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@Ayham Yeah, GIMP is good and very similar to Photoshop, and at the same time it's a lot lighter.

Language is important, but it's also limited. It's just a tool/pointer/medium for sharing thoughts, and thoughts are not the truth.

Existence is a concept.

Wow! This is huge! And it's a tricky thing for sure, but I think you're on the right track as long as you are willing to self-reflect. Did you try mutaz.net or pesktop.com?

Done.

@Preety_India Cuz you're licensed.

It's not her disorder per se. She's not the first person who's having it, nor last, nor did she create it. But people can attach and make identities out of anything, I suppose. Still, by no means mental diagnosis is a license to constantly/regularly play the victim or act in a nasty way.

Even if someone is officially diagnosed with something, it's not a license for them to act irresponsibly. You can't control how you feel, but you can control how you act.

I don't know who this guy is, but I just checked out his channel, and found this: I have seen this documentary a couple of years ago, and it was really insightful. It helped me understand mental illnesses better and gave me some directions for dealing with psychosis.

I don't have anything to contribute for now. But wow! Looking forward for this episode.

Teal actually used to model. Not sure about her current job status, though.

Any relationship with anything is automatically a form of imagined/assumed manipulation for the mind. And it certainly is imagined/assumed, even though it could also be actual, though not always/necessarily. The human mind is a tricky thing. It's always spinning narratives and stories about everything it can, no matter what. Nothing wrong with manipulating reality per se, or at least imagining/assuming that you are doing so. But still, the question is: How deeply are you aware (if at all) of those narratives and stories while they're playing out in the back of your mind? Manipulation is inherent in you, even if you don't realize it. You can't not manipulate. Your existence here as a form is already both an implicit and an explicit form of manipulation. Whenever you move, manipulation is implied. And whenever you speak, think, or do anything else. You're breathing, after all. So technically, you're manipulating the air around you in and out of your body 24/7 non-stop. So even when you're not really doing anything, you're still doing manipulation. But I'm just being generous here, and that's way too low of a bar for humans. The truth is that most humans do a lot more manipulation than "just breathing", even when they're supposedly/apparently not doing anything. For example, sitting with an empty mind and doing nothing (meditation) is a method that humans use to generate a better state of consciousness for themselves. So that's a method for manipulating state of consciousness in order to help them manipulate/navigate the world better whether immediately or sometime in the future, and at least from their pov. And then someone comes and denies that they manipulate. Yeah, talk about low-consciousness Green and hippy spiritual ego. The proper response to our inherent manipulative nature is to embrace, not deny or suppress. Own your nature, don't let it move into your shadow and then own you instead. That'll increase your consciousness and make you a more well-rounded and integrated human being. It's easy to think you're above when you're below. You'd be very likely to think that you don't manipulate others/reality if you have low consciousness. It's called the pre/trans fallacy. You should always strive to transcend by inclusion - not exclusion - in order to achieve the maximum growth possible and actualize your full potential.

Makes sense. But then again, there are many more dissatisfied people who never go down that path even though it's right in front of them. My very first direct contact with the emptiness of life was right after I finished the 9th grade. I was so eager to come back home and play video games for the whole summer. At least that's how I was thinking for the whole time before that. Then, to my surprise, 15 minutes in, and I'm bored. It all felt pointless. All the waiting and the joy I was anticipating, it just felt empty, completely devoid. Then I became serious about religion, until I got here.

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I'm the most dedicated slave there is. The difference is that I'm just awake.

@Raptorsin7 That's the question.

Curiosity. Good marketing for a fairly good product.

Do that enough, and then we'll talk.

You're totally lost in the illusion of the self-help religion. Sorry! Just a band aid to help people continue the rest of the rituals of working for the bigger heads (non-conspiracy-wise). Oh, the deep illusion. It's evolving. Isn't it nice? God is The King, after all. What king would not have people working for Him?! This polishing and fetishization is necessary for Him to rule over you. https://stunningmotivation.com/self-improvement-principles/ 1. Think Long-Term 2. Make Learning a Habit 3. Plan Ahead 4. Work Your Way to the Top 5. Build Productive Habits 6. Focus on the Process 7. Learn the Lessons 8. Take Care of Your Body 9. Take Care of Your Mental Health 10. Help and Inspire Others More like the ten commandments for you to work for me. Become a better worker, so that I can become a more lazier boss. Work harder, so that I can work softer. Inspire others! What's better than more devoted competitive workers?! (But see, you should be capable of handling and taking on a lot of work pressures, even though somehow there's still unemployment). I'll give you incentives, you'll get a raise and a promotion. Isn't that the best thing you could ever dream of?!

Self-help is the new global religion. Basically, anyone who's had access to the internet from an early age is subscribed to it, but without them knowing. The values of self-help are all across the board anywhere you go. Everyone subscribes to them subconsciously in this materialistic world, but only a few realize that. Skeptical? Try saying to anyone that working hard is a bad thing and see their reaction. You'll get insight into the bigger heads in this world.

@ShardMare Emotions (both positive and negative) are identity blocks. I mean they are blocks in the sense that they make up your identity, like blocks make up buildings. So whatever conditioning you have right now, is a result of thoughts that became so unconscious that they turned into emotions that you either chase or try to avoid, but never truly feel. That includes things like your habits, thought patterns, attachments, likes and dislikes, etc. If you want to change the way you are conditioned, you will have to face those emotions. Or vice-versa, if you do actually face those emotions, your identity will start to change.

Fascinating!