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Consept replied to IJB063's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
1. I'd say your expecting something from the meditation and it seems like you're almost forcing yourself to do it cos you think something will come of it. Letting go means also letting go of any outcomes or expectations, this is hard as it's counter intuitive, but just know on a deeper level nothing will come from this meditation and within that there's a certain freedom. 2. There maybe anger within you and so if you are letting go even a little this anger is flowing out of you. It could be because of a resistance to an emotion you don't like. Either way just try and observe these emotions and let them pass. People think this easy work it is probably the most difficult thing you'll do -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Cool have a good evening, im out as well x It has a part to play, i wouldnt say theres a gangster culture, more that theres a gangster influence, like you wouldnt say Italians are a gangster culture but they have a gangster influence. But i agree we need more role models, ive worked in youth charities here in the UK and it is an issue 100%. Thats something as a community that needs to be sorted. So theres many sides to this, a lot can be helped in terms of policies like equal funding for schools but also black people can work on a lot of the community and family level things as well. Even though i think the situation has been created due to history it doesnt mean we cant be response- able and look at what can be changed ourselves. Its a very complex issue and limiting it to just one thing is a very narrow perspective of it -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Cool x -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Could have something to do with it, i think poverty in general will create that situation where the man doesnt feel like he can support his family, or if he has to resort to crime. But either way fatherless homes are a massive problem @Preety_India Anything i said that you disagree or that you thought was biased in my original reply? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I dont know if youre saying i should agree with all of it, i agree with some and not al and ive spent time to give clear reasons why. The type of crime you do is very much based on many factors including your wealth, black people commit disproportionately more street crime and white people commit disproportionately more white collar crime. So it would seem that one race doesnt commit more crime than the other but wealth levels dictate what crime youre likely to commit. For example if majority of white people were in poverty they would commit more street crime, if majority black people were wealthy they would commit more white collar crime. Not sure about the study as i havent seen it so cant comment, if you show me ill look at it. Yes by definition if you are a republican you have an agenda, same way Biden has an agenda or anyone aligned to an ideology, religion, political party or whatever, shes not an independent speaker she wouldnt really be able to go against the Trump for example, which is why despite admitting having no evidence or insight on climate change she stuck to the party line on Rogan, if she was an independent she wouldnt have needed to do this - -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
To speak to wider point, Owens is pretty much about the libertarian viewpoint and i think some of the stuff she says individually makes sense and isnt wrong per se. But i just feel she doesnt look at the whole picture. A lot of people are stuck in a welfare cycle but her solution is to just stop welfare and let everyone fend for themselves and if they cant its there fault. Its not very empathetic and it just wouldnt really work it would be a mess, that doesnt mean the problem isnt valid but the solution, could be looking at how to tweak the welfare system, or raising the minimum wage to incentivise people to come off welfare, or having equality in the budgets between majority black and majority white school, which currently stands at $23 billion in favour of white schools, or investing in communities and community services. These are problems that are not quick fixes but her solutions are not really the answer for me. She has an agenda and she is very clever but i can see why black people dont accept her view or trust her. https://research.msu.edu/innocent-african-americans-more-likely-to-be-wrongfully-convicted/ http://jaapl.org/content/34/1/82 -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Ive watched it before, but i cant remember all her points, cant really watch it again now, but give me the points you agree with and ill tell you if i agree with you and if not why i dont -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Bro im not arguing with you, im not even calling you a white supremacist, im saying by definition you hold beliefs that are the dictionary definition of white supremacy. You would have to argue with the dictionary people on that one. -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
True haha, the AIs might decimate or integrate us swiftly though lol. -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Right, white supremacy isnt about skin colour per se its more about thinking the white race is dominant, but anyway take a look at this definition of white supremacy - "White supremacy is a term used to characterize various belief systems central to which are one or more of the following key tenets: 1) whites should have dominance over people of other backgrounds, especially where they may co-exist; 2) whites should live by themselves in a whites-only society; 3) white people have their own "culture" that is superior to other cultures; 4) white people are genetically superior to other people. As a full-fledged ideology, white supremacy is far more encompassing than simple racism or bigotry. Most white supremacists today further believe that the white race is in danger of extinction due to a rising “flood” of non-whites, who are controlled and manipulated by Jews, and that imminent action is need to “save” the white race." I wouldnt say you fit all the points but definitely the one i highlighted, so this is why i say you veer towards white supremacy because by definition you do. -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
So to be clear youre saying white culture is the best culture, im not necessarily disagreeing with you im just getting your opinion. Do you believe there should be some sort of segregation for example blacks should have their own area in america and whites should have theres, or in netherlands the Moroccans should be seperate? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
OK a better way to ask it is do you think the white culture is the best culture? And your definition of a fundamentalist -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
White supremacy doesnt have to be extreme, do you believe the white race is more intelligent and capable than blacks? And what would be your definition of a fundamentalist? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Well it tends to veer toward white supremacy and firmly held beliefs so thats why they go off-topic. I think a lot xenophobia and tribal thinking in terms of people being worried about immigrants is through fear of their country being taken over or the dominant people being bred out, speaking to people with these beliefs thats what im hearing. Ultimately this is inevitable -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
In a couple hundred years everyone will fuck everyone and all be the same race anyway so ultimately these debates are pointless. There will be no white or any other race eventually -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Its an interesting question, i guess we've only seen human development unimpeded from a western and maybe middle eastern perspective, so its hard to know where another culture wouldve ended up. The same can be said for African cultures, from a financial point of view most of the worlds minerals are located in Africa. But there is something especially peaceful about the Native American spirituality, i dont know if its been romanticised but still wouldve been very interesting to see their development, but the europeans were ruthless - “Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men,we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.” ― Lame Deer -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I concur, its not 100% slavery or anything else but everything is inter-connected it would be impossible for it to be otherwise. -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Do you also realise they built up thriving communities in Tulsa, OKC which were bombed by white people, do you know all their black leaders were killed? Would you not say these had an affect or were these their fault as well? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Do you know when the civil rights bill was signed? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
You a cherry picking my question but cutting the quote - YOU SAY why black people are failing is because of negative culture, negative culture was directly created when they were taken from Africa, no remnants of African culture exist in current culture that was specifically beaten out of them including language, whose fault is it that they have this negative culture? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Answer my question though, you say why black people are failing is because of negative culture, negative culture was directly created when they were taken from Africa, no remnants of African culture exist in current culture that was specifically beaten out of them including language, whose fault is it that they have this negative culture? -
Consept replied to TrustTheProcess's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Well i mean would you vote to get beaten up badly or killed? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Let me ask you this, you say black people in americas issue is a cultural one ie they are in poverty and commit more crimes because of their culture. You also say slavery was a long time ago and should be forgotten (ill brush past everything thats happened since slavery). The culture DID NOT come from Africa which is where the slaves were taken from, if their culture is negative, which in some ways it is but not really more than any other group in poverty, they did not choose for it to be like that, they were not allowed to read so it became a part of their culture for example. Every bit of African-American culture comes from their treatment during and since slavery, their original culture was completely corrupted by the slave trade. So how can you blame them for a culture that was imposed on them to the point where they were not allowed to keep their own culture? -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
I like when hes like 'nope', i glanced over your well reasoned reply but it doesnt match with my pre-conceived anchored beliefs so, NOPE! -
Consept replied to intotheblack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
You keep switching stuff, youre claiming black on black crime is the real issue, what im saying is white on crime is pretty much just as bad
