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@Leo Gura What a bitter-sweet episode! I quickly grasped the principle, but it took me longer to get the momentum going. There's a subtle mental barrier to contemplating "I am wrong." It was interesting to observe when I finally broke through it. I would have added something about rationality, because when discussing with other people I usually see how they prefer to be right than to be the truthful. You can actually see this in many discussions and whether their value is for truth or for being right. So that distinction and a connection with Truth I think would have added value to the viewer. I also liked you mentioned the nature of religion, I've been studying and practicing comparative religion for some time and I always felt you could have a proper video clarifying the essence of religion, its ramifications, evolution and corruptions; so I was delighted to see you talking about Religion. I'm also interested to hear your opinions on the thorny topic of terrorism, it sounded very interesting and I'm sure I'll learn a new perspective I have never heard about. You also mentioned you were thinking how to facilitate people getting their own answers rather than giving them all the answers. I wanted to encourage you to keep contemplating on that. Some ideas came up: open ended questions at the end like in the last video (what is the ultimate trap in life?) or some kind of thought provoking question you leave in the air. Also you could use the pause to give us homework and when you comeback we discuss the results or something among the lines. I have to say an add popped up in the break, if it was you who put it in that spot I have to say it was sublime, congrats for that because it took me unguarded. You could also make questions and put a 30 second timer to contemplate, with just the question and maybe some music in the background, the logo or something like that; I'm just brainstorming to give you another perspective. Regarding the audience and how to model it, I felt the struggle! It's definetely a challenge and I see how you need some kind of assumptions about who will listen to you when talking. I came up with the following: What about designing some kind of model? Maybe a three personality types of viewers. In the same way you divided the forum, the Self-Actualizer, the Spiritual, the Psychonaut... something among these lines, identify the most prevalent archetypes among your viewers and kind of address ones or the others when talking. Do your own model, this was just a sloppy attempt to illustrate my point. About my core values, to set the record straight, I care about Intelligence, maturity, Truth, Consciousness, Love, God and Infinity, so guide me towards that. If you have to choose between saying something that breaks our friendship but would make me substantially more Conscious, hope it's a no brainer for you. Having said that, your recognition about the audience and your emotive talk also got me emotional. I know there's a lot of potential among us and you really have a great opportunity here, think of it this way, you have the chance to influence the most conscious and developed individuals on earth. This should get you so excited you can't stay sitting in your chair. This is not an exaggeration, your work will produce a ripple effect in all of humanity that you are not aware of, not directly because of you, but because of us. I'm sure you will ace this opportunity; you have lots of jewels around here! In addition, please talk more on how to bridge the existential and the human, because as you might guess by this point, this is something I've struggled with since I was first self-aware. I'm sure this year has been very difficult for you in ways I cannot understand. I know it may sound shallow and juvenile but hope your health gets better man. As I was listening to you, it felt like a legit midlife crisis, very similar to what Jung described as that moment in the life of man that splits it into two halves. I'll quote some sentences from the video which I found brilliant to end this post 30:55 34:08 36:50 2:49:16

Just today, I finished my contemplations! I knew there were still a few more insights left and an hour ago, I exhausted them. It's interesting to see that insights are like a cow, you can milk and milk but then you gotta give them a rest because no matter the effort nothing will come out. So after being satisfied with my work, I logged into YouTube and almost fell off my chair when I saw a new video... On Monday! This is getting too wild Leo What's gonna be next? A video on Thursday!??

Yes, it's good. But you also need practice and accuracy. There are different types of sprays. The ones that work for multiple oponents can also spray you if there is wind against you and they don't have much range. The ones with foam have longer range but just work with one oponent and accuracy is harder. There are many variables but it's true that hands down an spray is one of the best self-defence options. Also the laws are very light even for misuse as they are designed to be very painful and shocking in the moment but benign next morning.

The art of reducing conflict instead of making it worse. Most of the times people don't search problems, good de-escalation skills will end up most situations with no conflict. They already made up the decision to assault you before interacting with you and they are just searching an excuse to start the confrontation. In this case, de-escalation didn't work; why? Because you didn't have many options to begin with because they already took the decision to assault you. They literally got out of home with the decision made to have an altercation. This happens, particularly among violent groups.

