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@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.

Joe Brogan, at it again making ridiculous claims to justify his meat consumption. The ways he will justify his delivry is insane. I am not judging meat eaters. I eat meat as well but I don't justify my delivry with bs that sounds good to my ears. And this one below is an older video that puts things into a larger context.

The Marshmellow test only gave a narrow view on upper middle class kids and their results don't apply to kids of different socioeconomic status. Very interesting watch.

It seems to me that Life in general is a never ending challenge. You always have problems to solve. The list of problems showing up in your life is endless. (money problems, health issues, emotional issues, political problems, accidents, tragedies, etc) I had this delusion when I was younger that if I get X amount of money or have this girl then all my problems will be solved. I have come to accept that suffering is an inevitable part of life. You will always face anxiety, fear and other difficult emotions. Life most of the time won't go the way your ego desires. There is no escaping this. Nor should you seek to eliminate all suffering. You can definitely improve your situation but you will never escape the inherent suffering of life. I think nowadays many people have this delusion that one day everything will be perfect. I think God wants Life to be challenging and hard so we can grow more from it. https://youtu.be/PK_sWWUvMjU

@Yarco You don't mind watching content that fits perfectly your bias though. If you wanna learn about the ridiculous claims, I suggest you watch the videos. This biased vegan provides good evidence based arguments aswell.

@A Fellow Lighter @A Fellow Lighter There is no such thing as free will for individuals. There is only God's will. And If life wasn't challenging it would be completely pointless. There are obstacles to overcome whether you like it or not. And suffering is a great friend. It's an intelligent signal from God to guide us to Higher Consciousness. All the great mystics, suffered a Lot.

@Seraphim I've taken large doses of Psychedelics and grasped that there is only God. And God is the one who intentionally creates everything. Even all the nightmares. God is not innocent in this regard. As I said before God is the one chopping heads and raping people. You want God to only be pure and pristine. But God's mind is also full of misery, pain and torture. That's why God is so terrifying. It transcends our limited notions of reality. If rape was not in God's mind, it wouldn't exist. If torture was not in God's mind, it wouldn't exist. God is infinitely intelligent and the horrors serve a purpose. 'It' loves horror movies and struggle. And doesn't give a damn if you get tortured or not. You have this false distinction that God is over there somewhere and you are in some other place. There is not your will and God's will. That's a useful illusion to practice though. I act like I have free will even though I know everything is inevitable and predetermined.

@Seraphim If God is everything then when you see an ISIS terrorist chopping heads then that is God. God willed that into existence. It did not happen by accident. And yes bad things are happening. It depends on how you are defining bad. I think if you got captured by ISIS or some Mexican drug cartels, you would think of how bad a situation this is. So let's not pretend that there aren't bad things. Only person who could say something like this and actually mean it, is probably Ramana Maharshi who could easily die In a cave from cancer and be OK with it. But we are not OK with such things and probably never will be. Since we are terrified of losing our health and etc. You can pretend that there are no bad things but when the torture begins, your mind will start thinking otherwise.

@Seraphim There is no parts of God or lesser Gods. That is an imaginary distinction. Useful at times. Still it's a fantasy. There is only God. God is raping. God is killing. God is saving animals, etc. God takes forms. That's what you mean by parts. God is not innocent and we as mere humans are ignorant and bad. God made it that way. There is noone else to blame other than God. Everything else is pretty poetry. And things are definitely happening. I experience them right now. I experience a flow of sensations that is God.

@Seraphim No. God is not innocent. The ISIS terrorist chopping heads is God too. There is no co creation. This is an imaginary distinction. Its just God.

@PataFoiFoi I have been struggling with the same question for a long time as well.. And I haven't got any fullfilling answer so far. Whether suffering is relative or not,, this does not matter and its just a word game in my opinion. When your fingers or throat are being chopped off by some terrorist or whatever it won't matter at all whether this is relative or not lol. It does not matter if its Love or not either. You just wish you were never born in situations like this. The extreme brutality of life is what can give me existential nightmares and a feeling of dread that is shocking. This for me is the hardest part of spirituality.. Accepting the nightmares And trust me.. Those nightmares are unimaginable horror, pain and despair. If many people knew how bad the nightmares can get they would end up on meds or insane asylums. The good part is that the unimaginable and horrific pain is finite. Still We are in For a ride.

People like Putin make me hate the entire human race. His level of Delusion is epic.

@Epikur I think you are conflating some things which are not the same. Of course for Putin to remain in power he has to play a certain game. But I don't think he had to invade Ukraine. Noone would Punish him for not invading Ukraine. Noone was forcing him to do that. Maybe he fears NATO forces greatly but this fear is delusional. NATO is too conscious to attack Russia for no good reason. Putin will be taken down because he began this whole non sensical war. He made the biggest mistake of his life. Watch how this war backfires on him the over next few years.

