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I believe all this nonsense about diet can be remedied if only we all remembered what our moms said to us growing up - "Too much of anything is bad for you."

Huh? Could you elaborate a bit? I know there are probably genetics that affect the psychology that makes people more "open-minded" and in touch with their emotions/spirituality than others, but 90%? Are you saying 90% CAN'T do spirituality at a deep level? Or that 90% of people WON'T be interested in pursuing it? I mean it's not like University astro-physics where some people won't have the cognitive ability to comprehend the equations no matter what you do. You could teach someone spirituality though if you hit the right cord with them no? I mean some egos will be denser than others........

Well do you really want to keep doing pick-up right now? Or consider that you could always go back to pick-up later on in your life. What matters is expressing how you really feel and accepting the consequences of it. This overthinking and hoping for the "right" answer like it's logical math question shit, is only doing you AND her a disservice. Are those feelings for her genuine, you enjoy being together, and there isn't anything toxic about the relationship? Then what are you waiting for. Commit to each other and see what happens.

You're having too much time to overthink, and stew. It exacerbates negative feelings. Find something you enjoy doing, and do that instead. Without thinking about it.

Yes I am registered to get vaccinated. Just awaiting an appointment to be booked. I will list some simple reasons why I want to be vaccinated ASAP. - I don't want to catch the virus, because that would suck. - I'm a responsible citizen, and a first responder. I do not want to be a vector to infect other people. - I want to be able to travel again as soon as possible and enjoy life.

This is good. I know it's painful, but facing the emotions and understanding them will make it easier to pass through. Part of the reason they persist is lack of understanding and acceptance. So you are headed in the right direction

Some people (those girls) just have a buzz about them sometimes where they just want to interact, and unfortunately they aren't always perceptive to other peoples emotional states. As for your question, look man you don't want to do this. You are thinking about this from a place of fear, which I know you know is not a good thing. Being even more guarded and reclusive may "protect" you a bit better against people like this, but you have to understand they are rare anyways. What's even worse is you would be closing yourself to all the beautiful, positive interactions you might have. The question you should be asking yourself is, "How do I let go and become emotionally unphased when others aren't being considerate". That place of strength is where you want to go, and you will not get there by being protective. You think being "protected" makes you strong, but in fact it's the exact opposite. What makes you strong is being vulnerable and then building up from the hits you take.

There is a lot of bullshit in life, especially in our Western culture. It's a wise decision to try and minimize it so you have more time and resources for what's important to you.

Your potential is limitless so of course there is a lot of work to do It can be overwhelming always looking at the big picture though, you have to learn to stay present and trust the process of chipping away a little bit at a time, day by day. It's also hard to notice any strides you're making until years go by and you realize just how much you've accomplished. One thing I like to ask myself every few months is, am I better off now than I would have been if I hadn't been doing all this work?

The phrasing you used reminded me of a great song

It's certainly advanced teachings, but the depth and importance of it is precisely why it won't become mainstream or known enough as it "needs" to be. It will stay buried under mountains of other stuff, perhaps some people who discover it in the future will be more open minded and recognize it for what it is and make it pick up steam, but we aren't there yet. Even just consider now what @Forestluv said. Only 1% (less I bet) of people can really access it and appreciate it, and that's the advanced stuff where the real juicy work happens. 99% of people can't even do the basic personal development work and consider the fact you can radically change yourself and therein the world by taking a bit of time simply looking inwards and weeding out all your own biases and bullshit. The overwhelming majority of humanity is still consumed by the projection game and fighting outwards. It really shows how dire the situation is when even the most calm, well intentioned, conscious person will get completely rejected by 99/100 people in even the most advance societies for showing them how to look inwards. They will be dismissed as radical spiritual hippies with an agenda. It will probably take hundreds more years and many more disasters with tens of millions dead before we exhaust the projection game as a species and it becomes tolerable for most egos to finally calm down and look at themselves. From the Roman Empire until the end of WW2 is took us nearly 2000 years to learn the lesson of nationalism and stop killing each other over imaginary lines in the sand. We really can't appreciate enough how fucking ruthless and high stakes the game of reality is. I know it's against the attitude of these communities to flaunt because it is in opposition to the nature of it, but we have to admit this work is extremely Esoteric. You should count your lucky stars and really reflect how privileged you are that are open minded enough for it.

