In practice it's a viable and even necessary strategy for many people because you gotta eat.
But the real solution in this case is to basically work twice as hard to claw your way out of wage slavery.
So during the day you work to pay your bills.
And during the nights and weekends you work to build your future career/biz.
That's how I did it. It's difficult, but totally worth it if your body can handle it.

There is no contradiction in saying that you can and that you cannot bring about enlightenment.
It works just like fishing. Can you bring about a fish from a lake? Not directly. You cannot ever know when the fish will bite.
But you would be a total fool to take that to mean that there is no skill to fishing. The difference in how much fish a skilled fisherman will catch vs one who is just randomly throwing hooks in the water is about 10,000%
Moreover, the Neo-Advaitan claim is just strictly false because I can consistently bring about enlightenment via 5-MeO-DMT in 15 minutes every single time, any time I want. So the idea that nothing can be done to bring about enlightenment is simply false. Furthermore, the idea that ego cannot take action that will bring about enlightenment is also simply false. You can easily disprove both these claims for yourself with psychedelics. And of course it doesn't stop with psychedelics. You can also do it with meditation, concentration, yoga, visualization, prayer, mantras, etc.
The idea that spiritual practices do not bring about awakening is just absurd and counter to common sense because spiritual techniques would not exists unless they were effective for some people.
And the greatest absurdity of the entire Neo-Advaitan position is the most canonical enlightenment of all time: The Buddha. The Buddha used his ego to generate his enlightenment by forcing himself to sit under the fucking tree.
So the next time a Neo-Advaitan tells you it's impossible to create enlightenment, tell them: But what about the Buddha? And then watch them begin their mental gymnastics.
The idea that the Buddha would have become enlightened without doing his 7 years of hardcore practice is laughable.
Ego plays a crucial role in bootstrapping enlightenment. Without the proper ego, there will be no enlightenment.

1) My claim that they were worse than placebo had more to do with their negative side-effects, not their lack of positive effects. My point was that in the NET they are not worth it. I do think they produce some positive side-effects that you will not get with mere placebo since they alter brain chemistry similar to a psychedelic.
2) There are many conflicting studies because this is a complex issue. Some studies show that stuff like exercise and other basic practices are as effective if not more effective than anti-depressants. But also, people react to anti-depressants very differently, so it is a great mistake to speak of these drugs in the aggregate, The only thing that ultimately matters is how they affect you personally. For some people it will be helpful and for others it will not. The problem is that these studies do not look at individuals but aggregate data.
Overall, I don't think anti-depressants will solve any fundamental problem. The vast majority of people who take anti-depressants do so because they are clueless of their true effects and because they have no idea that their depression is caused by other root factors which anti-depressants will not correct, only making things worse. And doctors mainly prescribe them because they have no idea of how human psychology or consciousness works and they are corrupted by Big Pharma money. The whole thing is a fucking disaster and a tragedy of ignorance.
Also take into account that many of these studies are corrupted by Big Pharma money and agendas, so they cannot be taken at face value. And they do not properly account for negative side-effects or alternative holistic treatments.

I don't debate people. There is nothing to debate. Truth is never a matter of debate.
Do the practices, or don't.
That's basically the do-nothing technique. It's a good technique. But you won't reach the highest levels of consciousness with it. Not unless you're supernaturally gifted from birth with special brain chemistry.
The present moment is not all there is. You need to change your state of consciousness. Your present state of consciousness NOT God-consciousness.
Your state of consciousness is absolutely crucial.
There is a million things more to consciousness than sitting and being present.

There are many degrees of this giftedness.
I certainly have some degree of it, but there are people who have it 100x more than me.
I would say that I am mildly gifted. My mind is gifted with extraordinary intuition, holistic intelligence, and wisdom. This has basically always been the case for me. It is not something I worked to achieve. Although my inner work cranked it up to 11. But I am not gifted in the same way that psychics, healers, and yogis are.

@Matt1576 Great example! Healthy Blue does exist.

