Keryo Koffa

welcome! How else am I supposed to get through Leo and every other youtubers' unique 1000+ book lists

Same for me but with gender rather than sexuality

Guys, that's what ChatGPT is for! "The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir, published in 1949, is a seminal work in feminist philosophy. The book is a comprehensive and profound analysis of the status of women throughout history and in contemporary society, exploring the ways in which women have been marginalized and oppressed. Here is a summary of its main points: Introduction Beauvoir starts by asserting that women have historically been considered the "Other" in relation to men, who are seen as the default or the norm. She argues that women are not born but made, highlighting that gender is a social construct shaped by historical and cultural contexts. Part One: Facts and Myths This part is divided into several sections: Biological Data: Beauvoir examines the biological differences between men and women, arguing that biology alone does not determine the roles that women play in society. Psychoanalytic View: She critiques the Freudian and Jungian theories of femininity, which often reduce women to their reproductive functions or psychological archetypes. Historical Materialism: Beauvoir looks at the materialist perspective, exploring how economic conditions have influenced the subjugation of women throughout history. Myths: She discusses the various myths and symbols that have been used to justify the oppression of women, such as the idea of women as the eternal feminine, the muse, or the mother. Part Two: Woman’s Life Today This part explores the lived experiences of women from childhood to old age: Childhood: Beauvoir examines how girls are socialized into accepting a subordinate role from a young age, through toys, education, and societal expectations. The Girl: She analyzes the adolescent girl's struggle with her emerging sexuality and identity, often constrained by societal norms. Sexual Initiation: Beauvoir discusses the first sexual experiences of women, often characterized by passivity and submission. The Married Woman: She explores the institution of marriage, which she sees as an oppressive structure that limits women's freedom and development. The Mother: Beauvoir examines the role of motherhood, both its joys and its burdens, and how it is often used to confine women to the private sphere. Social Life: She discusses how women are excluded from meaningful participation in public life and are instead relegated to roles that serve men’s needs. Prostitutes and Hetaeras: Beauvoir looks at women who live outside the traditional bounds of marriage and family, discussing both the limitations and freedoms they experience. From Maturity to Old Age: She concludes by examining the later stages of a woman’s life, often marked by a loss of identity and purpose as her reproductive and sexual roles diminish. Conclusion In her conclusion, Beauvoir calls for a radical rethinking of society to achieve true equality between men and women. She advocates for women's liberation through economic independence, access to education, and participation in all areas of public life. She emphasizes that both men and women need to recognize and embrace their freedom and reject the traditional roles that have been imposed upon them. Beauvoir’s work remains influential, providing a foundational text for feminist theory and a profound critique of the ways in which women have been marginalized and oppressed throughout history.

I gotta integrate it, it's like: I wanna experience autonomous entities, lucid dreams, other realms, and sleep paralysis, but when push comes to shove, I can't even maintain the experience while being impaled by a necromorph and immediately wake up, pathetic.

I don't follow the news enough to have a large enough picture of his parenting beyond the few public sensationalist media posts you can expect any popular person to get slandered by. Oh well Not sure why we care so much, is it because he's a high-tech visionary, that we expect him to be more spiritually evolved? Like I get we are in the age of public figure slander normalization. But how exactly is focusing the light through a magnifying glass to burn an ant exactly gonna raise our consciousness or uncover something meaningful?

Our history has been quite a struggle. The evolution through spiral dynamics stage red, blue, and orange, all expressed in hypermasculinity: war, ideology, and materialism. Stage green was so heavily demonized when it finally opened the door to integrate the feminine. Despite all the ego games and distractions, we are making progress. It takes much to override our programming and the endlessly expanding house of cards that is academia with its take on determinism, logic, and objectivity, prescribing how to live and how to be. As my past self noted: "You seek what you lack". And in this context, feminine traits are looked down upon, creating a split in the psyche. The way many seek to reconcile it is by externally "conquering" the other gender, being naturally attracted to these characteristics they aren't allowed to express themselves. Envying such freedom and rationalizing anger and one's circumstances by believing them to be objectively necessary and a "selfless" sacrifice. All of this manifests itself in confused attraction since what you desire is to be free and whole, meanwhile feeling attracted to the other gender.

At some point we start wondering "what isn't ego" and so there's the path of full-integration or annihilation Depending on if we define ego as a limitation of conscious experience or resistance towards authentic desire Good post!

More like a toroidal field that keeps replenishing itself over and over again But don't you worry, the ego doesn't last Not forever Probably! Eh, you'll get over it!

