yetineti

I absolutely love the amount of information there is now. Of course, as Leo mentioned, there’s also quite a bit of disinformation - but, personally, this doesn’t really bother me. There is so much non-controversial information out there, for instance, on exercise, diet, cognitive training, animals, nature, cool technology, etc. It outweighs the disinformation in my eyes. Its just so damned useful.

Therapy didn’t work for me the way I imagined. It was nice to rant to someone but really I was just offered some basics on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and antidepressants and anti anxiety medications. I declined to the meds. I didn’t and don’t think I need them. To me, ‘happy pills’ wouldn’t help what I could clearly see was just an emotion reaction to my circumstances. I decided, ultimately, I need to get better at taking responsibility and helping myself. Its been a slow 2-4 years since I made that decision and quite therapy but I am glad I did. If you just have circumstances that are depressing or anxiety inducing but you're otherwise normal and aware that ‘if things were better’ ‘you’d be better’ - just work on getting things better. Maybe consider a few sessions and blow off some steam but be cautious about falling into a perpetual therapy trap or taking medications that - IMO - most people don’t need. Most people are better off meditating, eating better, exercising, using Cognitive behavioral therapy, using self talk, etc. than they are just taking pills or exporting their thoughts to someone else (and money for that matter). That being said IT IS VERY IMPORTANT that if the words I typed above do not resonate with you and you have a serious mental health problems, are suicidal, etc. You should certainly consider therapy and possibly medication. I know these things are not the worst - I am just weary of them. I didn’t like how abnormal they made me feel by offering me meds and such when I knew I didn’t have anything clinical. My parents where getting divorced, I wasn’t good at school, I was bullied, I was a bully, life’s just generally stressful as it is and I didn’t feel like that was the route for me. Sometimes there’s shitty things happening and depression and anxiety are normal reactions. So all in all, I hope you find what works for you. As you may be able to tell, I’m more in favor of holistic methods rather conventional therapy or medication. Nonetheless there’s a reason we have these things and there is no shame if you need them. Whatever makes you better makes us better.

Was it worth it? Yes? Sweet. No? Well feel enough guilt to reevaluate your spending habits but not enough that you slow yourself down over the past. What is bought is bought. What has not been bought has not yet been bought. Im glad that your decisions still leave you in a place of security and that despite some second guesses on these recent purchases you sound reasonably comfortable and safe, financially.

Goals are for people who need to score. My goal is to not need to score anymore.

Our opinions are based on our sense of reality.

“Ah Ha! Lovely, I hadn’t known. This is terrifying; I feel great.”

It’s not that there isn’t physical reality. There is a physical reality and it is just the way it is. The problem is most people do not realize where this physical reality comes from. Physical reality is simply imagined out of thin air. Knowing this doesn’t change the physics we currently perceive but it’s will 100% change the way we perceive them. Its mind blowing. Imagine being able to imagine anything into existence. BOOM - you imagine a house - its here. BOOM - an apple. BOOM - another apple. Well, this is possible. It’s how you’re here, it’s how anything is here - imaginatively.

I 2nd this! Host Defense is the best!

I always have a vpn on

I’m to guess ENFJ

Recently Leo saying ‘if you knew you were the devil you’d vomit’ has been echoing in my head. Why? Because for me that’s true. I’ve been vomiting in disgust of myself. Ive become isolated in disgust of myself.

@Leo Gura Practically shit my pants when Curt referred to my models models models comment around 2:07:15 in the 2nd video. Apologies for my nativity of the public nature of what you’re doing here and also to Curt for being so brash and seemingly narcissistic. I would hate for my comments to, at all, be taken foul to any work done. Nonetheless, I know when I pushed a button.

I am a 4 with a 5 wing as well.

Oof

@Leo Gura Yes I realized that after I asked. The game is more in seeing how low of a consciousness interview you can get - in a sense. It leaves more room for explanation, teaching, etc. If you interviewed someone with a great level of consciousness, there really wouldn’t be much to say.

