Arcangelo

Hi Aeris, I am a weed addict. ''Can smoking weed with mindfulness be a thing'' > Absolutely Yes Absolutely Yes there is. And sometimes (a lot of times actually) it will heal your psyche too. You already know what I am gonna say: Absolutely YES! I think he advocates against letting yourself get addicted like i did. Weed is actually a psychedelic. IDK. But what we believe tends to become true. The law of attraction and all that you know... That it is highly addictive. First time i smoked i didn't get high (because it was a roach that had to be split between 4 heads) But the second time, I did get superhigh. I told myself: -''I am smoking this forever'' 23 years and counting. Not planning to stop anytime soon. So if you try weed as a tool of growth or whatever you risk getting hooked for the rest of your life. Somewhere in a parallel universe there is an Arcangelo that never tried weed. I bet he is more successful and more neurotic than this current universe's Arcangelo. But who knows?

I fired almost all of my friends, it was not easy. Write them a letter if you can't talk to them. Do not ignore the red flags, and stop people pleasing.

Can't help them. It's a full time job to help yourself.

Weed lowers my blood pressure to a healthy level, as a side effect.

Wow!

No. Scared of butane residues.

Thank you very much!

By spiritual experiences i mean lucid dreaming and astral projections. Just focus on beating your previous record. If you could do 30 minutes aim to do 35 and so on. When yo do have those spiritual experiences try to stay at the other dimension as long as you can. Coolest shit ever. More real than real.

Thanks for that video GK!

This is exactly what i am talking about. Who said i was depressed? Gonna ask the question again: Why is it that depression is always tied to these words: anxiety, depersonalization and derealization?

Hey! I am all about sleeping on my back! There is a lot of youtube videos for that. I know it is the way to go. I am able to sleep on my back after doing sports exhaustively. If you are trying to do it without any pillows you are trying to run before you learn to walk. Put a pillow under your neck and a pillow under your knees. If you feel it necessary put pillows under your arms. The pillows under your arms will help you to not roll during your sleep. Now i am able to sleep for an hour without any pillows on a cold floor. It's all about practice. Beware: you will have spiritual experiences by trying to sleep on your back. TIP: Tape your mouth. Tape it diagonally for safety measures. You will be able to breath from the sides of your mouth if necessary. Leave a piece of the strip untapped for easy removal. Use micropore tape. Keep us posted.

Hey guys thanks for the replies! I have noticed that i have slight depersonalization and very slight derealization when i smoke weed. I have a question why is it that depression is always tied to these words: anxiety, depersonalization and derealization? Honestly, i feel untouchable, now that i know it's all in my head.

The story makes perfect sense to me. And it is very good at explaining what you guys been talking about ITT.

The Egg By: Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said. You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?” “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” You asked. “Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.” “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.” You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty. “Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.” “Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?” “Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.” “Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,” “All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.” You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?” “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.” “So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.” “Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.” I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had. “You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.” “How many times have I been reincarnated, then?” “Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.” “Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?” “Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.” “Where you come from?” You said. “Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.” “Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.” “Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.” “So what’s the point of it all?” “Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?” “Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted. I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.” “You mean mankind? You want us to mature?” “No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.” “Just me? What about everyone else?” “There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.” You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…” “All you. Different incarnations of you.” “Wait. I’m everyone!?” “Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back. “I’m every human being who ever lived?” “Or who will ever live, yes.” “I’m Abraham Lincoln?” “And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added. “I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled. “And you’re the millions he killed.” “I’m Jesus?” “And you’re everyone who followed him.” You fell silent. “Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.” You thought for a long time. “Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?” “Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.” “Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?” “No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.” “So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…” “An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.” And I sent you on your way.

Count me in the NO Free will camp. I think you gotta have a good chunk of green in yourself to be able to embrace the paradox of free will-NO free will.

32 When i was 7 years old i used to wink my eye to teacher Jenny. She told my mom. I have no memory of doing it. So i have been doing pick up even before i have use of reason. It's the way i live, and have always lived.

Maybe afraid is not the right word. The right term is approach anxiety.

