People got such messed up ideas about what freedom is.
Freedom is EVERYTHING.
Murdering someone is freedom.
Freedom is not what society is about. Society is about restriction. If you want freedom, go live in Siberia. But of course, nobody wants that kind of life. So here we are, with restrictions.
We have never had freedom of speech. We've always had restricted speech, and we always will.

This
You have no idea how deep this shit goes. Stop believing people and start practicing.
Consciousness is even more radical than Sadhguru tells you.

It's karma when the bubble bursts and many of these daytraders get screwed.
It's karma when these platforms deplatform these daytraders.
Daytraders add no value. They are theives and leeches the same as hedge fund managers.
These same daytraders you worship dream of being hedge fund managers, if only they had the capital to do it.
Yes, you are wrong. It's not just people buying stocks. It's mass manipulation of stocks to create bubbles that will crash on people's heads.

That doesn't matter.
These day traders are no heros. Daytrading is scum itself.
It's like you are cheering a bunch of rapists to rape a bunch of murderers and calling that justice.

SD is a tiny portion of what I teach. And that's a big deal. If all I taught was SD, that would be a problem.
Just as one example, Cook-Greuter's model is better than SD.
Survival, happiness
No, nobody gives a flying fuck about metaphysical or epistemic anything.
People mostly develop because they are either forced to by suffering or they are driven by an ambitious ego that wants goodies.

@kras Dude, she clearly wants to fuck you, she's just shy and uncomfortable. You are the man! It is your job to make her feel comfortable.
This situation could have been avoided with proper kino escalation. Google kino escalation ladder and follow it next time. You need to get her comfortable with your touch from the first second you meet up with her, otherwise things will get uncomfortable. You also need to charm her with humor, music, etc. And don't give up after one rejected kiss. Just butter her up some more and try the kiss again in 5 minutes.
Also, you need to bounce her around to multiple locations. The more locations the better. Don't close at the same location you meet and date.

Most humans don't have any sense of higher purpose. And you won't succeed in convincing them to pick one up. It's not part of their character structure.
The big factor here is ambition. Most people simply aren't ambitious and you will never make them ambitious so stop trying.
Either accept your ambitionless man or leave him and next time screen guys for ambition before sleeping with them.
Ambition is a fundamental character trait of the mind. You're born with it or you're not.
This is not an issue of confidence. It's an issue of ambition.

I was with a guy who was the son of a famous musician and was in a very good social circle.. 
Part of the reason why I dated him is because I never thought he would turn out to be bad. But he lied so much and he was abusive 
So all that is just fluff to me. 
And currently I am dating a very good guy. No, I'm not looking for some abusive alpha asshole.. 
But my past relationship with that musician guy had a tremendous impact on me, it almost traumatized me. I couldn't believe he was like that. 
Abuse happens everywhere. I wasn't dating some alcoholic pig. 

wishful sinking
become a celebrity, be healthy, develop charisma, take care of yourself. Be mature, learn game and develop emotional strength. You're a 10.
But why waste your precious time on Earth just to get a better looking women?
I had a super hot 19 year old gf who I got not because I'm famous but I was in her proximity and she fell in love with me. I am tall, good-looking but she is way waaay out of my league when it comes to looks.
Guess what? I got quickly used to all the attention we get whereever we go, all the "respect" I get from other men for conquering that women's heart.
This is all just bullshit survival stuff, do we need their validation for happiness? No, this is all just an illusion. 
She was not a great match, she was still very immature, not so bright on the inside, so I ended up breaking up with her as it was just bad and boring being in a relationship with her.
There goes your 10/10 dream girl. 
Turns out she was a 10 on society's scale but not on mine. Being hot is just 1 aspect, finding women with valueable inner world is not what game can directly get you.
You being a 10/10 can only get you so far.

Lol
The most conservative women on online dating sites are the biggest sluts
Whenever a girl writes in her profile:
"I'm not looking for causal sex or hook-ups."
That's how you know she will fuck you on the first night.
It's all bullshit. Stop buying it when these girls peddle you their virginhood and saintliness. Stage Blue people are sexually repressed freaks and that sexuality is just waiting to explode like a Champagne cork.
Don't be surpised with your virgin girl comes to Vegas and gets banged by 3 strangers in one night. And then the next day acts like she's still a virgin. It's all an act. And she bullshits herself as much as she bullshits you.

Genetics have always been a privilege. Good genetics are a valuable thing. Not just in terms of looks, but many other factors too.

@Ghost
A) Stop dating girls that young. 25 at least, preferably 30ish. What do you expect from a 19 year old? She'll be as dumb as a coffee table.
B) Of course you should be screening girls on more than just looks. Sacrifice a few points on looks to get a better personality and higher wisdom/maturity. Game can certainly help you with this since it will give you more options and screening is an important part of proper game. The mistake is thinking of a 10 as purely based on looks. 10 means the whole package, which includes personality, education, cognitive development, spiritual development, career, finances, etc. All that stuff matters. Settle for a 7-8 on looks.
C) And of course society's 10 scale is totally irrelevant. Make your own scale.

