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I think people should be careful not to mistake having no free will with being a victim of your circumstances. It's very easy to say, well fuck it, I have no free will anyway, might as well let it all go to shit. The no free will thing is a thought provoking concept to make you question yourself and your beliefs, but ultimately having no free will is just another belief. Only if you are at a certain level of enlightenment can you truly grasp what it means to have no free will and what it means in your own experience of reality.

Your life is going to be a total drag if you try to formulate it like this(imo). State your goals and desires, and go with the flow man.

Id' rather go down with my own vision than the vision of some stupid dice role, that's just weak and cowardly. Just make a decision and stand for it 100%, even if you accidentally blow up the world. Fuck it, at least it was your decision. Living consciously is way more fun than letting external circumstance decide your fate, well most of the time anyway. Just have to stop being scared of committing to your actions.

Your whole life is basically a daydream, you just don't realize it yet. Visualization can help put your daydream more into focus. The reason most people don't act on their visualizations is because they belief their current daydream to be 'real', and their visualization just a dream. But you are the one creating your reality, every second of every day. You can change your whole life in a snap of a finger if you loosen your grip on what you think is 'real'. Most people never get to that point though.It's simple. not easy.

Believe in as much as you want except the things that hinder your happiness in your life.

They can work if you don't have any limiting beliefs that would negate your affirmations. Your beliefs always win.

The present is just as much an illusion as past and future

Go for it gramps

My most effective sleeping habit ever is: Sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested

I don't give much of a crap of style nowadays anymore, even though I still know all the fashion etiquette of do's and don'ts lol. But back in the I used to watch this channel in Youtube called Alpha M(the guy is called Aaron Marino). All the men's fashion advice you ever need is on there.

Don't let people convince you you have Autism or Asperger or something, most likely you don't. That's just a cop out. A lot of intelligent people have your problem, they have an easy time talking about things they are comfortable with. Whether it be there profession, news, their interests etc. But when they have to ad-lib a conversation they become weirded out because they are unsure where to go with it. There aren't any anchors in their mind they can normally go to, so they draw a blank. I think your problem is that you are too critical about the things you say, and this can become a downward spiral fast. You are a bit unsure > you say something "stupid" > you become even more unsure. You have to learn to let your thoughts go in random conversations, you have to know there aren't any right or wrong answers in casual conversations. Casual conversations are about expression and connection, it's not about being wrong/right or smart/less smart, it's about fun. Start meditating, stop judging yourself for what comes out of your mouth, start having fun with it. Even if people think you don't sound smart or something, fuck that. In the bigger picture, people care most that you authentically express yourself, they don't care about the cold, factual content of your words.

In a meditative state your brain will be less attached to sounds. It will make less assumptions about the sounds by reducing the amount of cross referencing between other songs, so it's easier for the brain to differentiate the different layers in a musical composition which is playing in the 'present'. The ego thrives on patterns, so much that it tries to make a pattern out of itself(which is the 'I').

-A lot of people seem to think 'consciousness' is some ghost that is flying all around us that is seeing what 'we' are seeing. -People judging other people for being of "low consciousness" LOL -An "Enlightened being" has become some kind of mythical superhero status, especially here on actualized.org lol -The advice of "You just have to let go"(I have been guilty of this one lol). This phrase only makes sense for someone who has actually let go, for someone who is full on attached to their believes it doesn't make much sense.

Tai Lopez' garage seems pretty legit to me

Pick the two most random things you can come up with in a flash. Now flip a coin, heads you become a clown for a traveling circus, tails you become a stunt driver for the movies. Let fate decide.

Like some wise philosophers in the past used to say: F*ck Tha Police. I don't know what it's about but I'd grab a stick and whack that guy in the head. Middle men make things too complicated.

Totally useless. Self inquiry isn't about convincing yourself you are no one, do you see how this makes no sense? It's all about the road of self discovery, not about you will find. There is no cutting corners, no get rich quick scheme. Sit down in peace, and observe.

How wicked would it be to be the next Jesus Christ? I mean, yes, being hung on the Cross and such is kinda shitty but he's still world famous after 2000 years. Who of this generation will be famous in another 2000 years? Maybe Kanye West but apart from him... I just don't know. You might be the one to finally bring salvation to this stinking world full of sin.

Listen to you mum, she's totally right. Goji berries are a scam. Now get out with your 'high consciousness' shenanigans and eat your nutella sandwich.

Wanting to change other people is just a subtle form of your own insecurity. You are asking for validation for your own way of thinking. Just lead by example, don't waste your time trying to change other people, change yourself first. if other people see you happy and successful, people will want to adapt themselves to you. Don't delude yourself into thinking there are higher forms of the Graves model or whatever, that stuff is just an illusion and can easily become an ego trip if you believe in it to be true.

Love is simply the thing that is left when all attachment/resistance has gone. People can get a hint of love in romantic relations because they let go to a certain extent. People that have had near death experiences also experience extreme intense unconditional love because they let have let go. Unconditional love between 2 people or love between an activity/object and a person does not exist. Just the conditional excuse for the person to let go of resistance. Focussing on this love might help certain people in their enlightenment work, but it probably won't give a permanent shift in consciousness as long as the internal resistance is still there.

"2x2=4" is not an absolute truth at all. It's an intersubjective observation, big difference.

@Pinocchio Are you Jed McKenna's parrot by any instance? j/k I appreciate your perspective

My no. 1 rule: Rules are made to be broken

I don't know, what is love?