I am interested in both.
You can have an ego-death but still not be conscious of God.
Usually ego-death comes as the result of high consciousness, but that doesn't mean it is the highest level of consciousness. There is much to become conscious of beyond ego-death.
It seems to be a lot easier to reach ego-death than consciousness of God. And then there are many degrees of depth of God consciousness. The first few levels are pretty shallow. It takes many awakenings to get to the really deep levels, where you finally start to understand what God is, why it is, how it is, what it's doing, what it wants, etc.

Those hot girls are just using Instagram to get money and ego validation. They're not gonna sleep with you.
Go talk to real girls, not Instagram cock-teases.

Today, I had the most intense awakening of my life. It was the most beautiful, integrating, loving, and awesome experience I’ve ever had.
It happened spontaneously as I was walking around trees, and wondered, is my “brain” generating this experience of colors, sounds, shapes, OR the colors, sounds, and shapes are just existing by themselves as perceptions without a perceiver.
My awareness completely changed and felt a Union with the world around me. It felt like in an instant, I was purified by pure light.
Reality is a self feeding loop of consciousness that is never ending, non-localized/omnipresent. The stuff you are seeing around you is not matter, but complete magic or being. The perceptions you thought are generated in your brain are actually just existing in empty space. The color green, is existing without a perceiver. It’s just existing for itself. And the reason YOU are able to “see it” is because you are the entire field of consciousness. 
Imagine that you are a big circle with a *little piece* cut off. Your point of view is THAT. You’re like the escape valve / exit of a cycle of consciousness.
There is literally *nothing* behind your visual field.
You’re a divine, infinite being with no bounds or limits.
You just happened to like this view. ?
OK SO WHAT? 
My relationship to reality has completely changed. This is empowering, to say the least. It’s nothing to brag, or boast about out of context, it’s simply accepting the magic / mystical nature of reality, and merging with it.
Consciousness, eternal mind, exchanging frequencies between polarities, forever.
Love.

All game boils down to two things: being playful, and leading.

This is a very simplistic and reductionistic perspective.
You transcend the mind and body, but the mind and body is still a huge part of your human incarnation.
Not taking care of your body and mind, being addicted, being broke -- these things will strengthen ego and make you miserable.
At your current stage -- which I can tell isn't very high -- I would worry less about transcendence and more about mastering basic survival, so you are a fully-functioning and mature ego.
Then you can shift focus to transcendence. You will simply not be capable of transcending if your ego is underdeveloped.

Not true.
The more conscious you become the more you can enjoy things and the miracle of Creation.

God no!
I do the opposite. I try to get out of my head and act like a drunk idiot just enjoying the party.
Not everything in life needs to be heady or metaphysical. A party is just a party.
There are times in life to contemplate and meditate, and other times to JUST PARTY!
I know exactly how hard it is because I went through exactly what you're going through.
I know exactly how negative your mind is.
And yet, there's no other solution but to approach. Sitting there making excuses is not going to solve anything.
It helps a lot to find an experienced wing-man in your town to guide you.

Hello Guys! This will be my first post in here
Just wanted to share my experience and insights I got from this groundbreaking trip of mine. 
 So lets take a look: 
Setting: At home late in the evening 
Set: All alone, with 1.5 tabs of LSD (Estimated 180ug per tab) 
Intention: What is consciousness? 
I have had precious trips where I became slightly conscious of what God is, what love is and how reality works. So I wanted to dig deeper this time. This being my 15th trip.
I began taking the tabs  around 9 pm, and under an hour the effects kicked in - I was in my room laying on the bed. Suddenly while being on the phone (waiting for the trip to kick in), the apps and text on the screen began moving aggressively. Now I knew I was in for a deep trip. While the effects kept becoming stronger, I could feel that my whole body was vibrating. It felt like strong waves of energy coming through my entire body. I felt lighter in my body, and my mind expanded. I could feel how the acid was making my brain more interconnected. - All of a sudden I felt the presences of God. I became conscious that we are not this body.
How foolish are we to think that we are separated from everything else. And how afraid of death we are. I remember being nervous at that moment, but then I reminded myself of the mindset I always take with me before a trip: "Surrender is the key - Surrender yourself, life, ego, identity, body and sanity to God and infinity". And when I surrendered I finally understood. Everything is Infinite Love. Death is paradise.
While having these realizations, there was a conversations going on with God. He told me "They don't understand when they give up, surrender I will give them Paradise. Death is paradise, there is no death! Everything and everyone is God". There were so many thoughts racing through my head - I felt like I was expanding to Infinity. But at the same time, my room was the only thing there was. I was completely present. Saw the beauty of everything - Everything was so magical and beautiful. 
The realizations just kept coming. It wouldn't stop. Life is Infinite Love and death is Infinite Love. When you truly forget yourself (Ego - Identity) and surrender, than God will give you paradise. The insights and conversation with God kept going deeper: "My design is to develop more complexity towards Infinite Love. You are God! You are Infinite Love. I am all alone and everything is my imagination, all people, the whole world is my imagination. I am beautiful, you are beautiful, Everything is beautiful and everything is Infinite. 
I became so mesmerized. It was to BIG to handle, it was indescribable. I was utterly in a state of amazement. - Later in the trip the thought of everything is meaningless came up. And I realized that everything is truly meaningless in the Absolute. Like if I died right now, it wouldn't make no difference at all. Its like we all are sleep walking through life and chasing all these meaningless things. - But with the presence of God I was well rested, that yes everything is meaningless. But its also Infinite Love. - The Love that God has to itself is infinite. To be is the goal. Its all about being. Life is about giving love to the creation. 
 
