Whitney Edwards

How would you spend your perfect day off? What makes that perfect for you? Describe yourself in ten words. Why do those words come to mind? What makes you feel the most inspired? What is your favorite form of self-care? Why? What can you do today to take better care of yourself? What comes to mind first when you think of what makes you feel safe? What are five things about yourself you want people to know? What’s something that makes you feel warm inside? Explain what’s hardest for you in as many words as it takes. If you were to improve something about your life, what would that be? Why? Just some questions I can ask myself.

Too much reliance on AI not a great way to live. It's not a human being.

The inherent structure of life, the relentless pursuit of money, power and survival is meaningless But the purpose of life should be raising consciousness of all souls That's not a meaningless purpose. The soul is starved of high consciousness experiences, we are our divine selves, the sooner we realize, the better. Our true selves resonate with liberation.. That's what it wants.

@Oppositionless The highest wisdom is realizing that life is meaningless. Life and all it's contents itself are a trap. To clarify further, The inherent structure of life, the relentless pursuit of money, power and survival is meaningless But the purpose of life should be raising consciousness of all souls That's not a meaningless purpose. The soul is starved of high consciousness experiences, we are our divine selves, the sooner we realize, the better. Our true selves resonate with liberation.. That's what it wants

The highest wisdom is realizing that life is meaningless. Life and all it's contents itself are a trap.

Yes. This. Would you mind if I took this for my journal note.

Deconstructing suffering is a trap too.

Compassionate delivery. Awesome.

The quality of sleep was compromised a bit with lucid dreaming.

I had a recent out of body experience. Obe. I had a lucid dreaming adventure. I was in the middle of nowhere and i felt like souls were leaving the body. It was surreal. These souls appeared like vanishing smoke, appearing and disappearing. I could hear giggling and cackling sounds. Like children laughing in the distance. Endless laughter. It was frightening sometimes, my head was heavy. It seemed as though fear was the only thing that bound our bodies to physical existence. Everything else was illusory. Nothing made sense. Our physical reality was warped. Everything was cloudy. Most souls were happy, giggling and laughing genuinely,effortlessly. The atmosphere was joyous. I'd like to research this obe in more depth. I could hear giggling sounds. Then there was interruption. Quite often in fact. I couldn't figure out what was real and what was not. In all of it, reality appeared meaningless. As if it were manufactured through space and time, it was man made and anchored by fear of existence, a real primal fear. Some souls were upset, sad, sinister and seemed to be under some karmic influence. It's hard to tell. But these were imprints. I don't know. But they were like dna imprints. Like finger prints and palm prints. That's how the souls appeared. It was bad. It was bad. It was bad. It was bad. It was bad. The feeling of fear was awful. A gnawing sense of attachment. Pure existential fear. It seemed as though karmic influence was bad for the souls. The best way to describe the mental state was an unusual state of calmness and unaffectedness. It was like being in the middle of a bad psychedelic trip. It just didn't matter. Nothing mattered. There was no flow. No meaning. Only peace.

Feeling shame is a trap. It's one of the biggest traps. You cannot get out of it easily, it locks you in. It can make you miserable and turn into a vicious trap. Those have lived in shame will know it. Too much debating or arguing. The internet is a blessing as well as a trap. Validation is a huge trap. It's a poison to the soul. It's worse than addiction.

Wholeheartedly.

Found a good video on digital minimalism.

I see. I can understand how false positivity can cause inaction. That makes sense. I'm wondering how to balance positive and negative self talk or positive and negative visualization because both seem to help in different ways, only the timing needs to be perfect.

@trenton the one thing that you need is a solid structure. Once you have that it's easy to ward off most traps.

Can positive self talk ever be a trap? So far it has only helped me.

It's not like everything is a trap. There is no gift here. Just lessons. Those lessons are still a gift because they prevent you from future traps. Your problem is quite complex and a bit general. You're facing problems with strangers, this is obvious. You need to stop trusting strangers and invest your time with people who have some credibility, in the sense that you have known them for some time and they have shown some degree of courtesy, trust, availability and decency. That way they won't scam you because they are obviously not the ones to put others in unnecessary trouble. You need good leadership skills to weed out bad apples in a group. They might not be genuinely bad, just not good for your health. Being selfish is not evil. Being moderately selfish is an essential necessity to survival. Hope you take better decisions next time and everything is a lesson for something bigger. Then there are some common traps that go along with socializing and assimilating with human nature in general - Overly Optimistic View Having an overly optimistic view of human nature can lead to the following traps - Naivety Trap: Assuming the best intentions in others and being too trusting which can make one susceptible to manipulation, scams, or exploitation. I'll call it the naivety trap. Doormat Trap: Being overly accommodating and putting others' needs before one's own leading to being taken advantage of or disrespected. Leo has discussed this in his video. Especially in the relationship part. Misreading Social Cues: Failing to recognize warning signs or red flags in social situations due to an assumption of inherent goodness in people. I often tend to fall into this trap. It's my most common trap. Some level of body language analysis might help me overall in this direction. Cynical View On the other hand, having an overly cynical or negative view of human nature can also lead to traps: Paranoia Trap: I can escape into illusions of constant skepticism, once I feel threatened in some way.Constantly doubting others' intentions and being distrustful, which can strain relationships and create unnecessary conflicts. Those conflicts then turn into a spiral. Isolation Trap: Avoiding social interactions and connections due to a belief that people are inherently selfish or untrustworthy, leading to loneliness and missed opportunities. Confirmation Bias Trap: Selectively seeking out and interpreting information that confirms one's negative view of human nature, while ignoring contradictory evidence. I also call this the bandwagon. Sometimes we jump on other people's conclusions and mirror their views inadvertently feeding into their confirmation biases as well.

Oh ok. Thanks for the reply.

Feeling shame is a trap. It's one of the biggest traps. You cannot get out of it easily, it locks you in. It can make you miserable and turn into a vicious trap. Those have lived in shame will know it. Too much debating or arguing. The internet is a blessing as well as a trap. Validation is a huge trap. It's a poison to the soul. It's worse than addiction.

How is this a trap?

The trap of preaching against selfishness while actually being selfish and people falling for this trap.

Go watch leos video on traps. It's s trap you set up for yourself when you think you need to do something to get sex. You don't. Relationships have to be authentic and genuine. You're missing out on the real part. The loss is yours.

Not having compassion is also a trap. One of the biggest traps. Because it puts you in a position where you can never know any other position.