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@UnbornTao Health is unironically the best aphrodisiac. It's a holistic aphrodisiac. The term is often used in reductionistic way to describe things that work like a drug that you can boil down to a very specific mechanism of action (which is generally what they do with all kinds of food). But if you take an aphrodisiac drug and you're unhealthy, it might not even work that well. You can't get a boner if you can't get blood to your dick despite taking 2CB or whatever.

@UnbornTao Don't GPT it, Google it 😆

There is also something incredibly heavy about growling "allahuakbar" before a breakdown 😂: 1:19

The chord progression in the chorus is the heaviest piece of chord progression I have ever heard. That's the stuff only my imagination can create, hearkening back to the original purpose of the thread. 1:30

Sit comfortably but upright, close your eyes and then imagine that what is now behind your eyelids is actually a completely different room than the room you think you're in. And then drop the notion that there is a room there at all. Just sit with what is actually there: greyish darkness, small visual sparkles. Then drop the notion that you are sitting on a chair (or whatever you are sitting on). Just stay with what you're sensing, the feeling of pressure under your butt, the sensation of your arms on your sides. Just stay with the sensations. Then drop the notion that you have a face or a head. Just stay with the sensations that supposedly make up the face and head. Then drop the notion that you have a body at all. You're just sensations floating in consciousness. And even that is a notion to be dropped at some point. Keep doing this with whatever notion that pops into your head and that is keeping you tethered to some constraint or limitation.

Try hanging around depressed people while listening to depressing music while watching depressing TV shows and eating depressing food. Then do that 90% of your time (PS: it's a joke, don't self-harm yourself 😊).

I really noticed this too when I was revisiting Linkin Park (the music of my childhood). Like, that stuff is really heavy. I really noticed it influencing my thoughts so I chose to stop listening to most of it. But nothing beats the beauty of calm, melancholic music. This doesn't really make me feel sad, just "moody": EDIT: Watch me use "really" in literally every sentence next time.

5. ...MeO-DMT.

It can be much simpler than that. Ask what the healthiest people eat (not the banana girl youtubers or whatever — people who actually measure their health). If you've tried this diet and it doesn't work, then you're free to complain:

How often do you eat out? Eating out is already complex. You have to take time out if your day to plan where to eat and maybe order a table, you have to coordinate with all your friends (presumably), you have to work out transportation, maybe parking, you have to walk a lot, you have to maybe look for directions or use Google Maps, you have to find the restaurant and then wait to get a table. Then you get the menu and you have to choose between sometimes over 100 options. At least when you're a vegan, there are fewer options to choose from which makes it simpler. The food part is arguably the simplest part of the whole activity. As for limiting your culinary scope, you probably only order spaghetti bolognese like the last time anyway (jking). Of course, this is a frivilous thing compared to what meat entails. It's like you don't want to let go of slavery because it limits the variety of slaves and the richness of human labor. Slavery also makes things simpler. There is a long tradition with slavery stretching back many thousands of years, so many cultures, so much wisdom, rituals and habits. It's a shame it all went to waste, right?

It's an egoic response to the cessation of self and other.

The best jokes rarely land.

Wherever you're going, you can't take what is asking with you. Enlightenment is the ultimate anti-achievement. You thought you would get something but it's the complete utter opposite. If you think you will achieve something at Enlightenment, you will be radically, extraordinarily, impossibly disappointed. It's the cessation of achievement.

Sylvi for preZ. Only kidding of course, Jonas 4ever <3

Read a book about Spiral Dynamics and pretend like you're Yellow. That always works 😜

Have you seen Oslo? The time IShowSpeed visited and shut down the city, I could only see black people.

When behavior is determined from the inside, that is autonomy. Autonomy is the basis of bodily integrity and mental stability. If you constrain a human to something they don't want to do, they will complain. If you constrain the movement of a dog, it will whine. If you constrain the movement of an amoeba, it will die. It goes straight down to our biology. Homeostasis is the process of keeping the internal structures in line with its own wholeness, its own will, its own autonomy. An organism who acts in line with its own innate abilities and capacities, experiences maximum fitness, maximum mental stability, maximum feeling of pleasure and well-being. This is basis of Self-Determination Theory, a famous model of behavior, and also particularly Self-Actualization in Maslow's Hierachy of needs. Certain notions can multiply or subtract your autonomy. A famous example is Andrew Tate's "depression doesn't exist". Even if you think it is blunt and prone to traps, it's an incredibly effective notion to have. As a notion that sits in your mind, it confers a strong basis of autonomy. I'm convinced very successful and powerful people gravitate towards these kinds of notions, and some have learned to use them very strategically and effectively to their advantage. Now, if you are thinking about traps with this, there are (e.g. closing your mind to outside information, undermining checks for self-deception). But also notice that any virtue can be "corrupted" by a value system you deem to be lower than yours. "Balance is a virtue" -> proceeds doing charity work for the Jehova's Witnesses during the day and homicide at night. Or "holism is a virtue" -> proceeds to make "the whole world" into the Third Reich. Similarly, the idea of funneling autonomy down to egoism would be a particular value-laden interpretation (maybe Red). If your values are higher than those, your autonomy would be to act in line with those values (e.g. human rights, love, equality). Autonomy (as well as other virtues) must therefore largely be seen as a virtue on the organism's or value system's own terms. Principles that are universal are also particular. Doing a pre-emptive strike on a country if you believe the country will destroy your country if you don't do it, will confer autonomy, emotional and mental stability, and not least bodily integrity to your country. A leader of a country who is naturally steeped in autonomy, will express this for their country. That is again not to say anything about the values of such countries. Their autonomy stands on their own terms. So what is the take-away for someone who values self-development? Notice the values you have, what you feel compelled to do, what you like to do to, what excites you, and worship these things. Create and build notions that support these things, while also of course being aware of the traps that can occur while doing so. Express yourself, say what you mean, say what you think is right, not as an anti-social outburst or to be blunt for bluntness sake, but because you MEAN it. Say it because it comes from deep within your soul. Say it because you think it will create the right world to live in. Autonomy is nothing without autonomy support, and that's why this advice, this place and others that support you, and the world you want to create, matters.

