JosephKnecht

It's a trap of the Ego. It wants to leave a legacy.

A wise man was once talking about integrity. I wonder what happened? @Leo Gura

The text below is an excerpt from the same chapter... ...we Athenians are concerned above all with improvement; the Spartans seek only – stasis. Two opposite objectives. If you think about it, I believe you’ll soon agree that this is the single source of all the myriad differences between the two cities. PLATO: I never thought of it that way before, but I think I do agree. Let me try out the theory. Here’s one difference between the cities: Sparta has no philosophers. That’s because the job of a philosopher is to understand things better, which is a form of change, so they don’t want it. Another difference: they don’t honour living poets, only dead ones. Why? Because dead poets don’t write anything new, but live ones do. A third difference: their education system is insanely harsh; ours is famously lax. Why? Because they don’t want their kids to dare to question anything, so that they won’t ever think of changing anything...

You introduce them to each other and pray to the Gods that they find each other attractive.

Self Vs. Not Self.

@machiavelli Machiavellianism in psychology refers to a personality trait which sees a person so focused on their own interests they will manipulate, deceive, and exploit others to achieve their goals. Imagine all your needs are met. Everything you ever wanted, you got. What do you do then? Wouldn't you imagine a new game and start over? A game is only fun to play when it is constrained. Reality is a fun game exactly because it is constrained.

You have to think out of the box. There are more options than those two. You can rape the rapist. This frees the victim and gives the rapist exactly what he needs.

Brian Rose is a byproduct of Dan Peña. The best way to describe Dan Peña as Ego Maniac. Dan dresses like a classy gentleman to showcase a higher class. Dan has workshops in a castle where he charges $50k for people to attend. During the workshop, he basically insults people and tries to inflate their ego to perform, damned be all others. Brian looked up to Dan for a long time. Can you guess who Dan Peña looks up to? Donald Trump. Be careful whose advice you take, or you might end up like Brian Rose.

It is not ego, but more of self-esteem. One estimates themselves worth a lot, others estimate themselves worth little. They are both hard to change because self-esteem is self-assigned on the level of self-identity. It can't be changed without changing the self.

Follow your passion without expecting any rewards. If you don't get the outcome you want, at least you had the passion.

To want means not to have it. Do not want. Just feel. Feel the good and the bad. Isn't it amazing just to feel? It's a miracle.

How radically will YOU change?

Maybe what you call selfless is not truly selfless? Maybe you feel pride when you do selfless acts? Maybe you get another emotional payoff? Try to deeply examine your selfless acts and find the "devil" that hides beneath the surface. Try to be selfless with a self.

He is onto something.

@Focus Shift @Focus Shift Media I think this might be of interest to you.

Jamie is very eloquent. No, I am not the host.

You tune into the train of thought of another Being that wished to transcend itself through a story. Books are selfless gifts of thought.

Do the opposite of what the majority of the people are doing.

He is a MEME. MEME (definition)- an element of a culture or system of behavior passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

I think you are delusional.

Sounds like you are giving us the Green Light.

I enjoyed it. Thanks @Nahm I guess now I also have to shave my head and join the party. If I compare you with Leo, intuitively I feel one big difference. Leo is talking to the level of Being, while you are talking to the level of Mind. I can sense that you are trying to teach Me something, not Be Something. That is the difference. Otherwise, keep up the work. The content is good.

Once you are done with the "why" questions, start asking "why not" questions.

Does the Truth have to be Objective? If it is Objective, in which Object does the Truth hide? Is your direct experience only true after being validated by other subjects, or it can be validated only by you as the Subject? If direct experience is all you have, who creates the boundary between the Subject and Object? Direct experience can't be a belief, because belief requires faith that something will happen in the future. If you have direct experience, you don't need faith that something will happen because it is happening to you, DIRECTLY.