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Happy to be getting over this blocked around learning music I’ve had, and practicing. It sucks because I’m rusty, but I am coming to it with more experience and maturity. Not as or very neurotic this time around. 

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I was sitting on a bus earlier and felt a bit stressed thinking about my life purpose, finance, money, mortality, life, and the desire to be successful. Also the stress of humanity ugliness and stupidity. 
 

This stress was building up, and a fatigue was setting in. Then, I saw this as an opportunity to gain more direct experience with my Qigong. Where I am sitting on a bus I thought I would experiment with acupressure. 
 

I did some acupressure on acupoints H7, P8, P7, P6 I learned from one of Lee’s workshops. It’s amazing how powerful and effective it is. Qigong, acupressure and Chinese medicine is a serious area of study and I think it could aid your epistemology, metaphysics, spirituality and health practice. 
 

Washed away my stress and anxiety, calmed the mind, brought me into the present moment. If you are into meditation but don’t have a toolkit of acupressure points and massage techniques you are missing out. 

Edited November 11, 2024 by Thought Art

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The vast majority of people have no sense of their own ignorance, self deception, cognitive biases, ability to be lied to and manipulated, short sightedness, assumptions etc. This is the only reason Trump gets elected. A shit storm of confusion, illness, etc. It appears the democrats have also failed the working class in the past and the things Biden has done to start fixing that won’t be felt for some time. This is one of the challenges with democracy is what I do in my four years may not be felt until 2 years after, and people may associate that with the guy who came next. 
 

People vastly underestimate the bottlenecking problem with information, education and understanding in political situations. Especially with how corrupt the social sphere has become with lies, social media memes, all these news sources which facture and split peoples understandings of things. The depth, maturity and grasp of running a nation is not well understood by people. Especially the large body of uneducated Americans. This is the problem. And, stage green with its toxic idealogies and approach to social issues as well, especially around lgtbq and trans people makes it even worse. Plural, green and postmodernism I think, and the idea that these are correct values for everyone in America make democratics vulnerable to people like Trump as well. Because those ideas are threatening to a large amount of people. Perhaps, less so gays in today’s world but, trans especially.  Though, I’m still contemplating this. 
 

60% of Americans I think live pay check to pay check. Trump is not going to make those peoples lives better. Because, if he does in fact tariff everything from China, and tariff other countries those people just getting by right now won’t be able to afford anything, or will be pushed into an affordability crisis. Beyond what already exists. This is my understanding. 
 

I worry that a lot of people who voted don’t actually understand their own government, the importance of the constitution, the reality of who Trump and Kamala actually were and what a qualified Candidate looks like. 
 

Trump has lied so much over the last 9 years people are living in a fantasy. He makes complex situations seem simple. This gives largely uneducated people a feeling of intelligence, and his demonization of the other side gives them a purpose, a story, something that feels good. 
 

And it’s probably true the Dems and Republicans both have failed the American people in many ways as politicians and corporations have syphined money away from the working class to themselves. People aren’t seeing the results of their hard work. 
 

Not to mention debt, medical bills, toxic food system, toxic water, toxic chemicals they called pharmaceuticals which are heavily marketed to fix non-existent diseases. This sickness is deep and exists at all levels of American society. They are tied up in knots.

Modern medicine, western nutrition, and health, is very bad right now. 

How many men are afraid to have a woman leader? This is also an important point. People don’t make decisions rationally. Identify, survival, ego, feeling… people are voting not on policy. People I think at large do not even understand policy, let alone systems thinking. 
 

It’s amazing how easily lies to people are by Trump. Totally amazing. They just eat it up. They love a good story. They love for their own corruption to be acceptable, their hatred and their fear. 
 

People vote a man into power because they think he will be good for the economy. But, he was given millions of dollars from a young age… yet went bankrupted 4 or 5 times. His biggest success, was playing a success on TV. Image, perception is what Trump is actually good not. Not business, not economics. During his time in power he put the US 8.1 trillion in debt. 
 