@samijiben Maybe there is a deeper notion you have to deal with that you haven't identified yet (likely one you have to drop). That's why investigating all your notions and dropping them as a practice is very useful. Using one notion as a crutch when there is another conflicting with it is not optimal. Also, often there is an actual problem to be solved, or you just need practice with a given situation. That anxiety must be avoided is also a notion (I'm not saying it's a good or a bad one). Also, to use a very general notion ("all anxiety is just an appearance") to deal with a specific issue (anxiety in a particular situation) is often not optimal, which is why the anxiety might resurface. Say if you're anxious about doing a presentation, maybe the main fear is of not performing and looking like a fool. A good notion there could be to not care about your performance. Then the anxiety has no ground anymore. So good notions often track specifically to the situation. And sometimes, maybe dealing with notions is not needed. Maybe you just need to go with the flow and take on things intuitively (which is itself a type of notion, but you get the point). Some problems cannot be solved by the conscious mind. Sometimes being, listening and feeling is all that is needed.

A large part of self-help and conversation in general is just about reminding ourselves about what we value and honing our ever-wandering limited attention.

There also many notions which you should consider dropping. A common notion for some people is "I'm an introvert". It's a notion you should generally drop in social situations. It will impede you. Another one is "I don't like having presentations, I tend to get nervous". That's a notion to drop before having a presentation. You should also practice identifying and dropping all your notions. This is the apex of autonomy and allows a huge degree of choice. And don't take the notion of dealing with notions absolutistically either. It's not everything. The notion of notions, just like other concepts in self-help, is just a tool and way to remind yourself of your own capacities and the potentials that exist within yourself. What we're doing here generally by communicating is reminding ourselves of what we're capable of and what we value. We're honing the limited frame of our ever-wandering attention.

@samijiben Brutal honesty is itself a notion that can support your autonomy. But be careful that it doesn't impede any of your other values (i.e. be aware of the traps and nuances). Brutal honesty can often be used a cover for anti-social outbursts and impulsive, less than strategic behavior which you might regret in hindsight. As for examples of notions for autonomy, they are often very particular to your life, and you'll get insights about them. One of mine is that "I need to be tormented to be motivated" is false (it's a notion I reject). A notion I embrace is "you don't need to do anything". It's good for reminding yourself that your being is always whole. It's also useful for noticing when I'm for example doing something on my phone while doing something else instead of doing it while being completely focused. That I'm not driven by an outside stimulus but rather my inner will. Another interesting notion that I got from Leo is "you are creating everything". It's extremely mystical and all-pervading. Another one is "thoughts are just thoughts" (or "concepts are just concepts", "concepts are limited", or even "notions are limited"). It gives you a layer of meta-awareness and space to choose how to act. Notice that a lot of spirituality is about elevating autonomy. But I'll stress again, be aware of traps and nuances when dealing with notions. A big trap is treating a notion absolutistically, or ironically ceeding your autonomy to it. Notions are more like small furniture decorations in your mind that create certain moods and states. And you should always be up to change some of the furniture, but be honest with which furniture you like and which you don't. Use your sense when dealing with notions. Don't just take up a particular notion because I mentioned it. Your ability to choose and discriminate between notions is fundamental for your autonomy.

Finding the physical correlates of kundalini energy (or inventing new methodologies to capture it) is something I would like to research one day. There are things like nadis which are subtle phenomena and not physically measureable (as far as I know), but surely it could be possible to find something physical going on that would be particular to kundalini and which could explain or predict it.

I just realized the second song is the first one played backwards. I've listened to this album for so many years without putting two and two together 😂 Ron Jarzombek, ladies and gentlemen.

Lol how?

If fluoride binds so strongly to your teeth, what do you think it does to the rest of the structures in your body? I'm a weirdo, but for me, the straw that broke the camel's back is that it increases the activity of an enzyme that converts glutamate to GABA. It essentially lowers your brain activity. There are many studies showing IQ decreases from fluoride. But it also affects many more things in the body.