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@Michael Jackson Yes you are right. I just get easily annoyed by people who are so convinced and sure of things that they have never experienced. It drives me mad at times. Sometimes I may intellectually know that an opinion is Bs but it still bothers me lol.

@Leo Gura That's a very bold claim. How can you be so sure? I think in reality you don't know whether they are healthy or not. They are not healthy for rats that consume 1.000 times more than the recommended amount. For humans they appear to be pretty safe . Personally I don't know. Here Norton reviews this latest study you referred and goes in on a lot of depth.

Extremely interesting interview.

@undeather I think sugar and carbohydrates are not the devil some people make them to be. Also if something is highly processed, it's not necessarily bad for you. That's a bias many people hold that many times has no scientific basis. According to research if we equte for calories and weight loss, inflammatory markers don't differ significantly in high carb or low carb. Keto diets actually raise inflammation a lil bit more. If you eat more calories than needed inflammation goes up very similarly regardless the diet you are on. Also according to Norton we don't understand what short term rises on inflammation actually mean. If inflmmation goes up that doesn't tell us everything. When you exercise, inflammation goes up short term. But it's good for us. Personally I don't really know what is going on or what to believe any more.

@Michael569 Those studies were done on petri dish from what I saw. Norton has a made a video about it criticizing this new literature. Basically he says that you can get the same result by pouring amino acids in a petri dish. And in studies done on people it's a completely different outcome.

@Michael569 No, IIFYM is completely anti bro science. It originates from very hard nosed Stage Orange nutritional scientists. IIFYM is Scientism. Not bro science. Most bodybuilders are just the opposite of IIFYM. They consume religiously rice and chicken and they don't believe that you can eat anything you want (in the context of IIFYM) and have a great physiques. They also believe in lies that you have to eat every 3 hours to keep your metabolism high. They believe you have to eat 6-12 times a day otherwise you will remain without nutrients, even though it i takes 6 hours to digest a regular meal lol.

@nistake Thank you!!

How can you be psychologically at peace and with ease when brutal and sadistic possibilities like this one and many more similar are contained in the mind of God? This just makes my life much more difficult. Sometimes I wish I was just a materialist atheist, like I was 5 years ago. It would be much more easier on me psychologically and existentially.. Sometimes I get really really angry at God... If sh! t like this wouldn't exist, my life would be much easier.

@Barna Maybe it is possible to enter a permanent state of Nirvana like Buddha supposedly did. I think it's a pipe dream but I don't know whats possible.

@nistake I think you are right. I am kinda attracted to all of this in some weird mysterious way.. It's hard to explain why.. Its not like I want consciously to experience torture and etc but in some twisted way I find it fascinating because it is the worst thing that could ever happen to me. I would like on some level to endure what someone like Kiki Camarena endured. This guy was a hero because he got tortured for 2 days straight and didn't snitch. Truly remarkable.. ? One part of me would like to endure the worst torture imaginable for some higher Consciousness purpose and ideal. And the other part wants to be in total denial. So what is your advice? Should I repress and avoid watching disturbing sh!t online? I really have no clue what to do. Btw I don't have violent tendencies. I am anti violence in general. It's not like I enjoy watching ppl suffer. I am very sensitive and compassionate. More than the average man. And please let me know about those books.

@Razard86 Why would I fear the unknown essentially? If the unknown didn't come with terrible miserable possibilities and risks I wouldn't fear it one bit. I would be kinda excited for it too. You don't fear the unknown because it is unknown. You fear it because you don't know what is behind it. That's my point.

@Dazgwny So you are saying God had no choice in this? If you were abducted, raped and tortured you would definitely be mad at God too. You would ask God why all this senseless cruelty. And no I don't consider myself lucky when I know that I am everyone. Its not like I can escape God. Noone is lucky or unlucky in the ultimate sense. If you are rich you are also every poor person. If you are healthy, you are also every sick person.

@Razard86 Even if you take painkillers, you fear some future pain. Your mind knows this painkiller ain't gonna last for long. Essentially Why Would you fear Death? Personally, the only reason I fear death is because I don't know what's next. I don't know if I will be reborn as a starving kid in Africa or as a worm. I don't care about losing this life. I just care to be at a state of wellbeing. I would be cool to be reborn as Ramana Maharshi every day of the week. If the possibility of all future pain and suffering was extinguished I would have zero fear of death. There would be literally nothing to fear anymore. The only reason you fear the unknown is because you are scared of experiencing something terrible. So ultimately I think we do not fear death the most. It's what behind death, the future scenarios that we are terrified of.