This man basically claims that if you say out loud something negative, you make it a lot more likely that it will happen. Also he provides real life examples of this. This is because expressing verbally something negative is like 40 times stronger than if you thought about it. Is this true? What do you guys think? This video has made me kinda OCD of what i say out loud in fear that it might just happen. I get paranoid over this at times. I think there is some truth to this but I really don't know. The mechanics of how this might work are not clear to me at all. The video is worth watching :

@BlueOak The problem is that if I say that a pig will show up my Brain thinks there is no way I can create that. But if I say something like 'I am an idiot' (even if I don't mean it) my brain thinks that Maybe there is some subconscious way this fear could manifest lol.. This video started this whole fear: https://youtu.be/5lCeWtXPKko Also this video solidified the fear a bit more.

@Loba Putin is definitely Insecure af. It's very easy to tell. Just look at the surgeries on his face. He is 70 but looks 55 from all those plastic surgeries. Also he is not a very happy guy. No amount of money and power can substitute for spiritual development and lack of connection to God. He acts all macho and tough but he is deeply terrified of his self image crumbling into pieces. He is so delusional that he thinks he is the entire Russia and not just a mere small part of Russia. I think this war gives him a meaning in his sad existence. It fuels his ego in twisted ways. He has some good intentions but his intentions are based on Delusion. He wants to unite Ukraine with Russia but most Ukrainians find him despicable after this invasion. He is not gonna win the hearts of Ukrainians as his delusional mind initially thought. This whole narrative that he is saving Ukrainians from neonazis or whatever is just laughable.

@BlueOak Yes I think that ultimately it does not matter what you actually say But what you mean behind what you say. Still though I suffer from this irrational fear that if I say anything negative out loud it might just happen lol ?? Sometimes I avoid saying things bc of this. But this only strengthens the fear.. I am in the position where even if I say something negative or don't say, I still suffer greatly. What would you do if you were in my position??

@universe That's a great point!! Do you think that by saying negative things that you don't actually mean, there is a chance of increasing the likelihood of those things happening?

@Loba Thank you for the advice. The problem I find sometimes is that there is no way to be 100% sure if something bad won't happen. For example I might say something negative out loud like that 'I don't remember' and then I am terrified that somehow that can manifest for myself by some mysterious subconscious process. Sometimes I reassure myself that what matters is what you actually mean and not what you actually say but still I feel uncertainty and fear the worst. Many times I might say that I don't remember but I don't actually mean it... I don't know how to explain it. It's like one part of my brain knows that what I said won't hurt me and some other part is still terrified... This has led me to avoid saying negative things (even things I don't actually believe or mean literally ) but I don't like living with this fear and filtering out everything I say out loud - _-

@Leo Gura It all depends. I would definitely call Ted Bundy or Andrei Chikatilo a psychopath. Bundys survival agenda was to have intercourse with dead female bodies. That was his thing. Even when he had sex with his gf, he asked her to play dead lol. And Putin has psychopathic traits for sure. Narcissistic people lack empathy for others. A normal person does not go to war unless he really has to. Because war means tons of pain and misery for millions of people. The only person in Europe who could start something like this is someone so underdeveloped like Putin. He is a dictator after all. Even Turkey has more democracy than Russia lol. Someone could argue that Putin is Insecure and feels threatened. Therefore he feels that he really has to do that. Still though he has not a healthy ego. This war is completely unnecessary coming from a relatively underdeveloped (stage blue and orange) narcissistic dictator. If someone has to eat dogs to survive is not a psychopath. But those sc*ms who boil dogs alive in China, what are they?

@Loba +=1 I think Leo is lazy for not having watched the entire video and jumping into conclusions from the thumbnail. The guy in the video gave a pretty good picture of Putin and his psychological state for a 10 min video.

@Leo Gura I think he said that he has psychopathic traits which does not necessarily mean he is a pure psychopath.

@Leo Gura Maybe. Still I dislike very much people like him. He is not a Buddha and won't ever give up his powers. He is a petty lil power driven monkey who has been in power for 2 decades now and still it's not enough for him. Him and his billionaires monkey friends have massive power and wealth while most Russian people struggle to pay bills. This is my bias I know. My bias is towards making the planet a happier place.

@Loba I agree. I have a journal also. I don't write as often as I would like too though. When I have a lot of sh*t inside, I talk out loud to myself or write it out. If the stuff is too toxic I prefer writing it than verbalizing it. Because I struggle with this fear that I may negatively program my mind and something bad might happen. I know that this fear seems irrational sometimes but my mind still fears it greatly . It all began after watching the linked video few months ago. Also this video made me kinda worried of my mindset in general. There is a lot I don't understand about this whole thing and that's why the fear.

@mandyjw I am not sure I understand you. Do you mean that the reason I feel bad is because fear is not true? You said about thoughts being a secondary manifestation of feelings but in my experience it goes the other way or both ways . Usually I get a thought and then there is an emotional reaction to that thought. I am not trying to control thoughts but rather my actions.