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@Dodo Well, in this dream you can. Why do you think it isn’t possible to dream such a thing? Also, this waking dream is not a continuation of your sleeping state. In fact, you are also dreaming that you go to sleep and have dreams where you can’t read. Try to grasp that.

@Dodo In this dream you are dreaming that you can’t become lucid and break the laws. That's part of your dream. You are also dreaming this text and the persona behind it that you believe exists, telling you that life is a dream.

Consider this: You can dream all kinds of limitations and rules within your dream. You can dream the limitation that you need sleep and then you would need sleep (or need sustenance, or have consequences to your action, and you also dream each and every consequence). Similarly, you can dream a lack of limitations in your sleep dreams (lack of gravity, etc). Obvious stuff.

Masculinity is commonly associated with order. This concept, as expounded by Jordan Peterson and others, extends beyond a single thinker and is a prevailing cultural theme. In contrast, femininity is often linked with chaos or embodies it in some cases. While this is a duality, it is perhaps the most fundamental and central one to explore. Thus, let's avoid approaching it from an absolutist standpoint for now. When a man predominantly embodies masculinity, he tends to gravitate toward constructing and safeguarding existing structures. He values stability, routine, and discipline, characteristics that might resonate with what's referred to as "stage blue masculinity" (an aspect to be addressed later). The masculine essence aims to bring some semblance of order to the natural world, be it through physical or mental means. It strives to impose order on the inherent chaos of the infinite and establish predictability in the midst of unpredictability. The masculine perspective embraces this worldview and inherently requires a dose of chaos or femininity. Without it, excessive order emerges, resulting in suffering – a theme evident in various aspects of life. Overly stringent order can lead to tyranny and dictatorships, manifest as boredom, passivity, and stultification. In practice, very few individuals are purely masculine; such imbalances usually self-correct. Most masculine men naturally find themselves drawn to feminine women, and the polarity between them fosters attraction. The emotional depth found in the feminine psyche, along with other qualities, often introduces a degree of chaos that the masculine can then shape into order or use to balance his inherent masculinity. Contemporary women have increasingly embraced their masculine energy, making it somewhat challenging for men to maintain their masculine energy around them (which translates to performing specific behavioral patterns). Nevertheless, many genuinely feminine women still exist, though it may require additional effort to find them. Returning to the core idea, searching for femininity externally can become a trap because it ultimately fails to provide fulfillment. The masculine psyche need not seek external chaos and femininity since what it perceives in others exists within itself. Others merely act as stimuli to trigger the inherent chaos or femininity. Our journey should involve developing our own masculinity and femininity and learning to harmonize the two. Balancing these polarities is one of the most vital tasks that can lead to a fulfilling life. The analogy of balancing the oil in your spoon (masculinity) while enjoying the view (femininity), as presented in a Paulo Coelho story, provides a practical model to ground this concept and apply it to our lives. Moreover, cultivating the flexibility to shift between these poles is crucial, as each offers distinct benefits that can be harnessed for various purposes. This adaptability can only be nurtured by transcending both and viewing them from a meta perspective

@Razard86 So, then, the best course of action is to find balance, like in every other area of life. Thanks for clarifying!

@Lila9 These people don’t understand that one can entertain an idea, study and inquire about it, without believing in it. They can’t distinguish between belief and inquiry because that takes higher order abstraction abilities. So perhaps that’s the deeper problem related to classical primitive primate behavior.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pak-professor-forced-to-reject-darwins-theory-say-women-inferior-to-men-4514898/amp/1

@michaelcycle00 That’s courageous of you, my man. I think you handled it better than many. And out if curiosity I can’t help but ask a couple of questions. Do you have any meditation practice to keep your mind steady? What about your diet/exercise? Do you have stable friendships/relationships? Do you have a fixed sleep schedule?

@Razard86 Finding ways to minimize it is all we can do. But being careful about it becoming a bias against bias is tricky.

Nice. One thing I recommend is to try to make things practical for yourself. Like observing the principles in action through experience. Watch That video about exposing yourself to new experiences.

@koops How old are you?

@PurpleTree When you reject a particular thing in other people, you are rejecting a part of your present experience or yourself or of God. This is because you are biased towards a particular way things ought to be, and if things remain to be that way then your survival is ensured. But this comes to bite you in the ass. For instance, if you are biased toward people being “good”, then when people are not “good” you’ll reject them when they come up in your experience, this means you are rejecting your experience or present moment or yourself or God. And then of course this produces suffering in multiple ways beyond the obvious ones. For instance, you start shaming yourself and producing guilt when you’re not “good” which leads to neurosis and insecurities in addition to other pathologies. If you were truthful and less biased these things wouldn’t bother you because you understand the illusion of your bias toward survival. So, a good practice to develop is accepting the present moment (Eckhart Tolle style) and being satisfied with it. Also, meditate on bias.

Why do you want to convince yourself? You can intuit that backpill has ruined your game but you still keep believing that blackpill is right, why?

@Liliaimplicating that the globe is alive and conscious. And you were open-minded enough to let that impact you.

@Lilia oh I get it now. Well, this can be an interesting development if it actually happens. But I think mathematician are so close minded that it’ll take 1000s of years fir it to happen, if it happens at all. I think poets and novelists do this already to degree. They are really good at describing things from a different person’s (or sometimes, thing’s) persepective. And as a kid I saw math as a utilitarian tool which is important for society to funtion (Think about trading etc).

@Princess Arabia sure thing!

https://youtube.com/shorts/gtCjmgfmLDA?si=8wQiZ4bEBxkjCTUz

@Lilia A pattern of selective identification ... Can you elaborate on that a little?

@Dodo or consciousness is manifesting limitation and separation so that it can hold the capacity to be ignorant and limited.

What are some of the problems you face/used to face when dealing with normies? And also, how did you overcome it?

Hedonism: Focus: Hedonism is primarily concerned with the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the ultimate motivators of human behavior. Nature: It's a moral theory that places pleasure and happiness at the center of ethical decision-making, suggesting that the morally right action is the one that maximizes pleasure or minimizes pain. Application: Hedonism provides a guideline for evaluating actions based on their ability to bring pleasure or reduce suffering.

Definations: Oxford dictionary: the ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life. Standard Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The word ‘hedonism’ comes from the ancient Greek for ‘pleasure’. Psychological or motivational hedonism claims that only pleasure or pain motivates us. Ethical or evaluative hedonism claims that only pleasure has worth or value and only pain or displeasure has disvalue or the opposite of worth. Wikipedia: Applied to well-being or what is good for someone, it is the thesis that pleasure and suffering are the only components of well-being.

@Princess Arabia Nah, copywriting is mostly about persuasion and getting more sales through the written word. I write copy when the pay is REALLY good else I stay away from it. Blog posts are about providing information to the reader in an interesting way so they don’t log off the website halfway through. That’s called engagement. Sometimes the client asks you to push a particular product on their blog so they can make money through affiliate links, and that’s where you write copy.

Well, Math and English are kinda different animals when it comes to describing the real world. Math is all about precision and those weird-ass symbols, making it a global deal with strict logic. English, on the other hand, is more subjective, capturing feelings, stories, and stuff in a not-so-structured way. It's a bit more chill, but also, like, not as universal. Math’s the go-to for exact numbers and science stuff, while English does the whole emotions and everyday life thing better. They both have their place.