RendHeaven

I used to be a competitive sprinter, but those are bygone days. Some part of me still resonates more with the explosive short distances, but recently all I do is long distance work. It's like an extended meditation - the joy and suffering are both slow burning, but its sure as hell fulfilling

Oh that explains me~

@SonataAllegro Lol my dad wanted me to go to IU, but luckily I didn't. @soos_mite_ah Bravo~

I'll be travelling to Manhattan Wed 10/6 - Sun 10/10 PM me if hanging & bonding over actualized.org sounds exciting

Yes

Untrue. "We are humans" is assumed by natural philosophers and scientists prior to the discoveries and assertions of philosophy and science itself.

Rarely the case, unfortunately.

At face value this critique made sense to me, but then I thought, well all things torn down had to be built up first. So as such, there is no conflict. You can't even set a guy on the saint's path (tearing down) before he has a "normal life" (building up). Otherwise, you just get spiritual bypassing....

I communicate Love by embodying and teaching Acceptance.

With regards to dating + relationships, or reality at large?

I don't see this at all. Leo is far more integrated than whatever credit you give him. Of course his advice to struggling men will be within the confines of the status quo social game. You can't expect struggling men to "rise above" a crooked system while they're starved and hungry. Leo's advice is tailored. Don't equate him to his advice. We would see different advice from Leo if he were to answer the questions of a non-starving and fulfilled man. Unfortunately, we just never see this happening because fulfilled men don't come crawling onto online forums for help.

@Raphael It's a stunning video. Highly recommend. @soos_mite_ah They're lonely and reaching out, not so different from you and I.

I'm not a lady, but I'm relating strongly to a lot of the responses so far, so I'll add my story to the soup too, as encouragement. Currently, I have 2 guys that I'd consider very close friends. They are on their respective spiritual journeys and are startlingly mature for their age (20ish). I have a couple dozen more people that I hang out with regularly and bond with, but there's a sense that they will "never understand me" because they're not serious about contemplation and introspection the way I am. I often dumb myself down to vibe with these people. Aside from that, I loosely consider anybody that I interact with a "friend." I had an amazing 40 minute conversation with my uber drive today. Even though I'll never see him again, he felt like a "friend." At the end of the day though, I understand that even my 2 closest dudes are temporary. Furthermore, I only hold them in high regard insofar as they serve my egoic survival agenda (acceptance, being listened to and understood, they provide massive value to me through their presence, energy, and insights, etc.) Truly, they are not any more special than someone I feel unable to befriend. Being friends with all of humanity is my ultimate ideal, but fundamentally I'll always be alone, as are we all.

this paradox/strange loop is "a feature not a bug" (as leo would say) It's hard to explain how what you wrote is perfect to someone who insists that it can only be either/or

Right, so this is why I prefaced the statement with "past a certain point..." There are many useful distinctions early on that melt away the more Realized you become. Maybe she was suggesting with her answer that she was past the point of making "wokeness" distinctions.

You know that's not true

Mark Manson is not very conscious. He is soaking in the worldview of physicality/materialism continuously, even after reading sources that would point him towards alternate modes of being. He's a great teacher for basic self-help but not for transcendence.

Lol, welcome to the social matrix. Yes. Simple - do what you know to be right, and accept(!) all consequences (both internally & externally). Let your folks feel your appreciation from time to time

Leo isn't really a master in this field. You're better off studying Owen Cook (the guy Leo learned from).

lmao wtf

Lol careful - the triggered, anti-vegan "but aighe need muh meat" mob is comin'

Hot

Yes - I observe that yellow tends to "take a break" from sexuality by recognizing that it doesn't lead to to Eudaimonia. Yellow can appear to act in the same manner as blue (at quick glance), but rather than coming from a place of suppression/repression/tension/inauthenticity, it has genuinely let go of sex, is capable of having it, but decides not to from of place of sincerity & relaxation. In some ways this is a "phase" bridging green and turquoise, a right of passage. You can't really go turquoise with your sexuality before knowing what it feels like to let sex go completely. I also see some people pretending to be "above" sex by mimicking this stage, but you can tell when people are faking it. I think stage yellow sexuality is what blue was trying (and failing) to copy with all of its denial. How to know you're at this stage (instead of faking it): You've had mind-blowing and fulfilling-loving sex before but you naturally don't chase it whatsoever - it doesn't even cross your mind. Turquoise comes full circle imo and engages with sex again, but with the newfound recognition that life and people are more mysterious and beautiful and full of love than we ever imagined at green or yellow, and the difference between self and other is imaginary. Turquoise can appear to act in the same manner as green (at a quick glance), but rather than coming from a place of "two people merging" to "make love," it doesn't even see "two people" to begin with - in that sense, sex with a partner and masturbation are metaphysically identical, in either case Self-Love (and especially appreciation for existence) is expressed - and there is never a moment of "turning on the lovemaking" since love was never "off" to begin with... "sex" is happening as you stroll around the street just as much as it occurs in the sheets. Sounds impossible, sounds like I'm redefining the word "sex" on a whim... maybe I am, and maybe that's fine. In a nutshell, this stage is about realizing that definitions were never solid anyway. It's like all of our collective human definitions are shapes made by clouds, and we think they are immutable, until the clouds move and we realize the shapes were "never solid anyway." And only then are we free to appreciate the cloud for simply existing, no matter what shape it takes. And acknowledging the cloud no matter what shape it takes - that's basically what sex is, isn't it? When the clothes come off and the bodies merge, what we're doing is we're dissolving definitions and holding space for whatever unfolds. The same with masturbation: when "you" stroke "yourself" it's like God petting his child, "I love you" by becoming the child and definitions dissolve... ...ok that last bit sounds weird without a reference experience ???

Lucky girl doesn't realize that normies like us would kill for her gifts

Cringe how?