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Diet For Consciousness Work
Diet For Consciousness WorkHave you ever watched how Eskimos live and eat in Alaska, or in Siberia?
That puts a hole in your neat little theory very quick. Their diet is like 90%+ animals. And they have been living that way for 10,000 years at least.
Human beings are very diverse creatures. We have adapted to live and eat in radically diverse environments. We are omnivores, which gives us more flexibility than many other animals. We are more like bears than cats or cows. If you lived in the Arctic circle (as many people do, and have done), you simply couldn't survive there on fruits and vegetables.
Of course there are obvious no-no's when it comes to healthy diet, like no corn syrup, no trans fats, no deep fried food, no soda, no hormones, no antibiotics, no chemicals, no refined wheat, no ice cream, no McDonalds, no candy, etc. But there is a lot of variation as far as what a healthy diet looks like.
And on top of that, most people are addicted to decades of bad diets. So they cannot transition to an all-fruit diet overnight. They would require years of inner work to actually pull that off successfully.
Not to mention that most people probably couldn't afford an organic all-fruit diet. That would increase their grocery bill by at least x4. And if you don't do organic, it's not at all clear that all those pesticides won't eventually kill you faster than ice cream.
Human nutrition is a very complex field. The science on it just isn't good enough yet. We'll probably need another 100 years of research before we have a clear picture of all the good stuff vs all the bad stuff. But even so, it is still possible to eat a lot healthier right now, so don't let this be an excuse to eat ice cream.
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Diet For Consciousness Work
Diet For Consciousness WorkBut what kind of vegan is the question? It's easy to be a vegan while drinking Coke and eating potato chips.
Potatoes are mostly empty calories. They also bog down your body/mind and increase your sleep quota.
Health in food comes from concentration of LIVE nutrients and phytochemicals vs calories. Potatoes are mostly just starch & sugars. I do eat them though. They're better than wheat products.
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Diet For Consciousness Work
Diet For Consciousness Work@Max_V Drop your desire to gain muscle. Nature gave you exactly as much muscle as you need.
I haven't eaten wheat for years. You replace it with fruits and veggies and eating less calories overall.
Rice is a good source of calories. Or even potatoes are far superior to bread. Or bananas.
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Why do women like guys who are good at texting? Or do they care at all?
Why do women like guys who are good at texting? Or do they care at all?They don't care about your texting.
If a girl isn't attracted to you in the real world she will not respond to your clever texts. Text game is mostly BS sold to guys by coaches who want money.
If a girl is attracted to you she will tolerate very shitty text game. You'd have to say something awful to screw it up, like being sexually explicit or creepy.
The rules of good text game are simple:
Don't be sexually explicit or vulgar Don't insult or offend her Don't text too much or come off desperate or needy Don't be too gamey or try-hard Don't be too vague and ambiguous so she cannot misinterpret you Basically just be normal, chill, light-hearted, clear, and use texts to set up the date. Don't get too clever with it. That cleverness will backfire.
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The Power of Traditional Psychotherapy (and Psychiatry)
The Power of Traditional Psychotherapy (and Psychiatry)Well, that's a deep topic. But to me the therapist needs to have a deep grasp of consciousness and trans-personal psychology. They need to know how to think outside the box, not just blindly conform to some cookie-cutter psychoanalytical ideology. They need a metaphysical grasp of the ego, and some degree of personal transcendence of ego.
Without the above, the therapist is basically corrupt and deluded. It then becomes like the blind leading the blind.
Imagine if Jordan Peterson was your therapist. God help you.
Then again, it all depends on what your goals are. I am biased towards profound goals with this work. If your goals are more modest, like fixing some minor relationship problem or weight problem, then you don't need such a deeply grounded therapist. Some hack will do.
But if you're going to be doing psychedelics, you're gonna be more conscious than your therapist and your existential issues will be above the therapist's head. In this case the therapist will drag you down into her own delusional materialist "reality". For example, you might tell your therapist that death isn't real or that you are God, and she will tell you you're crazy. But really, she is projecting her own delusion onto you. Because in this case she is the crazy one pretending to be sane. She's just not conscious enough to understand psychological work at such deep levels.
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Consequences of a unregulated dating market (hypergamy)
Consequences of a unregulated dating market (hypergamy)I know I’m right about it. My eyes don’t deceive me. The mundane reality is much gentler and nicer than the falsehood.
People are people. And there’s literally no one out there who’s universally undesirable.
