actuallyenlightened

Is this just a problem with the system in Russia and all of their corruption? The obvious choice would be for Russia to join the West starting as a conservative democracy. They could leverage their natural resources to become wealthy.

Currently Russia seems unconcerned with Finland/Sweden. No need to give them a reason to be

The US said from the beginning that they won't intervene militarily in Ukraine, that's so that if the US promises to defend Taiwan (or another NATO state), then they would be taken seriously. You'll probably know if they're heading towards a nuclear war. If so it'll be fairly safe to be in South/Central America, Africa, polynesia, northern Canada etc. Well China's in a different situation. The communist party is likely a lot more divided than is admitted (Xi vs Zemin factions) and Xi may not have enough connections in the PLA to convince them to go to war. The objective of his intensifying rhetoric may simply be to make the general citizen a nationalist who believes wholeheartedly in the party; good for maintaining power. China losing a war would almost certainly cause the people to lose faith in the party leading to their demise - a possibility that the CCP can prevent by talking about war without creating one.

Now that Russia has officially invaded Ukraine, I was wondering if Putin would go further and try to completely disband NATO and get the US out of Europe (or at least central-Eastern Europe). Something like mounting an invasion of Poland, Romania, the Baltic and attempting to put in pro-Russian puppet states; with the final goal to sign an agreement with France/Germany to remove American influence and force economic concessions. While China and Russia aren't the friendliest of allies, I could see it as being in China's interest to invade Taiwan since the US would have to fight two major wars half way around the world. If this were the case, they would be waiting to see and only executing their plan if Russia wins a decisive victory in Ukraine.. which is a big if. I think it's quite unlikely given that China is already facing a lot of social/economic pressure. But at the same time the more an authoritarian country feels under pressure the more likely it would try to divert attention outwards.. I hope such a tragic outcome will not occur.

Here's my take on this as an introvert - and how the situation doesn't need to be so bad: 1) By being left behind in the conversation, feels like I learn more about people, and it's really chill not having to say much. If I'm too left out and get bored, I usually just leave and do my own thing 2) What's wrong with 'being revealed?' I have the opposite problem where I try my best to be understood but they usually just don't get it (stage yellow problems) so end up saying things to keep the conversation moving... But in terms of insecurities it might be how you approach life.. If you see all of your personal insecurities as a learning opportunity and actively work through them, all of your problems 'revealed' is most like an opportunity for them to provide their 2 cents and multiple perspectives is too good, whether it's useful or not (unless they're too toxic) . And you end up learning how other people deal with issues, better understand psychology, and come up with mental categories to place people into. That being said, I know it's not easy. All of these things come from your subconscious and it takes dedicated work to get everything in alignment.

If he said they're good I bet a lot of people will misuse it, their lives will spiral out of control and they'll blame it on him. I have a feeling he'll start talking about it in a decade or two if he's still around.. But I find it difficult to believe that he hasn't come across people who get enlightened through psychadelics

I remember ~6 past lives and the concept of reincarnation is quite useful. There appears to be continuity in the experiences that I have and lessons learned. It also integrates well with spiral dynamics That being said I'd still say that it's no more real than physicality itself

nice Maybe we just have a different definition of what vulnerability means; to me that sounds like 'deep talk.' For me personally, when I talk about struggles it's from the perspective of "this is an interesting pain in the ass but a good opportunity to learn about myself and society" - and then proceed to chuckle

Too much monkey mind - need more meditation.

The aspect of sharing vulnerability means that you must first feel vulnerable. Wouldn't it be better to work on overcoming your 'vulnerabilities' and eventually having none left? So this would work as a stepping stone but I can't see it being used by someone who's actualized.

It probably depends on how much / how you use them. I've been purifying my energy channels using LSD every 2 weeks for over a year and still feel like there are too many blocks to process before getting a kundalini awakening - and I don't think I'll be getting one until I chose it to happen so never need to worry about that. I'd actually prefer to get my kundalini awakening on LSD because I become super aware and constructive on the pscyhadelic (feels as if I rebuilt my nervous system from scratch over the trips) But can only say this about LSD. Things get too chaotic on mushrooms so i quit that. Interesting though how @Ry4n gets the opposite experience so I think it varies greatly from person to person and you wouldn't really know for yourself until you try.

That seems like it's based a lot on the person's level of development. An angry/depressed/fearful person would almost certainly make a poor initial choice while the happy/enlightened one will probably come up with smth good

Idea: After many years of economic prosperity, its become the norm for people to no longer be motivated by wealth, power or to fulfill basic needs; and are more concerned with love/belonging and esteem+ (Maslow's hierarchy). In addition, mechanization has eliminated the need for most jobs. The government provides everyone with enough money to live a comfortable life and work becomes optional. Most people pursue their passions like music, art, or philosophy - things that previously wouldn't have paid their rent. The moochers will eventually get bored and stop mooching. The brightest would be involved in running businesses and the government for the sake of reaching their full potential and bettering society. Companies would have extensive ties with the government, which would in many cases allocate resources to companies with good potential. People wouldn't be able to own property but it wouldn't be an issue because of all cities being 'good' with virtually no income inequality + a superb national transportation network (ie hyperloop). There will be a hard cap on the amount of money that people can make (approx $1-3 million/year, depending on the state of the economy). The system of government will be fairly similar to full democracies (elected) seen today, with slight improvements. Depending on how history plays out, continents may form federations with each country having a high degree of autonomy (EU except its considered as a country with a president). Requirements: - GDP/capita > $300,000 - Solved most green issues: multiculturalism, immigration, free health care, social mobility, etc. - 2-3 generations of comfortable living - Mid-late 21st century tech

@Philipp might work if everyone know's how much everyone else makes and the amount of assets they own.

