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No, the exact content isn't as important as the way in which it's framed and justified IMO. It's not the same saying something like "Women generally tend to be more emotional than men becouse of brain chemistry, so they tend to perform better at different jobs than men" than to say "Women are all emotional and irrational nutcases, and should never be allowed to do X job". The content is somewhat similar, but one comes from a place of genuine non-judgamental analysis, and recognizes it's a limited generalization which doesn't apply in every case. The latter doesn't provide any supporting argument and it's judgamental, hateful and absolutistic. But yeah drawing an exact line would be extremely diffcult. Thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus

There is not one absolutely right perspective on this of course. But I feel the line should be drawn according to wether the speech is coming from a genuine non-judgamental place of thoughtfulness, or out of an emotional and phobic reaction. For example, saying "I think X group/minority/ethnicity/gender is prone to having X trait becouse of..." in a not judgamental way, although could still be offensive to those people, I wouldn't consider it hate speech nor I think it would be healthy to censor it. Whereas a speech along the lines of "X group/minority/ethnicity/gender are all a bunch of evil and stupid weirdos and should not existst becouse their presence bothers me" is clearly coming from a place of phobia and hate and drags society down.

I will focus on Psychology as an example, becouse I remember making a point about this on the forum, and it's a good time to elaborate becouse it ties in beautifuly with the series Leo is currently releasing. On a thread about Law of Atracttion, a user was arguing for phsychological explainations of LOA, as if those somehow contradicted or were incompatible the spiritual ones. Really, what happens Psychology studies the mind by making models, and Mysticism studies the mind by direct consciousness. (Although everything is Mind, here I'm calling "mind" the low-density forms of consciousness wich the layman would also conder "mind"). What we consider mind is a low-density/amorphous/fluid/sublte form of consciousness. Matter is just a more condensed/gross/concrete form of the same Mind. This is why Magic and The Occult are great disciplines for colapsing the difference beetween mind and matter and realizing the imaginary/mental nature of reality. This is also easy to realise on Psychedelic trips. As you up your doses, Imagination becomes progressively more concrete and dense. So, the point is that the phenomena which Psychology stuides in an asbtract way, actually happens on a subtle plane on consciousness of which you can be conscious in various degrees. Scientific models decieve us so deeply that we convience ourselves of the existance of abstract human constructs which are never found in actuality. The deception goes so deep, that professionals study the mind without really knowing what it actually is at all. Mind is not some hidden structure sitting somewhere inside your brain, consisting of and Ego, Supergo and Id, and performing actions such as Attention, Cognition, etc. That's a model. Yes, it's useful, consistent, can make predictions, etc... But it doesn't exist in actuality!!!

Perception is existence. There's no existence and it's perception. I'm not gonna try to convience you of this, nor should you take in on faith if you haven't had that insight. It has been discussed extensively on many Leo's videos and other threads. Not to be rude but it's just not this thread's point.

Of course it is, I love studying it and it's extremely useful. I'm focusing on the limitations and traps of modeling in science in general here, using psychology as an example. I'm not throwing them away or saying they are inadequate. Just like consciousness of your sensorial experience can be radically increased, the same is true with mental phenomena. No models involved.

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Nice picture, would be great for the series. A representation is also an actuality, but the problem comes when you confuse the actuality of the representation for the actuality of the thing it represents.

COVID statistics comparisons are not easy to interpret, and are almost always presented in a very biased way according to what the presenter is trying to "prove". The major traps I see are: - Using Absolute Numbers instead of Per Capita Corrections. - Comparison of countries in different Stages of the Pandemics (Europe's Second Wave VS Other Countries' First Peak). - Not taking into account Population Density, nor Living Conditions and Infrastructure. These are factors which greatly differ from country to country and affect the spreading of the disease indenpendently of the Government's measures. And their effects are not quantified becouse that would be extremely difficult. So, all the conclusions about Government's effectiveness based on simplistic numeric comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt.

