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  1. I don't espouse the ideology of karma and reincarnation. Maybe Consciousness works that way, or not. It isn't something I have directly realized, only the cosmic scale of cause and effect. On your question, the donkey (and every other being) does what Consciousness commands it to do. It has no free will of its own. I have compared it to a cosmic game of pinball, where steel balls ricochet across the machine, but only as a result of the Player that sends them spinning.
  2. Conscious Politics - Part 1 - The Deepest Political Analysis You'll Ever Hear https://youtu.be/klWq18u3GiU Introduction to "Conscious Politics" Will be a multi-part series Aimed at addressing ignorance about how government and politics work Speaker has spent a lot of time studying politics recently, approaching it from a non-partisan perspective Speaker has had spiritual and political awakenings, leading to profound insights and principles about problems within governments and politics Will provide practical tools for understanding and arguing about politics Requires some background knowledge, including non-duality, spiral dynamics, self-deception, survival, collective ego, devilry and evil, ideology, relativism, systems thinking, and the nature of power Will provide a new, cutting-edge way of thinking about government Will address specific policy proposals and practical applications The problem of selfishness, bias, and ideology corrupting discussions and leading to culture wars The importance of having serious discussions about important issues The need to elevate beyond partisan thinking and ideology The importance of recognizing that all political positions are limited and partial The concept of going "meta" and being trans-partisan in discussions The role of power dynamics in shaping political discussions and outcomes The influence of the media on shaping political discourse and decisions The need to critically examine one's own beliefs and biases The importance of understanding history and context in political discussions The importance of compassion and empathy in conscious politics. Government prevents external and internal oppression, including exploitation, scams, religious cults, factions, gangs, mafia, and corporate and economic oppression Government ensures property rights and provides court systems for peaceful dispute resolution Government prevents torture, cruel and unusual punishment, and child labor Government provides police, firefighters, riot control, criminal investigation and prosecution, prisons, search and rescue, and emergency health care Government provides infrastructure, including roads, bridges, electric grid, and sewage systems Government provides farming subsidies to prevent famines and poverty relief for those who go broke Government provides public education and universities Government provides research and development funding for scientific and technological advances Government provides military defense against external threats Government promotes social welfare and public health, including healthcare, mental health services, and drug treatment programs Government promotes equality and civil rights, including protecting against discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Life as a chimp or other ape is not an individual experience The idea of individualism is a modern luxury made possible by government and infrastructure Humans are not individual ants, but part of a collective Stage orange level of politics does not recognize collective problems, only personal responsibility Stage orange people prioritize profits and economic growth over addressing deeper issues Stage orange philosophy is materialistic and subscribes to toxic masculinity and survival of the fittest Many businesses and CEOs subscribe to this philosophy, prioritizing their own success over the environment and employees This mentality creates suffering and inequality in society Spiritual and feminine values are seen as weak or undesirable in this mindset It is important to recognize and address the systemic problems and imbalances in society in order to create a more harmonious and equal society. Freedom can lead to harmful actions such as rape, murder, and theft Government is necessary to reduce absolute freedom and create fairness and peace Unifying diverse groups of people to agree on common rules is difficult due to differing backgrounds, worldviews, etc. Survival is brutal and often involves prioritizing one's own life and interests over others Freedom must be balanced with limitations to prevent oppression Initially, giving up freedoms may seem necessary for protection against attacks from other groups, but ultimately leads to a deeper sense of community and cooperation Government is a remarkable technology that allows for peaceful coexistence and the advancement of society The balance between freedom and control is difficult to maintain and can shift over time The United States has a system of checks and balances to prevent any one group from gaining too much control The rule of law is important for ensuring that government power is used fairly and justly. Society can be dysfunctional when group looks out for its own interests without considering others This can be caused by blind selfishness or "devilry" Reality is constantly dividing and reuniting itself at all levels Boundaries created by these divisions need to be maintained, but are temporary and can lead to suffering if people become too attached to them Throughout history, mankind has divided itself into tribes, races, ethnicities, and countries, leading to conflict and suffering The proper course of action is to unify and accept our global status as a species Political history has an arc leading towards greater equality, consciousness, complexity, freedom, and unity This arc is not perfectly linear, with ups and downs Technology can help bring about unity, but it can also lead to further division if used improperly It is important to consider the long-term consequences of actions and strive for a more fair and equal society Disagreements and wars occur because people have different ideas about what is right and wrong Right-wingers tend to have very firm convictions about right and wrong, while left-wingers are more open to the idea that these notions are relative Government must be inclusive, unlike other organizations, and must find ways to deal with