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My life purpose: I create audio-visual art to increase intensity of experience; and to restore mystery-awareness in people. Abstract words, but I did some heavy contemplation to discover what this concretely means for me (not relevant to share here now). I also see two main media I could use for this. And here I have a dilemma. Dilemma: Option 1: Continue painting. I did art school for this and I am skillfull (exhibitions plus I sell paintings). Painting is a very lonely practice and a lot of work to create just one image. I still like painting, but the Life Purpose Course made me realize that there’s an option I’m much more passionate about: Option 2: Music/sound + video + performing. This will be different than a typical band/musician (apart from that it's self-explanatory). I have a lot of experience filming and editing video (I’m quite skillfull). I did some performing here and there and thoroughly enjoyed it. My musical experience and abilities are non-existent though: think total beginner with less than average talent. Now, what is the dilemma, you may ask, if I clearly feel most passionate about option 2 ? 1. I’m 30. Am I really willing to forge a new path at this age ? It will take a few years before I can make any ok-ish music/sound (and it will still be relatively shit). Am I willing to be this patient at this age ? I feel the best years in life are over at 40. I don’t have time to waste. What I fear the most is facing a lot of dissapointment with my own musical creations 2. I know very well what painting is like. I know not so well what creating music/sound etc. is like. Maybe I just romanticize option 2 out of lack of experience ? 3. Ego. The first year or so will be embarrassing. Huge advantage: my income is already covered (long story). I don’t need to make money with my art and I have a lot of time. What would you advice me in this situation ? My best proposal to myself so far: 1. Keep on painting to feed my self-esteem and keep on developing this skill (useful in case I want to continue). Maybe add other media, like sound, to create installations. 2. Also spent at least 1-2 hours every day on exploring and learning music. See where it goes. Accept the frustration of being a clueless beginner. Discovering whether the passion is real or I just romanticized it all. If things turn out to be real then start to prioritize this. Also add in video and performance.

A lot of thanks. This is written in a way I would myself. The first and second principle are exactly what I have been working on the last few years (first unconciously, now consciously).

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Jordan Peterson is just as stuck in his conceptual (dogmatic ?) worldview as the SJW's he is battling.

It took me some years to know what is healthy for me, and to lose my appetite for junk food. I got those aspects of health down now though. There remains one problem: how do I eat enough calories the healthy way ? I need 2650 calories a day. I can get about 2000 calories in comfortably. Specific examples why this is so hard: - I don't want to eat grains, because I consider them very unhealthy. - I don't want to eat too many eggs, it makes my skin flaky. - I don't want to eat more than 1 avocado a day: too much cholesterol. - I don't want to eat tons of dried fruit, sugary fruit, potatoes: too much sugar. - I don't want to have some super complicated diet, that requires more than 2 hours of cooking/preparing every day. - I don't want to eat more than 40 grams of nuts a day: way too many PUFA's and omega 6. - I don't want to just go lower on calories: that will destroy my metabolism and make me drop down to an unhealthy weight again. - I want to keep dairy very limited. A bit of yoghurt and cheese here and there works fine for me, but in substantial amounts my skin and intestines suffer. - High quality meat and fish works fine for me, but in large quantities will give me serious health risks in the long term (traces of metal, colon cancer, etc). Please don't tell me I should eat vegan, vegan/vegetarian leaves me very weak and starving. And it's even more restricting.

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I took the course last year and finished it (in 4 months or so). Benefits for me: - I got my LP. There is room for making it more concrete (my medium is still cristalizing out) - but I got it. - I got rid of several limiting beliefs, including an extremely harmful one (this on itself made me so much more productive). - I finished the 90 day imprinting subconscious thing. This + removing limiting beliefs = structurally more optimistic outlook on life and much more positive motivation (instead of negative motivation). - I know exactly where my life needs to go (short term goals + long term). I have created habits that I execute on every day. So far haven't missed a day yet. Before taking the course I was less able to set goals and really stick to them. - I just finished studying marketing for myself. It's a boring topic to me, and it took several months, but the long term vision LP course created for me, made me do it. - Currently in the process of executing on small bets. The course offers you all the tools. You just need to create a compelling long term vision + concrete next steps to do (to move towards your vision). Remind yourself every day of your long term vision and you will execute, and keep on executing on the first next steps. Of course, executing is the name of the game. I see a lot of people staying with the LP course for too long. Don't rush it, but don't get stuck just to procrastinate on action in the real world. LP Course = first direction and mental foundation, practice is the real teacher. Create 'hunger' and keep on believing. Every day.

You are so right about the avocados. For some reason I was convinced they were full of cholesterol. My blood work shows LDL cholesterol levels that are too high when I go very high on eggs (3-4 a day) and saturated fat. It's just how my body works, I agree though that a relatively high fat intake is beneficial. Anyway, 2 avocados a day instead of 1 will make the grains go away Thanks.

Started this a couple of years ago. Now I still do the same exercises but with added weight of a weight vest. My personal experience with convict conditioning + weight vest is very good. The exercises that really matter, like pullups, dips, pushups, squats can be done without gym anyway. Big tip: buy a pullupbar.

