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@Lorcan wow. That's lofty. Godspeed. Get a law degree. Watch Where to Invade Next. This is a cause you might need to be willing to die for. That's one serious rabbit hole you're looking into. They don't fuck around. However, I believe you can it.

@jse Love Dr Suess!!! Ever hear the story about how he decided to give up, and the universe stepped in and he became the icon that he is? I think of it a lot. Love it.

@jse what a site. My 'branding' of CNN just flipped. Thanks for sharing that.

@heisenburger Aren't you curious about this reality? Isn't there anything you want?

@blazed I'm working on it. It's one of my goals that led to joining this forum. It takes time. A lot of time apparently. I was honest though, I did say you'd get very mad at me.

It's like how the flight attendant tells you to put your oxygen mask on first, and then your kids. Or, if you have a goose that laid golden eggs, which would you take the best care of? You can't give what you don't have. If you want to experience love, you must love.

@blazed That's awesome! Keep going! I wish you only the best. I have only love for you Blaze. In the mean time, go to your profile, account settings, ignored users, then add me to your list and you won't have to listen to me make a case for your happiness anymore.

@blazed It can't be true that you have no interest, because you replied. Stop being so clever and right, that's feeding into the attitude issue. Start listening to some Abe Hicks, or anything about happiness orientation. It's like you're the lawyer making a case for your own misery. Be the lawyer making a case for your happiness. "It's an illusion!"

Though there may be some tougher times in your immediate future, I predict, that FOR YOU, this is going to go over very well in the long run. Good luck. I know it is not easy at all.

@Prabhaker Man you have really got discounting everything down to a science. Try being ambitious about your own happiness and enlightenment. This is my connotation of ambition. It could be my attitude, but I find that my wife, my parents, my friends, my coworkers, my peers, new people I meet, the guy at the gas station, the woman at the bank - all want to be happy and want me to be happy. I do not experience this oppressive society you describe. I certainly don't feel oppressed or miserable. It doesn't even occur to me to use those words. Consider that what each of us is saying is true and are both perfectly accurate descriptions of reality.

@bigzbigi awesome! KEEP pursuing that! Godspeed! You could be the next genius who break a major paradigm, or at the very least, it will lead you to more enlightenment.

@Prabhaker I just read what you wrote, and literally asked my kids, ages 5 and 6, "what is the purpose of life", and they both said, almost in perfect unison, "to be happy!!!", my son follow it up with "to have fun!!!". I am ambitious and I am happy. That is why my kids respond as they did. Does this help you see this differently? Also, worth contemplating, what were your parents like, and what belief(s) did you create about reality to make sense of it?

@Captain Flint yo bro. You're reputation points are not indicative of your wisdom here. Well said. I don't think he is trolling at all. But I have noticed that about every 2 - 4 days, someone comes here, makes a username etc, and trolls the shit out of this place. Some go on for pages and pages!!! The skill of trolling is impressive and works so perfectly with the overall theme of this site. The way the trollers keep this neutral perspective and imply confusion triggering some to explain it is priceless. I trust I have been trolled on here myself. I hope Leo never does anything to prevent it though because it is so fucking funny.

@Oleg F Dude, I totally relate. Guy convo - sports and beer - is so boring! It's like some loop of madness. Like, how can someone possibly care about what guy is on what team and what team is gonna win, etc. Dudes talk about sports as if they were on the team or coaching it! With respect, I don't think you have social anxiety, I think you are more enlightened then "guys". The key is how do I resolve this so I am happy with it, thus no more anxiety. I suggest you realize that you know something they don't. They're lost in fantasys. You are not. You have to get yourself to a place of acceptance. Define and compartmentalize this stuff a little for the sake of getting some clarity on it. I've had the same 2 best friends for twenty some years. They are the best two dudes anyone could ever ask for. With them, I laugh a lot, golf, have a beer, listen to music, talk about movies, talk about our relationships, etc. But if I talk about PD, science, philosophy....they feel a certain sort of inferiority / self awareness and they don't feel good. They internalize it and they don't feel good. It's like telling someone who is sick about how healthy you feel. They are sick with ignorance and arrogance. They sense their sickness, but they are not aware of it. Do you see what I'm saying? You have a good thing going here. Don't ruin it or cause yourself any more anxiety. Understand it. Liberate even more. Don't let your thoughts about them detour your expansion.

