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That's good, but real understanding doesn't come from exchanging words.. They say when ppl are with others together, the majority of the communication is done via body language and vocal tones, which cannot be translated here... Plus when continually going back and forth over many multiple posts, the others POV becomes blurred, responding with your own opinion become primary, so then the real communication is over with in that case but it is good that You want to understand him better, he has many good point for sure!!

Lots of us are trapped in loops of coping skills and behaviours, like distraction or procrastinating.. If You truly embrace the Insight as a Real Insight, and You feeling it is empowering, that should reflect in how You feel and experience life.. Problem is Karma is a bitch, Karma is like the Software in a computer, if You don't reprogram the software, it will keep on spitting out the same outputs, so fix the software (Your conditioning, tendencies, habits, mental rehashing and overthinking patterns, etc) and then the experience of Empowerment is real for You and it feels Good!

If AI does explode and we are all replaced at our jobs, then first they will have to do something for the ppl that have no income, like maybe change the economic system so we all have basics supplied to Us for free, otherwise what happens to the billions of replaced workers??? The plus side is with all this free time we can explore why we are really here, certainly its not too work at a job most of us don't want to be doing right?

Lol, that is good to know... Bruce Lee in his last years alive, created Jeet Kune Do, this is the most Unconformist Martial Art created, its all about being Unnaturally Natural, and in the end is all about being completely Individualistic and Free in a sense.. But Bruce wasn't born like this, he had to learn, basics and such, yes he was a natural at it, show him a movement once and he mastered it the next day, not many like this, but he was super intense, dedicated and committed, and via that he learned the basics really quick and moved on! So beginning stages of any new learning or exploration, in a way you have to be a Conformist, have to learn, become Wise, and once Wise You become Non Conformist, totally independent and Individualized! This is a good path, you learn and experience both and are not stuck in a box at anytime for very long!

I think this sort of stuff has to be done in person, especially with Spirituality matters, debating online there can be allot of misunderstandings in language usage and contexts and such, in the end it doesn't lead anywhere when it is back and forth so much... Too much talking about it makes one further away from it in the end!!

Every Human Being wants to be More than What it is Right Now! That is fact, and that is the Desiring Process its built into Us, this is the natural arising of Spirituality within Us! But we are Ego identified to such a high degree that it blinds us to this process.. Observation as a practice is basic stuff, it creates a space btwn You and Mind in a way, so that You can recognize that You are not the Mind or Body... After that sooner or later You have to increase Your Energy/Life Force within, that is really where it starts to happen!!

Guys, talking Spirituality, making it a subject as you both are is useless! Debating spiritual or mind concepts gets You know where, You'll never come to agreement and it doesn't mean anything anyways as Concepts don't mean reality!

There is just BEING! Being this or that is false self, or Ego, Ego can arise in any endeavour, but You would that someone that comes across the Spiritual paths and find it interesting would be less likely to engage in Egoic behaviour, but the Ego is clever and does not want to lose control or die easily, so be weary.. The New Age crap is guilty of this, they sell crystals, were beads and funny clothing to "Look" spiritual, but as said before their behavior does not reflect it, I do believe that if one is truly on the path then for sure it will reflect in their behaviour and such!!! Spirituality is only about how to experience the non physical aspect of what You Are, if You are not the Body or Mind, then that implies what You are is non physical in nature!

Yes this is the problem with taking psychedelics, its "work free" Bliss and Experience which in the end is a No No, if You get something for nothing or by popping a pill it will come back on You! If one wants the ultimate Experience for a Human, to experience God/Absolute they mostly have to work for it, then it is earned and real, the Guru is just here to smooth the path, not make one experience, as in the end its always up to the Individual to seek Absolute, and find a way to Experience it...

That's true, but in the end we all want a Pleasurable experience in life, not a miserable one, and emotions like Happiness, Joy, Love, Peace, they are all Pleasurable experiences, but not identical, that is why we have words that describe them... Love mean Two, its in relationship to something else. Peace is balance and equanimity, Joy having Fun like a child, Happiness is Acceptance of What Is. But Bliss and Ecstasy are not like these things, Bliss is overall a more intense experience of Pleasure, and its related to inner Experience, and Ecstasy is out of this world Pleasure that comes from within as well, so there is a difference in terminology I think!!

