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Another subtle observation - thoughts create our consciousness: Our thoughts about reality create our happiness and consciousness to a large extend. If I thought differently about reality I would have a different state of consciousness about it. I could be in ecstasy right now if I had the right thoughts about reality. Not a new information perhaps but when you observe it directly it becomes very insightful. Thats kind of the second insight about this insight, that the difference between knowing and directly experiencing is huge: So my initial thoughts about it are, could one engineer a kind of thought system that would put one in a positive state of consciousness all the time? Is the situation a human is in possible to contextualize in a positive way all the time or is there no way to avoid calling out harsh "realities"? What would be its limits? Is god necessary for a positive thought system? How is a positive thought system already established? Could this meta realization be the key to built a thought system from the buttom up?

And I dont see a problem with Harris being a bit hollow. Of course it would be great if she were very intelligent and had her own positive vision but in this case if she follows group think and her advisors that just means okayish decisions will be made as most bad ones will be filtered out. So missteps are unlikely.

I think you fell for Trumps fear mongering. He makes claims about how much in a rot society is and how much it will go to shit with inflation, wars, immigration and that he is the only solution to these problems. He makes you fearful so that you vote for him.

You need to read the whole thread.

I recently discovered a bit of a passion for writing theatre plays - well at least parts of theatre plays. I often come up with certain scenes that could have a very strong effect but out of my chill creative spirit doesn't rise anything beyond that. It's still fun to write parts though and maybe if I collect enough parts I can intelligently put them together into one play. So here we go: Play - Unloved, Unf+cked and Untouched: Scene 1: (String lights and candles tenderly illuminate the dark decorated room.) // A couple freshly in love is dancing. Both dont dance perfectly but it doesnt matter. Miriam: We keep on screwing up the rotation. Edward: This time we'll get it. // they kind of get the rotation right Edward: See I told you we would get it. Miriam: Wow I am impressed. Edward: Now let's do a reverse rotation. Miriam: Okay. // They completely screw up and laugh Miriam: What was that? // kissing Edward: I might overshot a little. // kissing Miriam: Thats so you. // kissing Edward: You know I dont even care about anything anymore as long as I am with you. Miriam: I feel the same way. // intense kissing Miriam: I just had a vision for the both of us. What if... // the scene suddenly freezes as the movie was manually stopped Ben: I cant take this shit anymore. Yes this play is about me, not about them. Yeah I didnt choose to be me as well. And yes I wish just as much as you wish that we would continue to see this couple instead of a fatass like me. But here we are. Somehow this show is about a worthless fatass like me, oh god. Now go screw yourself it's the fatasses show now. // the couples runs away Scene 2: Ben: So how did I get here. I never had a girlfriend. Well I never had sex or even a kiss. Hell I cant even remember when I last got a hug. ...

Okay so in a recent thread it was discussed if porn is high or low consciousness. I would agree that most porn and being involved with it in some way is low consciousness. I might have stumbled across a pretty good counter example though. Lets just say there is certain kind of animated porn that I enjoy and usually that type of porn is created in the lowest consciousness garbage way and you feel dirty after watching it. But in this case someone created an interesting world and story with interesting characters, art and good dialogue around the sex. I didnt feel dirty afterwards I was delighted. Putting consciousness in low consciousness environments might be a very noble job in helping to raise societies consciousness. What do you think?

You mean taking the perspective of "lesser folk", contextualizing and polishing it through the lens of a higher framework (stage yellow/ turquoise) and giving credit for the partial truth they did manage to get to? For example: A stage red perspective could be: "I am gonna punch him in the face if he insults me again." Response: We as people of a society make a social contract that we give respect to each others, brute force is the very last layer we can use. You can ask him why he does it, say explicitly that you dont like this behavior or get help. You are correct however that it can be a neccessary action to resolve issues if all other steps fail.

Copy that. Stage green is more about empathy, morality comes from stage blue. Stage green has empathy for animals. But getting to the moral argument, as morality is still incorporated to some extend at higher stages of course - you can come to the conclusion that killing animals isnt absolutely wrong but maybe not the best thing to do. what does that have to with veganism? stage turquoise isnt equal to spirituality. And you have to separate the absolute from the relative. Or would it be okay for me to torture you because in the absolute sense its all love? "stage turquoise isnt equal to spirituality." what do you mean by that?

Sometimes when I contemplate I feel like I hit on something sacred. Thats the main indicator for me to dig deeper. But that feeling is more an intuition, like it has a different quality to it.

They are not making fun of pedophilia, they are making fun of how people aren't taking female pedophilia seriously. And they do it very well. This is where you can find an echo for your frustration.

There is a South Park episode which is exactly about this topic, it's called: Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy. Maybe you can find some comedic relief in that.

Porn is just a name for something. You have to say what it is that makes it low consciousness. I agree. I also agree. Depending on what people want there is less room for putting in high consciousness elements. But even with little room to play with if all elements of storytelling and world building are presented very effectively you dont need a whole bunch of it to make a compelling porn.

Do you think trying to integrate high consciousness elements into porn is counter productive for its lust factor? ( .. as porn needs to be properly imbedded into a low consciousness environment as thats where sex is happening?)

But it can be a survival adaptation to focus more on average looking girls when you know that you cant get the hot ones, as that would be a waste of energy and time.

It's possible to make pizza healthy to a point where it's not junk food at all anymore. Even if it were something in between, when you consume a lot of it that really adds up.

Of course, doing art vs watching art is always different. Which is exactly why it reaches more people than "pure art". It doesnt has to reach the same depth of course, I would just argue that it is a significant improvement to soulless porn.

Haha I wanted to say the same, how random.

The most intelligent women I know has asperger syndrome. Dont know if they are necessarily more conscious though.

Girls often aren't in the elite in many categories because their psychology seems to be a bit more well rounded and they dont neglect socialization as much, which is problematic if you want to be elite. But the elite isnt representative for averages. For example there seems to be more men geniuses but on average men and women have the same intelligence.

It's certainly an absolute truth but I dont know if it would be a super truth how Leo described it. I am contemplating how it relates to absolute truth. I like the quote.

Most things aren't super true. I couldnt find a super truth from the get-go. Gratitude could be one, I am not sure.

That the sky is blue isnt super true, that the average iq is 100 isnt super true, that chuck sneakers look fashionable isnt super true, that the earth is round isnt super true, that the earth is flat isnt super true, that Kim Kardashian has a big butt isnt super true, that lemonade is a good refresher in summer isnt super true, that crocodiles are evil isnt super true, ...

I would actually agree that fundamentalist christians would probably grow a bit smarter when trump won and had a really bad candidacy and maybe question their loyalty a little. But I dont think that even if it was really bad that all of them would suddenly let go of their christian identity because 1) trump already does a shitton of unholy things and they support him, and 2) you can find all kinds of arguments for why trump did badly even if god sent him, for example that extreme liberals stopped him or something. Fundamentalist christians are extremely close-minded. They even reject evolution theory. They would have no problem finding an excuse why trump did badly to keep their belief system. So it would be a small potential gain. But now think about all the bad shit that would happen if trump were elected, not just in America but worldwide. All the other growth that cant happen. Not worth it.

You hit a very partial truth. Only the rational mind could come up with such a narrow reasoning. Watch your gut feeling/ intuition. If you think more holistically you will see that this is a terrible idea.