Kamala, is actually self made. Has a successful legal career, owns real estate and is worth 8 million dollars. She managed to become vice president of the US. She ran on a platform with many policies to help the working class, as well as women’s reproductive rights. She was focusing on standing up for democracy, and uniting the US as the American People. 

I’ve recently seen people say they were scared that if Kamala got in they would lose their ability to speak freely on political subjects. But, Kamala openly talks about the importance of democracy. Unlike trump who actually says he would shut down certain news organizations who he calls bad, aka disagree with him. 

Meanwhile, Trump held rallies where he demonized her, demonized people he didn’t like. Called them bad, dumb, stupid, évil and enemies. Trump failed to provide any policy that would actually help the American people. But, he told them he would remove imaginary bad immigrants from the country. Even though the US economy relies of these undocumented immigrants. Trump spoke of using Tarifs which would make living far far far more expensive for Americans. And, likely would create economic changes in places like China, not actually to be hard in them. 
 

Peop’e voted for trump because he went on podcast where he was able to lie without being fact checked, he actively avoided places that would fact check him. If he was fact checked he was often a master at demonizing the fact checker. This allowed those who trust trump to believe in trumps word without themselves checking the facts. People are busy working jobs, watching entertaining videos and consuming substances and sugars to actually fact check or learn about things that are confusing and challenges like truths regarding policy, economics, and systems thinking. 
 

So, here we are. Trump is in power and there are no guard rails. What will happen? 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Thought Art

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My own ignorance is upsetting as well. Especially for understanding Canadian Politics, and US Politics. How all these highly complex systems that these nations consist of work, all the moving pieces and players. 
 

As well, my own life systems, these must be brought into balance as well. It’s easy to judge leaders, countries, Politicians, thought leaders. Public intellectuals for their ignorance and disharmony. But, I must also see it in myself. 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Thought Art

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Well Musk likes him - Who is Musk really?

Well Joe Rogan likes him - Who is Rogan Really?

Well Jordan Peterson Likes him - Who is Jordan Peterson really?

Well Andrew Tate likes him - Who is Andrew Tate really?

What is the actual quality of these individuals minds, psyches, education. What is the purity of their minds, intentions etc. What is their epistemology, metaphysics, science, their understanding of truth, self deception, etc… 

Self deception, ignorance, cognitive biases are plenty. Even, and honestly a lot of you guys on the forum are seriously fucking deceived. You should feel embarrassed.

I think the vast majority of humans are swimming in such a pile of human dogshit, meaning their minds are built out of dog shit…

Dog shit news sources 

Dog shit education systems 

Dog shit food and water sources 

Dog shit public intellectuals 

Dog shit religions 

Dog shit politicians

 

People are swimming so deeply in this dog shit and they can’t see it. If they did they would puke and have an existential crisis. Who knows how chemically, and toxically warped minds and nervous systems are too. It’s crazy. 
 

The corruption is nearly total. People have no fucking clue how twisted western science, religion, materialism, food, etc actually is. 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Thought Art

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The cultivation of a highly functioning mindbody, systems for living and mental models can take years and decades. And, you likely have few quality role models.

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I have decided to reveal my true identity. 
 

 

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Sandy rocks

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I generally listen to Actualized on YouTube not this app.

Edited November 21, 2024 by Thought Art

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Haven’t tried this but looks interesting. 
 

 

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This is a great window my Oura ring provides. I need to improve my day time stress management. The data shows this. Also, I can use this to test with data to show effectiveness of relaxation techniques. As you can see I used one recently.

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Great tune! Especially the intro.

Edited November 21, 2024 by Thought Art

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Brendan Burchard is great. Love his app Growth Day. 

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What I like about Chinese medicine is that it acknowledges that that body naturally heals itself. The techniques used in Chinese medicine are used to help guide and balance this natural self healing mechanism. Like, a gardener doesn’t grow the plants but by tending to the land, pruning weeds and watering them, etc… it helps the natural healing process of the body. 
 

