Sincerity

Wishing all of you a lot of happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year. ❤️ While there can be disagreements between us, let's remember (at least for a short while) that in the end we are one community. We might be on the forum for different reasons, each of us having their own motivations and goals, but we are all assisting each other in our growth, whether we want it or not. I'm grateful for that. Thank you for reflecting myself back to me. Cheers!

Six Functions of Character Strengths for Thriving at Times of Adversity and Opportunity: a Theoretical Perspective https://www.viacharacter.org/pdf/CS_thriving_6_functions_-_theory_article_(Niemiec_2019).pdf Good article.

Videos, graphics, books, quotes and other stuff. Things that resonated with me and inspired greater wisdom and understanding.

Hey y'all This is going to be my new journal on my new account. I left the old acc because I didn't like my username. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Sincerity and I'm from Poland. [image removed] ^ This is me! I'm currently ??? years old. I'm admittedly young but I hope you can see me beyond my age, for what I am I've been on this forum for more than 3 years and until now I've (kinda) held my identity a secret. But lately I've had some realizations in regard to expressing myself more honestly and yeah. Here I am, being more open with you. Now you have a slightly better idea of who's behind the account. (Edit: Ironic haha. But it has to be this way. Everything ends.) I've been on the spiritual path for roughly 4-5 years now and I feel like I've had much progress. I definitely have many insights to share. But I'm still pretty much a beginner and I'm on the journey along with you. Try to keep up, because I feel like I'm growing pretty fast (this year has been insane for me so far, seriously!) I've been mulling over my important values for years and this is where I stand right now: I am primarily about goodness. I am about love. I am about bliss, wisdom, appreciation, responsibility, sincerity, curiosity, discipline and humility. I also really value humor and laughter. You might notice I'm often tongue-in-cheek in my posts I don't like posting very frequently and I'm still not sure what I will even be posting here but tell you what, it's going to come from a place of sincerity Love and have a great day ❤️

I love you

The answer to every question I LOVE YOU

For those wondering about video editing on Linux:

Two of my best sources I'm subscribed to for (mostly) Ukraine war news. I appreciate their analyses.

Take with a grain of salt. 🧂 Also, the "you're not thinking" thumbnail is making me laugh. "Dumb motherfucker."

I loved the War of Art by Steven Pressfield. It's on my mind often. CREATION.

Great video from Leo's blog. Really resonated with me. The 20 brutal truths: Psychiatric diagnoses are labels, NOT explanations Most people with psychiatric diagnoses don't have a brain disorder Psychiatric medications aren't cures Psychiatric drugs cause tolerance Psychiatric drugs can worsen some people over the long term Long-term users of psychiatric medications are essentially guinea pigs Coming off psychiatric medications is hard Withdrawing from antidepressants and benzodiazepines can cause severe neurological damage known as protracted withdrawal Cannabis is a major gateway drug for triggering bipolar and schizophrenia Cafeine, nicotine, and inactivity are the biggest gateways to anxiety disorders Psychiatric research can be corrupted by pharmaceutical industry Pharmaceutical companies have co-opted academics ^ These academics train the next generation of psychiatrists Most doctors don't have the time to address root causes (US-specific) Good psychiatric care is nearly impossible to get with insurance (US-specific) American psychiatry isn't designed to help people (US-specific) The NIMH has betrayed the public (US-specific) There's a massive over prescription problem in the US (assuming in EU as well) In rare cases, psychiatric drugs can trigger mania, psychosis, or aggression In even rarer cases, psychiatric medications and can precipitate violent, unpredictable behaviour, sometimes involved in mass shootings

This is all the elaboration needed. You don't call this lack.

That's a terrible way to look at it. No offense. Femininity is incredible power. Just not as blunt as that of a man. Feminine power is based in attracting. While masculine power is based in directed will, "conquest". Both are outstanding forces.

Maybe you guys will get back together again.

@Schizophonia I’ve never had such issues. It probably helped that I specifically bought a laptop that I knew would handle Linux well.

I've been using Linux Mint for half a year now. It just works™. And these greedy Microsoft bastards can go to hell. They shouldn't be given money on principle. You can basically make Linux work however you want, with enough willpower and research. You even have the option to use Windows programs. MacOS is also great. I've been using it at work lately and it's flawless. MacOS for work and Linux for personal use - chef's kiss. I like both.

How I feel these days:

No Mod or Leo is doing anything to you. We’re all aware of each other’s given warnings. Next time you have that „ban” for 8 hours, you can screenshot what you see and DM it to us, and we might try to resolve it somehow (or pass it along to Leo).

Never saw anything like that.

Because you're starting to focus on something other than meditation. Just know what you want and go for that. If you want meditation for its own sake, focus only on the meditation - otherwise you're not really meditating. If you want insights and creative inspirations, then that's your focus. Make your pick in the moment.

Damn. Nice

Welcome to the forum! If he indeed says it, yeah, that does sound kinda blue. A while ago I posted a link to a preview for the book Integral Relationships. I think it sheds some light on the correlation between SD stages and sexual relation development. Here it is again: https://www.integralpsychology.org/uploads/1/5/3/0/15300482/stages_of_sexual_development_and_anima_and_animus.pdf

Memories from Paris - December 2025 I took my girlfriend to Paris for her surprise birthday trip! 🇫🇷 She was in love with the city. We walked through the streets in the more intimate areas, appreciated the beautiful architecture, ate some great local food, had some wine here and there. My biggest wish was to go to Musée d'Orsay and I fulfilled it. I was mesmerized, holding back tears. I mostly enjoyed some impressionist pieces, and also the works of Odilon Redon. Overall, everything went great; she couldn't thank me enough. ❤️ A lot of planning went into this; I organized everything for us. I've been to Paris before, but I saw it from a different angle this time. It was fun! (Our camera didn't catch the Eiffel Tower in the background. )

A journal for sharing things I'm passionate about. Stuff I like and dislike. These are shorter, playful, more unfiltered thoughts.

It depends on what you want. Sometimes, when I feel energyless or uninspired, I just sit without distractions and do nothing until an insight or an idea to do something that resonates arises. Then, once it does, I go and do that thing. My goal from the start is for something interesting to arise. On the other hand, if the act of meditation is your sole focus, then yeah, even if interesting ideas arise you should not pursue them for that time. And yes, you might forget these ideas during/after meditation. Because if you're making even a slight effort to remember the idea which arose during meditation, you're probably meditating wrong - or, you're not aware of what your true focus/goal is.