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I had the same sort of breakthrough in consciousness about 2 years ago. I would say it's a sort of "spiritual maturing". No longer as attached to outcomes and being pointlessly stressed about the way things "should" be. Also a realization that the only way people change, is when they're ready for it. Everyone has their own unique path and has to come to things on their own. No amount of proselytizing, or explaining, or anger, or shaming is going to do anything. It's a far smoother process to be at peace internally and externally when you recognize this. My desire to help others, love, and improve the world hasn't really gone down or changed from this either, it's actually been bolstered by the fact I am now wise enough to see where it's worth spending that energy and where it's a waste. That's not to say I ignore or deny certain parts of reality, the interactions are just more grounded. Everything is fine and happening exactly the way it should be, because it is.

You'd figure he'd just take the L and move on, I mean he became president basically by accident, as a joke. You'd figure he'd be humble and grateful enough for that opportunity enough to let it go when the time came.......... but no. He's so humble. In fact he thinks he's much more humble than we would understand.

My love and peace goes out to any Americans that die tonight or the next few days from the riots and unrest, regardless of who wins the election. Stay home and safe please.

Putin is precisely calculated and strategic, for himself. It's quite Red. He literally changed the legislation to effectively make himself dictator for life, he poisons his fucking political opponents for christ sake lol! If he really was Blue and genuinely concerned about Russian nationality and prestige, you'd think being in power as long as he has with his cunning and strategic prowess the country would benefit.... But it's precisely the opposite, Russia is a rapidly decaying country. Their economy has been stagnant for years and they have a declining population despite being in the Northern hemisphere where people are starting to flock to. They are a shell of a nation that only projects soft power because of dumping all their resources into the military. It's like 70% Red, 30% Blue for him. Spiral Dynamics is about anticipating and mapping values and behaviors, it's pretty clear where he lies I think.

Bahahah you don't say? Of course they would, it's an egos wet dream to be able to be selfish on such a scale! Notice how the mind subtly rationalizes it's behavior by co-opting and misusing personal development language like "scarcity/abundance mindset".

No shit how obvious could this be lol?! Game is designed for guys who have initial ineptitude with women, by guys. The best way to market this is appeal to the lowest common denominator and advertise the prospect of sex, fun, partying, etc., that's the driver for most marketing - selfishness in varying forms. Of course a lot of guys think with the wrong head so they get caught up in this initial phase and never learn the skills you need to foster a healthy relationship, let alone make it last. It's pretty sad to see these Charlie Sheen types in their 40's or 50's, probably divorced once or twice, having a problem with alcoholism, still hopping from one watering hole to the next looking for their next fill. Socially other men will praise and laugh with these guys when they share their stories, but in the back of their minds they all know how pathetic it is and that it's such a low, deeply unsatisfying way to live life. Hedonism is a false path. It's like they grew old but never left high school or college mentally.

Pretty blatantly Red lol, he uses and appeals to Blue only to the extent it serves his personal agenda. He is a perfect embodiment of the corrupt opportunists that seized power in Russia and turned it into an oil mafia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After one learns history though it's not that hard to understand and even sympathize somewhat with the aggressive skepticism and posturing of the Russian psyche. The peoples of Russia have gone through tremendous amounts of bloodshed relative to many others. From being literally targeted for extermination from the Nazis less than a lifetime ago, to incompetent and ruthless Tsars, then back to half a millennia ago having their necks under the boot of Mongol savages. It's no mistake that Russia is exactly where it is development wise, and why they look to a strongman like Putin to provide a veil of safety and strength, at the expense of everything else. Sadly I think the next wave of progress for them will only happen with some kind of revolution from the younger generation, which means more blood spilled. They simply don't care for the needless nationalist struggle of the cold war ideals and with access to the internet and the rest of the world see just how bad they are being shafted by their "leaders".

Absolutely not! You need to have your own philosophies of life constantly challenged and introduced to new ideas and perspectives, as well as have new information/theories to cross validate or invalidate old information/theories. It's an intimately personal and independent avenue. You need to understand this stuff at your own pace and in your own way, it's a huge trap to submit to how others are telling you how to do it or what to believe. As much as direct experience and getting out of your "mind" is important in this work it's also wise to acknowledge you ARE going to spend a lot of time and energy in your life in the domain of mind, so wouldn't it be a good idea to sharpen it?

