"Empathy and understanding of a person's mindset and actions, while noble pursuits, do not provide an ability in relegating responsibility of such mindsets and actions to a certain party. Placing of blame and responsibility requires a…"
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I Power making a real difference
Hey guys, Reese here!
I just saw something really inspiring and had to share it with you guys. Shawn from the Uncultured project just put online an amazing new video and told me: "the I Power community made the single biggest donation to project seen in my 2011 #P4A video. So you guys make the behind the scenes logistics and NGO collaboration possible in a really big…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on December 20, 2011 at 1:00am — 4 Comments
What I'm doing right now & What I've learned
Chiren and I are always working full-force like maniacs on whatever it is that our many discussions and and world domination scheming brings up as efficient ways to change the world. Sometimes to the frustration of our girlfriends, this is kind of our 'reason for living' in the sense that we rarely even do anything to just unwind or 'for fun'. Everything we do, from AtheneWins to the University of Gaming is part of a plan that not always everyone agrees with or understands to the full extent…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on May 21, 2011 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments
Change habits and beliefs with ease
In my most recent SDA Vlog I talk about how insanely powerful it is to write things down and one of the things I mentioned that is required to really make that into a life-changing routine is to make sure that part of what you write about is what are the things that are so great about the goals you're working towards and what's so bad about not achieving those goals.
I try to keep my vlogs really short, powerful and condensed so I didn't really go in-depth… Continue
I try to keep my vlogs really short, powerful and condensed so I didn't really go in-depth… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 12, 2011 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments
New Routines of AWESOMENESS
Added some more stuff to my morning routines that have been contributing EXPLOSIVELY to my sharpness, productivity and all round OWNAGE. Here's what a normal morning looks like for me now:
- I make sure to get enough sleep, VERY important
- I get up, make sure to drink lots of water
(and I often also quickly go through some feeds/news/check I Power/answer important mail & messages)
- I meditate for 15-30 minutes and go…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on May 2, 2011 at 2:00pm — 25 Comments
My Morning Routine & Meditation Technique
My previous three SDA Vlogs talked about some techniques and key psychological and neurological understandings that can help you to take control over your own thoughts and emotions. Last vlog I got a TON of questions…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on March 29, 2011 at 12:40pm — 17 Comments
Thank you & Kick-Ass SDA Events
Some people seem to be debating whether or not this vlog has any real content or whether it's right for me to be happy with the outcome of the documentary.
First of all, I wanna deeply apologize to those who were disappointed by the documentary, we disappointed a lot of people and that means that, we can and must do better.
Second, I can't feel anything but deep gratitude for the fact that the vast majority loved the documentary (YouTube 'Likes' vs 'Dislikes', torrents going…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on January 27, 2011 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Help!! Get Shawn to DAVOS!
Added by Reese Leysen on January 13, 2011 at 2:44pm — 9 Comments
you guys rock
Just wanted to say that I just LOVE the state that the community is in lately. This place has been so full of awesome discussions and posts for quite a while now with a pretty healthy rate of activity.
I've been wanting to be much more involved but I guess you all know what it is that's been taking up all of my time. And the active mods are doing an excellent job keeping stuff on the right track, kicking out spam and dealing with the trolls. But what I really love is that the…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on January 10, 2011 at 6:20pm — 17 Comments
Project ASC
Since I'm getting hammered with questions every day, here are some answers for all of you whom have been wondering but have not poked me personally about it:
Release date
I'm currently not making any predictions. Every time that things have been moving forward fast, we've gotten too excited and made promises that we haven't been able to live up to in terms of a release window. That being said, all except for one of the delays have been caused by…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on December 22, 2010 at 2:30pm — 53 Comments
Scientology's Viral Marketing
Left to right: Foundation for a Drug-Free World, United for Human Rights and The Way to Happiness… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on July 1, 2009 at 9:00pm — 25 Comments
Conclusions after 2 week monkness
As I outlined in the original blog, I went through a two week total monk-mode experiment to test the limits of my new state of mind. Ever since I experimented with proper meditation and 'being in the moment' I noticed it had become more difficult keeping up full discipline because I spent most of my time being sort of 'disconnected' from the… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 10, 2009 at 4:42pm — 4 Comments
DAY #12 BITCHEZ
Aight, not much to say, I've been pretty sick the past few days so things have been a big more difficult but I stick to my shit and hit all 'perfects' on my checklist every day, bitchez.
For the most part I've been totally in flow so it's all been pretty easy but since a few days now I also have to rely on discipline a bit to kick myself back in and it's been a great experience to train the old discipline muscle further again.
In order to reinforce my state of mind in… Continue
For the most part I've been totally in flow so it's all been pretty easy but since a few days now I also have to rely on discipline a bit to kick myself back in and it's been a great experience to train the old discipline muscle further again.
In order to reinforce my state of mind in… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 7, 2009 at 11:00am — 5 Comments
DAY #10: The Monk Reloaded
Tiny update:
Finally the experiment is now also training my 'discipline muscle' since I'm a bit sick, making it harder to just rely on flow. Nevertheless, my lifestyle is still one of being in the moment as much as possible and having to rely on pure discipline at difficult moments is not messing with my head. So having spent so much time being in flow and being in the moment has not really tampered with my discipline. To the contrary, flow cultivates a specific sense of clarity that… Continue
Finally the experiment is now also training my 'discipline muscle' since I'm a bit sick, making it harder to just rely on flow. Nevertheless, my lifestyle is still one of being in the moment as much as possible and having to rely on pure discipline at difficult moments is not messing with my head. So having spent so much time being in flow and being in the moment has not really tampered with my discipline. To the contrary, flow cultivates a specific sense of clarity that… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 5, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments
Day #7: The Monk Continues
Day 7, bitchez. First week is DONE and man, that was pretty easy. I have a clear focus on things so I'm very aware of when I should kick myself back in flow and it's just been awesome and smooth. Thus far, this two-week monk experiment has taught me something very valuable: the importance of flow.
