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This is a crazy statement. Only a man with low abundance would take a cheater back. Monogamous relationships put a lot of weight on sexual exclusivity and it's a clear contract(for most couples.) You can't accidentally cheat, it is always a sign of massive disrespect. I don't see how tolerating disrespect would make a woman that doesn't respect you respect you more so fundamentally you can't make that work. Women need to respect a man to love him, otherwise, it's just an empty relationship that is just there for one or both of the parties convenience. The part about females and males being friends is always iffy to me. People in general that say it's great don't generally understand social and gender dynamics. In my experience men and women are only friends in artificially created social hierarchy scenarios(work, school, double dates, etc.) In the real world, attractive men and women are not friends! They play an elaborate social game to fuck each other because that's what our species does! Or they cope together, through smoking weed/drinking/mindless entertainment. The only people I see just randomly hanging out with people of the other sex are gay, coping, or lying to each other and one or both of them are trying to fuck the other. @Tangerinedream Those girls probably want to fuck your man and will do so if he chooses to go for it. Do you trust your man and are you okay with this situation regardless? He probably likes that girls like him and I mean that's fine but you're free to go after whatever type of relationship you want in this life. Also, analyze if his socially confident and perhaps flirty character IS what YOU like about him in the first place? Plenty of girls put restrictions on their man and then it backfires on them because that aspect of their man was something they actually did respect and enjoy in their man they just got insecure or whatever else the issue might've been.

Indeed. You have to be honest in what you want in this whole game journey. Is it based on validation/self-esteem? I actually don't think this is shallow, self-esteem cannot be faked. If you objectively figure out that you do not have the ability to attract women that you deem attractive, I'd say that's a big issue worth fixing. It can get fixed after a few good experiences followed by self-esteem work though, there is indeed massive diminishing returns in sleeping with a lot of girls. I think there is a huge component of hedonism in-game though. It is fun to go out and seduce random women. Intimacy/love is not what is sought in this context, the aim is lust and adventure. Which are not bad things as long as you know that's what you're doing. Personally, I need to experience a few things before I even allow myself to open up to a single woman. I'm hugely attracted to the harem lifestyle and the BDSM lifestyle. I had a girlfriend without fully exploring that and even in the times that we were happy, I felt like I couldn't fully even allow myself to consider just being with her without knowing what those fields have to offer. There is a lot to be said about tantra and/or psychedelics when it comes to monogamous sex. I believe that there is a huge depth in sexual exploration that can be done with a single partner that most people are afraid to explore. How many "hot" women do you interact with on a daily basis? If you talk to a really hot girl only once per week then of course your literal physiology is gonna tell you to not fuck it up cowboy because we're gonna have to wait a whole other week to talk to a hot girl again. Leo is right that the only fix to this is game or exposure. Clubbing is the most suggested way to learn game because it has a high volume of hot girls in an environment where you're allowed to practice game while being anonymous and having your reputation preserved if you come up as creepy because you said some weird shit. Find some other place that attractive women frequent where you can interact with them continuously while not risking a blow to your social status.

This is the move. Sounds like you did nothing wrong but perhaps missed some signals of discomfort. Do not get traumatized from escalating on women but learn to be very fucking aware when doing it, especially in a social circle like this. I think the new move in this day and age is to literally ask for consent. You can do it dominantly and frame it as a command "I want you to grind on me.", but I would indeed be careful with being uncalibrated and in general it's a way better mindset to game the girl into escalating on you. After now having been doing game for around 7 years I've met multiple men that were involved/accused of sexual assault. I've even had the privilege of seeing guys escalate in person in front of me and try to defuse/push past the girls' resistance, so I know what it looks like from both sides. Look, it's useless to blame yourself and I'm sure your intentions were good. People have different pasts and perspectives though, and you have to be very careful with that. You're actually blessed to be on this forum and you're now able to learn both the masculine game side and the more feminine intuition/being in tune with yours and others' feelings. Combine these things and you will be a part of the new age of lovers. Keep in mind that human sexuality is LITERALLY still taboo to this day and we're just starting to talk about and figure out these days. Strange hookup situations have been a thing forever. Especially if any alcohol and/or social pressures are involved, those are literally dynamites that are hard enough for grown and mature adults to handle, let alone teenagers. You'll be fine, don't get jaded, don't blame yourself and her and just keep this in mind as a valuable experience. Look into enthusiastic consent stuff and you'll be fine.

