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I find that most of the times, how you express yourself is a lot more important than what's actually being said. The way we communicate says different things than the things we intend to say. The choosing of words is critical, but it doesn't stop there. Body language and vocal tone are important, but it doesn't stop there either. If you don't naturally have a way with words, this can take some effort to correct, but at least it's fixable. Some people have magical speaking abilities, they can say things very subtly and softly, and you'll end up doing what they want from you with a warm and welcoming heart, even if it's against what you wanted initially. @Nahm comes to mind when thinking about this kind of people. Maybe he can give us some tips here, even though for him it might seem like a very intuitive natural and normal thing. I'm interested to hear him deconstruct his own style, no pressure though @Nahm

Blindness is also a miracle, so.

Lol. That would be somewhat interesting. "God will not show you a miracle, because you're too blind to see." Meh. On a more serious note, I expect you to admit that you don't understand everything in the universe, at least as a start. And then if you're truly awake, that you don't understand anything at all.

@Leo Gura What is the difference between you before your 5-MeO retreat and after? I see the same person, only slightly different and a hell lot more confident, at least in regards to spiritual wisdom.

Anyway, I don't think the point of this video is to debunk homelessness. It is rather aimed at the people who identify themselves as wage slaves in first world countries, and in that light I think it's valid to a great extent.

And a driving license.

The only kind of art I can imagine AI creating is geometrical psychedelic visions. Maybe God is a computer.

I've never been homeless, only displaced, and I have experienced all of these, except drug addiction and poor health. And then on top of them I experienced awakening. It took me 4-5 years of personal development just to start making sense of what's happening, so I know how true your words are and somewhat the struggles of the homeless. For me, 2021 was the year where everything really started to fall into place, and now I can finally say with confidence that I have fixed my psychology into a normal calibrated human being, even though I know I have not yet reached a 100% healthy psychology. Before that everything had been a crazy mess for a very long time that I forgot what mental health looks or feels like, so I am grateful for where I'm at now, and I'm especially grateful that I have very hazy memories of that bad period of my life. In 2022 I plan on getting my financial situation together in the first half, and then on getting everything else right in the years to come. I just want you to know that you have played an important role in my healing process, and I want to confess that anytime I acted out on here it was always because of me and my past. I was damaged, and I couldn't help it. I hope I will be doing better in the future. And sorry for all the trouble

The technical term "first world" typically refers to a superior industrial and overall political and economical climate of a certain country. The US is clearly not the best currently, but it's still among the best. What I am concerned with in the case of a first world country is the tools that are available there and nowhere else, the rest is just skill in how you use and manage those tools. But keep in mind that breaking through does not happen automatically. If you are working steadily, nothing special will happen, even if you work hard. Slow and steady does not win the race. Only risk takers can make something big because big things always require risking something in return, but most people are not willing to take risks. Most people just want stability and repetition. They fear the unknown and the unexpected and prefer to always stay on the safe side. Better safe than sorry, that's how most people think. A thousand dollars might not do much in the US, and it won't add up to a fortune if you simply keep saving for retirement. That's not the way to wealth. That's linear thinking and it leads to mediocrity at best, because economy is always accelerating. If you're gonna save any money at all, it's a lot better to save for the short term just to make some momentum money that can then turn into a project that can then snowball and grow larger and larger. The difference between a first world country and a third world one is that in a first world country you can easily save up until you get that amount of money. I can't tell you how much that amount should be. And I can't tell you how long it's gonna take you to accumulate. It might take you a year, or more, or less, depending on how much you earn, how much you're willing to save, how big your project is, and other factors. Anyway, that's exactly what that dude did in the video. He's got the mindset of a millionaire, and he's willing to take risks. If there is one takeaway to take from his video, it's this. He made enough money from zero and then very quickly started up a company. The mistake he made though is that he didn't have a backup plan. He placed all his bets on one project and simply didn't give himself the necessary safety net. Ideally, what I would do is the same thing except that I would always keep a backup plan. No project ever is guaranteed to succeed., that's what he didn't know. So you always need a backup plan. In a first world country, that's very easy. You work, save up some money, split that money into project money and backup money. Then you make a go at the project in mind, and see if it's promising or not. If it's not, exit, and then save up some money again and repeat. You simply can't lose with that strategy, and this luxury is only possible in a first world country. Of course, many people say that huge breakthroughs require persistence on only one project, and that can be true in many cases, but I can't tell you exactly what will become a great success and what won't, because it is highly contextual, and luck is always a big factor in these kinds of things. Just know that you are swimming in an ocean of opportunities right now and that you can make something out of it if you really want to.

Same answer I would say, as long as you're human.

Life for humans boils down to maximizing pleasure/happiness and minimizing pain/suffering. The rest is delusion and beating around the bush.

@Rilles I don't know about everyone else, but for me the driver is always a desire to feel good, not necessarily goodness. Aka, seeking pleasure and avoiding pain, regardless of consequences.

What drives either/both of these?

@Rilles Why do people still commit sins even when they don't want to fail their God?

Explain sin.

Explain martyrdom.

Explain suicide.

Happiness.

Hanna needed 13 reasons to commit suicide, and even then I thought she was a drama queen.

I don't think that it can be called "work" if all you do is online marketing and meeting with people. Many people do the same thing and fail or get mediocre results. Only a few get lucky and hit the jackpot. That's just the way it is with everything. He's not special, just luckier, if money is how people (not me) measure luck.

Idiot. He basically made about $300,000 and wasted most of it when he could have easily invested in way better projects than dog coffee cups. If I were in the US or any other first world country, I could probably earn more in less time if I wanted to. You guys are way too spoiled and lazy, you have a moderate work ethic at best, you can't handle hard times or crises very well, you buy unnecessary stuff all the time, and you get distracted by all sorts of things.

Thoughts.

Is there a self? Why would there even be one? What exactly is the thing that we refer to with the pronouns?