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Guys, maybe the new normal election is having an incredulous closed minded boomer ranting about the good old days. Maybe it’s not new but these sentiments were always here and just recently got emboldened? I think a majority of the country was always running on fear and never had appreciation for democracy. It just took the right amount of economic instability and a certain politician gifted at campaigning and blaming to exploit that.

Whenever I had a girl come over I used to get sloppy and put a clean unfolded pile of laundry on my one seater so there was only the coach. This was years ago. Do not follow my lead.

Oh, yeah dude. In that case I would write such students off. I don't think it's really productive this dynamic. It's one thing to encourage students to wake up, and take responsiblity for what they believe and why they believe it. And if they find what I have to say isn't for them, go their own way, but if someone comes looking for help and my perspective and then they just want to argue with what I say, yeah pass.

Think about it! There is huge untapped potential for teaching spirituality and healthy inner work models to young men ages 16-30. There is a huge blue ocean for potential. There are very few communities like Actualized, which from my POV is a spirituality and self improvement group largely for young men, and I believe there is more potential now than ever to help young men in the english speaking world widen their perspective. In a way young men have really been let down in the west when it comes to dealing with their mental health challenges. We have sky rocketing rates of porn addiction, incels, guys who have no clue how to talk to women, guys with no friends, just a huge portion of the male population that believes they are hopeless or living entirely dead end existences. There have been voices in this space which are deeply corrupt and idealogical and go to extremes, pick up artistry, dead end gym grinding, this sort of hyper masculine try hard shit. Not many people have really taken this side of stuff and brought it together with spirituality, "trauma healing" and balance. I believe it is possible to find my audience and niche down and actually win many of these guys back with truth, honesty and integrity. I think basically what you have to do is become a personality and face on the internet but then actually specialize and hone down your skills to actually offer perspectives that help young men resolve inner issues. We see a lot of guys solely focusing on money as the solution, and they rage bait guys by then shitting on women. This space could use a more balanced male perspective and it's untapped because so many people are like sheep, just looking at the guy shitting on women or the guy grinding in the gym that validates the world view of the person who wants to feel bad about life being hard. I've included this video down bellow as an example of how one may build a young men's wellness brand.

thanks for the info!

yes, these are some of the exact problems I'm looking to help solve for some people, since I know I can't help all of them. What would you call an entitlement issue? in my model I use the word the "inner child" for the word "ego" and the inner child by nature usually acts very entitled, it's about integrating and balancing it with the higher spiritual self.

It is indeed bro, I can see it slowly forming and coming together, surprises in store. I think there’s definitely leg work to do in the meantime and it’s painfully obvious how little attention this market has gotten. It really is true when people say “we gave up on young men.” I think there’s definitely room for more holistic and integrity based approaches that bring spirituality in, bring in money and fitness, relationships with women and all that, but don’t have this political ideology and hyper capitalist, hyper try hard gymcel wolf of wall street vibe to it. It’s way out of balance. Young men are some of the lowest demographic to actually seek help with solving deeper issues that need resolution through love and wisdom. Actualized and Leo’s work is one of the few communities that brings it all together. I know Leo has said he is more interested in explore the edges of reality and cognition, pushing his perspective and perceptions into radical unknowns, he’s not really looking to create a sort of “healing” model or system that encompasses day to day living. He’s laid the groundwork in many ways by bringing spirituality into manosphere / self improvement. But we need more people from this community now who are interested in day to day life and getting fulfillment from helping people to now create their own models that can appeal to the wider audience of men. It’s largely dominated by scammers, hyper capitalists and culture war shit. I don’t think genuine holistic self improvement is some niche most men won’t touch except the long haired hippies or soft guys, it needs to be explored but this demographic is definitely underserved and change can happen here.

thanks!

This is an interesting notion. We did get slavery alongside spirituality. That is true.

Dude, given the thread here it’s really not a surprise. First off sorry to hear. Second, good, because now you can re adjust and actually go after what your heart desires. It’s obvious just from reading this thread this job was nothing but soul draining for you. I was in the same situation. I was self employed and lost all my clients because the work I was doing wasn’t fulfilling and wasn’t aligned at all with my personal truth and highest desires. My clients could feel I hated the work and nothing in business guarantees failure more than when your heart isn’t in it. They could tell this new guy had his heart in it while you desire something else. Now’s the time to re ignite your ambition and put it all into what you actually want to be doing

Claude is very good at self inquiry and working with life challenges. Any further ideas on how AI could help people in this regard? I’ve found it’s a bit off focus though. Wondering how I could train it to be more on point and offer the line of questioning I find helpful when it comes to doing self inquiry on our belief systems.

It isn’t per-say. It’s only important if you so choose for it to be important. But I’ve found from personal experience, some nuance to go well with expanding perspective. I think it just depends how you wish to engage with your own thought process and to what degree you are making some long lasting gain in your perspective vs just yapping.

