Natasha Tori Maru

Yes this is the portion you are unable to reconcile. See here, for a good breakdown: And also Peter Ralston's book 'Ending Unnecessary Suffering'. Genuinely. I know you hate him, but you need to get past personal feelings for him and just look at the work seperate from who generated it. Look at the work for the truth that resides there. If you will not, then that is a loss indeed. And I do not mean to attack here - but you are essentially strawmanning Ralston. Continually. Your statements betray your ignorance to the process and possibilities. Up to you if you want the truth.

Unnecessary is the portion self generated by the mind through the resistance of what is. Or, aversion / desire in lieu of equinimity. I think you have formed a worldview where the idea one can be responsible for a portion of the suffering is rejected. Maybe there is a moral judgement of blame going on, for responsibility being within our hands. This would mean shame lies at the core of the issue. But there is no wrong in this scenario. Just correction.

@Breakingthewall cheers for the answer. Unnecessary suffering can still be ended in a healthy manner. I don't see a cohesive argument from your worldview to deny this. Pain can exist without suffering.

Do you have to suffer if a leg is broken, or can you just feel pain? Just sense pain? Does reality suffer? Does a rock suffer? If it is all one - if you claim that there is no differentiating between self and reality - how does the wind suffer? Do my eyelashes suffer? My toenails suffer? A cup suffer? It is all one, so it must suffer, yes?

Similar to me - resistance to pain or what is.

🎯 https://www.actualized.org/insights/exit-systems-to-understand-them

Well yes and no - because you also tried to discredit Ralston here: Some analysis, hay?

Deceased 💀🤣

@Basman 💔(⁠ꏿ⁠﹏⁠ꏿ⁠;⁠) I did stop watching a lot of anime years ago 🥹

@Breakingthewall show us on the doll, where Peter Ralston touched you (⁠⊙⁠_⁠◎⁠)

Here we go... @Breakingthewall love & light & pink unicorns 🤍🤍🤍

I do not have kids. And I don't want them. And I am not attracted to them. 🙃

Do we think humans evolved and created the advanced civilization we have today by never cooperating and developing good relationships/community? Humanities modern civilization was born from power in numbers. Cooperation. Relationships. Community. This was always our advantage that enabled us to conquer so much of survival and this world, don't we think?

Not resisting the chronic issue - suggesting professional help. Chemical imbalance is what needs to be considered. Unless you are happy to claim you are equipped to deal with suicide, depression and suicidal ideation? Which is the context here. I am saying if the issue is that bad, there could possibly be a neurotransmitter issue/imbalance or serious psychiatric issue at play.

Hahaha 'I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS' Sums it all up!

Most of Studio Ghibli, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo! Death Note, Neon Genesis: Evangelion, Perfect Blue. Ninja Scroll. Used to be a bit of a weeb - COME FOR ME. But sort of not, because Japanese heritage. And raised with a lot of weird Japanese traditions in my youth from my Dad. Edit: forgot to add why, usually for either beautiful animation, great deep/complex characters or existential themes. Music/score always a big part of it

@Alexop definitely - there is always some skill involved flirting between causing confusion vs contemplation/enquiry. Like being brutally skull fucked with concepts - but in a good way 💀

@Leo Gura How slippery All for good cause

I think you misunderstand me. Quite willfully, I might add. My questions were an attempt to understand your context better - not use answers as ammo to shoot you with. Or to twist you into a guided line of questioning that resulted in a trap. Nothing in this world of language is clear without context. This defensiveness is serving to block you from all intimate contact with others. And it is apparent you desperately want real contact with another human being We are all trying to help you, but you are stubbornly unwilling to consider what others are saying.

This is such a good breakdown - better than my words. I really wish this was taught in school.

Mean this with due respect Leo - but sometimes you come out with statements with context completely removed. Everything becomes clear once you elaborate further after probing. I see it as a function of how language works. I think this is 90% of the confusion caused when you face backlash that questions your reasoning. Context is that tricky shit that defines whether I mean light as in, illumination. Light as in weight. Light as in low fat. I see that happening a lot

Therapy and medication are beautiful assets available to lower the activation energy to execute. Until we can do this on our own, without aid.

@Joshe action of any kind. Just having a shower. Just brushing teeth. 5 minute walk around the block. Engaging physically with reality in any way possible. In the smallest, tiniest ways. Read OPs reply - they are immobilised and bogged down because of THINKING. Thinking is contributing. Any mechanical action is showing the brain that things can be accomplished even if tiny. This is the rewiring. You change the brain from 'i achieved nothing today' to 'I took care of my body, even if nothing else'. The beliefs about 'too hard' don't change with thinking - they change when you physically do something in reality and the brain rewires itself. You essentially teach yourself how to operate through leveraging this in built mechanism. A baby learns to walk through just doing and trying again and again and practicing. One wobbly step one day. Maybe two the next. Baby doesn't think. Baby isn't thinking about one day paying bills and needing money for car payments. Ridiculously thinking too far on the future. The future doesn't even exist! Yet. OP is caught up in some future of big achievements and the weight of it all. THAT is the mind state. The brain gives up and asks 'why, what's the point?' because nothing was done toward this goals. It's not seeing how goals are going to be achieved. Brain doesn't need a huge path outlining the whole future toward being a millionaire. It just needs small actions that accumilate. AND COURAGE TO TAKE THESE SMALL STEPS IN THE FACE OF FEAR. Taking action toward ANYTHING acts as the feedback to change beliefs. Goals are achieved through millions of tiny baby steps. Brain goes 'oh, okay. That wasn't that bad' Millions of tiny actions. Just 2 minutes of breathing. Just one moment to wipe a bench. It translates to actions and execution. Before you know it, execution is reflexive and the energy to activate it is lowered. Body moves. Body does. The body and movement. It is smarter than the brain.

Yeah, she was outstanding. In particular the scene where she repeatedly returned to the mirror to adjust some part of her appearance (for the date when she was in her aged body). The obsessive compulsive outfit and makeup adjustment really captured the revulsion and self hate one can have for their appearance. The constant returning to adjust something due to dissatisfaction. I've actually done exactly that in the past! Just got over it and smeared makeup all over the place and wrecked my hair to spite it all. I also thought they did the visceral extreme closeups and sound detail so well. Cringe and nails on chalkboards feelings of revolsion at eating sounds 🤢🤮