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Congrats chief 🎉🥳

Imo conservatives just see it generally as affirmative action which they are traditionally against. But there’s probs some academic out there with a more insightful view

I see. Interesting share 🤙

It’s cos they think men might sexually assault them when alone with them imo

@Unlimited Respect for your development bro. Im excited to see what the future holds for you 🎉 Maybe consider making apologies and amends to anyone you believe you wronged during that period of your life too

I see. Fairs

I dunno I think you just have to trade the possibility of being fooled when you allow yourself to be open minded. There’s no way round it imo

I subdivide it into: Concentration meditation, mindfulness meditation, non-directive meditation, metta meditation.

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Yes sir

Lmao sounds like we have rather different interpretations

I’m seeing, apart from the mantra work, a lack of concentration meditation practice. So I’d ask how much mantra meditation you are doing? Concentration meditation is the normal way in which practitioners find tranquility via meditation imo. Anything which involved you putting sole focus on one object = concentration meditation ie staring at a candle for 20 mins. I’d recommend starting to try and experiment with forming a concentration practice. Can also try non directive practices like do nothing meditation

Fair points. But I truly have the biggest dick here

@AION I dunno it always strikes me as a quote which people use to justify themselves being unethical to others in the context of dating and relationships lol. Sounds cool though. Sometimes I say it to myself haha

@thedoorsareopen What type of meditation have you been doing? Not all types of meditations are expected to bring tranquility

It is a great hobby to start imo. I’ve been working through some Yale courses on YouTube atm. Am currently going through this one: I respect your desire to self-educate in this way btw 🙂

This is why we trust in Vlad Vexler

Cheeky

I haven’t. What insights does he have regarding how social media warps our minds?

@Ima Freeman I find restating their arguments to them is very effective.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if--- (If by Rudyard Kipling) If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

@aurum Thanks 🙂 I think what I found most interesting were the lectures about how big business played an important role in ending South African apartheid. And also how French really messed things up during the Libyan civil war.

Have been trying to get through the series for around a year now. Maybe longer. And finally finished the final lecture in the series 🥳. Wanted to share my W with y’all and hopefully get some congrats hehe 😉

Whatever happens it is good that you have made a courageous decision like this. It is a good experience to have under your belt imo. I think it will help you be more decisive in life as such a decision helps you to feel in control of your life. Anyhow even if it doesn’t turn out great, it is okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are a part of life. Though like I said, the making of a courageous decision, like this, will always carry some important positives imo 🤙 Maybe take yourself out for a meal to celebrate your decision. All best mate ❤️