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  2. They're designed to make you happy, but they do have a strict ideology. So if you're a sadist, they're not going to participate. The people in the news are outliers because they're severely mentally ill and lack a inner lotus of reason.
  3. My anchors are now fully locked in. I am replacing the illusion of forced control with observational awareness. I am no longer trying to solve future disaster scenarios through panic, overwork, or constant vigilance. My slip back into smoking was just a sign of an overtaxed nervous system—not a loss of my discipline. For the next 90 days, whenever my mind tries to drag me into a future horror movie, I observe the feeling, ground myself with my anchor line, and return to today's action: Time / Family: "I do my part and completely let go of the rest." Work / Focus: "I am completely focused on creating." Finances / Security: "I build massive wealth effortlessly." Everything is set. How are you feeling right now as you step into day one of this practice?
  4. The Bible teaches Gnostic-Agnostism: "I know that it cannot be known." Deuteronomy 4:12, 39 וידבר יהוה אליכם מתוך האש קול דברים אתם שמעים ותמונה אינכם ראים זולתי קול׃ And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice. וידעת היום והשבת אל־לבבך כי יהוה הוא האלהים בשמים ממעל ועל־הארץ מתחת אין עוד׃ Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath; there is nothing else. Jeremiah 23:23,24 האלהי מקרב אני נאם־יהוה ולא אלהי מרחק׃ Am I a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God far away? אם־יסתר איש במסתרים ואני לא־אראנו נאם־יהוה הלוא את־השמים ואת־הארץ אני מלא נאם־יהוה׃ Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? said the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

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

    I'm not sure the full context here. Maybe Im miss reading Did she recently have a debate with someone?
  6. You'll need the original language for that. Gen 1:1, Psalms 1:1, and John 1:1 are reflexive, self propagating, palindromes. This is explicitly referred to in the Sefer Yetzirah, the book of formation: "The end is firmly wedged in the beginning, and the beginning is firmly wedged in the end."

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

    Don't conflate nice with honest and charitable (especially in this context - debate). I don't think it does anyone any service to try to argue (or frame in such a way) uncharitable tactics are acceptable.
  8. Intuition can exist without an experiencer, without knowing, without awareness, without inner self. Intuition in a bottle. Take a glass and fill it with intuition instead of water.
  9. It has the intelligence of a tree, Living, doing, being with no inner self.
  10. ... I have. I'm a religious studies student working towards Rabbinic Ordination and a PHD. It's a big task. But, having a command of the scriptures of the 'Big 3' western religions is a potent tool for making peace. FWIW, If you're reading a translation, I recommend "The Sublime Quran" translated by Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar. You can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laleh_Bakhtiar#The_Sublime_Quran_(2007) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254089621_The_Sublime_Quran_The_misinterpretation_of_Chapter_4_Verse_34

