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I really think that the assistant principal there had a personal vendetta against me. She basically tortured me for two or three month beforehand, having me overhaul my entire classroom management plan (behavior stuff). And it was not directly said, but it was quite clear that my job was on the line. And I worked so much overtime just to meet her expectations... and I did. I came through on every change she wanted me to make. But it was never really about that. And I asked her when she was coming into observe me (around two weeks before she called me in to tell me about the contract non-renewal). And I said, "I'm 8 months pregnant. What happens decision-wise if I go into labor over the weekend before you can observe?" Then, she literally said with a serious tone but a smirk, "Don't go into labor over the weekend." And I was absolutely devastated when I found out that my contract wouldn't be renewed. I tried so hard, but it didn't matter in the end. And I was so stressed out that I was unable to eat properly for days and was losing weight. I was afraid for my baby because I was having such a bad time emotionally, like to the point of shaking and crying. I had teachers that heard about that through the grapevine, come into my room very upset about the treatment I was getting. One lady teacher was literally in tears. It was bad. I'm glad for how things have gone. But I still think that the AP's treatment of me was purely malicious. I was always thinking of the reason why. I was 25 at the time and she was about 30 or 31. So, I thought that perhaps she is jealous because I'm pregnant and maybe she was unable to get pregnant or something like that, as she has no kids. Or perhaps she thought it was improper for someone of my age to be pregnant and have another kid already at home... as I became a mom at 22. My daughter was 3.5 at the time of my son's birth. Or maybe she just was a sadist who saw someone in a vulnerable position, and got a lot of pleasure out of causing pain and stress to me.

Not in Florida. Teachers in their first three years of teacher can have their contract not renewed for "any reason and no reason." And even though, it's not technically firing, it's totally the same as firing. When I was let go, they gave the reason of "didn't fit the culture of the school". I was 8.5 months pregnant when they called me in to tell me my contract wouldn't be renewed for the next year. I'm glad though, at this point. It's really the impetus for starting my channel and getting on the path that I'm on right now career-wise, and that's a lot better.

When you say it that way it sounds a little bit more appealing. Never tried it organic before.

No. Obviously, I suspected the vanilla was fake. That's a duh, right there. Everything's artificial. I expected that it was made out of some synthetic blend of chemicals and other stuff. What I didn't expect was that it was made out of beaver butts.

Wow! I looked it up, and it's true-ish... it's actually made from a compound in the beaver's buttocks. That's crazy. Guess it's not Vegan then. I was just wondering the other day why stuff with vanilla in it isn't crazy expensive. One vanilla bean, is $11 on average if you go to the spices section. Literally, just one is that expensive. And it's the size and shape of a long green bean. So, I was wondering how vanilla ice cream doesn't cost like $30 for a pint. Now I know... It's made of beaver butts. You learn something new every day.

The main focus in the dating/pick-up industry is just about getting success from the male point of view. So, it's very numbers and quantity oriented. But it's not actually helping men give women a genuinely good time. Like, if we make an analogy to a business... pick-up is helping guys get "buyers" but not "satisfied customers". And the problem is that it's teaching men to determine their success with women on the number of "buyers" as opposed to the degree of satisfaction women get from being with them. So, I would say that it could improve as an industry by actually having a knowledge of what women genuinely want and enjoy... instead of just what a sizable minority of women will settle for. And as the guys above me in the posting mentioned, a lot of that will have to do with authenticity and depth. No woman really wants a cartoon of masculine stereotypes cobbled together to look like a personality. Women are attracted to real people. But of course, the pick up industry might not do as well financially if men knew that. The industry thrives on inexperienced and/or insecure men to have the placebo effect with their techniques, and ascribe their new-found success with women to those techniques. As opposed to realizing that some women will be attracted to them, just as they are. And it was only the added confidence of doing the techniques that inspired them to approach, and not the techniques themselves, that got them success. I would say that 80% of the benefits of pick up come from this placebo effect.

You're not really saying anything concrete here. You're saying it's not down to the fact that we're eating all the nutrients. But if it's not, then what does it come down to, if not nutrient consumption? Isn't that the reason why we eat? We have macro-nutrient needs... carbs, proteins, and fats. We also have micro-nutrient needs like the essential vitamins, minerals, fats, and amino acids. We can also parse that down to phyto-nutrients and anti-oxidents, which are found in plants exclusively in phytp-nutrients and mostly in plants in the case of anti-oxidents. So, if all of these factors are covered on a Vegan diet, then what is this mystery ingredient (or ingredients) that you're talking about? Now, you could say that some people have issues processing nutrients in general. But I don't see how that would be different if they were eating a Vegan diet versus an Omnivorous diet, as even an Omnivorous diet also includes plants. Now, there is the case of the Inuit population that has had to make due with eating only meat because of the cold weather. So, I might be willing to buy it, if the population comes from that region because there is thousands of years of evolution behind that. That said, the Inuit population that still lives in that area (as late as 1991) tend not to live very long compared to people living in other places, and perhaps limited diet may have something to do with that. Their average life expectancy was about 10 years earlier than Canadians up until about 30 years ago. But this has changed a lot since then, perhaps because there is more access to a variety of foods as opposed to just the animals they have there to hunt. And there is near parity of life expectancy now. So, can you be more specific with your claim?

