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Elliott replied to Thought Art's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Trump has ZERO political leeway with the upcoming midterms in 3 months, tarrifs cause inflation, prices are the primary cause for how elections go. AND a blowout election would greatly benefit Canada and pay off. -
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woman want to chase. As much as you can show interest and show your desire, ultimately what she wants is not to have someone that is interested in her, she wants someone that she is interested in, which is the person that she can't get. For example, experiment with giving a girl a compliment and walking away, you will see how girls will fucking love you for it. Like that is exactly what they want. The guy that they can't get, that walks away, that is about to leave, not only woman, men do this too even lol. I even heard the rapper Blueface say something one time, he said, with girls you can never let them have you, as soon as you fall in love that is where it goes wrong. Now that is kinda extreme but from a pua perspective that makes sense, because the easiest way to turn a woman off is displaying too much interest. It is never hot and hotter hahaha it is hot and cold, disqualifying yourself, asking qualifying questions, qualifying her, all of this is just the same thing, it is basically never showing that you are fully interested, never showing your interest fully and making her sell herself and you being the "buyer". You can say that is fucked up, I just want to be myself, I don't want them to chase me, but if you don't do this there are only 2 scenario's. Number 1 you will be seen as a platonic or gay friend. Number 2 you will be seen as "soooo sweet, sooo niceee!!" as they would say, but in reality they see you as a low-value beta male (aka you are more interested in her than she is in you). And will only keep you around for validation, entertainment, or money (aka use you instead of being attracted). So if that is what you want, you can go and forget about making her chase you, but ultimately there is no escaping the mechanisms of nature, if you like it or not, there is no escaping the reality, even when you look back at an organic relationship, you will always realise that it was you being in abundance. For example my first relationship back in high school I saw that girl first as a friend and I was flirting with another girl who also was intrested in me. That is exactly the same PUA mechanism, but then organically, with social proof and me not being super interested in her.
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Thought Art replied to Thought Art's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
@Leo GuraPlease post puking cat meme thank you -
Ah, ya I would only talk to people that I might be interested in being friends with. I agree with your point, it happens a lot to me when I'm not even the one engaging.
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Have you ever read the book, Way of the superior man? There are a few exercises near the end. Men tend to bond most over challenge, adversity, and coming out through the other side in freedom. Art, music, crying, dancing... these can be more poetic and feminine. However if you have a masculine nature, finding people who want to crush something (metaphorically), take on a unique and creative challenge, engage in a competitive activity, or challenge eachother in some ways, including not tolerating eachothers non-sense, and calling it out. Then you might find you get along with that kind of person. That is a general insight, take it as a grain of salt. Transcended and integrated green, with the awareness of non-dual experience, some creative nerdiness, and some masculine assertiveness / competitiveness / challenge. I think we can have shallow relationships with people when we avoid confrontation, don't become vulnerable, and pretend to be better than them. Competitiveness is cool, but it is generally to make eachother better rather than to dominate and make one king. Though sometimes someone has King energy and another has Magician. They work together, have different roles, but they are both important. This kind of analogy is important because I think, as practitioners in philosophies and practices which can give us the impression that we are special, we can get lost in a kind of individualism which isolates us from the world. Feeling special can also be a hindrance to deeper connection.
