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Ya it's the issue of our time and the obsession will subside when it's generally accepted. Then another issue will come along that progressive will saberrattle over. That's how all things in society change. I bet there was an uproar by some when women were first allowed credit cards. Then that subsided too as will the trans issue. Maybe Trump will round them up into a Gulag first lol. Trans people correctly allude to the fact that putting on a dress is just as arbitrary and strange whether you were born with a penis or a vagina. Some societies men wear skirts (Scotland etc).

Ya great point and we must love and accept everyone. Sure, sitting around waiting for an extrovert to save you is one strategy. But it's a poor one that can waste years of your life. If someone is frustrated with their current situation I recommend learning and practicing communication skills throughout the day. This is a self development forum where change is seen as a good thing.

When approaching sex and dating it helps to realize that sex and dating implies reproduction. Sex/dating assumes the subconscious risk of 18+ years of child care. Evolution tricks us into having sex and isn't just a hedonist persuit. Yes other things are implied too but reproduction is one of nature's top priorities. We would be here if it wasn't. You may wonder how this helps my mindset when approaching relationships. I'm much more sober and conscious of what I'm doing and why. If you are fully conscious of the risks than not only is the activity more fun you are less desperate for sex. Desperation is usually a turn off for people. This is something I wish I realized when younger and I hope it helps someone. If you see dating merely a persuit of pleasure you are missing the bigger picture in my opinion.

Im 36 and married. To become less desperate realize that 20 min of sex is simply not worth the potential 18+ years of financial and emotional child support. Focus on enjoying spending time with women and people. The better you get at being a fun conversationalist the more women will throw themselves at you. (Read "how to make friends and influence people" Dale Carnegie) Because on the subconscious level women know if they get pregnant she could be forced to spend alot of time with you and so will the future kids. So you might as well be fun to be around.

Yes we need to serve the other. We need to focus on keeping our partners happy to have satisfying relationships

Lol

Lol ikr. Silencing voices has always been around but the term "cancel culture" is from the 21st century and is describing an action taken by left wingers i think.

Trump is a guy who many love to hate.

After Elon/Trump backed Wisconsin supreme Court loss, looks like Elon isn't useful anymore and is getting let go. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784

Cancel culture was something the left wing did to voices it didn't agree with. The right wing is fighting back and creating their own version of cancel culture with a different name.

The holy trinity, the father, the son, the holy Spirit, could be: awareness, physical forms, and desires/thoughts respectively.

From Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching: Nature is unkind: It treats the creation like sacrificial straw-dogs. The Sage is unkind: He treats the people like sacrificial straw-dogs.

K for sure and Leo too obviously, I used to like Sadguru but not anymore. He wastes his time telling people what color clothes to wear and to drink water from certain types of containers only. His course uses kundalini techniques to make students literally obsessed with Sadguru (just talk to some students to see). I don't believe that's right.

Do the proofs in the previous video (Top Proofs for the Existence of God) not prove God exists? I was slightly confused with that video because Leo's arguments on both sides of the debate were compelling. Looking forward to watching this new video also.

Yay!

watch stage blue and orange duke it out lol

I agree we need to look at the positives, even if just to stay sane. Trump hopefully wakes up the Dems and forces them to create a platform that US citizens actually want.

The US has always been a hypocritical quasi fascist shit show... It started with the native genocide and then quickly moved on to slavery. For example consider this disturbing hypocrisy that while being a beacon of freedom, liberty, and on the cutting edge of liberal Western values, the US enslaved and then segregated is own population based on physical appearance. The irony was not lost on Europeans at the time. The CIA toppled democratically elected officials in Iran Guatemala and Chile. Supported authoritarian regimes in Saudi, Egypt, Indonesia. Illegal torture campaigns in Guantanamo Bay. Disastrous wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Caused serious financial harm worldwide during 2008. While the US has done many good things it is only due to clever marketing and brainwashing that anyone would believe that the US is a force for good in the world. Trump is merely a continuation and manifestation of inherent disorders of the ethos in the USA. Or aka "the best country in the world" as the American propaganda machine likes to claim.

That's great

Find common interests/topics/movies to talk about and then jokingly say "let's go do that this weekend!"

You are an admirable person for doing all that and you obviously aren't physically lazy. A psychedelic would shatter your way of thinking, for better or for worse. It would alter your way of thinking so radically that you would start asking different questions and start having different goals, motives, and values. You could end up leaving your family to wander the earth (like some super religious mystics do) because survival of yourself and your family is not necessarily aligned with truth. Another example that's a possibility is you could be driven to go into politics and change your 3rd world country. I don't recommend psychedelics because they are dangerous but even without trying them they are good examples of how easy it is to shatter your current way of thinking. (Not that it needs shattering) If you are happy just keep doing what you are doing it's not worth messing with a good thing.

@Emerald 'Hungarians were the original people who were behind all the advanced civilizations in the world. In fact, it was Hungarians who taught the Ancient Egyptians how to build the pyramids. And Hungarians used to be the dominant people in the world, until (fill in x group) came and oppressed them and stole credit for all of the things Hungarians created.' I've heard this exact same thing from Hungarians at the church I grew up in. Alot of Hungarians at the Catholic Church are also Nazi sympathizers and long for the days when Hungary gets it's land back it lost after the war.

Just Wow

I'm reading "A Post-Truth World" by Ken Wilber and he seems to be under the impression that Trump, (and Brexit), uses postmodern relativism, where "no truth" exists only egalitarian perspectives. Wilber claims that this shows Trump is at Stage Green that came online in the 1960's (when Trump grew up) and now has come to an unsustainable degenerated madness we see today.

Thanks Leo, yes this seems to be the case but Ken is also saying that Trump is a backlash to green so Im slightly confused about his perspective.