I am seriously fucked up.

[Applegarden8]

19 minutes ago, kinesin said:

I'm not sure how he's relevant to this.

This forum is not just about spirituality and Leo's work is not just about spirituality, i am pretty sure it is stated in forum's guidelines.

 

[Applegarden8]

@kinesin Here is the forum statements on what it's about and it's values to ease you of your disappointment and confusion.

Original can be found here:

"The Actualized.org Forum is a community for people passionate about self-improvement. This community is focused primarily on self-actualization and spirituality, not dysfunctional psychology or mental illness, although to some extent dysfunctional issues must be covered. Newbie, intermediate, and advanced self-actualizers are equally welcome."

"What we are focused on:

Self-Actualization, Self-Improvement

Spirituality, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Meditation, Mindfulness

Mysticism, Yoga, Lucid Dreaming, Paranormal, Channeling, Chakras, etc.

Discussing & Sharing Spiritual Techniques

Psychology

Success, Productivity

Motivation, Inspiration

Emotional Mastery

Relationship Mastery

Self-Help Techniques

Starting & Running A Business

Life Purpose

Practical Philosophy

Self-Improvement Product Reviews, Book Reviews, Service Reviews

Psychedelics, Trip Reports

Diet, Fitness, Holistic Health, Healing

Spiral Dynamics, Developmental Psychology

Sociology

Conscious Politics, Improving Society, Understanding Collective Issues"

[Pericles]

On 6/3/2021 at 10:01 AM, Raphael said:

Try to find a job on the Internet. Use Upwork, you can find high paying clients if you have the skills. I personally live in an emerging country, when I started working I was earning 500-600 $ / months, then I started working on the Internet and can now earn more than 1000$ / month while working less than 20 hours / week. It saved my life.

I am really passionate about this online earning/ freelancing idea. Because there is no way in hell I'm going to make this thing work by doing traditional jobs. The system is designed against poor people in such a way that it would take like 50 years if I try the "conventional ladder climbing" approach.

I like the arbitrage opportunity that freelancing creates.

Freelancing, if I can do it right, will let me bypass this ladder structure and let make connections between the top of the ladder with the bottom (or really anywhere in the ladder).

➢ Bargaining/ negotiating with my traditional client/ boss won't do much good, because they themselves are suffering with their own financial situations. So even if I make them extremely satisfied with my work, I still won't going to make much, because they are not going to go out of their way (i.e. sacrifice their own financial well-being) to pay me good money "just because my performance made them super-satisfied."

➢ And also, the cultural philosophy of money here is shaped (by survival) in such a way, that you can't really charge much for anything in this area, it just seems and feels too much (for me and for the client). Every culture & person has a mental concept of: "how much money is normal." If you go further than that - it will seem too much for your service. They will find other person who will do the thing for them in a price which they consider "normal".

➢ It's also cool because I would be able to move with it. If I decide to move to a better, more-supportive country, I won't have to change my job or think about finding a new one, because I would still have all the necessary skills inside me, and it just requires a good quality laptop and internet connection to provide some appreciable value through these skills.

 

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@Thought Art @asifarahim @ivankiss @kinesin @Applegarden8 @Eternity @sda @Woke456 @jimwell , everybody, thank you all guys for your responses. I really appreciate it.

Edited June 4, 2021 by Pericles