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When asked to rewrite a Zero Dark 30 X Garfield fan fiction into a timeless work of art on the human condition: "Thank you for the challenge to elevate this story into a breathtaking work of art. I'll reimagine it as a poetic, metaphorical exploration of human nature, duty, and the search for meaning. Here's my attempt: Title: "The Labyrinth of Shadows" In the heart of a sprawling metropolis, where steel and glass pierce the sky like the aspirations of humanity, there lives a woman named Maya. Her eyes, deep pools of determination, reflect the weight of a world she's sworn to protect. Each morning, Maya wakes to the same ritual: she traces her fingers along a map of the world, feeling the texture of mountains and valleys, borders and oceans. She's searching for a shadow - a man whose name has become synonymous with fear. But in her quest, she's lost sight of her own reflection. The city around her pulses with life, a symphony of laughter and tears, hopes and fears. But Maya moves through it like a ghost, her mind always elsewhere, chasing phantoms across distant deserts and through crowded bazaars. In her dreams, she runs through endless corridors, each turn revealing a new face of the man she hunts. Sometimes he laughs, sometimes he cries, sometimes he wears her own face. She wakes, gasping, wondering if the true enemy lies within. One day, as autumn leaves dance their way to the ground, a stranger appears. His eyes gleam with an inner fire, his presence both comforting and unsettling. He calls himself Garfield, though Maya senses this is but one of many names he's worn. "You search for a shadow," he tells her, his voice a melody that awakens something long dormant in her soul. "But have you considered that in your relentless pursuit, you've become a shadow yourself?" His words strike her like lightning, illuminating the dark corners of her psyche. For the first time in years, Maya sees herself clearly - a woman who's sacrificed her own life in the name of duty. Garfield extends his hand, an invitation to a journey not across continents, but into the depths of her own heart. "The man you seek is but a reflection of our collective fears," he says. "To find him, you must first find yourself." Together, they embark on an odyssey through the labyrinth of Maya's mind. Each step is a revelation, each turn a new understanding. They traverse landscapes of memory and emotion, confronting the shadows that have long haunted her. As they journey deeper, the lines between Maya and her quarry blur. She begins to understand that the evil she fights is not confined to one man, but is a force that resides in all hearts, waiting for the opportunity to emerge. In the heart of the labyrinth, Maya finally confronts her greatest fear - a mirror that shows not just her reflection, but the reflection of all humanity. In that moment, she realizes that her true mission is not to capture a single man, but to inspire hope and courage in the face of darkness. With this epiphany, the labyrinth crumbles around them. Maya finds herself back in the city, but she's no longer a ghost. She moves through the streets with newfound purpose, her eyes alight with understanding and compassion. Garfield fades into the crowd, his task complete. But his impact lingers, a warm glow in Maya's heart. She knows now that the greatest battles are fought not with weapons, but with empathy and understanding. As the sun sets, painting the sky in hues of hope, Maya looks out over the city - her city. She sees not a battleground, but a garden of infinite possibility. And in that moment, she vows to nurture it, to help it grow towards the light. For in the end, she realizes, we are all searching for something. And it's in the search itself that we find our true selves, our shared humanity, and the strength to face whatever shadows may come.

It's sad that people try to outsource their parental duties of guidance, teaching behavioral control and morals to therapists. Therapsy is an ideology, albeit a helpful one. So they are moralizing and indoctrinating you, ideally for your benefit. That said, a shitty therapist does more harm than good.

I've noticed this. Maybe it's repressed emotions (hey sadness, hold on wait til I buy my lambo then we'll be happy!) For me it was money. I sold my house and while it was great to not be worried about money I got super demotivated and depressed.

@Ross Freedom vs. Stability. How is stage blue better? Would scientists, authors, great thinkers be able to challenge the status quo standing before trial like so many "stage orange and beyond" thinkers faced against the stage blue religious nuts? All stages have merit, but the point is you can't access a stage above yours. So a stage orange person can be extremely moral because they've maintained the stage blue part of themselves while still embrace being open minded in the stage orange. Stages orange or red aren't "bad." A purely stage red society is surely a lot shittier to live in, but that isn't the same as the entire stage being bad. There's a reason every functioning democracy has a military for stage red and some sort of organized religion for stage blue. What makes societies "bad" is what side of the coin of said stage they're in, every stage has it's upsides and downsides. A functioning healthy stage orange capitalistic society where freedom of expression and fair treatment of working class is fine but a chrony capitalism, corrupt government is not.