@Danioover9000 Amazing, thank you for sharing brother. I'll reflect on that and watch out for what you've said next time I watch his content.

Can you give a solid paragraph review of Hasan? I've started watching him this month and I find him really good but I haven't really taken the time to dissect him. I'm currently also a big fan of Destiny, he can behave some strange takes but his overall thought processes are delightful to listen to. Great man. We live in a great time for intellectual discourse. This is the equivalent of our modern-day Greek philosophers. Give all these men a break btw, they are still young. Imagine how wise and integrated they will become if they keep this discourse going for the next 30 years! Also worth noting that Leo gives us almost too many tools to break down and find shadows in people. Being a fully integrated human being is really hard. The fact that the debate community is so popular shows that there is a huge interest for debating and getting to the bottom of nuanced issues, we're on a good timeline

You're welcome my guy, yeah mixed groups are way better than you with a few girls. And funny is great, just avoid making it an inside joke. The best mantra I've heard relating to IG branding is to not make it so someone that has never met you still gains value looking at your stuff, it's not meant for your friends/family, those people already like you. It's meant for new people to be introduced to you and be kept in your funnel. Feel free to send some stuff, I'll let you know my thoughts!

Good question, the man is active on here just as recently as 50 mins ago though so I'm sure he's addressed it or will if you ask him. His blog is also regularly updated. A few months ago he shared a video on his health issues that cause energy problems so with the high standards he puts on himself for his officially released content he's probably struggling to keep up. Give him time and the content will come. Interact with him on here and send him words of encouragements, he is but a man after all Take your time @Leo Gura my guy and that Hakkasan video looked bomb. I gotta check it out when I come to the US, you guys have way cooler venues than we have in Canada

@Leo Gura Would rationally dismantling Jordan Peterson's more problematic ideas not be a massive way to introduce higher consciousness topics to the general masses? As being one of the only current celebrity intellectuals, contending with him would be one of the best ways to gain traction in the public field, I feel like that would just be good marketing. @Preety_India Do you believe there ever has been a true intellectual then? I doubt that there have been many that have been able to rise to be able to see their blindspots. On your doctor's point, does a good doctor need to have the most knowledge or be the most efficient? I believe many efficient doctors have forgotten what they learned at school and their knowledge of biochemistry is probably questionable but they've learned to do their job and effectively treat the patients in front of them.

I think you have the closest idea that will possibly work. I believe that world peace will be achieved by a stage turquoise dictator that achieves a monopoly of armed forces in the world. Of course, it is possible, depends on your definition of peace though. You could say that the concept of nations was a huge step towards world peace, remember guys that before each and every city and village was at war with another, now cities within the same country are at "peace" with one another. "Peace" in quotations because humans still compete within their own countries but at least it's under the understood concept of a single nation. Conflict is natural in life and even purely loving and enlightened beings still want to mess and "attack" each other but such a thing is completely different in unity vs considering each other as different beings. Think like teasing/play fighting/BDSM within a healthy and loving relationship. I think this will happen within our lifetime, that's my bet. It will require the concept of nations to fade and them to be recognized as mere provinces within the human empire. If you've been watching the news you see that there is global conflict on the rise, perhaps this is good. The average human does not need to be at stage green and above to exist within a stage green and above society. I do believe that a society is only as strong as its strongest link and our most powerful individuals at the moment are corrupt but there is no reason a peaceful entity could not rise to be the most powerful human in the world.

I'm so confused, did I miss something? Weren't the UK's cases out of control and they were having massive issues? As of today, they still have 70k+ daily cases, why are they lessening restrictions? I think covid was a huge blessing in disguise. It showed that our seemingly solid society is actually a huge fucking mess and a situation that required for us to come together showed us how far we are from being able to do that. It showed us how little we can trust our own politicians, our fellow people, our laws, our media, etc. Our very notion that the world was solidly put together got sledgehammered. I'm very hopeful that locally it lets people see how corrupt their individual government officials are. My province's government handled the situation absolutely abysmally and I'm very excited to see accountability drop on those people in the next few years. I'm investigating them as we speak and we can be sure that the people that failed us shall not be forgotten, I'll make sure of that myself (:

