Spiritual Warrior

Lower self: The purpose to life for human beings is to reproduce. Higher self: How do you know this? Lower self: Because this is what we do in order for our genes to move on. Higher self: And what is the purpose to that? Lower self: The purpose is to evolve. Higher self: Evolve into what? Lower self: Evolve into.... The greatest possible version of ourselves that we can create! Higher self: Why though? Why evolve at all? Why not just stay still and not grow into anything? Lower self: I don't know, I mean I guess you could. I mean no ones stopping you.. but there is this unnerving feeling inside of a human being that says "I want to be more!", "I want to be good!" "I want to be courageous and kind, a true gentleman!" * Higher self shrugs* so the purpose to life is to evolve, huh? What is evolving ? What does it mean to evolve? Lower self: To evolve is to change. Higher self: Could you be changing into something that is worse than what you are now? Lower self: well first we need to ask the question what does it mean to be "worse"? Higher self: ahhh... now we're catching on. What do you think? Lower self: Worse is deemed as less beneficial to you. Better is deemed as more beneficial to you. Higher self:More or less beneficial towards whom? Lower self: Me. Or anybody, everybody. Higher self: Is that all humans or all things in general, animals too? Trees? What about the other planets in the solar system? What about the planets in the other solar systems? What about the other universes and multiverses? What about the living beings far out into the galaxy? Lower self: Hold on just minute! The original prompt was the purpose to life for human beings is to reproduce.... Higher self: Yeah... But and then you started talking all of this gibberish and it was hard to understand you. Lower self: Hard to understand me? What do you mean by that? Higher self: Listen, do you want to get at the truth of a thing or just the truth that benefits you the most? Lower self: the truth of course. There is nothing more noble than pursuing the truth. Higher self: Yes, but there you go right there... You are pursuing truth because it is a noble thing to do. You will get no where until you decide to pursue truth for its own sake. Until then, you are not ready.

Embrace the authentic you. Once you are able to love yourself, this opens the door for some lucky girl love to love you for you

What is your mental state when you are biting? What kind of thoughts are running through your head? I have a tendency to bite the hairs on my beard. Every time I do it, I notice that it's because I have anxious / worry thoughts running through my head.

Nice man, it sounds like you're on a good path for yourself. Best of luck to you.

Interesting topic. Do you have any book / resource recommendations so that I can investigate further? Thanks.

Thanks. Have you read it??

Conversations with God Entry #1 Me: Hi God, how are you? God: I'm good, thanks. How are you? Me: Good. What did you have for dinner tonight? God: Oh I had some steak with mashed potatoes. Medium - rare. Oh..... it was a slender cut of meat. Me: What? You eat meat? God: *God chuckles* Do humans eat meat? Me: Well yes, of course. God: Theres your answer. Me: Hmmmmm. okay. Me: God, why did you create devils in this world? God: Oh my son, why not? The world is infinite, why not create devils and unicorns and rainbows and beaches and sushi and tornadoes and slendermen and Florida and Antarctica and man purses and Lindsey Lohan and porn and sex and babies and breast milk and Lucifer and testicles and backpacks and bedrooms and skyscrapers and planets and rocks and stars and suns. Why not, my son? When you are the all powerful being, theres nothing stopping you from creating all sorts of things. Wouldn’t you do the same?

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Chapter 4: Creating It doesn't matter where you come from or what environment you are in, anyone is able to tap into their creative genius. As you begin to think about what you want to create in your life, know that your current circumstances should have nothing to do with what you would like to create. You are not limited by them. Creativity should not be limited to while you're at work. You can tap into your creative while you're cooking, while your meal prepping, while you’re working out, while you’re cleaning, while you’re hitting on women, while you’re talking, while you’re cracking jokes, while you’re bonding with family. There are no limitations to when you can use your creative juices. The steps to the creative process; 1. Conceive of the results that you would like to create - a painter will conceive of what the final painting will look like before he picks up the brush. Do not wing it. “I dont start until I am almost entirely clear.” Knowing what you want is a skill in itself. 2. Know what currently exists - If you were creating a painting, you have to look at what the canvas currently looks like. There is a notion that you cannot look at reality objectively. You want to develop the skill of viewing reality objectively. Develop a capacity for truth. 3. Take action - Once you know what you want and what you currently have, the next step is to take action. Inventing is a skill that can develop. When you take an action designed to bring your creation into being, your action could either work or not work. If the action works, you should continue taking it or if it doesnt work you can discontinue taking it. All of the actions, the ones that work and the ones that do not work help to create the final result. Creating itself is a learning process, learning what works and what does not work. The more you create, the more experience you have in developing your own instincts into what will work and what wont work. The art of creating is about your ability to adjust and create what you have so far. 4. Learn the rhythms of the creative process: There are 3 distinct phases of the creative process, : 1. Germination 2. Assimilation 3. Completion. Each phase has its own energy and class of actions. Germination starts with excitement and newness, coming from the unusualness of the new action. Assimilation - the initial thrill is gone, this phase moves from an internal action to a focus on external action. In this phase, you live with what you want to create and internalize it. It becomes part of you. Because of this, you are able to generate energy to use in your experiments in learning. The super excited energy of germination is over, but this new more quiet energy is what helps you form the result that you want. Completion is the stage that has a similar energy to assimilation but now it is applied to a creation that is more and more tangible. In this phase, you use the energy to not only to bring to completion the result that you are trying to create, but also to position yourself for the next creation, leading to the germination of your next creation. 5. Creating momentum - For professional creators, they have an ever increasing momentum to their creativity. Not only is the creative process a reliable method to produce the results that you want, it also contains seeds of its own development. The more you create, the better you become at creating the results that you want, the momentum snowballs into more and more creations.

