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Yes way. That is the only way, and you do that until you're able to replace the 9-5 with your life purpose. There's no shortcut.

Throw out the Qigong book, and write a better one. Forget about success and money, focus on being effective and doing things well and accurately for the sake of it. Money should be a secondary priority to effectiveness.

Great post @Joshe Yeah, the incentive from Theil is pretty clear - there's no better way to make your high-risk investments pay off than by manipulating public opinion. It's a dying game though, the generation that follows us will be clued into how these bastards manipulated a whole civilization. The same way we are 'woke' where our parents were not - our boomer dilemma will be having thought social media was ever good for us. There was once a time when smoking was cool.

Depends how hard the market crashes. I sold most of my shares (less than 100k) about 6 months ago when I could tell Trump was going to be elected. In that six months since it would have climbed a combined 15%. Now crashed about 7%. If I held, I would still be up. Will it crash another 8% or more? I doubt it honestly. The oligarchs are already feeling the burn. This is Moloch in action. It was better for me to keep my money in a sick system rather than opt out. Is the lesson here: Don't bet against Moloch?

Kidding, great episode. Lots of tools here for understanding God.

Me when people need proof for God.

People aren't sharp enough to get facts straight sober most of the time anyway. Funny - a 'truth serum' is only be as effective as the mind you give it to.

Yep, God is a logical necessity! That is part of what I call completeness. Everything has a logical explanation if you look for it because in order for a thing to exist, God must create an infinite causal chain that explains it. God justifies everything to an infinite degree because it can't not do it. Although the first bit about God seeing goodness is still new to me, I haven't gotten to that part. I'm still dark and edgy.

The trans people I know are totally happy to use a gender neutral or 'disabled' toilet separate from gendered bathrooms too. It keeps them safe and keeps the sanity of people who don't understand trans people intact. So the solution is really open ended and case by case, if decision makers could just use a bit of empathy and perspective we could find good solutions. But that's often a big ask for little minds

My trans friends just want to live totally as the gender they transitioned to without being demonized by people. View it through that lens and you have all the answers you need.

Maybe, but that's an assumption too. Solipsism can come in a 'exclusive' or 'inclusive' flavors. Both are functional perspectives that make more or less sense logically. That's why people can even hold those perspectives in the first place. So what does that mean for solipsism, if it functions under so many different interpretations?

Yes, but I don't think most of us do that honestly on this forum. Which is hard to admit. We have built up spiritual models with tons of assumptions we don't question anymore. And who's to say one's direct experience is accurate or unbiased? That's an assumption.

We are a community professional conceptualizers and severely detached from reality. We need to start making some basic distinctions, not build fantastical concepts of how reality works. I'm very guilty of this. No more conceptualizing for me here.

I see reality as an infinite matrix of potential distinctions, nested within one ultimate system that is God. Perspectives are just a collection of distinctions. Different minds exist if you believe multiple collections are active at any one time. Reality is one being if you are talking about the system itself, rather than the sub collections.

Truth is a spectrum. The most true things are distinctions that are highly functional under many or all perspectives. The least true things function under very few or no perspectives. 'I exist' functions under any perspective. To have a perspective is to exist. So it's TRUE. 2 + 2 = 4 functions under any perspective that understands mathematics. So it's true if you understand basic math. 'Donald Trump is a hero to the united states' only functions under a very specific state of consciousness. So it's true, but only within that narrow state. The broader range of human perspectives obviously disagree, so it is less true.

Unless you make the distinction that they are different, which you can. Yes. But not discover separation, rather create separation. Creating a distinction = creating reality.

From the POV of god. Not the POV of a human. Why does god's POV get special privilege as being more true? So technically it's trueeee, from a certain point of view.

Solipsism is true, from a certain point of view. Solipsism is both true and false. It's a finite metaphysical perspective attempting to grasp the infinite. So of course it is partial. But at least it acknowledges the infinite which a dualist has no good explanation for.

Why would you assume God would give you a satisfying answer? Why would you assume God cares about your questions? Questions are a social construct - God is so far beyond the human domain that questions don't make sense anymore.

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Marcus Aurelius

Implications of an infinite universe: 1. There is no undo button, everything is committed to eternity. 2. Absolute completeness. There are no contradictions. The universe is complete self-affirming and perfectly functional. Any conceivable alteration to this system is impossible. 3. On the scale of infinity, any finite thing has zero impact or value. If zero sounds too depressing, say undefined or incalculable. The ratio of any finite thing compared to infinity is 0. Any number divided by Infinity = 0. This is a blessing - it takes a lot of wisdom to not feel defeated by this insight. Any alternative system would not function.

"Chénsī" (陳思) - Classical Chinese term for a "truth-contemplator" or "truth-presenter," often used for court officials who would speak uncomfortable truths to emperors. "Veridicus" - In ancient Rome, this was someone known as a "truth-speaker" or "truth-warrior," often used for respected judges and philosophers. "Sōþcyning" - Old English term meaning "truth-king" or "king of truth," used in some Anglo-Saxon texts to describe righteous rulers. "Satyavadi" - Sanskrit term meaning "speaker of truth" or "truth-warrior," used in ancient Indian texts for those who maintained absolute honesty. "Hakikat Yolcusu" - Turkish phrase meaning "seeker/warrior of truth," traditionally used for Sufi mystics and philosophers. "Parrhesiastes" - Ancient Greek term for someone who practiced "parrhesia" - fearless truth-telling, even at personal risk. Often used for philosophers who would speak truth to power. "Wahrsager" - While now meaning "fortune-teller," its original Germanic meaning was closer to "truth-sayer" - one who speaks genuine truths. "Rishi" - Sanskrit term for seers and sages who perceived cosmic truths and preserved them through oral tradition. "Alethiophile" - From Greek "aletheia" (truth) and "philos" (lover), meaning a lover or defender of truth. Used in some philosophical texts. "Verispex" - A rare Latin term meaning "truth-seer" or "truth-watcher," used for those who guarded against deception. "Sannyasin" - In Indian tradition, one who has renounced worldly life in pursuit of ultimate truth, though this has broader spiritual connotations beyond just truth-seeking. "Pravadāchārya" - Sanskrit term meaning "teacher of true knowledge" or "proclaimer of truth." Created with Claude.ai

OP - Stop torturing yourself with 'I should be doing x' thoughts. Most of life is completely out of your control. If you do decide to force your life in a certain direction, then pick up the cross and work through it. Embrace the struggle because it is a fact of life - but you can improve your relationship with struggle from an abusive one to a fulfilling one.