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Yes…AAVE was also covered in the administrator/professor’s presentation as well that I mentioned earlier…and yes she was a Black American emphasizing Black student’s plight in the university system.

One of my favorites... I can feel my heart physically ache every single time

It's interesting because we had an administrator/professor come into my university classroom last year to talk about how many do not have English as a first language, so they get marked down on papers due to grammatical/punctuational/spelling errors etc., even though you could technically still understand what they are trying to say. They would argue lots of poor education standards in certain areas of the U.S. also account for this, even in English speakers. So unless the class is purely an English writing class, the professor will not be allowed to mark someone down in let's say... a history class paper for grammar/punctuation/spelling etc., and if you do you can dispute the grade with the dean. Of course, every body of system, whether a university or a forum, can make up it's own rules about stuff like this. I would argue that in this forum, if you specifically highlight that your post is an "art form", you should be able to forgo the rules of punctuation and capitalization. Obviously a Kendrick Lamar song, or any song, doesn't need to follow those rules...

True yes. Though l feel like most people have only experienced mere touches of what that is like, and embodying it in your everyday existence is a whole other thing. For some, those limited experiences can be enough to make some drastic changes at the least, and it seems to be what Kendrick is contemplating.

@Hojo I was introduced to him as a teen by someone who really broke down his lyrics for me, and it opened my eyes to how outstanding his writing is. He is the first rapper to receive a Pulitzer prize-- for his album DAMN. I would at least read his lyrics if you cannot follow it in a song. A lot of his songs touch upon morality and spirituality. Though I'm not so sure if it's a blue or yellow stage view of things...honestly I think he touches upon red through yellow in the spiral... still great.

I really like the back and forth of whether or not he loves "war" when he claims to want peace. Peace would require consciously knowing "every individual is only a version of you", and as we all know, fully consciously being aware of nonduality at all times is not exactly easy. Therefore, even if you do claim to want peace, it really will always be a surface level understanding of it. Being in duality will always technically mean being in love of war since others are separate from you, whether or not you like it.

Me🙋🏻‍♀️ It’s in the high 80Fs this week over here, and it’s messing with me mentally. I thrive in the cold!

https://doubleblindmag.com/dogs-on-lsd/ But there's more....the dogs supposedly have autism too... What do we think of this study yall?

@Keryo Koffa I remember he went on a tangent about all the different kinds of palm trees in one video, now I notice the differences in palm trees more heh. Yes it would be fun if Leo made a random video talking about corals or palm trees etc for hours

@OmniNaut amazing share, thank you!

Watch the Paprika(2006) film if you haven't, Inception is actually based off it and much better.

I have not watched any of the movies, because I end up falling asleep somehow, so I cannot actually judge them. I did however finish reading The Hobbit this past summer. Adored Tolkien's writing style, eager to the rest of the books. I have not read fiction in a long time, so it was pleasant.

Go on the r/aita reddit and every week there’s a major post on there about their partner asking to open up the relationship. See how well that goes for them. The ethical rule in the polyamory/open relationship community is that you have to be honest from the beginning. Not waste people’s time and hurt them in the middle of a relationship. A brief threesome is entirely different from having a permanent third woman.

@Ampresus Did Beck in the podcast mention her multiple partnered relationships before, or after, you started the visualization?

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Literally this morning after my yoga class, this older lady started talking to me and eventually asked if I was a Christian. I said no, and she was like, well do you know Jesus Christ? I was like "yeah, he's cool". lol. Started going on about heaven and hell and encouraging me to go to church. I just politely nodded along and smiled, while politely declining at her offers. She told me a story of how she was late driving to her new job, when she needed to cross 6 lanes to make her next turn. She just closed her eyes and prayed to God to blindly swerve over 6 lanes to make it. She made it, hit no cars, and said that was proof that God is real. oof. She was very sweet overall, it's just hard to find an out when they start their rant, I had to ask about going to the bathroom to end it after 20 mins.

I watched this video as a homework assignment, and essentially this person found his way to recovery from addiction through spiritual experiences that he had, despite many other addiction treatment modalities he went through. He was introduced to CBT, outpatient groups, 12-Step meetings every day, church every Saturday and Sunday, bible study every Tuesday, and frequented an MMA gym. None of these ultimately worked for him, it was his personal encounter with a spiritual experience. Personally, I never really suffered from addiction, but I suffered from suicidal ideations from the ages of 9-21 years of age. From 18-20 I was atheist, and it was my spiritual experience that got me out of it. At the core of what stopped my suicidal ideations was the spiritual experiences I personally had, whether through psychedelics or dreams. I did go to therapy and other things, but what I truly believe keeps me going from falling too down a dark hole, even through hard times, is my touch with spirituality. My goal is to eventually become a therapist myself, and currently I might be taking a job as a case manager for previously homeless individuals who are still actively using drugs (harm reduction/housing first methods). If I personally feel that spirituality has helped me the most, and my clients have never had nor thought about spirituality, where is my ethical boundary in nudging or not nudging them towards it? How deeply can someone truly change without a spiritual experience?

@BlueOak Funny how I have not come across anyone else in my field who is aware of spiral dynamics yet. I wonder when it will get taught, and especially used as a tool in practice.

@gettoefl Very beautiful wording. Nudging versus forcing is a delicate balance, just making sure I don't cross into the forcing side.

Love this analogy, thank you. I wonder if I should just focus on them (my possible work with previously homeless, current addicts) getting practical matters out of the way to be grounded in this reality first too, if Maslow's hierarchy of needs plays a role in their spirituality.

@Nivsch I like this a lot, it helps avoid even using the word 'spirituality' in case that's something they are not into. I definitely want to avoid forcing my view on them, and see how I can help bring it out of them through their own intuition like you said. Thank you.

Going to an international Day of Peace event ft. Jane Goodall today was very green of me. We also all sang happy birthday to her for her 90th birthday. So sweet. Loved getting to see her in person, she's one of my top idols for sure. Figured this would count

@PurpleTree Oh of course. I’m not planning on even mentioning the word psychedelic with clients unless they bring it up first, and even then it’s not my position to encourage it further. What I mean is— is it possible to have deep fundamental changes to your being, changes that are so drastic that it ends a years long addiction to heroin, without a personal spiritual experience? Personal spiritual experience being different from simply reading the bible or going to church— which is just intellectual and heady and not a direct experience with divinity.

@ExploringReality I was 20 when I first found Leo, and I am now 27 too haha. I took acid this past weekend, only half a tab as I was trip sitting friends, but I had inklings of this during the trip nonetheless. Nice post.