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I felt an urge to check in after a long absence and seeing you here, still chipping away at it, makes me feel all warm. Hi my dear friend!

Knowing your true nature with absolute, unwavering, clarity.

This one goes deep into the masculine heroic myth that is rampant in our culture and exposes the false promise that it brings. I will go as far as to say that it cuts directly into the teachings of Leo. Great stuff!

There are various translations of the I-Ching, I am specifically referring to: I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way Paperback – November 25, 2002 by Carol K. Anthony, Hanna Moog

@Etherial Cat As far as I know, I-Ching, the Oracle of the Cosmic Way is the only book that openly and explicitly criticizes the heroic myth and shows how it is connected to the way in which culture forms. The heroic myth is deeply connected to the cultural supremacy of the thinking mind, demonization of feelings, senses, body, interchanging of true purpose for disconnection, and the whole host of unpleasant phenomena that are culturally deemed as unfixable, the "human condition", and that are linked to the idea of the fall and the original sin. I find it to be a travesty that our culture does not provide any, I mean ANY, ZERO, alternatives to the heroic myth. The so-called heroine myths, are simply re-framings of the heroic myth where the heroine still ventures into the hidden, parallel reality for the initiated, and gains cultural recognition in exchange for personal sacrifice. Complete and utter madness. To some extent, the heroic myth is synonymous to being human, with the implication that it is human to inhabit the parallel reality of our thinking mind. This is collective ego 101, the prime example how it operates and how it cultivates our lives to perpetuate its disconnected existence, by feeding on our energy. Do you know of any other book that shows the other way, away from the heroic myth that is not a re-framing of it using different content?

Memes inbound: https://youtu.be/zdRJybJ047I

https://torrentfreak.com/vpns-russia-forces-google-to-delete-masses-of-links-amid-ukraine-invasion-220309/amp/ Why do you think Google cooperated with Russian government on this? Isn't it against its best interest to block these sites? I smell some kind of conspiracy here.

To be completely honest, this is an article about how Google helps Russia further isolate itself in terms of information available to Russian citizens. Google delisted search results for Russia regarding VPNs that would help Russians access Western information sources.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=onXqRstZJX8

@Preety_India Nope. Why ?

You are confusing moral excuses with understanding. Not only that, but you are actively working on discouraging people from investigating reasons for Putin's behavior by calling him a senseless psychopath, and thus suggesting that there are no reasons for what he is doing, or that those reasons are incomprehensible. If you do not want to understand because you are afraid that you may see his actions as justified, then don't. But realize this is your own fear of your own mind that you project on other people's quest for knowledge. Even if he were a psychopath, or had schizophrenia, it would be worthwhile to at least investigate the signs of it, or even reasons for it. And again: the fallacy you are committing is that you equate understanding with moral exemption. The fact that I understand the laws that govern the orbit of a moon-sized comet that will kill every living creature on Earth does not imply that I find it acceptable and that I will not try to deflect it. The fact that I understand why Putin wants something different from what I want, does not mean that I will now support him against my own best interest. This is relationships and negotiation 101.

Leo is notoriously biased against psychologists and psychotherapy. I never got a useful answer to this question that would stem from his direct experience with psychotherapy. I suspect that either he has never tried it, or got too scared of the results so he demonizes it now.

@Blackhawk Yep, duble down on demonization, this will definitely make you more audible to "most people".

What Putin believes in is reason enough for him to start a war in Ukraine.

@PurpleTree Love that in this penis size graph, the longer the penis, the blacker the country lmao

Do not forget that "defense" NATO claims is an act within the domain of war. When you are in a conflict with your neighbor and you pile up on dynamite on your property just outside of his house, you don't get to use "it's just defense bro!" excuse forever. Your neighbor is not an idiot and it does not matter to him that it is not against the law to pile up on it - especially if you set the law yourself.

@Scholar There is a lot of democratic morality mixed into your arguments. High spiral stages require more sophisticated environments to exist, so they are not an objective answer to evolution and survival. When the nukes land, only bacteria and fungi will survive. Maybe some stage red cavemen too.

That was indicated by the dialogue brought up in the material Leo has posted.

@Scholar Threats are wide and varied. NATO will never start a war with Russia, but it can sanction it to death, or mess with it's neighboring countries, exert political pressure, etc. Even though Russia has nuclear weapons, if it has no diplomatic leverage, it is good as dead. And it has been ignored and sanctioned for the better part of the last decade. You can destroy Russia just by fucking with it's economy enough. And that's a threat nuclear weapons won't help with.

@Scholar Nuclear weapons don't have much diplomatic leverage. Once you put them on the table, you've ceased all communications and if you back down from using them, you will never be taken seriously.

I wonder why Biden is so hell-bent on humiliating Putin. Is it a reaction against Trump?

@Preety_India Your posts indicate that you are biased towards upholding peace and forging alliances. This is not how power works. When situation changes, alliances are reevaluated and all peace agreements fly out of the window if it benefits either side. Nobody except historians or citizens think in terms of rules and rights at this scale. It's might makes right.

And here's why Putin calls Ukrainian government neo-nazis.

Not anymore, apparently. Have you watched the video Leo posted? China is in an "agreement exceeding alliance" with Russia, which made Putin feel like he can't be pushed around anymore.

@Leo Gura And accelerated the today's crisis caused by Ukraine becoming heavily pro-west. It's like this invasion was Putin's goal all along to consolidate the alliance with China.