WonderSeeker

@Schizophonia good thread idea. Every couple years I move cities. Ever since getting a university degree in geology, I've made a ritual of exploring all the local river beds and mountains in the city I lived in. I've done this in New York, Arizona, Virginia, Arizona, Utah, and now Korea. Even Alaska and Mongolia a bit. I take a notebook and a compass, and try to make sense of the environment from scratch. It's so fun! Will share photos soon Also, learning Mandarin. Just starting but know about a dozen expressions. It's a fulfilling project.

What's stopping you now? It's still a good time to go! nǐhǎo haha. Yeah I've heard that's super sommon there. It's such a homogeneous culture still.

This is probably niche for this forum. But in 2 months I'll be moving to Chengdu 成都 Is there anybody on the forum who has lived in China before or is currently living in China? For those who haven't heard, living abroad is a great opportunity if you're: young, open-minded, want to flip the bird to corporate, tired of watching your country deteriorate, ready to get your pre-programmed cultural paradigms shattered without trying, eager to live somewhere that's on the rise, and already 30 years into the future. For me I've been living and teaching English in Korea for the past year. It's been an epic experience, but after doing 50+ hours of deep research, I decided on moving to China. After another 20 hours of militant outreaech, I landed a job there. The best part is, this move is allowing me to: make 2x my Korean salary starting out, live in an apartment that would easily cost $3,000/month in the US, but only $415 in China, have the opportunity to learn the 2nd most spoken language in the world straight from the source, experience more exotic dating opportunities (it's so fascinating experiencing how sexually and relationally different things are out here). After doing lots of reasearch and experiencing things firsthand, I found that the US distorts reality when it comes to east Asia. It over-glorifies Korea and Japan (naturally because they are 2 of its major far-east vassel states) and straight up demonizes China, acting like its a communist hell-hole. Based on firsthand, Korea is highly uncultured and materialistic. I mean, there is a culture, but it is 100% trends and K-nonsense. I haven't been to China yet, but I've personally watched over a dozen videos of creators essentially saying, "yeah, it's not perfect like any place, but overall it has world-class convenience, it feels extremely safe, and the west's portrayal of it is total propaganda." Again this is probably a niche post for this forum. I've been in my own bubble of researching and making this my life, because I've had the best time living exotic lifestyles in my 20s. I've had the good fortune of spending over a month in Mongolia and Alaska, almost a full year in South Korea, and multiple years in several US states. All before age 30. Nevertheless I'm putting this out there to see if any of you know about this opportunity. Cheers!

Was originally going to put this in the intellectual stuff section. Space signals are somewhat sciencey. But the reason I'm sharing here is because of my reaction to them. I've been searching different space signals that NASA and other space agencies have picked up. I don't know about you, but these kinds of things send chills and shivers down my spine. (Good ones of course)! My vision blurs, my eyes roll up, my head vibrates fast, and I take it in. It's funny becuase we humans have things like primal drumming, heartbeats, bird chirping, and other natural sounds that get us in touch with ourselves. But these space signals... they are so distant, yet (I think) baked so very, very, very deep within us, that if you listen to them from a certain perspective (perhaps a more refined emotional OS after spiritual practice and psychedelics) you can really let these noises penetrate your soul and connect to yourself deeply. Links: Now someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think these sounds are the literal raw sounds coming from space, but rather vibrations that we then filter through instruments to make the 'sounds' or 'music' you hear. But still where else in the world can you find these rhythms?! Nature reigns #1. Most people would find this haunting. I find it just... fucking awesome. Let me know if you're equally touched by such things. You just might be a highly sensitive person like me P.S. I'm listening to these on $300 Sony headphones. Good audio tech makes all the difference.

Godammit. Reminds me when one of my ex's dropped a nuke on me IRL at my place saying I'm acting like I need to be mommy'd. She was a literal psychopath horrible-person, so I hated that she was the one to share such truth with me. But she was right and I thank her for it to this day. I've uprooted some tendencies of looking for mother in the women I date. Are you happy you got the truth as well?

I might not use psychedelics -- at least on a monthly basis -- for 2-3 years. Honestly learning to take integration more seriously. So much to integrate still from 2023-2026 trips... Plus I'll be living in China. There's a different vibe present when you trip inj a country where there's almost 0% support for it. At least in America there are hippie and nondual enclaves you can find. When I tripped in South Korea in the first hour I had anxiety the police were gonna bust in. As if they'd know, lol... Side tangent but felt the need to say that. We have our lives ahead of ourselves if we're 20s/30s. Many trips to be had.

Yeah, the contrast can do that. Was this your highest dose? For LSD I've never gone higher than ~200ug plugged. Love that for you. For us. Thanks for sharing~

Doesn't just depend on genetics in my experience. I feel like when you take a huge break from it, the first time back is a jump in consciousness. But when you take it every day it actually takes you down and makes you a dumb animal.