@CodyXarex idk about your circumstances but i'm pretty sure you'll better accomplish your mission in life in a major city. That's where stuff happens. Kills 2 birds with 1 stone.

@thenondualtankie Spirituality makes you really interested in the mind and the psyche; thus it's easier to understand people's emotions - thus know what to say, what to do and how she'd/he'd respond. I'm pretty sure advanced people like Jesus have a certain energetic signature that people can intuitively sense. There's a whole energetic side of existence that humans are designed to sense but most people haven't developed those capabilities enough to integrate it into their consciousness.

Here's a clickbaity topic Recently started doing game again after watching Leo's new videos and found that there's a way of getting better extremely fast without doing nearly as many approaches and going through all the hardship (but it highly depends on your ability to process emotions) Background: 24 y/o from Canada. Spent ~1.5 years doing nonstop biweekly psychedelic work - spending most of my time cleaning up my psyche (limiting beliefs, trauma, etc) + 1-2 hrs/day meditating on my sober days, doing the same thing. On route to getting enlightened. I've developed an ability to 'see' my emotions as they come up in my body (ie chakra system) and release them by focusing intensely on them. Procedure: Start doing day game. If approach anxiety prevents you from making the approach, walk around processing that anxiety and release it. Once done, try again and keep doing it until you can approach. After an approach or two, process those emotions too. From the butterflies in your stomach to perhaps any sudden wave of fatigue that may wash over you. Results: I'm still new to this and haven't done many approaches but can see that everything about my game naturally improved (more grounded, better eye contact, direct but friendly, calm and natural). It's also helped tremendously in opening up my chakras. I bypassed most of the guilty feelings/karma associated with acting out of integrity, something I used to get when simply following pickup advice from the Internet which eventually lead me feeling too bad and quitting. Reasoning: I believe that men are intuitively good with women - but usually suck because of all of their beliefs and bad prior experiences, which act as negative modifiers to their game. They surface when interacting with women and are thus the easiest to oust in between interactions. Any man who naturally develops high self-esteem and a healthy outlook in life (cares for people in general, fundamentally believes in oneness, spiral wizard) would attract women; and for them game learned from the internet "makes sense" and is easy to implement.

@Javfly33 Might as well just approach and suck so your brain realizes it's not so bad. Very very probably she'll be flattered, thank you, and reject you (some nice reason why it can't work). Just don't act all macho cuz she'll probably reject you harder

@Javfly33 I can't say since I've never microdosed but from my experiences at tripping doses - it makes my brain extremely neuroplastic. It feels like it's too unpredictable of a situation and getting rejected could traumatize you. Taking a mix of 1/2 tab modafinil and coffee has been really useful for staying alert and aware.

@Javfly33 Upon seeing an attractive girl, I think about approaching her with the intention of approaching. That's when the approach anxiety comes up. If you choose not to do the approach, that feeling is fresh in you mind and you could work through it. I usually proceed by playing through my mind scenarios of doing the approach and feeling through it at that point - but again it depends highly on how your brain is wired so I can't confirm whether it's a viable approach for most people

@Vercingetorix It usually only takes 15 seconds - 1 min for each 'bit' of emotion and takes ~5 rounds to feel better. When the emotion clears, my spine cracks itself where that emotion was stored - like a chiro adjustment It feels like my technique is unique but people can apply whatever they used to release trauma while on psychedelics/sober meditating in this situation.

Isn't it because having a war/famine every 20 years forced men to contemplate death and get their shit together to remain alive. Now that it's easier to stay alive, men can't rely on their survival instinct but instead only on much weaker drives like companionship/self-expression

This type of content is very threatening to most people. The best way imo is to thoroughly ground yourself - ie putting lots of work into connecting to your root chakra. That'll give you a solid foundation that can much better withstand ego dissolution

For someone who is high-turquoise+ I predict that Leo's teachings don't apply because: Approach anxiety: "suffering is imaginary therefore I don't feel negative emotions" Charisma: superhuman levels due to fully awakened throat chakra. Doing enough approaches: 1 is enough. Coral figures the person out before saying a word. Might even recognize them from a past life. Reading people: easily picks up on their archetype and temperaments. Knows what response it'll get before speaking. Talking to yellow and below is like talking to children. Worldview: "my life is mythology in action. Of course the hero has lovers" Problems in life: Already solved the problems that normal people face. It's probably attractive when coral seemingly has no problems. However, may cause problems in relationships because it's boring otherwise. In a nutshell, for coral life's just fun and so is their love life. Playing as coral is like using auto-aim in COD; eventually God might decide to drop the ban hammer and make you a martyr. Disclaimer - This is not from my personal experience. I haven't reached such a level.

I could see it being difficult. Completely possible to put on new identities like a mask but perhaps very demanding. Probably since it'll be below a serious practitioner in a sense where he'll feel like he is acting out of integrity and it will undo progress. Maybe at an even higher level the ego will be so gone that it wouldn't even care