Zest4Life

Sometimes it's hard to tell if you're setting a trap or falling into one.

It seems like you posted this to seek validation lol.

Pursuing spirituality before mastering basic survival skills is a dangerous trap for young people.

Recently, Chatgpt drew a picture of a god. The prompt was to draw a happy rabbit, and keep making it happier until it turned into a god. This got me thinking, imagine talking to an AI trained on a vast database of knowledge of spiral dynamics. This bot could become a powerful tool. Imagine if thousands of people with expertise in spiral dynamics trained this GPT model - that would be so cool!

I'm looking for some advice from experienced video editors. I've completed a beginner's course on Premiere Pro via LinkedIn, but it only went over the basics. Can you recommend any resources for learning video editing from scratch? I'd love to hear about good practices that can help improve my editing skills. Also, do you have any favorite YouTube channels, courses, or blogs that you find helpful and can suggest? By the way, how do you know if an edit is good? What are the things you look for?

I'm not sure if you would consider this to be "evil marketing", but I think it's brilliant

Back in 2010, I received an F for this masterpiece. Can you believe it?

After reading this text for the first time, I am filled with a sense of profound emotion that is difficult to put into words. Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken by the Voyager 1 space probe on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers (search image on Google). The following is excerpt from Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot: " Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. "

@Lila9 Leo's Life Purpose Course sales page employs the same manipulative techniques. In my opinion, using manipulative tactics is acceptable as long as you deliver the promised results/benefits. I think you'll find this documentary very interesting:

I totally agree with you. You should gather experience and do as many dumb things as possible when you are young. The brain is more plastic before age 25, and young people are more susceptible to the influence of their experiences. Therefore, mystical experiences can be detrimental to their mental health and cause delusions rather than enlightenment. For instance, my best friend ended up in a mental institution after experimenting with DMT. I think that this is the great video to watch:

Dude, I don't know if you're reading my mind or something, but I was thinking of posting his channel here as well. But I was like, "Nah, it's not relevant to Qigong." But then I came back to the forum and saw that you had already posted it...

Mike often says, "This is your practice, do it however you like. There is no right or wrong way to do it." And it's true because it's a matter of personal preference. However, I believe you can't enter a deep state of relaxation without completely exhausting your body first. Leo has a great book in his booklist called "The Power of Full Engagement," which explains why our physical energy needs to circulate. By the way, effortless qigong is a fantastic channel.

Man, it took me years to fully appreciate the benefits of practicing Qigong. It has dramatically improved my body awareness, helping me to realize how tense my body is throughout the day, especially in the neck and facial muscles. Check out Mike Chang's Flow Workout, which includes Qigong in the first 20 minutes of practice. For those who don't know, Mike Chang was a famous fitness celebrity and the founder of "SixPackShortcuts." He had 6 million followers on YouTube about ten years ago, but suddenly, he deleted his channel and disappeared for a few years. He recently returned and shared his story of a life-changing spiritual awakening. He is a true example of a person who transcended stage orange.

@An young being The living organisms within our body don’t realize they’re inside a living being. It’s a frightening thought that we might actually be in the same exact situation.

@Lila9 Whether marketing is good or bad depends on your perspective. Harmon Brothers, who are considered the best in the video marketing industry, have created some amazing videos. In my opinion, marketing is both an art and a science. However, it is up to the individual to decide whether they will use it in an ethical or unethical manner.

Junk food refers to food that contains little to no water, such as processed food, chips, crackers, chocolate, and ice cream. In contrast, healthy food options include items that are mostly made up of water, such as vegetables and fruits (99% water), animal products like chicken or beef (60-80%) and eggs (85%).

@ZenAlex If you think ditching carbs from your diet is a smart move, you are sorely mistaken (unless you are a muscle-bound hunk aiming for Mr Olympia). Your body and brain run on carbs like a car runs on gas, so what do you think happens when you go carb-free? It gets even worse because your body cannot hydrate itself without carbohydrates, as the term "carbo-hydrate" suggests. If you consume a lot of water, you will simply urinate it out. Don't get me wrong; the same rule applies to cutting fats or proteins. Your body needs carbs, fats, and proteins. It's all about finding the right balance. As the saying goes, "The difference between poison and medicine is in the dose."

@Hibahere I would highly recommend the book Circadian Code by Satchin Panda. You'll be amazed at how awesome this book is. Also, it is so well-written that you can read it in one sitting. The reason why most people feel like shit is precisely because their digestive organs work 18+ hours a day (Imagine if you worked that much). You don't need to stick to a strict diet, but rather to give some time to your digestive organs to rest.

@Thought Art In no time, you might find yourself falling in love with ChatGPT, just like the lead character in the movie Her (2013) did. While watching the movie, I couldn't help but be captivated by the voice of the AI girl. Honestly, I found myself getting turned on by her voice - it was that good.

Did you know that if you click on the first link in any Wikipedia article, you'll usually end up on the Philosophy page? You can try it yourself by simply searching for anything on Wikipedia and clicking on the first hyperlink in the text. If you repeat this process, you'll typically reach the Philosophy page within 10 clicks. As of February 2016, this was true for 97% of all articles. However, some articles may lead to a page with no links, a non-existent page, or create a loop. It's still fascinating to see how this pattern occurs in so many cases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy

It's interesting to note that not every page leads to the Big Bang

I have been a long-time user of OneNote, and while it has many great features, it falls short in some areas. I recently started using Notion, and it has exceeded my expectations! Notion's drag-and-drop interface offers flexibility that OneNote can't match. However, I have spent a lot of time designing my Notion pages, which can sometimes be a distraction from actual work. Does anyone here have great templates I could use? Ideally, I would like to find minimalistic templates. If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please do share!

I was born in a country that started both World Wars and might even cause a Third, so a big chunk of the population is still at stage red. It’s one thing to hear about the traits mentioned above but quite another to witness them in action. I would say that the most important trait is being able to thrive in challenging situations. You’d be amazed at what you can do when you’re pushed to your limits. “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

Looks like GPT-5's first executive order was to give Sam a permanent vacation.

How to trigger stage green; this video is hilarious.