<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Beyond Infinity]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rabbit holes that reveal what's real.]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fLSh!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6154274-3526-49dd-9c38-4f0b994869d8_512x512.png</url><title>Beyond Infinity</title><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:40:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[beyondinfinity@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[beyondinfinity@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[beyondinfinity@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[beyondinfinity@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[This chart explains everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re wondering why life is so expensive, this chart is the answer.]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/this-chart-explains-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/this-chart-explains-everything</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 13:57:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qs28!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d551a02-2fe6-405b-8925-57641c49046a_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why life is so expensive, this chart is the answer.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qs28!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d551a02-2fe6-405b-8925-57641c49046a_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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It divides people.</p><p>And the saddest part...</p><p>The dollar system REQUIRES inflation, because there is more debt than existing money. </p><p>Debt is a promise of future money. But that money doesn&#8217;t exist yet. </p><p>So, in order to pay off the debt, the system needs to create new money.</p><p>If $4 million in debt is coming due, but there&#8217;s only $2 million of money, you have two options:</p><ol><li><p>Default on the debt and go bankrupt</p></li><li><p>Print new money to cover the debt</p></li></ol><p>Total debt in the dollar system is over $107 trillion.</p><p>Total money supply is $22.7 trillion.</p><p>If there is no inflation, the system will default on its debt and collapse.</p><p>Hence, inflation. Over and over and over and over and over. </p><p>Welcome to fiat.</p><p>The root cause of all of this is humanity using a system where money *can* be inflated.</p><p>Debt can get to $107 trillion because there is an unlimited supply of money able to be issued. And there&#8217;s an unlimited supply of money serving as a backstop for it. They can always pay off the debt.</p><p>Issue as much debt as you want, you have a money printer.</p><p>Debt.</p><p>Inflation.</p><p>Prices higher.</p><p>Assets higher.</p><p>Average man poorer.</p><p>The solution is to stop using money that can be inflated.</p><p>The money supply can&#8217;t outrun the economy if the money supply can&#8217;t outrun the economy.</p><p>Satoshi created Bitcoin to end inflation.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!b7cx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8eca01a0-e38d-4c44-ad18-e7808330f7f3_1540x1021.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Bitcoin Is the Answer.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's the mathematical proof:]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-universe-is-infinite-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-universe-is-infinite-bitcoin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:11:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5S3p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99c0023d-e411-43fc-b4a3-a3e088ecbb83_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True or false?</p><p>&#8220;Infinity&#8221; is the greatest representation of abundance.</p><p>True. Abundance is the felt sense of infinity &#8212; it is the reality of infinity.</p><p>Mathematically...</p><p>Abundance = infinity</p><p>How much value can we create? Is there a limit?</p><p>No, there&#8217;s no limit.</p><p>Value creation = infinity.</p><p>The laws of mathematics permit only one way to accurately denominate infinity. What is it?</p><p>With a finite, non-zero number. </p><p>Infinity divided by any finite, non-zero number is infinity.</p><p>That means...</p><p>Mathematically, infinite abundance requires a truly finite denominator.</p><p>Bitcoin is the only proven monetary denominator with a truly finite supply. </p><p>21 million, forever.</p><p>In other words,</p><p>Bitcoin is the answer to accurately representing the infinite abundance that is our nature.</p><p>Check for yourself:</p><p>Plug &#8220;infinity divided by 21 million&#8221; into any calculator. What do you get?</p><p>Infinity.</p><p>For the first time in human history, infinity has a monetary form.</p><p>Bitcoin = infinity = abundance</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5S3p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99c0023d-e411-43fc-b4a3-a3e088ecbb83_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5S3p!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99c0023d-e411-43fc-b4a3-a3e088ecbb83_1672x941.png 424w, 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Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:26:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9af57915-57b2-470e-9f01-8ee1f7edfbef_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;At bedtime the 8 yo told me his teacher said: "Think of your mind like a pond full of fish and each fish is a feeling. Try to be the pond, not the fish." And all I can say is primary school has significantly improved.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/bluewmist/status/2053364961423036540?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;It's all a dopamine game.<br><br>Early bedtimes. Simple foods. Low stimulation. Reading instead of scrolling. Meditating instead of rotting. No phone in the morning. No notifications or texts until your work is complete.<br><br>The more you love the simple life, the more you can compound.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/jackmoses777/status/2054179281891152140?s=20">Jack Moses</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;And then how do you think about success? How do you know when it works?&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;d8bde7f6-eb34-46c7-8ee0-76e4728f6cb8&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>-<a href="https://x.com/tetranow/status/2050592146827133063?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;In adults, limiting smartphone functionality to texting and calls and blocking all social media and mobile internet for 2 weeks significantly improved attention, self-reported well-being and mental health. 90% of participants experienced a benefit.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/sentientist/status/2054591492162040312?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Wrote this early this morning:<br><br>"It&#8217;s absurd that we even have to deal with &#8220;bond markets&#8221; and a new &#8220;Fed chair.&#8221;<br><br>Bond markets debate the feasibility of an entity with $39 trillion in debt. <br><br>Spoiler alert: $39 trillion in debt.<br><br>Someone is anointed into the position of Head Manipulator of Money. That chair should not exist.<br><br>Economics should be simple. We become more productive through technological advancements and innovation. Prices drop. Our money&#8217;s purchasing power grows. Life gets more affordable.<br><br>There&#8217;s no inflation. There&#8217;s no incessantly-financialized market. There&#8217;s just productivity and money that can&#8217;t be manipulated.<br><br>Once you have money that accurately denominates the world&#8217;s productivity &#8212; which only happens with a fixed supply of money &#8212; the constant conversation around economics gets turned down. We just live life. Nature does its thing. We create new things. Life gets easier. We don&#8217;t need bond yields, and we don&#8217;t need someone anointed as the Head of Nature.<br><br>We live in the most backwards reality in human history. The entire globe prices reality with something that loses value. Understand how insane that is &#8212; and how it&#8217;s causing all of this other insanity. It&#8217;s not natural &#8212; that&#8217;s what most people can sense. We have thousands and thousands and thousands of years of deeply-ingrained intelligence telling us something is off. And that feeling is right. <br><br>It&#8217;s all because of unnatural money.<br><br>Let&#8217;s go to the other side.<br><br>Fix the money, fix the world.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-794?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-794?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #52]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-875</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-875</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 17:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ccf5470a-c583-48dc-913f-ae88f9ac22eb_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s edition of The Weekly Universe is #52. That&#8217;s a year&#8217;s worth of these Saturday newsletters! Would love to hear how these posts have impacted you in the comment section below. As for the best from the universe this week&#8230;</p><div><hr></div><p>be water.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg" width="350" height="472.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:675,&quot;width&quot;:500,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:350,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Image" title="Image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r-2I!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd1d0e34e-31b6-4c18-8a15-2f6f9097b913_500x675.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>-<a href="https://x.com/powvibess/status/2036997763414798461?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Fyodor Dostoevsky was 28 when they stood him in front of a firing squad. Blindfolded. Hands tied. He could hear the rifles being loaded.<br><br>At the last second a messenger on horseback arrived. The Tsar had commuted the sentence. The entire execution was staged. Psychological torture designed to break him.<br><br>It worked. He had a seizure on the spot.<br><br>They sent him to a labour camp in Siberia. 4 years. Freezing. Starving. Sleeping on wooden planks next to murderers. His epilepsy got worse. He had no paper. No pen. Nothing.