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What in the fuck am I reading here in this thread lmao.

Look if you are truly happy and not hurting anyone, power to you. But your family and friends deserve love too. It's not their fault if they don't understand, try and put yourself in their shoes. Consider the fact they raised you, sheltered you, fed you, and loved you for 18 years. Reconnect even if it's painful and don't be avoidant. Be humble enough and realize maybe your "level" isn't as high as you think it is if resentment and anger are the emotions you have towards those who aren't as conscious. Suicide is not the answer to anything. It's just another form of selfishness.

Oh, I thought this was a Wendy's.

It has nothing to do with paranoia. It's simply a good idea to utilize this convenient technology to satisfy our need for communication during a time when our regular amount of constant face to face interaction is not a good idea. This isn't a joke, millions of people are dying and suffering, and to suggest it's a "scam" or a "hoax" makes it seem like you are psychopathically disconnected from reality. The fear doesn't exist just for shits and giggles. Right now you are a child @Village, when what you need to be is an adult.

You desperately need to change your standards here and reframe your "win condition". The point should be to improve attainably, even if just a little bit, day by day. If you are better off in your life doing self-improvement than not, then you have won I think the best thing for where you are at is to be accepting and not go too hard on yourself. Look to make incremental changes and sustainable improvements. Focus your attention on the smaller things you know you can 100% do, and do not worry about the end-game too much or if you will be "world-class" or not. 99% of people won't be by pure definition so no need to stress about it haha. For example, because of your conditions it's important to respect your energy and focus levels. Don't overload yourself, listen to your body and realize how much time you can focus on something before you get tired or bored, then plan to use that time effectively. If you like drawing, and get the urge to draw, don't force yourself to draw for a long time if you don't have the energy. Simply do it and stop when you like, then see how you feel.

Counterintuitive nihilistic motivation

It's completely counter-intuitive. We don't prevent anyone from doing drugs at all! - First off if we completely legalize all drugs this naturally destigmatizes the culture around them, people will be less likely to use them because there won't be as much of a rebellious "cool" factor to them. People will still do them for other reasons, but this is significant. When people aren't legally or socially designated as criminals for using drugs their behavior is less likely to deepen in unhealthy ways or radiate out and damage society as much. The gateway phenomena will naturally fade this way. - We invest in giving high quality education on drugs and accurate unbiased information on what they do. Which means changing the current propaganda and demonization approach that's been used for a hundred years. For hilarious examples watch anti-marijuana videos from the 1950's. - We decriminalize possession of small/medium qualities and use. All that money used to jail people and process them through the court systems can go towards addiction counselling, health related services, safe injection sites, homeless shelters, etc. - Let people run private enterprise that is taxed and regulated. This directly shrinks and converts black markets. I'm not being too detailed here I'm just spit-balling common ideas. We have to understand fundamentally that anything that people enjoy whether it's drugs or sex or gambling can't be treated as taboo and demonized too harshly. People will always consume certain things and restricting them from do so is always a losing game that backfires because people always find a way to have access regardless of the collateral damage. The healthiest thing to do is educate and regulate and if done properly things will naturally stabilize and they won't really be a "problem". Of course it's more complicated than just the things I've mentioned. The opioid crisis for example has factors that are beyond the scope of just legalization and culture. A lot of those drugs are already legal and actually coming from a corrupt and inept medical system.

Apparently they didn't stop to consider and ask, "whhy is this happening to me?" Hahaha don't talk about it like it's inevitable mate @Raptorsin7. You are gonna be fine, the bar for getting banned is pretty fairly established. Just don't do....... well that ^

I think this pervasive attitude I see on this forum about this topic is just pure laziness. There is a gradient between pick-up douche and conscious monk. Perhaps I'll address this when I finally start my own coaching channel. I'm not really interested in focusing too much effort on dating/relationships but I think this topic might be necessary to address.

I'm not an expert but my intuition is these statistics are probably heavily influenced by culture and economic strain rather than the institution itself. It's hard to say though, we may very well be fucked so perhaps you're right. Let's go full Austin Powers YEEAA BBABBYY YEEAAA!!!