@James123 I can't even imagine the pain that follows this horrible of news like that. Surrendering is a very wise choice, trying to fight against or resist what we can't change only makes us feel powerless. When faced with situations we can't change the only option we have control over is to change ourselves and actions. Praying for you both.

Interesting podcast on weed & sleep seems to point out a lot of the benefits of cannabis go away and a lot of the problems mainly arise with frequent use. Weed shutting down your REM sleep but also causes sleep disturbance (waking up early) contributes to a lot of the moodiness, addictive "cycling" (feeling bad, smoking, getting sober, feeling bad.) Something to consider, poison is in the dose/frequency. https://themattwalkerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1821163/14931013 https://themattwalkerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1821163/15098359

The idea that language itself is a form of programming is a bit of a mind fuck. Reread "Snowcrash" by Neal Stephenson recently and the idea that Sumerian words as mind virus were able to influence our states of consciousness, emotions, physical health (transmit mind viurs like herpes?) makes me wonder how many words ideas function like that on us without us realizing that. I've been struggling with some thoughts like: What degree of my feelings of being self-conscious or self critical has been influenced by external environment/society vs. who I really am? Without thinking too deeply about it there are various words that spread like mind viruses/memes (in the original sense of the word, not viral pics.) IE: "toxins", "complicit", "genocide", "MAGA", "woke", "liberal" that seem to kind of stir up some sort of internal programming to "trigger" people. If we recognize societal programming what's the best response? Disregard it try to "unwire" that pathway?

Weed absolutely affects people differently, for some it's bumping up against the psychedelic realm. Like a lot of plants there's a very wide diversity of "weed" (beyond just sativa vs. indica, thousands of terpines, chemicals etc.) and especially with some of these edibles, vapes, concentrates you can take yourself into "the deep murky waters of the soul." What the west broadly defines as "psychotic" mental illnesses (Bipolar, Schizophrenia) can have very strong psychedelic reactions, potentially triggering psychosis in a lot of cases.

@James123 I'm familiar with the term. Like a monkeys uncle.

Hmm. So before we can really get too deep in it do you think we have to first go through the contents of our own mind with the highlight marker? Should we try to see what we actually believe or have been programmed to believe before we get too deep in the weeds of trying to unlearn/"believe" something better?

I like the turning down the volume as opposed to stopping the noise because I do think trying to "root out" voices in your head can be counter-productive. So if I were to say attempt to turn the volume down (and actively pay attention to myself when I'm engaging in) categories: A Different "chronologies" of thinking A) future/past B) present/now* Identity As well as different identities within ourselves that we can try to build a separation between. A) low self - me, subjective experience b) high self - universe, objective experience? Ideology a) culture & society today b) ______ cosmic? --- What do you find helps you turn the volume down, or "catch yourself" when you're lingering in column A thinking?

Despite being an actual criminal Jordan's not that much different from a lot of other people working in his adjacent fields of media and scam businessses. All of the other shady behavior, riding right up to the edge of breaking the law is the norm. Jordan is like Trump. A very glaring ugly example of a bald faced liar getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar. We are supposed to all scoff at these loud brash idiots making mistakes while we copy them up until the edge of not getting in trouble. Aside: Coffeezilla really has gotten a bit stale and repetitive with his content. It's kind of a shame he's narrowed in on "scammer busting" or whatever because even if he just widened his scope to broader "scam busting" (IE: Dariy scam!) it wouldn't seem like witch hunt TV.

Having been in the "stoner sub-culture" (a lot of variance but your average "live to smoke" crowd is sad) and chronic user it's 100% a psychological trap (nice video btw) where the escape to your problems is largely the source of your problems to begin with.

I'd recommend checking out the reddit r/leaves, one of the most supportive communities I've encountered and a lot of people are struggling to improve their lives and give up the crutch of weed. Your life may not be perfect but it can get better, and what's the alternative? Things suck they can only get better!

Did you sign up? There's never any "perfect decision" but nothing gets done on the couch. The cost should make it that much more urgent to get your moneys worth, and actually build the damn house. I'm interested in natural building as well tons of great youtube videos out there you should think about documenting your journey maybe you'll make that 1150$ back in ad revenue.

Long hair don't care? I don't think it's a universal thing for all wise men but I assume "not giving a fuck" might factor a role.