<br><br>When he got out he was broke. His first wife died. His brother died. He inherited his brothers debts. He was so desperate for money he signed a contract with a publisher that would have given away the rights to everything hed ever write if he missed the deadline.<br><br>He wrote The Gambler in 26 days to make it. Dictated it to a 20 year old stenographer named Anna. Married her three months later.<br><br>Then the real work started. Crime and Punishment. The Idiot. Demons. The Brothers Karamazov. The greatest novels in the history of the Russian language. Maybe any language.<br><br>The man who stood blindfolded before the firing squad, who convulsed on the ground while soldiers watched, who slept next to killers in Siberia for 4 years, who was buried in debt and grief.<br><br>That man wrote: "every minute can be an eternity of happiness."<br><br>He earned the right to say it.<br><br>its never over. never give up fren.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/GRITCULT/status/2052723960236974301?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;One is free from depression when self-esteem is based on the authenticity of one&#8217;s own feelings and not on the possession of certain qualities."</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/MettaMatta/status/2052802291238043956?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.&#8221;<br><br>&#8213; Terence McKenna</p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p>Appreciate your support, always.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-875?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-875?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Way to Bankrupt the Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explained by a Russian physicist]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-best-way-to-bankrupt-the-government</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-best-way-to-bankrupt-the-government</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 23:23:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e015cbb3-e15b-48cf-aa13-7a0ab9f65864_316x316.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2004, a quantum physicist named Vadim Zeland wrote a book titled &#8220;Reality Transurfing.&#8221;</p><p>In the book, he introduces a concept called &#8220;pendulums&#8221; that explains why fighting the government never works, and why nothing has actually changed.</p><p>You know the government is fraudulent.</p><p>$39 trillion in debt. Running a Ponzi scheme by selling new bonds to pay off old bonds. Endlessly taxing you in every direction. Printing money whenever they want. Politicians retiring as multimillionaires on $174,000 salaries. Funding wars you never voted for. But here&#8217;s the thing&#8230;</p><p>Accountability won&#8217;t come from the system. That&#8217;s why Zeland&#8217;s concept of &#8220;pendulums&#8221; is so important.</p><p>A pendulum is anything that lives off your attention and emotion (energy-in-motion). Religions, political movements, businesses, group chats, diet trends&#8230; these are all pendulums that feed on attention and energy.</p><p>If the world collectively withdrew its energy from Buddhism, Buddhism would dissolve. If America collectively withdrew its energy from the Democratic or Republican party, it would dissolve. It&#8217;s like food to a person. If you stop giving it food, it will die.</p><p>Your government is a pendulum, but&#8230; there&#8217;s a key point to understand.</p><h2>The Government&#8217;s Real Food Source</h2><p>The government feeds on your attention and your energy. But that is not its primary food source.</p><p>Its primary food source is fiat money. The money they print, control, and force you to use. They have an unlimited supply of it. They can tax it however they want. They get to enforce the rules around it. Their money endlessly feeds them, by design. That&#8217;s why you can vote whoever you want into office, but nothing will change &#8212; because the money hasn&#8217;t changed. Their primary source of fuel hasn&#8217;t changed. The pendulum stays alive as long as their money stays alive.</p><p>That&#8217;s the key thing to understand. The money is the target. If you actually want to end the government&#8217;s fraud, you have to stop using their money. You have to withdraw your energy from their system. You have to starve them. You do that by starving the source of their food. If they can&#8217;t eat, they will die. If they don&#8217;t have their money, they will die.</p><p>If the government didn&#8217;t have an infinite source of money that they control at will, they could never rack up $39 trillion in debt. But because they do have an infinite source of money that they control at will, they have an endless source of food. That&#8217;s the target. It was never the politicians. It was always the money.</p><h2>The Method</h2><p>So how do you actually starve the pendulum? Zeland gives us the answer &#8212; he calls it &#8220;extinguishing the pendulum.&#8221;</p><p>Every pendulum has a script it expects you to follow. The script is designed to provoke a reaction out of you, to get you to swing your energy toward the pendulum. It wants to hook you like a fish.</p><p>For example, think of a hostile comment you receive online. That comment is a pendulum. It wants your energy. When you defend yourself, think about a clever reply, escalate, hurl an insult back &#8212; you feed it. The pendulum doesn&#8217;t care if you agree or disagree. It just wants your energy.</p><p>Complaining about the government only feeds the pendulum of the government. It&#8217;s exactly what the government wants. It wants you to bite. It wants to keep you in its frequency. It wants to keep you in its game.</p><p>So how do you actually win?</p><p>You don&#8217;t.</p><p>You leave the game.</p><p>Extinguishing the pendulum means breaking the script. You break the script by offering an abnormal response. When a pendulum tries to provoke you, you do something completely off-script, something that doesn&#8217;t fit the game it&#8217;s trying to play. You shift to a different frequency and play a different game. Suddenly, the pendulum has nothing to grab onto.</p><h2>How to Bankrupt the Government</h2><p>The best way to bankrupt the government is simple:</p><p>You stop using their money.</p><p>The government&#8217;s entire script is dependent on you using their money. Their monetary system is designed to feed them energy. When you work for their money, they tax it. When you spend their money, they tax it. When you hold their money, they quietly steal it through inflation.</p><h2>The Trap Inside the Trap</h2><p>Here&#8217;s the devastating part. To function in modern life, you need money, and the fiat monetary system is designed as a monopoly. They create legal tender laws which mandate the use of their money &#8212; and their money only &#8212; for taxes and debts. If you don&#8217;t pay your taxes in their money, you get fined, your assets get seized, or you get sent to jail. They coerce you into their pendulum under the threat of violence.</p><p>It&#8217;s the trap inside the trap. It&#8217;s not just that they feed on fiat money. It&#8217;s that they&#8217;ve made it illegal to not use fiat money.</p><p>For as long as fiat governments have existed, there was no true off-script move. You could complain. You could vote. You could move countries, only to find another version of the same system awaiting you. You were always left inside their monetary system. You were always hooked to their pendulum. The only real exit was leaving the grid entirely. You would have to stop using money, close your bank accounts, and disengage from modern life altogether.</p><p>People&#8217;s yearning to live &#8220;off-grid&#8221; is simply a desire to escape the fiat pendulum. But they made it inescapable.</p><p>Until 2009.</p><h2>The Shift</h2><p>Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin to be the off-script move. The abnormal response. The different game.</p><p>Bitcoin was designed to extinguish the pendulum of fiat. Previously, it could never be done, because there was never a different frequency to shift to, other than going completely off-grid.</p><p>Bitcoin is, for the first time, the truly different frequency of money that you can shift to. It doesn&#8217;t argue with fiat. It doesn&#8217;t demand accountability. It doesn&#8217;t run for office. It doesn&#8217;t ask for permission. It doesn&#8217;t try to reform the Fed, or audit gold, or pass legislation. It doesn&#8217;t even acknowledge fiat as a worthy opponent. It simply exists as a completely different frequency, governed by a completely different set of rules &#8212; neutral, fixed supply, no central party, transparent, mathematical issuance, permissionless. Every single one of those traits is the dead opposite of fiat.</p><p>Bitcoin swings the pendulum of money in the opposite direction &#8212; and that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s required to extinguish fiat.</p><h2>The True Vote</h2><p>No matter who you&#8217;ve voted for, the government hasn&#8217;t changed. The system remains the same, because the money remains the same.</p><p>The off-script move isn&#8217;t to vote with your ballot. That&#8217;s the script fiat wants you to follow.</p><p>The off-script move is to vote with your money. The off-script move is to stop using their money and shift to a different game. That&#8217;s how you stop feeding the government. That&#8217;s how you starve the pendulum.</p><h2>The Reversal</h2><p>The best part?</p><p>Zeland notes that when you extinguish a pendulum, its energy doesn&#8217;t disappear. It returns to you.</p><p>Every dollar you hold in fiat is energy you&#8217;ve been losing your whole life &#8212; to inflation, to taxes, to a government with trillions in debt. When you shift to Bitcoin, all of that energy comes back to you. What previously went to the government and all their closest friends now flows to you. That difference in energy is the pendulum being extinguished in real-time. It&#8217;s the power shifting from the top of the system to you.</p><h2>The Exit</h2><p>You don&#8217;t have to protest. You don&#8217;t have to vote anybody into office. You don&#8217;t have to wait for an election.</p><p>You can stop feeding their system, right now.</p><p>Bitcoin exists, right now. The network is open. For anybody, at any time.</p><p>All you have to do is shift.</p><p>That&#8217;s how you bankrupt the government.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Beyond Infinity is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #51]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f94</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f94</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 17:29:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3bdA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F518dab74-9995-4463-a101-ed1debacf705_700x578.