Whitney Edwards

How to go deeper and deeper into spirituality everyday? What specific practice would you recommend?

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I'm excited too. Cozy cuddle evenings with coffee and toast. (hot hot coffee and tons of blankets)

Sweet. Thanks for the response hun.

@r0ckyreed You have worded your post really well. Unfortunately I don't know how to answer your topic. You are right in a way. But that's not to mean that everything we know is false. It's a matter of understanding and perspective. It's how your mind molds things and makes a sense of reality. So everyone in a way has their own version of truth that makes sense to them, maybe not to others. You have to do a comparative analysis where you match your theory with practical observations and that's the only way you'll have at least an iota of understanding of the truth. Your mind grasps reality to the extent that it gleans something from it, usually this is tied to our survival biases so a lot of what we glean from the environment is based on our own biases and dissonances and we are often looking to confirm them. You can't test reality because what will you test it against, there's no fundamental block of truth out there. Whatever knowledge we have learned so far, it has only been tested through empirical research over the years and this research is rooted in science and science also has its own limitations. So you're right, we cannot really know the truth. Yet we can compromise with the truth to the extent to which it aids in our survival and understanding of human existence.

Did you hone this skill over years and years or were you always really good at this from the start? I really struggle in this area and I have been struggling for 7 years now. I see very little improvements in myself and really slow. I wish I could read like you, it would be awesome to do that. I get very bogged down and tired after just reading a few lines. Are there any special tricks you use to make your reading interesting and motivating? I suck at it and I'm still trying hard to make reading as palatable as possible. Also what's better for you, reading versus listening to audio books. I struggle with autism so listening to audio books is an over stimulation for me.

Isn't biases a good thing in a way? You get to study those biases and reflect on them and that way you get a taste of human idiosyncrasies and you can notice them in yourself if you happen to do the same. In a way it's learning from others mistakes. Like Leo did the video on traps. Yes we can be repulsed by people's biases but it also becomes a good case study.

What kind of dreams would you have if you were high consciousness?

First start with a small group of students and build a robust curriculum.

Why is religion and spirituality bullshit? Can you elaborate please?

I wish someone could give a clear breakdown of these in words as in description.

Yes you're right. A lot of my insecurities revolve around people and Socializing. Even being on this forum makes me regularly insecure.

I feel insecure about how the other person perceives me. I care too much if I feel I might be offending someone especially a loved one. I feel insecure presenting myself to people in a crowd. I feel people will mock me in some way or mock my intelligence. Deep buried insecurities but I don't know what to do about them.

@Buck Edwards @Hojo another gem. It's been healing for me. @Hojo I can't believe that I listened to it and it helped me in energetic release of some of my trauma. Thank you for making this thread.

Serpents have always been good for me. They hold a high ground in traditional systems like Buddhism and Hinduism.

The kind of platform that she has, there's absolutely no excuse for what she did and the poor example she set. The entire video is an endless stream of her wrongdoings, time to call her out, in fact she needs to be dismissed from her job, her list of wrongdoings piled up to an inexcusable level, it's strange what people can get away with in America if they hold power. This is not so much about her being pressured as much about her taking advantage of her influence and getting away with a lot. If she was unaware of what she was doing from time to time, it's a serious lack of integrity and somebody needed to hold her accountable. Anyways I wanted to vent out and I'm done with it.

This is so wrong it makes me cry. I can't get it out of my head. She made Mariah drink alcohol while she was pregnant. Pathetic level of peer pressure. It's just awful to do this to someone, it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It's so infuriating. To have a platform and use it to peer pressure someone into drinking is absolutely horrible. I was peer pressured into sex with a guy online and I felt traumatised by that and I suffered for months just cutting my self over and over in the bathroom in a fetal position. I mean he pressured me into seeing his dick. At the time I repeatedly told him that I had a boyfriend, this was 2.5 years ago. If this would have happened to me, I would have suffered some level of shock because the alcohol would have been harmful to the foetus.How come the producers at the show didn't tell Ellen to just quit and f**k off. How come Ellen wasn't just fired? It's so upsetting. People rarely discuss how people are peer pressured into non consensual sex or drinking at a party and this regularly happens in dating circles and parties.

Thank you guys so far.

Much of my self development work occurred through my interactions with people on the forum which has its pros and cons, pros overweighing the cons,something that's simply not going to be replicated by AI.

That's why I hate partying.

Maybe he doesn't have good connections. Even if he fails his goals, he will have something to learn from it that could be applied elsewhere that give him more coverage and accessibility in terms of career. Nothing is truly wasted when one shows hard work and commitment.

Also.... You made a good post in a while. So kudos for that.

Too tok is a breeding ground for toxic trends, that's why I stay away from that place. That being said, there's an equal amount of misandry and misogyny in this world. You see incel, rape apologists, red pill filling up the stock of the internet. Both groups exist. The whole manopshere content paraded on YouTube, the list goes on and on. Solution - yes toxic stuff exists, especially on the internet and yes it sucks. Just don't consume it and be a high conscious individual and stay away from it. Regarding how society is impacted by it, it's their karma and lack of maturity that they choose to internalize that. If they can't separate the wheat from the chaff, they will in turn see how it all pans out in the end, low consciousness individuals invite the karma onto them, there is no net benefit in low consciousness, it only serves as a distraction from real growth, and leads to chaos, indecency and disintegration and moral decline. If they choose such a path and decide to be a jerk, it's their path and freedom and our free will cannot be imposed on them. Return to your purity of path and continue. This is the best spiritual insight I could come up with, nothing more to say.

Researchers generally classify meditation techniques into two different categories: concentrative and non-concentrative. Concentrative techniques involve focusing on a particular object that's generally outside of oneself, such as a candle's flame, the sound of an instrument, or a mantra. Non-concentrative meditation, on the other hand, can include a broader focus, such as the sounds in your environment, internal body states, and even your own breathing.