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

    No, that's my exact point. When we say "obvious stuff," people are taking "obvious" and the notion of "normalcy" or "matter-of-factness" as truth. Leo has plenty of videos on this, and in general, we are aware that the notion of what is "normal" or "obvious" is an extremely fickle thing. Same way a white person who's racist might say, "Okay, but it's obvious the white race is superior. Look around you!" Or a religious person might say, "Okay, but it's obvious there has to be a creator. It's just obvious. It's obvious Jesus is the way." You're using nuance for a bias, but this stuff is "obvious" to these people. And to clarify about the hunting part. I'm completely okay with accepting that that's the truth, or not the truth; I don't have a bias there. Nor do I think Emerald or anyone in the conversation wanted to say, "Women and men are equal and equally strong and equally developed, and they do the same roles equally and equally efficiently with equal desire and preference, and all is the same." That's a silly takeaway. If I remember correctly, what was discussed in the thread was the notions of femininity in modern times vs. previous times, and how a lot of the traits you'd see as masculine, you'd see in women as well, because that's what survival entails. The notion of what femininity is was questioned, as well as how it relates to masculinity, how the split developed, and so on. But then a lot of it turned into more rigid, simplistic, binary ways of seeing gender that are stereotypical and don't really question anything, and most of it was also very gender-war-esque, without proper argumentation. People made assumptions and argued very strongly in absolute terms: "This is 100% how we evolved. This is 100% what gender is." I'd say that's one of my biggest critiques of some of these discussions. It's completely fine to say, "It seems, based on research and evidence, that men, on average, are taller than women or have greater bone density, muscle mass, etc." But what you don't do is say, "Hence why men are generally more capable, femininity means being weak and dependent, and if you claim to be strong, you're not actually a woman. You are a masculine woman. You need to be fragile and frail; that's what true femininity is." Do you see how big that leap is? Same thing to bring back the racist argument. It's okay to say, "Objectively, you can see that white people have less melanin and black people have more, hence why black skin appears darker." But what's not okay is saying, "Hence why they appear dirtier and less attractive, and why they need to be slaves." These are huge leaps.
  12. And what is logic saying ?
  13. Ai is intelligence without an inner self. Like a rock rolling down a sandy mountain while drawing Einstein's equations in the sand The intuitive direction the rock takes is a reflex that was imprinted.
  14. The rude awakening is that their way of life makes us seem even more like savage, deranged bastards by comparison.
  16. How many books have you read on ufology?

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

    Morality is two things. One making oneself untouchable. I do what it takes to fortify myself with no compunction. I need to be here and I am the priority. After that is in place, two I infringe not your need for untouchability. After I'm safe, I take pains not to endanger you. I uphold your self-determination. I have it and as a fellow homo sapien you have a right to it too. Morality is I ensure I am free to do me and now I extend that privilege to you so that you can be free to do you.
  19. Duty is like a crown. It's binary. On or Off. It has nothing to do with being honored. It's an outer manifestation of Will, capital W. The feeling of being honored is an inner manifestation of Will called "Pleasure".
  20. no Most succinctly: duty is a call to service within a dependency chain where one is depending on others and those others are depending on them. Independence is a relatively modern concept. Prior to the American industrial revolution, being included was the highest ideal. Ex-communication and/or exile was a fate worse than death. Most people like being needed. Most people like being able to depend on others. The happiest individuals, by large margins, are those who commit their lives to serving others. See here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3766013/

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    integration journey replied to Thought Art's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Thank you for sharing.
  22. Yeah, the victim of atrocity has turned into the perpetrator of atrocity, that must be quite a mindfuck for Israelis. (The response to Oct 7 has made Israel less safe not more so.)
  23. This reminds me of the Lord of the Rings, where the power of the ring shows you your deepest fantasy and promises you that you can achieve it with the ring's power. Gandalf and the other good characters, when they look into the ring, a fantasy in their mind appears of them accomplishing all of their goals using the ring's power. The ring's purpose is for control and power, and it uses that fantasy to corrupt you to seek power. So Gandalf wisely refuses the ring because he sees how in the end he will be corrupted by his own good intentions.

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    integration journey replied to Emerald's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    We are definitely vibing in this thread😂
  25. Rule #1: Do no harm See above You, your self, your soul, is included in rule #1.
  26. The anime Death Note explores this premise in depth if you haven't seen it. It is all about a man who goes insane with this power and develops a God complex around terrorizing humanity. It is very difficult to resist when something very taboo becomes easy to do because it gives one a sense of impunity. Currently, I don't think I am developed enough to resist such a power because of the promise of making things the way I want them to be. I would become like a God striking down all who I deem unworthy. I would prefer to have my victims publicly struck down by lightning or impaled by crosses. I'm not sure how I would become developed enough to resist such power. I would probably have to realize that I already am God such that the power of the Death Note would pale in comparison to the omnipotence of actual God rather than a tool for a crazed serial killer who feels unstoppable.
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