Carl-Richard

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  1. Thoughts that I basically ripped off from Daniel Schmachtenberger: What is Patriarchy? The male-dominated, hierarchical structure of society known as Patriarchy originated ~10 000 years ago with the advent of agriculture (intensified labour) and not coincidentally the plow (upperbody strength) and the use of farm animals as labour. All this lead to increased resources, territorial expansion and tribal warfare; the rise of male power-Gods and imperialism, decline of female, animalistic and naturalistic tribal Gods, the origin of various dichotomies like the man against nature, man over animals and man over women etc. Then later came the Abrahamic religions which attempted to reduce the genocidal atrocities caused by this elevated male impulse, but it did so by repressing feminity and female autonomy even more (by covering them up in clothing etc.).
  2. – karma that they have to play out in this life, i.e. in this form, in this body. If your body ceases, then Prarabdha karma is over.
  3. It's literally not tricky at all. From The Absolute perspective, there is no difference between purpose and purposelessness. From the relative perspective, there is a difference. It's really that simple.
  4. Enlightened beings still have Prarabdha karma – karma that they have to play out in this life.
  5. Stage theory is also non-colonial in the sense that it's not a rigid us-them paradigm but one that allows for change (it's non-essentialist).
  6. Is it wrong to celebrate the end of Red imperialism?
  7. All foods are technically carcinogenic . This shows the amount of acetaldehyde contained in various food groups: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124883/
  8. @Goldzilla Don't ever link to lunatics like Sv3rige on this forum.
  9. Let me guess: you were a vegan and now you're a tinfoil-wrapped meathead/carnivore? The pendulum swings both ways
  10. Why not listen to people who talk about their past lives? 21:55 Jan Esmann talks about the time he discovered his past lives. Incredible stuff -- I recommend watching the entire interview. He has some really crazy stories. Absolutely shatters the materialist paradigm.
  11. Past lives is one thing, but saying there is no such thing as karma is the same as saying that apples don't fall to the ground.
  12. Yeah. There is only like 5 million people here
  13. or Norway . I just recently added a Tamil girl at my work to my snapchat
  14. I remember reading about that guy as well
  15. @Parththakkar12 @DrewNows The Absolute does not have this role in evaluating relative, human matters. As far as it has a role, 1. society doesn't care about spirituality at this stage, and 2. weakening social structures and elevating existential risks is not going to help with that problem.
  16. Terrence McKenna had some extremely bizarre dreams right before he discovered his brain tumor.
  17. It's a pretty accurate description for people who are allergic to collective action. Again, more all-or-nothing, black-and-white mentality. Even if vaccines were much less effective at reducing disease and transmission rates, we would still vaccinate people. It's about doing the most you can possibly do, not what is impossible to do, and it matters. For instance, if we didn't vaccinate at all, you couldn't get a hospital bed if you suddenly became sick. Talk about a reduction in individual freedoms.
  18. The most progressive countries are mostly NATO members ?
  19. Your brain requires novelty. Introduce some novelty to your life.
  20. It's either all or nothing, am I right?
  21. What about deconstructing libertarianism?
  22. Many years ago, I delivered my laptop to the same place I bought it from for repairs (the biggest electronics company in my country). They said they couldn't fix it but that I could get a replacement laptop with the same specs, so I agreed to that. My laptop had a very powerful Intel Core i7, and the replacement one had a lousy Intel Core i5 and I could feel the difference immediately. Lesson: don't trust salespeople (?)