AndreiC

Hey guys, I've gone through a difficult period recently and from one thing to another I realized I need to change paths again to some extent. I have a certain calling to alternative therapies, thinking that might actually be the direction I need to go for later in life. My problem is, I have no idea how to start. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to discover which type of healing one is suited for? Reiki, Quantum, Theta healing, Hypnotherapy, whatever else. Any books, youtube channels, or general threads to pull on are very appreciated. Regards, Andrei

thanks for the replies guys!

Hey guys, Haven't posted here in...ageeeees. Recently my son was born, he's now 5 months old yay me. My wife would like to now start working on her fitness, she hasn't been exercising in general and has no idea where to start. She tried Yoga with Adriene before the pregnancy and sais she thinks it's too boring for her. We also tried the app that Nike has during the pandemic for a short time, but I think those exercises are too hard for someone who's still recovering from a C-Section. Do you have any youtube channels or apps that might be a good idea to try? I value your opinion and would very much appreciate any form of help. The best would be something that takes you from a very low level, all the way up, over a long period of time.

@egoless Thanks man!

Hey guys, long time no see, I haven't been on the forum for a while now, things get hard when you get closer to the last boss I suppose. Anyway I've been working to push through with my LP for about 1 year and a half now... and finally I have something to show. @Leo Gura I've made you a gift, please check it out. Please let me know what you guys think. Cheers!

@guillaumeS Thanks for that! It actually all started by me trying to explain why the sudden change in behavior to my friends. That's how I ended up seeing the wall all over the place. By some weird coincidence I also happened to notice that if you manage to create a little curiosity you can get through it. From what I've seen plenty of people struggle with this, so I figured why not try to create a means for anyone to do it. It's more about engineering a good gesture than it is about the object itself. If you'd like to see more about it, you can see the launching campaign here: https://igg.me/at/NQA

@doronshadmi Nice catch! Actually the image is intended to work both ways.

An idea condenses into reality.

I think people get confused because of the pompous label assigned to this thing. "Life purpose". I've been working towards it for about 1 year and half now and I'll try to throw in my current understanding of it. First of all this should not really be a debate over consciousness versus other more "worldly" things. I think it's reasonable to say that life purpose in the context we are using it, in relation to the course and this section of the forum refers to working up a healthy ego, while consciousness is the next step, to transcend it. As far as I see it, you can say life purpose should be related to consciousness if you really take into account your entire lifetime. Because this amount of time is pretty much difficult to grasp in the imagination for most of us, a simpler approach is to divide it in maybe 10 year pieces, which is still very very difficult to imagine. While planning for such smaller intervals, consciousness may not appear to be the goal. Ultimately it is, but it's sort of hidden in the back lines in the same way that people go on journeys to get somewhere rather than just... having a journey. The real goal is growth. We have a long and complicated journey to go through in life, and we can get much better results by envisioning how our journey should go, rather than just responding to stimuli. On this journey we have some values, which are a sort of compass, our strengths, which are a sort of map, and our current and develop-able skills/knowledge which serve as transportation. With this analogy, you can say that a life purpose is a target you choose, with these inputs. We all have different inputs as we live, thus all our purposes will be somewhat different. As we go on the journey the input data is changed by various feedback loops and changes. The target implicitly will also keep changing as you pursue it. The end of the pursuit is when we can go on without needing a target. I think only very very few people have the possibility to skip through to the end without getting some navigation practice. Coming back to the question: There's definitely some purpose worth pursuing in everyone, the only difference is the inputs. If you're not in the position to construct a purpose yet, just live a little until you start to see the patterns. I would say you definitely are not born with a life-purpose. We all have it in our possibility by being human, but it's more of a meta thing. You definitely don't have it hardwired in your brain on birth.

I actually had a similar problem on that one. No lesson really showed up. I did however realize that all the negative sides of any of the values i was looking at. Were really the same thing. Don't know what the thing is, but since i made that exercise i can sort of know if a decision is coming from the right place or not. At any rate it did the job, i could see the toxic from the correct. Remember that's the actual purpose of the exercise.

Just keep going with the course. Close to the end of the values assessment there's something to get rid of toxic values... Leo thinks of everything

Being up to date with EE will keep you closer to the physical side of things. It's a great way to get into the engineering field and have a chance to work on things you can touch. Going with Maths is a more academic approach, that's why jobs in industry don't search so much for this skill. For them it's more important to have EE than maths most of the time, besides I'm sure you can into more depth on that after your bachelors. If you see yourself more as a scientist type, maths is probability a good way to go. In reality both are ok options and neither will force you on a certain path. You also have an msc and phd for continuity through which you can mingle the two as you discover more. Personally I would always choose things with engineering in their title since it's usually closer to the practical side of things. For me that's important. If you see yourself more as the tip of the lance, making discoveries and so on, a more academic approach may be better. Keep in mind that if you go with the more academic approach you should definately continue studies after the bcs. There's no point in going with maths if you plan to stop there. Good luck!

