WhiteOwl

Have not watched a lot of standup, but this guy can be funny

Yea if you just want to have fun, it might be better with an instrument or some good hardware, but if you have a more specific project in mind that you want to share with the world, it will take some working through (hardware excellent for that as well). For me the great part is making people dance (or chilling, if that was the intention), so it takes something more than just enjoying it myself, even though that is of course the most important part for making it work. @Adeptus PsychonauticaThe OP-Z looks cool. Sounds like you can easily make a full track with that. I have stayed away from buying hardware so far though, only use my midi and vsts. Im afraid they will just be left out of my workflow.

@Faith Im not sure if you did either, someone did. But thank you! 🤗

@Cupcake Im Nothingness.. Im infinity.. Im Leo.. ok ok.. I was mostly a silent watcher on the other forum. Just dropping in to check the replies of a few users i resonated with, or to be outraged by the posts of Leo. I have 10 comments in total (peelingthelayers, if you really want to know). So pretty much brand new guy. I like it a lot more here 😚

I appreciate my excellent exam tomorrow ☺️

@Robed Mystic You are welcome, but do you really think you are contributing? Seems like everyone is just trying to get you to snap out of it at this point.. If that was me i would draw back a little and give it a rest.

@Robed Mystic Thank you 😂

@Robed Mystic I was quite sure you might be a troll after reading your discussion with Adeptus and Aware wolf. You would have been a very good one, but i now see that you are not.. I don't want to go into any discussion really, just something to consider. All of the things you write, like the comment i mentioned, is just words! It looks so ridiculous mate, and its obvious for anyone that you don't embody any of these teachings. If you did you would behave so differently. After reading you were a mod on Actulized forum as well, just made me realize authority is just bullshit. Im done putting people on a pedestal anymore no matter the position, especially on the internet.

@Unknown I have some experience using Ableton (making club music, techno, trance). I I started by only occasionally using the program for around 2 years, just making loops and stopping at that, but still had the intent to one day go at it more wholeheartedly. Around 1 year ago i made that decision, and ever since i have increasingly been using more time on it, producing more or less everyday for a few hours (with some days off if i lose motivation). It has been a quite a struggle at times learning the program, going through a lot of negative emotions at times, but i can really say that that part is mostly over, and now producing is the thing i look the most forward to (and i'm seeing some great results). Now it's more a question of creativity instead of learning how use the program. There will most likely be a phase in the beginning where you will be struggling learning the program as well, and it might take a while. Dont give up, just push through, and you will get your satisfaction later. I will write some tips of what has helped me the most so far; 1) Listening to music in a new way! This is so important. I have listened to electronic music my whole life and i thought i knew what was going on in the tracks, but its only recently that i started to pay attention to the seperate elements that make up the song. Start listening to hip hop with more focus, and try to figure out what the producer did to make it sound like that. After a while you will start to pay notice to a lot of elements you didn't hear in the beginning, which you will then be able to do yourself. 2) Make full tracks, and not only a loop, even if it sounds terrible (and it will). It's really the fastest way get good at it. Just do it even when you don't know what you are doing. You are learning all the time. Push yourself, thats when you grow. Try to listen and write down the structure of some good hip hop tracks that you know, so that you can make pointers as to at what time the break/chorus etc should come. Thats a good exercise to learn a little bit about the genre. 3) Don't compare yourself to other, and cherish the small steps you take. I easily get sad if i start comparing myself to other people, but i also see from where i have been that ill get there:-) and so will you, if you want it. 4) I found a guy who makes the kind of music i like in my area, and had lessons learning the program. That was really great, and something i will def recommend. There are tons of great youtube material as well, of course. 5) Be curious about the program, try out things yourself. A lot of the time you learn it better that way, and you might make some good connections yourself instead of just copying someone from youtube (It can be super useful of course). The good thing about doing things your own way is that you wont sound like everyone else, and you'll slowly start creating your unique signature sound instead of the same youtube tutorial that everyone went to. Take for example each effect one at a time (delay, reverb etc) and give a try to see what sound comes out, to get an idea yourself. 6) About the plugins, don't use a lot of money in the beginning. Buy maybe one or two, and stop there (do some research and find out which ones, depending on genre). It's a lot more useful learning the program, learning the effects and how to manipulate the sound yourself, instead of some premade plugin. You can get that later once you have an idea. It's a trap for a lot of people to continuously buy new plugins but never get anywhere. 7) Take a few days off if you lose motivation. Especially after you know the program a bit more. That goes up and down usually. A good break usually pays off. Thats all i can think of right now, hope you can use some of it.

