There are many women mystical people but female spirituality is different in style. They are more like witches, fortune tellers, Reiki people. Example: Teal Swan.
Strict nonduality/awakening has a masculine bias baked into it. Most women will not find it appealing. However they will find stuff like yoga or witchcraft appealing.

Very successful people like celebrities and CEOs are insanely ambitious workaholics, so by the time they acheive their success they are usually so wrapped up and addicted to it that they have no time for serious spiritual work. They have chosen success over God. Elon Musk is the perfect example. He will never awaken because he's too busy working. Of course there are exceptions, but it's rare.
But on the other hand, poor people are usually struggling so much just to survive and pay their bills that they also have no time for serious spiritual work.
This explains why so few ever realized God. Ta-daaa!
In general, having wealth gives you more freedom to take time off from work. This is a huge advantage. However, you have to actually dare to exercise it in the right way, which most wealthy people never do. Wealth, fame, power, and sex are very addictive and corrupting. Most people in life are chasing after wealth, fame, power, sex, or love. Or they are barely able to feed themselves. And so they never realize God.

Most women who do that are really young, immature, inexperienced, drunk, and stupid.
They haven't yet figured out how guys use them.

That's a nonsense strategy. Most women will not give you any IOIs. You should not wait for IOIs to approach.
However, what is a good strategy is to approach a lot and quickly screen her for receptivity. Once you gain a few years of experience, you will be able to tell if a girl is receptive to you within 10-20 seconds. This is a very efficient strategy.
You should not care at all whether a woman rejects you.

It's important to distingush between knowledge vs understanding/comprehension.
Knowledge is conceptual and thought-based. Understanding is something deeper and more fundamental. Consciousness has the capacity to comprehend situations, which is a pre-linguistic thing. Comprehension tends to come naturally after a certain amount of experience. However, you can still strip the comprehension away and just have direct experience without any comprehension.

There is no soul. There is only Consciousness. The body is inside of Consciousness, Consciousness is not inside a body.
Another way to frame it is that everything is soul/spirit. In this sense the soul is not in the body, the body is part of soul.

That's not correct. Millionaires and billions use capital to build businesses, make investments, and create jobs. You're thinking in term of only consumer goods which is very limited.
The point of having millions and billions is to use it to do projects that could not be done any other way, not to buy cars and yachts. And this is very important for the advancement of the economy and technology.

I get it. It went through it. You just gotta focus on the growth and the adventure of it rather than the rejection. I stopped caring about rejection at all at some point. It doesn't even register in my mind if some girl ignores or rejects me. I will laugh at her.
It was extremely difficult for me too. But that challenge is what makes it so rewarding once you conquer it. So just learn to be more optimistic.
You must drop that competiton framing. I never think about flirting with girls as a competition. Rather it's about molding yourself into a more extroverted, humorous, fun guy. You're not in a battle with other men, you're in a battle with yourself to build social skill.
Also, social status and value can be built. For example, you can build a cool circle of friends. Or you can build up a career that also gives you some social status. You can design these things. For example, you can host parties. You can become a leader of your social circle. These things are within your control.
You gotta stop fixating on getting the girl and focus more on building skill and enjoying your time out. If you go out and have 3hrs of fun and you improve your skill by 1% that's a win. The girl is truly irrelevant in this.

Yes, the dangers are real and I have incurred costs doing what I do. It ain't all positive. But in the end it comes down to your values. My top value was understanding consciousness, so it wasn't even something I had to make a hard decision on. The more psychedelics you plan to do the more careful you gotta be.
Most reseach chems in the 4-HO, 4-AcO, 5-MeO, and LSD classes are pretty safe.

It's not a problem. Focus instead on the fact that you found a great wife.
You can appreciate a church without having to follow any of its dogma.
Look at it this way: You are God so that church was built to honor you  Stop worrying and enjoy the show. It's not like you lose anything by being in a church for a few hours. A church is a fine place for a ceremony like a wedding. Having a wedding in a courtroom is pretty lame.

4-AcO-DMT is superior IMO.

