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Well any war, I guess there’s “normal” people radicalized enough to think it’s ok

I lowkey think it’s possible for someone to become radicalized politically without necessarily mental illness and feeling justified to kill opponent. It’s like how people can think war is justified without being mentally ill

I only chatted a bit with the candle account because they reached out to me

Ok I have too little knowledge to judge

Candle told me in chat they wanna take revenge on forum by hacking it or something (but their mood switched a lot, sometimes they said they don’t wanna do that also)

I know nothing of weapons but the shot seemed so good and accurate to me I wonder how he managed

Didn’t preety India have an account named Tyler Robinson😭 thought you joked for a second

I’d say happiness is when you feel well in a significant way, so more intense than simply a calm neutrality. Because for example in this very moment I feel calm and I would say at a baseline of contentment, but I wouldn’t call that happy, happiness refers to something more significant and intense, because if we call all wellbeing happiness it kinda looses some of its distinct meaning. Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish happiness because it can come with a simultaneous undertone of anxiety. Because for example when you’re attached to something there is insecurity about loosing the object of attachment It doesn’t matter the source of the happiness, someone could be happy murdering someone, watching porn, achieving academically, meditating. . It seems happiness is limited within the realm of average human psychology. So if you are attached to something, happiness can occur when attachment feels secure, when you’re fulfilling that need. But it’s limited because the same thing cannot be correlated to endless happiness, it’s to do with the reward system in the brain: it gets “saturated”, and the same source of happiness stops working as much for you. Like how people in relationship go through a limited honey moon phase before it calms down… So if you wanna achieve an even more long lasting happiness it seems you need to transcend the normal human psychology. Perhaps it means transcending the self altogether or simply working with your psychology while remaining with ego, maybe both are possible. For example above I mentioned attachment linked to happiness, but it could be the opposite so when you let go of attachment you can feel happiness in form of relief , so that is an example of transcending some human psychology (I know I mention attachment a lot but ofc you can be happy about something without being attached to it)

Then it’s most rewarding

Yes it’s my ~opinion ~ that people should have that right I don’t get your last sentence

Rip : ( People have the right to have radical opinions, not worth a life

Where u able to make money from something that aligns with your values?

I think you can intuit that it’s real. By hearing “awakened people” speak you can pick up on authenticity, sensing that they’re genuinely coming from a place of, let’s say, no self, in contrast to others who speak from a place of self. This intuition can be developed, I think it’s related to your degree of openness, how dense your self is. But ideally you wanna confirm it in your own direct experience Also, what you consider “real” is anything with a limit. So if you adopt the idea that awakening is real, you can’t help but to put it into a category of “something”, “an experience”, like everything else, although an unique one. Awakening might not fit into that definition of “real”, because it transcends limitations.

Meditation builds a kind of discipline that psychedelics don’t. It is also very relaxing for the physical body/nervous system. It has a kind of practical value of lowering stress, making your mind sharper, which can ripple into other parts of your life, even survival pursuits. I think if you’re really passionate about waking up you should try both to gain a wide range of benefits and also test anecdotally what leads most to your goal. But if awakening is not too priority for you, more a side quest then I don’t see wrong in pursuing the easier route (psychedelics, although they might be harder in the sense of needing to relinquish resistance because they’re more radical immediately). Because at the end of the day awakening seems to be about breaking down the ego, and both meditation and psychedelics aid in that, but I’d say psychedelics are more direct at attacking the ego structure, so it’s not dumb to only go for that when you prioritize using your precious time in other ways

On the other hand not struggling with survival creates the possibility of investing a lot of time and effort into for example spiritual endeavors. It’s not an opportunity that is taken by many but it’s still a possibility. And spirituality is a thing that can apply to anyone because we all form an ego (maybe there’s extreme exceptions of enlightened children) and we all have a psychology that forms some attachment so we all can work on it.

I’d need an insight into non duality to understand that. Because in my dual mind, I have a hard time distinguishing between the sense of aliveness and the sense of separation: because sense of separation gives rise to a sense of “something existing”, the opposite would be something like death…

Either you have no self and then there’s no self anywhere or you have self and then you see self everywhere (but with enough openness you could perhaps pick up on someone in a non dual state, but I think you’ll still project some kind of self). I doubt anyone lives in that solipsistic state of their self being the only self consciousness . And I know I say “their self” as in owning a self instead of being one, it’s just language ….

I guess it’s only useful if you plan on seriously studying Sanskrit texts

Do you think you’d have these insights if you’d never stumbled across Leo’s work? If psychedelics can contribute to collapsing duality, why would an insight about a seemingly dual god with “intellect and humor” arise?

At least you’re not fooling yourself into thinking you’re really after truth while you in fact prioritize your well being! That in itself is kinda spiritual, it’s a form of deeper self awareness. But then in your current state maybe your sense of well being is attached to objects, like material gains. So for example detachment practice is about letting go off attachments, so they’re no longer tied to your well being and you might be able to access well being unconditionally. So that’s a gain, because what you’re after on the bottom of it all is well being.

I think you’re over emphasizing the importance of the difference between those two colleges. Even a smaller college has well enough people to be able to socialize a lot. I bet even the most social people have not talked to every single person in their smaller college. Think about it, even being in one single class you could develop an entire social group. Your socialization depends mostly on you then the environment becomes secondary. One person could go to smaller college and socialize way more with more people than someone going to big college. It’s you who has to make that step to take opportunity to socialize when you see people, and it’s gonna be equally hard regardless. Hey, in the smaller college, you might stumble across the same people more often, which breeds similarity, which may make it feel more natural to socialize. Regarding the increased travelling to the larger college making your schedule tighter, you can make up stuff to do on the travel from and to it… like read a book or write… you said you were into writing..

How many ai you have? I mean I study at uni so normal chat gpt feels enough

Thanks

My spontaneous thought is that it might not be best to leave her to decide if she wants to text you because she might not have high initial interest so it might lower the chances of her writing to you. You could write something like “that’s great you’re prioritizing your mental health and staying true to yourself (or “I appreciate the honesty”) .” You could also insert something about yourself if you also have similar struggles. But then I’d tell her like “I’ll get back to you when I have time to meet, then it’s up to you based on how you’re feeling.” I’m a young woman who isn’t the best at socializing either so take with grain of salt but basically I think you should initiate because her initial interest might be low (because she doesn’t know you much , the interest can grow if she gets to know you, but then you must make sure it actually happens)

Am I seriously missing out by not keeping up with this ai thing? I only use chatgpt