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Try some science for a change. You can get everything you need from a plant-based diet, except for b-12. And even the major health organizations agree that all nutrient needs can be met on a Vegan diet at any stage in life. If you don't believe me, you can use the site Cronometer which is a site for monitoring whether or not you've met your macronutrient and micronutrient needs. And it's not a site designed for Vegans. It's just a general nutrition site. So, it monitors carbs, proteins, and fats as well as amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. I monitor my diet through that site, and I can pretty easily meet all my needs as a Vegan. Lentils, peas, and beans have lots of protein and complete amino acid profiles. Also, if you tried to meet all your caloric needs through killing a single animal, then your diet would be incredibly imbalanced... getting way too much of some things and way too little of others. I just typed in the profile for steak, if you got 1,973 calories met by eating just that. Macronutrients-wise, you get too much protein (576% of what you need) and fat (146% of what you need). And micronutrients wise, you get too much saturated fat and too much trans fat (which is really bad for you). You also get too much Zinc (700% of what you need) and too much Niacin (698% of what you need). In terms of deficiencies macronutrients-wise, you get 0% of the carbs you need and 0% of the fiber you need (constipation- ouch!). In terms of micronutrient deficiencies, I'll list them below... Omega-3 - 22% "of the needed daily value" Omega-6 - 27% "" Vitamin B1 - 87% "" Folate - 15% "" Vitamin A - 7% "" Vitamin C - 0% "" (Scurvy ahoy!) Vitamin D - 2% "" Vitamin E - 23% "" Vitamin K - 26% "" Calcium - 20% "" Copper - 81% "" Magnesium - 60% "" Sodium - 55% "" This equals out to meeting only 68% of your nutrient needs. And when I eat a Vegan diet that meets my caloric needs it's quite easy for me to hit all the targets without going over, and I only take two supplements. So, you may want to consider that all the things you think you know about diet are incorrect. Edit: You're also way over on Amino Acids, getting 1300%+ of your daily recommended needs for all 11 essential Amino Acids, except for Cystine which is over by 693%.

I've been back and forth between Vegan and Vegetarian for over 3 years now, with most of that time spent Vegan. And I've never had the issue of receding gums. You can get everything you need from a Vegan diet except for b-12. So, be sure to take a b-12 supplement. Also, I recommend using the site Cronometer, because you can monitor your macronutrients (carbs, proteins, fats). You can also monitor your essential vitmains, minerals, and amino acids. That way, you know that you're meeting your needs. And you can absolutely meet 100% of your needs on a Vegan diet as long as you take a b-12 supplement. I know because I monitor. The most difficult need to meet, by far, is Potassium. And that's true for Vegans and Omnivores alike. You'd have to eat line 9 bananas a day to get all the potassium you need or 3 potatoes. And the supplements have 3% of the daily value of potassium max, as they're not allowed to have any more potassium than that. So, sweet potatoes and regular potatoes are your best friends for your potassium needs. Otherwise... 9 bananas. Calcium is difficult for Vegans, so be sure to find natural Calcium sources like cruciferous vegetables or Spirulina or use supplements or fortified plant milks. Vitamin D is also difficult for both Vegans and non-Vegans alike. You can get it naturally through certain mushrooms or through exposure to sunlight. But I take a supplement for this as well. Otherwise, everything else is pretty easy to get, including protein. Just, be sure to get a minimum of .36 grams of protein for pound of body weight. So, for me, I need around 40 grams of protein per day but I aim for around 60 grams. So, if you're a man, you might need a bit more like 50-55 grams. So, you may want to shoot for around 75 grams of protein. I recommend lentils, split peas, and other legumes. They have a lot of protein in them as well as a complete amino acid profile.

