Natasha Tori Maru

@Xonas Pitfall Great topic & thread. Will contribute when time allows Are we encompassing personal experiences with the paranormal, and our analysis of what we think occurred, as it relates to materialism/science? I have some really strange experiences under my belt. I haven't formed any opinions or beliefs as a result. Just observations, and notes.

While I cannot answer for @ExploringReality - I see the difference as: 1) I choose kill animals to eat - my personal will and conduct is involved. We are defined by our actions. 2) Natural disaster kills animals - my personal will is not involved. I took no action. Both are sad, but one carries the weight of moral conduct.

The tapes do help with focus - this seems to be an effect commonly perceived. I noticed instantly. It helps if you prep your body and mind to be sensitive: nail sleep, good food. Move the body. No drugs. Clean air. Clean thoughts - this one is overlooked. OBEs and all sorts of other results are more esoteric. I didn't expect anything going in

You could replace 'Wikipedia' with 'Bible' here, as a good perspective shaper.

Haha indeed!

Radical

I know I know a bit too charged up - my apologies @Someone here. 'Everyone's experience is different' should have been my response. I was attempting to reflect the energy put out by their response, back. As a way to communicate how the topic should be further considered/probed/contemplated. After all what is this forum about? Exploring topics in depth. Learning. Development. Understanding. Growth. Spirituality.

"I am attempting to give them the energy they need at the time" - I will add also, I only give out when I feel/perceive/see I am being asked too. Oh, you mean regarding control? My signature is approaching through the lens of empowering one to take action when they can - they make the choice to control their action and do the thing, instead of procrastinating and avoiding. This doesn't mean you can always control the outcome, more that your actions - which are within your control - give you a measure of influence than can empower. Not so much absolute control but more... the power to influence. 'I think because I view others actions as their responsibility, and their conduct outside my control, I do not feel my manipulations are ever negative.' Quoting myself above, I phrased totally wrong - or did not preface it enough. My intentions are always positive with manipulation. I just feel ultimately I cannot control others actions, only steer. I consider withholding things others shouldn't know also a form of manipulation. IE a spiritual truth that might not be right for the person to hear yet. Some things are blatant - Steering someone away from suicide or harm to anyone. However I do admit in this process, it is my judgement based on personal beliefs that inspire the manipulation - and this can have ego, arrogance and all the traps of human failings. You cannot see what you cannot see etc

iTs AlmOsT LiKe eVeRyONe iS DifFerEnT I am sure a lesbian couple experience sexual tension as wanting penis in vagina I am sure two gay men experience sexual desire as wanting to put their penis in a vagina etc etc

I should specify more detail - ultimately we cannot control others. I give information and advice, I never give my personal opinion unless directly asked. No matter what I actually say to the person, they will take away from it the parts they need to hear, regardless of my real message. I am attempting to give them the energy they need at the time really. I do not use any force in my manipulations. That is unless, for example, it is at work. Where I steer the person to what I need, and if given the chance they do not make the correct choice, I use force and command them. In work examples (construction) I am the boss/client of the subcontractor, and 2IC of the company. So I am in this position for the reason I can use force at my discretion to achieve an outcome. I rarely need to do this. I think because I view others actions as their responsibility, and their conduct outside my control, I do not feel my manipulations are ever negative. Just a personal view there. My intentions are always positive, which helps. I am slightly arrogant in that a lot of the time I know what the person needs, and what they need to do. But I am talented at reading others, so I know what will be received well given their mindset. I know how to package the manipulation to push them to grow. I just push those around me to grow. My only intent

I've been using the tapes for 2+ years now during mostly daily meditation. I am fairly busy so sometimes I can only fit in one tape per day as dinner is cooking etc I've had some very, very odd experiences. You would call them OBEs. I use them to alter my state of consciousness. Different to normal mediation. As a side detail - remote viewing - I believe a key aspect of remote viewing is having a teammate to interpret the view. Your ego is well spoken about in that it will corrupt the data you pull in the view, so another person is required to interpret. There is a lot of history relating to it, and as Leos blog post highlights, money. Usually an indicator to dig deeper for truth when you follow money... There is always a reason it flows in a certain direction

I am unsure if this is a topic Leo has embarked on - correct me if I am wrong. But elaborating on the different paths, how they experience awakening, and how they overlap... might be in order!

Desire. Sexual tension, for myself, is a charge & desire created in the space that is occupied by proximity & restraint. It is a charge that propels my thoughts, and drives me to action. A creative energy. THE creative energy. When I look at my partner in their mastery, when I see them in a way I have never seen them - desire. The space and distance needed to feel the tension is maintained in the unknowing of the person. I have found to maintain sexual tension/desire in a relationship requires me to see my partner consistently in a new light. Reframe. Change perspective. This comes from me. When I witness them in their mastery with whatever their passions may be. This perspective on how I know them must change and evolve with time. Otherwise desire declines, and sexual tension wanes with it. This is why curiosity is such a critical element to the recipe - and the wisdom that we can never really know another person.

