Yeah I like to tell people to look up the word Conspiracy and then the word Theory. By definition the OFFICIAL story is also a Conspiracy Theory. :) I don't buy into all of the Conspiracy Theories but I do think a lot of them fit the evidence far better than the official story. I doubt we'll ever have the truth completely about that day. Realizing that I was being lied to though and realizing some of truths that do not work out as truth in the official story but do fit with some of the theories. Such as those proposed by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth kind of caused a paradigm shift for me. Prior to that moment I didn't really care that much about politics.
EDIT: I was a weird kid too. I'd heard a lot about JFK growing up as my parents were both living in the Dallas / Fort Worth area when that happened as kids. So my mom would always tell me about it. I was always into mysteries and weird stuff though UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptozoology, ghost stories, etc. I liked mysterious stuff and stories.
if you want to use occulted it will only be viewed in the negative i believe , but go head and try it out and let me know the results. Most of my posts are in the occult section and as you see there not liked . As for falling asleep watching TV might i recommend wearing a sleeping mask or just listing to the audio with the screen off. i used to fall asleep with the TV on as well until i realized that Melatonin can't be produced if your eye lid get penetrated with light...aka you can't sleep as well.
I was thinking I'd use it more in the replies. If it gets a negative reaction and they say "what do you mean occulted?" I thought that might be an opportunity to say that Occulted basically means "To Hide Knowledge" which seems like a good definition for redacted, and censored. :)
EDIT: The Christians in Alexandria did not like the library there so they Occulted it. In reality I guess that is not accurate since it was not hidden, it was destroyed.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. for the people that don't want to look up conspiracy if just means people working together (in Latin con means "together" spir means breathe aka to breath together) , just like occult means hidden(not evil), & last one anarchy means without rulers(not chaos). The point is people don't really understand where the original meaning of the word came from. it would seem we have a lot in common, thats rare for me as also i'm into most of those stuff you described.
Yes what is funny is I was also thinking about the fact that Occult means hidden as I was typing out my lookup Conspiracy and lookup Theory. Basically anytime a file has parts of it that are redacted those parts are being occulted. Most people hear occult and think of people that believe in black magic, alchemy, etc. In some cases that shoe might fit. However, it is a much bigger word than that. It simply means hidden knowledge. Yes, I do suspect we have a lot in common. I am certain we have differences which is a good thing. It's hard to solve the tough problems if we all agree on everything. :)
EDIT: I wonder if I can remember to use the word OCCULTED anytime I would normally say CENSORED or REDACTED. That'd be an interesting experiment.
The Occult and Occulted part of the Cosmic Abandonment video you suggested I watch (which as I indicated my wife and I liked a lot) was a good part. Actually I liked everything in that video. I actually need to watch it AGAIN because I was exhausted when I started watching it and documentaries CALM ME even if I am interested and I sometimes fall asleep. So when my wife decided she wanted to talk about that video last night it became apparent that there were some parts towards the end that I slept through. Again, not because it is bad. It is a weird thing that started happening to me about 5 years ago. I can use documentaries to put myself to sleep. They work great! Even when I enjoy them. This means sometimes for long ones I have to watch them a few times. :P
@ultramari0 - there is no way to send a private message so this is how I'm going to do it.
https://steemit.com/powerup/@dwinblood/how-to-convert-steem-dollars-to-steem-and-then-to-more-steem-power-if-you-want
That might help if you want to use those Steem Dollars for something.
EDIT: On that last - nevermind I see you commented on my short tutorial yesterday.
@dwinblood I was more interested in just spreading mark passio's work than getting paid for it that's why i posted them every 5 min till i was done . if i'm going to get paid i would like if from my original content. but yes from now on i will be posting every 24 hours or so , i'm probably just going to leave most of it on steem unless i make a lot than i would transfer some of it to bitcoin . Weird the way you talk i thought you would have already watched most of his videos by now . And thank you for the tips :)
@dwinblood had you watch? lol i meant it as a suggestion not an order :) That's why i liked marks video's as like you i already was on the same mind set so it was easy for me to watch it but he did teach me a great deal after listening to all his pod cast and videos .
As for perfection , in the past i would have been very pro as that's what i strived for but never attained. Nowadays idk its more like i'm at peace about who i am and where i'm going. I would like to tap into the proverbial Akashic Records and become one with truth and knowledge but at that point i would stop being human and would boredom even exist at that higher realm of thought idk. i would hate to become like that Q on voyager that wanted to kill himself because he knew everything and was bored to death. Right now i'm 51% yes and 49% no on omniscience however later on the more i see and learn the more assured i will be at the answer to that question.
p.s I'm about to go to sleep so this will be my last reply for several hours , its a good thing my PC has flux that way i'm still getting sleepy while typing.
The sad thing is in that video you had me watch. Most of it I'd already learned or come to the conclusions on my own. There were certainly exceptions, and I'd never really thought about it so much that I had it so well ordered and flowing together like pieces of a puzzle. It was mostly my willingness to be skeptical about even things I believe and always challenge my own beliefs. If I find pieces of information that seem to fit better into my world view than something I currently believe I don't have too much difficulty changing my mind. It wasn't easy. It took a lot of practice, and I still don't have it down perfectly. I still can be stubborn and push forward and miss things in my passion.
There definitely was some new information I hadn't considered in that video. I've never watched anything of his before that. I'll likely watch more as he thinks VERY similar to how I do, and apparently you do as well. I just took some weird routes and somehow ended up pretty close to that place on my own. :)
Though where that place is for me will constantly change. I like that. I don't truly believe in perfection or utopia or omniscience all of those things to me are just different more specific words for infinity. We can strive for them but never reach them. Which if you think about it is a good thing? I'd be truly be bored if I knew everything. I'd have zero motivation.