Joseph Maynor

@James123 This is really good. Notice though when he talks about the I Am, that does not get deleted by the no self retort.

He helped me on my path. That I can say.

Understand me please. Hey!

Think of science as basically providing the intellect behind engineering.

Preachers can be entertaining more or less, so there's that.

But is having ego wise if your job is to criticize others' ego?

I'm not sure science is taking a Truth perspective. Why is this a hang up? Scientists are concerned with cataloging observable patterns and testing them through direct experience.

I was on his forum for 4 years. I got to know him quite well.

It makes sense that manipulators would prefer you to think you have no self.

He is building a course on this, you folks need to be patient.

Humor can be nasty too. How we treat people is more important than humor at the end of the day.

No chance of that on here.

Be glad you're not a mod if you ask me haha.

I watched this video. I'm not a psychologist but he seems way out there to me in this video.

Your point taken. Thanks.

The Alien stuff sounds like a realization that could have been had while tripping.

What I am talking about is the inverse of idealism. A lot of problems can be solved by talking to someone face-to-face. Developing a real relationship with them.

I would want to talk with someone face to face even if it were by Zoom ideally before kicking them out of my community or demoting them. But then again, I live in the real world where this is what we do.

Hmm. Why should moderators get demoted but regular members get banned?

Sometimes you can hash out an issue with someone face-to-face, one-on-one, which has a misunderstanding at its basis. I'm noticing we don't even want to deal with people face to face anymore. That distance thing is weird to me and an issue. There are consequences to not wanting to communicate well with people.

And this has pros and cons too.

Before you ban or demote someone why not have a simple Zoom call with them to flesh out any issues? Seems like common sense to me.

Nobody likes to be cornered, true.