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Just give into hedonism and the 7 deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride) for a while. Lean into allowing yourself to be a loser and a nobody for as long as it takes to get it out of your system. Allow yourself to takeout and junk food for a week straight. Watch TV, play video games, do nothing productive. Sleep and lay in bed for 15 hours a day. Maybe you'll get so into it that you'll never get back out. But if you've ever been interested in personal development and self help stuff in the past, then my guess is there's some kind of innate drive inside of you. Eventually you'll get so bored of the numb, easy, cozy life that you'll naturally become motivated to start progressing and working on meaningful stuff again. You'll realize that doing something is better than nothing.

What else exists outside of God for God to serve? If God could serve, or there was something else to serve, then it wouldn't be God. The only thing God can serve is a temporary partition of itself.

Kegel exercises will strengthen your pelvic floor muscles and improve bloodflow, giving you stronger erections. As an added bonus they'll also make you last longer during sex. If you get your muscles strong enough you can cum but squeeze your muscles tight enough to keep the semen inside, allowing men to have the elusive multiple orgasm. You just squeeze in like you're holding in a pee / poo for 3 - 5 seconds. Relax and repeat 10x to start with.

Sounds like what is emotionally difficult for you, is doing the stuff that generates results. When's the last time you made a video and put it out there for people to see? Make a video. The emotionally difficult bits are all the parts where you're met with resistance... where you procrastinate and delay. It might be writing a script, finding cast members to be in your film, filming it, editing it, publishing it, hearing feedback and taking it to heart to improve yourself... or all of it.

Depends how long ago it was. If it was more than a few weeks, I'd say no. It might release stress and guilt from you. But it will likely also stir bad feelings and trauma back up for her if she has already moved on. I've wanted to do the same thing before, but ultimately decided it was for selfish reasons. It would definitely make me feel better to apologize for all of my shortcomings, and to point out all the stuff I would've done better in retrospect now that I've grown as a person, and tell her that she deserved better. But now that it's over, frankly, I don't know if she would care or really benefit at all from hearing it. If somebody mugged me -- then 5 years later they turned their life around and wanted to sincerely apologize to me -- I don't want to hear from them. I don't want to forgive them. I just want to keep it buried deep in my memory and not have it brought back to the forefront again. It doesn't help me at all to know they've changed, the damage is done. It's just about assuaging their own guilt so they can sleep better at night.

1000% recommend this for incels especially. The feeling of presence like someone is actually in your physical space bubble is pretty incredible. It's an order of magnitude closer to real sex than watching porn on a flat screen. Like a bigger jump than from photos to video. You've got to get the really HD stuff recorded with a 360 camera and proper placement/angle though. 1080p is not enough for VR. Also why you'll never catch me playing a VR horror game. That s**t is TOO realistic .

At one point I had a whole playlist. But at this point, I'd be happy if they just play this video on a projector screen and people actually sit through the whole thing:

Okay well I guess next time Sadhguru comes to Toronto I'll have to check him out and see for myself. I've done Inner Engineering online but still need to attend an in-person event to learn the super-secret Shamalamadingdong Mahmudhra. I do know one guy who volunteered at an Isha event and said there definitely was a sort of energy/presence of just being in the same room as Sadhguru. I just hope for my sake it's not going to have me rolling around on the floor.

I was really optimistic about VR around the first big Meta announcement. I got an Oculus Quest 2 and started dabbling with creating VR worlds and 3D assets. I have a friend who isn't even a gamer who bought a VR headset, which I found really surprising, and took as a sign that it was going to go mainstream very soon. But it feels like VR has really stagnated since then, hasn't really grown any more, and has kind of gone back to being more of a gimmick. I feel like it might be a couple of years before VR really takes another big step forward. Especially since the new Meta Quest Pro seems more targeted at business users. I feel like VR gaming and metaverse stuff is going to take a backseat for a while. What do you think? Kind of disappointing, because I was thinking of pivoting into a business of creating VR game assets and items, furniture and other stuff, levels, VR worlds, etc. I do think there's still a big opportunity for indie game devs to get into making VR games though, because there isn't very much competition compared to the number of PC or console games. I find that VR games tend to be a lot more simple and straightforward, so it's easier just to compete from a gameplay standpoint as well.

Yeah, it's normal. I had a big panic attack the night I moved from Canada to England and it finally hit me that it was real and I was actually there, and that was my life now, no going back. Just let yourself freak out for a little bit and get it out of your system, and then try to keep moving forward.