330 ug is a lot. No wonder! These days 100 is enough to take me to God. Only tripped 20ish times. Every next time I'm more sensitive. This is where it got interesting for me. Your bullets wreak of trying to get somewhere, not being satisfied with 'ordinary consciousness.' Why? "Retard awakening" made me laugh tho What do you mean by you feel traumatized? Maybe you went too far for where you're at? Like trying to jump 20 steps ahead spiritually instead of 1... Good stuff though. I would just learn to love ordinary conscoiuness too. Destroys the clingy need to be higher (negatively-motivated desire) Cheers~

I follow you on IG and you seem to have a solid social life. You look happy. Is the happiness short-lived or fake, and that's why you want to align with something more true to you? Just curious Honestly I am very aligned as far as career goes. Moved halfway around the world and am enjoying the slow process of soaking up new cultures. Of course, there are some areas I'd like to work on. For one, getting back to home-cooked meals and eating whole foods. Also working out and taking care of other health things. But otherwise the path I'm on is better than I expected 3 years ago. There's a lot of potential. Going to make a bigger post about it at some point

The classic architecture mixed with the streams and plants ...good vibes

Good luck on your travels, let us know where we can find your videos 🙏 p.s. If you stay an extra week we might cross paths!

Wow, neat! How did you stumble upon this? Would like to try it someday when I'm near one of the cities that has it

Why?@thirdtimelucky

Man visits China. "Cool dog" = highlight reel 😂 But for real what about your visit left the biggest impression on you? And what were you doing there so long?

Good recommendation brother. Going to buy it, plus the Mandarin version. In 5 years I hope to read good portions of it in Chinese as well We've talked in the past, never worked together tho. I plan to take lifestyle to a high level in China so it might be worthwhile at some point Japan pays ass. And in my eyes, going from Korea → China is like an order of magnitude shift in advancement, opportunity, and meaning. Whereas Korea → Japan is literal stagnation. All that changed was the langauge, the culture, and the scenery. In China I will make 2x the salary I'd make in Japan, allowing me to pay student debt faster and max-out my adventure/spiritual lifestyle depending on what psychological season I find myself in. With China's salary I can easily visit Japan and experience it whenever I want. On Japan's salary I'd have to work a whole year, only to spend all of my savings on a short trip to China. It all boils down to magnitude. Japan doesn't offer the same things.

Sounds like a plan man Btw - I followed you on IG. If you ever find yourself out this way hit me up and maybe we will meet. There are all these little tricks you wanna know if you come out here that will go a long way! You must be curious about exploring other cultures ... what kind of value are you getting from watching vids? Thainking about travel or just for the educational vibes? I've been eating up this guy's stuff lately. He is a fluent Chinese speaker with phenomenal social skills who walks thru markets and chops it up with everyone. Videos full of his manadrin and pinyin tranlations --- great for learning and practicing the langage at any level (even as a full blown newbie like me). He makes you feel like he's taking you on a 1st person tour of the country.

I used to know some Canadian nomads that were big on Colombia. Brazillians too! Both have loads and loads of sensual, curious, and phenomenally attractive ladies How do you plan to take your business overseas? You're a photographer right?

Yeah, finding high stages is rare in Korea (especially in Daegu where I am). The women I've dated or people in general I've made friends with have been some mix of blue/orange; in my experience if they have ventured outside of their own countries and made an effort to integrate western cultural values, they are far, far easier to meet and hang out with. Seems like they value stability over transcendence here. Korea is very conformist TBH. You should visit for a week just to do it, to see the history, then go. Japan probably has more depth, but I cannot speak to that from experience yet. But they make excellent places for those looking to accrue experience in their own evolution. The only other Asain country I've spent time in was Mongolia. Both Mongolia and Korea have had thier cultures obliterated or heavily influenced by the Chinese and Japanese empires; I am so curious to see what it will be like to live in the big leagues of Asia. Where in SEA did you live and what were you dong there?

Yes, I will be teaching. Honestly, getting a Z visa wasn't that hard. Few hundred to get documents authenticated and shipped. They do have a 2-year teaching experience requirement though (but I was able to get in with only 10 months in South Korea, so they're not 100% strict on it like they say they are). I wonder what you mean by "crazy"

@Joseph Maynor Looks like we share a similar experience

Best to ignore them. View-sanity is vanity. They hate themselves deep down. Most aren't patient enough to accumulate real life experience and speak from that. They'd rather suck up someone else's hard-earned, lifelong work and regurgitate it. Or just get plastic surgery, oversaturate the shit out of their thumbnails, and use optimized AI scripts overlaying videos of 1 million dynamite sticks blowing up a whale to gain popularity. Lol, I dunno how people actually watch such slop.

Yes, but speaking, as an activity itself, is an experience. You feel into your body and mind, learning how to control different muscles, make different gestures, and use different techniques to bring across a subject of interest. Of course, the content of what's being spoken about better be authentic. If it's based out of speculation and theory regurgitation, it loses signal. I'm a school teacher by trade, so I'm biased

It sounds like you should get out and do more public speaking if it suits you. Experience the answer to the career vs cringe question. I'm curious about what you'll learn from taking action.