all types of people, including those who may be poor, disabled, sick, mentally ill, or criminal Governments must also find ways to control fringe elements that could destabilize society In order to unify at a higher level and transcend selfishness, conscious politics must be embraced, though it may be viewed as selfish by those who are most selfish In order to successfully govern, people must try to understand and empathize with those who have different beliefs and experiences Government must also find ways to address conflicts and problems within society, including economic inequality and discrimination People must work together and try to find common ground in order to move forward and create a better society. The idea that having a fair and equal government is important Individual bias and selfishness can prevent people from seeing the importance of fairness The example of a wealthy, white, male stockbroker in New York City who is unaware of suffering and injustice experienced by others The concept of reincarnation and how it could change one's perspective on fairness The idea that stepping outside of ego and survival agenda allows for the creation of a fair government Analogy to game design and the importance of balance in creating a fun and fair game The concept of conscious politics and how it relates to creating a fair government The idea that individual bias and selfishness must be overcome in order to create a fair society Government is a necessity and taxation is necessary as well As citizens, we can try to use our voting power and political activism to direct government spending towards productive uses, such as infrastructure, education, and training programs The solution to government corruption is to be educated and engaged as a voter, not by undermining the government or privatizing everything Government needs to prioritize the well-being of human beings rather than profits Lobbying, military-industrial complex, subsidies, political favors, and the revolving door of entering and exiting government to work for corporations contribute to corruption in government Influence peddling, Ponzi schemes, and scams also contribute to corruption in government The idea that welfare is the main problem with government is incorrect
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Sameness vs Difference - The Metaphysical Foundation Of Reality https://youtu.be/M5tWkG5SGcU Sameness and difference are profound and significant topics Sameness and difference can be explored through contemplation Some people tend to focus more on differences between things, while others focus on similarities Sameness and difference can be tested through a series of questions Sameness and difference have significant ramifications for understanding the nature of reality Ants and elephants can both die and are both alive Ants and elephants have many similarities Comparing an elephant to something like the color blue is different than comparing an elephant to an ant Chimpanzees have a high percentage of genome similarity to humans Some people get offended by the idea that humans and chimpanzees are similar There are many similarities between humans and chimpanzees in size, fingers, toes, hearts, mammals, birth, nervous systems, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue, teeth, grasping hands, opposable thumbs, tool use, hair, care for young, and living in tribes Chimpanzees and humans have similar psychology and behaviors, including fear, anger, jealousy, and violence Some people are offended by the idea of shared ancestry with chimpanzees The idea of shared ancestry with chimpanzees can be disturbing for people with certain beliefs There is a primatologist who has written a book about the similarities between humans and chimpanzees Reading the book changes one's understanding of humans Humans may be similar to chimpanzees in tuxedos, with behaviors that are not as sophisticated as they think Some people may feel the need to differentiate themselves from chimpanzees There may be something deeper or more complex behind the desire to differentiate from chimpanzees One penny can make a significant difference in certain situations, such as making a digital purchase or bidding on an auction In business, small differences in price can result in significant changes in revenue The context in which a small difference is considered can impact its significance English and Chinese have a lot in common, including having similar parts of speech and being able to express almost any sentence in both languages Navajo is a radically different language from English and Chinese, with a distinct grammar that requires a different way of thinking to use English and Chinese are different because they do not share any letters in common, but English and French or German are more similar Number five and number 25 are different, but they are both numbers, odd, whole, and able to divide 100 Time and distance can also be compared in terms of their significance, depending on the context In some cases, a small difference may not matter, but in other cases it can make a significant impact People often lump psychedelics together with drugs like heroin and meth, but they are very different Cheating on a test is not the same as cheating on taxes, but they are both forms of cheating Cheating is an attitude, not a specific activity People may differentiate between cheating on a test and cheating on taxes, but there may be a positive correlation between the two Religions are often lumped together, but they are not all the same There are many different Christian denominations and sub-denominations Not all Baptists are the same Some people believe that all religions are just myths and delusions, while others believe that they are all valid and true People have different beliefs about the nature of reality and the meaning of life People have different values and priorities, which can lead to conflicts and misunderstandings The concept of a time coordinate is introduced The uniqueness of hydrogen atoms is discussed The distinction between reality and illusion/fantasy is questioned The possibility that reality is indistinguishable from illusion and fantasy is considered The relationship between God and the devil is explored The relationship between good and evil is explored The subjectivity of moral judgment is discussed The concept of the self is discussed The nature of consciousness is questioned The concept