Danioover9000

@Farnaby I was mostly referring to the 1-3 percent of people who have incredible addictions that develop into compulsive disorders, at which point chemical intervention should be considered. However, most people won't have such levels of addiction which can allow for conventional/unconventional methodologies of tackling and unwiring addictive behaviors with healthier ones. The main issue behind all addictions, from vanilla ones to severe, is that it depends on many factors and is relative to the development of the individual. When I was talking about will power and discipline as one of those factors that can be problematic, it can be the case because if you took an adult's level of discipline and will power, and compare that to a child's, there is a noticeable difference in will power and delaying gratification for a near future reward, real or imagined. Children have yet to develop the neo cortex enough to enforce a sense of self control, self discipline and power comparable to the selected adult. Of course, selection for the adult/child comparison can be biased as well, for example I could select an obese adult with an eating disorder, and a child who might have a different metabolism type, genetics for mental/emotional fitness or eugenics that favors slightly faster development of will power due to the parent's/family lineage's slightly more developed traits for discipline from surviving their past environments, of which I'm not fully aware.

@Farnaby Yes, and some people have severely strong addictions they need some chemical help for much longer, as they lack the necessary level of will power, discipline, focus, mental stability and emotional fitness to go thoroughly with quitting the addiction at it's root.

@Gabith That's good, channel that energy into whatever you're passionate about, in your hobby ect. That's also the state you need to put yourself in when doing pick up. It's a good feeling when you find yourself holding eye contact more while conversing.

@Fleetinglife I'm not describing all of BLM peaceful protestors as degenerates. I'm specifically calling out the few that take advantage of the political climate to commit arson, vandalize property, damage property enough to interfere with the livelihood of the business owner/employees, terrorize and disrupt passer bys, assault employees/business owners for defending their property as degenerates. I could go on and give more specific negative labels, but degenerates will have to do. Also, I don't support Rittenhouse's decision to put himself in harms way intentionally, as he isn't related to the people who have their properties destroyed. Both Rittenhouse and the three that gave chase are fools.

This video is also another example of how dangerous social media addiction can get, from both sides:

@spiritual memes progress on your end? I've felt that spike in energy and hit the gym hard, and meditated long.

This is such a messy problem I don't know where to begin to untangle the complexity of it. On the one hand Rittenhouse had no business being in the area, so he's at fault specifically for putting himself in harm's way knowingly, but on the other hand the three BLM degenerates that chose to assault a kid with the assault rifle, one with a gun and the other with a skateboard, that have participated in damaging properties, who where part of the group that attacked an old man, they are at fault too.

@PurpleTree Wow lol.

Update: I went down town yesterday, and I felt a pull from Crysty towards one of the art stores. I ended up buying some new art supplies today, some calligraphy pens and duel nib brush pens. I've been testing some of them out today, and while I was meditating I see Crysty trying out a few herself, and I observed her draw.

@Cykaaaa He might be, to some degree. What's worse is how he reinforces this by making money from his YouTube content, affiliates, selling mercs around poking fun at obesity. Add to that attention seeking, negative/positive attention from fans and viewers, and it worsens whatever he had to begin with. Nice violin skills, but apparently his lack of vision, discipline, ability to motivate and get out of that regression, was not enough.

@LSD-Rumi The greatest ego backlash I've ever seen so far, in both intensity and persistence. So much to unpack here from a spiral dynamics view in terms of regression, and ego development view, and how exploitative the digital echo chamber can be if one doesn't have/develop sufficient self awareness. I'm more in agreement with what coach Greg says here, Nikocado Avocado's takes are a garbage influence on people trying to work on their health and lose weight. https://youtu.be/uOwmtN1YTuo

@Rilles Probably the beauty in this situation is that it serves as a warning that, no matter what, value your health and don't ruin your body. Kind of like a negative motivation of what not to become, and work not to be.

@spiritual memes I'm in, and that includes December too. When I don't nut too often, I have way more energy, confidence, self control, willpower, motivation, increase in thought, better mood overall, and aggressive energy. While I'm still youngish, similar to some people here, I'm not too interested in women, nor do I make them top priority. Quality of mind and body, finding and working my passion is top priority. No fap, in this context, is a very useful resource to use if you have a direction to channel that sexual energy towards. Some examples from me include punching 300 pound bags, bending iron rods, reading books, thinking more slowly, visualizing more in 3d, feeling emotionally fit, feeling more mentally fit.

The main issue is not that 'follow your passion' is wrong, but that Cal Newport is hitting the zone of excellence/zone of genius fallacy, in that he believes that passion is firstly developed only after through taking many actions in that field, making mistakes, learning from mistakes, practice a lot correctly, and gaining some success in that field of interest, and not that passion is innate to each unique individual and that passion firstly is the driving force of the craftsmanship in the first place. I think his main gripe is on people who follow their passion without enough infrastructure in facilitating that change of job/career, and not enough training.

While it might be inspirational to be doing self experimentation, it has a lot of downsides practically speaking, and unknown variables that could go wrong. This scientist might be on a lucky streak, but at any moment it could go south so quick.

Oh alright thanks guys. I just found the article about the video covered. Really hate how some videos are not available internationally.

I can't access the latest blog video because it's blocked in my country. Can someone tell me the title of the video? thanks.

On a side note, when he's able to pull this off, it saves me the time to explain what I can see when I visualize people and locations.

@Tim R This is why we need a stronger government to keep the richer business companies more accountable.

Thank god I didn't pursue body building too seriously while I was growing up. I had a feeling that kind of fitness program wasn't right for me, despite how some of the people I know pursued it to that degree.

Nowadays I have trouble logging into this forum and main webpage using my phone, but it's ok when I use the computer. What is up with the tech issues lately lol. Could this latest issue be from the latest solar flare from the sun?

@Amannl3in Thanks. She says to me to ask you if you can see thoughts about the future? And to imagine paths/doors going forward, with varying distances to you and each path/door, and pretend to take a peek with each one. Treat it like exploring a hidden room for gold, and she also says have fun even if it gets boring.

@Raptorsin7 I would agree if this was mostly in the era of the mystery method, and if some of those men hadn't had enough intrapersonal intelligence that's developed more than innate before niching down into dating and PUA. I agree if he's referring to the very hard cases out there that really struggle with dating, who are deeply traumatized, have some mental and physical defects that need long term fixing, who have sociopathic tendencies, psychopathic tendencies etcetera, but I don't agree if it's for the 80% out there.

Savage.

@Consept I view the whole evolution of the generations as a big wheel we all are stuck on. As time goes on, whether we like it or not, we are getting older and will become future boomers. Ideally, we will have to work towards understanding each of the three generations, the one we are a part in, the other we moved from, and the one we will become, because it's also part of knowing yourself as well. Music is a sub field under Art, and like the other sub fields, there's a history of how that field evolves, which differs from culture to culture. I'll assume the comments are about a few high quality, which I would say while it is relative, if we consider the skill set the band/solo music artist has, innate/trained in, we can say it is impressive, in comparison to today's electronic assisted music generators and mainstream pop music. Of course, art is subjective is a claim that allows opinions to be easily refuted, the common trap here is being close minded and dogmatic about one particular music over another, due to bias. Ideally, we consume art to fuel thinking big picture, then create art that is creative and unique to our self identity/cultural identity, aka finding your niche and niching down further specifying your brand, your skill set, your role, your unique passion, your product/service value, your customer/client.