Willie

Is there a difference between needing containment and being a dependent? Is there a difference between providing containment and needing a dependent?

Friendly banter between coworkers can be misconstrued as mean-spirited and disparaging by the receiving party. Are you certain it was meant to be offensive? I can understand being in a bad place mentally and not being receptive to their humor, it has happened to me also. But there aren’t many people who would take pleasure in kicking someone when they’re already down.

This video seems very biased toward a binary way of thinking. It didn’t really resonate with me at all. Then again, I’m not a stereotype of masculinity. So maybe it shouldn’t resonate.

I have a hard time distinguishing assertiveness from being an asshole. I dislike assholes and don’t want to be seen as one, so I end up not being assertive.

I doubt he was enlightened, but M.C. Escher‘s art is some pretty high-consciousness stuff.

Location, location, location. Cost of living in all the places shown in the OP is much higher than most of America. I have little doubt some of those homeless people could live well elsewhere.

Sounds like he struck a deal with McConnell or something...

Glad you had a breakthrough! Keep that momentum going!

Oh, damn! Yeah, he’s no good.

Are fish aware that water is wet?

It sounds creepy superficially, yes. There’s nothing saying that two people with an age gap such as that can’t have some deep connection.

When done well, BDSM can be very therapeutic. It is role playing in a sense, but only with people naturally drawn toward each other due to their complimentary inclinations. So, there isn’t much acting going on. Mainly just people being themselves around people who enjoy them being themselves.

All The Time

Vedic City in Iowa is pretty stage green.

“The country is actually run by [X group of people]. Don’t believe the media lies!” -a paraphrasing

The value is all make-believe anyway. If people all around the world unanimously decided that the US dollar is worthless and to invest elsewhere, it would be worthless. We keep printing more money and going farther into debt because of the level of confidence that it won’t happen. There’s no limit as long as people agree to it.

That was really dumb and uncalled for. Yes, Biden is better than Trump. I find it VERY hard to believe they have the same personality type.

How many acres of wind and solar farms would it take to replace the power generation of 1 nuclear facility that occupies about the same space as a Wal-Mart or Costco? It would probably rival the size of some big cities. All forms of power generation need to be well-maintained to stay efficient, and I’d rather maintain a Wal-Mart than a city. Also, the nuclear facility doesn’t rely on the weather at any given moment.

That’s just, like...your opinion, man. I’ve had this internal struggle myself where I am demonstrably more self-aware, less destructive, and live a simpler life than many people around me. If I point this out to them and give myself an appearance of superiority, would that be helpful in any way? I doubt it. But it’s hard to resist sometimes. It’s just ego trying to hijack the concept of consciousness for its own gain.

Ground News has news stories from sources across the spectrum, so you can read about it from different points of view.

All you’ve done is speak from your direct experience. No shame in that, and no need to apologize.

Beautiful, thank you for sharing!

“When I was manipulating stock value my way and the market behaved the way I want, everything was fine! Then this guy and his social media buddies manipulated the value in a different way that cost me a fortune! I demand they pay me my fortune back!” cheesy and whiny

Bliss is just a feeling. A fantastic example of impermanence. Truth doesn’t care about your feelings.