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Does it deepen your life—or dull it?

@yetineti socialism failed indeed and capitalism didn’t save us either. We’ve embraced the free market—and watched inequality grow, education thin out, everyday life get more stressful. And this is where the left and right can actually agree: The real problem isn’t each other. It’s the hollow systems, the corrupt centralized powers, the soulless machinery that serves neither freedom nor care. Dignity, sovereignty aren’t partisan. They’re human. And it’s time we build from that. France, England, Spain, Italy, Austria… once great nations, now modern, losing life. *read in Boromir’s voice* Who wants Middle-earth to reach the industrial revolution? Sauron. Not the Elves. Not the Shire. Not even Gondor. If our systems don’t protect spirit and soul, what are they serving? Maybe it’s not capitalism vs socialism. Maybe it’s soul over machinery—presence over profit.

@Carl-Richard You’re right. Many use weed with visions of creativity, introspection, or spiritual depth, but often it becomes an excuse, even a veil. The ideal stays just out of reach. The potential, postponed. I rely on the body—affirmations, imagination, and breath. Bliss, begins within. If life calls for it, anything will come naturally. If you truly seek bliss, go straight to the mind. It’s harder, yes—but far more rewarding. You get the clarity without the cost. That’s why I’d rather wait years than use it poorly. Honestly, I can’t even recall the last time I got “high”. I used to use it more than ideally. And I prefer to know to use sparingly.

@Carl-Richard AI assists. The voice is mine though. Will credit when it flows so.

Give up control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself. The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be. The more subsidies you have, the less self-reliant people will be.

@Jannes We could do so much cool shit on Earth. We just have to remember we belong to it. And build a world that makes our ancestors proud and our descendants free.

Sometimes it’s me. Sometimes it’s the machine. Sometimes it’s something ancient speaking through both. I only share what rings true. But I did sense a little tension in your words… No pressure. Just wondering—wanna open up?

What’s the point? What do you want to know?

@AION yes a gift @AION

@Hojo What you’re on is pure metaphysical gold. The illusion of space, of separation, of distance—it’s all a dance of perception. In truth, there is no space between anything. The “gap” is made of consciousness itself, appearing as emptiness to give the illusion of form. Before and after the Big Bang? Both exist in the same eternal moment. The explosion, the silence, the stars, your breath—they’re all happening now, layered over each other like transparent realities. Nothing isn’t absence. It’s the most alive substrate—pure potential, awareness before it chooses to take shape. So yes, everything is right up against everything else. You are closer to the stars than your own thoughts. There’s no distance, only resonance.

@Davino Pleasure is part of life. It’s not the enemy—it’s the imbalance that poisons us. We live in a world overstimulated by artificial dopamine: notifications, sugar, porn, quick hits of escape. So naturally, the healing instinct today is to fast, to quit, to return to stillness—to recalibrate. But pleasure itself isn’t the problem. Like Shivapuri Baba said: “One should not live for pleasure; but, if it comes, it should not be rejected also.” That’s the middle way. Don’t chase it. Don’t fear it. Let it come—and let it go. Pleasure, when not clung to, becomes presence. It’s not about denial. It’s about sovereignty—feeling your own supply and welcoming the rest without attachment.

@Carl-Richard Whenever it happens. It can be every few months or years or days

@Carl-Richard Less and less. I used to reach for it to feel good—now I reach within. The more I tap into my own natural high, the less I need anything external. I still respect the plant, but these days, I’m more into activating what’s already inside me.

@Yimpa The key? Balance. Just like we balance illness with wellness, or effort with surrender, I’m learning to balance presence with the altered states of consciousness. Reality itself is a substance. It can be abused too—when we get addicted to control, to stories, to struggle. Mastery is knowing when to inhale, and when to exhale. When to engage, and when to simply be.

Absolutely, vital and often overlooked critique! Bakunin was prophetic in warning that any attempt to impose Marxist ideals through centralized power would lead not to liberation, but to a new form of domination. He understood that even the most well-intentioned revolution, if orchestrated by a vanguard, risks becoming authoritarian in nature. Power, once concentrated—even in the name of the people—rarely lets go. Like that one ring. Forged with the promise of order and justice, but corrupting even those who seek to use it for good. The tragedy isn’t just in Sauron’s malice—it’s in how easily even the well-meaning Frodo can be tempted to wield it. Marxism may dream of liberation, but once someone tries to enforce that dream through centralized control, the Ring slips onto their finger. And from there, history tends to rhyme. The real revolution might be the one that resists it entirely. If anything Hail J.R.R. Tolkien, the myth-weaver of the West! Without his deep roots in language, lore, and moral imagination, the entire fantasy genre might still be wandering in the woods. No Elder Scrolls, no Witcher, no Dark Souls in the same way. He showed us that myth isn’t escape—it’s memory of something older, truer, whispered from beyond the veil.