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So I run an online platform and business and plan on releasing a journal which assists in psychological benefits. I plan on naming the journal ‘The Geographical Mind Map’. Which will essentially act as a daily blue print for recording ones mental and behavioural activity. I have started writing up drafts for it and designs etc. However because I wish it to be succinct and not overly complex I feel I may end up overloading too much. Just after some feedback on these draft sections which would be exemplified on each page: •Reactions: What did I find myself reacting to? •Impulses: What urges did I find myself indulging in? •Thoughts: What thoughts pervaded my state of mind? •Creativity: In what ways was I creative and innovative? •Growth: In what areas did I notice growth and development within me? •Areas of Improvement: What areas do I most require improvement? Just a templative draft needing much improvement. Would appreciate thoroughly feedback ?

Man, don’t continue to do yourself a disservice by intellectualising about this topic. Go discover the answer directly. By clinging to concepts you can lead yourself to entrenching ideological traps. @SamueLSD listed some good techniques to experiment with. You will discover much more in them than you will here.

That’s true. Senses are illusory from the perspective of the absolute. However the child doesn’t know it is using “senses”, it is simply navigating its experience freely, without a cognition in which to be directed. From this perspective, I would say it is not as deluded as the adult state. Don’t get to caught up on my statement on organisms, it was merely a relative example. The important point was that from the absolute, children are more in tune with the fundamental nature of reality. The difference with their instinctual responses is that it doesn’t come from ego but inborn conditioning (that’s my assumption of course. I don’t think I child is beige either. I think it’s a lot more complicated than that. Remember, those who presupposed and selected the child’s level were them self coming from a materialist lens. Isnt it interesting that. We are more child-like when induced by psychedelics, have more mental connectivity and yet often assume the child inferior ?

Precisely. Very true as well. That flow state of fluidity seems to be more apparent in the younger since they are more playful. I like what you said as well. Children may apply thought into what they do but is guided by the source of experience not the predispositions of mind.

Haha I just started watching it and I’m already cringing ?

It’s only dogmatic if one clings to it as a conceptual belief. If it is directly realised there will be no self left from which to cling to it.

Anytime. Indeed.

Bro, have some intellectual integrity, which in part is what I was point to. Ad-hominem attacks only exhibit the type of rigour you have the capacity to espouse in your arguments. Face the topic at hand not those merely involved in it. You have once again demonstrated you are incapable of doing that. You seem more interested in fuelling controversy and ascribing demonisation than producing conducive discussion. But hey don’t let others have you consider otherwise, for they clearly haven’t been able to before. I apologise if what I said was offensive to you. I am trying to point to something beyond mere politics, that is all, please consider this.

Yes! This would be awesome haha. However, Rogan would be at wits end. He’d have a mental break down after hearing what Ralston has to say about the nature of things

@kagaria I would recommend attempting to reframe this. See it as an opportunity. An indivisible void which requires entering in order to become fulfilled again. The void of nothingness is a direct fear of death - hence the contentious topic of dying - but that should not dispute the power of realising such a thing. The void from which all is imagined should be where one finds solace since it is the one thing that cannot be disturbed. imperturbable and untainted in nature. Regarding the contrary, materialism or any ideology for that matter, they should be seen as opportunities for growth. See this as an opportunity to invite a dialogue with people so bought into what they have been predisposed. Help them imagine the beauty of the void so as to dissolve imagination all together. Also consider that imagination is the pure expression of the void. Don’t resent it or demonise it. It’s there for a reason, to be used wisely by those who wield it. You have stumbled across something you may not yet have realised the true significance of. It’s far greater than what one could ever comprehend. And far more ineffable than imaginable.

@Nak Khid Thanks for the info! I’ll explore into it. Previously, I have done some reading on the ‘blank slate’ theory before and glossed over some of John Lockes arguments regarding it. Just from what I know and based off your references, blank slate theory still seems limited. It superimposes materialism and the self. Ie. the self exists as a biological conceptual sentient. My contention is that this is utter delusion. Perceptual purity (just a term) is to understand all experience as blank, meaning uncultured and un-predispositioned, no preference from which to move. Movements of “the mind” and “the body“ are merely fluid and underpinned by the direct experience that interacts with them. In fact, conception of mind and body are non-existent until it is conditioned. Evident in child research. I feel John Locke undermines the implications of his theory. If blank slate theory is to be void of any position, materialistic assumptions should be out the question as well. I feel a further existential layer was missed in his proposition. That is, the material world and self are also adopted positions. Just my thoughts. Also, Locke reminds me of Hume and Nietzsche with his scepticism. Interesting. Ill have a read nonetheless

It’s a problem of fear, survival and premature consciousness. Problems in race, government and ideology are a direct derivatives of this. No problem has ever been solved in trying to personify it. Problems need to be considered from a systems perspective. Eg. The dynamics of behaviour, collectives, context, and predispositions.

