Blightlantern

@Onecirrus Relationships are part of nature too, if one fears to be judged then one exists. It is not about them evil people that judge, or that are dogmatic, materialistic, or egoists. It is about the eye that perceives them as so. When you watch that animal eat, won't it judge you in terms of victim or prey? Then again that waterfall doesn't it obey some kind of law (Gravity, ...). People are this way, and this is their nature, you can either enjoy it and dance with all these amazing experiences it has to offer, or filter it and seek other less familiar experiences that you're rather more comfortable experiencing, enjoying. (You're less vulnerable to them.) I believe, based on your way of asking, that this question comes from a place insecurity ("feeling alive for once") rather than from one of self-love, you may correct me if you can, but why would you really call everything nature, except humans?

@Origins I have definitly related to some examples you gave, and I did this stuff without actualy realizing that there is a term for it, thank you anyway that's something to do.

@ertopolice thank you, well I didn't have a lockdown until two days ago, what happened for you?

@ivory Sorry for my late reply Yes you guessed it, I am 17. Yes I need to find my tribe, but mate it isn't that easy: For me, I can't travel anywhere without a VISA and if I got one. It will be a temporary one of course. I seek knowledge of engineering, for this is the best field in which I get hopes of leaving my country. What is the point of letting new people in your country if they are not exceptional and needed? I will at some point in time find my tribe, but I'm just looking for some people to live with now! I'm not struggling, believe me, but I think pure isolation and meditation is not for my adventurous age. And all exciting stuff is just on the World Wide Web. In plain terms: all good stuff comes from here, the internet, I want it to be physical, social :D.

@modmyth Sorry for this late, really late.. reply. Well, I understand something about intelligence, and it is that "real intelligence" isn't about outsmarting people, but learning how to think with them (as them). And in fact there is no such thing as "real intelligence" there's only intelligence in one field or in all possible fields. I can connect with people. They seem to like it, I don't, because it is not my way, my field. I can master that field, but I can't tie emotions to it (Leo says otherwise :D). From my perspective, it is not worth it anymore to waste time doing things that don't really mean anything to me, I've been over that. And honesty will not lead me anywhere. Oh yes, I live in a very culturally monolithic place. Well, I do consider myself open-minded, and I will say that that's completely biased. Be ready. Open-mindedness for me is the will to observe (or to observe again) something and consider it to an amount of conscious time for it to deserve a permanent complete concept but a temporary or a permanent acceptance depending on the logical and emotional conclusion of my consideration. Well, I can't claim that I can work with this always, in the end we are creatures of affect and some unpleasant truths will sometimes threaten our survival. So this proverb, that I really like, and that can never be translated correctly: " him who would claim all knowledge: "You have learned some things, but much more escapes you..."", will always describe me. I'm not a god (Leo can't see this) and I know it.

Yeah mate, especially if you feel like having a lot of wasted potential in such society restricted areas.

I basically live reading books and exploring areas and fields alone, I was never raised with my culture's way of living (I was an atheist when all they do here is pray, I love metal and old school music while all they listen to is pop, I even learned programming alone, I perform seduction and hypnosis when they think it is just wrong/a sin or whatever, I learned the German language alone, lol I spoke to myself a lot). It is very hard to live exploring ideas that you know no one will ever open a discussion on them, no one will share the same thoughts you do, no one could even understand what you are talking about. I'm basicaly living planning in the back if my mind, that after years when I become old enough, I will travel, I will change what I call Home. But until then, I live with friends faking my interests, forcing myself to socialize their way. I understand that a good thing to do is to work on my skills, well I play bass guitar, I do bartending, I practice bug bounties, I read (this is too normal tho), I meditate, I go exercice. Anyone having the same issue? What are you doing to relate to your society in an authentic honest way? Any good advice? Note: I really tried every possible way to believe in their god, do their practices, enter their kind of relationship (teens toxic relationships), play their games, but it is simply not me. And I am not searching for an "online" solution and I don't think radical honesty about my thoughts is helpful: I will be discriminated, excluded, even denied (they can't accept this level of radical open-mindedness), I don't fear this, I simply don't desire it.

Are macron's recent actions in the middle east (Lebanon) a step (of 1st world countries) to help 3rd countries without wanting profit or gain, or is it history repeating itself? Or in other words, at what level of consciousness are macron's actions in middle east(Lebanon)?