Yea he's similar and if I recall involved with some of the old scumbag RSD guys that were all rightfully purged and banned from social media some years ago because of allegations and proof of some really terrible unethical and illegal stuff. One of the biggest ones Owen Cook full out admitted to raping a girl as a joke, which plenty of accusations levied against him. He's since rebranded. I think he brags and brings up sleeping with something like 1000+ women as a source of credibility. It's kind of sad how many struggling guys are duped into looking up to that as a badge of honor. Not only is that behavior clearly a sign of some deep trauma and insecurity, but there is also no doubt after that many encounters he's carelessly spread STD's and had incidents bordering or crossing sexual assault/rape territory. I mean even just the first minute of the video he's literally humble bragging about manipulating and getting women to cheat like some sort of sociopath lmao. It's a fucking tragedy these are some of the most popular pick up and dating coaches for men. There needs to be more conscious alternatives or a general renaissance to that community. It's flooded with devilry and selfishness.

I'm no shill for monogamy, but you do understand society wouldn't be able to function without it right? It's been a tradition across nearly every society for tens of thousands of years for a reason. Children need stability and a masculine and feminine authority figures and providers in their life in order to develop healthily. Polyamory introduces far too much chaos and disregard to the structure of the family unit, and opens so many opportunities for selfishness. Look people are free to do what they want and if they can make it work for themselves that's great, but don't be so eager to project what is really a fringe alternative approach onto a functioning norm. When people say stuff like, "it's in our nature" as a supporting point it's more often than not a bullshit ego trick being played to justify some kind of selfishness or particular agenda. There is a reason monogamy is the norm for society, because it works. People can not like it and whine about it all they want, but that doesn't change anything.

She is straight up asking for money from strangers lmao, shameless.

The Olympic level mental gymnastics people will go through to push off and avoid taking any responsibility is staggering.

He's talking about using it during the pandemic you daftoids.

Not worth mentioning don't want to cause drama.

Then > This behavior reminds me exactly of another poster I haven't seen here in a while hmmmm lol? Can't be possible though because I know they are different genders.

Look I'm not saying all young women are like that, not even close. That's clearly not the case. It shouldn't even have to be said. I was being deliberately hyperbolic with my language to get a point across to @Raptorsin7 to break him out of the spell of a certain kind of girl that our toxic western culture advertises to young men, and what other young men perpetuate to each other with their immaturity and short sightedness. There is a certain paradigm that's being peddled (that is ABSOLUTELY shallow) and is the direct source of the hopelessness and apathy that he was expressing, as well as many other countless young men. If I had to pinpoint it on something and bet money I would put it on certain technology and media but unfortunately we can't uninvent anything once it exists.

Look man I've been there, but it gets better! Don't check out of what can be such a great part of life. Apart of why relationships and dating my seem so unappealing for your group is because you're encouraged to only exposing yourself to young, immature, vapid, and entitled girls. They are at an age where they haven't been truly humbled by life. They probably haven't had to work or take much responsibility yet. They are absolutely consumed by social media and shallow bullshit, and don't know what's important in life. They are used to being pampered because of their looks and their youth. And they haven't learned yet that they aren't quite the princesses they've been duped into thinking they are and that the world (and men) doesn't owe them shit. Consider going outside your age range! Personally I only date women roughly my age (28) or higher. They are so much better. Women who are 27-35 are so much more viable for solid, great relationships. - They have better appreciation for finances and independence (transcended entitlement) - They are more self-sufficient with basic life skills and don't need someone to "mansplain" to them like they are retarded - They know who they are and have worked through a lot of the crazy and confusion emotions of their young adult life - They have a better idea of exactly what they want and won't fuck your heart around with stupid games (as often) - They are WAY better in bed and more sexually confident/assertive (no starfishing) Of course this means you'll have to up your game and to and have high emotional maturity or you won't be able to attract them, but if you're into self-actualization and personal development you probably have more emotional development than 90% of men even if you are in your early 20's. Stop giving into our garbage culture and being tantalized into stupidity by young beautiful girls. Stop dating girls and look for women.