Yes, I've done it a couple of times. Easier to attract a certain type of person, or an archetype of a person (big tiddy goth gf ) rather than one specific person though. And you still have to put in some work. Otherwise it's like wishing to win the lottery but never buying a ticket. Law of Attraction just amplifies the effort you put in and tips the odds a bit in your favor. Obviously it's also going to be easier to attract a girl in your class than Scarlett Johansson

Yeah, maybe some of them were. But statistically, at least a few of them are probably charlatans. Especially the ones with private jets and that make facial expressions like this :

The only way to stop being a boy inside a man's body is to do things that are scary, uncomfortable, and make you grow as a person. Our society doesn't have any coming-of-age ceremonies any more, like dads taking their kids out for their first hunt. So you have to do it for yourself or you'll stay a child forever. It's understandable that it's scary. You're going from complete safety and security, to putting all of the burden on your own shoulders. This is the same feeling your ancestors had when they set out on boats looking for new land, not sure of what they would find, or if they'd make it there alive. They're watching over you now and smiling down on you, watching you finally become a man. If it seems overwhelming, break it down into smaller steps. Just worry about going to see the apartment. Then filling out a rental application. Then paying your first month's rent. Then picking up your keys and moving in. Then buying the basics like a few pots and pans and a mattress to sleep on. Once you're moved in, just take it day by day. Have daily and weekly to-do lists like making dinner, buying groceries, doing your laundry, cleaning the bathroom, etc.

Basically there has only been a handful of small studies, so nothing conclusive. I'd suggest you just try it for yourself for 1 week and see what anecdotal results you get. Most people at least get a boost in confidence, easier to hold eye contact, etc.

?? Proud of you buddy. Lots of people would've made that initial post acknowledging the problem, but then just left it at that and never followed through or took action. Watch out for boredom especially. The fap monster lurks in the shadows, waiting for an opportune moment to plant an idea in your head: "Well, I've got nothing else to do, might as well masturbate." If you feel it coming on, get up and do something else before it can take hold.

People experience similar things around charlatan evangelical pastors who do those sessions where they bring people on stage and "heal" them. At the end of the day, how can you tell if what you experienced was a genuine spiritual / paranormal experience or just part of a mass delusion? The crowd, the ambiance, going in with a specific intention can do powerful and unpredictable things to people. What I'm saying is, be open to the possibility that it was just a very extreme example of the placebo effect. I'm not denying what you experienced and that you actually had involuntary reactions to the situation. Just questioning the mechanism of action that caused it. There have been dancing hysterias in history where entire towns danced themselves to literal death over a period of weeks. It happened from the 14th to 17th century and then just stopped. Humans are just super weird and there's still a lot we don't know about our own psychology.

The only people who respect PhDs are other people in the system whose opinions don't matter in the grand scheme, because they aren't doing the important cutting-edge work. They're just upholding the status quo. As soon as your views start to drift away from the mainstream narrative of the academic system, you'll be shunned anyway. Just look at someone like Michio Kaku who starts to explore quantum physics in even a slightly new way. Now he's basically branded as the scientist who appears on UFO shows. You could have 5 PhDs and as soon as you start talking about nonduality and spiritual enlightenment, all your credibility goes out the window, just like there are PhDs that are covid deniers or flat earthers. If you have a PhD in one very specific topic, people will say "Oh he has a PhD in X topic but that doesn't make him an expert on everything. PhDs can still be stupid and irrational." If you don't respect the system, why would you give them $100k and years of your life and further legitimize it? That's like being anti-war and joining the military to work your way up to the rank of General just to destroy the military from the inside. There are more efficient ways to accomplish your goals than becoming what you hate, or capitulating to authority.

If you ever want to buy a house or car and not have to pay cash for it, then you need to get a credit card and start building your credit score. Even cell phone companies, jewelery stores, and apartments run credit checks before doing business with you. Anything where you aren't paying upfront. So unless you want to limit yourself to prepaid phones and paying cash for everything, you need to start building credit. At least in North America. In Europe there are some countries where it's uncommon to have a credit card still. Credit utilization ratio. They want to see you regularly use credit, but not max it out. Ideally keep your balance less than 10% of your limit. So if you buy a new PC or furniture or something expensive that puts a big balance on your card, I'd pay it off even before the end of the month to get your ratio back down. But you also need to use your card regularly, because a 0% ratio (not using your card) is also bad lol. I just put absolutely everything on my credit card to collect points / cash back then pay it off right away.

