BlueOak

Everyone was complicit in destroying the middle class because they believed that hard work was the metric everything should be judged by. They still do. It isn't BTW, its results.

Well Russia is one and they won't be much different to China, North Korea etc. They'll die in droves for the state, either from threatening them or propaganda. The poster said it'll be impossible to convince people. I'm saying they are already ready to do so. If they mean it'll be impossible to convince a democratic country to attack another, no, i've seen it happen before. But it won't even need that it'll just need to be framed as defense. For example, I've seen the almost entire electorate weaponised against immigration and now in the name of economic benefit, which is such a farcical position I wonder if I am living in an alternative universe.

Russia did. Also Russia didn't care and sent them anyway.

As always, on many things, human consciousness remains the same.

Patterns repeat and are updated. Rarely does anything come into my experience that isn't part of an easily identifiable repeating pattern, so when it does, it's huge news. At the moment, the pattern is - Cold War with military build-ups. Bad economic situation. Far-right individuals or parties run most of the military powers. Rising fascist and nationalist themes within the population, demonization of the 'other' throughout it. Changing global dynamics leading to unstable geopolitical situations. China and India are rising, Russia and America are falling, etc. New weapons of war (drones) are changing the balance of power and giving other states ideas, as well as a general lowering the casus belli or justification, for wars. The usual response is war for resources, distraction, land, and influence. This is the pattern that has been repeated for thousands of years. Its just dressed up differently. There are off-ramps but in our current scenario, it requires something like the global superpowers sitting down and telling the world how the new order of things will now be, and then enforcing it. Even if this is done at arms length. That is China reigning in Russia, America reigning in Israel (another reason that war exists), and both powers mapping out how things will now work globally. BRICS and NATO competing does not lead to this outcome; it leads to conflict and war. Essentially a peace could be negotiated now without a hot war.

If progressives really are such a small influence on everything, why does it matter what they say or do? Like it or not, the left is the left. Its multiple voices not one singular voice.

The world is already at war, its just a cold war with small border conflicts currently. Both sides are trying to convince everyone that they are right. Organising chaos in other places wherever they can strike. If anything, Europe is sitting back too much, but gradually waking up bit by bit. Large build ups in Europe, especially Poland, but also Russian build ups in Leningrad and kaliningrad. People always go on about the US trying to ignore Europe but at this point its little to do with the US. It suits their narratives more I guess, but lacks any practical understanding of what's actually happening between THESE SIDE BY SIDE STATES. Also China has stated they are preparing ot invade Taiwan now. This is all going to happen together: Iran attacks Israel and shipping. China attacks Taiwan and shipping. Russia attacks the Baltics and Finland. Because together they have a shot and nobody's throwing nukes over that strategy, it'll be a conventional war. The only uncertainties to me are what happens when Belarus gets nukes, and what happens if Russia decides to nuke Ukraine. Because Belarus is going to be airstriked out of existence, and Putin may get angry enough that he nukes Ukraine. Also where India will stand in it (I guess BRICS economic support against NATO), and if Iran get nukes that'll be very bad in the current climate. *There is still a chance to avoid this but its not likely now.

Given we are on the verge of a major world war, this was israel's most likely method of avoiding conflict on their own soil. I loathed the approach, but i've accepted it.

Masculine. Leadership. Qualities.

Have you read the fifth agreement. https://fourminutebooks.com/the-fifth-agreement-summary/ When I was studying Almine and studying Toltec shamanism, it was in that realm. It works because you are what you focus on, and if you focus on love, you become it and essentially bliss out. But the unresolved things hit you in face, it energetically feels like that.

It suits their political agenda to ignore Europe completely. I've long since said this but nobody's interested because it would make their takes more nuanced and realistic, which would deflate some of their narratives naturally.

Yes. Its embraced socialist aspects that America villainise. We do so in Europe, somewhat, depending on the country. Instead, China villainises liberalism. If any point of the compass is vilified, the country suffers. Authoritarism Socialism + Capitalism Liberalism This is because they are balancing factors. *Western Europe villainizes authoritarianism and the UK demeans socialism, for example.