Discovered, as a certain Potential that was waiting to be discovered to help explain Reality!!

Awakening fits in by allowing You to absolutely realize that only this moment exists in reality, and that is all there ever is, reality is one big Moment, and via that realization, the depression from the past disappears as does the stress and anxiety of the future, as neither of these things really exist.. They only Exist in the Mind scape, Mind is past/memory and future/imagination orientated, this great feature allowed our Species to Survive and Dominate as it has, otherwise we would not have made it this long! But we are not the Mind, so when all of this comes into Realization on the Experiential level, then all You can do is Laugh and Play this Game of Life!! Its a much more enjoyable ride than being Mind Identified and trapped in that loop of my past sucked and I'm scared of what is too come!!

I've been researching this AI issue and situation, I think there is allot of Hype surrounding it, for sure we will have AI in the future but I don't think it will be as pronounced as they say it will be.. In the early 90's I was part of the Amway Business, I learned allot from them.. They basically said in the future ppl will not go to stores anymore everything will be what we call ONLINE, they didn't call it that back then, and they said everything would be delivered to Your door or neighbourhood., well that is True today, although Malls and Stores are still here, older ppl want to touch stuff but that generation is slowly dying off.. So we will have AI working for US for sure! The richest companies today are Tech Company's, they are the ones betting on AI hitting it big, so therefore they are investing like crazy in data farms and such things, so of course they control the narrative and the hype, but we will always need and want humans, at least for the next couple of generations, if we make it that long!!

They were much better 20-30 yrs ago. I'm not from Toronto, I'm from a smaller city in Northern Ontario, close to Lake Superior, in that town there were Italian, Polish, Ukrainian Immigrants, then the rest of Us, lol, my parents were born in Canada but their parents came from over seas... We all got along great, I luv Italian Food, and Ukrainian cabbage rolls, and perogies lol. They all had their halls, with small bars in them, were You could have a cold beer and chat... Life was more real and authentic back then, now everyone is on their phones, heads down, trying to look like their important, and always in a rush, and we are losing the politeness too...Crime is on the rise, and lower quality of life as well...

We are the only living creatures that have two words to describe Us, Human and Being.. Human is survival, procreation, doing, working, having fun, experience chasing, sex, dating, exploring the world, then die... Being is at a much higher level than Human, BEING is being intouch with what You really are, we are not the Body or Mind, if You realize that simple thing, then Life opens up, because after awhile the chasing and Human stuff gets old!!

Bliss and Ecstasy, I would want these things more than Love.. You only want Love to feel a "sense" of Bliss, as Love means TWO, it is mostly about You and someone else or something else as ppl can luv their car, house, vacay spot and other things... I've created a scale of sorts, 0=Peace, 10=Ecstasy, Love is 8, Bliss is 9, its all about Intensity of Emotion and Experience, as Bliss/Ecstasy are not Emotions, but Love is!

I think pure evil (evil actions that is), think of a sadist, someone who likes to inflict pain on another, this I would say is about as Evil as it gets..Compared to Putin, he is sort of Evil but he is doing for of a cause that in his perception is justified, the re creation of the USSR or something like that is what he wants right? So he will do Evil actions, destroy ppl's lives (Ukraine) to get what he wants, so there are Evil people (sadists) and then there are Evil Acts! It all comes down to Unconsciousness to various degrees, as well as psychosis of sorts.. There are tons and tons of unconscious ppl in the world, the majority of the ppl of the world are unconscious, but they don't do Evil acts or are Evil themselves, so there is a sort of psychosis going on too, the evil ones are part narcissistic, lack any empathy, only see and experience themselves, and are psychopaths.. If Good exists then Evil exists, but is Killing strictly Evil? Its the intention behind the person doing the act that determines that, sometimes You have to kill to protect others, if it is not for that, then I can say it is Evil on various levels, pure Evil is Killing for Pleasure!!