And anyone who’s a 3 and above won’t even struggle to find someone, as long as they have reasonable expectations of finding a partner in their league… and enough self-esteem to put themselves out there.
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So Where The **** Is The "looks" Factor?
So Where The **** Is The "looks" Factor?If a man looks like Quasimodo, he will have issues attracting women no matter how high quality his personality is. Harsh but true. Looks can be a deal-breaker for women too. But priority-wise, looks are generally lower on the totem pole for women than they are for men. If a woman is given the choice between an average looking guy who has many great qualities and a super-hot guy who's a hot mess; chances are the average looking guy is more likely to catch her attention. I say chances are because attraction in never guaranteed because it is based on emotions, but more likely. But if Quasimodo with a heart of gold, pocket full of money, and all the best personality traits asked a girl out, she's going to say no unless she is equally physically unattractive, has very low self-esteem, or is only interested in money or social status. Biologically speaking, the drive is to carry on your genes through future generations. Unattractive father = unattractive sons and daughters = less options for them to reproduce (especially for daughters). Nature is harsh like that. The best thing a man can do is to make sure he's well-groomed, nicely dressed, and on top of his life.
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Building a career while battling chronic ailments. Please help.
Building a career while battling chronic ailments. Please help.I have not done much chelation lately because it upsets my stomach issue.
Yeah, that's not gonna work if you have a serious medical condition.
Good, keep at it. Keep the hope.
Elimination diet is not that difficult, especially if you start to see rapid improvements to how you feel. Once you start feeling good, it will be easy to motivate yourself to do the diet rigorously because you will have so much more energy and focus. I saw a huge improvement within a week or two of strict elimination diet and carnivore diet. It worked better than any medication or any New Age treatment. Strict elimination dieting basically saved my life. I don't think I'd be alive now without it.
Do not underestimate how important diet is. It's the #1 cause of and solution to all health problems. Invest a few years nailing down your diet. You will be so glad you did.
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Racist beliefs & tendencies
Racist beliefs & tendenciesThat's exactly the solution.
Go be around people of various races and cultures until you stop seeing them as other or weird.
Racism is very simple: it happens because people get stuck in a small circle of those who look like them and think like them. If everyone traveled around the world and interacted with people of all races and cultures, racism would disappear in a few generations.
People deliberately segment themselves into like-minded enclaves in order to avoid expanding their sense of self and realizing their oneness with all beings.
This is why people in major cities are less racist than those who live in the countryside. Because in a big city you are forced to interact with those who are different than you, but in the countryside you're living among your own kind, living in a racial/ethnic bubble.
Basically, stopping wanting to cling to your own kind enough though that is what's more comfortable for your ego-mind.
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Do verbals correct themselves automatically?
Do verbals correct themselves automatically?I would never assign such a toxic label to myself. I certainly started out being totally clueless with attracting women. I still struggle to attract the kind of women I like because my standards are very high, but I understand the attraction process very well now.
My game is decent, it's not great. Game is not my strength.
You can grow massively within a few years of serious going out and approaching.
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Are Narcissists a Lost Cause?
Are Narcissists a Lost Cause?@Preety_India Personally I don't like the label narcissist and I rarely use it. Because to me narcissism is just a strong form of selfishness which is the human condition.
And yes, demonization of selfishness is itself selfish and self-defeating.
It's actually pretty easy to empathize with a narcissist if you observe your own selfishness and self-bias. What is really the difference between him and you? It's a matter of degree.
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Pickup: To do or not to do?
Pickup: To do or not to do?Just realize that women alone will ultimately not make you happy. Took me 10 long years to figure that out. (I learned about pickup back in 2006.)
It is kind of like putting a band-aid on a sucking flesh wound.
I still find myself very much dependent on the approval of women and a few strong swigs of wine.
Just be careful is all I'm saying...
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Unable to get laid - can't take it anymore
Unable to get laid - can't take it anymoreShe's into you, but on a surface level. As she gets to know your personality better incompatibilities can naturally arise. Don't take it personal, this just means you two are not suitable for each other. Compatibility is crucial and you can't know compatibility within 1 hour of talking to a person. It takes time to unfold.
I've had cases where our personalities just clash and grate. She might be hot but her personality might be very lacking.
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I want to become a philosopher
I want to become a philosopherTo be a serious philosopher you have to be super interested in contemplating the nature of everything. It's not about getting famous, it's about understanding reality. And if you happen to do that long enough maybe one day you will understand reality so deeply that you will generate some unique insights and that could make you a bit famous.
