Natasha Tori Maru

Didn't Trump crap on about revealing the drone shit? Not disagreeing with you - but I thought he was rather gung-ho about revealing the truth. I didn't keep across all the events there I admit. Musk on the other hand - well - on Rogan he made jokes about aliens 'If they are out there, they sure are good at hiding! Huehuehue' (paraphrasing) Like fuck, can you imagine the monstrous ego one has to have to edit your own logic and reasoning so bad?

Well, he's not technically wrong stating governments are incompetent and not cohesive enough to be able to hide something like this. Where he is wrong is his assumption that governments would be in charge of hiding this secret. It is as Leo raised above - they subcontract out so information is infinitely compartmentalized. Whether it be private contractors, or individuals from universities. The whole thing has been sliced and diced into oblivion, like a torn up letter that can never be put back together. Each person investigating a tiny segment - one team on propulsion, one team on material etc None of them ever work together or see each other. There would be another higher clearance person to do that. I believe even Bob Lazar has intimated this. The question is, who are 'they', as its certainly not the governments we are familiar with. The people in charge behind the scenes are making the decisions. And I can believe real threats are made to people's lives and families if ever information leaks. People like Musk & Trump, I am sure, have been curious... and have probably been told to shut the fuck up. And been shown enough to ensure the shutting up. Those in charge are powerful - elites - as they have control of where money is going.

We do a sort of construction called 'Design & Construct' where we have the flexibility to alter & do some mild engineering. I use AI for really succinct emails where I need to use as few & accurate words as possible. I learn myself through this and have made habits of the ways AI phrase things. Critical to get as much info across in an email, in the simplest way possible. Conceptual visual renders of interior fit-outs - what we are realistically able to construct for client pitches. Also using client prompts to display options. It helps I have amazing artistic vision & taste so prompts are a piece of cake. Structural and floorplan alterations and proposals, once again using image AI. It's been really effective!

Honestly if facts don't come into this discussion it is actually just whinging & complaining about lack of inner power and responsibility.

Great thoughts, thank you very much! You are prompting me to drill down into this. Ultimately I feel like experience is consciousness cohesively focusing on a subject as a data harvest, as a way to change state. To grow. Experience is a delectable meal for consciousness. A veritable feast! I suppose I am still not answering the question. There is certainly an element of doing involved, and wisdom earned. Certainly, feeling is part of this experience. Experience also serves survival, but I feel the needs to serve survival are purely so that the body can continue as a container. To harvest experience to contribute to the collective consciousness of God. So behind it still lays this unifying love that is harvesting, clothed in what appears to be survival. It seems to me experience can only be the act of consciousness perceiving, reacting & learning from data it creates as a result of defining & placing limits - and then the resultant learning and change of state. I fear I still haven't answered, but I have enjoyed the process

How are you going to learn, to experience, to transform, without karma?

Hmmm okay, I see what you mean. I thought about this on my morning run. Could we say, experience is a function that arises from space-time, and consciousness' perception? Time is certainly a variable to describe the initial state of the 'space', as it will describe the transition of the matter change from start to finish. So the span of time between these 2 variables & the description of space (we can also ascribe an x-y-z cartesian system to isolate a box of space) is the transition. And our perception and reaction is the resultant experience? Ultimately, experience is a change in consciousness - all other intricacies removed. Its for sure better to express this as an equation. I genuinely feel the collective consciousness needs to be accounted for here. Consciousness is here within us all, individuated, to have experience as the highest truth. It is why we are here. We are all part of a collective consciousness learning through this experience. But to do so we need to be individuated, otherwise we would just know all. No surprises. No experiences. All is known. Knowing is the burden when all is known.

I do not eat any form of junk. The cleaner I become, the more I am able to feel the effects of trash in my system. As you age, also, you will find your body is no longer able to tolerate what it used to. I think @BlueOak summed it up.

If you are hurt by the above, you are the one responsible for the feeling. If you read what I wrote, there was no attacking, no deragory language. I pointed out your side tactics for arguing and the lack of grounding for your beliefs. I didn't make you upset, you let yourself be upset by engaging in a conversation that challenges your beliefs. Also note I didn't use any direct name calling with regards to - delusions - just that you should consider where your beliefs stem from, in an attempt for you to revisit your epistemology. Overall this conversation has been interesting in unveiling hidden beliefs. On my side, I have had a benign curiosity with no emotion behind it. You have actually attempted to discredit others due to being 'emotional' ie not rational, while admitting you are emotional via the hurt comments. Lots of cognitive dissonance.

You can't really argue the point men would survive without women, as they wouldn't exist without women. Symbiosis. Also this thread isn't about men vs women.

Wrong.

No you aren't challenging any perspectives. You've presented no facts to back up your argument. Debating 101. This is why you are stuck in a loop. You are resorting to attempting to elevate your credibility with the tale about jazz music as if it had something to do with the topic. This is because you have no grounds for your beliefs. Have a really hard think about if your beliefs are based on fact & reality. Without this they are actually called delusions.

It attempts to describe systematic material existence & pattern- but remember science can be broken when scaling. A good example is Newton - Newtonian mechanics explain very well the physical parameters we labor under (science in this frame is 'real life'). But approach the speed of light? Relativity from Einstein takes over. Time is no longer constant and depends on your frame. Linking space & time 'relativity'. 'Absolute' in science can be a matter of frame & perspective - indicating how you think about it is the 'story'. It works in real life because it is attempting to describe real life. Science, is therefore, not discovered or 'absolute'. It is helpful to remember that mathematics is the more true form, that is discovered and a universal language. Science is founded on mathematics, so it is easy to blindly trust science as it is often rooted in mathematics.

