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@Nahm Please clarify what insight you are talking about @Fearless_Bum The content of thoughts is not experience or truth itself, but it represents or points to experience either accurately (truthfully) or inaccurately (falsely). Why the fuck are you even using language if it doesn't offer any insight or truth, just goofy. The fact that we are even here conversing proves my very point. Consider that its only in the inadequacy of being unable to make accurate maps and understand things conceptually that people claim its impossible to. And no need to tell me I win, its almost self-evident. @Carl-Richard Don't confuse the domains of relative and absolute truth. Obviously Truth can't be verbally communicated satisfactorily, but truth can.

@Nahm Everything, refers to all qualia, components, elements, degrees, etc. in absolute infinity, and how that it all exists on an infinite scale. There is no end to how strong something can be, how intelligent something can be, how enlightened something can be. What is misleading and where is the conjecture?

@Nahm Yes the audio verbalization and visual symbol of "listening" are associated with thoughts, and this contextualization of experience is a thought. Does this go to show something? @Carl-Richard Was it not your intention to convey truth / understanding / wisdom through your (thought/language based) communication? @Fearless_Bum Yes those are symbols / words / concepts / labels which are thought-based, however I am talking about what they refer to. Take a step back and look at how you sound ? hahahaha

@Vercingetorix It sounds like expression / sharing is a need you fulfill with socialization. Have you tried journaling, writing letters, art, music or other forms of expression that don't require others? What if any thoughts are associated with these feelings of loneliness and heaviness? Why do you want to transcend these negative emotions / reactions, or desires for socializing and interaction? I think its possible for people to be content without others, is this what you want?

@Nahm How so @Fearless_Bum I see a claim but no support

@Michiryoku What is meaning?

@Nahm Lol somehow I can say the same but I'm listening @Carl-Richard I wonder what your intention is with that very statement then

@Nahm Are those thoughts? Yes Do certain thoughts represent truthhood (congruent with experience) or falsehood (incongruent with experience)? Yes

@Nahm Let me clarify. Thoughts can represent falsehood and truth "Grass is blue", experientially a thought, but also representing falsehood, in saying that what we call grass is experienced as the color blue as a human on this earth, which is not congruent with experience "Grass is green", experientially a thought, but also representing truth, in that what we call grass is experienced as the color green as a human on this earth, which is congruent with experience

@Vincent S Everything progresses infinitely even enlightenment, so there are stages and states beyond this

@Nahm The fact of that the statement itself is a thought doesn't take away from the content, what that thought represents, that thoughts can also think and have their own thoughts. It is true that experientially it is a thought, yet the content of the thought also represents the truth.

@Javfly33 Take action. This is kind of like theory vs. practice Also, try to get in that same state outside as you are inside. Do you live in a violent or aggressive place?

@WokeBloke Its possible for thoughts to think and have their own thoughts.

Understanding / Why

@caelanb Perhaps try to go for proper grammar, if not just go for it making sense. Then perhaps focus on the most funny thing that happen that day. When it comes to minor hiccups, misunderstandings or roadblocks on these type of exercises, perhaps just try to focus on the main goal of the exercise and not be to OCD when it comes to the specifics. (Though keep a mind there probably are some types of endeavors where that is neccessary or helpful) Depending on how much you want to be funny, how much of a priority it is, perhaps that can determine how much practice you will put in. Whether its starting with one exercise, and gradually adding more, or starting all the exercises at once. Either is possible. If you have the time (you do) and inclination then perhaps just start on all the exercises to be funny as fast as possible.

Power

@charlie cho You could say there is expression with others and by yourself. One has the added social benefits, and the other can be seen as more versatile and independent. As for expression with others, just talking and expressing both non-verbally and verbally your emotions, thoughts, feelings, desires, fears, etc. As for expression with self, you can journal, write letters, make art, make music, etc, but I personally find journaling the most effective

