Terell Kirby

Depends on the nature of the breakup I would say. If they dumped you it will be hard to maintain a friendship vs. if it was a mutual decision out of love and respect. Many ex’s will try to keep you around after dumping you as it makes it emotionally easier for them- but they have no intention of getting back with you and will move on faster while you are holding out hope

This one hits home for me. Its especially evident if you grew up in a poor family with not a lot of money

This one is a big for me. Even in my 30s it hasn’t completely sunk in. The quality of our life is mostly contingent on the effort we give in making it beautiful Good luck in 2026

Sending / received text messages and phone calls while assuming someone is on the other end of the message / phone (this was actually a scary one for me)

it's a heavy series, im on episode 15 -- pairs well with many of the Actualized teachings: Vervaeke himself is not conscious of Absolute Truth from what I can tell, but he lectures in such a captivating and wise manner-- there stands something quite profound to learn from him.

No. 12 step programs are in the business of constructing a sense of self to serve the survival of its members and the program itself. This is antithetical to truth seeking and existential inquiry. It wants you to believe in a Higher Power, not grasps if a Higher Power is true or not. This is not real spirituality, and will not lead to a proper Awakening into the structure of reality and Consciousness. However-if you or a loved one is struggling with addiction, it’s important to get help. This can be through 12 step programs or alternative addiction recovery methods. It’s important to consult a professional therapist or doctor on this matter.

Quite the opposite. There’s nothing natural about harmony at all- social environments have to be configured in such a way where harmonious relations between humans can be facilitated. Also- harmony itself not an absolute good. Harmonious groups delude themselves about all sorts of things. At least a forum space like this allows us to challenge perspectives and prevent echo chambers and paradigm lock. It would be wise to drop the fantasy of harmony being an absolute good altogether. ps. It’s funny how ppl complain about the forum but don’t take any action to leave or engage with it in a way that they feel will elevate it. It’s like the psychology grad who sits on ass all day complaining about to corporations and the economy yet refuses to apply for a job or start a business of his own

Posting this because I’ve never hear rationality defined this way. This apparatus has self imposed constraints that makes it rational-(in its own eyes). It must conform to the notion that all things in existence have objective properties that are: Inherent to the thing itself Exists independent of subjective interpretation & perspective The cool thing is rationality can be invoked by both scientific and non scientific worldviews. When a fundamentalist Christian is citing the Bible to explain various phenomena of Consciousness, this is a rational process in his mind. Same goes with science people make appeals to the scientific method, proof, etc. Ultimately, humans use rationality primarily to reinforce their worldview. That which is considered “adequate” science or proof is that which solidifies one’s biases and self serving narratives. Meta rationality recognizes this- now the question becomes how to transcend its limits.

Sending Merry Christmas text to all your friends and family on Christmas Day

Listening to Sabrina Carpenter

Yes yes yes

Pray for more Consciousness until you dissolve into Infinity - seems the only worthwhile prayer

Matcha latte

Happy Holidays! Grateful for this forum. I hope you all have a wonderful day today ❤️🎅

Sensual Musique is my fav from playlist-part 3:

That’s a strawman of what’s actually happening with this thread. Whether something is conformist or not has very little to do with one’s personal preferences and biases. Anything activity that a human considers healthy and/or unhealthy can be done in a conformist or a non conformist way. This is thread is getting our minds engaged to look at how pervasive conformity is, it’s function in society, it’s positives as well as how it limits the Mind. Notice how bias the mind has to be to zone in on the flaws of an individual thread. If you are conformist about a thing, if someone calls it conformist, you will get defensive and call them a conformist for criticizing your conformity. This is a projection

key is making it a routine to questions our assumptions and interpretations, which is more difficult than it seems. You can take out a sheet a paper and write down 100+ things your believe and assume are true-then ask the following: How did I come to assume this was the case? How could I be wrong about my assumption?

Science conformity in the form of taken for granted assumptions- That figments of Consciousness have inherent properties that are objective, and are independent of subjective interpretation (including language, culture, history, cognitive development, etc). That the scientific method, materialism, reductionism, logical positivism, rationalism are beyond just mere figments of Consciousness. When in actuality, nothing about science is objective .. what is considered "objective" by scientist is largely illusory and socially constructed.

no objects, only God

Would be funny if someone in the audience at Owen s talk brought this up. ”Psychedelics are bad when taken too far-my friends are whacked out on them and so is everyone else!” Audience member- “but what about Julien? Didn’t he get whacked out on pick up??” Double standard

Owen’s perspective on psychedelics lacks nuance and is grounded in various assumptions and biases- all of which he hasn’t personally validated and is unaware of. This alone invalidates his perspective, although it may contain kernels of truth in it. His perspective on psychedelics is coming from below, not above.

At a base level, Conformity is a psycho technology to socialize away animalistic urges of humans for social harmony. It is necessary for the functioning of all collectives that are highly organized. WW2 required collectivism from Allied powers to suppress fascism and nazism How much you conform is contingent to what degree your survival is tied to social harmony. 99.9999% of all people, including my enlightened masters. Simply being a human on Earth requires you to conform to some degree-

Semen retention as a spiritual practice

Semen retention seems popular these days .. but you didn’t hear it from me