Natasha Tori Maru

Do you want me to elaborate on feminine expression in general or my actual experience of my femininity as an embodiment? I am happy to answer either !

Good points. People are like electrons - path of least resistance.

RIP Sabbath and Zeppelin were huge for me as a tadpole. Best gentle serene Sabbath song:

I feel attacked.... yep aussie >.< My advice is: trust your gut and don't be afraid to push back. Supers, project managers and even clients will push you to ignore safety to meet a deadline. It happens every day. The building industry is corrupt on many levels - flouting safety is common. And sad.

@Mada_ Wow, yeah. Ok. HELL YEAH Do it. I work in construction - so we subcontract out to the services trades. You can pursue consciousness work and creativity while also doing a trade. In fact - if you grasp the right insights into the material reality of what you are doing correctly, you will find overlap with electrical manual work, creativity and truth. In the field you will always have plans issued from consultants, but there are many ways to creatively find solutions given constraints. Many ways to skin a cat, is the saying I would highly recommend aiming for commercial work. Domestic work is fraught with shitfights and clients withholding pay. They have you by the balls. Commercial can be slow to pay - but they always cough up. Even better if you can get your foot in the door with state/federal work. Most of what you learn will be A/C I suspect. DC definitely for data - but you probably have a good grasp of DC already if you are musical. You sort of have to with any electric work + music. Custom pedals for guitars, amps etc. I've repaired a few! I used to work in an electronics store, so I love all electrical stuff within my work. I've even designed some performance solutions for hospitals based on what I have picked up (obviously consultants and BS pass this, but it was my design and proposal). Good luck with the Ralston course. I am green with envy!

I take huge issue with the beauty industry and what it sells women as a whole. I find it disgusting. It embeds the belief one IS their body. It encourages attachment to the self. This really does a number on women's psychology - society teaches them to reduce themselves. They aren't whole. Preys on vulnerability to sell them something they do not need. And unfortunately, the ingrained desire to 'fit in' due to survival mechanisms is actually being leveraged and used against them. The perpetual use of fillers and botox make it a new normal. Anyone that doesn't conform is viewed as having something wrong with them. Weaponizing vulnerability to make money. All of it is about non-acceptance of what IS. Reject the self in pursuit of another, better self. Having said the above - it is the mentality behind it I dislike. Because as a woman myself, I partake in beauty regimens. I enjoy them for the creativity they afford me. So I must be very aware of where I am engaging in a process that is negatively impacting me. Most of these pursuits I engage in for me, as I do not appear normal to others. Conforming is not the intent (for myself). I was raised by an artist and this mentality is baked into me. He encouraged 'self decoration' as a creative way to express myself. But I still need to regularly question my motives. Lucky I place much more importance on other aspects of being and have very little attachment to my physical self (comparatively speaking). I focus on mastery of reality through skills and sovereignty. Thanks for the shares

If this possibility exists - all this tech would be with the defence contractors and be compartmentalised into oblivion. Lockheed, General Electric, Northrop, RTX etc The government wouldn't have the capacity to keep such a thing secret. We do this in construction - subcontract out to multiple fabricators, and find unique ways to apply carpentry via the site supervisors for a cost effective and hardy solution. The alternative being, have one subcontractor perform the service/fabrication in its entirety (lower quality control, higher cost). This way I can reduce costs and win more contracts with the client due to the secretive methods we use. Sometimes this method is used when we are constructing something unique for the government that requires sensitivity. tapping out now cos conspiracy theory stick coming >.<

@meta_male Apologies for the confusing phrasing there - the condescending statement is in reference to the age question. As often this gives a good idea of what stage you are moving through in life (in this instance, regarding socialisation). My intention was to ask the question and not use age against the user (if they so wish to answer). The ignorance part - more my attempt to illuminate there may be some issues going on. No ill intention or negative judgement from me

@enchanted Important to recognise raw experience is not inherently traumatizing. It is the internalised narrative that results from the experience that causes direct damage to the nervous system. The brain is linked to the bodies nervous system. You experience something > mind/brain generates a narrative > trauma is done to the nervous system. Due to the link between the brains nerves and bodies nerves, often trauma is stored in the body. Like a habitual reflex of action. Yoga is often used to release this nervous system trauma. Think of it like a malfunctioning reflex system. Individuals who cannot resolve responsibility within the mental narrative, often has success through using the body to undo trauma.

