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That’s why I had the wink emoji ? in there because it is a joke. But in a sense we are torturing prisoners whether you like it or not just by putting them in a cell. You may call it indirect torture, but torture is still torture. Not all torture is physical. What I argue is that psychological torture is worse. If you are against torture, then maybe you should consider the death penalty option because that’s what life in prison is doing. The prisoners torture each other and themselves and don’t forget the corrupt guards. The Fugitive Movie with Harrison Ford and The Central Park 5 convinced me that death penalty isn’t a good idea. Edit: I respect your level of forgiveability.

Best Arguments Against Death Penalty It saves money to keep prisoners alive. It allows us to exonerate wrongfully convicted. It is better to let a guilty man go than take away an innocents freedom. But most of all, life in prison is more torture for the prisoner. Death is an easy way out that we will all do. Why not let the prisoner sit by themselves with their own messed up mind for 40 years. Give them the feeling of having their freedom taken the same way they took away they took away the freedoms of the people they killed. Why not throw in a little torture every now and then as well. You cannot torture someone when they are dead. ? The downsides of death penalty are that it costs money, innocent can die, and the prisoner gets a fast free ticket to God (A.K.A death) for the crimes they committed, which means that they never experience the feeling of pain for living with themselves for the crimes they committed. If reincarnation is true and if death is an illusion (as Leo states), then the death penalty is bullshit because you are just letting them continue their sins into the next life without suffering them fully in this one. Edit: After all, what is the death penalty if there is no death?

That’s going to work differently for everyone. Figure out what you really want out of your emotional life. Journal about it until you become crystal clear. Then, it takes discipline to follow your desires. Desire + Discipline = Success Good luck mate you can do it.

No. Have the right expectations. It is not about being free from fear/anxiety/insecurity, but rather using them to your benefit. Social courage is authentic action in social situations regardless how you may feel. Emotions are natural part of us. Embrace them and learn to not be controlled by them. You are going to naturally have anxiety with anything you care about deeply. The question is, are you going to let it control your behaviors and decisions? Trust the process. As you keep taking action, your anxiety will decrease over time and your confidence will increase. It is hard to help others significantly if we, ourselves feel insignificant. It is even harder if we don’t practice what we “preach” to clients. That kind of dishonesty is seen through. I know you can feel it. Your own story of how you have worked through overcome social anxiety can be a therapeutic self-disclosure. In a way, you get to connect more deeper with your audience having had their struggles. But if you haven’t faced them and gone to the other side, how are they going to trust you and be inspired by your “progress?” It is almost like you making a course on how to become a millionaire with you not having a million dollars yourself.

Yes. Listen to it. Overcome your fears first so you can be the example for others. First learn how to swim first. Sinkers can’t teach other sinkers to become swimmers. As therapists, we focus so much on helping others that we forget to help ourselves. You will have more to offer from direct experience if you first learn to overcome. I call BS that you know how to treat it and I am sure you know too which can be part of why you feel like an imposter. If you really knew how to treat it, you wouldn’t be suffering from it yourself. You may say you treat your clients, but your ego is taking credit for their accomplishment. Therapists aren’t wizards, we are mirrors. You don’t need to have all the knowledge in the world to help, you are right. But the degree of your ability to help and serve others relates to your ability to self-reflect, self-knowledge, self-heal, etc. The issue is your so-called knowledge and treatments are theoretical and not based on your direct experiences, so it is natural for clients to question you. It’s like a person claiming to be Christian for reading the Bible but yet living nothing that resembles the teachings of Christ. Good Luck.

Sounds like something Trump or any Devil would say. Be a leader, not a Devil. Great leaders are persuasive, influential, and inspirational. They lead with love, wisdom, and selflessness. Great Devils are great manipulators and are at the forefront great masters at manipulating and deceiving themselves. Devils manipulate because of fear, ignorance, and selfishness. Edit: The manipulated (selfish) life is not worth living.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5RK6rPJaDU www.actualized.org/blueprint The Blueprint is such an amazing resource! Thank you Leo! Are there going to be any updates to it? This list is brilliant, but I noticed that some concepts that are not fully developed. Please add to it! I love it! This is an absolute game changer!! For the people out there, what are the top 5 concepts out of 107 from the blueprint that you want to work on and master? List the top 5 most appealing concepts from the Blueprint.

What type of sex? Is it only vaginal or all forms? What counts as sex that you are referring here?

False! This is my Devil Post 666!! Beware or be scared! Nobody is doing the best that they can do with what they have. Now that is true. Your best is infinite because you are God. You will never reach your best potential because your ability to improve is infinite. Have humans done their best at beating the world record? No. World records are getting broken every year. There is no limit to what you can do. The only limit is what you imagine. What you call “best” changes with time. My best today will be average next year. You can always do more and improve. You are never at your best. This is my Devil Post 666!!!! Beware or be scared!

I’ll go one up and give you one word to describe that video, Leo’s past videos, and the meaning of Leo’s future videos. The simplest word for everything is … Love. The simplest answer to everything is Love. The meaning of life is Love. Why is there something rather than nothing? Love. Why does free will exist? Love. Why does evil exist? Love. Why does COVID-19 exist? Love. Why does life exist? Love. The answer is Love not psychedelics or meditation or whatever. Those are all tools. Dont be distracted by the tools that you forget what you are working on - Becoming God. If you aren’t living like God, you are doing it wrong. If you are anything less than peace and love, you are doing it wrong. If you can’t be God-Realized or God-Becoming without substances (I.e., “sober”), then you are also doing it wrong. You are God Now always. If you can’t feel you are God right now, you don’t got it. God-Becoming is the pinnacle of life, not God-Realization. However, to fully embody God-Becoming, it is essential to be fully God-Realized. Love is the recognition and becoming of God. Stay Hard!