My mom told me from the very beginning: -''Son, happiness does not exist. The only things that exist are happy moments'' She could/should have added: -''Just make sure to have more happy moments than unhappy ones'' Pick up gives me happy moments, in the sense that i feel that i did everything in my power to achieve certain goal. Pick up gives me happy moments, because it is an adventure. Pick up gives me happy moments because it makes me feel alive. Pick up gives me happy moments, because when i am afraid to go talk to a girl but i do it anyways i feel like a real fucking man. That's the best. And so on and so on....

Pick up is my lifestyle. I have been doing pick up before the term pick up came up. I am always in pick up mode. Is do or die for me now. Exactly!

Exactly!

Hi I read somewhere in this sub-forum that i am not supposed to go out with the mentality of doing/practicing pick up; that it is better to go out with the mentality of trying to connect. Today after my ''McDonald's'' shift i went to Starsbuck's for a foam and there she was: Adriana. She was slim, 1.6mts, blonde and blue eyes. ''She is a tiger, she belongs to me'' -Scarface. Adriana Interaction: I already had my foam going on and was writing on my self observation journal. I saw her sitting by herself as soon as i got there. Should have approached immediately but i didn't. Honestly i wasn't in full PUA mode i just wanted a foam, but went for her anyway. I was in laid-back-trying-to-connect mode. Saw her going to the line, so I stood up tapped her shoulder and said: -''Hi.'' Adri: -''Hi'' Arc: -''Have you ever tried the foam?'' (I need to practice on my predator look. It would have been a nice spot to apply it.) Adri: -''No'' Arc: -''What are you having?'' (Again predator look deficit) Adri: -''Just water.'' Arc: -''What are you doing?'' Adri: -''I have a reunion. How about you? What are you doing?'' Arc: -''Hmmm... Nothing. Writing.'' (Looking back i should have said: -''Talking to very beautiful woman.'') Adri: -''OK'' She paid for her water and we said good bye. I didn't feel we connect even though she asked a couple of q's. I didn't try to go for the close because of this new mentality that honestly i don't like too much. Regular old me would have asked: -''Hey would you like me to meet you here after your reunion? maybe i can buy you a cup of coffee....''(predator look) I rather keep going for this ABC methodology. Always ask if they wanna go out at the end of the interaction. What do you guys think? You don't know if you don't ask right? What if i misread them? See you next time.

It is a free choice and up to the individual yes, but he's got sexual cravings. If he wants sex he's gotta play the game of attraction and if he wants to connect with a girl properly he's gotta play the game of attraction as well. Now, if he wouldn't have sexual cravings i would say go for it, skip it. If you leave those cravings unsatisfied they will become wholes in your orange foundation. Leo says that we gotta satisfy those cravings until we get sick of them and we are able to see that they are NOT the real deal. I totally get it. But for me, from the stage i am at, money, success and having sex with hot beautiful women IS the real deal right now. Maybe later i will evolve or be enlightened or whatever. But as of right now this is where i am at. And it is cool and a good thing. Orange is not bad.

I need to post this quote from Leo: '' The upside of rolling solo is that you grow very fast, as long as you're able to do approaches. If you're going out solo and you're so scared that you don't even approach, then you're not ready for that yet. You need a wingman/friend. @Brenzo2 You mean you're in a relationship but you want to build your pickup skills at the same time? That's hard. In practice, once you get in a comfortable relationship your pickup skills will suffer. There's a trade-off. @Joel3102 Yes, it certainly is, but it's going to take much more work than you imagine at the outset. But the upside is that it will also be much more rewarding (in terms of growth) than you imagine. To really get good at pickup you need to hit it hardcore for a couple of years, approaching 5000+ people. You need to take it very seriously. A half-assed attitude will not work here. You basically need to rewire and retrain much of your mind. Attraction is extremely counter-intuitive. It will shock you. You'll be in for some rude awakening. It will be emotionally difficult. But it will grow you like crazy. If you do it, don't do it for the sex, do it for the stronger man it makes you. It can also be very fun and exciting compared to sitting at home and playing Fortnite. Doing pickup hardcore makes you feel ALIVE! It makes you feel like a hero on his journey towards manhood. I highly recommend handling this part of your life. Just don't be a douche, don't hurt women, and don't develop an ideology or identity around it. If you want to get serious about learning this skill set, you must bite the bullet and move to a large city with great nightlife and lots of hot girls. LA, NYC, Chicago, Miami, Austin, Vegas, London, etc. It's very worth it. Don't be trying to learn pickup in some redneck part of the world. You need volume to practice on. If you're not willing to relocate, you're not very serious about it. But at the same time, don't make excuses if you can't relocate immediately. Begin wherever you're at and make plan to upgrade your situation. Pickup is not just about attracting girls. Pickup is about upgrading your entire lifestyle. It's about better nutrition, better fitness, better apartment, better decor, better cloths, better haircut, better friends, better car, better everything. Transform yourself into an attractive fucking man with an awesome life such that a woman would be itching to be around you. Shed your old childish ways. Become awesome. When you become a truly awesome, valuable man, guys and girls will flock to be around you. This is not some gimmick. You are actually becoming awesome. It's a total makeover. But also don't get lost in it. Return to spirituality once you've completed that phase of your life. P.S. There are always limits to everything a human does. Don't let that stop you from being awesome. You don't need to sleep with 100 girls. You don't need to become the Michael Jordan of pickup. You just need to become decent and score a few girlfriends. Which basically any guy can do.''

