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Point to think about: If I were the center of the world, and the world was revolving around me and my life (sort of like The Truman Show movie), and I proclaimed I am the boss of the world, all groups, governments and individuals.. and people were like, ahh, well let’s not tell her... ..so it would be truth, that everyone knows this, yet if nobody acknowledged me and said I was delusional to think this, then what? The truth would still be the truth, weather people acknowledged it or not. If I were to talk to the walls (seriously?) and exclaim that I know for a fact, and I were muzzled from saying it to anyone because they would call me delusional... crazy. Some would say it is in my imagination, yet if it is fact, truth, who cares how one gets the truth, imagination, or direct senses experience, it doesn’t change the truth. I believe the truth is obvious and then there are people who play dumb, or pretend they don’t understand, but they do. You feel the truth, it’s just that it is not always what you want it to be.

Avoid those people as much as possible. Try to help them see your worldview, (if they don’t have you muzzled, with some hold over you if you speak your views), and if they don’t agree, or at least have a neutral attitude, then do the least amount as possible with them. They’re not worth the time or energy. Just interact whatever is needed for basic survival.

The titles and points are good. So what. Keep it with no change. It’s perfect now. Also, the science, history, philosophy sub forum was great, that would be good to bring back. Thank you.

My take is, time travel is...you don’t travel to a different time, but to a different place...and then see with your mind not with your eyes......

AI, seems like back in the ice ages by now.. it has been perfecting and refining since time began. ☃️???

I recently found this site, i chose some random tea...Buddha tea, and some others. I think it is worth it. Teatrekker.com

I think humans evolved from instinct toward intelligence and we will eventually act out of intelligence and not allow instinct to rule our actions or thoughts. Will this be going too far?...as we evolve should we maintain some vulnerability towards our emotions and or instincts? Would that make us weak? Shouldn't we be able to conciousnessly tap our emotions to serve ourselves at a time when we choose?... to be able to access emotion and or instinct when we choose to, but not to be swayed by emotion or animal instinct unless it is intelligently chosen? I don't see evidence yet, as a whole, that we as humans are basing our existence/choices on our intelligence more than on our instinct. In fact, I don't see the human population at the 50% intelligence 50% instinct mark yet. Some people yes, but on average no... Any response regarding thoughts on this topic are appreciated, including any ideas related to stuff like how people in the military are trained to control emotion...but possibly they are then unable to access deep emotion if they wanted to, same with instinct..

I think morals are an instinct, I think our instincts as humans have evolved as our intelligence has evolved.. I think people memorize rules or beliefs and follow them, yeah, but I think basic morals are more instinct than learned at this stage in human evolution...(you may be taught not to kill, and believe it is wrong, but then kill in fear for your own life..in self defense, just acting instinctively.) This topic has similar components to the topic I wrote at an earlier time, called instinct vs intelligence.

It's not exacly like water, for survival, but maybe more like, chocolate, or coffee I don't need chocolate or coffee, but it's good to have.. (It's a tiny bit upsetting to me seeing leo's comment about porn. I want him to have pure--naturally generated thoughts, not porn produced thoughts... I'm not anti-porn but it is on par with doing drugs or drinking, and I didn't think that was Leo's way...)

Don't you think that by now, there would be enough surveilence in the world, where we would now have less big mysteries out there? ...like wouldn't car thefts and kidnappings be easy to solve at this point? Why is this still such a mystery? Maybe there is a layer of surveilence that the general public doesn't have access to. (Please, not to arouse paranoia) but seriously.. Another news story, another big mystery? We may never know what happened...with just the minimal surveilence we have..,, right? ..and I am just talking about public surveilence, not in private homes surveilence...for heavens sake, ,,we would not want widespread panic, right? Right! That would be crazy.

I have a tactic I use when I need to decide between 2 different paths so to speak. When I'm thinking about....do this or do that, the old "what should I do" dilemma. I feel/experience mentally each path fully in my body, as if I have 100% decided one way....and I see how that feels... .. then I totally pretend I am taking the other path so to speak, and I see how that feels... Everytime, one choice gives me a sort of anxiety and one choice gives me a sense of,"Ahhhh"...peace. I am not saying the easier or less work involved choice is the one with more anxiety as one might guess, it is really based on true feeling and feeling each direction and going from there. For example, I have applied this to job change decisions, end a relationship decisions, even deciding between different plans for a vacation day...This works for me. I hope this is helpful.

Wow, I advanced to apprentice, what is that? My level changed. Yippee. I don't remember reading about what that is. I'm proud of the orthers who have climbed several tiers in their levels on the forum. Great for you! I'm so psyched, makes me feel more dedicated to checking in on the forum. I like it more now. I appreciate everyone's honesty and thoughtfulness in their posts. I feel that certainly there are other avenues for asking questions online and getting responses, but here we are getting responses from others who are on actualized.org... a certain like minded bunch, more or less. Right on, good for us we landed here.

