PurpleTree

this is exciting, i really wonder how all of this will turn out the pandemic, the vaccination, the economy, people rioting, division

I think in really poor countries, having many children is also a kind of "old age insurance" and the chances are bigger that one of them "makes it" also still high rates of child deaths, diseases like ebola etc.

it would be interesting if there are for example more "only childs" etc. in "seekers"

this might sound horrible but maybe it would be better if people in poor countries had fewer children. i get why they want so many children though and contraception is a huge issue in these places.

Why couldn't we connect with them? Ultimately we're all made out of atoms, quarks etc. nah? I already know your answer "That's just an illusion, consciousness is dreaming up quarks etc." alright

Does it give the US a huge advantage over China? Do more creative countries/communities of values in the long run win against less creative countries? Or is there no correlation? And it's always a kind of back and forth It certainly seems as if the US is more creative in terms of art, freedom of speech, openness to psychs etc. It seems that allowance of creativity is a huge part of the US's success and as if that would give it or even the West a huge advantage if China doesn't open up to other ideas, psychs etc. But in some ways humans are also scared of too much freedom. Lately many people have been saying that China will be the next superpower.

Have any of you cured any fatigue issues? I've seen Leo talked about Modafinil etc. these things are good for a temporary fix but they're also prescription drugs here and really mess with my sleep and don't treat the root cause imo.

why do we have such similar colours as avatars? are you guys stalking me?

"I wish that you, oh exalted one, would not be angry with me," said the young man. "I have not spoken to you like this to argue with you, to argue about words. You are truly right, there is little to opinions. But let me say this one more thing: I have not doubted in you for a single moment. I have not doubted for a single moment that you are Buddha, that you have reached the goal, the highest goal towards which so many thousands of Brahmans and sons of Brahmans are on their way. You have found salvation from death. It has come to you in the course of your own search, on your own path, through thoughts, through meditation, through realizations, through enlightenment. It has not come to you by means of teachings! And—thus is my thought, oh exalted one,—nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings! You will not be able to convey and say to anybody, oh venerable one, in words and through teachings what has happened to you in the hour of enlightenment! The teachings of the enlightened Buddha contain much, it teaches many to live righteously, to avoid evil. But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery of what the exalted one has experienced for himself, he alone among hundreds of thousands. This is what I have thought and realized, when I have heard the teachings. This is why I am continuing my travels—not to seek other, better teachings, for I know there are none, but to depart from all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal by myself or to die. But often, I'll think of this day, oh exalted one, and of this hour, when my eyes beheld a holy man."

Erdogan? He's the president of Turkey, and right now Turkey is involved in a few conflicts in recent years. Syria, Libya, Iraq, In the Eastern Mediterranean with Greece because of oil etc. and supported Azerbaijan against Armenia, and a hundred yrs ago there was the genocide of Armenians in Turkey. Turkey is still an important NATO member because of its location, size etc. and the US (and Europe) wouldn't want that Turkey gets much closer with Russia. So Erdogan is kind of playing all sides a bit while his economy tanks and is using his NATO membership and the refugee crisis as a free pass to do so.

I think humans taught these animals to draw etc. probably similarly to how dog learn tricks etc. or do you think they really want to express themselves on a canvas? I do think nature is the greatest artist though, like bee's and their hexagon structures, flowers or just a river flowing etc.

so he's dissing Tolle and starting some beef in these spiritual streets ?

Yea and then Thatcher sent the army and they mowed those boys down. Wasn't a great tactic for distraction in the end. Erdogan is doing the same at the moment, starting conflicts left and right because of the economy etc.

Not every single one? Niceee, that's so generous I think Trump wants to be loved and admired the most. If bombing Iran brings admiration he might do it, but luckily most people are anti war and would hate him for it, so he probably won't.

Are psychs decriminalised and available? Seems like an important factor I'd say maybe some place like the Netherlands

"whataboutism" seems like a word to just shut down valid arguments most of the time imo. how can we not compare different countries response during this pandemic? i never said trump couldn't have done a better job. obviously he could. but anti trumpers get so personal with everything like"He's responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths" really? But you don't get personal with Swedens or Frances government or you just don't care about it because it doesn't serve/support your argument. This is a pandemic, it's a sad thing, whether it was man made or naturally came from bats from a wet market in China. Countries suffer from it, whether it's countries like Sweden, Spain, Mexico or the US. Some countries are lucky like like NZ, Japan etc. NZ because it's small and an island and countries like Japan, S. Korea etc. because they're better equipped to deal with pandemics.

Don't know if there's anything in us politics which could really surprise me and still think bush was much worse but maybe it's the system which is kind of "monstrous" and not the people serving the function, as hegemony and superpower status etc. naturally come with a lot of suppression, pain, interventions etc. Sweden, France, Italy etc. and many more don't have right wing populist, narcissist governments and they have similar amounts of death per capita cases. Sweden is touted as a shining beacon of hope a lot by left wing americans on many issues for example so who's to blame there for their deaths if they don't have a Trump who can be blamed for everything "bad"? God, bad luck, nature, right wingers who don't wear masks, china?

Generally people kill because of anger/fear/greed etc. right? So looking at the world as "Oneness" "Consciousness" etc. i think it takes more of those "negative" feelings away or reduces them instead of growing them.

Well i'm not enlightened, far from it. I Just had some insights. But i don't see why that believe would cause anybody to kill.

Do you know of any such cases where people who had that "Oneness" or "All is consciousness" idea went on a killing spree?

I do agree with you somewhat. It's a bit annoying/boring if many here just parrot some of these statements over and over

Yea that would be horrible and very dumb let's just hope this is all just "tough talk"

Chomsky: "If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. By violation of the Nuremberg laws I mean the same kind of crimes for which people were hanged in Nuremberg. And Nuremberg means Nuremberg and Tokyo."

Not a Trumper but can we totally trust cnn on donnie? Those are like tom and jerry Or maybe it's Kushner in his ear

now that would be a really unforgivable bad decision imo he made some bad decisions but this wold be the worst by far, i don't really care if he fights with reporters, is a narcissist and covid deaths aren't really his fault imo etc.