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Being online is a great tool, but it's so easy to misuse. And you have to be online if you want to survive and understand the modern world. Of course, if you spend 8+ hours a day online you're miserable. You need sunlight. But deeper than that, being online unconsciously trains your mind to be a consumer of information. Consuming information is great, but you need to digest it and mold it into insights in order for it to actually develop your mind. You need to actively put yourself in a cycle of consuming and digesting online content, too much of one or the other in ineffective. One reason I participate on this forum is to do a bit of both. Writing responses like this a form of digesting information. I do bi-weekly podcasts for my industry just do digest what I have learned and sharpen my thinking. The self-promotion and opportunities that come from that are just a bonus.

@Yimpa @JTL Trump is solid red, he only knows enough about blues and oranges in order to manipulate them. Just because someone is a cunning businessperson doesn't mean they are orange. Trump only understands criminal, illegitimate business. He doesn't want to play business by the rules (integration of stage blue), which is what separates red and orange business styles. When he does play by the rules, he only does so because he wants to avoid punishment. That is peak red.

Hey friends, I had my wisdom teeth out this morning. I was told by my doctor it was going to be a long and complicated procedure, and on the rougher side for recovery. I am doing fine now, just gotta get through a week of recovery. So, they gave me an IV drip which is the deepest level of sedation that's commonly used. I thought I would learn a thing or two about mind and how awareness forms but that was not the case. It was exactly like falling asleep, like a power nap. I couldn't even tell you what the falling asleep felt like, it was an instant lights out for me. Maybe 5 minutes prior to waking, I started dreaming as awareness powered back on, though I can't remember what was going through my head. Waking up was pretty much instant, from dream sleep to present and aware in a snap. That whole time, I wasn't there, and yet the biological machine kept on ticking. This reminds me there is so much going on that is automatic and unconscious in our bodies, maybe 99% of things you are doing are completely unconscious. Even just walking around while being sober is pretty unconscious, your legs just do the work. Anyone have a different experience with deep sedation? Very curious to see how my experience compares.

Yeah, it's really a shame. There is room for a visionary leader to raise the consciousness and effectiveness of police departments. But of course, to gather the resources required to make that happen is nearly impossible when the defund the police rhetoric is so popular. I wonder if there is data suggesting more police spend on mental health reduces policing critical incidents? That would help steer the conversation. Do you think we just have to accept a degree of police violence for the majority to work as intended in our time? I could see that being a real, but very politically incorrect possibility.

Yes, but then we should have better systems in place to keep cops who have recently been through traumatic events out of the field. They can do office work. Whatever is being done is not enough. I wish I could find the channel, but there was an ex-cop who used to make videos on cop culture and the mindset they would drill into the officers. They were taught to constantly be afraid, always thinking three or four steps ahead. What would I do if this person had a gun? A knife? Even in civilian life. Mental health and culture are so poorly maintained in police departments, particularly the more rural ones. Lots of work to be done there.

Brushing up against true no-experience has been very odd. I am really not sure if 'the light of existence' exists when there's no experience going on. But, of course it has to be there... Else experience would never have returned to me. -- @Lyubov Yep you will be fine. Pick a good surgeon and follow their instructions like the law and you'll be decently comfortable throughout the whole thing. All those horror stories you hear are coming from people who did not listen to instructions, or people who cheaped out and got a bad surgeon to do the job.

Is he ill? Or is this a precautionary effort? He's still running workshops plenty.

Upon further contemplation, I could have also just 'imagined' the whole experience and no external reality exists. So yeah, those nurses ceased to exist then re-appeared after I was done imagining being sedated. At least that's what is true using only my experience as reference.

I don't. But then that could mean I may have lived countless lives before this one and have forgotten them, and that's too much for my dumb human brain to grasp right now. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to remember it, does it make a sound?

