Carl-Richard

I'm not closed to that possibility, but I don't know what a demonic possession looks like, so it's not something I will think about much. Again, that's true. I'm probably the last person who will deny the reality of things outside of your personal mind; don't worry. So it's just indescribable? Then I guess you would need to be even more careful if you're prone to paranoia, but hey, I won't be your psychological nanny.

But a bacteria is not generally thought of as a malevolent actor (an autonomous entity willing to hurt you). One of the strongest predictors of life-long PTSD is being harmed by a malevolent actor (specifically combat, physical assault, sexual assault, childhood abuse/neglect; Noris et al., 2013). Other things like natural disasters or life-threatening accidents don't tend to produce the same severity of PTSD. So the moment you're invoking the concept of a malevolent actor, especially when there is a lot of uncertainty involved (which adds a paranoia element), you're in risky territory if you care about your mental health. Then why not just say "he was high and out of his mind"? What does "demonic entity" explain which "high and out of his mind" does not explain? I can understand using demonic entity or possession as a metaphor, but to treat it as its own distinct phenomena is a different thing. For example, I think demonic possession is a great metaphor for certain aspects of addiction: "you're possessed by a spirit that wants to control your mind, that is smarter than you and gives you clever justifications for obeying their commands, that makes you compromise on your morality, that knows your deepest weaknesses and insecurities and uses them to manipulate you, that knows your conscious and sub-conscious mind better than yourself,", etc. But then I'm acknowledging that I'm using it as a metaphor and that I'm indeed just talking about addiction. So if you're treating demonic possession as its own distinct phenomena, what is a key distinguishing feature of demonic possession? If you're simply treating it as a metaphor, then that's fine, but again, that's a different thing.

True. But still, "bacterias" is one type explanation, and "demonic entity" is another.

I used to believe normal people carry harmful negative energies that hurt you spiritually. It would even infect objects they touch. And I could feel these things quite strongly. It's mostly gone now, but it took at least a year of conscious effort for it to change. Now, that belief might have reflected some legitimate experience. For example, people can impact how you feel, and they might carry dirt or pathogens that could spread to an object. However, be wary if the belief is strongly persecutory or has some spiritual significance behind it, and especially if it's informed by psychedelics. Your mind can easily spin things out of proportions. These are a few questions worth asking: is the belief hurting more than it's helping? Is it based on a lot of uncertainty, and is there an alternative explanation which is more certain and which can explain the same things?

Staying blissed out among people is a tougher challenge Besides, you don't want to be this guy:

"IShowSpeed flees from mob of fans in chaotic Amsterdam stream" (Dexerto Article). This is a fascinating dive into the younger generation (and just the younger mentality in general) and a perfect example of Stage Red. Everything about it; the guy himself (IShowSpeed), the entire concept (walking around doing whatever psychopathic stuff), the age group of the fans (young teens), the obsessive "can I have a picture, Speed?", the mass hysteria; all of it is Red and "dead" to the core (pardon the zombie pun... it's not really a pun — they're literally infected by a mind virus). This could've actually turned really bad. They were lucky nobody got seriously hurt.

I'm just wondering why you would call it a demonic entity and not just e.g. psychopathic energy.

Why would you need to confirm a psychedelic experience (and what does it even mean to do so)? But ok, so you can't ever confirm it's a demon. Here is a softer question: what would be a reason to think demons exist and that it's not just say psychopathic energy?

So demon = psychopath/criminal?

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My guy literally has 30 topics and only 7 normal posts 😂

The university is the prey. Capitalism and rivalrous games is the predator 😆

https://bigfive-test.com/ This test straight up tells you your level of introversion/extroversion.

University academics. Prey: graduate students.

Because you're using the word "role model".

.@Danioover9000 When you have someone as a role model, especially when that role model preaches the key to all of life like Andrew Tate does, you usually emulate most of if not their entire persona. That's what I think most people mean by role model and why people react to you calling Andrew Tate a good role model. If you want to embody some virtue like drive or ambition, you can use other people as inspiration, but you wouldn't necessarily call them a role model.

Life is brainwashing. Rinse it well.

This thread is getting more cancerous by the minute. Let's get back on track.

Impress them real good 😂

While not engaging actively in a task: very little mind-wandering, self-referential thinking, probably zero rumination. This correlates with a de-activation of the Default Mode Network in the brain. From the outside, it looks like someone who is highly present, attentive and emotionally stable, drives Rolls Royces; stuff like that.

🤔 What is wrong with the world 10 years in the future that was not wrong with the world 10 years ago?

Now, that required a brain 🧠😛

I don't understand. Enlightened people tend to act a certain way, so why can't their brains act a certain way?

Why 10 years in the future and not 10 years ago? 🤔

How do you reasonably confirm it's a demon (and not something else)? Can you ever confirm a demon?