Sincerity

See the icon in the upper right. You can open a temporary chat which won't be saved in memory. I often use it for irrelevant stuff which I don't want chatGPT to remember. Lately I pretty much use it always.

Be honest. You wanted to elicit emotional reactions with that title. Do you need to resort to spicy clickbait to get attention on your writing and you? Your current title gives this forum a bad name. Please change it. Here are some ideas for titles generated by chatGPT, which still reflect the content quite well I think. Revisiting Premodern Political Philosophy in a Modern Age Beyond Left and Right: A Case for Metaphysical Traditionalism Why Modern Politics Misses the Transcendent From Modernity to Tradition: A Philosophical Reorientation Understanding Julius Evola’s Traditionalist Political Vision A Defense of Premodern Political Metaphysics Recovering the Sacred Foundations of Political Order Why Modern Ideologies Are Incomplete: A Traditionalist Perspective What Traditionalism Offers That Modernity Cannot A Philosophical Argument for Premodern Hierarchy Why Contemporary Politics Lacks Depth: A Traditionalist Critique Restoring Cosmic Order in Political Thought The Misunderstood Vision Behind Evola’s Political Thought Hey @Carl-Richard, I just realized you can't paste chatGPT links when you use the temporary chat. This fucking sucks.

Poor OP got his thread derailed by AI discussion. Dodo said he'll keep it human, so let's go a bit easy on him. We're all navigating this new world-with-now-AI-in-it together. That's a good insight to have, especially when internalized. When the "consequences" of this realization hit for you regarding your personal biases and specific things/people you hate (eg. certain world leaders), it's profound.

@Dodo Thanks for being open here. It's great of you. 🙏

@Dodo You make some good points. We'll definitely be more strict with that, especially if we see users are overusing AI to churn out responses. I myself often check some threads with AI detectors. Some posts look like they're AI, but they actually aren't. If someone starts making fully AI-generated threads, we are certainly turning our attention to that and giving them a notice. I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I don't read AI responses at all and I don't find them valuable. Of course, in theory the output "stands for itself". But you know, these outputs still reek of AI. I find them shallow, even when there is some "depth" in the content. It's noticeable. We just don't want the forum to become AI responses having conversations with each other. What's the use of that? This is a "human-only" forum. 😇 Or whatever you find yourself to be (or not be), hehe.

@Dodo Dude, speak for yourself and not with AI. If you have an honest opinion, share it. Don't be lazy. AI is not doing thinking for you. We don't want this forum to be AI's talking with one another. So please stop. You're overusing it in your responses.

My forum profile pics Ahh, what's better than an image which I find myself in? It's greatly important to me to surround myself with resonating things of all sorts that are pleasant to my eye. I'm just that type of person. Having beauty around me lights me up, and I seek resonating beauty like a moth seeks the light. This was a profile pic I had for a while on my previous account. I love a blue sky, and I love tulips. Having a tulip on my desk makes me happy. This one I've had on this account for the longest time. I feel there's such a simplicity in it. I still smile and feel warm looking at it. I'm not sure when I had this one. Anyway, in that period I could feel like a ghost sometimes. Also, blue is my 100% favourite color. I surround myself with blue often, I wear it, my heart melts when I look at a clear blue sky. I know it's the "color of my soul". Pure authenticity for me. I love this one, such beautiful color. It was a painting called "Tears of Joy and Sadness". I enjoy a great mix of colors, and I resonated with that title. And that's my current one. I like melting pictures, it reminds me of the dreamlike quality of reality. Thinking about it, I feel peace and warmness inside. 😌

I had a session with a psychologist today. It went well. FIrst one in 2 years. As part of my private medical coverage, I have 3 free sessions with a psychologist each year. I remembered it this week and decided to use up the sessions - not like there isn't stuff to talk about. I found a guy that really resonated with me and I really appreciated his perspective today. I'm deeply grateful. I asked him for help on relationship issues. But then we went further into some deeper and more unconscious issues of mine, which I brought up myself of course. I'm really happy to continue working on these issues with the guy soon - we have another session in 2 weeks. Excited about that. Also, I went to the cinema today and watched Loveable (2024). It was really great. I cried plenty - that was the goal, actually. I needed that. I'm probably gonna take my gf to see this movie tomorrow again. She’s eager for that, and I know it'll resonate with her too. We had a really big fight yesterday, now "resolved". Quite hurtful. Both of us have our conditionings which are difficult to overcome. But in the end we'll pull through, I hope. Though if eventually not, that will be alright as well. It's been almost 2 years. This relationship has changed me a lot. It's good to have a partner that is also serious about working through her own issues. I appreciate the relationship deeply.

If you don't know, then it 98% wasn't a date. A date is a meeting where romantic/sexual intention is progressed. A friendly meeting has none of such progression. But the progression doesn't happen by itself. It must be intentional and acted on on your part. You have to lead into it. If you didn't do that, then most likely there was zero advance, and she saw it as just a friendly meet. I'm not sure if this relationship can be salvaged into something romantic anymore - there's probably only a slim chance of that, but I guess it depends, we don't know the full context. She might still be receptive to some romantic advance, or she might not (and never have). You have to feel it out. Make progressive steps and see her reactions. Adjust accordingly. 👍👍

So was it a date, or a friendly meeting? Did you lead? Did you take any action (at least a step) on the romantic/sexual intention, or did you just „go with the flow” and do friendly talk? Even if the conversation was smooth, it doesn’t matter if you weren’t leading the relationship anywhere. You MUST lead it in a romantic direction. It doesn’t happen by itself! The default flow is non-romantic. Don’t just GRAB HER HAND, like a zombie grabbing someone’s foot from below the ground. First see whether she is even receptive to subtle romantic intention (which you might not have expressed yet). If she is then progress, like with subtle touch. I know it might be unhelpful to hear, but you gotta be NATURAL with it! I personally wouldn’t mess with a person from my workplace. „Don’t shit where you eat”. But that’s just me, I guess it can work.

