I've had a lot of experience with dentists.
Here's the bottom line:
1) Visit 5-10 dentists and find one who you like/respect. Only visit dentists who get 4/5 star reviews. And don't do business with the busiest dentists who have 500+ reviews. Once a dentist is that popular/busy, they start to get overworked and sloppy. Find dentists who have 4/5 star reviews but not too many, so they are hungry for business and don't take you for granted. Once they have 500+ reviews they will stop caring about you and start treating you like a cog in a machine. And make sure there is only 1 dentist you're dealing with, not a bunch of them in one office who substitute in for each other. You must deal with 1 guy who you hold responsible from beginning to end. Know your dentist by name and make sure he knows you.
2) Never just take their word for anything. Anything they recommend to you, first you ask them for an itemized price list printed out on paper, then you tell them that you will take a few days to think it about. Never make any purchase decisions while you're sitting in the dentist's chair.
3) Don't be afraid to boss them around and tell them what you want. Make them listen to you. They work for you, not the other way around. If your dentist is not willing to listen to you, axe him. When shopping for dentists, ask him questions to test whether he is the kind of person who will listen to you, or the kind who only does what he wants to do. Also observe how distracted he is and how hurried he is. If he is distracted or hurried, running around between multiple patients, don't work with him. The key is to find an honest, hard-working, patient dentist who hasn't yet turned his practice into a factory machine.
Follow these simple laws and you should have great results.

Life is a harsh thing.
You guys are getting too spoiled and comfortable. Most people and creatures in the world are barely surviving.
Go look at the people in Gaza right now. What's off is that you're out of touch.

I freaking love philosophy. I love it so much in fact that I would pull my hair out if I had to sit in a philosophy lecture and hear some professor teach me about metaphysics or epistemology.
That's a looooot of money that you're paying a university to barely even scratch the surface of what the true meaning of philosophy is...
Oh and don't even get me started on essays. Just make sure you use reputable sources. That means anything outside the currently accepted paradigm is not allowed.
For the record, I am in the same position as you are. This is how I see the situation.
I see university in terms of its opportunity cost. What ELSE could I be doing with that time and money?
- meditation retreats
- reading real philosophy books
- start a business 
 
Sorry if I didn't answer your question about what it's like to pursue the major... but  I have had discussions in depth with friends who have actually majored in philosophy. After majoring in philosophy and then watching every video on actualized.org. My 25 year-old friend told me that he didn't learn 1 thing in school. Especially compared to the quality of info here for free at your fingertips.
 
 
 

Metaphysical oneness. The unity of all things. The imaginary nature of all differences.
If all differences are imaginary, that means everything is ultimately One. This metaphysical connection between all things IS Love proper. And human emotions of love are just a reflection of that Love.

Ralston is one of the few books you want to sit down and carefully read. Most other books don't demand that.

1) Employment is always uncertain. You just do the best you can and hope for the best. And if that doesn't work, you keep trying and trying, or you think about other kinds of work.
2) Optimism is required when applying for jobs. You have to believe in yourself. But of course you also have to prepare yourself properly for interviews, learn how to optimize your resume, portfolio of work, and job applications. So it's not just blind hope, it's about training and preparing yourself well.
3) I wouldn't think about percentages or odds in this case. Your attention should be on how to optimize your entire application process to entice employers, to make yourself a stand-out candidate. The best way to do that is to build up an impressive portfolio of work by doing small personal side projects. Have some work to show your employers. If your work is good enough there is no doubt people will want to hire you. So it's really just about having good work to show. Which is something that's entirely within your control. It's not something you just sit back and hope for. You build it.
4) You can find online courses which teach you how to submit good resumes, how to do good job interviews, and more. You should study this domain and learn all the traps of the job application process and how to do it properly. This is a kind of skill you must learn in addition to your engineering skills.

I think the YouTube Community post would have reached lots of your followers and probably most of us here on the forum, and the life purpose course users (only people who matter to see the announcement). Unless you didn’t want to break the complete silence on YouTube for whatever reason.
Your Instagram story post / feed post could have reached lots of your true fans (dont think many follows u on Instagram unless they are true fans).
Cuz if a small percentage would have known, they would have at least spread the news in the comments where lots of people were worried.
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I am sorry if I was intrusive to your personal life but I actually hit up one of your wingmen in their ig dms to ask if they know that you are all good.
I’m personally going through and griefing a big loss in my life right now and losing you as well as most likely my biggest role model, influence, mentor, guide and North Star for the most recent years and many foreseeable to come… would have been devastating.
Sorry if I sound too dramatic. As an ENFJ, I am a deeply emotional being.
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I promise I am not worshipping you or making you my guru, nor are you my only source of information. But let’s be real here. Your whole job is to take the best of everything and integrate them into a holistic, conscious, integrous understanding. And you are one of the most conscious people in the world, so.
Ultimately, I just need you to kick my ass and call me out on my bullshits a bit longer 
…As a fellow traveler, a fellow friend on this human journey to God. 
Thank You 🤍

It's not a scam, but the status associated with it is.
People who buy G Wagons do it for status moreso than for a quality car. Because you can get quality car for much cheaper.