It's the same advice as if you asked how to become a world-famous weightlifter: go to the gym every day for many hours per day and lift those weights. If you do it seriously enough, long enough, one day you might become well-known. But don't do it for that reason. Do it only if you enjoy lifting and there's nothing else you'd rather be doing.
Philosophy isn't about reading books, it's about understanding reality accurately. Do you even care about understanding reality accurately? If not, philosophy isn't for you.
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Balancing being good enough and being different to attract people?
Balancing being good enough and being different to attract people?@Leo Gura
how do you define "amazing"? what are the key factors?
for me, compatible jungian personality type ... physical looks ... ego development ... no mental health issues
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Consequences of a unregulated dating market (hypergamy)
Consequences of a unregulated dating market (hypergamy)Most women will not overlook average guys. Most women will be interested in average guys. If you’re an average guy, your dating prospects are pretty great.
If a woman is attuned to her emotions and not her rational mind when seeking a relationship, she will likely become attracted to her match.
And since most women are average, average men will have lots of women attracted to them. In fact, most average women will auto-sort men who look like male models. Women seek their match.
And an emotionally intelligent man who’s oriented towards relationship, will be quite happy to be in a relationship with his match.
Now a guy who’s only interested in perfect 10s will be in a situation with women who are status seekers…. As both are just looking to trade status for beauty and beauty for status.
But this is not an enviable place to be. There’s not much love to be had there.
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Is it ok to take maca root supplement daily?
Is it ok to take maca root supplement daily?In general with any supplement or nootropic, I think it is good to take breaks. I never experienced a lowering return with maca root myself. Expect your sex drive to be high and consistent with this. I recall having sex 3 times a day sometimes on maca root. I would recommend only taking it if you want to up your sex drive. short spurts of a few days would probably give you what you are looking for. I found consistent use for myself to be to much. You will likely have a different effect from me though.
If you are looking for a more mild testosterone boost, then ashwaganda ksm-66 might be a good choice to check out.
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I simply have no self belief in this domain
I simply have no self belief in this domainI don't know what the heck is wrong with me. I do not at all consider myself unconfident and un-masculine in most areas of my life. I stay in good shape. I am aggressively pursuing an amazing career. My friends and family view me as a very wise and mature 23 year old. I have plenty of goals and aspirations. Yet, when it comes to dating and sexuality, I have absolutely 0 experience and my psychology in this area is a total disaster.
As the title says, I just totally lack belief in myself. The idea of ever being able to be romantic and intimate with a woman who I find attractive literally seems almost impossible to imagine. I'm being serious here. I REALLY don't want to sound like a hopeless and desperate incel because typically when I recognize that I'm operating from a victim mindset I can quickly tell myself self to shut the f*%$ up, man up, and deal with what I have to deal with. But I am struggling so bad in this domain of life. My biggest obstacle is that I am nearing my mid 20s and feel that my window of sexual learning and experimentation has passed. I feel that any woman I would try to connect with at this point is not looking to hold my hand and guide me through this. A 23 or 24 year old woman wants a man who knows what he is doing. I cannot offer that. And I am so paralyzed with fear in this area of my life that I can't even get myself to try. Why did I not experience these things in my teens like most of my peers? I truly do not know, it is a mystery to me as to how I even ended up in this situation. I feel so ashamed and embarrassed. But at the same time I know I am not a weak man. I may struggle in certain areas of my life but I will never stop aiming for something in this life and trying to become my best version.
I believe I am a product of a negative self-fulfilling prophecy. Years and years of wondering, self-doubt, shame, and very little action. I feel quite defeated. Like my mind has beat me, at least when it comes to dating. I don't know how to go about changing my mindset, and I'm running out of time. How can I ever find a partner if I can't even envision it? It's now come to the point where certain family members, especially my mother, are starting to worry and become concerned. I'm sure my friends think it's quite weird too. This added pressure makes me feel worse about myself. I feel I am strong and independent enough to be fine and content on my own, but I'm not going to fool myself into thinking that I'm not missing out on one of the most beautiful and worthwhile aspects of life, like many weird ass incel and red pill guys do.
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Question For Leo
Question For LeoThis point actually goes against you. If you seriously investigate the families of spiritual people you will find members in their family lineage who were spiritually gifted.
Genetics is not some simplistic thing.
Enlightenment is so rare that it's like expecting Michael Jordan's children to also be world-famous basketball players. That's not likely to happen. But there is no doubt Michael Jordan was perfectly genetically suited to play basketball and his children will get some of those genes.