Yeah, you can post pictures with random people, that's fine. In general, though, don't post pictures of you with girls on your IG unless there's a lot of context there. Basically, 90% of the time if it's not organic it looks like you're really excited to show that you have pictures of you with women and women smell that from a mile away. If you lookup Personal Brand Creator Pro, it's a program made by the content producer of RSD Luke, one of the best social media game guys in the world IMO. I have my IG in my bio here, its worked well for me to get girls in the past and it's not even optimized properly but I'd say it's way better than most guys. Here are a few examples of top-tier IG profiles that are heavily based on travel pics. Corey Chaloff - The guy whose program I mentioned. He's worked and helped most of the RSD guys on their content creation. Ryan Pownall, he's a local influencer in my city that's killing it with his IG game. Jay Alvarrez - A mega influencer that started out as just a videographer/photographer traveling around, basically the single best IG profile I've seen for a straight male looking to showcase his life and attract girls with his profile. I would call his IG a 10/10 profile.

@Flowerfaeiry Why the regret on the degree? I did a similar path and never even graduated high school but I think I made the right choice. Curious about your thoughts on it.

Oh yeah, of course. I live in Toronto, which I believe is the most multicultural city in the world and probably one of the least racists and racism is still alive and well here. I just don't know what the solution is man, I just know we have to keep talking about the issue. The people attacking you in this post are wrong, this is your perspective that you're sharing with them and you have 600+ comments so clearly you're a worthwhile and invested member of this community so this whole division and attack is sad for me to see. Racism is just a forced division. I don't consider myself different from my white, brown, or Asian friends but it doesn't take away from the unique and different situations we have to deal with. It is an issue we have to stand united to fix and the people saying you're a triggered snowflake have this point going way over their head. Are you satisfied with Leo's response on this? @Preety_India Thank you for the compliment, much obliged (;

Levels of consciousness have 0 correlation to one's ability to socialize, they're not related concepts. You could be stage blue and have terrible social skills or be stage turquoise and have amazing charisma; it's a separate skill tree.

I'm black and this phenomenon is quite interesting to me. No thoughts one way or another though for what it's worth. Racial slurs are an interesting concept, are saying them from an investigatory perspective still considered hurtful? This also ties into historical contexts, 2015 is a different time than we are now. We're in an era where we seek to find objective morality; is such a thing possible? What if our actions/words/thoughts today are considered intolerant 20 years from now, does that make us objectively intolerant today?

When I was maybe 10-11, I got scammed out some gear in a random MMORPG at the time. The guy offered me to be in his powerful guild if I gave him the stuff, he invited me in then kicked me after. It was the first time in my life that I can remember encoutering a scammer and I'm very thankful for that guy. Taught me a lot and I'm a lot harder to scam today About two years ago, I was walking early morning in a less than great part of town near a Mcdonald's when this homeless-looking guy came up to me. He said he was in a tight spot and he needed some quick cash. Offered to sell me his sterling silver ring for 50$, when it should easily be able to be pawned for a few hundred dollars but he didn't have an ID so the shops refused to deal with him for fear of being a stolen item. I didn't really buy it but decided to go along with it because I thought it was an interesting story. I talked with him for about 20 mins as I went to an ATM and took out the money. We had actually similar experiences and we related on some stuff so I actually got convinced that he was telling the truth, he was telling me about his ex-girlfriend and tough times that he's had. I also do a lot of games and usually have a great read when it comes to people's motives and lies so I was pretty confident I could tell a scammer apart. 100% scammed me with a ring worth 2$ at best after I took it to a jeweler. Also a great lesson and made me a bit scared that my so-called social reading skills could be so off. Made me a lot more understanding of the nuance a character can have. People are very multifaceted and a person can seemingly bond with you and relate with you while ruthlessly be trying to take everything from you they can. Cool life lesson.

You should be ashamed of yourself for such a thought. You would choose to be a toxic peasant for fake peace of mind? If your owner is efficient then it can be pretty fun to be an oppressed peon. @Thought Art Let's talk man. I'm also 26, broke, in debt, and struggling but have never been happier. The power that I'm cultivating is magnitudes higher than any other human being I've met in real life so I feel pretty damn good. Let me assist you, DM me and I'll share some thoughts. @kieranperez Be careful of the social matrix. I was at a mansion party last night and this 23-year-old girl that was into me, eye fucking me and literally offered to come to my place one time ended up fucking a 42-year-old dude because he had way more masculine energy than me at that time. I'm 26 btw so that would be way more "appropriate" for her to fuck me but he was more attractive to her than me. As a male, you'd be very shocked to really be able to understand the female agenda.

