@Extreme Z7 I was talking about philosophy degrees.
A Masters or PhD in engineering is much more functional.
Philosophy in particular is not meant to be studied in a university. This preverts the whole point of philosophy.
If you want to do serious philosophy, get yourself a bag of mushrooms and DMT and start doing yoga.

It's just not practical to do it randomly. What worked best for me is to go out with the plan to do 5-10 approaches.

When you got no creative outlet, no LP, yeah, you'll be jerking off multiple times a day. But when you cultivate a serious creative outlet you will be so busy you will barely have time to jerk off a few times a week.
Idle hands (and minds) do the devil's jerk
The less you pursue higher spiritual pleasures the more you will pursue lower carnal pleasures.

I'd do both. I did both when I started. They synergize nicely.
Night game is crucial for getting good with girls. Day game simply does not offer enough practice opportunities. Night game is your dojo.

Obviously
IQ is an extremely narrow measure of intelligence. Actual intelligence is a much broader and deeper thing.

@MM1988 Notice how egoic your perspective is. Just the fact that you are evaluating the fairness of life based on how much sex you do or do not get, is absurd. As if the universe cares about how much sexual pleasure you receive. No one cares about that but you. It's got zero importance at all in the big picture.
Also notice how you assume that if you don't have sex, then some other guy will have sex instead of you. This is a horribly warped and biased way of looking at things. Most of the time when sex doesn't happen is has nothing at all to do with another guy stealing that sex. Sex fails to happen for many reasons, many of them valid. A lot of times sex fails to happen because it was not supposed to happen, because the chemistry was missing, because you two were not a good match for each other, or simply because the logistics and timing was bad.
Nobody owes you sex. And nobody is competing with you for sex. Drop these toxic mindsets.
Relate to the whole woman. Right now you are relating to the sex.
The valid way of looking at things is: "Sexual pleasure has zero importance. If it happens, great. If not, oh well, I got important shit to do."

You need to build up momentum by going out consistently several nights a week. Then use that momentum to approach during the day.
It's hard to just do a random cold approach in the middle of the day while shopping for books. To be able to pull that off usually requires a few years of training. You need to get good at managing your internal state and cutting off all excuses. This requires 1000s of approaches. The first 1000 approaches will come with a lot of anxiety and hesitation so get them out of the way quickly.

@Hardkill Genuine hippies are pretty happy and evolved people.
Most people have a lot of growing to do before they deserve to be called hippies.

Guys i am really dissapointed,
Every time when i try to set a date with a women which i dont know through social media it never works.
First of all i consider myself as average looking in the face and tall and muscular body, i dont have very good profile though and I know that.
The last straw happened when I texted with one girl back and forth for couple of days and when I asked her out, she said sorry but we barely know each other, she was so super kind that I felt that rejection didn't even happened.
So there are couple of reasons that this happens everytime:
1. They see me as ugly
2. My text game is week and I don't build enough rapport (which I don't think its the case)
 
So I know that online games definetly works for other dudes, so the problem is in me, for me it doesn't fucking work I wont even try anymore, because I am so frustrated with same scenario over and over again. I forgot the mention that I am not targeting super attractive girls, just normal girls, some of them are below my attractiveness for sure.
 
I am 24 y.o What do you think guys?
 
 
 

Sounds like your technique is very noob.
Having the best profile pics is EVERYTHING in online dating. You must hire a professional photographer to take your pics, not some selfie bullshit. Pay a pro $500. Get really good casual pics of yourself. And you need some pics of you being social, not just a loner.
And yes, you text game sounds like it sucks too. Takes lots of practice to get it just right.
Key practicing. These things require lots of failure before success.

@Maty The ego is an illusion. It's no one's fault because there isn't anyone here.

They matter in the sense that if you can't discipline yourself to ace a government exam, how you gonna ace the much more emotionally challenging aspects of life?
How you show up in life tend to be consistent. I find that people who slack off in school tend to have the exact same attitude towards life. And their lives are shit.
That said, of course there is no direct causal link. You could technically flunk school and become a rockstar human being, but I wouldn't bet money on that.
And none of this is to say there aren't serious problems with our education system. There are! Which is why I recommend taking your education into your own hands. Going WAY beyond the basic curriculum, but also including it.
As far as grades themselves, and even entire diplomas, the truth is they virtually don't matter in real adult life. Nobody cares about your grades, diploma, or what school you went to. They care about what results you can generate. And if they DO care, then those are the kind of people and places I would avoid, because it's just a silly status game. Focus on mastering life and business, not on jumping through somebody's hoops like a well-trained poodle.

