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@JonasVE12 Nice advice man. Thank you. I didn't fully understand this part. So when i feel hurt by someone else, should i try to change my state or just let the hurt stay as long as it wants?

Im watching this documentary and i stumbled upon this very funny and tragic scene. Check @3:28 of the video. Its one of the best scenes i've come across. The stares of these fishermen when they realise wealth inequality are just priceless. Their minds can't understand or compute it, it seems.

@Hardkill Yes i agree. This scene captures a lot of deep stuff... But if non-duality is the case, then everyone will experience the same end of the stick. Non duality is Equality .

Extremely interesting video. This is karma in a nutshell. Whatever bs you do, you will experience in one of the next reincarnations.Noone escapes karma, not even the Buddha. I've always disliked those who do damage to others, especiallt unborn babies but from a higher perspective you cannot blame anyone for their egotism, lack of strength and stupidity. I just wish those who are messed up never had kids. You should have a lincense to be allowed to have kids .

This is very inspiring and counter-intuitive. I think a very good example of Stage Green. We need more selfless behavior like this one here.

This is a very good rant from a former bodybuilder who recently had a heart attack and survived. He talks about his experience with bodybuilding and all the negatives associated with it.

Brilliant video.

This video is worth more than a diamond. Check it out.

Don't take the title too literally. I am just trying to capture your attention. I would like some evaluation of Dr. Layne Norton's content. He is a Stage Orange nutritional scientist. Very hard nosed. Very facts over feelings (he even wears t- shirts with this phrase). He doesn't believe that McDonald's burgers and many other things are bad you. He considers all of that bro science. His argument is usually '' There is no evidence to support X claim" From him and other nutritional scientists came the culture of IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros). Where basically you can eat anything you want (pop tarts, burgers, candy) as long as you hit all your macronutrients micronutrients without exceeding your needs. I think he is right in certain aspects. People demonize sugar and other things without enough information. For example sugar doesn't appear to be bad for you if you are physically active and don't consume ridiculous quantities of it. Nutritional sciences is an interesting field of study for sure without easy answers. And the big picture isn't quite clear without the details. I find most people making completely biased claims around nutrition just because they believe that if you were evolved to eat something it must be good for you. And that the opposite holds true. But in reality it's much more complicated than that.

Leo generally speaking is not consistent or at least that's my understanding and interpretation so far. I won't linger on the promises he makes about part 2 videos that he does not fullfill. I wasn't expecting a part 2 video about Conflict and It came true.. If you can see a pattern, you can predict the future. What's more important is the claims Leo made in this video below. He talks about that if you became really conscious then you could manifest anything you want bc reality is ultimately fantastical. Also he makes claims about healing. I haven't seen Leo demonstrating healing his health yet. And on other occasions he has said how we have no control over Reality. And that even Ramana couldn't heal himself so what chances do we have lol. Im really confused. When I take psychedelics I also feel that I can control reality. Maybe this holds some truth. I don't know. Its sad that we are God but we have 0 power and live as puppets. Anyways I hope Leo was more consistent with his views. But its understandable that he is evolving and makes mistakes and outrageous claims along the way. I just wonder if he still agrees with his past claims or not. On one hand Leo seems to support possibilities where you can download people's abilities, heal your illnesses and manipulate reality and on the other hand, he seems dismissive of such ideas.

@Yarco Yes you are probably right man. Now I checked again and the whole laptop smells like paint, not just the keyboard. I think it has not been painted. Thanks for the information. I just became worried of some potential toxicity. Few minutes ago, I was using this laptop and then after a while I kinda felt a weird sensation in my heart. Nothing significant but I don't know if its related to the smell.... Here are some pictures.

I bought a used laptop from the Internet and today I received it. The keyboard of the laptop smells like paint.. I assume the owner painted it. There is no leakage of paint or anything unusual. Just the smell. Now I worry about potentially harming myself by smelling this paint. Should I be Worried about this? Mostly it smells when I am close to the laptop. But nevertheless I assume the molecules are floating in my room now. Any advice? Should I be Worried about this? I have no clue.

