Epikur

Why children should work

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I wish I got this training when I was a child. Now it's so hard to get rid of my atheism regarding cleaning.
 

 

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Japan's handling of Covid-19 summarized in a 2 minute video :D

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Intrinsic joy is revealed in the marriage of meaning and being.

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@Epikur I love this, great concept. My son has a list of chores he does 5 times a week in exchange for his allowance. I also say thank you and praise him for a good work, I hope it doesn’t backfires lol 

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23 hours ago, Epikur said:

I wish I got this training when I was a child. Now it's so hard to get rid of my atheism regarding cleaning.
 

 

All indoctrination in a nutshell.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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I wish I was made to do chores as a kid. I would have had more discipline as a kid.

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2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

All indoctrination in a nutshell

Having a kid that doesn’t know how to clean after himself is exhausting 

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19 minutes ago, Jennjenn said:

Having a kid that doesn’t know how to clean after himself is exhausting 

Yes, and having a kid with a free mind is also exhausting.

"Mommy, if God exists, who created God?"

"Don't ask stupid questions, sweetie. Just pray to baby Jesus."

The purpose of all indoctrination is to make life easier for those in power.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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12 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Yes, and having a kid with a free mind is also exhausting.

I remember asking my mom "Why do we have to die?" when I was like 7 years old, and she got really stumped by that question haha.

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Intrinsic joy is revealed in the marriage of meaning and being.

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29 minutes ago, Raphael said:

@Leo Gura How is this video indoctrination?

How is it not?

Just because the indoctrination is something you consider "positive" doesn't make it any less indoctrination.

28 minutes ago, FlowerNote said:

@Leo Gura But saying God created himself also seems like an easy answer on the surface ;)

But it happens to be true. So that's your problem to understand.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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29 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

I remember asking my mom "Why do we have to die?" when I was like 7 years old

i asked my mother the same question when i was 5 , she said when people become old , Yama Deva  takes them away from earth :ph34r:. he can take them to two places : heaven or hell , depends on what kind of work you do in life.:P


"All troubles come to an end when the ego dies"

"God has become man; man will become God again"

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43 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Yes, and having a kid with a free mind is also exhausting.

"Mommy, if God exists, who created God?"

"Don't ask stupid questions, sweetie. Just pray to baby Jesus."

The purpose of all indoctrination is to make life easier for those in power.

I don’t know how we jumped from teaching a kid to clean after himself to telling him how to think and to pray to baby Jesus. 
The kid can have a free mind and also learn how to wash dishes lol

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You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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I thought for a moment this was going to be about justifying child labor like back around how it was during the turn of the century xD

 

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There are so many things we gotta teach a child (emphasis on the word child, once they’re adults things change), basic life skills, like cleaning after himself and discipline. But we also gotta teach them to have a open mind, to think for themselves, human decency and respect and learn how to say no when they don’t want to do something. I child would never have a healthy self esteem if we dismissed them and tell them what to do. I child with low self esteem is an easy pray. We also teach them the value of education...

Being able to take care of yourself brings self confidence. 

My child is the autism spectrum so is imperative that he learns basic life skills, which he does and really well. 

If I over control him I’m telling him it’s ok to be control by others. I don’t think having a little disciple is mind control.

Two things can be true at the same time. 

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1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

Yes, and having a kid with a free mind is also exhausting

If you believe so much in having a free mind then why do you teach so much? 
You’re “teaching” people to have a free mind?... see what I did there lol. 

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@Jennjenn There is difference between teaching people what to think vs teaching them how to think.

My entire body of work is centered around teaching non-dogma.

Of course people will still turn it into dogma, but that's on them.


You are God. You are Truth. You are Love. You are Infinity.

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3 minutes ago, datamonster said:

Learning certain things and behaviors is just part of what it means to live in a society. Yes, it is "indoctrination" to a degree, but this is what is required if we want to live well together.

Yes, and I thought Leo believed in more government so we can be live a more harmonious life together.... so what is it? 
 

if my child learns to clean after himself we will definitely be more “harmonious” lol

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1 minute ago, Jennjenn said:

If you believe so much in having a free mind then why do you teach so much? 
You’re “teaching” people to have a free mind?... see what I did there lol. 

Im not Leo, but there is big difference between the average joe and average user of this forum.

I've noticed that self-actualizators question teachings more in general. The average joe in other hand takes whatever an authority tells them and believes its good.

My favourite teaching from Leo is "Dont believe anything I say, experience it yourself"

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