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  2. @Leo Gura watch the Netflix doc!

  3. Taking risks in your 20s

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

    Reminds me a lot of how I spent my 20s. In my late 20s I came to a similar conclusion of taking life more seriously and being responsible. However, there is still a tension. Tbh I made more progress when I was taking all those risks and trying new things out. So in a sense I might continue doing what you did in your 20s in my 30s. But even more fearlessly. More strategic. But less afraid to fuck up. Less defense. Less attachment to xyz. And more speed.
  4. He has been very open about how much he hated his past behavior. And post 2014 had worked extensively on himself to get himself to a better place. Which he did do. Not easily done for someone so deeply dysfunctional. he worked privately with Ekart Tolle for years as he so desperately didn’t want to be that guy anymore and stepped away from the fame and spotlight. It’s no excuse but this a person who grew up with a sexually perverted father who was barely there and then took him to Thailand at 16 to see prostitutes. He was sexually abused twice as a kid. His mother repeatedly got cancer which he blamed himself for. And then he became a heroin addict. it took him until the age of 40 ish to actually get a grip on himself. And to stop projecting and re inacting his own shame, trauma and pain on to others. at least he worked on himself and stopped the behavior. For someone at such a low level of development to get to where he’s got to is pretty remarkable. however, it doesn’t excuse. it is a shame for all the victims, his beloved family and of course himself. Such a sad story of a life on so many levels. He is such a talent but with a light that that bright; he’s going to cast a huge shadow. And that’s what we’re all now seeing.
  6. The interesting thing is women are being encouraged outright if not subtly to do the same. Men date younger = creep Older women dates younger guy = A win against the patriarchy (Okay maybe not that dramatic... but definitely it does not seem like women are held accountable to ANY degree for the same dynamic)
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  8. Fuck it rock a hair piece and own it. I am contemplating it a bit. Kinda like rocking different costumes. There is a versatility to it. Either go full bald or rock hair a hair system. And not even from a place of like insecurity but just for the joy of expressing yourself differently. I don't think you have to turn everything into an indictment of your character or self-worth. And the fact that there's many solutions out there is dope. If you want to be totally enlightened about it and remove your attachment to hair then go bald like Leo. If you want to be more creative and expressive rock a nice hair system.

  9. Taking risks in your 20s

    Xonas Pitfall replied to WonderSeeker's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Awesome stuff
  10. I kind of agree with this in part. You can know and judge in theory or actually have a direct experience to draw from.

  11. Taking risks in your 20s

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

    I understand why you are saying, the odds are not in favour in 3rd world countries. BUT.... I lived in 3rd world countries for 7+ years, 3 countries in SEA (Nepal, Cambodia, Philippines), the most tough people, successful people I met did not came from 1st world countries. They don't have multi million businesses, but small local highly established, highly respected businesses. I have a couple of friends like that, even better they share their success with the community. They come from nothing or have highly traumatized pasts. I have huge respect for the odds that they have overcome, more so than for people from 1st world countries.

