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@Razard86 you just changed the subject I'm not talking to a "myself " because I'm not schizophrenic. There isn't a me and a a myself to talk to . I'm talking to YOU. All I did was innocently asking for evidence of reincarnation. And you didn't provide one . You just came up with his idea that you gonna live the same situation from reversed positions .but I ask you HOW do you know that for certain? Because I don't have the same degree of certainty.

@Zigzag Idiot I am curious to know what sexual education looks like in your country. Where are you from? * Who or where do you get it from? * On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being bad and 5 being great), how would you qualify the sex ed in your country? * Does your government promote a nation wide plan or does it depend on non governmental institutions (NGO) schools, etc.? * Do you think the people who teach sexual education are properly trained? * Have you learned about sexual education from other sources? Books, videos, talking with people you trust? Which one contributed the most to your knowledge? * How do you feel talking about sexuality related topics with other people? * Have you ever heard of "Ideología de género" or "Gender Ideology"? If you have, what are your views on that? * If you don't have sexual education in your country, what elements in your opinion contribute to not having it? I am interested in all points of view . These bullet points are just possible guidelines to talk about the subject. You can answer any, all or none of them.

@Razard86 Many people, including notable philosophers, stridently believe that we can never know anything for certain. That sets a very high bar for certainty, which we operate every day of our lives. Are you certain the floor will support your weight? Not 100% certain, but close enough that you are willing to step forward before testing the floor first. Imagine having to test everything before proceeding with the desired action. So, perhaps we can lower the bar on certainty to match what works for us on an everyday basis, rather than adhering to an impractical, even impossible, degree of certainty that some insist on before declaring certainty. Regarding the rebirth fantasy..every version of an afterlife is a story of wishful thinking unsupported by hard evidence. Our certainty about any kind of afterlife including rebirth, or reincarnation, is nil, yet the story seems to provide a measure of comfort for those who are unsettled, unnerved by the prospect of the death of the body meaning lights out for consciousness, totally and forever. I get it; death is ugly, death is nasty; it looks really bad and smells even worse. Death means deep sadness, unbearable grief, inconsolable misery for those emotionally attached to the newly deceased. What harm can there be in the invention of stories of an afterlife? That is for you to decide.

I never claimed that I know what happens after death . In fact my recent awakening tells me that death doesn't even exist. Its something you are imagining. So nah ..you ain't everyone. There isn't a "everyone " .there is only YOU .if we want to be accurate. I don't know what happens after death .I only know that I'm eternal and will exist forever. But the details escape me . Am I gonna reincarnate as a cat ?as a frog? Go to other dimension? Same dimension?....all of that is unclear to me .

What's your proof for reincarnation?

I am the type of person who probably has the craziest, wildest fantasies you could imagine. Most people wouldn’t even see that probably my wildest one so far would be an encounter with a guy .And while I am in a relationship with a woman, and I adore her more than anything, I always was curious about a man's touch. I have never been with a man. I fantasize about being with someone who knows what they’re doing, who can guide, and make me feel good. Someone who understands my body. It’s hard for me to achieve intense and satisfying pleasure easily through normal sex . It’s mainly how I feel, and what I crave. I crave a gentle, expert touch, soft gentle skin, and slow sensual lovemaking So even if it isn’t the ‘’ dirtiest’’ fantasy for a lot of people, it’s dirty for me.

@Zigzag Idiot thanks . I think that sex education should be an integrated component of population education programs in every country of the world . The problem is 90% of teenagers begin their sexual lives with porn and masturbation. I know I did .there is also this whole demonisation of sex that runs amok in third world and Conservative countries. What do you think? Should we teach kids in school about their sexusliy ?

@Zigzag Idiot The idea of porn addiction comes from the fact that watching porn can induce certain biochemical responses that also occur during sex, when being loved or in love, and consuming large amounts of chocolate. Typically, if it sets in during a relationship, it stems from dissatisfaction in the relationship, so it wouldn't be very pleasant. However, if someone been using porn as a crutch , the challenge is more in showing the same feelings and endorphins can be obtained just as easily with the a real partner. This can take time and therapy, as porn is easily accessible and lacks any potential issues with confidence or body type. Someone who has acknowledged a psychological dependency usually has had multiple things push them to it, so the challenges in the relationship will stem from those traumas.

I think that history supports the claim that communism is impossible, although I would say that unsullied democracy is also impossible, and for the same reason. As soon as an institution is set up, be it a political system or religion, those at the top will work to cement their positions and create a gap between themselves and ordinary people. The extremes of communist thought embrace an over-authoritarian stance, just as the extremes of right-wing political thinking do too. Not that that puts either side 'in the right ..how could it? Extremism never benefited anyone, that I know of, regardless of the detailed nature of the extremism (Bolshevism, Fascism, etc). So my question is: is it reasonable to condemn communism because its extreme manifestations are unacceptable? After all, the same objections could (and should) be made concerning, as another example, unconstrained free-market American Capitalism, an extreme form of right-wing politics.

@Sincerity It's ok .apology accepted. I hope our future interactions in this forum will be nicer . Yes I'm actually seeing a therapist. Do I manage things differently? sure. Is the depression still there, yes. I can manage as best as i can if i have affordable access to therapy, setting goals, exercise, rest, be consistent with my tasks, medications and surround myself with kind people and mindfulness. These things take time and change as the symptoms change.

