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This video is related to the topics being discussed here and very interesting. I strarted the video on timestamp 6:15. Also ties in well with one of the first books on Leo's updated booklist on how innovation or lack of it, and democracies vs autocracies can make or break a country.
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I wonder if capitalism is necessary due to low conscious individuals. The big problem with a state-run economy is that there are so many variables that experts often miss the finer details (think about how Polymarket predicted the 2025 election while Alan Lichtman failed). This is known as the economic calculation problem. Furthermore, an economy run by the state can easily be manipulated by politicians for their own ends. Many leftists on the internet actually call for a decentralized economy which is more based on cooperation rather than competition. Whether this can work in any current society is yet to be seen. This is oftentimes referred to as democracy in the workplace. Running with this analogy, we know that democracy didn't work so well in countries in which it was imposed from the top-down like Afghanistan and Iraq. It's also delivered mixed results in Tunisia which democratized without foreign intervention. The bad news is that stage green isn't as popular as it makes itself out to be.
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Capitalism is really defined by the modern banking and stock market systems. Banks generate loans (capital) for corporations. And corporate stock is traded publically. That's what techncially distinguishes capitalism from old fashioned barter. Truly nothing better than this system has yet been invented. Marxists have no clue how to replace this system with something better.
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The weird shit to me is liberating women to show their bodies in the name of serving others (pornography). Seems strange to me, kind of backwards. 'Liberating women' masquerading as another way for them to serve another's carnal appetite ??
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Daniel Balan replied to Ponder's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I disagree. Humans have always operated on supply and demand, on buying or giving something valuable in return for something valuable and if that good is not adding value to their life, humans will ignore that good and move on. This is what capitalism at its most simple, its most basic iteration is representing. In the cave days, humans will have gathered mushrooms or fruits and trade them for fish with some other human. This is the most basic form of capitalism and market economy there is! And if society in the west were to collapse for whatever reason, it won't be because of the market economy dynamics it would be for other much more complicated, nuanced causes that would have been the result of mis-governance. -
Leo Gura replied to Ponder's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Very practically, your parents will not have grown one inch but you are this Self-Actualized Giga-Chad, and that combination is oil and water. It is a delusion to believe that enlightenment will make you compatible with low consciousness people. This is a spiritual fantasy. You can stomach low consciousness people for a while but it gets old quickly and it serves no useful purpose. They will try to drag you down to their level because they don't know any other way, and to you that low level should be unacceptable. You might as well say, "Go live in prison for a week." Yeah, you will get abused. What do you expect would happen? You expect them to recoginize you as Jesus? No. -
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@Wilhelm44 I haven't asked them, but i see them be always judged and shamed whenever they show their feminine their bodies. So I know that they would probably agree to be liberated from feeling this way. However, I understand that lot of woman especially religious woman will oppose of this Sex is seen as something very bad if you're not doing it with your spouse. That's why Arab porn will be something crazy to us Arabs
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Carl-Richard replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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One time I explained how to visualize 4D to my classmates in university during a chemistry class (biology degree). I told them to think of a one dimensional line (or I might've just started at two dimensions when I think about it; anyways). To get to two dimensions, you stack the lines on top of each other so you get a plane (I was showing the stacking motion with my hands). To get to three dimensions, you stack the planes on top of each other so you get a cube. To get to four dimensions, you stack the cubes on top of each other (still showing the stacking motion with my hands). And some were like "🤨 but that doesn't work" and some were like "woow 😲". And then I was like talking about thinking of the fourth dimension as the dimension of time, like in a movie that has frames of "3D" images stacked next to each other, and travelling through the fourth dimension looks like a movie playing (maybe I should've added "from our perspective"). Of course that's not necessarily the case, but it's nevertheless fun to think of it that way.
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Horny Arabian dude wants to start a porn company in the name of liberating women. Yeah right. Have you actually asked women in your country, what their defenitions of liberation would be ?
