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Of course, it depends on the socio-economical level of the place they live in. For example, there are people who barely can find clean food or water in some parts of Africa. For these people, just getting food for the day is a success. Things have gotten worse in many parts of the world. People cannot find jobs in parts of America and drug use is rampant. When society gets downgraded, the chance of success also gets lowered. However, that's not to say everywhere in the world is getting worse. Some countries like India or Philippines benefit more as remote jobs are outsourced to them (capital outflow to them).
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Joel3102 replied to museumoftrees's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
It’s not green/leftist, it’s red/blue old world leftist. The guy genuinely makes excuses for Mao and Russian imperialism etc. There’s a subtle difference between progressive criticism of western foreign policy (Majority Report types) based on human rights, and Hasan tankie types where it’s not actually a universal principle, it’s more that they’re just rooting for the other team. -
Hellen Keller met with Albert Einstein twice and he recognized her as an intellectual peer. The video of this post is classical conspiracy theory. It's like the videos saying man didn't land on the moon because of a shadow in an image couldn't have been caste that way on the moon. But if you would ask a NASA engineer he would give you the explanation. These conspiracy theories give easy money to unscrupulous scammers. That guy is just repeating what has already spread on the Internet. But few people will actually dig into the archives to find the truth. Social media is trash and is degrading our civilization.
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Yeah, exactly. Like any medication it has pros and cons. If the benefits of taking the medication outweigh the cons (ie one is so fat that metabolically they are facing immediate issue with diabetes, cardiovascular strain and fatty liver etc) then taking the medication is going to help, despite the drawbacks of muscle/bone loss. None of these weight loss drugs replace regular exercise and healthy balanced diet. They just help you get out of the shit until you are in a better place to address other areas of life. I am not sure on this but I think the weight comes back when you get off the drug? Don't quote me on that. GLP1 agonists just prove that people cannot put down the fork (for whatever reason that may be).
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Reminds me of this kid
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Perhaps it would be like.... torturing yourself to death huehuehue sry back on topic I couldn't help it
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@Jodistrict That is exactly what is being disputed here. "Taught to her" is a very loaded phrase. I could "teach" a parrot to speak epistemology at you. That doesn't make the parrot a genius.
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I have not said I read thousands of books on that. Dozens, yes. If I read a thousand books on torture I would kill myself. Lol
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Leo Gura replied to museumoftrees's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I don't see why we need a new word for this. This is a feature of leftists. I just call that Green/leftist. I think Hasan is intelligent enough to understand that Hamas is not some pro-gay leftie organization. He knows they are barbaric terrorists. He just thinks they are justified in fighting back against the injustices done to them. The notion that Hasan is some terrorism promoter is silly to me. He is just realistic about why terrorist exists and may even be necessary when your oppressor is a gigantic machine. Hamas does not need to adhere to progressive values for us to recognize that they are just defending their homeland and families from getting raped by Zionists. It is silly to expect Hamas to have progressive values or else we refuse to see the validity of their grievances. Hamas are barbarians and they are also victims of heinous crimes that made them barbarians. No great paradox here. It is also silly to side with Israel just because Israel has some gay rights. As if gay rights somehow makes ethnic cleansing okay. This is actually an absurdity of the Sam Harris position: Israel is more progressive so they are allowed to ethnically cleanse anyone less progressive than them. Keep in mind, slaves were less progressive and less developed than their slave masters. But that doesn't mean that slaves were wrong for overthrowing their masters. The entire issue is that Israel is progressive off the land they took from primitive Palestinians. The progress came at Palestinian expense and now the bill has come due. America is also progressive thanks to our exploitation of 3rd world nations. It is legitimate for 3rd worlders to be pissed off about that. - Today
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Joel3102 replied to museumoftrees's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
https://archive.md/oZom2 Hasan is a campist, not a progressive. “The best word for Piker’s ideology may be “campism” — a strain of leftism that judges foreign movements and regimes more by their degree of hostility toward the West than by their adherence to progressive values.” -
