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Can one learn how to fight at home? I do not mean to become elite professional fighter...I mean amateur, normal, average-level like learn how to punch, kick, doing basic combat moves at home alone, by oneself? And If yes, what to do and how many times per week and how long?

Will 'ChatGPT' make people lose their jobs? Jobs which 'ChatGPT' can easily threaten: Accountant Programmers Content Writing Marketers etc...You can fill in the spaces

I don’t know…I think we have woken up in super uncertain, super fast changing the world, ChatGPT and AI will change entire game for every single industry more than invention of internet, phone, TV, radio, Wi-Fi ever did…It basically makes intellect and knowledge work obsolete and pointless because how can one compete with it? Impossible

I was asking about coders i.e programmers not software architects…Just noticed that actually…

What are other careers at risk? ChatGPT is nuts…. When will be then next iteration? This thing is supposed to develop fast? What do you mean by “long run”…If this things develops and delivers on the promise, most people won’t have food to put on their plate because human cannot compete with ChatGPT

Do I have to read 10 Freud books and 10 Jung books in order to become a highly developed, great psychologist who can actually help people?

? Both points are 100%

Thank you. That’s what I am going to do and what I am doing, your book list is very, very powerful. What else do you mean “alone will not be enough”? I did not really explain myself at the top of the thread, my goal is to write a psych theory book, not really therapy even though I am studying that as well… Like, my mindset is If I read good high quality 100-200 books about psychology, would I not be able to write high quality book myself? Maybe I am wrong, I don’t know…Is that wrong mindset and approach to have?

But what about wanting to write a book, I want to write a great psych book, this thread was not about coaching…

@Leo Gura My main goal more than therapist if was truly honest is to write a great psych book in a future. So key for that would be more meditation, contemplation than reading books. I consider Ken Wilber helping people more indirectly than a therapist, I mean he helped me shit ton for example I am actually studying psychology in University

Really? I thought reading psych theory was all that is needed to become a great therapist. OMG… but I care about psych theory as well, like that would help me to write a good psych book in a future…I suppose maybe I am wrong about that as well

that is what I am doing actually and that is why I am asking here what to do, I don’t waste countless hours reading these therapy books, and get nowhere in the end because they are so long winded mental gymnastics

What should I do then? I am reading these books by Freud, Jung, Carl Rogers, Friedrich Perls…basically from Ken Wilber’s recommendations…Most of these books are long winded, super impractical. Like mental gymnastics for no good reasons. P.S Sometimes I feel like I might read 100 books by psychologists such as Freud, Jung, Perls, Fromm, Carl Rogers and still not come out more developed than I started. Ken Wilber has 15+ books by Freud and Jung in his bibliography, I can’t imagine how he managed to actually read those.

Thank everyone for help, this for very useful.

How to practice Vipasanna meditation correctly? Is simply being present and mindful counts as Vipasanna? Is what I am doing (basically sitting down, being present, suspending all thought) a Vipasanna meditation? correct way to meditate? Anyone who read Daniel Ingram's book, what is the essence of the meditation he is advising in his book?

What is difference beetween Samatha vs Vipasanna meditation in Buddhism?

Yeah, I am doing the best I can to understand but when someone reading is intellectual stuff like I am for example, just taking that and applying it practically is not really an option. I feel like, thinking about, contemplating after reading is important in order to make insights stick. Writing can be helpful as well...

Nice. Thanks for help.

Cool. Do you advise taking notes on reading? I am reading psychology books... I am not taking notes, I only write down some profound ideas and principles but anything else I do note, is this a blunder?

Yeah but that is if reading practical books. Now I am reading more intellectual books such as for example Ernest Becker's 'Birth and Death of Meaning' or now I am reading Freud's "A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis". What then? Truth be told I asked this question because as a psychologist, I wanna go ahead and read 500 great psychology books but what then? What is the benefit if I go ahead and forgot the shit I read anyway...I read 500 page book about Gestalt Therapy read by F. Perls couple months ago, it was hard read, I don't remember exact stuff but I have a general idea. I mean, come on...

From what I've concluded Leo and Todd Valentine have same dating philosophy which focuses on becoming high-value man and cold approaching. I took Todd's courses and also watched Leo's series about dating, both of these resources are super powerful. There are many similarities in both resources but the main difference I found is that Todd and Leo think differently about online dating. Here's Todd V's perspective (he has other videos about it on his channel but this video I found to be the best one): If you are familiar with both resources, what do you think? Is online dating waste of time? or is there place for it like Todd Valentine says in this video?

Yes, I think so as well. This post must get locked.

Can one go to a nightclub like this: Basically fall asleep at 9 pm, wake up at 4 and around 5:30, 6 pm go to a nightclub and then doing cold approach session there for 4 hours? Is this a stupid idea? (Truth be told sounds stupid but still wanted to ask the question, maybe someone actually implements above action step successfully) This is like a way of getting good night sleep while also going to a club and growing in personal development...or maybe it is not...What you think?

Daniel Ingram seriously confused me. I read the book 'Core Teachings of the Buddha' and it was way different from other spiritual books I've read by Wilber, Osho, Om Swami, Eckhart Tolle, P. Ralston, etc... He says that key for enlightenment is 3 characteristics of existence which got outlined by Gautama Buddha. Also he has this very complex map which is kind of confused me. Meditation I do is what Ken Wilber teaches in picture down below (3 Factors of All Skillful Means). Wilber himself does not outline such a complex map like Ingram, he simply points to 4 levels: Gross, Subtle, Causal and Non-Dual. Ingram's maps can be found on his own website. Please help, I don't want to get stuck on what Ingram calls: Solidified in 1st Jhana. If anyone knowns how Ingram's map really works or Daniel Ingram's frameworks in general, I would be really grateful for help. P.S He also says that enlightenment does not lead to emotional, mental, behavioral perfection. He says he is enlightened but he also experience desire, fear, aversion etc...This is super counter-intuitive to all other spiritual teachings, what's your thoughts on that? All in all, I found it still useful read even though there were lot of things I did not get, that is why I am asking question here. Thank you.

Thing is his map confused. My question was: If I am doing a correct practice concerning Ingram's map and also how do I find where am I in a map because it feels like his stages overlap and are similar? Also, why most spiritual teachers do not use any maps such as Ingram's? Compare Ingram's book to someone like Ralston or Tolle, it 180 degree different... That is what confused me.