The High Levels of Thinking [and how they make things better, sometimes]

You Think You’re “Evolved”? Think Again — The Trap of Higher Levels

Most people think “higher consciousness” would mean tolerance and love — but hoe_math shows how this mindset secretly destroys relationships, culture, and identity itself. The problem? Many are stuck in childish thinking disguised as wisdom. In this video, hoe_math breaks down the real hierarchy of thought — from self-absorbed to self-aware — exposing how “inclusion” without boundaries becomes chaos. The final unlock? Seven through nine: acceptance, meta-level understanding, and razor-sharp clarity in the moment—plus boundaries that actually stick and help design unstoppable communities. The endgame isn’t blind acceptance — it’s clarity, boundaries, and design.

0|210|Foundations|Low-level thinking crisis|Sets the stakes by linking relationship and political breakdowns to poor perspective-taking, where disagreement is misread as hate and victimization. Introduces the house-smoking example to show how missing others’ viewpoints creates conflict.
   210|480|Tools|Mission and Self-Max overview|Explains the goal of raising consciousness through diagrams and an AI tool that maps desire to action and learning. Introduces Level Check, including a voice version, as a way to measure and nudge one’s current level.
   480|900|Perspectives|Levels 1 to 5 explained|Walks through first to third person reasoning using the dad–daughter–boy scenario. Shows how higher levels add clarity by modeling others’ minds and consequences rather than merely obeying or rebelling.
   900|1140|Individualist|Level six dynamics|Describes fourth-person perspective where multiple possible selves can be chosen, driving anti-conformism and inclusion. Notes the instability of endless self-options without firm commitments.
   1140|1380|Paradox|Inclusion contradiction|Shows how “include everyone” fails when groups refuse reciprocal tolerance. Highlights IQ and motivational limits as practical constraints on universal inclusion.
   1380|1680|Detachment|“I am not my mind”|Marks the shift to level seven by separating identity from thoughts, like separating self from bodily hunger. Reframes planning society around real minds as they are, not as they “should” be.
   1680|1950|Boundaries|Everything in its place|Coins “everybodyism” and argues mixing incompatible norms dissolves institutions into chaos. Advocates distinct spaces with clear rules rather than forced synthesis.
   1950|2220|Construct-aware|Level eight reframing|Models noticing how judgments are constructed in real time and choosing alternative narratives. Emphasizes freedom to select interpretive frames before acting.
   2220|2550|Completion|Level nine gesture|Hints at “watching the choosing,” acceptance, and living the first step of the journey. Uses the wise-man cliché to stress obvious but forgotten disciplines like beginning where you are.
   2550|2845|Application|From should to plan|Rejects “should-ing” the world in favor of acceptance that yields clearer action and boundaries. Closes with a practical call to use structured tools and take the next step.

