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Sure, me too. Except by that time, the MAGA disaster will already be in full in effect. Mistakes ain't free. Some are extremely costly.

That comment was mostly tongue-in cheek. It's not to do with hate. I want you guys to get it, but I can't force you either. You'll just have to make your mistakes.

You're on the shit-list.

The pain I'm describing is a gift. Someone should be so lucky to experience the pain of realizing they made a mistake. That's how you change.

At this point, I'm done trying to convince people. I'm just issuing warnings. You have been told time and time again, ad nasuem, why Trump is so bad. At some point you will understand what a mistake you made voting for him. When that happens, I hope you experience the pain of realizing what you did, but also eventually find forgiveness for yourself.

@Bernardo Carleial I'd say she's some combination of trauma + potential mental illness + SD Green group think. She can barely stay out of jail, let alone solve deep systemic problems.

Good lord, Giuliani is delusional. Self-deception never ceases to amaze me.

This election is definitely a test of America's level of development. Do the people choose to double down on ethnocentrism or evolve more into world-centrism? Those are the options on the table.

There's been some change, sure. But ethnocentrism still dominates a significant percentage of the population. It's possible Kamala loses just because American isn't ready for a woman of color to be president.

Side note - did anyone seeing that ad in the video hawking ivermectin? Wow. I just did a dive on the company, called quite literally, The Wellness Company. Textbook alternative health grift. And a presidential candidate is pushing this stuff.

Maybe. I don't buy that it's going to have a big impact. Many independents and moderates are going to be somewhat racist. That's the trouble with lefties assuming that racism should lose Trump the election. Racism wins you an election when most people are racist.

Absolutely not. Racists jokes mostly upset leftists who were never going to vote for Trump anyway.

1) I'd say enough people do to make it worthwhile. You could work the language and phrasing to make it more accessible. 2) If people don't know, that's also data that we want. The point is to get the data about where we are at, not to get a specific result. 3) You wouldn't be propagating billions of surveys. Surveys work by selecting a smaller population and then extrapolating from there. Surveying an entire population is basically never done.

We are not getting an EEG of everyone's head. Surveys are a great place in science to start research. They are budget friendly, convenient and easily translate to practical data. Very pragmatic. The fact that surveys also have a lot of flaws doesn't really matter in this case. The point is not to do perfect science, the point is to get momentum and build the science over time. Let future researchers improve things and do better.

It's a multi-generational project. We just need to improve it over time. A real simple way to start would be international surveys on non-dual experiences. What percentage of people report having an awakening? This could be done today with enough will to do it.

Re: Global Peace Index I agree with @Davino in that I’d like to see an index that is more holistic in its assessment. A meta-index, if you will. I have some statistical training and could probably make something like this. The biggest limitation I see is that our data collection for spiritual development is woefully inadequate, with the Global Spirituality Index being the closest thing I could find. This is expected but also unfortunate from our POV. Really someone here could make a whole Life Purpose out of improving our data collection around spiritual development. Many of the people tracking these things don’t know what to look for, or that its even worth collecting data on.

The problem with what he's saying is not that it's "weird". Truth is not a function of weirdness. The problem is that he's just making shit up.

Such spiritual nonsense.

Guys who look like Chico are going to do just fine. They just need to date women that have similar level of good looks.

It's order of operations. Without a baseline of physical attractiveness and energetic polarity, I can't appreciate her "higher qualities" like intelligence or maturity. She would just be a good platonic friend.

TIL the witch cartel exists.

@KoryKat Sounds like a good summary of Tier 2.

Awesome job! Writing specifically about construct-awareness is a cool niche. Not many people understand it that well, we need more people talking about it.

@Rasheed I think the real question is how satisfied are you in your current relationship? If you’re satisfied, keep doing that. There’s plenty of ways to grow through having a long-term relationship that are unique. You want experience in that area as well.

@Ayham be careful because being overly-paralyzed is often just more self-deception. You are taking a position by attempting to stay neutral. Neutrality is a position. So you’re not truly “not-deciding”. Notice that you cannot not take a position.