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  2. Doesn't answer the question. My apologies, I thought you wanted a contemplative discussion 🙏
  3. i love gemini AI more than chatgpt and claudie. is there anything wrong. what do you think
  4. https://x.com/DaphnaLiel/status/2115468523451334659?a=GmUcbegkc9KDveJsZ40&s=20
  5. Hey Thanks so much. What a strange coincidence also, because what you're saying about IFS is something I stumbled on just a few days prior to your post, for the first time. I'll look into it.
  6. Not least resistance. FREEDOM. FREEDOM is the highest Discipline. FREEDOM leads to JOY. FREEDOM is LOVE. If it doesn't contain Joy it's not worth doing. Those are not contradictions, but part of the same TRUTH. WE are that TRUTH. So it is our Holy Responsibility to FREE ourselves from everything that tries to supress! But we need something to ground all those Energies, too. It's Dangerous! But that doesn't make it not worth doing, on the contrary. It is our DUTY.
  7. Reminds me of those radical religious nuts who believed medical intervention is evil because illnesses are God's will.
  8. Today
  9. Wow, i was just thinking how nice it would be to live on a ship. Then a video pops up about a cruise that just last forever. TIL, you can buy a never-ending cruise. Basically just live on a cruise ship for the rest of your life. Due to oil prices, the ship is forced to abandon its residents.
  10. I'm on the Balance chapter of Reality Transurfing right now. The book is a mix of good and bad. His explanation of law of attraction stuff is pretty good, and the concept of pendulums is interesting, but I think he's overly paranoid about some things. At one point he said that if you feel guilt, you are inviting punishment, so you're more likely to be attacked at bar, which felt ridiculous.

  11. I interviewed AtmanIsBrahman

    AtmanIsBrahman replied to Vido's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    I prefer a formal style on the forum because it's more serious. I don't really try to be fun or likeable on the forum. It's more important to me to maintain the highest standard of truth and integrity.

  12. Is Rap Music Stage Red? - Sociological Analysis

    AtmanIsBrahman replied to AtmanIsBrahman's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    I get what you're saying, but I think it's more complex than that. A teenager in a red society is different from a teenager in a green society, even if they are both teenagers. The red one will likely be violent, prejudiced, egoistic, and behave in other ways characteristic of red. The green one will have some egoistic tendencies, but will have some idea of the relativity of different cultures and beliefs, be tolerant of different ways of thinking, and be more open-minded. I don't think spiral dynamics stage develops as you grow older in the way you're describing. A teenager raised in a wealthy, forward-thinking Silicon Valley household, for example, is basically born into stage green. They may have some regressive behaviors, but they're definitely not red or blue at any point in their life. People seem to only increase in spiral stage if 1) they started very low or 2) they try to do so on purpose. If you start at red in American society, you're practically guaranteed to move up at some point in life assuming you don't die first. The other thing I've observed clearly is that higher education (at least in first-world countries) tends to bring people to green if they pursue it seriously enough for long enough, simply because the academic standards force people to engage in relativity. As for the yellow and above, though, it's extremely rare. Especially where I would evaluate myself as right now -- yellow moving into turquoise (with some elements of even higher stages and perhaps a slight orange shadow) -- there is basically no one at a similar stage in normal life.

  14. Distinction Journal

    Emull replied to Emull's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thursday: October 29th, 2026. Oppressing someone by cruel force is distinct from impressing someone.

  15. Distinction Journal

    Emull replied to Emull's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thursday: October 29th, 2026. Block out to prevent entry is distinct from black out.

  16. Distinction Journal

    Emull replied to Emull's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thursday: October 29th, 2026. Monodrama as a dramatic play is distinct from inner monologue.

  17. Distinction Journal

    Emull replied to Emull's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thursday: October 29th, 2026. Oat grown in temperate regions is distinct from a goat.

  18. Distinction Journal

    Emull replied to Emull's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Thursday: October 29th, 2026. Typical as a particular type is distinct from tropical tropics.
  19. This is pure gold standard wisdom. Yes, I understand what’s being pointed to here, it’s the trying to be something good that is the “Evil” because it is a human judgment, which belongs to the illusion of separation, which is the product of ignorance. Lovely thread by the way, keep shining. 💫🤩
  20. I agree, and that’s why… The gold standard school of excellence award for “God Realisation” goes to Benjamin Smythe 🏆
  22. Generic BS. That kind of woman won't even blip on my radar. Emotional automaton. If she isn't emotionally mature and wise enough to think for herself, I don't care how pretty she is. I was together with such women. I consume them like candy. I just have sex with them a couple of times and then lose interest. In Romania we had mostly these kinds of girls and this frustrated me alot. All they can offer me is sex. I am happy that northern Europe has much more mature women around. But here it is the socializing which is harder. It is a culture of individualism. Everyone takes care of themselves and not bother others with themselves. And here comes the perspective thing. Sweden is not the same thing as Miami. I am not the same thing as some Stage Orange RSD dummy. Different environments and different individuals with different needs.
  23. Ok thanks. I will work on my framing ✌️ Yes it is not just observing. It is my interpretation of what I observed of course.
  24. https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-recorded-net-loss-over-80-billion-first-half-this-year-wsj-reports-2026-10-20/ https://www.reuters.com/business/musks-warning-hits-neocloud-stocks-debt-concerns-mount-2026-10-26/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-ai-bubble-has-already-burst-2026-10-26/
  25. Until Western countries fix long term employment insecurity, yes
  26. @Leo Gura You've previously said that you don't see any solution on the horizon to America's deep structural problems, regardless of who wins elections, because these problems are too entrenched for any one political leader to fix. Given that assessment, do you think younger Gen Xers, Millennials, Gen Z, and subsequent generations should realistically expect right-wing authoritarian populism to remain a serious threat to democracy in America and other Western countries for the rest of our lives? One of my biggest concerns is that the underlying conditions contributing to the rise of movements like MAGA—economic inequality, concentrated corporate power, declining trust in institutions, political polarization, and widespread dissatisfaction with the political establishment—may remain unresolved for decades. Even if Trump and MAGA eventually lose their political influence, what would prevent another right-wing authoritarian movement from emerging if those underlying conditions persist? Progressives like Cenk Uygur have warned that unless the political and economic system undergoes meaningful structural reform, authoritarian populism could continue gaining support from people frustrated with the status quo. This brings me to a broader historical concern. During the Progressive Era, New Deal, Great Society, and broader Fifth Party System, Americans witnessed enormous economic and democratic reforms that fundamentally improved the country's institutions and strengthened economic security for millions of people. However, we have now gone approximately 45 years without a similarly comprehensive progressive restructuring of our political economy. If our structural problems are unlikely to be resolved for the foreseeable future, does that mean my generation and younger generations may never get to experience another sustained period of democratic stability and national optimism comparable to earlier reform eras? I'm not suggesting that right-wing authoritarianism will necessarily dominate politics continuously or that democracy will inevitably collapse. Rather, I'm concerned that we could spend the rest of our lives repeatedly having to defend democratic institutions against authoritarian movements, without ever addressing the deeper conditions that keep making those movements politically appealing. Do you think this is a realistic long-term prognosis for Western democracy, or are there reasons to believe that the threat of right-wing authoritarianism could substantially diminish within our lifetimes? And if you believe the threat is likely to persist, what would realistically have to change for that cycle to be broken?

  27. Zigzag Idiot and the ladder of Objective Reason

    Zigzag Idiot replied to Zigzag Idiot's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

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