@Leo Gura Agreed, it’s a whole other thing - but I do wonder if there’s plans to speak with anyone, respectfully, a little more conscious? Peter Ralston was great. More conversational format perhaps though. Dream Team would be with Sadhguru.

I think there are different layers to imagination. Its a mindfuck and may provide insight to know people and material things are imaginary - and you may find a niche way to make use of the generally - but I’d say it’s more important not to become conscious that you are imagining, but how. How do you imagine people? Why don’t you imagine your dad like every other boy? Why do imagine you or your friends are above one another? Why don’t you imagine people are a little nicer to you? Just examples. It does bend my mind to know it’s all imagined - but it’s not really serving me to consider another person vanishing out of materialism or warping in some twisted sense in the ultimate mind of god. Of course, I think such things have to be considered. Such as, if reality is infinite, what is stopping me for suddenly being teleporting to another realm instantly where I’m tortured, but fed well? But I’ll deal with that, when and if. Generally it hasn’t happened. Same goes for people. Sure, they are imagined - and a lot of possible things could occur - but also - everyone is they way they have always been. So who cares if that’s imagination or not?

Did not really enjoy it the discussion. To be fair, Curt was asking some great questions and he did have a couple cool moments - like with his hand. Nonetheless Leo was out of Curts league. Curt seems nice but also has a channel dedicated to models - models - models. Then he decides to have on someone (Leo) who understands something beyond - ya know - the dudes life purpose essentially (models). Also, Leo sucks at talking to people + they were both disadvantaged the conversation was not in person to begin with. Leo knows this though, he did this for us because he knows we like them. He has mentioned before that it is not his strong suit and people really can not be convinced anyways. So all and all, I’d say I enjoyed it more than I thought. Little irony in it all - but also some interesting perspective seeing how Leo interacts with people and how they interact with him.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like Sean Hannity, I don’t want to be banned and I am really not extremely educated about politics but it seems to me that thread was relatively genuine. from my perspective if we were to pull out from Afghanistan, it seems like there would have been a way to do it better. From that perspective, I’m confused why that thread got locked and someone got banned. what am I missing? why was it so worth it to leave there the way we did? Genuinely asking. I’ve heard many on the left say the chaos was inevitable but it seems to me it wasn’t necessarily…

Hello, I know a lot of us here enjoy the myyers Briggs tests but I’m not sure I have seen anyone specifically mention the truity version. Most of us are probably familiar with the one from here: https://www.16personalities.com/ But! The cool thing from the one with truity (https://www.truity.com/) is that it shows you your top 3 personalities - not just one. This is interesting because many of us fall into some grey areas. Ex: I am dominantly and ENFP - but my runner up is ENTP and INFP and sometimes ENFJ. So you can start to piece together ‘okay I am a campaigning debater that can sometimes heal and teach) - you get the jist. 2 more things: 1. The names are often different from those of the 16 personalities website and that can offer some perspective too. For instance Campaigner is also the Champion. Debater is also the Visionary, etc. 2. On truity you can find other personality tests, some of which I have heard mentioned here (Big 5, Enagram, strengths tests, etc.) - some of which you must pay for the full results but they are very insightful and you can almost always find a coupon. Just thought I’d share!

Case closed, thanks guys!

@Epikur @SgtPepper I appreciate you guys, that makes a lot of sense. Nobody think I like Fox News ? I am more than aware of their stupidity. It was a ‘even a broken clock is right twice a day moment,’ with Afghanistan - because from my perspective we could have pulled out more efficiently. But you both made great points - even if they happen to be right about a sliver of a sliver - you can just find a million other sources arguing the same thing 1000x more effectively.

@Blackhawk That’s exactly what an emo kid would say

Nothing, in particular

If you’re just trying to do this at home, a dark room, blindfold, ear plugs should be more than enough. But if you can afford it and you have one near you - I’d just go to a business that has a sensory deprivation tank. They're the best for what your trying to do. Sound proof rooms, you can only hear your heart beat. Light proof rooms, you can’t see whether your eyes are open or not. You can’t even feel the water because it is the same temperature as your skin. Point being they’re great.