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This is such an important topic. Please share your experience with us @Leo Gura.

In my particular case, when I'm stuck in disagreeing with people, I do that out of a twisted form of care about them. I simply cannot let people near me be stupid, or misguided and I mistakenly think that by correcting them, I'm making them wiser. Inwardly, I believe that everybody is equal and everyone can understand how I perceive things, so I'm simply doing my best to explain my point of view. If it's not being met with openness, this brings about suspicion of stupidity which only makes my explanations even more fierce. Accepting that some people are simply incapable of intellectually understanding something is very difficult for me. That is because it means that my point of view is inherently impossible to share and my mind is only partially useful in communication. The real problem that underlies bickering is the fact that the mind is used to construct stories that mend broken hearts. If two emotionally hurt people meet and their stories mismatch, they will try to defend their cohesion by trying to undo the stories of the other. The pain that is being released is not harnessed, but used as fuel for blame, hate and aggression. In that environment, no amount of discussion is ever going to make people agree. In that case, it is much more beneficial to withdraw for your own sake, to stop your personal suffering and harness it for healing. If you're fragile then you're in no position to help anybody. The need for social approval is in my experience a face of fear of not knowing, of directionlessness. It may also interlock with the sense of shame or guilt about not amounting to anything in your life. Those feelings are only present if you're in the mindset that you're obliged to be of service to other people, that things (including you) are valuable only through shared agreement. To stop your need to talk about your insights, you need to realize that by making other people follow them, you're making them cheap. People are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves and having insights of their own. Your insights are just for your own sake, at least until you're comfortable with sharing them, or when people explicitly ask for help. "Explicitly" is relative here, it may also refer to bickering, but you need to be healthy yourself to recognize that. So, in summary: never help others at the expense of your own well being. I hope you find some value in my story and peace in your life.

Oh crap, now I'm so pleased with myself that I won't be able to give any solid advice. Quick, think of something... hmm... let me collect my wits for a bit while I will mention someone I look up to in this regard. @Zigzag Idiot I'll get back to you when I gain some distance @flowboy. Maybe it's a good idea to inspect what intrigues you about me? Just please don't post it publicly or I'll have to leave. kill myself.

Yes, but now I got self-conscious that I made a declarative sentence about enlightenment . I was just kidding.

I see the doomer/bloomer video as an analogy of spiritual transformation. Our modern day's equivalent of Zen model. "It's modern day's 10 ox hearding pics hahaha. Now we just have 2 stages to accommodate for our attention deficit."

Haven't you seen this video? Hahaha really? I always thought that it sounded as if someone slapped a pussy on my face sideways. Why is everybody so kind to me suddenly?

I'll get back to you @mandyjw, I need to run some errands for now and I need some time to ponder this. Thank you for your comments @Zigzag Idiot @mandyjw.

It's modern day's 10 ox hearding pics hahaha. Now we just have 2 stages to accommodate for our attention deficit.

I appreciate your post. Thank you.

Thanks man, I needed to hear that encouragement. I need to learn to encourage people more. Sometimes it is exactly what they need.

Will is the unity of desire. Free will is the result of inner conflict, seeking resolution to fragmentation. It only seems like 'you' have free will because that is how fragmentation is experienced. With integrity there is only Will and it has you.

I ran across this when I was reading about chaos magic. I was never moved to start a deliberate practice like that. Maybe I have other places to explore before?

@mandyjw What do you mean? @DrewNows Thanks!

"My camera broke" and instead of spending 20 minutes reshooting this thing, I spent 3 hours trying to edit it to synch audio with video...

@DrewNows Be cool man, you're golden I love you

“To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.” ― G.I. Gurdjieff

@now is forever Reading people that try to convince you exhausts me. I'd call the cops if I were you.

Great job man! Keep that up.

Your posts are uncannily timely. Thanks.

@now is forever I think I will have to follow your footsteps.