Carl-Richard

@thisintegrated Lol. What @Raptorsin7 said is accurate. Tate has debunked all of these points, and his explanations sound way more probable than what these sensationalistic headlines are trying to paint him as.

What did I miss?

I mean, I've already written a topic which lays out my approach to health if you truly want a long answer. I'm just going to give a summary of that here. So basically do things that create meaning in your life on all levels simultaneously, be it adding some structure to your daily life, or aligning yourself with a life purpose, working on the roots and dynamics of your emotions, physical exercise, diet etc., and of course balance all of that with spiritual practice. These are all things that have worked in my life, and I started almost from scratch, implementing them one by one. So while I sometimes reference actual science, for me it's not just theory. I also have other similar things like that in my bookmarks.

@Tyler Robinson I'm eating. 2 sec

Again, Daniel is looking for what the world needs. What you're offering is a different answer for what the world needs. This has been a semantics game this whole time. The incessant need to edit your phrasing ever so slightly indicates this. It shouldn't be this hard to communicate what you're trying to communicate: you're disagreeing with his prescriptions, his methods, his thinking, his worldview (your perception of it).

Then you wouldn't be so concerned about what Daniel thinks the world needs. Daniel is looking for what the world needs. What you're offering is an answer for what the world needs.

Explain why it's a false statement.

@Devin Explain yourself.

So what Daniel thinks the world needs is actually not what the world needs. It only needs less fear.

Let's bring it back then: what is wrong with fear? Why bring it up?

Stop lying.

Oh my god... "The only thing the world needs is New Age spirituality". No, get a grip.

10/10 Slay

"You see guys, it's possible to either view things through a set of action-oriented, pragmatist-realist glasses, or a set of New Age rose-tinted glasses, and because viewing it through the latter is completely irrelevant to the mission of actually making a change, I'm going to dismiss their spiritual chops for no reason"

I see no other way that you can raise these kinds of objections against someone like Dan who grew up within a non-dual community.

"Defensiveness, difficult emotions, striving, struggling, survival etc. must be avoided at all costs." That is not true acceptance.

Ladies and gentlemen; New Age brainrot. "This guy has serious plans and aspirations. He is surely not as spiritual as I am."

I don't think trying to avoid an outcome means you're fearful.

Some people are more focused on writing poetry than conveying clear thoughts, which is ok. That is a valid form of self-expression. But some people can certainly work on streamlining their writing if they want people to understand, let alone read their posts. On the topic of debate (or just conversation in general), there is an interesting phenomena that often happens where there is no real progress in terms of covering new ground, but it's rather about engaging in different "modes of thinking" (e.g. saying something common that almost everybody agrees with), which is then often treated as if it is new information or an actual disagreement, but which in reality is just a difference in timing or circumstance. This often causes conversations to get needlessly heated. For example, I think everybody can agree that being overly verbose can be detrimental, so in that sense, you're simply engaging in a common mode of thinking. Then somebody might respond by bringing up some opposing mode that is also a source of agreement (e.g. "you need to be informative though"), just as a way to balance it out, all the while there is no actual disagreement to be had. That said, it's not a complete waste of time, because it can be used as a springboard to talk about differences in nuances and emphasis on those topics. For example, I agreed with the general premise of your topic, but I responded by adding some nuance. So keeping this in mind can be another tool for making conversations go more smoothly.

I'm interested in what effect psychedelics have on spirituality. Tell us about how you got into psychedelics or meditation. Which one came first? EDIT: added a new question about awakenings.

@Tyler Robinson ._.

Not much good is going to come out of this.

I mean, there has to be at least some redneck who is naturally spiritually inclined and is a mystic in their own right, and naturally he would be attracted to the Bible instead of say the Vedas. It's not so straightforward to separate spirituality from tradition.

oH wELL I'm gLAd yOu aSKeD! *shameless self-promotion*

Hmm. What are they? I can't remember.