Chapter 3: Creating is No Problem, Problem Solving is Not Creating There is a big difference between problem solving and creating. Problem solving is taking action to have something go away; the problem. Creating is having something come into being; the creation. What you have after solving a problem is the absence of the problem itself, but what you don’t have is the creation of the result that you want. This mindset also ties into the law of attraction, you do not want to think about the problems that you have or the things that you want to steer away from, you want to think about the amazing life or things that you are going to create. Focus on creating something that you want, as opposed to the elimination of unwanted things. Why do we hear from political figures all about how they can solve all of our problems, instead they should be talking about a society that they are going to help build. The best leaders have been builders, creators, such as Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. They didnt simply try to bring relief to their constituents, they were able to build a foundation for a future that they wanted. Problem solving leads to temporary relief from a problem, but it seldom leads to final success. Many people see life as a set of problems to solve: An unhappy love relationship, a bad job, a chronic health problem, financial difficulties, a stressful family life, corporate politics, competition from abroad. May of peoples lives are inexplicably tied to their problems. A majority of their actions are taken so that they can be problem- free. What drives the action is the intensity of the problem. Once the intensity is lessened, people have less motivation to act. Thus, problem solving as a way of life becomes self-defeating. An example of a creative type of problem-solving technique is brainstorming. Brainstorming is when you attempt to blitzcreek through your pre conceived mindset by fanciful free association, or by generating alternative solutions by overcoming your usual manner of thinking. Much of the focus in this type of approach is in freeing your mind, People have a wealth of creativity within them, but when a person is filled with limiting beliefs and rigid ways of thinking, these create blocks within them, plugging up every hold of creativity that one has. The idea is to move these blocks out of the way so that creativity can prosper. The inventiveness of the creative process does not come from creating alternative, but comes from generating a path from the original concept of what you want to the final creation of it in reality. A free mind is different than a focused mind. A free mind is like looking into the water at the fish without knowing how to catch the fish or whether or not you want to catch the fish. A focused mind has a desired result and is focused on creating it. An example of a creative-orientation is one that is self-sufficient. For example, in Uganda, there is an organization that trains the people of Uganda to be able to create the life that they want.

