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@Sabth Do you expect them to help you? You can play a nice guy and deceive them into helping you, but I wouldn't recommend that unless you are being manipulated most of the time by them. But your time will be wasted on drama, and you could lose your mind if you don't have the energy and are not careful. Or Just use this free time you have to find and explore something that you can be passionate about or not, and find out how to be independent in your way. Or Maybe there's a middle way. Sorry if I offended you by saying that your parents are manipulative. I'm just generalizing. Although they can be to some degree.

Well, try not to be paranoid talking about that with your parents. If they don't support that, find other solutions. E.g. Work on your language. Be creative about it. Don't justify that; if it isn't this or that way, I won't do it. Be observant. Don't make yourself a victim, which doesn't mean that you can't be. This is just about being more confident. But still, you will have problems in the future. Even though I gave advice, I sometimes find it hard to act on it. It's just that I'm more confident in my problem-solving abilities. Maybe my advice is wrong for you, or maybe will you misinterpret it. Maybe a modification is needed. Idk.

Use the internet to learn something that you find interesting. By that, I don't mean getting into some conspiracy groups and watching videos about them, nor am I saying to watch some "scientific fact" videos on YouTube. Learn something that awakens some passion in you. Practice, experiment, and start using your mind in new ways. You will know that you are doing it when you fall in love with the process, even though you will be bored as hell at times. Or Maybe you need some time to relax and enjoy life. Maybe you're tired. Maybe you need to reflect. Whatever you do, see the reasoning behind it, even if you have already started doing it.

This video. Specifically, when he talks about love between him and God, even though I still don't know what God really is, I knew what he was talking about was real love. You couldn't not see the suffering he was going through at the time in this video, and seeing how he is being honest about how he can't or doesn't love himself enough, he found himself being more loved no matter what. I couldn't stop crying for days, not joking. Still making me cry. I knew that I was lacking love and had been ignoring and being harsh on myself. I have always known what love is from my experience, but I haven't heard anyone intelligently, authentically and deeply describe love until that day. That video changed the trajectory of my life. For that, I am eternally grateful.

Yann Tiersen is a genius. ❤️

Sorry, I thought that I could be of help, but I was wrong.

@mr_engineer Well, that's life. You can't act the same way in every situation. Not even the way others do. I think a more deep solution to this is to be honest with yourself all the way. And being asshole or nice just becomes the way we choose to be. I think the more we detach ourselves from being them, the more we can authentically be them in different situations. And then some people will lean into being assholes or nice without judging the opposite for being themselves.

@mr_engineer You can be authentic and lie to or keep secrets from others about yourself. I don't think people here, by being assholes, mean to treat people badly or give a harsh response all the time.

@mr_engineer They are checking whether you can remain confident. Those feminine types are crazy. ?

Why doesn't Putin understand that those countries can like Western values? Why does everything have to be considered Western if it doesn't align with Russian values? Even if it's Western, that doesn't make it wrong. There is lots of propaganda going on in those countries about Westerners. It's really disgusting.

As if Russia hasn't been pushing its values on small countries.

@Bobby_2021 Yes, finally. The Internet is full of wonders. I have a bias towards it; it saved my life from the cultish behavior that I'm surrounded by.

It's just amazing how they achieved that. Just wow. I wouldn't have thought that it could be that detailed.

The OP really inspired christians here to speak up. Interesting.

One time, my whole visual field was just faces. It was because of a lack of sleep, but it was worth it.

I was writing the post with Orthodox Christianity in mind. But it also applies to evangelicals. Of course, it can help you in your internal crisis, but you pay a huge price for that. You give up the ability to re-evaluate your worldview. The truth becomes the beliefs that they helped you construct. It doesn't matter how many mystical experiences you get, which I doubt is a lot; it's still not like the experience that meditation or other methods give you. Belief-based religions make you think that you have the truth by not giving tools that can help you experience and understand the world more deeply, honestly, open-mindedly, and truthfully.

@Jannes My mother is a teacher. What I know from my experience as a student and from my mother is that yelling and physically hurting students all the time for not behaving doesn't work. They make it worse. Children at that age are very emotional. They want the teacher to be their friend and understand them. The lack of it is one of the reasons that they become immature, uncompassionate, unintelligent assholes.

@mr_engineer Teachers do that in other parts of the world. Most of them aren't motivated to teach their subject and aren't very knowledgeable.

@TheAlchemist I mean that christ is an imagination on top of a more fundamental imagination which is the existence of the devil or demons. They run from the thing that they have to confront and accept, which is not an easy thing to do. The fear of that is what keeps the illusion alive. Actually, the christ is a sneaky imagination who keeps them from realizing that. He is the actual thing to be saved from. if one of them wants to do that, he/she has to cut off or isolate themselves from the environment that feeds that fear (not saying that you should not socialize with christians and not be friends with them). So, yes, I agree with you.

@TheAlchemist Christians ... want to be saved by christ, but forgetting the devil or the demons will save them.

@Princess Arabia That's also funny. ? To infinity and beyond.

I didn't realize It's funny until you mentioned ?. For real.

@BlackPhil Get a 9-5 job. That will actually save your life.

@BlackPhil Techniques are important! Your technique is believing, which leads you to think that you're practicing spirituality, but actually you're not. When it comes to spirituality, always be careful when choosing and doing the techniques; some of them are there for keeping, creating, and defending delusional fantasies. You are abusing open-mindedness. Wise up!

@vibv You could also add aliens to your list.