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Life is amazing. It is all in your head. Rules are not made out of stone. You think reality should be XYZ. NO! Reality is formless.

Ralston is talking about it:

One of the most insightful posts on dating sub-forum. Thanks ❤️

I'm working on myself is the #1 cope man use these days.

Cheng Hsin Newsletter 13. Ideals Since we were very young we have been inundated with stories and ideas of destiny, romantic notions of being a hero or heroine, of being someone special, fulfilling our potential for greatness, or realizing a dream. From such culturally promoted ideals we are likely to assume that something awaits us in our lives, that our individual existence has a particular purpose and meaning. Of course, this purpose and meaning is frequently obscure. Realizing this destiny, fulfilling a life plan, is supposed to give meaning to life, without which we would likely feel something is missing or that our life is not living up to its potential. 19:32 In the background everyone has images of what their lives and selves should be like. These can be quite subtle and buried, or very obvious and openly touted, perhaps presenting a standard impossible to reach. Although almost no one would admit to the more outrageous ideals—being a superman in ability, the wisest human on earth, or a saint in spirit—they nevertheless tend to have such ideas in some form or another and can be quite dominated by them. 19:33 How could anyone possibly be dominated by such outrageous fantasies? First, they don’t exist as a fantasy, they exist as what’s expected, as that which would make a person worthwhile, special, and loved. Yet it isn’t just the impossible ideals that run us. We are chock-full of all sorts of images of who we should be, and who we shouldn’t be. These are both personal and cultural. But the bottom line is always the same: we don’t perceive ourselves to be that way. By presuming that we should be some way that we are not, we are setting ourselves up for disappointment. What if ideals never were meant to be attained? Sounds silly, doesn’t it? Of course they are meant to be attained; it is only ourselves that are lacking. Perhaps not. Perhaps, in fact, there is nothing lacking within ourselves at all. If an ideal was not meant to be attained, in other words, “lacked the possibility of realization,” then what good is it, and why does it exist? An ideal may have been created to serve the function of providing a direction in which to develop, or it may have been instilled as a form of control, a way to standardize values, or to humble the recipient. All manner of possibilities could explain the presence of our many ideals, none of which require personal realization. We can see once again that the analogy of chasing an unattainable cheese fits here perfectly. Contemplate during the week: During the week contemplate your own ideals and grasp an experience of being complete, not lacking anything. Have nothing to attain, no social goals, no future ideal life to realize. Allow yourself to be complete.

That's why being offline is a luxury. Stop focusing on what you don't want to see in the world.

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A good introduction

You are unhappy because you contrast your present life with a future life that is not on your level of skill. Learn to engineer your life as a game designer.

Men need to wake up. Period. Too much internet, porn, social media. Self-love is the real gold here on this game. You have to transform your foundation into deep self-love.

Here we go! Why did Buddha say life is suffering? https://peterralston.libsyn.com/1-why-did-buddha-say-life-is-suffering-peter-ralston-podcast

Neurosemantics is a psychotechnology to run your own brain. I recommend Michael Hall's Movie Mind book.

Genius is a matter of perspective. Humans disagree a lot about different geniuses (Musk, Edison, Tesla, Einstein). There are people that call Musk a genius, a freak, a thief, a swindler. It is all about perspective. Jobs is a similar case.