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Achievers in what. A person with a "weaker ego" (wants to be right less, has less attachment than average to similar objects) than average will just do other things.
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Oliver Wright replied to theoneandnone's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Oh we're watching them. Maybe it's the YT algorithm? It's not out of the ordinary to have sequel parts to have much less views than Part 1. Maybe a lot of normies or rationalists viewed Part 1 and got scared off like the cowards they are.
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It's not even personal, it tends to come with the territory. Or rather, it's what people tend to do.
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WW3 will be fought over the pro-Teal and anti-Teal. You have unleashed the hounds of Hell.
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You can engage in things people usually associate with conformity while doing it from a place of inner drive, value, principle or logic. It's not the appearance but the underlying process which is often less virtuous. However, there are cases where conformity is virtuous, or simply pragmatic. For example, trusting the people who built your house that it is solid without having to check through everything yourself (or build the house yourself), or your car, or the food you buy. Similarly, trusting the scientific community during Covid-19 and taking the vaccines. Was that not the most pragmatic decision? Similarly to how your trust other sources of authority where you yourself lack the prerequisite experience to truly judge or know what is going on, that was the most pragmatic decision, and it's also what 99.99% of people did during Covid, and it's self-deception to think otherwise. But even if you disbelieved the scientific community and became a skeptic, 99.99% of those people also simply conformed to some other narrative. There are very few people with the same knowledge about vaccines as the people behind them (PhD-level and above microbiologists), who actually made an informed decision based on knowledge, values, principles, logic about the vaccines, who did not trust and swallow a pre-packaged narrative for convenience. Maybe later, when people have had time to think about Covid and formed their own opinion more aligned with their inner values, principles, knowledge, etc., could their opinion be less conformist, but to pretend that you had done that before Covid and didn't simply conform to a narrative, is again in 99.99% of cases self-deception. But maybe some people here did have a lot of thoughts about vaccines produced in a pandemic scenario prior to Covid and did have a well-formed opinion and they were ready. Or they simply always thought invasive government interventions no matter the kind are a no-go (which is problematic if you go into minutia like food supply, water supply, air quality). Not to derail the thread, but I'm curious whether other people here are honest enough to admit that the extent of their knowledge either way (for or against vaccines) made them a conformist during the Covid-19 pandemic and the mass vaccination programs.
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It's either part 5 for me or nothing I'm kidding, I've watched the latest episodes. Have yet to start Rationality II.
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Agree with Leo, its almost always true, plus achievement can be personal or public, there are probably tons of ppl that have achieved great things that very few know about..and then there's the other side, no ego means no achievement but achievement is not everything, ppl get depressed and suicidal when they have achieved everything they wanted but why? Why is they still feel empty, so achievement is not everything in life, just a basic beginning in my book!
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What is even the point of making Part 2s when you guys don't watch them!
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@Human Mint Wage slavery is a bit like quicksand. The harder you fight it with half baked business ideas the deeper you sink and the more money you blow in the process. I've lost 20k across various business and side hustles trying to break free so far. Came close last time but no dice. If I would have saved up and exercised patience It's possible I could have escaped by now. I could have started a simple service business like pool cleaning, epoxy flooring, etc. and hired over time. Could have also put money towards real estate or other investments. Ironically I think full acceptance that you are in the situation and 99% of people will never get out is required to even begin a viable escape plan. You cannot deny the truth of the situation or bend it to generate more hope. As Leo says, once you are already stuck in this situation it is absurdly difficult to change it. I think the key is aligning ones mindset with truth which requires a mature perspective on the uncomfortable reality of the situation itself. The movie Shawshank Redemption is a perfect metaphor for the mindset I believe is required to actually escape wage slavery.
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BUT LEO
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It's nearly always the case. That is ego's function. People with little ego usually achieve nothing. The exception is very talented spiritual masters and mystics. But that is a special situation.
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Is this always true? Because there's many people with giant egos who didn't accomplish anything. So perhaps it's even across the board, and unrelated to big achievements?
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This whole rational versus non rational makes me think about left brain versus right brain. The left is not better than the right. Both is needed to become whole brain and holistic. Personally I think there is great value in formalization if it is done not too much or too little. Humans use words and that is formalization by nature. One can't even teach without agreeing on the form such as language and such. But it is important to not get lost in it and have this switch of not knowing and have the ability for direct consciousness without mental filler. The best people in any field are the people who can use both left and right brain in the same way it is important to both use left and right legs. In my case, I'm far too left brain. It is important to let go of formalization and just raw dog things and go balls to the wall.
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The basic capability of a Human Being is Free Will, its just that nobody knows this, the majority are karma ruled and predetermined unfortunately due to societal conditioning and elites ruling us, lucky we have Guru's that teach us otherwise..
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How about CBT?
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With the practice part of the eastern systems, they don't "make" you enlightened, they just erase all the crap that is preventing You from Realizing it now, it takes most of the karma away, its up to You if You want to go all the way, most just stay below the Enlightenment stage, they like life the way it here and choose to stay, Free Will again rules! With Ramana it wasn't determinism once again, his karma was that he was already at the peak, so if your at the peak there is no more to do other than he stayed on the teach or guide or help as his role of a Guru..That was determinef by him and his will, Free Will again! In more simple terms, I can choose not to reply again on this thread or too continue to reply, that choice is up to me...
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Yes, you can practice if you are determined, but how far you will go or if you will succeed is not in your control. This is the essence of determinism. Hence, determinism.
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Thought Art replied to theoneandnone's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Ya'll lack the intelligence and consciousness to appreciate the exquisite and profound subtlety that is Death Grips. When you awaken, you will realize how good this song is. That may take you 50 hours of listening to various Death Grips songs. If you don't, You just a Monkey.
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