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Elliott replied to Husseinisdoingfine's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
U.S. has already withdrawn essentially all support for Ukraine since trump took office. 400 million a year, compared to 1 billion dollars a day in Iran, you if think that's anything. -
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The MC is also kinda evil; just ignore that part. Evil will only make you suffer as it is antithetical to GOD and selflessness.
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Breakingthewall replied to JoshB's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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I had not heard of this book till now but there is a novel with the MC very similar to this and I am very inspired by him. Its called reverend insanity and here are some of the quotes: [“Fang Yuan, however, smirked and laughed: “I like the footless bird, do you know why?” He smiled, but the sight was horrifying. “Why?” “Because it has no legs, only wings, thus it has no choice but to fly. When it lands, that signifies its destruction.”] [How difficult is the perseverance of one person? All of the Gu Immortals here could answer that question. Because among them, some persevered because of responsibility, some persevered because of hatred, some persevered because of excitement, and some persevered because of love… And Fang Yuan's answer? He was still expressionless, he continued to move forward relentlessly. I had once screamed, gradually, I lost my voice. I had once cried, gradually, I lost my tears. I had once grieved, gradually, I became able to withstand everything. I had once rejoiced, gradually, I became unmoved by the world. And now! All I have left is an expressionless face, my gaze is as tough as a monolith, only perseverance remains in my heart. This is my own, an insignificant character, Fang Yuan's — Perseverance!] [Life is like a wave. It goes up and down; the time it is at it's highest is also the time of the fall. By embracing stillness into one's heart a person is not subject to the influence of the waves. The sea out there might be turbulent, but the waters inside the heart remain calm; one does not grasp, does not hold. Because it's still, it's always generating movement. This is the interplay of Yin and Yang. That's why Fang Yuan's perseverance is so steady; he's always moving foward.] I really look forward to reading this book; Thanks for this post.
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I've had that happen around the peak of some mushroom trips before. Low-key one of the most oddly satisfying things I've experienced while tripping.
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ted73104 replied to Husseinisdoingfine's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I wonder if the US is really run by only the Trump administration. I mean like would the US really hand the reigns to country's power to only a small bunch of people that got elected by the mob? If we lay out the details, the US is picking apart China's allies one by one. They got Maduro out of the picture and surrounded Cuba. Now they attacked Iran and if they take Kharg Island, China will lose 20% of its oil import in the foreseeable future. This could skyrocket their manufacturing costs. Regarding the strait of Hormuz, it is possible that the US actually wants to shut down the strait intentionally so its own oil exports can replace the exports from the Middle East. However they can't tell the world this is actually what they want, because the US's allies would totally be pissed off as this heavily impacts their economy (like South Korea, Japan, and many other countries). So the talks here basically is only to calm the markets while the US prepares for more precision strikes or even ground troops into Iran. They'll blow Iran up into a state of civil war between its internal factions, that will shut the strait of Hormuz for sure. Meanwhile causing the oil price to skyrocket, which not only benefits the US, but is also a gift to Russia. Russia and Ukraine actually want out of the Ukrainian war but Russia lacks the step down. The US is giving Putin the step down by allowing them to replenish their chest from the rising oil cost for the near future along with possibly other incentives. You can see now that Putin has agreed to a ceasefire and another peace talk with Zelensky, if the US can bring Zelensky to the table which they probably will (US can decide to withdraw all remaining support if Zelensky decides not to enter the talk). Bessent most likely wants to end the Ukraine war so the US can continue with the Iranian war, the US would most likely disguise this as supporting Israel and Saudi Arabia to destroy the evil Iran. Eventually the US will get enough cards to force China to buy more US treasuries. -
Will this book help with leadership / leading groups of people? I just switched careers to education. As a school teacher at a private academy in Asia, 80-90% of the kids in each class I teach do not listen and many of whom lack basic respect for the teacher. I've noticed all the other teachers deal with the same thing, but some are far more effective than me at putting these kids in their place. They also have years of experience under their belt, so I'm trying to learn from them. My curiosity is how to get people — including my rambunctious students — to respect me at a baseline.
