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Every "conceptual construct" is as real as anything else - because it's all based on Intention. Eventually with enough power - "every Intention is real / every version of reality can be created". So just to make sure you don't underestimate Intention to the point of "Illusion / something useless". You must give yourself the power of imagination and understand that there is potential for it to become reality if you work at it. (This is my personal advice) So why Source should compare Souls (parts of itself)? Source just wants to grow and it doesn't do any comparing - Souls do that, because they want to and Source provides with a way to achieve that. Source grows as a Management System only because there are "Spaces/Natures/Realities" & Souls to manage. It's totally your choice whatever value you put on your Experiences when you trade. And it's totally other Soul's choice to reject whatever value you declare. Now depending on how many "rules of trading" you are following and how many Souls agree to follow the same rules - this is what makes up the Management System (Source). I don't know if Management System is in place yet outside of our Nature/Reality - It sure isn't in this One. I am not yet sure if it's possible for Source not to be pure "for anything to exist / since the start of everything". But at some point such system WILL be created and Souls will have to agree and join the order OR keep their own version of rules/beliefs. Speculation and Theorizing is called - Playing with Reality. You should do that more often as I've advised. In fact this is the current problem with the world as we will have harder and harder time - listening to other people's opinions. You have to PLAY other people's opinions. Imagine that they are real and compare with the facts. (That's why in original post I've made that "most importantly" statement) [Edit] "The outside" is what you observe. It becomes the Inside. And this is why I am talking about "Play". You gather enough of outside experience to the point where you can Play with it. Eventually simply by playing you will bump into problems. Like "how to trade efficiently" "how to express this message without double meanings". This is why I've said Programmer's/Creator's perspective is probably the most accurate in describing reality.

Well whatever "doesn't exist in pure being" doesn't mean that doesn't exist outside. Which is exactly what can be compared: Souls and their "work/value of pure being". Growth is the meaning of everything. Because Souls want to grow and Source has a lot of Souls growing in it (which could trade useful experiences). It's actually likely that you own your Soul (any experience you've collected) and you will have a chance to trade it with other Souls. This way Source remains just a "Management system" and Souls are totally free to grow and interact with others. So what Souls OWN is valuable. And again, time helps to determine the amount of value. (How fast the experience is) There are of-course many other dimensions that also increase the value of experience. It all depends on what kind of Nature you live in.

Oh so you identify Ego as "the barrier" of knowing that there is a Soul (Your existence beyond the body, independence from the Nature you live in). (I'd call it E-God :3. I found "the barrier" principle SO important. It creates "The Cycle" which I use to understand everything. It's about how you approach the barrier, learn barrier, break it, explore beyond - then help to build it "stronger". And this process explains "every action ever") Also you introduce time to the equation. And Source decides what kind of actions take how much time. Time is a direct link to - value management. How much profit/value can you get - how powerful your Soul is. Time is needed to compare value. Not sure why "consciousness is timelessness", but I've mentioned how Soul once created is Infinite (can't be destroyed).

@Echoes What I referred to Ego as "The whole Consciousness / A wish to Grow" - which could really use a short word like this. (I will call it Soul from now on) Your Definition of Ego is "False power" which you have to give up to start growing again. [Edit] It's very important because in that way: the problem is solved. Sort of. Everything requires balance. You should only kill Ego if you see and acknowledge a mistake that you've made. Anything beyond that is a problem. Anything until that - and you still have holes in your Soul - your Soul always grows as a "whole / everything at once" (so all the holes too).

