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The problem with this is that it justifies creating a human being that cannot suffer but is your slave. One day that will be possible, just change some genes, design the brain to follow your orders but not be able to suffer, and have your own slave robot. Why would it be bad if it doesn't suffer? I could kill the human-slave whenever I want, after all they cannot suffer and they enjoy being my slaves, because that is how I made them. Not valuing the experience of life, especially in the degree of cows and mammals, more than temporary sensory pleasure you get from consuming the meat will lead you down some really bad paths as far as ethics go if you want to remain consistent and be without biases. The thing is that you are not really killing the animal for food, because you have food options which do not take the experience of another being away from them, atleast to a far lesser degree. The reason you kill the animal is because you either like the taste or the convinience of it. If you however do not think death is bad whatsoever, and you do believe suffering is bad, I think you will struggle finding arguments against the anti-natalist. For example, if we wipe out all life on earth, there will be no more suffering. If life itself has no value to you, how is it not a moral imperative to kill all beings to reduce suffering? There are many other problems with the "Death is completely fine" position. Contemplate it, stop using it as an excuse in the animal context and use it universally, see where this position will get you. See if you like where that position gets you. You could view the act of killing someone as taking away their bodily autonomy against their will, and against their best interest. If you do not view death as inherently bad, what about taking someones freedom away from them by depriving them of their existence on this plane? Sure someone can choose to do so to themselves, but how do you justify doing it to someone else when it is not necessary for your survival, and not even for your pleasure. You don't need to eat meat to feel good, you can easily do other things which will not take that liberty away from these beings.

It's so interesting, you can really sense the tension, everyone knowing they are interviewing the most powerful man in the world. And Putin knows, too.

It's from Nature's Trove. I might try another one but I am not sure if it's worth the money. I take Lions Mane too and it does increase productivity somewhat but I wouldn't say it's significant. I might give Huperzine A a go, never heard of it before.

https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeTwentyTwo/ Seems like they offer advice over there from professional dietitians. You could also join the discord of Ask Yourself, there are a lot of doctors and the sort in there. https://discordservers.com/server/363108109797031936 @Dwarniel Why is soy specifically bad for the rain forests? As far as I know soy is pretty land/protein efficient. Just because we grow a lot of it for animals does not mean that growing something else will be better for the rainforest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_protein_per_unit_area_of_land Soy is at the top of the list as far as usable protein per acre goes, that's why we feed it to the cows, because it's so effective. If you would eat something else it would take even more land for the same amount of protein.

I would say view your inner child as an inner child, literally. The subconscious will communicate emotions with you, like a child, and you really just have to behave like it was actually a child communicating with you. Is the child sad about something, is it hurt, does it have self-esteem issues? Well, think about what would be perfect for that child, and become that. Does it need a strong mentor who listens to him, encourages him, maybe even challenges him from time to time to let him see that he can do more than he thinks? Well, then that is what it needs. Treat it like a relationship. Put yourself into the position of the child, read what it is communicating to you, and then imagine who it would need to solve that. And that is what you will need to become. See, when you let your mom abuse you, you also let her abuse the inner child. The inner child will feel helpless, it will even feel betrayed by you. You are it's guardian, what would you feel like if your guardian just let everyone abuse you? Your guardian should protect you, and that is what you need to do with the child. When the child is communicating feelings to you, you just have to listen to it. Don't judge it, meaning don't judge yourself for feeling a certain way. Imagine others judged you for how you feel, what would that make you feel like? Would it help you, or would it damage you? How you talk to yourself is how you talk to the inner child, and it is literally a child. You can't play tough parent when it has no self-esteem, you can't be harsh with it when it has not learned to be resiliant and strong. You have to build it's self-esteem. Every word you think it will hear, each time you judge yourself you are judging it. Each time your encourage yourself you are encouraging it. And don't forget, it knows you. It will know when you are lying to it, you have to genuinely start loving your inner child. Once you do, it will feel comfortable with you, it will share more feelings and you will be giving it the opportunity to heal. You have to build a relationship of trust, you have to step up for the child. Sometimes the child will behave childish, and just like with a real child, you might have to snap it out of it. But you always have to do that from a position of love and acceptance, even when it is something that will challenge it. The child might become arrogant one day, and then you will have to use different strategies. You will know what to do because you know what to do when it comes to other people. If not, just learn more about psychology.

What do you think about phenomena like thinking about a random person and then suddenly getting a message from them seconds later? I have that happen quite often.

Some enlightened beings also rape little monk boys. In fact, the entire universe by nature could be viewed as ultimately enlightened, and it still embraces torture and suffering. Veganism is simply an extention of identification, inclusivity of other beings into the self. There were enlightened masters who had no problem keeping slaves, yet today no enlightened master would deem that appropriate. Spiritual enlightenment will not give one the ability to see the suffering of others as ones own, it only has a tendency to do so because this work inherently has to do with the workings of the ego.

Do you think there are animals who use psychic abilities? Do you think the root of creativity and intelligence itself is psychic/divine in nature and is kind of overlooked because it is so common? Is there really a difference between psychic abilities and any other ability that we view to be naturalistic?

Do you think there are genetic demons? Meaning that a certain energy can get trapped in the genes of a person and be transmitted to the next, propigating that energy? Something like a spirit that attaches itself onto a gene?

All you have to do is just look at it. Look at that which you are questioning. Don't argue, just look. The more you look the more you will see.

What God are you talking about, it's like he is a depressed Santa Clause to you

My observation indicate the opposite. People were so incredibly shallow in the past, they of course still are, but in my opinion it's getting better rather than worse, overall.

