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    Hey everyone,

    I'm 28 years old at the moment and I've already graduated (bachelors) in law, worked a while in debt collection, tried working as a legal consultant & eventually tried opening my business offering legal advice in the finance field. My business failed and I've realized that after ~5 years in the field I don't see myself in it anymore.

    I did invest a lot of time thinking and trying things that I would like to do and consciously create a career out of it, and since I've been creating (programming) flash games, lots of other silly stuff for fun, and seeing how IT industry is blowing up I decided to jump careers.

    For the recent 1 year I've been working as a Junior Web Developer (junior programmer) and for the first time in my life I like what I'm doing. 

    However, I have no education in this field, since I have a bachelors in law, so I'm thinking is it really worth the hassle to go for another ~4 years to graduate in IT?

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    16 hours ago, SolarWarden said:

    Hello cat friend

    When we are around people we get a sense of separetness from them. So it is a good idea to retreat into solitude and to connect with oneness so not to feel alone and vice versa. Just find a balance between the two for yourself.

     

    Meow, 

    They worshiped us centuries back in ancient egypt and look how they treat us now. Our time will come, brother.

    Anyway, the info that I'm trying to find out here is:

    How long can one stay in solitude for it to be considered healthy?
    And how long is not healthy?
    What negative side effects can solitude have on health?

  5. Posted · Edited by meow_meow

    Truth seeking is quite a lonely road, over time friends become more and more distant and eventually tend to fall off, it's a lot more harder to naturally fit in mainstream culture, family members die or some of us don't even have families and friends. This leads to aloneness and for most people - feelings of loneliness.

    So I was hoping you guys are going to help me understand the following things:

    - How lack of physical face-to-face communication with other humans affect the psyche of an individual?
    - Does it have any effect on the body? (health)
    - Can interaction with others via online like social media, forums, video games etc fully replace social needs to an extent that it could become the only form of interaction with others without causing any health problems? (mental and physical)

    EDIT: WHAT NEGATIVE EFFECTS CAN LONG PERIODS OF SOLITUDE HAVE ON HEALTH?

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    3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    I'm sorry but this kid was running with a handgun.

    Exactly, but it's completely being ignored by the media, because if they skip this 'little' detail that the kid had a gun they'll get more rage from people and more views, talk around it and popularity. Disgusting.
     

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    Indian police are more civilised

    Oh hell no, give Indian people guns and see what happens.

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    On 4/6/2021 at 10:20 PM, Consilience said:

    If you back off, you'll feel when you're ready to expand into more rigorous practice.

    Damn, this is so accurate. The biggest steps forward, especially in self-inqiry, have been after I get so pissed off and frustrated that I take a break for a while and then come back. 
     

    On 4/6/2021 at 11:37 PM, Moksha said:

    Make your life a meditation. You don't have to sit in a dark cave to let go of the monkey mind, and simply be present. Internal connection vs. external realization. They are both ultimately the same.

    Yes, you are right, and this actually is one of my recent realizations that there really is no meditation, however this is a lot easier said than done, because in our every day lives we get sucked and forget, especially if you're in the rat race, like I am.
     

    On 4/5/2021 at 9:54 PM, James123 said:

    These are all thoughts, dont listen them. 

    How exactly do you advise to achieve this? 
    Because If these thoughts arise and I notice them, for me not to listen to them there has to be a counter thought that says "Don't listen to those thoughts" which itself is a thought and then I'm supposed to listen to the counter thought. In my experience trying not to think about something always leads to actually thinking about that thing even more.

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    22 hours ago, Consilience said:

    Boredom is one of the biggest hurdles on the path, but the rewards for traveling into it, not avoiding it, are priceless. Be wary of teachers who claim you don't have to face things like boredom, pain, or suffering on the spiritual path. For example, it is impossible to transcend suffering unless we become very intimate with the reality of what suffering really is.

    Yes, for me loneliness stands right next to boredom.

    Thanks for your input, I've actually been inquiring on "What is boredom?" but that hasn't really helped stopping it from occurring, but giving into the feeling and surrendering to it sort of dissolves it for a while.. however it always comes back.

    Anyway, I guess I'll just continue inquiring and giving into it.

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    1 hour ago, BlackMaze said:

    I guess to observe the discomfort and and go beyond it. To be comfortable being uncomfortable like a cold shower and just observe rather than letting discomfort control your body. 

    I assume that you already know that this is way easier said than done.

    13 minutes ago, gettoefl said:

    the program has to be undertaken in terms of years and decades not weeks and months

     

    What meditation technique do you use?

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    8 hours ago, AdamDiC said:

    Buy a house in Costa Rica, no mortgage, just chill by the beach and meditate lmao

    Seriously.

    Yeah, If I ever get to 100k in my lifetime this would be the thing I'd go for, but don't forget that money tends to run out/inflation so you need to find a way to make money with your money so that you don't have to return to that 9-5.

    But yea, focusing on enjoying life is what I'd aim for as a priority.

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    If I had 100k I'd wait for a correction (drop in price) and just but 1 Bitcoin for ~40k USD (hopefully) thats assuming that you already have your own place to live in, if not - then an apartment/house first.
     

    1 hour ago, Hansu said:

    a line of cocaine is 100 pounds

    No, bro, a gram of coke is 100 pounds and that's considered expensive, its way cheaper in some parts of the world including Netherlands. (~ 50 EUR)

    Personally after having my own place to live and some invested in cryptos I'd probably quit my 9-5 and go on some insane ayahuasca rituals around the world, travel to India, Thauland and shitton of other places, and focus on spending that money on quality things like private asian kung-fu trainers, boat trips in amazon and shitton of other things, they also of course would include some coke and hookers lol.

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    On 3/21/2021 at 11:50 PM, tatsumaru said:

    You might be onto something here. Have we created a system that breaks our minds?

    IMO it all boils down to intention of why someone asks a "why" question.

    For example one might ask "Why is the sky blue?" out of curiosity, so being curious/genuinely interested about it is the trigger for asking the question here. 

    If a person does not really care about much, doesn't really feel the need to know/learn more, doesnt really do anything much in his/her life, why would such a person even bother questioning things? 
    That's your average Joe in a nutshell, and yes, that of course could be a 'problem' of the system.