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You forgot to look at the comment section. Look at all the love. By the way, God does not exist. Only the Universe does and it includes every possible scenario both what you call good and bad. Good and evil are just relative human notions. There is no such thing as a monster.

Fear of death is one of the strongest forces in life. Getting rid of fear is not the goal but some Buddhist Ratshit.

Really? No one else has got nothing to say?

I hear you. But you know what, I had a dream of being a tennis pro and trumpet pro. Of being the best tennis player and trumpet player ever. I even had a dream of being in a symphony orchestra as a trumpet player. I even had dreams of being a famous singer. But I looked into my dreams and outgrew them. In my pursuit of my dreams to be a musician and tennis pro, I realized that it was not what I wanted to do in the end. I experienced anxiety/depression in my freshmen year of college when I was a music major in trumpet performance. I found psychology and philosophy during those times and fell in love with that. Now, I am an Existential Therapist who specializes in Existential Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. I love what I am doing now. But I also know that I am nowhere near the end of my life purpose. I have only begun. I work in a clinic, but I have goals of having my own practice and business. Keep your head up. This can be frustrating. It was difficult for me to cope with the reality that I will never meet my tennis goals of playing professionally. I don't know how I learned to accept it. I was talented at many other areas. I think just learning about life and doing your best is the gift you give to yourself. I believe there is a bigger dream for you. I am actually in some ways very thankful that some of my dreams failed because they were quite shallow to begin with in retrospect. I encourage you to give yourself time. Music is something that you and I probably will never outgrow, but our relationship to it can change. I encourage you to focus on having fun with music. The reason why I dropped being a music major was because the curriculum was taking the love and playfulness out of music and was replacing it with demands and stress. Music will be with you for the rest of your life. I have thought about music therapy at one point, but I think I prefer existential therapy better. Also, I wouldn't completely abandon this dream of yours. We all bloom at different times. Some people don't make it until later in life. A lot of it can do with elements that are out of our control. But in the meantime, take a deep breath and see if you can reconnect to the pure joy of your passion independently of money.

Purposefully let your character die multiple times. Get desensitized and detached from outcome. Consider watching walkthroughs on YouTube while practicing mindfulness.

Wow! It is amazing to see in action the process of philosophy turning into religion. All religion essentially boils down to an idealization of the messenger. But the messenger is not as important as the message. Religion loses sight of the message in regards to deriving truth for one’s self. They think they need the messenger to deliver messages to them. Essentially what Jed McKenna says, “don’t look at my finger, look at the moon.”

PROGRESS UPDATE (8/4/23): I wanted to share my progress tonight: I went and danced with two women tonight. It was a loud club. I immediately walked in, and I saw someone I recognized. A woman grabbed my arm as I was walking away. I introduced myself and so did she. It was loud in there. I was not really physically attracted to her. But I thought I would practice building up my confidence and approach. I asked her if she wanted to dance and led her to the dance floor. We danced for quite some time. I was dancing really hardcore. I have a lot of energy and was breaking up a sweat. I danced with some other young girls around me and made some jokes. Some of them were college students and I said something witty like: "I bet everyone here is a major in drinking and is making an A in that." That got some giggles. I then took a break, and I saw this young woman that looked attractive. I was about to leave, but I said "screw it" in my mind and went over and approached her. I did not recognize her at first, but I was surprised when she said my name. I found out that I performed magic tricks to her the week before but forgot. I asked her to dance, and she said agreed. We danced and 2 stepped, but she was not dancing close to me. I spun her around a bit. But I saw her glancing around. I said "You are a great dancer. Are you having fun?" She said "Yes." I said to her something really dumb. It was something like, "You seem like you are from the midwest. Are you a play-it-safe kind of girl?" I really don't know why I said that lol. But after I said that she was like "What is that supposed to me?" (with a smile on her face) and then she stopped dancing and walked over to her friend. I just asked her where she was from and then I said "Thanks for dancing with me. Have a nice night." In my analysis after the fact, I could sense during the time that she was not interested because she was not asking me questions, she was not dancing close to me, and was looking around and not always at me. I want to count my success that I was able to get one girl to hook point, but I was not attracted to her. I eventually, left her and went dancing with other women around the dance floor. I was able to have the confidence with her and in talking to other women. The club was really loud, so that was against me in talking to women. Also, in the future, I plan on not dancing like I am on drugs. I have ADHD, and I went hardcore on the dance floor to where I was break dancing. It got people's attention, but I realize that all it does is makes me seem needy maybe. I don't know. I was really just being myself and having fun. But I can also see that from the energy I exude off may come across as too much for some people. Also, in the future, I missed an opportunity where I was talking to some women I was dancing with. And one of them said, "You should go dance with her (the girl I danced with initially). She seems to enjoy dancing with you." I should've said something like, "I bet you would too." I missed an opportunity there. But I am learning by writing it here. If you have any other feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. My goal is to go out again the next night and try again. EDIT: I also missed an opportunity where there were girls sitting at a table and there as an empty seat. I did not approach them because I was nervous. They were on their phones. But I was nervous as to whether they had boyfriends around. I walked away and saw a guy bringing one of the girls a drink. So, I am not sure. I find it easier to socialize and flirt when there is some activity going on like on the dance floor because usually if women are out there dancing together and not with some other guy, then they probably don't have a boyfriend.