Did you watch Leo's rather recent video about how to overcome addiction? This may help with the video/mobile addiction.. I think you need to maintain a job and cover basic survival, but maybe you are not ready to totally quit weed just yet. It's not the worst thing, smoking pot... maybe relax and live and find yourself... ..maybe your goals will change and evolve... Maybe you can tune into the moment more with weed and wait a year or so and then quit. Maybe weed is fun and can help you get into the moment more and you will get your fill of it sooner or later and move on to a cleaner high, with meditation and yoga. There's no exact right path, customize what works for you. You may be too worried, just relax... weed and mobile addiction will quit you eventually... if you are meditating and doing yoga. seems the younger generations are on a fast tack, could be better off if they slow it down. Meditation works but there is real effort involved, pot can sort of jump start some mindfulness...

Voice from the past. No one ever gave me a thumbs up for this posting. I have to believe people just did not find the time to listen. It's bumming me out. Seems impossible with a sound this deep. If you don't know this tune, wow, you are lucky to get turned on to it now. I feel it's got soul. My first loved Hendrix tune, which drew me in to a lifetime of love of Jimi Hendrix sound. If you're young you will be glad you listened, or old. (What's the difference, age is just a number) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xayu6r_the-jimi-hendrix-experience-axis-bo_music again, it is Axis, Bold as Love jimi Hendrix ..and I could not find the regular studio version anywhere else. If you find other studio versions by Jimi, def enjoy. just ask the axis, like Leo, he knows everything Thank you

I recommend the one I think is called, how to stop being a victim and another good one is benefits of meditation.

@Ajax sounds like some good advice...and concise. Wisdom that sounds like it comes from some lived experience.

End it with the x. That's my recommendation. Just give each other infrequent email updates if you must stay connected...No text, no calls, if you want to move on. Be strong with regard to the temptation! Personally, if I am starting out something new with a guy, and I find out later on down the line he had some unfinished business during the start of our falling for each other, that sucks!!! It sort of tarnishes the beginning and the future, depending on the details...I may be a bit self absorbed or something else, but I want a guy to think of me after we start out, and be yearning, missing and fantasizing for me. I don't want him satisfying his sexual or emotional needs with someone else. This may just be me, but I say this based on experience. Once it's too late you can't have the beginning time back ever again. Make it meaningful.

There's no such word as the word can't!

I have been taking, "renew life" organic essential detox liquid, in the 16.2 ounce glass bottle... 2 or 3 times a year for > 4 years. It's mild but I really like it. I like taking the dose am and pm (2x a day) for whatever it is...7-10 days. I like to fill the little dispencer cup up very full...so even though it should last 10 days, for me I get through the bottle in 7 or 8 days.

@Huz88 Right on. I hope you go with yoga as a tool to strengthen your resolve. Even 3 or 4 minutes of yoga each day can start you on a good path.

Hey, I happened to see your listing today, 2 years ago today an old good friend of mine...(a friend from middle school, high school college, and after college... So for >20 years)..died and although alcohol and other factors helped create her problem, I believe ultimately it was easier for her to die, because her body was just so battered and weakened from well over 15 years of bulimia. Yeah, it's sad. The last advice I offered her (several years before she died) in hopes she could come back from that distorted thinking world of bulimia, was: I tried to get her to latch onto the path of yoga....had she done it, maybe that path would have been able to save her, but unfortunately she didn't try yoga and in her life, alcohol and bulimia became a lethal mix... maybe this story will have some impact to help you or someone else.. That would have meant a lot to my old dear friend..

Good idea. I will go for this now instead of my usual sliced almonds or carrot sticks, and.... I was raised by a sailor, my dad was a Navy captain!

I have not ever done LSD, but tried mushrooms and had my share of potent weed. Don't forget that you can trip really hard from sleep deprivation, food deprivation and isolation.. So you might have been able to have that experience even without the drugs.

Hey, positive affirmations, like Louise Hay affirmations, might be a real "cure" for some. I personally think that this alternative healing choice is really powerful if you commit to the affirmations and (like a course of anti biotics) ....don't stop after a day or 2, but keep it up for the 30 days or whatever, and it can be successful. I used this successfully to overcome fear, like of driving fast on the highway. I always drove on the highway, but I had fear and anxiety doing it throughout my life...After the affirmations for 30 + days, the problem faded away.... It's definitely an alternative healing avenue.

A lot of great ideas in this post. One simple thing I think could be the culprit because I discovered this happened to my ex boyfriend occasionally, wash your sheets and pillowcases regularly....like once a week at least the pillowcase. I discovered my ex got a breakout when he slept at his house, but never at my house. He also seemed to never wash his sheets. The oils and dirt from the pillowcase that get smashed into the skin all night, bingo, that causes breakouts...