Terell Kirby

The illusion of my, me & mine. What stands in its place is Nothing proper.

When I finally understood what Allah was, the last thing I wanted to do was wage war against the infidels.

Hmm . It’s not like extroverts aren’t capable of deep thought or existential thinking- they just spend less time engaged in those pursuits

How’s the retreat looking? Realistic to expect in 2026?

Yes- some people are dogmatic about the principles of the 12 steps. But also, NA and AA pull many people out of addiction and into recovery. You can’t reap any of the benefits by just criticizing. Get a sponsor and work the steps. Then you’ll know if it’s really worth it or not. Taking care of Survival is not some evil, it’s important to healthy living. To mods: this thread needs to be moved to the mental health discussion section of forum please

Totally .. 2Cs are important and add perspective. We need to be cautious when speaking on the topic of addiction, its sensitive and requires either deep education or lots of personal experience interacting with addicts or those who have recovered, I don't really get this from Leo on such topics- (of course I could be wrong).

Yes, in a sense that their brains prioritize dopamine from their drug of choice over building character-. But also- addicts are human too. We can empathize without getting entangled in their dysfunction.

Seems this pole is conflating Truth and honesty. Not the same thing.

Baby steps- can start with 30 min exercise or yoga in the morning- see where it takes you

Surface level, yes. But your assertion is not accounting for genetic and environmental factors that contribute to an addictive personality. There are entire fields of study devoted to understanding addiction, simply reducing it to irresponsibility is not adequate enough in my opinion.

How are you even finding time to post on this forum? I would think time could be better spent improving your conditions

Oura Rings

Is rationality true?: depends on your state of Consciousness Is science true?: depends on your state of Consciousness Rationality must engage in context stripping to ground the mysterious nature of reality. But of course, Consciousness is Infinite-is it impossible to ground by stripping away context dependent variables. This is where science & rationality fail Meta Rationality-acknowledges context is King. Any rational truths or experiment can be considered partial-thus making the entire enterprise of science wrong in an absolute sense, but practical / useful in finding solutions for context laden problems. From this lens, rationality can never be true- but it can be useful. Rationalism-as a worldview invoked for sense making purposes, is neither context aware, nor construct aware. Making it highly limited as a survival system.

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Reframe the discussion topic as: Consequences of political violence- when is it appropriate and when does it backfire? that would be more politically correct