Shout Box archive

10 Jul 20:32

Jun

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The cognitive process model is so very accurate of how I used to think 4-5 months ago.

10 Jul 20:31

Jun

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Substance abuse is 2nd more prevalent psychiatric disorder in NA? Whoa.

10 Jul 20:31

Jun

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LOL.

10 Jul 20:31

Jun

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We're all selfish.

10 Jul 20:31

Amit Dutta

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If we used our power to show the world to itself, perhaps things might change. But no....do fan art of TMNT.

10 Jul 20:30

Jun

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I agree.

10 Jul 20:30

Amit Dutta

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We are part of the problem.

10 Jul 20:30

Amit Dutta

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This is why I believe artists and creatives have an incredible power to connect and enact change, but we don't due to the overwhelming pressure of the world. We become marvel artists, pushing some bullshit idea of superhumanity while lulling everyone else into a false sense of our own invincibility.

10 Jul 20:29

Jun

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/rant

10 Jul 20:29

Jun

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Getting manipulated by people who do think for themselves

10 Jul 20:28

Jun

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Refusing to admit that they were wrong.

10 Jul 20:28

Amit Dutta

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People don't want to think for themselves

10 Jul 20:28

Jun

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And people refusing to think for themselves, and refusing to explore new ideas

10 Jul 20:28

Amit Dutta

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The real problem is propoganda being manipulated very intelligently to bolster certain narratives, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

10 Jul 20:27

Jun

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It's a clusterfuck

10 Jul 20:26

Jun

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The main issue is that the religious, obnoxious undercurrent is still very relevant, along with the western ideals/culture mixture

10 Jul 20:25

Jun

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Yep.

10 Jul 20:25

Amit Dutta

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ah, yeah....western ideology has taken over the world, even in Eastern countries

10 Jul 20:25

Jun

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Bookmarked the link, thanks!

10 Jul 20:25

Jun

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I'm from the East.

10 Jul 20:24

Amit Dutta

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we?

10 Jul 20:24

Jun

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And we're supposed to be the ones who started it all.

10 Jul 20:24

Jun

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It's funny because NO one here does Yoga.

10 Jul 20:24

Amit Dutta

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The first two are Jon Kabat-Zinn

10 Jul 20:23

Amit Dutta

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haha, do it because it's right for you :) You can check out this talk by the main guy behind western scientific review of the benefits of eastern meditative practice http://justrollingwith.it/mindfulness-an...at-google/

10 Jul 20:21

Jun

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I'll slip it in my schedule and start doing it everyday.

10 Jul 20:19

Jun

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WHoa

10 Jul 20:18

Amit Dutta

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It's the prescription paradigm, given to us by western medicine approach that gives us this restricted range of approaching ways of living

10 Jul 20:17

Amit Dutta

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We feel things are ameliorations to problematic symtoms rather than a way of living. :)

10 Jul 20:16

Amit Dutta

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I totally understand that.

10 Jul 20:16

Jun

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Not good.

10 Jul 20:16

Jun

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I was a fool. I stopped doing it when I started feeling better.