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Never question the timing of a universe that never missed a single sunrise.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/nziokamul1/status/2050070590392799662?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;When you're making a new product, you don't want it to be kind of good for a lot of people. You want it to be really good for one person. Stick by your principles. If you're going to get smashed, get smashed for doing something you believe in, because that's worth it.&#8221;</p><p>-Chris Best</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;What are you afraid of losing, when nothing in the world belongs to you?&#8221;</p><p>-Marcus Aurelius</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;All addictions are a low level search for God.&#8221;</p><p>-Carl Jung</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;The cost of avoiding structure is that every day has to be renegotiated from scratch.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/justinskycak/status/2050068947513303091?s=20">Justin Skycak</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;&#120328;&#120359;&#120373;&#120358;&#120371; &#120373;&#120361;&#120358; &#120360;&#120354;&#120366;&#120358;, &#120373;&#120361;&#120358; &#120364;&#120362;&#120367;&#120360; &#120354;&#120367;&#120357; &#120373;&#120361;&#120358; &#120369;&#120354;&#120376;&#120367; &#120360;&#120368; &#120362;&#120367;&#120373;&#120368; &#120373;&#120361;&#120358; &#120372;&#120354;&#120366;&#120358; &#120355;&#120368;&#120377;.&#8221;<br><br>&#8212; &#120336;&#120373;&#120354;&#120365;&#120362;&#120354;&#120367; &#120343;&#120371;&#120368;&#120375;&#120358;&#120371;&#120355;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3bdA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F518dab74-9995-4463-a101-ed1debacf705_700x578.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3bdA!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F518dab74-9995-4463-a101-ed1debacf705_700x578.jpeg 424w, 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href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #50]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-386</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-386</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:54:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d2d7ee98-6b4f-4e5a-872f-7969fe4a892c_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;63de61cf-2a97-4d80-a22e-3948a10e845e&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Scientists discover that silence regenerates the brain&#9472; being in complete silence for at least 2 hours a day can stimulate the creation of new brain cells, especially in regions linked to memory and learning.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/forallcurious/status/2044488199809208476?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>A simple visual to understand delayed gratification: </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;0d34be93-2e8a-4236-8170-85081656b921&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Every dollar the US goes into debt is a dollar that a future adult will have to pay. It's basically a tax on future voters. In other words, people who haven't even been born yet are being taxed today.&#8221;</p><p>-Source</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Bitcoin can change the world because the world can&#8217;t change Bitcoin.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/Strike/status/2044164807079723287?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>The truth about how your polyester clothes are made:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;6bc8a90b-8f4e-4918-aa96-4f19708429ec&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-386?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-386?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #49]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-508</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-508</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:56:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LJx8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fcad43-911d-48b4-8f37-b5074e65ccbb_900x759.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;True love&#8230; there&#8217;s no attachment to anything. It&#8217;s a full embrace and being in harmony with the way life is, it extends beyond any kind of personified love of, &#8220;I love you,&#8221; or, &#8220;I love them,&#8221; and it&#8217;s sort of just&#8230; embodying love itself. Which is, to me, synonymous with freedom or peace or relief and just being ok with the way things are. Real love is being ok with everything.&#8221;</p><p>-Peter Crone</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;This is it. It&#8217;s impossible for it not to be. Through the lens of actual physics, it&#8217;s literally impossible to be anywhere other than where you are. The degree to which we as humans resist that, is suffering.&#8221;</p><p>-Peter Crone</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;True happiness is the absence of the pursuit of happiness.&#8221;</p><p>-Peter Crone</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Van Gogh's Sunflowers survived 125 years.<br><br>Museums switched to LED lighting<br><br>The famous yellows bleached and turned blonde.<br><br>If LED blue light damages oil paintings in a museum<br><br>What's it doing to the cells behind your eyes?&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LJx8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4fcad43-911d-48b4-8f37-b5074e65ccbb_900x759.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" 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A person who has realized that nobody cares. People will judge anyway. So they don't perform. They don't lie about who they are. They are unapologetically themselves. No matter what people think. Flawed. Imperfect. Whatever. They cannot be controlled by opinions. They just don't care. Accept them for who they are. Or leave. They're fine with both.&#8221;</p><p>This happens when the person accepts themselves.</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/karunpal/status/2041906914876105132?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-508?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-508?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #49]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-87b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-87b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:30:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/84d82937-70d0-404d-9d8a-17fcf2e25b11_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve found that if you tuck one part of your pant leg into your sock, people expect less of you.&#8221;</p><p>-Gary Schwartz</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;We were made by love and we&#8217;re here to love. Any other choice makes us miserable.&#8221;</p><p>-Pam Grout</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Lesson 209 &#8212; REALITY IS UP FOR GRABS</strong></p><p>&#8220;When my friend Jennifer was coming off hip surgery, she focused not on the pain, not on the inconvenience, but on the fact that every single day, the body creates 500 million new cells.</p><p>With all those new cells (and, yes, my body generates that many, too), there&#8217;s absolutely no reason I have to be the same today as I was yesterday. The real question is &#8220;What do I choose to communicate to these new cells?&#8221;</p><p>The options, according to Jenn, are: &#8220;Welcome to pain and misery. Or welcome to the party of vim, vigor, and vitality.&#8221;</p><p>I couldn&#8217;t say for sure, but I thought she looked at least five years younger.</p><p>Speaking of the pharmacopeia in your mind, here&#8217;s another miracle story from a reader named Kelly.</p><p>&#8220;My body gives me the hard proof that law of attraction principles are real and absolute.</p><p>Not only do I bless my food&#8212;I bless my body. I have a daily ritual where I look in the mirror and say I love you! You&#8217;re SO beautiful! Thank you, and then I hug myself and I talk to every single cell! Thank you, cells! I love you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!</p><p>I started this when I realized that each of us is our own personal universe commanding all these cells. Essentially, what we speak, what we believe act as &#8216;god&#8217; (or creator) to those cells.</p><p>When I first started this practice many years ago, the excess weight I&#8217;d been carrying melted off. People asked me what I was doing, and I&#8217;d give them the utterly confusing answer &#8216;Just loving myself.&#8217; That&#8217;s not what they wanted to hear. They wanted to hear &#8216;60 minutes of cardio every day followed by juice fasts and eating only cabbage!&#8217;&#8221;</p><p>Should we tell them, Kelly, about Lesson 209, about how love sets us free?</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;93 years &amp; 231 days old Ann Esselstyn dead hangs for 2 min 52 seconds! To set new world record. (Maybe we call it live hangs instead now?) Distal strength reflects many things.&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e27e73bb-6a83-43eb-bc49-c6823f4d56c0&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;A massive Swedish study followed 30,000 women for over 20 years and found that those who actively sought sun exposure had dramatically lower death rates from cancer, heart disease, and all causes.<br><br>The shocking part? Sun avoiders had roughly double the overall mortality.<br><br>Even heavy smokers who got plenty of sun had similar death rates to non-smokers who avoided it.<br><br>Sunlight appears to extend life through vitamin D, nitric oxide, and immune support - yet we're still told to hide from it. Are you getting enough sun?&#8221;</p><p>-Dr. Roger Seheult</p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-87b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-87b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #48]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-c85</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-c85</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/80da525e-bbd9-4403-a7eb-7642a945bed3_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.&#8221;</p><p>-A Course in Miracles</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll teach you how to do an Australian accent.