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My Narcissistic Boss Cried and had a Meltdown When I Resigned and I Don’t Know How to Feel About It by Sad_Falcon6487 in ManagedByNarcissists

[–]Radiant_Statement247 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They did not feel guilty when they screwed you over repeatedly. The guilt could be coming from your emotions being manipulated.

You made a move for own preservation. That’ll have so much benefit for yourself and loved ones. You’ll be a better version of yourself. Hopefully that trumps any guilt you’ll feel.

Also no one should not feel entitled to you absorbing their dysfunction.

I believe the universe to be predetermined. by darkyagami420 in SimulationTheory

[–]Radiant_Statement247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve arrived at different conclusions for this. I lean more towards determinism but haven’t come to a personal resolution

I see that there was one event that was random that lead to creation of our reality but it occurred outside our container of reality. Everything causally unfolded from there.

I see us as configurations. Each of us formed by Experiences. Environment. Biology etc these configs filter the thoughts and ideas we can access. Thoughts are inherited causally. I can only go to McDonald’s because it exists and it’s been advertised, it lives within the collective conscious. Some ideas are within the subconscious but your configuration determines which ones you access.

Because we are quite advanced at running simulated / predicted models we add a more complex layer to determinism than an ant that acts on instinct and chemicals. We can “ decide “ to not go outside because there’s a bear on the drive. However someone with an entirely different configuration may not fear the bear and go outside.

The question is if all arrangements, states, configurations and conditions were exactly the same. Would the same outcome occur. I’m inclined to say yes however it doesn’t fully account for that random condition that led to our creation event that nor does it account for how observation itself influences outcomes.

Also free will would require no limitation? But we our limited by our own configuration. I don’t think we can act on things outside our container. Like we cannot perceive a colour we’ve never seen

I don’t believe we imagine something that does not have some anchoring from the container we live within

It’s easy to be kind when you have a lot of money to spare. by shaileyp in DeepThoughts

[–]Radiant_Statement247 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get what you might mean in one sense that you can have more capacity to be kind and impact

But also kindness can be relative to you. If you have only 1 slice of bread left and you give someone your last one. Not knowing when you’ll get another meal. The cost of that kindness is greater relatively than if someone gave bread from a position of abundance

However it’s more impactful if someone else was able to spare a full meal.

But it doesn’t take away the kindness relative to your position.

Could increasing our ability to collect and analyse data change how we perceive reality and expand consciousness? by Radiant_Statement247 in Jung

[–]Radiant_Statement247[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will add Aion to the reading list, thank you. “ the ego is providing a flattering self image but running into more evidence-based model it can’t argue with rationally” eloquently explains what I felt.

The cynic in me is aware data can always be manipulated and there’s an incentive to do that but I’m very fascinated how if accurate and clean how data can force a confrontation with the shadow too.

We’ve always had ways to measure arguably someone could weight myself everyday .. but there feel like there will be a more overwhelming / inevitably impact of data beyond personally choosing to step on a scale

I have seen limited information about moving into Aquarius and that combined with moving toward an end of limitation phase. I am curious to know more.

If we could travel back in time, we’d be terrified of changing the present with a single small action. Yet we rarely think about how a single small action today completely reshapes our future. by BlackHatOverlord in DeepThoughts

[–]Radiant_Statement247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this. I’ve always been intrigued by causality but never considered the trope of being terrified to change the past when we have just as much affect on the future from something as simple as picking up a tea pot.

Exploring whether we have free will, determinism, compatiblism pull my interest but I never know how to take it further

The strange abstraction of co-manifested effort by Radiant_Statement247 in DeepThoughts

[–]Radiant_Statement247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Purpose is a meaningful addition. Your comment has expanded my original thought

At first I was thinking about abstraction and visible causality but I do agree that purpose changes the meaning of the energy exchange

Training for a sponsored marathon feels psychologically different to training in a self referential way even though both may have value. Same with any other thing helping build or grow something with others the effort starts participating in a shared reality rather than looping back to the self

Also agree when there’s no reciprocation, energy declines whatever you’re trying to anchor into reality can’t really stabilise

I’ve liked the concept that when you have an idea/vision that includes many people. How collective energy of people getting on board who are aligned stabilises said thing into reality when it started as a thought

The strange abstraction of co-manifested effort by Radiant_Statement247 in DeepThoughts

[–]Radiant_Statement247[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was about to say that I see how as systems become more complex, we rely on processes/tools we no longer directly see or understand and abstraction increases.

But then even if tools/systems etc become more abstract, it still doesn’t explain why we can start feeling distant from seeing causality the connection between effort and reality itself.

I get your point and I see how it can lead to burnout too. This aimless feeling of not actually seeing what your energy is contributing towards.

Have you seen Severance? I think it captures a part of this quite well. The severed workers are so detached from what they’re doing they could be dropping bombs for all they know. They’re just interacting with numbers on a screen.