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Forwarded from Fellowship of the Flurks (­Flurk#3012 ­)
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What was interesting about the 2012 paper on desire was what they found in regards to how different personality types process desires: (1) Perfectionists Perfectionists had strong desires and felt very conflicted about having these desires and pushed themselves…
The more you get, the more you want.

We often bargain with ourselves like ‘OK I’m just going to play Tekken for 20 minutes and then I’ll get to work.’ You might logically assume that’ll satisfy your desire for Tekken and then you’ll be able to totally focus on work. Except, there are two potential side effects to this: (a) If you’re really in the zone on Tekken, it’s probably harder to not play at the end of that 20 minutes than just not playing from the get-go. (b) You’ve set the stage to where the next time you need to work, you’ll want to play 20 minutes of Tekken first.

Getting stuff is great, but like Ozempic, it has side effects. Getting leads to wanting and the more you get, the more you want. No experience is truly satisfying in the way eating a Ferrero Rocher chocolate ball doesn’t mean you’ve permanently quenched your desire for chocolate. We may delude ourself into thinking otherwise, but while eating chocolate temporarily quenches your desire now, this will lead to more craving for chocolate in the future. Often, eating one chocolate ball makes you want another chocolate ball right away.

I have seen this play out time and time again as for a long time I’ve been doing fasting and going between a mostly keto diet to a sweeter, more carb-heavy diet depending on what kind of workouts I’m doing. If I have something nice and sweet after lunch, then usually it’s already by the next day that I’ll be wanting and expecting something nice and sweet after lunch.

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The more you get, the more you want. We often bargain with ourselves like ‘OK I’m just going to play Tekken for 20 minutes and then I’ll get to work.’ You might logically assume that’ll satisfy your desire for Tekken and then you’ll be able to totally focus…
In the space of ‘pickup,’ many young men struggle with what they call “approach anxiety.” That is, despite them learning all these secret tricks to suavely and successfully flirt with women, they can’t get past the first step which is to get themselves to actually approach and begin talking to a woman. They’re standing there at the bar with with their new clothes and hairstyle yet when they spot an attractive woman they’re too anxious to get themselves to go up and speak to her. Men will ask each how to deal with this approach anxiety and some guy will start talking about the reason for the anxiety - something along the lines of we get anxious because being rejected is essentially a woman saying your genes aren’t fit for reproduction or something about how dating worked in Palaeolithic times. Except, the simple reason you have approach anxiety is because you … haven’t approached the woman yet.

Studies have found that speaking to an attractive woman raises men’s testosterone. Studies have also found that having higher testosterone causes men to approach women with less hesitation. So whatever the reason for the anxiety on that particular day in the first place, the most practical solution is to approach the woman (or I suppose raise your testosterone some other way, but I doubt that particular woman will be waiting for you at the bar by the time you finish doing that).

Is there a better, more practical, straightforward solution that doesn’t involve discomfort or effort? Besides drugs and alcohol? I doubt it.

This simple advice that doesn’t alleviate the pain you experience may be frustrating, but it’s correct.

Why can’t you stop craving sugar? Because you eat too much sugar.
Why can’t you stop playing video games? Because you play too many video games.
Why can’t you stop looking at porn? Because you watch too much porn.
Why can’t you stop doomscrolling? Because you doomscroll too often.

“One time I threw a candy wrapper onto the street. I didn’t do it like ‘yea… take that shit, street.’ I did it cause I was y’know, shaking, I wanted the candy.” -Louis C.K.


The real hack to cutting down on your sugar intake is to move to Japan. Compared to America, the average sweet isn’t that sweet. Japanese people don’t like super sweet things because … they don’t eat that much sugar. U.S. citizens drink about 154 liters of soda per capita per year. Japanese people drink 30 liters per year.

Once in a while I’ll get something really sweet, usually cheesecake. There are very good cheesecakes around here in Tokyo, but I saw the American Cheesecake Factory brand cheesecake at the supermarket one day so I thought I’d try that. It was too sweet to the point that I just threw it away after one bite. It wasn’t like I was trying to watch my sugar, after all, I was buying cheesecake… it was just not very good.