God is not bored, God is boredom, and all other dimensions of reality aswell. Subjects are illusiory, there is nothing happening to anyone. There are simply happenings. It wouldn't make sense to say God was bored as much as it wouldn't make sense that you can be bored. Boredom simply exist, it does not belong to anyone or anything. God is the boredom itself, and also the excitement. The Subject - Subjectivity duality doesn't work on humans and it surely doesn't work on Reality as a whole. God is not A, God is not B, God is not C. Rather A, B and C are God. Replace God with the word Reality and you will cease having these confusions. Reality cannot be bored, however reality can be boredom. The whole thing about reality is that it is everything, or rather that everything is it. And no, the reason of existence is pure Love. Why Isness? Love. What Isness? Infinity/Nothingness How Isness? Infinite Intelligence/Creativity, Magic That's how you could frame it. All of this exists from Love and as Love, not boredom. The "substance" of boredom is Love.

What do you think about conspiracies that claim that people in power positions use the occult for their own personal gain? Is that possible, and if so do you think it's likely? What would come to mind are things like Bohemian Grove.

I don't know why you bring your parents irresponsibility into this. What do the animals have to do with that when we all can eat mussels and be fine even if we require meat? China does not have double the meat consumption, but half the meat consumptiopn of the US. I don't know how to communicate with you, you skip most of what I am writing to you and don't respond to it. You also seem very biased in the way you ascertain your facts about any of this, maybe as an overreaction to what your parents did to you. Sure people are super unhealthy in London and Boston because they consume so much animal products, and not even good animal products but ones that come from factory farms. We also don't eat nearly as much vegetables as we require, especially in a time in which vegetables only have a fraction of the minerals and vitamins they used to have even 30 years ago. How can you live in China and not think that meat is a luxury there? Just look at how much more beef they eat now than 30 years ago. It's insane, but still not nearly the amount of the US. And all the "genetically full potential people" you talk about were born in a time in which they consumed almost no meat.

I will add the books to the list thanks. What do you think about Satanism? I read somewhere that their reputation is counter to what true disciples do, for example they are against all forms of animal abuse and are basically just about self-actualization. It was basically about liberating oneself from all the repression that was going on in Christianity, acceping ones own desires instead of demonizing them. The whole ritual sacrifice thing with humans and so forth they claim is a bad popcultural carricature that has nothing to do with true satansim? Is that true? What do you think about that? There was a website about this from a female author but I don't remember it. I think she was practicing Wicca too. I think it was more of a form of paganism and Satan was some sort of pagan god.

Because I don't know if the it is even possible, especially for someone not gifted enough. I also have other areas that I am more gifted at that I think I will be more effectively raising the consciousness of others. With these kinds of things it's seems like natural talent is especially important, so those who have that talent and actualized it have more weight on their shoulders than those of us who do not, I think.

Do you think someone naturally gifted who does not know about it could harm others by unintentionally cursing them, having negative thoughts and visualizations about them?

If so, how?

How do I ask my Divine Self to help? I think there is a difference between communicating with the ego and communicating with the Divine Intelligence, even if they are both connected. The question is how do I access the Divine if I am not enlightened, is that possible somehow, to atleast get some guidance?

But don't forget that the ego will try to have you remain in your comfort zone. It will use the divine to justify it's own terms. People do not choose to be ignorant, they don't choose to denie the Truth. They need help, and I think those among us who are especially gifted have a greater responsibility. Who else will help them but us? I don't know why you see this as such a threat. To me this is an opportunity. It will grow your character, you might bring light to the world in unimaginable ways. And it's not like what I suggest would make you do less of what you are doing right now, in fact it would have you do more! Look at Sadhguru, what if he never decided to take things into his own hand and change the world? What if he stayed another Yogi who spend his time in a cave and occasionally helped those who seeked him out? Look at how different the world would be. You have connections to a lot of people who have similar gifts, you could organize events to strategically plan this. This is exciting, it is an opportunity to increase love. Why not do it? Sure it will be challenging, but it will also be rewarding.

Of course, but you are gifted and you could radically change the world if you and everyone with these abilities truly put the effort into it. What if my part to play is to change your mind and motivate you to act in a radical way?

I still don't see why that would keep us from using these abilities to deliberately increase consciousness. It's like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Science is skeptical in nature, we would have never had any progress and breakthroughs if we just gave in to the skeptics. If Darwin just said "Ignorance is always a personal option.", I don't think we would be where we are today. Sometimes it requires fighting the skeptics. Jesus didn't just sit around and wait for people to find him, he was out there and radically challenging the status quo. And think about how easy it is for us today, in the time of Jesus they would have put you on a cross. In medieval times they would have burned you at the stake. What would all those who sacrificed themselves in the face of ignorance think of us, who make excuses as to why they should not take radical action? Is that not our egos trying to stay in comfort? How easy is it for the ego to use what you said as an excuse? It takes effort to change the world, to bring light into darkness The people who changed the world did not do so with the attitude of "Those who seek truth will find it".

I don't know, I don't like this kind of easy dismissal. What if your skeptical friend would be the one who sets up the table, who sets up the environment. Putting up cameras everywhere etc. if the Chi-gung practitioner still can do that he should not be skeptical. And even if he is, not everyone will be. We can't give up just because some, or even a lot of people, are close-minded. What if it can be shoved down their throat? From the stories that were reported, it is exactly what Christ did. He purposefully used magic to prove his Godhood. And why not, it instantly increased peoples consciousness around him. They immediately knew his divinity. What about the skeptical romans who saw Christs dead and then his rebirth? Was that not essentially what triggered all of Christianity, if it truly did happen? What if that's exactly what we need today? Why not try our best instead of just giving up in face of some skeptics? What else will you do with these abilities?