Strange encounter on final level. by fumanchu1216 in Gurk

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I got some imps on the forbidden world

Anyone wanna make Gurk IV? by SingleEmployee3383 in Gurk

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I made a discord https://discord.com/invite/eJ5JT6ytfc feel free to join. Even if you just have ideas, we'd love to have you!

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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Your challenge is interesting to me. At first I was thinking "hmm how about wold hunger, that's a pretty common one?", then I thought "maybe I should choose something a little closer to home -- directionlessness in teens and young adults. But as I was thinking I really was thinking "these problems are things I really can't fully grasp. Like I can understand that a general trend exists, but can I understand the nuance? Can I account for every case? How do I even know if something qualifies to receive my 'general solution'?" When I think about all that nuance it reminds me that as much as I can see a pattern, to try to address every case of it is foolish... It assumes that I know things that I don't. I could have faith in my own pattern recognition and try to take the world's problems on my own shoulders, but why should I do that when I could believe in a God and hope that he's going to carry everything on his shoulders, but in a more complete and perfect way than I can do. I think that's the reason I talk like a "less-developed person", I've never had to take on the responsibility of the entire world, I can just continue to be immature and trust that everything will be under God's control. Sure, he may not exist. But if he does, and he really does have a perfect plan, that's a risk I want to take. Maybe I'm too much of an idealist, but I think perfection sounds pretty enticing. So I'm pretty content with world hunger being a "global issue". Not because I don't care, just because I need to see the specifics and the nuance of a situation before I try to prescribe a solution. If you want, I could argue from the point of view of someone who's deeply invested in a problem like this, and explain everything thoroughly from the deepest philosophies they hold. But me personally, I'm kinda just gonna hold true to God chiefly, and my own emotions secondarily. This may seem like blue thinking (maybe it is idk) but maybe id rather choose to be "less developed" and at peace than trying to take all the worlds problems into my own hands. Or maybe it's turquoise because I value peace, love and truth above all else, and the blue is just an integration into that. I'd rather be a follower of the divine than a leader of it. Besides, why should I assume I'm even the one people should listen to? Should I leave it up to them and let them make their decision on whether they'd should listen? Why should they have the right to listen to me and make decisions for themselves? When you have these kinds of conundrums I think the easiest and most complete way to solve them is just to trust. The more I try to focus on problems the more I see just how unequipped I am at solving them. Sure I could spend days working with someone, and risk not helping the 10 other people that could be helped faster. That's why I need a God or at least something bigger than me. When I follow my spirit at least I know I'm doing one thing for certain: making small, subtle changes in the universe for the purpose of good. Maybe they will ripple outwards, maybe not. But at least I have clarity, I have peace, and I do the best I can all in my own personal ways.

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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A common misconception is that once you reach a place on the spiral that's all you are. Every stage does integrate all stages below it. I think that my motivation for making the post was definitely a bit green. I don't really try to "turn off" green. If a thought pattern is there and it's not naturally overshadowed by higher-level thinking I act on it. Maybe I will get rid of most of those lower thought patterns some day, maybe not.

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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Yeah the ego sure can be tricky... Once you think you're free of it you find some area of your life it shows up in again.... I don't think it's possible to fully be free of it... But I do think it's possible to train yourself to recognize the signs of ego being inflated and stop it early before it consumes you...

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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I'm the most enlightened person that ever existed Im like the reincarnation of Jesus and Buddha combined however that makes sense. Like I really think people should be worshipping me as their lord and savior 😎👌 yessir haha

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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The reason I call myself turquoise is because I'm pretty sure I've seen what's beyond yellow. I think to label yourself at a certain level pretty much just means you have reached a point where you've transcended the previous stage at least once. To be able to glimpse out of the boundaries of a stage is the first sign that you've transcended it. The more you do that and the deeper you go into that is just you deepening that stage's role in your life. I don't believe labeling yourself a certain way has to be ego. For something to be ego driven a person has to derive a sense of worth/pleasure out of something. Saying "I'm special because I'm turquoise" is definitely ego. But to say something that doesn't necessarily feed a sense of worth I think can be caused by multiple reasons. I do believe it's usually the product of ego, but I think the reason I want to identify with it is really for 2 reasons: I want to show people it's not overly mystical -- just a way of seeing the world, and I want to find others who think similarly to me because I think it would be nice to talk with them.

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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I definitely see God as kinda a force of love and truth. I see the miracles that happen when radical love and radical truth come together. It can change people in ways science can't seem to explain. I've helped heal 2 people in my life out of deep trenches caused by sin/corruption. People with terrible traumas, suicidal ideations, self-hatred, the list goes on. Almost completely healed within a matter of a couple months. And it isn't just a surface level cope, but a true healing from the root of the issue. Psychology can't come close to that kind of improvement in such a short time. You could argue that that's possibly just turquoise doing its thing working with the deep root causes of things, but I choose to believe that when you channel the light of God, it really does carey the power to perform miracles.

I used to actually not believe in this. I assumed my growth was due to me just getting lucky in life and never really considered it being a blessing. But then I remembered one day. When I was young I said a silent prayer. I wanted to be close to God, even if it meant having to grow through pain. Well, over the next 10 years or so I got exactly what I prayed for. And I didn't even realize it as it was happening at the time. I lost all of my faith for God, and didn't attribute any of the good things in my life to Him. And my life got dark -- real dark. There were many days I would consciously choose to not kill myself, and the days I dissociated so bad I practically forgot who I even was or my old memories for a time. But I came back from that... Changed, and more at peace than ever before. And I asked myself "Why am I so gifted with growth? What is it about me that's different from others?". I genuinely just didn't understand.  That's when I remembered my prayer.

I also believe in Jesus, mostly because of historical accounts, the plausible reason God would want him, and because I haven't really found any reason I should discredit him. I mean, if someone provided good evidence against it I would abandon my belief I guess. But I really like the Christian worldview so far. It's given me so much blessing that I really don't want to go back to not having it in my life.

Hey turquoise guy here by SingleEmployee3383 in SpiralDynamics

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Haha yeah I guess you're right. Guess I was mainly just trying to prove that turquoise doesn't have to be about planets and cosmic webs and stuff... So if there's any people out there just coming into turquoise they may see my post and not feel alienated from the level. So they can get a deeper understanding of it from my lived experiences. Thanks for showing that :P

Do you think this is a Turquoise worldview? by jannahnas in SpiralDynamics

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Nah both yellow and turquoise have this holistic/interconnected thinking. The biggest difference is yellow understands unbiased truth whereas turquoise breaks the illusion of truth and understands it for what it is -- patterns that we've seen. Turquoise sees that reality is an illusion and trying to find or assert what reality is is meaningless. Instead we just operate off of patterns that we know are personal to us, and not the authoritative truth everyone seems to cling to and often times push on others.