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@Eskilon That is not why he is known. Study the Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching that Thich-Hat- Nanh. Buddha actually contributed a teaching and system for transcending suffering and living a good life. It’s a powerful system. But, it in truth does not promote poverty as a core tenant. Many people choose to be poor as part of an ascetic spiritual path. Many misunderstand Buddha and choose to be poor. But, it’s not the focus on why Buddha is known.

The Buddha clearly teaches non-violence. But, does not teach non-wealth. He teaches non-attachment. But, not poverty.

@Eskilon There is almost no people in general who are enlightened. You are side stepping my point about Buddha’s view on wealth with a general platitude. Be careful there. Wealth seeking perhaps is an important stage of life to build the foundation of freedom for spiritual pursuits. Most humans will not truthfully pursue enlightenment. Truth is, most poor people are doomed to constant stress, survival and craving and have 0 chance of deep spiritual progress. Wealth is key in modern age to truly become spiritually developed. The trick with Buddhism is how you are using your mind to create suffering. Wealth doesn’t inherently stop one from enlightenment. But, wealth seeking as an attitude can be toxic.

@Eskilon I think the Buddha actually has teachings on how to use wealth and how to get it in the proper ways. A lot of us only have a shallow grasp of this teachings which are pretty comprehensive. There is a pop understanding of Buddhism, which is like the myth of Buddhism I think.

@Eskilon He did return to his family though? Regardless, there is nothing in his teachings that is anti-wealth.

@Leo Gura Buddha was a millionaire king. Anyway, good point. Your post sparked something in me. Thank you

Just turned 30. I’m back in a big city for a few days. Pushes myself to go out and socialize. Here are some observations from an introverted 30 year old: 1. Your self image and fears are generally lying to you 2. Just sit down and socialize with anyone and sometimes new doors and opportunities open up. Like, discovering cool new places, people etc 3. I ended up at a Karaoke bar and there was a very flirtatious girl but I wasn’t into her. 4. There is a lot of work for me to do to relax more, and build state. I observe that people can read your state almost right away. Relaxing, dancing and having fun is cool. Doesn’t matter how you look etc if you are having fun people enjoy that. I have doubts around my age, receding hairline etc. but, I know I have to act now and go out etc. How about you guys in your 30s, how are things going?

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@Nemra Your insights are super interesting. How are you feeling since? I recall you had some profound awakenings.

@TruthFreedom The logical mind can’t grasp what you are doing. It’s just spinner fantasies.

@Yimpa She said that she opened her mind to absolute truth. It was a small awakening in a colloquial sense. She’s interested in Buddhist teachings and philosophy. I helped her make the distinction between relative and absolute truth. I also helped her expand her understanding of the “false self” into all of the social matrix’s constructs and then we explored Leo’s Pure Philosophy. It’s nice to have a friend I can have a deep talk with. For me it was a really nice refresher in this idea of Pure philosophy and so much clicked as well especially with Leo’s recent videos. After we went to a Joe Dispenza meditation healing circle…. Which, actually worked. I feel so much better afterward.

I was speaking with a girl about Leo’s Pure philosophy and she had a mini awakening. Want to reshare it here. This is what Philosophy is… This is the highest philosophy any human has created, and of course it’s the universe. https://www.actualized.org/insights/introducing-pure-philosophy

@Yidaki Hmmm, I’m sure there is a trip report out there. Some say, they still trippin

I only know about underage teenage girls from what media has told me. If that’s true then okay sure. Sexual predator of minors, child sex trafficker, isn’t the same as a technical definition of pedo. But, if he is also a pedo from the evidence that’s not something I would argue against. But, no. It’s not “as clear is it gets” when you use words by their clinical definitions. What I am saying isn’t complicated man.

Yeah, that is simple. But discussing whether or not Epstein is a pedophile is actually not as easy to discuss. The disgusting breaking of the law and harming of minors is obvious but the definitions of words we use is confusing. Which is what I was trying to explain. Anyway, fine u you talk about cringe things but not us just saying.

Wake up lol The problem is you realize anything like that would fail. That’s the basic premise of the movie Bruce Almighty.

@Hojo No man. You say those things. You are struggling 😂. In terms of definitions what I am saying is true. The ability to handle nuance is important. Anyway, cringe police 👮 @Leo Gura My bad. I got caught up in the distinctions of terms, definitions etc. It’s interesting to explore language, distinction and sense making…., however with this subject yeah it is cringe from the beginning. When discussing the Epstein situation these are conversations that do come up. We as a culture don’t know how to talk about this. Conflict, confusion, negative emotions are natural and healthy. Also, knowing when to stop talking about it. Protecting teens and kids is obviously the right thing to do. These people like Epstein are abusers of minors and should be brought to justice.

@Leo Gura Don’t think so?

@Hojo Man, make the distinction. They are under 18 but older than say, 12. 18 is adult. So they are under aged girls. Likely, the technical term would be hebephile. technically not pedophilia. But, colloquially people just call anything under aged pedophile. People don’t in common speech make clinical distinctions between hebephiles and pedophiles. So, I am fine with people using that term colloquially, or clinically. 18 year olds are adults. Which is what you were trying to say before makes you a pedo (when used colloquially), but it doesn’t because they are legally adults. Like, are you just being stubborn or or are you struggling with making distinctions here? It isn’t that complicated. I sense you literally just didn’t understand my previous comment…..

@Hojo Nah, I’m fine with there being a clinical definition and then a colloquial use in culture.

@Psychonaut physically and psychologically. Sometimes less is more.

@Leo Gura Integral Meta Theory

@Hojo preach to the world. Except they weren’t adults they were all under 18z pedophile is a fine term used loosely for under 18

@Hojo Perhaps as a culture we are using it colloquially when it comes to Epstein. He clearly was engaged in human trafficking of underaged girls.

@Hojo Thé définition I just pulled up which is also common sense: « A pedophile is an adult who experiences a persistent sexual attraction to prepubescent children, typically defined as children under about 11–13 years old, depending on developmental stage. » It’s also common knowledge 18 year olds are LEGALLY adults.