That was all happening within your consciousness. You never experienced other consciousnesses but your own. Hence, when you wake up, you realize it was all a construction of your mind.

Well. If there are and you can verify that, it would be within your Screen.

God is the Screen or Perceptual Field. Think of it like Skyrim. You are the screen. Everything on the screen is all that exists. There aren’t multiple screens. Just yours. Ulfric is not having his own screen. Your Screen is creating the ego of Ulfric. All the NPCs are just creations on the Screen. Think of the story of Jesus as being programmed by your consciousness as a story line just like Ulfric killing the High King. All of history is a construction of your mind. God is not something outside of your ego. God is experience. Experience is you. God is you. Everything you are seeing right now is God and there is nothing outside of that.

God and ego are one. Think about it. What would separate the ego from God? There is no existence without some reference point or ego.

No forum is replacement for therapy. This work/forum already assumes you have mental stability. And, you cannot work towards self-actualization if you aren’t getting your emotional needs met outside of the context of spirituality and this forum. Leo isn’t a therapist, he is a philosopher. So he has a right to be direct in his communication. If you are suicidal and mentally unstable, then you aren’t ready for the most advanced stages of consciousness and self-actualization. Remember, the highest level is self-transcendence according to the hierarchy of needs.

All fear is psychological!

To be fair though, there is a lot of BS on this forum. So, how else are we gonna flush it down the toilet if not being direct and truthful? Most people here need to see a therapist and are coming here for issues that need to be discussed with a therapist. However, this forum is for Self-Actualization.

Your action was evil. You taking pride in your selfish act to end another life form is also evil. I bet aliens could say the same thing about the human race in that we are just pests and pollutants to the earth that need to be exterminated.

If the action is intended to cause harm to another life form, I would define that as evil. Of course, it is relative. But it is unwise to throw out the concept of evil. That makes everything permissible and justifiable to continue the perpetuation of evil.

Natural disasters aren’t evil. Evil is defined as the intentional act of harming another life (AKA, selfishness 101). Natural disasters aren’t selfish; therefore, they aren’t evil. The logic is correct. Evil exists because human beings can choose to be selfish. If selfishness couldn’t be possible, then neither could selflessness. But that isn’t possible because consciousness is Absolute Selflessness. Case closed.

I thought you both were on psychedelics lol! I guess it wasn’t that kind of trip.

That short response already tells me you don’t have a good justification. I challenge you to ask your girlfriend whether it is infidelity and let’s see what her response is. Also, if you found out she doing getting off from other guys, how would you feel?

Always mystery. God is Being, which will always be more fundamental than knowledge.

@Someone here Don’t you think that watching porn while having a girlfriend is a form of infidelity?

Getting a girlfriend or dates online is like riding a bike with training wheels still on. The real question is why can’t you get a girlfriend or date without your phone? You gain more self-development when you can approach a woman in real life than in hiding behind a screen.

So basically what you’re asking is can you be mindful while taking massive action and being productive. The answer is so obvious. Owen Cook is telling you that your definition of meditation is limiting. Be fully present and engaged with all that you do. Sitting on your ass, chanting a mantra, counting your breaths and the rest of it is all bullshit.

OP needs to consider the cons of the opposite. If your girl has never had past history, she will always be wondering if she could’ve had more or better. Some people marry their high school sweetheart, but then they want to “experiment.” Be grateful that your girlfriend went through the buffet of boyfriends and picked you out.

You aren’t alone. She may also have those thoughts about you and your sex count. It sounds like you are insecure and maybe haven’t moved on from your ex. I am going through a breakup now and have had those thoughts, but I realize that nobody will ever love my ex anywhere close than I did. It’s her loss and my gain. Just think of her having sex with other guys as practice for you. Those other guys are just test drives. She is buying the real car which is you. Now, just take her for an adventurous ride. Focus on creating adventures. That’s all I got. Hope it helps.