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  2. @Elliott Business is not what we ultimately desire. But i think freedom is a big one for a lot of people. Thats what a business can give someone, ie the ability to travel to an exotic destination for a holiday if they so choose. (with collective ownership will we reach those levels of prosperity and freedom ?)
  3. What's with your unwarranted rudeness? At least she gets invited.
  4. The selling is happening in each moment, and in each moment it can be ceased. At least for that moment. It's a matter of decision in the now.
  5. @WonderSeeker thank you for your explanation and sharing bro, I appreciate it. also that's inspiring. i guess you're right, timing matters, i will reflect on that more.

  6. Finished the LP course

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

    I had a consultation meeting with this skincare professional right away today. I felt very uncomfortable, I mean I have no job atm, its expensive, I already look attractive and my skin doesnt deform me or anything, its just a slight aesthetic inconvenience. The women doing the consulation there also wasnt really that warm, everything was super bright white (literally the whole room and all the items) and she talked basically purely professionally with me. I eased into it after 10mins or so and finally owed my vanity. So the best option I basically have is laser on my cheeks where it is possible that 1 or 2 sittings are enough for 67 Euro a session and for the forehead she also offered treatments in the same price range, it would be more treatments though.
  7. Is business what we as people or society ultimately desire? That's capitalism, not socialism. There's no 'mix', they're two different systems, welfare is a capitalist program. Think of socialism as collective ownership. Capitalism as cash transaction system, with charity. Think of tribal times, before paper, before written ownership, but now add back in; civility. In tribal times people robbed each other, but they also shared everything, they traded with foreigners, but not with currency(capital). Capital/cash, Social/everyone has equal ownership of the world, no capital. Consider what capital/cash actually is. It's created-debt. That's what socialism does away with.
  8. This issue is solved when you get a real job and a family to take care of. Sorry for the bluntness.
  9. Yeah im all for that, but will those people then have the freedom to use their genius and start their own business and become wealthy enough to travel the world ? Socialism seems great to meet basic needs, but then i sense there's some curtailing of freedom in the end. Thats why i still say there must be a practical way to get the best aspects of capitalism and socialism together, while limiting the negative aspects of both.
  11. The thought is that people, society in total, will be more productive in the important ways, if basic needs are first met. For example, the thought is that there is untapped potential, untapped genius, right now in impoverished areas(half the world). And that there's a lot of waste, just to run our dysfunctional system, think of all the bad things done because of scarcity mindset.
  12. Yeah its near impossible to stay on any sortve idealized, holy, path-like living typeve thing. Like its not even really pointing to anything concrete when we say things like, a holy path (i dont think u called it that, as im finding synonyms for your thoughts) like a straightened path. Like it enters into an experimental idea of *what the right path is*, but for each person, staying authentically true to yourself is all thats necessary. The Morality Play sortve makes it feel like theres a clearer right and wrong than there is, but this morality play changes, it evolves, and is evolving constantly, like, reality is being created because morality is fluid (soo in between reality — dream), like its only through our ability to use morality that we turn it into it. We cast a shadow of morality outward from the center of morality, and we define what it means.
  13. Why are you answering? BTW That doesn't address the question. Let me dumb it down a bit. Is the "experience" of reality an illusion? @Mellowmarsh PLs don't answer
  14. That doesnt sound like prosperity lol
  15. Every person is given what they need.
  16. Stage Green Keeping Us Wet!
  17. What's the socialist plan in that regard ?
  18. There's no such thing as balance between capitalism and socialism, that's capitalism. I'm a capitalist by the way. There is in socialism
  19. Prosperity for all.
  20. I prefer a balance of capitalism and socialism, through fair elections. Towns and cities and govern themselves, but there still needs to be some national and international coordination.
  21. The thing is, what will prevent more violent uprisings from dismantling this new socialist utopia ? ie violent uprisings from people who dont like socialism.