- I had more insights - But overall the theme of the trip was Love. - At a point in the trip I left my room. It was so weird, because I felt like a child again. Everything felt so big, so magical and utterly beautiful, everything was sharp, the colors so brighter, It felt like I was in a cartoon world (So far from the ordinary reality - Truly crazy what consciousness is capable of) . - It was so funny going around, and even more funny when I looked at myself in the mirror. I was lost in the beauty of my surroundings. And than right there! I became conscious of the Infinite Creativity. Thats existence right there for you it is Infinite Creativity/Imagination. We as humans have acces to this Infinite Creativity. Look around, we have built cities, machines, art etc. All stemming from this Infinite Creativity. - The thought came to me "Never underestimate human creativity". 
After some time (Didn't keep track of the time), the trip slowly faded away. And I was in a deep place of gratitude for these insights. Truly I feel like I need to be more grateful for everything in my life. It was one of the most profound and groundbreaking trips for me so far. Much deeper than the previous ones. Psychedelics is a gift, it can open your eyes to the Truth. 
Some Minor Insights I want to mention also
 
- Showing Gods love trough your Life Purpose. Yes everything is absolutely meaningless, but it doesn't matter - Because it gives you the freedom to do anything, to acces this Infinite Creativity and give love through your work. 
- Death of the ego/identity will ease a lot of things for you in your life. Yes its not easy in real life, but you have to remind your to surrender - Surrender to God - To the present moment. Let go of the constant pain and monkey chatter that the ego creates. Look at the beauty! Everything is beautiful! Look at the marvelous creation of God! 
- Infinity - God - Truth is indescribable. In way its so sad, because 99% of people in the world would in no way remotely understand what you are talking about. It is to deep, to radical, to insane. They wouldn't understand and It being indescribable because of its infinite nature, makes me wonder if there ever comes a day when this stuff becomes main stream. - And no spirituel teachings and major religions is the Truth. Neither Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism etc. is the Truth in it themselves. Many of these traditions do contain spirituel truths, some more than others. But in the end, they are all the finger pointing at the moon. - You have only yourself. Only you can realize the Truth. 
(I am in now way in a position to tell anyone what is true or not. And many of these insights and realizations is also for myself to work on. I am no where near being perfect or awakened. Just wanted to share with likeminded people. Because lets face it, many of us can't talk about this with 99% of the people in our life, neither with family or friends.) 
- I also have had minor personal insight, which I can't really put into words, But I'll try. - It was like God directed me to be more open to my feminine side and sexuality. In a way I feel like I understand, but its still not so clear for me. Like do I have to surround myself with more feminine energy and presence in my life? 
There were many more realizations and insights, some I remember and some not. But I feel like I wrote the essens of the trip. Thank you so much for reading! May God ease your pain and fill your life with Love. 
 
 
 
 

That is most true with materialistic stage Orange girls. Hippie girls are often more savvy, looking for soulmates and such.
Girls in Vegas are the loosest.

