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@Salvijus "For someone like that" - What do you mean by this? Make sure that you're not projecting here. Well then, what is the truth? Are emotions, thoughts, and dreams true? If they aren't true/real, what are they? How can I come to experience something that isn't real? Doesn't the fact that I'm experiencing it, make it real? I can experience something that makes a belief impossible to refute. If I'm believing/experiencing something, that would come to be a part of reality and truth. Regardless of what it is that I'm experiencing, right? That in itself does not mean that it is the end all, be all truth. That what I'm experiencing as reality/truth doesn't mean it's the highest form of truth that is true in every case. It is true, and it is very real to the person who is living in these circumstances and with those beliefs. If one aims to distinguish truth from a belief, one has to know what both of those are, and how they "work". So rather, one may have to go through multiple beliefs in order to just establish a simple form of truth - that it's very hard to find. Rather than saying that one type of belief "is wrong" because it's not "the truth". The first 5 minutes here are relevant

There are different variations of truth and reality as we can perceive it. Take the instance of Schrödinger's cat. The cat is both dead and alive (truth and reality, as far as you can perceive it) until one has been able to go into the room and check which one it is for "certainty". The reality as you see it (perceive it) doesn't mean that it is what's "real" in the highest meaning of the world. We have physical manifestations of reality (and truth) and we have non-physical manifestations of it as well. There are different kinds of realities and truth, and to find out which one is "of the highest order" is no easy task.

There is this idea of sacrificing something in the now, in order to gain something beneficial in the future. For example, I can have a cookie and eat unhealthy now and I'll feel satisfied. Long-term that will end up me being unhealthy and not feeling good. But if I "sacrifice" the cookie now, I can feel better and physically be better (long-term). That to me is the idea of "rules or laws" regardless if they come from a religion or anything else like a government. Whether I look at the possible long-term gain of doing/not doing a specific action is up to me, but I must regardless face the consequences of that eventually. If you're gonna take this example, I also believe you should take into consideration what was also written in the bible "The law was made for man, not man made for the law". We can also look at the story of Joseph, who refuses to "go to bed" with the wife of the man he served. Joseph says in the bible "How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" This was Genesis 39. The law, and the concept of "sin" was only introduced in Leviticus (two books later). So there's something else going on in the concept of sin (as you seem to describe it) that's not really stated and not really clear. If it were just about following the "law", this could not have been considered a sin, since there was no law.

The "thing" existed before humans created the concept. The concept was made to understand something that was already there. In trying to understand "what is already there" we have created a concept that in itself can't be understood without first having known the "real deal". But how can you talk about something, without calling it something? God is the best descriptive word for this "something". That doesn't mean that the word in itself is descriptive in explaining "all there is" about this "something". It's just the best word we have.

Stay away from porn, doesn't matter if it's hetero, homo or any other kind of porn. It's damaging.

Has anyone read this book (series) "Reality Transurfing" by Vadim Zeland? What were your opinions, what's the books about other than methods and deep information on LoA? Is the English version badly translated?

@Morten 1. Well, it says that money doesn't make you any happier if you earn over 75k a year. But if you can earn 200k a year and do what you love, which person would be happier? Money is kinda the fuel to do whatever it is you want to do. The thing that brings happiness in the latter case is doing what you love, the money itself does not bring that happiness, he talked about that yesterday on his Snapchat. 2. Well, he's not investing in those cars, he's using them for enjoyment, just as some people watches TV for enjoyment. So that's the difference there. Overall I would say Tai is one of the best "motivators" for starting self-development (reading books and improving yourself) but I don't know about the "Get Rich" things. Sure he might be renting that house/cars or whatever, but he has the money to rent a big damn house in Hollywood Hills as well as renting some damn expensive cars for a long while. Doesn't really matter whether or not he rents them as he has enough money to rent them I mean, and who knows maybe he gets some good deals (aka it being cheaper than buying) and that's why he's renting them.

An important thing is when you have made your budget, and you go to the bar or something. Only take cash with you, not any card or so. This will make it pretty much impossible for you to go over the budget

He's not telling you to say hi and bye to random students (I assume, haven't watched the video) But rather to introduce yourself to many people (say Hi) and when you are leaving say goodbye. He's not telling you to go like "Hi" - "Bye" to random people you meet that are in college. That is just plain weird.

