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Carl-Richard replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
That one seems much more proper. I still prefer the layout of the Democracy Index though -
Carl-Richard replied to Carl-Richard's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Haha probably. I like how the colours also roughly correlate to the SD colours, red through green. You also could easily change the colours in paint or something with not too much work. -
Now I wonder what it's like to be touched by a blind person. Probably very gentle and conscious
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Seeing a super charismatic guy can make you more aware of your own insecurities, so that makes sense.
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Carl-Richard replied to Tanster's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I'm a zoomer so take this with a grain of salt. In my opinion, early stages of education is more about socialization than anything else. If you don't let your kids hang out with other kids at their age, you can forget about ever teaching them the pitfalls of blue/orange. Developing an understanding of social clues, empathy, the distinction between play and violence is the foundation of all growth. Let them go to school, let them socialize with other kids, and most importantly don't force green values on them too early, because that will also interfere with their development. They have to grow to green themselves. All you have to do is help them "max out" their current stage and grow to the next stage on their own. Young kids mainly inhabit stage red and need a healthy dose of blue in order to not become ruthless sociopaths. If they do something wrong, make them know that in a clear way. Don't brush it off like "hahaha you know you can't do that ). Children are clueless. Once they know how to behave, only then they can start moving towards orange and green. -
Carl-Richard replied to iceprincess's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Think of a country like a biological organism that is trying to survive. Countries are shaped by the environment they grow up in and the inheritance of their ancestors. Different environments have different geography, climate, access to resources, dangers from predators (other more powerful countries) etc.. Each environment favors some survival strategies over others. A harsh environment favors harsh survival strategies. The countries are also subjected to random events that could favor some countries over others despite living in similar environments (natural disasters, wars, slavery etc.). The countries that are more well-off today than other countries were the lucky ones who grew up in the good environments and were at the right place at the right time in history. The less well-off countries are therefore stuck with less developed survival strategies that suit their conditions. The solution is to change their environment so they can start to evolve naturally towards higher states of development. Fortunately, the more developed countries get increasingly better at manipulating their environment, and that will help out the less developed countries in the long run as the world becomes more interconnected. -
Carl-Richard replied to nowimhere's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
That guitar is no longer a virgin -
In my experience, the real work starts being done at the 45 minute mark. Try to work upwards toward an hour and see if it makes a difference for you.
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Meditation is about accepting whatever is true in every moment. The problem is that most people are not used to not doing that, so they have to pratice, and that will of course cause some resistance. That is a normal path of growth. Try to really investigate in your direct experience what the resistance is made out of, its nature and how it functions, and then try to accept that.
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Carl-Richard replied to Riblet Roblet's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
The term "love" is commonly conceived as describing inclusion, and "hate" describing exclusion. The universe being Infinite Love is perfect, because it has to "include" everything that exists. Infinite Love is absolute inclusivity: it includes absolutely everything. Remember that the common conception of love and hate are limited constructs. Infinite Love is unlimited. -
Carl-Richard replied to Leo Gura's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Totally in disbelief -
@Rilles RIP
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Yup. Yellow sees the relativity of concepts. Turquoise sees the relativity of mind.
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I need to take my own advice more often lol :
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Carl-Richard replied to Call Me Whatever's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Well I think about it everyday, so for me it couldn't ever really be a synchronicity. However, I have this very persistent synchronicity where I'm hearing a word on a video in one tab while reading that word in another tab. It happens consistently 1-3 times a day and it's profound yet normal for me now. -
Carl-Richard replied to Soullee's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Haha nice! I like DMT stories that contradict materialism -
Carl-Richard replied to Soullee's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Hallucinating isn't a negative though -
Carl-Richard replied to Soullee's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Remember, people who don't think the psychedelic experience is real have only been told by other people what is real or not, and likewise those people were also just told by somebody else. Who was the first one who knew what is truly real? You can't be told what is real or not. Only you can know what is real. -
Carl-Richard replied to Tanster's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
In Norway, the newer schools and the ones that I went to are very green. The primary school that I started going to in 2003 was brand new and the architecture of the building resembles the shell of a snail. Inside there are no classrooms but instead more open structures called "bases". We also had a day in the week called "outside school" which consisted of taking a trip to a forest nearby, and it incorporated learning about the natural sciences and ecology. The school lunch program assured free food for everybody, and we also had a free after-school activities program. -
@Artsu ???
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Life and death, arbitrary and non-arbitrary, instinct and non-instinct; it's all relative. Survival is just a catch-all term for whatever collection of relative constructs you want to perpetuate. Of course survival is relative.
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Ideologically, 70s punk rock was anti-establishment (which for that era mainly entails libertarianism/anarcism), which is a reaction to authoritarianism (blue), and stylistically they're reacting to the green elements of 60s rock: "Punk was a musical movement that reacted against the pastoral sentimentality, expressionistic excess, and superstar bloat of '60s rock with short, fast, hard, acerbic songs. It was also a subculture that scornfully rejected the political idealism and Californian flower-power silliness of hippie myth." - http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bkrev/mcneil-nyt.php. Green came back with movements like post-punk etc..
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Cynic is part of a later wave of 90s progressive metal that started to incorporate elements of jazz, which is arguably the start of green-ish tendencies atleast stylistically. They also have some spiritual and psychedelic themes, and some of the band members are followers of buddhism and openly homosexual (in later years). They later moved away from metal and towards progressive rock/jazz.
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Historically, lyrically, and stylistically, metal music that is based on the 80s era (the height of the genre) has been mainly orange and below. Metal borrows a lot of the orange cultural undertones of punk rock (anti-establishment, pro-individualism, self-expression), and some sub-genres dive into red as we've seen examples of here. I can't think of any examples of bands with green values from that era. I posted an example of green 80s music in the corresponding mega-thread if you want to see what it's like. It tends to be stylistically and lyrically post-modern: often ironic, blending genres, doesn't take itself too seriously, and critical of orange.