Porn isn't the problem, it's attention-whoring Instagram models luring in simps by jiggling their ass. You don't have to search for it to get flooded with that kind of content and it's bad for both young men and women.
Porn is better for you than these attention-whoring IG models. Porn serves a necessary function. These models are just wasting your time and distracting you from working on your day.
I wish IG had a setting to turn off all female models and celebrities. That is the trashiest of content. That would improve IG by 50% at least.

The key is to focus on your strengths, what's you're good at, and your passions. No one will care what university you went to unless it was like Harvard. And even then, you competence and experience matters way more.
You can find girls to hook up with at any college.

As I said, buy whatever you want. Just be mindful of how brands brainwash you with fantasies of their products.
No, top universities have higher quality professors and students.
Although of course there is a major status game going on there as well.

My pickup line for the night was:
"You're Perfect. I want to sell you into sexual slavery."

The best way to explain game to normies is: "I'm going out to build to social skills."

One time I was kicked out of a hotel for "sex trafficking".
I told a girl a pickup line that didn't land well, she freaked out, immediately ran to the police, and they told me that I can either leave quietly or they will arrest me. I was given a police escort off the property.

It is above all proof that you can be rich and have no taste.

1. Wherever you feel safer. If both are equally safe, I personally would be outdoors with my skin in contact with the Earth.
2. I recommend starting with 10-20 mg. The concentration of 5-MeO-DMT in dried venom can vary and it's better to be safe. By starting low you also give yourself time and space to acclimate to what it actually means to let go. You can always take more, but there's no undoing too large of a dose.
3. Clean diet, fasting, sobriety, breathwork, and meditation can help set the stage. You must come to the experience with an empty stomach. Some people vomit, and if that's the case it's better to only release some water. Whoever is sitting must be ready, willing, and able to appropriately respond to all possible reactions including but not limited to: laughing, weeping, vomiting, screaming, shaking, thrashing, and attempting to get up and walk/run away.
What matters is that your physical body is safe, and that you continue to release and relax into the experience as it unfolds. As you unfold into...you.
If you have any more questions or want to further discuss anything please ask. Wishing you all the best. This is a powerful and beautiful medicine.
 

Mostly.
Luxury items are mostly scamming your money to sell you a childish fantasy. Watches, clothes, and cars especially. And the more luxury and pricey they are, the more of a scam it is. It's a mind-scam. These brands fool you into thinking these things are important and valuable when they basically aren't.
A $20,000 Rolex is a mind-scam.
Nobody needs these items, they don't even have good build quality, and they won't make you happy.

Keep in mind that the men who are getting angry and bitter are mostly ones who aren't approaching, they are keyboard warriors.

Hitler was not such a deep thinker that we must strain to understand him.
The notion that American scholars do not understand Hitler is silly.
I already explained that.
An ultra-conservative has to be revolutionary simply because relative to such a view all of society looks way too liberal.
If I wanted to return to traditional American values of slavery and genocide of savages, I would have to wage a radical revolution that would make Ben Shapiro and Alex Jones look like weepy social justice warrior libs and care bears.
A hardcore conservative would rape, execute, and enslave everyone outside his tribe. Don't kid yourself.

It's almost impossible to get fat eating whole meat, veggies, and fruits. Regardless of exercise.
To get fat you need to eat lots of refined carbs, sugars, fats, junk, and sweets.
Fat people are not eating healthy.
My guess is Owen has been eating out at fancy restuarants again, like in his early days. Or just overworking himself and eating junky fast-food. Owen keeps himself so busy that it's probably hard for him to find time for cooking whole foods.

Preety, a former member here, had BPD and it made helping her very difficult because she could not control her emotions. It got so out of hand that eventually I had to ban her. I hope she finds help.
I feel bad for people stuck in such a situation.

Sunwarrior is full of heavy metals.
Watch out. Powdered food is not to be trusted, no matter how expensive or "vegan" it is.
Try to stick to whole foods.

Obviously your DNA mostly doesn't change. Obviously your metaphysical identity as God doesn't change. But I wasn't talking about those. I was talking about your core personality. That also doesn't really change. Your personality is deeply connected to your strengths and values. But your personality requires work to unearth and blossom. So what changes is that you unearth yourself.
And then of course stuff like your mind, your worldview, your beliefs, and your habits can change a lot if you pursue serious growth, development, and life experience.

You can live in a golden castle, but if your physical or mental health is messed up then you might as well be living in hell.