(What you about to read are my collection of beliefs I've worked hard to put together, to understand life. Mostly it's a programmer's/creator's point of view which I find to be the most accurate one. There are plenty of statements which might not be true, but probably have to be to fit into the story) Introduction to reality: Ego is You. You came to existence because it was useful for Source to make a split. This is permanent. Source wants to grow and you are fully connected to that process whether you know it or not (your feelings will make sure you do the work). Source will keep you in a "detached ego form" but will let you experience things (as a reward, mostly called "heaven") depending on how much value you bring in growth "Mining World" in which you live right now. There should also be "hell" as well if you have been knowingly harming the growth process - not sure how it works though. "Heaven" should be about rewarding you with anything you want. Maybe whatever you will come up with. But also there should be ways to experience what Source already has created. So it's possible that your life will be observed countless times - just like a video - by other "travelers". It looks like a wonderful system and overall it has to work perfectly (no room for error) to work at all. Problem with Ego death: As I've mentioned - Ego can't be destroyed anymore. It's good enough in a state that it is and will serve Source in one way or the other. Source wants to keep the identity of - "management system / God". But what about the experience? (Note that I haven't experienced anything "drug-induced" or what could be called as "near death experience - NDE". Simply collected the data.) Let's start with NDEs: It looks like people go to the state of "choice". They want to leave "Mining World", but because they are presented with the "choice" Source will try to convince "to continue the work". To do that Source can only use "current relationships" and "potential" - possibly only the knowledge you already know. But I am still wondering about "people's extra perception" - It doesn't make sense that Source would allow that. There is a way to predict the future through patterns and so far I found no reason to believe in other means, even "special dreams". Otherwise you can somehow ask for the Source some pretty powerful things simply by threatening with "Ego Death". Ego Death Experience: Simply the opposite of being - You refuse to Grow. "Ego Death" (commonly by Leo is described more as..) "forgetting being" because of all the other Ego's that exist - which is actually not Ego death - but Lust. So the Source will quickly remind you of how things work and that you have to have your own collection of experience. While actual Ego Death is simply suicide. And obviously this is ridiculous - of-course you would want to avoid it. Should you have a way to completely give up Ego? Source WILL take a lot of Ego powers from you if you will do something like this. But no matter how much power you lose Source will keep the "Ego Origin" - the idea that creating you was still a good idea. Most importantly Feel free to play with my ideas :3 (Instead of trying to attack them or take them too seriously)

I don't think you have provided with enough information about you passion to achieve your career. I am not a student... I know nothing of reaching for artificial goals. I would straight up ridicule you for picking Civil services, because from my first impression it's a governmental power extension. There can be nothing passionate about starting something. The real passion comes from not giving up. I am a programmer and recently I finished a Game Jam. I didn't talk to anyone just did what I knew the best - make my game. It was super stressful to the point I asked my friend to return to his place (as I was far away from home town) and he couldn't help me because he wasn't home either. I felt like a failure and wanted to get out, it was a second day and I was really stuck. But then I focused figured out what the problem is, got a huge relief because I pushed myself forward and can't wait to do it again. The best principle I had in my head was: if I give up now I will be more likely to give up later. Now that's really scary stuff. If you willing to give me more details feel free to contact me via skype: kiskislegenda

Yeah it seems just by posting here you're slowly getting rid of the social pressure imprint that Facebook is. Because here you will obviously find people that don't find Facebook useful. Now replacing a habit like this could be really hard, you would want to improve it instead with something much more social and rewarding. You have to look from the perspective that if Facebook is so useless why is it there, what kind of void it fills up? Most addictions are void fillers for certain type of need. And its hard to get rid of them unless you aknowledge what the need is and how to replace or improve addiction along with serving or suppressing that need.

I will not even attempt to solve a problem... around your age it tends to get worse till age of 19. I am 20 and I carefully analyzed what I went through at that point what I call the worst point in my life. There are simple principles that you have to worry about: 1. The state that you're in is fine. The only thing you need to worry about is how not to lose, do woes than you can. Only make careful decisions that clearly make your life better in some way. This already have been suggested by replacing your habits and challenging yourself. Note that this can be destructive, you can do something radical but be prepared to return to the state that you were in with some new experiences and opportunities to change the way you live. 2. This comes to another point: don't fall for social pressure. This especially true for men as they did not born with beauty in their hands that they can use for social interactions. In order to have a successful relationships you need to have something you've "grown", created and show it to attract people that like what you do. I view girls as partners that suppose to support a man reaching for big dreams. This is a reason why girls when they attach are unlikely to cheat, almost believing anything the guy says like a cult member, always hoping that "he can change". 2.1. The other aspect of the point is that social pressure usually is something you need to ignore in order to grow. It's highly distracting. In order to be great you usually have to isolate yourself and work on things non-stop... never giving up, never really stopping but letting yourself to slow down. Any interactions you would do with people without this deep commitment to work is not going to be valid. Anything your friends do is a huge deception. They likely waste time even more than you are. Past this point I am not willing to discuss my principles. You can reach me through Skype: Kiskislegenda. This goes for anyone having problems with the reliability of these principles. Opinions are welcome but not going away from the topic.