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@aurum Exactly.

No. He is intelligent enough to understand what God points to.

@Carl-Richard It's all just atoms and shit.

Giving an addict a bunch of money could actually hurt him. How much drugs is he gonna buy with that cash? I hope he has kicked his addictions by now but I doubt it. If he is stressed from this fire, this will make a relapse more likely.

Time to get some Red examples going up in here. Try to find some healthy ones too. Red is all too easy to demonize. List of Stage Red Values: Personal power, strength, might, brute force Displays of toughness Brazen courage, valor, heroism, daring Being the boss, being #1, winning at all costs Conquering one’s enemies, domination The thrill of conquest Warrior mentality, a glorious death, heroic deeds Competitive, crush your opponents Resolving disputes with ruthless force Winning, victory, conquest, triumph against odds Ambition, playing it big Revenge Respect Loyalty Decisiveness, assertiveness Passion, action Pragmatic, direct, no-nonsense Taking initiative & ownership, personal willpower Getting things done, just do it Unilateral control, executive power Glitz, ostentatious displays, grandiosity Wants to be bigger than life Status, recognition of prowess Machismo, pride, bragging Charisma, plain talk Intimidation, manipulation, exploitation Sexual conquest & exploitation Sex as power and vanity, sadistic sex Enjoying life to the fullest Adventure, thrill-seeking, living boldly Power contests, like slapping/arm-wrestling Breaking rules, finding loop holes Breaking with the pack & pushing the envelope Stage Red Examples: Trump, Saddam Hussein, Iraq, Syria, Hitler, Stalin, Liberia, Somalia, North Korea, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Haiti, Africa, Middle East, Palestine, warlords, mafia, Tony Soprano, Al Capone, pirates, marauders, gangs, Yakuza, violent prisoners, prison culture, freedom fighters, revolutionaries, criminals, rapists, con artists, thieves, terrorists, juvenile delinquents, ancient Rome, gladiator combat, Caligula, Nero, Roman emperors, spartan, Chinese emperors, Japanese emperors, Alexander the Great, Achilies, Klingons, hackers, toxic narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, lone shooters, Conan the Barbarians, Joe Pesci from Casino, Russian mob, toxic masculinity / Red Pill, vikings, Genghis Khan, Mongol hordes, drug addicts, gamblers, criminal underground, war criminals, massacres, torture, rape gangs, wild rock stars, Jules from Pulp Fiction, Joffery from GoT, Ramsey from GoT, Cersie from GoT, Dothraki from GoT, the Joker, cult leaders like Jim Jones & Charles Manson, David Koresh, Aztec human sacrifice, pimps, hustlers, prostitutes, sex trafficking, brothels, strippers, porn stars, violent porn, snuff films, king’s harems, absolute monarchs, feudalism, heads on pikes, Vlad the Impaler, crucifixion, cutting off body parts, cruel & unusual punishment, villains in movies, bullies, colonial exploitation, sweat shops, slavery, wild west, Terminator, Rambo, throwing objects when angry, cocaine, heroine, crack, meth users, suicide bombers, lesser Jihad, ISIS, domestic violence, MMA / UFC, boxing, Mike Tyson, Don King, Connor McGregor, bank robbers, the tyrannical boss, bribery, bling, gold teeth & chains, the hood, drive-by shootings, bloodsport, cock fighting, dog fighting, animal cruelty, sports fights, pro wrestling, movie Lord of War, Alex Jones, L Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, 9/11, Oklahoma City bombing, some incels, some pickup, Jeffy rape van, Kanye dragon energy, rap music, heavy metal music, punk music, Mexican drug cartels, El Chapo, Grand Theft Auto game, graffiti, No Country For Old Men, Old Testament, Sith from Star Wars, Fight Club, A Clockwork Orange, Dan Pena, hunting homeless people for sport, Black Panthers, KKK, Machiavelli, women as property

@Terell Kirby Survival must happen either way and survival always involves work. So the question is what you will be working towards: either your values or a corrupt capitalist devil's values. Even monks clean toilets for some headmaster most of the day. Business is basically inescapable. If I could escape all business, I happily would.

That is the whole problem. He doesn't grasp God. That is why he is resorting to these word games.

That's not all. That's a stupid thing to bother rejecting. A man of Osho's intellect should know better than to be rejecting a strawman.

You don't know that.

No

I used to believe that but no longer. If they reject the word, then I will reject their realization. That is my new policy. No. Not even close to what I mean. You don't know that. Perhaps reasonable, but false.

Well, it does suck to deal with that nasty mess and lose your equipment. But he did not lose a house, which is a whole nother level of suck.

Too cute by half.

Sorry, not buying it. There is no other word for God but God. I refuse to accept that anyone who is allergic to the word because of history is actually conscious of God, because if he was, he would not object to the word. You don't throw away a perfect word just because some idiots used it incorrectly in the past. Osho speaks of God as if he doesn't understand what it is.

First time I hear this phrase.

He distinguishes between mind and Consciousness/Reality/Being. So when he says mind doesn't exist it is like saying the human self doesn't exist. He is speaking from the Absolute perspective. Ralston does not use "mind" in the same way I do. His notion of mind is not infinite.

So he was renting? It isn't even his house? And he doesn't have money to rent elsewhere? Strange.

What caused the fire?? Didn't he have house insurance to cover this?

It is hard to describe because no doctor understands such issues. Some kind of inflammation of the brain. You can easily avoid it by lowering your doses and not using psychedelics daily. I see no reason why it would.

Let's get a thread going that showcases the deep intelligence of survival in nature. This helps people see the intelligence and sneakiness of survival in the human realm. Try to post examples not merely of survival, but the intelligent, deceptive, and sneaky nature of survival.

When they gossip about elites eating babies, they mean this guy. Is there any doubt this guy would eat a baby to make himself feel younger?

The solution is to not focus too much on sex but focus on your life purpose and personal and spiritual development, without rejecting sex.

Sexual craving is more akin to hunger than it is to attachment. You aren't attached to food, your body craves it. Likewise with sex. Unless you got some additional attachment on top of that, which is possible. If your hromones changed your craving for sex would change or even disappear. This will happen naturally as you get older. Your body is seeking sex. Your spirit is seeking higher things. In the same way that your spirit may seek God but your body just wants some ice cream.

That is certainly too sloppy. A distinction also needs to be made between belief and just thinking. Belief implies a conviction that some thought you have corresponds to reality. Belief has a mental attachment component.

There is both relative good and absolute Good. The common-sense way is relative. Once you become conscious of Good as an absolute, you can use it to inform your relative human behaviors and your morality. Human morality is a construct, however it still has some relation to absolute Good and consciousness. It's a tricky topic.