And to you too. You see ,I don't mind criticism. But you have to do it from above not from below . I treat this forum seriously. I don't post half baked insights .I really always try to make my threads high quality. And when I say I had an awakening I'm not kidding..you have to understand my background and where I'm coming from . I had been depressed for as long as I could remember, right from teenage The reason for my depression was very very vague. I just didn't know why. I felt out of place as if I did not belong to this world. I had this strange yearning, gnawing pain of missing something, but I had no idea what. Although it mimicked ‘sadness’ about regular life issues, it was actually deeper. It was an existential depression. I didn't know who I was, or what I was doing here. Very very uneasy. Only through spiritual work and deconstructing my false beliefs about reality did I achieve even a little taste of happiness and fulfilment. I treat this work as an art form. And nothing gives me great joy then sharing my original insights with like minded people. So yeah sorry about it ..but I will keep posting.

How do you know that ? I've had several awakenings .the amount of work I do before posting a thread is enormous . You just get the final clear-cut picture. You don't see me struggling to piece together my insights in a easy to digest fashion. That being said ..I will keep posting on this forum on a weekly basis. If you don't like my posts just ignore me or leave the forum or do whatever the heck you want .because my style ain't gonna change . I had people messaging me telling me we get great values from your threads and that they appreciate my "work". So yeah.,as you said..it is a problem with you. Not with me .

Stop annoying me . I reported you.

@Sincerity who pissed on your soup this morning ?

I actually agree. We only know about the past because we have memories. Dates, which seem to index past events, actually index memories. Memories always exist in the present so dates are an index of present memories. Indirectly, dates index past events because past events caused memories but past events are not physically present. Only memories of past events are present. The important point here is that if you claim the past and future are mere projections being imagined in the present..then why don't you live your life in accordance with that? Why do you spend the majority of your time worrying about the future and reliving the past? Again it's one thing to understand conceptually the illusion of time or the illusion of causality..and it's another thing to actually embody these so called truths about existence.

What i mean is that in my model ..the present is a product of the past ..because where else did this present moment come from if not from the previous moment ? So that proves the existence of the past . However in your model ..the past is a product of the present in the sense that the past is just a collection of memories that we imagine in the present. Again..If you deny this chain of events from past to present to future (basically deny cause and effect ) then reality will stand still and nothing could happen because there are no causes that bring about effects (which requires time to be real)

People fantasise all the time about weird, freaky, illegal things . incest and rape porn are extremely popular, for example, but the people who watch that don't want to be raped or shag their relatives. Very weird dynamic .

@Jannes lemme ask you this: Is the present a product of the past, or rather the past is a product of the present ?

@Jannes Linear time is not a human construct. The theory of quantum physics theorizes that it's all dimensional. The past and the future are all happening concurrently in a different dimensional space and everything is connected.

I made that shit up

This is an extreme approach that tries to deconstruct as much of conceptual reality. I know what you are talking about . We can keep deconstructing everything like that but then on our day to day life we operate as though the past and the future and the chair exist . So you actually would be a hypocrite if you deny those things . Like i said ..the past exists as memories. Those past instances did happen. It's just that we don't have access to them right now in our conventional state of consciousness.

One would say that the past is just as real as the present. Its just that we, have moved from 'there' to 'now'. Just like you move from one spatial location to another, you've moved from one temporal location to another. However unlike space, we can't move back in time. At least not yet. So, things in the past are just as real as the things in the future. Like, dinosaurs exist and are real. They may not exist in this particular temporal location, but somewhere else. Just like the Eiffel tower doesn't exist where I am right now, but at a different place. However, the tower is just as real as the chair I'm sitting on. Right ?

Imagine you have million dollars...what would you do with all that money? Personally I will spend it on sex and drugs!!! Not kidding..that's what I'm gonna do. Another things on the list as well ..like the best most tasty food and traveling around the globe etc . What about you ?

Well, first let’s understand what’s Ethics. “Ethics are set of moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.” do you agree with this definition,? It’s not necessary that you need to have high morals ike Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa. But, It is often observed that, following ethics benefits larger audience including yourself. Let’s take an example, You are walking by a road and find some garbage. Although you are not required by law to clean the road if you find garbage and nobody can sue for that. However, imagine if you do a small act of picking it up and throwing it in the bin and few people watch your act at that moment. You stand at a high chance of influencing them. Imagine how our country would be, if everyone starts to take responsibility to do this simple act. Boooom… You just created a cultural norm which will impact the entire nation in the generations to come. There are countries which have ban on watching porn and Even the GOI tried to do away with that last year with little success and there are reasons behind that. However the underlying question is , would you like yourself being watched during your private moments ? More than half of the content available on porn websites are not staged, but secretly recorded or voyeur . So I ask you is it ethical to treat women as sexual objects just to satisfy men's interests?

Yeah bad example actually ? i don't buy it . If causation were to halt for a while, whatever you do would not have any effect at all. That means if you were cutting vegetable, the knife would not be cutting anything because the effect must be compromised. If you went outside, you would not get outside because your walk would not have any effect at all. When whatever you do were no longer a cause, then effect from all your actions must not occur. That simply means the world in static moment. Nothing could be happening. Causality is the law of nature that keeps everything in motion. even if causation is an illusion, there will still be causations so hard to neglect. We all wish things like causality, impermanence and even death, to be mere illusions, but reality persists and we are sure.