of time is questioned The idea that everything is interconnected is introduced The concept of free will is discussed The concept of the present moment is discussed The idea that the present moment is the only thing that exists is introduced The concept of the ego is discussed The idea that the ego is an illusion is introduced The concept of enlightenment is introduced The idea that enlightenment involves letting go of the ego is discussed The concept of karma is introduced The concept of reincarnation is discussed The idea that death is not the end is introduced The concept of non-duality is introduced The idea that the universe is one consciousness is introduced Train consciousness by focusing on a difference between two objects and resisting speculation or theorizing Practice this exercise for a week and compare different objects, such as a finger and a pen As homework, think of two radically different things and find their similarities Consider the possibility that the most common denominator between any two things is that they are both happening in consciousness right now Contemplate the idea that consciousness may be the one similarity that everything has in common Notice that for a thing to exist, it must exist within consciousness Consider the idea that the ultimate nature of reality may be consciousness itself Chinese characters can be difficult to read due to stylized fonts It takes time and practice to be able to read Chinese in all its different fonts Children have a limited understanding of object permanence and conservation of substances and liquids As adults, we learn to look past differences in order to survive and live comfortably Sameness and difference are relative to context Introduction of additional objects can change our perception of similarity and difference Our perception of reality is influenced by the context in which we see things We may sometimes delude ourselves in order to survive and live comfortably The concept of "truth" is not absolute and may vary depending on our perspective and context The idea that people's identities are what keep them alive and distinct from their environment The concept of the ego as a "giant snowball" of identity and differences that grows and gains momentum over time The difficulty of trying to change one's life and identity, as the ego resists change and resists listening to new ideas The idea that people's resistance to change and their struggle to improve their lives is due to the ego's need to maintain its identity The importance of understanding the ego and one's identity in order to be able to make significant changes in one's life. The ego is built upon lies and self-deceptions The ego lies to itself and others The ego does not care about truth and will see what it wants to see The ego will go to great lengths to defend its identity, including lying and creating justifications The game of life, including business, marketing, advertising, society, culture, religion, and economics, is based on helping individuals and groups maintain their identities Identity politics plays a significant role in politics, particularly on the right side of the political spectrum Republican politicians and the base do not prioritize policy, instead focusing on patriotism and American values as part of their identity Liberalism and going beyond liberalism are mentioned as alternatives to this focus on identity in politics. Developing the ability to see "deep sameness" is important for intelligence Douglas Hofstadter's theory is that thinking is done using analogies, although this is not necessarily true for all types of thinking Creative thinkers, such as philosophers, mystics, and scientists, have used analogies to make connections between unlike things and gain deep insights into reality Using analogies to draw connections between events in history and apply them to the present and future can make someone a good student of history and intelligent Seeing the "deep sameness" in all religions and understanding how they connect to each other requires seeing details and the ultimate deep sameness, which is that everything is consciousness To be truly intelligent, one must also reduce their ego and understand that their individuality is an illusion To achieve this understanding, one must be able to see that all things are connected and that separation is an illusion This can be achieved through spiritual practices, such as meditation and self-inquiry, which can help one to see the true nature of reality The legal system and justice involve making comparisons and determining what is fair in a given situation Ego plays a role in determining what is fair and in presenting arguments that favor one's own perspective Lawyer's argue without consideration for truth on behalf of their client, similar to how the left hemisphere of the mind constantly argues for the ego Politics is about fighting for individual and collective agendas, which can involve identity politics or fighting for the good of all mankind Cultural and societal programming plays a role in determining notions of sameness and difference The Civil Rights Movement was about correcting cultural notions of difference and sameness, and there is still resistance to this today Different cultures and societies have different notions of what is fair and just It is important to examine and question one's own cultural programming and biases to be more aware and fair in decision making Technology, such as music and facial recognition apps, uses algorithms to find similarities and differences in data These algorithms may include a "fudging factor" to account for variations in the data Identity is constructed like a story and can be deconstructed to understand what it is without any added constructions In order to fully self-actualize, it is important to be able to see deep similarities between seemingly different things, particularly in spirituality and religion The ego is often focused on differences and separation, but seeing sameness can lead to unity and a deeper understanding of the world In relationships, it is important to understand and embrace both sameness and differences in order to have a healthy and fulfilling connection with others Science does not explain why a person is themselves and their body is them Suffering comes from one source, but can manifest in many different ways People may never run out of problems because they are creating them themselves