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Natasha Tori Maru replied to Ponder's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
It would be lovely if English had an equivalent for this! It would clear up a lot of confusion spiritually. -
caspex replied to Ponder's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
You wouldn't try to change your parents. The reason you get along with people when you're awakened is not because you have some otherworldly aura emanating from you that purifies people, rather, it's because your heart is open and you're able to receive everybody where they are at. If you're gonna get frustrated just because your parents don't share the same values as you then you have a long way to go. You're attached to them. Love is different from attachment. In Sanskrit, the words for unconditional love and conditional love are different, प्रेम (Prema) & मोह (Moha). When I look at my parents all I feel is love. I become like them, enjoy life in the way they live it. That's what it is about. It is not about locking yourself in a state that makes you feel like a saint or a monk. I don't rationalize their behaviors, their dysfunctions. There is no such thing as dysfunctions. If you can experience that cosmic love even with those who you were once very emotionally bonded to, you know what's up. -
balls deep. Tonight is one of those nights where the temperature outside dips into the subzero fahrenheit and the quiet consumes me until I'm balls deep in heavy thoughts about life — both my life, and life in general. If I were to be honest with myself, I would admit that I have progressively become a worse version of myself since "the love of my life" passed away in November 2023. Before Elizabeth's passing, I had this wide-eyed wonder, this idealism that seeped into everything I did. I had hope, high visions for the future, and the gumption to follow through on said visions. All of that died along with her. What's left is a wiser, more skilled, but ultimately dumber, weaker, and more pessimistic version of myself. Sure, I've accomplished things that deeply satisfy me. I've built a music production business, I've actually reached a level of proficiency with it that is nearing the caliber of my inspirations, I've completely stabilized my mental health (contrary to how this post seems) thanks to diet and other approaches, and I've conquered some of my decades-long fears. But I've burned myself out from overworking, and now my impulse control and attention span are completely shot to the point where I can barely read a book these days. I still struggle with certain vices. I've become a shut-in who doesn't reach out to people anymore except for business purposes. I'm becoming accustomed to the idea that I will be single for the rest of my life. Living on this planet has never been easy; every generation has its opportunities and its setbacks. But no matter how much the self-help people will insist that there's a silver lining for everyone, there just isn't. You can try to make the best of any situation; that's a great habit to have. But sometimes, shit just happens, and life is brutally unfair. People you love, really great well-meaning people, can die. Some people can work their asses off as much as a CEO and only make 0.0001% of what the CEO makes. Some people don't have the temperament or disposition to "work smart" or grind. Some people are born ugly and get completely overlooked, while some people who are dumbasses but born beautiful get tons of opportunities. So many destructive things in the world — our broken fractional reserve banking system, environmental degradation, factory farming, murder, genocide — so many of these things are simply due to the free will choices of particular people, and the cultures and systems in which these people inhabit. So much destruction from free will that it makes me wonder, why would God even grant the illusion of it? Free will might be the cause of all of this destruction, but it's also an essential component of love. Sure, I'm writing in a forum where the general consensus is that on a fundamental level, love is everything and nothing, love is God, love is surrender to life and all of the so-called "bad" things like rape and genocide. But I'm not a moral relativist. If it's all love, then there's no grounds for preference of one thing over another. I do believe in free will, even if it's just an illusion on a fundamental level. And that free will is the choice between that which is towards love, and that which is away from it. That which encourages unity, and that which encourages separation. A choice between good and evil, on both macrocosmic and microcosmic levels. If we couldn't choose, we couldn't understand love, because to love is to choose unity. I just wish more of us made that choice every day — not only for others, but for ourselves.
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ill start with a petition to unsensor japanese woman genitals. Keep the penis sensored japanese penis is an abomination.
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Has a great series on visualizing 4D. It helped me do it. It's a game changer in the way you think about stuff.