I have a friend that I've been having a lot of cultural and political talks with and it's been super fun but it always feels needlessly confrontational because he comes at it from the Libertarian label and I come at it from a more socialist label. I don't think our ideas are that far removed as he essentially believes in cooperation and the end of tyranny but the labels are keeping us at odds. I've watched Leo's video on Libertarianism so I'm stuck in a bit of an ego loop of thinking my ideology is superior but that's the trap isn't it? How can I marry our ideas and/or camouflage them in Libertarian sauce so we can start bonding more instead of feeling like we're at odds with our beliefs?

Wait are you sure? I've followed him for so long but never heard of this, that'd be a hilarious plot twist I can't picture it

Professor Timothy Fortin is filmed here talking about relativism and although his view on consciousness and objective truth are a bit off, he correctly accesses the huge implications of relativism in the world today. The reason why we have so many wars, conflicts, and plain old interpersonal issues today IS actually that we all fundamentally believe that our own version of reality is the truth and we engage in a constant battle against others to maintain that vision. "What objective truth says is that there's one you. There's one reality and truth for me and truth for you are bound to that same reality. If that's not the case then we have our own truth and therefore and we each have our own reality the consequence of that is that ultimately communication itself becomes impossible." This is really funny to listen to because yeah, that's exactly what's going on right now! People today do have terrible communication because they end up having different definitions of things like what the right thing to do is and thus we end up with a disorganized and divided world.

This is a good response. I'm very heavy on social media and if you're in a big city/travelling then it's a godsend. I can keep up with dozens if not hundreds of different girls/guys that I meet. It does tie into my social life, dating life and business though and is a huge investment. I do enjoy it a lot too, if you sit down and figure out that you hate social media then don't invest in it but to me, it's like a video game, really enjoyable. Keep in mind though if you're prone to the negative effects of it. I don't really compare myself to other people or even spend time scrolling it. Some people have reported bouts of depression from comparison or spend multiple hours a day. That's insane if it gets to that level you have to be self-aware enough to protect yourself. Also worth considering world trends, social media is clearly here to stay and is only gonna be more ubiquitous. Believe it or not, we're still in the early days of social media. If you look at it as the modern form of human communication then it's literally a skill to be relevant and to utilize it effectively and I'd say it's a pretty damn useful skill that's gonna keep paying off for years to come.

@StarStruck Depends on how you choose to look at it. People pay thousands of dollars for 3-week long vacations all the time. I would consider it 10x more fun/productive to pay 3k to fly to Vegas/LA with Owen for a few days and party with guys that literally do this for a living instead of getting drunk on a beach pointlessly.

Whatever feels right to you IMO. Just take out all the shame of it and the pressure to conform to this idea of truth that you have. Take a deep breath, give yourself a break and do whatever you wanna do.

The point of it is to do it in an environment you're not naturally confident and comfortable in. Imagine you're literally developing the skill to go out in the streets and strike up conversations with strangers and if that's not awkward enough, your aim is to seduce those strangers and to go out with them from a random approach on a street corner! Trust me, when you develop this skill coming back to an environment you're already comfortable with and naturally relate with people will be like shooting fish in a barrel. I've done probably 600 cold approaches and I still consider myself beginner level but I still got two girlfriends, not off of cold approach but after that experience going to a social circle it was really easy to talk to, flirt with, and ask out the girls that were already a part of my daily life.

Unless you're going overboard with all these things, I think she's right. What would dealing with it without coping mechanisms look like, just taking a deep breath and being okay all the time? Your fantasies about this guy don't seem too weird and outlandish. You're really just imagining a loving figure comforting you, we all do that in some ways. I do it with random cute girls in my life that I imagine myself dating in the near future and it gives me something to look forward to when dealing with tough times. And my basic understanding of tarot and astrology also makes me think that you're fine there too. Isn't the basic idea of it that the universe isn't random, has your best interest at heart and you can use the cards/charts/moons to learn to read it and predict it? I'd say that's about aligned with the rest of what we study here. Seems to me that your coping mechanisms aren't too intrusive and just based on painting yourself a promising vision of the future and a belief that life isn't out to crush you and that there is positive hope in the future. That does seem healthy to me, find what works and what's reliable and aligns with your life, I don't think you should think of it any further than that.