Hmmm, so this person must know a lot about the Japanese origin!

Why did Satoshi choose this name ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’?

Why such a Japanese name?

Tuesday thoughts…🤔🤔

#asknostr

Interesting narrative. Have you checked out the video in my NOSTR profile, Episode 074 of the Illegitimate Scholar podcast?

It's long, but hard hitting. If you duplicate my research, you'll have a much clearer view of my perspective, but that 3 hour show is a really big bite.

My current perspective is that Adam and Eve occurred approximately 75,000 years ago and had to do with the first proto-humans to achieve the spiritual accomplishment of "self-awareness".

The serpent is there to symbolize the activation of a chakra. In this case, the spiritual accomplishment of self-awareness is associated with the activation of the solarplexus chakra. On Earth, animals other than humans are born not self-aware but can become self aware while animals at which point, when they die, they reincarnate as "first round humans" with the root, sacral, and solarplexus chakras activated.

Lucifer's role in the Garden was catalyzing this chakra activation because Earth was struggling to develop any species with self-awareness. All animals in "paradise" were essentially NPC bots running instinctual sub-routines. This was not desirable by the very purpose of existence itself: creation. We want creation to arise as it is interesting and entertaining. God diasporated into the universe and occupies each of us with consciousness in order to experience limited, finite perspective, because omniscience is boring after like 2 seconds.

It is common for us to do the same thing to animals today. Often times we remark that a puppy in training has "imprinted" upon his/her trainer. The puppy, as a result of being given a name, and plenty of choices along with a reward system for making the desired choices, develops a sense of self. It also helps that the puppy realizes that it has its own food and water bowls, its own places to sleep, etc. All of this develops a sense that the puppy is a self. When the solarplexus chakra activates, the puppy experiences "spirit" for the first time. I suspect it might be like experiencing pins and needles or chills for the first time but throughout the nervous system and in a pleasant way. The puppy attributes this pleasant feeling to the human who was training them and becomes attached to that human as a result.

It makes sense to me that self-awareness is a prerequisite to making a choice to polarize towards service to others (good) or service to the self (evil). Note that service to others orientation is not exclusive of self-service. Some amount of self-service is baked in as we must all satisfy the demands of our biological vulnerabilities.

My basis for this perspective can be supported by science in a number of ways. I lay a lot of that out in the episode I mentioned.

Like you, I'm appreciative of food for thought and I often glean valuable insights from people with whom I do not agree on many things so I remain pretty open. Thank you for the rec and for reading this wall of text if you got this far lol.

Latest addition to my library.

My expectation going into it is that it is going to be fairly syncretic with my existing perspective, cosmology, philosophy, etc.

Very much looking forward to reading this (with a grain of salt, as always).

Latest addition to my library.

My expectation going into it is that it is going to be fairly syncretic with my existing perspective, cosmology, philosophy, etc.

Very much looking forward to reading this (with a grain of salt, as always).

Id guess few people are seeing it, but also dubious of posting only to specific categories of notes at this point in Nostr.

Is there a way to post so that all/most/a lot of the niche filtering picks up most of your posts?

I used to think alcohol was alcohol.

Beer...Wine. They both got me drunk.

Then I started paying attention.

To how beer left me foggy.

And how wine didn’t.

Here’s what I found 🍺🍷🧵

Wine and Beer Start From Different Foundations

Wine is made from fermented grapes.

Beer is made from fermented grains.

That difference really matters.

Grapes naturally contain compounds that survive fermentation and end up in your glass. These include polyphenols, which have been studied for their ability to reduce inflammation, support blood vessels, and protect cells from oxidative stress.

Beer starts with starch. After fermentation, most commercial beer is filtered, pasteurized, and standardized. That strips out nearly all of the byproducts that might offer anything beyond alcohol and empty calories.

Both wine and beer can include additives that aren't listed on the label. But with wines, more of the beneficial compounds tend to stay in. It is also easier to find low-intervention wines with few additives, and there is a stronger culture of traceability in wine. People care who grew the grapes, how they were grown, and where.

You can find good beer and bad wine.

But at the baseline, wine has more going for it.