@Arman The testosterone increase is false however, cold showers affect immune system which correlates with testosterone as well. So indirectly cold showers can affect the testosterone Don't remember anything else lol

@fireworld In my opinion people just get the visualization thing wrong. You can't expect yourself to just visualize something and then magically it'll come to you. You should see the end result as well as the road to where you've gotten. Just seeing the end results won't do anything. So first and foremost you need goals for whatever it is you want to get/achieve. Now you need to make a "roadmap" on how to achieve this goal. For the visualization to work you need to do the part of HOW you get to the point where you wanna be. So combine the end result together with the road there. Obviously, you have to be specific, you can't say "I want to get rich, and to do that I will earn more money". Rather something in this way "I wanna earn $50.000 on a monthly basis by the end of next year. I am gonna achieve this by creating my own company and providing service of value to other people". This value/service is something you'd have to figure out for yourself and put in your visualization/affirmation. A book that is often overlooked by Napoleon Hill, is the "Law of Success" 21st-century edition. In my opinion, it's better than ToG and gives a complete blueprint of how to achieve "success" whether that's financial or anything else you have in mind. When you are doing the affirmations, don't just utter the word. You need to show FEELINGS, positive feelings. If you are talking about how you're gonna achieve your goal of 50k/month next year then you should express both faith (that you'll achieve it) together with enthusiasm for the upcoming road you have ahead of yourself.

@Live Life Liam May I ask how you've managed to live alone in a flat that age? Kinda what I would dream of doing right now (also 17). I personally have dropped out of high-school and I currently at least, don't have any thoughts on going back. I'm gonna get a capital for a business either through work or some of the government programs that can help and eventually travel around the world and when I come back I'll get my own place. I also don't see any reason like you on why I should go university or anything such if it has nothing I want to do

Based on my tests, (ENTJ vs ESTJ) I would personally say I'm either an ENTJ or INTJ (extroversion of 6%). Another test that I've found WAY more accurate than MBTI is Enneagrams, where I'm a 5. Look it up

Hey there! I am looking for some input on principles to add into my life. I will implement them one after one until it becomes automated and completely natural to me These are some of the principles I have/intend to have until a year from now (max) 80/20 Principle - 80% of the effect comes from 20% of the work Do Something - https://markmanson.net/do-something 4X Rule - (from Alex Social) Give it 4 shots, and afterwards be ready to walk away. NRYNE - (Alex Social) There's No Reason Your Not Enough Starting with the end - Know where you are going, so you can redirect yourself when you find yourself on the wrong path CANI - Constant And Never-ending Improvement If You're Comfortable You're Not Growing - Step out of your comfort zone Treat others like yourself wanna be treated. - If you want somebody to wake you up on the train when you fall asleep, be prepared to do so for other humans as well. Wanna Move Mountains? Start with the small stones under your feet - Start small and move upwards to tougher goals. If You Wanna Fly Like and Eagle, don't hang out with turtles - Self-explanatory hehe You're not failing/rejected, your being redirected to something better.

@Ariel Because you don't have to "work" for masturbating/porn. I'd recommend you watching this video

@Canadian We humans don't work that way When you have sex with somebody (physical contact overall). Your brain releases substances that will make you like a person you're interacting with even more. Which means purely biological that it's hard to be FWB or anything as that without developing feelings for the other partner, or that partner for you. So what @aurum meant was that you draw the line damn early and make it clear. Either you stay friends (no benefits), become FWB or you might eventually get in a relationship if it feels right for both of you

Happiness is a sort of success in itself, ain't it?

@Vishal @ChimpBrain Would anyone of you mind doing a more in-depth review of this program?

@Chuck @Yang Noctus I would not suggest you do pickup. At least not in the definition I see as pickup. Try to get better with women, learn what they are attracted to and get rid of that "nice guy". But do not approach women in the same order to try and get better with your "PUA skills". I suggest reading "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Robert Glover and after you've read that one you can go to "Models" - Mark Manson. When you have got a strong foundation you can (if you want to) go into the PUA forums and get those products to get a deeper understanding.

@Emerald Wilkins I saw a great video on feminism earlier today and this is kinda how I feel about it and what I suppose many other men feel about it.

