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Again a small lore dump, on magic attributes. Hope you enjoy!
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On the way to the next lesson Mor was asked °Think, I could use your magic?° by the human.
°I don´t know, maybe something to try later today° he answered. °Yeah, let's do that too.° Human agreed.
The next lesson was an interesting one, at least for the visitor from beyond, it was a lesson on the rules of magic, even if Mor and quite a few of his peers were lulled into sleep by the soothing voice of the teacher. The human, never expected, that someone could teach something so interesting in such a boring way.
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As you all know, magic is divided into types, that are known to us as attributes.
Attributes have a positive effect on magic of the same type and a negative effect on the type opposing it. To give you an example for this a mage with fire affinity, will not be able to use higher forms of water magic. We know of the following attributes, but sometimes new ones are discovered, so this list is ever-expanding. Please pay attention now, as this will be test-relevant. We know of the elemental attributes, Fire, Earth, Water, and Wind, the manipulation attributes, Healing and Illusion and finally the royal attribute, only seen in the royal Diamond family, called Gravity.
Here I have to note, that there are spells, that are not included in any of those attributes and can be used by anyone. These are called Basic-attributed spells. Those spells include for example things like body enhancement, magic bolt, or the widely used message spell.
Now please note that the attribute distinctions are only one part, the second part is the distinction of potency of the spells. Firstly there is the single-class, moving and manipulating existing materials, you can pick fruits or use a small amount of water to water a plant, they can only do what anyone could do with their own hands and basic tools. Next up would be group-class where the material to manipulate will be supplied by the magic power and here your attributes will matter. In this class, the basic martial spells and convenience spells are located, with a strength that a small group estimated at around five people could produce with their tools. Then we get into the village-class magic and as you can surely guess those include things, that would need the manual labor of a small village, and here most of you will find yourself comfortable spellcasting. But then we go into the higher forms, here you either need a soul-bound partner with the same affinity as yourself to supply the energy demands, those are called demographic-class, and finally, there would be world-class magic, but the energy required of those could only be supplied by a whole convent of right attributed mages at least that´s the theory. Nobody was able to use a spell like that, it is purely hypothetical.
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°Ok, that was really interesting, I would like to see what those high-class spells are capable of.° The human stated and Mor answered °Yes, but with my magic reserves, we will probably be stuck at group-class magic.° °Laaaame!° Human exclaimed. °We really need to find a way to get you more magic... This is just stupid.°
°Well it would help if it is possible for you to also cast spells. Then we could be much faster in using magic.° Mor thought. °Well, only a few more hours and we can test that, at home.°
°You´re right.° the human agreed.
With this, both of them either suffered or excitedly listened through the following lessons, and Mor having a peaceful lunch break. At last as peaceful, as it can be with a human trying to move random body parts and cursing about how hard it was. Mor finally made them stop after he was made to involuntary open his hand, and drop his juice. But without the acute danger of the bullies, it was very nice for a change, if a bit lonely. But still much better than before, the only bad thing about the bonding with the human was, that his body ached after the human moved it so violently, but it would pass, he was sure of that.
Finally, after lessons ended, Mor acquired something for supper and retreated to his room, carefully locking the door and at the insistence of the human enhancing the lock with a simple spell to make the lock and door more sturdy.
After they finally "guarded" their room right, Mor refusing to add some "surprises" for anyone opening the door. They sat down on the bed and began with what they discussed.
°I want to try using magic first.° The human opened. °Moving your body is hella exhausting.°
°Yes, let´s try it. First, just concentrate on the magic inside our body and make it flow.° Mor guided the human. °How do I concentrate on the magic?° The question came and Mor explained further. °You have to feel the potential within and then concentrate on it.°
After a short while the human stated °Is it bad, that I can´t feel any potential or whatever? Maybe just go like this and yes I think I feel something flow!° Mor felt elated, now they could cast two spells even with his meager energy reserves. °Great! Now concentrate on the pillow and imagine it fluffing itself up.° And once again the human tried, but nothing would happen. °Huh? Why is nothing happening? I feel something flowing and all.° They asked. °I don´t know, I´m telling you what I was told when I started with the magic. What my parents taught me.° Mor answered.
°Speaking of your parents, you have magic communication. Why is that message taking so long to reach them? Shouldn´t that be instantaneous?° The human asked.
Mor sighed °Your understanding is screwed up, how would you even think that? Message magic is simple, so you need to have a view on your recipient or it won't work.°
°Well, we have some stories in our world, with magic settings and shit, and there it is always super handy and can do just about anything. While here it is tedious and full of "that´s not how it works".° The human sounded disappointed.
°Well let´s get back on track and let me try some more. Maybe you could watch the flow of your energy, then tell me if I do something right.° Human offered and Mor nodded. Like that, they tried, but Mor could not detect any movement in the energies within him. °This is not working.° Mor stated, and the human had to reluctantly agree.
°So we are left with trying to let me do the body movement... Not ideal, but well let´s try something from my world. Take deep breaths and relax, only concentrate on your breathing.° The human instructed and Mor followed the directions and slowly felt his body moving, doing everything in his power to not intervene and only concentrate on his breathing until finally the human let out a satisfied grunt.
°Yes that is better, it is still hard, but now I´m just moving something I´m not accustomed to, instead of fighting you.° The human sounded pretty happy and Mor was too, but a quick glance at the clock in his room let both of them decide to get some sleep. Being late for class and tired would not be good.
Mor awoke the next morning to a world of pain, his whole body just hurt. °What is this, it hurts!°
°I don´t know! I did nothing while you were asleep!°
°You must have! Why else would it be like this?° Mor scolded the human.
°Don´t get snippy with me! I will slap you! And with your own hand no less!° They countered.
°And why I´m the only one in pain, that is unfair!° Mor complained.
°Why would you think that? I feel the pain too, it´s just not as bad as you say. You are just a little wuss.° The human said.
°I´m no wuss, I never had this kind of pain before!° Mor grumbled.
°Really? If I had to describe it it feels just like a little soreness in the muscles... Ah! Maybe, me moving your body is more stressful, than you moving your own. Even if you are distracted you subconsciously try to fight my control. That would make sense, but we can´t know for sure.° Human theorized.
°Really? And now? If this is what happens this is not acceptable!° Mor was still whining.
°Well easy, we will test your theory, that you can´t train your bodies, because, with this new development, I smell bullshit and laziness. Time to train and limber up!° Mor whinced at that exclamation of the human. °We will do nothing like that!° He exclaimed.
°We will, and I will force you if I need to.° The human stated matter of factly. °I hate you.° Mor grumbled.
°Yes. Yes! Let the hate flow through you!° The human snickered. °Still, I won´t let you just opt out without trying!°

Was tempted to make a video to show more than tell and still might, but things are still very, very early and always subject to change.
My previous Japanese language study is obviously giving me a big head start. Knew this would be the case when I went to Taiwan a couple of times and could recognize more than a few words which really helped me get around. Obviously pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar would be radically different, but I was also aware of that. The unknown traditional Hanzi (focusing on that since it's easier given my Japanese study background) will not be the main problem, just the tones and pronunciation and thousands of words using those Hanzi.
Also, I have the benefit of going in with a set plan based on my own experience learning (and re-learning) Japanese using self-study tools: Anki, text analyzers, browser plug-ins, audio books, pop-up dictionaries, etc.
Current plan is as follows: Do the first 90 lessons of the older Pimsleur Mandarin course with serious supplementation:

• Anki - I'm using a transcript (complete for Mandarin I Lessons 1 - 30) and webpage with vocabulary and starting dialogue for all 90 lessons to generate the cards. They'll have English, PinYin, Simplified and Traditional for both the vocabulary and an example sentence. The cards will be two per word - PinYin word/sentence (audio recognition, but I'm not bothering with actual audio for Pimsleur), and English word/Clozed traditional hanzi sentence (production where preferably the English word would instead be an image/Chinese definition).
  