The point is, I don’t eat less sugar only because things have less sugar in them here, but the amount of sweetness that I prefer is now much lower.

A 2016 randomized controlled trial found that putting people on a less sweet diet for 3 months (less sugar and no artificial sweeteners) had them naturally eat 20% less sugar after the three months were up when they could eat what they pleased.

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In the space of ‘pickup,’ many young men struggle with what they call “approach anxiety.” That is, despite them learning all these secret tricks to suavely and successfully flirt with women, they can’t get past the first step which is to get themselves to…
A 2010 study found that 6 weeks of online video game playing induced changes in the brain that are reminiscent of those seen in the early stages of addiction. On the other hand, another study also found that just a week of intensive video game playing could alter the activation pattern of certain brain regions, but just a week of not playing started reversing these negative changes.

Not doing the thing simply makes you want it less.

When I’m trying to not do something, I remind myself of two things:
・If I give into this thing I’m desiring right now, I will desire it more tomorrow.
・If I don’t give into this thing I’m desiring, I will desire it less tomorrow.
This simple logic often makes it easier to not do the thing. After all, if I show myself I don’t have the ability to not do the thing today, why should I expect that I will fare better tomorrow when my desire is higher?

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A 2010 study found that 6 weeks of online video game playing induced changes in the brain that are reminiscent of those seen in the early stages of addiction. On the other hand, another study also found that just a week of intensive video game playing could…
Dopamine: The feedback loop brain chemical

As I’m sure you’ve heard the explanation of dopamine’s role in desire at least 7 times, I’ll make it quick:
・Dopamine isn’t responsible for liking, it’s responsible for wanting.
(1) When you have an enjoyable experience, dopamine is released.
(2) This dopamine induces learning of everything that was associated with getting that thing you liked. This means a trigger could be anything from time of day, to being in the location where you got the thing, a certain smell, to seeing pictures of the thing or a certain sequence of events.
(3) Later, these things associated with getting the thing act as triggers for dopamine to be released and then that dopamine makes you want the thing.

So, dopamine makes you learn and then it makes you want.

You’re far more likely to ‘suddenly’ want a beer if you’re passing by a bar.
You’re more likely to be hungry for sweets if you see a commercial for Krispy Kreme than if you saw a commercial for TurboTax.
Alcoholics can get intense cravings if they just see a beer somewhere.
Drug addicts can get intense cravings if they see an alley where they’ve done drugs before.

Some triggers for porn addicts include: stress, boredom, loneliness, social media, TV, magazines, and advertisements (say an ad for lingerie). Why? Because the addict likely had the experience of feeling those feelings, using that social media, watching that TV etc and then watching porn.

So, why do cigarette smokers crave a cigarette after meals? Because their brain has taken note of the fact that meals lead to smoking cigarettes.
Why do you want to doomscroll after you get home from work? Because you did that yesterday.

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”—Warren Buffet


What’s interesting is that dopamine isn’t the only thing ensuring that we remain creatures of habit. For example, a hormone called ghrelin makes you hungry and is released in a rhythm. You don’t get hungry at lunch time because a certain amount of time has elapsed since your last meal and you’re running low on energy. In fact, I bet you’d still be hungry at lunch time even if you ate a massive dinner the day before. Rather, you get hungry at lunch time because ghrelin is trained to that particular time of day. If you’re someone who eats at 2PM instead of noon, you can expect to be hungry at 2PM, not noon.

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Dopamine: The feedback loop brain chemical As I’m sure you’ve heard the explanation of dopamine’s role in desire at least 7 times, I’ll make it quick: ・Dopamine isn’t responsible for liking, it’s responsible for wanting. (1) When you have an enjoyable experience…
There are other indirect ways habitual behaviors keep themselves alive, for example multiple studies have associated internet addiction with anxiety. Further, it’s been found that where internet addiction leads to depression and anxiety, depression and anxiety leads to internet addiction. As this April 2024 study explains:

In the literature, three types of relationships have been revealed between anxiety/depression and Internet addiction, namely, anxiety/depression → internet addiction, Internet addiction → anxiety/depression, and the bidirectional directions between them.


