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As Ralston himself will tell you, there's much more to this work than awakening.

Simple stainless steel works great.

Well, you have to wonder, is a song the best way to achieve your LP? What is the best way? I'd focus on that.

I'll have to look into that. Thanks.

@MellowEd We have a policy against religious dogma on this forum.

@Majed Don't become this guy:

Schmach loves to use needless jargon.

@Bobby_2021 If someone comes to your home, what you do is go in the other room and eat a lobster, then you come out and make them a cup of ramen noodles.

No one cares as long as you got skills and can offer value and accomplish excellent results. In the business world what people care about is the results you can provide.

Do not make us look bad by associating with you.

@Felinez The point of the episode was to get you to realize that ultimately all authority rests on your shoulders because you are the one who decides which sources to trust and which not. Why aren't you a follower of Hitler? Because you decided he isn't worth following. None of this means you shouldn't learn from others. You can learn from people without ceding your authority to them. That's what I do.

Sure Introspection and reflection are pretty much the same thing. I do not distinguish between them.

4 personality types is way too limited of a model. It will give you bad results. You need something with higher resolution.

Obviously your desires are influenced by culture. Why call it these silly names like "memetic desire"?

Contemplation is important but by itself is not enough for serious growth. Serious growth also requires massive exposure to new experience and also suffering. You will only deeply learn things when its accompanied by sharp emotions. Contemplation alone is too dry and abstract. Emotions and suffering are what sear lessons into the mind. If a grizzly bear bites off your foot, that will be a powerful, transformative growth experience, unlike anything you can contemplate your way to on the couch. Bottom line is, you need grist for your contemplation mill. Yes, of course.

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The authority issue doesn't mean that your false beliefs and self-deceptions will change how reality functions. Rather, it means this: If reality contradicts your false beliefs, ultimately that will only reach your mind if you let it. Your authority is necessary to admit that your own view of the world was wrong. So authority comes into play when you finally admit to yourself: "My ideas about the vaccine were wrong." And until you do that you will stay lost in your own bubble of vaccine fantasy.

Don't over play your hand.

Well, that requires a lot of contemplation and awakenings to appreciate. But for now you can Consciousness to be your entire visual field. Consciousness is an infinite and eternal field. It isn't divided into souls or anything else. You are the Creator and the Creation. Following the Bible will only make you more confused. Best to throw all that away and just focus on contemplating and exploring the nature of Consciousness in your direct experience. No one can tell you what Consciousness is, since you're directly experiencing it already. Rather than reading about red, if you want to understand red, just look at red.

I will handle this.

Bingo.

Haha! I love this.

Excellent!

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I used to be very cheap (still am), so I understand this situation well. First, you have to understand his POV. If someone is that cheap it's probably for good reason. He probably has trauma around money in his past. Or he's being very cheap to save that money for some important higher goal, like starting a business or taking care of his parents. So it's good to ask him where his cheapness comes from and what positive function it serves in his mind. Try to understand the deep psychological reasons why he's cheap by talking about it with him. Second, in order to get him to change, you have to get him to see how being cheap can be positive but also negative when taken too far. He needs to see how cheapness backfires on him. Specific examples are necessary here. For example, cheapness could cost him his girlfriend. Cheapness can actually cost him more money in the long-term. Cheapness could strain his relationships. Cheapness could ruin his reputation. Etc. If he truly becomes aware of this, then he will be motivated to change his behavior. Thirdly, it's important for a man especially to see that part of what it means to be a good man is to be generous with your resources. A good man is generous and not too fearful about resources because he is confident he can earn more. So actually, cheapness detracts from being a strong man. This is a deep point which he is missing. Saving $4 on chocolate is not worth the hit he takes to his manhood. If he can see this, he will start to change. Something a man should aspire to is to become so abundant in resources that he never again has to worry about sharing them freely with loved ones. You can discuss all these things with him and see his reactions. If he has a lot of trauma around money he might be stubborn about seeing these deeper points I made, and he might need some years to see the light and start making corrections. The key thing for him to understand on this point is that it's not about money, it's about generosity. Generosity is worth more than money. The bottom line is that your BF is not conscious of all these subtle points, thus his cheapness continues.