  12. Actualized Games - Mega Thread

    Natasha Tori Maru replied to integral's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    In before all AI is no longer subsidized and it costs you $1,000.00 per iteration to play this game 💀
  13. Notice the belief that "you are reality" doesn't change anything! Reality just does it's thing! You could also choose to believe you are a glow in the dark purple polka-dot puff the magic dragon bumper sticker on the back of 1984 Subaru hatchback in Ventura California in 1991........still doesn't matter in anyway whatsoever 😉 Nothing matters
  14. I've been reflecting on some of Leo's arguments concerning self-love, truth, and the acceptance of reality, particularly in this video: One question I keep returning to is whether accepting reality necessarily requires us to love it exactly as it is, or whether our dissatisfaction, imagination, desires, and aspirations are themselves legitimate expressions of reality. For example, acknowledging a physical limitation, an illness, or an undesirable circumstance does not mean someone must approve of that condition. Nor does wanting something different mean they're denying the truth of their present circumstances. There seems to be an important distinction between recognizing reality, approving of reality, and wanting to transform reality. This also raises questions about human creativity. Leo uses Hollywood ideals as an example of how we imagine ourselves to be something other than what we are. But consider literature, cinema, music, fantasy, and the arts more broadly. A fictional world might not physically exist, but the imagination that produces it certainly exists as an experience within consciousness. The emotions it evokes, the inspiration it generates, and the creative possibilities it opens are all genuine aspects of human experience. Why should imagination necessarily be regarded as a departure from truth rather than an expression of consciousness itself? This becomes particularly interesting when considering Leo's broader metaphysical position that reality is fundamentally consciousness or imagination. If reality is imagination, then isn't our capacity to imagine alternative circumstances, environments, identities, and even different forms of existence also part of reality? And if consciousness is capable of generating extraordinary experiences, why should its highest purpose necessarily be accepting its present circumstances rather than exploring and creating new possibilities? Consider something as ordinary as food. Hunger is a biological reality. Yet humans don't merely eat to survive. We imagine different flavors, invent recipes, develop cuisines, and experiment with sensory experiences. Our desires become instruments of creativity. We can acknowledge the biological limitations of our taste buds while imagining technologies that might one day generate entirely new sensory experiences, perhaps even flavors unlike anything presently available to human beings. Would that be a rejection of reality, or an expansion of what reality makes possible? The same question applies to art, relationships, pleasure, physical health, and our aspirations for a better existence. There is also an interesting paradox concerning unconditional acceptance. If reality includes dissatisfaction, resistance, ambition, imagination, and the desire for change, then why should accepting reality require us to relinquish our identification with those experiences? Wouldn't the rejection of resistance itself potentially become another form of resistance? Of course, one could distinguish between experiencing desires and becoming psychologically attached to them. But that raises another question: why should the desire for spiritual enlightenment be privileged over the desire for intimacy, artistic creation, pleasure, exploration, or a different quality of life? The pursuit of enlightenment is also an aspiration toward something. And even if enlightenment reveals something fundamental about consciousness, that doesn't necessarily establish that other experiences are less valuable. This connects to my broader criticism of spiritual teachings that portray suffering, deprivation, and difficult human experiences as necessary conditions for spiritual development. Why must consciousness experience deprivation to appreciate fulfilment? Why must love require suffering? Why should creative freedom, pleasure, novelty, and the exploration of alternative possibilities be considered secondary to accepting present circumstances? I'm not suggesting that imagination makes every fantasy physically attainable, or that denying facts is a useful approach to life. Rather, I'm questioning the assumption that wanting reality to be different is necessarily a rejection of truth. Perhaps accepting reality and creatively transforming it aren't mutually exclusive. Perhaps consciousness is not merely something that discovers what already exists, but something that participates in the creation of new possibilities. And perhaps imagination, rather than being an obstacle to truth, is one of the most remarkable expressions of reality itself.
  15. Yes, people can rationalize all kinds of low standards and nonsense. It is a serious challenge though. Maintaining attraction over years and years is no joke. Most dead bedroom couples would love to have the passion back, but they just don’t know how. Attraction will not be moralized, reasoned or idealized into existence. It’s a wild beast that cannot be controlled.
  16. For me everything is Goddess ❤
  17. Honeymoon phase is 6-18 months according Gottman’s research. https://www.simplypsychology.com/articles/relationship-stages-psychology
  18. I guess it makes sense. We're all here because, to some degree, we already have a natural inclination or bias toward this kind of thinking and these types of experiences. There's a reason why you're on this forum and not, say, your sister or Joe Rogan I imagine some minds are just naturally far more receptive and sensitive to psychedelics than others. I mean, you can even see what happened to Connor Murphy. You could argue that he was almost overly sensitive to psychedelics, yet seemingly not self-aware enough to recognize his own bipolar (manic) tendencies.
  19. @cetus ☀️
  20. Interesting.
  21. Wow buster I can't see, your self realization is blinding me from all the way over here.
  22. Exactly I have never in a decade heard Joe speak from any kind of God Conciousness. It sounds like he has had radical mystical experience but never once realized he was God.
  23. I have never had any existence other than God. I have not ceased to exist. I have never existed.
  24. Didn't Joe Rogan take a bunch of DMT and still not experience any particularly profound transformation? I think it heavily depends on how rigid or flexible your mind is, or perhaps just your natural aptitude for introspection and insight. Some people seem more naturally inclined toward that kind of thinking than others.
  25. What do you mean? I was trying to point out that even if given large amounts of pyschdelics most still won't realize God. There also has to be a desire to realize Truth and proper ontological and epistemic understanding in place alongside it as well. They indefinitely help one realize God and I would go as far to say to reach the highest levels of consciousness they are not optional but necessary. But you cant just give someone some dmt and they realize God. Most will be too in awe at the machine elves to look behind them.
  26. I know a recovered nymphomaniac and he went through the same process but he eventually burnt that lifestyle and addiction out and now regrets having done so cause it's now affecting his desire to be monogamous and long term with someone cause he's always carrying that with him.

  27. What's my job after psychedelics?

    PenguinPablo replied to Mixcoatl's topic in Psychedelics

    That's not how survival functions tho. If you are poor you do not have that luxury.
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