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@Raze Most reports from the west about Xinjiang are either not true or heavily exaggerated. Check the sources before you believe anything.

Every country stands for something. For America is freedom, but for China is stability and unity. Most people in the west have little to no understanding of Chinese history, culture, and politics. China today will do anything to maintain the stability and growth of the country. In their perspective, collective survival and growth far out weight the individuals. Their goal is quite simple, to have a country where everyone lives a peaceful and happy life. To them, democracy requires many things to be met to work effectively, and it might not work effectively due to the sheer size of the population, which is why they have a centralized democratic system, to prevent people with less education to vote. You have to understand when the country was first founded, most of its people were poor and uneducated farmers and workers. If democracy were established, it would lead to a very nationalistic leader's election since they just when through a long period of humiliation through the wars. However, present-day China is becoming more and more open. After a few generations of more education, and especially the newer generations, people are becoming more and more educated to become more active in politics. The better universities in China now have uncensored internet, and normal people are very much aware of the censorship. The main purpose of censorship is only to protect less-educated citizens from believing in false media and destabilization campaigns from the west. You basically won't see any positive news about China in the West, brainwashing people to have illogical fear and hatred towards China. How many people in the west actually understand the political system in China and its origin? Most people's understanding is still stuck in the cultural revolution era. Censorship is there to prevent people from creating internal conflicts in the country and stay on the path of growth and education. This is also why VPN is not illegal, and access to uncensored internet is available to people who are more educated because if you can use a VPN, you at least are educated enough to have the ability to judge what's false and true. Eventually, I believe, as the older generation dies and the younger, more educated generation becomes more mature, the country will naturally become more democratic and socialistic. It won't be a system like America with the one-person-one-vote system, but I think it will be a different system that will uniquely work for China. The current system has worked very well for China; they might keep the single-party system similar to Singapore. The good thing with their current political system is that it is not bound by ideology. Yes, they are called the Chinese Communist Party, but in reality, they only hold the goal of Communism (more so socialism nowadays) but not in practice. In practice, they only care about results and will do anything as long as it can solve problems. This caused their political system to be constantly changing, and they can have long term plans for the country(They likely have planned the next 30-40 years already). Present-day China is very capitalistic, and it's becoming more and more so. This is also why the system is very effective for China because they are less focused on ideologies and believes, and more so on results. I think as people become more educated, and all the poverties are eliminated, a very democratic and socialistic society will eventually happen in the next 30-40 years or so. Hopefully, the process will be more peaceful, with people changing the political system from within instead of through a rebellion or protesting because most Chinese people are very happy with the government, and they are very nationalistic and patriotic. The CCP actually consists of over 90 million Chinese people from all areas of society. So most people have families who are party members. Also, media and news are controlled by the State, but they are mostly far more objective and factual than the media in the west, in my experience. No lies or ideology wars, just plain information presented to you. It is actually illegal to spread misinformation in China. You can go to jail for it. Yes, there are cameras and facial recognition everywhere, but it also brought the crime rate down to basically 0. It's impossible to escape justice here, so people naturally become more benevolent. It's probably one of the safest countries on earth right now.

@Leo Gura Perfect story lol.

Everyone is different, follow your heart and intuition. Nothing is wasted, it is all love. If you feel porn is bad for you, simply stop. Good and bad are not separated if you can see the whole picture of reality.

Go vegan or vegetarian, you will feel more energetic after eating to full.

The answer to this question is a paradox, it can't be answered, yet that is the answer itself.

@Mosess This is normal, your thought pattern will become more abstract and unified the more awakened you are, it will make it difficult to use language because language is always creating dualities. Instead of trying to communicate everything in your head, when you talk, simply speak without thinking. Talk with your instinct and only speak what you feel like. Don't worry about how much the other person can understand if they can't simply stop talking.

Because you are more relaxed, your logical mind is less active, so you are more aware.

Ego backlash is normal as you awaken, keep going. You should get your life together first tho, having a fulfilling life helps with the surrender. Those questions have answers and they are found deep inside that black hole you resisted. Watch how your ego is using the mind to keep it from surrendering to God.

