Loba

I don't know, maybe there is one? What if there is? What then? Just questioning, idk the answer.

When I was little, about 6 to 9 I abused some of my pets by chasing them around or hitting them - the reason was because of a very unstable upbringing where it was being done to me, I emulated it in my play, as children mirror what happens to them. I grew out of it and now adore animals and would not harm them. I could bring a hand down and they would not flinch, just sniff my hand, no pets of mine are ever hit or chased. I think people who don't outgrow it don't because they don't have empathy, and so I don't personally know why they are acting from good intentions. I developed empathy where I learned that my actions have consequences i.e., the pet would no longer come over to me anymore. If you see little kids doing things like that, look at the home life of the child, often they are being abused themselves. If you see an adult doing it, they are responsible for their actions and should be held accountable.

All good stuff.

Sure you can. I don't plan on having kids, either - just not something I want to invest my time in and there are already so many people on the planet more qualified than I to raise a child. I plan to breed chihuahua puppies instead in the future, that calls to me... Do things that call to you, if you don't feel that parenting in a good fit for your personality, then listen to it. It isn't about you being happy when it comes to kids, it is about what makes them happy and you have to sacrifice a lot for them. If that isn't you, don't stress it. There are plenty of other people in the world having kids. The world does not need more kids, and it doesn't need more parents who don't fully want them, either. What it needs are people who are smart enough to follow what they feel is best for them. And things can change, too. You are a man, yes? You have time. Pick up a few books on raising children and see if it calls to you, that's what I did - and having kids did not make sense to me. I am happy. I have all the time in the world to do what I like to do, and don't have to answer to anyone and am responsible only for myself and my pets. I am free, not enslaved by family obligations, and it feels great. I love it.

@How to be wise A safe space for people to turn to for help? There isn't anywhere else on the net for people to turn to who are into spirituality and suicidal, it is also a common problem in spirituality - not only because it attracts people seeking an ending to suffering, but because of the things in can bring up. We just have to expect this and seek to offer appropriate advice/emotional support to the best of our ability as a community with this in mind. It's not a forum problem, it is a life problem. People live complicated lives - don't reduce their experience down to "what this forum is turning into".

@Tyler Durden Says Leo, doesn't say any of my authentic awakening experiences from near death and NOT on drugs, but from acutally letting go getting to live. Souls are a thing. I guess you just don't get blessed with that knowledge when you put a drug up your butt. You get solipsism.

No, they will cry and you will be another statistic and their lives will be ruined. Why are you feeling this way and what is causing it? We are souls, not "just" all one, but together in unison. When you cut yourself out of it prematurely, everyone who is attached to you or knows you will have to adjust. Even people here.

@Husseinisdoingfine If the planet can even hold out for that long.

@Baum If you encounter it again, try sending Love towards it - and see if that does not lessen it's grip. It will either run, feed on the Love, or try and manipulate you into feeling afraid, don't let it cause fear. Fear is the illusion they feed from. Sometimes when you start to increase your consciousness, you will feel the astral beings feeding on your energy, that kept you in lower states, this is normal. I don't trip personally, but I have heard of a lot of people finally seeing them in their trips because of the consciousness upgrade. Also, in the future, try clearing the space out for yourself - set aside a very sacred, special space that you can use, and use incence, palo santo or sage to clear your energy. The setting and space is also important because you are opening a portal to other places with psychedelics, you want it to represent itself how you need it to - so include things in your space that feel the most "you". Depending on what type of being this is, you can convert it to Light by talking to it - and telling it it will be forever hungry if it does not convert hate to love, that love is an energy that lasts forever and creates itself - the being would not need to take energy from others - all beings that do this do it out of lack of Love. If it does not convert, you can banish it with various baths, spells, and prayers oritented towards universal Love. You can also do nothing and just explore this space the next time it happens - ask it questions and see what answers it gives you. Sometimes the being itself will have the cure.

If you don't get along with someone and you feel like it is a trauma bond and not an authentic connection based on mutual respect then I would cut it off and move on, there are a lot of people in the world. You can make better friends.