The internet rapidly delivers boredom busting content to your face with only the amount of effort necessary to move your thumb. While on the internet, you don’t have to wait more than a minute to shoo away the feeling of boredom. One reason the internet can make you anxious is because it speeds up the anticipatory circuits in your brain faster than the real world operates.

At a restaurant, it takes less time for you to get agitated and annoyed while waiting for a drink than a meal. That is, because we know drinks are made far quicker than meals and we calibrate our anticipation accordingly. On the internet, everything is delivered to you nearly instantaneously. Your brain becomes adapted to that pace and loses the capacity for patience. While not everyone’s anxiety is visible, what does the stereotype of anxiety look like? Along with an uneasy expression,* it’s a person who can’t sit still, they’re glancing around worriedly like they’re impatiently waiting for something to happen. The internet creates this uncomfortable impatience and the solution for this discomfort is pulling out your smartphone to get on the internet.

*Not all agitation is bad - put a huge smile on this impatient person’s face and you’d just say they’re ‘excited.’

The good news is a study found that in adolescents, when internet addiction is resolved, the “depression, hostility, and social anxiety” associated with the addiction also decreases.

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Forwarded from Vigilance
Largely, I hold concern that the reality we live in is just some horror scape, energy harvest environment.. it may be self inflicted by the matrix psychology but largely the world we live in.. is shit.

So are we projecting this, or being learned a lesson of this.. or are we single use humans who dont matter in the grand operation of things.

Many questions.
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Silicic Acid: The Master Detox of Aluminum and Mercury Hiding in Plain Sight

Part1: What It Is and How It Works

vid credit: Steve Falconer For those suffering from Autism, Aspergers, Alzheimer's, Dementia and your doctors are clueless as usual... here's a huge secret"

Si(OH)4, silicic acid is a silica compound that binds to and allows the body to easily flush aluminum, mercury and other toxic metal compounds that lead to all kinds of inflammatory problems, fungal and parasitic infections, neurodegenerative disorders and Autism disorders

Fungus can live on aluminum indefinitely, which acts as a fortress against antifungal protocols and ensures the return of them and all kinds of inflammatory disorders over time.

The body does not need constant substances to fight invaders- it needs removal of that which weakens its natural voltage. When the body is fortified and free of toxic materials it can and will heal and protect itself and seriously slow the decay process we call aging.

Get the aluminum and mercury OUT without the concerns over impurities of zeolites at incredibly low $ to make, with a full excretion of what the body doesn't use.

Silicic acid works by simple magnetism. Its charge difference to harmful metals naturally bonds to them, forming a compound that easily flushes through natural waste pathways.

In part 2, I'll show how simple it is to make at home in abundance with about $50 in materials. Just craft sand (pure SiO2), sodium hydroxide (NAOH), sulfuric acid (high concentrate red drain cleaner) and distilled water. Will get this done ASAP.

DISCLAIMER: DYOR- Admin is not accredited for anything, anywhere by anyone in perpetuity throughout the universe.

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It makes me consider the nature of our reality and the tests before us.

It can be seen there is a double standard, but most people are so defeated they can't muster the energy to assemble against nefarious forces.

People are going to jail for tweets, while pedos and violent offenders are released. Challenging the narrative is punished, not only the individual but also splash damage to family, friends, and all other matrix connections.

So the lone wolf is literally enforced by the system, if one is to be conscious about not wanting to harm those that surrounded one prior to any "awakened" notion.

And then, the matrix system is effectively a hydra, always and all the ways it could be.

It desires its self destruction, with great intent. It is crushing anyone that stands in the way of this ultimate objective. Taking further and further outrageous behavior, flaunting it at this point.

And in all that, the only solution is horrific levels of retaliation and violence. If a man is already dead in all the ways then a physical death is almost release.

As they trying to grow psychopaths who will unleash untold violence and murder because they were pushed so far?

They are grooming the force that will destroy them.

What a messed up realm.

As a follow up.. so the known term..

Chaos out of Order.

The system knows it will create resistance. Even if the argument of, only a few will be chosen to survive the pressures - this is articulated various ways but I feel it can be agreed upon. A theory I have presented before is the sorting hat.

