Carl-Richard

Because we can.

Can you not be so god damn abstract just for one second? ? I can't understand a word you're saying.

@Ineedanswers Intentions are validated relative to one's survival agenda. Nazis cared about the survival of themselves but not others. Same with rapists.

What about DMT aliens?

It also happened on the other side of the world (I live in Norway while Kentucky is in the US), which means that the only truly probable factor you mentioned (granting your framework) is online news articles about the tornado season, but that still doesn't sufficiently explain the timing aspect. Something you should notice about this materialistic explanation is that it is very non-specific and post-hoc. It doesn't explain exactly by which mechanism the exact representations within my mind arise (the Hard problem in a nutshell). It only deals with correlations and probabilities. Also, the strength of your argument seems to mainly depend on how many factors you want to bring up. It's like "you experienced x amount of factors, therefore it seems to make sense that x representations may arise." The exact items you choose is largely arbitrary and non-specific, and the exact quantity of items is even more arbitrary, and it's all done after the fact (hence it's post-hoc). On the other hand, the ontological idealism standpoint (of mind being non-local) is much more simple and direct (and it can also account for the timing aspect): sometimes the personal mind picks up information from events happening in the larger mind. It's extremely simple. Now, you will probably dismiss it for being too simple, because that is just the marriage between materialism and overly complicated explanations. Why is it that materialism is so complicated? Maybe that is something you should question.

@AtheisticNonduality Ok, so you got a general mechanism. Now, how do you explain the fact that I was dreaming about it temporally parallel to one of the biggest tornado events in history? (dreaming about it as it was happening). I'm also curious what type of material conditions I would need to subconsciously pick up on in order to have a symbolic representation in a dream (being chased by ghost) occurring temporally parallel to when my dad's boss would die from a drowning accident while trying to save his dog who had fallen through the ice on a lake.

Try upping it to 1 hour. For me, most of the magic happens past the 45 minute mark.

I challenge you to explain my tornado dream without breaking the assumptions of materialism.

@Epikur Grande's lazy rationalist style is like an extra dry Michael Shermer.

Game B summed up by Terrence McKenna (7:06):

It's mostly experiences of precognition like @Raptorsin7 is talking about. It's kinda inaccurate to call it paranormal. It's pretty normal. It just goes against the materialist paradigm.

Even I claim to have some level of paranormal abilities, and I'm not even stabilized in non-duality. I can only imagine what Sadhguru is pulling off on a daily basis.

Homophobia is real. When will Rubin realize why he has always been a liberal?

Yeah I saw that one. It's pretty sad.

The forum is casual enough as it is. It would start to venture too far outside self-actualization (growth needs) and over to fulfilling entertainment and social needs (deficiency needs), and that's where cults are born.

...and you don't seem to want to clarify what you were saying.

You asked for advice. Been there, done that. It did not end well.

What is the difference?

Don't.

Homophobia occurs frequently on the conservative side. Homophobia is a certain kind of moron. It's also funny how conservative Jews like Ben Shapiro are homophobes too.

It's tricky when it comes to online spiritual cults, because it's technically very easy to leave, but there is some underlying narrative that coerces you to stay, e.g. "we're now in a spiritual war between good and evil. Some of our members are harboring negative entities and have been plotting to betray us, and they have to be stopped. The fate of the world depends on it." It's a kind of existential terrorism. In this case, all it requires is a charismatic leader who suddenly develops a messiah complex and eschatological visions.

@lostingenosmaze Omg that meme sound

Stop tripping before you hurt yourself.

I might make a thread about what a real online cult looks like, recounting my personal experiences from a couple of years ago. Spoiler: this ain't it.