Seeing differences is important for technical mastery, but can lead to losing sight of the big picture Seeing sameness is good for holistic understanding, but can lead to overgeneralization Sameness and difference can become pathological Example of sameness pathology: early scientific revolution and Galileo's telescope Example of difference pathology: racism and segregation Need to be able to do both and not fall into black and white trap of being only a sameness or difference person Sweden has toy catalogs that feature traditional gender roles for boys and girls There is a movement for social justice and equality that aims to remove these stereotypes To achieve this, the roles are switched in the catalogs, such that girls are shown playing with guns and boys are shown playing with dolls This can lead to confusion among boys and girls about how to be masculine and feminine The intent of this action is good, as not all boys want to be masculine and not all girls want to be feminine However, most boys will tend to skew masculine and most girls will tend to skew feminine Forcing specific gender roles can be harmful and lead to confusion about gender identities A better solution would be to offer classes in high school that teach students about masculinity and femininity, and allow them to choose which class to enroll in or even require them to take both classes This allows students to learn about both perspectives and make their own decisions about their gender identities In traditional and tribal cultures, gender roles are passed down from generation to generation through socialization and apprenticeship In modern Western culture, there is less of this transmission of knowledge, leading to confusion about gender roles It is important to learn how to be a man or a woman in order to have successful relationships and understand the perspectives of the opposite gender It is not necessary to force specific gender roles on anyone, but it is important to offer the opportunity for education about masculinity and femininity. The CIA tested LSD on soldiers in the 60s/70s in an effort to create super soldiers The LSD had the opposite effect, causing soldiers to become more united with their environment and unable to shoot the enemy The men's rights movement is made up of men with problems in their relationships with women due to issues in their upbringing These men have a secret hatred of women and blame them for their own inadequacies The men's rights movement acts like a victim and blames women, feminists, social justice warriors, political correctness, and repression of men for their problems True men take responsibility for their own problems and work to fix them, rather than developing ideologies and blaming others Pickup artists try to attract women but don't understand the root problems or how to have a healthy relationship The red pill and MGTOW movements are similar to the men's rights movement in their attitudes towards women Jordan Peterson's "insoles" may also have similar attitudes and beliefs All of these movements demonize women and have a pathological view of relationships The speaker discusses the concept of "difference pathology," or the tendency for people to define themselves in opposition to others and create conflicts based on perceived differences Sam Harris is mentioned as an example of someone who engages in difference pathology by fighting against Islam, while ignoring the negative aspects of his own actions and beliefs Richard Dawkins is also mentioned as engaging in difference pathology by criticizing creationists while holding onto his own materialist beliefs as a form of religion Ethnocentrism and racism are examples of difference pathology, as they involve defining one's own culture or race as superior to others The final example of difference pathology mentioned is the tendency to overlook or justify one's own negative actions or beliefs while focusing on the faults of others
  4. Think about it. You're creating momentum in the subconscious mind your whole life by practicing religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, etc and/or reading new age philosophies like the Law of One and The Law of Attraction, doing endless contemplations on the nature of the infinite mind of God by watching Leo Gura videos. Where does all this mind-momentum go when you die? This spiritual Life? No where! You Are God. You have been imagining, and thus creating, your souls own personal heaven this entire lifetime. The brain doesn't create the mind. It's the other way around. The mind imagines the physical brain. When this body dies, (if you choose to imagine your own death, of course) your mind and projections will still exist, fully intact. Because of this, the body appears to act as a radio receiver for inner Light, a receiver of Consciousness. Aldous Huxley called the brain a reducing valve of Consciousness. Our bodies are essentially egos, filters, lenses; The limiting foci points of pure Consciousness. Our perceptions filter our Reality; thus we shape Reality through perception. You assume your Higher Self in death. In fact, when the body is gone, you will be far, far more conscious than you are now; Transcending spacetime entirely, You become aware of every moment 'past, present & future' simultaneously. This is why people report seeing their lives flash before their eyes, and even undergoing what's called a Life Review before choosing to incarnate into a timeline where they miraculously survive (thanks to superposition there's always a timeline) so they can continue their soul lessons in this lifetime. So a Christian imagines a Christian afterlife and assumes a Christian afterlife in the Christian conception of heaven, and the Muslim imagines an Islamic afterlife with Islamic deities. Because that's exactly what they were expecting; and with no physical plane to ground that perception... well, you're grounded in a dream! Thus heaven is dream-like, with an intensity much more-so than this waking dream we call Life. A Hindu or Buddhist imagines undergoing a cycle of reincarnation whereby the soul progresses via spiritual evolution over multiple incarnations. A New Ager imagines some planetary ascension, in this lifetime. It's actually a pretty clever narrative. It's all the same. We're Creating Our Perception. We're Creating Reality. Seriously, You Are God. You're making all this shit up. Let yourself go! However You choose interpret that.