@Meliodas I think you are idolizing Leo and putting him on a pedestal. That's a huge trap. I've fallen into this trap myself with figures such as the Buddha. Even the Buddha seems he was a bit misogynistic and who knows what others defects he had. Everyone is extremely limited. There are many blind spots we cannot see about ourselves. Everyone acknowledges some of their blind spots. That does not mean that much. He has not made a serious path correction regarding his bad attitude at times in the forum. He keeps repeating the same mistake for the last 3 years. And his cockiness is evident at times. That is the trap when you are well developed. You begin feeling superior. I think this happens to all people who become better then average. Certainly he is more developed and conscious than most people you are gonna meet. But i haven't met a perfect human being nor do I expect such a thing. It would take 2000 years of personal development and spirituality to create such a creature. Everyone is fearful, egotistical and petty. But not to the same degrees. Progress is better than Perfection.

I want some feedback about this. This is the video and a quote. "Similar to the narcissist's shared fantasy, mystical experiences and religions founded on these experiences are delusional regressions to an infantile phase prior to separation-individuation from god/cosmos/nature and merger/fusion/oceanic feeling/enmeshment/engulfment (no self-object or object representations)." I don't know why but I got angry at this quote . I think this argument comes from Froyd.

@thisintegrated We are blind to our own blind spots. But other people can really notice things about ourselves that we ignore lol. It's shocking how this works. It's easier for someone else to see my bs than for me.

@Michael Jackson I am open to such possibilities but that is not my experience. My direct experience is that I have zero control over Reality.

@Carl-Richard "Similar to the narcissist's shared fantasy, mystical experiences and religions founded on these experiences are delusional regressions to an infantile phase prior to separation-individuation from god/cosmos/nature and merger/fusion/oceanic feeling/enmeshment/engulfment (no self-object or object representations)." That's an interpretation. And not an accurate one.

@Carl-Richard Mystical experiences may not be post or pre rational. But the interpretation of those experiences certainly is. This professor makes the pre rational fallacy.

@Girzo Still materialism is running the show. Consciousness is considered as a product of the brain. That's the consensus so far. Most scientists are pretty closed minded relative to my standards. Certainly they are more open minded than an ISIS terrorist. Generally peoples metaphysics don't change much. How frequently do you see hardcore scientists becoming mystics? Almost never lol. Also one way scientific people are closed minded is that they hold tightly to their notions of evidence. If you tell the average scientist that everything is one, he will demand evidence. If you tell him about your experiences he will laugh at you. He will ridicule you..How open minded is that? He won't even attempt to take you seriously lol. Until more scientists begin having awakening experiences, this situation won't change much.

@Carl-Richard I am not buying this contructive notion. When you take a psychedelic and everything becomes non dual that has nothing to do with constructiveness. If I give my mother a good dose of psychedelics she will lose all sense of self and she has no idea about these things. This constructive view is just a lazy materalist's way of understanding the mystical. Freud was not a man enough or open minded enough to accept that he had no clue what mysticism is about. Instead he chose to explain away the mystical like its a childlike regression. This is laughable. That's why I respect Carl Jung much more. He was more humble and more intelligent about mysticism. Also I would like to add that this constructive view applies perfectly to materialism. People have literally been brainwashed to believe in an external independent physical world. It applies more to materialism that mysticism. Many scientists hold more beliefs that warp their perception than a serious spiritual practitioner who is grounded in direct experience. That is the irony.

@Carl-Richard I don't know if this can hold true for Eckhart. I've read his biography few months ago. One of the first books he was given at the age of 14-15 as a present, was a mysticism book by Meister Eckhart I believe. And this is where his name came from as a tribute to Meister Eckhart.

@Carl-Richard Everything is a mystical experience. But people are still pretending lol.

@Jodistrict That's a good point. We have a long way to go.

@something_else Sometimes you do the best with what you have. Let's take into consideration someone who is morbidly obese and drinks 2 liters of soda everyday for multiple years. If he replaces that soda with diet soda he will lose weight and decrease his overall risk of getting cancer. It's hard to ask that person to quit drinking sodas all together.

@Gesundheit2 OK but what is your perspective then? I don't understand. If you are not a materialist then what other choices are there except for idealism?