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Om is pretty cool. Or Chee, or Looloo, or Wacky-tacky. They're all equally useful. Better thing to ponder might be; Stare at an object, I often use my water bottle. Then ask without thinking; "Why is this taking this form and not some other form?" All forms are equally valid. Why is it that one in particular? Could it be free to assume another form? And if it is free, what is the process of form selection? How does that come to be?

@jake473 You have no control over the initial circumstances of your life, or other people's actions. You can control what you do right now. You could surrender, but that would only rob you of your only duty, which is improvement. Your only duty is to work as fully as you can towards an improved existence. And if you are doing that then your duty on this earth as a human will be totally fulfilled in that moment. Seek professional therapy, seek a remedy for your chronic illness. Even if you only have 45 minutes a day out of bed. Use it. You got this.

"You score for primary psychopathy was higher than 57.99% of people who have taken this test. You score for secondary psychopathy was higher than 44.28% of people who have taken this test." Damn, I thought I was nice

Hey there! Many of you have probably seen this channel before on YouTube as it's gotten quite popular over the past year. I find a lot of these videos helpful to me as I often deal with similar psychological troubles.

Him asking her for her number and address before creepily patting her on the side is enough to be a creep on its own. Not sure what kind of context would make that okay.

Really like the what to focus on in 20s one. There's alot to unpack and start working on in your 20s: Career, study, spirituality, building relationships, dating, exploring life, travel, building good habits, psychedelics, enlightenment, learning how to adult, pursuing niche interests, maturing emotionally/mentally, learning to live healthier (diet/exercise). Where do you even begin? Which are higher priorities than others? What are the pros and cons of each? Should different types of people take different paths in developing these skills? Thanks for all the content Leo

Cool intro video about Non-Duality from the Kurzegast channel!

@Leo Gura : NEVER, EVER get sexual via text. Also Leo: I want to stick a scorpion in your pants

I feel like on youtube we are just absolutely bombarded by stage Red/Orange dating advice from sleazy PUAs and dating coaches. What's the next step? Are them some good Green+ dating channels? An exploration of Stage Green+ dating would be an awesome video.

If you do try it, build up some experience with Modafinil before you sit the test. The first time I had Modafinil it made me very anxious and to be honest, it actually gave me brain fog. It didn't make me drowsy or anything, but I always felt distracted on it. I've built up some experience with Modafinil since then and now I can take it without any negatives, but I don't feel that Modafinil is very beneficial. I have a suspicion that Modafinil doesn't work for some people. Leo seems to love it, but I'm still not sold on its effectiveness.

Careful, you're projecting on stage yellow.

@Stef My personality result has changed at least 5-6 times over the course of 3 years, only the N has been consistent. And my Understandmyself.com result has changed dramatically multiple times too. Personality tests do not work for me. I recommend people to retake the test every 6 months to see if they change much, perhaps others get very consistent results.

@Roch This sounds like low orange behaviour. Getting into ego spats is something oranges do all the time. A stage red person would be much more destructive and hurt people more than words ever could.

Red is destructive by nature. Orange is destructive as a side effect.

@Joseph Maynor High Orange. That's when it emerges of course, it finally fully develops at yellow.

I've worked at a computer retail store before, I was completely disillusioned within the first week. Here are a few reasons why Computer Salespeople at least are forced (yes forced) into being manipulative: 1. In order to compete with other retail stores, managers often price computers for $50-$100 dollars less than what they bought it for. If the store bought it for $600, they might be selling it for $550. They do this because it gets people in the door. If one store is advertising a computer for $600, another will advertise it for $550 so people go to them. This keeps going until the store physically can't get it lower. It's a negative feedback loop. The salespeople are then forced to make up for this deficit. 2. Salespeople must make enough profit for the store to warrant paying them. So how do they make this money? Add-ons. The things salespeople slap on to whatever you're there to buy make ALL of the money. The profit margins are murderous. A 5-year subscription of Internet Security might have $300 on the label at a retail store. Guess what the store buys it for directly? $20. Extended warranties usually have a 300% markup. 3. KPIs. The targets the store must reach. Each salesperson has their own KPI, a target amount of profit each person must make. It's equal to roughly 1.2x what their salary is per day. If they don't reach this each month, see ya. There is also commission, which for me was roughly 10% of total profit I made. Those are some of the hard structural reasons. Of course there's stage orange motivational reasons, but they only thrive because of the systemic structure of retail.

How will I ever reach your levels of moral superiority?

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

There IS a self, it's just not who or what you think it is

I recommend stopping this thread. The Fousey case is just a sad situation that needs to be left alone for Fousey's sake. Fousey has plenty of issues and his self-image is completely tied to his social media persona. He'll benefit more by being separated from the internet more than he will by 'meditating'.

@SoonHei That Alan watts moment you talked about is cute, but it still has the same problem as using language. Instead of using words to describe reality, he used a bell. Same thing. Using a piece of reality, be it words or a bell, to describe all of reality makes no sense. The only way to describe all of reality is to become conscious of all of reality. You as an ego, cannot do this. The ego, a tiny piece of reality can't grasp both itself AND everything else. So, the only way to grasp all of reality is to become all of reality. God.

I thought the paranormally sensitive child was a Hollywood cliche. My childhood was completely absent of such things. I just asked a few friends and none of them could report anything like that. I wonder what percentage of people would say they had an experience like that?

Try connecting with film schools in your area and see if any students need an extra actor. Find every possible event you could improve your acting skills and go there with the intent to improve.

@Brayanwangulo If you really want to act, act god dammit. Read the biographies of your favorite actors. Find out how they got their first role. Or do what Stallone did with Rocky, write your own movie and act in it. Be like a character in a movie, proactively drive the action forward.