Leo Gura

It's an important distinction because self-transcendence is a whole new domain, beyond the material, into the mystical. Self-trascendence is leaving the entire pyramid into the stratosphere.

The difference is that 99.9% of people think theft should be illegal, while less than 30% think abortion should be. Society can survive just fine with abortion being legal. Society cannot survive with theft being legal.

Lol By this logic no law would ever get broken. The fact is that banning abortion has been tried and women still do it when it is illegal. Because most people think it should be legal. Overwhelming majority of people think it should be legal, so in a democracy abortion will be legal. You hold a minority opinion on this, and as people evolve out of Blue to Orange, Green, and Yellow they become more tolerant of abortion, not less, so you're on the losing side of history.

Infinite Love Forever

Some grade-A stage Blue brainwashing.

Have you tried deepening intimacy without sex? How do you react to that? Any resistance? For example, with your gf, you could try being sexually intimate with her without taking your pants off. Pleasure her and go deep with the intimacy, but don't let her touch you. Get creative with it. There is so much cool stuff you can do to build intimacy without sticking your dick in her.

Western culture is best:

Jesus and Santa were white:

Solid Blue of course, but I'm actually pleasantly surprised at his accommodating attitude towards atheists. He doesn't treat them as devils, like some deep Blue folks might. He is surprisingly tolerant of them. I guess because the Soviet Union created so many atheists that his Blue worldview has to accommodate that as part of its survival function.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_gay_propaganda_law

Because that debate derails this thread. Music is controversial and people love to debate about it endlessly. Go debate it in another thread.

Being = non-symbolic state of consciousness. It's not strictly a prerequisite but it sure helps. With a psychedelic you can be conscious of Nothingness while also thinking and using the mind. But sober, it helps to silence the mind in order the realize Nothingness. Although later you will realize that mind itself is Nothingness, and so having thoughts is not really any different than Being or Nothingness. But this is an advanced stage one has to reach through lots of awakenings.

Meh... I can climb faster.

Knowing is a function of the mind. When you stop it, you're just left with Being or non-symbolic consciousness.

Devil bird!

Obviously you can't do pickup right now in most places. Nor would I recommend that until there is a vaccine or some treatment for Covid. But now is the time to lay your plans and oil your gun for when hunting season opens

I could write an AI that teaches and guides people to God and nonduality.

Well, where else do you find the past but always in your present imagination?? Take a close look at what "past" really is. If we wiped your memory, isn't it obvious that you would cease to have a past? It wouldn't merely be that you could not longer remember your past. No! Your past would literally not exist. Because your past is created now. If you stop creating it, it will stop existing. Much like when you close your eyes the room ceases to exist.

Well... whoever wrote that dialogue or coded that AI has a decent understanding of God, I'll given them that. If you really want to test it, you gotta ask it, What is love?

For the same reason that a basketball game needs rules.

Well, it is possible. https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/authors/eckhart-tolle-net-worth/ But a conscious person doesn't need large amounts of money.

@Moon I didn't mean dick pics. I just meant guys will blow up your inbox fawning all over you. That is how many guys think though.

Yelp.com Just wear a mask and sit 6 feet away. Should be relatively safe.