  5. 1. Law comes from religion. So, outlawing the problematic parts of religion (Of which there are many, I agree with you there) requires equivocal agreement from the majority. 2. When it comes to the parts that aren't that problematic, why do you want to outlaw that? 3. Do keep in mind that religion is responsible for the concept of 'God'. Religion is the reason we can have any discussion of God at all. The same goes for any discussion of 'meaning' or 'Life-Purpose'. The whole idea of a Life-Purpose is that it's God-given, it's a pre-birth intention, something that's beyond yourself, beyond your petty human identity. For that, you'd have to entertain the idea of reincarnation. Also only possible thanks to religion. 4. You don't get past Stage Red without religion. There comes a point in Stage Red where you need someone to come up with the concept of a 'supernatural entity' that's above all humans and that hands down a set of commandments, saying that 'rape and pillage is wrong, you will go to hell after you die if you do it'. Ultimately, all morality is human. But, you need people to attribute a governing morality to an authority-figure/entity that is not human, that is above all humans, so that you can justify forcing all humans to follow it. This is why the idea of 'God' the way it's portrayed in religion. (At Red, every human is their own God. But, because they're not perfect, they abuse their power in any system they enter, cuz they're acting out of ego. And they form their morality on the fly to justify it. But, at Blue, you have to build the discipline to prioritize your morality/values over your ego, because 'the morality came from God, not yourself'. Accountability becomes possible only at Blue, it even has any meaning only at Blue, cuz shame becomes a thing at Blue, and integrity becomes important and 'virtuous' at Blue for this reason. At Red, integrity is not virtuous. Whatever serves your own self-interest is virtuous!) My point is that there are a lot of very important functions that religion serves in society. And there are very important, pragmatic reasons people hold onto it. Don't be naive about it.
  6. As a side note - the world has no correlation to your spiritual journey Your soul family and your romantic partners and pets and all that, these are souvenirs on your journey, they are your supplement, your nutrient, your fuel, they are your collectibles that give you companionship and strength and vigor to have the best life, but they are not permanently attached to your spirit, they might still entertain you in the afterlife and your spirit might be attached to your romantic spouse and pet, looking after them, wanting to meet them again in the next spawn or rebirth/reincarnation, yet over many respawns, they will slowly detach from your spirit and you'll have to forget them eventually in your spirit form and continue the journey alone. It's very tempting to bring them along because you had such a darling time with them, but unfortunately every spirit has to journey alone after the tunnel. You have to kiss them a final goodbye at some point and walk out the tunnel. They have their own journey (just like yours) although they will remember you too. This is the reason why soulmates meet again and again in every birth one way or another, because their spiritual signatures keep colliding. These spiritual signatures carry the memories of their times together in their past lives/spawns.. They come to merge again. And want to see each other, even become husband and wife again. But sometimes this isn't easy, they could be far away from each other in different cultures and countries and in a pathetic materialistic reality their union becomes impossible due to geography or age differences or cultural differences or anything that keeps them from coming together. Even shallow fights or other unfortunate happenstances.
  7. "All men come back to bodily life again if they leave a residue of karma. All karma that is not brought to an end by bringing the mind's bondage to the ego-thought to an end, makes reincarnation inescapable." - 17 "The more I reflect about my global travels, observations, and studies, the more I hold firmly to this truth: 'Character is fate.'" - 46 "We ought not to ask men to express qualities of character and mind which neither experience nor birth enable them to express." - 76 "If it were true that a bad man must always remain bad, where would the hope be for mankind? But in the perfect wisdom of the Infinite Mind, human lives are so arranged that the bad man will go on garnering the untoward results of his deeds until his mind, first subconsciously but later consciously, perceives the logical and causal connection between his act and his suffering and begins the attempt to control his evil tendencies. Both this education and this effort will continue through many births for a single one would be too short in time, too poor in opportunity, for such a total reformation to be achieved." - 225 "Even those who are well-intentioned and spiritually minded make many mistakes in life simply because they cannot see the unfortunate results to which their wrong decisions and actions must necessarily lead. Only experience can lead to their correction and only reincarnation can give enough experience." - 226
  8. Why I wrote this? 1. Sharing my own experience, just sharing. 