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  2. True because immature masculinity represses emotions.
  3. Yeah, my MC embodies that dilemma. I feel like he wants to discover the truth no matter what, but doing so could bring great calamity upon his people. I'm just not sure if I want to portray truth as something that always comes at a great cost. I don't know how universally true that is, but that's how I've envisioned it in my story so far.@Leo Gura
  4. Many men I meet are on average easier to trigger than a woman. Maybe it is just my perception
  6. @Natasha Tori MaruYeah, that's fair! Truth vs Duty is a big question that I'm actually trying to explore and answer through my own story. I don't have a concrete real-life example in mind, but the story itself deals with this exact dilemma and what happens when the pursuit of truth conflicts with one's duties. 🤔 I don't want to put lore here but the main problem is that... What if seeking truth will being catastrophe on your own people. I don't know what the best awnser would be.
  7. That's a matter of character. There are no easy answers. It's all about trade-offs and finding your character.
  8. Haha OK
  9. This is said in sufi traditions as well. You are The Quran. Read yourself.
  10. I only read non-fiction.

  11. Truth vs Duty

    Natasha Tori Maru replied to Nercohype's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God

    @Nercohype do you have some concrete examples where you have been face to face with this conundrum? Your replies above moved further into abstraction. The details of an example and the context may affect the path forward 🤸🏻
  12. Sort of. But it depends. You seem to be highly inclined to live a spiritual life.
  13. Maybe we could start together
  14. Yeah I guess. Lots of Muslims too. But knowing that you're a bookworm yourself have you read any of them fully?
  15. Agreed that the way this topic is usually discussed makes me sad. There are many different perspectives I could take, and this is a more recent one: It is really sad that women's athletics gets turned into this sentiment -- what even is the point if a man could do it better? (as in faster, stronger, etc.) I thought one of the points of athletics as a means of self-development is to make the most of YOUR particular body, to make your strengths stronger and to round your weaknesses, to see for yourself what your body is capable of, and then honing it through competition (if this is your thing). You're competing with yourself first above anything else. (Really, it's not like you have anything else to work with, anything else is just a thought experiment to make sense of abstractly and/or amuse yourself with). So many animals are stronger and faster than us too. Who cares? Brute anything isn't even one of our fortes as a species. Personally, I've overcome quite a few physical and athletic weaknesses in my lifetime, and the thought that someone would be like... well, a man could do it better! ....yea so what, so could a lot of highly athletic women probably, since I'm not very physically advantaged with my particular genetics as a woman either. Plus, there is literally always someone better than you unless you're at the very top, and if you are, you're probably not on here or any other place with time consuming niche interests, with your schedule... Question: Do people who think like this go around shitting on paraplegic athletes too? They're making the most of what they got too... If your thing is shitting on the less able to justify the power structures in this world in the name of truth... why? Why you people this way?? On the plus side, guys who did athletics more seriously growing up (or who still do it) are less likely to have this attitude in my experience... you're woman, why bother, it's not very feminine, etc. It's usually the recreational gym goers and the dudes on their couches crowing about what they COULD do... ...but that isn't really much of a flex, either. Like if I'm stronger and faster than you, and it's because you never bothered to try,.. your body might catch up if you make an effort but the mental and emotional fortitude is just. not. there. You know, the character attributes that you acquire over time as a result of overcoming challenges, especially with a very limited roadmap, if there is one for you at all. The thing that is more likely to be useful to me on the daily rather than defending myself from lions or even... men. This has the same kind of energy to me as when I was 14-15, and being lectured by grown ass men on the internet about the ~*~*~*~*sUperioriTY of MaaN*~*~*~*~ including in the domain of raw intelligence, and then those men patting themselves on the back for the accomplishments of others (inventions seems to be a popular one) of their same perceived type (like being white and a man) when these people's accomplishments have nothing to do with them at all. People who have more going for them don't think like this unless they have something that are seriously overcompensating for emotionally.
  16. So it wasn't by your own will then.
  17. This would be very nice to find.
  18. Very nice. What similarities did you find in all of them?
  19. Yeah the human program is no different from a bird programmed to do bird stuff. It starts to relax a bit though when this is seen. Having a problem with the human is like having a problem with a bird doing it's thing.
  20. @Leo Gura Yeah, I feel the same way. But what if seeking the truth leads to a catastrophe? What if fulfilling your duty means putting the pursuit of truth aside? But at the same time what if greater catastrophe comes if one dosen't seek the truth? 🤔
  21. Self-rejection, final boss. Brother, you do not know what is going to happen. If you are interested, pursue her and let her decide if she prefers you or the other guy. On top of that work on the beliefs you have about yourself and your self worth.
  22. Infinite stories. Only one book. Only one reader reading its own self authored no copyrighted book.
  23. Truth is the highest duty.
  24. Exploring the shadow is scary!

  25. Journey to Nothing

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

    Today I will try and work more on the physical side of things in The Process (it should be in big flashing red lights). So far everything has been about my psyche and the more psychological side of things: my internal state affects my behaviour and physiology. There are some physical bodily things that I would like to clear, and so today is the day. I am more sceptical about this the psyche is more malleable than material reality. Although, I've always been of the opinion that you don't know until you try, my mind is open. I'll continue in the same vein that I have been. This Death phase has been a lot less intense than the Consolidation phase and somewhat more scrappy and disorganised - there is something to be said for planning. Saying that this more right-brained way of doing things is less to do with organisation and more to do with story and narrative. Plenty of things have come up for the next phase of Opening, so I may try and organise my thoughts prior so I can be a bit more focussed in that phase, just a general framework. I feel that the Consolidation phase was more powerful for having been a bit more organised. The overarching theme of the whole thing is to propel myself out of this rut I find myself in. I realise the real stumbling block is my own negative ideation and blockages accumulated over time. It's been very useful if nothing else to critically look at myself rather than my usual approach of intuition and feeling, I have been my own therapist.
  26. Truth vs Duty We often see truth as something worth pursuing, something we should seek regardless of where it leads us. But what happens when the pursuit of truth conflicts with our duties to others? What if uncovering the truth means hurting someone, breaking a promise, or failing those who depend on us? Is the pursuit of truth still the right thing to do, or can our responsibilities sometimes outweigh our need to know? And if we choose duty over truth, are we making a moral sacrifice, or simply turning away from something we don't want to face? I'm curious to hear other people's thoughts on this. Where do you draw the line between the truth you seek and the duties you have? 🤔
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