It wasn't even just memory that wasn't there. Experience wasn't even there. And yet "I" was, I suppose? That's what is crazy looking back on it. As Peter Ralston might say, you are still "being who you are", or 'consciousness' without experience. That's amazing. I am not even my experience; experience is some phenomena that takes place inside of what I actually am. Or am I interpreting that all wrong? Perhaps losing wisdom teeth actually has made me less wise.

Sounds like a great discussion. I'd suggest setting a ground rule on no politics, he might stumble down that path out of habit. I would be more worried about his audience or mainstream people finding your work, not understanding it and bringing you trouble. But I am sure you will handle that well. If you're ready to battle the normies on God, then I would be very excited to see it.

Spooky, not sure what to make of that. Feeling okay, about 12 hours post op. Pain is a 3/10, pretty manageable for now. It's quite uncomfortable, the stiches are very tight. My face is still numb on one side which I am told is normal. They did warn me nerve damage is rare but possible, so there's a little anxiety around that still. I think tomorrow will be the toughest day then gradually back to normal.

Nice me sheet. Definitely do the exercises properly, there's lots of ways to make physics to work. That's a great vision to motivate you to make money. Fast track is to start college doing physics and make tiktoks or youtube shorts on the side explaining physics concepts. Build a global reputation, and you will get paid. Find some role models you'd like to emulate, and study how they make money. Neil Degrass Tyson? If you like teaching. If you don't come from a rich family or get a lucky break, you have to choose between travel and money in your 20s. I chose money, I have barely travelled but luckily for me travelling doesn't interest me too much.

I can totally empathize with this. I had a very similar situation to you after high school. This is what I wish someone told me. First off, if you haven't yet - do Leo's life purpose course, try and get your parents to buy it for you. They will be happy to invest if you promise them to consider medicine as you go through it. Just keep an open mind as you go through, you might conclude medicine isn't for you. Right now, your parents do not know what career is best for you, and you do not know what is best for you yet either. Since they don't know what you're actually put on this earth to do (because you haven't invented it yet), they are suggesting something very responsible and secure because they want you to have a responsible and secure life. Your immediate first step should be working out what you're actually interested in doing, and how to make good money doing it. People make good money doing all sorts of things. There are people making millions of dollars streaming video games, so you can definitely make doctor money doing pretty much anything if you're smart about it. The options you've presented are all responsible and secure jobs, what if you did something that was a bit riskier or unique? What job would you invent for yourself if you could have it? Then spend a week just working out a rough plan that you're open to adjusting in the future, for making that job real. College can be great if you have done the work I told you to do above and it fits your plan. Don't be afraid to drop out of college in 6-12 months if it's not the path you want to pursue, you will find that out pretty quickly. I dropped out of college courses twice before I finally managed to make my life purpose work. Once in a totally different field, and once in my chosen field because the course was terrible and wasn't worth the time. Going to college was also my excuse to move out of my parents' house. You don't really know how much their thinking style has rubbed off on you until you have been moved out for a few years. Especially if they feel like helicopter parents, a bit of distance can help a lot. At least that's how it worked for me. Being a polymath sounds good when you don't know your purpose because it means you get to do everything. But literally EVERYONE is sort of a polymath now, the internet made that possible. It's great you're interested in so many things, but that doesn't mean you have to make any of it your job. I use philosophy, non-duality, psychology every day in my line of work just to inform my decision making. Doesn't mean you have to teach the stuff. They are a phase until they aren't. I moved cities twice in my pursuit to enter the industry of my purpose, and only after the second move was I 100% sure that's what I wanted to do. Once I was properly getting paid to work on my purpose I was totally committed. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're a kid who deserves proper guidance on this stuff. It takes time, and you have plenty of time to spend. It took me 5 years, from 17-22 years old, to go from not knowing my purpose to being paid for it. And yeah, my parents were pretty worried for the first three of those years. Now they're very happy I made those choices.

@nerdspeak So what do you propose? Total isolationism?

