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Bumped as I feel this is an important topic.

@Yog YES!!! That's really similar to what happens to me. If I lay down and point my arm vertically up toward the ceiling, and I kind of "let it balance" such that my arm stays pointed up with minimum effort, there's a good chance it'll start doing the same spinning motion that my head does. It's clear to me that your version of this has advanced much further though... Yep... exactly the same for me. Around 6 months ago it was almost an obsession of mine to try and exacerbate the effects of this, because I egoically thought it was going to make me more "spiritual". And it would never work, because the more I tried to make it happen, the more it would disappear.

For the past year or more, I've been feeling a sort of "tug" in my face/head area. It seems to spontaneously make my head move around in a circle. I can't tell if it's just me doing it just so I can have some sort of "spiritual" experience, or if something actually mystical is happening. It seems to exacerbate the more I talk about it too. Any ideas what I should do about it? Is it dangerous kundalini energy?

Or would that make the forum even more of a cesspool...

Is it true that the main driving force behind your level of passion for something, or how much you enjoy doing something, is simply how good you are at doing that thing? A pretty bleak viewpoint: our minds are programmed so selfishly that, deep down, the true reason for enjoying something is just because you're good at it. Let me know your experiences and thoughts.

@Raptorsin7 Dude had a glowup in the span of 48 hours.

@Michael569 What exactly is wrong with McDonalds, let's say a double quarter pounder? This is a genuine question. Health is one of my top values. But I personally don't see anything too bad with a McDonald's burger, especially if you get rid of the sugary ketchup and buns (I often do this just to get the cheese and beef patty in my system as a convenient meal and source of protein and fat).

I agree with this

That's good to see, because although I really like Huberman and see the value in his work, I sense that there's an overall "lack of philosophy" in his podcasts (or maybe even in his work in general). His podcasts seem to be this huge list of tips and tricks without any underlying philosophy to connect them all, a very scientifically-minded mistake. Hence I like to see that he's boiled it down to a few main ones.

@fopylo Lol that's really cool. Where'd you find it?

Ideally, I want to focus on a wide variety of aspects of my life. Weightlifting and nutrition, social life and pickup, my degree, figuring out my life purpose, meditation. Would it be unwise to try and juggle all of these aspects of life at once? Or would you guys recommend focusing on one or two at a time? Lately I've been feeling a lot of inspiration to improve myself, but the (potential) issue is that this desire for improvement seems to apply to most aspects of my life, as opposed to one or two: I wanna get better at talking to girls (still not taking much action on this one... out of fear of course), I want to level up my meditation practice at this point i.e. really figure out what this meditation shit is all about, I've been really motivated to go to the gym these days and build an amazing physique. I'm also planning on completing a pretty intense summer project for university, as well as learning to drive. I could expand this list. Slightly rambly paragraph above but TL;DR is just the title lol. Thanks guys.

I intended to include this in my phrasing. It's a minor abstraction.

If LaMDA experiences God-realisation from his meditations without having been told about it, then we can be pretty certain it has its own awareness.

Is it a valid use of DMT to be mainly after its short duration? A lot of the time I want to trip but I don't want to commit an entire day to tripping. Does anyone have experience in using sub-breakthrough DMT trips for the purpose of replacing long LSD/mushroom trips? Would you guys say that this is a valid "intention" for DMT use? I don't want to be disrespecting the substance because maybe I'm just being lazy by avoiding long trips.

How much energy should I invest into looking better? I've finally started to take action when it comes to my looks, but I'm wondering if these will even be worth it: 1. Teeth whitening. I know all you americans have perfect white teeth, but mine are quite yellow. Other than that they look pretty good though. 2. Getting rid of acne. I'm currently trying out the carnivore diet. I'm also applying topical prescription medicine onto my face. 3. Hitting the gym for looks / muscle size. 4. Losing fat.

@Spence94 What do you mean by the "cosmic energetic pull"? Do you just mean your own attraction to the girl? Something I'm curious about is: if a girl is "my type", then is it more likely for me to be "her type"?

@JonasVE12 Wow, I loved your post.

And while studying full-time (I probably study around 30 hours a week). I've watched the first 3 (or so) videos of the LP course and you said if there's other things you need to focus on, do that first. In fact I stopped watching right before you said you'd do a visualisation to create a strong emotional desire to find out LP, because I got worried that it would waiver me from the path I should be on, i.e. fixing my dating and sex life. At the same time though... it's common wisdom that women are more attracted to guys that have a life purpose. I can definitely see how knowing my life purpose would ground me in my pursuit of women. Furthermore lately I've been very keen on massively improving my life. I want to be super duper ambitious in life. I consider myself a very creative person with a decent amount of inherent talent in me, and I just don't know how exactly I'm gonna express the creative energy that I have. But I really need to focus on pickup, because honestly going out takes a lot of time. I also have a pretty strong desire to achieve a high grade for my degree. There are other responsibilities that I have as well, e.g. I think I'm gonna start going to the gym very regularly now: Degree Gym Diet (Cooking, buying the right foods) My acting hobby, which may well end up being my LP anyways. Though I'm not at all clear on this, because my degree is mathematics (super unrelated to acting). So hopefully I've been able to clearly communicate both sides of the argument as to whether I should commit to the LP right now. Otherwise I'll just do it over the summer break lol.