One of the big fundamentals of maths is that between any two distinct numbers, there are infinitely many real numbers In fact - this fundamental is used for many proofs in pure mathematics. Inside the number one are infinity of fractions : 0, 0.1, 0.12, 0.13, ...0.N, where N can go to infinity. So from zero to one, you can fraction it into infinity and never reach one. Like a little infinity within the greater infinity of all whole distinct numbers. Like your elephant Note: I haven't done mathematical proofs for over 10 years so this may be a little rusty, but the concept is true

A well done and informative video on PFAS chemicals and their history - horrifying. https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY?si=7gTt_zdWlu0IqQe6

I hate it. I use it - a lot - to emphasize. Also to lead into another point - much like this. I am training myself back to using full-stops and commas. The main reason I adopted the "-" was for semi-formatting and ease of reading. Now, due to chatGPT, I get flagged as using AI at uni.

1) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/man-died-kangaroo-fight-south-carolina-zoo 2) Goanna's are just as terrifying as Kangaroos. One of those fuckers RAN UP ME like I was a FUCKING TREE when I was a kid. The claws, my god. 3) I saw a Kookaburra this morning swoop down to my left, pick up a giant water rat, swoop off and swallow it whole. Welcome to Australia

While I cannot assist with the pen procurement - if you are transitioning to pen/skin as a medium I would recommend going to your local butcher and purchasing or asking for some pigskin. It will help you get used to the medium and develop precision with your lines. Its quite something to go from a flat, hard surface to a spongey/elastic surface!

Agree history is filled with clues. As always difficult to verify. The Torah / Bible is one of the oldest documents we have. Please note I am in no way religious. BUT - try reading the Bible / Torah less literally. Try reading it with the names ie Adam, Eve, Kane, Abel holding in your mind that these aren't people - they are RACES. Or different species.... Its an interesting exercise in perspective !

Hmm so is the predominant issue here reconciling relative love and absolute Love? The connection between the two and why the same word would be utilised?

This is my observed experience with my sister and her partner. They don't have time to devote to reinforcing schooling and education at home. Their technology addiction is stopping the attention that would otherwise naturally be placed on the little one. They are chasing an outlet, a way to relax, so they default to phones instead of attention to their boy. I'm not sure what goes on in other family units. Just my anecdote

No way, properly celebrating something like this is a beautiful chance to unify positivity with others - even with us! I will become a Molecular Biologist or a scientist in the field of Biotechnology. - Fixed this for you There is no want, that implies there is a lack, or you don't have something. But you have proven results, and all the skills, via your degree, that show you got the chops for this!

I can never understand your experience, and all of its nuances, in totality. But something in how you are expressing yourself in this thread feels as if it echoes similar things I have experienced. Do you feel you know who you are? Your likes, dislikes, what you will or won't tolerate? What motivates you to choose to take action, when you could simply witness? Leave well alone? Do you know what you want? Do you have a spiritual practice (I assume so! ), and how have you grown within this process? Do you feel you have experienced moments of peace? Some of these questions are ever changing as we evolve, this is to get a snapshot of your current being... Pending your answers I might have something to add <3

@Emerald 'And I don't buy for a second that the current youth generation is less equipped than previous generations to learn or handle adult challenges... with the exception of building in-person social relationships' I think maybe the greater point that isn't undermining this statement: We as a previous generation are not handling the challenges. We are addicted to technology, suckling at its teat. Man instinctively reaches for technology with zero hesitation. This goes up to the boomers and gen X also. I don't know many of my own generation who aren't addicted to the internet, as an example. I include myself in this lot. Smartphone addiction is an issue most of us have or will struggle with - so I view the adults being unable to moderate use, filtering down to younger generations also. Smartphones represent a gateway to the internet. You can see it on the streets - people walking smartphone in hand. We aren't handling it at all. And it has become an adult challenge ingrained in modern society. I really admire that the younger generations are coming into this world more aware - there are movements that are emphasizing technology abstinence/moderation. If your statement above was only relating to literacy forgive me, as my point is a sidetrack for sure. I do have one question - has the standard level of proficiency been altered at all, or has this been the same through all data history?

@Emotionalmosquito I might suggest a trade in the services industry - fire, electrical, mechanical, plumbing. Not too late at all. I love the services subcontractors I work with, and they aren't the sharpest lot. But you don't have to be. As long as you can read a plan and install the fixtures 'sprinkler here, smoke detector there' you can make great money. In part because you are being compensated for physical work.