It is never a good idea to skip stages. You can/should skip unhealthy manifestations like lying about you being a pro athlete. Personally i was skipping orange too. Realized it was a bad idea, and now i am trying to be the most orange being that i can possibly be. I am building an orange rock solid foundation. I think you (and me) skipping orange is just our ego trying to maintain homeostasis (resisting change and growth) It is way easier to go meditate in the woods than talk to random strangers in the street. It is easier to go into a forum and chat with like minded people about healing crystals than to go out to a club all by yourself and talk to a hot woman. Catch my drift?

Check out what Leo wrote very recently: ''The upside of rolling solo is that you grow very fast, as long as you're able to do approaches. If you're going out solo and you're so scared that you don't even approach, then you're not ready for that yet. You need a wingman/friend. @Brenzo2 You mean you're in a relationship but you want to build your pickup skills at the same time? That's hard. In practice, once you get in a comfortable relationship your pickup skills will suffer. There's a trade-off. @Joel3102 Yes, it certainly is, but it's going to take much more work than you imagine at the outset. But the upside is that it will also be much more rewarding (in terms of growth) than you imagine. To really get good at pickup you need to hit it hardcore for a couple of years, approaching 5000+ people. You need to take it very seriously. A half-assed attitude will not work here. You basically need to rewire and retrain much of your mind. Attraction is extremely counter-intuitive. It will shock you. You'll be in for some rude awakening. It will be emotionally difficult. But it will grow you like crazy. If you do it, don't do it for the sex, do it for the stronger man it makes you. It can also be very fun and exciting compared to sitting at home and playing Fortnite. Doing pickup hardcore makes you feel ALIVE! It makes you feel like a hero on his journey towards manhood. I highly recommend handling this part of your life. Just don't be a douche, don't hurt women, and don't develop an ideology or identity around it. If you want to get serious about learning this skill set, you must bite the bullet and move to a large city with great nightlife and lots of hot girls. LA, NYC, Chicago, Miami, Austin, Vegas, London, etc. It's very worth it. Don't be trying to learn pickup in some redneck part of the world. You need volume to practice on. If you're not willing to relocate, you're not very serious about it. But at the same time, don't make excuses if you can't relocate immediately. Begin wherever you're at and make plan to upgrade your situation. Pickup is not just about attracting girls. Pickup is about upgrading your entire lifestyle. It's about better nutrition, better fitness, better apartment, better decor, better cloths, better haircut, better friends, better car, better everything. Transform yourself into an attractive fucking man with an awesome life such that a woman would be itching to be around you. Shed your old childish ways. Become awesome. When you become a truly awesome, valuable man, guys and girls will flock to be around you. This is not some gimmick. You are actually becoming awesome. It's a total makeover. But also don't get lost in it. Return to spirituality once you've completed that phase of your life. P.S. There are always limits to everything a human does. Don't let that stop you from being awesome. You don't need to sleep with 100 girls. You don't need to become the Michael Jordan of pickup. You just need to become decent and score a few girlfriends. Which basically any guy can do.''