Leo Gura

Yes, very bad brain fog and even loss of brain functions like memory and thinking.

Dude. Seriously? Their life is on the line with each encounter and they are dealing with zombies. I'd like to see how non-personally you'd take it when a zombie bites you.

That's not a fallacy, that's empirical fact. That's exactly how it works. You are the one engaging in fallacy. If you could not use the dream to awaken, then all spiritual teachings and techniques would not work. All manual techniques are using the dream to awaken. You are just biased against a particular class of chemicals. You are a chemical bigot.

That is compatible with my analogy. Even a good fuel can have pollutants. And there are certainly dirty fuels and even stuff like mechanical damage to the engine.

I'm making this thread to collect every important video or source of information I find about understanding Israel's deceptive behavior. I've found dozens upon dozens of important videos, too many to fit on the blog. So I'm going to keep adding them here. Feel free to add your own. This is not a thread about debating the Israel-Gaza war. I want to build up a playlist of quality videos for people who want a deep understanding of Israel's deceptive behavior -- the underbelly, if you will. This playlist does not focus on understanding Hamas or Arab terrorism or the latest news about the Gaza conflict (since we already have a thread for that). Warning, this list will be pretty negative as it focuses on uncovering deception, propaganda, bias, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and deconstructing illusions. I see a lot of deception and bias about Israel in mainstream western media which I want to dispel. That's what this playlist is about. This is part of my study of self-deception and self-bias. Sorry if this doesn't seem fair, but this is what I needed to study to unravel the deceptions. This is part of my own sense-making journey. Feel free to discuss any of the videos or share your own. Be mindful not to share low quality, hateful, or misleading/untruthful material. The point here is not be deliberately negative but to gain a deeper understanding of the Israel situation. I will delete any low quality material posted here.

Please find examples of fake spirituality. I am especially interested in New Age examples. But cult examples are also acceptable. This is spirituality that is very conformist, performative, fantastical, conceptual, ungrounded, word salad, grifty, magical, corrupt, occult. Cringe spiritual BS, basically. I want to see how bad it gets. How deep does self-deception and fantasy go? How deep does the New Age go?

I challenge you to invent a new concept or word related to our work here. Anything related to self-actualization, consciousness work, spirituality, politics, philosophy, psychology, mind, psychedelics. Example: Leftsplaining Example: Epistemic Scoundrel Rules: Come up with a catchy, memorable name for it. Define what your word means and what it does not mean. Give a few examples of how the word can be used. Explain why this new concept is meaningful, important, or useful. Be creative. I will feature any excellent submissions on my blog, with credit.

You have not invented any remotely viable alternative. All you are doing is complaining but not providing workable solutions. You have to actually invent something better.

Mystery is very outdated. You shouldn't even be learning that.

Profit maxxing.

Shituation — a shitty situation.

Equality.

Do not speak to her that way. She has a different perspective than you but she is quite reasonable and openminded. Don't make women feel unwelcome here.

There are so many social events and spots at Uni. Start going. Uni is as easy as socializing gets. It is much harder without Uni.

@ZenSwift You are doing good work. Happy to see it. Keep it up.

My pleasure.

Bread, circuses, and psychedelics.

Plan C

I want to be open to changing my mind. If I am wrong, point it out. I do change my mind about many things. And if I am too harsh I try to be softer in the future.

My point was simply that video games are not a good medium for depth. That doesn't make video games any less artistic or great. Games are just a poor medium for enriching your mind. In the same way that Playboy is a poor medium for enriching your mind. Imagine if Playboy tried to make itself high-brow literature. That would be silly. I feel like Jonathan Blow is doing that with video games and I don't find it effective. Obviously that's just my opinion. You don't have to agree with me. But hey, you are welcome to run the experiment. Play one of Blow's games, watch one of my videos, and compare which one enriches your mind more. This isn't exactly a matter of faith. @Natasha Tori Maru I am unusually blunt and this turns people off because they aren't used to such a thing.

Guys, argue your points without personal attacks or insults. Just because someone has a different view on an issue doesn't make them sick or evil. We need to get beyond such kinds of dialogue.

Keep it civil, without personal attacks. If you argue your views rationally and respectfully, then there is no problem. When you communicate from a pissy place, you undermine your own points.

We have a wide range of views here and I don't like to control anyone's views. If there are views you dislike, that's diversity, that's democracy. Community naturally comes with weird views that you will dislike.

I am not going to play these games with you. I explained how the male sex drive works. Don't shoot the messenger. You are white-knighting a bit too hard. Nothing I say is against respect and kindness towards women. Treat them as you would like to be treated.

@gengar Dude, you love to take things I say and twist them into way more than it is. It is like you are hunting for things to be disgruntled about. I don't place my art above anyone. The themes of human literature are shallow and grossly overrated. Nevermind video games. A profound video game is like a profound story in a porno.