Dude, I was referring to both parties. My apologies, I didn’t word my earlier comment very well, thus, I have since edited it. I was trying to convey how tribalism is equally in government bureaucracy just as it is within social incivility. Probably more so the government since it can be concealed so discreetly. The nationalistic ideals of American government are extremely toxic, that’s evident. But also I don’t see justification in how the the African community has responded, it’s not a conducive long-term solution. There’s valid reasoning, sure. But this type of response is likely to only further perpetuate the already existing stigma. We need collective unity through strategic campaigning and decentralised funding. Being one of African descent, I find these events saddening but we must take them as a virtue for growth and transcendent opportunity.

Dude, you’re literally floating around every political thread. Politics is important but the crux of what requires discussing far supersedes it. I recommend considering this in your propositions. It will better sophisticate your contention.

Try red/blue idealism. This is very much a primitive knee jerk reaction on both ends. There’s merely any conscious intent behind what had been conducted. The government have displayed pure beuqacratic tribalism, leading the marginalised resorting to unnecessary behaviour. Neither way this whole situation has been handled is producing any good. The system needs to be held accountable, but also those who are taking the protest to unjustifiable degrees need to consider more long term conducive approaches.

Lost for words... Pure egoism delivery. I only just watched it now. I see what everyone is now protesting about. This is a hard one, I don’t feel the response has been the best it could have been. However, something needs to be done. This primitive nationalistic americanised ideal will rot people’s minds before too long. A ubiquitous cleansing of this demented bureaucracy is required. Be careful not to conflate this with every governmental practice. Not all governments operate in this way. Nonetheless, clearly America is one of the most deluded, as has been shown since 2003.

Simply by realising all positions are fundamentally imaginary and thus, most ultimately perish. Having then operate from the one unified field of awareness. A society built on innate synchronicity rather than distorted dichotomy. Which is the basis of all problem - dualistic dissagreeance. Oneness is not some utopian ideal it’s realistically accessible, it just requires the imaginary conception of “self” to disappear.

Exactly. Just like any type of paradigm, such as religion or nihilism, if understood in the proper context great benefits can be provided. Unfortunately, it takes a very advanced individual to see through the deceptions of these pointers. It’s far too easy for the ego to attach its identity to something than exist unsupported. I think all that can be done is helpful dialogue in which assists others to introspect and transcend the limits of mind.

@paprika you’re on the right track. First it’s important you have established a passion, something deep and meaningful for you to fulfil. This will create a compass for your creative process. Don’t simply do business for money, do it because you have a passion. This must be fulfilled first. Otherwise, your efforts will become a bottomless pit which will have you endlessly chase since there would be no purpose to fulfil. Once you have your passion sorted find your unique approach to represent it. This should be something unreproducible by anyone else. To discover this, tune into your eccentric skills and features as a being. As for using your finances wisely, research a product or service that suits your niche, optimise it and start getting samples made. Set an appropriate budget and do multiple product testing. Refine it as you develop until you have produced something undeniably valuable.

@Preetom great points. However, you will be speaking to a brick wall here. Those who have risen interest in solipsism have demonstrated how little willing they are to see the fabrications in it. Most have privileged their mind as the primacy of their experience rather than the source from which it derives out of. So of course consciousness is being perceived through a contorted lens of mental imagery, namely solipsism. Consciousness can only be realised through meeting directly with it. Unfortunately, these discussion have not gone very far otherwise.

Beautifully put and very true.

Well my illusion is a better illusion so beat that ?

Haha quite possibly we have a knack for discussing contentious topics ? Guess the positive is, it all provokes deep reflection. Or beyond it if one gets that far.

Haha the party is back ? ?

Be carful with starting threads like this it can begin a world wind of unnecessary incivility. Also, media can often misconstrue events. Although there exists many issues regarding race they are rarely well presented.