Aaron p

@ShardMare the old knowledge Vs consciousness topic of contemplation. At the absolute level knowledge and consciousness are the same thing because everything is consciousness from direct experience. Everything is just experience and experience is just undefined, non-physical, magic (consciousness) But at the regular human level differentiating knowledge and consciousness is a step that needs to be investigated and [I feel] is best articulated in a thought picture. Imagine an underground pipe system with water flowing through the pipes. The pipes represent the mind, the water represents knowledge. Some people devote themselves to developing the quality of the water that flows through their pipes...some are less delusional that others (becoming an expert in accurately and articulately recalling every word of the Bible is very professional, but it's very professional in recalling something that turns out to be [in reality] very incorrect...an example of delusional water purification). But instead of becoming someone who is informed, some people recognise the better choice of becoming transformed. While purifying the water of knowledge is necessarily and highly advantageous, there is tremendous advantages with turning your attention to the structure and layout of the pipes themselves...how they connect to eachother. Someone who focuses on rearranging the structure of the pipe work itself is [in this metaphor] equivalent to someone who focuses on rearranging the structure of their mind (focusing on what they are as opposed to what they know). Being self aware, or "conscious" as opposed to informed with information (which is still very necessary in the plane of human growth, fulfilment and success). But becoming self aware, and aware of how your mind actually systematically works allows for streamlined flow of water. You can augment the structure of your self and mind in creative ways to give yourself big advantages. Conscious and wisdom are closely connected (both relating to direct experience) therefore it could be said that this topic could be called "knowledge Vs wisdom" and since philosophy is the love of wisdom...I >think< I'm correct in saying that philosophy is the art of being aware of your self, your mind and the reality of what you are...not just what you know. Some advantages are: - being "overall purpose" oriented. - understanding that doing the right thing is better than doing the thing right. - becoming a transformed individual faster. - transformed>informed - being aware of structural traps and pitfalls of the mind. - dynamic adaptability

I heard a cool quote one time can't remember who said it but sounded good. "The waters that the psychotic drowns in are the same waters the mystic swims in."

@amanen lovely, I always throw in the old "super HD, detailed, super high quality, super real" commands

I was kinda impressed with the program especially considering it's fully automated and done in 5 minutes...I had to scale down the quality because it was too high quality to put here...beautiful

@billiesimon ino lol it's beautiful. I've struggled to recreate that kind of beauty from the program again, but I feel like I'm going to buy a months subscription and try to get lots of beautiful images and post them all here...you think I should? @Swarnim yeah homie, pm me your email address and I can send a full HD version.

@Julian gabriel https://discord.gg/midjourney You get a free trial then it's paid. You type /imagine followed by commands of what you want it to combine and visualise with each command word/phrase separated by a comma.

@Danioover9000 Ino haha. I'm actually really impressed with that AI tbh

what would be dumber would be to pretend that your not dumb. At least if you ask a dumb question, you'll get the answer and move towards not being dumb. Lol. It has to happen sometime

@Leo Gura thanks Leo <3

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/integrating-psychedelics-into-american-culture-and-law-a-post-prohibition-tickets-401388713447 check these guys out, they're run by a guy who is fighting hard for them to be legalised. the research ive done on this site is very shallow, it may already be legal for professional settings i dont know...but what i do know is, the head of this organisation has a massive heart for integrating psychedelics into society legally...he also has some large millionaire/billionaire sponsors apparently

@Breakingthewall This is very very interesting indeed...strangely, i can relate to this, gradually approaching what feels like impending hell is really bad haha, but i smoked it once and i know whats on the other side, pure bliss. So it makes it far easier (but it doesent avoid the fear), but im more interested in finding out more about the less harsh compounds like malt and mipt at this point in time. also bro, dont force yourself...i think there are times when a person is more ready than others (but also be aware that the ego would manipulate this advice by always convincing you that your not ready, its like trying to differentiate good pain from bad pain when working out...you dont want to overextend too fast, you want to bend and stretch out gradually.)

this is some Northern Irish gangster rap about the troubles and the conflict between protestants and Catholics

Check this out. This is stage blue Christian chill, gangster rap.