Close friends are worth developing, and being okay with being alone is a great trait to have, because then you can make friends that genuinely vibe with you as opposed to friends for the sake of friends. 
I'm fine with being alone too, but a lot of my growth happened when I had support from friends who I consider my family. 
Close friends can help you become more you (authentic)

This guy totally rubs me the wrong way. I tried to read his book, the 10X rule but couldnt finish it. I think it would be difficult to try and find a bigger ego than this guys ego. Definitely not someone that I respect.  

Good speech:
The thing that progressives don't understand about "unity" is that while it might sound hokey and trite, in the end, it is the highest truth and it is an important message for leaders to put out into the public consciousness because reality is Unity and that is not merely a platitude.

Creating art is providing value. Just because your art goes unappreciated is another matter.
That you compare scummy crypto investors with Van Gogh is absurd.
No, that's according to your logic.
You are conflating Van Gogh's art with investing in gold. If all Van Gogh did was invest in gold you would have no idea who Van Gogh was.
It's your responsibility to find a way to provide value which other people appreciate.
There are many starving artists in the world. It is not enough to create art, you must create art which other people are willing to pay for. This makes your job twice as hard. And that's correct.
Here are the levels of making a living:
Level 1: Being a pure value leech
Level 2: Providing value but in a toxic way that harms others
Level 3: Providing value which doesn't harm others but also isn't art
Level 4: Doing art but no one is willing to pay well for it
Level 5: Doing art, providing massive value, and getting paid well for it
Reaching Level 5 requires some serious strategy and effort. It will not land in your lap.

Also, I know this thread is focused on BTC but anyone see that 
Ethereum hit all time highs yesterday? Hopefully there's a nice dip to around $1100 before it flies off again! 
 

The biggest function public intellectuals serve is to keep you from doing the hard work of contemplating things for yourself.
You don't want to think. You want to be told all the answers. Which is the whole problem.
"All of mankind's problems stem from an inability to sit alone in a room and contemplate."

@7thLetter Yeah, if it drops short term I'm all for it as just means we can buy more, I'm only interested in HODLing BTC & ETH long term, Alt coins are different ofc. 
 

@Leo Gura Trading is all about looking at previous data to understand where price is likely to head next. It's never a 100% thing that's what people have confused. It's more of a 50-70% chance of being right based on your skill/analysis.
Yes there's a lot of similarities with gambling but gambling is based on pure luck and guessing.
You can't look at the data to understand it'll hit red or black at the roulette table.
Me coming back to this thread proves my analysis was right honestly, if it hits my target.
But of course, I'm not claiming I know. I don't know, i don't know, I don't know. All I know are the probabilities.

Your logic is a silly as telling me that you'll come back several months later to see who was right about red or black at the roulette tablet.
Your problem is meta.
I am not saying BitCoin will go up or go down. I'm saying no one has a clue. Coming back months later and showing me your money proves absolutely nothing.

Yesterday I was at a spiritual workshop where we were healing the divine feminine / masculine within us.
As I was spilling my guys to a woman who was supposed to represent the divine feminine for me, I had talk about how distorted my view of femininity and women in general had become over the years.
Because of all the negative experiences I had in the past, my perception was so biased against women. Pickup fit into that world view.
It's a nuanced issue because on the one hand, I know how it can benefit guys. I was a part of that community for a while and it did help.
But ultimately, it still presents a distorted form of sexuality / dating.
What's even more interesting is that the feminine is so repressed, that even women don't always seem to realize it. They think this is normal and what healthy sexuality looks like.
And certainly we don't need to moralize against people who engage in a more surface level form of dating. But I don't find it fits with my current world view.
Pickup paints this picture that you are in charge of your dating life. Meeting a girl is an act of will that you can control. When in reality, I find that I meet a girl when the time is right. And most of the time it's not because of anything I "did".
If anything, it's like the universe decides that it's time for us to meet. And when that happens, the most bizarre circumstances can bring you together.
That timeline for that happening is also not necessarily on the "pickup" timeline. It could be fast, but it also could take a long time.
It's not about being passive. It's about really listening to what you want and feels good. What you feel guided to do.
Maybe that's approaching. But maybe it's nothing at all.
In other words, there's a lot of "force" that goes on in pickup. Guys trying to force themselves to approach. Guys trying to force themselves to be attractive. Forcing everything.
Maybe that's a useful paradigm for a while, but eventually you got to let that go.
I don't doubt that there's a conscious way to teach guys how to meet women. But so far I've seen very little of it.

@Hardkill Most relationships fail, period. Makes no difference how great you are. Doesn't even matter how enlightened you are. End of explanation.

Hahaha...
The way our culture defines success and intelligence is so fucked.