Leo Gura

Bring God into your own life first, then you will understand. There is no greater source of evil in the world than those who try to bring God into the lives of others without first succeeding in bringing God into their own life. God unrealized is the devil.

@iamme The context of this thread is asking about the absolute nature of reality. So I responded appropriately. If we were talking about cheeseburgers, I would not have gone into absolute explanations.

Locking for egoic bastardization of spirituality.

"Physical" itself is a hollow, relative term. Really contemplate: What does "physical" even mean? Physical vs non-physical is a conceptual distinction. Even real vs unreal is a conceptual distinction. All distinctions are relative, and not the Absolute. But it gets even weirder! Even the distinction between relative vs absolute is itself a conceptual distinction! Such that there can be no difference between something and nothing, form and formlessness, reality and illusion, enlightenment and non-enlightenment.

This shows that you do NOT know what "ALL THERE IS" really means. ALL THERE IS.... Think about that. That's everything! So what the hell are you talking about? What is more than ALL? ALL is an absolute. "More" is a relative term which does not apply to the ALL. ALL includes all other realities already. If you can think of something beyond the ALL, then your notion of the ALL wasn't actually the ALL.

@Strikr God is a Christian assumption? Lol Spiral Dynamics describes JP and his fans perfectly.

@RendHeaven It's an odd mix of Blue/Orange. On the one hand he rails against collectivism, on the other hand he is against porn, for traditionalist values, and for sexual Marxism.

Tone is the least of JP problems. The deep structural issue is that he is programming his fans with stage Blue mentality, against Green. It stifles movement up the Spiral, which is what's necessary for people to find God. So he's shooting his own fans in the foot.

If someone hits a castle made out of Legos with a hammer, the castle will break. So will your sense of self & life. What remains is no-self. You only exist as an idea. This idea will die and all that will remain is the universe. With a broken brain, you will not longer to able to say or think, "This is my life". And thus "you" will cease to exist as an ego. Sights, sounds, and feelings could still arise, but there would be nothing claiming ownership of them. No-self = True Self Where you go is, you die. You only exist now as an idea.

In the West otherwise known at the Apeiron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apeiron

@Laymen You misunderstood the video. Watch it again and contemplate it very carefully.

Prior to the distinction there was no you. The distinction was made by infinite void (which is the True Self).

Everything is an illusion of course and nothing has any meaning already. The universe will never end though, it will just turn into a unity and fragment back into infinite multiplicity. Fun idea to contemplate: the beginning of the Big Bang and the end, heat death, are actually identical because you cannot distinguish them. Space and time are illusory human inventions. You can become conscious that they don't actually exist.

@JohnnyRocket The biggest issue when it comes to Peterson and God is, you are never going to find God listening to him because he himself does not understand what God is. God is precisely not a map or a meaning. Peterson's work is what keeps him from discovering God. His intuition is right that God is worth seeking. But he does not understand how to realize God because he's stuck in orthodox Christian notions of God, which are extremely misleading. And then his silly politics stems from that.

There are no legal requirements. That was never the point of the training program. How you gonna coach someone without training?

Sit down and have an honest conversation with her about your intentions towards her. Tell her you like her a lot, but that you don't feel she's "the one". You can suggest that you could still keep seeing each other, if she still wants. But now she will know how you feel and she will have more realistic expectations. It will be heartbreaking for her, but it will better than stringing her along. And ultimately she should understand. The key thing is that you aren't leading her on with false expectations.

Having sex outdoors in public is pretty hard and scary. Not to mention if this is your first time ever having sex. You should be much more comfortable in a secure indoor environment where you will not be interrupted or have to rush. Logistics, logistics, logistics. 70% of getting laid is planning out the night properly so that you two end up alone in a secure location. Also, do not get overly sexual with a girl unless you are ALREADY in a secure location. You must close the deal, otherwise she will often get too creeped out by the situation and not give you another shot. It's too awkward to get naked with someone but not have sex. And girls hate that kind of awkwardness. Next time, make sure you close. You, as the man, are responsible for planning things such that you can close.

@Viking Make friends with a friend who knows how to approach and ask him to guide you and push you a bit. You can find such people on online pickup forums. Approaching is one of those things which feels very difficult at first, but is actually a lot easier than your mind makes it out to be. It's hard to learn to approach solo. It helps a lot to a few seasoned wing-men. You also need to find the right locations to do your approaching (mall, nightclub, cafe, etc). Some locations are much better than others.

Locking this for the sheer ignorance of it.

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Sweet! Looking forward to trying MDMA some day. I'm curious if it will be an experience of Infinity for me.

Yes, but he also drank quite a bit of ayahausca. I've discussed this issue with him in private at length. His consciousness of nonduality seems legit. As in: permanent nondual awareness. But he admits, and I agree, that his awakening was rather unusual and unique to him. Not a typical result.

P.S. If you work on making yourself a great man, she will never want to leave you. In fact, being less possessive of her will make her love you more. It's like reverse psychology. If you are a weak man who isn't working on improving himself, then yes, she might leave you from something more exciting. She doesn't really want another girl, she wants more passion, excitement, adventure. So give her more of that. You want that too. The whole point of a relationship is to grow and explore together. That's what keeps it from getting stale.

@Joseph Maynor Lol, you take me too seriously.

You can learn all the techniques and psychology behind attraction and relationships. That is not a problem. In fact, it's very important and women will ultimately appreciate it. The problem arises when you start to turn all of that into an ideology and identity, the way PUA culture does. Don't become that alpha-bro manwhore who runs around chasing women all the time and bragging about it. Attract women, but above all, be a good kind man. Don't become a manipulative used dick salesmen. Learn to develop deep relationships with those women you attract. Don't do it for the sex or the ego, do it for the growth opportunities.