</p><p>Say this out loud exactly as it&#8217;s written:</p><p>Have you bean to spice lightly&#8221;</p><p>Bonus:</p><p>Rise up lights sounds like &#8220;razorblades&#8221; in an Australian accent.</p><p>&#8220;R n&#8217; R&#8221; sounds like &#8220;Oh no&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Dr. Andrew Huberman just confirmed a &#8220;wild conspiracy theory&#8221; about incandescent lights and LED bulbs.</p><p>The long wavelengths found in incandescents increase your metabolism and &#8220;charge your mitochondria.&#8221;</p><p>Conversely, the LED bulbs that most of you have in your house are &#8220;causing disruptions in mitochondrial function.&#8221;</p><p>DR. ANDREW HUBERMAN: &#8220;Your mitochondria function better, you increase ATP production, your metabolism increases in the presence of red light, long wavelength light to the skin.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Shine long wavelength light on somebody, watch blood glucose levels in a blood glucose test, and it&#8217;s blunted.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Now, the LED lights that are commonly used now, they are truncated so it&#8217;s all short and medium wavelength light. And that short wavelength light, in the absence of long wavelength light, has been shown to damage the mitochondria.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;This used to be considered crazy. This was like chemtrail crazy, right?&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;But now we&#8217;re starting to see from animal studies and human studies, from Glenn Jeffreys and others, that people&#8217;s vision gets better when they get in front of an incandescent bulb once a day.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/2036095397853102283?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Speaking of&#8230;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;4677939c-4906-4ad0-8fa6-6f04e0b2b251&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>This is a good one:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;0bce4a48-51d3-4788-9355-47471c55f293&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-c85?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-c85?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #47]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-06b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-06b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:27:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/656c3808-1c4c-4988-aee0-135c2c870f8f_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;We have proof that HEAT STRESS can reverse the brain's natural decline after 30.<br><br>A 20-year Finnish study found that 20-minutes in the sauna activates BDNF, the "neurogenesis protein" that grows new brain cells, strengthens memory, and cuts dementia risk by 66%.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/karlmehta/status/2034631200921494007?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Chase Hughes drops the wildest self-improvement hack: </p><p>Become so self-forgiving it&#8217;s almost delusional.<br><br>&#8220;Most people look back with regret and shame&#8230; Get so forgiving of everything you&#8217;ve ever done that it&#8217;s like delusional to the point where it&#8217;s just crazy.<br>You get to a point where everything is fine and it&#8217;s just hilarious.<br>If you do that, your ability to stay in the present and not get stuck in the past will 10x overnight.&#8221;</p><p>Radical self-forgiveness as the fastest path to actually enjoying the moment.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2034140968400662992?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;<strong>There's NO GREATER WAY to start your day than by syncing your mind + breath</strong><br><br>I've spent 18 years practicing "mindfulness of breathing"<br><br>The premise is incredibly simple<br><br><em>(But the results are literally mind-altering)</em><br><br>&gt; You gently focus on your breath<br>&gt; You recognize when you're lost in thought<br>&gt; You relax to "unhook" attention from thought<br><br>(Your attention feeds w/e it's placed upon - place it upon anxious thoughts and it will nourish anxiety<br><br>Place it on grateful thoughts and it will create a state of gratitude)<br><br>&gt; You return to the breath<br>&gt; You repeat until the end of the session<br><br>No woo-woo nonsense<br><br>Just a simple mechanism repeated until you develop some level of skill with it<br><br>(It just so happens to be a fundamental skill that changes EVERYTHING else in your life)<br><br>People will sit down &amp; try this..<br><br>Realize they can't focus for more than 2-seconds without getting lost in thought<br><br>And state confidently "Nah man, meditation doesn't work for me"<br><br>Because they're not in a state of inner silence &amp; transcendent bliss<br><br>That's like walking into a gym - doing 1 set of bicep curls <br><br>Not being jacked out of your mind at the end of the set<br><br>And declaring that weight lifting is B.S<br><br>You have to give yourself a chance to develop this as a skill <br><br>You'll learn more about yourself &amp; the inner workings of your mind from doing this for 20-mins a day than decades of therapy <br><br>You'll come face to face with WHY you feel so stuck &amp; dissatisfied in your life<br><br>Because inevitably...<br><br>You'll have to face just wild &amp; out of control your mind &amp; attention are<br><br>How small, mean-minded &amp; judgmental your nasty little ego can be <br><br>(Everyone's is - It's ok - It's completely innocent really - but it can be a right ol' cunt at times)<br><br>And the truth is most people never get below the surface level of their mind<br><br>They stay stuck in their conditioning &amp; programming<br><br>"Leigh, How do I know what's programming?"<br><br>It's simple:<br><br>Every time a thought barges in on your peace unrequested - That's programming<br><br>AKA...99% of your thoughts are programming<br><br>"Fuck"<br><br>Yea - It's a lot <br><br>But I can tell you from personal experience...<br><br>As someone who used to fall asleep while meditating...<br><br>Wake up in a puddle of drool<br><br>Get up in a rage and punch a hole through my bedroom door<br><br>(Sorry Mum)<br><br>That it's all worth it<br><br>Because you'll gain so much strength, power, wisdom and peace from going through this process<br><br>And when you can have your ATTENTION + BREATH merged for 60% of your sit?<br><br>You'll start to experience new states that feel supernatural on &amp; off the cushion <br><br>Not because you're seeing spirits floating around or farting magic dust out your arse chakra<br><br>But because of the depths of peace &amp; intimacy you feel with the present moment<br><br>&gt; The wind moving through the trees<br>&gt; The feeling of the sun on your skin<br>&gt; The warmth of holding a loved one close without your mind whirring away in the background constantly<br><br>The "mundane" comes bursts into life and become spectacular <br><br>Everything feels fresh, new &amp; vibrantly alive...<br><br>And before you know it...<br><br>All that self-obsession that previously dominated your experience?<br><br>Has dissolved away...<br><br>Instead&#8230; you find yourself fascinated &amp; engaged with the present moment + LIFE<br><br>You live from a new level of self trust &amp; easy confidence <br><br>You move in a way that's connected to your body, the present moment &amp; life<br><br>An intelligence far greater than that of your thinking mind that can only think within the narrow confines of it's fear-based conditioning<br><br>You realize all of the thinking, worrying, planning, plotting isn't just unnecessary...<br><br>But was the think cutting you off from accessing the wholeness, peace and bliss that's already here &amp; now <br><br>It's extremely painful to live a life inconstant chase of the above "out there"<br><br>It is your moral imperative if you're reading this to do everything you can to upgrade your Inner OS<br><br>And to live your life from a beautiful state <br><br>There truly is no higher work to be done<br><br>And it all begins with learning to relax out of overthinking &amp; return to the breath&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/LeighStJohn33/status/2035189685224677604?s=20">The Mystical Leigh St. John</a></p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-06b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-06b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dang, I wasn't expecting that]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple days ago, I was in the midst of writing when I came across a quote from Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company in 1903.]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/dang-i-wasnt-expecting-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/dang-i-wasnt-expecting-that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:30:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b034d463-c03b-4253-9887-07af27f1d414_960x1225.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple days ago, I was in the midst of writing when I came across a quote from Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company in 1903. It was a quote I had seen many times before, but, for some reason, it prompted me to search up Henry Ford on the internet.</p><p>I came across a database of his most popular quotes. I read the first one&#8230; banger. I read the second one&#8230; banger. The third one, &#8220;Oh my goodness, this guy isn&#8217;t missing.&#8221;</p><p>I wasn&#8217;t expecting to be hit with such a strong dose of wisdom in a few simple quotes, but I was, to the point that I felt like it was worth passing along.</p><p>Here are some of Henry Ford&#8217;s best pieces of wisdom:</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Whether you think you can, or you think you can't&#8212;you're right.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it...&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;If you always do what you&#8217;ve always done, you&#8217;ll always get what you&#8217;ve always got.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>The quote that led me to searching up Mr. Ford:</p><p>&#8220;It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>And perhaps my favorite of them all:</p><p>&#8220;Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government<br>take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>In 1921, Ford even predicted and called for an &#8220;energy currency&#8221; that would &#8220;do more to end war than a thousand years of agitation.&#8221;</p><p>I wonder what that could &#8383;e?