I was just browsing Leo's journal and I came across the following article. I felt really seen when I read this and I wanted to keep it somewhere I can easily find it (i.e. my own journal). I have also decided to hold off of psychedelics until age 25 but it may be longer since I'm trying to get certain things in my life in order (I'm 26 now). I made this rule for myself at 20 because I didn't want to accidentally fry my brain before the frontal lobe was cooked. Hold Off On Psychedelics If You're Young By Leo Gura - April 13, 2026 I recommend that you don’t do psychedelic until the age of at least 25, so that they don’t derail your focus on mastering survival. I also recommend you don’t get into heavy, regular use of psychedelics until at least the age of 30, for the same reason. Heavy and regular use of psychedelics will significantly derail your work on basic survival, family, relationships, career, and business. You need to have those things in place before you dive deep into trans-human states of consciousness or your overall life will be negatively impacted. Your 20’s should be focused on mastering basic survival: career/business, dating & social life, practical self-help, practical psychology, life purpose, financial security, emotional stability — not chasing mystical states. Be strategic about how you pace all this out. It is not good to dive early into psychedelics while the rest of your life is a half-baked mess. Your 20’s is all about building the practical foundation to handle all your basic survival needs, so you are not desperate and cornered. If you trip a couple times a year between 25-30, that’s okay. But if you’re tripping weekly or even daily, that will derail your foundation-building too much. If you take a lot of psychedelics, they will disillusion you with material life. This is okay later on in life, but a big problem early on in life before you solved survival. I am so disillusioned with life that it’s hard for me to even care about business, finances, dating, family. This is dangerous for an unestablished youngster. Disillusionment is a serious thing. You don’t want to be dealing with it while you are starting your business or career. Working on material success demands a certain level of illusionment. Deep spiritual work isn’t free, it has a cost, which is why most people don’t do it. I even want to go as far as saying, don’t do psychedelics at all until you’re 30+. The longer you hold off the better. I want you to be successful before you open that can of worms. I know that’s disappointing for those of you who are eager, but psychedelics are truly no light matter.
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Things To Do During My Time Off If everything goes according to plan and the paper work is done and processed, I'm going to be taking a leave of absence from work for about 8 weeks starting on 5/19. I journalled about my inital thoughts about what led me to this decision here: Since I will not be working 8+ hours a day, I have decided to give my days structure in other ways and come up with a list of things I want to do during my time off. 75 Hard The 75 Hard challenge is a social media challenge where you do the following for 75 consecutive days: 2 workouts everyday for 45 min, with at least 1 being outside (the workouts also need to be 2 sessions at least 3 hours apart) Drink 1 gallon of water Progress picture everyday Your desired diet plus no alcohol and cheat meals Read 10 pages of a non-fiction book a day If you are unable to do anyone of these, you have to start the 75 days again. My leave of absence is roughly 75 days long and I think I'm in a mindset where I can really benefit from this with a few tweaks. Since I'm not working, this challenge is something that will be more realistic for me because I have the time and energy to dedicate myself to it. I think this will also help me give my days structure while also promoting healthy habits like working out, eating healthy, getting enough water in, and reading more. I already have a habit of working out but I want to do that more. I'm pretty bad about drinking enough water (I'm not drinking sugary drinks everyday, I'm just a dehydrated bitch lol) so I think this will jumpstart that habit. I want to read more since I have been putting things off. As for my diet, I'm thinking of leaving my diet the way it is for the most part except I want to moderate my snacking (1 really good and nutritious snack a day as opposed to random nibbling) since I tend to snack more with free time, and I want to cut out sugar. I'm not thinking of cutting it out completely. Fruits are fine. Just no chocolate, desserts, or sugary drinks. I'm not adjusting this diet due to weightloss or aesthetic goals. I'm mainly trying to do something that feels good for my body and that can challenge me a little. The tweaks I'm going to make to this challenge are the following: No progress pictures: I have a history of body dysmorphia and disordered eating and taking pictures everyday can cause me to spiral. Plus, I want to do this in a more intrinsically motivated way rather than focussing on how I look. Instead of reading 10 pages of non-fiction, I want to read 1 hour each day of any book of my choosing: I think both fiction and non-fiction can both be beneficial in their own way in the way they work different intellectual muscles. Instead of having to start