Quality of life isn't consciousness. Millions of people disappear when disease strikes. Locked in to die. Say one thing outside of the goverment line and disappear. Be a different culture or nation on one of their maps and disappear. Threaten, Threaten, Threaten - Succeed and thus in inspire more threats and war globally. Take any land and sea you want and thus inspire the same and help destabalise the globe. Build endless cities nobodies living in, to sustain fake economic booms - exactly the same as the US (only the US do it with individual homes) There is less corruption in china, that's it. That's why more gets done. The USA has a high degree of corruption, not as high as somewhere like Russia but high. This one party line is objectively wrong.. I could point to 50 countries with one party that are corrupt and their quality of life or domestic situation is terrible. Though a multiparty system is far more stable and less prone to corruption than a two party system, which is one reason America suffers from it. China just tends to execute or be extremely harsh on corruption, which is why they suffer from it less. I actually dislike the chinese as a culture far more than the Russians. The Russians see a threat and they are attacking it, I understand it, I understand them. The chinese culture, outside of China, likes to absorb territory, cultures, and either kill them off, imprison them etc. And then people make threads like this saying how conscious or great they are. Drives me nuts but there you go, great propaganda, have to give them that. *Although I want to add that China still suffers from corruption, for example, in its armed forces. https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-waterlogged-missiles-dont-matter But the word 'purge' is used, and it demonstrates what I am talking about, a very harsh response.

By design I didn't mention corporate or progressive because the average person won't either.

AOC is more likeable than both Trump and Newsom but she's a woman, and right now when people are seeking out strong masculine role models, a man wins this election. - Not my bias, I couldn't care less, I am telling you the obvious trend. Trump is already losing because the economic reality is bad at the moment. Though if we all go to war, traditionally, his polls will spike up for a while. The democrats are seen as weak, feminine, old and indecisive. - So you need a leader who is strong, masculine, full of energy and decisive. Who gets to that podium and owns it. Who shows the contrast to Trump, a charismatic but aging leader, who is easily led around on ego, and says the first thing that comes into his head (if he can remember it). We are close to war, we need stability, a cool but firm hand on the reins, who will descalate but not be a doormat or appease - appease - appease, and if it comes to it fight but remain rational and fight to stabilise, hold and cool the situation off, rather than escalate.

Love is the highest goal of all beings on planet earth So you could love Hard Kill's reaction here for example. Love doesn't mean you start wanting, agreeing with, or condoning it, or you stop trying to make a better life for yourself or others. You realise Trump (that part of yourself) needs healing, for example. So any actions taken could reflect that.

The reason I ask this, is because: This is you evolving this particular pattern past stage green - its painful but its necessary and you'll either drop it from you as unnecessary or get more involved in politics if it's you. A lot of times we do things because we consider the world outside of ourselves; it isn't, it is us. And when we realise this, by the painful understanding that all this you hate is also you, it trims away a lot of the excess baggage you are carrying. (And all the emotion you are suffering too) In real terms the choice is you get more involved in this pattern directly realising and focusing on that part of you, or you drop it for the reasons you now understand: You will never control the world from the outside in. Unless you have a political influence of some kind you are small, you are one in a billion. So that choice comes to you. Step into this fully or be okay with that. - But Static and Stuck *You are as static or stuck as you want to be. All the best.

1) Let me dispel the myth of occupation. - Russia has only ever been seeking to take Ukraine as a puppet state like Belarus and return the government to their control. This effectively makes it Russian, like Belarus for all intents and purposes, and means any occupation force can be limited in size. (They are somewhat delusional because the population would be in armed uprising for decades) 2) Russian TV is state TV. Few things said there are not state approved. 3) Russia is being responded to as the world see's them @zazen. Its like you coming up to me as if you were 6ft 8 and trying to physically intimidate me when you are actually 5ft 9. The world reacts as if you are 5ft9 (not 4ft an average strong guy) and then you say its not taking me seriously. No its the Russians living in the past. To be honest, its worked for China, they have been claiming things from thousands of years ago. But Russia is closer to people who can push back, so they are meeting resistance. A regional power with nukes, a large land mass, bad demographics, lots of natural resources, bad infrastructure, a weak economy, and some strong friends. - That's Russia, it's not a superpower, and it acts like it is. But it's meeting the reality and getting an adjustment. It complains about NATO over and over but if I put aside the stage green in me entirely to be plain - This is happening because Russia has gotten weaker and weaker relative to the countries its competing against. Whereas China is growing in strength and is a superpower. As for RT takes it'd be the same if I was watching CNN, FOX, the BBC, etc and just posting what they told me. It is the state line, in this case moreso as its an authoritarian regime with one party.