A first little solution might be olive oil. Caloric dense, mainly mono-unsaturated fat.

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Finally someone who says it. Thank you. I can support this statement wholeheartedly based on my own experience. Let me elaborate a little bit: interacting with girls has been one of the most fulfilling things I have done over the last decade, and it still is. Contrary to monk-belief, it also doesn't get old. Not for me (I connect deeply with most girls I see, maybe that's why). It's not just an exciting sexual adventure, although that is very important (never let any d.i.y. monk talk you into believing that sex is 'superficial'). It also brings a lot of beauty (not just physically - the whole world becomes more beautiful) and gratitude. Most of all it brings deep feelings of presence and connection. There are some huge traps along the way though: 1. Performing: just plain acting to get girls. If they believe it, they will love you for your act, not for you. This will bring feelings of low-selfesteem and shame on the long term. Fake it till you make it initially IF that's necessary, but never get stuck in performance. Authenticity communicated in a socially savvy way will win in the end. 2. Forgetting about other things in life. Basically not acting on some life purpose. You are 19, so this is not important for you right now. Something to keep an eye on in the future though. 3. Overcomplicating things. @Lord Bwyra said already a lot about this. Practice is much more important than theory. Experience will breed intuition. 4. Becoming cynical or dark. Can't say much about this, I had some really hard blows, but girls tend to respond at least respectful to me, and more than that half of the time. Not trying to fuck girls while being 19 is a sure way to become cynical and dark, btw.

Thanks for this great tip ! Read it immediately and also finished my foodplan. Acting on it now. Things are already easier.

Thanks for all the replies. It clarified a lot, mainly by confirmation. I think it was clearly communicated in the post that I know that I belief in the existence of me. Sometimes it can be alluring not to draw from own experience if an idea seems to make sense on an intellectual level.

The science is clear, we don't have free will. As far as my conceptual understanding of enlightenment goes, you can also discover that there's no free will experientially. I have known for years know (intellectually) that there's no free will. It made me extremely powerless. It sent me deeply into a crisis of apathy because everything is predetermined anyway, and there is no 'you' that can change anything. I want to resolve it now. The limiting belief I have right now is disempowering to the extreme: 'I have no free will, and therefore have zero control over my decisions, actions and life. I don't have the power to do what I want to do, to be disciplined, to change, to achieve anything, to increase my baseline of happiness, etc'. The worst part: this belief is not just a belief. It's a factual truth (at least the no free will part). How to reconcile no free will and taking deliberate action ? Let me be very clear: I don't need to hear The Truth per se right now. I need to hear something that makes me have power over myself again (or at least gives me that illusion).

Two simple questions about the 'imprinting the subconscious' video. 1. Why can't a single day be missed during the 90 day imprinting process ? If I know why perfection is required I am much more likely to be able to execute this perfectly. 2. I think this is the hardest assignment of the Life Purpose Course. I have difficulty believing I can even do this without missing one single day. Can anyone give me some hope ? Maybe by just saying you did make it. I did a 30 day straight affirmation streak before, maybe I stand a chance. Thanks.

The lyrics hover somewhere in between cult like craziness and enlightenment.

I came to that insight last week as well. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I did the Life Purpose Course very successfully till video 69 (Bringing it all together), then everything came crashing down in doubt. My life purpose statement so far: I use audio-visual art/ I have a message to restore the pre-conceptual immediacy of experience and increase mystery-awareness in people. Now my doubts: 1. I know what state of being I associate with mystery-awareness, but is this word ‘mystery-awareness’ specific enough for a life purpose ? Mystery-awareness basically is a sense of wonder, but mystery-awareness resonates much better with me in my native language (Dutch). 2. This whole pre-conceptual immediacy of experience / mystery-awareness thing may just be my personal description of happiness, I don’t think it is, but I am not fully confident to exclude that possibility. How to know for sure it isn’t ? Of course happiness can’t be a life purpose, since it’s the ultimate goal in life for everyone. 3. Thinking about the ‘how’ gives me the biggest doubt of all, how can I make something so abstract and personal into something interesting for other people. How can I elicit this state, of presence and wonder combined, in other people ?

Warning: some of these paintings may be provocative. I don't have any political motivations to paint what I paint. My motivations are all about psychology (projection/labeling/identity - including cultural identity) and/or beauty.

Thanks Leo for the confirmation. I decided on my life purpose statement. Time to start imprinting my subconscious. 13 Years ago I became aware of this spiritual connection. Just a glimpse here and there has been abundantly convincing to realize this connection can be the only ultimate thing in my life. The exploration-process started already a few months ago when I spend a month in the forests of Sweden, with almost zero money; Episodes of deep connection to the eternal mystery of existence guaranteed + better awareness of what is practically needed in life, and what is absolutely not. Sidenote: The Master and his Emissary may be a very overlooked book on this topic, yet very valuable.

No, I am not sure about that at all. My life purpose is very clear. The 'how' seems impossible though. The medium I want to use doesn't really correspond with the goal I want to achieve. Most of all achieving a goal for someone else is nearly impossible. So now what ? Just drop my life purpose all together ?

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