Sincerity

I'll never get over how people overestimate their spiral stages. Yellow seems to be the stage which intellectual people are most comfortable with identifying themselves with. I have slightly-deeper-than-surface-level analysis of some topics so I must be yellow. I know SD theory, I'm such a spiral wizard you guys. And usage of the word 'coral' on the forum should result in an automatic ban.

What would you do if you were in your shoes?

People overestimate themselves.

Just 50 more years pal.

Insights From Organizing a Medium-Sized Trip for a Woman for the 1st Time Context: my partner had her birthday at the end of December and I organized a 4-day trip for her and myself to Lake Como, Italy. She knew we'd be traveling somewhere for her birthday but didn't know where. It was a surprise for her. I chose Como because she's been in love with Como/Milan for a long time now, though other options like Spain were on the table as well. The moments she remembered and appreciated the most were very small, unplanned loving ones like me hugging her from behind while on a boat trip, us sitting peacefully on a bench with trees around us, us walking and singing a song we like, drinking a coffee while having a beautiful view of the mountains. Of course she also appreciated things like me buying her a great leather purse she really wanted, but the small moments were especially meaningful to her. This showed to me that a great, full of love day could be planned for her with much cheaper circumstances and still be deeply meaningful. My aim is to plan further special days/trips with that in mind. Never disregard the little moments, never rush with her. Focus on love. A tangential insight is that many expensive things aren't really worth the price because actually she often appreciates the "free" things much more. Sometimes she doesn't care at all about that expensive stuff. I spent more money than I needed due to unoptimized organization or unnecessary paying for comfort (eg. taking a taxi instead of a bus). In regard to the latter, she really doesn't care much if we take a longer or slightly less comfortable route if eg. that means 100 euro saved. I don't blame myself much for the organization, I'd say I actually did really well but some things could have been thought through more. Our flight was arriving too late for us to travel by bus/train to our city, so basically we were forced to take a taxi. I paid for the flight 3 months in advance and then planned the transport from the airport like 2 months later. On the other hand, the flight date was pretty much fixed in stone and there weren't many other flights on these days so again, I'm not blaming myself much. Still, there's room for improvement. Basically, next time I'll optimize the spending more and focus more on the stuff that really matters to her. I didn't make these mistakes when travelling alone, but I did when travelling with her. When alone, I always optimized the spending for what's most meaningful to me (eg. amazing viewpoints are always worth the price to me, eating out often isn't). I guess I'm learning how to optimize for her as well as myself for the future. For future planning, I'd really put myself in the shoes of our future selves and think: What will we probably want to do in reality? What will we need? Will we be tired? What shops will she want to go to? I should have checked the shops/markets more, some vintage ones which she likes. I noticed that my planning prior to the trip was detached from the reality of our actual needs/desires to quite a large extent. I didn't need to look for good pizzerias all over Milan after all. She was sick of the gluten after just 1 day anyway. The trip went REALLY well anyway. I made mistakes, but overall my organization was still a 7 or 8 out of 10. What matters most is that her birthday trip was amazing to her (the birthday day was especially well arranged), that she felt loved, that we basically did everything we wanted, spent quality time together and relaxed a fair amount. We had amazing views and ate great food (I really wanted to try an octopus and I did - yum! Tastes like chicken). It was worth it. A big lesson to me overall. I recommend staying at Lecco when visiting Lake Como. It's an underrated gem.

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I don't have children, but I plan to in ~6 years.

Suggestion: make a poll.

Me and my partner created a painting during Christmas. The general theme was to express our feelings towards each other. As you might guess, I painted the upper half (along with the snake) while she did the lower one. We were painting it simultaneously sitting opposite to each other, without planning. This painting is amazing to me. Even disregarding the original intentions behind what we painted, I feel a deep spiritual meaning in the artwork. Though we brought it to life ourselves, It has its own life now. If I saw it in a museum, I'd stare at it and contemplate it for a long time. We plan to make artworks together as a Christmas tradition. I came up with the idea. I feel it'll be so cool to later on see the evolution of our relationship through these yearly paintings. Then we can also engage our kids in the tradition. It'll be something cool we do as a family. Something ours. I see a future with my partner. I'm growing as a man and a being with her. It's exciting! Such a great opportunity for development. And such an amazing person to love. I wanna marry that woman.