And it's not like two enlightened people ever fuck. This is extremely rare.
It's obvious that spirituality is genetic because you cannot do spirituality as a dog. The only reason you can meditate is because you have the right genes for it. And if you didn't have the right genes no amount of meditation would ever help you.
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White Privilege
White PrivilegeBeing white will grant you privileges in any society.
I've spent years and years living outside of my home (majority white) country, and this is extremely apparent. In east Asia, south Asia, South America, Central America, North America, Europe, from the poorest ghettos in Brazil to the poshest clubs in London, to airport security, to emergency room admissions it has never been to my disadvantage to be white. It would definitely be a different story if I was black, latino, asian, south asian.. the world has a very long way to go before it's an even playing field.
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White Privilege
White PrivilegeYes. The non-white communities in America and elsewhere are still feeling the effects of Colonialism.
The black community deals with generational poverty that's a hold-over of not being able to accrue wealth like white people, due to a ripple effect stemming from Colonialism and slavery, to segregation, to redlining, gentrification, institutionalized racist policies and unconscious biases that proliferate through society. It has also been studied that, when there's a job application that has a black-sounding name it's less likely to get a call-back then a job application that has a white-sounding name... even if it's the same exact application.
Also, schools in America are funded by property taxes. So, the poorest schools with the fewest resources are located in minority communities. And the wealthiest schools with the most resources are located in upper class mostly-white neighborhoods.
The Latino community is also hit from many of these same racist forces. Native Americans are barely around anymore because of the stealing of their land and mass genocide of their people. Native Americans are actually a really small group... despite the fact that they are Native to America. And they're still living on reservations... of which many are poor ghettos.
And the infant mortality rate for people of color is higher than for white people.
For White people, we get to walk around mostly not thinking about race. Situations that pertain to our race rarely even come up to the point where it feels really awkward to us if it does. We are thought of as "race neutral"... which is the biggest privilege of all. It means that we'll have representation in the media and the actions of one white person won't be used to define the whole group. We are also less likely to be poor per capita compared to those in marginalized communities.
And we are unlikely to be profiled based upon race, even if we're just as likely to commit the same crimes... like smoking marijuana.
But White defaultism is the biggest White Privilege.
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Leo's video on how to love does not correlate well with getting girls
Leo's video on how to love does not correlate well with getting girlsI literally gave you a book to get if you want to know the Secret to Understanding Women. Instead of asking for said book....you are still on here complaining. If you think guys who do pick up all day and are toxic and getting laid are actually happy. Then you have no clue. They are actually miserable and want something deep.
Here is what you don't understand. The Nice Guy (The true one not the fake one most people are) is able to connect with a woman on a deep emotional level. He can hold long conversations and is able to make her feel secure and safe.
The Player brings excitement to a woman. She feels girly around him, is turned on sexually, and feels the urge to play and be freaky. His confidence is so strong and his refusal to be tied down to anything brings out feelings of insecurity and that makes her want to try harder.
The Player is the attraction. He is the chase. The Woman has to work to get him, because if it was too easy she would be bored. The insecurity is exciting because she is not sure she can get him to commit long term. THIS IS WHY IT WORKS.
But all that is...is attraction. Most players SUCK at relationships long term. Because relationships is where the NICE GUY excels (if he is a REAL NICE GUY) because he is all about connecting, deep emotional connection.
The book I recommended to you teaches you what both types of guys go through and how to incorporate aspects of both. If you incorporate aspects of BOTH you become Mr. RIGHT.
Mr. Right is fun, playful, dominant, confident, but can also be deeply sensitive and endearing to a woman. So we as men need to incorporate aspects of both!!!
The Nice Guy....is more feminine, and that is why they are able to connect deeply on an emotional level. The Player is Masculine, and that is why they are able to arouse attraction. When a man can embody both.....he will never have trouble getting women EVER.
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Leo's video on how to love does not correlate well with getting girls
Leo's video on how to love does not correlate well with getting girlsThe reason you're not getting laid is that you're not leading. Leading is critical for the end-result.
If you want serious results with women you have to learn to lead like a fucking boss.
Learning to lead and handle logistics is one of the hardest parts of game to learn. It requires so much failure and practice. It cannot be learned as theory. It's pure practice.
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True causes of evil- My opinion
True causes of evil- My opinionI wrote this small essay after some conteplation. The nature of evil always fascinated me and after going through Leo's work and a few other teachers and my own contemplation on the matter this is what i came up with. Would like to hear your guys opinions and thoughts.