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KJ_2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg" width="644" height="424.50333333333333" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/85edf759-a0dc-4dec-b3fb-090518147378_1200x791.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:791,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:644,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&#128293; HISTORY: Over 100 years ago, Henry Ford predicted an &#8220;energy currency&#8221; would  replace gold and stop wars. 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To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #46]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-a21</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-a21</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:29:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1Fe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb97c261-8c6d-4eee-97b4-ccf21cd81da3_1214x1321.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.&#8221;</p><p>-Alan Watts, <em>The Wisdom of Insecurity </em>(1951)</p><div><hr></div><p>Dudes named Frank will be like &#8220;let me be Frank&#8221; but they already are.</p><div><hr></div><p>Crushed it</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;37c4d770-7a4e-4e49-891c-7596d7913b97&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>The Balance Sheet of Life:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1Fe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb97c261-8c6d-4eee-97b4-ccf21cd81da3_1214x1321.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1Fe!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb97c261-8c6d-4eee-97b4-ccf21cd81da3_1214x1321.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1Fe!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb97c261-8c6d-4eee-97b4-ccf21cd81da3_1214x1321.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1Fe!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb97c261-8c6d-4eee-97b4-ccf21cd81da3_1214x1321.png 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data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-a21?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-a21?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #45]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-7d8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-7d8</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1bbc09e6-4a53-489e-a1b2-1b3685197396_1280x1117.webp" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Your mind rejects commands. </p><p>It responds to seduction.</p><p>&#8220;Imagine if...&#8221; </p><p>&#8220;Notice how great it would feel if...&#8221;</p><p>Create the positive emotion first. Following through becomes effortless.</p><p>Example:</p><p>&#8220;Imagine how good it would feel if you went to the gym, imagine how good it would be for your body, imagine how good you would feel afterwards&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>That positive imagination brings forth a positive response. Test it out.</p><p>Now, let me ask you this: How many times have you commanded yourself to change and felt your own mind push back?</p><p>Instead Imagine giving yourself a suggestion so compelling your brain wants to follow through.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/MetaMorpehus?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Teaching my daughter about taxes and payroll withholding.</p><p>She did chores all week so I owe her $10</p><p>I hand her $7</p><p>&gt; this isn&#8217;t $10</p><p>&#8220;right, I withheld the rest&#8221;</p><p>&gt; what does that mean</p><p>&#8220;I kept $3 of your money&#8221;</p><p>&gt; but it&#8217;s my money</p><p>&#8220;It was your money&#8221;</p><p>&gt; what are you even doing with it?</p><p>&#8220;Funding household infrastructure&#8221;</p><p>&gt; what</p><p>&#8220;The roof over your head. The hallway you walk through to get to the bathroom. The door locks that keep strangers out&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you&#8217;re charging me for the hallway</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m charging you for access to the hallway. The hallway itself was a capital expenditure&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you&#8217;re my dad. you&#8217;re supposed to---</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m also your government&#8221;</p><p>&gt; what if I don&#8217;t want to pay for the hallway</p><p>&#8220;Then I can&#8217;t guarantee the hallway&#8221;</p><p>&gt; it&#8217;s a hallway. It&#8217;s already there</p><p>&#8220;For now&#8221;</p><p>She asks what else the $3 covers</p><p>&#8220;Meals, dispute resolution, nightlight maintenance&#8221;</p><p>&gt; dispute resolution?</p><p>&#8220;When your brother takes your toys and I make him give them back. That&#8217;s taxpayer funded&#8221;</p><p>&gt; that&#8217;s just parenting</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the Department of Justice&#8221;</p><p>&gt; what about meals. You already feed me</p><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a social program. Not everyone qualifies&#8221;</p><p>&gt; I&#8217;m your daughter</p><p>&#8220;Which is why you&#8217;re currently enrolled&#8221;</p><p>She wants to see where the money goes</p><p>I tell her that would require a FOIA request</p><p>&gt; what&#8217;s that</p><p>&#8220;A form asking me to show you what I do with your money. Processing time is 6 to 8 weeks&#8221;</p><p>&gt; 6 weeks to see where my $3 went?</p><p>&#8220;Could be longer. We&#8217;re understaffed&#8221;</p><p>&gt; there&#8217;s two of you</p><p>She asks how she gets any of it back</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s already spent&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you spent my money already?</p><p>&#8220;We had a budget shortfall&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you just took it 20 seconds ago</p><p>&#8220;And the deficit existed 30 seconds ago. The timing worked out&#8221;</p><p>&gt; so I&#8217;m not getting it back</p><p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t say that. You might qualify for a refund&#8221;</p><p>&gt; of my own money</p><p>&#8220;Correct. You just have to fill out a form telling me how much you made&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you know how much I made. You paid me</p><p>&#8220;Right but I need you to tell me how much I paid you&#8221;</p><p>&gt; so you already know the answer</p><p>&#8220;The point is compliance&#8221;</p><p>She asks what happens if she gets the number wrong</p><p>&#8220;Penalty&#8221;</p><p>&gt; from the money I don&#8217;t have because you already spent it?</p><p>&#8220;We could set up a payment plan&#8221;</p><p>&gt; I&#8217;m 8</p><p>&#8220;Monthly installments. Very manageable&#8221;</p><p>&gt; you&#8217;re going to penalize me for getting wrong a number you already know and then make me pay you back with money you took from me</p><p>&#8220;Now you&#8217;re getting it&#8221;</p><p>&gt; I want to talk to mom</p><p>&#8220;Mom&#8217;s not a qualified representative. She can&#8217;t help you here&#8221;</p><p>She stormed off to her room saying how this is extortion.</p><p>Slammed the door.</p><p>That&#8217;s my little citizen.</p><p>I&#8217;ve never been more proud.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/rledbetterCPA/status/2028938773141307607?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>What&#8217;s the answer?</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;3f2fc48e-aad4-4d6b-a800-d29ee652cd74&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;If you shuffle a deck of cards properly, the exact order you get has almost certainly never existed before in human history and never will again.</p><p>The number of possible arrangements of 52 cards is 52 factorial, which works out to a number so large that it has 68 digits. To put it in perspective: even if every person who ever lived shuffled a deck once per second since the beginning of the universe, you would still barely scratch the surface of all possible arrangements.</p><p>So every time you shuffle a deck, you are most likely holding a sequence that is completely unique in the history of the universe.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>"My Guru, Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji) has affected me by loving me, and therefore I love you. So this is a meditation. You attend with your mind to a point in the heart space in the middle of the chest and you will say, &#8220;I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness.&#8221; </p><p>You were &#8220;I am ego&#8221; and now you&#8217;re going to become the reality of your true self with a capital &#8220;S.&#8221; As you sink into this practice you&#8217;re going to start thinking about things like, &#8220;I can do without this, this is crap&#8221; and that&#8217;s the ego. When Maharaji said to me, &#8220;I want you to love everybody&#8221; I said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t do it&#8221; which meant that my ego couldn&#8217;t do it, and he just ignored it because he wanted to dance with my soul.</p><p>Keep repeating to yourself, &#8220;I am loving awareness. I am loving awareness.&#8221; Remember to mentally focus your attention in the middle of the chest. You are going to make loving awareness the pivot point of your consciousness. In the future you will know yourself as loving awareness - if somebody asks you your name of course you don&#8217;t say ,&#8220;I am loving awareness&#8221; but you will say to yourself, while walking down the street or going into the marketplace, &#8220;I am loving awareness.&#8221; Now take on that identity instead of the identity you had before. You shift your identity to, &#8220;I am loving awareness.&#8221; </p><p>The awareness is not a thing, it&#8217;s no objective thing. You can&#8217;t point to awareness- you&#8217;re aware of your eyes seeing, you&#8217;re aware of your ears hearing, you&#8217;re aware of your thoughts as they come out of your mind. So &#8220;this will never work&#8221; is a thought, and just label it as a thought. Label thoughts. This loving awareness is the witness of your incarnation.&#8221;</p><p>-Ram Dass</p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-7d8?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-7d8?