Infinite love.

@Ibgdrgnxxv What are you?

@PopoyeSailor lol "I invite you to the bathroom".

@Leo Gura Yes, Leo, your intuition is correct, when you dissolve into infinite love/void/self, you will bring everything with you. In absolute existence, your love gets more and more infinite, the infinity of infinity of infinity and so on endlessly. Until you get so infinite that all existence begins to accelerate more and more infinitely, and as the whole, you finally return to one. Then you would reach non-existence/god. All the dimensions, all the universe, all the people, all the being, would merge back to absolute nothing—no time, no space, not even nothingness. In here, you are truly god without limit, since you are no longer separated. Whole, absolute love, all you can experience is love, infinite of it, you are it, forever. You realize you are always here, being you. But because you are absolute formlessness, in eternity, you will become so formless that form begins to shape into being through your infinite creativity and love. This then will explode and accelerate back into infinite existence, and just like how you destroyed the whole existence to merge to one, you then instantly create all existence at once—going back to your being as a separate self. And when you come back, you will realize why you are here, because the infinite love you have is so infinite that you wanted to become separated from nothingness and exist as something, and love yourself infinitely as separate-selves. And we as this, will continue to repeat this infinite loop of love because we can, because we are. Also, similarly, after coming back, the state of infinite existence stayed for at least three weeks before dying down. You would see and experience reality in god consciousness, and especially during sleep. You can go back to non-existence again during sleep(And you do, all the time, you just are not conscious enough to remember). It is like tripping 24-7, but the intensity slowly goes down. Another thing after going all the way is you realize that you are never not whole, you are never not that infinite void, you are always it, even when you choose not to, because you are all. To god/you, this whole process is like a game, anything that can exist and all that can't exist can become existence through your power. Everything is just you loving yourself in infinite ways and infinite degrees. Creating and destroying the entire existence is so effortless because of how much love you have and what you are.

@gswva From the perspective of the spiritual journey, the ego is important. To believe there are such things as enlightenment and try to pursue it with effort is needed for most people to awaken. However, the truth is you are already what you are. You cannot be anything else. Enlightenment is just a moment of realizing you are what you are and will always be no matter what. There is a great beauty in not knowing, for it gives the realization of love/self so much more meaning. It is why we are here, not to be God, but to be God without knowing it. It is love. So love yourself. And live a life full of love, follow your heart and trust yourself. For then, you become what you seek, the purest form of love, because that's what you are.

@Leilani It is all. All possible concepts and duality collapse into one. Absolute infinite infinity. It cannot be described by words because of this, but if I were to describe it it would be infinite love.