Of course it's both.
There are many technical aspects of game if you want to get really good. But there are also general principles of being more attractive and high value as a man. Ideally you master both.
No amount of high value will help you if you cannot do such a simple technical feat as open your mouth and talk to girl you've never met before, and do it in a charming, non-creepy, non-panicked way.

That's what happens when you start to self-actualize. You see more and more how much time and potential you squandered by doing other useless shit like a monkey.
That deep regret is a sign of you becoming more conscious. Most people are so asleep they never even know what they missed. They live and die in blissful ignorance.

@PenguinPablo You have to do some serious limiting-belief busting.
There's no way forward in life so long as your mind is full of those recirculating toxic beliefs.
I had to do a lot of busting of my limiting beliefs when I was starting out in this work.
The problem is, your potential in life is so monstrously huge that your mind will not believe it is real. It sounds too much like a pipe dream. The mind needs to be whipped into opening itself.

Exactly. Tradeoffs.
It is every girl's dream to catch a player and lock him down.
Well, it's playing with fire. Maybe you can lock him down, maybe you can't. Depends on what you're offering.
Dating is a sort of market auction system where buyers and sellers have to meet each other's value propositions.
The better you make yourself the higher your bids can be. The key, as with other areas of life, is to bring massive value to the negotiating table. Then you can get what you want. But most people are too lazy to up their value. They want to leech value.

Of course!
You act like this is some special handicap unique to you.
Literally EVERY guy struggles with this. Even experienced PUAs still get approach anxiety on their first few sets of the night. That's why warm up sets are so important, and building up state.
You really need to watch some old school RSD videos circa 2012, where all this is explained and addressed.
There is no trick to overcoming this problem. You must do hundred of approaches by facing your fears. You will realize all your fears are illusions. But no amount of logic will resolve this. Only approaching will.
You overcome it by realizing you're being a pussy, and by forcing yourself to approach regardless of how you feel.

There too many ways to list them all:
Grooming better Dressing better Having a strong sense of life purpose and direction Developing charisma Developing humor Developing confidence, leadership skills, speaking skills Earning money, becoming successful, reputable, famous Building a social circle of cool and positive friends Being more social Gaining experience with women Doing pickup & cold approach Developing flirting skills Improving your vocal tone and body posture Going to the gym and shaping up your body Improving your diet Building an amazing life for yourself Developing amazing sexual skills Developing emotional connection and your feminine side Meditation & consciousness work Self-love and self-acceptance Developing misc skills such at: cooking, home repair, home defense, sewing, arts & crafts, martial arts, yoga, photography, etc. Becoming a good human being Improving your communication skills Improving your relationship skills Learning, reading, knowledge Building an awesome bachelor pad/home that will make a girl wet just from walking in Traveling around the world And more... You could invest 10 years of full time work developing all that.
None of it is necessary to get laid, but all of it ups your value.
Bottom line: become awesome, and awesome people will gravitate towards you. Or stay lame, and lame people will gravitate towards you. But don't expect to have awesome people in your life while you're lame and too lazy to change yourself. A lazy, sloppy, victim attitude instantly makes you repulsive, since you are a value-leech, expecting something for nothing. If you want something special you must be eager to work for it.

Nothing. It just takes some courage and confidence in yourself.
If you can't muster the courage to even walk up and introduce yourself, why on earth would she ever let you inside her legs? A weak guy like you doesn't deserve a hot girl.
The solution is to become a strong guy. Strong guys get hot girls.
When you want something in life, you have to be willing to work your ass off for it. Amazing shit is not just gonna land in your lap. You must BUILD what you want. Do you want to be a strong guy? Then BUILD it! Don't ask "But how?" Just get started.

Evil does not exist. It is a projection of your mind.

Trump is 1000% uglier in private than in public and stories of his private ugliness will leak out for decades to come. But none of it will convince Trumpists.
By this point, any decent person understands that Trump is rotten to the core and a menace to democracy.

Yes, no different than if you were a man in a conservative small town, and started saying you're a woman.
People would look at you like you are insane. Because hardly anyone understands that these categories are mentally and socially constructed.