• Trimsleur - My term for taking Pimsleur lessons and removing the English prompts and long pauses with two second pauses. For a 30 minute lesson, I have a 10 minute pure Chinese audio that's also comprehensible. Meant for comprehensible audio immersion (and repeating/shadowing).
  
• ACHTT - stands for "All Chinese Half The Time" which is my term for Ken Cannon's suggestion to watch every episode of a show in Japanese twice: once w/ English subs for the comprehension, then once more w/ Chinese subs or no subs for the immersion. I take it one step further by ripping the audio with a program uses the subtitles to remove long non-spoken portions (CIA or compressed immersion audio).
  

So current plan just for the 90 Pimsleur lessons is:

1. Review due Anki. For these, I have strict fail and soft fail rules for each card type. "Audio" cards (PinYin word/sentence) I have to know which hanzi are used and the meaning of the word - this is a strict fail. The soft fail (I hit "hard" UNLESS the spacing will be over 6 months) is the stroke order of the hanzi and meaning of the example sentence. The Clozed Delete card I also have know the Mandarin word, it's hanzi, and it's tone for the strict fail. The stroke order and meaning/reading of the clozed deleted Mandarin sentence is a soft fail.
   
2. Do the Pimsleur lesson with the transcript (in part I at least). Pause to initially answer the English prompt then play and repeat the Chinese phrase. When the new word is introduced, go to it's Anki card to add pronunciation notes (the transcript has a few pages of charts for this) along with HanziHero as needed for Hanzi meanings and notes (super important for Hanzi that are new to me). Now, Pimsleur is normally a 30 minute lesson, but doing it this way makes it last about an hour or so.
   
3. Activate the new vocabulary in Anki (custom study option) and see how much is remembered. I set cards to long learning time (1m 10m 1440m 3600m) with graduation done at 1 week. This is also great because Pimsleur cannot tell if I remembered anything or not and balance accordingly. Anki can.
   
4. Watch one episode of Peppa Pig Mandarin at 75% speed with English sub, then rewatch with traditional Chinese subs. Peppa Pig is slowed down because the normal episodes are sped up on purpose in most languages. Any other show I would likely leave at original speed.
   
5. Update my comprehensible immersion audio playlist. It'd be 4 copies of today's Trimsleur lesson, 3 copies of yesterday, 2 copies of two days ago, and 1 copy of three days ago (so Lesson 8 x4, Lesson 7 x3, Lesson 6 x2, Lesson 5 x1). In addition, it'd be the last four days of Peppa Pig ripped audio. This is about two hours of audio in total. I then play these on random, and the most recent lessons are played more often.
   

The comprehensible audio is played a lot of the time passively in the background. I can be doing anything else and not notice, but it'll be there whenever I do take a aural snack (pay attention to what's being played). I DO NOT want to repeat the major mistake in my early Japanese study of playing incomprehensible Japanese audio (rips of TV shows I watched) near 24/7. Found out that comprehensible that frequently refreshed is key to training your brain to follow along without thinking as well as repeat without effort.
Again, I'm only on lesson 8 with a handful of vocabulary words under my belt. Still, I can read aloud all eight of the introductory dialogues in traditional Mandarin. I'm also noticing the words as they pop up in Peppa Pig.
Gonna hate moving on to Pimsleur Mandarin part II as there's no transcript. However, there are websites that'll transcribe the Trimsleur audio (and maybe even the Pimsleur if I wanted) which'll simplify doing the lessons like I'm doing now.
After Pimsleur, I plan to do deep dive study methods (read subtitles along with Chinese subs, pausing only to look up meaning of unknown words and phrases), then after 10 hours of reading (at beginning stages this might be only 1 hour of actual Chinese audio) use subs with MorphMan in Anki to get 100 most common words that are within my learned vocab range. All that means is if I know 1,500 words then MorphMan will only look for new words from 3,000 most common that's also the most common in the read material stopping at 100 new words if that before starting reading up again.
Hopefully this all makes sense. Like with Japanese, I'll freely share whatever resources I can and answer whatever questions people have (if I have time). Obviously I'm in the beginning stages so maybe don't expect much.

I decided to try out the new update and I'm having a bit more fun than my initial playthrough, especially since I decided to try the UC questline (WAY fucking cooler than the Ranger questline). I was excited about the sustenance options in particular, since there's SO MUCH food and drink in this game, but most of it was useless. After trying the new options out, it definitely needs work.
My first problem is that every type of food and every type of beverage provides the same amount of hydration/fed time. For instance, a snack pack of crackers is apparently as nutritious/filling as a patty melt. All food just gives a flat rate of the "fed" status.
Likewise, all beverages do the same. Even hard liquor, beer, and wine which is just silly. If anything, those should deplete your hydration, but nope. I could technically keep myself hydrated with nothing but whiskey and vodka packs, like some kind of superhuman alcoholic.
There's also the fact that some items should contribute to both sustenance and hydration statuses, like miso soup, ramen, various fruits, etc. Even juices and other sugary drinks should provide some sustenance as well as hydration. The UC Battle Meal in particular literally has a water pack attached to it with a straw, yet it only provides the fed status when consuming it.
Really hope they flesh this out at some point cause this sustenance option feels like they banged it out in an hour. My first guess is that they just slapped it on this update cause they're busy with the dlc and will maybe patch in a more fleshed out survival mode later. Maybe this was just a "survival-lite" version to hold us over until then. Still, I think they could've spent a little more time tweaking the numbers on this.
Anyway, for a discussion question so this isn't just me grumbling: what would you all like to see out of a survival mode after seeing these new gameplay changes?

Hi,
I’m visiting London in August and am curious if thc/cbd is legal in London? I pretty regularly take cbd edibles during the week to help me sleep but could survive without it on my trip if needed. If the strands are legal, can I visit a pharmacy or bodega to purchase what I’d like? Is the industry more open like in Amsterdam or would I need a medical approval from a doctor?
Thank you!

