Breathe

What I described is straight out of the proverbial authoritarian playbook. You may want to check out books "On Tyranny" and "How Fascism Works." They cite Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Putin. Anyways, the books are a good place to start. Definitely a "must reads" for American citizens right now. What is happening is rather predictable because each move is copied from other regimes

@Ulax What I should add is that authoritarians don't stop at non-citizens. They start with visitors and immigrants to normalize discrimination, hatred, privacy violations, and violence. Once that's accepted they target dissenting citizens. The early phase is just to see what citizens and the legal system will tolerate. They keep pushing boundaries until they have full control.

I wouldn't frame it as something you choose. Values are revealed through life experience. They fit like a glove. Based on what you wrote, it's clear that yours were in fact revealed through experience so you are on target. Also, values change and become more clear over time so don't fret over accuracy right away. But, what is clear in your writing is that you value growth, health, integration. Values simply dictate how you spend your time and make choices. If it helps, I value kindness, truth, growth, creativity, wisdom, solitude, connection, and freedom. Something like that.

I think it has been the modern day cigarette for sometime. Imagine giving every single person a device that dispensed cigarettes all day long. That's what social media is today and everyone is hooked.

What do you have against hotdogs and hamburgers?

I'm literally listening to a podcast right now about how Russia's endgame is Europe:

It's not a bad idea until they discover your involvement with a non-christian, left leaning politics forum that discusses illegal drugs

We live in a surveillance state. It's already here, but will become even more prevalent as AI progresses.

TWIM looks fantastic. It has similarities to MIDL. I'm looking forward to playing around with this.

Two minutes in and my brain started hurting. No effing idea what this guy is smoking

Personal preference. Maybe you should see if Hulk Hogan offers any deep insights. Exactly

You are correct. Relaxed and alert is what you are after. I am the same way This is exactly right. Your self-awareness your instincts are spot on. You just need to learn to trust yourself. And like Leo said, you will have to feel through this. You need to develop the skills navigate this terrain and find the right activities to help you stabilize yourself in calm and tranquility. As you become more self-aware and disciplined you will learn to self-regulate throughout the day. This is the system I use. Given your level of self-awareness you may want to check it out. https://midlmeditation.com/midl-meditation-system Everything you are describing is part of Cultivation 01: Skill 00 and Skill 01 (It's about balancing effort and relaxation). That is where you are at on the map. For shits and giggles this is called Right Effort as part of the 8-Fold Path in Buddhism. Diaphragmatic (not thoracic) breathing will help you regulate your nervous system as taught by MIDL Skill 00 and Skill 01. It's important that you breath correctly. They also have a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@midlinsightmeditation And an active reddit channel: https://www.reddit.com/r/midlmeditation/

I'm not saying that I wouldn't learn but I would look elsewhere. Why waste your time digging through a sea of lies for a nugget of truth.

@mmKay Some of the topics discussed in this video were also in the article that I read:

@Davino Just no

I disagree. Take useful insights from people who don't fly red flags

I looked for it briefly but apparently there is a sea of content out there.

We're having two different conversations and I'm too tired to clarify

The difference between you and her is that your words are verifiable. I could be mistaken but I don't recall you saying that you were an alien or that you grew up in a satanic cult. Come clean now LEO!

I meant that she did not grow up in a satanic cult. Sorry for the confusion

She's an attention seeker for sure. I know I'm commenting a lot on this thread but I only saw a couple of her videos many years ago. That said, I was fascinated by the extremely long article that I read. I think I had googled something about "cults" and the story about her came up. I was not surprised by what I read. I am not a Teal Swan expert but she's 100% ego.

Choose your mentors wisely.

So, in the I article that I read, this story was debunked. She made this whole thing up. The author interviewed people from her childhood and said that she did not grow up in a cult. She is a chronic liar. She is an extremely fucked up person.

Dramatic title but think about this. The world hates the US. At this stage in the game the US has clearly displayed that our leadership is not trustworthy. The bullying, dominance, and corrption is out of control. Who can argue that the US is unstable and therefore an existential threat? Wars are happening. New wars are being discussed and threatened. Europe is in hyper alert because of Russia. How bad can this escalate? The US basically said to Russia, "We're peacing out of NATO, Europe is yours for the taking" The US is just fucking the world over left and right. The US is selling itself to foreign interests and wiping out its own civilians so we just look CRAZY as fuck. Why does the world even need the US? What's to stop them from saying, "Fuck them. We need to get them out of here."

I'm not sure if she still tells this story but she used to say she was an alien. That's a red flag. Lol. There was an article written about her a while back that would shed light on the subject. She lies about everything. One of her childhood caretakers that was interviewed corroborated this. She's got some serious issues.