@chess_king give it time 😈💀 @Carl-Richard hell yes MOVE the body. Goddamn use it or lose it I expect a rap on vitamin D good sir (⁠/⁠¯⁠◡⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠◡⁠)⁠/⁠¯⁠ ⁠~⁠ ⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

Flip male for female in the above statement and it still stands. Really try to contemplate that. This is a really reductionist frame that is limiting you. That you believe this (you believe it, it's not direct truth, it's parroting) is placing this artificial limit. And it's going to apply to much more of your internal state and personality than just this aspect.

Not meaning to be condescending but how old are you all? I am quite introverted and not social at all. Believe it or not, it could be a possibility those who prefer solitude now have had a full and rich social life when younger. Personally I have had that experience - and now am diving into something new alone. Half of you wouldn't believe how much social life I have had. You can't possibly understand life's growth stages until you get there. No amount of intellectualism is going to bring the same understanding as lived experience. Lots of ignorance in this thread. Lots of hearsay and beliefs.

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Engineering the future Really the younger folks here - you can do it. Every pioneer that exists today started somewhere. There are no failures, just learning opportunities.

I love listening to people send themselves into recursive loops of fear around current LLMs achieving AGI.

@Miguel1 Thank you Sad to say I have learned from experience. I have been an Absolute piece of shit in the past. But that person is gone now hay - doesn't exist. Only a long forgotten memory Only the lessons learned remain.

I could be wrong here - regarding sex vs truth. When you want something - anything in life - you are more willing to present a falsehood to obtain it. You lie when you want something. Usually in service to the ego/self/survival. The lies could be about anything. And when you lie - you are destroying your own integrity. You pollute your experience. Your way of viewing it as an energy exchange is similar - but reducing it down to its constituents - its lies to obtain something. Truth out the door. You always forsake truth for your own personal gain. This business of lying for personal gain weakens you. You aren't as effective in the world. Which isn't a moral matter, it is existential. This property is found all around us in material reality. You think you get away with this - but you don't. You don't see the consequences. But they are there. They show up. And being highly conscious will mean you feel the ramifications more than someone who is of a lower consciousness level. You are 'conscious' of the lies effect on your experience of reality. Most people cannot detect and feel this. They are too low consciousness. You become so conscious lying is anathema to your very existence.

Personally, romantic relations/sex were the best waya to reveal the spiralling depths to how I was self deceived. They have this way of digging up all the internal parts that aren't coherent. NGL I was busted as fuck in that arena until 4-5 years ago. I healed the most from broken relationships. Revealing the unconscious levels of deception there was the calling that pushed me to look into other areas of existence I was engaging in falsehood

There is an interesting trend between NDEs and spiritual work - spiritual work is about uncovering the 'truth' and part of that is realising the activities of the 'self' or 'ego' (or what-have-you) are obscuring your ability to experience this defined reality. No self. Not-knowing. Emptying. Truth-blindness. Many people that have NDE's try to explain how things became so 'crystal clear' within the experience. Everything is more real. During this time much brain activity is reduced. Almost as it if in the process the 'self' or 'ego' is being removed and true experience is revealed. The brain is emptying thought... ego.. perhaps? To reveal the truth... Just my thoughts

@Petals No - entity experiences. After the first one a different experience of reality was opened up (this is how I perceived it). Once I had one, many more followed. NDE, OBE, psychic phenomena, experiencers, telepathy... I perceive they are linked in some way

You might like this! I've watched it a few times. John Kleese 🙃 The 'hitch-hiker' effect where once you have one NDE you are 'opened up', happens to be a truth I experience.

I'm liking the example regarding Ralston and accelerating his career through consciousness work and insight. A similar process occured with myself regarding my work in commercial construction. I was pretty deliberate about what I was trying to get out of the insight. He taught me real world physical feedback can be a direct way to verify insight - similar to the Game Awakening. The process transitioned to be 'effortless' Some of those lectures on YouTube from Ralston, and his books, you can digest over and over and they keep on giving. Not saying he is perfect, but he has had many years to drill down into the topic in his chosen arenas.

I like it. Movement to facilitation rather than communication. The deeper you go into this shit there is some stuff that just can't go into standard communication modes without getting scrambled in the process. Facilitation is the smarter strategy at that level. Additionally, it assists with the students integration rather than presenting (what is) hearsay.

@Jehovah increases Oh yeah, hell yeah it's the Fire In The Sky guy. That movie wrecked me as a kid. Cheers for the share

My experience has been they simply lift off the blinders I have to the wealth coming to me. I might not recognise where money is coming from IE a discount to something I pay out of necessity. Or simply 'wealth' in another area, as wealth could be anything. They basically make me look for patterns I wouldn't otherwise pay attention too.