2. Making them in text, giving text and explanation about this paranormal thing help me to make the paranormal experience more on solid, so the sensation is not molding, change or move. 3. Maybe some of you folks have same experience and have a guide to me on what happen. Problem in sharing paranormal experience: How to explain some experience is very difficult in language because it is very experience based. Sharing on practical level oftentimes doesn't help at all. I think one is better explaining this paranormal thing as one grow older because this paranormal I found is very philosopical and the quality of information on this subject related to maturity. Attempt to share the paranormal when one have very little experience in life caused on very distorted look on the paranormal, it very easily misunderstood. A reference of my paranormal experience: Terence Hines in his book Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (2003) wrote: The paranormal can best be thought of as a subset of pseudoscience. What sets the paranormal apart from other pseudosciences is a reliance on explanations for alleged phenomena that are well outside the bounds of established science. Thus, paranormal phenomena include extrasensory perception (ESP), telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, life after death, reincarnation, faith healing, human auras, and so forth. The explanations for these allied phenomena are phrased in vague terms of "psychic forces", "human energy fields", and so on. This is in contrast to many pseudoscientific explanations for other nonparanormal phenomena, which, although very bad science, are still couched in acceptable scientific terms. My actual experience: 1. Sensing: I can sense very clearly energy. I cannot see the energy, some folks can see the colour of aura or something like that. I just sense it. I love the word 'smell' for energy, I can smell people energy, corporation, organization, country, a phone, motorcycle, spiritual practice and human collective energy. Smell defined how the the subject will react to external stimulus, quality, durability and the systems they are in. I oftentimes predict the future like timetraveller but in pseudoscience. 2. My body is very sensitive to energy. When I placed to some place that have different energy or not match (I dont know what it is actually why that happen). I can have very weird sensation like some crawling sensation under the skin, geometrical shit happen on my min and every geometrical have subtle meaning (beautiful but, oh goddamn why there is a random pattern that stuck in my yead.. I can't sleep with those pattern, I wonder why there is no geometic girl), alien like pattern thinking (psychedelic alike on sober). Some energy can affect my whole system of thinking until the energy inside my body is getting 'cleared'. When its not got cleared/ energy stuck I can have difficult on concetration/ focus splitting and weird sensation on my head (please get out, I need to work). The reason is still a question. 3. I can copy paste someone ability. It happen naturally. When I see my ex can read people, I just see the way she talk and keep focusing on it. After some time I can use her ability and enhance it for myself with my own style. 4. I can see people ability. (para ability) When I grow older I see more clearly that people have different ability. I can tell when people have good ability on leadership, have good big talk (hollow) but can hypnotize people, I smell alien like ability inside some people head (like Leo haha). In short, ability is feature on the soul. You know how hero have ability in every MOBA/MMO game? I see its the same here, there is huge variety and quality. I see people can develop some weird ability, it can be very deadly and effective for survival. And the others is can be very gentle and nurturing. I have some category on the ability based the quality: S+ (alien like, not human), S (wisdom based on humanity), A (clever for survival), B (not really interesting). S+ Alien quality have very different meaning system of things, they work as they want without any good and bad. But still they have purpose of the ability. S Wisdom based on humanity have more feminine essence in it but incorporate the purpose of humanity to become more whole, empowerment of all in subtle or very direct manner. A Survival ability that one acquired can be very masculine and seems as harsh. It have pure masculine essence. No good and bad. I see them like a sharp equipment of the soul, very black. People that have this abilitiy and have purpose can be very sucessful in pursuing their goal. B I don't want to talk about it because there is no much to learn from the essence of B series. Generally the lower the category the less wisdom it have. 5. Seeing how mature of one soul is. There is a difference between smart people and mature people. Even when one is called mature from a society standard, there is a distinction between mature as a soul and as a person. In this forum I see a some of those, from the typing or from their picture profile. (hide yours from me :p) Mature people can see things intercontextually, its corellated by inner character. Character of the soul I say. People can be placed in very bad situational enviroment, real character will shine there. The eye of mature soul cannot be faked. It is there wherever they are, whatever their belief is. A soul become clear when one truly accept who they are, how they truly think and do. After the acceptance of the self, the soul can continue to grow and getting more EXP. How the soul can learn without the acceptance of the fullest being? When the soul is not fully accepted, the learning process become more difficult. I see desire to fit in is a big mistake because it is fake. Belief have little to do with soul growth. Because every belief that one choose is correlated with their own soul experience. Big soul naturally will leaning to belief that match their own soul. "The plant leaning to the sun, is natural. " 6. How things affect the way I see. Belief, trauma, knowledge and all sort of fear can affect the way I see. How this paranormal things works: I won't explore this paranormal psychic things furthermore, its very wild, unstable and can make my mouth little bit smiling but in insane way if I try to activate some sensation that I even don't understand what it is. I think I need a guide to make myself understand this things better in safe way. I don't want to use it too much, what I can see sometimes is very crazy and have nothing to do with survival, I think because it is pure. But for now this all enough, making money will be more beneficial for now I found that some of things just learned without I need to learn it consciously, in some case I just aware the ability is sit there the whole time but I don't have the pointer and someone to say what it is and what it is function. So what can we call it? Paranormal awakening? hahaha. I cannot be forced to see things. When it getting forced too much by ego or especially external need to see something they can have advantage of. Forcing this lead to distortion of the truth, or maybe I just rarely excercise this for other people