Blood Sugar and the Crash

Most people chalk up how they feel after drinking to “just a hangover.”

But part of that foggy, sluggish feeling is driven by blood sugar swings.

Wine, especially dry red wine, has virtually no residual sugar. During fermentation, yeast consumes the natural grape sugars. A standard glass of dry red often contains less than 1 gram of sugar.

Beer, on the other hand, contains maltose and residual starch, both of which break down quickly into glucose. This gives it a higher glycemic load, especially when consumed without food or in large quantities. Blood sugar spikes, insulin rises, and then comes the crash.

Alcohol itself makes this worse.

It inhibits gluconeogenesis, which is your liver’s ability to produce glucose when blood sugar runs low. That makes it harder for your body to recover once blood sugar drops.

This is why beer often leaves you drained and cloudy, even after just a couple.

Wine avoids about as much of that as possible. Less sugar spike. Less crash.

Antioxidants and Inflammation

Red wine contains polyphenols like resveratrol, quercetin, and anthocyanins.

These compounds have been studied for their role in reducing inflammation and protecting blood vessels.

Beer contains some antioxidants from hops and barley, but at much lower levels.

The process of filtration and pasteurization removes most of what might help.

If you’re going to drink, wine actually gives your body something to work with.

Hormonal Effects

Beer contains hops, and hops contain a compound called 8-prenylnaringenin.

It’s a powerful phytoestrogen, meaning it acts like estrogen in the body.

In high enough quantities, it can start shifting hormone levels.

Chronic beer consumption has been linked to lower testosterone, reduced libido, and, in some cases, increased body fat in areas like the manboob.

Wine doesn’t contain estrogenic compounds like this.

Some of the polyphenols in red wine may even slow down how fast your body breaks down testosterone. One lab study found a reduction in testosterone clearance by up to 70 percent.

Beer increases estrogen.

Wine slows testosterone loss.

Transparency and Sourcing

Neither beer nor wine is required to list all ingredients or additives on the label.

That means you're often drinking blind unless you know the producer.

With wine, it's usually easier to trace the origin.

There’s a stronger culture around knowing who grew the grapes and how the wine was made.

Beer doesn’t have that same emphasis on sourcing.

It’s possible, but less common.

If you want to drink better, ask questions and buy from people who can answer them.

Not all alcohol is created equal.

Beer gives you sugar spikes, estrogenic compounds, and fewer nutrients.

Wine gives you antioxidants, lower sugar, and for guys, a possible hormonal edge.

I’m not saying wine is a health drink.

But switching from beer to wine might actually make you feel better.

I’ve noticed it myself. I rarely drink beer anymore.

Curious if anyone else has had the same experience.

The nature of Evil versus Christ

There's been a persistent misunderstanding of what is opposing Christ. There are two such poles: the extremely materialistic entity and the extremely spiritual entity. The best description so far has been presented by Rudolf Steiner: Ahriman and Lucifer.

Ahriman will incarnate as the antichrist thanks to the progress of the transhumanism. He wants to eliminate the divine nature of man. Artificial intelligence will pave the road for his coming. Anything altering the natural way of life fits in this category. Freemasons and others unknowingly worship him as the creator of the universe. Very few are aware of this trickery.

Lucifer has been cast down from Heaven because he wanted to be God. He is extremely intelligent and has been inspiring people to invent things ever since. It's like giving guns to children. He is also patron of the arts. He wants people to bypass the physical life and join his army without the proof-of-work in the here and now. New age people and many secret societies think man is God (God with capital G instead of god with lowercase g).

Christ has united with Earth after the events of Golgotha. The "I" in man is the Christ within. There is no shortcut for the central pillar or the middle way. Hard work, patience and doing the right thing in all instances are part of the way.

Christ can be known to man by three methods:

1. Scriptures and ancient texts

2. Direct experience (from within)

3. Initiation

Man has the freewill to choose one of the three ways, hence the trilemma. Ahriman promises you material wealth, Lucifer promises you knowledge. Christ is patiently waiting for the righteous.

I wonder if it is the same green i see with my eyes closed on psychedelics.

Cool Barcelona #streetart 💜✨