I've been using this self-massage for years and it has been very benefitial for my health and mental clarity. Results are seen from the first time. https://youtu.be/VgrkkQkSNzw The video doesn't allow embedding

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Maybe you would benefit from it Civilized alien! You should hop into a cage and brawl with another monkey, while screaming "ooh ooh" "ah ah" and furiously beating your chest in a display of primal dominance.

@OBEler lmao that trip video made me high just by watching Definitely you shouldn't trip like a maniac but it can be an extremely life transforming experience: to become insane, forget all limits and explote in a million sensations.

That's a legit trap. Although playing the devil's advocate, I don't see how playing tennis is a skill you will need in "the real world" either. Among all invented sports, martial arts are the most connected to primal human nature and can significantly enhance your survival skills in various scenarios. Additionally, swimming is an excellent holistic sport that promotes overall health and may also improve survival skills.

Still figuring it out. In the sense of making it useful and of value to other people.

Oh, now I got it. This was the piece that I wasn't clearly seeing

Yes, but that's the exception. De-escalation will work most of the time and if it doesn't you didn't have many options to begin with

@Leo Gura De-escalation is an art in this regard, there's many literature on the subject. I'm sure this conversation has many connections in the collective sphere with wars and conflict in general now that I'm thinking about it.

There are different figther archetypes. It's true that there is a monk fighter archetype in martial arts, but don't overspiritualize everything

The less armed US civilian:

I'm interested in a state of the art video about God. The cutting edge, something among the lines of the poetry video. The message-bottle has been thrown into the sea

It is so. But how deeply do you understand the other side? I'm 2h in and is very eye opening.

Do you think personal development has made it harder for you to find a life long partner? As the difference in SD is so abrupt.

Wow, that was a real fight indeed. Hands are actually the worse part of the body to hit with, that's why gloves are worn in the first place. Kicks are better but you need flexibility and elbows are also good but you need to break the distance. There are tones of martial arts that use objects, which end up being more useful for street fighting, the best in this area is Arnis. A more specific martial art is Kendo very brutal but just uses sticks. Although since guns exist, martial arts for self-defence have become pretty useless, a knive or a gun and you are done. If you ever want to try a martial art I would recommend you BJJ, it's safe, useful, fun and a sport for intelligent people. It is. If you would like to check the most real fights, there is a company called King Of The Streets. Fights are bare knuckle, no rounds, no rest till one can't go anymore and no rules. It's not my cup of tea and I don't like the subculture, but it's good to see how humans actually fight 1vs1. I like this fight you will feel the spirit of such combats and how everything changes moment to moment; Warning it's graphic.

Ou yeah man, the good old herb. Enjoy

@Keryo Koffa You'll need to deconstruct science. You are awakening but still have lingering scientific worldviews that corrupt your sense making. I higly recommend you see Leo's video on the subject. It will blow your mind and clean everything for you so that science is not limiting you for answering questions like: What is consciousness? What is Reality? What is other? What is I? and so on

@Basman Martial arts teach you precisely that. If you train you will see how limited you actually are and you won't overstimate your capabilities on the streets. This is a common thread among practiciones, the more they practice the more they would avoid an actual fight because they know how unpredictable is a street combat.

@Yimpa Hope you post a trip report. What will be your choosen substance?

I agree. But I tried to give insights into the phenomena the individual was facing, instead of directly suggesting to: "Just keep your mouth shut". I get what you are saying and I know it's the mature river mouth where he will arrive, but in my opinion you failed to address him where he was at. Maybe I overrated screaming for the means of releasing energetic blockages. Maybe you also underrated it. Tripping peacefully and in balance is clearly the mature approach.

You are losing the point, the end is not screaming in itself. Scream can facilitate the release of the trauma and the energy. The shit to get out is not the scream, it's the trauma in the psychosoma, for that a scream can help you. It's like giving birth, you don't need to scream but for releasing it may help you. Of course, if it's screaming for its own sake and just because you're high on psychedelics that is something to mentally let go of. This is clear.