the 75 days again, I'm going to add any make up days if I screw up: So if at the end of the 75 days I screw up 10 times, that means I have 10 extra days that I will have to follow the rules above. The program has been criticized for being very all or nothing as opposed to promoting healthy habits and I think this all or nothing mindset can result/ fuel disordered eating, especially for someone who has a history of that. Depending on how I handle the gallon a day, I might take a page off of the 75 Soft challenge and do .75 gallons of water a day: I'm only 5'2" so my water needs do vary compared to the average sized person who needs more water than I do. Like, I want to be hydrated but I don't want to pee every half hour. I also want to add another thing to this challenge, and that is no social media / short form content / or random mobile games: I can watch longer youtube videos and listen to music but no Youtube shorts. I also think I will need to wean off the random games and reduce it ideally but I think my priority is not taking in short form content and social media. I deleted my social media apps for the last 3 weeks and I think that has done a lot of good for me mentally. The list of things I want to do while on break: Physical Activity Related: I have been drawn to being more physically active over the last month and a half. There is no set fitness or aesthetic goal for me. I have been going to the gym for straight vibes because my body has been wanting to move more. Maybe it's a reaction against having to work a desk job. But over all, when I am physically challenging myself, I do feel more alive. It's like whenever I'm pushing myself, whenever I'm out of breath, whenever my muscles are sore and I tell myself I have 4 more reps to go, I'm forced to be present. Working out lately has felt like a moving meditation of sorts and it has been essential in maintaining my mental health. Here are somethings I have found enjoyable and that I want to do more: Work out more: Lift weights + Continue doing cardio Yoga classes: I haven't done a yoga class in a while because life got busy. Maybe some pilates classes: Again, having done this in a while because life got busy Swimming: I have been enjoying this and I think this can serve some of my cardio goals Ice Skating: I have been falling in love with doing this all over again and I want to be able to do this mid-day on a week day when the rink at the mall isn't crowded. I can do a whole post on this tbh. Enjoy the outside: I live in a semi walkable area and multiple parks near by. I go to these parks often but I want to do that more. Plus, I like feeling the sun on my skin and seeing random people take their dogs on walks. Intellectual / Spiritual Pursuits: One of the weirdest things about working in corporate is how I feel like I am learning a lot but not feeling educated. I attribute this to how learning is filtered through increasing profits instead of developing an understanding of yourself and the world around you like it was in school. I miss how much I would learn in the classroom and in my day to day life back when I was a student and I was exposing myself to new experiences. This is how I'm planning on replicating that: Read the books from my undergraduate degree: I have been putting this off for a while as a goal and I think this will be the perfect thing to do at this time when I'm not utilizing my mental energy towards my job. Read the fiction books I have been putting off: I'm going to be honest, my ipad baby tendencies have done a number on my attention span and I think reading fiction is the perfect way to recuperate that because you have to infer and interpret the themes on your own instead of the intellectual spoon feeding that can happen when you're reading non-fiction. I think this can also help hone in media literacy skills. Keep up to date with my favorite Youtubers: This means watching things on my Watch Later list, especially when it comes to the longer form, documentary style content that is about 1 hour 30 minutes or longer (yes, that includes revisiting videos from Actualized.org) Journal + Reflect: I can do this at home, on a walk, or go to a coffee shop Meditate: Just allowing myself to be and enjoy the present moment Continue going to therapy Random Things I Want to Do with More Free Time: Go to the grocery store midday on a weekday: I used to do this in college and I miss doing this. Maybe go to the mall and buy some new clothes: I haven't done this in years and my clothes are looking rough Try 2 new recipies weekly: I have been eating the same 3 meals in different fonts for a while due to the depression so I think some variety would be good for my soul and my cooking skills. Sleep in guilt free: I have no problem still being productive even when I wake up late. I think my reasoning for this is not to sleep until 1pm every day rather it's to listen to my body instead of expecting myself to be energetic and alert at 6:30 every day on a week day. Deep clean the apartment once a week: Mopping, scrubbing the shower, vaccuming, laundry Have a guilt free bed rot day and not worry about wasting time. Have more sex: My sex life has been suffering / nonexistant due to the increase in stress and I want to connect with my partner more. Get back into art: This can be drawing, painting, or simply coloring. Hang out with my friends more: I have a friend who is going to be in town who I'm looking