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Absolutely. But Mark Manson is also making a great point. People on the lower end of the motivation and change scale might experience growth as more painful, yet they might be the ones who need it most. Coincidentally there is a stage called transcendence, and if you are there, then perhaps regular self help doesn't apply to you.

All forms of sex and relationships are a distractions albeit sometimes pleasant. Do what you want.

He's bored. Looking for engagement. Don't take the bait. Just stick with the intellectually honest people.

Some are still waiting for Jesus to return.

True they would be amazing actors if they were lying. I find NDEs very compelling that imagery and thoughts continue after death.

As in we won't ever die and thoughts and imagery just keeps going for infinity? Or that death (as ending of experience) is only imagined since it can never be experienced?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbd-jRPv73j I think this guy is a masterclass of holding state. Am I wrong? Instead of an ancient swordsman maybe dressing up as someone cool would work even better?.

Holding frame! Yes you are right. Thanks for the clarification!

You could cosplay as a cool person right?

Thanks @Natasha Tori Maruand the irony that is lost on @Willy Phallicus is that he literally is the bullshit clown he claims to be so frustrated with!

What if you are also clown? You are just a person on the Internet too right? I'm just asking questions. How do you know I don't? I'm allowed to share whatever I want on a forum that discusses these topics. Perhaps you are projecting. Imagine I shared a banana bread recipe and then you asked when are you going to start eating protein? How do you know I don't eat protein. I think I found the bullshit clown and they go by the name of @Willy Phallicus Anyway, we shouldn't be giving you a hard time. Unlike everyone else, at least you engaged with the material. Thanks!

Stop mediation and all spiritual stuff. Ensure you so these every day: Lots of Excersize, very balanced diet, strict sleep schedule. You will get back in the dream that way.

Hey everyone, I’ve been reading through a lot of the dating advice and forum threads here lately. Most of the discussions seem to focus on how to "get" a girl, what women want, what men want, and how most people fit into certain predictable boxes or behavioral patterns. Don't get me wrong—I appreciate the advice. I know people are just trying to help each other navigate the messy world of dating, and some of those patterns can be useful guardrails. But honestly? It feels like we are missing the entire point of romance. This hyper-analytical, rule-based approach is completely antithetical to love. Love isn't a formula. Love is revolutionary. It doesn't follow a pattern; it shatters them. It breaks every single rule you thought you had about yourself and about other people. Real love doesn't keep you safely inside your comfort zone—it pulls a completely new person out of you, making you someone you never thought you could be. It forces you to break out of old cycles, not conform to new ones. I thought this forum was supposed to be a radical, free-thinking bunch. Why are we acting like a crowd of rigid rule-followers trying to reverse-engineer human connection? If we want something real, we have to stop treating people like algorithms to solve. Let's talk about the magic, the chaos, and the radical vulnerability that love actually requires. Who else feels like we've lost the plot?

Nope, there is always more nuance, depth, breadth, things to learn, and ways to teach them and articulate them. Thinking you have that all down pat is arrogance. I enjoy watching other people grasping ideas as each person teaches me something new about what its like to experience the universe, even if the material is old to me. I'm a teacher and I teach the same thing over and over again but never get tired of my students. Think of a scientist who studies one species for a few years. The layman might say isn't it boring to look at the same thing every day?

That makes no sense. Africa is a continent so it can't be in Spain.

What on earth is Spain doing in Africa? Lol

You forgot the part about human nature and the need to compete. Not sure how that can be eliminated. I got a solution to a different problem. If every other neighbors placed their garbage bin next to their neighbor's bin, then the garbage truck would have to stop half as often. This would be better for the workers, the trucks, the gas emissions, the noise pollution, and make it quicker to collect the garbage.

He discusses idealism in the chapter I shared above and other interesting things in a way only O'Connor can and that fans of Leo will sure to find interesting

Too old to be on here

My prediction is we are going to look back on all this AI doomerism the same way we see Y2K today. Remember the world was going to end then too?

@Someone here

Ya honestly, you are probably right BUT remember she did get almost half the votes last time. America isn't as racist and sexist as some cynical people might want you to believe.

What got you to this conclusion?