Natasha Tori Maru

Thank you @Sincerity ❤️ @theoneandnone has spoken to me off the forum as part of a welfare check the moderators felt was needed. He is taking time off for mental health.

Note that I did not ask for a description of awakening/enlightenment. I pushed you on your claim you know Leo has not attained enlightenment. And if you also claim enlightenment cannot be obtained through drugs/substances, this makes sense. But you still cannot make the claim you know. Obtainment (bad word) could have been had with other methods. And to try to state you 'know' is a disservice to yourself.

Thanks for stating this - I appreciate that. You danced around this and alluded to it without a lot of clarity.

Hard words. But I must agree, if we are to speak truth. And this is coming from someone who was homeless for a time in my 20s.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/01/several-dead-and-injured-in-explosion-swiss-ski-resort-town-crans-montana-police-say Man this is horrible. If I read correctly, one exit? This reminds me of the horrific station nightclub fire.

Maybe, where certainty ends. And responsibility begins... Does an idea need to be true, to be valuable?

@UnbornTao @Salvijus Oh! You two! At it all over this thread! I was going to contribute again but I do not want to poke the hornets nest....

Mostly people aren't really criticizing others anyway. More, making assumptions 🥹

Suddenly the balls shrink away... 💀

Well yeah, it does. Have you developed a way to detect enlightenment with certainty?

Do you claim this, or does Leo?

Why do you always bring this up? I don't understand the purpose.

The knives being sharpened 😈

I have encountered this a lot. It is a very good reason to do inner work to investigate what is really intrinsic to us.

Mogged 🤣 I was accused of similar agendas - and all I did was ask honest questions. Curiousity is punished when the assumption is all are attacking, it seems 💀

@Breakingthewall I don't know anyone who knows precisely what causes enlightenment.

Suffering appears to be a consistent theme... Or - key ingredient? (⁠ꏿ⁠﹏⁠ꏿ)

However - does anyone? This has been discussed at length all over the forum. It seems any-thing can prompt 'enlightenment'. But no-thing is a guarantee. Or so I gather. Much to the chagrin of many....

Might apply to dating apps and online realms. Younger demographics. Women hold the keys to sex, men are the gatekeepers of relationships and commitment though. Many do not realise it. It changes as you age up. Just looksmax and be done. Once you ascend you can just mog everyone and chad status will do the work, right? 💀😏 Plus you miss the key to women - safety. Provide that and that's all the power you need. Any normal well adjusted person isn't going to jump ship because some dude earns $2 more an hour than their current man. Online realms are skewed as fuck. Look at your average dude with kids - not all chads who are ripped as shit with millions. Most are average normal dudes, dad bods and cricket on the weekend.

This can be a huge point of resistance to owners of buildings - it costs a lot to rehang and change the swing of a door. More than you would expect. And it seems like a very minor thing. But if it is an egress route it will 100% be a necessity and FRV will always assess and have a building surveyor add it to their qualifying sign offs. That's in Australia though. It was a big lesson for me on a recent D&C project because my design got knocked back twice, but they didn't provide a reason (the Building Surveyor, that is) and it wasn't until I spoke to FRV they told me. One reason I dislike old-school authority - they will say no without educating me on the reason. Expecting me to blindly follow. But that could also be my issue - as I have always disliked and pushed back on authority myself 😈

That toxic freak Clavicular is peak conformity.

I think this was touched on early in the thread (or possibly another, and also a blog post) clarifying the conditions that make something 'mindless' or 'thoughtless' groupthink type conformity. And when one chooses to conform consciously as a legitimate solution or personal preference.

Haha yeah, that was my exact thought right as I posted 'hmmm, but the video was pretty long and thorough. Maybe attention span problems' Which, to be quite negative, is a legitimate point. I am quite shocked at many people's inability to deal with long format... Anything. So maybe 4hrs wasn't the issue - absorption was 🥹

Or some users are developing assessment and critical thinking skill, and post looking for feedback or open discussion regarding their ideas/proposals. After all, isn't part of your mantle to guide, teach and assist? Don't chop their balls off before they have dropped! But I understand your point, if it were aimed more toward users who are looking to spit out opinions with absolute certainty and not try to develop or listen properly.... maybe my bias is to look for feedback/development though

Do the younger generations get put through the ropes with work like millenials + ? Do they feel challenged? Maybe there is a large gap being created due to technology that means skills aren't learned and translate up?