forward to hanging out with. I also have a couple of friends who are unemployed and I think it would be nice to hang out with them more outside of the weekend/ evening hours. Go Furniture Hunting: My apartments needs side tables, a bed frame, and a dining set and I have just been putting it off. Travel: Go to Washington D.C.: I have been thinking of going to D.C. for the 4th of July as it is the 250th Independence day I need to plan out my trip to Africa: I haven't been really doing that since I have been overwhelmed by work and other things in my life. Maybe go to Australia for a week or two: I'm seeing a lot of naturey things to do there and I always wanted to experience Christmas in July. Those two things coincide with my leave times and things I'm gravitating towards so I might seize the moment. Going to Australia this year specifically wasn't part of my original plan when it came to going to all 7 continents by 30 but I'm open to the idea. Broader things I want to Accomplish with the Time Off Work: I don't think I'm going to accomplish all of these but this is what I'm orienting myself around / working towards when it comes to working through my high functioning depression. Reconnect with myself and my sense of joy by engaging in hobbies and moving my body Work out issues in my social life regarding navigating adult friendships Figure out if I want to have a child Feel less stagnant in my life and personal development by focusing more on my life and less on increasing shareholder value Allow myself time to work through my issues and actually reflect on what I'm experiencing instead of just trying to regulate and keep things moving without deconstructing why I do what I do. I know I have listed out a long laundry list of things to do but I do not feel intimidated by this. Instead, I find it to be quite exciting because it's all things I want to do but don't always have the time and energy to do such things. It feels less like someone piling on papers and assignments to work through and more like a menu to your new favorite restaurant that has all your favorite foods that you get to try one by one without worrying about the cost because it is free.
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She utlilized tactile analogies, sensory translations, and an extensive mastery of descriptive language taught to her by her instructor Anne Sullivan. By the way, this has been extensively documented and the information is out there. That is why she was famous. "I am Blind - Yet I see, I am Deaf - Yet I Hear" https://helenkellerarchive.afb.org/?a=d&d=A-HK02-B225-F03-005.1.1
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I have a few! I’m sure a lot of people would be really interested in different trip reports involving various chemicals, research chemicals, or combinations thereof (equivalent to, for example, Leo’s Salvia, Ketamine, DPT, 5-MeO-DMT, MALT videos, etc). Even that mysterious shroom juice he shared on Instagram would be interesting! I know Leo has expressed plenty of times that he doesn’t want to share a decent chunk of them, but it would still be fascinating to hear about any new chemicals, protocols, or combinations, as well as insights into how different substances may differ, what kinds of reactions or realizations they can produce, or even just Leo’s own stories. Tips on how one would approach testing, mixing, and trying out their own research chemical protocols. How do you manage and do it yourself? Perhaps some quick Kriya Yoga tips too! Reading about them in Leo’s comments is useful, but a demonstration would likely be a much more powerful and effective way of teaching. I’d also love the topic of solipsism vs infinite God awakening to be talked about: the differences, the clarifications. I’m wondering if there are some hidden nuggets of truth I’m missing. I’d also love to hear your experiences on retreats and workshops. I remember one video where you shared an insight into Peter Ralston’s workshop (if I remember correctly): "Oh, the person gets that the finger is the pointer! How does it even understand it’s the relational operator, etc.?" I might be butchering it from memory, but some stories or quick snippets of your own “aha moments” that are very describable or specific would be great. Definitely more about alien awakening, or just weird, funky, alien-like, or shocking states of consciousness. I especially enjoyed the blog post where Leo shared that watching Stephen Wolfram’s video on alien-like forms of perception and consciousness sparked an insight for him. Content like that is personally very fascinating to me, so I’d love to hear more experiences, insights, or stories in that direction. Topics and personal stories about psychedelic delusions and self-deception you've experienced: When have psychedelics actually been more deceptive, harmful, and not enlightening? I feel like this is a very important topic to be more conscious and aware of, and something that should be talked about more: physical dangers, preventative care, pre-trip protocols, harm reduction, and tips for having safer and better trips while avoiding bad ones, etc. Also, it’d be interesting to hear more political and historical realism insights, like some of the stories you shared about corruption involving the CIA, Afghanistan, Israel, etc. Just more mind-expanding facts, historical perspectives, and lesser-known insights from the books you’ve read. I