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Be careful with that, cults can definitely be bad. I think ultimately you need to separate the content of what someone says from the person, don't just follow someone because you like what they say, they are still human and still fallable. They can only point you to truth, they are not truth themselves

Obviously this isn't a spiritual take, but I've found that having other perspectives on reality not being real can be helpful, at least for the logical mind. This is a more scientific take, but obviously just a Ted talk, he goes deeper on more content on YouTube

Luck is basically causation from a human perspective. Hard work is a factor but then you could even argue that it was luck that you were born with a certain work ethic or that you were lucky enough to have parents that drummed it into you, or that you didnt have anything when you were young so that encouraged your work ethic. We like to think that we decided to work hard and so if we are successful thats why, but there are plenty of dishwashers that will work harder than a millionaire ever worked in their life but get no where near their success. Its an illusion of control that makes us feel good and really only serves to let us feel better than those we perceive to be below us, because if they only made the same choices and worked as hard as me theyd be where i am now. Its a clever illusion as it keeps everyone working hard and keeping society moving, but an illusion none the less. Its a good way to keep the less advantaged down as well because you can just blame it on them instead of inequality, genius actually

Hes not saying everyone should have the same levels of masculine and feminine, hes saying everyone should have a balance of masculine and feminine within themselves. Hes also not necessarily ascribing traits of each, i think what hes getting at is to get in touch with every part of you. For example if you act overly masculine and macho as a man youre denying your feminine side, that side is still different to someone elses feminine side and can be expressed in many ways, being more compassionate might be one way.

I dont think you can say it's basically objectively wrong. We can't even say what the perspective of higher truth is. For example rape might be a legit mating strategy for some species of animals or even for us thousands of years ago, I don't think a higher perspective is looking at these incidents thinking 'this is so wrong'. In modern day we can look at it and say its wrong as we know the victim is suffering and we can agree that in a civilised society that kind of thing is not going to work, but I don't think you can say its objectively wrong, mainly because who are we to say that and also because how can anything be purely objective without the subjective human lens that we all see through?

That's a definition of relative though

Is objectivity something that even exists or if it does would we be able to know it?

Yes, I think the Portugal model has shown it is possible and the way they've done it has helped a lot of people.

@AtheisticNonduality are you a goth?

Yeah it is a thing, but just as a counter point, what if we were to say that although good looking people seemingly have it easier, this can also limit their growth as people. For example the pretty girl that gets everything she wants as a kid is not pushed to become a whole person, she might not know what she likes, might be quite shallow and pretty much has a very slim chance of becoming self actualized as life is so easy for her. Not only that eventually looks fade and when they do she will be way back in terms of development and acceptance of herself etc. Add to that there can be a lot of pressure on good looking people so if theyre not happy internally it will be very easy to put on a fake persona, which can trap them. Also being good looking will be like being rich in that you dont know whos around you for you or whos around you for status or sex or whatever ulterior motive, if youre not conventionally good looking you know if someones with you they do actually like you for you. Surface it can seem perfect but i dont think its so simple

Good luck bro, was there anything else you took from the inner engineering course?

Anything can happen, my cousin was 37, healthy, vegetarian all of that and one day last year he passed out and had a some problem with his heart that no one including him knew about and died a few days later. Just got to make the most of what we got and be grateful

Exactly, this is hard to get accross to people but it's definitely true. I think the 'hustle culture' makes you think that you always got to be doing something or chasing something. Ultimately though happiness and contentment can only exist now

It's not that it doesn't make you happy it's just that if you're not happy and expect it to make you happy it won't. There are obviously many famous and rich people that have taken their lives, I don't need to mention all of them. If success and money was a universal thing that made everyone happy then that would never happen. The secret is acceptance and being OK with yourself regardless of where you are in life, this gives you an abundant mindset and means you're not looking for something to ease the internal, unaddressed pain that you feel. If you do things from abundance you may or may not get rich but you will be content regardless. Of course the only way to know for sure is to get rich yourself

I agree, if you asked a fundamentalist Christian what they thought about meditation, it'd pretty much be the same as this.

