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then prove me wrong!

@George Fil people are not boring. they're just scared of going deeper and we have to respect that. that's why we notice ourselves in a spiritual path after some kind of accidental ego breakdown. doing the first move consciously is something that cannot be conceived by the mind. people suffer until they've suffered enough and instead of bashing them for their vices, the best we can do is feel and show some compassion. if you get to really really listen to people (and i'm not talking about a particular type or people... just people in general), they will tell you all sorts of peculiar and extremely interesting things about their lives. but you need to be an advanced listener to reach this point with ease.

even though i exaggerated on those 300 years, i am being realistic in a serious way. some people take years just to learn how to make eye contact. personal development is not something that can happen under the pressure of an academic environment. everyone has a very particular rhythm and improve in different aspects in a very particular order. when i think of an "actualized academy", i imagine an extremely theoretical body of knowledge and pools of ego trips.

it's called Life. a diploma in personal development would require 300 years of study and practice.

no. meditation is a dismantling tool. once you realize the illusory nature of your self-image and deconstruct your personality, you're free to build a new one. there are several ways to build your persona and it's not the hard part in my opinion. destruction is the hard part.

@Divingdeeper meditation is the best one, hands down. it will make letting go a lot easier for you. if someone mentions psychedelics here, i recommend that you do not touch them unless you've developed a solid 1 year long (at least) meditation habit. also, drop bad low quality culture. don't listen to songs that promote emotional attachments like jealousy, neediness, vengeance etc.

this is not true. the vast majority of people are 95% of the time scared, anxious, nostalgic, neurotic, angry or needy.

@Anton Rogachevski amazing practical video. i had this insight about 2 years ago and it felt so relieving. how does it feel to live as an open book, without any secrets? it feels like floating gracefully throughout life! @bejapuskas @Devi Shanti we've got some diamonds here. check these out.

i am simply amazed. the following video should speak for itself.

@F A B excelent idea! i love walking alone on the streets.

the wim hof method works exactly the opposite. it's about increasing your oxygen levels and decreasing carbon dioxide levels, thus elevating the pH of your blood. i bet you've already heard about the benefits of a more alkaline blood.

@Manjushri i asked you what is your schedule like and you said that there's no schedule. tell us at least what you did yesterday and today. how do you deal with the small details of life? i am sure that you are more than just a "sleep depraved person". tell us everything that makes you suffer besides your sleeping issues and their consequences.

@Emerald the struggle to become more popular is the exact attempt to look better in the eyes of others. i am here to talk from personal experience and from what i see in the experience of others. everyone (me included) who's ever persued popularity simply fell out of energy due to frustrations not compensated by real feelings of fulfilment. i was able to get out of the black hole of sadness really quickly because i was lucky enough to be told that seeking popularity was an infinite stair of sadness before. when someone comes up and say that he/she wants to be popular, i always dig deep to see the real motivation behind it. what are their practical plans? are they willing to get drunk in parties or share creativity on instagram? you never know how low or high they're willing to go.

i disagree. when i was weak and distracted, i used to crave for the most shallow desires. and even though i could achieve some of them, i didn't feel happy and ended up falling back in the same shallow circle of desires over and over. then i decided to communicate my desires (pretty much like the OP did) and people helped me investigate the nature of what i wanted. i found out that most of my desires were just as weak as i was and they didn't survive the inquiry process. one day i had the desire to dance shuffle. and after communicating my desire, i could make it survive the inquiry process with ease. so i started to practice and practice for months. i got so good at it that i became popular (check it out if you want). and that's how i overcame my first huge depression when i was 19. people that really know what they want will know why and how to defend their desires. and they will figure out a practical way to do it. read the entire conversation and you'll notice that, in the end, he did have a clear vision of what he actually wants to do. btw, this is how life purpose courses work. they're supposed to make you question your desires from every possible perspective. the final result is a polished vision and practical plan.

you become popular when people believe that they will benefit from their relationship with you. it's that simple. becoming popular and then using it for whatever reason sounds like a scam... as if you were lying just to be someone else later. instead, do what you want to do before you become popular and keep up the work after you become popular. your popularity may even be a termometer to tell you about the quality of what you offer. this is how i think about popularity. what will your practical actions be?

his popularity, or the popularity of anyone who shares high quality content, are straightforward consequences. the fact that you aim to be popular as a goal is stinky. it smells like spiritual poverty.

as far as i am concerned, his state of happiness does not depend on his popularity. i'd say that it's for business purposes, only.

@AlphaAbundance hi. you've been hijacked. you need enough mystical experiences to give up on your intellectual vice. the mind can't take you very far... it's merely a tool, not a source of raw Truth.

car crash => reasonable indicative of curse by witch

@MM1988 can you even appreciate a flower? seriously, learn to make eye contact and listen. your material possessions and your looks are unbelievable shallow. your presence is the most valuable thing.

@MM1988 too much assumptions and mental masturbation. what is your goal here? jeez, this is so off-track...

i don't even know who jeff is. whatever.

no. science is about measurements, hypothesis testing and modeling for predictions. if you can't measure, model and test, there is no scientific value. no model can ever fit Truth. models are mental abstractions and Truth can't be grasped by the mind.

@Manjushri you're just starting the same kind of thread over and over and not offering enough background. tell us more about you. what is your story? how is your relationship with your parents? how did you get into such complicated situation? was it a gradual process or did something really bad happened to you all of a sudden? you can't separate your emotional struggles from your day-to-day life.

i would choose my own place. that's what i did in 2015. it worked like a charm.