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Yeah thanks for suggesting the idea @Princess Arabia :)

I just don't trust Trump at all lol

@enchanted I'd say learn about the classic political theorists. For example, get hold of a university reading list on political theory 101. You can: 1) Read their works, 2) Watch relevant lectures, and/ or 3) Learn from things like wikipedia, chatgpt and stanford encyclopedia of Philosophy. For number 2 I think this course could be of value: ^ First video in the 'Moral foundations of politics' lecture series. Haven't been through this lecture series myself. However, went through another of the speaker's and found it excellent.

I'm not sure I quite understand mate. I mean I understand your reply as a standalone comment but not as a reply to my comment.

Those guys linked are like the opposite of black pill imo lol

Yeah I totally agree, except the last part. Not sure I understand that bit. Was just answering the 'is it even possible' question.

Wingman. Someone you do pick up with

For sure. Just do a quick google and I'm sure you will find various stories of people becoming successful after being in very adverse life conditions, i.e. homeless and drug addicted.

@Spiritual Warfare Depends on your psychological state and your life circumstances.

Core symptoms of PTSD: 1. Intrusions or re-experiencing of the event (such as intrusive memories, repetitive play in which the events or aspects of it are expressed, nightmares, flashbacks, distress triggered by reminders of the event or events). 2. Avoidance (such as avoiding thoughts, feelings or memories of the event or events, or avoiding people, places, conversations or situations that are associated with the event or the events). 3. Arousal and reactivity or sense of current threat (such as irritability, being overly vigilant, being easily startled, concentration problems, sleep problems). Complex PTSD "According to the ICD-11, Complex PTSD consists of the same core symptoms of (ICD-11) PTSD, [as listed above] but has three additional groups of symptoms (which are sometimes referred to as ‘disturbances in self-organisation’ or ‘DSO’): 4. Problems in affect regulation (such as marked irritability or anger, feeling emotionally numb) 5. Beliefs about oneself as diminished, defeated or worthless, accompanied by feelings of shame, guilt or failure related to the traumatic event 6. Difficulties in sustaining relationships and in feeling close to others" To my understanding, a key difference is to do with whether you have had multiple or prolonged traumatic experiences. Growing up in abusive household is more CPTSD, and being near a terrorist attack is more PTSD.

Hey OP, Sounds to me like you probably have complex ptsd. Pete Walker's book on surviving to thriving can be helpful imo. Also, I think Dr Ramani's Youtube channel will be especially helpful for understanding your family dynamics and your options going forward.

Nice dude. Was just making a silly joke about whether the AI had got laid or not though lol.

Hmmm I dunno. What's this AI dude's lay count?

Hey folks, Am looking for resources on the subject of spiritual purification via meditation. I want to know what sort of thing hardcore meditation will and will not help with. Would be interested in learning about this in respect of longer meditation periods, i.e. 4+ hours per day, rather than shorter periods.

Trauma release exercises, yoga

I have considered them but I have a lot of trauma in my history. So honestly I would be afraid of suicide. I would like to get my vipassana practice better first. I practice vipassana multiple hours a day but still struggle with more intense emotions. I do a range of healing work too, i.e. depth therapy.

Okay, I get you. Did you boil it out via meditation? Or just you noticed this boiling out occurred naturally?

What does this mean?

Could I get your perspective on this please @Leo Gura?

Life purpose identified

Concentration meditation

If Trump wins and things go south they will probably just say the devil is strong. And then scapegoat some minority.

It seems clear to me that the following has happened. The content creator has simply found a new style of meditation called non-directive meditation. Where in you practice letting whatever is be, rather than exercising any sense of control of your attention whilst meditating. Do nothing meditation method is not an uncommon practice. So, in essence, he has just found a different type of meditation method that works for him. The irony is he is claiming that meditation methods won't set you free because he found a new meditation method that set him free. A better title for his experience would be: Directive meditation methods won't see you free. That said, the issue of being identified with the observer is a known weakness of mindfulness meditation. But the idea is that after a while the habit of meditating leads to the automatic watching of the watcher.

I suppose its important to define the 'good' in good intentions. I haven't watched that Leo video so not sure how he defined it.