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(Part 2) Oh so just a 2D, you can prolly do that with not much help on anything from me. I mean, you might want to also consider, is this idea something others will find interesting, or is it more of your own passion, And making it *popular is more secondary to this primary objective. You dont have to answer that, As thats more something for you to consider as you go... Not indian. Got it. Now is this character a hero, or does he function more like someone in the middle—Neither good or bad (from our modern perspective) like Odysseus, like that sortve trickster, murderer turned hero, that is, sortve like most Kings or their predecessors, they may not necessary even want to be a ruler or leader, at first, but they are kindve forced into it thru an unfortunate set of circumstances, And then that is then the "leader who becomes king, out of happenstance" -Like that trope of maybe someone like Agamemnon, Granted not many ppl think of him that way i dont think, But if you just consider all the flavors of the diff protagonists, rulers or otherwise leaders types, then you sortve enter into this complex moral and emotional dilemma / situation involving... Maybe the protagonist / Odysseus-style character, like it could also be more Arabic-style, like the guy was a thief (Aladdin) before they became a ruler... i mean theres many ways to approach that aspect, ... Like maybe you want this divine lineage thing, like, whether that be a reference towards Tolkiens elves, who are partly immortal, partly human because they can still be killed through severe physical stress, but they normally dont age... and thus end up living for thousands of years ... Thats more of the god-like, sortve Platonic road ~ that is the "man-made" versus "god-made" dilemma... It then touches on many elements story wise, or whatever direction you would have it explore... Like, in the realm of folk or fairytales, which is more of like a shared / orally passed down thing, you could go w/ the romanticized king arthur story, the idealistic-good-guy trope... i mean, im just giving you ideas, theres quite alot of details you might add in conjunction to this of course.
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Elliott replied to Husseinisdoingfine's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Iran hasn't got the memo that they're desperate, lol 🚨 Iranian state media aired an insane video about killing Barron Trump, along with reporting a $10M bounty on his head -
Wasn´t referring specifically to social dancing, haven't done that myself, just shared my experience of what can happen sometimes when interacting with strangers in society, because I could relate to what you shared except that exact context. Buy yea ofc I understand me being a woman kinda per default makes my encounters different, but I bet it happens to most sooner or later, where you just talking a little to someone and they wanna be your friend but you're not feeling it on THAT level, sexual/romantical interest happens more often as woman but still I meant in general .And no I wasn't thinking of Miguel in this scenario, so I see what youre saying
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That's really cool, I like that. I'm not Indian but I wanna incorporate some elements from multiple cultures and religions of that time. Hinduism is one of them so mystical creatures from the Hindu lore is cool. I wanna take some elements from Shaktism as well specifically some of the goddesses they have and their ideas on feminine and masculine polarities. The lore is also about exploring immortality and life after death as part of the story is that the main character deifies himself through the word conquest and also ends up given the power to resurrect the dead and thus he creates an immortal empire across earth and the Abyss. Sort of how Hades 2 is about invading the underworld
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In my opinion a ton of great posters were banned, just recently @unborntao and @zurew
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I've been passionate about Tai Chi, Katana, Qi gong, and Meditation. Poetry, science-fiction, spiral dynamics, meta-physics. Dragonball Z, starwars, etc. Having an interest in these things doesn't necessarily create connection, but through the shaping of my character through these things, i've been able to connect with people. In my journey, through being focused and devoted, I have met people of equal skill or, who are in some ways familiar and highly competent in something else. Often in the past the friends who became very close were ones that were confident and skilled in what they do, yet had a layer of insecurity or pain which we allowed eachother to see. We connect on that. If you can find people who have transcended and integrated the green stage in some ways, it is very helpful for getting that connection. I have mentors who i connect with personally regularly. (ie. someone who is far beyond your current level, but whom you have a personal connection with. They are preferable compassionate to you and helps you along the way. This helps because there is always someone to can connect with for guidance *in person or on video*) In the way I associate with people, I call everyone my brother. This initiative tends to invite a similar response and there is a simple connection on the basis of seeing eachother as having a common humanity. I recently went through a few weeks of deep loneliness and I was consistently talking to my mentor about it. He was very compassionate about it as he knows that this can happen when going through the process. What he said to me really helped. He said, all the masters exist in the akasha, in space. Though we are lonely, the masters are there and when abiding in spacious awareness, one can feel connected. This is not to say, to try and imagine them, but to say, that space unites all things. If you can release within in, then there is less loneliness. Especially as this practice begins to build qi in the body mind and spirit. Wonder if this helps. It also helps to get control of compulsive behaviors or integrate character qualities that you feel you need to hide from the world. Forgiving oneself. I remember a lecture on dante's inferno, which I'll share here, which was super interesting. In this lecture he described Hell as being a place that people experience when they cannot forgive themselves. The way to love is through self forgiveness. An interesting lecture to say the least.