0 I kick off “PsychoMath by Homath (Levels Two)” to explain higher levels of consciousness—and why chasing them can backfire—after a quick review. 60 Relationships, marriage, and even nations are fracturing because too many adults aren’t thinking like grown-ups anymore. 120 The series is about “levels/layers of thinking”: how they work, why they matter, why pretending you’re at the top stalls growth, and how low levels spark conflict. 180 Example: a guest wants to smoke in someone else’s house; he can’t take the host’s perspective, so he reads “no” as hate or evil and picks a fight. 240 The host grasps multiple perspectives (“my house, my rules”), a higher-level move; people who can’t do this feel victimized whenever they’re blocked. 300 Culturally, we used to expect level 4–5 adult skills—“we disagree, let’s work around it”—but a big group now insists on one right way and doing whatever they want “in your house.” 360 The claim: people on the right can articulate the left’s views better than the reverse; a real-life “levels test” is to ask your opponent to explain your beliefs fairly. 420 If they answer, “You’re evil/insane,” that’s a low level: you’re de-personed for disagreeing; he cites mobs celebrating harm to political foes as proof of dehumanization. 480 Many are stuck in power/control and in-group belonging; not exploring alternative ways of life keeps society unstable and undeveloped. 540 Mission statement: teach people to think at higher levels via diagrams—and a sponsor tool, Self-Max, that maps desire → mind → actions → world → learning. 600 Self-Max: set goals, get AI suggestions, and take “Level Check” (now with voice) to spot your current level and nudge higher; author shares his own 7 in relationships, 3 in needs. 660 Ad wrap: the tools help you notice your mind and grow faster—click the link or visit selfmax.ai. 720 New chart: the “table/table” bit—“What do you bring to the table?” vs “I am the table”—as shorthand for entitlement that ignores others’ needs. 780 Too many “deservers” drain value while “providers” build it; his channel uses viral “screeching TikTok” clips to hook attention but aims to lift thinking. 840 He’s rebranding to PsychoMath (psychology + measurement, pun on “psychopath”); Homath remains as a sub-brand. 900 Warning: people romanticize the top levels—confusing signposts with destinations; pretending you’re there guarantees you won’t do the work to get there. 960 Growth requires metacognition: “What am I thinking/feeling, and why?”—catch your brain’s self-serving stories before you believe them. 1020 Common self-lies: “I’m always the good guy,” “I deserve more,” or “uncomfortable facts must be false—let me word-game them away.” 1080 Most write a story with lower brain parts, believe it, and label dissenters monsters; lower brain levels are easy to manipulate. 1140 To rise, keep interrogating your story and absorbing others’ perspectives; “higher level” ≠ nicer/richer—it’s deeper perspective-taking. 1200 Example ladder (girl, dad, boy): at ~level 5 she realizes dad’s thoughts about boys’ thoughts—thoughts about thoughts about thoughts. 1260 From the bottom: 1st-person wants (“sneak when dad’s not looking”), 2nd-person conformity (“good girl”), 3rd-person autonomy (“own risks, own choice”). 1320 Adult minimum: understand consequences, choose, and own outcomes—vs hearing dad as mere control. 1380 Many modern daters skip wisdom, then regret later; higher levels help avoid predictable pain. 1440 He reviews up to level 6 and why the 6→7 jump is culturally crucial—people at 6 often fantasize they’re at 8–9. 1500 Level 6 (4th-person): stacking another layer of perspective; running multi-mind simulations and choosing who to be relative to them. 1560 As perspectives multiply, identity feels fluid; the “individualist” resists rules to “be myself,” sometimes merely conforming to anti-conformity. 1620 Inclusion emerges: “If I want my freedom, you get yours”—but inclusion collides with groups that reject inclusion. 1680 Core contradiction: including the non-inclusive tolerates intolerance; you can’t force growth, and ability ceilings (incl. IQ distribution) exist. 1740 Trying to build a world for 100% inclusion when many won’t reciprocate is a Babel project—communication collapses. 1800 Solution: move to level 7; take another step back and see, “I am not my mind.” 1860 Analogy: you aren’t your body; likewise you aren’t your thoughts or identities—they’re experiences, like hunger, passing through. 1920 Seeing mind-as-process in yourself lets you see it in others; you remember your own level-shifts across time and notice most people don’t shift much. 1980 Level 7 designs for human minds as-they-are: plan communities around actual dispositions, not wishes. 2040 From “everybody everywhere” to “everything in its right place”: distinct scripts, distinct places, clear boundaries; house rules beat mush. 2100 Example edge: there’s a place for a gay bar and a place for strict Islam—but not the same place; whoever enters conforms to that place’s script. 2160 Level-6 folks misread boundaries as hostility; level-7 says, “my house, my rules,” with plural spaces rather than one enforced sameness. 2220 Level 8 (construct-aware): you watch yourself assembling reality-stories in real time and can choose better constructions. 2280 Practice: notice “jerk hat → jerk guy” as your story; suspend it, seek more data, and rebuild a fairer story about Steve. 2340 Self-Max aims to guide exactly this “choose the better story” move. 2400 Level 9 (6th-person, tentative): awareness watches not just story-building but the choosing itself—poetic, subtle, hard to draw. 2460 The wise-man cliché: obvious truths matter because we forget the first step; “the question is the answer” once you engage now. 2520 Acceptance at 9 isn’t quitting; it’s inhabiting the present step of the journey so action clears up. 2580 He recalls past jumps between levels; 9 feels like another transition toward calm, unflustered agency (kid without candy who sits with disappointment). 2640 Quote-point: compassion doesn’t stop a mad dog; kindness doesn’t change bears—you still need bear spray and real-world boundaries. 2700 “Should-ing” reality is tantrum energy; accept what is, then you’ll see what to do; higher levels mean seeing more of what’s in front of you. 2760 The path up isn’t mystical fireworks; it’s attention to how you’re looking, fewer tantrums, less forcing, more placement and design. 2820 Closing: take the next concrete step; that’s how you actually climb—hence the plug for Self-Max and Level Check to scaffold the work.

The translations and simplified transcript are based on translations of the original material, localized into multiple languages. Powered by PeakCreatorRoyalty.com under license with hoe_math.

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