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@Nivsch 100%! She is so charismatic on stage and such a talented vocalist. There’s so much meaning in the song, I feel proud. I’m amazed she’s doing this after everything she’s been through. She comes across as such a strong human being. Hopefully, she’ll go far and continue to grow artistically after Eurovision. I’m really curious to see her future development. I also really enjoyed the songs from: Austria – the combination of opera and trance is dope. Portugal – love the hippie, chill vibe. Italy – so much depth (though I’m not surprised, Italy always brings great songs). Latvia – such magical forest nymph energy, there’s something spiritual yet grounding in it. Switzerland – a beautiful song. Netherlands – so full of life! Lithuania – loving the rock.

I love your comment. This is so truthful, fierce and sacred in my eyes ❤️

Thank you for sharing! I think that feminist theory is a gift for women and offers a very critical and enlightening view of gender as a social construct. The freedom of choice and opportunities for women that resulted from feminism is invaluable. Just from looking at countries like Afghanistan or Iran and even India, places without feminism, you see that it is a kind of hell for women. A woman can be murdered, sexually assaulted, or raped, and it all would be swept under the rug, justified by family members, and ignored by authorities. Yet, the way feminism is applied in Western society is imperfect. First of all, it still receives a lot of backlash. Women fear identifying with it, or even saying they support it or agree with gender equality, just to avoid threatening men, don’t lose their validation or simply keep surviving and thriving in the patriarchy. It also doesn’t help that many people don’t even understand what feminism is and often create strawman versions of it. Very few people have actually read feminist literature or theory to begin with. They also confuse equality with similarity. People think that when women say they want to be equal to men, they mean they want to be similar to men, and that there should be no differences between men and women. But equality refers to equal opportunities for both men and women, while acknowledging the undeniable differences between male and female bodies. There are even women who identify as feminists who don’t fully understand it and end up developing toxic masculine traits (narcissism, entitlement, superiority, competitiveness, etc.) because, subconsciously, they believe that’s what a valuable human should be, think and act like a man. And women who don’t do that are seen as still deep in the patriarchal conception of being a weak, feminine woman. But this is also a sneaky form of internalized misogyny. First of all, who said femininity is weak? And why is being feminine considered inferior? Why, in order to be worthy, do we have to be masculine? It also doesn’t help that there is confusion about what femininity really is. Patriarchy defines femininity as malignant passivity, hysteria, irrationality, and toxic self-sacrifice, a believe that a woman should be giving herself up for everyone but herself. But that’s not true femininity, it’s a distorted version of it. The divine feminine is something very different. It is creative energy, authenticity, fierceness, expression, nourishment, intuition etc. But how many people know that? I didn’t know that when I was a child or a teenager. In my view, it was either strive to be as masculine as possible, because that’s what society values or be a weak, feminine woman conforming to the patriarchal distorted version of femininity. I hated both but to inhibit masculine toxic traits felt more practical and safe in this crazy society. There was no in-between. Until I learned that both of those extremes are very far from the divine feminine and the divine masculine. And that both exists within me, like in every other woman or man or being, and express themselves in me in a unique way which makes me, ME. It also doesn’t help that feminism has been commercialized in the Western world, watered down, lost its original purpose and meaning, became ineffective, co-opted, and “embraced” by capitalism in order to monetize it and make women believe they are the ones in control, while in reality, they are still fighting for basic rights like abortion. There are also many types of feminism, and there are differences between them. The main ones are liberal feminism and radical feminism. Liberal feminism is about fighting for more rights and equality for women within the system, while radical feminism seeks to create an entirely new system because the system is deeply rotted. Both have some truths and blind spots of course. So yes, there is a lot of mess, and I don’t know how we’ll figure it out. I’m glad your grandmother had such an experience. It may depend on the era. My grandmothers were unhappily married. One of them was beaten by my grandfather, while the other was constantly cheated on. Both my grandfathers were immature and toxic men. However, my great-grandfathers, from what I’ve heard, were more decent men and showed more respect toward my great-grandmothers. It’s not that there weren’t men who treated women decently before feminism or its beginning, it’s that women were much less protected from the bad ones back then.