Hey everyone! Have a weird non native question but figured this would be the best place to ask because it's still about the goals of native plant gardening.
While on my hunt for low bush blueberries I finally found them at one of my garden centers and figured I'd pick up some herbs I was too lazy to start for my vegetable garden while out. Picked up a few, getting dill, parsley, etc. for both me and the black swallowtails, then I saw fennel and remembered that it's listed as a gold host plant as well. Now, I am growing zizia aurea but they're small starts and I'd love to have sacrifice plants to give them a good year to grow before letting insects go crazy on them. I also have what I believe is queen anne's lace which is constantly recommended as a good host plant (even when I specify my region and it's listed as invasive in many US states?!?!) but I would love to remove the queen anne's lace seeing as it's, ya know, potentially invasive. It's very difficult to find lists of actual native plants for black swallowtails, I'm planning on growing yarrow but my starts are pretty unhappy still so who knows how they'll be and everything recommends these herbs rather than native plants so I'm honestly not sure what the right direction is.
Which brings me back to... Fennel. I was about to plant it in my garden when I figured I'd double check if it does well with certain plants or not and apparently it shouldn't be planted close to basically anything? So native gardeners who also grow fennel, where do you plant it? I don't want it stunting my vegetables but also don't want it stunting my native plants so I'm thinking in a pot? Should I get more and have multiple in a pot? Or place the pot near dill or parsley? I use a decent amount of herbs but never really think to use fennel unless I'm following a specific recipe so I'm happy to sacrifice it or be surprised by it's survival at the end of the season and get to use it. There's a chance with all the queen anne's lace it won't even get touched but I want to have some back up plants. I also really want to get rid of the queen anne's lace but feel kind of guilty because now I know why there were so many black swallowtails last year when I never intentionally attracted them.

Hello,
This weekend I plan on taking on my garden beds. They are in disarray and need some love. I don't have any experience with garden beds or landscaping in general, so I'm hoping I can get some information from you lovely people. My general plan is to rip out all old mulch, a couple of bushes we don't like, and rip out the weed fabric that's currently in there, and get it to a uniform dirt bed. There are some old faux brick edging, I want to pull that out and put some new in. As for the actual bed, from what I've read weed liner is no good. So as of now, my plan is to get a few baby bushes, maybe a hydrangea to surprise my lovely wife who loves them, and get them planted, then just put down new mulch on top of the dirt, and just do maintenance weeding as needed.
Is there anything I'm being dumb about that I should make sure to think of as I'm out there this weekend? Thank you all

So I’m about 3.5 weeks post-op from having an orange-sized benign cyst removed from an ovary (the ovary survived). Given its size it had to be removed from a 3 inch abdominal incision instead of laparoscopically, and it was expected that things would be weird for a while given my organs needed to kind of fall back into place after being squished, and of course my body got thrown off by pain relievers and anesthetic etc.
I have IBS-C like 90% of the time (diarrhea makes a surprise appearance occasionally) which I manage fairly well if I stay on top of my miralax and colace regimen and avoid trigger foods/overeating. Obviously in the days immediately after surgery it was not great thanks to the opioids, as I did take all 12 prescribed pills of oxycodone over 4 days because I was in a decent amount of pain (having abdominal muscles cut is no joke). A double dose of miralax and a couple glasses of prune juice got things moving albeit uncomfortably.
However, around week 2 of my recovery, I was doing pretty well — eating normally and having normal bathroom habits (for me anyway). But I guess something(?) happened during week 3 and I’ve taken a turn for the worse, despite not really changing much in my routine.
I’m having some symptoms I usually don’t have: - reduced appetite 24/7 - bowel/gas pain during a meal, not just after - bowel movements where I feel constipated but what comes out is Bristol type 5 - tons of stomach gurgling and gas that is mostly unresponsive to anti-gas and acid reducer medication - dull headaches (but no fever) - lower back pain that comes and goes - keep waking up sweatier than is typical.
I’m used to feeling bloated but not used to my bowel movements being so soft and in small amounts at the same time.
Has anyone else had any whacked out digestion in weeks following a procedure? It was only day surgery, and I didn’t take any antibiotics following the surgery. I’ve been off opioids for almost 3 weeks. I will say I might have overdone it with ibuprofen as I was taking it prescription strength daily for close to 3 weeks, but I haven’t had any for about 5 days now and don’t feel any better other than my headaches being less severe. I also thought it might be caused by my period but it ended 2 days ago and I am still having unusual gut symptoms.
Basically wondering if this has occurred with anyone else and if so what did you do? I was hoping to try some things on my own first since my bills from the hospital are really piling up and more doctor visits this month would be financially difficult. I have called my GYN but they were dismissive and said come back in a month if it gets worse.
Part of me wonders if it’s pelvic floor dysfunction? But would that cause gas? I don’t know. Could the ibuprofen have wrecked my whole GI tract?

I wasn't able to post this on spectrum for some reason so I'm sending it here! (Might be too long?) Maybe someone sees it, maybe not? But at-least I've posted my thoughts :)
Since SC is moving into a phase where more focus is going to actual gameplay loops, I think now's the time to give ideas and feedback on what directions this should take. I've had a growing concern the last 2 years or so that the type of gameplay that CIG is moving towards won't hold up in the long run. We can have the most advanced game ever, but if the essential game loops consist of "fly to marker X, shoot or deliver something, fly to next marker" this game simply will not be enjoyable in the long run for most players.
Instead I think CIG should focus on what makes their game great, the sandbox experience! How many of us have jumped into the PTU only to spend hours experimenting with what ship fits in what, or how we can use different systems in unexpected ways?
So here's my open letter with ideas from a long time backer!

Quantum jumps

QT jumps should have the potential to be dangerous, and possibly even damage your ship, but once a jump is performed it leaves behind a trace that others can use to easier calculate a safe jump. The more people that use the same QT point, the safer it gets.
There should also be specific areas that can boost QT jumps in different ways (or make them more dangerous).

Bounty hunters

Since QT jumps leave traces, these could be scanned for ship ID codes, satellites could also help players pinpoint where a specific ship ID has been and how often they've been there. This would be used to find locations that the target is at often as if playing hot or cold. When in a "warm area" with lots of trace of the target, the hunter could then land and visit different locations and talk to NPCs for the last bit.

Exploration

Explorers could help out scanning for interesting locations in space, and good QT spots, but the most important part of this to make it fun for everyone would be procedural generation. Exploration simply won't be as fun if you can only find shipwrecks or prebuilt places.
So this is a big one, but the only true solution I see here would be procedurally generated systems. Random wormholes could show up that leads to random generated systems (these would of course not have the same fidelity as built ones, but wouldn't need cities or NPCs for the most parts).
When exploring such a system there could be a time limit until the wormhole closes again, or you could spend resources to stabilize it, you would also have to rely on crafting to actually survive in systems with potential dangers such as solar storms (that might force you to land in the safety of an atmosphere) or weather systems.