Yes very sad loss, there's a great story where Boseman got his first role on 'all in the family' on abc in his 20s. He wasn't happy with his characters stereotype of being into crime and gangs so he spoke with the producers about changing the character, but they ended up firing him, seeing him as hard to work with. The role went to Michael B Jordan but was significantly changed, so they actually took on some of Bosemans suggestions. It shows incredible integrity and confidence to be able to do that and ultimately he put that above his own self gain and progression in the industry in his first role as well. So I think he was an amazing light and a real hero especially for young black kids, the impact of which will be seen in the upcoming generation. It's a shame as he had so much more to do but his impact will be felt in many years to come

Ah I see, thanks. I'll have a look at some of his other videos

Can I get some context on him, who is he or what were his views before?

A lot of the times spirituality can be used as an escape of one's current circumstances but also simultaneously keeping one within that circumstance. So with your friend, there's something that keeps her there, could be something from childhood or that she's being manipulated or whatever but importantly shes not conscious of it, therefore she doesn't see a way out. So all she can do is cope with the situation as best as she can. She needs to know that she can escape the situation but it may require some no nonsense internal work. The mind is very interested in keeping whatever the current situation is, even if it's a negative situation. The qanon thing makes sense as cults and conspiracy type movements are very attractive to those who have little control in their lives, this is because these movements provide some kind of certainty where there is none, even if the content of them is usually bullshit and they have some obvious ulterior motive

Here's the thing, what you need is double blind trials, this is the normal standard for any medication, once these have been done and approved as a valid treatment then it can be fit for use. As it stands you can't make an exception for one drug because if it doesn't work you can lose a lot of lives, which obviously you care about. The other thing is that some doctors do use it, it's not like it's banned. It's just not clear how effective it is and whether it can be used for prevention or cure or at what stage. It's not a political thing

People on here are not idiots, if they thought there was any validity in it they'd consider it. Thank you for trying to save us but it's not needed. And yeah just give up man, do something else with your life

No I don't believe you can dissolve it completely but you can build up your awareness and realisation that it is in fact an illusion. The issue is more the identification with ego not the ego itself. For example let's say you have a catchy but annoying song playing in your head and you can't stop it. For most of us even though we can't stop it, it eventually stops playing, maybe it gets replaced by something else. Because we're not attached to the song it naturally runs its course, we don't give it any more attention than needed. When it comes to thoughts about what we think of as ourselves, we give them a lot of attention and we're identified with them. Maybe we think we're not good enough, this sticks because we're identified with a self and we are hyper aware about thoughts about this self. But in reality these thoughts come from the same place as that annoying song it's just the identification that's different. So naturally these thoughts will arise and naturally they will go, the realisation we need to have is that they just aren't that important, once you can loosen the attachment to them you won't be controlled by them. So no you don't want to strive for dissolution you just need to keep reminding yourself of reality of the illusion and not really focus on the thoughts so much, including thoughts of how to stop or get rid of the thoughts

That's cool except it wasn't his property and most people aren't damaging property. The actual incident was nothing to do with property damage

Its a context thing so obviously the statement all lives matter is true, all lives do matter. The issue is when its used to dismiss others fighting for equality. Its like if a child is being treated unfairly by his family, he has to do more housework than his siblings, he doesnt get as many treats etc. If he gets upset by this and complains that hes being treated unfairly it would be quite dismissive to tell them that all our kids are important. It doesnt actually solve the problem, if the parents cared they would look into whether he is actually being treated unfairly and even if he isnt try and understand why he believes that directly from him. His siblings may want to keep telling him that 'all siblings matter' because consciously or sub-consciously theyre aware that if he gets treated the same as them it might mean less for them, so theyre invested in making him feel stupid for complaining and making him believe that he is actually being treated fairly hes just overly sensitive or wants more.

I agree with you in that yeah obviously if hes getting attacked and has a big gun on him, hes probably gonna use it, i mean thats why he brought it in the first place. But if you look at it from at least the second lot of people that attacked hims perspective, theyve heard or seen theres this kid with a rifle whos just shot someone, for all they know this could be a kid who hates black people trying to shoot up the place as has happened before with people like dylan roof. Either way you wouldnt want to take any chances, the police definitely wouldnt take any chances if they saw or heard someone just shot someone, so its not unreasonable that they would attack him, i dont know what else they couldve done. From his side he doesnt know that so yeah he would defend himself. But this is obviously the issue with having a 17 year old with a rifle police a riot, its completely ridiculous, of course this sort of thing would happen. In fact any militia policing the streets is really absurd as they would no doubt have bias and not enough training, its hard enough with the police training and bias let alone random people who could be completely racist or emotional or whatever.