I've skated back and forth between the poverty line a lower middle class quite frequently in the past decade, especially in my early 20s. And I'm just now, with my channel and life-coaching and other sources of income, getting to a point where I am a solid candidate for joining the regular middle class soon as I'm currently making about $3.5k per month, and I anticipate that number growing since I just recently raised my prices a bit. The main thing to contend with poverty-wise is the psychological states that naturally come along with the amount of money a person has. I've noticed, that when I'm poor, survival-based concerns take up 95% of my RAM. And it's much more difficult to make good long-term decisions, be optimistic about the future, and focus toward life-purpose. But when I'm lower middle class, this can be challenging, but I have a lot more energy and and brain-space to focus toward growth. It's really difficult to work at the top of Maslow's Hierarchy when you're struggling to meet the needs of the bottom rung. It takes up a lot of energy. So, you have to build stamina, optimism, and intense focus if you're dealing with poverty to take you forward. And then, from there, you must find something that provides a ton of value to offer, and build a following around it to get it in front of its target audience. And ideally, it is something that's so natural to you and that you do so much better/differently than other people, that they can't get exactly what you're offering from anyone else. But the good news is that you'll be able to improve your financial situation more rapidly if you find a working business model, because everything will be a gain for you. You just have to find something that works and grow your audience.

Thank you!

Considering that all existential questioning (and all questioning in general) must happen on the level of thoughts, then of course it's relative. Existential questioning and contemplation is primary for letting go of non-truth and emptying the cup of delusion. And both the existential questioning and the delusion are happening in the relative. It is like the one thorn that you use to remove the other thorn that's stuck in your finger. Once you use the thorn of contemplation/existential questioning to remove the other thorn of delusion, you can throw both thorns away. And there, you are clear enough approach the absolute. But you need the one thorn to remove the other, which are both happening on the relative level.

Haha! Definitely similarities there... both stylistically and thematically.

Yeah... I was very romantically precocious. I had my first kiss at age 6. And I was doing a lot more than kissing by the time I was 14. But I'm from a very conservative redneck town with the only sex-ed being abstinence based, so naturally everyone else was about the same. Probably a solid 30% of my friends had lost their virginity by the end of the first year in high school. I was always labelled as the innocent one if that gives you the idea. A lot of my friends all have pre-teens now and a couple of them have teenagers. We're 30.

I remember being on the receiving end of a teenage boy's first date back when I was 14. I went out with this boy Scott who was also 14, and I really liked him. We had a lot of fun talking together in typing class. But he was very awkward and couldn't relax and he was an awkward kisser (due to inexperience), and so I lost feelings for him. He also didn't tip the waiter, which bothered me. So, here's my advice... - Relax - Be yourself - Don't be a pleaser - Learn how to kiss (don't wet your lips with copious amounts of saliva before-hand) - Be natural - Tip the waiter This is advice based purely on my teenage dating experience, so may not be relevant to you. But just in case, I figured that I'd share.

Sure. I have it in my signature bar.

I made a video that touches on this. Solipsism itself is a belief that we superimpose onto reality. And therefore, it is not true. But the problem is that people start believing in solipsism once they see how flimsy the notion of naive realism is... and then they fall on the other side of the horse where they start believing that their finite perspective is the only perspective.

I wouldn't worry too much about this... especially since Sadhguru's advice seems to advise more against casual hook-ups every weekend as opposed to the figuring things out and changing partners over time. And there is a practical (not a moral) reason for this. I think it would be quite paralyzing and harmful to set yourself to an impossible standard for fear of what it might do to you spiritually. Like, you seem afraid of being forever marked by your sexual choices. And it feels a bit similar to very puritanical notions about sexuality as leading to a loss in personal value of some kind. But the thing is, life happens and we can't always guarantee that our relationships will work out. And you don't want to constrict your natural drives to such a degree that life can't happen to you. So, you can expect that you may have a few sexual partners over the course of time... perhaps more than a few. But don't think that this permanently stains you in some way. The reason why Sadhguru talks about this more in an energetic way. So, if you're sleeping around, you're mingling very closely with the energy of another. And the energy mixes with your own. And it confuses the system. So, it's not good for spiritual practice to also be in the practice of changing sexual partners every weekend. But this effect doesn't last. Energy is mutable.

The main imbalance here is that there is an overt focused toward masculine highness over feminine lowness with regard to personal development and spirituality. And this is why it attracts who it does, and why the imbalance occurs. So, the masculine is all that has no substance of its own but can create change and transformation by enacting itself on a substance. It is related to the elements of air and fire for this reason. And it has to do with everything of the intellect and of the spiritual. The feminine, on the other hand, had substance and being but does not have the ability for change and transformation. It is related to the elements of Earth and water because of its groundedness in the mundane experience of life and our humanity. It has everything to do with the Earthly and ordinary. And it also relates to the emotions and existence itself. So, the masculine is about doing. The feminine is about being. So, this is a personal development channel. So, obviously a lot of that is about doing which is in the wheelhouse of the masculine principle. And it is also a very intellect-heavy and high-spirituality-heavy channel, which is also under the umbrella of the masculine principle. So, the topics covered and how they're covered will find an audience that values the masculine. But to add to this, it's important to understand that there is a shadow to personal development that everyone engaged in it shares to a certain degree. Often times, the shadow of why a person wants to develop themselves is to mitigate negative feelings about themselves (feminine) and develop more abilities relative to doing and having an identity (masculine). So, personal development's shadow often has a resistance to the feminine built in, and a retreat into the masculine. This is true for men and for women engaged in personal development. The way to actually balance and integrate on this forum would be to focus more toward feminine values like vulnerability, receptivity, atunement to our own emotional state, practicing empathy toward others, listening to the intuition, facing the shadow and the unconscious, and dropping the need to compete or be correct or to point out when someone else is incorrect. One thing I've noticed with the forum that's given me a bit of insight into the masculine is that there tends to be an intellectual focus toward higher up spiritual concepts. And on this forum, it often happens at the expense of being able to accept the mundane and emotional aspects of what's happening. So, there is a lot of denial and a hiding behind concepts to cover over emotional wounds. And perhaps a feeling like being right is the thing that makes someone valid. So, there is a lot of loftiness and idealism at the expense of noticing what's here now. But I also want to mention that I think this is a common pattern in society in general. It just shows itself a particular way on this format.