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Toxic car culture
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You must really love Québec to invest so much into this project lol
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You want me to believe that they were sticking weed up their assholes and vaginas and not getting high off it? Lol
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The following text on cannabis is from the book "An Ancient Egyptian Herbal":
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p.s. Im pretty sure the dominant imperial cult under Constantine I, w/ Aurelian having elevated it to the supreme state religion in 274 AD just a generation before Constantine, lead to those predecessors of Constantine adopting the Sol invictus imperial impression, raising it up as we said, and im pretty sure thats one of, if not the primary reasons for Christianity, cause it merges judaic philosophy unto Roman Sol inv., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus Constantine made it such that they stopped persecuting christians and started to favor it. Like he starts aligning w/ a Christian God and the Christian institutional network, which subsequently gave him this unified identity/symbol and a claim to divine mandate... And 50 years or so later, Theodosius makes Christianity the official state religion. I mean, that pretty much sealed the deal, granted alot of stuff lead up to this point, 200 and some years of it, but hey... it is what it is... I mean, iuno if yous would call that a foundation of a tradition, like The Jews certainly are painting their own portrait of what leads to their stuff, though iuno if theres any evidence. But evidence aside, theres def a way to make it work, bit iuno, the one god thing is weird... like its like we are copying off of atenism. I was looking at Akhenaten not to long ago~as possibly pertaining to whether he was like, an illegitimate king, bearing a secret that gets him into trouble later, Alas iuno if yous would be into hearing about it. Anyway i just thought that that Sol invictus thing was very telling... And its kindve annoying cause like, theres no true heroes in this story (specifically as it would pertain to the holy war). Its just like one ruler after another, indirectly, discretely burying Roman traditions, possibly on purpose, possibly by accident, and through Roman tradition itself. Like the best part in history was when the Greek gods just came onto the scene in Rome, and you had like jupiter, neptune, mars, mercury and apollo...Saturn & the Saturnalia. "Wtf, we want the saturnalia.." thats wat i wouldve said 2000 years ago
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You need to introspect on this particular issue. Maybe it's your own projection on other people who did nothing to you. Your beliefs are based on biases. You're allowed to have them but that's like deliberately succumbing to lack of clarity.
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MutedMiles replied to Hyperion's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Enlightenment at work. -
something_else replied to AION's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Pretty scary. Seems Anthropic are going about it the right way though. -
Monkey see, Monkey do. 🙉🙉🙉
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@Leo Gura Have you found the process of insight something about that arose, stayed and stuck with you effortlessly or has it always been a conscious effort post trip to sit and contemplate said trip to achieve insight? I ask because I haven't been very responsible with post trip contemplation and I believe my results in producing profound insights have been quite lackluster due to this.
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I have a friend who has adhd and trains his mind 1-2 hours a day to keep focus on his goals. He uses this energy and puts it into his business and it involves a lot of connecting with other people, marketing, planning and practical things. His mental training involves training to focus his attention via meditation and programming his mind via affirmations and visualisation. He avoids social media and youtube. He has found his niche which fits his diagnosis and character best and it seems to weaken the the main symptoms of his condition overall. this is specific to his case. This doesn't mean you shouldn't try medication but maybe there are some avenues left unexplored so you can use aspects of your disorder to work for you as well.
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No it isn't. Consciousness is Absolute. It doesn't arise. It exists forever.
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Thanks for sharing. Insightful video.
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This is the unconscious cognitive bias we are talking about. You can't see it precisely because it is unconscious and hidden. Why else do you think everyone keeps trying to express this to you? Don't you think it is odd everything is saying something similar?
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What about the Burning Bush from The Bible? Maybe Moses was smoking some weed It would be cool if 10 commandments of Moses was actually derived from cannabis.
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