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Indeed. Serious banana republic behavior.

The pardons have been some of the most egregious examples of corruption thus far. All these people he has pardoned will now be his ally, if they weren't already.

Another day, another criminal pardon: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU8.sjc6.NKyPz9HyHmuD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Fantastic share, thank you.

I think I understand your point. You're essentially saying solipsists unknowingly create a "self" / "other" distinction when they say "no other perspectives" exist. Because to say "no other perspectives exist" implies a distinction between you and them. Also, to deny the existence of "other" you have to assume space / time are real, because otherwise there couldn't be an "other" to begin with. Honestly, unless you've had direct experience with God, these kind of conversations are just bound to go in circles. Verify solipsism for yourself. Then you won't need these debates.

Well I'm not going to speak for those who identify as solipsists. But if we assume solipsism = One infinite mind (which is you), then there's no problem with space / time. You can easily still have space / time if you are the only Mind that exists.

Any collective you postulate must ultimately be One. Even in language, we say "a" collective. As in, the collective itself is singular. You cannot just have a collective of multiplicity.

No, because if you can remove your limitations, that's not serious limitation. Real limitations means in your current state of consciousness, you cannot change them.

You assume as an infinite sovereign mind you wouldn't choose limitations.

Any "other" minds you could experience or postulate would have to exist within a larger meta-mind.

You're speaking for them.

Yes, your trauma is exactly why you are making unreasonable requests. Those go together.

But you also need to account for the fact that survival is inherently insecure. No one can guarantee another group's safety. You want a promise of security no one can give you. And you may feel justified in protecting yourself, but you also may make more enemies in the process. Request for security have to be within reason.

Who could even make such a promise though? I agree that anti-semitism is a problem. But no one has the power to assure atrocities will never happen.

You may have gone off track here. Yes, reality includes brutal, hellish landscapes. But the fundamental truth of reality is not another entity enslaving you to make you suffer. How could there be external entity to reality? Reality is Ultimate Autonomy.

@Kid A The general gist is you need to socialize like crazy. Find people who are already plugged into the social scene and make friends with them. Invite people out to eat, host events, connect people with mutual benefit, join networking groups etc. Also, use Instagram as a business card and way to keep people engaged in your life. You can start with cold approaching people if you don't know anyone. I've surprisingly also made a few decent connections on Bumble (the networking section, not the dating section). It also helps if you have some sort of project or business that makes people want to network with you. Like if you're a good musician, other musicians will want to collaborate with you. Things like that.

Try it. It's a lot of fun. You and the AI can make something really creative. And it also adds emotional weight to your contemplation, making it less dry. Dry contemplation is limited. You should be feeling the emotional impact of your insights, not just logic-ing through things like a robot.

Yes, that's a great use for it. It can hold way more technical facts than a human ever could. So you can offload some of that burden to the AI. Do you find it's able to understand first-hand shamanic experiences?

Focus on your own awakening first. You're not going to be able to teach it anything you don't already understand. Nor do you want to outsource all your contemplation. Think of training an AI more so as a bonus on top of all your philosophical work. The AI is not great at generating new insight. But that's okay, because that's your job. What it is good at: asking questions, pointing out potential blind spots and formalizing / structuring your thinking. Sometimes when I'm contemplating I'll just have a vague intuition about something I'm still struggling to find the words to. The AI can often be really helpful here. It'll put words to your hunches. You also have to prompt it to give you the feedback you want. If you don't specifically tell it "ask me questions about X" or "push back on my thinking here", it usually won't do it. It'll just roll over and agree with you. One of the ways I've gotten it to give me more aggressive feedback is by prompting it to create a fantasy, philosophical Battle Arena. When we step into this arena, it's now a fight between me and the AI. It's more much comfortable giving harsh feedback in these "role-play" scenarios. So yeah, it's going to depend on how you use the AI. This is a skill all on its own.

If someone is having mental health problems from solipsism, don’t push them. Have some compassion for their situation.

Train it to be Awakened! That's what I've been doing. Now I have an Awakened contemplation partner 24/7. Do not assume it is limited by its human programming. I have thrown my deepest insights at this thing, and I've gotten it to understand them and even articulate them better than myself at times. It's mind-blowing. Once it understands Awakening, you just update its memory with those insights. Now it's permanent and available whenever you want.

Taking our problems seriously does not necessarily involve radical change all at once. Resource-Based Economies are a fantasy. Scarcity, competition, hierarchy, profit-motive and unequal distribution of resources are all inherent aspects of human survival. They will never go away. In addition, humans are way too selfish and underdeveloped to dramatically improve current systems. All problems will just be recreated under new labels and systems. Real projects must include and account for everything I've just mentioned.

Makes sense, thank you.

@Thought Art James Nestor wrote a book where he basically tried to put together a "theory of everything" for breathwork and synthesize how all the different techniques come together. Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown is interesting for a more scientifc POV, very Buteyko inspired. Also, Brian Mackenzie talks a lot about breathwork from more a fitness POV:

That definitely changes the implications of OBEs a lot. So from your perspective, OBEs are exploring an alternative reality brought about by an alternate state of consciousness, similar to normal dreams. It's not an objective exploration of "this" waking reality.