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Well, i just read this. [Late on Friday, after at least two people were killed and scores wounded in a suspected terror attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, Musk doubled down, tweeting: “Scholz should resign immediately. Incompetent fool.”] Oh the irony! How backwards you have to be to be this powerful public figure and act so pitifully. In a public conference after the first tweet and before the attack and the second tweet Sholz adressed Musk: [At a press conference in Berlin, Scholz responded indirectly to the post, saying: “We have freedom of speech here. That also applies to multimillionaires. Freedom of speech also means that you’re able to say things that aren’t right and do not contain good political advice.”] Now thats how a politician should act. Like an actual grown up. Musk is like a teenage girl. The fact that people even listen to him is absurd.

Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’ - The Guardian [...Musk, who has been named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the US federal government, wrote on his social media platform X: “Only the AfD can save Germany.” He reposted a video by a German rightwing influencer, Naomi Seibt, who criticised Friedrich Merz, the leader of the conservative Christian Democrats who has the best chance of becoming the next German chancellor, and praised Javier Milei, the libertarian president of Argentina. ...] Bahahah this guy has lost the remainder of his last screws for sure. Just imagine if he did his job in his expertise like he does his politics. Tesla would have never been born. And i dont mean to ridicule the actual conversation about any policies, because then i would not be any better either. But this guy talking about politics is like Hulk Hogan promoting a presidential candidate... oh wait you guys had that too. BWAAHAHHA (Sorry i never got the chance to laugh about that yet.)

Driving into a crowd is our equivalent of school shootings over here i feel like. I heard about multiple instances in the last years. I dont remember any of them being connected to religious issues before, but i could easily be wrong about that. Elon Musk did not tweet in reaction of this attack, the attack happened afterwards.

Yes, he represents total corruption now, which is sad because as i remember like 10-15 years ago he used to be the coolest cat around.

ChatGPT said my exact location (city) in a conversation i had with him today. I never mentioned it and the memory is turned off. When confronted it said: " It was an error, likely a mistaken inclusion in my response, potentially resulting from mixing examples or patterns I've seen in other contexts" But he literally wrote before: "Given your location in [city], salaries may vary based on regional demand and cost of living." I can copy the whole conversation if anyone is interested it is pretty wild to me.

Yes and the way he does it is so pitiful its hilarious to me.

@Leo Gura hey Leo, I tried to create a new topic, but shortly after I finished it, literally in seconds it said "we could not find the topic anymore" or something like that. This happened 2 times in a row, within a few minutes. This might be a bug? Also I meant to post this for a while now, but never got to it because I need to write it out first and I also probably want to edit it before it goes public. I'm not sure if this is possible here? What I was trying to do was create the topic and then immediately hide it until I'm done editing it.

@Human Mint hey there, Thank you for the tips! I bought the book on audible, going to listen to it when I get to it. (Im extremely busy now). Is there an answer to why the fuck do I regularly wake up at ungodly times like 4 am? Lol

Do you have a good method to fall asleep quickly that we might not know about?

Maybe it's time for you to get some fresh air buddy.

Simply put, whatever buddy.

I met a person who actually understands that there is transcendental knowledge - as opposed to scientific method which is about dissecting reality to make distinctions. He also understands the difference between map and territory. These people exist and they are out there. This particular person also has 3 doctor titles. He is a fucking menace.

https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/aston-university-researchers-send-data-45-million-times-faster-average-broadband Fastest speed ever sent via specific wavelength bands which are not yet used in fibre optic systems Expected this discovery will contribute to meeting massive data demand of the future Technique uses existing network but increases its capacity to carry data. Aston University researchers have sent data at a speed that is 4.5 million times faster than the average home broadband. The rate is the fastest ever sent by opening up specific new wavelength bands that are not yet used in fibre optic systems. As part of an international collaboration, the academics transferred data at a rate of 301 terabits or 301,000,000 megabits per second, using a single, standard optical fibre. That’s compared to Ofcom’s UK home broadband performance report published in September 2023 which stated that the average broadband speed is just 69.4 Mbit/s megabits per second. Professor Wladek Forysiak from Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies and Dr Ian Phillips were part of the team that successfully transmitted the data. They worked in collaboration with researchers from National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the USA. As the demand for more data increases, it is expected the newly developed technology will help keep up with future demand. The scientists used optical fibres, small tubular strands of glass that pass information using light. Regular copper cables can’t carry data at such speeds. The feat was achieved by opening up new wavelength bands that are not yet used in fibre optic systems. Different wavelength bands are equivalent to different colours of light being transmitted down the optical fibre. They did this by developing new devices called optical amplifiers and optical gain equalizers to access them. Dr Phillips led the development of a management device, or optical processor, at Aston University. He said “Broadly speaking, data was sent via an optical fibre like a home or office internet connection. “However, alongside the commercially available C and L-bands, we used two additional spectral bands called E-band and S-band. Such bands traditionally haven’t been required because the C- and L-bands could deliver the required capacity to meet consumer needs. “Over the last few years Aston University has been developing optical amplifiers that operate in the E-band, which sits adjacent to the C-band in the electromagnetic spectrum but is about three times wider. Before the development of our device, no one had been able to properly emulate the E-band channels in a controlled way.” Professor Forysiak added: “By increasing transmission capacity in the backbone network, our experiment could lead to vastly improved connections for end users. “This groundbreaking accomplishment highlights the crucial role of advancing optical fibre technology in revolutionising communication networks for faster and more reliable data transmission. “Growing system capacity by using more of the available spectrum - not just the conventional C-band but also other bands such as the L, S and now E-bands can help to keep the cost of providing this bandwidth down. “It is also a ‘greener solution’ than deploying more, newer fibres and cables since it makes greater use of the existing deployed fibre network, increasing its capacity to carry data and prolonging its useful life & commercial value. “ The results of the experiment were published this month by the Institute of Engineering and Technology, the IET, and were presented as a post-deadline paper at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) held in Glasgow, October 2023.