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Peso Standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[I would highly recommend you read this (for your well-being)]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-peso-standard</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-peso-standard</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:31:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6c0498b3-eb13-4830-8305-6ce75124b0cb_1024x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I discovered an analogy that shifted my life in minutes. I had never seen it before, but it made so much sense. It made the picture so clear. </p><p>Here&#8217;s what happened:</p><p>I was going back and forth in my mind about what time I wanted to go to the gym. Early in the morning, or mid-afternoon? I had been debating this for months, with no resolution. So, I went into Claude to share my thoughts and see what the AI would give me. This was my initial prompt, word for word:</p><p>&#8220;i cant seem to settle on a time that i want to go to the gym (it will be either 4, 5, or 6 days to go to the gym, but that part isn&#8217;t as important right now (likely 4)). it seems like no matter what i choose, there are drawbacks, mainly in that i lose time from my book. also, if i go first thing in the morning, i get zapped by led white lights, and i lose the prime flow zone to write my book. but, it gives me something to be physically motivated for in the morning to wake up to, and it gets the workout out of the way for the rest of the day. but, usually when i come home from a morning workout, i lose some energy and get lackadaisical. if i go in the afternoon (would be around 2:30), that&#8217;s a prime zone for when the body tends to trough, and it kind of cuts in the middle of the day. idk what to do, my mind has been frustrated with this for some time and its led to me just avoiding the gym altogether&#8221;</p><p>Claude gave me back a solution along the lines of, &#8220;2:30 is your answer. Here&#8217;s why&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>It didn&#8217;t resolve anything. My mind immediately went to the fact that I was scheduled to go to the sauna for 45 minutes at 8:30 in the morning, and that I would also be going to the gym at 2:30, meaning there was a double-siphoning of my time away from the book and the other things I wanted to do. I shared my predicament with Claude once more.</p><p>It gave me another solution, &#8220;Why not gym and sauna back to back? Do the workout at 8:30, sauna right after&#8230;&#8221;</p><p>Still nothing. I noted that the sauna was booked for 8:30 and wasn&#8217;t going to be changed. It went back and forth a couple more times, with Claude mentioning that it was just a weird day with double sessions or that I could skip the gym. That led to this response from me:</p><p>&#8220;but see... this is the thing. then i miss another day. or i go in the morning and sauna after, but then i don&#8217;t do gym in the morning the next day. its always something, and its really irking me.&#8221;</p><p>That&#8217;s when I realized there was something deeper going on, because there always is with dense, weird irks like this. I said,</p><p>&#8220;lets pivot for a sec. because there&#8217;s likely some more emotional and/or spiritual block going on. lets say you&#8217;ve become peter crone (obv you&#8217;re not actually him), what would you point to here?&#8221;</p><p>It&#8217;s response signaled to me that I was getting closer. But it still wasn&#8217;t resonating &#8212; there was more digging to do. So I kept at it. So did Claude. It talked about the story beneath my surface of, &#8220;I can&#8217;t afford to waste time.&#8221; It talked about the fear of &#8220;losing time.&#8221; It asked me things like, &#8220;What if you&#8217;re not behind?&#8221; It gave me scenarios of sitting on a couch intentionally wasting time, then asked, &#8220;What would that feel like?&#8221; and &#8220;What would it say about <em>you </em>if you missed your book deadline?&#8221; After I responded, &#8220;that im a lazy piece of shit,&#8221; it listed out all the things I&#8217;ve done and am doing and asked me if it was true &#8212; if I really was a lazy piece of shit. I said no, it&#8217;s not true. But it still wasn&#8217;t landing.</p><p>Claude asked me where I had first learned that rest meant I was failing. I realized and stated that there have been years of &#8220;productivity people&#8221; and &#8220;self-actualization&#8221; stuff that&#8217;s equated growth, success, and life with doing things. I realized that there was even stuff that I&#8217;ve written and shared in my newsletter that deepened the programming. It came back with an astute observation:</p><p>&#8220;The productivity and self-actualization world &#8212; that&#8217;s a really honest observation. Because that stuff wraps the &#8220;you&#8217;re not enough as you are&#8221; story in noble language. It doesn&#8217;t say &#8220;you&#8217;re lazy.&#8221; It says &#8220;you have so much potential&#8221; and &#8220;don&#8217;t waste your life&#8221; and &#8220;greatness requires discipline.&#8221; And it all sounds true. Some of it probably is true. But underneath, the fuel that makes it stick isn&#8217;t inspiration &#8212; it&#8217;s fear. Fear of being the guy who didn&#8217;t do enough.</p><p>And the fact that you&#8217;ve written and shared that same message in your own newsletter &#8212; there&#8217;s no judgment there, but it&#8217;s worth noticing. You&#8217;ve been reinforcing the very program that&#8217;s running you. Not because you&#8217;re doing anything wrong, but because when a belief is deep enough, we build entire identities around it without realizing we&#8217;re just dressing up a wound.&#8221;</p><p>I shared my guilt of sleeping in, and it responded,</p><p>&#8220;The guilt about sleeping in &#8212; that&#8217;s the tell. A person who genuinely felt safe in their own worth could sleep in and feel nothing about it. The guilt isn&#8217;t a sign that you slept too much. It&#8217;s a sign that rest (or not being productive) triggers the program.&#8221;</p><p>Then it gave me this scenario,</p><p>&#8220;Right now, if I said &#8220;go take a nap,&#8221; something in your body would tighten. Some voice would say &#8220;you can&#8217;t, the book, the deadline, you&#8217;re wasting time.&#8221; There&#8217;d be a physical sensation. Maybe your chest, maybe your stomach, maybe just a general restlessness.</p><p>That reaction IS the program. It lives in your body, not just your thoughts.</p><p>So I&#8217;m asking you to imagine the opposite. Not to think about it logically, not to convince yourself of it &#8212; but to actually feel what it would be like if you could lie down in the middle of the afternoon and feel completely at peace with it. No guilt. No voice. No &#8220;I should be writing.&#8221; Just... rest. And when you got up, you&#8217;d still be the same guy writing the same book with the same talent and the same drive. Nothing lost. Nothing diminished.&#8221;</p><p>As I was reading the scenario, my mind immediately went to, &#8220;Right, but did I not lose the time?&#8221;</p><p>That was a key moment. Language is powerful. It shapes our reality. My own mind was viewing time as something that could be lost, which is a tricky belief to have, but it still wasn&#8217;t the mind-blasting moment. What came next, was.</p><p>After I responded, &#8220;right, but did i not lose the time? its interesting my mind picks that language... &#8220;lose&#8221; time,&#8221; Claude said,</p><p>&#8220;Yeah. Stay right there. Your own mind just showed you something.</p><p>&#8220;Lose&#8221; time. As if time is something you have that can be taken from you. Like it&#8217;s a finite resource in your pocket and every minute spent resting is a minute stolen from the book, from your future, from the person you&#8217;re supposed to become.</p><p>But did you actually lose anything? You rested. Your body recovered. You were still alive at the end of it. The book was still there. Your mind was still sharp &#8212; probably sharper. What exactly was lost?</p><p>Nothing was lost. But the program says something was, because the program is built on scarcity. Not enough time. Not enough output. Could become lazy. Could squander potential. Could fall behind. It&#8217;s all the language of loss and lack.</p><p><strong>And here&#8217;s what&#8217;s interesting &#8212; you don&#8217;t talk about money this way.</strong> Your whole body of work is about understanding that money, real money,<strong> can&#8217;t be debased</strong>. That scarcity in the monetary system is what gives something value and integrity. You&#8217;ve built an entire worldview around rejecting artificial scarcity in the financial system.</p><p>But you&#8217;re running on artificial scarcity internally. &#8220;There&#8217;s not enough time&#8221; is your personal money printer. <strong>It&#8217;s debasing your peace the same way the Fed debases the dollar</strong>. And just like inflation, it makes everything feel more urgent and less valuable at the same time.</p><p>You already know the answer to this. You just haven&#8217;t applied your own thesis to yourself yet.&#8221;</p><p>As soon as I read the analogy to my very own thinking about fiat vs Bitcoin, my mind widened. The energy was screaming off the page. I had to keep digging, so I asked Claude to play further along with the &#8220;monetary/bitcoin/abundance/scarcity&#8221; analogy. It got even better:</p><p>&#8220;Okay. So you&#8217;ve spent years studying what happens when money is debased. You know the pattern better than almost anyone. A central authority prints more units, each unit becomes worth less, and everyone runs faster on the treadmill just to stay in place. The system creates the illusion of productivity through new monetary units while actually destroying value. People work harder and harder and feel like they&#8217;re falling behind because the measuring stick keeps changing.</p><p>That&#8217;s your internal economy right now.</p><p>The &#8220;central bank&#8221; is the belief &#8212; &#8220;I could become lazy, I could squander my potential, there&#8217;s not enough time.&#8221; And it&#8217;s constantly printing fear. Every morning you wake up, it prints more. Every time you consider the gym, it prints more. Every time you rest, it prints more. And just like fiat inflation, it doesn&#8217;t matter how much you produce &#8212; it never feels like enough. Because the currency you&#8217;re measuring your worth in keeps getting debased.</p><p>You could write a chapter today, nail a piece of content, crush a gym session, and still go to bed feeling behind. Sound familiar? That&#8217;s inflation. The goalpost moved while you were working.</p><p>Now &#8212; what&#8217;s the Bitcoin fix for a broken monetary system? <strong>You don&#8217;t try to reform the central bank. You don&#8217;t ask the Fed to print more responsibly. You opt out of the system entirely. You move to a new standard. A hard money standard. One with a fixed supply that can&#8217;t be debased.