Terell Kirby

'How To Win Friends and Influence People' - Dale Carnegie

@ZenRising thank you

Ok thanks for clarifying. I don't think this possible. Notice how folks are still able to attain hard drugs and other illegal substances, hell .. we talk about using psychedelics on the forum all the time lol. History has shown us this .. we've tried bans on alcohol, porn/prostitution, the 'war on drugs' via Nixon administration. All have failed, humans find ways to get their hands on what they crave the most. Draconian efforts to ban things is like putting a band-aid over a festering wound. We need to address the wound which mostly comes from issues with mental health. Money and resources need to be poured into resources for psychology issues than into outright banning things we deem bad for our health. Take Oregon for example, who recently legalized tons of substances to not fill up prisons, and focused on more on recovery programs. We can make the same case of the legalization of weed. Gun control is needed, but we have more foundational things to address as a society. Agreed.

Even if this is the case, to fix the problem would you: Go on a campaign to ban soda worldwide? Deeply investigate your cravings, change your relationship to soda? Addiction is not about the substance, it's what we are seeking to use it for .. Same with guns, they are not the originator of violence .. a person's twisted psychology is. After all, someone has to pull trigger for the gun to do it's job. I advocate focusing on the psychology of the trigger man/woman versus the tool itself.

Saying you'll never do something again leads to more judgement. Are loving enough to not judge the moments where you don't feel so loving towards yourself? This is real love .. unconditional.

Pros: screw up your health (whether intentional or non-intentional), pay little to no cost for repair. Cons: Higher taxes (particularly for the most wealthiest folks in the pot). It's really that simple. Society has to come to a consensus on what to do. Ideally the pros outweigh the cons when you see such a disparity between the poor working class and the wealthy elite. But conservatives and corporate lobbyist have done an excellent job distracting the poor working class from the fact they are getting royally screwed, by means spreading false narratives about socialism, immigration, erosion of Christian values and white genocide.

Not really into video games, but I think it's a good analogy. Our human lives / realities are like first-person shooters, in reference to the design and layout. Of course, there is One player.. and I'm not going to use to 'G' word because I know it triggers a lot of you. Just know you are that player!

Oh I've opened some doors lol. The finite cannot encompass the infinite, it's the other way round.

People can be violent without the use of a gun. Just like they can be violent with the use of other weapons. If someone is addicted to eating food, and goes crazy on cookies, cakes and ice cream .. we don't say that the desserts are the problem. It's the psychology of the person that is the issue. I'm not pro-gun rights, but these kinds of topics are more complex than just outright banning guns. We have to shift the mindset of humans to where they don't even see the need to own a weapon in the first place.

what about me? lol My opinion is unpopular, but it's as close to the truth as I can fathom. Guns are not the problem, it's the folks that yield them.

Yup, and awakening is what rids of your identification with the avatar. Also remember that the developer / player has no physical form. It's invisible and can't be known .. it's sole purpose is to experience the game of life, which is an infinite number of conscious states.

Guns don't make people hot-headed, it's hot headed people who use guns to project their ignorance / lack of wisdom onto others. As long as idiotic and low consciousness humans exist, we will have guns. The question is, how do we fix idiocy and low consciousness in humans? It's surely a close to impossible tasks, hoping that culture can naturally evolve through trial and error to not need guns.

Has anyone met a virgin who was ok with their virginity? And by ok with it, I mean having no future plans to lose it (through marriage or developing the self esteem / sexuality) .. If so, you have found a unicorn.

That is petty and immature behavior. I wouldn't encourage anyone to do that. If you can't let it go, at least be an adult and have a direct conversation with the person about how you feel.

If I were you, instead of focusing on what my friend did to piss me off .. I would look at why I am pissed off in the first place. Don't give your power away to other people by having their actions determine the quality of your life. It's a recipe for disaster.

Again .. take the necessary action that will inch you closer to getting more clarity on your life purpose. It's not a matter of how you'll do it, it's a matter of when you'll do it.

In my opinion, the forum could actually improve in the way it monitors its users.

I agree, the first person view is one of an infinite number of design orientations. My current set up is one of first person, it would be an assumption to say "ALL" human lives are designed the same way .. there is no way the finite human mind that I'm living in could possibly know that.. ..but hoping that some of us can relate to the analogy through their direct experience :-).

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It can be an RPG as long as you toggle your character in first person view lol. We can’t see our entire bodies without looking in a mirror , just pieces of it (arms, hands, torso, legs/feet etc).. as well as what’s in front of our avatar (although there isn’t an “us” that’s in front of what we see). whoaa

Lol I can dig it. But in all seriousness, this is the closest I've gotten to really understanding what God is and how it functions in our lives. I hope others can arrive to these insights. Truly life changing .. why fear life when it's just a game?

Classic case of corruption, all humans are vulnerable to it as flawed beings. I just hope he doesn't go off the deep end .. shamed celebrities tend to turn to drugs and alcohol. I wonder how Jussie Smollet is doing.

I can say it's there because it's me .. and it's also you . When you look in the mirror you are seeing your avatar / character that you have selected to play out this life. You have mistaken the avatar to be who you actually are, but you're playing a fun game of dress up.

Well..there is a player, but it has no form.. completely self-less.

There is some truth to this, but solipsist is the wrong term. Recognizing that all perspectives is one perspective is key.