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Every moderator is green here lmao

I'm hesitant to post this because I'm not sure myself what to think about it. Usually, when talking about minorities, I avoid the argument that it's the minority's responsibility to assimilate into the culture. However, with SD, I'm tempted to use this argument and claim that it's Green's responsibility to fit in with the other stages. I think so because healthy green should have gone through all the other stages and be able to understand where they are coming from and connect with them at their level of development. I may be conflating Green with Yellow here, but this line of thinking may be beneficial if adopted. I also don't think that the usual minority oppression talk is applicable in this instance because of the difference in cognitive abilities and self-understanding between Green and lower stages. Integrated Green would run circles around Blue in conversation. So I don't think that Green needs much protection when confronted with prior tiers. Remember that the higher one is up the spiral, the easier it is to accumulate wealth an power, so the dynamic here is reversed compared to usual minority oppression talk.

While I appreciate the shout-out, it ain't gonna happen. Demonizing is not a deliberate choice for tier 1 spiral stages, so asking the favor explicitly is not going to stop it.

Used to build molds for thermoplastic injection. Now I'm a programmer working in cryptocurrency field.

Never saw new mods introduced before. Talking about moderation policies openly is a good policy.

Using the forum interactions to feel validated, seen. Have a tendency of repeating and re-formulating my point over and over again if I don't feel like it has been acknowledged or understood My points tend to be abstract and I sometimes can drop a witty non dual one-liner just to confuse people Getting into inner contest with other advisors and comparing myself to them (Mandy, Nahm) Not nearly as humorous as I'd like to be Too much concern about my profile and journal statistics These will improve over time when I heal my traumas. I am deliberately not writing about using the forum too much because it is not a problem with the forum perse, but a problem with the current structure of my life.

Glad to hear that <3

Another radical idea: mandatory therapy before claiming any public office. Therapists being apolitical is the trick.

For the past week I've been grieving. Not able to gush out any creative energy at work, just barely making it through, crying in my car on my way back home. Honestly, the pain I'm connecting with is so deep within me that I basically thought that it is me. I am able to cry it out for the first time in my life.

In this this thread: "my enlightenment is more enlightened than your enlightenment".

The reason many religions have such weird taboos surrounding naming God is because turning "it" into a concept gives the illusion that God can be understood intellectually. Once you experience it, it is actually very difficult to ask meaningful questions about "it". In abstract terms, God is a tautology, so giving it a name that is distinct from all other words is misleading. Hence, it is sometimes called AUM, which is the sound that is present in all words as a basis for modification.

I think that spiritual discussions would be much more entertaining if we activated a filter that changes "God" to... [enter profanity of your choice]

Very interesting. Watching his current state, I would have never guessed that he went through such a long path. He even touched green for some time. I wonder what happened.

I was never touched with affection by my father. Thinking of images where I'm hugged by another man puts me in the right place for crying.

Do you volunteer into the 70%? Mass population reduction is coming if we don't do anything about global warming.

@seeking_brilliance Hey, I'm going through grief right now and I would appreciate help with expressing, releasing, sadness. I realized that I never had a real father.

Why would you call it ambition, if it is a desire? Desire is internally derived, ambition is externally derived.

the word itself, its etymology Yeah, go ahead, justify it.

Probably, the most radical idea of mine in the context of this place is that ambition the single most destructive force in the entire universe. It is impossible to spend your time wisely if you're preoccupied by creating things for the sake of looking good in front of others.

You will have to write more of your reasoning because I don't see how it connects at all to what I wrote. Trauma is a record of past events that is stored in the nervous system. A traumatized woman will act differently than a traumatized man because of the differences in their biology. What I said about traumatized men does not apply to traumatized women. I would not expect that traumatized women will avoid having children, like traumatized men. I would expect the opposite: that traumatized women would weave their identity around being a child-bearer. I did not write this before because I have no experience of being a traumatized woman, so it is a pure speculation on my part.

Childhood trauma manifests differently in men and women. That is because men have feminine unconscious, while women have masculine unconscious. This is explored in Jung's works, and shaped in children by the relationship with the parent of the opposite sex. Trauma blocks mens' ability to empathize with themselves and others, while women become dependent and meek. The whole "daddy issues" and "mommy's" boy ridiculing is grounded in it. lol wut? Are men on trial here or something?

@levani Crying is, in my experience, absolutely crucial for emotional balance and well-being. I cry every chance I get. Every spare time I have when alone, I end up crying. At least several times at weekends. Took me a long-ass time to get my crying back and I'm enjoying it. Haven't cried for years prior to that.