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  2. That's not what was said. Those were particularly pertinent examples. And the definition involves where you put your attention. That is why I concluded porn can be that wedge for some people. It just depends on strong the effect is. And you can't necessarily put a strong dichotomy there whether it is a definite wedge that would be detrimental or if it's simply a way of using one's time. That's why you have a problem definitely defining it as cheating.

  3. "intimacy"

    Judy2 replied to Judy2's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    soooo... if all goes well, i'll officially be a psychology student in a couple of weeks. i haven't really allowed myself to get excited about this because the organisational side of things is a bit rough and stressful at the moment. in the past few weeks, i have been challenging myself a lot to be mobile, active, alive in the world....to walk the extra mile through unsafe, uncomfortable territory whenever i got the chance; to write countless applications, emails, make phone calls,.... and i have been feeling more grown up, more mature, balanced, nuanced, for sure. but the stress has also been building up quite a bit to the degree that i experienced some rather forceful releases yesterday and also this morning. right now, i am in this weird, activated mind-space where i feel like i should do, do, do - except it's time to rest now, and i can't really wind down, i feel a bit agitated, too unsafe to rest.... oh, well. but i thought i'd share the news and allow myself to start getting excited about this:)
  4. The self has a genetic basis and is formed throughout life. The moment you receive a blow and feel pain, a part of your brain activates and self-programs. In the human case, the conceptual function promoted by language captures a large part of the processing capacity, creating a social self that sees itself as a timeline. The point is not to deny the self, which is as real as a stable energetic structure, but to completely deactivate it at will and be now without any definition, any contraction, or projection. At first, it's scary, in fact, extremely scary. Leaving the womb of the social matrix is a great challenge. Your whole system screams, because you are absolutely dependent on that matrix. You might believe you are God or anything else to avoid being absolutely naked without any grip. As if you were born right now but without the need for a mother, attachment, relationship. The self is not identity, it's contraction plus reference plus continuity. When those energetic barriers dissolve, what you are is revealed, but you need the courage to be without mother matrix
  5. What is there to stomach? Perhaps you can point them to the notion or possibility of the absolute. Whatever they or anyone else makes of that will be wrong and inaccurate. You're essentially demanding of them to get enlightened. And chances are you aren't either. That's a good opportunity to investigate the matter from a more real ground.

  6. Counting Calories

    UnbornTao replied to Judy2's topic in Health, Fitness, Nutrition, Supplements

    I personally don't do it. There's really no need to as my diet consists mostly of vegetables, legumes, eggs, full-fat milk, some carbs, and whatnot - plus the occasional junk food, bread, and sweets. I've never been fat. I do use white sugar in my tea or coffee, but I've been cutting back on caffeine lately. Counting calories is a bit like a foreign notion to me

