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Nice summary vid. Junk ideological channel. They twist the facts in the end in order to push their theistic agenda. It doesn't matter if your premises are correct if you still pull some mental gymnastics to try to confirm your pre-existing beliefs.

@Fuse I'm about your age (20). Got bad addictions too. Less relating with feelings of inadequacy and more to do with dealing with work stress. I hope walking aimlessly about everyday will help you. I like to do it myself too, not as a habit, I just like to do it every now and again because why not? Maybe you could try to adopt that mindset too. Don't walk because you want to feel better, just walk for no reason. Let things flow.

Before Enlightenment: Chop Wood, Carry Water After Enlightenment: Chop Wood. . wait. . . why the hell are you chopping wood and carrying water? Go get a real job, dickhead.

Critical Thinking is more focused and directed towards a specific decision. Contemplation is more aimless and free. You don't know what to expect from it.

Dark Night involves more hopelessness in my opinion. Most depression is usually caused by deep but temporary strong negative emotions. The majority of people who get out of depression do so because they either tried to commit suicide but failed or they didn't take action at all. It's interesting how gun control can reduce the number of suicides simply because choosing a gun to kill yourself has a higher success rate than other methods.

Basically a summary of Nietzsche's concepts of 'The Last Man' and 'The Superman'. It's quite something.

I've been making satire comics recently And some other stuff

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That's really good. Just making sure 'cause I had no way of figuring out whether you we're just using foreign languages as filler for your life or had an actual purpose for it. You could do with a more ambitious life goal, though. You'll be dead someday, ain't much room to be fuckin' about without a truly profound Mission Statement.

So much done on the exterior, the interior is ignored. Actually, you do seem to have some work done on yourself, it's just that it's mostly peanuts. Why are studying foreign languages daily anyway? Do you actually have a really big ambitious goal with learning those skills? Or is it just a hobby of yours? If it's the latter, then it's probably a distraction. I mean, what are you after in life, really? Just living the life you have now or are you pursuing a Life Purspose or Enlightenment? Meditation don't mean jack if you ain't using it to pursue enlightenment or to better your existential pondering skills.

I only hear about the news from late-night satirical comedy shows. I like the jokes but the news stories themselves normally don't interest me. Most news stories are actually quite inane, even so-called 'significant' stuff like stories about Trump's presidency or North Korea's nuclear program. This ain't shit you're going to care about on your deathbed. You're much better off aiming for a more holistic perspective on life than being a slave to the bureaucratic, attention-grabbing, and highly-opinionated world of the mainstream news media.

@aniss Smoke some cigarettes to make yourself feel more mature. Because they bring you closer to death.

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@zenjen Do Nothing Technique is a very good way to maintain spiritual insights and positive states. Although it is a paradoxical method. Essentially you have to completely let go of all desire and intention to control your mind, body, and external circumstances. Basically, you should be able to allow yourself to feel suicidal again and be okay with it. If you feel good, you make no intention to try to maintain it. If you feel bad, you make no intention to try to change anything. If things do change, that's fine, make no intention to try to maintain any states.

@CuteCornDog You know, you really should have a far more positive attitude. Funerals are actually very good socially stimulating gatherings! Hopefully you can see that you can be suicidal but still want a funeral. -------------------------- Okay okay, jokes aside. Suicide is a very serious issue. . . yadda yadda yadda. . . .should be an issue taken with careful understanding and genuine compassion . . . blalalala whatever who cares? -------------------------- Okay Okay, jokes really aside, now. Seems to me that what you really need is deep self-reflection. Really deep self-reflection. Ask yourself why exactly are you having the emotions and thoughts that you're having. Do you actually know why you're suffering? I mean REALLY know why you're suffering? Really, Actually, Literally, Existentially. Don't start with asking yourself how you can stop the suffering. Really all that will do is target the symptoms and not the root. It also helps to know that everyone suffers. I'm even willing to bet that I've had more suffering in my life than you've had but that's something I can't really know for sure. The only real difference is how we each deal with it. The question is: How effective are your ways of dealing with suffering? For example, I see suffering as completely unreal and always ego-based. I find that that helps me deal with suffering in such a powerful way. In summary, try to find the root of your suffering and try to think of ways you can improve your relationship with suffering. Also, eat fruit 'cause they're healthy and delicious Yum yum.