Pirates

With the more defined QT lanes, pirates would have an easier time finding common travel routes for merchants where they could get a location to sit and wait for victims. But the larger lanes would have more security, and the best merchants would use more secret lanes with QT boosts that pirates would also want to find.
Players would want to keep these secret as if more people know about these lanes, more merchants/pirates would flock there and its value would decrease.

Merchants

Much like pirates it would be a game of constantly finding new stable QT lanes that are safe and quick, the QT boosts could be temporary (lets say that an area gives a boost for maybe a week or so), and after they expire a new one would have to be found.

Mercenaries

The QT lanes would also help here, and scanning ships for ID codes that can be marked as stolen. Traveling these lanes and getting interdicted would also simply give them free targets to shoot down, and more danger for pirates hanging out at the same place.

Mechanics

Apply the same systems that ships are getting to landing zones, a mechanic could start working for a company in their distribution centers, fixing them after battles and restoring things that intruders have broken (like if an intruder has turned off the lights, or locked down a door). If you don't have markers and specific quests other than "fix the light", a good mechanic would have to have some knowledge about a certain locations systems, while a novice mechanic could do simpler tasks or work as an apprentice where someone says what to do (and gives markers to the player, a sort of "hey you! Go here and replace this thing so the lights start working").
A mechanic with lots of experience would get offered jobs at larger locations and eventually cities or maybe navy NPC ships in dry dock. They would also be able to do it alone without NPC assistance for more money.

Guilds and factions

The factions could sell some or all of the above data that their members hand in for rewards (another explorer loop) and the better the data, only the higher members would have access to it.

Radio stations

LOTS of streamers love SC, why not give them an in-game platform? (and something to do during QT for everyone else). Imagine the radio stations of GTA but live with people broadcasting things in game.
A gameplay loop would be to build broadcast towers in each system (on land you have to acquire) and maintaining them. We already have technology to send video streams during calls in game, why not let the reliant mako some purpose in game?
You could broadcast races, or just host a news show about the lore stuff.

Ship systems

These are in a really good state already, but try not to create a game loop with the systems you have, simply make them work together and see what players do with them.
If fire depends on oxygen and invaders jump onboard, let us increase the oxygen in one room for a fun explosion when they fire weapons for instance, or increase pressures to dangerous amounts for anyone without a helmet!

Animals

Some people have already lured animals onto their ships, so give us cages (simple boxes with doors we can open and close) and some form of lures like food?
These could be used simply to trap and keep creatures, or to drop the cages into enemy camps and remote unlock them! (could also be used to trap other players and NPCs?).

No-fly zones and anti pad rammers

Give us a max speed limit in some areas, this would help beginners that are landing as they have to take it slow, and pad ramming etc. would be harder as turrets could shoot down players a lot easier.
This could be done via mastermodes or some sort of "tractor beam field" thing that slows items in its area (would not exist at all stations).

Crashed ships

This is already being worked on, this is just a reminder of how great of a feature this would be, and that it should not be forgotten!
The idea that ships shot down in orbit crash to the surface and generate crash sites that in time can become dwellings is just incredible for sandbox type gameplay.
The idea is simply give us fun tools, that aren't 100% designed for only one profession or use case, but things that we can experiment with. A lot of these stated above have been described for only one profession, but like the mechanic role above, a good pirate would know how to turn off certain systems or hack into things to download maps and schematics that the mechanic also uses in day to day work (or maybe even simply kidnap a poor mechanic that already has insider info?).
And please move away from nav markers as much as possible!
Those are my thoughts, hope someone reads this and adds some ideas of their own!

Being in healthcare, I knew that my life was going to change forever after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (which I suspected I had before I was even diagnosed). I also knew that I could take steps to limit the disease progression and its side effects. I already ate healthy and exercised regularly before my official diagnosis but afterwards I focused even more on cutting out excessive simple sugars/high-starch/fatty foods, moving more often even when I wasn’t ‘officially’ exercising during my regimen (which I upped in intensity and duration), eating a more plant-based and low-carb diet, and drinking water regularly. I also made sure to take my medications and have regular checkups. All of this to say? I managed to get my disease down to clinical remission. My CRP and symptoms are essentially non-existent.
So I should be ‘free’, right?
But when I was binge-watching silly, YouTube videos (think mom-like homemaking content just because I wanted to broaden my horizons for cooking and housekeeping and it's one of my entertainment, guilty-pleasures), one of the creators mentioned something.
“I can’t get access to a lot of new or specific things because I live in the middle of nowhere and so I have to special order it.”
And that hit me like a TON of bricks.
While I may be able to financially move anywhere I want to in the future with my career in healthcare? Realistically speaking for my overall health? With this disease? Where I am able to go is limited and will likely be confined to areas with 1) large populations as those are where dedicated specialists tend to be most readily available and 2) at least 45 min. within range of a major metropolis with the most essential of services.
Because how will I get my meds quickly if I somehow run out/lose them unexpectedly? What if I need emergency services from a complication? How do I keep my diet as regimented as I can without spending an arm and a leg and hoping that I can find what I need and move about safely without having to wait for months for it to potentially be in stock? For exercise, what if I need special gym equipment and a trainer and need safe, paved roads to move around? Where can I be so that I’m not waiting up to a year for the single specialist in a rural area to see me? What if I need a home-aid or house cleaning ASAP if I have a flareup even in remission? Specialized delivery also is limited in distant areas too.
I used to dream of living semi-off-the-grid rural area (not completely but just isolated) but now? Realistically that’s likely not going to be the case. Not if I want to maintain a safe, accessible, and decent quality of life as the disease inevitably progresses while I get older.
All of this to say? I’m happy with my life, truly. I’m so glad I’m technically in remission and doing well overall. But knowing that these complications are always lurking in the background and are something I have to think about is frustrating. Obviously we adjust and adapt but it just makes me realize
To be honest, I’m not sure why I wrote this all out. I guess it’s just because… even if you’re doing well, there’s always reminders of how this disease will be a constant and impact your life in so many different ways. So probably just an emotional vent and also a commiseration amongst those that get it.
And if you stayed and read this entire essay, thank you. I appreciate being able to vent to a community that gets it. RA (and other chronic diseases) can be so invisible and overlooked since it’s so ‘common’ in women and often brushed off as ‘just arthritis’ when it’s so much more.

I was seeing Modiji proudly claim that he provided 80 crore people with free rations. I thought that it was rather a shameful thing to be proud of.
How is it that the majority of vishwaguru's population needs government aid to survive?
What is the point of development or a 3 trillion economy if it does not affect the poorest and weakest positively?
Reminds me of Gandhi's talisman:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
Shame on all of us.

