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True lies such as self-help is hopeless, “selfless leadership” is anything but, and spiritual bypass IS THE WHOLE POINT 🔥 The innocent, impersonal simplicity of THIS.⁠

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Timecodes and topics:

0:00 Welcome and meeting Kat Van Oudheusden
0:46 Why the personal story is “nonsense making”
4:18 The two extremes of non-duality and a third way
6:02 Self-inquiry and the selfing mechanism short circuiting itself
12:02 Six aspects of no self and the essential inquiries
17:57 If there is no doer, is “stop seeking” even coherent?
22:58 We’re all liars: no one can speak the truth about this
24:34 Why judging other versions of non-duality misses the point
27:20 Everything is impersonal
30:16 Recognition vs lived experience
33:05 A body that isn’t owned and the non-dual identity
37:26 Useful lies: Rupert Spira, Tony Parsons and radical non-duality
38:53 The essence of inquiry and breadcrumbs
42:33 Spiritual ego, $10,000 retreats and being human
45:42 Donald Hoffman and the collapse of belief
47:46 End-stage seekers and the seahorse
53:47 Why nobody wants the impersonal (morality and the unworthiness reactor)
57:01 No mystical experiences, no training wheels
58:55 Non-duality as the next lingo
1:03:20 The end of hope
1:05:56 Innocent and impersonal
1:07:50 Selfless leadership
1:13:52 Shadow work and digging through the trash
1:16:39 Isn’t all of this just bypassing?
1:19:19 Kat’s name, Thailand and part two

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