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  1. Posted

    On 14/01/2026 at 9:22 PM, Hojo said:

    @PonderThats not what karma means. It means memory, this means a rapist can rape someone and receive 0 karma while the person who is attacked will receive karma via memory of the experience. The person who was raped will have memory of the event and it will change how they act in everyday life, this is what karma is.

    Karma meaning eye for an eye is not the correct usage of the word.

    Someone raping someone will absolutely face consequences down the line. It may not be in the form of remorse, but they will suffer in another way. Unless they're an 'enlightened' rapist, in which case they're a very negative force to be reckoned with. 

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    Karma obviously exists. You reap (EXACTLY!) what you sow. So if you cause suffering in another person, you will receive the exact amount of suffering in return at some point during your journey of incarnations (assuming reincarnation is true — if we’re being honest no one knows with 100% certainty what happens after death.. if we can enter a state of deep sleep, there’s nothing logically contradictory about that ‘state’ lasting ‘forever’). 
     

    the suffering that is returned to you will be in another form (i.e if you cause physical suffering to someone from punching them in the head you may receive equivalent suffering of mental anguish of regret etc.) 

    newtons law: every action has an equal and opposite reaction applies not only in the physical domain, but also in the moral domain.) since these domains aren’t actually seperate — non-duality and all that.

    So all this talk about how morality is illusory by Leo and some of his parrots on the forum, are completely missing the point that our actions can have severe repercussions for ourselves as well as others. 
     

    the thing about producing good karma, is it literally is win-win since both parties benefit. The thing about producing negative karma is it’s lose-lose since both parties are worse off from whatever action set the chain in motion in the first place. 

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    On 11/1/2026 at 3:56 AM, UnbornTao said:

    Alcohol is a toxic substance and has the potential to be abused. I wouldn't try to rationalize its use.

    Hey, I might drink a beer or two every once in a while. Not to tell you how to live - enjoy it occasionally if you want - but avoid fantasizing that it's going to make you more spiritual or anything like that. Your liver, brain, and body in general will disagree. Microdosing psychedelics is a much better option.

    Smoothies, on the other hand, will for sure improve your health, cognition, and overall well-being. If you want, you might as well implement them into your diet.

    Yeah I would microdose psychedelics if i had a dealer that i knew locally. In fact, ive taken many mushrooms lately that i found just growing in random areas where i live. 
     

    definitely much better than alcohol, but two things can be good at once haha 

     

    I made sure they weren’t poisonous (the internet exists fyi). 

  5. Posted

    2 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

    Alcohol is a toxic substance and has the potential to be abused. I wouldn't try to rationalize its use.

    Hey, I might drink a beer or two every once in a while. Not to tell you how to live - enjoy it occasionally if you want - but avoid fantasizing that it's going to make you more spiritual or anything like that. Your liver, brain, and body in general will disagree. Microdosing psychedelics is a much better option.

    Smoothies, on the other hand, will for sure improve your health, cognition, and overall well-being. If you want, you might as well implement them into your diet.

    Yeah I would microdose psychedelics if i had a dealer that i knew locally. In fact, ive taken many mushrooms lately that i found just growing in random areas where i live. 
     

    definitely much better than alcohol, but two things can be good at once haha 

  11. Posted · Edited by Ponder

    1 hour ago, Inliytened1 said:

    If I tell you yes you will close the book?  Rather weak in my opinion. 

    I’m conscious with 100% certainty. If you are as well that’s solipsism debunked. Yes, technically there’s no way for me to know with 100% certainty that you’re conscious, but i know with 100% certainty that i am. So i can debunk solipsism for literally anyone else, just not conclusively for myself I guess. I would recommend you watch Leo‘s infinity of god’s episode. 
     

    Also, get off the forum and go live life. You have 12000 posts dude. That’s literally not healthy to be constantly pondering stuff like this. Trust me, there’s more to life than philosophizing about fuckin solipsism. 

  12. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

    The you're conscious part can be debated because it can't be validated. You know this Ponder  if you want to hand wave it off that's fine.  But when it comes to metaphysics I don't hand wave anything off and nor should you.  So..you cannot disprove Solpsism and thus it must remain on the table otherwise you will just join the rest of the herd that doesn't even think or care about this stuff  

    Are you conscious? Yes or no. 

  17. Posted

    On 23/12/2025 at 8:34 AM, Carl-Richard said:

    A teacher I deeply respect wrote a book on astrology. But I haven't looked into it.

    Give me your best argument.

    My best argument is simply getting my full detailed chart and reading through it and seeing how accurately it lines up with my personality. Far too much accuracy for it to be confirmation bias. 
     

    Why do you demand evidence in the form of logic when observational or empirical evidence suffices? 

  20. Posted · Edited by Ponder

    14 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    I find the notion that you are gonna change some dysfunctional guy with your epic aura, laughable.

    You are more likely to be stabbed to death by that guy than to change him.

    New Agers love this idea that you can cure people with just your epic spiritual aura. I will believe it when I see it with my own eyes. Until such time, skepticism.

    Fair. Almost have been stabbed twice tbf. 
     

    I actually have many such stories, but I’m too lazy to share any atm.

    Will do a big post about it eventually. 

  21. Posted

    4 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    Most people can't be helped.

    You can't help someone who doesn't want to change.

    That’s where you’re wrong. If you have a strong enough baseline consciousness, people change by simply being in your presence. 

     

    2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    This sounds nice, but it doesn't actually work.

    The mind is way too stubborn to change from such minor things.

    You are not gonna woo someone into changing.

    Is this not an assumption? Maybe you’ve just never met anyone with a sufficiently high state of consciousness. 

  24. Posted

    20 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

    A teacher I deeply respect wrote a book on astrology. But I haven't looked into it.

    Give me your best argument.

    My best argument is simply getting my full detailed chart and reading through it and seeing how accurately it lines up with my personality. Far too much accuracy for it to be confirmation bias. Also, I’ve read a couple of my friends full charts and it matches up eerily well with their personalities. 
     

    If you know your exact location and time of birth, put it into Astro-Seek and have a read of the results. 
     

    Interested to see if it aligns with your personality. 

  25. Posted

    Astrology is actually accurate af, if you have the discernment to realize. What most people don’t understand is that you have a sign in all the planets of the solar system, not just the one sign or 3 (ascending and moon). 
     

    when I analyse my chart, it gives me some deep insight into my personality and way of operating in the world. 
     

    I know a lot of you think it’s total bs, so let’s have a friendly debate.