To be clear what I said was not subtle imperialism. It was by definition anti-imperalist. I think you're arguing a different point than what I was making. The distinction between imperialism and not-imperialism is genuine consent. If aid is accepted whole heartedly and it is designed in good faith and appropriate for the level of conciousness, it is not imperialism. Governments and corporations cannot operate in good faith here, and are thus subtle imperialists. A non-profit can.

I don't think that's quite the vibe here. Neo-imperialist ideology would say something like "These folks are backwards, we're going to invade, slaughter, exploit, and enslave them while we force them to learn English and worship our God". And that's not what I see from this thread. Maybe the "these folks are backwards" part, which is a bit harsh. But that doesn't imply an imperialist agenda on its own. It's valid to say that some lifestyles and levels of development are better than others. I define better here as something that fulfills your basic human needs more efficiently and fully, see Maslow's. I think it's fair to say that a woke American in California meets their human needs more efficiently and with more consciousness than a tribesman in Africa. This is because they have better accesses to resources, education, industry and global society. They are both products of their environment, and yet I would say the Californian has 'better' development by that definition. That doesn't mean we should go and force woke Californian culture on African tribesmen, they have a right to their own culture and free will. Californian woke culture would also never fundamentally work in tribal Africa - the environments are just too different. You can't be a vegan when you can't even grow crops because the land is infertile, you got to hunt for meat. If you want to help remote Africans develop, you do generous outreach work like building water wells, provide opportunities for education, and heal the sick. You help them meet their basic human needs. And if you're not wanted - you fuck off when they ask you to. Is that an imperialist's way of thinking?

Sure. It's also not tied to a state and is based on blockchain. I suppose my point was more in that if you regulate Bitcoin properly you get something that functions very similarly to a dollar, and maybe even works better.

In Australia, ex-pm Kevin Rudd initiated a push for the government to launch a royal commission into Murdoch's media manipulation. https://murdochroyalcommission.org.au/ That's the first step in what's required to fight Musk, Zuckerberg, Tiktok, and so on. A high level investigation and legal audit of social media platforms. With real criminal concequences for manipulating elections. In 200 years time when we get out shit together, Elon will be seen as a criminal for this. The same way we look at George Washington for being a slave owner. At least that's the dream.

@BlessedLion Exactly! Massive media bias at play. Of course he manipulates the algorithm to promote his agenda. It's so fucking obvious, and nothing is done about it. And his excuse is that it protects freedom of speech.

Yes the devil will always exist, but I would disagree with you there. If you value high conciousness and integrity you should do everything in your ability not to be a devil and lead by example. That's what the great prophets were all about. People like Jesus and Buddha had so much integrity they would rather die than give it up, and that's why we have remembered them for thousands of years.

Yes, this has definitely happened to me. It's not fun. Especially after big psychedelic breakthroughs. Your mind becomes extremely conscious and wrapped up in the typical enlightenment stuff, but the circle of people around you have absolutely no grasp on those things. So, you feel the need to mask all this work you've been doing to not look completely insane. And that's probably the correct response, don't freak out your friends and family with this consciousness stuff if they're not interested. Give it time, go back into human mode for a bit, it will pass.

They are pro trump because his administration will let them do all the devilry they want to do but can't for fear of punishment. Elon would not make a move like endorsing trump without a guaranteed payoff. Elon has no ideology outside of 'give me money and power'. Trump has guaranteed Elon certain things he wants if elected, and Elon will use his Murdoch-like X platform to make it happen.

Mr Beast, Logan Paul. Anything that's marketed based off popularity and status rather than on the product itself is a huge red flag.

@Bobby_2021 Leo is pointing to developmental issues that began before the US was even founded. See how exploitation is still just as awful as you are describing, and yet there are still dozens of more factors that are contributing to underdevelopment? This is not to say the US is developed, they're just very slightly ahead. Development potential is a very long scale. The issues at hand are infinitely complex, you could work on this problem your whole life and not even come close to a full picture understanding.