Being in healthcare, I knew that my life was going to change forever after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (which I suspected I had before I was even diagnosed). I also knew that I could take steps to limit the disease progression and its side effects. I already ate healthy and exercised regularly before my official diagnosis but afterwards I focused even more on cutting out excessive simple sugars/high-starch/fatty foods, moving more often even when I wasn’t ‘officially’ exercising during my regimen (which I upped in intensity and duration), eating a more plant-based and low-carb diet, and drinking water regularly. I also made sure to take my medications and have regular checkups. All of this to say? I managed to get my disease down to clinical remission. My CRP and symptoms are essentially non-existent.
So I should be ‘free’, right?
But when I was binge-watching silly, YouTube videos (think mom-like homemaking content just because I wanted to broaden my horizons for cooking and housekeeping and it's one of my entertainment, guilty-pleasures), one of the creators mentioned something.
“I can’t get access to a lot of new or specific things because I live in the middle of nowhere and so I have to special order it.”
And that hit me like a TON of bricks.
While I may be able to financially move anywhere I want to in the future with my career in healthcare? Realistically speaking for my overall health? With this disease? Where I am able to go is limited and will likely be confined to areas with 1) large populations as those are where dedicated specialists tend to be most readily available and 2) at least 45 min. within range of a major metropolis with the most essential of services.
Because how will I get my meds quickly if I somehow run out/lose them unexpectedly? What if I need emergency services from a complication? How do I keep my diet as regimented as I can without spending an arm and a leg and hoping that I can find what I need and move about safely without having to wait for months for it to potentially be in stock? For exercise, what if I need special gym equipment and a trainer and need safe, paved roads to move around? Where can I be so that I’m not waiting up to a year for the single specialist in a rural area to see me? What if I need a home-aid or house cleaning ASAP if I have a flareup even in remission? Specialized delivery also is limited in distant areas too.
I used to dream of living semi-off-the-grid rural area (not completely but just isolated) but now? Realistically that’s likely not going to be the case. Not if I want to maintain a safe, accessible, and decent quality of life as the disease inevitably progresses while I get older.
All of this to say? I’m happy with my life, truly. I’m so glad I’m technically in remission and doing well overall. But knowing that these complications are always lurking in the background and are something I have to think about is frustrating. Obviously we adjust and adapt but it just makes me realize
To be honest, I’m not sure why I wrote this all out. I guess it’s just because… even if you’re doing well, there’s always reminders of how this disease will be a constant and impact your life in so many different ways. So probably just an emotional vent and also a commiseration amongst those that get it.
And if you stayed and read this entire essay, thank you. I appreciate being able to vent to a community that gets it. RA can be so invisible and overlooked since it’s so ‘common’ in women and often brushed off as ‘just arthritis’ when it’s so much more.

Hello,

TL;DR section with actual questions below.

I am aware of rule 7, so that there should be no duplicates. This comparison was asked few times already, but most (not all) of the questions were clueless, since they only asked who should they pull, regardless of the character skills/roles.
I have single copy (epic) of both of them and I am not totally sure about who of them should I prioritize. I am aware of some of their strengths, but I got these characters just recently and still finding proper situations to use them.
I am aware, that they have different roles (although to some extent, they are both supports - Scarlita for first 15 seconds).
I also haven't yet reached Abyss.
If I miss something in my opinion, then please correct me. I might be overlooking a critical benefit of one of the characters.
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(you can skip my summarization, though)

My opinion on Reinier

I am aware, that investment into Reinier will significantly help me with Dream Realm and he is totally awesome for offense in PvP (using Enlightening spell - you can drag out critical enemy without swapping your character and generally fight 5v4).
But while he might help you with a difficult specific stage or enemy, he feels very cumbersome, since the lineup is not always the same and he may actually not do anything, if you go on auto-battle mode. Not sure if he is even able to give the ally Legendary+ ATK boost, when no swap is triggered.
So as far as I am concerned, he is Dream Realm king (25% damage taken to boss + extra sustain for a specific character) and exceptionally strategic character for arena offense. Not to mention, that his utimate spell makes the fight eventually 5v3, which obviously is very bad situation for enemy.

My opinion on Scarlita

While Reinier seems not to be a good fit for auto-battling, Scarlita seems like a perfect choice.. since if any of your characters die early (tank especially) you are usually dead.. Scarlita prevents this by adding a shield to the allies, which need it the most. So she allows tank to survive longer, so tank may activate some of its skills to be capable surviving on his own. At S+, she also give these allies pretty decent defense.
So when Scarlita made sure, that the early fight went well and tank's survival is established, she then comes to battlefield to finish, what is left undone. Providing heavy crowd control and dealing true damage. She also executes enemies under 20% health (but up to 25%) - somewhat similar to Odie, if I am correct.
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TL;DR

Questions

...while Reinier is obviously powerful for offense in Arena with Enlightening spell..
Is there some viability to use Reinier in DEFENSE arena team? (how?) I am slightlly worried about it. Worst case scenario I can come up with would be, that he will teleport enemy S+ Grannie Dahnie to me. Which would cause HUGE problems, especially if enemy has Scarlita and Hewynn too.
Also even for offense with Reinier some enemies are already aware of this possibility, so they put tanks behind their DPS characters and Arena map 5 may limit quite a lot. My core damage unit is Supreme (without +) Carolina, so she should be able to deal with tanks (except Thoran and Grannie).
Does Reinier deal some damage at higher rarity, or is his damage laughable compared to carries like Carolina, Odie, Florabelle and Cecia?
How to protect myself from Reinier attacks in my Arena defense team?
As I already said, map 5 may provide some advantage, but I haven't tested that out, but I think I will figure it out eventually, how to place units, since I can always peek into enemy configuration and check, what he is capable and what he cannot do.
What happens if I will only use two columns in my arena defense and the last in these columns will be Damian and Scarlita?
Will Reinier just pull the toy chariot or the unit before Damian?
Will Reinier just fail to do his job at all, when doing his swap against Scarlita or he swaps the targer before her?
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Concerning Scarlita for PvP, I have very little doubts about her consistency and efficiency. She seems to be an ideal pick for arena defense especially.
At most I wonder, how she compares to Koko in overall arena performance..?
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I do not seem to have any further questions. But I might be missing some informations, so if you fill me in, I would be really glad.
As for the Abyss, I have not many informations, so I only expect it to be a very hard strategical challenge. Scarlita seems to be ranked better than Reinier for it and I am already building Grannie Dahnie (I am somehow not a big fan of Thoran even though I have him on wishlish, because he is a must for King Croaker and he amplifies team damage - maybe because so many people claim, that he is the best tank, but then I see so many AFK challenge proxy battle and their only invested tank Thoran simply cannot hold the line, where Antandra would have no problems).
So yes, basically I have last question.
Reinier will certainly help me getting more Dream Realm currency, but if Scarlita is stronger in Abyss.. does not she actually help me get more ex-weapon currency?

Thanks for reading and possible feedback!

