Leo Gura

I am sure he says it genuinely, from his POV. Relativity.

That is why I took a lot of time off from making videos the last few years. It was important for my development.

Self-deception and unconscious survival are such powerful forces that he may even believe he is telling the truth, from his POV. He is technically right that he never raped a random stranger in an alley. All the girls he raped were charmed by him first, which makes him feel that it isn't rape. When his family and his life are in jeopardy, his mind will play powerful tricks on him. Think about it, he has 3 kids, he would lie just for them. That is so easy to rationalize.

AI is good for making things that are cookie-cutter.

It doesn't particularly mean anything.

Don't get distracted with trivial stuff.

I am pro-democracy but corruption undermines democracy.

Very good. I like this.

@Nivsch Congrats on defeating Netanyahu.

Pervertry devolves, it doesn't stay mild. Extremism becomes more extreme until it destroys itself.

Because that's how God is realized. You are actually asking: "Why realize God? What difference does it make?" Well, it makes a difference to those who care.

The relative self is a very different thing from Consciousness itself. You can know the relative self and you will still not know if a computer can become conscious. The relative self is any finite image you have of what you are. If you picture yourself to be a human creature, that's the relative self.

I will help you. Please PM me your Paypal email address.

1) Shinzen Young and Daniel Ingram are not influencers. I do not follow spiritual influencers. 2) I did not reach my position by reading books but by very deep experiences of God. Buddhism does not explain my experiences of God. Nor would Buddhism produce my experiences of God. 3) I know there are many versions of Buddhism and they get very complicated, but I can only read so much spirituality before it becomes counter-productive.

Obviously that is wrong.