Anton Rogachevski

@Leo Gura To be fair wouldn't we have to have a post with the opposite side's deception? Or are we just looking to blame Israel for everything all the time? You as a person that supposedly excels with detecting self deception must see your heavy bias against Israel, which turns almost into a toxic incitement.

@thedoorsareopen <3 From Israel. Thank you for sharing!

Same as Niv, I'd heard no ideology or politics neither in school nor the army. (I was trained as an armoured forces soldier) There is an amazing and peaceful coexistence where I live in what you call "the west bank" there are Israeli and Palestinian villages across the road from each other, and no conflict. (At least not in my area. I'm aware there are hot spots where settlers do some troubles and it really does suck, and i strongly condemn it) Dear Leo, you're view is highly skewed against Israel and I'm not surprised. What are your thoughts about Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, The Houthis, and Shia Islam in general? Are they the great and good heroes that save the world from israel and the evil west? Your blog post had conveniently ignored all the threats Israel faces and has faced from the beginning. Don't you think the Jewish people deserve a place to call home and to be safe and free? We did all we can to be fair to the native population, but they just won't play ball mostly and it is very sad that it turned out this way. Of course in an ideal world there wouldn't be nationalities and countries or borders(Just like Lennon had envisioned), but we are not there yet unfortunately.

The data unfortunately shows that most of them support hamas and the 7.10 attacks full heartedly. As shameful as B.G is, he is a response to this, and not the other way around.

Just leaving this here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyMXvAYvRD9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BSDLFVT74 A new interview with the guy

When we apply the method of deduction, saying: If i'm aware of the body - i'm not the body If i'm aware of the thoughts - i'm not the thoughts How is this method of negation not a story? How do you know that you can't be both the thoughts and be aware of them? What if you could? Why can't I be self aware? Who said i can't be both aware of the body and be the body?

Great talk. They mention a case where a virus has caused a man not to sense his body at all, and he reported feeling as if he doesn't exist: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198778875.001.0001/acprof-9780198778875

@charlie cho Thinkers at that level would not be busy discussing modern day politics, but developing the next ideological view people will be arguing about in a decade or two.

Another great talk about the origin of post-modernism. I think we really should know our history.

What first good book on basic non-duality would you recommend a rationalist that's intrested in spirituality?

Thank you guys! Good suggestions! I guess I'd better read one myself as not recommend something I'd not yet read. Yep Tao Te Ching, definitely not for beginners! Also It's not as non-dual centered, and the non-duality is only suggested ambiguously.

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/new-hypothesis-argues-the-universe-simulates-itself-into-existence?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1627614765

Spoiler alert for Leo, he says in one breath that he had never done psychedelics and has no authority to speak on the matter, and then says that psychedelics can't show you the truth.

I believe that these are two separated cases that the the Jewish people need a safe haven, and the way the nationalistic religious fantanatics are grabbing land in the west bank, while there's plenty of land elsewhere in Israel. This my friends is just piggery. Our beloved prime minister Rabin believed the same and was murdered for that by the radical right.

Because they don't demonize Israel like you love to. This Palestinian man had dared to speak against the palestinian authority and was brutally murdered by Palestinian police: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/outspoken-critic-palestinian-authority-nizar-banat-dies-after-violent-arrest-n1272286

That's absolutely not what I said. I'm against segregation, racism, nationalism, zionism land grabbing with tents kind of shit. Deeply ashamed about how things turned out. I didn't chose to be brought here by my folks, and I really wish I was more capable of immigrating the hell out of here. But I really don't like the narrative that was created around the world because of the focus on one side of things, and a lack of focus on the other side. It's easy to blame the big guy, easy to find the villain. Israel is trying its best to protect itself against terrorism while maintaining a democracy and trying its best at achieving peace. It's not an easy task at all when facing the radical islamic movements that have been terrorising Israel, and also the rest of the world for decades now.

How would you guys describe the feeling of detachment? Does indifference come to mind or are they two seperate things?

There can't be comapssion without detachment, because being attached is keeping you seperated.

Thank you! You've really shed some light on the topic. I'm guessing it's that old depression knocking on my door again, but I don't remember that feeling of almost complete indifference in the old episodes. But I did distance myself from almost everyone. (Not that I was close to that many people either way.)