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Everything is child abuse: Our food, our education system, our culture, the way we encourage our kids to out compete each other. And then we wonder why they become destructive unhappy adults. Not to mention that just by giving birth you are contributing to overall net suffering. Even relatively good lives have more suffering than pleasure. This makes reproduction unethical in a certain sense.

Nice, me too. What's your favorite take-away from all those books?

These are awesome books on human nature that contain many deep emotional, complex themes - things that stage yellow thinkers might enjoy. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Brothers Karamazov. There's a reason it's routinely considered one of the best books of all time. Some shorter books: A Short Stay in Hell by Peck I Who Have Never Known Men

Fiction can sometimes teach better than non-fiction.

These are too funny, and a great way to see how Iran sees the US.

He says that because Mindset is the only variable factor whereas reality can't be changed. It's useless to focus on changing reality and so mindset becomes the only thing that really matters. But in truth success depends on a nebulous mixture of both. The less conducive reality is to success the more important mindset becomes but also success becomes less probable.

Ya looks good, will read it for sure

Yes and working together, the sexes get all directions covered.

This whole interview is insane. At around the 45 min mark Piers asks him what we should have done differently during COVID and he doesn't have an answer.

Looks like a great site. The type of communication called "non-violent communication" will also work well for these purposes. There's books and videos on the topic.

That is very likely a big reason. Non-arranged couples could borrow some of this advice to make their relationships be more fulfilling and last longer too.

Finding a spouse is a long and tedious chore. Consider yourself lucky you don't have to go through the hassle of finding someone yourself and you can focus on doing consciousness work instead. If arranged marriages were so bad then the millions of arranged couples would be miserable. However studies show that arranged marriages actually produce happier couples and obviously less divorce too which is a very unhappy thing to go through. All women are generally the same and all men are too. It doesn't really matter who you end up with as the human mind is malleable and people adapt to suit each other over time. Focus on being a conscious partner in your relationship and lead your family to be the best version of themselves no matter what level of consciousness they start from.

When Leo says "evil doesn't exist" on his channel or in an interview we all cheer and praise Leo. When someone suggests it in the forum about certain topics everyone loses their minds.

Yes, exactly relationships are about responsibility and realistic expectations more than anything. Realistic expectations seem low when it's compared to songs and movies. Op was expecting restaurants and Christmas markets to be fun but they are more of a responsibility and a minimum expectations than something euphoric (unlike how the media portraits things like that). Don't chase happiness, chase responsibility and minimum expectations from the other person and yourself (not too high) and bliss might follow as a result. Hope for the best but keep expectations low.

For both men and women, when your expectations (i.e. your hopes, neediness, demands from the other person) are lower you are more relaxed, less clingy, less desperate. From a relaxed state you make better choices and become a better partner in a relationship and thus you get a better relationship. Demanding the other person make you happy or demanding from yourself to make the other person happy leads to disaster. This applies to both men and women.

Relationships is a lot like money. Both are good to have but neither makes you as happy as you think it will. You need both to meet your basic needs but don't expect euphoria from either. Getting euphoria from money or relationships is a lie by clever marketers to sell products, and ideas, and clothes, movies, books, etc. Realizing this lowers your expectations for relationships and actually makes them better. In some sense the secret to happiness is low expectations.

If you aren't willing to put in the work then you won't get meaningful results. Reading is one of the accessable and cheapest ways to learn something but there are other ways too. People like Peter Ralston, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sadhguru were incredibly disciplined, studious, and hard working to achieve their apparent blissful states. We have to be also to achieve anything - both inwardly and outwardly - close to what they did. Otherwise it's great that you are meditating and just keep doing things that help you reach your goals. Many people overlook sleep diet and excersize.

The algorithm is radicalizing women too

Than what are you?

This is correct. MOST actors deflect but not ALL. So asking people to take responsibility is somewhat effective. Men need to learn that being "bad" is low conscious behavior and women need to learn that being attracted to "bad boys" is also low conscious behavior. Slowly more and more people change but it might take hundreds of years.

Great post. Here's some more nuances: Men are socialized to work more hours outside the home and thus make more money. Women work more hours inside the home but don't get an official paycheck. Men are also more willing (or socialized to) take higher risk jobs, travel for work, compete for high paying jobs. Men get more money for this but they lose time (and influence) with their kids as a result. Not to mention more likely to die from stress and risk. Also statistics show women make most of the financial decisions in relationships, spend more money, and have more power when it comes to spending. Men are more willing to spend on women than vice versa. Putting it simply men earn slightly more money and women spend slightly more money on average. These discrepancies should also be addressed if we are to completely level the playing field by equalizing earnings.

Not sure if anyone cares about the WHCD or about Oz Perlman but he's a mentalist with some crazy tricks. Here are some examples:

Literal Shots fired at the WHCD and Trump is evacuated. Guess it will be rescheduled.

Good call, psychedelics do potential harm along with any perceived benefits.

Easy: 1 ask their partner's name/hobbies/job? 2 Ask them what they are doing on the weekend. If the answer is nothing then there is a good chance they are single.