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@LordFall (Part 1) Oh okay. One sec., i had this prepared, As i had been turned on to the fact that you're indian or part indian ~ And so im rifling thru some things that may or may not be interesting, along the lines of things that you might already kno about, or that u might find interesting, sortve in the realm 9f ancient caricature that stems from the most Ancient of Indian art and style, like this, As India created that very Anime looking style, in conjunction w/ wat was a later entry, from their old / ancient traditions that extend into asian ~ Japanese and chinese... i only know this cause i looked at various painting / art from Japan artists in the 1700-1800, which of course predates Anime... but watchamakalit, you see similar Indian creatures and style of art here. Then theres a vid., illustrating indian creatures / art ~ After which ill then comment on your comment. (see images, 1st one is Indian Rahu creature) Im sure theres more, the Indian stuff goes back to a very Ancient tradition ..
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Intellectuals were banned?
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Damn, I had hopes for ManTalks too, sounds like he's trying to corner the toxic Peterson void now like everyone else. Guys today aren't worse than previous generations, better in many ways even. *I'm not disagreeing about taking action, just his framing of the situation, most men throughout history never did anything. This aspect is just more pile on of the hyper-consumer comparative mindset (again, not the idea to take action)
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The story is about a mage named Nerathar who travels accross different Kindgoms in the 17th century and eventually conquers the world. It's a dark fantasy world with magic and the point is to explore how magic and the scientific revolution/age of enlightenment of the 17th/18th century would pair up. The first version of the game will be a fast paced 2D roguelite hack and slash type of game. Like Oblivion Override or Dragon is Dead From where if it's successful I wanna develop a wider scale game like a 3D action adventure game and the vision 10 year down the line would be to turn it into a VR web 3 MMORPG. The world-building, anime and TCG are aspects of it I'm developing alongside the game.
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Jordan of the Shire replied to Oppositionless's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Hey Leo, I don't understand what you mean by Buddhists putting the cart before the horse. I'm curious about it. Can you elaborate? -
Are you implying sexually? A lot of guys might have that problem, I don't think @Miguel1 would though. Ya, i wouldn't suggest social dancing to the average guy for platonic socializing. He can practice dancing with other guys there too(not partner dancing, but learning and teaching) (@Basman if you want to dance with guys that's cool too though)
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You do what best helps shape the world into what you want it to be, which can include pestering others to donate to malaria charities. I'm caught between supporting the new asshole Carl I like, or being concerned.
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The problem then becomes some of those "surface level" interactions lead people to wanna take it further which is fine if that level of vibe would be there but mostly its not at the level beyond that simple interaction, ime so far. But I see that as opportunity to try to really tap into my own communication skills so it gets smoother to deal with over time, but I see what youre saying overall anyways and I agree, theres huge difference simply being alone in my apartment vs outside surrounded by people
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Jordan of the Shire replied to Oppositionless's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Buddha means the knowing quality all the time. Buddho means the knowing quality here and there. So with this, we can ascertain that a buddhist is one who is training the ability to know. (and one need not be a buddhist, to practice this) This knowing can be pointed at anything. I would look at it as a skill that can be used creatively. Not always as a way to extinguish thoughts. Thinking skillfully I think is more the point. Also - I personally tend to break away from generalizations like "buddhists, daoists, hindus," etc, because it is a form. When you do the practice, one will overtime do away with rites and rituals. But I suppose one could identify with buddhist daoist etc. What are your thoughts on this? -
Could you expand on what you mean here?
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Sugarcoat replied to Stick's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Maybe movement and deep breathing could help? Very basic sounding advice but idk what you've tried, it's not obvious for everyone how powerful those things can be. Also perhaps trying to fill more of your life with something that energizes and engages you but not in monkey mind way or feeding destructive compulsions, whatever that could be. Sometimes the mind is so strong, "emptying", "stilling" through sporadic classic meditation maybe isn't enough, it needs something stronger. - Yesterday
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@Basman The doctors majorly failed her.
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I still say it's his charity toward shitposters that catalyzed the hostility toward the intellectuals he banned, friendly fire in the fog of war
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