You can pull 20 year olds in your 40s, no problem if you got game.
The problem will be that 20 year olds will tend to lack depth and aren't good relationship material for you.
It would be wise for you to look for a serious girlfriend in her 30s so you have more in common. Or maybe you are as clueless as a 20 year old girl? 

To get a guy with lots of options to commit requires that you really match up well with him and satisfy his desires sexually and otherwise.
He also has to be in a place in his life where he's looking for settle down. If he's in the middle of an exploratory phase then he will probably not commit and you are wasting your time.
For me to commit to a girl I have to feel like we really fit together and such that I don't have to look for something better. Sexual satisfaction is a big part of it, but it's not merely that. There has to be deep compatibility personality-wise.

Dude, what the fuck??
Stop wasting your time talking to girls. What you need is to purchase some courses/products on dating advice for men. You are missing the basic theory of how to attract women. Spend a few months just reading and listening and taking notes on the correct theory. If you don't have the right theory you can't properly practice.
What you're currently doing will never work so don't even waste your time.

One time I was at the gym working out. Saw hot girl walk onto the treadmill to run. She was wearing headphones.
As she's running, I walk up in front of her and do a big grin and a big wave. I motion for her to take off her headphones and get off the treadmill. She complies. I tell her she's cute and start chatting her up. She tells me she has a boyfriend. I grab her number anyway. We go on a date. We make out. Her boyfriend was out of town and she was feeling lonely.
Another time hot girl (25) is walking through the mall talking on her phone. I run in front of her, stop her, and ask her who she's talking to. She says her mom. I tell her to hang up on her mom and talk to me instead. She complies. We flirt and exchange numbers. Then we go on a date and have great sex. Stunning girl.
I once met a guy who banged something like 100 women at the mall. He would fuck them in the dressing room.
STOP. MAKING. EXCUSES.
Women are everywhere. Go talk to them.

Mostly you just need that money to pay for your living expenses as you go about building out your life.
Stocks return 8%/year average. If you think you can beat that you're mostly fooling yourself. And once you invest in stock you gotta keep it there for years. You can't use it. And you'll be paying 30% tax on profits if you ever cash out. But more likely you will lose that money in the market as a naive investor.
It very much depends on how high your income is. If you got a good income then you can invest more in stocks. But if your income is low then I wouldn't put my limited money in stocks. Stocks are for money you don't need.
I invest in stocks because I literally have money I don't know what else to do with. If all I had was $30k, I would be using it more directly to bootstrap myself. You're just not gonna feel 10% gains on $30k. You are better off investing that in therapy and meditation retreats.

I understand. But you must recognize that that is trauma distorting your view of things and your behavior. That trauma requires digging into and healing. Introspection, therapy, love, forgiveness -- this is necessary to fully heal and become secure again.
Healing trauma is a huge part of becoming confident with women.
The issue is not that women are laughing at you, it's that you have some very deep-seated insecurities which stem from past trauma which have made you are easily triggered. You can do work to undo that.

Do good breathwork before inhaling the toad venom vapor. Calm your nerves and listen closely to the facilitator, Inhale all the way and keep it in for as long as you can.

Surrender and enjoy Infinity

Western values aren't superior. You can reach high stages of the Spiral under different value systems.
There can be stage Turquoise Islam or Hinduism or Japanese values.
To think that Western culture is superior to Hindu culture is brazenly ignorant and self-biased. A person could only hold that position because they have not studied Hindu culture. Hindu culture is extremely advanced in certain ways, like spiritually.
A 6th grader is not superior to a 2nd grader. They are just at different levels of growth. One had a head start. Don't mistake that for superiority.
All superiority is relative anyways. Superior according to who? Superior towards what end?
You can't really talk someone out of ignorance. They must outgrow it by experiencing new perspectives and experiences which shatter their limited enthocentric worldview.
A great way to become Green is through travel to exotic non-Western countries. Watch some Anthony Bourdain.

