Carl-Richard

If you're taking opioids regularly, there is something wrong.

Wut ?

I just had a huge blast of nostalgic memories from wintertime around 5-6 years ago. It's weird how there is a distinct emotional signature for a specific part of your life that has such a strong impact when you experience it, and that you can really only experience it retrospectively after a certain amount of time (you can't really feel nostalgia for today or yesterday). Nostalgia is not just one memory. It's a mood, and it connects several memories together. There is a flood of memories that captures the essence of an era, of yourself. You get to re-experience how it was like to be you once upon a time. The mind is an incredible thing.

Infinite formlessness (spaceless, timeless void). All limited forms (experiential qualities) spring out of that void. Your personal dream is one of the many ways that these qualities manifest themselves within this larger dream. While it may appear from the perspective of your personal dream that certain qualities are off-limits (e.g. you can't experience hidden aspects of others, yourself or the world), this is not a problem for the larger dream, because again, it exists beyond any notion of space and time. It's everything everywhere simultaneously. Space and time is a very general way of talking about how the personal hides from the transpersonal.

Waking reality and sleep are both your dreams, happening within a larger dream, like circles within a larger circle.

That's such a great way of distinguishing between the transpersonal Mind and the personal mind. You're having thoughts, feelings and perceptions that I don't have. That is your dream. I'm dreaming a different dream in that respect. But we're also part of a larger dream; the space between the thoughts, behind the feelings and perceptions.

There is an element of that for sure.

You're right. It's just more subtle, as it's there all the time, meanwhile recalling a memory creates a contrast with the present, and it stands out more.

@zurew The last couple of years I've been working on identifying and expressing emotions when they arise. I used to be super-agreeable and would hide emotions like anger. Now I see those emotions as tools to stand up for myself, but they're defensive and reactive rather than proactive. This energy I'm talking about is more like a drive which is always there. It's assertive in a forward-moving sense. It's the energy that makes you approach a girl, or address a conflict, or claim what is yours.

Why? Imagine if you lived in the probition era discussing legalization and you said "I don't think we would see alcohol dispensaries or anything like that".

@zurew It's one thing to know these things intellectually. It's another to connect with that impulse. I've always known I've been lacking in some areas, but I've never truly felt a strong drive towards those areas either. That's what the strong lights are for. They're a clear embodiment of the type of energy you need to get there, and you can tap into it and feel it move your body.

Probably I think it started to hit me after my childhood friend got a kid and when this girl from school started appearing as a news anchor on TV

I think strong lights are very useful, but yes, it's dangerous to play with fire. In my experience, I don't know if it's because I just turned 25 and the pressure is finally catching up to me, but I feel that Tate really showed me that there is this fire inside me which I've neglected, and it's quite visceral; like I can feel it in my solar plexus, literally a fire, and it hurts. I can't just sit. I have to get up and act right now. That energy is immensely valueable, and it can be used or abused. Regardless, the worst thing is to not use it.

He is useful for shining a spotlight on neglected aspects of yourself. Sometimes you need a strong light to uncover the shadow For this forum, which is a Green-heavy place, I think these are some spotlights that some of us are playing with: Red: Andrew Tate Blue: Jordan Peterson Orange: Destiny Yellow: John Vervaeke, Bernardo Kastrup. If one values Tier 2, the challenge is to be vigilant and self-aware enough to consciously parse out the different values so that they don't fully dictate your life. That is what uncovering the shadow is about in the first place. But yes, there is always a risk, because sometimes the shadow is so neglected that it's a black hole which forces you to adopt an unhealthy view for a while, but that is just life.

That's why I said "might". Identifying with values that reflect the intellect or the heart might sometimes overshadow an impulsive side.

When you look at the most extreme people, you can be sure that they're employing some aspect that exists within yourself. You don't have to copy that person to recognize that impulse, but it's easy to deny that the impulse even exists.

Not many Tier 2 people are that rich.

or you might be suppressing aspects of yourself.

No, obviously not

@Kksd74628 Dan Bilzerian is a himbo.

You eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner? That sounds like a fine dinner (if you do 30-50% vegetables by weight), but for breakfast, I suggest upping fat intake, maybe cut the amount of fruits in half. I eat 3 eggs, a tiny amount of bread and half a kiwi (or other fruit equivalent) every morning, and if I eat more fruit, I can get anxious. Too much sugar and carbs can make you anxious by spiking blood sugar (same mechanism as adrenaline), and anxiety and paranoia are linked. Fats also stabilize blood sugar and are necessary for brain health (proteins as well). Because of my breakfast, I only need to eat every 6 hours or 3 meals a day (breakfast, dinner, leftovers). There is a potential health trade-off when you consider the cholesterol in eggs, but being anxious and chronically stressed is also bad for your health.

Nope. We're killing the species with this slippery slope of mental and physical fragility. When you stop putting stress on a muscle, it dies. An organism that doesn't move, dies. A heart that doesn't pump blood, dies. Since society has become so frictionless, we have to provide alternative sources for building resilience. Go to the gym regularly, don't eat cake, be social, take on responsibilities, set ambitious goals, build a skillset, apply yourself.

What's truly ironic is that iDubbbz stole that video idea from Jreg himself.

Meditate consistently every day, no excuses. That is the most important thing.

Because that is your purpose. That is who you are.