WonderSeeker

My best friend in the world is conservative as fuck. We've been deep frineds for 10+ years. Let me tell you, going shooting with him, hanging out in his circle of Trumpers, and debating politics with them for hours, then drinking a beer after taught me more about conservatives than 100+ hours of YT on the conservative value system (save Leo's brilliant video on it).

Never watched the guy no matter how hard YT peddles his stuff to me. Seems like normie content veiled to look like it's sophisticated. Naval, Huberman, Diary. They make some good points, but they're all click-baity and stale after 10 minutes.

Don't share unless she asks.

Damn, that's tough news to receive. For sure finish those games and any other projects that make you happy. Spend loads of time with your loved ones and tell them everything. Leave nothing on the table.

Switched from geology to teaching English as a foreign language in east Asia.

I like this thread idea! One mistake I made — although I wouldn't necessarily redo it now — is trying to build a business and paying for expensive, live PUA programs while already in debt. In other words, taking dumb risks. I was in my early 20s, fresh out of college, and ambitious, so I said 'fuck it'and racked up credit card debt on top of student debt. Now I'm in my late 20s and a hardcore conservative with my money. Putting everything that's not non-discretionary expenses straight to debt payments. Should be out of debt in 3 years. Then will take more calculated "risks" when the time's right. ----- Another mistake I made was dating an ex-Vegas stripper psychopath. Again, being young, stupid, and horny, I did it for the sex. Well, ended up with the best sex of any of our lifetimes, but new trauma I had to process after I got the police to drag her away. Again, I wouldn't necessarily redo this one because it taught me incredibly valuable life lessons I wouldn't learn in any other way (like the PRECISE workings of a narcissist / psychopath, not just a YouTube video about it but direct experience). But I also wouldn't relive it either. ----- @YIDIRYIDIR appreciate you sharing this. You've got some interesting ones — I resonate a little bit with the "violent communication" one.

Kinda hard to act that. If that's acting, he could easily be in Hollywood.

Knew you'd say that. Gonna push back. Isn't it true that helping people access Truth is more good than being uncalibrated with what you share (thereby steering people away from truth-seeking)? Why even post at all Leo?

Awakening is 100% positive The last 30 seconds of that reel kinda freaked me out. Maybe it's positive from the 1st person, but watching that from the 3rd person is unsettling as fuck ----- On the substance, he's right. I had my first awakenings in early 2021. They were both incomplete. I felt depressed and de-personalized at first. In the years since, I've had far deeper ones and now baseline existence is really good and satisfying. It's actually quite hard to be depressed at all...

I'm 28 and couldn't agree more. Psychedelics amplified and eventually pushed me through an old career, forcing me to switch lanes to stay true to myself. I'm not using them again until I get my finances stable, have a good relationship, and learn more about the world. There's absolutely no rush to depart for the heavens.

Grabbed the book list years ago and still buying books from it. So worth it! Also if you're interested, I highly recommend Daniel Schmachtenberger and Jordan Thornton's book lists on society/game theory and depth psychology respectively.

Disillusionment Post Oh how I appreciated this post. It made me realize precisely why I am NOT currently engaged in spiritual practices — even though a part of me REALLY wants to be! The more you engage the spiritual, the less practical and conventionally successful you can be. Why? Because you stop caring about material goals — duh! With the goals I currently have in life (paying off debt and moving toward financial freedom, finding a dream girlfriend/wife, and having a family in 10ish years), not going hard at spirituality the way I did 5 years ago just makes sense. At 23 I meditated daily for over a year, took psychedelics, and made amazing leaps in consciousness at the time. At 28 I'm becoming balanced in the practical, the real, the material; I am too young to depart for the stars fully. Maslow's hierarchy is a slooooooow climb. Anyone relate?

To those who is going, let the rest of us know what the experience is like. Sounds like a great opportunity go extraordinarily deep.

His takes on Trump around 34:00 are shockingly awful. For how smart Jaing is I fail to understand how he comes to these bullshit conclusions about Trump such as: - he won 2020 - he's a victim and everyone was trying to cancel him even though he was innocent - he's not a part of "the elite" Even with a fraction of nuance, he still made it seem like Trump is this brilliant guy that is to be trusted and should be seen in a more bright light. In a different interview with Patrick Bet-David, he said he would have voted for Trump in 2024 if he could. That's bizzaro considering he's also claimed to be "on the left," and for democracy. I understand Jiang's main operating principle is viewing everything as a power-play. Maybe in his mind he cares less about the 1st person on-the-ground reality and sees the world as a giant, impersonal 10-D chess game of power. Hard to tell. ----- The spiritual insights he brought up were great though. His analogy of the body as a husk, with a divine spark seeking other divine sparks hit home. Glad he recognizes this. This is the most important thing to keep in mind...

You think or you know? Trauma is curable, but it takes real work. If you have a treasure trove of teachings but can't apply them, that's on you, not Teal (or anyone for that matter). How do I know this? I've taken bits and pieces from Teal Swan, Jordan Thornton, and took Julien Blanc's trauma program and have seen a HUGE transformation. Before all I did was casually watch theory. It works.