I agree with you. There is something weird and unnatural about this way of thinking / perspective. I personally would be more focused on being truthful and embracing the uncertainty of life and walking the path aligned with one’s self worth and self love and value. Why is it so important to have these overly nuanced distinctions in cognition? It’s cool to study but can we not somehow frame its integral towards spirituality. It’s just a dimension of reality and it can be explored but it’s not inherently better than any other way of thinking.

It’s not possible to freeze the lines of the conflict. “They” has no ability to because one side is doing everything, Putin started the war, he attacked, it’s entirely his choice and continued effort. Ukraine is defending. And since Russia is now winning since it’s turned into a war of attrition and Russia has a lot of resources, there’s no reason for them to freeze anything since they can conquer more land. Talks of freezing it is just theatre and make believe because Russia has no plans to stop fighting. And if let’s say there was some ceasefire, it favors Russia to just build up their army again for a couple years then start fighting again. The only strategy that works with Russia and imperialist dictators is containment backed by force. The consequences of them trying to conquer land has to be so great that they stay put. It worked with the Soviet Union, and then we went soft.

If you want to live a lie feel free im living in truth its the only way when you realize just what living in falsehood does to your life

Just say you support Russia and their terms of capitulation. Don’t try to spin it that it’s best that the war ends for Ukraine. Ukraine has the capability to fight for years with continued western support. The war ending now does not favor Ukraine.

TechLead is the perfect example of a soulless rich guy who transcended survival through his talents in math/tech/programming, yet it's obvious it never was rewarding for him hence why he left, so now he's lost and makes these sort of "think piece" videos which don't apply to the vast majority of his audience, but still however his audience lives vicariously through him cause he's rich and more successful at tech than them. He's the type of guy that needs to go broke so he will shut the fuck up and refocus himself on a more meaningful intention in life. His videos have been like this for years now, amongst some terrible Elon Musk tier political takes.

Interesting insights here. So is it reasonable to say that the notion of investing by nature is "parasitic?" Seems like in a more advanced economic model, aligned with truth, there will be huge checks on investing and rather the amount of financial resources allotted to one person will come based on their unique creativity. Seems like there will be some guaranteed standard as well allotted to everyone regardless, just to resolve most survival issues, but from there your expansion in the economic model will be built around how aligned with truth you are. Our current economic model is built largely around the idea of being better than other people or destroying other people (competition) in order to maximize resources for oneself, scarcity based economy. In the future, further advancement in economics will be based on everyone maximizing love and creativity in their personal lives and their communities, rather than maximizing ease of survival and fear based thinking about the future, exploiting other people to do survival tasks for you.

So you and I are in a similar boat... Having to expand in some area of life which is more economically valued by society in order to maintain our survival and foundation in society, all the while balancing it with and living through our higher guidance which is leading us in a direction which doesn’t necessarily support our survival in society yet. So I can tell you this… today I was applying to work online in a new field. Would I rather have had this whole dimension settled and been out on the beach filming videos? Yes, but I realize this dimension I need to tend to is part of the whole, and I accept that, it’s what I need in order to pay the bills because I can’t follow my higher path if I’m broke. I trust that it’s part of the puzzle which gives greater meaning to my passion and higher guidance which is making videos in the beach and making travel videos. So while it isn’t necessarily fun to apply for work all day it’s meaningful and important to me and in a weird way I actually did enjoy searching for work online today because I see it’s what’s going to create my dream life one day of having a successful YouTube channel. So if you’re discouraged, widen your perspective, the IT will play its role and keep walking your path to your true desires and living out your true potential. It’s possible bro don’t get discouraged

I posted before on here from the toilet

Oh interesting, thanks for sharing. Very relatable lol

What do you really want in life? I think getting crystal clear on what you want and your intentions is what’s most important. You sound like you lack guidance in this area of life. Do you actually want to be doing IT? Is your highest and true potential working for this company, in this job or field? You got to get clear because then everything else won’t matter, you’ll just have your own path to focus on.

This is survival / modern business. It’s competitive and to do well you have to constantly be pushing yourself for new skills, how to market yourself, networking, niching down, etc. And even then someone new could come along who has some interesting thing to offer and your clients could choose them over you because they like them more for that. Do not get so involved in the nitty gritty and tou definitely need to work on your inner voices and inner child to maintain your wellbeing in the face of adversity. This is why it’s so important to be journaling and doing self inquiry and keeping your mental health straight and mind clear. Get clear on your heart felt intentions and get a clear mind and then just strive and try your best. Don’t be looking around and getting distracted by what’s going on. You’re focusing on unfairness rather than yourself. Keep tabs on the outside for feedback, keep your ear to the ground, but don’t concern yourself with the unfairness of business. Just focus on you and believe in you because you can create your dream life if you do not falter.

This conversation would look very different if we could see into each and every one of your guy’s bank accounts, love life, relationships, career, living situation. A bunch of kids wowed by juvenile ideals set forth by a guru who had a bunch of brainwashed minions paying his bills. Little of what he’s saying can reasonably be applied to any of your guys’ lives in the practical sense and even how it fits in with your own personal path towards transcending. Back to work people. Thread #10000000000 of the same exact conversation on this non duality / neo advita / guru crap take on transcendence.