I have a little pro tip that might help you > Uninstall all apps you have on your phone that you can do on your computer. So Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. That way you'll actually have to deliberately sit down and be at home to use those things, and it won't be distracting you during your day - whether you're at work, with friends, and so on... You want your phone to basically just be a way to text and communicate with people, and as an emergency device encase you need help or need maps because you are lost. You won't only save time but can actually save some money by cutting back on your DATA plan You have to be ruthless about this though. Actually sit down and consciously go through every single APP on your phone and eliminate what you consider a distraction that needs to go. I exclusively use my phone for communication and google maps so I can find things. No social media, no games, etc. A minimalist attitude and approach is what you need to adopt. Because you see, we are in a "Cult of Convenience". Everything about our economy and the way technology is designed is to make just slightly easier, and to have the ability to do more pointless shit anywhere we are. All of this serves is to endlessly distract us from living life purposefully. Just think about how many people have died being hit by cars because they were looking at a stupid Facebook notification. It's just so convenient that it is right there on their phone, and they couldn't wait to look because it was so convenient when they felt their phone buzz in their pocket. Now they are dead when they could have just waited to get home and check it from the safety of their living room.

It's just another sad, dark chapter in Africa's history. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, they say. I hope by the end of my lifetime that continent, it's peoples, and it's resources finally stops getting exploited and humanity can put this all behind us.

I think most coffee is largely pretty benign. It only becomes a problem if you're furiously addicted like me and become hysterically violent if you don't get your fix like I HAVEN'T HAD TODAY RAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just brought it up because your language was leaning in that direction, and our language usually reflects our attitude about things.

You're right to question the cultural obsession, but don't consciously abstain from certain experiences in life out of spite. Just go about your life focusing on what's important and if something like a girlfriend and sex comes into it naturally, then let it be.

I approach it in a utilitarian sense, which can be seen as selfish or egoic, but whatever. Think about how is pursuing these endeavors is actually going to change your life for the better, and in turn make you into a beacon of truth and love to improve the world? Honestly ask yourself - Do you want to practice philosophy and spirituality because you want to mentally masturbate and horde the truth to yourself? Or do you want to genuinely improve the way you live and potentially help others by proxy of having deeper understanding or "truth". Contrast it to what "science" and rationality have done for you in your life. How much has science and rationality really helped in this regard?

Dan Piñata is the walking embodiment of toxic masculinity and Stage Orange mindset. I wonder what happened to him as a kid that made his survival strategy to just scream and socially intimidate people into giving him favorable business deals. A long time ago I gave him the benefit of the doubt and I was actually following and trying to learn what I could from some of these people, and the moment that turned me completely sour on him and laugh hysterically is when he said climate change must be a hoax because otherwise real estate investors wouldn't be buying property in Florida LOL, and because he's such a bully the audience wasn't even outraged at how colossally retarded that rationale is.

Saying just the word "thanks" seems like a massive understatement. Regardless, thank you Leo, and everyone else here. I can honestly say if I didn't stumble across that "Why am I Depressed?" video at 4 the morning back in November 2014, I'd probably have been dead by now.

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Anime is what happens when you completely castrate and destroy a cultures identity into submission by nuking it twice. It literally rose from the ashes of nuclear hellfire.

I think what's most important, even necessarily more than the substance or "how to" of the advice itself, is bringing yourself in line with the emotional wavelength of the person you're interacting with. To establish a degree of relatability. You see it almost doesn't matter how technical or high quality your information is if the person in need isn't in a position to be receptive of it. What they really want to feel when they are looking for advice is to be shown the possibility of someone at their level being able to develop and grow in a particular way. It inspires them to take action if they are shown that someone who is or might have been just like them can do it. If you're both on the same "imaginative playing field" within the interaction it feels like someone is actually there to walk them through what they need, rather than just throwing pieces of wisdom down at them from some bleachers up high.