It's like there's a pattern, the happiest people you know in your life usually seem to be in a constant 'flow' of things. They're driven and always busy and when they're not... Well that's… Continue
It's like there's a pattern, the happiest people you know in your life usually seem to be in a constant 'flow' of things. They're driven and always busy and when they're not... Well that's… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 2, 2009 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments
Entering Day #6: REVENGE OF THE MONK
Yesterday (day #5) was a bit fail since I was totally messed up due to lack of sleep. As a result, I still did all of the basic disciplinary stuff I had set up but slacked in some other areas (i.e. I did my morning routines and ate healthy throughout the day and all that but didn't manage to answer all my mails etc).
So today... It's REVENGE OF THE MONK. Full force kicking my ass back in gear and seeing if I can get back into flow even though I still feel really drowsy. I am the… Continue
So today... It's REVENGE OF THE MONK. Full force kicking my ass back in gear and seeing if I can get back into flow even though I still feel really drowsy. I am the… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on May 1, 2009 at 2:00pm — 6 Comments
Hardcore Monk FLOW (day #5)
(here's my original blog on the experiment I'm doing)
Just a quick update, bitchez!
Not much to say, it's day #5 and it's mostly smooth sailing! Getting all 'perfects' on my daily checklist and actually not having to rely much on discipline to keep myself in check...
-BUT REESE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?!
It's simple, my young padawan learner. I use a form of… Continue
Just a quick update, bitchez!
Not much to say, it's day #5 and it's mostly smooth sailing! Getting all 'perfects' on my daily checklist and actually not having to rely much on discipline to keep myself in check...
-BUT REESE, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?!
It's simple, my young padawan learner. I use a form of… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on April 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments
hardcore monk-mode experiment
Through certain insights and new meditation techniques I've recently come to a point where I'm able to be 'in the moment' almost all the time, meaning I fully 'enjoy' pretty much every minute of my day, regardless of what I'm doing. (this in itself is something we'll get into in-depth in videos really soon) However, at one point this started messing with my discipline a bit. I could for example violate my strict diet more easily because I realized it wouldn't make my day any less enjoyable,… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on April 27, 2009 at 1:03pm — 5 Comments
REESE, THE UBER-MONK
(for future reference, this blog post was part of the 'Revolutionize ur Life' community project started in this video: http://ipower.ning.com/video/revolutionize-ur-life )
YES IT IS TRUE, REESE IS AN UBERMONK.
Posting my list to officially partake in this glorious revolution!
1) Full workout and stretching every day.
2) Serious hardcore contrast showers every day.
3) Strict health diet: cut out everything that's even in the slightest a 'guilty… Continue
YES IT IS TRUE, REESE IS AN UBERMONK.
Posting my list to officially partake in this glorious revolution!
1) Full workout and stretching every day.
2) Serious hardcore contrast showers every day.
3) Strict health diet: cut out everything that's even in the slightest a 'guilty… Continue
Added by Reese Leysen on April 6, 2009 at 12:14pm — 8 Comments
I Power Projects
An overview of all the I Power projects that the crew has instigated thus far:
Don't Stay Virgin: Tania's controversial net neutrality campaign
Stop Virgin: the crew's immediate reaction on Virgin's anti-net neutrality statements…
Added by Reese Leysen on December 14, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments
YouTube found blocking nearly all anti-Scientology content from its 'Videos' front page
12/02/2008 - Right after the international anti-Scientology protests of February 10th, YouTube has been blocking nearly all Scientology-related videos from getting to its 'Videos' front page. The anti-Scientology protests were one of the biggest displays of internet-activism to date, and it's saddening to see that such a massive worldwide event that normally would have dominated YouTube's entire 'Videos' front page was…
ContinueAdded by Reese Leysen on October 29, 2008 at 7:42pm — 2 Comments
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Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Cognitive dissonance. One of the most irritating human traits."
Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Absolutely, I completely agree. The only way to solve the problem is to eliminate the cause.
Exactly, the shooter gains worldwide fame over night. Why would a resentful, friendless, lonely, insane young man who wanted to leave an impression on the…"
Aya replied to Aya's discussion The ethical implications of "Temporal Isolation""From the last three lines of your post, I'm assuming you are applying the "better safe than sorry" mentality to life-rights over all of time. This addresses points 3) and 5) of my post on Wed 5/15, but does not address points 1),…"
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Anthony D replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."An issue in the context of your reply is the so-called "mad/bad debate". And it very much plays into the perception of these rather extreme forms of criminal behavior.
From a legal and forensic psychological standpoint a…"
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Interesting. I think that just being aware that our behavior is not always justified and taking on some personal responsibility can go a long way."
Lore replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."Maybe I take empathy and attempting to understand such actions by people to the extreme, but I think it is important to understand the causes of such behavior. You do bring up a good point about school shootings Nathaniel, in that the media makes…"
Nathaniel Mortazavi replied to Lore's discussion Condemning others to validate ourselves."I agree with the principle to an extent. However, in the case of school shooters, I don't think it can be justified. Same with rape. There's definitely a line, but like you said, those are the most extreme cases.
On the topic of mass…"
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