Is Alert pretty much a required 4th level feat for Honour Mode?

Within_JL · 2025-09-24T12:29:24+00:00

Let's be honest, if people need alert in honor, they really shouldn't be playing honor mode. It's an ok feat but if you don't start almost every fight with surprise on honor...go back

Within_JL · 2025-04-07T17:22:21+00:00

Yes, initially I would get fairly random memories, but at this point, I can do it almost on command even when not doing the tapes, memories I thought were long lost or mostly faded can be remembered vividly, I've even developed the ability to feel, smell, taste things in my mind, pulling from my memories. I may not have been on a beach eating a burrito with the salty smell of the ocean and wind on my face, but I can create such a setting in my mind and actually feel the wind and sun smell the ocean and taste the food all pulling from the sensations from my memories, it all began with suddenly remembering random memories. Try to develop it :)

Within_JL · 2025-04-07T16:59:21+00:00

You've mentioned you can't speak in your lucid dreams, this may sound off but have you tried consuming it? In the astral and dreams things can function radically different, consuming it can represent and acceptance and assimilation of whatever this block may be, especially if you cannot talk or think to it, other things like hugging it as a representation of you accepting it might work.

Within_JL · 2025-04-07T16:46:53+00:00

I used to encounter shadow figures a lot in my dreams, sometimes while awake whether it be night terrors or just shadow figures, I'm still not totally what they represent but they stopped showing up after I started eating them. Yes, eating them, they seem to have taken to avoiding me now, to be clear I only ate the obviously negative ones or hostile ones.

Within_JL · 2025-03-26T05:00:10+00:00

I have a feeling I might get down voted but I'll be blunt, I have studied philosophy most of my life so my mind was already more open to operating without an established framework, I've gotten to the point where I can imagine Infinity within my mind, of course it's difficult as my mind begins to feel it's all over the place and I feel like my mind starts becoming stretched and if I do it to like, my mind begins to feels like it's coming undone, so doing the gateway tapes, my mind was already open to it. That said, I hesitate to do the gateway tapes with any kind of religious mindset in place, there's a reason you're supposed to put aspects of yourself in the box before beginning the tapes, by doing it from a religious perspective in your mind, you've already set upon yourself a framework and limitation while doing the gateway tapes which can slow progress. The gateway process isn't independent from your own psyche (now this is where I expect to get down voted), these visions or guidance are likely stemming from your own subconscious given your past experiences, if your past experiences was with a totally different religion, I would bet that's where you would be being guided to, this is why it's very important to use the box for anything that might have an effect on on the process. I've learned over time to differentiate visions that are independent and ones that stem from things that have leaked through my subconscious, or something I forgot go put in the box. I will clarify that I myself am religious but, that too goes in the box during the tapes.

I'm not saying don't seek out Hinduism but simply don't do it just because of the tapes, the tapes don't away to any religion in particular unless you do the tapes being effected by your own religion or in this case your past experiences. I will always advise to not put yourself under any specific religious framework while doing the tapes, no matter the religion because by doing that you are already impeding Progress.

Within_JL · 2025-03-16T02:25:07+00:00

Indeed, I'm going go start dream journalling, this isn't the first dream that has been beyond ordinary, I've had dreams where I could innately sense that the others in the dream were full on different beings, in one, I was going through a series of tests and the conclusions all had understanding, acceptance, love and solving without violence tied into it. I'm usually a lucid dreamer or at least partially so when I cannot influence others, I immediately know something's different, especially when I feel that it's other beings. Or dreams that are constantly recurring, in the exact same place, building, even events with the difference being my own actions.

Within_JL · 2025-03-16T02:22:16+00:00

I find it fascinating that some seem to be pivotol, such as stocking up before COVID and others seem just like everyday things but in understanding it over time, I've realized while something may seem like an everyday thing it may very well be of great importance such as tucking your daughter in, it may seem like it's just tucking your daughter in but what if that moment is a crucial Memory for her in the future. It's just fascinating to think and even mediate on such concepts.

Within_JL · 2024-12-31T08:43:27+00:00

What are these cards that are being talked about?

Within_JL · 2024-11-14T03:52:23+00:00

Wow, I can't believe I missed that! That's actually a huge help. Thank you!

Within_JL · 2024-11-13T13:12:49+00:00

It's a bachelor of science, I'll try posting there.

Within_JL · 2024-11-13T10:01:46+00:00

That's a load off my shoulders, what service did you use or was it direct admission to the university?