She did it and is in the final. Such a queen ✨

Ok, I get what you mean. There are women I don’t feel safe around either, not because of their jealousy (which is normal in people), but from how they handle their emotions: catty, hostile, chasing male validation at the cost of self-respect. Some even betray close friends for it. I say this as a woman who believes in feminism and sisterhood. I wish it were different. While there is the aspect of what we call human nature, and the development of consciousness and ego, we can’t ignore the weight of culture and conditioning. As women, we’re all shaped by a patriarchal, capitalist system built to divide and control us. From childhood, we’re taught our worth lies in beauty, marriage (the ultimate form of male validation), and motherhood (the ultimate form of self sacrifice). Healing from that, misogyny turned inward, distrust of other women, takes time. The fear of losing approval and not fitting in runs deep (the brain interprets it as risk of death). But even if women overcome those fears and push back, even in 2025, women still face backlash for pushing back. It’s not like women are conformists while men are not. Men are conformists too beause this is the human nature, but they don’t like to admit that. Some women awaken and seek spiritual growth, though it’s hard in a world built to dim us. In spiritual and creative spaces, I’ve met women who are wise, tender, ego-light. What stands out is their authenticity, self awarness, courge, unapolegetic feminism, their intention to heal, and open hearts. I have seen that we are all a little broken, trying to find wholeness in a world that often forgets we’re human. Just feel the energy of this woman, from my home country. That’s the kind of spiritual vibe I’ve mostly experienced from spiritual women. When I compare her energy to that of spiritual men there’s often a clear difference in my eyes, more ego. It’s not that men value knowledge more, but many seem less willing to surrender to the unknown. Spiritual transformation requires humility, a deep trust in intuition, emotion, and direct experience. Emotions aren’t noise, they’re messengers. That’s where real transformation begins. Yet men often cling to certainty, using “knowledge” as a shield against chaos and vulnerability. They collect teachings like trophies, treat spirituality like dogma, chasing status or admiration and even sex. Even profound experiences, like psychedelics, often become fuel for ego rather than healing. Of course, women do this too, but I’ve seen it more often in men. And it’s not to say that all spiritual men are like that. Not at all. I love to learn from both men and women if I find them genuine. And It’s not because men are bad and women are good, but because of the gender roles we’re taught, social constructs that we were internalized. Women are conditioned to underestimate and suppress themselves, men, to overestimate and dominate, and it plays out exactly that way. I don’t think this is evolutionary. Frankly, I see evolutionary psychology as pseudoscience, deeply biased. In fact, evidence show many ancient societies were more egalitarian, with both men and women sharing power. That’s not to say there aren’t psychological differences between male and female brains. Honestly, I don’t know for sure. Hormones definitely shape our brains in subtle ways (I feel it at least with my menstrual cycle). But we are more than hormones, more than biological machines. Humans are really really complex.

Thank you Shree ❤️

Lol, I like it

Me too. I love life. I feel passionate about life. I feel deeply. I cry heavily. I laugh loudly. I create obsessively. I love to love. I enjoy the fine, small things in life, like the sun on my face, the water on my skin, staring at birds and being in awe of life, feeling connected to a body, being surrounded by loved ones, sharing this one time unique experience. Cynics say we don’t need to feel sorry for the dead because they rest in peace. Some even envy them. But I don’t envy the dead. Yet, there’s a curious part of me that wonders: What if life continues after death, just in another form? A form unimaginable to us now? Maybe dying feels like dreaming at night. Maybe it’s like an acid trip, surreal, infinite. Maybe it’s emptiness…. Or nothingness that stretches forever. Or maybe… it’s a galactic journey… a passage into another realm of being. Maybe we reincarnate instantly without anyone asking our consent? Maybe we’re gently greeted by spiritual guides, who lovingly review our life…… to understand our spiritual growth And maybe they decide where we go next. I don’t know exactly what happens after death. But I honor my fear of it, the fear of the unknown actually, because that fear is what motivates me to live more fully. To love more fiercely. To take care of myself and my loved ones more tenderly. To be a better human being, in every small and sacred way. To be more conscious and responsible. Maybe fear isn’t a problem, actually. Maybe it’s not a bug in the system, it’s a feature. But I can understand that this fear of suffering and death can be so crippling sometimes. Such a burden.