@electroBeam I am talking about a woman in this case as she was the one getting slapped and who dealt the first slap and my guess of what went down in OP's case is up there^^ It might be totally wrong, and it might be right. Gender relates nothing about morality in this case. But to totally understand and give a "correct" punishment from that individual/person and make sure that any person (gender has no matter in this case) won't repeat anything like that again. You would have to understand WHY X hit Y. If you just say "okay X you're going to jail, we don't give a damn about your reasons" they will just continue to act the same way as they don't necessarily understand that it is/was bad, they only find out they get punished for it. The judge in the matter of the case may not truly understand if it truly was such a bad act after all? In order to rehabilitate (and in order to see if a rehabilitation is even needed) a person, you would have to understand them and why they did it, wouldn't you? I gave my opinions in OP's case but this does obviously not fit in with every other case where a man/women slap's each other. But nonetheless, you should view it from that person's perspective. I'll try to paint a picture so it's hopefully more understandable of what I mean. "You have just bought a new car. This car is fantastic, it's your dream car and you have worked your ass off to get this. You feel completed as this was your dream car ever since you found out what cars even were. Oh and the paint job... It's customized to your specific needs and you can't really believe this car is TRULY yours. You close your eyes during the red light ... Then you hear a shriiek and a car drives recklessly through the red light and scratches your car. Your AMAZING paint job, that cost you 5000$ is officially destroyed within minutes of driving with it. You have no idea who this person is, but you REALLLLY HATE him/her." Now let's look at it from the other person's perspective. "You've been invited to your friend's BBQ party and you bring your whole family and just enjoying the time together. Then you hear it, your kid gets an allergic reaction and starts choking... The hospital is 5 minutes away and it would go faster if you drove instead of calling an ambulance. So you put your kid in the car and drive as fast as you can and you see a red light and notice how they're not so many other cars from the other sides so you are driving through it anyway. You notice you end up scratching another person car who seemed quite new but you are completely focused on driving to the hospital as fast as possible." What do you think of the "reckless driver" now? I am not saying he/she did anything right but I am quite damn sure you and I woulda done the same way. You HAVE to view it from the individual's perspective, not from your own perspective to give a proper evaluation. I am not for equality, at least not how the media displays equality, and I would never say I am a feminist. But neither am I happy with how it is now as well. No, I am not gonna settle for something that was MADE hundred of years ago. Everything that was good a hundred to a thousand years ago would not be as good today now, would it? I have never stated that a woman has no ability to hurt a man, whether it be physical or mentally. I expressed my opinion in THIS case, for the OP. Where I doubt he was physical hurt more than maybe a "red-hand" which I also believe his wife received. He was probably Mentally hurt as we should conclude by his reaction, but that doesn't mean that his reaction was correct either. I don't believe in the superiority of any gender. I believe in a society where we COMPLEMENT each other. That does not mean that I believe women are suppressed in any way, even if they are in SOME countries (that's a fact). But in most western countries, women ARE NOT as suppressed as the feministic movement claim them to be. Now this does differ from country to country, but in my country (Sweden) I would not say women are suppressed in any sort of way the feminists claim them to be. Yes, there are some injustices, but that goddamn system is perfect? I hope I made myself clearer with this post.

@electroBeam It's called the bible Well, read about masculine and feminine polarity before you actually discourage anything other I am saying. An interesting read can be "The Way of The Superior Man" - David Deida I am not saying that women should not be punished, just that there are other things counting into whether or not someone should be punished. This accounts for both men and women. Personally, I don't believe that a so-called "bitch-slap" from women close (read family) to you is such a big deal often, at most of the time at least. They are often made in order to put the man back into his right mind, let's say in this thread. Where she (OP's wife) bitchslapped him when he said that shouldn't have hung up on him. For all I know she could have gone out of battery, maybe a radio-tower went down? She bitchslapped in him in order to stop him from thinking that she actually hang up on him and that there could be other alternatives to what was happening. She saw it as no other way, she thinks she loves this man who comes to her work when he's on a busy day and he looks furious while she went out of battery and therefore it appeared she "hung up". She realises he won't listen unless he stops being so damn angry. So she bitchslaps him lightly in hope of just stopping him and let him think a bit on his own. Instead, OP gets angrier and slaps her back, most likely harder than how hard his wife hit him. If my thoughts were to prove correct I don't think that OP's wife did anything wrong. But if it would have been in another case where a woman had been hitting her man. Yes hitting him, not slapping him. Then she should get just as high prison/rehabilitation as a man would have gotten from that.

It's the man's job to be caring for his wife, just as it is the woman job to embrace the man. The masculine and feminine polarity. We should be equal but not as it's often generalized in today society. We should be equal in a way that we complement each other. Men often are purely biological stronger than women, and therefore should complement the woman's lack of strength by being protective of her. Sure, maybe it's "equal" to let the girl have the same punishment as a man for hitting a man, but they do still not have the same physical strength as we men do, and after just "1 hit" men can cause a bigger damage than women can. Even if they both "give it they're all"

@Lynnel Well, Corey doesn't have concepts like PUA coaches. He is a dating coach and not PUA coach for a reason What caused them to commit that murder? Did someone threaten them? Did someone abuse them? Did someone kill their children? A video (in my opinion) still doesn't say a lot of things about a person. I am not telling you to read the book to criticize it, I am telling you to read it because it may not be the same as his videos. And it's definitely not a book on picking up chicks, rather on understanding them and becoming attractive to them.

@Blind Observer Yes I just wanted to make it clear that it's not ok to hit another person (use your anger on them) and especially NOT your wife. - Expressing your anger I have no problem with, but expressing your anger in violence against anything, be it animals or other humans is Not acceptable