advantage, and btw... why I need to be seen as weirdo thoo haha. Using it more meaning learning it more. I think my adolescent mentality is not ready for the next thing of the development. Some of my own paranormal things I feel like still undercover. How I see this paranormal things in my life for NOW: Actually, I don't want to see this experience as paranormal things. I WANT TO see this as mental illnes or something in psychology field but I found they did'nt have good answer to, at least for now. Treating this experience with metal illness lens just make things worse. I feel with those lens I ignore a lot of the experience with the narrow lens. I feel I need to have my own lens to see this things. Saying it is paranormal seems give the experience more mystery and my own making sense is getting depth, rather than simplification. How I describe my paranormal experience: 1) The awareness of the raw smells of things. Smell = pure energy. What is pure energy? Analogy: You put your hands behind you, you don't see them right? but can you feel your hand? you feel the energy. When I see something most people cannot see, I feel the energy like you feel your own hand. 2) The one soul feature that most people don't have. History: Family: My grandpa is caretaker of an Old Mountain in Java. He often becoma a leader in some sort of spirit worship ritual things, I see the purpose is good.. for the good fortune in the village. Villager often come to see my grandpa for healing and a guide. Some people say my grandpa is not usual person, he have a gift and some say the gift is go down to me. But when I trying to talk about what I see with him, he didnt get it ? Elementary School: I am naturally inclined in the paranormal area, I see this as bad thing mostly. I got very different thought pattern than most people: knowing the answer but don't know why or what to answer, I have more mature thinking fetish (not embodied thinking)- so when I was child it was very stupid because I focus on searching some kind of whole thinking not survival. I cannot think straightly, I cannot do basic thinking when I was child. It was very difficult because anything that I think have abstract energy on there and take my focus away. Junior High School - Senior High School : I think this paranormal thing have something to do with mental health. I always thinking that way and I got no answer. University: I have trauma things that I don't aware of on that time. I think that is very highly related before. I found that it had nothing to do with trauma. Trauma is different subject. But does trauma affect the paranormal experience? Yes. It distort it to survive the trauma things. In Uni I mostly healed from my trauma and the paranormal things still happening. In Uni I meet some people that have paranormal stuff: One person say to me that something special laid behind my hand, they can see some pattern in my hand but I can't see it even with my magnifying glass. Another person say that I am is like some kind of a god choosen one, I don't explore his idea. I getting turned off by the way he talk first and shut it up. -THREAD UNFINISHED, will be a continuation and editing tomorrow- My english is not perfect, but god will love it anyway. If you don't understand what I was talking about, take this things as a joke :-p
  9. This obviously contradicts what Leo says. He claims that if you are murdered you stay in a dark limbo state after death for 1000+ years, same with suicide or any accidental death? Apparently the only safe why to die to assure a "rebirth" and not hell is to die in your sleep. Why does he say this? How would he know?
  10. Here are my two cents on Karma. Reincarnation cases done by Stevensson and Tucker, religious cases of posessions and other cases described by Allan Kardec make me believe that although we share the same essence (we are dissociations of Universal Mind as Bernardo Kastrup puts it), we continue our lives after death of physical body - our intelligence and memory continue. If you lived your life as a generally "good person", you won't experience much trauma in your next life. Also you won't experience being a dog after your death as a human, because that wouldn't give you any new experiences essential to "level up". In this view apparently separated parts of Consciousness are on their infinite journey towards complete unification. We are the same spirit, but because of different life experiences we form different souls, which are evolving using bodies as instruments of learning and experiencing life.
  11. I want to describe my interpretation of the mechanics of the Karma system. I believe Karma is definitely similar to an ironic event, it sums up to, do unto others what would be done unto you or as TOOL would say "Do unto others what has been done to you." There's two experiences in reality, birth and death, there's also a belief that reincarnation is real but whether you believe in it or not its really not relevant for consciousness. The persona is the character or role you play in life, your personality or how you act towards others, It's pretty much an act. The persona is illusory to consciousness and makes the mistake of thinking it is actually the persona. I'ts not the ego its just a trickery of the mind, in other words you play different roles through your experience of birth and re-birth. Consciousness is doing this forever, a very repetitious nature, and is quite possible that you may have experience every single persona that ever existed through the eras of time. You are born into the world and what you do to it will have an impact on you and no one else. Bad Karma is simply, I hurt you, and If you hurt others or harm the world (leaving it in a worst shape than you found it). Eventually you will end up playing the role of the person that you hurt and experience a world that you destroyed. You can relate to this, how many times has someone else made you cry? Good Karma can lead to more good karma. You're born into a world that takes time to understand and you have the power to make someone else's life better and when you die, you did all you could to make the world better for future generations. That's my view of a Karmic system, take from the world put back into it and improve it for your future self.