@Roy I just hit my 30's and i have a bunch of money to burn so i guess why not? I'm young, healthy and beautiful but i don't feel like going to bars/nightclubs just to pick up some drunk girl to have shitty sex. I want to pay for it and i want the best service, i want to be treated like a king.
I had girlfriends in the past and while the intimacy and the sex can be great it is never mind-blowing. They're either closed minded to certain sexual acts or they their looks don't satisfy me in that moment. What do i mean by that? Well some days i want to sleep with a brunette and the next day with a blonde and the next with an ebony and so on and so forth. I don't like the idea of being stuck with one woman for the rest of my life.
So i was wondering if being able to choose which type of woman i want to fuck at any given time gives me some kind of spiritual advantage.
 

@Raine As a man you just gotta grow a thick skin and don't get wrapped up around the axle about stuff like this.
Some girls laugh at you? Who gives a flying fuck? You should laugh at them and laugh at yourself too.
It sounds like you are being too serious. Whatever insecurities you have, you must own them and learn to laugh at them, even using them as the butt of jokes. Make jokes about yourself being bald. "I'm too cool for hair. Hair is for losers.", etc. Learn to embrace your weaknesses and make light of them. Self-deprecating humor is very powerful not just for attracting girls but for making yourself feel good.
Honestly, I doubt those girls were even laughing AT you. Your mind is likely just interpreting situations that way because you are fundamentally insecure. It is not normal for girls to just laugh at an ugly guy. That like never happens. People don't laugh at ugly people, they laugh perhaps at some lame way that you're acting. Maybe you are overcompensating and they laugh at that.
No one has ever laughed at me for being bald. Never. And I've talked to like 5000+ girls. Sometimes girls will walk up to me and ask to rub my head for good luck. And I laugh. I don't take it personally.
You need to develop a sense of humor about yourself and about life. It sounds trivial but I'm telling you this is a huge part of not only getting good with girls but just overall personal happiness. Happy people laugh at themselves. Miserable people cannot laugh at themselves.
You want to develop a delusional level of self-confidence such that when people interact with you they walk away thinking: "Damn, that guy is so charming, carefree, humorous, and cool that maybe I should go bald like him. Maybe being bald just makes you cooler?"
Stop trying to hide your insecurities and weaknesses. Wear them on your sleeve. Talk about them. Laugh about them. Makes joke about them. Eventually you will stop worrying about it.

Really good

1) You have to understand that we're not all built the same. Some people just aren't built for climbing the corporate ladder or for university. This is okay. You just gotta look for other niches in life where you will fit more naturally.
2) You have to understand that we don't all have the same energy levels or physical or mental capacities. Some people are just more energetic or more robust or even healthier than others. Again, you must find a place for yourself in life which honors your energy level and physical and mental health. You just may not be able to work as hard as someone else. But this doesn't mean you can't find a good niche and be well-off. You have to find the right position for you and work smarter not harder.
3) There is enormous opportunity in the world every year. But it takes passion to seek them out and capitalize on them. I think your biggest problem is lack of clarity about your passions. You say you're not interested in any other subjects. This is a problem. You need to connect more with your passion and curiosity for life. There are so many cool aspects of reality to study, explore, build, etc. You gotta what those are for you. To do well in a job you gotta be passionate about it and it has to suit your energy level, personality type, and health. Try to find something cool to pour your life into.

1) Yes, there is def a trade-off between no-mind and using the intellect for creative work. For the mind to do creative work it needs to light up and make connections.
2) But meditation is not necessarily supposed to nuke your whole mind forever. Ideally it trains you to turn your mind on and off based on what the situation calls for. The problem for most mentally creative people is they cannot shut it off and it causes lots of suffering at some point.
3) Paradoxically meditation can make you more creative. Some of my greatest burst of creativity comes a few days into a meditation retreat. My mind floods with creative ideas. Of course to make use of this creativity requires that I stop meditating because it does interfere with proper meditation.
4) Consider the possibility that creative intellectual work might itself be a sort of attachment that needs to be transcended at some point to reach the most advanced stages of spirituality. Of course this is not for most people. Maybe this is not for you. But it could be for very serious people.
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The bottom line is that you have to decide what you want out of life and even out of spiritual work. Do you want to be more creative? More productive? More happy? Better at relationships? Deeper connection to God? Ultimate understanding? Freedom from all suffering?
These can be very different goals requiring different methods. And no one can tell you what you should want. That's up to you. Nowhere is it written that you must aim for the highest spiritual stage. In fact, maybe the highest spiritual stage is not appropriate for you because you want something else out of life. Get really fucking clear what you want and then work toward that.