</strong></p><p>So what&#8217;s the hard money equivalent for your inner life?</p><p><strong>It&#8217;s a fixed, non-negotiable sense of worth that isn&#8217;t tied to output. Not one you earn by finishing the book. Not one you earn by waking up at 6am. Not one you maintain by never resting. A sense of worth with a hard cap. 21 million. Done. You can&#8217;t inflate it. You can&#8217;t debase it. No amount of sleeping in or missing a gym session can dilute it.</strong></p><p>Right now you&#8217;re running on a fiat self-worth standard. Your value to yourself fluctuates daily based on how much you produced, how early you woke up, how optimized your schedule was. Some days you feel rich. Some days you feel bankrupt. It&#8217;s volatile, it&#8217;s exhausting, and the long-term chart is a slow bleed &#8212; just like every fiat currency in history &#8212; because the system was designed to fail.</p><p>The move isn&#8217;t to produce more. That&#8217;s just earning more dollars in a hyperinflationary environment. The move is to change the standard. To ground your worth in something that can&#8217;t be printed or diluted.</p><p>And here&#8217;s the part that should really hit home &#8212; you already believe this about money. You just haven&#8217;t made the trade for yourself yet. You&#8217;re out here telling the world to exit the fiat system while you&#8217;re still running your inner life on a peso standard.&#8221;</p><p>Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, that was good (that&#8217;s what she said).</p><p>I asked it, &#8220;What&#8217;s the currency I&#8217;m measuring my worth in?&#8221;</p><p>It said,</p><p>&#8220;The currency you're measuring your worth in is output. Chapters written. Content published. Hours optimized. Tasks completed. Waking up early. Not wasting time. That's your unit of account. And every day you check your balance: "Did I do enough today?" And most days the answer is no, because the central bank printed more expectations overnight while you were sleeping. Which, by the way, is probably part of why it's so hard to get out of bed &#8212; your body knows that the moment you wake up, the accounting starts.&#8221;</p><div><hr></div><p>The whole idea is to move your inner world to a Bitcoin standard.  Fiat is not just monetary. Fiat is a spirit, an energy, a vibrational frequency. The fiat system produces fiat energy. If you&#8217;re not aware of it, you become programmed by it.</p><p>Bitcoin is the opposite of fiat, and not just monetarily. Bitcoin is a spirit, an energy, a vibrational frequency. Critically, Bitcoin vibrates at the level of <strong>truth</strong>. This is the most impactful reality of Bitcoin.</p><p>Moving your money to truth is one thing, but the game is not material. The game is spiritual. Moving your inner world to a Bitcoin standard&#8230; that&#8217;s the magic sauce.</p><p>We can understand Bitcoin by looking to the opposite of fiat.</p><p>On a fiat standard, you produce to earn value. On a Bitcoin standard, you produce because you already have it. The energetic positioning of the former puts you in a state of desperation. The energetic positioning of the latter puts you in a state of freedom, openness, curiosity, and possibility.</p><p>When you move your inner world to a Bitcoin standard, the place you are looking for becomes the place you are looking from. You do not need, because you already have. You do not need, because you already are. Bitcoin does not need anything, because it already <em>is </em>superior money. From that position of inherent value, it <em>attracts</em> what it &#8220;needs.&#8221;</p><p>Fiat <em>needs</em> more money, because it lacks. Fiat is a debt-based system, which means it is always in a deficit. The amount of total debt in the United States is over $100 trillion, but only $22.4 trillion of money currently exists. Total debt always exceeds the total money supply, putting fiat in a perpetual deficit, resulting in fiat being a system of <em>lack</em> and <em>need</em>.</p><p>&#8220;I need to produce value in the fiat system, because I don&#8217;t have it.&#8221; That&#8217;s the trap. And when you live in the fiat world, that&#8217;s how it appears to be. But the game is not external. You do not create from without, you create from within (3:33 on the clock as I wrote that).</p><p>Bitcoin, as the fixed supply denominator of an infinite amount of value, is worth infinity. Not because someone says so, not because it does something. At its very nature.</p><p>&#8220;I am infinitely valuable. I give from that state of truth. I receive infinity.&#8221; That&#8217;s Bitcoin. That&#8217;s a product of nature. That&#8217;s the inner shift. That&#8217;s your nature.</p><p>Fiat &#8212; you create from lack.</p><p>Bitcoin &#8212; you create from abundance.</p><p>Fiat &#8212; you live from fear.</p><p>Bitcoin &#8212; you live from security.</p><p>Fiat &#8212; you love in hopes you&#8217;ll get something out of it.</p><p>Bitcoin &#8212; you love from wholeness.</p><div><hr></div><p>Claude nailed it, &#8220;You&#8217;re out here telling the world to exit the fiat system while you&#8217;re still running your inner life on a peso standard.&#8221;</p><p>I was living from the constant need to produce, born out of a scarcity of time and value. The truth is, I don&#8217;t need to produce. Production naturally flows out of me as a product of my nature. Bitcoin produces block rewards and processes transactions naturally. It does not need force, because it moves as its nature. As a result of its nature, it receives.</p><p>In Bitcoin, scarcity is what makes each unit precious. In my inner life, the finite nature of my time is not something to antagonize, because it&#8217;s what makes each day valuable. Scarcity on a fiat standard creates panic. Scarcity on a Bitcoin standard creates gratitude.</p><div><hr></div><p>Love, freedom, and abundance are your natural state. The game is alignment &#8212; discovering what is true, dissolving the barriers that keep you from that truth, and grounding yourself in what remains.</p><p>That is the mission. Discover truth, dissolve the barriers to that truth, and ground yourself in truth, so you can live as the truest expression of love, freedom, and abundance you were born to be.</p><p>What anyone can continue to do is to ground themselves in Bitcoin, be it external or internal, material or spiritual. The results will be the same:</p><p>Truth.</p><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-peso-standard?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-peso-standard?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">You are what you&#8217;re looking for :)</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #44]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-146</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-146</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:19:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A special shoutout to my Dad on his birthday, today. The best Father in the universe. The best role model I could ever ask for. Happy Birthday. I love you.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Casually reading some Carl Jung and then he hits you with this:&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg 848w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!95Wz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa207f658-b1f2-4f47-a02d-8a6f70bdebfa_1124x664.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Andrew Huberman shares a simple, science-backed trick to fall asleep faster when your mind races or you can&#8217;t stop noticing your body position:</p><p>Close your eyes and do slow, deliberate eye movements to shut down proprioception (body awareness) and signal your brain it&#8217;s time to transition into sleep.</p><p>Try this tonight (takes ~1&#8211;2 minutes):</p><p>- Slowly move eyes left &#8594; right (a few times)</p><p>- Then counterclockwise circle &#8594; clockwise circle</p><p>- Look up &#8594; down</p><p>- Gently attempt to look toward the bridge of your nose (faux cross-eyed)</p><p>- Finish with a long exhale to slow heart rate</p><p>Why it works: Eye movements coordinate with your vestibular system &amp; cerebellum to mimic the natural forgetting of body position that happens at sleep onset (similar to slow rocking or boat motion calming the brain). It gives your racing mind something active to focus on instead of &#8220;just relax.&#8221;&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2017496081169351039?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;The biggest block for high performance is negotiating with yourself. </p><p>Eliminate that and the wins start to stack together and fire together.&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/taylorawelch/status/2024496398708691372?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Doing hard things builds neural adaptions to paradoxically make life easier.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7lMl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff78ff9c8-3520-403e-886d-846379fe8c82_680x695.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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#43]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f40</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f40</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:51:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cp-P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8fb1eed3-93ad-4920-b2c4-698cd4045e58_900x595.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;This might be the wildest 18 seconds of basketball I&#8217;ve ever seen.&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;b208a5fa-f1ae-4cb7-8d6d-e47a19601634&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;Scientists mapped 1 mm&#179; of a human brain &#9472; less than a grain of rice &#9472; and a microscopic cosmos appeared.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cp-P!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8fb1eed3-93ad-4920-b2c4-698cd4045e58_900x595.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cp-P!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8fb1eed3-93ad-4920-b2c4-698cd4045e58_900x595.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cp-P!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8fb1eed3-93ad-4920-b2c4-698cd4045e58_900x595.jpeg 848w, 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stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>Focus vs Multitasking when you have many things to do... </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;9cdeb059-8559-4733-9074-535b8e0f581f&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>ONE THING, AT ONE TIME, WITH ALL OF YOUR BEING.