LoneWonderer

Wish you the best! 🙏

@Buck Edwards Hey, very cool! What Language are you thinking of Learning? Love the idea of travel always feels great to see new places! 😃 👍

Hey been seeing it on the news too. Maybe the FBI says they don't know what these drones are in the case they are an adversary such as China so as not to spark tensions deeper. that is just a theory. If the FBI really doesn't know what these things are it's amazing. Why is it so hard for someone to find out where these things are flying in from and leaving to? Why is it they don't show up on any of our radar or radar like systems? That would be really advanced tech or maybe like Loveeee said ITS THE ALIENS jajajaja! PS: I recognise this is a very simplistic non holistic explanation but give me a break I'm not up for writing a detailed post about this subject.

Documentary Life in Random chinese Megacity, this one was absolutely awesome!

Bhutan

Yeah, I agree with you. We always try to do minimum 1 month in a country and the longer the better. Moving to and living in the country is best. Outside of travel I'm constantly watching hundreds of documentaries and reading books about countries, cultures, customs etc around the world to try my best to fill in the knowledge gaps and as I'm just not rich enough to travel to every country on earth ATM 😂

Hey everyone In March I'll be travelling to Vietnam for 3 weeks with my Family. I'm quite a seasoned traveler having traveled to many countries over the years. However most of the times I've traveled the experiences haven't been that meaningful and honestly I can watch documentaries about many touristic attractions if I want. What is your top advice on making travelling meaningful and enriching to my life, rather than mediocre like most tourists. What advice do you have that I can use in my travels to grow as a person? Previously I've done things such as staying with local host families and this was great for integration into the culture and facing new environments with people who have different values. This was great I think. Another thing I thought of is helping in a local NGO or project in my time there. I'm looking for general advice regardless of what country one is visiting. Thank you! 🙏

Thank you all for your advice 😊

Today such a beautiful thing happened. I cried as I was reflecting on how blessed I am to have the amazing life I have. All I could say was thank you in beetween the tears. 🙏 I am still smiling now as I head off to sleep.

Will I make this into a habit? Don't know never really bothered ever writing about my life so we'll see. 25, Lost and feel I've been lost my entire life. Around me every symbol of success and a life many would kill for. Adopted at 5 years old by the most loving and caring mother imaginable and accepted into a loving and caring extended family. Grew up travelling and living in exotic places and studying in elite private schools. After school spent 1000s of hours reading hundreds of books, watching 1000s of documentaries, listening to hundreds of podcasts on any and all topic imaginable. Society, psychology, philosophy, religion, history, science, cultures etc etc. Most people will never reach the levels of understanding of reality I've reached at 25 in their entire lives. Always I've been interested in understanding truth, what is this reality REALLY. Now at 25 I've moved and live in my dream country (New Zealand), working on a meaningful relatively well paid job in nature conservation, live in a big shared house next to the beach with lovely roomates, have a nice car. Yet I'm miserable. My life feels empty and always has. There is no love, no connection with others (I'm very introverted and have always struggled with human relationships), every day feels like I'm just going through the motions of existing. Nothing gives me wonder. There are things I could be doing to make my life better (learning dating skills, learning to stand up for myself, love myself, believe in my own self worth) but I'm tired. I don't want to keep trying right now (aware of how my thoughts and words create a reality in which I'm not improving myself). It will be up to me to change and better myself when and if I choose. Doesn't mean I haven't tried and succeeded and I know that if I keep trying I can achieve and improve anything and any part of my life that's lacking. I'm just not motivated to do so (yes, another excuse). Don't know how, or why I keep going. Some point I will do 5 meo dmt. This is what keeps me going. The thought that maybe, just maybe this can help respark wonder and love in my life. Yet everyone keeps telling to be prepared for when it dissapoints me. "Everyone" are just people who never bothered to study or try psychedelics in their lives and probably never will. The've just heard all of the horror stories and the narrative of "don't do drugs". If 5 meo or other psychedelics don't help I'll end it all. I can't take my existence anymore. I'm very much aware of how my thoughts build my reality so no feeling sorry for myself and the thoughts I'm having.

Hey, Yeah it's possible. I'm 25 now and life is better than it's ever been. I realized my depression which I've suffered since my early teens came from not facing the things that would grow me the most, my self delusions and not having a life purpose. Now, slowly but steadily I face my shadows and fears and one day not long ago my life purpose came to me after I dedicated time to contemplate rather than being midlessly addicted to my phone and sleepwalking through life. Today something happened that's never happened to me before. I was crying because I was so thankful for all the blessings in my life. However it is constant working on myself that got me to this point so this is my answer. Moments of sadness come and go but life is more freeing now than ever before. All the best my friend and I hope you find what you are seeking 🙏

Relating to Leo's latest blog post on success, corruption and posibility for delusion a good case study is the following youtube channel run by Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai trump: https://www.youtube.com/@kaitrump Watch her videos and contemplate how disconnected they are from reality. This is not an insult to her as she was born into power and wealth but observe the petty problems and things she concerns herself with. I used to study in private elite schools where all the kids came from extremly wealthy families with sons of presidents and important figures. Her behavior very much reminds me of their behaviour. When your survival is taken care of and everyone in your enviroment keeps telling you you are great and amazing you end up believing your own bullshit and live in a bubble seperate from most normal people.

Good video on the poison in our everyday items...well filmed by the dude who made it, thanks for sharing 👍

Somewhere on Earth Malawi

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87x98q8y08o Add Mark Zuckerberg to the list 😑

Somewhat old but extremely intresting documentary about Korean culture.

@Carl-Richard I saw the interview and took what I found intresting and just moved passed what was in my opinion not a correct representation of reality. I wanted to ask you if you knew of any books to help better understand this concept of reasoning to ourselves. I know what you mean but wondered if there are any books out there on the matter of self deception.

So he has one of the highest IQs in the world. Instead of pursuing money he dedicated his life to figuring out the nature of reality and came to the same conclusions Leo did. Was blow away by this one. I was expecting him to give some weird explanation on the orginin of life and god like most of the high IQ yet low wisdom people give but was pleasantly surprised. *His explanation starts at timestamp 16:50

It's out of your control. Respect her decision and accept the outcome whatever it may be.

I am the Lone Wonderer if you must know...

The goals are shallow but they are my goals. When I thought this is want I wanted to do it's like a fire of passion arose in me. A sense of Yes, of course! You must try again! This made you happy back then so do it! Give it everything you have! The masculine energy, the spirit of competition, a vent for all the anger and frustration. It's one of those thoughts you'll remember for the rest of your life. It's one of those rare moments when you see the path so clear before you where before there was none. And I will dedicated my life to it. There is only the goal. When I'm on my deathbed I know I'd tried and I'd given everything to make it happen. I didn't waste the rest of my life sleepwalking through life. On my deathbed I'll be proud that I'd REALLY tried.

I will win. Because I can't stand the alternative any longer. Meager existense, comfortable, yet killing me slowly from purposelessness. I have failed in the past but this doesn't reflect the present. Today is a brand new day. I am not defined by my past failings. I am not my failures. I will succeed.

This is where he's gone off the rails by trying to place reality into models. This is where he's stuck by placing limits on the limitless and not fully comprehending the things he talks about.

It is cringe they call him the smartest man, but that's just a click bait title for people who believe their could be such a thing as "the world's smartest man"

@Princess Arabia Yes, I know all this. I don't however want to write long posts trying to explain or justify God as Nothingness (even though even this is not accurate). So I explain it quickly but some people misunderstand that. It's been stated again and again, God is the infinite void from which everything arises. We know this, so I'd rather not go into this again and again when trying to write a quick post.