Howdy Folks,
I come bearing good news!
We're excited to announce the release of a new experimental branch for Manor Lords, version 0.7.965. This experimental update brings significant gameplay changes and numerous improvements.
Important Notice: Before you switch to the new beta version of the game, it's absolutely crucial that you back up your save files. Failing to do so could result in the potential loss of your progress. The new strings are not localized yet and stability hasn't yet been thoroughly tested. Some balancing changes are still experimental.
To access your saves on Steam for Manor Lords.

1. Press Win + E
2. Paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ManorLords\Saved\SaveGames into the search bar.

To discuss this build, please join the official Discord server https://discord.gg/manorlords. You'll find a channel for discussing the ongoing pre_release branch.
You can read Slavic Magic's full Steam announcement here.

How to Access the Experimental Branch:

1. Open Steam
2. Right-click on Manor Lords in your library
3. Select Properties
4. Navigate to the BETAS tab
5. Enter the password: veryNiceBasket
6. Select "pre_release" from the "Beta participation" dropdown
7. Wait for the game to update (restart Steam if needed)
8. Launch the game

Full Changelog for Version 0.7.960 -> 0.7.965

What's inside:
This update focuses primarily on balancing and bugfixes. Key changes include:

• Militia Squads: You can now hire 6 militia squads even if you already have a retinue and mercenaries employed. Future builds will connect this cap to the Lord's rank.
• Sheep Breeding: The sheepbreeding development branch has been capped, and sheep no longer spawn exponentially.
• Fields, Harvests, and Fertility: Significant improvements have been made to field overlays, crop prediction, and ox and worker behavior for enhanced accuracy and optimization.
• Barter and Trading: Numerous fixes implemented; on-foot traders can now carry 5 items per trip.
• King's Tax and Trade Route Costs: These have been toned down from the levels introduced in version 0.7.960.
• Loserville Bug: Fixed the "Loserville" mercenary bug.
• Marketplace Distribution: Improvements made to the distribution within the marketplace.
• Experimental Feature: Added a "Allow market stall setup" toggle to prevent workers/inhabitants of certain buildings from setting up market stalls.
• Construction Reserve: You can now set a construction reserve for buildings using planks for crafting, like the Joiner's shop.

Gameplay & Balance:

• Capped sheep breeding to 1 new lamb every 10 days max.
• [Experimental] Villagers are only allowed to fetch water from the well nearest their home, except in case of a fire.
• [Experimental] Yield will never increase past 100% growth to keep gameplay intuitive.
• [Experimental] Even at 0% fertility, a tiny yield is still possible.
• [Experimental] Max yield per plant increased from 2 to 4, although the Hunting Grounds policy still reduces it by half.
• [Experimental] Plant yield rate reduced by half to encourage early harvest in emergency modes.
• The militia squad limit is now 6, regardless of retinue or mercenaries employed; future connection to the Lord's rank planned.
• [Experimental] Doubled the fertility regeneration rate on fallow fields and from fertilization.
• [Experimental] Slowed all plant growth by around 30% for balanced gameplay between field and vegetable crops.
• [Experimental] Tree growth rate slowed by around 30% upon player requests for more impactful forest management.
• [Experimental] Archer range increased by 1.5x with damage also increased from 12 to 15.
• [Experimental] Cost of opening new trade routes returned to linear scaling.
• [Experimental] Carrying capacity of on-foot trading post workers increased from 1 to 5.
• [Experimental] Royal tax restructured: No tax for the first 5 years, then 1 Treasury per citizen after 5 years, 2 Treasury per citizen after 10 years, 3 Treasury per citizen after 15 years.
• [Experimental] Adjusted granary and storehouse worker slots to unify to 3 families for lv1 and 6 families for lv2.

Minor Changes:

• Removed optimization where only every nth plant affected the fertility values due to display errors.
• Improved accuracy of fertility overlay colors and crop yield predictions.
• Added missing tooltips to minomajor trades.
• Enabled setting "trade rule" for advanced trades without an established route; items not available will show as NA.
• Reworked the construction reserve system to include various goods like planks.
• Optimized inventory array functions.
• Enabled disallowing certain families or workplaces from setting up market stalls.
• Tuned how "current region" is calculated in the UI for more comfortable building on the edge between two player-owned regions.
• Ensured iron and clay deposits do not generate on steep terrains.
• "MODDED" may now display after the version number to aid bug reporting.

Crash Fixes:

• Fixed a crash related to deleting a building when pathfinding obstacles are being verified.

Bug Fixes:

• Addressed issues with employed traders going to trade points without an open trade route.
• Corrected early movement of farm workers to transport tasks despite available crops.
• Resolved inaccurate predicted yield displays.
• Fixed rotation issues in villagers after dismounting.
• Addressed respect of work area limits by farming oxen.
• Fixed blurry appearance of gilded aventail houndskull helmets in the retinue editor.
• Corrected non-drawing of the forest mask.
• Fixed bandit camps respawning on loading due to unsaved "lastBanditCampSpawnedDay."
• Ensured villagers set up market stalls to sell their produce like vegetables.
• Corrected the wrong apple basket carry animation.
• Fixed wealth transfer issues during barter.
• Ensured bartering traders return the correct number of items based on barter value and carrying capacity.
• Addressed overpacking by bartering traders in their origin region.
• Resolved trading post exports not proceeding after the trader reaches the destination.
• Corrected the distribution of multiple instances of the same good type to a single plot, which left outlying houses undersupplied.
• Fixed crop rotation to fallow causing farmers to harvest invisible itemID_0, which stopped supply dumps from being cleared.
• Addressed issues with villagers staying at homes indefinitely if a bandit camp is spawned, thinking the region is under attack.
• Ensured proper saving of mercenary company arrival regions.
• Stopped granary workers from stealing ale from the tavern.
• Fixed interrupted livestock exports due to sheep herd behavior.
• Ensured livestock trader jobs trigger import tasks when buying livestock from another region.
• Corrected the missing "hunger" popup artwork.
• Fixed a typo in the credits list.

Cosmetics:

• Tuned field dirt UV wiggle to make the huge vegetable gardens less wavy.
• Improved the precision for snapping terraforming meshes like mines or sawpits to the ground.
• Made leaf clumps smaller and disabled the parallax mapping to reduce distortions.
• [WIP] Updated the visit mode character model for the green lady portrait to be female, still in progress.
• Cleaned up combat animations.

