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@Joshe Can I ask why you think no one else sees the pattern you illustrate and the causative harm chain? How did you come to this conclusion?
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Here's some real-profundity for you straight from preschool: If you have nothing nice to say don't say it. Why tear something down that could otherwise help someone? In our short video addicted world literally any book is better than none. The Man of Zero is a profound book (albeit only to some people) and to talk someone out of reading and potential miss a chance to be helped is a crass and unconscious and unspiritual way to live.
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@Joshe correct - that's why I (if you reread carefully, I think you again didn't relationally ask me) didn't claim to know exactly what you mean. I offered my hypothesis and asked you to tell me. That's what I am saying to do. The worst my post could come across as is a speculative interpretation with some explicit epistemic hedging. And yes, my speculation is analytical and looking at mechanism as a possible explanation. But once again, I am asking your meaning, but also illustrating potential gaps that could be missed in this process. Calling out Leo by psychologically analysing him can be received poorly. Just also Leo's words can be received poorly. Do I mean to understand this as a rightuous endeavour on your behalf? Also again you express to "know I am probably cringing" . Also notice I am not saying your model is wrong.
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Joseph Maynor replied to James123's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
I think the need to feel superior is a block, I agree. Just be yourself if you can afford to. And you can't always, because you need a certain level of reasonable or wise restraint too. Reconsider what you think a mistake is too. It gets deep. -
Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet. Cut off all processed junk, including all refined foods (white rice, white bread, butter and nut butters, cheese, etc., can all be seen as refined foods). Only consume foods in their closest-to-original form.
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I thought about this for so damn long. It was time. Even if I didnt make a perfect decision. Although thinking about it was maybe also fun .. not sure
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@Natasha Tori Maru This is rich. You're doing the same thing to me you're claiming that I'm doing to Leo, which I'm actually not doing. Had you inquired into my interior before writing all this, you could have understood the actual motivation behind my comment rather than guess between two wrong options. So, if you want to understand: Is it intellectual peacocking? No. If someone else would have posted the exact same thing before I did, I never would have commented, unless I quoted it and said something like "100%". Am I trying to change Leo? No. In fact, if the forum had a "hide from Leo" button, I almost certainly would have pressed it here because I don't like saying negative things about people where they can read it. So why did I do it anyway? It's far more complex than either of the options you floated. The motivation to interject in these situations is: toxic or harmful stuff going unnoticed. The point of interjecting these reads is that no one else is or that people are not aware of them. When there's something people aren't seeing, that's when I interject. Crude/visible bad behavior doesn't need me. The sophisticated, room-confusing kind is what pulls me. If everyone could already see it, or if someone already pointed it out, I often don't feel a pull to interject unless there's an open discussion specifically about the topic. And it's not to be the one doing the delivery. I think this is some projection on your part. I actually don't like it when people see me as intelligent or anything like that. I even experience mild agitation when this happens. I don't like to be elevated in any way. I do like to transfer ideas, but not "my ideas", just "ideas". I've never felt special for being the one who has ideas or who can see. This is just weird shit to me. So, when I harp on Leo's superiority complex, it's because of the harm I see in it and because no one else is seeing it. Now, I need to explain how Leo's superiority complex is harmful, because it's not obvious. He's not meaning to harm anyone. It's just a byproduct of his nature. I've explained elsewhere the psychological disposition that produces his behavior regarding putting others beneath him, so I won't elaborate here, but it basically works like this: Leo creates a hierarchy of mind/intelligence/consciousness/awareness and positions himself at the top. Then, when his superiority needs fed, he finds ways to erect that hierarchy and puts people beneath him. This specific instance was "you leftist don't understand conservatives, but I do. I am above you leftists on the mind/intelligence/consciousness/awareness hierarchy." If you don't see it like this, that's on you. I can't tell you how to see the truth of it for yourself, especially when you have the disposition that thinks "remaining open" and refusing to convert evidence into usable conclusions is the wise approach to life. But anyway, whether or not I'm right or wrong about this isn't the point here. The point is that I see harm that most everyone else is missing or letting slide. The harm is teaching people to rank themselves below an unearned authority and to distrust their own perception. People being being nudged to defer and subordinate themselves primarily for the benefit of a grandiose ego, not for their own betterment. All because some dude's ego needs boosted, and at their expense. I see that as harmful and worth calling out. Also, you need to keep in mind. I don't hold any personal grudges toward Leo. I don't walk around with animosity toward him. It's simply the case that when his superiority complex rears its head, I call it the fuck out because sometimes, that's the best or only tool for keeping it in check. I'm not going to pretend like it's not a thing, even if you or anyone else finds it uncomfortable or off-putting. Also, you don't understand my model of Leo. If you did, you would know that there is no fixing this aspect of his behavior. It will exist for the rest of his life. I know you're probably cringing at this statement because you can't fathom how this could be known. But again, it takes specific effort to arrive at such knowledge. Just because you haven't put in the work, doesn't mean you can't. Strap on a sack and start figuring stuff out, is all I can say. No amount of "relating" would ever work here.
