize, instead of just going too deep and ending up feeling like everything is flat or a jumble of static.

This was a great video! I did get a little motion sickness watching the footage for too long. xD But it prompted me to draw and journal while listening! And I could look up and see the beautiful greennesses, and I enjoyed watching which direction you chose to go and your interactions with your surroundings. Hearing these concepts described in a neat way really helps me understand my experiences and helps me know what to look for if I am wanting to explore these things further. It's fun to be able to recognize something that someone else also recognizes. I suppose that's the whole reason you are sharing this, though, huh! :D Thank you!

I love this format ❤

Hi, Joules! I watched this video with my friend Dustie, and she made a comment that she likes seeing your smile. :) And she says that your background with the books is a very fantastic visual that helps her tell that you have a lot of intelligence and intellectual capacity. We really enjoyed the visual aids and the clarifications of how these things are models and examples, to help us keep in mind that these are applicable in vast ways. I had a few questions while watching the video I would also like to pose here. :) Firstly, while trying to understand the sense of self in Causal state, I thought of the concept of karmic lines that are often mentioned in Buddhism. Do you think that's representative of a Causal state sense of self? I also wondered, is being in a Causal state like... being inspired to create? I understand that one would have to have the idea of a thing, but just thinking about a tree sounds more like a Subtle state of being rather than a Causal. Does that sound accurate? Therefore, would being in Causal state be more like the inspiration of creating the tree? Or am I way off the map here? xD Lastly, something that caught my questioning was when you mentioned that "being remembered" is a way someone in Gross state might achieve what they perceive as immortality. I wondered, though, aren't memories a form of thought, and wouldn't that be more of a Subtle state thing?

Hi Joules, I think there are some interesting concepts in your video, and it may interest you (and perhaps your subscribers) to know that for a few decades cognitive psychologists have been researching and theorizing about something very like your "inner guidance". They've constructed a fairly sophisticated "dual-systems" theory about how our thinking works. "System 1" is largely unconscious, fast, effortless, often automatic, and intuitive. "System 2" is mainly conscious, slow, effortful, deliberate, and often involving reasoning or "weighing-up" alternatives. There's a ton of research on how Systems 1 and 2 operate and communicate with each other, and their respective advantages and drawbacks for decision making. System 1 is undoubtedly crucial for decision making. System 1 manifests itself to our conscious awareness in the form of the things you've described such as a feeling, a vision, or a quiet voice, and a term for these is "somatic markers". So far, neurological research suggests that somatic markers are processed in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and the amygdala. Antonio Damasio and other neuroclinicians made big news when they reported that some head-trauma patients whose vmPFC was damaged, but tested as still "normal" on memory, language usage, and reasoning (i.e., System 2 tasks), nonethless had become very poor at decision making because they had no access to somatic markers (i.e., no readouts from System 1). Relying solely on System 2 for judgments and decisions isn't a good idea, but neither is relying solely on System 1. System 1 doesn't comprehend many things that require reasoning, such as how compound interest works, or when you'd want to use an acid or a base to clean something, or how to reckon anything to do with probabilities. Moreover, System 1 has a number of well-known flaws and biases, such as the tendency to read non-existent patterns and causes into random event sequences (e.g., Gambler's Fallacy). I don't think you give System 2 a fair hearing-- there are plenty of decisions where we need System 2 to be up and running, checking out what System 1 comes up with, and in some instances even taking the dominant role. My main concerns with your video begin with your claim that inner guidance is never wrong. A perfect decision-making recipe, by definition, would constitute a localized near-term type of omniscience and there's no such thing (as you point out, humans aren't omniscient). System 1 can (and does) make mistakes and therefore so will inner guidance. That's why we humans didn't evolve with only System 1 in place; System 2 also helped our species big-time. My secondary concern is that the claim that inner guidance is never wrong is just one step away from an unfalsifiable belief setup, wherein anyone who says "I've tried inner guidance and it didn't work for me" gets the pseudo-diagnosis "Well, you weren't doing it right". If you don't want "inner guidance is never wrong" to be a required article of faith or an axiom in your belief system, then it has to be falsifiable. Love, --Dad

I was so excited to see how other people would respond to that question! I laughed at how accurate they all indeed were. xD And also I agree with Nick about people getting to know you through the subjects you are so excited to talk about.