Carl-Richard

Relative/absolute fallacy: conflating the relative domain with the absolute domain.

Any examples?

I'm not trying to sound like an absolutist here, but don't you think there are more decent ways of handling that situation other than ritualistic torture? I was just pointing out how he, like many other people in that community, inhabit more red qualities than most people (nothing more, nothing less). Breaking the law in itself is most often red, but glorified violence is probably THE hallmark of red.

There is a nuance there that we can point out. Integrating blue/red in a healthy way isn't necessarily the same as reacting to and closing yourself off to green, which is often the danger with these types of red pill movements, but of course they do serve their function. It's better to unite the otherwise unruly and repressed masculinity under a blue framework and a community like the one Elliot is providing rather than leaving it unaddressed.

Who said it wasn't?

I was helping the dude with his personal development based on my own experiences of personal development, but ok

Being a hippie atleast stops you from being an ethnocentric nationalist.

Two wrongs don't make a right

As long as you can tie your shoes and get to work on time, you're all good, buddy.

Do whatever you feel is right. You'll get used to not being able to relate to people the same way you used to. I was in your shoes 3 years ago myself, but I still hang out with other people despite all that. There are still many ways that you can connect to other people your age.

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gorgoroth-guitarist-released-from-norwegian-prison/

I do realise it, and I don't pretend that I'm not doing it. I'm saying I am doing it, and you're also doing it.

Ok. You were supposed to show me which definition of the word that you're willing to extend your authority to. Only you decide what is an authority. The only way you can awaken to yourself is by trusting yourself.

Do you?

It's cool if it happens for 3 seconds and you can snap out of it, but when it becomes your new baseline, it feels like the end.

First recognize that the so-called external world is actually inside your own head. This establishes the fact that everything is consciousness. Now, you're asking whether something can exist outside of consciousness, and that requires that we unpack the idea of non-duality. Imagine the universe and see if you can imagine there being an edge to the universe, a limit that keeps it from extending for forever. If the universe has an edge, is the edge a part of the universe? More importantly, if the universe is supposedly limited, it has to be limited by something else than itself, and that is what the edge is for. But then think about this very carefully: for something to be limited, there must be something else that limits it. The edge limits the universe, and therefore the universe is limited. But what limits the edge? Surely, something else must also limit the edge, or else that edge is just limitless. Hmm... isn't this a problem? Well, can't we just add another edge outside that edge? Well, not really, because that edge must also have another edge limiting it and so on etc.. Now we've run into the problem of infinite regression, and that is actually not a "problem" but instead an inherent quality of the universe. The universe is actually unlimited, infinite, and necessarily so, because if the universe is everything that can exist, then what can limit it other than itself? Now if consciousness is everything that exists, what can limit consciousness other than itself? And what can consciousness be other than unlimited, infinite, absolute, primary, prior to anything and everything? That is the truth of nonduality. Every limit, every distinction, every "two" is necessarily "one". Now, if everything is made out of consciousness, what is that edge of the universe made out of? The edge is an imaginary limit: Tada!

Recognize that "depersonalization" is a term that stems from the paradigm of western psychology that tries to fit everything into a description of pathology. If we were to give that description any merit, some people who awaken tend to react were negatively to it and want to repress it, and this impedes the natural blissful unfoldment that is otherwise characteristic of an awakening. In that case, when the otherwise natural state feels alien, intrusive and threatening, you could call it a pathology along the lines of depersonalization. However, many people also argue that they're two diametrically opposed phenomenas that should not be conflated with eachother.

All limits are imagined by consciousness.

I recommend focusing mostly on the gut area and looking for emotional tensions there. Release it anyway you feel like: cry if you have to. Relaxation is impossible if you have repressed emotions in your body.

How do you decide what is common sense?

But you're deciding which authority decides that, aren't you? Or else why are you telling me this? I don't need somebody to tell me that I can't fly. I already know I can't. If you knew you could fly, you would just find another authority to cling to that fits your experience. At the end of the day, you're actually the one who chooses the authority, and that means the authority only comes from yourself. This is more relevant to your frustration than you think. You're looking for outside validation for something you can only decide for yourself, and that decision is to accept the reality of what you're experiencing and drop the need for an imaginary authority telling you what to do. The outside authority is only secondary to your inside authority. You're the one deciding it. You're your own authority. Own it. Stay true to your experience.

We all sometimes go a bit overboard when arguing about something we're passionate about on this forum, and we tend to forget the bigger picture and get caught up in our own emotional attachments and logical justifications (I surely have). Lately I have been laying down some harsh critiques against people attacking my beloved model of Spiral Dynamics, and therefore in the spirit of repentance, I wish I would've acted more in alignment with the values I'm so concerned about defending. If you feel the same way about anything lately, feel free to share it here with us