WonderSeeker

Sounds like a plan man Btw - I followed you on IG. If you ever find yourself out this way hit me up and maybe we will meet. There are all these little tricks you wanna know if you come out here that will go a long way! You must be curious about exploring other cultures ... what kind of value are you getting from watching vids? Thainking about travel or just for the educational vibes? I've been eating up this guy's stuff lately. He is a fluent Chinese speaker with phenomenal social skills who walks thru markets and chops it up with everyone. Videos full of his manadrin and pinyin tranlations --- great for learning and practicing the langage at any level (even as a full blown newbie like me). He makes you feel like he's taking you on a 1st person tour of the country.

I used to know some Canadian nomads that were big on Colombia. Brazillians too! Both have loads and loads of sensual, curious, and phenomenally attractive ladies How do you plan to take your business overseas? You're a photographer right?

Yeah, finding high stages is rare in Korea (especially in Daegu where I am). The women I've dated or people in general I've made friends with have been some mix of blue/orange; in my experience if they have ventured outside of their own countries and made an effort to integrate western cultural values, they are far, far easier to meet and hang out with. Seems like they value stability over transcendence here. Korea is very conformist TBH. You should visit for a week just to do it, to see the history, then go. Japan probably has more depth, but I cannot speak to that from experience yet. But they make excellent places for those looking to accrue experience in their own evolution. The only other Asain country I've spent time in was Mongolia. Both Mongolia and Korea have had thier cultures obliterated or heavily influenced by the Chinese and Japanese empires; I am so curious to see what it will be like to live in the big leagues of Asia. Where in SEA did you live and what were you dong there?

Yes, I will be teaching. Honestly, getting a Z visa wasn't that hard. Few hundred to get documents authenticated and shipped. They do have a 2-year teaching experience requirement though (but I was able to get in with only 10 months in South Korea, so they're not 100% strict on it like they say they are). I wonder what you mean by "crazy"

@Joseph Maynor Looks like we share a similar experience

Best to ignore them. View-sanity is vanity. They hate themselves deep down. Most aren't patient enough to accumulate real life experience and speak from that. They'd rather suck up someone else's hard-earned, lifelong work and regurgitate it. Or just get plastic surgery, oversaturate the shit out of their thumbnails, and use optimized AI scripts overlaying videos of 1 million dynamite sticks blowing up a whale to gain popularity. Lol, I dunno how people actually watch such slop.

Yes, but speaking, as an activity itself, is an experience. You feel into your body and mind, learning how to control different muscles, make different gestures, and use different techniques to bring across a subject of interest. Of course, the content of what's being spoken about better be authentic. If it's based out of speculation and theory regurgitation, it loses signal. I'm a school teacher by trade, so I'm biased

It sounds like you should get out and do more public speaking if it suits you. Experience the answer to the career vs cringe question. I'm curious about what you'll learn from taking action.

Nobody can tell you the truth. Not even Leo. You have to create the truth and then tell it to yourself.

What matters is you got there. Whether on purpose or by accident But this time, if you want deeper awakening, you have to choose it consciously. Wecome to spirituality, Round 2. I'm in a similar boat.

First of all I think it's right to have doubts. It sounds like you have something good going with this woman. Do you really think you'll find something better if you leave? The language barrier thing is understandable and relatable, I've experienced the same in Asia. I assume you want a relationship where you can co-evolve with her. The only way that happens is if one of you learns the other langauge strongly. At the end of the day taking spirituality to a high level requires some language competency because unless you're in the genetically gifted 0.000001% that can do spirituality without being taught it, you gotta learn it, which requires language. So either you accept that she's not gonna join you on the inner journey and stay in the relationship, or bounce. If you accept it, then try to explain to her, to the best of your ability, that you will have to leave for periods of time to think about life and see if she's ok with that. That's really all you can do.

This is probably niche for this forum. But in 2 months I'll be moving to Chengdu 成都 Is there anybody on the forum who has lived in China before or is currently living in China? For those who haven't heard, living abroad is a great opportunity if you're: young, open-minded, want to flip the bird to corporate, tired of watching your country deteriorate, ready to get your pre-programmed cultural paradigms shattered without trying, eager to live somewhere that's on the rise, and already 30 years into the future. For me I've been living and teaching English in Korea for the past year. It's been an epic experience, but after doing 50+ hours of deep research, I decided on moving to China. After another 20 hours of militant outreaech, I landed a job there. The best part is, this move is allowing me to: make 2x my Korean salary starting out, live in an apartment that would easily cost $3,000/month in the US, but only $415 in China, have the opportunity to learn the 2nd most spoken language in the world straight from the source, experience more exotic dating opportunities (it's so fascinating experiencing how sexually and relationally different things are out here). After doing lots of reasearch and experiencing things firsthand, I found that the US distorts reality when it comes to east Asia. It over-glorifies Korea and Japan (naturally because they are 2 of its major far-east vassel states) and straight up demonizes China, acting like its a communist hell-hole. Based on firsthand, Korea is highly uncultured and materialistic. I mean, there is a culture, but it is 100% trends and K-nonsense. I haven't been to China yet, but I've personally watched over a dozen videos of creators essentially saying, "yeah, it's not perfect like any place, but overall it has world-class convenience, it feels extremely safe, and the west's portrayal of it is total propaganda." Again this is probably a niche post for this forum. I've been in my own bubble of researching and making this my life, because I've had the best time living exotic lifestyles in my 20s. I've had the good fortune of spending over a month in Mongolia and Alaska, almost a full year in South Korea, and multiple years in several US states. All before age 30. Nevertheless I'm putting this out there to see if any of you know about this opportunity. Cheers!

What about the book makes it so unordinary? Spoil it for us

Victor got Orbán-ned. @Monster Energy Besides Hungary, what are the other countries voting this year? I'm an American living in Asia, I don't know squat about Europe. Do the polls say immigration is the #1 issue? How about foreign policy and the economy?

I concur, it's a solid thread (not that I'm biased or anything). Maybe some ego and talking past each other — I'll admit some fault on that — but now that we're aware of it we can make the conversation more productive. I'm relatively happy with my situation, especially where I see it going in the coming years. Am I done though? Hell no! I still have some work to do as far as dating quality partners over taking whatever has a pulse. As an experiment I tried that and the rewards were minimal. Amazing sex with a psychopath or getting your D sucked in a parking lot 30 mins after meeting the person weren't as thrilling or rewarding as the RSD/pickup people made it seem it would be. Right now I'm in Korea, getting ready to move to China and create an adventurous social circle and find a solid girlfriend. In Mongolia a few years ago, I had some epic dating experiences that changed my life and I intend to create the more of those in China. Strangely, and my Australian bro (who has had 100+ ) can attest to this, Korea/Japan are SUPER hard to date in due to the barrier. I'm mid-journey but the way I see it, it's okay, even healthy to see where you're going (the spiritual path) and start living it if it suits you.