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I faced my fear and went to my bafög space today and had a sucessful talk for further support I finally made a decision on which table tennis equipment and which knitting yarn to buy I made the whole bafög request today I also made housing benefit request today ... Cool, now I have got a bit of a headache. Did I do much work today? It feels like more then usual. I was focused the whole day because of elvanse.
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Basman replied to Oppositionless's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Everyone says "why can't we just hold hands" but when I do I get called a creep. -
Guns, god and government. Holy trinity.
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I only heard about him first a few days ago. The book gets kudo’s from Mearsheimer. Also he is apparently in good relations with Chomsky.
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@Davino When I had that dream with Ramana I had many insights the following days . He handed me a piece of paper, it caught fire and disintegrated , then he jumped into the ocean and also disintegrated. I also have a strong connection with Christ, reading the books Miracles and Wonder by Elain Pagels and The Resurrection by Dale Allison led to many awakenings for me.
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This is a bit personal, but did your parents dominate conversations? Did you feel seen and heard growing up or invincible?
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Someone here replied to James123's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Beware of this need to be superior, or of needing your favorite spiritual teachers to be superior. Beware of also putting them on a pedestal, taking sides in a debate, and calling them “bosses.” Our goal here is not to make the ego stronger, but rather to surrender and to humble ourselves, so that we can help each other reach a higher state of consciousness and contentment. The way you guys are doing it here, and have been doing it for a long period now, is as far as possible from this ideal. There is a very subtle danger in making spiritual teachers into figures that we feel the need to defend at all costs, or in turning spiritual teachings into a competition where one teacher has to be seen as superior to another. The moment we become attached to proving that our teacher is better, wiser, more awakened, or more legitimate than someone else’s teacher, we should pause and look at what is actually happening within ourselves. We can admire someone, learn from them, respect their wisdom, and deeply appreciate what they have shared without turning them into infallible authorities or calling them bosses . We do not need to defend them as if our own spiritual standing depends on their superiority. Nisargadatta used to go to the toilet , just like you . -
Culture. And there are so many guns in the USA that you cannot ban them all.
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Finkelstein is not the best source.
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Great recommendation. Also always great to use the minimally-effective dose, weigh the substance appropriately, and make sure it's pure. The last time I did it was more a year ago, a single 100mg of MDMA, and that was WOW. I probably could have gotten away with even less, perhaps 80mg. Mescaline is also very similar to MDMA for me and without neurotoxicity concerns. Something to look into.
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Inliytened1 replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
I told you already. This is a dream, with set rules. Schizophrenics see outside the rules, they are able to see outisde of the dream. That's what it is. Functioning here isn't the goal, it never was. -
Inliytened1 replied to Inliytened1's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
It shouldn't be the car @Mellowmarsh. But sadly it is So now we have to morgage our homes. I'm serously thinking about it. I'm going to pull up in that car. I hope you are worth it. What if you are a guy. -
This book should be very interesting. Gaza's Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places https://a.co/d/0bNBhXfG Anyone read Finkelstein’s books before ?
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I didn't read that one. But I have another great book on my booklist about all the details of how Mossad works. It's an eye-opening book. Exactly what you asked for. It's got some crazy stories in there.
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Digger Bigger Rigger Trigger Jigger
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Need to listen to this .
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I've been struggled to understanding why year after year of world record-breaking gun violence, gun control is not passed in the US. Then I realized it's the same reason circumcision, and the hijab and other ridiculous things society does continue to be done. The answer boils down to tradition. Despite the ridiculous justifications for them and the obvious harms they do, societies have a hard time dropping something that is routed in national identity. Any thoughts? Did I miss something or get something wrong? Other things we cling to are hot water tanks, gas cars, and shingle roofs. The alternatives are much better in my opinion. They might cost more but last longer and are superior in every way.