Balance is something we all need in pretty much all activities including school related stuff. I see the 2 pieces of advice as a sort of ladder towards something. When you're not stable enough yet, it's a good idea to avoid those things indeed. They have a habit of drawing you in and tend to lead to excess. Excess is purposeless, activities and interests which are not done in excess all have some sort of purpose. If you're already strong enough to not fall into the excess spiral, then it's a good idea to engage a little bit in everything. Social groups, so on and so forth are another facet of life and they bring both benefits and costs. If you completely ignore them you'll miss out on some things. If you let them become your master it's even worse. If you manage to strike a balance between these 2 you'll be able to squeeze the most juice out of this part of life and that will help you in all sorts of ways later on. Most of the people I know which completely avoided the social side of college wound up becoming 17 year olds when they turned 30. The ones that lived in excess figured it's time to grow up and ended up in all sorts of boring jobs acting and looking like 40 year olds. The ones that were just in the middle all ended up in good places. The ones choosing the middle path are extremely rare however, because it takes a lot more effort and strength to not fall on either side. As a life strategy, I would compare it to walking on a tight rope. First of all you need to know there is a rope. Second of all if you're to fall, always be ready to push towards the safer side and then get back on.

Hey, We all have ups and downs my friend. It's part of life, there's not much there is to do but keep on keeping on. Shoot for better things, you've had some hard lessons to learn, make sure you get the nugget of wisdom these things bring. Now it's time to get back on track. There was this thread on the self-actualization section which I think may help you. Pay special attention to Salaam's story, that's one inspiring dude. Chin up!

You have a rare name, that's something that will make you stick in memory if you make a good impression. I'd go for a simplified version of your name. Dan Arnaud I think is very good. You can go french on it also, Dan Arnaude. Good luck !

If you want to bring about any sort of meaningful change in today's society you need to be able to relate to other people, all sorts of other people. If you don't take part in similar activities with them you will not be able to gain their respect. In fact you may become so disconnected to the way life works for most people that you will lose your ability to think as they do. You need to know the current system inside out if you plan to change it. Change is slow and dificult and revolutions are made by the many, not by the few. In your case i would consider a phd in social sciences, not quiting highschool. Besides, corruption is a part of life, the more forcefull you are in attempting to remove it, the more of it you produce. Other Marx readers wanted the same, but managed to create the system in North Korea. Know your enemy and play the long game. Stay in school.

First time I hear of this. Great report !

That may be a hard habbit to get rid of completely. Think you can turn it into a signature move, just buy one unexpensive flower when you get this urge. You may end up being more charming that way.

@Afonso If you have doubts it's even a strength maybe it doesn't really resonate yet.

@Alex K my point is not to contradict you or make your job sound easy but highlight a limiting belief. And yes I am a developer, be it of software for robots and machines the skill set is similar. Obviousily you need some basic knowledge of all parts involved, that's not the point. Nothing is easy until it becomes easy.

Don't be biased towards the idea that to make something amazing with AI you have to be the person discovering and understanding all the ins and outs of how the algorithms work. It's the same as all fields, scientists lay the groundwork, engineers make the inventions. I would say computer science is way more important than being a maths guru if you want to have an end result which is not a theory. You can start studying Watson right now for example. It's crazy easy to use their base algorithms for all sorts of creative stuff. In fact maybe you should start like right now. Same thing as with computer science in general. I doubt anyone at all nowadays knows exactly every part of how a compiler works and also does actual coding. Imagining you have to be a phd in maths to get into AI is like imagining app developers nowadays have the slightest idea about machine code.

Leo's course is great at making you figure out these things. Sounds like you have too many things to process in this second though. Maybe it's a good idea to just focus on sorting out your new life in your new home for a while, make the most of your new job and when you have your base sorted, start working on the next step. I've been putting off buying a new place for years just so I could give myself a chance to plot my career path a little better. Doesn't really matter what order you go about your life in, but in my opinion at least, it's best to focus on what you're currently doing and move to the next thing once things are stable to some degree. Otherwise things are more difficult than they need to be. Whatever you're building, build to last.

@Jordan wang Depends what you define as hanging out I suppose. You don't need to spend all your time with other people, of course other things can be more important. But from avoiding people in the dining hall, to needing some time for yourself I would say there's a bit a difference. Maybe you shouldn't try to find some magic rule to go by in these things and decide on each situation as it appears. If you're talking about 10-15 minutes interactions those won't make or break your schedule. If you feel obliged to spend your nights with someone you talked to for a few minutes at lunch, maybe that's the issue. Either way, there is balance to be found and you can do it.

I had this problem too basically I chose to live as a recluse through college, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Friendship is beyond your agenda, targeting a certain type of people will not work. Just be open with everyone and people you resonate with will remain your friends others not. Considering you mention you don't like the subjects they talk about, my guess is you need to work a bit on your social skills. A conversation subject is something you also can pick. Draw the conversation in your area of interest see what happens, you will find people that have similar interests eventually. Coming back to your goal and achievers. Avoid the deception that achievers in University are by default the people you need to be friends with. It's not true, especially as an entrepreneur you will have to deal with all sorts of people, with all sorts of backgrounds. You need to be able to effectively communicate with people who never went to University, outcasts, artists whatever. An entrepreneur just like his company needs to unite his team, deal with subcontractors and charm his clients. Start reading books, talk to people about things you are passionate about and see how it goes from there.

Hard question, I would say all jobs that involve creative processes have this component to some degree. Consciousness seems to have a very direct connection to your creativity, thus looking for a job where you are required to create may be a good idea because your results will be better as you do consciousness work. Having this in mind, everything depends on you because creativity can be found in all sorts of things. A few examples: all forms of design, photography, filmography, painting, writing, entrepreneurship etc. Also crazy mastery can play here, from a different point of view. Because doing something masterfully requires a lot of concentration and control over your state of mind it plays well with consciousness. Examples: martial arts, music (in the sense of playing an instrument), jewellery, dancing etc. In the real world most jobs require a combination of the two to some degree. There's no real reason to look for a job that has this directly in mind. You need to have it in mind and find a way to integrate it with your current skillset.