  12. Would be nice to get @Leo Gura's views on all this? I updated my post, so check if you've missed anything. So basically you're saying.. "I feel this is true, so I know it is"? As a Green kid my views were pretty much identical to yours. I "felt" that reincarnation, souls, karma, etc. must be real. But that's just religion 2.0. These are not things you can believe for or against, that's naiive. They're much more complicated than existing absolutely or not existing absolutely.
  13. I feel like some people are more apt to remember their true nature as God because they've been through many reincarnation cycles before. You may hear people referencing themselves as "starseeds" or "wanderers" or recalling memories from their past lives. A lot of people hear this and just interpret it as egoism but if you ask me the crazy woo woo people are onto something.
  14. @Carl-Richard No, I meant other people posting their spawn count on the forum. They can't just know intuitively if Leo said that the phychic didn't know his own spawn count. It might not actually be a joke but the numbers seem random. I'm assuming that reincarnation and spawn count are the same thing and the quiz that I took about that does not even match these results and I'm not even sure if the quiz has enough range of results to do so. Also, why are we talking about this if Leo is not even sure if this is true? Could this actually be dogma? Do you know for yourself that this is true?
  15. @Inliytened1 Maybe that is the main issue here. This forum is created by one human egoic mind - brilliant mind, to be honest - for others' egoic minds for typical egoic mind activity - under cover of the quest for the ultimate truth - compare itself, judge others, appropriate concepts and ideas about so-called enlightenment or awakening. But I think it's not bad at all. This forum is, by far, the best mirror that reflects our ideological, philosophical, and emotional attachments about how reality should look like, what it should be, and how God should fit into our conceptual set. It also mirrors our most profound existential questions. When we peel off this egoic layer, or at least we are aware of it, what lies underneath has a tremendous cognitive value. When Einstein told Bohr that God did not play dice, Bohr consciously replied to him: do not tell God what to play. Here we can clash our different concepts about our experiences, which can reach the most distant alien realms that is hard for human to imagine. Nobody is less or more enlightened, or I don't consider myself or anybody here to judge this stuff - on what basis? From my experience, I know that surrendering one's ego is not an easy and short process. It keeps fighting back, you all know that. I would say it takes many lifetimes, you disagree with the idea of reincarnation, and here we go - ego is safe, and that is its purpose, isn't it?
  16. I just watched your video about God Realization a while ago. Indeed, I have not had such an awakening, to see how I am creating reality right now, my memory, my psyche etc. whenever I have done 5 meo and it has sent me to infinity, it has been a moment. my human attachment is still strong, although every day less, very quickly it grabs me. but if I have realized many times the infinity and I have become completely infinite. that infinity has stayed with me, it has changed my psyche. I don't know things, like I'm forming my hand and stuff, but I don't see that it's crucial to know that either. I think knowing is from the ego. once you have become infinite, you know that one thing is the same as another thing. It doesn't matter if you are a god, if you have created your parents, if there is only one pov or more, if there is reincarnation....all that is ego, the only thing that matters is being able to detach yourself from the human in order to be infinite. knowing things is attachment. it is ego. what is it for? if it is infinity. Maybe to know those things could help to the total freedom, in that case, welcome
  17. Oh wow. Surprised You're saying that. I've recently realized that reincarnation is "real" and I will be going through lives for infinity. But I was second guessing myself and didn't wanna bring this up here because it's still the dream and yadda yadda yadda. I can't see yet how that could be a dream. And how can reincarnation exists only from a certain POV? Isn't there an absolute way in which God functions? So like: reincarnating infinitely or not?
  18. Yes God is infinite reincarnation, you could say. One way to think of God is as an infinitely tall and bushy tree, where each leaf is one conscious creature. But even that is a limited formulation of God.
  19. Reincarnation is simply attachment to forms, some of which may resemble lives.
  20. Reincarnation exists from a certain POV. But you go beyond that POV at the highest levels of consciousness.
  21. And yet there is no end to death and reincarnation.
  22. I don't know why you all resist this concept of reincarnation so much. Are you afraid of something? Of being incarnated to some real shit to verify your claims? I don't consider your God-realization as non-existing. All I'm saying is that this hallucinated or imagined reality is as accurate as it can be. It's a perfect hallucination (I wouldn't expect anything less from God, by the way :). And what keeps you at this stage of the theatre of the universe is your egoic mind. And it's not so easy to drop all your imagined agendas to get out of this game of duality. Once for good. Not for a few minutes, hours, or days.
  23. Reincarnation is just a word and the word is with god, the word is god.
  24. Yeah, I think that too I don’t really know but, reincarnation even if it’s not sequential in terms of this dream is likely as I am here now
  25. Reincarnation doesn’t exist, but it also doesn’t not exist.