The Enlightened Bastards POD is the POD Zaadz doesn't think you can handle.

I would agree.  You probably can't handle a group of people that say what they really think, and refuse to buy into your belief that the world is a dark and evil place that we all need saving from.

You probably can't handle a group that will deliberately trigger you to demonstrate to you that your emotional responses are your choice, and that you are not a victim to them.  But of course Zaadz, would prefer that you remain a victim.  If there are no more victims, who will we save the world for?  Who will buy or sponsors victim saving products?

You probably can't handle a group of people that believe the bottom line drive of ALL beings, whether they admit it or not, is feeling good.  At least we're out of the closet about our selfishness.  We don't have to hide it behind service to others (in order to 'be someone'), or lofty intelectospiritual psycho jargon.  We have fun, and well, most people can't handle fun, since as Zaadz knows so well, "The world is a dark and evil place that we have all been victimized by.  If we huddle in masses and kill the disrespectful ones, maybe we'll be ok."

So Zaadz is right.  You can't handle the Enlightened Bastards POD.  You'd probably just come in and try to control and judge us like the rest of the Integral groupies.  It's not about listening and understanding you know.  It's about beating people into submission so that you can continue to feel superior in your limited narrow-mindedness.

Sucks to be you.

Zaadz Community Guidelines

They're actually pretty simple.

1. Be yourself.
Seriously. We don't mean this in a superficial sense. Zaadz provides the space for you to show up as your deepest, truest, most authentic self, so that you can see and encourage that spirit in others. So be that self! When you post, speak from your heart. When you respond to others, check in with yourself first, and commit to understanding your own reactions so that you can take responsibility for them. While you're here, work on being the most amazing 'you' that you can. And keep showing up from a place of reverence, compassion, and respect.

Andrew:  The statement Be Yourself should be enough.  If you have to add conditions, you're not really saying Be Yourself.  What happens if someone shows up, who actually is being themselves, way more than you are, and you're not in a place to understand or comprehend them?  What happens if you decide you genuinely don't like someone's authentic self?  There are flawed assumptions in here that are implying that when one is being themselves they will somehow act in a way that you approve.  You're not taking into consideration that someone else choosing to feel badly about someone else's authentic self is the first person's responsibility, not the seconds.  The second person isn't being their highest self, because they're choosing to see a "flaw" in the perfect Universe that is All One.

When in truth.  Freedom is freedom.  I know what my true self is.  I know that I get to choose freely how I perceive reality, and feel about reality, and respond to events around me.  I no longer am a victim to a hostile Universe.  I AM an intrinsic part of a unified Universe that has nothing but my best interests at heart.  I don't need others to change or be a certain way to be happy or experience joy or get what I want.  I've got the power of the infinite Universe at my disposal.  This gives me the freedom to be me, and allow others to be themselves just as they are.

When the Enlightened Bastards POD says, "Be Yourself".  We mean it.  There are no conditions or rules placed around that, unlike the babysitters called Zaadz.

2. Don't be anyone else.
In short, don't steal other people's stuff. Don't take credit for words or videos or images that aren't your own. Don't go around creating multiple profiles, or using other names. Don't be a jerk. And please, don't be your own evil twin. :)

Andrew: Unless of course, being someone else is being yourself, right?  What part of Being Yourself didn't you understand?  Oh, wait, we didn't really mean it right.  We want you to "Be Yourself" the way we want yourself to be.  Got it?

And one more reminder:
This should go without saying, but remember the Golden Rule? In case you've forgotten, it's "Treat others as you would like to be treated." Or as Jesus put it, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Or in the words of Hillel, "What is hateful to do, do not to your fellow man." Muhammad's take? "Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you." And even Confucius say, "What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others." We think those guys know what they're talking about.

Andrew: The one's that taught me to know that I AM a winner in life, no matter what anyone else says, or what the score cards say, were the one's who made me a loser, time and time again.  It was only when I realized the opinions and judgements of others toward me have absolutely no bearing or validity on Who I AM.  Therefore, my greatest teachers were the one's who did unto me, as I did not want done to me, for THEY are the one's that gave me the experiences I needed to find the truth of Who I AM within me.  THEY are the one's that pointed me to the truth.

The one's that protected me and coddled me, made me weaker.  They drew me further from the truth.  For they were the one's that disempowered me, who made me powerless to help myself.  They are the one's that saw me as a victim, and helped me as a victim, and made sure I stayed a victim.

Therefore, I do unto others as I would have done unto me.  I choose to do what feels good to me, and only me, first and foremost.  Only from my chosen connection of joy will others see that they can make the same choice, and that joy and happiness have nothing to do with me.

The one's that supposedly meet these guidelines, aren't welcome here.  Contradictions don't go away, just because you silence the alarms that are ringing.

Now that Zaadz has determined that censorship is the new world order.  I've been pondering the Integral method of forming and building a "force for change".