I think its a great idea. I have a lot of copied comments in my notes from the other forum.

Lol, I do that aswell. Main reason for going there at times. So funny seeing the reaction from someone who have no idea who he is or what kind of site it is. @WhimsicalSo understandable. Dont take any of that seriously, its so far out. Tragic for the people who ends of buying some of it 😕

@Aware Wolf Oh god those posts.. He's getting 10/10 in acting like what most people i know IRL fears or preconceives is happening in dark corners of the internet.

@Adeptus Psychonautica I totally agree with you, and "he's just a dude" also stuck to me after watching your video. I appreciate you putting your perspective on things out there, im sure it will help some people to think twice. He's just a dude who made a successful youtube channel presenting knowledge from other people/teachers who are some of the best in their fields. Thats was a brilliant thing to do and he was good at presenting it with a nice energy, which is why it became popular. But to believe that you embody all of it that quickly is absurd. And the extreme use of psychedelics, dont get me started.. he's so way out there now. I cant go to his site anymore because its so cringe i cant take it. Hes dating advice for the guys there is just next level cringe. "Take her hand firmly and direct where you are going", "look at her deep in the eyes and go for the kiss" (on a first date). I fail to write it in the same manner as he does, but just imagining insecure guys doing the things he tells them to is so uncomfortable and ridiculous. Feel bad for everyone involved. I hope he comes back to reality at some point, he seemed like a nice dude in the beginning.

@Phil Thats soothing. That wouldn't make sense when i think about it either.

Is there any "creation" in the loss of a close relative or something horrible like that? Why does some people have to experience something that terrible, like accidently losing a kid/partner/friend prematurely. It feels very bad to say that anyone is responsible or to blame for something like that, since we are always creating? I know a person who recently lost his partner in an accident, and they share a very young child. That story just stuck to me, and made me think if there is any sense to something like that. For some reason i hope not. I know from one of your videos that you have experienced something like that @Phil. What do people think about this topic? I would not like to feel like i was a part of it, if anything gruesome happens in the future.

@Phil I am not sure i understood all of it fully, but i think something clicked. Its a lot more fun to have a lighthearted attitude, not as serious as until now, towards the climate and the work. Seeing it more like a play in the dream. Thanks!

I appreciate this site and the emotional scale. I think i just experienced a turning point regarding use of the scale. I was suffering a bit today, not being able to switch my energy around from the beginning. Then i went to the scale and followed the description and expressed myself, and damn i feel much better. Im only at blame, and i feel completely energized and well compared to 30 min before. I have been using it a good amount of times before, but for some reason my mind keeps neglecting the value of it in times of feeling discord. This time i will remember. That is amazing. The guiding and text is really on point when going through it 🙌

@FaithI feel very welcome 🙂 I like the analogy with being a nurse, that makes a lot more sense. I just realized maybe ive put environmental work on some pedestal. We are all contributing in the fields we are drawn to, like you said. Yea i think my question does boil down to being afraid of not choosing the thing that makes me the most happy. But like you said, its always possible to make a change. Thank you for your reply, enjoyed it also.

I have some difficulty in my mind when looking at the need to help the climate vs not paying attention to it and focusing on other things i want to create. I am considering going into some work doing calculations of where people have the possibility of saving the most resources / energy. But on the other hand, people and myself are able to consciously create their own reality, so it it necessary to try to help something that is that big, and that is ultimately a belief (since none of us actually has a clue whats going on with the climate, we have to conclude and believe things)? A big reason for doing that sort of job would be because i would like to help, if not for that i might want to do something different. So i guess im a little confused if we are all manifesting/creating in a world of boundaries or not.