I know, right?!

Nice choice of words. Same.

The sin is greed. And uninspiredness.

^ I LOVE that I'm making this new journal so colorful. I really see myself in it. I find it inspiring that I'm not only talking about liking some media, but more "personal" things from my life as well. Like enjoying my job. I want to express gratitude. I want that journal to be filled with colorful spirit and joy for life. I want it to reflect me so good, and shine back at me the radiance of my soul! 🌟🌟🌟 I smile looking at it. What joy to inspire oneself!

I like my job. It's cool. I'm working as a data analyst for a big company. I have an office on the 30th+ floor, which I can visit whenever I want. Overall I work 100% remote, but I still come to the office usually once per week. Just for the change of scenery I guess. The team is awesome. I like these people, honestly. My manager is very cool and understanding. I enjoy working with her. And the job itself is quite interesting. I mostly enjoy what I do. + The workload for me is just fine. Almost everything is perfect. Only thing: the pay could be higher. It's okay, but I wish for more. I have it so good right now, even with the mediocre pay. Money is not all that counts - all the other benefits / advantages of my job REALLY add up. I have that in mind, and I appreciate it truly. I'm grateful while it's still here. 😌 After all, nothing is forever.

Check out the book Integral Relationships. Here’s a preview: https://www.integralpsychology.org/uploads/1/5/3/0/15300482/stages_of_sexual_development_and_anima_and_animus.pdf I think that stages 3, 4 and 5 of anima/animus development in this model correlate well with stages blue, orange and green.

I love One Punch Man season 1. I don't normally watch anime, but I saw OPM like ~7 years ago and I enjoyed it a lot. I was disappointed with season 2 when it came out and now, after 6 years, season 3 has been absolute dogshit. At least from what I saw and heard - I won't waste my time on that piece of dump. Still, in my mind the beauty of season 1 lives on. The show was so funny, but also so sad at times. The animation was just AMAZING. I didn't care much about the characters besides Saitama and maybe Genos, and about the storylines of these side characters. But the story of Saitama was very engaging to me - it could even bring me to a tear. Hell, it still can. Here's the best (and final) fight of season 1. The ending saddens me. Reveal hidden content if you don't care about spoilers. The Strongest Hero.

Still so, so, so immature. But this is okay. Working from the place I'm at.

Lately, I notice more of these opportunities to funnel energy in a better way. I'm starting to see that anger can be used in either a destructive way, or a constructive way. The default route for me is to destroy shit in anger. Not in a literal sense - figuratively. For example, in my relationship, I will push my girl away in anger and leave her to be alone even when she's somewhat hurting. In her increased pain, she'll be trying to get me to talk to her. I'll get even angrier that she's "terrorizing" me and not leaving me alone, so I'm pushing her away even more. Etc, etc. I'm experimenting with using anger to FIX the situation IN A WAY THAT WORKS. A route that will truly give me peace of mind and not escalate the situation. Anger CAN be my energy source for that - after all, it's the energy for changing circumstances that I don't like. But that can be done in very different ways. I have a vision of being so angry with not being left alone that I hug my girlfriend for a brief time, I tell her that we will talk in an hour, I tell her that I'm hurting as well and that I need a bit of time to cool off, but I will return to her and help us alleviate the pain through communication in love. It's difficult. I'm going through repeating patterns. But I feel like I'm learning more every time. I analyze the energies flowing. I envision better scenarios. I want to go through that path with her - I really do. I must master my behaviors and try to not be a dumb fucking robot. This is part of my growth, and it's nonsensical to run away from it.

I'm feeling more expressive lately. I want to talk, talk and talk. Share myself with the world. There's genuine energy for that. I've had some fears about that. Like "expressing myself too much and annoying others with it". "Having a few journals is dominating the journal section with myself, I should restrict myself to a limited amount". Such bs. I no longer find this line of thinking believable. There's also something I'm starting to understand more lately. Which is that: when I don't like something I see, a better course of action is to share more of my views independently of the thing I see, and in a way that I find beautiful and aligned, instead of trying to bring the "ugly" thing down. In order words: share myself and my views on things relentlessly, and don't react to what I find immature, stupid, ugly or pointless. Basically, I can channel the energy I feel when I see something I don't like towards a more constructive expression. Instead of banging my head against the wall with trying to correct the "bad". It's still a work in progress.

I don’t mean to come off as rude, but it’s funny to me how often people ask for advice on the internet about human relations stuff when the obvious course of action is to just speak to the person honestly. And that’s the advice they will usually get. In regard to your situation: I know you’re a man, but maybe to her you’re playing the role of her „female bestie”? Are you manly with her, or just „going with the flow” and not leading anything? If you don’t wanna be friends with her and want her as something more, you should probably let this go. She’s probably not attracted to you. You’re probably her „bestie” and not masculine-feminine relationship material for her. If you want a romantic/sexual relationship, you should pursue it with someone with whom you’re set on this intention from the beginning (not necessarily explicitly at start, but leading up to it). Or, if you’re okay with staying as an „emotional friend” to her, then be happy with that. Having a female friend can be a good alternate perspective for you. In general, friends are good! But, from what it sounds, you’re probably not really okay with that.

Out of the 16 warnings you have, only 6 are from me. So spare me.

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@SimpleGuy What are the core ideas in this video that inspired you?