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@mandyjw You can just go in a cemetery? How does it work? You just go in? Don't the people say anything? What are the rules? I always wanted to visit one near where I live but don't how it works.

@Matt8800 When both my grandmothers were sick and dying a crow kept cooing outside our house in a very peculiar and distinct way. We could recognize it and after we got the news of their death (they died on separate dates) it stopped cooing, never to be seen again. It's as if it knew they were going to die and was telling us to go attend them. Now the local newspaper did say something like a crow had escaped an experimental lab and was found again, but still, was it the same crow? Why only start cooing just before someone is about to die? This happened on two separate occasions. My grandparents lived in a different country too. Do crows and other animals hold any special powers? Particularly crows in relation to death.

@2_spirit lol

I know Leo has advised not to apply the spiral on fictional characters, but this example is very accurate. In the Warhammer universe, from the famous board games and the total war franchise, this race of 'Ratmen' aka the Skaven represent stages purple and red society perfectly. @SoothedByRainPlease do check them out because I think this is very very accurate, especially the first video I linked. Society and psychology: Stage Red individuals:

This debate is so stupid. Prager claims the vacation is because of Christmas but it's really because of the winter. Obviously, secular people are going to use happy holidays. Literally nobody gets offended if you say Merry Christmas. It just goes to show how much of a snowflake Mr. Prager is, perfect example of stage blue purism.

You don't know? This is something you should know. Honestly, go read some history or contemplate for 5 min.

@Yog It’s not that he’s anti-commie, it’s that he is an angry emotional old man. Just look at him, he is so frustrated and moralistic; he is not a happy person. He is telling people how to live in such a confident way yet he has addiction problems and is miserable. Such a person should be humble.

@Nivsch No, it pretty simple. Just observe the thing and your response to it without judging it. Don't judge your anxiety. Differentiate between what you think it is and what it actually is. It’s no different than getting over a roller coaster fear. You don’t have to be enlightened to get over childhood abuse, so many people have done it. lol It’s a matter of getting out of your head.

It won’t go away. The memory of it is sitting there like a lump. For the anxiety to go you need to look at everything as new, fresh, and unrecognizable. Your whole being would have to become a question mark and only let memory interfere where it’s called for naturally.

@Surfingthewave It is truth. Having and maintaining a self image is survival 101. All concepts are false and dead. Self images are counterproductive. @Ero If you can’t handle the activity naturally you will try to stop it. Just know that you can do a lot with thought if you know how to do it. Happiness is not created by a positive self image or by turning thoughts on and off ?.

@Surfingthewave Happiness is not a concept.

@Raptorsin7 Maybe there are implicit thoughts? Maybe try to sit down with a pen and paper or without it and try to invoke 'negative thoughts' and see how you feel? Observe sadness. Just don't let the emotions that crop up to overwhelm you and make you suicidal. Go 'thought hunting' if you will and see which assumptions and thoughts are bugging you & observe them. This should lessen the effect of deep rooted emotions. No, thinking how great and awesome you are is not going to help you. This is so childish IMO. Here a cool video guide about anger but you can do it with any emotion:

@Raptorsin7 That's great but if it's for moments it's not effortless. Anyway, on to practical advice, maybe try slowing down the thought process. Do you mind sharing what thoughts bother you?

If you can be silent effortlessly, that would be great, if not then change thinking. Just remember that changing thinking is not the ultimate solution. You need a structural change not a content one.

You can definitely control thinking. I'm sure you do it all the time in a suppressible way, you're just not aware of it. You must deferential between concentration and observation/meditation. To really understand the question, because the answer is in the question, you must get in touch with observation/awareness, which is something beyond thinking. Beware not to get lost in thinking (content) but to observe the whole movement of thought (structure). I suggest you listen to David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti's lectures on thought and emotion, otherwise you can ask me (I think I have some control over thought). Also check my old post I made on silent mind some time back, it's in the bookmark section. If you derive happiness from thinking than yes, you are sad because of thought and emotion. These are tough questions to answer in a forum. IDK if you will read big replies... This distinction between 'negative' and 'positive' is also fake and made by thought... Just know that if you derive happiness from 'positive thinking' than you're not really happy, anyone can destroy your house of cards... Just seriously observe it, you are as close to your thoughts as you can get. You can also try meditations that makes your mind quite (sound meditation, chanting). Lastly, just beware that thoughtless state isn't the ultimate, like there is silence which is greater than the 'silence' of not thinking, but it is the step in the right direction and an asset.

