Lila9

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.

That would be so magical and fun.

Cool, nice to know that such projects still exist. I would love to see this sort of beauty in other types of buildings as well, not necessarily only religious ones. The modern environment is too dull and sterile. There's more focus on efficiency and building cost rather than beauty and color.

That's impressive, but I was referring more to the aesthetics of the gothic cathedrals. I love this sort of art.

Don’t get me wrong, aesthetics is important. But in its deeper sense, it’s not always about appearance, it’s about substance too. Ideally, I believe there should always be balance. We, as a society, are too focused on the aesthetics of image and the physical, while we completely abandon the aesthetics of substance. Beautiful minds, beautiful souls, beautiful thoughts, beautiful ideas, beautiful actions, beautiful dreams, they’re important too. The beauty of the image gives a hint of the beauty of the substance. Without beautiful substance to back it up, the beautiful image loses its meaning.

It’s cringe. Bored and don’t know how to spend your money? Investing it in saving the planet so we will not collectively die would be a nice first step

Oh yes, it feels like the Dark Ages. But at least there were beautiful cathedrals in the Dark Ages... Where are the cathedrals now? No one builds them anymore I'm looking forward to the moment when I can speak about today's affairs as something from the past. I’ll probably be quite old, and I’ll probably scare children with horror stories about this era lol In the meantime, I’ll do my best to keep my sanity by educating myself with high-level sources, emotionally supporting myself and others, and focusing on spiritual development. It’s actually a great opportunity.

Objectification sucks regardless of gender. Very few humans want to feel like an object. Some men love to argue that women love to be objectified. It only shows that they have never been objectified. Some people condition themselves to look in a way that makes others objectify them, until someone really objectifies them and then they're like: "Shit... this isn't nice. Is it?" They feel small. I am sorry that you went through that, but luckily it seems that you can handle this well and that there is no physical threat to you. As a woman, I can say that I have experienced much worse things with an immediate threat to my body and safety, from men of all ages. There was no year without objectification in my life, since the age of 10 or 11 at least. And I got so used to it that I no longer give a shit. I just accept it as a tragic part of being a woman. Someone will objectify you, fetishize you, dehumanize you, or overly sexualize you in some distorted way, no matter where you are and no matter what you wear. As a woman, you should expect that and handle it the best you can. The safest way for a woman is often to just ignore it.

Israel's Eurovision 2025 song is so beautiful and artistic. I love that they added a bit of poetry from the Bible in Hebrew. מים רבים לא יוכלו לכבות את האהבה ונהרות לא ישטפוה Which means: many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. It adds such divinity.

Your brain may be naturally more schizotypal, which means that you are more creative and more prone to psychosis. This is something common in spiritual people, but you have to learn to ground yourself in reality and not get lost in your mind. There are practices such as mindfulness, being in nature, grounding, breathing exercises and physical activity which can help connect you to your body/present-immediate reality and to ground you.

And here it goes again. I will not participate in the same arguments over and over. Especially with your tone. What are gaining from spreading your hate across the politics forum with the same hostile arguments? Aren't you bored of yourself?

The same goes for a person who is not purely truthful and loving but achieves a certain level of success. People will often call someone successful a fraud. Just because many people call him a fraud doesn't mean that he is truthful and not a fraud.

For people who demonize Zionism, it is obvious because they need to build a solid story or ideology in order to know what they hate. But for Israelis, this is not as obvious.

I understand. I don't define myself with labels like Zionist because it is a vague and too general definition. I am an individual. I don't see the point in demonizing one side while ignoring the flaws of the other and seeing how their actions affect each other. If only demonizing Israel/Zionism is acceptable and any other criticism is not allowed, then there is no point in me even posting here because I would be interfering with this echo chamber. I have already did.