Natasha Tori Maru

Explore concept that has been a ponderance of art for many a year: to separate art, from artist.

WOT - 4:30pm here

Isn't Ketamine what Musk is on? All those dissociated eye juju clips of him and the weird mouth movements. He looks fried. Like an egg on a teflon pan, crispy. I gotta stop speculating

I am going by his statements made in podcasts and interviews. Depression & multiple tattoos.

Doesn't he have the chem symbol for 5-Meo tattooed also? He is a proponent for psychoactive chemicals. I truly believe he has some mental illness going on - but that is beside the point He has a lot of reach so this might assist dissipating stigma.

@LoneWonderer None of us are gonna make it out of this alive! Lets get back to UFO theories as a way to avoid troubles - we all got troubles to avoid hehe But back on topic - I think it takes a particular intuitive type of person (those who look into the meaning behind things) that will gravitate to awakening/spirituality. I have noticed also (in my experience) as we gain material wealth in life - the meaning behind this type of seeking falls away to reveal an emptiness. Many older people I know begin to look to meaning as they age up. But some flip the other way - and find that feeling of emptiness anathema to them - so fall to addiction & cope. I think that fear of emptiness is partially fear of the unknown. There is no path to walk inside, like the path out of our houses, or down the street. No map. Spiritual seekers are more willing to face that and dive in.

For myself, I speak only from experiences - allowing whatever feeling I was trying to avoid and investigating it fully was the only way out. Most of my own pathology was rooted in either avoiding a feeling, or unclear value systems. To address my issues I first back engineered: what am I feeling? Follow that on to 'what am I thinking?' As an origin to where that feeling arose from. This mostly tethered back to some belief I have (that may or may not be true). And when investigating that belief (which for me, was always a meaning taken from past experience) checking it over for truth. Usually I would realise something untrue or an assumption that was false. A wrong meaning derived. Then I went out and engaged in relationships / social domains to test if my old meaning was indeed correct. Every time I was able to prove to myself I had made the wrong meaning of a past situation when younger - in my formative years. Overcoming the fear and having courage to confront and test this is another aspect entirely - but I did find that the FEAR never left me, only my own tolerance to it rose enough to sit with it. Part of the issue with rejection fears are that they really harken back to basic survival: being 'rejected' or thrown out of a tribe or clan of people meant death during evolution. Humans looked after each other in groups. We have always had power and success via numbers in tribes. So rejection is rooted deep inside us, indeed making it feel like you will literally die. Because back then - you would. The brain has survival mechanisms that really backfire AND run counter to spiritual work. Anyway I digress - apologies!

@EdgeGod900 Everything turns into a contemplation in this place 😈

Some weird definitions of gay floating here. Gay actually originally meant 'happy', 'cheerful' or 'carefree'. This was always my understanding of the term. It was then coined as a term for homosexual, but has been appropriated to a slur generally meaning 'uncool'. Similar to the use of the word 'fa*****' as a slang term that originally meant 'a bundle of sticks bound together as fuel'. I simply avoid using those terms as their meaning has been hijacked. Too imprecise for me

This whole forum is filled with the kindling of solipsistic minds - another match had been lit and thrown wantonly into the pile 💀😈

Step up! Penny-farthing level over here 😜

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He didn't!

It sounds like a belief - but that is my assumption based on the fact you are asking others. The big realizations I had were knowing truth without a doubt. But that has been my experience.

So how do you know I missed the point? I didn't address that part in my post.

My point is individuals need to be compensated for their time.

I really understand. Some sections of the hospitals need special handles on doors for people who cannot articulate their fingers properly. Door hardware is custom designed to help users. Little things like turning a door handle or holding a kettle make me reflect on how capable I am. All the time. It is very humbling.

Holy shit - I am so sorry to hear this. I do not own a car to reduce overhead costs and assist with less environmental impact. As a result I walk everywhere as my transport. I arrange my life to be able to live this way. It also reduces stress and lets me engage in walking contemplation/meditation. No joke - every day. EVERY DAY. Every morning. I wake up and feel flooded with gratitude and appreciated for my body. For the life I have. For my mind. For my ability. I never want to take it for granted. Ever. Even something as simple as walking up and down the stairs to my apartment. A small achillies injury could wipe that out. I am almost 40 now, and the body changes. I appreciate it all. Because I know one day I will be unable to do what I do now. It will all be taken away. I build medical centres so all my work has a focus on disability. So much design and thought goes into it. People are ridiculously unaware of how ableist they are <3

Butterflies are a great way to destroy someone's reality. You just ask someone if they believe any lifeform can transform into another lifeform. They usually double down on 'no' - but do they even realise fucken grubs turn into that beautiful shit? @Eskilon This means yes - controlled via consciousness. 100%

@Carl-Richard I get it. I think we both have a lot of stuff to execute in real life - for me I look at it as 'what's measured makes progress'. So I think naturally there is a huge crossover in balance in real world action married up with philosophy/spirituality. Which has lead to a lot of good SOP's to live by to be effective. And we are spitting these out all over the forum triggering each others antennas One of my biggest projects in life is marrying up spirituality and philosophy to reality. Looking for the crossover. Seeking to validify spiritual insights through executing HARD in reality with physical feedback (materials and structures in construction). I see you doing this with the physical body and your work also!

I think this is true of most seekers. Even on this forum many aren't brave enough to say it like that and brandish themselves as 'truth' seekers. But they only want a particular 'flavour' or truth. Overcoming suffering was what lead me to real spiritual truth seeking - and even then I am way too much of a shit cu** to claim I am a truth seeker. More an.... inner peace seeker? Truth seeking is as loaded as awakening or enlightenment to me. Lot of ego left in me. A LOT. It is just easy to think I have less when compared to normies

Ace. This would be how I imagine a successful format would be. Also this shouldn't even need to be said, but I understand the need to reply. People honour what they invest in - and paying money is putting a testicle on the line. Stop that fickle shit people do.

Ooof, I feel attacked! I admire how raw and honest you are with yourself. Real emotional work was something I avoided for years until one day I found myself immobilized, unable to perform in life. I was then forced to face it all. It was a slow process but 10 years later I am pretty ace I still have some odd old habits that arise. Now I witness them and am merely curious, rather than having the feeling that comes up swamp me. A side effect is I can spot my old behaviour in others a mile away. Even tiny little things are tells of deeper pain. Things I was totally blind to - until I healed. I see it often - but I also check myself for projection. Sort of the inspiration behind my signature too

Melbourne for the music scene - I grew up in one of the mecca areas for it (fitzroy, cliffo, northcote, collingwood) Love that shit <3