I think this is very common, but actually comes from lack of personal development on the part of the woman. A woman who is conscious of her emotions, won't test you. And this is why... These tests mostly happen unconsciously, where a woman is vying for a certain need to be met without realizing consciously that she's vying for a certain need to be met. That's what the "test" is. I'ts unconscious manipulation because she doesn't yet know how to become aware of her emotional state/needs and she doesn't know how to communicate them properly and directly. This is why there are all those stereotypes of women saying their "fine" when they're really not. And essentially using passive aggression to manipulate the situation to get what she wants/needs. So, this is a shadow thing, and the tests come from that unconscious manipulation that stems from being unable to be aware of and communicate her emotions directly. Also, even if a woman consciously decides to test a guy, there is still an unconscious undercurrent. So, relative to men and women's emotions and how they work, we work very much the same way. We have the same capacity for feeling a wide range of emotions. But the primary difference with regard to emotions, generally speaking, is the vantage point that we take in relation to them. So, the masculine orientation to emotions is distant, like a bird's eye view. As such, there aren't a lot of details, but it's very simple to recognize and label. So, from the masculine perspective, emotions are easy to become aware of and communicate. But they are very simplified into broad strokes, which makes it harder to have a deep understanding of emotions but it's also easier to make quick strategic decisions and to communicate directly. Reading emotions from the masculine perspective is a bit like reading "Clifford the Big Red Dog", it's simple and obvious and you know what's going on. The feminine perspective relative to emotions is like a street view, where you're right up close to everything. So, if you have a bird's eye view like the masculine perspective on emotions, you can see the broad strokes of what's happening in the setting. But if you're in the feminine perspective, you're seeing all the details and nuances and people and sounds and smells and all the little things that you can't see in the masculine bird's eye view. But the complexity is difficult to become aware of and to communicate from because it's all so close and difficult to wrap the mind around. So, reading emotions from the feminine perspective is a bit like reading "War and Peace", you can learn to read it but it has a big learning curve. And society doesn't teach us how to read and communicate our emotions in this way. So, most people (and women especially) haven't learned the proper tools to make sense of them. So, people who are jammed into the masculine perspective, have a very vague notion of their emotions and things get over-simplified without the ability to take the feminine perspective. People who are jammed into the feminine perspective get lost in all the details and nuances without the ability to back up a bit and take the masculine perspective. So, the masculine is like being 100 feet away from a tv screen and missing all the details. The feminine is like having your face pressed directly against the tv screen and being too close to see what's actually going on. So, a developed person will cultivate the ability to switch between masculine and feminine perspectives. And then, these unconscious manipulation tactics are no longer necessary because you can become aware of your needs and feelings and communicate them directly to the other person. So, the tests are only necessary until the woman has integrated her masculine side, and learned the ability to switch between perspectives. And then, from the masculine her feminine receptivity can grow because she can communicate her needs and boundaries better and feel safe enough to open up. And from there, there is no need to test your partner or be insecure, because you're no longer riding blind.

Do you actually want a family... or do you want to avoid social disapproval? This is really the question to hone in on. Really tune into your emotions here, because it seems to me that you're negatively motivated instead of positively motivated. So, the horse that's positively motivated is moving in the direction of a stick and carrot. The horse wants the carrot, and so the horse walks without resistance toward the carrot. The horse that's negatively motivated is also walking, but he walks because he's trying to avoid the whip. So, are you following the carrot or simply trying to avoid the whip? If it's the latter, then I recommend not having a family until the family is the carrot. And also accepting that family may never be the carrot. So, the question is... what's your carrot? What really inspires you? Once you find that, follow that golden carrot wherever it goes. And this will help you find the stream and flow with it.

Is this million dollar dare only available to gay people?

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