This is literally you on an energetic level. A blind mole. Or a different animal but with no eyes / eyes gauged out. Let me elaborate. On an energetic level, the human population is a society of eyeless animals acting in unconscious, predictable ways. This includes you. This includes me. Of course, I came to this realization by observing myself - I saw that I am a dumb, energetic animal and mostly unaware of it. Imagine a entire world of eyeless animals acting in extreme, schematic ways. Basically acting out energies. Controlled by unconscious patterns. Forming in groups with other animals with similar energetic patterns. Some are more peaceful, light and cooperative with each other (= their energetic patterns are more evolved), some are more rabid, dark, preying on others. This is humanity. To see this, you must not look at the outside but ask yourself "In this situation, what is happening on the energetic level?". You can have visions of how energies are playing out. You can feel them. In fact, almost everyone feels them intuitively. Most people have a rather good intuitive understanding of how to operate in the energetic world and they just do it, but they're unconscious of why they're doing it. Some are intentionally working to develop that understanding and experience (very basic example: "How to Win Friends and Influence People"). Some are better at it than others - look at experienced cops handling situations, look at expert manipulators and con men at work, but also look at examples of two people in a healthy, loving relationship dealing with their conflicts in a masterful way, look at stand-up comedy routines, look at politician rallies, look at your inner battles when you want to do something but also kinda don't want to. You can see the dynamics of energy EVERYWHERE. We are blind animals, attracted to whatever smells good to us or sounds pleasing. We then skedaddle blindly in that direction. The only way a blind animal learns is by AWARENESS. Bit by bit, behaviour can change with enough attention given. The animal can give that attention willingly or it will be sooner or later forced to confront things due to suffering. Thanks to consciousness, the animal slowly enhances its senses and learns to operate in better and higher ways in the energetic world. It's not just "better" behaviour as in effectively getting what it wants without concern for anything else, it's better by being more saintly, holy, lighter, more gracious, conscious. You can be a blind terrifying animal rabidly wrecking havoc all around you or a tame, gracious creature becoming so light it starts ascending. And everything in between. Up to you. With awareness, you can witness the energetic world first-hand. You can SEE IT in the mind's eye. Be an observer of it. And then not just react blindly to energies coming in contact with you, but see them and yourself clearly and respond consciously. What an appealing vision: becoming conscious of yourself and things around you. While others are running blind, you can see them and yourself clearly... and smile.

I love David Bowie so much. My favourite singer ever. Nothing's changed since ~5 years ago. CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. Don't you wonder sometimes about sound and vision?

Merry Christmas, Community! 🎄

Actual solipsists... haha. Yeah, "believes" is the crucial word here. Anyway, Merry Christmas.

Post them math videos. Especially those which have broadened your understanding in a cool way, sparked your curiosity, reminded You of the nature of the universe somehow.

I thought we were talking about what's true. Now we're talking about conveying pointers/teachings in a safe manner. This is an entirely different conversation. I care more about the former. What part of this rambling is an entirely valid observation? I really don't know what you're pointing to. The guy made assumptions about why Leo did certain things like removing a video, which are false. Leo didn't remove the video because "he wasn't sure". I remember why he did. And there is no contradiction with the Infinity of Gods video. Reminder that the guy you quoted is not serious in the slightest...

@Carl-Richard Again, I don't see a point in considering what teachers are saying/not saying. It's a non-factor to me. This question literally doesn't compute for me since I would never ask it and I have zero interest in thinking about it.

@Javfly33 Cool insights/understanding 👍 @Carl-Richard Agree to disagree.

@Keryo Koffa Do NOT do any harm to your body. Stop with the delusions and ground yourself. You will not "be taken to a different realm by God". You will not "live by dying". You are delusional, wake up! This is reality speaking! Do NOT let yourself make a grave mistake. This place does NOT promote such a reckless attitude.

I have SO MUCH cool shit saved on Pinterest. You have no idea.

Understanding the dynamics of the energetic world is difficult. I have so much more to learn there. I could write a book about it later in life. Almost everyday I get the distinct sense that I just do NOT live in a physical world. I live in an energetic world. I tell this to people closest to me often, because I'm just so perplexed by it. It's so amazing and mysterious. And I really get the sense that reality in front of me is an illusion, a representation of the energetic world, a manifestation, an excuse in a sense. Understanding energy is very useful to me because I can 1) make better decisions in life knowing what's what. Example #1: I'm about to argue with my partner but I see an energetic choice in front of me and I choose better. Example #2: I have a big decision in life to make. I just have to ask myself what I'm leading myself (or being led) to develop energetically long-term. And the solution is to pursue the wished energetic development. And 2) develop techniques for healing myself and working through things which work, since they're grounded in reality as I understand it. It literally does not matter what is happening in experience. What matters are the energetic decisions.

Why care about what others say? The use of the word was surely popularized by Leo, but the truth behind what's tried to be conveyed stands. Leo did not invent the consciousness of FULLNESS of experience. Fullness mean that this is all that is. A good word, came to me yesterday when trying to look for alternatives to solipsism/openness/aloneness. My ranking of words attempting to describe this truth would be solipsism / fullness > aloneness > oneness. Oneness is last since it does not really clearly imply that experience is full, the one and only.

100% Damn, didn't even know about this. Despicable.

Just ask yourself. Why do you want to feel unique? Use your imagination.

Then create your heaven. Here. You're immature, but you can change. Stop resisting life. Having LIVED is your highest passion. Not having died. Physical death won't accomplish anything. Stop shitposting on an internet forum, stop taking psychedelics, get off the couch and take action. Action that will lead to the betterment of your life right now.

Mainstream yes. Niche not necessarily. Watch some Karsten Runquist to get good new niche movie recommendations or just go on Letterboxd and look around. There's always something worthwhile to watch if you take a bit of time to search. I just finished watching Carol (2015) with my gf. It was interesting, we had many thoughts. https://letterboxd.com/film/carol-2015/