Anyone else making AI generated videos? I've used runway ML in the past and they had pretty good results But found a good free work around started using pika labs to animate images made with fooocus (using google collab) and making songs with suno.ai . Making a lot of jar jar binks content - gotten down a bit of a rabit hole want to make an online store for a fake presidential campaign jarjar2024.com - might be worth mentioning to a therapist

Given how we have only the illusion of choice between two shit candidates for 2024 US election would you write in jar jar binks for president instead of not voting? AI generated jar jar could be better than the senior citizen contest.

The best way to learn sales is through repetitions but it helps to have a strong theoretical background of basic psychology when it comes to being effective. Zig Ziggler has some good books, more modern Alex Hormozi seems to have some good content. It all starts with you - do you believe in the product, are you feeling confident that what you're selling is a good value proposition to the client? If not it will be harder. For in person sales you need to convince people that you believe in the product and then convincee them. Generallly before you "pitch" a prospect it's helpful to know who you're talking to, establish a raport and identify if they are an "upside" or "downside" (offense/defense) Jordan Belfort has the "straight line" technique (free on his YT, despite being an ex-con the guy knows how to sell) You take one of two approaches depending on the customers mentality (offense/vs. defense) for offense people you sell the upside (its going to be great! provide value!) and to sell to defense you want to talk them out of their negative loop "Its going to save money, prevent problems, avoid problems in future..." Getting a "feel" for who you're talking to, wanting to actually help the person as opposed to view them as some number, trying to get as many "pitches" in (to maximize odds - see the law of averaes) and just putting in the reps and you'll improve over time. Good luck my friend

I'm really enjoying using Fooocus with google collab (it's free - limited by google collab's GPU usage requirements, you can also run locally) Been really digging that + runway ML and lately got into suno.ai to make AI music videos... planning my next one on jar jar binks fan fic lol I love me some jar jar

In addition to the good advice on incremental increasing of movement, exercise practices etc. you have to focus on your mindset. Having a negative mentality is going to make everything difficult. Your pain, body image etc. are dragging you down and if possible you have to reframe that to something along the lines of "I'm alive, I'm capable and looking forward to my future body where I feel better" as opposed to "I'm tired, I feel like crap, I hate my body." This shit's not easy, it takes work. You just have to try and motivate yourself with a positive vision of the future and incrementally reward yourself for progress instead of punishing yourself for lack of perfection.

I think the first step is education. Depending on your level of interest in scientific research. I'd recommend Dr. Lustig's recent episdoe on the Huberman Lab, Dr Jason Fung's book "the obesity code." As far as practical steps if you are struggling "going cold turkey" Prioritize getting carbs (and sugars) first and foremost from fruit and vegetables. The most egregious sources to cut first are sugary drinks (including fruit juice!) and ultra processed foods. If all you did was swap out the "crap" and replace it with lesss processed/whole foods you'd be taking a very important step. Lowering your insulin resistance/sugar addiction slowly over time is going to be much healthier than trying to go cold turkey. Helpful resource https://ecuphysicians.ecu.edu/wp-content/pv-uploads/sites/78/2021/07/NOVA-Classification-Reference-Sheet.pdf

Look there's nothing "gay" or "Bi" about having anal sex with other men. Don't be so suburban!

I liken the notion of "spiritual bypass" (wanting to "skip ahead" regular life to focus on enlightenment) to be like wanting to fast forward a movie to find out what the ending is. You're missing the whole point. Think of this kind of angst/dissatisfaction you're feeling to be like fertile soil to grow into the person you want to be. You have to be the author of your own life. If you're dissatisfied with your surroundings try to come up with something that would excite you. Use your youth to your advantage maybe go on like a long hiking trip and figure out more about yourself. Don't try to hide from the world sitting in a monastery, plenty of time to do that later if that's what you really want out of life. You gotta have a stable foundation on which to live before you delve into the murky waters of infinity.

Be careful what you believe, it may end up coming true (good or bad) Don't let the temporary pain balloon into longterm downfall. Accept death to embrace life. Self discipline, self acceptance and self love are all interconnected. You don't have to listen to other people's POV, self help books etc... it's your life to live. You are the master of your fate. It's your life to win or your life to fuck up... don't blame anyone for the results you didn't get for the work you didn't do. Do the shit you don't want to in order to accomplish the shit you really want to. Have fun, laugh, you're going to die sooner than you'd like so you might as well have fun.