Often the hardest part of pickup is just motivating yourself to go out consistently and to approach consistently.
On the one hand it's easy, on then other hand that can be very challenging, especially for a very introverted person with social anxiety and zero friends or support group.
Many hard things in life are mechanically easy but emotionally very challenging.

I am not 100% authentic either. It is difficult to share all my vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and mistakes publicly. What you see of me is often me at my best, not me at my worst. This is gonna be the case for any public figure. They will not show themselves to you at their lowest.

This may be technically true but it's way too reductionistic because most of your life is wrapped up in meaning you create.
For example, if your business collapses you will not feel any physical pain, however the mental suffering can be immense as you have to face serious loss and you have to reflect on things you did which caused its collapse. You cannot just take the position that "oh, well, it's just a story in my mind". No, it's much more serious than that because the stories in your mind determine whether you live or die.
There is much suffering to be had simply from reflecting on your on inadequecies. So what are you gonna do, not reflect on your own inadequcies and mistakes? You gonna ignore them in order to feel at peace? That's not gonna go so well. Imagine how you'd feel if you were pulling out of your driveway and accidentally ran over someone's child. Are you gonna sit down and silence your mind to meditate your way out of that?
And what about all stuff in your life that you could lose? Are you just gonna act like nothing happened if your house burns down? If your child or dog is run over by a car? If your health is ruined by poison? If your spouse dumps you? If your best friend steals from you?
There is endless suffering waiting for you behind every corner. You just aren't aware of it yet.

Yeah, well, life is a dream. So what? The power of the dream should not be underestimated.
If you think awakened people can't get addictions I think you're kidding yourself.
You still have to be vigilant against bad habits otherwise you will end up like Alan Watts, an awakened alcoholic who drinks himself to death.
Awakening is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.

It boils down to: I have an autoimmune disorder, it is grounded in genetics, and there's not much I can do to change it so I have to live around it. The details are too complex and private for me to go into it.

I would say that this won't really happen. You will not become a completely new person. The core of you will stay the same. But you will become a more evolved, more mature version of you.
The truth is that after 15+ years of personal development and spiritual work the core of me has not changed. I'm still me in very deep ways. But also I've grown up a lot. It's rather paradoxical. An important part of this work is deeply accepting who you are, not trying to totally change yourself. The human mind is not flexible enough to totally change itself. Especially once you reach about age 30, much of who you are is set for life. But you can do a lot of refinement of yourself and polish off the jagged edges.

You'd have to be insane to make up a story like that.
It sounds legit to me.
Thanks for sharing your perspective.

I understand your concern.
Let me share this story with you to cheer you up:
My grandparents got married when they were around 16. They lived together into their 80s. When my grandmother died my grandfather said, I just want to die and be with her. A few years later he did. They were buried next to each other.

@integral Look, girls are girls. Rather than trying to retrain your GF it will be better for your relationship if you accept her as she is. Girls can be very emotional regardless of how spiritual they are.
Of course you can teach her some of these concepts but she has to be ripe for it and it will take her a long time to train herself even if she wants to, which it doesn't sound like she does. Expecting a girl to just deconstruct her emotions like some Buddhist is a tall order.

My default state is not much different than it ever was. But I understand what I am looking at, which is God. The more I focus on it the more I get in tune with God, so to speak. But many times throughout my day I am not focused on God, I am busy with other things.
What I have more of is not a state but an understanding of what everything is. Understanding is different than a state. Understanding has been the core of my work. In the future I will work more on my state because now my understanding has started to max out. But this required years of work.