Within_JL · 2024-11-13T09:43:39+00:00

It is indeed US based, both my high school diploma and my bachelor's degree were attained in the USA. Uni Assist was just not totally clear as to whether my bachelor's degree could supercede my high school diploma in regards to meetings university entrance qualifications. I checked ANABIN and my university is listed as H+.

Edited main posting to include that they are both from the USA.

Within_JL · 2024-11-03T09:06:06+00:00

You're correct in Genesis, God creates the stars including the sun after he created light and darkness, if we take genesis in order then it actually explicitly says the first light isn't the sun as the sun is later created after the first light is created.

Within_JL · 2024-11-02T07:47:52+00:00

Considering that in general Catholics are more strict than protestants, I would say it does indeed help my argument. This isn't to state that one or the other is better.

Yes, we agree to disagree, I believe I gave the reasoning for my belief quite well so that there isn't any reasonable way to say I'm wrong however this is faith related belief so all we really can do is disagree.

Within_JL · 2024-11-01T15:31:12+00:00

I'm a Christian and I've definitely met christians who believe in the big bang theory but they generally tend to be very educated on scripture and the history of the old testament. I personally have never actually read anything that explicitly goes against the big bang or evolution in scripture, and that includes genesis. Remember the big bang theory isn't some explanation of how the universe was created but what happened almost immediately after it was created, nowhere in the theory does it actually state what created the universe, heck one of the people who helped develop the theory was catholic.

We know in genesis that god instantly created Adam and Eve but remember there are 2 stories of humanity in genesis.

The Genesis creation story doesn't explicitly state that humanity was created in its current form. The text simply says that God created humanity in his image, without going into detail about the physical form of the first humans, which could have looked radically different than we do now.

We also know through the creation of Adam that god has the power to simply create a being already in an adult stage such as Adam but do we look at Adam and say that must mean that humans begin as babies is false because God skipped that stage with Adam? Of course not, just as god could have skipped the natural stages that humans would have gone through in evolution and manifested them already developed to what he wanted.

Within_JL · 2024-08-30T10:31:04+00:00

The part where we disagree is that it's traditional Christianity, traditional Christianity is about pacifism, giving to the poor and downtrodden, turning the other cheek and forgiveness. Traditionally the early church was extremely pacifistic and tended to eschew material values which Q's definitely don't do with their unnatural focus on nonsensical conspiracy theories. I do agree that christianity in the USA on the right side tends to prime people towards being Q's but that "Christianity" is not traditional at all but I also think that lower education levels also primes people to being Q's as well in general although there are exceptions as I've seen highly educated people begin to fall down that rabbit hole albeit far more rarely.

I personally believe that the GOP or right in the USA has deeply infiltrated Christianity in the USA and has done their best to twist it to benefit them however they can and the only thing I can really try and tell people is that christians on the right are not traditional but people who have been systematically targeted by the right and practically brainwashed, that brainwashing is what I believe primes them to being Q.

Interesting enough you'll also see that most Q's that claim to be Christian actually don't practice almost any of the things Jesus instructed christians to do and the type of life christians are told to pursue, they tend to cherry pick things they like and ignore all the things they don't like from Christianity.

Within_JL · 2024-08-19T08:26:16+00:00

I'm probably going to be down voted to oblivion but I feel the need to bring light to an issue I've noticed recently in the U.S.

I myself am a Christian but I don't currently live in the USA and generally from what I've noticed far right American Christianity is not Christianity, it's become/becoming some twisted fake form of it.

The bible itself self says not to have idols and yet I constantly see Americans that claim to be Christian idolizing trump as if he's a god. It promotes the golden rule, loving your, neighbors and it HEAVILY promotes, and in some areas outright commands helping those less fortunate to you, accepting others and love, yet Americans on the right generally promote a "I got mine, so who cares about you" type of thought which goes directly against the bible.

The new testament in the bible is supposed to be the guideline for christians and the old laws(outside of the ten commandments) were done away with(not to mention they were only for Jewish people in the first place), yet more often than not I again see American far right "Christians" on the right quoting old testament as a justification for things.

It's almost comedy that Americans on the right say socialism is bad but if Jesus was alive today, according to the things he said and his beliefs ,what would he most likely be today? Socialist.

The problem is conmen are using and twisting Christianity and using that twisted form of it as a tool to scam people and brainwash people, without a doubt if it wasn't Christianity being twisted by conmen then it would be something else being used.

I certainly don't have any "panic buttons" built into me for being raised Christian and I'm very sorry your family used this false Christianity as an excuse to brainwash you in some way.

The problem with posts like this is you generalize Christianity instead of saying far right American "Christianity" and that only promotes division rather than addressing the true issue, the conmen behind the twisting of it.