  23. Today
  24. @oOo Thanks for the reply. I assume you don't have adhd (volonic)? Because if you do, I want to warn you about people you've mentioned like Marcus Aurelius and David Goggins. A lot of the things these people say are poisonous for volonics. I've said something like this before on this forum but telling a volonic person to be disciplined is like telling someone with no arms to swim. Note that I'm not against telling people with no arms to learn to swim. But one has to understand that this is a dangerous practice and that when you do, you should absolutely not compare your swimming abilities to normal swimmers. I want to use this opportunity to talk more about the volonic and avolonic modes of existence in the ontomodality model in a contemplative way. (Sorry it's a bit messy, that's simply because ontomodality is a new theory) Theory What is the volonic mode of existence? The volonic mode of existence is "existence as (autonomous) will". According to my model, "will" is a manifestation (mode) of existence. A volonic being is a being that is sensitive to the volonic mode of existence and insensitive to the avolonic mode of existence. A volonic being acting out (note that not all modes can be "acted out", since acting out itself is volonic) the volonic mode of existence (simply put, engage in autonomous will) will exist as resonance (fulfillment, love, existence, energy). A volonic being existing as the avolonic mode (simply put, outwardly imposed will) will exist as alienation (apathy, fear, non-existence, depletion) Example The best way to understand the volonic mode of existence is to imagine a perfectly volonic being as a thought experiment. This being would constantly have ideas and impulses that imply action. Engaging in these ideas is what gives this being existence (through resonance). Not being able to act these impulses or being expected to execute on other peoples ideas leads to alienation (non-existence, fear, etc.). This means to do things other people tell the volonic to do or do things that the volonic person thinks they need to do but don't actually want to do is like committing suicide since suicide is just a manifestation of the more fundamental alienation which is a manifestation of the even more fundamental non-existence. Another helpful way is to learn through distinction and comparing it with the same thought experiment regarding a perfectly avolonic being. An avolonic being experiences alienation when they don't get instructions and if they are asked to be creative. They are only at resonance, when they get told exactly what to do. If you hear someone say "without my job, my life would not have any substance (substance in this context is a manifestation of existence) and I wouldn't know what to do" you automatically know they are avolonic. At the other hand, If you hear someone say something like “I felt suffocated (suffocation is a really nice example for a manifestation of non-existence) doing my job and realized I need to be my own boss” you know they are volonic. You might realize that I’m struggling to describe my model in the English language. That’s because no word in any language seems ever not to be a manifestation of existence or non-existence and therefore emptiness. So as an example the sentence “when you don’t have adhd and you are asked to be creative, you get anxious” can be translated into ontomodality language like this: “1. an avolonic being 2. being asked to engage in 3. the volonic mode of existence 4. is alienation”, which is the same thing as “1. avolonic existence 2. avolonic existence 3. volonic existence 4. volonic non-existence” which is the same thing as “existence existence existence non-existence” which is the same thing as “existence non-existence” which is at the end of the day the same thing as “sunyata” So this is not a bug but a feature. The model explains exactly how language and therefore human knowledge ultimately collapses into emptiness. This is why my theory is the ultimate theory of non-dual epistemology I believe. I am aware that I need to show this for other examples too, especially ones that are unrelated to neurodivergence. I want to add that I want to get a lot more precise with this in the future. It seems like a completely new avenue in linguistics, language philosophy and deconstruction. But there already exist way too many applications of the theory for a single individual to handle in a lifetime. I honestly would be thankful for some help on the long run. As I said, some of these insights are a bit sloppy which is because the theory is new, I am just one person and I’m having some of them as I go and therefore haven’t had time to flesh them out yet lol. I wanted to apply this to "discipline" but the non-dual epistemology insight was more important. Maybe I will talk about discipline when I have recharged, I just want to post this now.