Infinity

I had a shroom trip many years ago, where I felt everything that has ever happened, happened FOR me. I guess today I would call it a solipsist experience, but it was accompanied by a feeling of love I can only compare to what i experienced on ecstasy before. I think I integrated it pretty nicely since then, with Leo's teachings for example and in some further trips, but that feeling I had then never occurred in that intensity again. (It was a heroic dose and I have not done that much ever since, so it just makes sense.) Sometimes it is baffling to see how close minded people are and I think it's because they never had even a glimpse of this Love.

@bambi I think a lot of this comes down to the fact that we are basically communicating in a few sentences each comment. You can only convey an eeny tiny bit of truth in each comment. It isnt common to come to a forum and leave well thought out 100 pages long answers and even if you did not a lot of people are going to read it. Its the style of communication thats a limiting factor here. And then of course we choose to talk about the most advanced, philosophycal, abstract etc. themes in this style, so what do you expect at this point beyond confusion ? LOL

I have not been thinking in terms of "enlightenment" for a long time and literally forgot what the term "enlightened person" supposed to mean. I think it is useful to have a definition, since there is a lot of enlightenment talk here on the forum. A person who's ordinary experience is without the separateness of I and external world. If you have beef with my definition, please dont write 2000 word essays here, just post the definition that you think would fit better with a short explanaiton if necessary and we can work from there later on.

That is also true, you are taking it to the next level here, completing a full circle. Good freaking job brother. Nice explanation too. Just for your comment it was already worth to start this topic (not to disregard others!!). Im too busy right now to fully look into everything you just said there, but i'll take time to for that and im looking forward for reading more from you.

Again, im not looking for an explanation of enlightenment. I understand it very well intellectually. I wish to create this definition for us, so when we are talking about this phenomenon, we woudl not have to have the same conversations all the time. Maybe im delusional for trying this.

Also, @Inliytened1 I would argue against this. I think one can have just the feeling of separateness torn down, without having these other deeper truths realized. Like the dissolution of separateness is the first step. Of course im not talking from experience here.

Thank you everyone for the comments. <3 Since there was not a lot of answers, there is not much to go on here. I guess we can agree upon atleast two things here: 1. The "substance" of enlightenment in the classical sense is the lack of separateness inbetween I and outside world 2. This needs to be present in the person's everyday experience in order to talk about an "enlightened person" or the person has to have the ability to get into it on command. Meaning i would exclude people from the definition who has had enlightenment experiences (from doing yoga, meditation, psychedelics or in any way), but its not their standard way to function. Would you agree to this ? For the people who are commenting there is no such thing as an enlightened person, i understand you very well. My goal here is to create a definition, that we can all agree upon, when we are talking about this phenomenon (but have so many different ways of saying it). Sort of like creating an actualzed.org forum dictionary if that makes sense. If you have a different way to refer to this, like @UnbornTao did ("Directly conscious of her nature."), thats fair game, please submit your answers! (Maybe i'll just quote Leo from one of his videos to achieve this and then there is that. Lol)

@Princess Arabia Nevermind me im just joking around, but we are spamming the topic too much. @stephenkettley He can be glad that we gave The Hot Chick a new perspective.

@Princess Arabia You would do the helicopter for sure! Hahahah

@Keryo Koffa What kind of Rob Schneider-esque example is that my friend!

Agreed. Still it is good to have a definition, because of the nature of spiritual talk and people. I want to bring clarity in the language, if that makes sense.