Chapter Two: The Reactive- Responsive Orientation As kids, we are told what is right and wrong. Sometimes we got scolded and sometimes we got praised. Our parents are very impressive, they can drive a car, go to work, can lift heavy things, they seem to have everything figured out, so we believe them and do as we’re told. Much of what we learn as children is about what we cannot or should not do. They were based on avoidance. Most people believe circumstances are the driving force in their lives. The reactive-responsive orientation is when a person takes action based on the circumstances that he/she finds himself or might find himself in the future. Schooling usually integrates children with this reactive-responsive orientation, for example, I child is encouraged to fit in and stay out of trouble. This is an example of a reactive-responsive orientation. Creating and responding are completely different The reactive orientation is when a person rebelliously oppose what is taught at home or in school. If you are in the reactive orientation, you also believe that circumstances are the driving force in life. But you believe circumstances are not necessarily how society portrays them. This can take the form of cynicism, nihilism, or you may have a chip on your shoulder, you’re suspicious of others, or may have a short fuse. A good exercise to see how reactive you are: Do you react against circumstances chronically? Are many of your actions designed to combat negative circumstances? Do you see yourself in a life situation in which you must overcome the forces in play, often simply to survive? Powerlessness: The reactive-responsive orientation frames in your mind the fact that you are powerless. You are a slave to the circumstances at large and therefore have no control over them or your own destiny. The power lies outside of you, not inside of you. Some people have achieved success out of fear of failure, this is still acting out of the reactive-responsive orientation and therefore out of powerlessness. In the reactive-responsive orientation, people will treat internal circumstances exactly as if they are external circumstances that they have no control over. Here are some examples of this: “I had so much anger, I had to leave the room”, “My fear got in the way during my job interview”, “My relationship with my father was incomplete so I can’t even have a good relationship with a man,” “My mind gets in the way when I’m trying to be spontaneous,” “My ego gets me into trouble,” “I need to overcome my sinful nature,” or “My stomach rebels against spicy food.” In the reactive-responsive orientation, you are not taking ownership of how you react to things, you are blaming external circumstances for what is going on in your life. This is immature and also doesn’t do you any good. Take the power back. In the reactive-responsive orientation, it always feels like circumstances are more powerful than you are. Even if you master navigating the external circumstances in your life, it is still the external circumstances that are running the show. In reactive-responsive orientation, you tend to live your life by avoiding what is going to be uncomfortable instead of moving towards what you want to create. The pre-emptive strike: Very common within the reactive-responsive orientation is a strategy designed to prevent unwanted circumstances to happen in the first place. Here are some examples: Developing an assertive personality to avoid being manipulated by others, at meetings some people publicly criticize themselves as a pre-emptive strike to prevent being criticized by anyone else, some act insecure and irresponsible to prevent having demands placed upon them, some people act arrogant and unfriendly to prevent closeness and intimacy, some get upset easily to prevent being confronted by anyone, some put themselves in situations in which they appear to be victimized to prevent being taken advantage of, some people dedicate their time and energy to selfish deeds to avoid considering their real doubts of self-worth. Living in the reactive-responsive orientation is the best strategy towards living a mediocre, lame-ass life. If you want a lame ass life, adopt every strategy that has been mentioned in this chapter. If you are in a reactive mode, the path of least resistance is to shift towards the responsive, if you are in a responsive mode, the path of least resistance is to shift back towards the reactive. This is a closed loop, there is no way to break this habit without restructuring the entire system. AS LONG as you try to make changes from within the reactive-responsive orientation, you will remain within that orientation, as a result it will not work and you will be reinforcing the reactive-responsive orientation.

PART ONE: Fundamental Principles Chapter One: Forming the Path: A path is formed based upon the structure that is in place. Moving along the path: “Once a structure exists, energy moves through that structure by the path of least resistance. In other words, energy moves where it is easiest for it to go.” “How you got to where you are in your life right now was by moving along the path of least resistance.” Three insights: You are like a river. You go through life taking the path of least resistance The underlying structure determines the path of least resistance We can change fundamental underlying structures of our lives. Change the structure, change the path of least resistance, change your life. An example of a structure is a house, it is a completed unit, with walls, windows, stairs, ceilings, and floors. Overcoming Resistance: “When you attempt to overcome resistance in your life, you merely reinforce the underlying structure in play. By focusing on the resistance, you empower the resistance, making it more important than the result you want.” In other words, it is not beneficial to fight the resistance. Instead, take a step back and calibrate the structure so that the resistance is no longer there or just does not need to be taken seriously. What is structure? The structure of anything refers to its fundamental parts and how those individual elements function in relationship to each other and in relation to the whole (sounds a lot like a system) Lets take the human body as an example: The body is the structure, it is made up of the heart, brain, lungs, blood cells, nerves, muscles, bones, etc. The elements of the body all function in relation to each other and in relation to the whole (the body) Thinking isolates events, understanding interconnects them. Understanding is structure. When parts of a structure interact, they set up tendencies, inclinations towards movement. All structures contain movement, or the tendency to turn from one state into another state. But some structures tend to move, where as other structures stay stationary. Structures that stay stationary consists of elements that hold each other in check What determines the tendency to move? … The underlying structure. Structure determines behavior. The way anything is structured determines the behavior within that structure. There are structures in your life that determine the path of least resistance. The structures that have the most influence on your life are composed of desires, beliefs, assumptions, aspirations, and objective reality itself. In this book, we are not studying human behavior, we are studying the behavior of structures. People often believe that if they change their behaviors, they can change the structures in their lives. In fact, just the opposite is true. Change the structure, and the behaviors will follow. Some structures lead to oscillation and some structures lead to final destination. A pendulum is structured to oscillate, a rocket is structured to lead to a final destination. A life of oscillation: the structures in some people’s lives lead to oscillation which is an experience of ones life moving forward, and then backward, and then forward, and then backward again, and so on endlessly. Structure and the creative process: We are wired to think of situations that are inadequate to our aspirations as problems. When we think of them as problems, we try to solve them. When you are solving a problem, you are taking action to have something go away; the problem. When you are creating, you are taking action to have something come into being; the creation. Notice that the intention of these actions are opposites. When you think structurally, you ask better and more useful questions. Rather than asking “how do I get this unwanted situation to go away?” you might ask “What structures should I adopt to create the results that I want to create?” The creative process uses a structure that does not oscillate, but moves toward final resolution so that the creator brings into being the results he or she wants. This is not a book about how to solve your problems, but about how to create what you want to create.