There are different components, reasons why people socialize, they can include Validation / Approval Connection / Affinity / Belonging Expression / Release Helping / Giving Mating / Romance / Sex Entertainment / Humor / Amusement / Fun Learning Support (Financial, Emotional, Personal vs. Societal, etc.) For each of those there is a giving / receiving end. Like for learning, the giving end would be teaching. As you could say both parties are benefiting from the interaction. However, alot of those needs can be met without others / socializing. Sometimes people want to be in solitude to overcome --- or rather transcend ---- these needs for enlightenment or development or whatever. What do you mean by treat it similarly? You could say they are "fundamentally" different needs, one is neccessary for the continuation of this physical form and one is not? Loneliness I would say can be a combination of different emotions / thoughts, and not as simple as not socializing = loneliness. It could be feeling inadequate or unworthy due to lack of validation of others, could be feeling sexually frustrated due to lack of opposite sex or whatever. What do you mean by loneliness? What do you mean by an escape? One could say drinking is an escape from sensations/emotions of thrist and eating is an escape from sensations/emotions of hunger, although those are a bit different. What causes you to want to avoid socialization and face loneliness? Enlightenment/Development? Wanting to be able to be independent? Content with solitude? Would you say you are an introvert or extrovert? Have you been too dependent on others in the past?

@Carl-Richard Thanks for sharing, this is great. It falls under understanding, if only pure understanding (understanding for its "own sake). I wonder how you could apply this, it does offer decent insight into how work is done, the physical, mental, emotional, etc components of tasks / effort / work. Different jobs require different skillsets, and are different levels of complexity. Also it doesn't seem like this model is building on each other, a task can include some levels but not other levels.

@omar30 Yes, though its probably not going to be easy. Perhaps its all that work would just be condensed into one day perhaps. Unless you, or perhaps you have to, also combine efficiency, in terms of maximizing the pace (speed of work completion) and cuts (cutting out unneccessary steps).

@Zakaria Taking notes on the computer is faster, easier, and has less friction than paper. Its also easier to find, sort and review your notes. So its basically overall better. Look for the main ideas and write those, write as if you are making an outline / study sheet for you to review later, only the main ideas or whatever comes to mind. As you try it and start taking notes, you will learn and figure this shit out. Also OneNote has a pretty decent online note taking software, with organization of Notebooks, Folders, Page Collections, Pages, etc and online cross-device syncing.

Maybe cause it's fun, a nice feeling of esteem/identity/ego through the perception, assertion and evaluation of superiority, and appreciation of believed worth What's so bad or wrong about that?

Do both of them. You probably waste hours a day with inefficiency. If your competent or efficient enough then you can do both. List your priorities, so you can weight activities, endeavors and goals based on that. Reach set goals in each endeavor, so that you can move onto the next one (which may eventually lead to "self-actualization"), as a primary focus. Make a list of everything you want to do (like perhaps some rather crude PUA-esque goals I won't list here), and reach there ASAP, while appreciating the journey ofcourse. Lets just say you have your entire life to self-actualize, and you have your youth to fuck and party. Make sure you maximize the later, while it is most viable, suitable and reasonable to do so. Be aware, and more so careful, that along the self-actualization and enlightenment path, your motivation and desires (for certain things atleast) may weary and drop, at least temporarily. And also, notice that this may be a false dichotomy. Completely maximizing your youth, fun, sex, partying while your young, may actually even help you in your journey to self-actualize, perhaps through the process of elimination or whatever. So in summary Do both (Or if you can't than ---> Maximize your youth, fucking, partying (with self-actualization in the backdrop) ------> Move into more focus on self-actualization after Based on the limit of what you have given here, and have said you want, I think this is may one of the better set of pathways for you but then again I dont know blah blah, it depends blah blah blah

@Leo Gura Welcome back Had lots of notes/insights from this video alone What is the note software that you use now? Please remember to have several back-ups, across various systems, hard drives, flash drives, etc. For both the old software, OneNote, and the new software, even if it is on the cloud.

Were you physically and sexually attracted to her? To what degree? How did it feel? Did it feel physically pleasant? Why do you think it was difficult to have an erection (in the moment)? Were there similar occurrences in your past (in casual relationships as well as serious ones)? How certain are you that it would be different in a serious relationship? What level of sexual interest / libido do you usually have? (Basically how horny are you?) Do you want to be able to enjoy casual sex? I'll offer an opposing perspective here. Be open-minded to, or consider, possible ED, sexual dysfunction, low libido, or this being a "bad" thing, to different degrees depending on the answers to the questions above