The Mystical Man

I forgot about those ? He is a down-to-earth guy otherwise. Love his delivery.

Which ones? Because that's not my impression of him.

To be enraged with a dumb thing seems blasphemous.

The experience of death will be colored by the person's understanding. For example, a Christian might go to paradise.

You lose yourself in it again, because there's more karma to be worked through. And some karma can be worked out only through difficult situations.

Understanding is great -- it's certainly better to understand than not to understand. But you can't really enjoy life, if you don't dissolve your karma. I think true spirituality is not really about understanding but about accelerating a process that is natural. Sadhguru talks about the dissolution of karma here: "A spiritual path means we want to set your karmic process on fast-forward. We want to take a bigger load of karma than the allotted load because we don’t want to come back and do the same thing again and again. We want to finish it off right now. This is a conscious choice one has to make – do you want to slowly work it out or do you want all the nonsense to be over as quick as possible." - Shut Down Your Karma Factory – Part 1 (sadhguru.org) More resources on the dissolution of karma: Death and Dissolution: The Role of a Master (sadhguru.org) ET_Mar2008.pdf (ishafoundation.org) Karma People like Adya, Hawkins, and Jed allude to the same thing, but they don't talk about it in detail like Sadhguru does. "You tell the universe you want some sort of spiritual achievement – awakening or enlightenment or higher consciousness or whatever – and instead of your life becoming wall-to-wall bliss, it turns to shit." - Jed

It's not jargon, because anyone can understand it -- it's what characterizes NPD. Of course there's a need for diagnosing narcissists. How else are you going to offer treatment? But, yes, it is a loaded term -- which is why it's important to gain a better understanding of narcissism.

That's psychopathy -- which is different from NPD. People with NPD do feel shame: "Because they are sensitive to perceived criticism or defeat, people with NPD are prone to feelings of shame, humiliation, and worthlessness over minor incidents of daily life and imagined, personal slights, and usually mask such feelings from people, by feigning humility, responding with outbursts of rage and defiance, or seeking revenge." "Fragile/Covert: this variant is defined by feelings of shame, envy, resentment, and inferiority (which is occasionally 'masked' by arrogance), entitlement, a belief that one is misunderstood or unappreciated, and excessive reactivity to slights or criticism." "Pathological narcissism is a term for concurrent grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, which is linked to poor self-esteem, lack of empathy, feelings of shame, interpersonal distress, aggression, and significant impairments in personality functioning across both clinical and non-clinical samples." Narcissist vs. Sociopath vs. Psychopath: What's the Difference? - Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. (lauriehollmanphd.com) "The main difference between the narcissist and the sociopath or psychopath is that the narcissist may experience or learn to experience some remorse and eventually some empathy for actions that hurt others and his maltreatment is verbal not physically aggressive or violent."

The term "narcissist" is overused and misunderstood. But there are actual pathological narcissists. The Wikipedia article on NPD is illuminating: Narcissistic personality disorder - Wikipedia DSM-5 describes NPD as possessing at least five of the following nine criteria: A grandiose sense of self-importance Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love Believing that they are "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions) Requiring excessive admiration A sense of entitlement (unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with their expectations) Being interpersonally exploitative (taking advantage of others to achieve their own ends) Lacking empathy (unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others) Often being envious of others or believing that others are envious of them Showing arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes "True symptoms of NPD are pervasive, apparent in varied social situations, and are rigidly consistent over time. Severe symptoms of NPD can significantly impair the person's mental capabilities to develop meaningful human relationships, such as friendship, kinship, and marriage. Generally, the symptoms of NPD also impair the person's psychological abilities to function socially, either at work or at school, or within important societal settings. The DSM-5 indicates that, in order to qualify as symptomatic of NPD, the person's manifested personality traits must substantially differ from social norms." "Many highly successful individuals display personality traits that might be considered narcissistic. Only when these traits are inflexible, maladaptive, and persisting, and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress, do they constitute narcissistic personality disorder." "Narcissistic personality disorder differs from self-confidence which is associated with a strong sense of self."

There's nothing wrong with being great, if you actually are great. People with NPD, however, are delusional and their behavior causes others suffering.

I think you're right. I don't think that death leads to the shedding of ignorance. Death leads to another incarnation -- another chance at becoming conscious. You have to die before you die to become truly conscious.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder resource: https://bit.ly/2m9Lqux

Good documentary: The nine characteristics of NPD: Grandiosity Arrogant & Domineering Preoccupation with success + power Lack of empathy Belief of being unique Requiring excessive admiration Sense of entitlement Exploitative Envious of others

Well done. I don't have the courage and determination to pull off what you did. University is too comfortable.

Manson talks about that in his book: He says that there will always be problems in life. The only thing that we can do is to create better problems. Eternity didn't enter time and space to avoid problems. The eternal is already problem-free, forever -- so, you might as well endure a few hardships.

New episode is available: Chapter 3: A New Pyre • The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling (spotify.com)

The semen retention journey continues: The first three months:

Who is going to make the thread for Mustn't Milk Myself March? Somebody has to continue my legacy.

What exactly do you mean by transmutation?

Sexual energy is inexorable. I can't transmute all of it. I inevitably end up failing.

Of course not. But I don't want to put up with this struggle anymore. I just want to focus on writing. I still think that most guys would benefit from a 30 day challenge. But I've already surpassed the 30 day mark multiple times. I've had enough for now. I might return at some point.

You're looking at this selfishly. This is not about you. Imagine Jesus had said, "Why should I die on the cross? What do I get out of it?" We wouldn't be talking about him now. Imagine the Buddha had said, "Why should I leave behind all these comforts to pursue enlightenment?" We wouldn't be talking about him now. So it's about sacrifice and service. You don't know what kind of impact the smallest action can have on other people. As you're walking down the hallway at the office, the greatest splendor of divinity shines forth. You're at the dentist, and the sacredness of all of life becomes evident. You're cleaning your home, and the infinite beauty of all that is reveals itself. The glory of God is everywhere. The magnificence of God permeates the mundane.

It was good while it lasted, but I'm just done for now.

I'm done with NoFap ?

I address the "potential healing effects of psychedelics" here: And I said that I myself lost the fear of death: So, I didn't ignore any part of your post. It's actually you guys who are ignoring my arguments.