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The Epstein files confirm that they were angry at Michael for keeping children away from their island. I believe Michael is innocent, even though his behavior was quite unusual. He was so full of love that he could not see love in a sick sexual way like many others do. But I could be completely wrong. I think people who are absolutely certain that Michael was a pedophile do not understand how difficult it is to judge this. The answer should be “I don’t know” because it is not easy to say yes or no to this.

It comes with both pros and cons. The good part is that you gain more experience and insight into how other people think and behave. The bad part is that it is done in a corrupt way. Religious people often love to cherry-pick the loving verses while ignoring the strange or immoral ones.

I’m not saying school is useless. I’m saying it has real downsides, like stress, lack of individuality, and forcing everyone into the same system.

@Leo Gura It’s funny that you think there aren’t many downsides when school is designed to make people slaves to their own minds. It’s even funnier because you’re someone who claims to strive for enlightenment and to think outside the box.

Needing something doesn’t magically make it flawless. Try again.

You may not have felt brainwashed, but it’s possible you were influenced unconsciously by words or ideas from your parents that you didn’t fully understand. That’s a real possibility. But I’m glad you didn’t feel confused and were able to ask the difficult questions about God and the church.

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Too much conformity becomes harmful, and that’s exactly what school often turns into. There are more downsides than benefits. You’re right that everyone goes through a conformist phase, but school is far too restrictive to give students any real room to breathe. It creates more stress than freedom.

It’s not abuse because a healthy society needs rules. School is abuse because it limits consciousness with false claims and teaches obedience instead of questioning. It’s not healthy. The fixed schedules for when to wake up and when to stop aren’t natural, and the system isn’t adapted to human needs.

Girls who ride motorcycles have my respect.

Starting to see that lust isn’t really about the other person. It feels like they have something, beauty, energy, aliveness, but the actual experience is happening within me. So what I’m really chasing isn’t the form, but a state of consciousness that gets triggered through the form. This explains obsession you think the source is “out there,” so you keep chasing it. But if you look directly, the feeling is self-generated. At the same time, it’s not like the other person is irrelevant. The form still matters as a trigger. So it’s like the experience is internal the trigger is external Still trying to see clearly where projection ends and actual connection begins.

I agree with that perspective.

Thank you!

Mindfulness and journaling can help, sure. But I wonder if there’s a point where observation turns into over-analysis, and you end up watching life instead of fully engaging with it

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@No1Here2c Great comments

You know what your problem is? You think if you think hard enough, you’ll escape the chaos of being human. News flash you won’t. You’ll always be ahead of your reality and behind your expectations. That’s just how it goes. Nobody cares how clearly you see life. They care what you do in it.

I’m glad you became rebellious at such a young age, otherwise you would never have become a mod on this forum 🌟🥳

Sounds like your brain is stuck in a threat loop after what happened. A guy laughing once isn’t really a new threat, I get why it still messes with you though after everything that happened before. Try not to go too deep into the thoughts when they show up, it just turns into more scenarios in your head. Also just because you feel scared doesn’t always mean you’re in danger right now, sometimes your body is just reacting to old stuff.

Sorry, I read your comment too quickly and assumed you were also talking about me. I apologize for my behavior. I was very triggered by someone else as well and was a bit too harsh towards him too. But then I agree with you that the others who talk about a God who can make conscious choices don’t have strong arguments. I would actually say it’s impossible to have strong arguments in that kind of position because there are too many flaws for it to be salvaged.

I never said I accept the premise of an agential God. My point was more about the usefulness of moral labels like ‘all-good’ in general.

If you really think that, then you’re either an idiot or someone with a big ego. What you’re saying isn’t anything higher-level than what anyone else has said in this forum. Your attitude and your arguments are just as bad as your personality. You’re like a pick-me girl, except no one actually wants to give you much attention because you’re a tragic mess.

I’m not saying everything that causes harm should be banned or controlled. I just think we need to be honest about ideas, especially the ones that shape kids. Some harm might be unavoidable, but that doesn’t automatically make it acceptable or something we shouldn’t criticise. And I’m not only talking about religion here, anything that discourages critical thinking or uses fear should be questioned.