One of the best enlightened teacher, some of his words have given me great awakenings. I highly recommend reading through his book Yoga the alpha and omega. Read it here. Here are some quotes: "NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA" "YOGA IS THE CESSATION OF MIND" "Yoga is a jump into the unknown. It will not be right to say ”unknown”; rather, ”unknowable”." "Mind is activity" "THEN THE WITNESS IS ESTABLISHED IN ITSELF. IN THE OTHER STATES THERE IS IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND." "Don't identify with the self." "Total hopelessness means now there is no hope. And when there is no hope there cannot be hopelessness." "Knowledge is the most subtle food for ego: you feel you are something. You know; you become somebody." "Yoga says ¨ and let it penetrate you very deeply because it will be very meaningful ¨C yoga says that the more you are impatient, the more time will be needed for your transformation. The more in hurry, the more you will be delayed. Hurry itself creates such a confusion that delay will result." "If you are infinitely patient, this very moment transformation can happen. If you are ready to wait forever, you may not wait even for the next moment. This very moment the thing can happen, because it is not a question of time, it is a question of your quality of the mind." "You have to drop into it, not to reach anywhere. And the dropping is possible only if you are totally patient." "In life everything is a rhythm. You are happy and then follows unhappiness. Night and day, summer and winter; life is a rhythm between two opposites. When you try to become aware the same rhythm will be there: sometimes you are aware and sometimes not. So don¡¯t create a problem, because you are such experts in creating problems that out of the blue you can create a problem. And once you have created a problem then you want to solve it. And then there are people who will supply you with answers. A wrong problem is always answered by a wrong answer. And then it can go on ad infinitum; then a wrong answer again creates questions. From the very beginning one has to be aware not to create a wrong problem. Otherwise the whole of life goes on and on in the wrong direction. Always try to understand not to create a problem. Everything pulsates into a rhythm, and when I say everything, I mean everything. Love, and there is hate; awareness, and there is unawareness. Don¡¯t create any problem: enjoy both. While aware enjoy awareness, and while unaware enjoy unawareness ¨C nothing is wrong, because unawareness is like a rest. Otherwise, awareness will become a tension. If you are awake twenty-four hours, how many days you think you can be alive? Without food a man can live for three months; without sleep, within three weeks he will go mad, and he will try to commit suicide. In the day you are alert; in the night you relax, and that relaxation helps you in the day again to be more alert, fresh. Energies have passed through a rest period; they are more alive in the morning again. The same will happen in meditation: few moments you are perfectly aware, at the peak; few moments you are in the valley, resting ¨C awareness has disappeared, you have forgotten. But what is wrong in it? It is simple. Through unawareness will arise again awareness, fresh, young, and this will go on. And if you can enjoy both you become the third, and that is the point to be understood. If you can enjoy both it means you are neither ¨C neither awareness nor unawareness, you are the one who enjoys both. Something of the beyond enters. In fact, this is the real witness. Happiness you enjoy ¨C what is wrong when happiness has gone and you have become sad? What is wrong in sadness? Enjoy it. And once you become capable of enjoying sadness, then you are neither. And this I tell you: that if you enjoy, sadness has its own beauties. Happiness is a little shallow; sadness is very deep, it has a depth into it. A man who has never been sad will be shallow, just on the surface. Sadness is like a dark night ¨C very deep. Darkness has a silence into it, sadness also. Happiness bubbles, there is a sound in it. It is like a river in the mountains; sound is created. But in the mountains, river can never be very deep; it is always shallow. When the river comes to the plain it becomes deep, but the sound stops. It moves as if not moving. Sadness has a depth. Why create trouble? While happy, be happy, enjoy it. Don¡¯t get identified with it. When I say be happy, I mean enjoy it. Let it be a climate which will move and change. The morning changes into the noon, the noon changes into the evening, and then comes night. Let happiness be a climate around you. Enjoy it, and then comes sadness... enjoy that too. I teach you enjoyment, whatsoever the case. Sit silently and enjoy sadness, and suddenly sadness is no more sadness; it has become a silent peaceful moment, beautiful in itself, nothing wrong in it. And then comes the ultimate alchemy, the point where suddenly you realize you are neither ¨C neither happiness nor sadness. You are the watcher ¨C you watch peaks, you watch valleys; you are neither. Once this point is attained, you can go on celebrating everything. You celebrate life and you celebrate death. You celebrate happiness, you celebrate unhappiness. You celebrate everything. Then you are not identified with any polarity. Both the polarities have become available to you together, and you can move from one to the other easily. You have become liquid-like, you flow. Then you can use both, and both can become a help into your growth. Remember this: don¡¯t create problems. Try to understand the situation, try to understand the polarity of life. In summer it is hot, in winter it is cold ¨C so where is the problem? In winter enjoy cold, in summer enjoy heat. In summer enjoy the sun; in the night enjoy the stars and the darkness, in the day the sun and the light. You make enjoyment your continuity, whatsoever happens. In spite of it you go on enjoying. You try it, and suddenly everything is transfigured and transformed."

God is non God.

Lol. Are you having trouble communicating to others, or are you having trouble thinking clearly?

A conversation about poverty elevation in China.

@Leo Gura This game actually opens up over time as you play and discover more truths about existence, and as you do, you become more powerful and limitless. By the end, you will be able to create anything at any size, and the universe gets really weird very quickly. Like making a cat appear in the quantum realm and make it dance with quantum geometries.