@Nowt Very well said.🙏 I have a similar experience of it all.

Hello there. I would dare to say it's very obvious to anyone with a little insight, that the guy running the other forum is creating an increasingly toxic environment. No need to go deeper into that. And also, its just another forum and this is the internet! Nobody can force either you or me to be on anyone forum, right? I decide to be here, nobody recruited me. I assume it's the same for everyone else? But it already feels much more chill in here not having a red color administrator consciousness master to rule.

I liked his videos that are made 7 years ago about "standard" self help stuff like self-esteem, productivity etc. He had a nice energy to him. I started mostly reading other authors myself (people from his booklist, i thank him for that), so i never followed him that closely. I have though been a passive spectator looking for advice on the actualized forum (i only went because of a few people who are here, so thats great), and i think its a bit sad to see the transformation he has taken. I respect the work he put in to help people to begin with, but doing psychedelics at that level looks very damaging, and he has lost all spark if you ask me. And his comments were straight out repulsive a lot of the time. I mean doing 5MEO 15 days in a row? Most of the great teachers from his booklist and who he got most of his material from, used their whole life studying consciousness and existence. Most if not all didn't do psychedelics (peter ralston, rupert spira, eckhart tolle, david hawkin etc). And now he is a relatively young guy in his 30s advocating that 5MEO is THAT important. Its scary. Dude did his first mushrooms only 5 years ago. The psychedelics experiences i have had, i sometimes did with a "shaman" or a guide, and the consensus was always to wait at least a few month before your next trip to integrate etc. I heard him say at some point (might be way higher now) that he has 150 trips, while having a video from only 5 years ago about his first mushroom trip. Thats apeshit crazy. He also said himself that he doesn't like to be social and as far as i know he doesn't have kids etc. Is this the person who will teach people about love and oneness? This turned into a rant lol. Sorry about that, it wanted to get out. I thank him for his contribution but it went WAY too far from my little perspective.

I would like to let go of my idea of myself relative to lot of people, together with my idea of other people in general. I have been in a club environment for 10 years, identifying myself with and struggeling to be a "cool" person (having status, hanging with the "right" people). I realized i have all sorts of ideas about what people in the environment think about me. I went through a breakup with an amazing woman a few years ago who is in the same environment, who quickly became an integrated part of the "cool" people. I felt a little pushed out, resenting alot of people while at the same time wanting to be a part of it. Cutting out/letting go of all thoughts regarding those people and my role in it all is a difficult task, since it happens very automatic at times. Also i feel like i dont know myself without that part. Is paying closely attention to where your thoughts are going and letting it go the best way to make a change? Or does anyone see some beliefs i should consider challenging?

Thanks for the replies. I will use the emotional scale more myself, and try to show it to my mother. See if she is up to try it 🙂

I have a tough time being around with my mother most of the time, and it makes me feel guilty and i wish it was different. I realized more as i got older (currently in my late twenties) how deeply insecure she is about herself, and how this gets expressed in all sorts of ways. I feel like she doesn't understand me, and she often says things in front of other people that portray me in ways that i dont like, kind of taking away my integrity while hoping to be funny. She is not doing it to be rude, but out of ignorance about what she is actually saying, while having no chill due to her insecurities. My sister has sort of the same thing going with her, and we were talking about recently how we were to improve our relationship with her. We were thinking not to care so much, and just let her be, but its difficult as we very easily get frustrated/irritated. At the same time i want her to be happy and i wish things could just be easy, which is right infront of us, and we play the most important role for her. What to do? As a parent (dont have any kids yet), i will try to support my children in whatever direction they want to go, while being a strong example with a positive attitude to life. I like the phrase "Its not what you say, but what you do" when it comes to parenting. Ill do my best to live up to the things myself that i would hope for them to be in their life (integrity, caring, etc).