I was just about to post this - nailed it. I have been dating actively for a long time, and although I am a single anecdote, I can attest there are profound changes in what men go for when reaching their 40s (and women).

To be clear so I understand this sentence, as I think the grammar is catching me: You take issue with the fact that dating for women is more than just physical attraction? That the elements you raise, kindness, humor, intelligence, do not factor in for women? Oh boy if so, I have news for you!!!! GOOD NEWS!!

Somehow, somewhere along the line, you have absorbed this belief men are victims of something. Women maybe? I do not know. On what evidence are you putting forth these opinions? Stats? You don't seem to have the ability to decipher that a point can have validity independent of a system.

Correct me if I am wrong @Princess Arabia, to rephrase with simplicity so Tenebroso can understand: 1 woman with a selection of 10 men - she may be sexually attracted to one man. More elements to sexual desire come into play for her. 1 man with a selection of 10 women - he may be sexually attracted to half the women. Less elements that constitute sexual desire for him. Ergo she has less options, as dictated by the complexities in her sexual nature. Tenebroso seems to be fixated on the gatekeeping phenomena : men tend to be the gatekeepers of commitment/relationships. Women tend to be the gatekeepers of sex. Whereas your point isn't talking about this. I understand and agree with your articulation

Hello Artsy, 1) Have you much experience with emotional conflict resolution? 2) Do you and/or your partner remain on point, or do you think conflict dissolves into attacking each other? Do you perceive it is reduced to a 'winning' contest, where you each deviate to other points in an attempt to 'win'? Ultimately, it sounds like you are getting 'charged up' in an emotional soup, unable to decifer what you feel clearly, only that you feel something negative. I have been there myself and overcome this pattern. I have found that sometimes bad emotions longer when, either 1) there has not been a reconciliation and reaffirmation my mate is on my side and 2) we have not yet resolved responsibility. You speak of trauma. It may be useful to hold in your mind, that trauma at its root, is the inability to reconcile responsibility. If you still have not plainly worked out who is responsible for what, you will fall into those pesky thought loops and rumination. This will mean your body will feel the bad charged up energy as a response to the ruminating thoughts. This can leave deep wounds. Ultimately, conflict is very difficult when one or the other is charged up with hot emotions. You may need to look at your boundaries and communication. Often we do a disservice to ourselves and our partner, by attempting to be 'nice' and not bringing issues up. This is a form of self betrayal in an attempt to avoid the pain to the partner. Unfortunately, this is actually not the correct path! It usually results on resentment in the background. Women in particular, can be very very bad at this version of honesty, as they are naturally more prone to seeking harmony and agreeableness above all else.

A question for the users of the forum to reflect on: In your life, how have you linked meaning, discipline & pleasure? I really enjoy using this triangle to assess where I need to place more energy. Meaning is the energy that punctuates everything, a great river of momentum. It is why we do what we do. Linked intrinsically with belief, it is a story we tell ourselves in meditation, prayer. Without meaning, life has no momentum. A hollow existence. Pleasure, the juice, the tantalizing spark of life. Dopamine, serotonin. It makes the journey worth it. It makes hard times easier. It can bring joy to existence even... but without meaning as an undercurrent, it can turn unto a numbing chase. The spiral of addiction. An endless junk food binge. Discipline is the bridge between the fleeting pleasure of the flesh, and the greater, lasting meaning of existence. The constant steering rudder toward things that matter. Never about self-flagellation, but always about choosing the hard choice, the boring choice, the actions invisible to others. Master discipline! You will learn to delay your pleasures in service of something greater, that will foster your personal expansion. Pleasure keeps you alive, meaning gives you a reason to stay alive, and discipline ensures you build a life worth staying alive for. The balance of this triad is difficult, but with age & experience, it becomes easier. I hope this question is of service to you all. My intention with this post is to highlight an issue I see with many users of the forum who are not as far along their path. But this triad is always worth thinking on, wherever you currently sit with your development, as it is also the key to managing stress in life <3

Alright - gently pointing out this is not true or accurate and founded on a belief system you have constructed. 99% of dating being negative is outside the scope of reason. Noting, also, you did not answer the first part of my query. Without being able to put forth evidence to effectively argue the reasons for your conclusions, they are simply beliefs - and very negatively bent at that. However, I can see this religious fervor you have for these biases means this will be your reality. Thanks for the answer - I really, truly, hope you can find a way out of this thought lock you are cycling within.

I think the part bolded is the discipline in this case. You are consciously guiding your thoughts to focus on an outcome. Nonetheless, I think you and I are saying the same thing! The practice becomes the pleasure, when you are aligned with your desire.

Data to back this? or is this just anecdotes and reading internet heresy. You saying most = 51%?

I know - I never imaged I would work in construction. Tell me I work in this field 4 years back? I'd be dry retching It has really taught me a lot, and I never realised the creative solutions involved in being a good construction manager. I had to have the soy boy beaten out of me to be proficient though But now I love the roofers, concreters and steel guys who are ROUGH AS GUTS. I don't fit in appearance or behaviour wise. But I know how to get the best out of people !

Haha yep I get you! Icarus a bit too close to the sun

HA - INFJ so this applies to me But I did one of the official paid for tests (during high school, so it wasn't paid for by me) Sort of accurate as I am quite fixated on unity and the collective consciousness. I have been so fixated on the existential questions, that I did struggle to get on with the cotidian nature of material reality and needs for decades.