We are being sorted, by various means, narratives, measures and counter measures.

So the system will breed the 1% of souls, to borrow that terminology.

And then.. use them in various ways to reset the system for.. for what? More will come to the earth realm - even though at present it would be spiritual wisdom to not incarnate at this time. Unless one wanted to experience debauchery, degenerative behavior, chaos and inversion.. subversion of reality.

If we're single use humans then nothing really matters..

If there is more afoot.. then a great deal matters. But truly only a few, a very few will see it.

Approach by those who see will have variety. It is said only the starseeds, chosen, lightworkers, etc.. see and can master this place.

Does the "dark side" also not have similar position.. or creative capacity?

That "they" can only borrow and subvert.. is an interesting argument put forth..

Good and evil, chaos and order.. duality.. etc..

All true souls can create, black-white-grey. There are sides yes.. but it's not what we think it is.

The why remains out of reach.

Only a few will bare witness in the end.

Oh how they will laugh, in the end.. we all will.. perhaps.

So love life.. aim well. But as said before.. make it count. If only for yourself.
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Forwarded from Et In Arcadia Ego (Alt Skull️)
Before you go getting too excited about all the news today just remember that Pavel Durov is a member of the WEF’s Young Global Leaders.

He’s part of the club, and we’re all in the middle of a gigantic game.

The only winning move is not to play.

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Before you go getting too excited about all the news today just remember that Pavel Durov is a member of the WEF’s Young Global Leaders. He’s part of the club, and we’re all in the middle of a gigantic game. The only winning move is not to play. @AltSkull48
Response from a soul;

I agree to a point.
You are playing whether you know it or not, is the meaning of life but, you get to choose how you play.
The only game to play is to watch over those around you that you can help. IMO.
The tangible aspects of life. All life.
The distractions are many so it’s important to pay attention because “they” will attempt to push our buttons and distract us from the real purpose.
Helping each other through these crazy times.
If people follow this path while raising their vibrations/spirit we can change the reality of our world. It’s like a Monet painting & one needs to step back in order to see.
Every distraction draws us back towards the painting.
Once we can see then we know what we want to create. And..we will, it is already happening.
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Another soul;

They tell you in open disclosure in the Matrix, earth was created to be a paradise. Think of it as a miracle machine 3D holographic quantum aether printer, think, and create. We use our magic when we imagine. Poem, poema, abracadabra, I shall create as I speak, I wield the sword of the Word, the Logos, that weird and mystical power that can erect wards, bend the wyrd, and is the sword, of wardens and warlords. What shall one create? Beautiful souls create, paradise. Wicked souls create, a reflection of themselves, then blame everyone else and accuse their victims of their own vices. Power does not corrupt, rather, power attracts the corrupt. Those at peace with themselves, need and want no power over anybody. Absolute power of the material world, Midgard, Middle Earth, Mediterranean, the Middle Kingdom, Bharata Varsha, etc, is given to a child, a god child, a human creator man, child, with no experience, a blank canvas and all the colours of the universe... just to see, what shall he create? What shall he learn of himself? Will it be something beautiful? Or terrible? A way point, yes, a cross roads, certainly, an echo in time, a moment in eternity, aeterna, and rings within concentric fractal rings, a pebble in the pond. Imagine a parent who gives their toddler child the most powerful motorcycle in the world. It wouldn't be a very responsible parent, except in this case, the parent knows, we are gods, immortal, nothing can really hurt us except our own thoughts and feelings, our magic, but even that is free will, and instead of a motorcycle they gave us the power to create, and to destroy, which is merely creation by another name. Demons incarnate upon the earth, when summoned in. Aye. And Gods also incarnate upon the earth, for a bout and a jaunt, for the sport of eld. Some do it to save souls. Some do it to deceive and recruit them, binding them with various chains of illusion and delusion, lust, envy, vanity, regret, etc, to corrupt them, and some realize, there are no chains. We always have the power. Some do it because, hold my soma. Some do it for glory, the honour to serve, the privilege to sacrifice. Some do it, for a laugh and a lark. Is the world a terrible realm of hell? If you say so. Is it a stepping stone and a launch pad? If you say so. Is it heaven on earth? If you say so. Tat Tvam Asi. That you are. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is ugly. It is what you say it is, because you made it so, as a reflection of you. The problem is the little megalomaniacs who forget, yes, you may be a creator, or destroyer for that matter, but there are also other, creators and, destroyers. You may be the dreamer, and the dream, yes, but there are also other dreamers, it is an interactive dream, dynamic, lux in flux, and the moment you start thinking you are the summum bonum end all be all aleph and the tau, another Creator can come along and dome you right in the skull just to remind you, you're not the only Creator here. Some dreams you wake up from peacefully with a smile, some with a jolt and a sweat and a foul taste. Part of the game, par for the course. Happy hunting, or hiding, or dawdling and pontificating, as the case may be.
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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, pt. 1