I don’t understand. What happens if you throw a guy between two spiritual women who are both attracted to him? I don’t see the same spiritual arrogance in women as I do in men. Spiritual arrogance exists in both genders, but it seems that women care less about how they’re perceived. They simply enjoy spirituality and live it, even if it seems odd or misunderstood. They’re also more comfortable with not knowing. If they don’t know something, they’re often more willing to admit it and stay open to learning. Men, on the other hand, tend to argue and try to prove they know something, often signaling dominance and authority, even when they may not know much.

This is the point, the absurdity of it. That men often treat awakening or spiritual development as another competition in the external world, which it isn’t. It’s as if you have an imaginary ladder or something, and you usually place yourself near the top lol I’ve never heard a woman proclaim she is the most awakened person in the world, nor have I often seen a woman too concerned about those definitions, because women are often too immersed in spirituality to care about such definitions and this false “spiritual hierarchy.” This is a man monkey game.

I agree. I use Instagram only as a platform to showcase my art, as a sort of portfolio for those interested in my work, but I’m rarely active there. I don’t have the mental health or the desire to invest energy into promoting myself or playing the cruel marketing game crafted by greedy tech bros. I usually post once in a while and then log out. I can’t stand the atmosphere. Everything feels fake and shallow, and it’s like my body is screaming in protest. My heart fills with a deep, aching sadness. It feels dystopian. Apocalyptic, even. So I teach my brain to resist the fear of missing out. I remind myself that in this era of overwhelming information, I don’t need to know everything, especially when so much of it is low-quality, fragmented, and deeply biased.

It’s difficult for me to believe that a man, especially in this era, can be God-realized or spiritually developed in any deep and meaningful sense. It exists but it’s more rare than proclaimed by men, in my opinion. Men often tend to overestimate themselves so it’s hard to take their claims about spiritual development seriously. Just by observing men, especially straight men, most seem consumed by sex or money, and are emotionally repressed, even in older ages. It’s hard to imagine that this kind of person would be open enough to evolve spiritually or achieve higher states of awakening. The male brain tends to be more conservative and closed. Just look at the current major religions, the Abrahamic religions, even science and capitalism, they were all created by men, for men. These systems are anti-spiritual in many ways, especially when compared to ancient traditions rooted in feminine energy, which were far more spiritually advanced. I believe women possess deeper spiritual gifts, natural curiosity, and sharp intuition, yet these qualities are repressed from a young age. In ancient times, women were often the spiritual leaders. Some even believe it was women who developed practices like yoga, designed around the rhythms of the female body, including the menstrual cycle. Women who continued practicing the old, earth-rooted religions were branded as witches, demonized, hunted, and burned by patriarchal powers. That fear of women’s spiritual power runs deep. It’s ancient. And it’s still here. Since the rise of patriarchal religions, women have been collectively socialized, under the threat of violence, to suppress their natural curiosity, their spiritual hunger, their creativity and intuition. Instead, they were taught to be pleasing, beautiful, and subservient. Their sacred fire was replaced with the hollow role of servant. And this is devastating to the soul. Unfortunately, many women are still trapped in that prison. They’ve forgotten their powers. They’ve been taken hostage by spiritually immature, repressed men. And when it comes to truth… I find it hard to believe that men care for truth in any deep or sincere way. Most don’t even consider it. What they care about is ego: to be seen as someone who seeks truth, to appear virtuous. But beneath the mask, they cling tightly to their biases. It’s about the appearance and being socially accepted by other men, not the substance. They compete with one another, not for wisdom, but for dominance. And while that competition might sometimes push them toward spiritual practice, it just as often corrupts them. Women, by contrast, don’t tend to care about appearing spiritual. They don’t chase spiritual status. They live it. They sink into it so deeply, so instinctively, that they don’t even glance around to compare. They don’t have time for ladders. They’re busy swimming in the ocean.

Maybe it has something to do with being present. When I’m truly present, time seems to slow down. Moments stretch, details sharpen, and everything feels more vivid. Like life is breathing in high definition.

We literally have a similar ignorant collective mentality and crude human nature as in the Dark Ages but now with better technology, social media, and more advanced weapons. This is dangerous. Hopefully, we experience a renaissance in our lifetime

Yes, our scope of seeing and appreciating intelligence as a collective is narrow. Our definition and view of intelligence is incomplete. It would be great if we could appreciate other types of intelligence, because it is such a nuanced and multifaceted thing.