liminal_luke
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Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
Is it just me or is there a lot of rage behind the way incels and incel sympathizers talk about women and the sex they´d alledgedly like to be having with them? I´m sure they have their reasons. Unfortunately, having rageful sex with a person a man has dehumanized and subjugated in his mind (or by whom he feels dehumanized and subjugated) will not resolve this dynamic. -
Town Hall Meeting on Self-Governance for TDB Re: No Mods or Sean Currently
liminal_luke replied to Earl Grey's topic in General Discussion
@silent thunder Thanks for relating your experience. Seems to me the paradox of a spiritual forum like this is that we´re all trying to use words to communicate something best expressed wordlessly. (Though as a lover of language, I will mention that sometimes truth slips through in the negative space between words.) -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
You forgot to mention that you´re smart. -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
I know. You´ve got more real world experience in this area so perhaps I should bow to your field testing. it´s just that my gut feeling is that classifications like "jock" and "nice guy" aren´t useful or accurate even in a general sense. I don´t think a person has to diverge from what some might consider stereotypical asian characteristics (nerdiness, for instance) in order to be attractive. I think a person can be shy, smart, and short and still get the girl. If a chorus of shy, smart, short heterosexual asian men speak up and tell me I´m wrong, I´ll recant. -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
I dunno, Earl. Are "nice guys" passive aggressive time bombs? Jocks jovial confident fellows? Seems to me this way of characterizing people skips over a lot of nuance and variety. Certainly there are many nice "nice guys" and plenty of asshole jocks -- and vice versa. An outgoing confident personality helps when it comes to socializing, no question, but all sorts of guys get into fulfiling relationships. Bookish asian "nerds" take heart -- there are plenty of women who´d like to meet someone just like you. -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
These days they call it incel theory. In my heyday they called it a taste of your own medicine. -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
If you´re relating to women in terms of their looks, you´re likely to meet women who relate to you in terms of your looks. If not, not. -
Say Something Nice About Someone Chain!
liminal_luke replied to Earl Grey's topic in General Discussion
@ilumairen who is an online warrioress and can always be counted on to say what she independently thinks, without regard for cliques and alliances. @thelerner who presents himself authentically, not pretending to be more or less than he is (so refreshing!)...and who seems to like food as much as I do. -
Love Shys, Involuntary Celibates, True Forced Loneliness, etc.
liminal_luke replied to Immortal4life's topic in The Rabbit Hole
One problem with online dating is that it encourages people to put their preferences into boxes. We get "profiles" where people say things like "no asians" or "no blacks" or "no bald white fatties." Is this racism? I can certainly see how the people negatively excuded might think so. On the other hand, we all have our likes and dislikes and I don´t think there´s anything wrong with that. Better, perhaps, to meet people face-to-face. Oftentimes people that would otherwise think they´re not attracted to asians (or whatever physical characteristic) might find that they´re very attracted to that look when it comes packaged as you. -
Town Hall Meeting on Self-Governance for TDB Re: No Mods or Sean Currently
liminal_luke replied to Earl Grey's topic in General Discussion
It´s unfortunate that there´s no posting equivalent of hanging out. Or if there is I don´t know how to express it. We write with words and words seem best suited for expressing opinions. I often feel like I´m overdosing on opinions, especially strong ones. A few people here are skilled at writing in a soft way. They post lightly and leave a thread cleaner than it was before their arrival. They are the exceptions. It´s too easy to write like a carpenter swinging a hammer, pounding away at supposed truths, laboring under the false belief that anybody ever gets convinced of anything because we say so. -
If you know Aliens run your world governments, wouldn't that change your perspective on life?
liminal_luke replied to Heartbreak's topic in General Discussion
The idea that aliens run world governments is characteristic of the tails of the mental health bell curve, at least a few standard deviations away from the blissful mean. Falling closer to center, I bumble along the conventional political footpath that has been laid out for me by the alien invaders. I am, however, open to receive teachings on how to become more human. Let´s hope that´s enough. -
It was almost like magic.