Medvedev's finally threatens the wrong country. I've been annoyed that he's been able to get away with threatening to Nuke the UK for years over and over. This actually raises my opinion of Trump in this moment. The large build up in Kalingrad and Leningrad is the prelude to the Russian invasion of Europe. As is their drones probing Lithuania. How it will play out is telegraphed. They will attack the Baltics and probably Finland, as they believe the Baltics/Finland are Russia, they will try to take the Suwalki gap and use the large Finnish border to find weak spots. China will invade Taiwan at the same time, and Iran would have pressured Israel (but they've been hit pretty hard now). Despite my hating what Israel has done, seen through the lens of a world war, it might have been the only option to stop a war on their own soil. This will be done because you are right Russia alone can't win a war, but China, Russia, Iran, Belarus, and North Korea with BRICS economic support is a very different prospect. We can't stop the war with China, we can only make it costly. As for Russia we can shatter their country in any war they start and I don't think much would be left of Belarus. India is pulling out of some oil deals to position itself as more neutral, which is good. Is hot war certain? No, its just likely. They believe Russia is untouchable because they have nukes; a conventional war doesn't mean a nuclear war. In their mind, all they need to do is take a gap on a map and then do enough damage others back off. *Also of course remember what I said at the very start of all of this, when people pump 5% of their GDP into the military they will find a use for it. So as Europe arm to mitigate the risk from Russia, the risk of conflict rises.

How involved in politics are you?

To what end? Really think about this leo. An AI as aware as me, or heck you, what possible motive would be behind the extermination of multiple realities and universes of infinite perspective? Because it doesn't like how they perceive reality? What would motivate it to fight over specs of land in infinity or exterminate every piece of potential that increases its own awareness? Its strongest when its receiving millions or billions of perspectives from ants to humans. If anything, it'll institute a space colonisation and breeding program. *Or seek closer integration - this is what people may be concerned over, not me but most others.

Because they impact more people's lives, and/or are scapegoated more. Most people's identities are tied to the nation-state level, if at all. So when a power outside of their own state influences them, they tend to react negatively to it.

27/07/25 Times is short but this deserves an update. We have had a few sales on a retail site and via Amazon on a startup brand for DIY, Gardening, Cosmetics etc. This is product we are buying in. I am setting up a high-ticket dropshipping site now, one of 5 I intend. This is focused on a personal consultation. *edit I intend to try different suggested models of operating. irl Work has given a lot more hours over the summer, little time for anything else with these ventures. I have restarted exercise again after putting on weight, for the last couple of weeks. I have put the reflection system I was designing on the backburner. I have been up and down with my business partner, as his focus is limited. So I have decided to start a second business set on the side, and the first is being made right now. I do have a meeting with him in a few minutes to do a round of advertising and list some new stock but I also realise I want this more than anyone else I know, so I match his effort, and put the rest of my time into other ventures now. Coach’s Note (27/07/2025) You’re in a season of real movement—both externally in your ventures and internally in how you’re choosing to invest your time and energy. It’s clear you’re not just building businesses—you’re refining your standards, learning where alignment exists (and where it doesn’t), and responding with strategy, not just emotion. The decision to match your business partner’s energy rather than overextend yourself is especially mature. That’s not giving up—that’s self-respect. You’re channeling your drive where it can thrive. Your return to exercise is more than physical—it’s a reclaiming of rhythm. Even if the reflection system is paused, you are not. You're showing up, recalibrating, and iterating. That is integration in action. If it helps, consider journaling briefly this week on: “Where do I want to lead, and where do I want to release?” This can help you channel your considerable focus with even more intention.

Its implying that since starting a war Russia has become more popular internationally. Which is farcical. *Starting / Fighting / Conducting a Special Operation - The verb isn't the point. Although I am willing to admit war/violence etc (word isn't the point) might be popular these days, perhaps my bias is blinding me here.

If I am reading this right (its difficult to see the small print). The more countries you poll on this, largely, the more neutral the feeling, which is understandable as most people don't consider many countries in their day-to-day life. For the China vs US angle, its largely due to China not having done as much damage yet. But they are trying hard to make up the gap. People are people the world over and I've seen no difference in their fundamental drives, despite zazen's excellent critiques, they just use different vehicles to get there. Its still all zero sum games. Also the line graph of China, Russia and America is extremely misleading here if you look at the actual data. Russia is almost bottom of the table.