You don't need dick extension surgery if you are hung like Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights.
Anyone doing professional sports is exceptionally genetically gifted. Such people are in the top 1% of the bell curve. If they weren't they would not even have a chance to compete. Merely the cost of entry into that arena is having top 1% genetics. This is true of all sports. Which is why all competitive sports are stupid. All you're doing is comparing genetic lottery numbers while telling yourself how good you are. You are only that good because you had the foundation to be that good. You didn't create the foundation, God gave it to you.
This is true of all the world's greatest mystics. The dirty secret is that they didn't do it, they were given it. And Bashar is no exception to this. The idea that some technique will replace the right foundation is one of the greatest scams in human history. Foundation will always trump technique and effort.

A good book is self-validating.
If you need some authority figure to tell you that Mastery is a powerful book, you got some serious problems with your head.
Stop seeking popular stuff. Popular stuff is designed for morons. Which is why it became popular. Because most people are morons.

The perfect strange loop: going to SeaWorld to see caged up animals makes you passionate about wanting to save them

When you meet God's IQ, you'll change your mind.
And good news, God is you!

Think of it like this: anyone can go to the gym and put on muscle. Everyone's body can naturally create testosterone -- even women! But you will never naturally achieve this look:

Your body cannot produce that much natural testosterone. And to tell newbies that it can is utterly irresponsible and misleading.
No gym technique will give you that look. The only way to get that look is to inject testosterone.
If you insist on going "all natural" -- fine. But you will not be as conscious as one who takes psychedelics. Not even close.
You are like a woman thinking you can be Ronnie Coleman while drinking your soy as long as you hit the gym hard enough. No!
Shinzen Young did 40 years of professional meditation. I can be more conscious than him in 15 minutes. That is the reality of how this works. You can make all the rationalizations you want, but the brute reality remains.

@30secs No, because the point of religion is to distract you from Truth. That's it's function. That's the function of all ideologies.
All the major religions are already built upon enlightenment. They are the distractions unenlightened people created to avoid becoming enlightened.
The only paradigm shift that can happen is you deciding to throw all ideologies away, sitting down, and discovering Truth. Everything else is a distraction.

The more I’m doing work to embody my greatest actualized self, the less I can bear others I’m related to, my family, and the drama that’s going on.
They have such poor emotional control, and their lives, as well as the lives of others around me for whom I’m not related to, is all about survival, angry drama and gossip.
There are pigs rolling around in mud, and then there are the eagles soaring high.
I no longer take their advice about careers or of anything, it’s all lowest common denominator survival oriented advice and not at all about how to self actualize.
Just looking for some solidarity.

And, is this what life is about? Surviving by an 9-5 job that makes you dream of the weekends and retirement? Getting married to someone you argue with, then having children for which are resentful of you despite you having thrown thousands of dollars at them in expensive gadgetry? Because that’s the life my relative and family are living. The Western materialist existence is a soulless existence.

You are EVERYTHING, which means you are every asshole and rapist who ever lived. Get used to it. Stop judging reality, since you are it.
Accept that you are EVERYTHING.
Spirituality is not about becoming a good person or attaining a good future. It is about accepting EVERYTHING. Absolutely. All the ugliest shit you must accept. There is no other way to get peace.

@Podie45 What this situation is showing you is that you haven't found your niche in life yet.
Finding your niche is a journey and an ordeal. Don't give up and don't settle for a dead end job. You can get a wage job to hold you over but your eyes must be towards finding your niche, where the work you do fits your values and your talents.
You have to think outside the box. I knew a guy who was a nature hiking guide in Wyoming or Montana. He lived a simple life in mountains and in the summers he would give hiking and canoo tours to tourists.
Find your niche. It doesn't have to be in the city.
I knew another guy who quit Wall Street to travel around the country doing Japanese swordfighting and Zen meditation. He lived and slept out of his van. He made money as a roving massage therapist.

Obviously yes. Nothing I say goes against that.
The point is to make yourself so attractive that she is begging to have sex with you.
BUT, this does not mean you don't lead her proactively into it. Leading is still very important.
You're not going to logically persuade a girl to have sex with you anyways.
But sometimes she can be hesitant. You gotta make her comfortable.
Lead, lead, lead. Then if she says No, you of course back off.
Most weak guys give up way too soon. So for such guys it is good advice to burn every set to the ground. Make her tell you NO! Push it to see what you can get away with. This does not mean forcing yourself on her, but be persistent. This is not really necessary in normal dating situations, but if you are hitting the bars and clubs and doing cold approach and SNLs, then you gotta get good at dealing with all the BS obstacles and logistics. If you are doing casual dating from your social circle then such things are not necessary. But in a place like Vegas you gotta burn every set to the ground and push the envelope.

