Carl-Richard

I think he said he doesn't care about the distinction, exactly because his idea of intelligence is so different from how people usually define it.

Your concept of intelligence is quite idiosyncratic though, so that might actually be a conservative estimate ;D

Justin Bieber - Baby

This is called spiritual bypassing and is very dangerous if you do it the other way around ("these people don't exist, therefore I can do x to them"). Using spiritual beliefs as an emotional safety net should be avoided. Just do spiritual practices, contemplate why your mind reacts the way it does, and feel your emotions. If you feel embarrassed, then that is what you feel. Learn to expect feeling embarrassed and be ok with feeling that emotion.

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Genetic freak = a lot of spiritual practice in past lives. Nothing strange about it

Oh hello there ? Hmmm... maybe. I found this thing which is very interesting (and using it makes me feel like an ethnonationalist for some reason lol) http://humanphenotypes.net/map/map.html If you look at Strandid vs. Hallstatt, it looks like my theory holds up (Norwegians are generally darker on the West coast). http://humanphenotypes.net/Strandid.html http://humanphenotypes.net/Hallstatt.html

? Well, it's compensation for my receding hairline

I actually have blue eyes. Fuck it, I'll just post a picture. I cba posing for pictures so I'll post one of my gym thoughts ? This was just before summer at my most whitest

Vai Freaking Out in a Zappa kind of way

Ah, so the trap is thinking getting derailed by survival pressures, emotions, desires, egoic drives and the like? Yes, you can probably solve a great deal of that, but some of it you just have to live with if you want to exist as a human.

Pan fried chicken breast (shredded or tenderized) with salt, pepper, whatever oil you like and pickled jalapeños (and a splash of vinegar from the jar). Boiled small potatoes. After they're cooked, remove the water and slice each potato in half, add olive oil, paprika powder, garlic powder, oregano and salt. Mix it together by shaking the pot. Or just have rice instead. Pan fried frozen vegetables (like broccoli, carrot and cauliflower, with salt and olive oil; or just green beans), or an easy salad (use any type of leafy greens, add tomatoes, salt and pepper, olive oil, balsamico vinegar and pine nuts). Optional: some sauce or dip (but I don't know anything that fits your list).

How does one avoid falling in the conceptual trap?

This is the same as saying "if you don't become addicted, you don't become addicted". The problem is that most people underestimate how unhealthy they are (especially what hidden trauma and neuroses they have), and even if everything looks great for a while, all it takes is one stressing life event (breakup, death of a family member, losing your job, etc.) and your first escape will be into the drug habit, and then the downward spiral begins. It's a downward spiral because drugs (the hedonic ones at least) have an inherent fragility-inducing effect on your system, and when that becomes your main coping mechanism (or your only coping mechanism), it only goes one way; down. Then the only thing that can save you is reaching a threshold of suffering that makes you drop the drug habit and return to more vital coping strategies, and for some addictions, this often implies losing almost everything you have, including your life ("rock-bottom theory"). Steve-O is an example of this. You see, what you call a healthy lifestyle is just the amount of vital coping strategies you have (friends, family, daily habits, hobbies, life purpose, diet, healthcare system, etc.). If all you care about is keeping your head above water, you can probably afford something like a drug habit, but again, only for a while, because if you lose enough of your other strategies, you're risking everything you've got. I just heard from my friend that our roommate from last year have taken up heroin after his girlfriend broke up with him. Only one year ago, he was working a job, smoking weed, did a few trips, listened to Sadhguru. He took a break off work due to anxiety issues, and that is when the downhill spiral started. He probably had some actual trauma and personality issues as well (he struck me as ADHD, disorganized, neurotic, a bit emotionally needy). Similarly, when my friend and his girlfriend broke up (and his home country of Ukraine was invaded), he massively increased his weed intake and almost jeopardized his degree. I don't need to tell you my story.

I mean what is your idea of non-stupidity?

What is not stupid then?

Experiment: try a sauna at high intensity for ~5 minutes (if under 90 C°, throw water on the oven while standing on top of the bench with your head as close to the ceiling as possible; the more stinging pain, the better). Our sauna at the gym closed down for a week, and when it came back and I did that, I literally got high for 3 hours ?

This is such a beautiful song and a beautiful moment for Mikael as a musician considering he used to not be comfortable with singing.

omg this sounds like when my buddy tried a pinky dip of cocaine.

Like a Leo quote compilation lol Non-dual spirituality (Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism, New-Age, perennialism, mysticism, etc.) defines Truth as seeing through the illusion of separation and aligning your life with that understanding, and this coincides with the end of suffering. There is no contradiction there. Out of all of these traditions, Leo is the outlier. His conception of Truth goes beyond the former definition of Truth, and to understand what he is talking about, you cannot use the techniques of the aforementioned traditions. You need to do the right amount of psychedelics and the right amount (and type) of thinking. If you want to deconstruct the Buddhist worldview, you should also deconstruct Leo's worldview. While the former relies on meditation and contemplation, he relies on psychedelics. This shapes his epistemology, which shapes his metaphysics. Psychedelics work differently from meditation. Am I saying one is better than the other? No. But, deconstruction is not deconstruction without deconstructing everything, including yourself. Am I saying you don't know this? No. I'm just saying it.

I would ask if they were going to do it.

ENTPs who like MBTI ?

Imagine you're at a fat loss convention. They will be very anti-cake. Normal people can eat cake and stay fit, but fat people often eat too much cake, so they'll try to address that problem by talking about the negative effects of cake. Self-help is the same thing, only applied to sex, energy, motivation, etc.

Is Ayahuasca not mainstream in the Amazon tribes? I think "mainstream" is a bad concept when talking about drugs, because 1. very few things are mainstream in the first place (if we define it as something that most people do from time to time), and 2. what going mainstream looks like is not one fixed result. 1. When it gets legalized and researched more closely, it will grow in popularity and then stabilize in its own niche, like with all things, but not all people will use it. Skydiving is not illegal, but it's hardly something all people do. Weed is legal in many places now, but it's not like all people do it now. 2. The psychedelic experience varies greatly after how much you know about it, what kind of person you are, in what context you take it in, etc. It's not "one thing". I know many people who take psychedelics without having any truly deep insights about existential topics and just take it to have fun. And even if they experience something resembling ego death, they'll probably experience some positive change, but moreover they'll probably fear it or underestimate its implications. I doubt popularization of psychedelics on its own will lead to a collective spiritual evolution by any stretch of the imagination. Most people won't be interested, and it wont be a magical cure for low development. This is a much bigger challenge than "turning on, tuning in, and dropping out" like we tried in the 60s. We need a deeply integrated and holistic approach; wide-scale and multi-faceted political and cultural revamping.

@Kksd74628 I can't imagine a less Tier 2 thing than removing voting. Voting is a cornerstone of democracy in the world, and democracy is a cornerstone of the Tier 2 project. Like Jamie Wheal says, the conditions for Game B (Tier 2) were actually set with the founding fathers. They were just never properly implemented. "We're are not here to honor the dead, we're here to re-commit to the promise."