I'm reminded of the wise and noble spirit of whom I can't remember exactly, who was a pioneer in forming a "force for change".  His method was very simple.

First, find a strong man that is slightly weaker than yourself.
Second, pick a fight and beat this guy up, so that he fears you.
Third, force him to follow you.
Fourth, find a slightly stronger man that is still weaker than the both of you combined, and repeat steps 1-3, but now with 2 on 1.
Fifth, keep finding new people.

Now, in this wonderful era of society and police, the ability of one person to beat up this many people is severely limited.

However, we have simple exchanged our physical beat downs for mental ones.

How to build a cult... *ehem*  Integral...

First, find someone that is smart but slightly less smart than yourself.
Second, hold discussions in a manner that will make them feel bad and/or question themselves.
Third, force them to follow you.
Fourth, find a smarter person less smart than the two of you combined.
Fifth, repeat.

Keep this up until you've "changed the world", or as I like to call it "forced the world to think like you".

The power of the individual then becomes a function of the collective, but since each individual member is powerless on the inside, the actual collective power is zero too.  When such a group or organization encounters beings that know Who They Are, and the nature of reality, and the intrinsic right and ability of all consciousness to choose, their only inevitable response will be to censor and/or rid the earth of these beings.

When such a group finds a being that will not "join" or "submit", they must become the destroyer they claim to be saving the world from.  There's just no way around it.

So you see, it's not really about "changing the world for the better".  It's about making the world the way they want it to be.  And hey, you never know, you might not be one of they.  It is their choice after all.

Andrew Wilcox - Free Choosing Being

Recently we, the Enlightened Bastard POD, had a very dull and meaningless conversation with an Integral follower that basically boiled down to, "I'm right."  vs. "No, I'm right."  The Integral head quickly decided that we were relativistic thinkers, and wanted to save us from our limited thinking by exposing us to a paradox that he has decided exists because he was told by those he is following that it does.

In my attempt to communicate with this person, I was trying to break the conversation from right vs. right and introduced the concept that each person's perspective is valid, trying to get to the point that we each have choice.  The Integral head said, "No, this is relativistic thinking and breaks down because the person is saying all perspectives are valid except this one which is higher, because it validates all perspectives."  Sigh...  Not was I was trying to communicate, but that's all he could see.  Although, I do indeed know that all perspectives are valid to the individual perceiver.  I mean can you really say a plants perspective is not valid, or a trees, or a dogs, or yours, or mine?

What quickly became apparent from this pointless conversation, was that the Integral head believed himself to be so right that nothing any body outside of Integral could say could be relevant to him.  So we told him to leave and not come back, because what's the point in beating your head against a wall right? 

In essence what the Integral head was saying however was this... "All perspectives are invalid except mine which is higher, and I'm here to berate you until you agree with me."  This is one of the CORE elements of ALL religions. "We are right.  You are wrong.  Believe!"

Absurdity!  His own argument disproves his own point of view.  What I find extremely humorous about this whole situation is that he clearly acknowledges being in contradiction, although he disguises it with the word paradox.  The paradox disappears though if you understand Who You Are.

I will never follow a follower.  Why would I follow any religion?  Christianity?  Buddhism?  Integral?  Islam?  Science?  The people teaching you the religion are followers.  They're not the original founder who "got it" on their own.  Demonstrating of course that what we are truly seeking is indeed right there inside of us.  None of the "greats" had people telling them how to think, or live, or be.  They just went inside themselves and lived what felt right to them.

That's the point I was wanting to make.  I AM a sovereign being.  What I need to know is inside of me, and I can and will and AM living it by following what feels good and right and natural to me.  There is NO ONE outside of me that has anything that's more valid than what is inside me, so why would I trade internal reality for external illusion?  Most of the "greats" even say... "No one can tell you what it is..."  Meaning, external words will not take you there.  It must come from within.

If Integral followers really wanted to do the world a service, they'd do the following things.

A) They'd first demonstrate they are not just another religion.  (Maybe to late for that.)

B) They'd live happy, joyful lives that just naturally brought others into friendly terms with them.

C) They'd see and treat others as valid human individuals in thought, word, and deed.  Rather than starting out by looking down their nose at them.  In my opinion, this is a fundamental flaw in Integral, because it is built upon a rating scale where others are categorized as lessor, and of course the Integral heads are at the top.  Imagine that.  Sound like any other religions you know?  Some day they'll probabay want everyone to wear little colored stars on our coats, so that our rated status is obvious to all.

D) Think for themselves, rather than being followers of followers.

Just my two cents.  Of course, my above list is probably impossible for them to even comprehend at this point, but it does give one pause to think.

The next time someone tells you your perspective is invalid and theirs is right.  Think again.  It doesn't matter what clever argument or tactic they use, they're just trying to steal your free will and make you another follower.  Think about it.

Followers breed more followers.  Individual are themselves.

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