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I've made two statements on topic...

@Someone here it's not, it's just sometimes considered OK to joke about it. Again, it's very cultural, and familial... On topic : when do we put an end to the question of "is someone other than myself insulting me? "

Of course, just want to finish up that there's an unfortunately confusing cultural thing we do which is to insult each other for fun. It's meant to be taken sarcastically and ironically (and at times irreverent) without having to explain yourself. It mostly arises when one has a sense of family-type connection, ironically enough. I think the lesson learned here is to be more mindful when communicating with people around the world, or just strangers in general. For the topic : I agree, let's end all questions by questioning all that we think we know.

@Someone here are you American? Sorry, United States.

I always love watching (___) spar with (___)

could you expand on that?

guess all there's left to do is create

Being Yourself Chapter Seven: 1-5 -------He who would distinguish the true from the false must have an adequate idea of what is true and false. --Baruch Spinoza------ 7:1 Its easy to become swept up in some kind of spiritual attainment, and forget that one extremely important thing is to be yourself. No matter what that is, just be it. It is the foundation of spiritual work. The friction caused by not being yourself brings spiritual bounty to a grinding halt. We must stop pretending that we are something we are not. 7:2 You can smell a phony person a mile away. They go to great lengths to act in a way that is not as convincing as they might think, and often they are only trying to convince themselves anyway. When we meet these type of people, the "distinction between the "real" person and what they'd have us believe"-- is made. 7:3 This may cause irritation to arise in the observer, as we wish they would stop the pretenses and be their "real" self. Yet they must think that their observers want them to act a certain way, otherwise why put themselves through all the work of upholding the pretenses? (for some reason this makes me think of the double slit experiment.) 7:4 This is easier to see in others than in ourselves. We also find ourselves guilty of this adopting pretenses, being something we are not. Like mannerisms to indicate a way we'd like to be seen. (I have much experience with that, being a gay male business owner in a town with very mixed politics.) 7:5 The observation of someone acting in this false way, is coupled with the sense of what the real person would be like underneath. This is true simply because otherwise there would be no observation that they are acting falsely. Likewise with our own selves, in order to eliminate something unreal existing within us, we must first "recognize what is real and what is not." "Discovering what's real is dependent on recognizing what's false.

Do dream characters exist?

@SirVladimir admittedly I had smoked lightly earlier, but it was mostly faded and the breathing brought a body load like I haven't felt in years! After just a minute(assumed time) it became a bit overwhelming. After a break I tried it again but with less intense breathing and was still able to get the tingles. Another question, do you do this with mouth open or closed? Do you think it stimulates some kind of natural dmt or maybe even an unknown human varient of entheogen? Wouldn't it be hilarious if aliens considered it a delicacy ???

Painting completed: Saturday October 17 2020

What's the point of dreams when you don't remember them upon awaking?

I'm so impressed and intrigued by your experiences and accomplishments with the breathing. Sounds like you anchored the breathing to third eye exploration (I'm sure even the notion of third eye breaks down) . In other words you have found your bullet train to Astral. You have inspired me to try this method once again! Do you always do this sober? Edit: OK wow, heavy body load and tingles after a minute. Then in a short afterglow a prickling on crown and third eye. Started out feeling very cumbersome but then it kind of felt like I was a compressor. Very neat.

Haha yes it cycles between something similar to that, and boredom. And lungs hurt. But yeah I need to knock it off and just keep going, almost like a strong determination thing. Thanks, I'll check out the link!

@SirVladimir do you have any tips for the breathing? I've watched Leo's video a while back and get the general idea but... I know that personal hints and tips can always come in handy. Or maybe you could even tell me about the breathing exercise in your own words.

@Dodo nice one ?. Does not matter if French language existed, since all of time and space exists in one singularity. I have also noticed fun pointers even in English language, usually as a play on words with double meanings. it does not matter when the language is formed. The infinite expression does not care about time in a chronological order.

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@Keyhole I agree, I'm glad he found his connection to inner child.

@justfortoday ok I take one thing back: it was very memorable when Rey accidentally used the force to bring down the ship in a fit of anger and then thought that Chewie was on it. I kind of connected with that. Yeah 1-3 were slow, but I love Natalie, Hayden, and Ewan and their characters so much I mostly forgive any of its faults. I still enjoy the story-lines, as opposed to 7-9. The music is spectacular. Nothing may ever touch the original trilogy in terms of adventure, excitement and imagination.

@justfortoday @Leo Gura (not leo) They were good reflections of what came before, but like in a fun house mirror where when you look closer things are completely distorted and strange. The main character was absolutely forgettable, even if while you're watching it you like her. That right there is enough to tank the trilogy. I can't even think of one interesting or memorable thing she did or said. Kylo ren was not a fun bad guy at all, imo, and mostly whiny and annoying. Definitely not a good reflection of darth vader. The other big bad was tossed aside like trash. Then we get the emperor in last movie but it was so shoehorned in, and coupled with how crappy Kylo Ren was as a baddie, the entire thing fell flat for me. Forgettable leads, forgettable baddies, forgettable trilogy.

@Leo Gura love ya??

So when do I get to will the remote into my hands? And also, 1-3 were not so bad compared to 7-9 ?‍♂️

Would you say the Fourth Way is like another retelling of the middle path? Yes, the open beta has ended, but I wanted to support its awesome development so I paid the 2.99 for the Google app. Here, I asked it again for you-- https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-fourth-way-969aa2 And here's what it said about self remembering https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/self-remembering-ec21cd (side note, why does this forum crash many times right as I'm hitting the submit button, I'm not dreaming am I????)

Omg this totally worked for him!

Leo does not command anyone to do anything. That would be craziness. You are on an open forum, where 99% of us are a bit whackadoodle. Welcome to heaven. Observing trends and mob mentality on this forum reflects the real world perfectly. If someone is pushed away, it is sad, but leo did not personally command anyone to act dogmatic. He even does not have manipulative control over the mods, despite all the fun conspiracy theories. Just be an adult, and use the forum to better yourself. If that means forgiving leo for not meeting your expectations, then you've already learned how to use the forum. Enjoy!