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In response to Leo's blog post Tourism in Iraq You see the same thing happening now in Saudi Arabia. Now oil is going out of fashion they need to think about a new income source. Tourism is the answer they think, after the success of Dubai. One of the Dubai sheiks said famously, when converting their country to tourism that they aim for the high rollers, there is no money to be made in average tourism, so that's why all the over-top luxury stuff, just to convince people to spend as much as possible. The success of Dubai is not going unnoticed to other Gulf states. If SA want to join the club they have to get rid of the negative stigma around their culture. Then develop mega projects Which was just a marketing ploy that could never be realised (at least not in todays world) Gulf states are getting more SD Orange, including all the toxicity that comes with it. How things are done in Dubai Filipinos are quite popular to work as a housemaid, nurses or in hospitality in Dubai, I heard plenty of stories how the Emaratis look down on people like that. I myself am/was looking into a megaproject into the Maldives, because the Maldives is disappearing quite fast under the rising sea level. It's sold as a way to help the future of the local Maldivians, but the houses are simply just not affordable for the locals. Hence making it more easy for foreign investors to buy, so creating a country where locals can't own their own homes anymore For me it would be a dream combination working on building a healthy coral eco-system, combined with helping the locals, combined with sustainable tourism combined with (urban) planning. But it looks more as green washing then helping the locals and really solving the problem. These kind of Geo climate and tourism changes also have a dark side. In the end I have learned to look more now at the net sum. Not all problems can be solved together over night, many iterations and trial and error are needed. If something like this comes on to my path I would seriously consider being part of it. To give my energy and expertise, but also growing from it myself.
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@Leo Gura Yes, I will. I’m not satisfied with my understanding. It can’t be understood rationally. God? Is God the right word?
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Previous Trip Report: > Dear reader; > The trip report is mostly written while I am high. > Text with the chevron “>” in front of it is text I put together as a comment after the fact. > I edited out lots of jibber jabber in an attempt to just leave in writings that may spark some insights for you. > Things that I found particularly impactful will be in bold, underlined, or my top insights/musings will be in a different colour. Like Green. > So If you want to skim through, focus on the bolds, underlines, and most importantly, the Green. Comments about Mushroom Trip Report 027: I was depressed, jobless, living in my apartment, endlessly distracted with YouTube, TV shows, etc. Staying at home not being active in society, etc. I could barely focus on any projects I had, partly also because I don’t think I have that self-starter entrepreneur personality. Mushroom Trip 027 - 7 grams of Golden Teachers with the Dirt Jan 18th 2024 7 grams, lemon Tekked. Drank the tea WITH the powder. Literally drinking a cup of dirt. Yes it’s gross, But I’ll happily thug it out for those consciousness gains. Strain: Golden Teachers Taken at 3:03pm Intention: What is best for me right now? Next time 5g will be plenty! Work out every day. A human degrades from a lack of challenge and a lack of work. Life is not about having a purpose. It's about finding where you fit. Perhaps Cal Newport is right with what he said in his book: “So Good they can’t ignore you”. If you can find autonomy, competence, and relatedness, you’ve got it pretty good. I need to awaken. I need to be pursuing the challenge of life alongside a full-fledged pursuit of Awakening. Own your life. “Choose to challenge yourself in life precisely because it is unnecessary” - Leo You are born alone and will die alone. I have to choose to not be a self to create. Here’s a thought that came to me: Jesus was loving his crucifixion as much as he could. Are you going to own your dream? > Taking responsibility in life is owning the dream that you're in and choosing to work with it and not against it. Taking full responsibility over it, as a personal challenge to love and accept it all, owning it as yourself as if you are the one responsible for it. As if you are responsible for the dream that you find yourself in. The dream is going to go on without you, are you going to choose to participate? God invented being born to help me appreciate the creation power of God. This is a stepping stone to help me love my own crucifixion. Because when I can love my crucifixion I can own the dream of being a selfless self happily merrily merrily owning all of it. I need to learn to appreciate the real suffering of reality. Doors only open if you look for them. There are people that I can imagine that will have specific problems that I can help with. How can we lean into having more direct experience? >How can I lean into direct experience more? By cutting away distractions. You need to choose what stream of consciousness you want to catch. You need to choose what stream you want to go merrily merrily down because life is but a dream. (Row row your boat song) How can I help other people own their life? Relationship exercise: Sit for 1 minute, stare into each other's eyes, and say nothing. Watch how much that allows what to enter into your mind about the relationship. > This actually ended up to be a powerful exercise. > It is important to always draw sharp distinctions between what is distraction and what is focused work. If you cannot get this right, you will be lost in the maze of reality. You have to be extremely persistent with holding this