If there is no self, then we don't exist and so there's nothing that doesn't have free will, so we all have free will

I had a nested dream once, where I looked into the mirror and moved around seeing it reflected, but then I could hardly keep up and I felt more weighty, I was scared of the reflection becoming autonomous and so tried to continue and mirrored it until I couldn't, then I looked at it as it moved when I stopped, its eyes having turned into a black void, until one of us shrieked and so I woke up, twice!

This definitely has potential, that's for sure! Princess Arabia bambi I just discovered ❄ (˵¯͒〰¯͒˵) ❄ another Infinity Infinite Schemas in cool formats, because why not, I want ego credit

@bambi It's fine now, after all this time, how could I still be angry? Been growing lots in the past few months and learning how to react and interact was part of it. It's really fun and "enlightening" being here. Treat it as a squabble among siblings

@Princess Arabia As they tend to say: Now was that filmmakers or non-dualists saying that I don't even know anymore Hey, look at the cool formatting I just discovered, ain't that cool? Only visible on desktop (mode) though

With Yimpa and Leo I was refering to yesterday's/today's thread, nuwu somewhere at some point, PA here And as for me, it's right here, I got way too heated, though you did ignore everything I would say

In essence, overlaying images and also this:

@bambi I used to get triggered, now I'm really enjoying this! Both for the genuine discussion and deep dive into biases as much as the comedy of interaction and internet history! I think doing an AI narrated and meme music infused comedy sketch on comment exchanges in a youtube video or bog style format would overdo it though, so I'll leave it at that for now! lol

@Princess Arabia Click on your profile picture, profile opens, click picture, drag to desktop, open photoshop (in my case krita), add text, choose color white, bold italic, write text, get a picture of a book on google images, drag to desktop, have all three open as layers, use transform tool to stretch your pic and the text over the book, use ward tool to select and delete the background, export as png, drag to reply, click, post, wait for your reaction

@Princess Arabia Are you kidding? Bambi is way too serious about this work! There's no way he's gonna stalk one person only, each of us is getting dozens of dedicated rants that holistically add up at least a book each, not accounting for sequels and crossovers! Chapter 2: The Downfall of Yimpa's cheekiness Chapter 3: Not even Leo is Safe from his Wrath Chapter 4: Keryo, the Nonsense Singularity Chapter 5: nuwu, the eccentric know-it-all

@Andrea Bianca As above, so below. Just like building habits, changing patterns and moving places, it takes awareness, will and dedication to transcend all that causes homeostatic push back. Imagine you have your favorite playlist and you browse the site for new songs, many you don't really like, you look for similar ones to your favorites, but changed up, remixed. Now imagine enjoying every random song to full intensity just as much as your favorites. On one hand, it's great, on the other, you feel a bit uneasy, since now you feel the next step is to delete your old playlist, because it keeps you from listening to new songs and doesn't matter anymore, yet you have so many meaningful memories synchronized with it. That's identity and meditation is raising awareness and finding contentment, unravelling the ego and being fine with whatever comes your way. In a way, meditation is a prerequisite, in another, you can choose any yogic practice or create your own sadhana because again: As Above, So Below. Lessons learned on one plane, will be shared on others to varying degrees and a lifelong dedicated master to one practice is as if not more far more formidable than a jack of all traits. And so finally, everything spiritual is meditation. Now, if refer to meditation as the calm sitting quiet activity only, then some will, others will find it difficult, depends on your temperament/style. Permanence though is very tricky, apparently nothing is permanent, but does that apply to God, I wouldn't even know.

I think lots of positions here are well encapsulated in this old post, including @Salvijus' intentional "start end repeat":

@stephenkettley and because you're everything and everyone and god can do whatever feels like, there is no problem with that!

@James123 I did actually notice that before, just fail to "embody" it. Had whole posts dedicated to that. *self-contradictory* lol

@OBEler Hmmm! I guess that puts some of my puzzle pieces together! So there are layers of reality, above us the NDE/spirit/soul realm that transcends out 3d-space-time universe and then there is the "somewhat" locked in and homeostatic experience that we are currently living that has certain boundaries that are hard to breath and that we form our lives in. And lucid dreaming would not be "real" infinity, but more so an expanded ego experience based on our current karma, desires and imagination that we collected over our lives, connected creatively in imagination. But the difference would be that imagination would be limited to this "manas as sadhguru would call it" and there are "hyperreal" dimensions of actuality beyond this one that aren't just imaginary self-created dream scenarios. Even if all is made from the same substrate...

But isn't zero also a portal to infinity? You know, inflection points and all... also, I thought non-existence doesn't exist to even be included, yet what is 0? Nothingness, but a substrate nothingness instead of a non-existence nothingness? Is there nothing behind 0 that makes it so? Trippy!