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@Roy Love that album! Its my fave of his. Video says its unavailable for me btw

https://davidtianphd.com/recommended-readings/

Hey! My recommendation would be to watch this video: I think it could likely help you get a better understanding of where you are at.

@Abhishaik I'd go back to your old role.

@Julian gabriel I'd consider looking into your childhood, especially the relational dynamics with your parents. Alice Miller's the Drama of the gifted child could be a useful start. If you want a reading list recommendation I can link that for you too. Just ask and I'll link it for you.

@Julian gabriel I agree with your interpretation. I think meditation in that context will bring up a variety of fears that wouldn't be so present in a typical meditation environment. And so meditating in that context gives you an opportunity to process and change your relationship to those fears, imo.

@Realms of Wonder I think there are numerous possibilities. However, to my mind, the distraction will be meeting some need or needs of yours. Maybe note down the thoughts that come up when you are distracting yourself, or get the desire to distract yourself.

@Raze I think it should only be an option if someone is in a chronic place of deep suffering with little chance of a cure, i.e. someone's face gets ripped off in a car crash and they have no ability to speak or see. Otherwise, loads of folks with curable mental health issues are going to off themselves imo. Any logical reason given is really just a sign of the person's level of consciousness, and most of the time people can elevate their level of consciousness.

@kylan11 Intriguing. Any sites you'd recommend for getting a job out of it? Also, any recommendations re where to learn python/ Java?

I think you're acting like a fool with this sort of thing. Go compete in MMA or amateur boxing if you really want to do this sort of thing, or even some organised bare knuckle boxing.

I think Terry showed some healthy behaviours. Whilst I don't think it would be wrong for someone to respond aggressively to a sexual assault, its not really the straightforward option in Terry's position imo. You gonna have a lawsuit on your hands most likely if your terry and you get aggressive, and the other dude can just deny the sexual assault happened. Not really surprised by 50 tho, i mean he's a hood dude at heart so i can understand his harsh response. He seems like a bit of a narcissist tho.

I think absurdism is a great place to get to with one's intellectual position. However, I think the important next step is to get into inner work and raising one's level of baseline emotional vibration.

@Swarnim ?

@MarkKol To my recollection, dozens and dozens of different ones

@Nilsi It could do

@Someone here Nice dude I'd recommend listening to this after: Maybe put some headphones on when you do tho lol.

@MarkKol I don't understand what your intended question is. Would you be willing to rephrase?

Cruuuuuushing it dude!

http://www.vsias.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DP070115_Kevin-Koffler-_Detaching-From-Pain_NoBranding.pdf

I try and essentially constantly do David Hawkin's letting go constantly. And, I pretty much spend the whole day trying to trigger and get access to emotions I'm dissociated from. My baseline level of consciousness is quite low tho emotionally imo (deep depression/ apathy), so i find it tricky. What about you @StarStruck?

@Hojo Nah Santa is real. I went to surprise my gf last xmas and saw him there. He claimed he was just delivering presents but turned out he was fucking my gf. The guy is a piece of shit. He's pure stage red.

I woke up today and I immediately thought of all the other people in the world waking up with me: some of them would wake up alone, some with a hangover, some in bed with their husbands or wives, some with a new partner - some of them wouldn’t have slept at all! I imagined the natural light or the variety of alarm sounds which might have woken them up. I asked myself: “What is the first thought that will run through their minds? What truly motivates and inspires them? What are they going to do today?” In my minds eye I saw millions of individual days playing out before me like a fractal pattern of morning-to-nights. I was able to do all of this because… I am a Stage Yellow Systems Thinker. So how did I get here? As a precocious youngster I studied many subjects, but I was never satisfied. Even then, I was to able to intuitively sense that most of the big ideas that could be grasped within an academic setting had already been arrived at. The great geniuses of the past - the likes of Einstein, Wittgenstein and Rothberg - already had their photos on the wall, and I knew that I couldn’t compete with them. Most of the intellectuals I came across had lived austere and isolated lives, and I certainly didn’t want to do that! Even worse, I knew that most of the ideas they had expressed would not be popular today… Given that I did not want an academic career, mainstream popularity was very important to me. If I wanted to be successful, I would have to limit myself to presenting ideas that are compatible with our advanced and inclusive times. That’s when I hit upon my idea of genius: I would go through the works of all of the great thinkers and philosophers, borrowing the ideas that were compatible with what is popular today and discarding the rest! After a while, I had even forgotten why I was doing this, and I was able to really believe that I was distilling the gems of truth from otherwise hopelessly outdated material! This is the story of how I became a Stage Yellow Systems Thinker. What is most beautiful about this is that I am able to look down on the first tier of humanity from my Tier 2 perspective whilst maintaining our shared belief in equality and democracy! But I’m still human. There are still wounds within me that need to be healed and shadows to bring to the light. In dealing with my own traumas, I am able to have compassion with myself whilst remaining detached. This is my innovation and my superpower. I’ve built myself a beautiful body, a beautiful mind, and - most importantly - a beautiful spirit. I built these through my own ingenuity and through the assistance of many other beautiful people. I am a walking testament to the power of individualism and collectivism spiralling in love together, forever. Mark my words. One day, all of the world is going to be like me. They don’t know it yet, but they will. The wisdom of the higher stages which I embody so perfectly will be simply irresistible. Only then, when everyone is like me, will the world finally know the peace and joy of Divine Unity.

@Dorje Chang imo That's cool af! You planning to dedicate your career to this, or is it more of a hobby?

@MarkKol I'd say I'm in a somewhat similar spot, tho am a bit older than you. I think this is not an uncommon issue for folks who have done the course. Tho I think also it can be a result of not being in touch enough with one's intuition, or having doubts about trusting our intuition.