I think this isint talked about at all...where it needs to be talked about the most. This is a massive issue in society and the way certain governments are dealing with it is so fucked up. They aren't anticipating children finding porn (which is pretty common place these days), they aren't explicitly educating them about consent or anything a lot of the time. And the way they deal with persons who breach laws around sex is an absolute joke. I personally find this being talked about extremely refreshing and necessary. People are so emotional and immature about the whole thing. The whole thing is just jacked. But then again I suppose a lot of things the government does are jacked

Queeny ded

People like Jordon Peterson, ben and matt strike me as very intelligent debaters and users of logic and simplicity. What confuses me is that, while I recognize that the natural progression of societal evolution leans in favor of libertarianism, I see a lot of really weird libertarian shit, peterson has been identified by some of us as someone who "brings balance to the force" by being a lib who actually has his head screwed on, unlike the majority of lib civilians who have obese half naked "women" with pink mohawks and rainbow banners that say "allow children to get gender changes at any age". …I was also discussing with a friend more recently about how typically, in the past, when there is a shift in the progress of societal evolution, there tends to be an overswing before an eventual and inevitable re-stabilization but that the overarching movement is still that of progression, positivity and necessity. and so in this regard i can understand why certain lib features may be a little exotic for a while and re-stabilize eventually...but im interested in looking at more stage blue individuals, why is it that people like Jordan Peterson and even Mr. Shapiro have really good debating skills and use of logic when contrasted against that of libertarian's (maybe I'm just looking at the wrong lib people). I just get the feeling that a lot of liberal philosophy is kinda damaging. like with this whole gender thing, there is solid research to suggest that gender related mentall illess exists strong and true and is related to drug abuse and genetic mental health disorders as well as massively increased rates of suicide and self harm even in protected areas where there is little to no bullying or oppression directed at them... i suppose a good example is this...while there are edge cases, the vast majority of trans people arent edge cases and suffer with mental health issues, and im willing to be corrected if im wrong but jordan peterson says that he believes that a man is a man if he has a cock and balls and woman is a woman if she has tits and a vagina and he also says that, while he wont necesarily go out of his way to offend or hurt someone intentionally, principally, if someone wants trys to make him use certain pronouns even if it violates his beliefs then he isint going to do it because its a breach of freedom of speech. Another example is matt's documentary "what is a woman?" which depicts the philosophy that, using modern liberal logic, how can a male identify as a female if females are now not classified as someone who has any kind of feminine features at all...what are they identifying as. What is a woman if you dont need a vagina, tits, long hair, certain biological components... And should liberals and extremeist social justice warriors have the right to have an abortion right up until 1 day before birth and then after birth, heavily encourage the child to consider getting a sex change? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, while i can see that libertarianism is obviously correct, what is happening with all this strange gender stuff and are figures like ben, matt and peterson wrong? (I know that there is probably more nuance to these issues and possible different nuances on a case by case basis)...Are these 3 individualds wrong for their approach to transgenderism?

@Godhead I'm very well aware that I'm cherry picking right wing favourite talking points to critique the left...and I know these points are probably not the main reasons why libertarianism should be supported. I'm aware. I guess I'm just checking some of the extreme stuff out. Im a bit of an extremist myself...I'm extremely normal

@LSD-Rumi @LSD-Rumi The surgery thing seems really extreme. I personally know that I don't know enough about the issue to comment absolutely. But I know for sure that if I ever had a son and his teachers started telling him that he can become a girl if he wants, I'll be having words with the board or changing schools. I don't care if other parents encourage their kids to cut their dicks off, im good. Unless there was some really authentic thing...if I seen a really deep and authentic issue. But I'd be much more prepared to entertain that he's maybe just trying to figure himself out and I think it's very possible that people can be wrong in their own self discovery and confused like Leo says...I would certain explore this possibility first...it feels like people are scared to question these things, like it's sacred social justice territory..

Mm, I think I need to have higher standards tbh. It's hard for guys to recognise their own value sometimes. ----------------------------------------- Ok ok I have one last outrageous question: does it make sense to give a transitioning person hormonal treatment to alter their biology, if gender is a social construct and has nothing to do with biological makeup?

@Leo Gura if there was an attractive transgender woman in the club (male transitioned to female), if they've had their penis surgically replaced with a vagina and breasts enlarged, lengthened hair and a trained, higher pitch voice, smaller muscles, feminine body language and all "man hair" lasered off...would you have sex with them?

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Interesting

Alright ok, I'll drop the pink mohawks, BLM and stuff. BLM is extremely important, I guess I'm generalising a lot. I'll even drop the Ben, Matt and Peterson parts... Anyone straight gay black white trans deserves respect... ...I guess just ignore the OP, answer these questions (and I am looking to be corrected if I'm wrong legit): - is it alright to encourage/endorse/accept 10 year olds to question what gender they are and then facilitate the surgery for those children getting permanent gender transitions in combination with regular hormone replacement drugs? - should abortion be allowed up until birth? - have all gender related mental illnesses ceased to exist within the last 30 years? - why are there massively disproportionate suicide, self harm and regular mental illness rates within the LGBTQ+ community even in areas where they don't have to face oppression and bullying? - should someone be punished for not respecting certain LGBTQ+ beliefs by using "correct pronouns"? (By the way, the reason I'm asking these questions is because I'm becoming more involved in libertarianism and progressivism since I was a hardcore stage blue Baptist for 20 years. I'm just trying to gauge the new environment). Respect, peace and love.