No
All my work is backed up due to health issues. Whenever those are resolved is when more work will get done. There are no guarantees of anything at this point.

Stop consuming all junk food and sweet drinks. Simple.
You are poisoning your body and ruining your health. It will catch up with you. You're at the age where that shit ain't free any more.

@AlwaysJoggin The solution is to stop being needy and develop abundance.
The harsh truth you don't want to accept is that you're needy. Which is why this whole thing bothers you. And she probably smelled it off you and ran away.
The only thing that will lose you girls faster than neediness is creepiness. Girls know how to sniff out neediness the way pigs sniff out truffles. She sniffed you out for a week or two and found you lacking.
You will keep losing girls until you bite the bullet and grow into a stronger man with some balls.

Nah, that don't mean shit.
Nah, they don't owe you sex. That is your agenda, not her's.
 

Hehe....
That's how women are.
Which is why you never invest in a woman before sex.

Ignorance is bliss -- in the short term.
But also, don't underestimate how bad your friends' lives are. Your friends are miserable deep down and their lives are a house of cards which can easily get knocked over.
They have been practicing mindlessness. That's why. When you don't contemplate life, life is easier. You just live like animal.
Takes years and decades to develop that.
It is a mistake to compare yourself to others, compare yourself to your old self.
No! They are morons. Which, oddly, makes them happier.
Living a contemplative life is hard.
Which is why your friends aren't doing it.
The reality is that you have hardly even begun to do consciousness work. You think you're doing it, but you've only dipped your toe in the water, hence you don't have much results.
If you are going to pursue a conscious life, you have to hold yourself to very different standards than average people. You take on WAY more responsibility.
But also: Don't forget to have fun too! Don't be too serious about life.

I'm telling you, the vast majority of spirituality is genetic. Doubt me if you want, but it is what it is.
It's the elephant in the room no teacher dare speak. Yet the facts bear it out. It's not for lack of techniques that creatures lack God-realization. If you are born an ant, you're fucked.
Simple and obvious really. You just don't want to accept it. And none of your rationales or excuses will change this.
But hey, I will not try to debate it or prove it to you. Find out for yourselves.

If you are an ectomorph, of course.
If you eat a whole foods based diet it's hard to get fat. Getting fat mostly comes from eating processed foods which are super calorie dense, nutrient dense, and addictive. Like cookies.
Most fat people eat junk food. That's why they fat. And most of that junk food is refined carbs.

You didn't really ask any clear questions. So how can you expect to get clear answers? You just sort of rambled on about your life. To get quality advice you must ask quality questions.
Yes, this is good and you should pursue that. Build your life. Build a custom life that suits you.
If sounds like you need basic self-help work more than spiritual work. Ground yourself in real life and discipline yourself to create material results.

Spirituality is like 95% genetics and 5% techniques. Gurus don't tell you this cause it's bad for business.
If you doubt this, take a look at a donkey. How many spiritual donkeys do you know? It ain't for lack of technique.
If not for this, everyone would be awake and humans wouldn't be so dumb. It's hard to fix stupid with a technique. That's the bottom line.

The point of this thread is that men are luckier than women, because it's easier for a man to raise his sexual value.
Takes lots of work though.
Exceptionally physically good-looking men and women alike get special treatment. This has always been the case and will always be the case. It is like being born to a millionaire family. It is a rare gift that lands in your lap. And if you get it, you will certainly use it to advance your survival.

@Godishere Most serious spiritual teachers are exceptionally gifted. They do not have a normie brian or neurochemistry. Which is why they rose to the level of a teacher. They are worldclass people.
There is a good reason why less than 0.0001% of the planet is awake. Most folk simply lack the hardware to do it. Psychedelics help bridge that gap.
Some people are basically born mystics and enlightened. Some do zero work to get it. It's like being born with a huge cock. Yeah, a guy born with a footlong cock doesn't need any pills. But is that you?

It's true that it is easier for a man to increase his attractiveness simply because women are less attracted to looks than men are.
It's easier to change your personality, status, wealth, and game than your looks. But even so, it's still not easy and most guys are too lazy to do it.