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It’s good to see Pence, McConnell and other republicans condemning what happened. Interesting though to watch the MAGA crowd flip and call them traitors. It’s like they created a cult, but even the leaders have lost control. I wonder what would happened if Trump came out and said the election was legitimate. Would his own people even listen?

No. I'm not saying the kind of people you describe don't exist. They do. But the way you describe them says to me that you haven't fully grasped the concepts you're venting about. For you, I would suggest being more open minded. You don't need to take everything these people say at face value. Still use your own discernment and search your own experience / inner truth. But maybe just try on some of those ideas. Seek to really understand their perspective before you disregard it.

It's not mutually exclusive. "People" can simultaneously be dreamt by you and have "their own" subjective experience. You are dreaming everyone's dream, so really there's just one dreamer. Look into another person's eyes. You're looking at yourself! It's the same consciousness that you are staring back at you.

@Egodeathrow Any finite acceleration is still infinitely less than infinity.

You making this association says that you definitely have some feminine integration to do. That is not what the feminine is about. No. He's talking about this: Currently the feminine is massively repressed in both many men and many women actually. Awaken your feminine and your ability to be a leader will improve. Leadership is a masculine energy, but without feminine integration you will not be in service to the whole. You will be a selfish leader.

I did see that. My question to them would be what are the larger activism goals at Google? What will they do with all this activism? What is the vision? I respect what they're trying to do but it still feels unclear to me what they're seeking to accomplish.

@Peter-Andre I'm still unclear of what their goals are after having skimmed the article. But in general I'd say it's a good sign. People organizing has always been at the forefront of change. That said, I think our problems are deeper than any union can address. Unions are not going to challenge our economic and financial system. But without that level of change, it's likely we will just see many problems on repeat in different circumstances.

@Dryas Likely because those in the middle class are still receiving the benefits of our current system. It hasn't totally failed them yet. Rural republicans though are often lower class. And the system is squeezing them, which is one of the reasons Donald Trump gained so much popularity. He was their populist leader, no matter how misguided that belief was. Goes to show that systemic problems don't inherently care about your political party or race.

@John Iverson My understanding is that rape is almost never actually about sex. It’s more about the shadow needs that get met for the rapist. As an example, perhaps someone feels powerless in their life. And rape gives that person a sense of actually having control. I’m speculating, but in general sex involving big power dynamics is always about the shadow. That’s one of the reasons BDSM is so popular. It’s a way for people to get their needs met that otherwise they feel they can’t. None of this, of course, justifies rape. But understanding why it happens is important.

Great topic, love it. Allowing God to create through you. It's a natural ability we all have as we all are God. Often my best ideas come during meditation. A big one for me is my mood. If I'm in a bad mood, it's rare that I create anything I like. In fact I usually just end up feeling really blocked. The better the mood I'm in, usually the easier it flows out. The only real "rules" I have are to not force anything. If I'm just pushing and banging my head against the wall, I allow myself to stop. At the same time, if I get an impulse, I have to trust that impulse and just follow it where it goes. It may not make any sense at all to my mind where it's going. Often that one step leads to another step, which leads to another, which leads to another, etc. But If I start questioning it, it kills the whole thing. I think we seek creativity because it reminds us of our spiritual nature. We know our creative ideas are not "of this world" so to speak. There's almost no better feeling than being creative. Or to see the end result of something you birthed from nothing that you're just so proud of. I feel totally connected and in the flow. When I'm lacking creativity, it's the opposite. I feel blocked, frustrated and like I'm incapable of being creative. It's quite the emotional roller-coaster ride.

