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Lately, I’ve been noticing that everything humans do — from 9 to 5 working, creating art, identifying with ideologies, engaging with spirituality or even searching for the Truth — can be traced back to a drive for survival. Even the pursuit of meaning feels like a subtler version of staying alive (of course, it’s impossible to deny the influence of Leo and Actualized.org on all this) This realization brings a sense of emptiness. I see people acting mostly out of self-preservation, even when it’s disguised as love, loyalty, creativity, or spirituality. It can feel disheartening — as if everything is just a refined way of coping with being mortal. But then, something interrupts this bleakness: my 7-month-old daughter. In rare, fleeting moments — when I’m simply with her, not doing or planning or analyzing — I feel a raw kind of presence. Sometimes it’s a heavy sense of responsibility, sometimes an almost sacred awe at how eagerly she engages with the world. These moments don’t 'solve' the existential questions, but they create a space where meaning doesn’t have to be constructed — it’s just there. In her gaze, her curiosity, her being. And yet, I still don’t know what to hold on to in the end. All these questions I keep asking eventually lead me back to a sense of futility.

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@vizual I agree. But that slap was a pure Red act, don't you think? Not a healthy one too.

So, it happens like this. I'm having a conversation with a woman face-to-face. Usually casual, daily conversation. All of a sudden, a scene of me punching her in the face appears in my head. Then I can't concentrate on what she's saying for some seconds. I feel a little disturbed for having a thought like this. Then everything goes back to normal. First of all, I would never ever hit a woman. I'd rather hurt myself than hurt someone else. These women are not close to me, some of them are from work, some of them are just people I know, or recently met. Having thoughts (or instincts) like these creates a huge contradiction with my principles and values. Therefore I feel confused and ashamed afterward. Yesterday I opened up this issue with my therapist. She just took some notes, probably she will dissect this issue. I have some traumas from the past. I witnessed my father beating up my mother many times. He also beat me a few times. I used to beat up my little sister a lot when we were kids. But linking these violent instincts to these traumas seems like a victim mentality to me. Whatever happened, happened. I'm also eager to look at this issue from a spiritual point of view. I wonder how to get rid of the negative thoughts for good. Or how to make peace with the 'redness' inside of me. Is shadow work a must?

@roopepa @Random witch @Rilles @Loba @Preety_India @Jacob Morres I sincerely thank every one of you for the replies. It never occurred to me that it could be OCD. Now it seems more solvable. @Jacob Morres I will check them out, cheers man.

@roopepa They are just images. I don't feel any aggression towards these people, not at all.

I was planning to post about metamodernism on the "Society, Environment..." section first. However, this guy opened a new perspective by combining metamodernism with spirituality. He edited four books last month, and this is the promo video. I'll post my opinions after reading any of these books.

https://youtu.be/KM23kl0TExw

Earthlings, maybe? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358456/

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Chris Ware - Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth David Mazzucchelli - Asterios Polyp Charles Burns - Black Hole

Rupert Spira uploaded a video about this issue yesterday but today it's gone. I wonder if he deleted it or it was banned?

I highly recommend Ensō meditation app. It has the same bell sound. https://apps.apple.com/app/ensō-meditation-timer-bell/id840637879

If you check out Dr. Joe Dispenza's books (the first example that comes to my mind) or videos you can see how those claims can be true.

Never heard of him, thank you @Epikur By the way, I've seen this comment in the Nootropics group in Facebook. I wonder how true is this claim?

It sounds like a very useful tool, congrats. Other than the things you mentioned, it would be really beneficial for researching emotions in film/media studies. I would like to see some empirical results, for example how can it show the people's reaction to horror movies.

Thank you for sharing this. His videos are really cut to the chase. I think he deserves a topic in the forum:)

Does animation count?

Leo uses various kinds methodologies on different subjects. Mostly phenomenological and empiricist methods I presume. It would be great if he shoots a video on methodological approaches. * The importance (or insignificance) of using methods (in spirituality or any kind of subject) * What kind of methods work in particular topics? * Differences between scientific and philosophical methods * Pros and cons of scientific and philosophical methods...

You can check this topic out:

Shunyamurti has recently made an in-depth analysis of The Wizard of Oz.