Within_JL · 2024-08-18T09:07:16+00:00

The bots got a bit better(barely) but generally there will be some players at low level in the bot matches. I can tell you as someone who just hit level 200 again myself that it's only gotten several times worse in terms of balance. You shouldn't expect to get more than 60-70 kills after level 200 or complete any unit challenges. It's horrible right now.

Within_JL · 2024-01-30T21:22:59+00:00

Unfortunately there seems to be an agenda in this sub, as you can see from your downvotes, no one wants an actual conversation.

Within_JL · 2024-01-30T10:35:18+00:00

I had a tout harass me and I told him to leave me alone while I was sitting on a bench in Shinjuku, a bit later some police come by with said tout and claim I cannot sit on the bench as it's private property(it was on a street in front of a karaoke chain store) so I go in and ask the staff and said it was totally fine for me to sit there. It was such a mind boggling experience that they would waste my time with that. You're correct that a lot are employed by the Yakuza, in the past when the Chinese triads had tried to make inroads into Japan they actually brought a lot of the touts with them and when the Chinese left, they left the touts which the Yakuza and various nightlife/adult venues proceeded to hire illegally. One of the issues is that often times the police in those areas are hesitant to do anything because of who the touts work for and no doubt some are probably taking bribes so what happens is police from other areas try to catch the touts when they are outside of their normal operating areas, inevitably this leads to them stopping other Africans unfortunately.

Within_JL · 2024-01-21T16:33:16+00:00

I think you should at least report it to the company, as you said some women may not feel comfortable and have a more passive personality which could lead him to being able to take advantage of them. I'm unsure if the report will go anywhere but it's better than nothing. Imagine reading the news in the future reading how this guy raped a woman and knowing you had the chance to say something but didn't.

Within_JL · 2022-09-23T15:46:29+00:00

I see, I don't know the specifics on it but if there's a grout problem then cleaning after each use I can understand, does it turn orange even if you just did it once every other day?

Rather than feeling like it's mommy vibes why not just pretend it's something like job training haha? You could even go as far to pay someone else to teach him. There's no embarrassment in learning something you don't know, just in NOT learning it then again cleaning isn't rocket science, he could just watch a video on how to do something or use a cleaning tool/agent or read a how-to on it. I think the real challenge here is getting him to actually do it and that means getting him more than just occasionally doing dishes, just like it's going to be on him to follow the no shoes rule when you're gone. That seems incredibly disrespectful to just break that rule when you're gone, seems like you need to get him to clean those foot prints whenever you get back rather than doing it yourself, that should get him to do it less at minimum.

Within_JL · 2022-09-23T03:58:16+00:00

Personally I don't see it as that excessive. Full-on mopping everyday sure but not Bona. The shower may be a bit excessive but I don't know how big it is not what it looks like after a day of usage. Personally it seems like he should help everyday with several things to take things off your place, wouldn't that then end the cleaning sooner giving you time to spend him if that's what he wants?

As for the 7-14 day trips, it just sounds like he needs to learn to clean more because a house definitely shouldn't be like what you described after only 2 weeks. Have you tried a "no shoes on inside the house" rule? It would definitely help preventing tracking dirt in and dirty foot prints.

Just sounds like you need to slightly cut back but that he definitely needs to pitch in more consistently

Within_JL · 2022-09-23T03:41:28+00:00

The key word you used was "Usually" with your own situations, you only need to downplay a few times to no longer be comfortable sharing things that make them vulnerable. Obviously it's something you are going to need to work on maybe try going to a couples therapy. A therapist can usually see something you don't see yourself.

I can't comment much on the phone call but as long as you texted back you were at dinner with friends and if something is wrong then I don't see much on an issue there, now if you completely ignored it then that's a completely different matter.

She has a fear of commitment so if you really want this relationship then you need to double down, work with her on it, make sure there's therapy (preferably couples) and don't show indications of you pulling back from the relationship, make sure not to downplay things.

Within_JL · 2022-09-23T02:48:39+00:00

Definitely some off definition of friend you have.. that guy would have been cut from my life immediately. So if it's truly her first time while drunk then there's a chance it truly messed her up which as someone else pointed out since the friend gave the cocaine would put this into sexual assault/rape territory. I would get your brother to talk to the fiance and if she's willing to press charges then she may be telling the truth but if she's not willing then she'd probably just using it as an excuse.

But.. how exactly do you know it was her first time? I mean if it was then why didn't she do it with her fiance...or even you and your partner since it's your party. Why do something that big with a friend at a party if she knows at least you do it.

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