I noticed I started losing sensitivity in my penis a couple weeks ago. Anybody else struggle with this? Any tips on how to regain sensitivity back in penis? Thanks.

I’ll thank you now! Thank you! Thank you!

Thanks y’all!

My first post in this sub-forum. I just got a girlfriend (Yayyy!! ?), and I am a noob when it comes to sex. I just got Trojan Pleasure Pack from Walmart. I keep my condoms stored in the house in my safe. But how do you all carry condoms around in this hot weather? I heard that keeping them in a wallet is a bad idea and having them exposed to 100 degree heat for a long time is a bad idea. This means me keeping it in a pocket isn’t a good idea unless I am indoors for most of the time. But I like outdoors. I am running out of ideas of where to store the condom on me to prevent it from being ruined from the heat or from being ruined/teared from being in wallet. Any tips? In Oklahoma, temperatures are consistently near and surpass 100 Fahrenheit. Thanks. Also what do you all think of Trojan Pleasure Pack? Is there a better condom out there? I am a newbie at this, so thanks for your support.

8/15/22: Pushups: 58 total in 5 minutes. 32 pushups straight (Broke my record here). Pullups: 30 total in 5 minutes. 12 straight (Broke my record here). Run: 3.1 miles in 22 minutes. Gonna get after it again today. Key insight I learned is to not be distracted by new girlfriend. It is no excuse to stop being a man.

Having them in backpack seems like a good idea for me because I like to be outdoors. How are your condoms able to survive in your car? The heat must effect them. Can you tell if a condom has been effected and no longer is safe to use? Forgive me, I am new to this stuff lol. Thank you. ??

Keep it simple. I don't have a morning routine. I do what I love as much as I can. Having a structure tends to take the fun out of it for me. I trust in my inner wisdom that if I follow what I love most in the moment, I will get what I need done. Think of following your fun and love as like fuel for you for the rest of your day. It isn't an activity, it is a feeling that you are after. Emotion = energy in motion

You can do it. See this as an opportunity to challenge yourself to grow. I used to be very shy, nervous, and socially awkward, and crowds used to cause excess stimulation. But now, I look back and cry because of how much I have grown since then. Sure, I am not perfect. I still get shy, nervous, socially awkward, and stimulated from time to time. But the point is that I showed up everyday and I gave it my all. How can you have the courage to show up everyday and give it your all? Showing up is really half the battle. Don't follow the herd's example. Most students don't show up, but they aren't going anywhere you want to be going in life. How you do the small things in life will show you how you handle the bigger things later on. Trust me, each time you miss a class, that is like taking $20 and burning it up in flames. Challenge yourself mate. It is easy to run away from fear, but it will make your life harder in the end. Embrace the fear and challenge. You can do it. I did it. What is your excuse?

Good for you. Very bold and brave. Well done.

You as well mate. You are slaying it with your productivity at home and at the gym!

It takes courage to open your heart. It takes bravery to love. Love isn't an easy thing. But it is worth the pain. The pain of an open heart may feel worse than a closed heart in the short-term. But in the long-term, having a closed-heart (i.e., not caring, not loving, giving up, closed off from emotion, etc.) will have you suffer more in the long-term. Your act of caring and emotional sensitivity is a strength. But your strength can be a hindrance. It sounds to me that past relationship "failures" are hindering your "success." Sounds like you need to heal and work through past experiences, to fully process them. A therapist can help and journaling can. It is hard to move on when you are carrying bricks. Rewatch Home Alone 2. There is a scene where Kevin inspires homeless woman to open her heart again. Here it is: I wish you the best. Rocky

Day 1: 8/11/22 Pushups: 50 pushups in 5 minutes. 25 straight with breaks. Pullups: 30 pull-ups in 50 minutes. 10 straight with breaks. Run: 1.5 miles in 10:18 Day 2: 8/12/22 pushups: 56 pushups in 5 minutes. 27 straight with breaks. pull-ups: 15 pull-ups. 11 straight. My hands were hurting so I take a rest day today to take it easy to avoid injury. run: 1.5 miles in 9:53

@Kksd74628 You are a badass. So glad you made a Gym here. Can’t wait to join the Actualized.org Gym lol! ??

What do you think of David Lion’s perspective of discipline? I agree with everything you wrote so far and also this video. Thanks for the 100 push-up challenge. I will try it out! Your post is very insightful. Thank you! Bookmarked! ? OP can you rename the post to Discipline Challenge? Thanks. Day 1: 8/11/22 Pushups: Did 50 pushups all on my knuckles with 5 minute timer. 25 straight pushups. Had to take breaks like 5-10 times after 25. Pull-ups: I did 30 pull-ups in 5 minutes with multiple breaks. I did 10 straight. Ran 1.7 miles in 10:18

The root of suffering isn’t desire but rather perception or even more accurate, misperception of reality. Desire is the essence of life. Also, it can be good to not be satisfied. Suffering can be good. If you are satisfied with mediocrity, then it is hard to find any desire to improve and be exceptional. Even God, an infinite being isn’t satisfied with itself. If infinity could be satisfied, why would it want to experience limitation in this meatsuit? God wants to have fun, you want to have fun. Life is a vacation. We all have our own escapes. Being dissatisfied is a feature of perfection, intelligence, and improvement. Enjoy the samsara. You got a point, you will never be satisfied because you are Infinite Spirit playing a finite human. But we should be asking, why does the Infinite Spirit want to cosplay as something that it isn’t? Maybe it is so that it can explore more of what it is.