  7. Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

    integral replied to Leo Gura's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    The genre comes from the Orange aesthetics. It's a derivative of club music. All the people that surrounded me growing up who were completely unconscious were blasting this kind of music and I just can't listen to it. Linear beats without any novelty. It lacks creativity, it's highly predictable. It sounds like a unconscious 20 year old complaining about their problems. Now, I'm not trying to shit on anyone who likes this music. I'm pointing to how I select music and it's based on how much intelligence went into it. Now all these genres of music require intelligence to create so it's not black-and-white in that way. It also sounds like noise, in the sense that it's highly disruptive and does not flow well with my state of being.
  8. I agree Israel do it for its own safety first and foremost, though it can be a win-win if it succeeds.
  9. Where I suggested that? Please re-read what I wrote. I wrote that Iranians suffer and have been waiting for help. It is not about what I want. It is what they want for themselves. I have no idea where this war would lead. My only hope it will help them.
  10. It's not. It's okay to defend yourselves, you want war with Iran that's your right, they're terrorists. But most people aren't deluded to believe that youre doing it for iranians. Just makes you seem to have bad intentions.
  11. It's "nut," Carl.
  12. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3347217/us-f-35-hit-suspected-iranian-fire-forced-make-emergency-landing "US F-35 hit by suspected Iranian fire, forced to make emergency landing The F-35 was โ€œflying a combat mission over Iranโ€, a spokesman for US Central Command said." $100 million jet, the most advanced u.s. fighter "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, has said that the US only has localised air superiority, meaning there are specific swathes of Iranian airspace the US controls." This has reduced from "total air supremacy over Iran"
  13. At least its worth giving it a try
  14. The reason you can easily wake up at 4am to catch a flight but not to go for a run is because you don't perceive real consequences of not going for the run. Same with your boss. Not meeting your work obligations/deadlines has real, immediate consequences. What seems to be highly driven people is usually just people avoiding consequences. Self-help tells you these people are operating on some kind of drive, grit, and determination. But really, those are downstream of them just avoiding pain. This goes for the grandiose egotist as well as the guy who quit his job to start his own business. Not doing the thing has severe consequences for both. Trying to manufacture a meaning structure around the thing you want to do will not work. You have to see and feel the consequences and they have to be real. Consequence motivation doesn't need maintenance like narrative motivation. You don't have to remind yourself that it matters when the consequences are real. The energy comes from keeping the inevitable consequences in mind.
  15. I didnt compare it to anything, quit being dishonest. To suggest you're supporting this to free Iran is what's delusional.
  16. You donโ€™t know what a real authoritarian regime is. The American government has its flaws, but to compare it to the Ayatollahs is delusional.
  17. If I support strikes on Iran it is only against the government of Iran. Not citizens. I also would love if the Iranian government stop to carelessly strike ballistic missiles on random residential areas.
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  19. I had DPDR for a whole year from 2023 - 2024. Was most likely weed induced. I would get into these states after taking big hits from my carts (very high THC carts, mind you) where reality just became so fucking alien. And unfortunately, memories of this state would stay with me even when I was sober. It was like reality became some alien thing I felt trapped in. I would for example, think of 'where am I located' and then panic because I couldn't find myself ("Wait.. am I just a picture that's being animated?? WHAT THE FUCK"), then my heart rate would go up and I would become super attentive to it and panic further. Another thing is I would hear this random noise.. almost like a pop which would just repeat if I focused on it and I would panic even more. Human faces looked so weird, I felt a sense of numbness to everything. Later, I would find out I was just in a super dissociated state due to extreme stress and anxiety from my life in the past few years. What helped was ignoring it and just focusing on my hobbies and things I enjoyed, talking to friends, working out, having a routine. It still felt like a demon that was just waiting in the background. What completely pushed me out of DPDR was my very first shroom trip that I did back in 2024. I ate this shroom chocolate bar with my friend. Had 3.5g total of psilocybin. Shit was, unfortunately, way more intense than I anticipated. My DPDR started coming back at the beginning of the trip. It started to get so intense, man. It legit felt like being stuck in some horror movie. It was like I knew I had opened a door that was forbidden to be ever opened that I was never supposed to find while alive. My heart started going super fast. Then I just.. completely gave up. I was so fucking scared that I just gave up. I realized that I had fucked up hard. Then, what proceeded felt like 8 hours of pure existential death where I completely forgot I ever had a life, infinite time loops, feeling like me and my friend's voice was the same entity, etc. The room I was in just became a bunch of visuals that made me feel like I had entered a forbidden alternate dimension, and I intuitively understood the pure magic of Consciousness. Somehow, in this state where I completely knew I was dead, in the sense that my life just felt like something I had been in 100 billion years ago, I was conscious. I cried and just kept apologizing to my friend because I realized my poor friend was suffering the same fate as I. This state, however, was so radically different from my sober state it legit felt like I had popped out of my dream as the me I thought I was my entire life. Well, either way, after the trip my DPDR completely went away.
  20. @Lila9 I'm an American, I hate my government, why are you not helping liberate me? You hate Americans? Send us some Jerichos. ืชื•ื“ื” ืœืš They don't believe in school in Florida
  21. When God imagines an orange monstrosity, we are left with Donald Trump. This monstrosity is Love incarnate.
  22. No, you supported strikes on Iran, and that caused this. So its not just psychopathic men, itโ€™s also on you.
  23. Today

  24. 5-MeO-DMT for longevity - Bryan Johnson

    bazera replied to cistanche_enjoyer's topic in Psychedelics

    He started with shrooms.
  25. Ok, I may have misunderstood you. Why the overreacting? And who are those โ€œyou people who lie about everything?โ€
  26. Always nice to see a civil war between people you dislike lmfao
  27. @Clarence Yeah I don't know about that, she isn't into those sorts of things. Actually, I was thinking something limilar when my dad passed away. Before he died, I was into out of body experiences, was researching a lot into that field, but I didn't have much practice. During my research, I've stumbled on a lot of reports of travelers meeting their deceased relatives, and after my dad died, that possibility left a hope in me that one day there was a chance of meeting him again. That might be delusional, but I think there's something to it. Can't know for sure till I actually try it. Same with the medium.
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