Leo Gura

People are so different that it's hard to give advice that applies to everyone on this issue. I just wanted to warn youngsters against diving into psychedelics head first and thinking there's no downsides. Consider all the trade-offs and make your own decision as to what is right for you. By this point I've described all the risks for ya, so you should be well informed of the trade-offs.

Go higher until it becomes uncomfortable. But be careful. Increment by 5mgs. Don't be doubling doses.

I don't find micro-dosing useful. But you may be different. Micro-dosing isn't risky, but it also doesn't add much in my opinion, and it opens the door to the temptation of full tripping. Once you have the chemical, it's hard to say no. Also I don't like the chronic use of any chemical other than legit medicine. It becomes a crutch/addiction. Sure, it gives the brain new perspectives, but it does more than that. Expanding consciousness is real, it is not just different brain pathways. It's more than that. Your friend is not wrong per se, but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

It's like a credit card. You can use it responsibly, but the entire business model is designed for you to fail at that.

Strange strategy. Not jerking off would hinder my objectivity. The point of jerking off is to be more objective and sober. Do you know how deluded I would be about women if I never jerked off?? Lol

@Lila9 What are the best feminist books you've read?

That is hard to say. Most people will not be going hardcore mystic. Having kids is a huge decision, but relationships is easy enough to combine with mysticism. You can find ways to combine mysticism and family life and even kids. Delay one or the other. Either do your mysticism before you start a family or after your kids leave the nest. It all depends on your desires. Kriya yoga is designed for householders. So you can do it while you have a family.

Well, this is specifically in the context of how to talk to women.

That is what HoeMath is suggesting his audience does. Women don't help a man make himself, though. Women often discourage it. "Just be yourself". To make oneself requires understanding the gap between what one is and what one needs to become. That's why men require lots of coaching on this matter. There are many ways to go wrong.

It is okay, but there is the risk that you might want to start using chronically. Once the door is open, it's hard to forget. It much depends on your personality. For some people it will be easy to forget, for others it will be impossible to forget. If you are very serious about truth-seeking, psychedelics open a door that you cannot ignore.

Because you can't get laid sitting around in your armchair doubting your life.

Chasing comes from neediness.

That simply does not apply to modern civilization. You are talking about some mythical pre-civilizational past which is long in the rear-view mirror, if it ever even existed. Once civilization came online, everything forever changed. You can't undo civilization or act like it isn't a thing. Civilization is patriarchal because everything hinges on winning wars. Women can't win wars. There is no negotiating this. Wars need to be fought and won if you wish to live.

I don't mean chasing, I mean orbiting. It's a subtle but important difference. No one should really be chasing because it comes off as desperate. But if a woman really likes a man, she will chase him and that dynamic is not the end of the world for her. He will still be interested in her. But if a man ever chases a woman, he is cooked. No woman will ever sleep with him. It is more acceptable for a woman to be needy than a man. In a woman it's cute, in a man it's gross.

Both. The woman will not be happy in the relationship long-term if the man loses his center and starts orbiting her. Feminine energy orbits the masculine. This shouldn't be a desperate needy chasing, but a healthy kind of orbiting/following.