I don't know how you'd quantify that with an eye test instead of an algorithm, because it would depend entirely on what sources you're looking at. Left leaning sources will overwhelmingly troll Trump, and vice versa. It's just the nature of online media now where you're recommended similar things in your feed to what you consume, because a reliable visitor = more $$$. It probably goes a roughly even amount each way, but the larger problem I'd argue is how much of a plague the negativity is in general. People have become so radicalized and invested that I'm willing to bet regardless of the election outcome upwards of 100+ people will die from rioting and clashing protestors. To direct blame at the voters and politicians would be shortsighted and misguided in my opinion, the real catalysts of this situation are companies like Facebook who refuse to take appropriate responsibility for facilitating the social environments that lead to this kind of erosion. They need to be regulated into the ground, and be forced to change the way their sites fundamentally operate.

For specific countries that get bullied or manipulated? No. For larger humanity as a whole? Yes. One must simply look at history; Pax Romana, Pax Britannica, Pax Americana. All periods of unparalleled progress and prosperity for most of humanity because of hegemonic superpowers keeping things in check. When there isn't one of these powers it's complete chaos and struggle between a bunch of smaller powers trying to grow. So either we have an elephant occasionally stomping over stuff and a relatively peaceful world, or most of humanity killing each other. Take your pick because there is no alternative............. yet.

I'm sure the side effects of traces of mercury from a single dose of a vaccine would be completely negligible and absolutely impossible to notice in day to day life. There are a million other things about diet and health to manage that have MUCH more immediate impact on quality of life. Even just the reality of living in a city for most people shortens their life span via damaged/weakened lungs to pollution, or drinking alcohol, smoking, etc. Obvious dangers that most people completely take for granted. If I gotta take a needle to protect me 90% + from a once in lifetime pandemic disease, I'm gonna take it. I'm not sure why everyone would be more terrified of a vaccine than the disease itself which is well on it's way to upwards of killing 5+ million people. Wouldn't NOT taking it be irresponsible and low consciousness? You're basically keeping yourself a vector for the spread of the virus, endangering other people.

Don't be so judgmental and presumptuous. People are still people even if they are "low development", nowhere does it say that you aren't aloud or shouldn't associate with people "beneath" you. Cmon man lol. Yes Alex Jones peddles and yells about a lot of crazy and potentially dangerous things, but doesn't mean he can't be a decent person or a cool friend outside of that. Keep in mind we only see the Alex Jones in public, I'm sure a % of that is played up and he is probably more easy going off the camera or internet. That doesn't absolve him of his bullshit, it just is what it is. Joe doesn't owe anybody fuck all. It's funny how well he's pulling off hosting all these radically different people despite the collective egos from every group clamoring and getting all triggered about who should be "off limits".

Women are obviously more inclined to it because they are more open minded and intuitive, but then the men that DO come into the community turn it into a competitive dick measuring contest like everything else in life lol, and therefore end up becoming the teachers and gurus. Probably has something to do with leadership and assertion too which are more geared towards being "male" qualities. It probably feels really unusual to a timid spiritually inclined woman to be telling others what to do or how to do something, while men don't hesitate to boast.

It's certainly appears weird because it's so new but think of the audacious way it challenges the selfish paradigm most people operate under - Traditionally any service that someone offers their body for is assumed to be for sexual gratification, this challenges that notion that NO, it's possible to offer something much more tame, non-sexual, and simple that people are actually after they just don't know the mature way to get it; connection/love/comfort. Sometimes you just need someone to hold you. I think this is something amazing honestly. People need this more than ever in such a socially inept and cruel world. Something like this can literally save and prevent who is extremely lonely from eventually snapping and shooting up a mall!

Nobody. It's a matter of looking deeper, no thoughts required

No friend, you are aren't going deep enough with your understanding. You see what really feels good and what's guiding those guys in the first place whether they take action or not is the potential for being successful and having good experiences (love) with those women. But there is the surface level of "feeling" (aka rationalizations, excuses, negative self-talk) that makes it feel shitty, because those things are just survival mechanisms that keep the ego in tact and safe. In this case the ego that thinks; it's not good with women, it's not me it's them, I can't feel pain of rejection if I never try, etc. Don't get stuck at the surface levels. You need to work at this. You don't get your cake and eat it too, so to speak.