@Loreena You have like a gift when it comes to common sense. Really awesome.

I will tell you the secret you refer to, and you will get very mad at me. Attitude. You have greatly underestimated healthy eating. Realize your attitude is made out of the food you eat, like all your cells and emergent experiences. You are filtering the Everything with your attitude and experiencing what is left. And what is left is shit. In your philosophies, which you think are accurate depictions of reality, and they are, you put the cart before the horse. I assume you think 'successful people' are lucky. What you don't see is that they learned to look at things differently. I am one to typically be preachy about quantum physics. But you desperately need something like Abraham Hicks. Just fucking try it. Try to ignore your reactionary attitude that says "that's stupid." It is that attitude that is preventing you from collapsing the reality that you want. The one where you don't work 8-12 hours a day, etc. Your attitude got you to where you are, and it can get you to where you want to be. Stop being so fucking stubborn brother. It is only hurting you! The thing successful people are addicted to, it attitude. You have simply underestimated this.

Not using the word work, genius imo. Liberation at it's best. "I could" also genius. Fuck yes to that! "tricking the brain' It's not a trick. You are changing your perception. Good for you! It is one of or perhaps the most difficult thing. The ego is so protective. All the best to you!

@Prabhaker With respect,- I enjoy purpose and I am not tense. I feel no conflict within me and I have goals. I am satisfied and I don't care what other poeple think about me, especially people who call other people neurotic. That reveals something about them, not me.

You are on the path for sure!!! This is some great inquiry and confidence! Here's my two cents- KEEP trying to reduce consciousness to an algorithm, it will lead you to see that consciousness can not be reduced. KEEP studying the double slit. Then quantum erasure. Then chaos theory. Then the uncertainty principle. Then go back to your 'life' with all that liberation and do your best to be nice. Aim to sooth others to transcend the quantum physics. That part probably does not make sense right now, it will later if you choose to take this path. You'll see that there will always be an answer for everything because Everything proposed the questions that tweaked your curiosity to begin with, and you are the Everything, and Everything IS choice. You literally are the center of the universe. KEEP noticing the difference between someone who put the time in like you are, and someone who never put the knowledge time in because they dismissed it all as theory. You have a trajectory to a balance that some can only dream of.

@avk123 Begin taking your emotions at face value.

@egoeimai Thanks....I think. How so?

You are hiding from an illusion. You created your connotation "hard work". So that is the belief you need to let go of. You're categorizing "hard work" and "purpose" in a way that does not benefit you. My compliments to you for your healthy habits and my apologies for assuming otherwise. That is a great feat!

@Loreena That hits me as a deep question. Here's what comes to mind. Right now I'm very happy, still, I can't define it, so I'll describe How I feel right now... Clarity, optimistic outlook, good 'mood',compassion, love, connectedness, knowing, no monkey mind, synchronized, healthy, energetic, confident....living to my potential and knowing it's capacity is expanding, excited for what I can't know is coming, accepting the ego me with love from the higher me, loving that I am unique and weird, comfort knowing there is no limit to what I can learn and experience, knowing when I leave my house today I get to see God in everyone, knowing all things of matter surrounding me no matter where I go is God, knowing my balance and trusting my judgements, knowing I will always be able to obtain more acute balance, loving the knowledge that honesty both to self and others is more powerful than shortcuts and clever thinking. I really appreciate that you asked me that question. I am literally even happier now for having focused on it! You rock Loreena!

Happiness. Now. Everything else revolves around this.

Alan Turing for bringing math to biology and proving we have free will with his Chaos Theories. I realize Boris 'completed' his equations and Lorenzo further it with the most substantial contribution, "the butterfly effect", but I think Turing was the game changer because he broke the most important paradigm possible. Turing proved that determinism is a product of the ego. (I am not trying to continue or begin a free will debate so please please please don't. If you are interested in realizing you have free will, simply watch a documentary on chaos theory. If you are convinced you don't have free will, I already believe you, no need to comment) If you do take an interest in Chaos, be sure not to leave out some knowledge gathering on topical mixing, the moons of Pluto, and how job guidance counselors are using chaos theory to more successfully match people to more fulfilling jobs. Also, get comfy with "stochastic". Just one more time for safe measure. This is a contribution to the topic, not a fee will debate invite.