First I would acknowledge that it's probably not normal to be so sensitive that you can't hold down a job or be a regular part of society. That needs to be addressed somehow... whether that's through something spiritual, therapy, or whatever. Obviously I don't know you or your specific situation. But when someone says they're highly sensitive to energy and unable to work or be around people because of it... it sets off alarm bells for me. First consider if maybe there's something more mundane and non-spiritual at the root, like plain old anxiety. The good news is that there are plenty of jobs you can do completely remote from home nowadays. I haven't met with a customer/client in person or had a phone call in over 5 years. I think I've had 1 Skype call within that time and everything else was completely done over email. However... whether it really is a spiritual thing or just an anxiety thing... I'd caution you against taking both feet out of society and withdrawing completely. If you keep at least one foot in society, you'll at least maintain whatever your current level of desensitization is. If you pull out, society will be even more overwhelming whenever you need to step back into it. If you want something self-directed and chill where you don't need to interact with people but still get out into the world at least once a day, I'd probably look into something like working night shifts as a stocker at a grocery store, or someone who goes in and cleans office buildings at night after everyone has left. Although working nights can have some negative health impacts and other drawbacks.

This is a fennec fox I also apparently got recommended the same platypus video as Leo yesterday and went down a whole rabbit hole of related animals. This is a Lowland Streaked Tenrec. I didn't realize it existed until yesterday: It's like a shrew mixed with a hedgehog. But it's actually more closely related to elephants than hedgehogs. They are the only known mammal to use stridulation (rubbing body parts together) to make noise (similar to crickets and rattlesnakes.)

I think being a casual fan or admiring the quality of someone's work is okay. The problem is when you become obsessed. Female fans throwing themselves at rockstars and that sort of thing. A big problem in the modern day is parasocial relationships. People don't have as many friends in real life, so they take their fan status to the next level where they become almost delusional and feel like they have a friendship with the Youtuber, Twitch Streamer, or whoever they watch. People are spending 3 hours a day watching a streamer play video games, and in their brain it's like they're hanging out with a friend. It even feels like the streamer acknowledges their chat messages and knows them on the same level. But if the fan ever met them in real life, they'd be heartbroken at how little their hero knows or cares about them. You don't have to be a fan of something forever. That's a big part of the reason why I don't have any tattoos. I don't think I've consistently been a fan of something for long enough that I'd want it permanently on my body. Either I wouldn't care about it any more, or it'd make me actively cringe in 10 years. I think going full "sigma male" (or female) and having 0 role models or people that you look up to isn't healthy either. You have to be pretty narcissistic to not be a fan of anyone except yourself. I'm a big fan (no pun intended) of the idea "Never meet your heroes." I never want to meet anybody that I look up to. Because even as a casual fan, I have this very limited and perfect idea of what I think that person is. I only see edited video or audio clips of them they want me to see, from a specific angle. If I see my hero being rude to hotel staff, or sitting slumped over eating a sandwich, it's going to totally ruin my image of them. I've only been around a few minor celebrities, and that's weird as heck by itself. I can't imagine talking to a world-class musician or author, or even having my picture taken next to someone like Jordan Peterson. It's like those people are just concepts and ideas. They're avatars. To see that they're actual mortal people that occupy physical space, kind of ruins everything. The people we watch... Destiny, Vaush, Jordan Peterson, David Pakman, Ben Shapiro, Joe Biden, MrBeast, Leo, Charli D'Amelio, Pewdiepie, etc etc.... they're almost more like a modern-day pantheon. Like our modern equivalent of Greek and Roman mythology, rather than actual people and public figures. In our minds we've already subconsciously elevated them to the stuff of myth and legends. We can't even see them as people any more.

Maybe, it's definitely worst for me with spinach and leafy greens, or anything really bitter. I could drink carrot juice, or any kind of fruit juice like apple/orange all day long. Even beet juice is okay. But mix in more than a handful of spinach, chard, or kale and it makes me want to hurl.

There's some science to back it up Gardening and just getting your hands in the soil is shown to help depression and lower stress, because of beneficial bacteria in the soil. Mycobacterium vaccae is one of the top contenders. Found naturally in soil and cow poop. It's closely related to the virus that causes tuberculosis. I'd venture to guess there's some kind of yin-yang thing going on in nature, and pretty much a 1:1 ratio of beneficial bacteria and virus for every harmful one. A living soil is one that's full of bacteria and fungi. Plants grow better and develop symbiotic relationships with organisms that live in the soil. Wouldn't be a far stretch to say that humans would get some kind of similar benefit by being more in touch with the soil.