sharp distinction in your state of consciousness at all times. Constantly asking yourself what is important, what is the most important thing to be focusing on. It's devilishly easy to get distracted. Notes From Trip Sitter: What did I learn today? To own your life, you have to choose to own all of it. Own it all, including some of the more difficult details. In what ways are you like others? We are all struggling to find new ways to live. We are not fighting anymore to survive. We need to create stories to survive. >Survival is more than just living to see the next day. It's a choice to own that life. A choice to exist. Will I choose to take control of what I created? Will I choose to play a part? God is the MOST powerful. It's a choice to understand reality. I am beginning to understand the power of deep awakening. An infinite mind will create anything, reality will find ways to actualize its creation… Movement in the mind. If we experience a day in the life in Africa, we will learn. Choose to see pain. Experience different parts of the world. When we want to feel more alive, choose to own more of reality. What is best for me right now? I need new experiences and more direct experience to forget my problems. Find people to help. Maybe take on more clients. Create more experience to help others and teach others. In becoming useful for others, you end up becoming better off yourself. Helping others will help to enter a healthier state of consciousness. You can choose to create these people in your life to help. God will just spawn these people into the dream of reality. Alternatively, you can choose to make this dream into a nightmare. Fundamentally you can make reality anything. Pain is what keeps you dreaming. Even though pain is a part of the dream. War is started because we need something to do. It's a choice to see reality as perfection. If you want to create, you cannot have a self. Do you own your life today? Life will run on its own. For some, sexuality can be a choice. If you make a choice enough, it becomes your mind. We need to kill the dragons while they are small. We need to kill the dragons before they grow. I need to own my own dream. I can choose to be lucid in my dreams. When I face the fear in my dreams, it gives me strength. To choose to create as God, you cannot have a self. What do you get excited about? I need to own that state of consciousness. Create videos about the pain. I need to do something about the pain instead of numbing it. Stupid people that are teaching you, they are not acknowledging their pain. Beauty comes with owning pain from the fountain of God. When we own our pain, then we choose how we participate in the dream. We must also choose to own the other people's lives and their pain. God created reality for you, what are you going to do with it? Choose to let go of being a self, to create. >This messaging came to me over and over again throughout the trip. Crying, shouting: "I CANNOT BE A SELF IF I WANT TO CREATE" What is other? It is questioning the dream. “Other” is God creating around you, and you can choose to participate. Animals reflect the state of consciousness you are not owning because they are highly emotionally intuitive. I choose to love reality, the nightmare. I choose to love the nightmare to death. > This was profound for me. When it comes to the life you want to live, you must start with the dream that you have already dreamt yourself in. And if it is a nightmare, then own that, love that, let your love penetrate that fully. > Any time I have really turned my life around was when I chose to love the nightmare. You have to love through it all. Choose to be curious about your bad habits and behaviors, treat it as a project to become completely conscious of to see how your mind is constructing all of it. Slowing down to the speed of love. >Slow down your life such that you can learn to love it. Stop distracting your self with high speed distractions. I have to choose every moment to be a lucky gift. Every moment is a lucky gift. >You didn’t have to wake up this morning. Every morning that you wake up is grace. What now? I have to choose to spend money on my self to be healthy. Like a Gym membership. I need some money coming in. I need to find some work. I need to help people and I will become more valuable. I need to listen more. Choose to be selfless, to create. To choose to help others is to choose to participate in the dream. When I help others, it will give me a dream I can love. Because I have so much gratitude to be in this moment. Any argument, decision or conflict never mattered. It was all created in the empty canvas of God. End of Report.
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Natasha Tori Maru replied to Ponder's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
I don't think a lot of users here understand what is being said by Ram Dass. I think it is the sort of statement that one takes meaning from totally dependant on their current state of consciousness. As soon as their perspective is changed through elevation, the statement takes on a new meaning. Typically, it will reveal who has experienced the Self, unity, infinity and oneness - depending on how they answer or perceive it @Ramasta9 Thank you for your words -
Created a separate topic about Iraq's tourism development. I was thinking about making a topic already for a longer time.
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The mirror principle. https://youtu.be/Ic6e1zCfUC4?si=CqM35YT5G3-51iEw
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I feel lost but I have hope.
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But in Europe at least there are regulations, so low quality materials from China are not allowed to be sold if they form a health hazard. By importing directly from China you don't know the toxicity of the plastic unless you yourself will do toxicity testing. I don't see many people doing that.
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