1. First honor the immortal Gods, as the law demands;

2. Then reverence thy oath, and the illustrious heroes;

3. Then venerate the divinities under the earth, due rites performing,

4. Then honor your parents, and all of your kindred;

5. Among others make the most virtuous thy friend;

6. Love to make use of his soft speeches, and learn from his deeds that are useful;

7. But alienate not the beloved comrade for trifling offences,

8. Bear all you can, what you can, for power is bound to necessity.

9. Take this well to heart: you must gain control of your habits;

10. First over stomach, then sleep, and then luxury, and anger.

11. What brings you shame, do not unto others, nor by yourself.

12. The highest of duties is honor of self.
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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, pt. 2

13. Let Justice be practiced in words as in deeds;

14. Then make the habit, never inconsiderately to act;

15. Neither forget that death is appointed to all;

16. That possessions here gladly gathered, here must be left;

17. Whatever sorrow the fate of the Gods may here send us,

18. Bear, whatever may strike you, with patience unmurmuring.

19. To relieve it, so far as you can, is permitted,  

20. But reflect that not much misfortune has Fate given to the good.  

21. The speech of the people is various, now good, and now evil;

22. So let them not frighten you, nor keep you from your purpose.

23. If false calumnies come to your ear, support it in patience;
 
24. Yet that which I now am declaring, fulfill it faithfully:

25. Let no one with speech or with deeds ever deceive you

26. To do or to say what is not the best.
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The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, pt. 3

27. Think, before you act, that nothing stupid results;

28. To act inconsiderately is part of a fool;

29. Yet whatever later will not bring you repentance, that you should carry through.

30. Do nothing beyond what you know,

31. Yet learn what you may need; thus shall your life grow happy.

32. Do not neglect the health of the body;

33. Keep measure in eating and drinking, and every exercise of the body;

34. By measure, I mean what later will not induce pain;

35. Follow clean habits of life, but not the luxurious;

36. Avoid all things which will arouse envy.

37. At the wrong time, never be prodigal, as if you did not know what was proper;

38. Nor show yourself stingy, for a due measure is ever the best.  

39. Do only those things which will not harm thee, and deliberate before you act.
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Remember:
You will never find true freedom and true peace in half-truths or lies, but you can find it in the complete and pure truth, even if it is difficult, even if it is painful.
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Re: Debating Christians

Yeah I have been banned from so many Christian channels..

Two points.

If the only way out is through Jesus then this path is incredibly open to capture. And going into it, if I was such a divine being into such a corrupt reality.. I'd understand that and prepare accordingly.

Two.. the path being only through Jesus.. and very narrow.. it creates a very difficult path for those thinking of embarking on it.

We have a casualization of what it means to follow Christ.

I argue Christ, borrowing from Christ consciousness theories.. it is broad. It is understanding of the realm we are.. people are not screwed by their actions - nor forgiven by sudden repentance.

If we are being measured or sorted.. it is by both external and internal inputs and outputs. Anything else.. well.. No.

So look at current realm.. while not an excuse to go crazy -- were in a tough spot..

If a infinitely powerful divine being condemned me for behaviors here I'd likely tell them to come down here and give it a go themselves.
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Unfortunately not many souls are ready for the new earth, and therefore they will not remain here.
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