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Anyone having trouble accessing the book list? Mines keep saying wrong password but doesn't send email to change password.

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The ego exists within a false world which it itself creates via an act of ongoing selective attention; we pay attention only to those aspects of the world that match our unacknowledged prejudices, in other words. Anything that doesn’t fit in with the picture of the world that we have in our head we steadfastly ignore and this is this ignoring (this ‘ignorance’) that turns our prejudicial view into an actual pragmatic reality for us. Via the act of selective attention – which creates entropy on an industrial scale – we get to see exactly what we want to see, therefore, and this turns out to be the worst thing ever..

I agree with you that the battle we have to undertake is a pretty daunting task. The only way you will see what life is truly about is to take on this mission. The hardest part will be to overcome your identity. It is like a suit that was handed to you and it is very hard to undo in my opinion. We tend to think we can figure this out in one life time. Maybe maybe not. Having the awareness that there are others level to life in itself is a great awakening. Most will not even consider anything beyond the 5 senses yet alone rack their mind to see what these other levels are about. In my opinion we have to keep exploring this thing call consciousness to see where it takes us. Everyone's journey will be quite different and some things will not be easily communicated. The beauty of all of this will be a gift to oneself not to be explained or even shared. It will be a great insight.

That is a lot to digest I commend you for being vulnerable on an open forum. I really cannot give you any answers that will fix all your issues. We must find our own solutions to what makes life enjoyable. Just remember as young man you are laying the foundations for your later years. We live in a time where this is so much access to information and that can be a gift and a curse. Truly you must decide how you want to live your life. If your all over the place then your life will always be chaotic. Try to just simplify your life a little bit to make it more manageable. I mean you have all the answers to your problems stated in your thread. " Eventually if I don't get my shit together I will be faced with the consequences of my incompetence." You cannot win the game of life quickly it is a process. The fallacy of the young man is he wants everything quickly and ends up sacrificing his youth for it and then realizes this shit doesn't work so it was time wasted. By time he figure the shit out he is a little older but wiser. So man just practice patience and don't overthink everything every younger person has been where you are and at some point they had to put in the work and wait for the results. It just how it is.

There is some hint of truth in some of your statements. There is a element of criminal behavior in human nature that we overlook. Because we have billionaires (bernie Madoff) who obvious didn't have to scam all those people. Society is better without crime but it is part of the system. Because in a capitalist society everyone is looking for an edge or advantage over the next guy. I don't condone crime but when you have a hiearchy in society the lower class people will be jealous of the affluent . There are too many variables to judge people in my opinion because people have different circumstances. Western society loves the bad guy the drug dealers the bank robbers and that can be very impressionable to younger people who have yet to find themselves. Good thing that society does have second chances for people who have made a bad choice.

One of my favorite movies about the ego. It literally lays out how we are in a game against ourselves. It shows how the ego never wants to die and wants the game to go on forever. There is so many aspects of the con-chess in the movie that it lays out everything. It is kind of older movie but I didn't see it on the forum. I would love to discuss it . Found it rather interesting and it helps to unravel the thing called the ego because it is massive and hold depths that we can only imagine. Oh there is even some bonus material at the end of the film the american version with deepak and david hawkins that break down how the ego fools us.

I like the well thought out response. In your scenario it’s like we only deal with the effect of life. That we are virtually prisoner of the past deeds of our parents and so on. Your are correct that the only thing you can do is become more aware even that becomes a challenge if your mind is paradigm locked.

This is a funny question I mean it all depends on the people who are in the relationship. I didn't watch the video. I see a lot of these questions could be answered by a little bit more experience in life. Overthinking things before they take place is always the wrong route. I think if you tried and actually lived with someone and worked 40 hours you can have your own perspective. I mean if you're not working that means you are probably sitting up under each other all day and night and eventually you will get tired of that. Then you wind up having a baby from all the free time now you have to find a job which will probably be more than 40 hours. LOL so be careful what you ask for. In conclusion I think 8 hours at work and the rest with your significant other is more than enough time.

Overcoming the human default system that society has carved out for you can be one of the hardest tasks known to man. How many have overcame the default of the status quo of their parents meaning you surpass them in thinking original and breaking that paradigm? As I look back at friends and family most end up where there parents are or even worst. My def. of a human default systems is staying in survival mode or comfort zone so long that it becomes your lifelong default.

It will give you more experience with dealing with people in which will help you serve your fellow man. Plus it gives something to strive in life .

My advice you are already in college so that will consume alot of your time. Hopefully you are going for something that is aligned with your strengths or something you plan on mastering. You cannot always go on appearance Americans spend alot of money with credit cards and money we don't have. Some even spend thier bill money on vital items. Just stay the course you are investing in yourself so that your older self will have mastery the domain of money.