recall you mentioned reading thousands of books on topics like torture, corruption, geopolitics, and human behavior, so I can imagine there’s a lot of fascinating material and perspectives that haven’t really been shared yet. I’m sure you can generate thousands of clips here from having read so much, haha. Perhaps you can also share insights on how you manage your happiness and baseline consciousness levels despite health issues. What would you say to someone struggling with something similar? I also remember a long time ago you mentioned you would make a video on Visual Logic and what creativity is. I’d love to hear some nuggets about that. The ancient, legendary, mythic, long-overdue Witch Girlfriend video? Just some random ones for now! Obviously, I fully understand that some of these are reserved for the awakening course or retreats, but I’m sure some of these can be spoken about in some manner
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Dude, the above video beautifully presents the evidence and the case. You are choosing to deny it. You are defending the claim that a completely blind woman wrote epic poetry about the colors of a sunset. This is absurd. She clearly could not write that. She had no way of knowing what colors are. Or she wasn't blind. Another possibility is that her handicaps were grossly exaggerated. Perhaps she wasn't truly blind or deaf. People love to exaggerate handicaps too because it makes them seem more impressive than they are. And I am very vocal about the evils of AI slop.
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You don't have proof for what you said. It is based on a prejudice that a severly handicapped person (compared to a monkey) can't produce anything of value. We are entering the post truth era. There are millions of people who now believe that AI slop is reality and that made up images are real. This should be the real concern.
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I should buy a chimpanzee, put his name on all my work, and then tour the country with my legendary, epistemic genius chimpanzee. I shall name him Coco. Coco the first chimpanzee to teach humans epistemology
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For me Sankalpa is a very formal process I do when undertaking an anushthana or would when I do a purushcharana. Water, Rice and Flowers held in one hand as you state your name, address and other identifiers. You say what you are setting an intention for and offer what's in your hand to the earth. I take care doing this though. Every time you complete a difficult sankalpa the power of your will increases. Until you reach a point where it's psychologically impossible for you to not carry through the sankalpa. Once you take a sankalpa it has to be done. This is why this is a powerful practice because you need this kind of will to complete Purushcharanas. Failing a sankalpa does more damage to your will power than succeeding one helps it.
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Why would Mark Twain not have been duped along with everyone else? How could Mark Twain know? He didn't have all the facts. He wanted the legend to be true as much as everyone else. The issue isn't plagiarism. The issue is that her caretakers were doing all the physical writing for her and injecting their own heavy interpretations and polish on everything she said. This was not a single incident, this was her entire lifestyle, origin story, and legend. Imagine if I had all my work edited by a secret nameless worldclass author and then presented it as my own. That would be fraud. But it was never at the same level of quality/depth. And who was her replacement?
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He mentioned one plagarism scandel that has been extensively reviewed by historians. Even Mark Twain defended them both. Helen Keller continued her prolific writings for 30 years after the death of Anne Sullivan.
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My process for these clips is quite efficient. I am satisfied with it. I can generate 500 clips per month. Not that I intend to keep that up. So it is at least 100x more efficient than YouTube. Start a new thread please.
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Yesterday I powered through the fear and sat down to study again. All in all I was less of a coward yesterday, which is what counts. There was a point in time where I understood how to study for 8 hours a day and did it for a week, but the problem was never the logistics or my approach. It really was my mindset. Something bad happened and that caused me to completely give up until yesterday. It's because I was a coward who couldn't get back up due to the fear of failure. I was so sick and tired of failing and I still am. But I have to keep going. It's hard to even say "I'll do my best" because I am so uncertain about my future actions. I am afraid that once I say that, I won't really do my best. That emotional labor is grueling. But I have decided to be brave. I am gonna study more today, and finally pick up some dumbbells. I'll do my best. More thoughts about the 11C: Gluttony occurs in Over-Stimulation; Boredom occurs in Under-Stimulation. Dissolving Gluttony means not chasing stimulation beyond needed, dissolving Boredom means finding stillness in under-stimulation. Easy to confuse the two.
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