Limited identity- The true cause of evil.
Identity is what we associate ourselves with at a deep almost existential level. It is what we have concern for and what we care about. Our sense of morality, of what is right and wrong is directly associated with what we identify with. Whenever something that is harmed within our sense of identity, we consider it immoral. Whenever something that is harmed outside of our sense of identity in service to something we consider as part of identity we do not consider it immoral. There are different degrees of identity which are expansive. Here are they listed from least to most inclusive. Note, that this should be taken with a grain of salt.
1. Identifying with a specific part of yourself, not your whole
2. Identifying with yourself as a whole.
3. Identifying with your close family.
4. Identifying with your large family.
5. Identifying with your city.
6. Identifying with your country.
7. Identifying with your region
8. Identifying with your ethnicity.
9. Identifying with your continent.
10. Identifying with your race and religion.
11. Identifying with your species.
12. Identifying with all living things in your planet.
13. Identifying with all living things throughout the universe.
14. Identifying with creation itself, in all shapes forms and sizes.
Now, as you might see humanity in the 21set century has done quite some progress in expanding its sense of identification. However, much work needs to be done. Why does this identification stuff matter you might ask? For a very simple reason. Everything that we define as “evil” is an act made out of love within a specific identification level in expense to something else outside this identification level. I will now dissect this into simpler and easier to understand language. Let us take the example of a person in Germany. This person identified himself with a specific race, called the Aryan race. In his mind, the Aryan race was the primary thing that he cared about and what mattered the most was the best for this race. Then you have another group called Jews. This person did not identify himself with Jews and therefore in a twisted, deluded version of love tried to exterminate this group because he thought their eradication would benefit the Aryan race. This act of love based on limited identity is considered as one of the worst tragedies that has ever happened in human history, and the person in hand is considered one of the evilest persons in history. Everything he did was out of love however. Interesting, isn’t it? Let us give some more simple examples to clarify it even further. The atomic bombings of Japan- An act of love made to save American lives on expense of another country’s lives. The crusades- An act of love made to help a religion on expense of another religion. The great purge- An act of love made to solidify and maintain person power in expense of other people. As we can see, every tragedy that has happened in history was nothing more than a twisted, limited, self- biased version of love based on limited identity. If we want to eradicate what we consider as “evil”, our only solution is to expand people’s identity. I have friends who are against the European Union idea and when I ask them why, their response is simple. “I do not want to pay for other country’s issues”. Fair enough, well what about your city paying for another city’s issues on the same country? “That is the same country, that is different”. Well, this is also the same continent, why complain about this? “Continent and country are different”. This circular logical, without a clear explanation is nothing more than limited identity not being able to be properly articulated. If we use the “they are different” logic to justify a limited identity, as in the above example then we would shrink to the point where we only care about ourselves. I mean we are different from our family members, why care about them? See, how idiotic this logic is. Just because something is different does not mean you should not care about it and not identify yourself with it. We are all different parts of creation in the end.
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Text game
Text gameWell, it does feel like you're trying a bit to hard to game her.
The paradox of game is that your game has to feel non-gamey. Girls are very sensitive to fake, gamey tactics. So you should work on trying to be more natural and normal rather than so edgy and clever. Too much cleverness gets you in trouble.
Think about it this way: Would a high value guy like Brad Pitt be investing a bunch of energy trying to game a girl with a barrage of really clever lines? No.
If you're going to tease a girl or say something edgy, make it rare. Like a bit of spice added to a dish. The problem here is that you opened well but then kept pushing the teasing and edgy stuff too far to the point where it makes you just seem like a weirdo.
In general, complimenting really hot girls on their physical appearance is a very bad idea because it makes you like very other desperate horny guy. With a girl like that you need to treat her very normally, like a normal human, and try to find things about her to compliment which are not her physical appearance. This will make you stand out.
Your opener was great because it was unique and different. She responded well. At that point you should have moved into building some genuine human connection rather than trying to pummel her with clever gamey lines. Great game is all about exquisite balance. Don't give two compliments when one already did the trick. Don't use two openers when your first one worked. Don't try to build more attraction when she's already attracted. And try to be genuine. She's not going to sleep with you unless you develop rapport with her and come off as a normal human.
Things that make for bad game:
Being weird & socially uncalibrated Being creepy Being desperate/needy Being angry/upset Being gamey Being try-hard Being supplicating Bragging Over-compensating Being fake Being mean/cruel Being sexual/vulgar Complimenting hot girls on their hotness