 

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It’s normal and fine to have weaknesses and make mistakes in life. 

What I have learned is important is that by consciously moving through those painful moments with self compassion, objectivity and curiosity you can grow through them. Mastery over mind, emotions, cognition, decision making, actions,  is a complex topic. This is a decades long process of developing self mastery which life offers us to take. 

Don’t shy away from the pain when the light of awareness is shown on aspects of yourself that make you uncomfortable. Instead, lean in, be patient and curious. Connect to your values and adjust accordingly. This is the value of not identifying with anything ie, a nice person, clean person, a calm and respectful person, a knowledgeable person, etc. Because often we have faults in areas we consider ourselves strong in. Instead, make your values and intentions in these areas explicit to yourself. If we focus on seeing what is true as it arises and responding and working with reality consciously I think we can develop a greater, deeper and more mature relationship to ourselves and reality.

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When I know something is true, I for now on put my foot down. Doesn't matter if you are Leo or anyone else. You aren't going to tell me my direct experience, and studies are self deception. 

After awhile, after extreme skepticism about everything for a decade, I realize I have to put my foot down in areas where I know I am right. 

I still have lots of questions and doubts. 

Health, is a holistic endeavor. It's also complex, and individual. What heals one person may not heal another. This is because the cause of the imbalance which results in a symptom can be very different amongst people.

There is a difference between saying a tool doesnt work and it's self deception, vs, seeing a tool as part of a larger complex of tools and techniques. Just like you don't only have a heart, and thats the one Organ that works... 

Anyway. 

Edited December 6, 2024 by Thought Art

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However, do I think Psychedelics, Qigong, journaling, exercise, eating well, investing in coaching, breathwork, meditation, reading, socializing, etc etc any of these things by themselves helped me cure depression, etc? No. It was investing strategically in many complimentary things, over a long period of time, with a focus on Holistic health, nutrition, energy management, purpose, happiness, mindbody health, loving kindness, forgiveness, mindfulness, feeling etc. 

I don’t think any one thing cures depression. I think thinking there is “one thing” that will cure depression in more cases is not false. Also, not everyone is depressed for the same reason. So, you can’t just invent a pill or technique as if “depression” is a thing. In reality depression is an expression or Symptom of a holistic issue. 

Qigong, for me was huge because it provided tools for me to manage stress, relax, etc. It really changed my life and I love teaching it. But, what is healing? It comes from body’s natural intelligence. The body wants to harmonize and be healthy. That is the Nature of Qi. This is known in Chinese medicine that for more diseases the body heals itself. 
 

I want to go more into this some time soon. But, the western model of health and the Chinese model of healing of very different, almost opposing views that are complimentary if used maturely. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

I don’t think all western medicine is self deception, all Chinese medicine is self deception or all aryuvedic medicine is self deception. Each has strength, weaknesses, blind spots, limitations, wrongs, etc. But, I think each also holds answers and that a thorough investigation is important here. 
 

Qigong, for me is a pillar of my wel being. Breathwork, meditation, help too. 
 

But, so does direct experience, working through things. I still have work to do with certain stressors, triggers. Etc. But, I’ve come a long way and that’s because I am always learning from different schools of thought and working to create an integral, holistic framework and set of models and systems for living that lead to a good life. 
 

Qigong, breathwork and meditation right now are my biggest passions along with music. 

Edited November 28, 2024 by Thought Art

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Then again, I do suspect a lot of self deception around health claims. I am sure there is a lot of bullshit out there. 
 

What is healing and sickness? And how does perception play a role?

People like Dr. Gabor Mate, and things like Chinese medicine seem to agree mind body fitness, perception being as aspect of this plays a role. 
 

The real issue as well, with sickness is the nature of the immune system, for most things, and how you think, feel, perceive etc. They are highly connected and play a roll. Your mind and your body is a hologram. Each cell… 

Edited November 28, 2024 by Thought Art