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What’s wrong with choosing Siddhis over materialism including sex?
liminal_luke replied to Heartbreak's topic in General Discussion
Everyone says that siddis and powers are a spiritual sidepath and it`s better to just ignore them and keep on trudging up Mount Enlightnment. This is no doubt good advice, though I`ll admit a fascination with supernatural abilities. I believe that most of these supernatural abilities aren`t really supernatural at all: they are the natural good extension of radiant good health. As such, here`s my take on the best way to become a "higher dimensional being"... eat a nutritious diet spend time in nature move your body cultivate close friendships Before you can walk through walls, you`ve got to eat a lot of broccoli. -
I like the idea of using the outside (weather) to work on the inside (personal psychology). The idea that our environment reflects our internal state is all over literature: it was a dark and stormy night...
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@Wizz My style is much more akin to yours, actually. I also like coherent ideas expressed in coherent ways. If anything, I can be annoyingly analytical. But not everybody´s mind works the way mine does, thank God. I´ll admit that I don´t always take the time to read Limahong´s picture posts as they sometimes don´t work for me either. If they don´t work for you, by all means skip over them. I just wanted to make the case for a little tolerance. People come to this forum with a wide variety of backgrounds, aptitudes, and cognitive styles.
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Or maybe he´s charming in a way you don´t relate to?
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Nah, as a Daoist buddy movie I think Lord Josh Allen and Taomeow would work better together. Between Josh´s sartorial flair and Taomeow´s equally cinematic snappy take-no-prisoners dialogue...can you say Academy Awards nominee shoe-in? You, Nungali, are enough of a character to star in a movie all by your lonesome.
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To my memory, two Bums have mentioned their weather working in this thread -- Lord Josh Allen and Taomeow. I hope they´ll forgive me if I mention that I´d love to watch a True Life drama of the two of them paired up riding around the country in Josh´s Jag diffusing dangerous hurricanes and tornados.
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Opportunities for this style of learning have been increasing for me of late. Is the weather changing?
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For me, part of the beauty of TDB is it can put people in contact with wonderful and effective teachers and practices. I´ve learned a lot here. It´s not so much that I´ve learned directly from posts, although that too, more that people have told me about things and I´ve followed up in the real world. As a direct result of practices I´ve read about here I´ve gone to events with teachers in Colorado, Vermont, California, Hawaii. I´ve also participated in several online workshops. It´s been great. (Do I sound like I´m bragging? Please don´t throw tomatoes.) I wish Lord Josh Allen a similarly rich learning journey!
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I don´t own a car. Nor any clothing that would be at home in Lord Josh Allen´s closet. Now about weather magic: Whether the OP has skill in the area or not who knows, but I´m pretty sure somebody does. We´ve talked lately about levitation, we´ve talked about chakra scanning, we´ve talked about the dubious benefits of sitting in full lotus at McDonalds. All this conversation has me feeling a little hot, and I´d welcome a good storm or two. What could a little conversation about rain making hurt?
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Breathing through mouth vs breathing through nose
liminal_luke replied to Heartbreak's topic in General Discussion
Not related to OP especially, but many advocate taping the mouth shut before bed to prevent mouth breathing while sleeping. Best done with special tape designed for mouth taping or surgical tape. -
I´m glad you´re here. This thread needs people speaking from personal experience. My post above was not an attempt to silence anybody or shut down conversation. If people are continuing to find it valuable, by all means... I recently read a book on neuroplasticity by a psychologist who emphasizes the importance of "noticing the good." He says that oftentimes good things happen to us, but we don´t take the time to let the positive experiences sink in. By pausing and basking for a moment in awareness of the good, we allow the experience to effect our nervous system in a beneficial way. I hoped that those who wish for Jeff to curtail his involvement here on the forum would notice that they´ve indeed won. Perhaps the win is a small and incomplete one. Most wins are. Nevertheless, I think it´s useful to pause and notice victories, however tiny.
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I´m so over the big time guru seers. Too bad there´s not a function that would automatically group all the big time guru seers together so that they could be collectiely ignored in one fell swoop.
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Many here have spoken out against the work that Jeff and his group do, some from personal experience. If the goal of this speaking out was to make sure that no Bums are hurt by this work in the future, then I´d like you to notice something: YOU ACCOMPLISHED YOUR GOAL. Jeff has promised not to initiate contact with any Bum here with offers of help or scanning. (I assume this leaves the door open for a Bum to initiate contact with Jeff, which is at it should be IMO.) It´s possible I suppose that Jeff won´t keep this promise. Still, I think that those of us who feel this work is harmful can now sigh with relief. We can relax. It´s over.
