“The wise man will find [the Philosopher’s] stone even in the dung heap, while the ignorant will not be able to believe that it exists in gold.” -Fulcanelli

It amazes me how differently I think from others about rather basic things. Earlier I went to a store to pick up an order. I went to the online order pickup and product returns desk. When I got there, I noticed a line of roughly a handful of people waiting to pick up their orders or to return a product they'd previously purchased. I began to make my way to the back of the line by walking down the aisle. Everyone in line except for one person was leaving space for others to walk through the aisle. Of that handful of people, two of them seemed to be a couple. The woman's back was to me and she was the one blocking the aisle as she spoke with her partner. Her man's field of view should have noticed that a person (me) was walking down the aisle and that his partner was in the way, but I wound up having to come to a stop behind her. I said nothing and simply stared at him right in the eyes. This, by design, made him direct his attention to me which caused her to notice that he had become distracted by something. At that point she turned around, realized she was blocking my path, and apologized. He said nothing. Had I been that man, I would have noticed the other person attempting to walk down the aisle. I would have either told my partner to move aside or, at the very least, reached out my arm to gently guide her out of the way, knowing she could not see that she was obstructing someone's path. Had I said something to the two of them about this, I would have been the asshole. She wouldn't have been the asshole for blocking the aisle in the first place. He wouldn't have been the asshole for failing to be situationally observant and for failing to help manage the situation. I would have been the asshole for bringing up their failures to be self-aware and situationally aware. I find this is often the case. It's not the inconsiderate people who are the assholes. It's the considerate people who object to the action or inaction of inconsiderate people. Saturday I got flipped off on the highway by an inconsiderate person who didn't like the fact that I wanted to go faster than her. She apparently wanted to remain in the left lane aka the passing lane. Apparently wanting to go faster than she wanted to go and abiding the rules of the road means I'm an asshole. Hack: If you're hiring someone for a job, you don't want people like either of them regardless of how well qualified they might otherwise be. During the interview process, don't simply ask questions. Set up scenarios in advance that seem unscripted to the candidate and observe how they react. As an example, set up a cup of water on your desk before they come in. Likewise, set up a roll of paper towels somewhere in the room such that the roll of paper towels is closer to the candidate than to you and in the field of view of the candidate. At some point in the interview, execute a "no look" reach for the cup of water and intentionally knock the water cup off your desk onto the floor. Make it look like an accident though. If the person springs into action, grabs the roll of paper towels, and helps you clean up the water, they've passed the test. If they simply sit there, do not hire them.

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Join us tomorrow, approximately 26 hours from now (12 noon US east coast time), as we continue studying "The Law of One” which is a series of 106 conversations that occurred from 1981-1984 between a physics professor & the entity known as Ra who had previously tried to spread the Law of One in ancient Egypt with mixed results. Last week, we covered: - The formal logical fallacy known as “Affirming the Consequent", - The second half (pages 95-98) of chapter 10 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - The first half of Session 78 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. This week we plan to cover: - The informal logical fallacy known as “Appeal to Hypocrisy", a.k.a. "Tu Quoque", a version of "whataboutism", - The first half (pages 99-102) of chapter 11 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - The second half of Session 78 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. Link to join the "Flight Club" study group Clubhouse:

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Join us tomorrow, approximately 24 hours from now (12 noon US east coast time), as we continue studying "The Law of One” which is a series of 106 conversations that occurred from 1981-1984 between a physics professor & the entity known as Ra who had previously tried to spread the Law of One in ancient Egypt with mixed results. Last week, we covered: - The logical fallacy known as “Guilt by Association", - The first half (pages 92-94) of chapter 10 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - Session 77 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. This week we plan to cover: - The formal logical fallacy known as “Affirming the Consequent", - The second half (pages 95-98) of chapter 10 from “A Channeling Handbook”, - Session 78 of the Law of One, - Personal research updates from study group members along with discussion. Link to join the "Flight Club" study group Clubhouse:

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Flight Club

Flight Club is a study group created by Red Tail Hawk to study all religious and esoteric wisdom traditions seeking common ground, truth, and insig...

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Bitcoin is like knowledge. Bitcoin is like the ability to think critically. Bitcoin is like the ability to evaluate. None of these things are evenly distributed and the Dunning-Kruger mountaintop dwellers are holding the short straws. (There are a LOT of short straws out there being held...probably north of 8 billion.) View quoted note →

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