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Biden, in his speech, compared Hamas attack a few days ago to the 9/11 attacks. Do you think that is a fair comparison? Did you lose sleep over the USA's response to 9/11? It's ok if you did or didn't. It was probably similar in many ways. The USA isn't perfect either just like Isreal. And the USA bombed the heck out of the middle East in response (despite the UN being against it). I am sorry you are struggling with this issue. Watch Leo's video on destruction or Maybe Chapter 5 from the Toa Te Ching can help you.. "Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings. The sage is not kind. He regards people as offerings. Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out of it. A multitude of words is tiresome, Unlike remaining centered."

This feels just like a horoscope reading for the whole planet. It's so vague but somewhat accurate for the human condition and so it sounds right, just like a horoscope. There's not many internet personalities I can stand listening to, male or female.

Congratulations, now you know what not to look for.

Multiple itis is the only cure

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"If you can make a girl laugh you can make her do anything" -Marilyn Monroe

@nhoktinvtWomen want what you want: a happy non-neurotic person, with hobbies, friends, interests, loves life, loves themselves. What women don't want: depressed guys who are just looking for sex. Be in love with life and girls will want to be apart of that. Girls just wanna have fun.

@Razard86 Great post. Good reminder of how mindblowing reality is. Thats my biggest flaw is taking reality for granted and not being amazing by it, even though intellectually I know it's utterly amazing and divine. Thanks.

The video basically says to ask a stranger for help because people love helping others. After that just keep talking. If she seems to enjoy it just say "youre pretty cute, cool if I get your number?" A good place to find "hungry" girls is the grocery store. Just ask where the peppers are and then start talking about what you are cooking etc...

You only get friend zoned if you aren't boyfriend material. That's something you can't learn from any video. This strategy is easy and legit for most folks.

You ask the girl for help. Actually watch the video.

Sounds like you need to work on yourself alot.( That being said I don't know what you look like or act like). I am sorry but sometimes you have to go through many years of work before you get the pay off. This happens in business and relationships. If money and sex wasn't hard work it wouldn't be as fulfilling to get it. If every girl you wanted would sleep you you in an instant you would get bored of sex. Regarding lowering your standards I have a story. I used to have trouble getting a girl (I was too picky and scared to approach) and my brother once told me "just fuck anything that moves". So I did this and I slept with alot of girls I otherwise wouldn't have; sexy ones, fat ones, older ones, literally any girl that looked like she wanted to talk to me. This taught me many lessons. One of the most important lessons was that sex isn't that important neither is relationships. Then I met this cute girl who I had a crush on and she was OBVIOUSLY into me I just asked her number. And that was it.

Ya it's really hard being rejected by girls. Logically you have a few options: -Lower your standards - raise your value/speaking skills (whatever area you are lacking) -ask more girls out You can do a combination of all three.

The best way to move the world up the Spiral Dynamics spectrum is have immigrants from less developed countries live in a more development countries. Since downward movement on the spectrum is rare, the immigrants will probably be made to move up. Thus bringing the whole world up the spiral. Trust the universe

@Swarnimgreat idea, I will try this challenge today. it would be nice to have routine challenges on the forum. In the political section for example: "find someone with the opposite political opinion as you and agree with them or try not to disagree with them at least" Relationship section: "make small talk with someone whom you usually would ignore"

Smile more too

Really interesting and thought provoking. Some questions: does God really "care" about being human? Is there a separate God to "care" about the present moment? If God is infinity and is cycling through all infinite scenarios, would God really about humans more than something else? Also what do you mean is being human the greatest creation? Is this compared to known living organisms? Or is there something special about humans that I don't know of, and if there is, is there a way to realize it? Am I getting this stuff right?

Become loose and more casual during the day. Emulate poeple you admire and who do have good day game. Break the unspoken social etiquette of society and behave in a more outgoing way.

Give up your desires, even the desire to give up all your desires.

So true. Our egos resist us trying to make our problems seem small. (by comparing ourselves to the guy in the video.) But it's true nonetheless, our problems are usually manageable and relatively small.

You fear the death of your lifestyle (maybe quite rightly). It's similar to the fear of physical death of the body. Let it go. Be ok with handing your country over to immigrants. In a few decades you will be in the infinite again.

Good point

My opinion is that Jesus was as enlightened as Eckhart Tolle, Sadguru, Leo, Buddha, Ramana Maharishi, and maybe even @PurpleTree (they all say the same thing.) And the rest of Christianity is just fabricated wishful thinking and delusion. Think of the scale of self deception that Christianity and all religions have reached! It's utterly mind blowing how billions of adults in 2023 can be convinced that an ancient magic Jew is needed to save you from going to hell!

The question is a little vague but still answerable. Reality vs Dreams Differences: reality seems to be way more consistent from day to day, has way more detail, seems to be longer. (Compared to my nighttime dreams anyway) Similarities: seems to be made of the same "mind stuff" and made of shapes and colours (I've never had a dream with just sounds for e.g.). Same POV experience and always just a single POV (not two for e.g.). Interestingly the average materialist uses the differences between the two to argue that life isn't a dream.