Sincerity

Probably because black is actually absence of color, not color itself. So it's not COMPLETELY arbitrary. It also reminds of the vast empty space in the cosmos. You can't imagine what is unimaginable so you imagine black or white or whatever. If you become infinitely conscious you will realize that your beliefs and intellectual insights about death are not IT. Belief that death is a belief is at best a belief.

Dare to Live with an Open Heart Closing oneself often seems like the easy way out. You experience something painful – You shut yourself down, distract yourself, do anything it takes to not look in the direction of discomfort. This is many times our automatic reaction, a knee-jerk response to pain. But this is neither fulfilling, nor truthful existence. Unfulfilling, because the pain is still there and until the unconscious reaction is changed, it is going to keep coming and stinging again and again. Sure, you can close yourself every time, but is this really the way you want to live? It’s not truthful. You’re not accepting reality as it is. You’re not seeing things clearly, as they are. What good of a life is that? It’s not worth it to be a coward. Paradoxically, the more challenging life of a hero is easier than the life of a coward. A hero takes on the difficulty of life and deals with it boldly, accepting it fully. If one doesn’t accept the challenge of life, one is assured to suffer, be weak and live in falsehood. Because the truth is that life is challenging. Whether one accepts this or not is a choice for them to make, but this fundamental principle is not up for debate. Awareness and acceptance of this fact definitely makes life easier. It is ALWAYS better to accept than not accept. Of course this doesn’t mean a person should put up with unnecessary suffering. As the saying goes: Change the things you can change, accept the things you can’t and have wisdom to know the difference. The difficulty of life is something certain. Therefore, the wise thing to do is to say yes to it. Living with an open heart is a confident YES to reality itself. Only great men are eager to meet this challenge. For them it isn’t just acceptance – it is EMBRACE of difficulty and suffering. A deep LOVE for real growth as spiritual beings. Devotion to going beyond their edge. Everyone is a hero of their lives. But not all realize that. The correct response to the sometimes overwhelming effort life requires from you to be the best version of yourself is “BRING IT ON!” or “GAME ON, YOU cu**!”. Have courage to do this, be brave enough to accept anything! Be willing to live through ANYTHING! And you will be God among men. God is ABSOLUTE acceptance. God is willing to experience everything, because God wants to know Itself. Do YOU want to truly know Yourself? Do you want to know the full scope of life – how horrifyingly hard it can be, but also how radiantly beautiful? Say YES consciously and don’t ever look back, because behind you’re leaving the life of mindless suffering and foolishness. Say YES with flaming courage and go on, striving to accept the reality of life as much as humanly possible. Say YES knowing intuitively that this is what you were born for. Say YES to Love – that, which You are and always have been.

Quotes by Norm Macdonald I find interesting/funny. The first and second one are especially powerful! Lately I've discovered that I really like writing. It's one of the ways I can satisfy my creative urge. I'm sharing one of my works in the next post! This one's kinda short, I wrote it 2 months ago.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/liz-cheney/ Integrity - it's a bitch, indeed.

You can realize for yourself that Reality IS Imagination. Yes, it's a mindfuck.

There is an older thread about it Yup, great movie.

Exactly These firm beliefs and speculations of yours are what's holding you back.

Thank you, Me Hee hee

@puporing I hope you are doing okay. I don't really know you, but I'll tell you I think your consciousness and strength to deal with difficulty is admirable. I can't say I relate or understand fully because I'm certainly not as awake + I've almost completely fallen back into the dream. But I wanna say I think you're doing great And good luck.

Nice! Hahahaha, I know that. The single worst meditation session on these 10-day retreats, at least for me lol

"It's complicated"

Wow, this was a great talk. I can definitely see a grain of truth in this Sneako guy's worldview. You SHOULD go for the things you want as a man. But nevertheless, he seems very misguided. Destiny did a brilliant job here, his arguments were on point.

Great post! More people need to hear this.