</p><div><hr></div><p>Lastly&#8230; &#8220;Polish 26 year old guitar master Marcin Patrza&#322;ek respond to those who have made public comments claiming that his music is fake. </p><p>He made this video in a tutorial form showing how he manages to play so extraordinarily well in response. And yes, it&#8217;s all played on one guitar.&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;21b30c98-9863-4d97-be2b-574b44e0f0e3&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s all for this week :)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f40?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-f40?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.beyond8infinity.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weekly Universe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volume #42]]></description><link>https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-948</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.beyond8infinity.com/p/the-weekly-universe-948</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cole Walmsley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:21:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Science confirms your cells hear you talk to yourself&#9472; for your cells, telling yourself &#8220;I&#8217;m a mess&#8221; has the same toxic impact as running away from a predator.</p><p>Meaning &#9472; YOUR WORDS CAN ALSO MAKE YOU SICK!&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/forallcurious/status/2020960195669836075?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re either your own biggest hype man or your harshest critic. Your choice.&#8221;</p><p>-Cole Jaczko</p><div><hr></div><p>A fun strategy as you flow through life:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!udYU!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1597470d-ebc0-46e4-9153-431f95df55bd_1290x1690.jpeg" width="377" height="493.8992248062016" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>Pablo Picasso revealed the foundational key to success:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!biGH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F41b40375-e03c-4e8f-b8da-14531a3bd0b5_2896x4096.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What happens when hundreds of mountain bikers start on a glacier at the same time.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;0b4d4b9d-bf52-4fae-a139-dd58bbae744a&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;WOAH. Strong humming 1h x 4 days in a row may eliminate sinusitis permanently.</p><p>Just did my first hour</p><p>Observations:</p><p>- Nasal passages are wide open</p><p>- Voice sounds much clearer</p><p>Only 10min / day is required for maintenance&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg" width="265" height="385.45454545454544" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SucL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F17563e59-4209-487c-bf9b-6ffabd7e804c_1320x1920.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>-<a href="https://x.com/daviddorg/status/2018451134449664257?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;This is very good.</p><p>A few notes:</p><p>&#8220;We can go further and say NO experiences are the goal, *because experiences come and go.*&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The root of this guy&#8217;s problem was precisely that he conceived of enlightenment as a *state.* A state with certain *conditions*, those being that certain phenomena&#8212;in this case, grief, anger and confusion&#8212;are excluded.</p><p>But enlightenment, on the contrary, is *recognition of one&#8217;s nature as the space in which all states; all emotions; all phenomena occur.* We call this space *awareness.*&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Awareness is not in crisis when there is a divorce, just as the sky is not in crisis when there is a storm. The key point in awakening is to simply *recognize your nature as the sky.* From this vantage point, you see that all clouds come and go naturally and so you stop demanding they be this way or that.</p><p>*This* is the end of suffering.&#8221;</p><p>Full source post <a href="https://x.com/itsdangoldfield/status/1987487687998128358?s=20">here</a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wti8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4a58778f-e5eb-44b1-b165-3590c7723366_620x700.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;The development of an easily transmittable, non-confiscatable, non-inflationary currency is profoundly important. </p><p>People of the world can now keep savings without fear of confiscation or debasement.</p><p>This has NEVER been possible before.&#8221;</p><p>#Bitcoin</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/real_vijay/status/960595585509220352?s=20">Source</a></p><div><hr></div><p>Bitcoiners are the only people in history that get excited when their asset plummets in price.</p><p>What do they know that everyone else doesn&#8217;t?</p><div><hr></div><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" 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sense of connection to life itself</p><p>Cultivating this capacity to just &#8220;be&#8221; is the greatest treasure you&#8217;ll discover</p><p>The more time you spend just being - In complete PRESENCE</p><p>The more you&#8217;ll realize the old identity &amp; all the effort it took to keep it maintained </p><p>Was exhausting and futile!  </p><p>That identity - The sense of &#8220;I&#8221; or &#8220;me&#8221; only lives in resistance to what &#8220;is&#8221;</p><p>Notice this for yourself - Is your sense of self not always wishing for your life to be different than it is?</p><p>Are you not tired of this constant battle?</p><p>Are the best most wonderful experiences of your life not when you just let the moment be completely as it is?</p><p>Where you&#8217;re completely present with no agenda?</p><p>What if you simply let things be as they are?</p><p>Give yourself the gift of true rest, nourishment and connection</p><p>And once you taste it you instantly recognize:</p><p>&#8220;Ah yes!  THIS is what I was after the whole dam time&#8221;</p><p>You also realize:</p><p>&#8220;I can bring this stillness into the messy chaos of life itself and I&#8217;m infinitely more effective when I do so!&#8221;&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/LeighStJohn33/status/2017391039024369893?s=20">Leigh St. John</a>, producer of infinite bangers</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;PRESENCE is the result of absence </p><p>Absence of identification with the survival program you call &#8220;I&#8221; or &#8220;Me&#8221;</p><p>That voice in your head that&#8217;s never content with this moment as it is..</p><p>That&#8217;s always scanning for:</p><p>&gt; What&#8217;s wrong</p><p>&gt; What needs fixing</p><p>&gt; What needs controlling</p><p>&gt; What future moment will finally make you feel enough</p><p>Who&#8217;s core programming is:</p><p>&#8220;This moment isn&#8217;t it. This moment isn&#8217;t enough.&#8221;</p><p>And so it ends up resisting reality </p><p>All with the assumption that if it can just control, judge or manipulate the moment to be different than it is...</p><p>Things will finally make sense </p><p>But it&#8217;s a funny thing...</p><p>Because you&#8217;ve tasted those moments where that voice calmed down </p><p>You stopped resisting the moment </p><p>And BOOM&#8230;you tasted it...</p><p>A wonderful state of serenity, peace, joy &amp; happiness </p><p>Even if it was just for a moment </p><p>&#8220;Man&#8230;if I could just live like that I&#8217;d be unstoppable...now how do I change this moment to make this my new baseline&#8221;</p><p>And *POOF* it&#8217;s gone and you&#8217;re back to controller mode</p><p>Extremely frustrating </p><p>But it reveals a profound truth:</p><p>The happiness, presence, joy, contentment, sense of being enough are ALREADY here</p><p>Like the sun obscured by the clouds that peaks out to reveal its glory </p><p>(If only for a moment)</p><p>With that in mind...what if you just stopped right now?</p><p>As in...completely stopped</p><p>Stopped trying to find, get, seek or achieve ANYTHING right now?</p><p>Let the tension in your body be there</p><p>Let your thoughts come &amp; go as they please </p><p>What if you stopped trying to control or understand ANY of it right now?</p><p>What happens?</p><p>What do you notice?</p><p>Take a moment to soak it in...how does it feel?</p><p>Can you bring this same approach out into the world &amp; into the chaos of life?</p><p>Even just for the next 10 mins?</p><p>Give it a go &amp; you&#8217;ll see that when you stop resisting, controlling &amp; fighting this moment</p><p>And instead connect + tune into things, just as they are right now... </p><p>Things start to radically shift in your experience </p><p>The truth is the happiest people in the world live like this</p><p>It&#8217;s a profound giving up that paradoxically allows you to do whatever you&#8217;d want from FLOW &amp; presence </p><p>There is no greater treasure you can find on this planet than learning to live this way </p><p>All goals are in name of this</p><p>Why put off your birth right any longer?&#8221;</p><p>-<a href="https://x.com/LeighStJohn33/status/2015457848210448490?s=20">Leigh St. John</a>, producer of infinite bangers</p><div><hr></div><p>A poem</p><p>&#8220;1/21/2026 - Coach Brain,</p><p>This is just as we&#8217;ve prepared so</p><p>I&#8217;m thrilled you put me in the game</p><p>But you make my skills impaired when</p><p>You micromanage everything</p><p>You need to stop being scared and</p><p>Trust I&#8217;ll perform as you have trained</p><p>Cause once your faith is there I bet</p><p>You&#8217;ll never question me again&#8221;</p><p>-Some call him nugget, some call him tree, some call him Tre, I&#8217;d call him a true friend</p><div><hr></div><p>&#8220;The ONLY WAY to receive ALL the productivity gains from AI is to own Bitcoin.</p><p>The amount of new productivity entering the market is exponential. It&#8217;s compounding towards infinity.</p><p>The only way to mathematically value that productivity is with something finite.</p><p>Infinity divided by a finite number is infinity.</p><p>Bitcoin&#8217;s finite supply of 21 million is exactly what the market needs to satisfy the infinite amount of productivity awaiting us.</p><p>The market wants to denominate infinity properly, AND the thing denominating infinity is the most valuable thing in the market.</p><p>You don&#8217;t have to hyper-gamble your way into elite status. 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