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Belly breathing is breathing through the diaprahm to be specific, the muscle underneath the lungs at cerca belly level. When we breath with the chest we use the intercostal muscles, which are all the muscles connected to the ribs. I learned to belly breath concistently simply through practice. It's been standard for me for years at this point. You can practice belly breathing by placing one hand on the tummy, the other on the chest. If, when you breath, only the hand on the tummy rises then you are belly breathing. It helps to lay down. Practice so you learn to an intuitive difference between chest and belly breathing. Then you simply have to remind yourself concistently to breath with your belly till it becomes ingrained and standard.

I think a lot of the praising of vegetarianism in western spiritual circles is in part due to moral development on the one hand but also because they are historically influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism a lot. In those religions, vegetarianism is emphasized as a principle. Vegetarianism is part of new-age culture at this point. As to whether or not its "un-spiritual" to eat meat, I don't think so. Spirituality doesn't have a strict definition and means different things to different people. It's a matter of perspective. To some, eating meat is un-spiritual but they can only really speak for themselves IMO.

Why do you believe that eating meat makes you trip deeper? What's the connection?

I'm sorry that you are having such a tough time. I imagine you are feeling rather confused. If you are genuinely distressed mentally, I think it's the wise choise to seek some professional help, whatever is available. Talking to someone can help reduce the distress. This is conjecture: Infering from your text, it sounds like you where raised religious. Most people share the religion of their parents. Because of what seems to be abandonment issues around your dad, your spiritual "father" becomes sort of symbolic of all your upsets and misplaced childhood needs. Children are naturally self-centered in a literal sense. They tend to believe that when bad things happen to them, that its their fault. They have an under developed sense of cause-and-effect. Because your father was absent, perhaps you feel it is somehow your fault and that there is something wrong with you. That you are inherently unlovable. In the context of being brought up Christian and believing in god, your abandonement issues could color how you see god. Children with abandonement issues tend to have problems with authority figures as they lack the basic security they need to form a trusting relationship. I can't know you, so please take whatever I say with a grain of salt and make your own conclusions. With that said, I highly recommend you find someone to speak to if you experience emotional distress to the point where you act drastically in a destructive way.

I've thought abot this some more and I think there is some degree of truth to the thougth that games can be like drugs, in the sense that they can control you and how you spend your time. The heinous thing about modern video games is just how much time you can put into. You can only watch a movie or a read books once. But video games can go on forever. Video games are probably the one activity with the lowest effort to time spent ratio, I.E. you can easily spend 1000s of hours playing video games. Modern video games have become quiet sophisticated at leveraging human psychology in order to keep you playing the same game over and over again. With the added context of FOMO, you can play some games for 100s of hours, where you would normally not bother as much. That's in regard to live service games, but games are also just easy. Why bother trying something new when you can just play some video games and feel rewarded concistently. It's very easy to supplant creative projects or socializing with just playing some video games. I think its important to be creative and experience new novel experience, and games can be immensley distracting. *(while watching a movie) "I could be leveling up my battlepass right now..." I think every gamer should experiment with a dry week/month, just to see how it feels. I did that recently (my dry month ended as of writting) and I've found just how little I had going on besides gaming. That is my own fault admittedly. But it's been good to distance myself and just deal with the boredome. I've gotten into baking for a bit and I started journaling way more (for fun).

Been there, done that, when it comes to courses by spiritual people. Being "spiritual" doesn't mean shit. That's just the outer crust. Someone can have the veneer of being spiritual, knowing all the famous quotes and concepts, but still be a scumbag on the inside. You shouldn't trust people without being critical just because they are part of a loosely defined sub-culture. Even if its not a scam, not worth the asking price most likely (haven't taken in depth look). Most info you need you can find for free at your local library. Don't waste you time and money. Have a high standard when it comes to online courses and be critical.

The qualities of a good man are the qualities of a good leader, IMO. Proactive Self-control Integrity Caring Calmness Deduction skills and can navigate the dangers of their environment appropriately Non-neediness Strives to learn and develop themeselves in some way Respectful Passion Honesty Appropriately assertive Experience Dependability Grooming and cleanliness (more of a modern thing perhaps)

Alternatively, you could buy a cock sleeve. That is a tangible option. Then you can play around with different shapes, sizes and textures. The downside is that it probably reduces sensation for the male, though I couldn't find any conclusive information regarding that.

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Dreams seems to be connected quiet intimately with the subconscious mind. In my own experiences, dreams tend to represent latent emotional states. I think the mind creates visuals in order to make sense of the underlying emotional signals. Then you react to those visuals, and so on. For example, you might dream that you are nude infront of a crowd. That visual might be what the feeling of imposter syndrome would look like. It's not quiet understood what dreams are. I think it's a matter of perspective in a lot of ways.

I don't think strong emotions are going to dissapate on the short-term. You will most likely have to be pro-active to deal with the discontment you feel. Your jealousy might be masking over a sense of dissatisfaction with your sex life. Jealousy is pretty normal, but if it's bothering you, consider how you can make yourself feel less insecure relative to what you are insecure about.

Crying can be relieving and is a natural response when feeling overwhelmed and sad. But it's not the only approach for overcoming heartbreak. Everybody processes their emotions differently. Some start exercising more. Others talk to friends and family, or journal or seek counseling. There are lots of legit ways to process heartbreak. Its important to remember that healing take times and that there is no right way of doing. It's OK if you are not okay. If I was you, I would put less focus on your ex and turn more towards things you do for yourself. But that's just my opinion.