@Barna How can I get some of that Peace you are talking about? That's what I want the most. I am not afraid of peace at all (I think). That's why deep dreamless sleep is the best thing in the entire universe from my perspective. I love pure nothingness. This is Nirvana I guess. And Samsara is all the sh!t we have to go through. Survival is a type of hell even if you are a billionaire.

@Michael Jackson I think all fears boil down to fear of mental and physical pain. Why would someone ever fear death or anything else if it wouldn't cause any pain?

@Barna 'Things are Fine just the way they are. Yet still things are a Nightmare' I love this paradox :-)

@Michael Jackson Yes but I don't enjoy agonizing excruciating pain. That's what I fear the most.

@Vibes Thanks for the advice man. I agree with you on some level. Yes I keep repeating the same 'mistake' because .. I have this strong attraction to violence.. I can't explain it. I think it's curiosity of what will I have to endure as God.. I don't watch gnarly content most of the time but I keep coming back to it and then I always regret it. Mostly I regret it because of fear. Fear of unraveling my mind. Also I fear viewing reality as a dystopian place.. It's a cycle. Today I saw a on news a video of Ukrainians torturing Russia soldiers. It triggered me to watch other gnarly content. I will attempt to stop watching these type of content. But it's difficult because I am also into serial killers, drug lords, etc. You don't escape the brutality. It's everywhere..

@undeather @Michael569 Yes that is great advice. But today my eyes are feeling good. I don't know if I should visit a doctor any more ... I will definitely do so if this happens again.

Let me first give you some brief data about myself. I have myopia and wear glasses since I was 12-13 years old. My eye condition is relatively mild and has not significantly increased since then. I am now in my late 20s. I am into programming and I heavily use a desktop computer for the last years and never had I an issue with my eyes or anything But few months ago, I sold my computer. Then I began heavily using my phone. Didn't have an issue for 2-3 months until few days ago.. 2 days ago I was reading some very small text on my phone and then my eyes began hurting quite a lot.. First time they've hurt like that.. It felt like i lifted some heavy weights with my eyes.. Now 2 days later, my eyes feel better but they are still sore and itching a lil bit.... This has made me anxious, worried and triggered some deep loss aversion in me. I fear damaging my eyes now. I know very little about the eyes and I try to avoid googling for hours because i tend to obsess about these things and make myself miserable in the end. All I know is that it's good to lower brightness and keep some distance when using screens. I have been using my phone without a problem until now. I don't know why this has happened exactly. I assume it has something to do with the screen size too. Now I am planning to buy a new computer in the next few weeks. If you are more knowledgeable than me about how the eyes work, any information and advice is highly welcomed. I am trying to understand what is going on.

Besides the fact that he is a moron who has tripped an infinite number of times and still doesn't get it (the non duality thing), this commentary clearly demonstrates what I always knew : Joe Rogan is a hypocritical stage Orange steroid injecting bully who gets orgasms by watching fighters getting brain damaged.

@Carl-Richard Also Joe works for Dana White and the UFC for the last 2 decades. A Ruthless company which pays most fighters 10 to 20k per fight. Imagine being a world class athlete, enter the octagon, get some brain damage and get paid 10k. How would that make you feel? Joe is not an angel in any way shape or form. He is as self centered as anyone else. Check the below video to understand the logic of UFC. Pure Delivery.

@Reciprocality You don't understand my position. I would not give a damn if Joe was not a public figure. But He influences millions of peoples. If he was less of an idiot many millions of people could potentially learn about non duality, eat less meat, and then make this planet a lot better in a shorter period of time. Public figures must be heavily criticised in my opinion because they have a huge societal impact.

@Reciprocality That's not true at all. It speaks a ton about how he has interpreted these experiences and his baseline level of consciousness which is quite average relative to Stage Orange.

@Carl-Richard The reason he doesn't get it is because he has been brainwashed by people like Sam Harris. Watch the podcast he had with Sam Harris and you will clearly see. Joe Rogan does not use his brain a lot. He has others do the thinking for him. He has never managed to truly escape the delusions of his egoic mind. That's why he is concerned with materialistic pursuits while in his 50s. Joe Rogan is a materialist. Which is truly a shame after all these trips. An opposite example would be Russel Brand who clearly is a lot more thoughtful about his metaphysics and he hasn't even touched psychedelics I think I was also a materialist until I had one good trip. That's all it took.