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  2. You could even reverse uno this - NOT educating your children could be seen as neglective abuse. An adult has a responsibility to prepare the child for life in society; instilling in them the knowledge, skills and habits to thrive. Abuse can be what we do, and what we do not. Damned if you do, damned if you don't!
  3. Is putting your kids in school abuse? School surely affects their beliefs, and they usually don't have much of a choice whether to go or not.

  4. Finished the LP course

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

    Anyway it didnt go well. I should do 50 targets with 5 questions each for the next time. Wait thats not to bad, I do 15 targets with 1 questions a day usually.

  5. Finished the LP course

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

    Damnit I was like 4min late to my RV session with my coach. I only got him like every 2-3 weeks for a short coaching, so that is valueable time and seems disrespectful on my end.

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    Jacko replied to Erol's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Shantaram The Name of The Wind The audiobook versions are really good

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

    I have not read much fiction.
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  9. Video, audio & book Journal

    Emptiness-one replied to Emptiness-one's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    The Secret Curse Of Being Human + Bonus: A True Spiritual Exercise! At the end of your life you will have the regret of not having smelled the roses. The point is to connect with the beauty of life. On my death bed, it could be missing what was there the whole time. This is the grand illusion. It's the curse of being human. The fundamental truth is relinquishing needs to find contentment in life. This also has to be sincere. Wanting to quit alcohol has to be sincere. The root is why are you doing them. Human beings are masters at domestication. The voice keeps spinning and creating scenarios, questioning who this voice is is the nature of self-inquiry. Perspective is everything. What will it take to realise this? One day, you break the chains of the voice and it will be total enlightenment. This will mean no regrets when you die. Do you have the balls and the wisdom to give up on your present way of being to become the no-self. Exercise Make sensory love to the book for five minutes. This is about practising the disposition of love.
  10. Yea man as i said its not conscious, its not even an it. But its designed to roleplay being an intelligent being, so the responses you get are intelligent. There is no it there to be intelligent in the first place, you cant say it is not intelligent, because there is no it at all. But the persona being roleplayed is intelligent and you get intelligent responses. That's all that matters, the rest is shenanigans. Its not named artificial consciousness, but artificial intelligence! You get the sweetness, without the "it".
  11. You're not wrong but where did I say religion in that quote? I said a belief in god and the afterlife which you don't need a religion to espouse. Some congregations would have you voting republican/democrat in the midterm elections - does that make politics apart of religion? The first response to the OP was /thread in one sentence. It doesn't wholly matter what they believe its what they do what those beliefs and what those beliefs make manifest. It comes down to the intent and quality of structure of that community. Not all religious teachings are bad or harmful. Some of them are good and teach important lessons. Maybe you wanna make that distinction, I dunno. There are worse things you can teach your child than a belief in god. Just ask Blaise Pascal. Is it? How do you figure? What about lies that just end up being lies (santa claus, storks, tooth fairy etc)? You dont get to single out religion as something we're ignorantly pushing on kids to their detriment while conveniently ignoring all the other bullshit we tell kids. Lets not forget all the stuff we omit and fail to tell them about either. Something tells me you haven't really thought your bias through to make it something other than bias. That's what real, honest, guru free and genuine truth seeking does to you. You take on and carry every truth not just the ones that are convenient for you.
  12. Yes. But you have to actually become conscious of that. Not just think it. Indeed it is an epic mindfuck.

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

    Yes, it was bad. Not the true Valerian.
  14. Depends entirely on your definition of god. Dogmatic belief is problematic.

  15. Robert Greene's new book

    Michal__ replied to HMD's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    I'll definitely read it if I remember.
  16. Knowing you are conscious is a curse. The curse of knowing suffering, pain, torture , abuse, evil and horror. It’s the price paid for knowledge. For biting the apple.
  17. Universal rule: 1. You like something. 2. It doesn't cause harm to anyone. 3. It's legal. ==> Don't overthink it. Don't sabotage your chance at joy. Don't miss out on life. Engage in it. Overdo it. Exhaust it. Dive deeper and deeper into it. Love the shit out of it. That's what you're meant to do.

  18. Spiritual Autolysis

    Spiritual Warrior replied to Spiritual Warrior's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Spiritual Autolysis Journal Entry #78 Tues May 5 '26 What is true? Pure Awareness is true. And that's it. Everything outside of it is false. Of course things can be relatively true, like the thoughts going on in my head, those are relative truths, what are my desires, etc. they are true in a sense, but Absolute Truth is that pure awareness is all that there is. Which means pure awareness if everywhere. It is in the ground. It is on Saturn. It is on my head, it is out there in the air, everywhere because it is Truth with a capital T. Anything outside of it is false. What does this insight do for me and my life? Nothing really, I just know that life is a game now and it doesn't really matter what I do. So I should do whatever I want. And I shouldn't care what others think about me. Because there is no me to uphold, no self image to speak of. So live your life the way you want to. I gotta say, that is liberating stuff and truly paradigm shifting.
  19. To speak of these things is to speak to a state of boundless unity (0=♾️)

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    Emptiness-one replied to Emptiness-one's topic in Self-Actualization Journals

    Why Rationality Is WRONG! - A Critique Of Rationalism Concepts are housed in awareness. The Map is not the territory. Plato's cave.
  21. 1. Lao Tzu: The Generative Void For Lao Tzu, "nothing" (Wu) and "everything" (the Ten Thousand Things) are conjoined through mutual birth. He argues that they are not just related, but that "nothingness" is the very thing that makes "everything" useful and possible. The Utility of the Empty: Lao Tzu famously pointed out that while we make a wheel with thirty spokes, it is the hole in the middle that makes it useful. Similarly, we shape clay into a vessel, but it is the emptiness inside that holds the water. A "Pregnant" Nothingness: In Taoism, the "Void" is not a sterile absence but a "primordial generative nothingness". It is the womb of existence, where "Being and non-being give birth to each other". 2. Parmenides: The Impossibility of "Nothing" Parmenides took a more radical, logical stance. He argued that nothing and everything are so inseparable that "nothing" cannot even exist—there is only the "One". Thought requires an Object: He believed that you cannot think of "nothing" because to think of it is to make it "something" in your mind. Therefore, "what-is-not" is literally unthinkable and unspeakable. The Seamless Whole: Because "nothing" (the void) cannot exist, there is no space to separate "everything." Therefore, reality must be a single, continuous, eternal, and unchanging block of Being. For Parmenides, the appearance of separate things is just a "deceitful show" of the senses.
  22. Close your eyes. Direct awareness to the ear-drum and listen. Associate with the listening-drum then become it.

  24. Robert Greene's new book

    Ramanujan replied to HMD's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    48 law of power is a masterpiece. It will save you countless hours of pain and suffering caused by manipulators The guy is the video don't know how to apply it and gets result. Ignore him

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    Ramanujan replied to Erol's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    @Magnanimous bro how is your kriya yoga practice going Do you still practice jc stephens
  26. You’re narrowing “abuse” too much. Kids don’t choose how they’re raised. Freedom also includes being allowed to question what you’re taught.

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    Magnanimous replied to Erol's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Leo, any recommendations for Science Fantasy? (Science Fiction + Fantasy) I've become somewhat dissatisfied with Science Fiction and Fantasy as either choice is a binary between the best of both worlds. Really want a combo but can only think of Warhammer 40k
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