AI is simply a tool. Any tool can be used dangerously, AI is no exception. Where AI differs is its scale and potential to significantly alter and change society. For better or for worse. Here are some examples of how AI can be misused: AI controlled weapons could lead to mass destruction and loss of life. AI-powered malware and other cyber threats can be used to attack individuals, companies, organization and nations. AI-powered surveillance can heavily undermine individual privacy and liberties. AI can be used to create and spread misinformation, deepfakes, etc. which can manipulate public opinion and undermine freedome of speech. Automization will disrupt job markets and the economy. At the very worst, it can contribute to social destabilization. It can be very difficult to explain the decision making of an AI, which makes it harder to hold organizations and business accountable for their actions, undermining the legal protection of individuals. AI will change the world. Not being cognizant of the dangers of AI is foolish, because it absolutely can be used for evil or mishandled. It's very important that we keep a very close eye on AI and its development.

Only real downsides of Chat GPT is having to register with your phone number, the server capacity and there being a limit how many questions you can ask per day.

Aging is the process of DNA running out of telomeres, the part of the DNA that is required for succesfull cell devision. Since telomeres are a finite resource, eventually our cells run out and they start to age and lose their function. Theoretically, if you could somehow "add" more telemores to one's DNA, you could post-pone aging. You could theoretically do that indefinietely if you had the technology for it. Aging is as natural to animals as the biomechanical reliance on a finite enzyme for maintaining the body. Lobster are biologically immortal, as they have an infite supply of telomeres. So it's not the case that aging is natural in principle. It's just so happens that most of us are built in such a way where do age as a byproduct of the biomechanical processees that keep us living. It's not quiet understood why newborns have a fresh supplies of telomeres when they in theory should have the same amout as their parents, as most animals usually aren't capable of creating new telomeres for themselves. Telomeres aren't fully understood yet.

Games can insight compulsive behavior in some people, for certain. But calling developers drug dealers is a way overblown statement. Games are art, and devs are artists. A significant portion of games bought are never even played (about 37% on Steam), and of the games played, only about 10-20% of gamers actually play to completion. They are just games.

What's the worst aspects of being a writer and are those things you can deal with? Looking it up, writing as a career has several large cons: Low job security Hermit lifestyle weight gain Economic uncertainty Creative block If you can contend with cons like these, then writing might work out for you, especially if certain cons are pros to you. For example, if you actually enjoy being alone a lot and don't plan on having a family, then writing can be alright in that way. I like Mark Manson's concept of "shit sandwhich" when it comes to career choice. Basically what cons are your pros, things that most people don't like that you enjoy. That is a "talent" that makes you competitively viable in the market place and helps you figure out your temparement relative to career choice.

AI absolutely deserves regulation. It's a disruptive technology that will likely change the life of everybody. Regulation is necessary to mitigate abuse and negative consequences. Currently AI has no real ethical mandates. My main concerns with AI is large scale job disruption. What happens when a sizable portion of the population is suddenly out of a job due to automization? At one point in the future, the job market might become increasingly temperomental. We as a culture will have to contend with that. For example, it might become increasingly normal to have multiple complete career shifts thoughout a lifetime, simply because human demand dies out due to automization. The demand for human labor in general might decrease in the future, which might be a good thing in a post-scarcity kinda way, where we in general don't "have to" work as much and there's more security around our material needs. But if such a development happens to fast without any forms of social nets, it could lead to chaos. Like, what happens if we fire 80% of all garbage collectors overnight because we have drones that can do most of the menial labor? Just take that example and scale it up to a scale where it concerns society as a whole to a more pressing degree. I am not sure how grounded that concern is in reality, to what degree, but I think it's important to be considerate of how AI will affect society as a principle. My other concern is within the creative industries, where through AI learning we can theoretically automize art and entertainment. We need greater scrutiny around the legality of using copyrighted work for AI learning. There's also the ethical question of if it's right to "supplant" the arts via AI, where humans are not only outcompeted by AI commercially, but also what it does to our appreciation of art. Lets say, in a future version of Unity you can make any game via AI by just typing inputs (no coding required). Anyone can make their dream game, but no one will play it because the market is completely flooded by projects made on a whim. I hope that we as a culture can resist the urge to resurrect dead people via AI, atleast when it comes to commercial products and politics. I can see it having sentimental value to "speak" to your dead relatives in a private setting, but outside of that... It just seems disrespectful to me to puppeteer dead people for a movie for example. Also, just artistically. There should be a generation shift when celebrities pass away. Future movies and projcets shouldn't rely on long dead actors, hogging the roles for then living actors. A good book that talks about future challenges for society, AI among others is Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harris. Highly recommend it if you care about these topics.

You don't have to accept anything. As long as you don't put down others you're good.

I sometimes get funny little thoughts that are uncomfortable, upsetting, etc. Everybody deals with those to lesser or bigger degrees. They are normal. Just wondering, how do you guys deal with intrusive thoughts? What are the pro strats, I.E. the most efficient methods you've found to help with intrusive thoughts.

Good post. You just need to talk to more women fundamentally.

Do you mean that there's no point in having started something if you weren't going to finnish it. I don't think that is true, if it that's what you meant. I'm an artist. I draw nearly daily. Most of the work I put in is never appreciated or recognized, and most of what I put out is mediocre as I'm a novice. To me, when it comes to creation, it's more important to just keep moving forward. Keep learning. Keep improving. Don't fret so much about the small stuff. Eventually you'll get to a point where it feels more natural. I have a weekly goal of one fully rendered drawing (Ca. 16-20 hours of work). I regularily hate what I end up making that week, but it keeps me drawing. I can visually tell looking back at my weekly submissions that I'm steadily improving, which warms my heart. That is something that works for me. Just don't stop.