Gesundheit

God, never ceases to disappoint. Leo is probably masturbating to Biden's pictures right now experiencing some universal orgasms lol

@Reciprocality I am not very experienced in philosophical terminology. Can you explain what you said in simpler terms?

Exactly. I don't like it when we attach the term "truth" to either materialism or idealism or anything else. I believe all models exist because they serve certain purposes, but that's their limit. They're just tools for deeper manipulation. Then people start attaching to one model against all others, and they call their model absolute truth and primary, and all other models BS and secondary. Idk at this point it just seems underdeveloped and unsophisticated to me.

He got bored after 10 days and started "psychedelicating" his ass lol. Anyway, as a general reminder from my experience, you always get a conclusion compatible with the initial assumptions. If you assume yourself to be a blank slate, you will get the conclusion that you are actually a blank slate. That works for everything as far as I have tried. The reason why you didn't last long is because you were not trying to enjoy your time. You were expecting things and insights. This robs you of the joy of actually being present and fully surrender. But I guess I'm no better. Total complete detox is very hard. If it's your first time, I recommend you allow some friendly entertainment in reasonable amounts, like music or masturbation. Unless you have a strong motivator, like immense suffering, it's unlikely that you will be able to do it perfectly from the first time. So maybe start slow and build your way up. You'll notice that after a while you'll genuinely lose interest in those entertaining stuff that you were addicted to. The joy of entertainment will pale in comparison to the joy of being present. So you won't have to fight your inner demons, they will be dead, at least temporarily. Anyway, best of luck to you.

Cool pic, but boring post. Sorry ?

Simple, don't let your inability to forgive make you hate yourself. Instead, allow yourself to hate him.

It amuses me how some people can miss the actual question op is asking. The question is what's form for? People answer that form is formlessness. Okay, but the question is still there. Form is something that can be perceived as either distinct, or indistinct from formlessness. The question is about the perception of the distinct form, not the indistinct. Can anyone answer that? Or do you not know but just like to participate?

Experience. Maybe?

There's infinite depth as far as my experience goes. You start with unrealizing what you aren't but thought you were. Then you keep unrealizing until there's nothing left. And then you're free to do whatever you want.

All guys get rejected, no exceptions. But some guys get over it quickly and don't settle down for the friend-zone. If she tells him that she likes him as a friend, he does not tell her okay. He deletes her out of his life and moves on, because he knows what he wants. He wants a gf, not an f. Simple as that. Because they're not needy, they go and approach other girls. They don't count rejections or make it a big deal. They just accept reality. And the reality is that not everyone will like your products no matter how high quality they may be. Also, you can think about it this way. Why would you approach exclusively the hottest curviest and most beautiful girls? Why don't you approach the coldest fattest and ugliest girls? They're humans too. The answer is survival. But why these particular preferences and not others? It's too complex I don't even know where to begin. The point is, try to see things from women's pov as well.

I wanna know on which side you perceive me standing. Regardless, I am the donkey. You @Khr and @Michal__ both are diamonds. And I mean hard to break, but transparent and easy to see through.

Women care about looks as much as men. If you track down the different guys a woman has dated, you will find consistency regarding looks almost always, and it's not a coincidence. Looks are important to everyone, and it's BS to pretend otherwise. But there are other factors as well, and they may come before looks. Doesn't make looks irrelevant, just lower in priority. So I wouldn't say women care less about looks. I would say it’s asymmetrical and depends on each individual.

Appreciate your clarity ??

My very young and good friend challenged me a couple of months ago to get drunk using Vodka. She asked me if I would like to do something crazy, I asked her like what? She said idk like getting drunk. I told her whoa, I don't do that, it's not my thing. Then she told me she did it a few days ago. Both of us come from Muslim families, but she's totally nuts and literally the devil. She's stuck in atheism and some non-conformist behavioral stage. Everything forbidden, she has a desire to try and explore. After that, I asked her if there's any other crazy things in her mind too. She said yeah what about smoking weed? And I was like wtf! What is wrong with her?! I told her pass. She was disappointed but started making up excuses like spiritual advancement and all that to justify her desires. I told her that it's illegal, and that there are other purer substances that don't cause addiction and have less side effects. That didn't seem to shake her desire. I told her I know someone who experiences extremely terrible panic attacks and anxiety and other symptoms due to smoking pot. She was still skeptical and asked for links. She's totally insane. But anyway, the reason why I'm talking about this is because a few days after that conversation, I started having a desire to get drunk. I even started looking up methods to induce drunkenness naturally, but there's not much possibility. I remained like that for a few days until I kicked out that desire. It's like I was seduced and tempted by the devil. I started having thoughts like how bad is it gonna be? C'mon just try this experience for once for reference. Etc.... And at some point, the desire peaked and really wanted to try drinking, but I was still hesitant and never acted on it. I am proud of myself for that, and I don't have that desire anymore. I follow the way of the most natural.

Another question for @Leo Gura Suppose enlightenment was against/opposite to your life purpose (understanding reality), which one would you choose?

Thanks for the compliment

Take it easy dude

No need, LMAO.

He should probably close his box then.

I won't say anything regarding the wisdom you're offering, but here's a little note for you @Thestarguitarist14 When you're advocating against relationships (women's most favorite way of survival), women won't just agree and tell you that there are different approaches to relationships. The triggers will likely be so strong that you will not be able to get your points through, even if they have some validity and truth to them. Especially when you talk about dating multiple women at the same time, that's very threatening. So make sure you take this into account when you're discussing.

You're thrown in the middle of an infinite chess game. Your move.

How about this? Since you don't really need a gf, just for fun, you can try to go and practice pick-up. It would put you in advantage to be detached from the outcome and you'd humble down your ego. After that, if things go well and you get a gf, you can experience for yourself how it's like and if it's good for you.

Knowledge is power.

Suffering/resistance is the only way to waste life.

Thanks.