Majed

I live in Lebanon, in the capital, Beirut. I work near my home. Through my job, I have learned about the situation in my region—specifically the poverty faced by Syrian immigrants living in Lebanon. I have also come to realize how fortunate and privileged I am. Furthermore, the cultural differences between the Lebanese and the Syrians are quite significant. Before I started working, I held what might be called progressive ideals—for instance, the belief that we are all one human species. However, based on my personal experience, my perspective on this matter has shifted. I believe that people generally feel more at ease with those who are similar to them—within their own tribe, family, nation, or ethnic group. This is because love is difficult; it takes real effort to love a nation other than one’s own. While it is not impossible to become a member of a different society, it is rare, as it requires a genuine love for that new nation.

"Being Italian is a trait—a character—that a person possesses. Italian culture, along with its soul and identity, is not confined to its geography, even though it is centered there. An Italian could go to Mars, yet they would remain Italian. Because this is their character, their worldview, their way of life, their culture—their very soul is Italian." I wrote this about my view of italian identity. But it applies to all ethnic identities. We cannot deny the existence of ethnic groups, and the character of a people. It's real.

@Nemra Part of mastery of mind is to realize that you can jump between identities effortlessly. I agree that you shouldn't let your ethnic identity limit your development, or worldview. But you can appreciate the beauty of different ethnicities as well as ethnic identities. This is what studying history is about. The story/history of an ethnic identity, or an ethnicity.

You want to get mindfucked about appearance ? Here we go: Appearance isn't purely genetic, it's largely in your control. Think of it in this way: any hot girl, if she becomes obese, stop putting on makeup, dressing well, eye lenses, mascara, perfume, etc... She loses her hotness. Same with guys, any guy that becomes obese loses his good looks. Now any guy who work on his physique, dresses well, put on perfume, have a nice haircut, etc... becomes automatically better looking. Now this is just looks, but attraction isn't just looks as it is a combination of multiple things that you can all develop and work on. The bottom line is nobody is stopping you from becoming a hot shot that the opposit sex dreams off if you work on yourself.

@Jodistrict Yes!

@Leo Gura I am talking at the relative level, not the absolute here. You can enjoy the hallucination. Just because something is a hallucination doesn't mean it shouldn't be hallucinated ;).

@Natasha Tori Maru Yeah i feel like he has been truthmaxxing for a long time. He needs to take a break from that and do something else 😝.

@Natasha Tori Maru Yeah i feel like this kind of vulgarity will keep this forum for men in majority. Which is quite a shame. We should welcome everybody. As long as Leo isn't doing makeup videos, i am fine with more women being on this forum.

@Nemra You're missing something important, which is that ethnic identity sure it is socially constructed and its boundaries are somewhat flexible, but still the words are pointing to real patterns within consciousness or reality. There's an italian reality, a russian reality, a jewish reality, etc... these aren't mere social constructions, they are patterns of being. Yeah italy is a social construct, however still there's an italian identity. If you go to india for example, you won't find much of it, you'll find the indian identity and ways of being. It's like yeah gender is a social construct, but still most men wanna mate and date women. Now some men, a minority, want to mate and date men, or both genders, etc... but this is rather marginal and anecdotal compared to the majority. Which is why yes it is a social construct, but still there's a reality to it as well.

I feel like Leo has only published 1% of all of actualized.org content that is possible. Yet he takes 2 years to drop a video. It's frustrating. Lol.

@Nemra Careful. Every ethnic identity has a life of its own. Patterns within consciousness.

@something_else We should ban the topic of spiral dynamics from this forum 😝.

People who tell you to not approach women are dumb. Women are attracted to confidence same way men are attracted to beauty. If you tell men to not approach, then women shouldn't wear sexy clothes and make up. That's called Afghanistan. Go live there, if you want.

I was thinking about this topic, and i realized that when most people talk about racism, what they're really talking about is character/persona. For example if you don't like mexicans, it isn't their ethnicity that you dislike, but their character/persona. There are a mexican character/persona. Now not all ethnically mexican people will have a purely mexican character, some mexicans have a more pronounced american character if they live in america for example. Which is why a lot of what we call racists tell you that they aren't racist because they have a friend from the ethnicity they are talking about. Which is correct, what they dislike isn't the ethnicity but the character/persona. Now most people's characters and personas are a unique mixture of their nationality, ethnicity, subculture, religion, skin color, passions, sexual orientation, life orientation whether they are materialistic or spiritual, social class, education level, intellectual abilities, etc... Same with homophobia, homophobes do not dislike gays per se, they dislike the gay character/persona. Which is different. People are comfortable with people who have similar character/persona to them. Which is why a lot of women like gay men, because they both have feminine characters/personas. I think this is a really deep topic, and very interesting.

You guys are really going to sleep on this banger that i wrote? @Olaf @Sincerity @Inliytened1 @LordFall And the others.... What do yall think ?

@Natasha Tori Maru It's an ego trip.

@Natasha Tori Maru I think it's the opposite of conformity. Conformity is having a normal relationship.

@Natasha Tori Maru Consciousness changing. Becoming more of itself.

@Natasha Tori Maru Sure. Yeah, i don't know your background, i was making an assumption based on your speech. That's it.

Both. Enlightenment is something someone acquires because there's an ontological shift in consciousness. Consciousness is ontological, when increased, reality changes.

@Natasha Tori Maru Good then. Thanks for correcting me.

@cjoseph90 As an autosexual, i was born with him. 😝

@Natasha Tori Maru Relax shawty, just acted on instinct and told you what came to mind. Don't take it personal.

@Natasha Tori Maru You're clearly privileged for not seeing the beauty of making it out the hood. Lmao there's a reason why everyone talks about this stuff. It's real.

@Olaf Most girls i talk to are fairly low intelligence by in large. Same with guys. So if you're intelligent, which is quite common on this forum, then finding a girl that is intelligent in real life, is hugely attractive and perfect for long term compatiblity. It almost equals looks in importance. But the thing is intelligence is only attractive to intelligence, because like recognize like. Any fool can see beauty, only a wise man can see a woman rich in soul and wisdom.