Tact.

Kamma is different from karma. To simplify, karma= actions (reading, sleeping, etc.), samskara= the result of action (abilities, skills), kamma= pleasure (sex).

In regard to Indian schools using psychedelic, I remember seeing a video of sadhguru talking about a drink called “nine poisons” which can be used to enlighten you. There is also a video of him literally drinking cobra venom. I think he conceals and contradicts a lot. Psychedelics are common in India and are associated with Shiva.

In this video Sadhguru talks about how a well established mind (Kalpavriksha; Kalpa= imagination, Vriksha= mind) can manifest whatever it imagines. I think it's cool cause that's what @Leo Gura talks about all the time.

Here Jiddu Krishnamurti talks about what @Leo Gura talked about in his blog 'Ego-Collapse Awakening'. He talks about how choice less awareness (constant attention) is different from putting effort into observing yourself (concentrating). This also connects to flow directly. This should be very important for serious spiritual seekers. I think Jiddu is one of the best teachers, he goes directly to the point without wasting any time on irrelevant topics which the students can't relate to anyway. He talks about this in multiple places not just this video. Check his website it's a great resource: https://jkrishnamurti.org/

@Leo Gura What do you think about Steven Crowder? Why is he getting so popular despite being an idiot?

Take a look at this video and tell what you think. Sadhguru is saying that the offsprings carry the genetic memory of their ancestors which helps them perform the jobs their ancestors did. Casteism is a huge problem in India. This argument is used by casteists and racists to justify social immobility, institutionalize oppression and superiority of one group over the other. Basically saying some people are born to carry shit while others are born scholars and monarchs. He has said unscientific things before, but these claims are not backed by science or anything resembling science. This seems to be an incoherent rambling of a drunk man. The beginning and they ending are sugar coated to appear reasonable, but the rest of the video is quite absurd. He seems more more like an ultra conservative who believes thousands of years ago India was a utopian society, far ahead in technology than today, and that Indian culture is superior. This makes me highly suspicious of him. I know he’s a mystic but there’s a limit to what people will digest. Some of these comments show how poeple are interpreting him: (32 likes) “Knowledge was transferred within the caste system so the next generation got better .The problem with caste is the rigidity with the caste of not allowing the movement of knowledge to people who belonged to different casts .In the Modern world knowledge is more open to anyone who is interested in knowing” (3 likes) “the origin of the cast system.” (No likes) “He is talking about the beauty & power of the so called India's Caste System in a cryptic language. Which a colonially enslaved Nehruvian mindset will never be able to decrypt ?” P.S: If you’re into psychedelic here’s a link to one of his articles about ayahuasca. https://isha.sadhguru.org/ca/en/wisdom/article/ayahuasca-parasitic-purging

@Existence I don’t think you understand survival. Your want to get rid of survival is also motivated by survival. Your want to learn is also survival. If you want to avoid ‘negative emotions’ as you have stated, then you’re still surviving. You might transcend survival if you realize your true self. Survival goes deep; deeper than mere mental images. Animals don’t have mental images but they still survive... This might be too advanced. I think you should just focus on being a good learner which doesn’t necessarily mean getting high grades. Then maybe you can learn about survival and transcend it. Hope this helps. Just be curious. ?

This is in descending order (most hated to the least). I also love this topic, so thanks. Red (or anything below): Neurotic, controlling, rude, selfish Blue: racism, thick ego, emotional, ethnocentrism, cultural superiority, self righteous Green: pseudo feminists... need I say more. Orange (most people): conformist, selfish Yellow: too intellectual, haven’t tapped into conscious

@Leo Gura Since you analyze culture, society and people, why not talk to more people? The media and internet could present you with a distorted image.