Natasha

@lukasferre Cultivating healthy self-love is how I've been healing my inner child. Learning to give yourself as much love and acceptance as needed. When it comes to the Absolute reality, however, the mind is transcended, that includes the mental constructs of the 'person' and the 'story'. They only exist as concepts. Dead people don't worry about anything, because that's the end of the illusion that there was someone.

@lukasferre The inner child/childhood trauma is a mental construct. It only lives in your mind. Even right now look around and try to locate it in your immediate surroundings...you won't find it, because it doesn't exist. Leo has good vids on Self-inquiry. It's a process that requires razor focus. I actually became Self- aware while doing guided by him Creating The Experience Of No-Self' self-inquiry. Check it out.

@BlackMaze A million dollars hasn't given anyone lasting happiness, so what's the point of having it?

@lukasferre Self-inquiry and direct experience. You won't even find an inner child when having done those successfully

@Preety_India Yes, lack of empathy is a big red flag. There is also such thing as conceptual or cold empathy - it's when a narcissistic person acts as though they empathize, but in reality they just mirror, pretend/make an appearance. Sam Vaknin talks about cold empathy in his videos. Sometimes it's really hard to tell at first and usually takes some time observing other aspects of a person's behavior to know for sure. Narcissists can be such good actors.

@Swarnim Beautiful! You can't go wrong when it comes to expressing yourself. Keep up the good work!

TODAY Today I am creating My movement, my vision My mood, my DNA I am making it By Being Today I am expanding Integrating the collective All the possibilities Loving whatever There is Today I am reflecting As pure Consciousness On the beauty around Always present As is within Today I am celebrating Giving thanks to wisdom The lessons learned Experiences So many Today I am not alone Observe the connection To both seen and Unseen, the all Really feel Today I am carving this Reality by what I imagine The infinite dance of Shadows and Mystery Today I am expressing What seems like life My person, story Only to realize It's illusory Today as on any day It is what it is, here now Known by no one Alive, aware I AM By Natasha <3

@Loving Radiance Yes!

Good content to contemplate on

@The_Alchemist I'm just bringing awareness to the fact that social media is an addiction, and just like any addiction it can be destructive. Alcoholism is not going away either, does it mean we shouldn't talk about it's destructive potential? My solution is if you choose to continue engaging in an addiction, at least be conscious of how it might be affecting you whether you realize it or not. That's what this thread is about. Thank me later

@The_Alchemist Yes, if done consciously and without an addictive pull, it could serve a higher purpose. However, I doubt there is a whole lot of people on their death beds regretting they didn't spend more time on internet or social media. There actually have been studies where people close to dying were asked what they regret most not having done more in life. The answers were mostly - that they didn't spend more time with family, friends, favorite pet, in nature, travelling, in other words, enjoying life at hand, in real time and space. None of them said working more, making more money, spending more time in virtual reality/social media, scrolling through random memes and thoughts of others ?

@Eren Eeager

@DrewNows No fear, just awareness. Facing what is real is not what social media offers. People only put out their best (and often fake) facade that doesn't reflect the full spectrum of their personality. You never truly know someone until you spend a substantial amount of time with them in person. Social media also generates need, lack, (and often competition) through dopamine dependency. The dealer and the junky feeding off of each other. @seeking_brilliance I have this forum and FB as well, plenty for me. Insta was just a bottomless pit of distraction. Has never been interested in Tweeter or any other platforms. Too busy living my life in real world

@seeking_brilliance Beautiful

In the light of Leo's last video and the Thanksgiving celebrated today, I would like to take an opportunity for the collective to express gratitude for things that are both 'good' and 'not so good', the things that have brought us both pleasure and pain, the joy and happy, as well as the challenges and hard lessons we still want to appreciate and see value in the big picture of the Universe. This might require some introspection and puting things in larger perspective. Please share what you are thankful for today and why.

Just deleted my Instagram account. Feels good!!

@Loving Radiance Watching this one right now

@Scholar Yes, it's really like a mind virus that only few people seem to recognize as dangerous and destructive to both an individual and the collective. The dophamine pull is just too strong for most people to let go of this addiction.

@Loving Radiance Another good one

@amenX You're welcome

@Preety_India Yes, feeling of confusion is a good way to desyphe a narc in your surroundings. I also found another good way is by telling someone 'no'. If they don't respect that boundary you're trying to hold for yourself, be sure it's someone narcidsistic.

@Striving for more I would say, if you have doubts/concerns, then switch to smth you think is safer to use. I did that with microwaves. Too many conflicting reports out there on whether microwaves are harmful or not, so I just stopped using one altogether. Better be safe than sorry.

@seeking_brilliance Got to start somewhere Keep up the good work, it's definitely your nitche @abrakamowse

@seeking_brilliance I don't put my price on art, it's whatever the artist thinks his work is worth and I respect their evaluation of time, effort, and supplies involved. And then I always give a bit more (I'm a tipper : ) But yes I would have bought it for more than $80

@seeking_brilliance Did you sell the one in your profile avatar? I was going to ask if it was for sale, I love that painting!