Natasha Tori Maru

@Xonas Pitfall I do so graciously thank you ! This one was metal as fuck I loved it. We originally had some piping and more Giger-esc stuff going on, but it detracted from the focus (textiles). I love the arts scene and working with photographers. I have some other contact reels from shoots, and some more sketches and paintings. I will trickle feed

Some more - oil on canvas. I have posted these previously, but like the donkey I am I didn't see this thread >.< Ignore the purple haze (ha!) on the black-friday tree burning one, I forgot to turn off the RGB light.

Yeah fuck I know right? I keep thinking maybe its just HD cameras, but life is literally carving him up like a sandblasted bucket

Some collaborative noir modelling stuff - yes I am a bit goth. This was with a textile artist. I had to be sewn in to the top. Mixture of contact reel shots and some formal ones. Robert McManus is the artist/photographer. Obviously I am the model lol

Fucken hell, it's incredible to witness how emotionally charged up he gets when really pinned down. You can see this when the debaters force him to really define his terms. He manages to evade clear definitions with crafty word play. Also, you can see his inability to manage internal frustration. He gets so keyed up he ends up simply attempting to come at the debater with authority by literally telling them off like a child. Then he rides that high of 'winning' to purge the emotion and go back to a calm state. Rinse/repeat. He was really not having it when he felt anyone was steering him into a trap with leading questions. I noticed he was more willing to engage with debaters that were women. He may prefer a softer approach as this lets him remain stoic and a lot clearer in his points. He opened up when he was able to remain in a clean, composed emotional state. It was good when he was able to concede topics outside his scope of knowledge, but I really wanted to see him dissect a point (a point he hasn't thought on expensively) on the fly, as this would have displayed sound reasoning skills. It came across like he didn't want to appear wrong, but you can admit to being wrong and still successfully debate a point. LOTS of ego. Not enough surgical precision of the mind (but that is what I personally admire in men). He got torn apart by some of the men. Couple of those boys were fucken firing on all cylinders! I think he has some great things to say - when he steers in his lane IE psychology etc As an aside I went to one of his talks in Melbourne prior to his explosion into insanity. He has a mighty presence and was very gracious to speak to. He remarked a few times on the fact I bowed when meeting him, he really enjoys signs of respect and manners But I bow to everyone I meet for the first time... Thanks for the share!

The time dimension - users are going to struggle with this because they have no frame without time. My thoughts on this thread so far

I see it as, we are Gods dream. He is the Dreamer. But we are not dreaming each other. We are the fragments that coalesce into matter to house consciousness. God endures, fed, based on the experience created by the friction of all individuated consciousness in tandem.

This, agree

I do comprehend all of that. But knowing what God is, does not answer the question. I feel I have a different integration of the term Love. Which means I will only ever answer the question in a different way... For myself solipsism can never be the conclusion, as at the heart of my integrated love is sacrifice, surrender. And the knowledge that others are so real... to touch another, to see them for exactly who they are. Accept. Taste them, fall asleep arm in arm, heartbeats as one. Breath, as one. Caring for another, wanting nothing else in return. Such things cannot be born from a conclusion like solipsism. The fragments of one individuated consciousness meeting another. The pure bliss of it, removed of the fanciful romantic definitions of love. In that moment there is no time. You swim with another consciousness in pure earnest authenticity. Close your eyes and senses and there is no more material reality. Just two points of light vibrating. None of this can be reduced to a single experience being projected. This is WHY God allowed fragmentation, for this real experience. This experience is outside sensation, as sensation cannot even begin to describe it. This for me, is not simply a reduction to human love. Romantic love. It is the connection to another consciousness that once experienced destroys any options of solipsism being true. It is outside of reality, and yet, channeled into it via the sacred body. I think you will reduce the above to woo or new age turds. And sure, you are free to - in which case we agree to disagree. But this is exactly why the conclusion of Solipsism is false - because Love.

This is no proof, or evidence of lived experience. You are human as we all are. Your ego, just as mine does, limits any proof on the solipsism topic. This is why I think it is an interesting intellectual concept - nothing more

Nice bit of spiritual provocation. 'Find out' implying there is proof

I agree - this is an excellent response that would have replaced your earlier one. Drawing conclusions without thoroughly thinking, defining and burrowing into the topic & its constituents I do admit, though, solipsism is an interesting concept

Woah Woah Woah C'mon mate, you think this sort of ego driven spiritual elitism is constructive in ANY way? The only intent with this comment is to provoke.

Indeed! People are throwing their brains in a blender here! A puree of inane words

As in, understanding precisely what part (or action) you took, that was wrong? And which action the receiving party contributed that was also wrong? Sometimes its clear cut, sometimes both parties have acted shamefully. You may simply be getting very emotionally charged up, and unable to offload the effects of confrontation. It takes a lot of practice through exposure to be able to communicate clearly and calmly when ego and emotion is involved. Once mastered the process is very releasing.

Unfortunately, I am the type of manifestation that lacks the big meaty bit, I got the harpy wielding a nailgun mode >.<

Woah this thread, it is really revealing who is embodying enlightenment. Who has integrated understanding. And who hasn't.

**nods vigorously**

There's this weird resistance here to the concept of consciousness as a collective.

After these incidents, as you elaborated above - do you feel you have accurately resolved responsibility? As in, is it 100% clear you know which parts of the negativity you contributed to, and which parts the receiving party contributed to? These things are never really clear cut, typically both parties contribute in a negative manner. If you know precisely where you made an error - apologising for this with gratitude is no loss at all. It is never about winning. My personal advice is - never apologise expecting anything in return. Most people aren't mature enough to clearly see their contributions, even if you were the primary person in the wrong. Reframe this, for yourself, personally, as an attempt at absolution. To clear these negative thoughts from your mind. So you can return to stillness. An apology will absolve and act to clear and heal emotions you are carrying. Ignoring will feed the renumeration and fuel the negative emotions. The person who you clashed with will bring the emotions back again and again, merely with their presence. A festering wound in your mind. I view the act of apologising as a way to release negative emotions. I view myself as made of the same dogshit as everyone else who behaves like a peckerhead, all just human

Hahaha EVERYONE WALKED INTO A BAR

DEAD 🤣 Pokemon gotta catch em all 💫⭐ There are definitely frens out there for us, on a serious note 😊

Haha I know a few people - family members amoung them - who believe some retarded shit. Tash: 'so, xxx, what happens after your body dies?' Xxx: 'Oh it's just black, nothing. We are just brains, that's how it works' Black = nothing apparently. There are actually some slices of god walking around with that cognitive dissonance. I treat these people like sorry redundant vestigial limbs. Can't do much about it, just make sure it's not bleeding and get on with the rest 😆💀

No, people tend to fade out into their own lives. Marriage and kids create a divide that is hard to bridge. Hobbies have been the only way for me in the 30+ age range. The hardest part I have had to face? It's not easy like in uni, high school & the 20s party/self discovery phase. No incidental time - you really have to make effort. I literally schedule it in. I am a huge loner which helps. I enjoy co-achieving while getting to know others, so groups are the way. You guys ARE my friends 🥰 spirit friends! e-hugs ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

I struggle to see much of construction being replaced by AI. Construction management has too many variables and multi-part systems to be able to be managed by AI.