Joseph Maynor

People go the social media route, and are successful, and then later on they need to change because that tactic didn't work forever.

If someone does not want to have a good faith discussion, they are not doing philosophy they are doing authoritarianism.

Let Leo Gura tell you what the Truth is.

It is a joy not a challenge for me right now.

@Inliytened1 Have you been banned?

You can tell people who are fake because they do not respond to legitimate questioning.

My latest solipsistic insight is I was wrong and I have the balls to admit it!

This is not a very charitable title for the video -- "I Spoke to an Insider From the Internet’s Strangest Spiritual Forum."

You guys do this stuff?

@Emerald I find this very true. I often find myself attracted to women who have some Masculine characteristics.

Everyone appreciates the Good Feminine when it is useful too.

Yes -- it is like a coming home for me. I used to get a lot out of exercise. Then I gave it up for many years.

This is what I struggle to share with everyone.

Everyone appreciates the Good Masculine when it is useful.

I've been exercising lately, which is very rare for me, and I feel better than I have in a long time.

You gotta love the way you sound. That is your voice. Whatever accent you have is good.

I think some of us think in terms of narratives. So when we have a direct experience, that narrative has to be catered to, kind of like a rider on our back. Everything directly experienced has to be "made sense of" very fast in terms of that narrative we have a vested interest in. And we all do this, but it is kind of a bias too. It is a need to reduce direct experience to understanding, and then to privilege or vindicate that narrative in light of any experience.

Notice that what you are passionate about you work on for free all the time.

I'm realizing there is no Artistry section on this forum. It should probably be added to this subforum. I'm talking about artistry as conscious creation. And this involves intellect because process is intelligent. When you do blah that is intelligent. What Artistry is about is becoming more conscious of what you do, and this involves reflection and awareness which is intelligence, even though it is not abstract categorization or classification. Tying your shoes is intelligence!

Good faith encourages bombardment of the why question from others with an over-eagerness to answer. This is the extra pain that integration of Philosophy requires.