Natasha Tori Maru

@Mellowmarsh do you think online interaction is actual, genuine connection?

Getting to such an extreme point of 'renouncing' sounds like cope to deal with internal frustration. So you can release desire. You don't need renounce anything to let go of painful desires.

Worse than slop. I actually think it's just what chatGPT pulls up when you ask about the forum... With some... Prompting 🫠

Exhibit A: 2:15 Actualized.org featured

Yeah, but there is something wrong when someone doesn't pay attention to the person in front of them, to be focused on the 'global' connection on the phone that technology facilitates. I am not denying there are upsides - but there are negatives in addition to benefits. I think @Schizophonia is pointing toward a severe downside to technology; it can prevent us paying attention to the immediacy of the moment. Our minds always on what 'could be' always 'seeking' and 'desiring'. Yes, this is inherent to us as humans. This need should be inspected because desire is a cause of suffering. But technology acts to amplify the good - and the bad. When does the capacity to transcend the present become an inability to inhabit it? I think this is the more pertinent question the OP is pointing toward.

Oh! I am just laughing at the boys of the forum getting all excited about witnessing chemistry in action You and Schizophonia just have that curious sort of dancing/play energy in your interactions. Similar to the weirdness between Carl & I. It doesn't always have to be, or mean, there is any sexual charge (it certainly can mean that, though). Play is just one of those things that pops up when you rub brains with certain people

Higher consciousness forum - still a kids playground. GIRLS HAVE COOTIES DON'T CHU KNOW

@Rigel oh, he gets shit on hard online. Feral stuff. Immature people lack nuance - they see one thing they don't like and the whole lot is in the bin. I don't mind Bryan but the basic stuff of his message - the pillars - arent any different to any other longevity / health / doctor influencer. It's the actual wild experiments he does that get all the attention. Thats his narrative and PR draw.

It's just so confusing and discombobulating! My 20s were hard. Didn't know who I was yet. What I wanted. Where I was going. My 30s have been a blast. All the confusion of the 20s gradually faded to just being okay with myself. And from there, acceptance. Then knowing I was on the right track. I can only impart that the older you get, the easier it becomes in some ways; purely because you know yourself and what you want a little better 💫

Ah! Poop. I'm good with desire and motivation advice wise. Indecisiveness not so much. Simply because I am extremely decisive. I recall in my 20s not knowing wtf I was doing, planning, or going. I just decided whatever I do do, in the now, I go hard 100% and give it my all. Even if I knew it wasn't forever. At least then I did something with full integrity I wouldn't regret. Whatever you pick, it's not the end or only path. Nothing is permanent. I went from managing retail stores until 34 years old. No skills. At 35 switched to construction and now I co-own a commercial construction business. Whole career switch. Sorry I don't have more advice! I suppose my leaving thoughts are 'you don't have to have it all worked out'

Is desire/impulse the issue - indecisiveness?

Which begs the question - because a LOT of procedures, time and money go into how he looks "at worst normal". Either he got shitcarded hardcore by genetics & super poor lifestyle... Or maybe prolonged vegan diet is aging him, and his cosmetic work is just offsetting that to appear normal. Instead of better than average. Long term vegans tend to always get a strange look to them, from my observations. Nothing against the lifestyle, they always just appear wanting. I am sure there are other possibilities for his appearance. But he dyes his hair, has lots of skin procedures (extensive laser), fat transfer to his face (facial rejuv), teeth done etc I think he is still in HRT as well - someone else can confirm. I know he used to be on test and didn't disclose it initially.

It's all good! I have to remind myself often, that my open questions can appear to carry doubt as a smuggled in meaning. You were right to lean on questions not being in good faith - it is sort of a condition on the forum. And society at large. Good faith discussions should be assumed - but this is an ideal. And we all know where ideals lead LOL But considering approximately 54% of American adults (aged 16 to 74) read below a 6th-grade level, with about 21% being functionally illiterate - most people are on the stupid spectrum, and it is a correct assessment. People are either stupid, or ignorant (or both). Which can lead to the same outcomes.

It sort of... amplifies the good AND the bad, in many cases.