u/EH4LIFE

For me, it's Sam Harris and Bill Maher. You can tell how non-partisan they are because far leftists consider them right wing, and far rightists consider them left.

Why is awareness of nonduality something to pursue or value? A binary view of the world is useful and practical. It's not something bad. It's what keeps us sane and functioning human beings.

Im not convinced deeper spiritual awareness improves lives. For some it does, for some it doesnt.

And I dont think it necessarily makes you a better person in the sense of positively influencing others. Most 'enlightened' people I've met have been insular mental masturbators.

My question is basically how far back in time can you go before you wont be able to have a 'normal' conversation with a regular person? I dont mean language, but culture, mindset, psychology, attitudes, sense of humour, irony etc. Presumably at a certain point in time humans were just too different from us to be able to relate on a social level. For instance ancient Greeks believed in all kinds of weird mythology, kept/were slaves, etc

Would it be sometime after the Enlightenment?

Im somewhere between INFJ and INTJ which basically means Im heavy on the Ni but can use different judging functions fairly competently. Most office jobs Ive had have been heavy on Se and Si detail and were overwhelming. Are there any careers which are almost exclusively Ni using?

Anti-semitism is a deep, ancient impulse. A lot of people blame Israel or whoever without understanding that its a feeling seperate from actual actions. I have two anecdotes supporting this.

I went to boarding school in the early 2000s. The internet was a relatively new thing, no Wikipedia for instance, and we didnt have smart phones. In other words, we were relatively isolated within our own bubble from outside influences. When we all turned 14/15, ie when we started to go through puberty, suddenly the Jewish kids got picked on. And these kids werent observant orthodox Jews, it wasnt even obvious they were Jewish. Friends of mine, who were chill before, would suddenly see Jewish classmates and shout at them and act weirdly. They werent taught to do this. Something just got activated inside them as they developed. I stopped one of my friends chasing after his Jewish classmate after lunch once. His eyes were kind of blank, he was gone. He was acting on impulse.

A few years ago, my best friend suffered a psychotic break. He went down an 'enlightenment' rabbit hole, experimented with drugs, and completely lost his sense of self. He had a breakdown and tried to kill himself. He survived and was in a mental hospital for a year or so. In that time he slowly pieced together a sense of self again, but not the same as before. Before his break he'd been an animal welfare, peace and love Buddhist hippie type. But his new self was much darker. He disdained spirituality and most of all - he hated Jews. The Jews were the source of all the world's problems. Any conversation I had/have with him, inevitably ends back up at Jews. It doesnt matter what the topic, Jews are to blame somehow. Why the fixation? I think because he's awoken some kind of deep suicidal darkness within himself, and the only way to survive is to fixate outwards, to latch on to an external source as a scapegoat. And Jews have served that function in troubled times for thousands of years. I've tried to explain to him, but his psychic defences are too strong around it. I've come to realise that for him, its actually healthy. He needs some kind of hatred to maintain a sense of self, however unhealthy it might be. And at least there arent Jews in his environment to act out on. Theyre more a shadowy, mystical threat to him.

As an INFJ 5w4 I probably have more in common with other 5w4s than INFJs. I definitely fit the enneagram description better.

The classic is Wolfgang Wolf, manager of Wolfsburg. And Arsene Wenger managing Arsenal.

Most INFJs I meet take themselves so seriously and have a sense of moral superiority. I prefer FP and TP types to hang out with.