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Hmm interesting stuff, the below bit stood out for me :

Please note it is not the first time—nor is it likely to be the last—that a watering-down of the practice and aims of actualism be attempted (the ‘affers’ and their ‘aff’, along with their aff trademark technique, their ‘sweet-spot’ bastardisation of the mirificence of being naïveté, immediately spring to mind, as does the actuality-mimicking manic state, of recent reportage prior to the kitchen being vacated, tout-de-suite, as any temperature gradient on the calid side of tepid is not withstandable by fractious entities) and it is handy to know that “Simple Actualism” = ‘Sandpit Actualism’ (to coin a catchphrase) as to be forewarned is to be forearmed.

So without mincing words the advice presented by Srinath with regards to the application of the method including the simple actualism website may have been leading us astray.

It’s interesting because in the same way I was drawn to the ‘new school actually free’ because they seemed to connect with some ‘human’ aspect within ‘me’, I was also drawn to the simple actualism page for the same reason.

What I am wondering now is whether it may be best to disregard the advice presented by Srinath on this forum, for example the below thread springs to mind for me :

This whole thing makes me appreciate 1 - just how much human beings influence each other. 2 - just how important it is that a full actual freedom (the genuine thing / the correct target) is continually lived and demonstrated by Richard and Vinneto and by their writings on the AFT.

In fact it is all a little similar to why Richard decided to commit to actual freedom in the first place. When the woman asked him to be his disciple. What was ‘he’ still putting out that was clearly having an effect on his fellow human beings, leading them astray.

What is the newly free individual (who has retreated to the ‘social identity sandpit’) putting out to his fellow human beings interested in applying the actualism method?

Because there is no way around it, when one claims actual freedom there is a big spotlight placed on them (sorry Srinath and Geoffrey :yum:) So then ‘what they are putting out’ can have a big influence on others. For example that thread I posted above has been the framework I have been using since, but what if it is leading me astray?