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I would argue, despite what others on this forum say, that Mr Beast is a good example of how to do YouTube right. He started in his mom's house with no experience or talent, got better little by little and never gave up. You may not like his content but his formula for success is undeniable. If your material is 10x more conscious but you are 10x less successful you would still be doing very well. Any testimony of Mr Beast being brain dead is just speculation and most likely from haters being jelous. I showed some people Jiro Dreams of Sushi and they said "he was a robot who was obsessed with work". Everything is perspective.

Good points. If all soldiers across the world refused to fight there would be peace.

If fools like us on a forum can't agree what chance the world have? Who is willing to capitulate?

From Wikipedia "Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War included six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, and up to 500,000 estimated casualties during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine." 500000 is alot of people. You can call it genocide or whatever you want.

It's impossible to skip stages since the model describes each stage as an integration and transcendence of the stages that came before it. But you don't need to become a crypto day trader or join a hippie commune to go throught Orange or Green. You just need to have an honest understanding of those levels.

Right, so NOT funding Ukraine will lead to the genocide of the Ukrainian people and is a bad policy choice by the US in the 21 st Century.

Ukraine got rid of its nuclear weapons in exchange for protection. We have no choice but to protect Ukraine.

Good points. Also ebooks are better for the environment.

I see. So IQ would go up with more education. That makes sense. Also Mexico and middle East are also poor and low measured IQ. Black people invented almost every type of modern music (jazz, rock, reggae, foxtrot, rap etc etc etc). Genius obviously exists in the black communities.

There are studies that show that higher IQ people report being happier.

Great advice above, let me add my view... The solution to your problem is so simple.......being miserable is the bigger delusion! "The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so" - W.R. Inge

I tried it and it was fine, just start at a low dose.

All these "alarming trends" are just clickbait and a way to make money. Alot of them are self fulfilling prophesies too.

Interesting, yes distinctions are useful in all fields and therefore in politics as well. Thanks

The title of your post is "How does your mind work". I often wonder this myself. How does the mind actually produces emotions and thoughts? Scientists claim it's neurons but how does "I" control the neurons to produces specific thoughts and emotions. How does the "I" control thoughts without having knowledge or experience of neurons. Is the "I" also neurons? Is the concept of neurons even useful to us since they can be experienced?

@Princess Arabiado you do psychedelics? Which ones?

A simple thought experiment can show that your consciousness is the collective consciousness. That your consciousness is the result of 1000s of years of human evolution. Imagine if at a very young age, someone put you on a tropical island, lush with edible plants and animals that are easily caught. And you spent your whole life basically alone on the island. They didn't teach you language, history, biology, astronomy or spirituality. What kind of consciousness do you think you would have? You would know nothing about enlightenment, politics, or anything. Do you think you could still get "enlightened" somehow? Without all of society's explanations would enlightened be easier to obtain? What are your thoughts on this?

As Leo says, there are infinite facets and levels to enlightenment. Since infinity is the same as zero, there is no enlightenment.

Good point @Princess Arabia

Interesting. I would say God is the bitching and the judging. And the slave is one who doesn't realize this.

Good point. The best example is how Christians deified their guru to the fullest extent possible. Other religions aren't much better. The only thing that should be "worshipped" is the present moment.

....Just how primitive and backwards the human species is. The adults in our society are still worshipping an outspoken 2000 year old middle Eastern Jew. Talk about living in the stone ages. Thanks for Leo and all of you to help me realize that! Happy Easter and remember to hide the eggs (like seriously wtf? Why are we hiding eggs?). Ps sorry for the rant.

This lady seems to know I'm haven't come to a definite conclusion yet....