I don't like being pushy either.
Pushing yourself at the open on a girl is actually counter-productive and bad game.
What you should be doing instead is opening the girl in a fun way and quickly getting a sense of how receptive she is. Sometimes you open a girl and her whole face lights up and her body opens up to you and it's just on. That's what you want to screen for. If the girl is not very receptive, don't waste your time, move on to another girl. This is the most efficient way to game.
Now, with that said, sometimes you open a girl and she's just sorta shy, not too hot for you, and needs to be warmed up. In which case you carry on with banter and fun conversation. And you keep it going until she starts to show interest. As long as a girl is willing to talk to you there is no problem with you talking. That's not pushy. You're just being social and she's open to it.
The whole key to great game is being able to read the girl's face, reactions, and body language. Once you get good at this you don't need to push or harass girls, you can tell within minutes or even seconds whether to keep talking or walk away.
Basically, if the girl is smiling you keep plowing and if the girl is frowning then you leave. This ensures that she doesn't feel harassed. And if a girl pushes you away or tells you to leave, you just leave. Don't keep pushing.
But beyond talking you also need to learn to lead and bounce the girl around. Don't just stand in one place talking for 30 minutes. You talk for 5 minutes and then lead her to another place. When you suggest to a girl to move with you, you can immediately gauge how compliant she is. If she likes you she will move with you. Otherwise she won't. So start testing girls for this by just taking them by the hand and moving them.
Bottom line: If a girl is willing to talk to you, you keep talking to her. Then 5-10 mins later you suggest moving together. And if she refuses, then that's your clue that she's not very interested and you can save your time and talk to other girls. Sometimes it takes longer to get a girl to move. Maybe 20 minutes of talking. It's up to you to decide how much time you want to invest in a girl. But if you cannot get her to move within 20 mins then she's probably never sleeping with you.
When your game gets really good it's not pushy at all, it's about really vibing with the girl. You create this fun vibe between each other and then it's so on that being pushy isn't even a factor. You two are just having fun talking and moving together. That's the ideal. There has to be passion between you two. I recommend you change your whole mindset when approaching to one of: vibing, fun, passion! That's what you're attempting to create. And then it's just a matter of finding that one girl in the room who's into it. You will clearly see when a girl is into it. You will have her attention. Her eyes will lock on you. Her body will become open to your touch. She will be grinning from ear to ear. And at the point you can escalate heavy.

It's no different than a nightclub. Just walk up to girls, smile at them, say Hi, and get physical.
You can meet all kinds of cool people at any nightclub, bar, or social venue. Don't judge, just have fun.
The louder the venue the more you rely on eye contact, facial expressions, and physical touch. See how far you can get without even talking much. Just vibe with her. You should not be having deep conversations at a rave. It's about partying, dancing, and having fun.

● I used to have crippling social anxiety, even getting off a bus, going to class, and of course talking to girls. This is 90% gone after two years and this alone has done so much for my life. I use to get very frustrated when people told me you have to live with it. I rejected that flat out.
● A lot of health benefits. Overcoming eating problems, dropping ALL supplements, and eating about 60% of what I used to and still maintain my size. I'm 186cm, 94kg and 14% body fat. Extremely active, bouldering, jiujitsu, powerlifiting and I eat almost half as much without losing ANY weight. 
● Sleeping less, and taking less shits lol. It has also enhanced digestion. Maybe 7 hours of sleep which again is crazy for my level of activity. 
● Had very bad OCD (diagnosed) and perfectionism. OCD is almost totally gone. I can plan compulsively sometimes but I don't check the door 50 times in the morning so it's been so liberating. 
● The desire for porn, coffee, eating meat, watching TV, alot of this stuff just naturally fell away. I didn't try to do anything. Sex drive probably halved.
● More frequent non-dual experiences. For example, walking down the street, I suddenly feely merged with everyone around me. Frequent episodes of bliss and love but it's not awakening. 
● A more elusive one, but it's easier to get what I want in life and I am generally much happier. Better emotional states. Feel more balanced and capable.
● I also have a deeper sense now that I don't really need to do anything in life. I just feel fulfilled. I don't feel obliged to help anyone or do anything and I don't think it dictates my worth as a human.
● I have become a catalyst for growth for everyone around. After people spend some time around me they usually want to change. Major impact on family.
I credit a lot of my progress to reading Dr Hawkins book about surrender and for years I took surrender and kriya yoga EXTREMELY seriously. I did it religiously. Sometimes I was doing kriya yoga three times a day. It was addictive.
I have always wanted to make a video about this but I'm afraid people will call me a pseudo scientist full of shit etc... lol

Because that has been my mission for a long time and I still have things I wanna communicate.
I'm not just gonna throw away something I spent 10 years building. It's like a child to me. You don't just abandon your child when things get hard.