I'm going to fire from the hip a bit here but I'm going to help you consider some things because I've suffered from the exact same mindset and still am to a degree but making progress. Let me know if it helps or if you have any questions. The interactions you're having end up being "draining" and "unenjoyable" probably because you have a low tolerance for people being vapid and talking about usual bullshit people talk about which is fine, but I'd argue it's mostly because you aren't approaching them with intent. You see you are actually half the equation in any interaction you are having. Obvious no? So if you want to have more meaningful, enjoyable interactions you need to take responsibility for making sure you're approaching people with energy, and with purpose. Don't get resentful and annoyed with people because they aren't putting in effort, focus on what YOU can do to make it meaningful and see how you feel. You see you actually DO want new friends, perhaps a party once in a while, etc, but you've subconsciously convinced yourself you don't want those things because you are letting your interactions play out in a "default" way that is really boring and unenjoyable, which reinforces the feeling that you don't want them. This doesn't mean you have to change into an exploding social butterfly, but try and take responsibility for your own lack of effort here. Your effort is the X factor that heavily affects your results. Which is great news for you, because you can control that! This is one of those things that you've got to "suck up" in a sense, which sucks to hear but it's very necessary. What you can do to make the situation better is change your relationship with the money you are getting, and the motivations you have for doing any of it. The problem is you are apathetic and aren't excited, because you are just fulfilling basic survival. You see this can't be your only reason as that's just a default that's always there, and you didn't create it yourself so it's no wonder it's not very exciting right? You need to sit down and seriously deliberate and create reasons for the "why", and the things you "gotta do" will go a lot smoother for you. I mean list them and be specific. The problem is you are probably too vague, and therefore don't give a shit. - To "survive". Survive where? Are you surviving somewhere because it's convenient, or do you want to be somewhere awesome that will make you happier? - To "enjoy life a bit". Can you see how your language here is poor? Do you want to enjoy things just a bit? Or would you rather enjoy them A LOT? So what is something you enjoy A LOT, and what resources will it take to do it? Can you see that the process of acquiring those resources will be way more enjoyable if you have a tangible reason for doing so and not just because you "have" to? I actually agree with you here, these things can become toxic and draining. So if you genuinely aren't interested in investing in them, then don't. You do need to take a certain level of pride in your basic reputation though. Whether it's just at your work for example, do you want to be known as a slacker or the guy who is reliable and focuses on what's important? So you may feel that it's all pointless and you don't care personally on a superficial level, but I'd argue that subconsciously you do care, because it affects your basic self-esteem. If that is suffering you will feel that, and won't like it. There is nothing wrong with having minimal relationships and not too many ones you don't need, but it is important to have them. As family and friends are there to pick each other up when we're struggling, and because it's important to have people to connect with so you have other perspectives to consider. You can't just go about life doing everything and learning everything by yourself. You will be limited by your own biases and hit endless roadblocks if you don't have other people to learn from and to help you. It is in your best interest to build and sustain high quality relationships. Take it seriously until it becomes easy for you, you will be glad you did. Right now what is happening is you are afloat in a sea of nihilism and apathy, you have lost touch with the "magic" of reality. Maybe it was your environment that affected you, or a bad experience, but no matter how you are feeling or what has happened remember it is always a possibility for you to find that magic again, but YOU have to find it. You can't just keep floating and hope you'll stumble upon it, or that someone will just "give" it to you. The foundational point of this exploration process is that the results generated have to be completely personal and independent, of course you can ask others for help like you are doing with this thread, it goes back to what I said about not being alone so much that your limitations keep you stuck. You are intuitively searching for something you know you need and will make you overall happier, but because you aren't finding it right away you are letting your lack of results > impact your attitude about it. The work that needs to be done that will help you fix this is changing your attitude so that it > impacts the results, not the other way around. Hope this helps. Cheers @Podie45

I've seen a lot of his videos over the years, and contrasting his channels content with the way politics and culture have been going this past decade, I think his channel is the perfect example of solid Stage Orange resisting moving up the spiral. There are just so many uncanny marks showing it. - General toxic cynicism and questioning of everyone's motives (but his own groups obviously :P) - Neurotic attachment to logic and reason, making fun of anyone with slight inconsistencies in logic or showing emotion - Satire of any form of progressivism, whether aggressive or benign - Validation that the status quo is fine, we don't need to change or improve - Shaming of people worrying about the collective or caring about the world/environment - Disdain and satire of any form of spirituality It just goes on and on. I can't think of a more accurate and ingrained portrait of Orange than him and his content.

This isn't a very good take. It's not just a minority or "extremists" who hate Biden, there is a massive section of the left who are pro-Bernie and didn't like or want compromise at all, they see run-of-the-mill Democrats as impeding and slowing down progress as much as Trump did. Luckily for Americas sake they didn't get their way this time or it might have been 4 more years of him, but rest assured they will be more stubborn and aggressive come next election cycle. Then there is the huge swath of countless stage Orange working class people, skeptics, libertarians etc. who don't like him because they are generally anti-establishment and see him as a corporate shill. A lot of these people aren't even avid Trump supporters either, but they despise lifetime politicians like Joe Biden. I'm sure he was a choice for some of them anyways because of the exhausting nightmare the past 4 years have been. I don't have a horse in this race because I'm Canadian and can't even vote, but I'm quite perceptive of what goes on and Biden definitely is not that popular.