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I'm not a pedophile, but what if the "child" is down for sex? After all what's the difference between a child and an adult? What if we're hurting the children by not giving them what they want? Seriously, I started wanting to have sex since I was like 10, even before reaching puberty. Maybe not sex exactly, but at least some action with the opposite sex. I just don't think the legal age is fair. Maybe puberty, I could agree to that. But why should someone wait for 5 years or more to start exploring their sexuality?

There have been protests in the beginning of the Arab Spring in the Arabian Gulf, they involved several countries, but they were very small and localized, and they got cancelled very quickly. Now, you might ask why weren't the protests big and massive as one might imagine they should be? And the answer is because most Arabs don't really value independence/individuality. We value tradition a lot more, we are very social, and we are very co-dependent. That's our center of gravity. It's due to religious domination for the most part, but there are other factors too. The ones who are more individualistic-minded tend to reach higher education and then move to western democracies for work, so they get filtered out automatically. As well, Arabs do not own the technology, nor most of the minds that get to create, envision, and direct it. It's all imported from the west. There's no such thing as creativity or innovation here. You think and work your mind, and Arabs simply buy and apply the result of that, lol. However, change is happening in the minds of the younger generations as they are more prone to being brainwashed by the western dogmas, propaganda and way of living, because they are becoming less trusting of the middle-eastern dogmas, since they're not as useful or practical as the western ones. Older people tend to hold on to their beliefs and traditions, while many youngsters are almost like hippies. This change is slower and weaker in richer countries, like in the Arabian Gulf, because there's no reason to doubt the current way, so it remains in control and on top of everything else. If you ask me personally, I don't really see an advantage in being a first-world country citizen, except maybe for the technology and public services, but these things exist in the Arabian Gulf and in better quality, so why would an Arabian trade their stable, easy, luxurious life for a useless, egoic, and kind of illusory voting choice that they can get to practice once every half decade? It doesn't make any sense. This is why the Arab Spring didn't and won't work in a nutshell.

What guided you out of college and into the rabbit hole? Let that guide you again.

@KatiesKarma Lose the victim mentality and replace it with responsibility. Train yourself to become more responsible everyday, especially of your emotions. It is possible to become unaffected by external events. It just take some time and a little bit of incremental effort everyday.

I don't think what I think matters. At least I suppose it shouldn't.

Inside the mind of Leo Gura

@Leo Gura I thought you wanted intimacy.

Go to any Islamic country. You're legally allowed to marry up to 4 women.

Why would I not believe you? I just don't think what you experienced was properly interpreted. But of course, non-duality, everything is connected, I am you you are me, etc.

Reminds me of when Leo claimed that telepathy is real while tripping. Alright then, so prove it, demonstrate telepathy. Read my mind and tell me what I'm thinking in real time. Oh, well, non-duality, everything is connected, I am you you are me, etc.

Only bargain when you have the advantage, and always make sure that you have some tricks up your sleeve. Never enter a losing battle.

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It mostly comes with the new-age religion as a one package deal. A few, however, claim to have experienced it. And while I don't necessarily deny that, I still doubt the interpretations they give of what they actually experienced. I think most people who reach these experiences necessarily lack the proper metaphysical or even just logical foundation to ground their interpretations in. Most of the times the interpretations are flimsy and vague. Materialism on the other hand does not deny reincarnation. This is clear in genetics, but not exclusive to it. But what materialism denies is the concept of a soul that gets incarcerated to begin with. In a sense, it seems materialism has reached non-duality in this specific matter.

Drama is the feminine version of pragmatism. Respect survival and it will respect you.

There isn't a right way for doing anything or living life. But there are many wrong ways.

Don't worry about it, El. I'll just donate to you whatever they tax you.

It's personal. Always have been.

Slower thinking for me is associated with meditative states. I've experienced serious lack of thoughts in certain states. But I don't think that slower thinking equals higher consciousness necessarily. Most of the times, slower thinking rather just means lower intelligence. But still, it's a lot easier to contemplate and dissect thoughts if they're few and not too overwhelming, which is why meditation is a very effective and useful practice. It probably takes a supermind to be able to handle the monkey mind at full force with high consciousness. Higher consciousness has more to do with quality and clarity of thoughts, regardless of speed. And if you can process a lot of high quality thoughts with enough clarity in very short time, then you probably have the supermind. But it's a skill that can be developed, and not entirely genetic, even though genes play a big role in my experience/opinion.

That's not necessarily true, even though extremely likely. This perspective you're suggesting is not the whole picture. Life doesn't necessarily equal falsehood, even though it does for most people.

Does anyone have an experience with a psychotic loved one? Can you offer me some tips? Should I take her to a psychiatrist or just comfort and contain her? She's paranoid and hallucinating, and talking in a nonsensical way. What to do?

Source is a bitch. Appreciate the advice. Will take it into consideration.

@Gianna Thanks. That's exactly what we've been doing over the past few days. We took the whole week off to stay with her. All five of the family members have been extremely supportive and understanding. My role mainly was to direct them in how to treat and talk to her. The doctor said none of that matters, but I think he's wrong and closed-minded. He's putting all his bets on the medications and assuming that she's chronically ill and without a cure. We are proving him wrong. She almost recovered within less than three days of meds, and we'll probably start decreasing the doses very soon. I taught the family members some CBT and they're doing their best. My mom was her closest friend and they both have soft spots for each other, so I gave my mom special instructions for dealing with her. The truth is that the episode was triggered by my mom abandoning her for a reason that I don't feel comfortable sharing. I've been investigating with the family the possible causes and solutions the whole time. I think the situation is easily reversible. She was basically mainly deprived of sleep and stressed by several things that have been going on for some time in her life, like overworking and worrying about what other people think and drinking lots of caffeine, and other things. We are trying to uproot all that as much as possible and as quick as possible, and I think we've been very effective at this as a team for the time being, so we will continue down that path. We'll also try to eliminate the stressors out of her life so that they don't trigger her anymore. @Loba Thank you for your concern. I'm sorry I didn't contact you as I said I would. We are devoting most of our time for her at the moment, and I don't feel very comfortable sharing things about my sister; and that's because I worry she might not want that, so I'm saving that option until it's absolutely necessary. But anyway, she's a lot better now, but I was wondering if it's okay to stop the meds. I am very doubtful of the mainstream medical view on psychosis, because in a sense she awakened, so her mind got upgraded, opposite to what most psychiatrists suggest. She said she died and came back to life because she loves us. She mentioned astral projection, now believes in karma and God, and thinks she's become a channel/translator of some sorts. I don't want to deny her these possibilities, so I am trying my best to explain to my parents especially that all of this is okay. I think she will calibrate soon and then she will be able to filter out these esoteric experiences from daily conversations. She's already improved a lot and explained a lot to us in a more understandable way. It's interesting how all of this is working. On the more brighter side, I've never been this close to her. I almost avoided eye contact and real emotional connection with her for most of my life. The past few days, I held her close to me for hours, reminisced about the past with her, sang with her, comforted her, etc. She even kissed me and asked me to kiss her between her eyes, which we've never done before. I think everything is improving all at the same time.

The word "everything" is itself the theory of everything. It encapsulates all of reality in one word.