Well for starters, not making internet posts about how women don't want to date you . My point was why are you focusing on this? You're right, women like tall guys and sometimes they're hypocrites about it. So what? What if instead, you had self-talk that sounded like this: "Okay, so women like tall guys. And that sucks because I'm not tall. Damn. But I can't change how tall I am and I can't change women's preference for tall men. So what can I do? Well, I can focus on being the most attractive version of myself. I'm going to follow my life purpose, I'm going to practice my social skills, I'm going to get healthy, I'm going to do the things I love to do, I'm going to get a strong social circle of friends around me, and I'm gonna laugh, have fun, and be at ease with myself. Whatever girls end up liking me, great. And whatever girls don't like me, that's okay too. My goal is just to be myself". If you did what I just wrote, you dating situation would change dramatically. So what are you getting out of the current self-talk that you have? Is it serving you? Or could it be something to let go of?

@ArchangelG People have been talking about Atlantis and Lemuria for years now. It's interesting that some of what they say seems to align with Graham, although no one I know has placed these civilizations in the Americas. Not a topic I'm well educated on but fascinating nonetheless.

@Valach Thanks for being so honest. Your question highlights an important issue, which is the pressure put on young guys in our society to be sexual rockstars. You're expected to know exactly what you're doing and are validated as a "man" for your sexual skills. Not only this, but you're expected to have these skills with no guidance and no training. Parents tend never to really speak to their kids about sex. At best, you got a joke of a Sex Ed program in middle school / high school. In fact, our culture is so in the dark ages around sex that they couldn't give you a proper initiation even if they tried. The reality is that sexual skills take time to develop. I don't even want to tell you how embarrassingly bad I was at sex when I started. Looking back, it wasn't until my third long term girlfriend that I actually started to feel like I knew what I was doing. Now that you're older, you can read books and attend workshops on this topic. Go for it if that speaks to you. Otherwise, you're just gonna have to jump in a fumble around. Expect you're going to finish too early or not at all. Expect to try and give her and orgasm and fail. Expect to go soft at exactly the wrong time. Expect to not know where her spots are. Even expect her to subtlety, or not subtlety, tell you that you're bad at sex. All of this is coming (no pun intended ). And if anyone tries to shame you about this, kindly tell them to fuck off . You're learning, that's all that matters.

@Jay Ray Interesting technique, thanks for sharing. I've found that questioning the narrative of "a future" also works well. Where is it? I've never seen or experienced a future, I only have what is right here.

@Striving for more You actually don't want those things at all, that's your programming speaking. Keep up your spiritual practice. Maybe consider a sport or something that lets you express that aggression. The warrior doesn't need to die, but it does need to be reoriented towards service of the Whole.

@Arthur8769 If you're still feeling lonely, IMO you haven't gone all the way yet. How can you be lonely when you are all of existence? Keep doing the work. If it's too much, take a break and calm down. There's no rush.

@sat2493 We'll see if the specifics play out. At best, a psychic can only read potential timelines. But overall I feel she is right. More conflict, more awareness of what isn't working and more rebuilding is on the horizon.

@MrBON Yes it's hypocritical. The question is how will you respond? I'm 5'7 but don't spend a second of my time thinking about this kind of thing. There are girls who prefer short guys, or who at least will be shorter than you. So just find one of them. Also realize that even if women say that care about height, the reality is that if your personality is on point, suddenly they're going to "forget" that you're short. Women are looking at much more subtle cues and sub-communications to determine attraction than gross metrics like height or muscle mass.

It does get repetitive, I had to unsubscribe to Rising for that same reason. That said, I'm hoping this podcast format might be a chance for deeper analysis. It's longer and provides more opportunity to look beyond typical talking points. Whether they do that or not, we'll have to see. Also, there are people for whom it's not repetitive. For some people these ideas are brand new. So I see it as having value. How come? Agreed to a certain degree. But that's the same in any field of study, eventually you get to a point where you've kind of heard it all.