I've worked with negative beings before - you can explore this part of how energy works - the darker side and learn from it in the same way as how Light teaches you - once you get over your fear. Love is a powerful ally, keep Loving no matter what. If you manage to find positively oriented beings on future journeys, you can ask them for advice on what to do about this or they even might remove it for you. You can also remove them yourself through Love and Willful prayer. Some of these beings can be converted into Light, but it's on a case by case basis.

@Matthew85 True story, for us all

Huh... we live in weird times.

I agree, the more I learn, the less I know.

Curious to know too, although I don't watch his content too much anymore, his absence has been noticed. What's up, Leo?

Meditating, Being, Learning, Growing, Understanding myself... mmm... healing.

Pretty eye opening. Check it out. Designer Sally Woellner takes us into a world of Dark Patterns, highlighting how the websites and apps we use daily have very specific, and sometimes dangerous, intentions brought to life through UX/UI and graphic design. During this insightful talk, Sally advocates for design to be more transparent in hopes of designing a better world. Sally Woellner is currently a Product Design Group Lead at Canva. She is an experienced creative leader and designer, who loves working in product design, branding, advertising, and a huge range of digital media—and has been recently recognised as one of the Women Leading Tech by B&T and Google and is one of Australia's leading experts in creative technologies. She previously led the design direction of a campaign for World Vision that garnered worldwide attention and eventually led to all 119 children on Nauru to be relocated within 6 months of the campaign going live, which solved a 5 year problem.

I've never heard of him, I don't have any opinion on what he does with his money/don't care.

@mememe Let me put it this way - I got an education at an alternative high school for kids who were going through rough times and this school did not teach history in great detail. So if, for instance, I had said something not understanding the entire history behind it, it would make more sense to me to hear in a polite way how I am wrong, where, why and what I can do to change it - how was what I said taboo? That's the thing, is when we get into taboo topics like this, but where someone is uneducated on the subject like Whoopi was, and even me, I don't know too much about history - then an open discussion and history lesson would be the best way to go about eliciting change in another person. I think we need to look at each of these cases as individual instances. So, for instance, I think Joe Rogan is in the wrong, because the taboo of that word is well known; he must have known that you can't use that word - but for Whoopi, it does seem to me like a genuine mistake. So like, this discussion here, I knew that they had murdered Romani, disabled and mentally ill, but I didn't know about the others, so if I had said something ignorant, I would want to know where and why, for sure, because I would hate having to be on the wrong side of a taboo subject and not know anything about it and then do or say something that hurts other people. And I think most people, sans overt racists, do prefer to know what's going on when it comes to this stuff and don't wish to harm other groups of people. We just have to open up the dialogue for these situations and under a non-emotional, teaching, factual manner for people who are ignorant, but aren't trying to ... fuck shit up for others. But in situations, like Joe's, where he should know better, then I think calling people like that out is fine. There are some things, culturally, that you don't do, like use that word. We are taught this at a young age. For Whoopi, I think of all the times I have been wrong and would have preferred to learn a better way just by being told and instructed on how to get there. It can literally feel like, there is a link missing when I say something that is interpreted as wrong or is just plain out wrong. I would never try to be wrong and know about it and continue with it. All people just need to be educated to the same level, good discussion can open up worlds for people. I've been looking at this thread and a few others here, and on a social level I feel very interested in the viewpoints of different people - if open discussion was possible, both parties could go very deep in understanding. The only thing that holds it back is defensiveness of both parties. I imagine things like this are more like... you would need to read a lot to really get a good understanding of what is going on. It makes me sad my school didn't have more to offer in the way of learning history. I think on this forum in the future people should try to steer conversations like that towards serious dialogue, so that those of us who are interested in understanding more on these topics can ask questions and learn, without there being fights. Because I know I will step on some landmines on my own journey, and I need to know where they are so I don't detonate them, but a few are going to go off, just like with anyone learning anything that's part of the process. If there is insane emotionality, then it shuts down communication.