@Nthnl Well, ignoring all the endless circular intellectual/conceptual talk about if it's "right" or "wrong" for a second - If you were to murder someone, what do you think you would feel? How do imagine it would make you feel? Probably shitty right? Do you imagine you would you hesitate before or during the act? Scared you would get caught? Fear that it would damage your mental health? Resentment, guilt? That tight feeling your throat? All of these deeper feelings (aka Truth) are signs and signals from and to the universe (you) is/are possibly moving towards something not that you "should" or "shouldn't" be doing, but a potential filled with suffering. Not just for yourself but others as well. Conversely you are probably thinking, "Well what if I was in poverty and I need to kill someone?! I need to take their stuff to survive!", or "It might make me feel good to kill my wife because she cheated me that whore!" See all those are just surface rationalizations, and thought stories. They aren't real feeling, because if a person were to be honest enough to self-reflect past their own biases (which they aren't in most cases unfortunately) they'd see all the signals and inner resistances. Once faced with those "truths" it simply wouldn't be possible to murder. Not because it's right or wrong, but because it's simply moving the universe towards a worse potential of suffering. Now a deranged person or sick psychopath who can't tap into that "feeling" doesn't disavow any of this, it just means they are unfortunately filled with ignorance by luck of bad genetics or a shitty childhood/environment. There is no evil, there is just ignorance about the potential way things "could" be in the universe, that ignorance leads to suffering. Suffering is an inherent "negative" let's say, which I hate to even use that word here but it's accurate for now until a replacement comes along. Why is it an inherent negative? Well aside from the obvious intellectual conversation, more importantly what does your first person experience and intuition say? There you go. That's all you need to know and embody. All of this information is courtesy of God Emperor King @Nahm a really cool guy on these forums. He can articulate this stuff better than me.

Kanye is just an interesting eccentric dude that's all over the place. Just don't take him too seriously and everything will be fine. The problem is people idolize these sorts of characters way out of proportion, and expect their skills to be able to translate over to anything. Kanye is a fantastic artist and original thinker, but that doesn't mean he can suddenly become a seasoned politician that can make all his radical ideas happen. I mean he's welcome to try but don't be surprised at the results, or if nobody takes him seriously.

Well that was obviously coming, eventually.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being shy and mysterious, just don't be so reserved and unenthusiastic to the point where you're bordering on boring or cold. There is nothing more frustrating or exhausting than having to do all the work carrying a conversation, arranging everything, etc. Men already have a lopsided amount of work to do in the attraction phase and do 95% of the approaching, don't make it that much harder than it already is or most men will see it's just not worth the effort and back off.

Looks fade. Personality and spirit grows and changes.

Maybe I should have been more careful with my words, I was exaggerating trying to get a point across. Of course you should harness your basic intuition and common sense. If you see clear red flags you should tread carefully and investigate them before offering too much or being too vulnerable. I should have said "offer your trust when you have no obvious reason not to".

Loneliness or "being alone" isn't a bad thing @Pilgrim. We're conditioned to believe and feel like it is though (for survival/egoic reasons). Embrace it and learn to be able to sit with that feeling, head on. Some of your most important insights and personal development will come from that loneliness. Most people fear being alone because it forces them to confront things and realities about themselves that can make them quite uncomfortable. Have the courage to tackle this. This doesn't mean go out of your way to feel loneliness. Still seek out friendships and relationships as much as you feel necessary, but when some loneliness DOES come your way don't try to squirm your way out of it or run from it.

It's counter-intuitive as hell @Heaven but you need to stop thinking and put ALL your eggs into the basket of complete blind trust. You'd think this is dangerous and makes you vulnerable, in a way yes it does. But being that utterly vulnerable actually communicates and shows tremendous strength. It shows you truly don't give a fuck (even if you rationally don't feel like it) and that you're solid as a god damn concrete pillar. She will see that and respect it, and will be much more likely to reciprocate. Relationships do not last without two way trust, but you gotta have the balls to give it first sometimes. If she does exploit it and cheats on you, or leaves you - Well what does that have anything to do with you? NOTHING! The event might feel shitty but realize it's 100% on her for doing whatever she does, she's gotta live with that, and she'll suffer with the karma of that behavior until she changes. In a way she's actually more a victim than you would be, ironically. If the topic comes up it will probably be a shit test. You just need to laugh all of it off, and be completely detached and cool as ice.