Economic growth means increasing the total amount of our economic activity. Almost everyone believes this to be a good thing, and historically they might have been right. Low economic growth or recession has rightly been associated with unemployment, inequality, etc. Much of justification for all this green tech comes back to economic growth. Sure, we want to save the environment. But not at the expense of the economy. Not at the expense of our jobs, which equate to survival. Not at the expense of consumerism. Hence, someone like Joe Biden's environmental plan or the Green New Deal, which both promise to stimulate the economy and save the environment. But here's the problem. The economy cannot be stimulated anymore. Not like in the past, when Keynesian economic theory took hold. Real economic growth has essentially disappeared. Japan has had declining GDP for years and many developed countries are following suit. The small amount of growth in GDP that we currently see is largely artificial, propped up by things like the major tech companies and war. And even that is getting harder and harder to maintain. Even growth in "undeveloped" countries is largely only the result of developed countries' influence, e.g the IMF imposing debt and austerity measures to force countries to grow. The reality is there is no more growth to be had. Your entire life has already been commodified. The natural resources of the planet are rapidly approaching limits, if not already been hit. Growth is over. So the idea that we will just forever continue increasing our economy activity, and offset the environmental damage with "green tech", is absurd. The good news is that even though growth is over, we don't need it. Yes, we would need to restructure our systems to make them no longer growth dependent. But that can easily be accomplished if we have the wisdom to do so.

@erik8lrl The only problem I have with this is thinking that "carbon neutrality" is the equivalent to ecological health. It's not. Carbon emissions are one potential metric of success. And it happens to be one that is relatively easier to measure, as opposed to other environmental indicators of success. What are the environmental costs of all those solar and wind farms? That is usually not mentioned. It also plays directly in the illusory narrative of continual economic growth. Growth is over and has been for some time, but we are still pretending it can and should be achieved.

Absolutely. The way our economic system works is that you specialize your talents in one particular area in order to then make a wage from that skill. That wage then pays for all the other things that you lack skill in (growing food, constructing shelter etc), which someone else is turn has specialized in. The more we do this, the better we get at it. Someone who has specialized in technology can invent something for farmers that now allows a single farmer to feed massive amounts of people. Now even less people need to be farmers and procure food directly. And those people who are now "free" from doing that can in turn specialize in creating even more powerful technology. Which will then make farming even more efficient. So certain activities are incentivized and some are dis-incentivized. You not are incentivized to procure your own food, you are incentivized to sit in an office and learn programming. This works fine. Except until we realize that we've completely thrown off the balance of the ecology. Yes exactly, you got it. Who needs a gym if you're hunting or farming all day? In fact, rather than going to the gym to get glamour muscles, physical strength would just be pragmatic. If I'm stronger, I can do more labor. That would be the only purpose. I also used the example of ice baths and saunas. But if someone lived more directly with nature, such activities would likely be unnecessary because they would be exposed to the natural temperature variations. Another example could be entertainment. We now pay specialists to entertain us (movies, music, comedy etc). In the absence of specialization, any entertainment would likely be self-generated.

@andyjohnsonman Some Greens still seem to believe that the problem really is with certain groups or individuals, rather than levels of consciousness and systems. For instance, the problem really is the corrupt CEO in charge of the fossil fuel company. And if we could just take down the CEO or get rid of that "bad" company, we'd be okay. They fail to recognize that by doing this, they are projecting much of the same energy that they claim to be so radically against. There's a sense of powerlessness here too. If you believe there's these bad CEOs out there causing all the problems, it's going to make you feel powerless. Canceling people gives you a sense that you're fighting the evil and maybe even winning.

@Vision I won’t say I haven’t thought about it. It’s hard not to watch what is going on here and consider anything less. Ultimately though, having critiques is not a justifiable reason to leave. Imagine if we did that in relationships. Really what we need to do is learn to resolve these conflicts. If you love a country, that’s what you would do.

@acidgoofy If it's a critical task that requires real focus, I wouldn't do it. A fast is a time to focus on healing. That needs to be your main priority. You need to block off time as if you really were sick. You may be able to do a little bit of work here or there, especially in the beginning, but I wouldn't count on it. I've had times during fasts where I could barely get out of bed.