Natasha Tori Maru

@Hojo Brutal. Agree lol To be clearer - I think chatGPT is garbage. I think it is overused. Other AI LLMs I have found good use.

Gotcha 👍

@LambdaDelta Limitation is the biggest creative facilitator for me

Are the Jedi good or evil? Need to somehow work a video with Darth Maul makeup. The Darth Maul vs Obi Wan/Qui-Gon Jinn sabre fight scenes were SICK compared to the slow ass, turd choreography Disney vomit from the latest movies. The Jedi vs Sith perspective has always fascinated me. It is a great post highlighting how we can twist and perform all sorts of mental gymnastics to justify behavior. The Jedi love to taut 'Only a Sith speaks in absolutes' yet there are many instances the Jedi speak in the exact same absolute manner. The difference is their alignment with the integrity of unity/oneness/infinity.

@How to be wise Do we not know about groupies? Clout chasers? People love to get near someone famous. Sex opens that door. For men and women. It says nothing about the moral character or methods the 'famous' person engages in.

I hope I didn't express myself to lead you to think I made any such judgements as above - it was not my meaning. I did not intend to make any moral judgement regarding ego being good or bad. Merely that seeing through the ego, not deleting or subverting it, is one step to obtaining further clarity that leads to truth. I firmly believe you cannot kill the ego. Cannot kill something that was never there. As with all these topics, it is and isn't. There but not. At least, to my understanding

Do you think part of revealing the truth is in the removal, revealing, deconstructing or uncovering? If this is indeed part of the process (it 100% was for me) it appears there would be some who have more trouble seeing past their own nose (so to speak). Which, often, would be why psychedelics can get us over the first 'hump', seeing past the small self for the illusion it is. As an example - individuals with cluster b type personality disorders are going to have MUCH more trouble seeing through ego. Personality disorders are a different class of issues. From all evidence so far, they have genetic and structural elements of brain/body composition that present challenges seeing through the ego, clarity. They are rather gripped by it in a way others are not. That is not to say they cannot see past this to the truth. It is available. But they are going to have more trouble.

It does feel like Brendon's question is very basic beginner stuff. He may have asked this on behalf of an audience, and less for himself, to give Ralston space to address a common issue?

It feels like Ralston isn't (or willfully does not, so as not to create dogma) articulating much of his own internal process. He points toward that process being something the listener must find out and engage in themselves. Through trial, error, discovery. Process. Persistence. One thing about Ralston that gives me pause - I haven't heard him speak to individuals with real limitation. I raise this because it was something I suffered from on my early years; I would project a 'golden shadow' on others. Because I could do it, had done it, could get it, I was simply confounded as to why others couldn't. If they just stuck with it and tried they would be able to, eventually. A hard lesson for me was admitting some people just can't master some domains no matter how long they stick with something. I projected my own mastery and ability to reach expertise onto others. When they failed to reach my level I ended up very frustrated. He emphasises 'stick with it longer' as, possibly, his main differentiating factor. Rather than any sort of limitation others may be facing. It would be good hearing him speak on the nuance of individuals with personality disorders (a very different domain of limitation) or intellectual limitations. Perhaps he has? I haven't encountered it yet. Having said that, I haven't read his entire catalogue of works. And often, his stream of consciousness YouTube talks are very unstructured and unclear. Compared to his written works, at least.

Maybe the want the LLM sycophantic Leo 🤢🤮 Instant gratification on demand is what kids want these days. Can't wait 30 minutes for Leo, need NOW

Oh shit man, really heavy. My heart goes out to you (⁠o⁠´⁠･⁠_⁠･⁠)⁠っ Tbh when you are a bit more volatile on the forums I just assume you are in a pit of hell & suffering ❤️

Very tired and overworked 🥹 But only for a moment will I feel like this. So no big deal! You? Are you able to repost your original topic? Many good forum posts disappeared in the migration.

I haven't followed a lot of this topic so far. But all I can say is half the science on lifting is... I dunno. Some seems legit. Some just seems like it is steering people into focusing on the wrong thing. Just progressively overload and up intensity each workout. Always make sure you bring intensity. Increase in whatever domain you are aiming for. Done

What do you consider the qualities of a woman?

So far so good. Hopefully it wasn't a massive pita. A noticeable improvement! I'll post here if I notice any juju on my end. Blog is full cooked. RIP Thank you very much

Also on preliminary scan, looks like posts made within the last ~4 hours have been lost.

@Leo Gura if this was just completed in the last 2 hours, I noticed a change. Snappy loading now, rather than the long pause > load.

Maybe? https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/113206-new-server-migration/

I find a discernment is an observation free of judging the experience as good/bad. There is a difference, probably why there are different words so we have clear distinction. I spent a bit of time on contemplating discernment / judgement. @Razard86 is very good with this part of our experience. And yep I agree regarding survival - it is why survival and spirituality run into incompatibility. Perhaps as we work on our conditioning more, judgement isn't as needed, because wisdom takes over. We can discern, but we do not need to ascribe good/bad as a judgement because wisdom will take over to guide survival (while remaining more spiritually aligned) after we learn the lessons in life. IE fire is danger, instead of 'I hate fire or heat'. I suppose then responsive wisdom will guide survival, rather than reactive judgement. I think this dovetails with dissolving conditioning - leading to wisdom guiding us. This is all not to say we do not have preferences to experience. Just not a good/bad or moral judgement. More 'this is not for me' over 'i hate this'

Yeah I do not think they cause each other - for me it is the external reality (co-arising subject/object experience) that triggers a different sort of state (so to speak). For me it does. As an example, when I simply observe something in my experience - like a small piece of skin on my cuticle loose - it causes a sensation. A mild niggling / tingling feeling. But when I start to view it as an irritation or I actively start pulling at the loose cuticle I begin to judge the experience as something I dislike. I want it to go away. This can sort of give it more volume in my mind. I think discernment leads to 'there is pain, sensation' whereas judgement leads to 'I do not want this, it is annoying, negative, I dislike it' etc. Overall the difference between judgement / discernment is subtle - but one really prolongs the negative state. I just experience judgement in this way as a bad feeling state. Discernment doesn't have that negativity associated. Might not be like this for you, just some subtleties in my experience and observation when body/sensation scanning, and tracing back to thoughts.

This - it engages you more yeah? Same for me. I also like hilly, punchy mountain bike rides of about 40k. They engage you in a similar way to smaller sprint / interval runs. @Judy2 Long distance running for me has always been easier because I can focus in a single minded manner easily. I suppose this is a 'zen' thing? But I do find the mind has less inherent external force contributing to the focusing when distance running. It is a discipline thing. It has a high barrier to entry - the 'mind' training part. Usually a lot of will and force is involved prior to it becoming a reflexive habit to engage in focus. My biggest, most profound and best insights happen when distance running. When sprinting or punchy-hill mountain biking, insights and clarity happen AFTER the exercise.

Do you think this could be a movement between active dissolution of conditionings, which, in my experience, can be very uncomfortable (and easily judged as being 'negative' or disconnected) and small breakthroughs following the conditioning being worked through? What follows after the removal or 'working on' of life's accumulated conditionings, feels like a peace. Mindfulness. Oneness. Unity. I soon swing back to being triggered by an event, experience, that reveals some other conditioning. This has been my path of 'integration' for a long while. The moments of peace, being and love are deeper and more extended with each oscillation. Not sure if that speaks to your experience. Lots of cleaning up.

Hell yeah!

infinite flowers within a flower @Ramasta9

@AION What do you consider to be 'feminine'? What that IS for you, not what it ISN'T?