That's in part becouse the Libertarian ideology draws the freedom line by making a simplistic distinction beetween direct and indirect causes. It's the same with economics. They will only consider something a restriction on freedom if it's something done directly by an individual or the state (high taxes, armed robbery), but not if it's an indirect consecuence of the workings of whole system (difficulty to start a small bussiness, or to rise from povery).

Definetly! Integration is the ultimate mastery. Contemplating how each of the energies can enhance something is very useful, I like it. Nice feedback

I've been working on this for years now, and I want to share with you this simple 3 step method I came up with: 1. Learn how to identify these energies (and lack of) both in yourself and others. - Start by identifing them in yourself. Become really good at this. You should be able to feel them as clearly and distinctly as you feel heat and cool, don't be fuzzy. This is crucial. - Notice how they fluctuate troughout the day, and what thoughs and situations make them do so. - Notice that you (and everybody else) lean more towards one of them. Even tough the energies constantly fluctuate, you spend much more time leaning towards one side of the spectrum than towards the other. - Notice that many men, although they outter appearence may be very masculine, lean towards the feminine, and the opposite with women. Don't let superficialities and social conventions fool you, learn how to isolate the energies. 2. Learn how to charge yourself with both. - Imagining you are other people/animals This is the easiest method. Choose a person or an animal which you strongly identify with one of the energies and imagine you are it. You should feel yourself being filled with that energy. - Direct invocation When you've mastered the previous method, you can directly concentrate on the energy you want to charge yourself with, and be filled with it. You can also imagine that you are breathing that energy while visualizing it in some color which you feel represents it. Don't do it only with the energy you have more difficulites integrating, you must master both to perfection. 3. Be mindful of your energies troughout the day and adjust moment to moment. Once you can quickly charge yourself with whatever you need, it's up to you to judge what kind of balance you need for the different situations you face. Sometimes it will be better to polarize towards one side of the spectrum (for example, if you are playing some rough sport, you are better off polarizing towards the masculine), but most of the time you'll wanna gravitate around the center. There's so much that could be said about this topic, but it would make it too long. Let me know if you have any questions, or other useful methods. Hope it's helpful!

Great, stick to whatever perspective works for you.

Yes, I understand your perspective. I don't consider mantaining Mindfulness throughout the day a practice, it should feel like the opposite of a practice really. Is letting go of all neurosis and patterns and letting your actions flow spontaneously. My point with Step 3 is that once you have learnt how the Energies work, then just out of mantaining a certain level of consciousness, the balancing in daily life will come naturally and intuitively. Is not that you have to be constantly thinking about it.

No, I don't recommend approaching it that way. Mindfulness should be light and effortless, if you mantain a certain degree of it throughout the day, it will be smooth and spontaneous to balance the Energies (after having learnt how to charge yourself with both). That's my approach. But now I see how it could be misinterpreted becouse of how I worded it, so it's good to have the opportunity of clarifying.

Yes. At the level of form there will always be distinctions, becouse that's just what form is. The same substance appearing different. For example, colours don't look all the same even if you are in non-dual consciousness, or you wouldn't be able to see, becouse the visual field would just be an homogeneous mass. That's great, thanks for the feedback! I'm glad it's been helpful. Good luck and feel free to PM if you feel I can help you with something.

Agree. I'm not the one to judge wether the banning was appropiate or not. His perspective contained kernels of truth (microbes impacting hosts differently according to many factors, some which are modifiable), but implying that an individual is 100% capable and responsible of avoiding desease just by looking over these factors, and saying "microbes are our friends" and "tests are a hoax" is definetly crossing the line.

@UKPete Glad it's been helpful!

