PenguinPablo

It is not a bad idea to establish a secure financial / career situation. Who knows maybe sooner rather than later obviously good opportunities will come your way and you'll be able to jump on them. But when you're stuck surviving it's hard to do anything but frantically swim just to not drown. I made the same decision (doing something practical) you did except a few years later. And also estimate it should take about 3-5 years to develop some serious financial freedom. I also went down the sales and marketing rabbi-hole and burnt out (mainly from the sales stuff. A lot of emotional baggage and stress from constant quotas).

It seems like this is something hard to miss based on everyones experiences. I would say I have had deep meditative states induced through breath work, psychedelics, or even standard meditation. I've had experiences, plenty of solipsism. Becoming the universe. Becoming God. The cosmic joke. That's the way it hit me anyway. The joke is that you are that which you seek. The answer was right in front of you but you missed it for however many decades 2 1/2 that you've been alive. Circling around it like a blind fool. But I still don't know exactly what death is.

I cant speak for all situations. But I do speak from experiences as I have suffered from it since very, very young in multiple places in my body. First there studies that show a hedonic adaptation So basically people come back to their baseline happiness even after they developed chronic pain. In my experience there is truth to this. Despite the fact that my body hurts and is less mobile, I am still generally content. Although it did take a couple years to settle back into this reality. Lastly what I have managed to do is basically instead of trying to force my body to do what it cannot, I try to adapt and make modifications. That in itself has been it's own reward. I could become overweight, high blood pressure, and very unhealthy but instead I am more healthy than most. And I didn't do that by going to the gym but turning my daily life into the gym. That entire process forces me to be creative and I would argue the way I am doing it has many advantages over the traditional way people do because they haven't been forced to adapt and question the status quo. And for sure I have hated my life at times. I have lost opportunities available to me economically, social, and so on and so forth... Because perhaps I am physically incapable. Or socially etc... But instead of trying to force and push against the wall, letting things flow and going with the current. Idk I hear that life can surprise it if you let it, instead of forcing what you cling to as the ideal.

@OBEler Would need to see more use cases, feature / apps. This was just a little preview. I would say 100% it's hella damn useful for the AI session alone.

@DocWatts They will latch onto his ghost 100x harder now, until someone else fills the void. Basically turned an idiot into an idol.

@Joshe Litte kids being influenced does not exclude adult children.

@Something Funny You don't have to. People's identity is way too caught up in politics. It breeds extreme emotions and extreme situations. Even if you are more level headed than 99.9999% of people. It only takes 1 possessed lunatic to spark the match.

@Something Funny No matter what a PoS someone is, political violence cannot be condoned. It will just make things more unstable and chaotic for everyone. @Twentyfirst Yes, it is fine to have views. But making your life and identity around that is a bad game to play. Better to focus on other things. And respect others even if you disagree with things. Turning everything into a battle is not productive.

Unfortunately, I think it really might be time to pack my bags and search for greener pastures outside this country. The Europeans were wrong about Americans. We're not just stupid. We're stupid and crazy.

@DocWatts It is a good point that when it happened to Democratic lawmakers, the country as a whole moved on. And it never really became big news. I can tell this is gonna be huge and as @Leo Gura predicted will only worsen thing both politically and socially. And yes I do have sympathy for him. But running a political social media empire has it's risks for both sides of the political spectrum. Hence you will never see build my life around it. It's a very dangerous game.

@Bashar How do you use it? Ran locally?

Row, row, row your boat, Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream. 🎵👁️

@Leo Gura I truly think an aligned AI super intelligence might be the only thing to save us from ourselves. Certain human's unquenchable thirst for power. Along with peoples proclivity to idolize such figures is impossible to overcome via the current paradigm.

@Davino I'm very impressed by your ability to handle these states, along with engineering education endeavors.

I see a lot of different systems claiming different benefits for higher levels of operating. So many people might as well be zombies. With few moments of lucidity throughout their lives. Below a collection of "self" improvement modalities I have collected over the years: n-back games (raises working memory, attention, and IQ), meditation (reduce mental chatter & presence), breathwork (physiological optimization), visualization, OBE / remote view, lucid dreaming, manifestation techniques (i.e. Reality Transurfing, various meditation, mental & emotional mastery), kriya yoga, other psychic abilities, hemi-sync tape Currently, I combine or switch around with different modalities depending on what I am aiming for medium to long-term. Does anyone here undertake any of these or practice other systems not listed? What have your results been?

@Hojo I am doing them recently also. I would even consider it my favourite part of my day. Btw when I do psychedelic breath work or something similar before hand I slip into the meditation like hypnosis.

Yes I've been experimenting with many systems over the years starting with Buddhist meditation as that was the craze 10-15 years ago. Kinda hard to figure out what works with my bloodline as I'm Hispanic so there's a bit of everything lol Jewish, Native, White European.

If you pull the plunge, fuck it... I'll do it also.

Law of attraction

@nerdspeak I would heavily consider living their tbh.

@Miguel1 Vegas lots of tourists coming and going which a lot of the girls you'll be gaming. Otherwise your pool of potential mates is much smaller. Vegas though attracts a lot of misfits and people from other states so it's like a city ran by outsiders. There is a sense of camaraderie and everyone lifts each other up. NYC hypergamy. Most success driven city in the world. Miami also kinda shallow vibe. But maybe I'd put it as number one because of Spanish speaking Latinas those are more down to earth. Also similar hypergamy issues as NYC hamster wheel hustle culture.

I mean maybe for getting laid. But surely Vegas, NYC, Miami are terrible for serious long-term dating.

@Inliytened1 Context matters. If we were in the 1930s he would be condemning the fuck out of Hitler. In a video breaking down God realization / enlightenment SPECIFICALLY... Probably looks and sounds a lot different then everyday human affairs. Or maybe he is caught in the web of this pernicious dream. 🤔 @Leo Gura Actually that would be a very good video idea. Navigating that dichotomy.

@Inliytened1 Leo stopped taking psychedelics 😣 He's caught in the dream now fighting windmills like Don Quixote. Just kidding lol. Yeah idk. I've thought about that too. It's hard to wrap my head around the relative and the absolute. And of course navigating things effectively.

And I'm sorry about your family going through that. Fortunately, I have the luxury of my ego being triggered by much pettier things.