People are mostly herd minded. Eventually so many people will get the vaccine and be fine that those resistant will eventually cave on their beliefs just so they can fit in and not seem like an outcast, they'll probably come to accept that the sooner they get vaccinated like everyone else the sooner the lockdowns and masks will go away. One thing is for sure though, the next time we have a pandemic which is highly likely in our lifetimes because of strain on the environment - if it's significantly more lethal or disruptive than Covid we are absolutely fucked. It will probably cause us to flirt on the edge of societal collapse.

Awesome it looks great! Unfortunately I will not subscribe as if I'm personally going to appreciate or learn anything in depth I need to invest in sitting down multiple hours Colour me a masochist.

You answered it exactly in your own question lol. There are just some topics in life you have to be tactful about. If someone isn't genuinely interested or explicitly excited to talk about something that is generally sensitive or personal, you let it pass and keep your thoughts and opinions to yourself. Yes society has double standards and contradictions about "taboo" things, too bad. They exist for a reason most of the time. Culture is a constantly developing and shifting framework, and the people within it will not always perfectly match that framework . So this explains why you can have parts of it that are marketing heavily sexualized contents, while socially people don't really want to discuss those things.

Looking for an understanding, explanation, and wisdom on a specific experience of mine. If you are able please provide a high quality answer, it would be appreciated. If you cannot please do not post, I do not want to get side-tracked by pure speculation. Thank you! So over the past few years (maybe a few times a year) I'll have moments where I wake up either in the middle of the night, or in the morning and I'll be in what I would describe as a semi-conscious state. Not quite wide awake and "up", but I know I'm not sleeping and my eyes are open. 98% of the time this occurs it's unremarkable. I usually glance at the clock and go back to sleep, or I'll have to get up for my day. However once in a while there will be an occurrence where I will wake up this half-sober semi-conscious state and feel what I can only describe as profound unconditional love. I feel it for myself, and for everything else. A "buzzing". All suffering ceases. Pure weightlessness. There is also a sense of having a frame of mind that I am invincible, and having a confidence I can do absolutely anything I want and all my dreams are attainable. All my usual worries and anxieties about life seem trivial and that everything is fine. There is an attitude of radical acceptance and that things will be settled. It's literally magic and the best thing I've ever felt in my entire life. Just to make you appreciate the magnitude > It makes the greatest orgasm I've ever experienced feel like just scratching a small itch..................... Then either I fall back asleep, or I start to fully wake up and this state disappears. The confidence evaporates as all my shit floods back into my usual experience - my limiting beliefs, toxic thoughts about myself or others, my depression patterns, anything I'm stressed about. I go back to "reality" as the "story" comes back, like I'm an actor showing up to the studio to play a character. Ironically these hazy half-asleep moments are the times I've felt the most clear in my life. I've had somewhat similar realizations and epiphanies while wide awake, but they absolutely pale in comparison and are typically more intellectual in nature. Just thinking about this I'm in a state close to crying, not only because of the nature of the state being so jaw-droppingly fucking beautiful, but because I feel like I'm being almost "teased" by reality that I've only experienced it in such a sporadic and inconsistent way. I know intellectually and spiritually the rough roadmap that it might take to develop that, but it just feels so futile and almost unattainable given my usual experience, suffering, and the amount of work I know I have to do. So I've got a few questions and if anyone has any guidance or wisdom to share, that would be appreciated. I feel like I'm onto something here. - Has anyone experienced what I've described before? What did it mean to you? What did you learn from it? - Is the experience I've described a sort of proto-enlightenment of some sort? Or is it just a delusional fantasy? - It is a signal of my true nature and capacity, and my normal existence is just a fabrication I need to shed? - How exactly do I cultivate the feeling I described?

I'm failing to see what you mean by this. I mean they are shitty but are they not somewhat true in like a charade sense if they are in my direct experience? Yea I've never really been a morning person but I'd been striving for years and failing to get up early. Been up at 5ish though the past 2 days after a month of ass backwards schedule. I know thanks for pointing that out. What do you mean here I'm blanking out trying to understand.

Yes they are you are right. I would say it's the healthy side of the ego though. None of it seemed like it was for pure selfishness. Felt more like authenticity. Of course my ego wants that authenticity, but that's ok it's not like my ego is in a rush to be anywhere.