Love is existential and it manifests at all levels of reality. At the human emotional level yes, it's equivalent to Feminine Energy. Step 1 will prove this for you. Notice that whether you feel: tenderness towards an animal, appreciation towards nature, compassion towards a suffering being, affection towards your parents/partner/friends/yourself... it's all pervaded by this Feminine/Love Energy. Labels may be different, psychological aspects may be different (attachament, identification, relationship structure, etc), but energetically it's the same. That's why I insist on learning how to isolate these Energies and percieving them clearly and distinctly. About other techniques... once you learn how to identify the Energies in yourself and others, and become mindful of how their levels vary througout the day (in realtion to the situation, your thoughts, and your self-image), the process of cultivating them becomes very natural and intuitive. I don't like forceful techniques either. I recommeng approaching this subject in a very practical way, that's why this guide is so simple. No book can tell you what the Energies actually are because it's so intangible, it requires direct consciousness. Mindfulness and Contemplation will provide all the insights you need. Anyways, Mind OS by Paul Dobransky is an excellent book by a Stage Yellow Psychiatrist. He covers this topic and Emotional Mastery in general, among others, in a very simple and pragmatic way.

I've had an insight about this, but it's extremely difficult to provide a comprehensible explaination. From my POV, yours doesn't exist and visceversa. Who's right? Both. To God there's no contradiction. From your POV, I don't exist exist as some other bubble of perception like yours that's happening out there beyond your perception "at the same moment", but as an ummanifested (fomeless potential) figment of your imaginatiom. And from my POV, the same with you. The ilusion of time is what tricks you to think these two are incompatible. From the human linear POV, what's most close to it, is to think of others as future/past incarnations. From God's POV, it's all beyond time. The Now is both one and infinite, the "particular moment" that you are experiencing, is simultaneously the only one that exists, and at the same time one of infinites possibilities that exits, and at the same time non of them exist at all.

Beautiful. Conscious intake of food is very important. It makes a tremendous difference to how the food impacts on your whole system.

"After you die, you can choose to "enjoy" formlessness for infinity. BUT that infinity is so infinite, that is finite. Basically, that INFINITY will feel like blink of the eye, and you will get "bored" and will reborn "instantly", after you get bored being formless." I'm not 100% sure, but also feel this is case. How can you escape the fundamental nature of reality, which is Infinite Imagination? How are you even here if reality could exhaust itself to extintion, instead of being an Infinite Loop? How can you experience only the formless "forever", when it is timeless? If Enlightenment has a begging, doesn't it also have an end? Mahasamadhi may dissolve your "individual soul / particular thread of incarnations", but what will remain then? Only God, and Imagination is it's very nature. You cannot escape yourself. Are you not all the Liberated Sages (Jesus, Ramana, Buddah) deluding yourself again? That's non-duality.

Imagination has no limitations, you can develop it to perfection and completely replace reality, as in a psychedelic trip, under conscious control. You can imagine you are a completely different person/animal/being in a whole other scene with visuals, sounds, textures, bodily sensations, temperature, etc. You don't need that level for this particular excercise. In order to imagine anything, first get the thing in your direct experience, and meditate (concentrate) on its qualities. If it's an object concentrate on its shape, colour, texture, etc. Then close your eyes and recall it in your mind's eye. In order to imagine you are other people, also first concentrate on their qualities, both gross like physical appearence and subtle like emotion, energy, body language, voice. Get a good impression of how it feels to be them. Then replace the usual ego-character you take yourself to be (which is also imaginary BTW ) by this one, using the power of your Imagination. Don't expect to feel like your everyday ego-character is a strong Warrior the whole time by doing this. This excersise is step 2, you are just learining how to charge yourself. Incorporating to daily life is Step 3.

If you believed that this is impossible and then you achieved it yourself, wouldn't that deeply change your perception of reality? Of what use is it go get an electron through a Double-Slit? Expermients are not about the material results, but about the insights. Maybe aftewards, you could use those insights for more useful things like Healing.

Very true. That's an important meta-insight that goes beyond this topic.

Nice If you feel you are blocking it, pay some attention to the Physchological aspects as well. I'm focusing on the Energetic side here. These are not two separate things thoug, just by doing the Energy work, the unconscious Psychological resistances will start coming to the surface and you'll have the opportunity to recognize them and let them go. Just be mindful of that process.