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How is consciousness equal to "knowing"? Consciousness is non-prescriptive, only descriptive. Observation is not active, it's passive. Reason for staying alive is an active judgment. And it's unnecessary. For example, trees don't seem to have a reason to live, and yet they continue living regardless. In this case, we might call it passive, yet conscious attachment. But for me to detach from life, that would require active effort, whether conscious or not. Breathing is passive, it happens automatically without my egoic will, I can only become aware of it. On the other hand, trying to stop the breath is an active seeking and going against life, it's ego.

Reason is logic. Life is prior to logic. Continue breathing as long as I can.

Do you have any advice on how to develop state-flexibility?

1 million subscribers out of 2.29 billion YouTube users. That's a 0.043% attraction rate. And I'm sure some of them are there for the stage Orange stuff only. Now, apply that rate to real life. If Las Vegas has 2.6 million people, that makes Leo's chances of authentic attraction very small. Only 1135 people from all the 2.6 millions. Let's be optimistic and assume that half of them are women between 20 and 30 years old. That's like 550 woman. And we haven't yet touched upon sexual attraction. We've only covered similar interests. Sorry for the all math though. You probably hate me now even more

Haha absolute truth! But still, isn't an advanced person supposed to be able to act stupid on demand? After all, if you can't be stupid, doesn't that mean that you lack integration? lol.

Lack of death.

Therapy and/or shadow work.

@Thunder Kiss Did you even read a single word in my post? I didn't go near confidence. I don't know where that came from. And jeez! Right off the bat calling me closed-minded just because I said "another theory"? Alright, I am closed-minded. Let's stop right here. Please.

I have another theory. I think women desire the rarest men regardless of so called "trauma" or how good or bad the men are. I think 2000 years ago, good benevolent men were the sexiest and most desirable because they were rare. But now that they are plenty, women shifted towards the bad men because they are rare. Ego at its finest.

Don't blame me. Blame Leo's shadow side that brought me here ??

I mentioned in another post that there are two playing fields. Here:

@roopepa Thank you, doc. That must be the right diagnosis ??‍♂️

Who said you're highly conscious?

It's global. They don't seem to resonate with that way of thinking because all of the thinking is done subconsciously. They don't know what they're doing or why they're doing it to the point where they're even in denial about it. There's nothing "authentic" or "fun" about waxing legs or having to wear makeup everyday. It's painful and exhausting. "Having fun" is just a cover for trying to maximize sexual potential when interacting with the opposite sex, or survival potential when interacting with other women. The two playing fields are not distinct, in fact they interact and feedback into each others. Men also have two very similar playing fields. But most people have almost zero awareness of the games they or others play. Everyone is so busy playing their own game and trying to win it to have time to observe or meta-reflect, since that would lower their chances of winning and moving up the social hierarchy, or at least maintaining their current position and status and not dropping down.

@Leo Gura This is a sweeping generalization, like the one before. Incels are a minority. They're not the general population. And I don't think they're incels because their lives are too easy and privileged. Wrong. The more you socialize, the better your game will get regardless of everything else. Development has very little to do with looks. Women game a lot, but their game is different. They game when they put makeup on, wax their legs, wear sexy clothes, get their hair done, get manicure and pedicure, etc. Trust me, your sex appeal would drop significantly if they suddenly stopped playing their game. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Women's game is so elaborate and can be very subtle. The reason men are so horny all the time is because women know how to entice men.

I don't mind that one bit. However, I still disagree with the original statement/observation. I think consciousness is a lot more complex than to be reduced down to just one factor. And I don't even find the factor Leo mentioned primary or secondary or even from the top 10 factors. Proper education, for example, is a lot more important than looks, and it's likely one of the top 3 factors. I think physical beauty and consciousness are two different and almost irrelevant parameters, and I don't think easy life circumstances lower consciousness levels. We live an easy life compared to our ancestors. And yet, it's a lot easier today to reach higher levels of consciousness than it ever was, given you are motivated and/or willing to do the work. Of course, you can abuse your luxurious life and remain a chimp, that's what most people do. But you do have a choice today, which was not the case for our ancestors.

You're right. It is the opposite. That's what I meant. People who are socially accepted become arrogant because of the leverage and approval they get. You need to have something to brag and be arrogant about. Here, it becomes a little bit trickier. Since arrogant people tend to hold social power, they tend to attract more power and leverage. So, automatically, people start to gravitate towards their power and leverage, regardless of their arrogance, because for most people, survival is more important than self-respect. It's more nuanced than that, but it's hard to articulate.

Correlation does not equal causation. Homeless people are not necessarily the most conscious, even though they have the hardest lives. Nor does an easy life automatically lower consciousness or handicap its development. But I don't even agree on the original observation. I think it's mostly genetic and a matter of luck.

Just because it's a game doesn't necessarily make anyone a means to an end. Some women assume that a game cannot result in a win-win scenario, they probably think that we want to win and make them lose. But what they don't realize is that the only way to make that win-win scenario possible in the first place is to take conscious leadership of the game by the man. Instead of demonizing the game, we can play it consciously. What's wrong with that?

Women who reject game are more or less the female version of incels even if they have a boyfriend. They're unaware of human nature, or perhaps simply unaccepting of it. They live in fantasy land inside their heads. They've built up imaginary images for an ideal partner in their minds. And they don't seem willing to let go of that delusional nonsense. What is the number one advice for incels? Go out and socialize.

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