I live in Toronto, its crazy here, the biggest problem here is too many ppl, unconscious ppl. Ppl generally here are polite, but the problems of the USA are coming here, crime is up, gang activity is up, and although ppl are nice and polite, there is more of the elitist types too, especially in Toronto lol, you can point them out just by the way they dress and act without interacting with them.. But Toronto has beautiful parks, lots of green area and its close to the wilderness, and hour out of the city and your in the middle of nowhere, so that is good.. Overall this is what is happening in all the big cities, to escape it you have to isolate a bit..but in the end if we don't raise the general level of Human Consciousness we are doomed I think, too many critical situations are on the rise, and if profit, power and control are the only things on the minds of the power players, the rest of us are doomed! Take care of Yourselves and family is the most important thing, be kind and giving when You can!

There has to be a "Question about It" because I and others do not agree with this statement lol... For it too be a real "No Question about it" means everyone agrees! Every Human Being needs O2 to breath! This is a no Question about it thing. Free Will is up for debate for sure, since we don't agree, that says choice is there already, since there is choice found somewhere, Free Will exists! Its important to know that one is capable of using and exerting Free Will because this is the basic Human Quality and Right, so its like not learning how to read, how to write, and such basic survival tools, we know how to teach it, the skill is invaluable, so someone not learn it is at a great disadvantage and disempowerment, that is tragic, as is thinking/believing Free Wil doesn't exist...

"Everything Happens for a reason" is subjectivity, I may say Joe tripping has no reason, Joe may say it does have a reason, he may know the reason, I may not since I wasn't alive then to know how and why it happened... How can You know the reason why Joe tripped if Joe is not here to tell You??? Not everything happen for a reason, if it did then predetermination would rule, something things just happen, randomly. Reason is another aspect of Intellect, Your trying to figure out the why, when You do it feels safe, this is feeling secure in life, Intellect, basic Ego wants to know to feel safe, this is Survival Level of Awareness and Living... I don't think there is a specific "Creator" like they describe as God in the Bible.. Creation, Destruction, Maintenance, then Destruction again to cycle back to Creation has always happened or its happened over trillions of years, so that is eternity in my book, we cannot fathom 1 million years, never mind Trillions of Years!!

Not knowing what is going to happen next sec has nothing to do with Free Will. knowing what is happening now is fully in Your capability, knowing totally what is going on within YOU is what it means to be Human ultimately. You won't know totally what is going on around You, all You can do is either respond to it or react to it, responding is a Conscious Act (Free Will action), Reacting is an Unconscious Act (Determination action)..

You will never know the entirety of WHY, WHy creation, why did this specific thing happen to this specific person at a specific time (Why did Joe Donelay trip on the sidewalk on Feb, 5th 1943 at 3:23 pm in the afternoon, while on Simpson Street in Chicago?) You will never know the Why of it, that is what I mean by Why, You don't and can't know exactly why every situation came about and resulted in what happened, even within Your own life history it will be very hard to find out all the answers to WHY, and it would waste Your whole life trying to find out the why.. The Why comes from Your Intellect, its a part of it to know why, so You live better tomorrow, but its not applicable to Spiritual Questions and such things, as Reality doesn't work logically and why questions require a story and belief in a story to happen for why to dissipate but Stories are not reality, just stories!

Have You ever had one of those days were Your Not feeling so great, maybe a bit blue or sad, then Your Favorite song comes on the radio or speaker system and You all of a sudden feel better? This is hidden Potential within You! The "Feeling Better" was always available to You, You just needed the music to make it come out.. As soon as I realized this in my life I realized everything I want is already present within myself as a Potential, nd that I can manifest it myself with no outside Stimuli needed! When I started a Weight Lifting program the amount of weight I lifted for each lift increase allot after a couple of weeks training, after a couple of mths I could feel and see my muscles were Growing, this is a hidden Potential within, it just needs the Stimuli of lifting weights to bring it out compared to sitting around and doing no activity! So there are a Billion other examples out there, Stallone wrote the script to Rocky in 3 days, the basic draft, the Potential for the Rocky script was always in Sly, he just needed some outside stimulus to make it come out on the paper, and later some refinement! So God is not Love, or Hate, or Bliss, or Sadness, or Success or Failure, those things are mostly completely within Our Control, God just sets up the playing field, the Field of Potential, You are here to go thru this Field of Potential and make it out to be whatever You want it too Be!