  25. My public comment this is the full video Good evening city council members Mayberry said they're offering water regulations and to be transparent. I'd like to remind you that is the bare minimum, but people should always come first before profit. My name is beans Yimpa I'm twenty-three years old. And I'm against data centers. Texas is currently at a level four drought. Data centers need fresh water which we depend on. Without getting into the insane amount of electricity the data centers need and how it'll raise prices with our utilities. In my culture we say agua es vida meaning water is life.And those who control the water controls the masses. Water, electricity, and funding should always prioritize the people first. Hearing the oppositions side it sounds like we have a minimum wage and lack of jobs problem. Minimum wage hasn't been raised for a decade. People are living pay check to pay check. And Becoming homeless with inflation rising. Data centers are a temporary fix to a huge problem. I'm not upset with them. I understand their struggles. I've been homeless myself, I've been in desperate situations, but we as Americans and Texans should be demanding better from our politicians to give us liveable wages, and jobs. Instead of funding wars across the sea, or data centers across the states we should be fighting for a better tomorrow for everyone in America. l've had people use Ai to insight racist violence against me for being against genocide, from videos to punching me in the face to sexual assault, l've been undressed with ai creating explicit photos of not just me, but children. Please I beg you to protect our planet, our rivers, our kids, and families. In the end city council voted no with us! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 WE DID IT!!!
  26. @Natasha Tori Maru you must be fun at parties.
  27. I sold my soul to the devil. I ended up selling my soul to the devil. It disgusts me, but it’s the truth, and I accept it. I take shortcuts. I lie when I need to. That’s it. I’ve crossed over to the other side. And yet, when I was a child, I had a dream. I wanted to be a hero. Not a spectacular hero, not a fictional hero, but a real one. Someone capable of renouncing his desires, of sacrificing himself, of serving something greater than himself. I watched superhero movies with this almost naïve certainty: in this life, nothing prevents you from becoming that kind of person. Nothing prevents you from making the hero real. I thought it was possible. But I failed. I sold my soul to the devil. The trap I fell into wasn’t the temptation of power or money. It was the feeling of injustice. It’s that moment when you realize others allow themselves everything. They lie, manipulate, cheat, crush… and they move forward. And you hesitate. You want to stay upright. You want to stay honorable. But you can see that the world doesn’t necessarily reward that. So a fear settles in. The fear of competing with someone who has no limits. The fear that he’ll surpass you precisely because he allowed himself what you forbade yourself. The fear of losing not because you’re less capable, but because you’re more scrupulous. And that’s when something shifts. You don’t sell your soul out of a taste for evil. You sell it so you won’t be defenseless. You sell it so you won’t fight by rules the other person refuses. You sell it to make sure you can stand on equal ground. You tell yourself: If I stay upright and he doesn’t, he’ll destroy me. So I allow myself what I once refused. And that’s how you cross the line. I think that’s the devil’s real trap: he doesn’t just push you toward wrongdoing, he speaks to you when you’re wounded, when you’ve been betrayed, when the selfishness of others has left marks on your body or your mind while you were trying to be fair. He tells you that you have no choice. He tells you it’s necessary. He tells you it’s for survival. And the worst part is, those reasons sound true. I know they’re only excuses. And I understand now that all the devils in the world have their excuses. Everyone can tell their story, their wounds, their constraints. Everyone can explain why they did what they did. But in the end, the truth remains simple. I sold my soul to the devil. Period. And yet, despite that, I still have one wish left. If somewhere there’s a young person who still dreams of becoming a hero in this life, I want to tell them not to give up. On that path, they will often feel like they’re doing fifteen times more than everyone else. They’ll feel that their altruism, their renunciation, their inner “emptiness” leave enormous space for the selfishness of others. They’ll feel like everyone else takes, and that for them, there’s only a very narrow space left, almost none at all. That’s normal. That’s what the hero’s path feels like. They just have to hold on. They should remember that if they hold on, they’re accomplishing something very few people manage to do. And that, in the end, being a hero may be nothing more than this: living without ever selling your soul to the devil. It sounds simple. But in practice, it’s probably the hardest thing there is.
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