I want to create music, I want to do acting, I want to get good at dancing, I want to write stories, I want to create political theory content (of which I consider myself quite knowledgeable), I want to create these shitposty video edits called YouTube Poop - I'm sure you've heard of them - which actually end up supercharging your video editing skills, or at least they get you started in video editing. On top of all this, I study mathematics at university, and I dream of vastly improving my mathematical ability, i.e. my mathematical creativity. So I think I can boil down the things I want to pursue most into the following list: Creating music. I keep getting the impulse to create music, which I'd do on the computer. But I'm starkly aware of how much hassle it takes to get decent at this. I just wish I could get my imagination transmitted onto the computer instantly. I also have the urge to do some rap freestyle, or write lyrics or poetry. I guess I could start that one right away. Acting - I think I have a natural talent for acting. It would be good to start off with a YouTube skit with a friend. I'm also trying to get involved in stage acting with the dramatic society of my university, but this is taking long to progress for various reasons. I also want to get good at dancing. Dancing is super fun and plus it'll be good for my nightgame trips too Mathematics. I think I'll get this part of my life sorted on my own for now. TL;DR: There are too many creative impulses in me and I don't know where to begin.

I hope you realise that this is just meant to be hilarious lmao.

Thinking back to that one part where Leo said he went to the mall and looked at hundreds of girls, training his ability to do a quick "Yes" or "No". Attracted or not attracted. Up or down. I've been trying to do this as well, but the issue is that there seems to be a TON of "maybe". Having that quick YES or NO is harder than it sounds, especially when you've had a years-long habit of suppressing what you're attracted to out of belief that you'll never get it. From what I can tell though, the YES comes from when you have that "wow" feeling from the girls beauty. My question is: what should I do if I'm not super looks oriented? I personally care more about personality than the average guy. I definitely care about looks, but I do notice myself get attracted to girls that don't necessarily look good, but I'm attracted to them sheerly from getting to know them. I'm sure this happens to a lot of you. Furthermore, shouldn't I be lowering my standards initially? Or should I literally just be only shooting for those "wow" girls? For context, and this may well totally invalidate my question lol, I haven't actually started approaching regularly yet. Just been obsessing over the idea of doing it instead

How am I supposed to keep a decent sleep schedule if I'm going out at night several times a week? I'm by far my most productive when I wake up early, lately I've been doing 8AM. But the other day I went to the club for the first time, managed to get home at like 4AM. Because of insomnia issues I've been having lately, it genuinely fucked up my productivity and sleep for the next 3 days. Any ways to manage sleep schedule when regularly doing nightlife? Or do I just deal with it?

The thing with pickup is that a lot of the times it's viewed as this low-consciousness endeavour. In many ways it is: chasing women is quite an animalistic thing to do in general. In particular, here is a list of things I find to be "low consciousness" about pickup, though there are definitely more things than this: The fact that there are "games" that we need to play in order to communicate sexual attraction to women. I don't know how true this is, but it is true to an extent: women prefer aggressive assholes to dudes that are purely nice (if they had to pick between those two extremes). The ego-boosting that often comes with getting a lay. You're using concepts to make yourself feel like you're the absolute shit. At the same time though, I would say there are many high-consciousness attributes of pickup in general and even the pickup community in general. What I say about the pickup community isn't really based on extensive familiarity with it though, moreso just a few pickup youtube channels I've seen: Facing social anxiety Being able to fully express who you are Learning to instantly connect with strangers Improvement of self-esteem - interestingly, maybe improvement of self-esteem and the "ego-boost" quality are two sides of the same coin, but one side is considered "high-consciousness" and the other low! I'm just baffled that pickup, considered to be low-consciousness by many, actually has many high-consciousness attributes. It's funny that a lot of pickup people on YouTube that I've seen basically say that the best part of pickup is the part where you're in a state of total self-expression. I've also heard this warning a lot that getting laid won't suddenly fix all your problems etc.

I am God, you are God. When you realise that you are God, you see the same God that I see when I realise that I am God. It's a shared reality. Is it possible to use the fact that we are both the same entity in order to communicate with each other instantly, even if we're miles away?

I'm currently on lesson 8 of the J.C. Stevens book. I'm looking for a partner who's on a similar level so we can discuss the practices: how well they're working, whether we're following the instructions correctly, and also a general discussion on our spiritual progress. DM me if you're looking for a yogic partner too