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Amen.

@AlwaysBeNice What part of the world do you live? It's not like they agree to getting paid 1dollar a day and working 12 hours a day. It's more of that they have no alternative.They have no another choice. Almost all jobs in their countries will pay them as little as possible and exploit them. And of course the westerners buyers contribute to this whole thing unless you want to hide your head in the sand and pretend like it's all their fault because somehow they "choose" it. The only choice these people make is not to starve to death. Sometimes it's either you work as a wage slave getting paid minimum wage or you go hungry and homeless. The whole capitalist system hinges upon exploiting poor people who have no alternatives. It's a pyramid! In western countries it's the same thing. Unless you have many resources (you're rich) then inevitably you become a wage slave working for someone else with bigger power than you. Of course you can start a business of your own. That's a possibility. But you need to acquire capital first.

@zambize There are many issues involved and it's quite complicated stuff. Yeah it's a sweatshop that is making some money exploiting other human beings. Maybe if we take responsibility ourselves and don't support these type of businesses our world will change for the better. I just would expect someone conscious like Leo to make a better decision when buying his new t-shirt. It goes contrary to his teachings. And yes i know that it's IMPOSSIBLE to NOT contribute to evil nowadays in one way or another BUT at least we can do our best.

@David Hammond No. Actually there are t-shirts which aren't produced from sweatshops. https://www.nosweatapparel.com

Just go to a website like bestgore. After watching some rape, murder & torture videos my ego got really angry, upset and frustrated. I cannot even imagine myself going through THIS MUCH LEVEL of suffering & pain. This level of pain is beyond human comprehension. It's disturbing to acknowledge this things exist to say the least. If you live in fantasy land then its not a problem. How can you possibly love & embrace something like that??? Even if I AM all these murderers, rapists etc , Even if Everything is me that doesn't help me feel better. Now i hate myself even more.

@ajasatya Great point.

@phllip103 Do you oberve only the breath while meditating?

How can you possibly create your own reality when you have NO free will? And i don't say that just because of hearsay. I have found out for myself by a 6-month observation period that my THOUGHS , ACTIONS and EMOTIONS are random, unpredictable and non controllable. Yes i know about the concept of making choice BUT still doesn't help . Many times i feel like a ghost who is held hostage by this body.

@phllip103 Which meditation technique do you practice?

All experience is subjective . Do you know any experience that is NOT first person?

@Nahm That did help a lil bit . Thank you. Well "i" have to endure this big old fat ego that i have "in my head". Until i purify it somehow. This ego-mind is constantly anxious and obsessed about its survival.

@Nahm For a period of 6 months "i" observed my thoughts, actions and emotions very deliberately. And i came to the conclusion that i don't control my thoughts/ actions etc. They just appear in my consciousness. So "i" just have to endure them and make the best choices possible. But these choices are just illusions to make you feel better. Because noone wants to feel like they don't control their lifes.

@Nahm Not particularly good at the momemnt But how can you create you own reality when you have no free will? You just gotta endure this shitty life (from my poin of view) until its all over. Well i hope it's all over after a period of time. I don't know.

@Nahm I watched it. Great content but i am skeptical about the law of attraction. I tend more to agree w/ the pont of view of the man wearing the red hat.

@Serotoninluv Thank you sir!!

I recently came across this --> https://philpapers.org/rec/KASSCW I don't get it though. Can someone interpret what does this suppose to mean? And why "trance-induced physiological effects and the action of psychoactive substances" is labeled as BRAIN FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT. I don't get it. But this made me feel kinda anxious and doubtful about my spiritual progress.

@Highest Yes. Btw it's kinda tough when you are not engrossed in mainstream culture. You feel lonely and sometimes crazy. Maybe in a few hundred years content like actualized.org and non-duality will become mainstream. Who knows.

Yes i know , me criticizing is not a high consciousness thing to do but this is how i feel. Actualized.org is a few hundred years ahead of humany. It's difficult for me to find similar content anywhere else. Everywhere i watch i see low consciousness stupid sh*t. People doing SELFISH things just for they own pleasure. Noone really giving a f*ck about anyone else. Almost everyone is a fundamentalist materialist (at least where i live). So as a result most people see you just as a bag of meat and bones. If you talk about spirituality or maybe some enlightment experiences you immediately get mocked and called crazy. Zen masters and monks not getting much respect. Instead everyone wants to be famous and succesful (like those addicted zombies celebrities) thinking that's what life is all about. Not realising this is all just a joke. Most of these people are not even happy. They are only happy when they get their fix. All the people i used to watch before now i can't even relate to them. Low consciousness ppl like Joe Rogan for example who just rambles about gossip BS because that's what SELLS. I don't see anyone talking about the real problems (the fact that we are unconscious and egotistical as hell) and the real solutions to humanity problems. Almost everyone is only concerned about getting his materialistic needs met (even if it harms others) and nothing else. It disgusts me.

@Serotoninluv I don't know. I watched a video few days ago. A little girl at the age of my sister was walking by the road to visit a church. A guy stopped by with his car and FORCED her inside the car and raped her. I got very emotional. If that happened to my sister i would wanna kill and torture really bad that guy. That's how i feel about it.

@Nahm No i am not two.

@Highest What spiritual techniques do you practice?

@Zetxil Joe Rogan is good to watch if you wanna smoke some weed and waste your time with gossip. He is a materialistic and only believes in science. Doesn't go deep nearly enough in any of his subjects But that's what his life is about. His life is about smoking some weed here and there, commenting on UFC fights and then talking gossip in his podcast about how UFC fighters get CTE. When he is one of the people contributing to this. But he doesn't care. He just cares about himself and i can't blame him for that. I totally agree with you that it's good to adopt many different perspectives.

@Sahil Pandit Yes i need to do more of that.

What happens when someone commits suicide? I guess it would be very funny to wanna escape from life and return to the same place you were before Lol.

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