Thank you for playing!
Greg Styczeń, Lead Developer, Slavic Magic

Hello there! I've still not entirely recovered after finishing Rebirth, that ending was just whoa. I believe I've watched/read most of the theories out there regarding the game's finale and Aerith's fate, but none of them managed to explain everything sufficiently. I admit I'm in the "I hope Aerith lives" camp, but I understand the corner the developers wrote themselves into: Aerith fans and the japanese fanbase at large will riot if she dies for good, and purists will riot if one of the games' central themes (coping with loss, grieving) is broken. A textbook case of trying to have your cake and eat it too. Unless they find a way to do both?
Trying to get my mind off FF7, I replayed Zero Escape: Virtue's Last reward (seriously try it if you were more impressed than annoyed by FF7R's multiverse shenanigans, it's the real good stuff), and one of the puzzles caused a bit of a eureka moment to me. A secondary solution to a puzzle in one of the rooms is the sentence "SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING". It obviously hints at a character in the game and not FF7, but with the implications of the two games thus far in the remake continuity (plus AC), one character in Zero Escape bears a striking resemblance to Aerith: Akane Kurashiki (Big spoiler for the first game in ZE: 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors).
Both are capable of jumping between their selves in different timelines and have awareness of it. Akane is trying to prevent her own death by gathering information she needs to escape death via incineration, from other timelines and in the future. Would Aerith resign to her own fate even in command of such a power? Pre-chapter 13 it's heavily implied she wouldn't, why would discovering that she's basically omniscient change this?
Unless she has a plan cooking. She's being relentlessly hunted by someone who also has multiversal knowledge and could overpower and kill her any day of the week. She needs to throw Sephiroth off her trail somehow. If you played Persona 5, the situation might be familiar to you... (spoilers for Persona 5 follow)
In that game, the protagonist Joker and his fellow phantom thieves are being cornered by the detective Akechi, who at that point is a traitor amongst them. How do they get out of the situation? By failing an infiltration, Joker getting caught, the tricking Akechi into a cognitive version of the interrogation room he's being held in and letting him kill Joker there. Akechi is in the belief that he killed Joker in the real world.
This got me thinking: what if Aerith pulled a similar trick? Her situation is a bit more complicated, in that she knows Cloud is under Sephiroth's control, so she has to fool the party as well to fool Sephiroth. Her mournfulness in the Ch14 date could come from her impending doom - or the guilty conscience from what she has to put the party and especially Cloud through and that she may doom one of her alternate timeline selves to death.
As for the how, there are multiple possibilities, but the one I find most likely is that she swapped her consciousness with the comatose Aerith from Zack's world. As for when it happened, I believe it was at the moment when everyone was distracted by the smoke and mirrors - the moment Cloud deflected Sephiroth's blade. Whether this happened for real and created a timeline shift, one where Aerith lived and one where she was impaled, or just in Cloud's mind, it doesn't matter. It's the ultimate red herring. Cloud can have a revelation at some point in the 3rd game that she failed to save Aerith, he still won't know that the body Sephiroth stabbed didn't have Beagle!Aerith's soul in it, but Terrier!Aerith's comatose and possibly damaged soul. Such a last-second switch of a would-be-victim isn't the first time Square pulled this. It's what happened in Chrono trigger too! Remember what Marlene said about Terrier!Aerith to Zack? "When Aerith wakes up, she will be killed." Why does she wake up? Because she switched places with Beagle!Aerith!! Terrier!Aerith's body now contains Beagle!Aerith's soul, the one that prayed at the Forgotten Capital, the one that's whole, healthy and undamaged. Marlene was right, although the "multiple versions of Aerith" thing went over her head, understandably.
And if Cloud split the timeline again by deflecting Masamune, and can see both timelines? All the better. Where is the real black materia? Hidden in the void between worlds. Where Cloud's mind is right now. That may be why he finds the black materia in his pocket. That will draw Sephiroth's attention, lure him towards his OG plan of summoning Meteor, a threat Aerith can deal with once the party defeats Sephiroth at the northern crater.
As for who fights beside Cloud in Rebirth's final boss battle? I believe it's omni!Aerith, the one who gave premonitions of the future to her self in Remake, the one who visited Cloud in his dream in Remake chapter 14.
Why do I think this explanation could predict what happens in Part 3? Because this way, the writers can keep their cake until the very last minute, then eat it. The party and the player can go through coping with Aerith's "death", then have her return at the very last minute to appease those who yearn for her survival, at the climax of the game, when Sephiroth is weakened, on his last phase and Meteor needs to be stopped. This way, she can be kept out of the plot for the most part, and her presence, both story- and gameplaywise can be a postgame reward. Not to mention the mindblowing revelation of her complex plot at the end.
Anyway, that's just my theory, I needed to write it out of me. 2027(?) can't come soon enough.

I am a F, 22, I own my own business, my mom and my boyfriend work for me and we work together with my brother who also has a business in the same branch. I cannot even begin to explain the burnout that I feel. I recently had a falling out with the company that I worked with for over 2 years, and since I am currently getting a degree in this profession I kind of depend on the companies that I work for, because they have a person that lends me their license. And it has been hell since the beginning of the year. I can barely make ends meet, I work day and night and I barely eat but I cannot say no to anything my mother or my boyfriend need. I'm ready to drop thousands on things they wanna have, because if I am not mentally able to be there for them at least I can help them out financially, right? I feel like I'm digging my own grave, and I don't dare tell anyone. Everyone has looked at me as a failure my whole life, I have no boundaries, I let people walk all over me and I do not know how to stand up for myself. It is eating me from the inside out. I've always been a polite person and I would rather cut off my own arm than tell someone no. I am so gullible and trusting and I dig myself deeper and deeper each and every day and nobody has any idea. Everyone is telling me I'm too soft, but I am deathly scared to offend someone or to step on other people's shoes. I know it stems from my childhood, I feel like my life is falling apart, yet I do not know where to go to first, what to fix first, what to hold onto... I am so lost, but I fear the look in my mother's eyes, I fear the disapproval, the fear that she will have for both of us, I fear that anger, cause why are you so unable to be cut throat in a situation that requires you to be that way? I am not cut out for this, I wanna give her the world, I want her to have everything, I want her to have a beautiful home, I want her to enjoy her life. Instead she has to worry if we'll have anything to eat by the end of the month. I don't want her to have a daughter that is a failure, a daughter that let's others dictate who she is... I am ashamed of myself. I am scared, I am constantly shaking and I feel like I am at my wits end... I have no one to turn to, I don't want to burden anyone. I was a poor little baby long enough, please help me, tell me, how do I survive in this world? How do I make the people that I love happy?

During 2009 i heard about reiki and quickly found a master to take an attunement. By 2010 i took my second attunement. Around 2012 i took a dodgy master level attunement (over the internet) someone who wanted to practice.
So coming to the present. I am really looking to get back at practicing reiki. I did practice on/off during all this years but now i feel like making a real effort in this. I just feel like its a step i need to take.
I practice gasso meditation, some days just taking a crystal beads or pendent and focus on dowsing, somedays just giving reiki to a bottle of water or some plants, some days just body scanning and self healing head to toe. Some days i just do tratak on the symbols and try to visualise the symbols in my mind as long as possible as if i can keep the steady image in my mind i dont need to draw it or speak of it(mainly because that how i was tought by my guru) not the dodgy one. I took my first 2 attunment by a guru in a temple.
Just want to hear from you all what sort of practice do you all do?
I have shifted to perth at the moment and just wondering if there is any group which practices reiki just for improvement and not as a business. Even online ones are okay around the world. would love to be a part.