Your forum title makes it sound like you were asking about how the ego tries to resist enlightenment practice. But you're actually talking about something completely different. Actually the phenomenon you described is exactly how egos react to their belief system being threatened. This is greater seen in people who avoid enlightenment than does who do. Surely you've seen how a religious fundamentalist or militant atheist behave in relation to their beliefs? Y U SINGLING OUT SPIRITUAL SEEKERS???

LOLZ How interesting the life must be of a regular supermarket employee who is actually a speck living on a speck surrounded by trillions and trillions of specks separated by many billions of miles of space. Maybe you just lack the perspective to see that most knowledge is quite inane especially through a cosmic lens. Maybe try focusing your awareness to the fact that mental information is very irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. We mostly gather information for pragmatic purposes. Or at least I do that, I guess. Can't ignore the fact that far too many people love unpractical philosophies and mental masturbation. In summary, hope you build a healthier, more practical relationship with gathering information some time in the future. For now, here's a random wikipedia article on Chess Grandmaster, Tigran Petrosian (Read It! you know you want to. . . )

For the record, I have not yet watched Game of Thrones or plan to anytime in the near future. But Leo's occasional criticisms of it combined with its massive popularity makes me think about it every now and again. What exactly is about this particular TV show that's so interesting? I'm interested in finding answers to this through a personal-development perspective. What are the social and psychological values that Game of Thrones espouses/aggrandizes? Some comedy shows I've seen like to joke a bit about nudity , beheadings, and sex when they talk about Game of Thrones and I kind of see that as a red flag. But I'm interested in a serious analysis. 'course, I could just watch the show myself but I ain't got time for that, mate.

@Leo Gura Two years ago, some stranger online criticized and insulted me for trying to make radical changes in my life that involved moving out of mainstream culture (Giving Up TV, Meditating, Reading and Watching Personal Development Content, Getting Into Spirituality etc.). Of course, a debate ensued because I was still in a very naive and low consciousness place and that really got me pissed and frustrated at the time. It seems so so petty but now I still feel that my mind still hasn't let go of that memory completely even after 500+ hours of meditation and countless hours of life purpose work and such. I know that it's all just monkey mind but it's embedded deep within my subconscious. I don't even like to argue with anyone anymore, I'm a hell of a lot more pragmatic and results-oriented now rather than concepts and beliefs-oriented. Still, the negative emotions and memories just keep cropping up and cropping up everyday and I was wondering if you've ever dealt with something like this. If you have, how have you dealt with it?

@kieranperez Been there, done that (or rather, felt that) If you're too unmotivated to take action, then how do you know that it's not going to take you anywhere. You're stuck in circular thought. You think that taking massive action won't make you happy but that belief of yours stems from the fact that you haven't taken massive action yet to see how it's like. Times like these where you just need to take a leap of faith. You actually don't any reasons to do anything. You can drop all your ruminations and do some work for however much time you want to do it each day. Once you've done your work for the day, you can then get back to your ruminations, what's the problem?

@PetarKa Set aside all those existential notions you have and just do the work. It's simple. Existential contemplation does not have to get in the way of DOing.

@How to be wise If you're aware that you're pursuing enlightenment only for it's benefits then you can stop at that point! Developing curiosity just takes more and more enlightenment practice. You become extremely aware which leads to curiosity. It's that simple.

Of course, pursuing selfish acts seems like that's all there is when you're spiritually ignorant. Modern culture is very good at distracting people from enlightenment.

@CuteCornDog Are you telling this in regards to life purpose? Because if you are, you're probably better off not caring about how your parents treat and just focus on pursuing your life's goals through daily practice. This problem will ultimately seem pointless in the long run.

@Leo Gura I want to become a masterful, famous, and highly respected video game music composer. Is "Enhancing the gameplay experiences of gamers all over the world with amazing soundtracks that increase player engagement" a good enough purpose?