The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz Book notes Introduction: “One of the fundamental principles is that there is a direct connection between what occurs in your consciousness and what occurs in your external life, and that if you initiate change internally a corresponding change will happen externally.” “Energy always moves along the path of least resistance, and that any change you attempt to make in your life will not work if the path of least resistance does not lead in that direction.”

Chapter One: You will Never Have Enough No matter what our circumstances, our minds tend to promise us, falsely, that happiness is tied to getting more of what we want - better food, housing, transportation, recreation, health, and travel, to name just a few The Wanting Mind is always craving an experience different from the one it currently has. The Wanting Mind insists that things need to change in order for us to be happy, and money is one of its favorite objects to focus on. The Wanting Mind continuously takes us out of the present moment in its attempts to make us happy in some better tomorrow. Our biological imperative to survive is what drives the Wanting Mind. A tree grows toward whatever available sunlight it can find. Whales migrate thousands of miles to reproduce. A human baby screams with hunger until she is fed Nothing in modern society is as closely tied to survival as money. “When you begin to really understand how wired you are to want pleasure and to want to avoid pain, that sort of basic instinctual wiring-when you start to see through that clearly, you begin ot take it less personally.” - Wes Nisker There is no way out of wanting more, it is part of our basic instinctual wiring. Exercise: Detach: Close your eyes for one to three minutes. Just pay attention to what thoughts arise, without trying to control those thoughts. Ready? Go… Now reflect a little. What were your thoughts? Did you feel at peace or were your thoughts focused on something that needed to be changed? Whenever you can, in the coming days, take a look at your thoughts through this lens: Is this thought happy with my life, right now, just as it is? If not, what is it trying to get me to do in order to feel a sense of “enough”? When we let the Wanting Mind control our financial lives, there are always tremendous costs, both financially and emotionally. The mind lures us into this behavior pattern by telling us that the more we want, the more we’ll get and the more we get, the happier we’ll be. But the truth is that the more we want now, the more we’ll want in the future. Humans are creatures of habit. The more we behave in a certain way today, the more we will behave that way in the future Have sex with 100 women - Wanting mind Have full body orgasms - Heartfelt goal Never ejaculate - Wanting mind Make a significant difference in every one of my students lives - Heartfelt goal - Heartfelt goal Drive a Tesla - Wanting mind Have a big house with an inground pool - Wanting mind Get married and have children - Heartfelt goal Write a book about the masculine vs feminine dynamic - Heartfelt goal Win awards at dance competitions - Wanting mind Approach 1,000 women - Heartfelt goal Reach a stage yellow type of systems thinking - Heartfelt goal Have $1,000,000 in my bank account - Wanting mind Meditate every day until I die - Wanting mind Do a meditation retreat - Heartfelt goal Approach women with confidence and tell them they are beautiful - Heartfelt goal Have healthy relationships with friends and gamily - Heartfelt goal Try to be less and less selfish as you. age (put your ego to the side) - Heartfelt goal Have sexual abundance - Heartfelt goal Have many sexual partners -Wanting mind Have a fit and healthy and muscular body - Heartfelt goal Get a lot of attention from women - Wanting mind Drive a nice car - Wanting mind Exercise: Close your eyes for just a minute or so and place yourself in a life where your goals have already happened. Involve as many of your sense as possible: What does the environment around you look like, what can you hear, whats the temperature, and how does it smell and taste to be there? Just enjoy the sensations of having achieved these goals. Imagining these goals as if you’d already attained them in your life should give you a palpable sense of peace and fulfillment. If not, they’re more likely the cravings of the Wanting Mind. Follow the advice contained in the rest of this book and theres no reason you cannot achieve the heartfelt goals that are most important to you! At War with Yourself: When we are in a stage of wanting, there is an inner conflict between what we have-what we are experiencing right now-and what we want. There is one part of you that is taking in your present experience, unfiltered, “The sun is shining”, “This car is making funny sounds,” “I am feeling angry,” There is another part of you whose attention is sharply focused on how you’d like to change your experience: “I wish it weren’t so hot,” “I need a new car,” “She shouldn't make me angry.” When you say, it is this way and I want it to be that way, you are fighting with what is.

Its Not About the Money by Brent Kessel Book notes Introduction: This book will help you gain: An abiding sense of financial fulfillment A clear understanding of the powerful forces that have shaped your financial life A real sense of security and confidence about your future Improved financial relationships with your life partner, parents, and children A greater ability to reach your most important financial goals