Thats what Jake thinks of humans and their relation to earth.
But for me, he was just too deep into navi koolaid. I mean, sure pandora indeed has its own "gaia", which take cares of balance, provides to navi all they need.
Hovewer on earth there was never mother earth, only literal slaughterfect and survival of the fittest. I mean try telling a african child that dies of brain eating aemoba parasite how good "mother nature" is. Or tell that to mother that her children being abducted by hyenas and eaten alive is all part of "cycle of life".
All our efforts as a species are to become independent of this serial killer "mother nature". If we tried to live "in harmony with nature", we would live pretty much as apeman on savanna, riddled with parsites and devoured alive by lions from time to time. Not really fun time.
Because once you start using tools (which is essentially cheating as far as evolution goes), all semblence of "balance with nature" goes out of the window. With just spears and bit of teamwork, humanity eradicated multiple species of megafauna. No pesky civilization was needed for that. It happened before we even invented farming. Technically speaking, we didnt even broke any "laws of eywa" while doing that.
Heard of sabretooth tiger? I was humans natural predator. It preyed on us (and other monkeys). So we eradicated it. Good riddence! but if navi heard about it, they would just view it as a proof of us being evil.

The Lord Provides - Out of the Blue
This is actually a reminder for myself.
See the plant over there 🪴 this plant is in a certain state of being. There is an image and feeling that it’s giving off… of either being a fully grown tree or a dead plant.
If it wears the FINAL image and feeling of a fully grown tree… the lord provides it with: sunlight, nutrients, everything it will need to reach that tall and final state. If it requires movers to take this plant from a pot to a secure soil, the Lord will provide it. He provides it all, to take it to the final image
If it’s carrying the FINAL image and feeling of a dead plant… the lord provided it with: lack of Sun, no water, no nutrients. Notice: it’s on the outside, things change; the plant did no action personally. Perhaps the lord provided it with a child who runs and uproots it. He will provide it with everything, all that it needs, to get it to the final form.
If your friend is inwardly having the FINAL image and feeling of health… the Lord will provide them with: positive energy, deep rest, total physical health and recovery (again, they didn’t personally take any actions to do this, the world will change to support them in this way), people who are inspired by their health, perhaps a delicious healthier store much cheaper and closer than their usual take out is opened, anything and everything to support their growth to achieve the final image will be provided
If your friend is inwardly wearing the FINAL Image and feeling of sadness: the lord will provide them with, people, events, ideas, movies, which sustain that in them, experiences which will give them that in its final image and form. All of these will come to them FROM THE OUTSIDE, randomly, perhaps someone even hurts them emotionally for no reason at all—they personally didn’t take any step to make that happen.
If your friend is inwardly wearing the FINAL feeling and image of being an artist, the lord will provide them with, patrons, inspiration, perhaps a studio, other artist friends, money to let them do this, events which they will be inclined to go to which will make them get to the final image. These things will come to them from the outside, they wouldn’t go and plan events. What is needed, by the intelligence of our Lord, he will give to us. We simply accept it like water and sun
If your friend is wearing the FINAL feeling and image of being financially wealthy, the lord will provide them with a larger form of income, with a new job, a book perhaps which inspires them, opportunities and events, all of which happen from the outside, they don’t quit their job or make any decisions like that.
If your friend is wearing the FINAL feeling and image of living in another country, the lord will provide them people, events, whatever needed be, a relative calling them, anything and everything they need to grow into that final image.
(Notice: how water and nutrients and sun—when the lord provides plants this thing… it effortlessly takes it up its body and does what it does. There is no energy use, it’s osmosis. It just happens. Just like that, when god provides you with your needs for that final image, whatever he gives, you will NATURALLY AND EFFORTLESSLY TAKE IT!)
And now notice this: like the plant and the tree… the Lord provides. And they are at his mercy. Trees don’t plan out or take DEFINITE ACTIONS, “okay I am going to TAKE this much nutrients, I will DO this, I will DO that, I must FIGURE OUT a way to GO to fertile land”. No. The lord provides them the nutrients, the sunlight, everything they need FROM OUTSIDE OF THEMSELVES; they don’t see any decisions, or actions. The sun comes to them. Someone comes and moves the plant to better ground. OTHERS DO THE ACTION. They simply receive. They simply RECEIVE. That’s all you do. They don’t toil and struggle to DO anything like humans have been taught. They simply receive, exactly what the Lord provides them, in faith that these things will get them to the final image.
This means: all of these incidents will happen OUT OF THE BLUE. Just like how trees cannot control the rainfall, or this or that. It just happens. You cannot DO something. If it’s in the final image and feeling for the tree to outgrow and be tall, the lord will provide whatever they will need to achieve that final result. And it will happen from the OUTSIDE and no action is done physically by them personally. Other things will move to them.
Let GOD give you what you need: don’t go out doing it. You don’t know what you need to get the final image; you may think you do, but like a plant, like a dog, like anything else… we must RECEIVE the nutrients that God provides: we must be passive. For God knows masterfully exactly the specific person you need to meet, the events you have to encounter to get to the end image: He will provide it all. (And you will be inclined to take these steps so naturally it will not feel like you’re DOING anything, it just happens, there won’t be effort involved in the process, no planning, just getting coffee or, if you had to do a certain task—JUST LIKE A PLANT EFFORTLESSLY RECEIVES THE WATER FROM ITS ROOTS, so too, you will effortlessly and unmistakably make the decisions when such events and decisions are required). You do not go out searching.. If we are open to receive, we will see —EVERYTHING we need to get there, will come to us. Just like rain, Sun, etc etc.
All of this will happen out of the blue, they will never happen due to a physical cause or decision you personally make. The cause is imaginal. Not physical.
We are children of God, have total power to change the image and feeling that this plant has, of that person has, or the love of your life has. Or your friends and family have. Whatever the final image and feeling is: the lord will provide everything.
We are children, inside God’s womb: He is our mother. And exactly how the child in a womb has a final end, the mother provided exactly what it needs… in that way, our Father in heaven will provide exactly what we need.

STBXH and I agreed on divorce. Things started off amicable, but are now turning ugly.
To make matters worse I believe he has drug induced hypomania from a combination of high dose ADHD and SNRI medications. He is impossible to talk to / reason with.
We are cohabitating due to finances and have been seeking legal advice independently, but neither of us have signed a retainer yer. There are some very important matters that need to be worked out, but he refuses to talk and either storms out of the house or screams at me to get away from him.
He agreed to the divorce and before getting treatment for his depression and ADHD, he was very open and receptive to helping each other out and working with me on ways to raise money for the divorce and lesson the impact of this decision on our teenage son.
Now he is flat out ignoring me, recklessly running up credit (we live in a 50/50 state) and his erratic behavior is really hurting our son.
I suggested we speak to each other with a mediator or a therapist present who could step in if needed, but he ignored that like everything else...
I just don't know what to do. His refusal to acknowledge my existence without hostility and aggression is preventing us from moving forward with anything.
What should I do?