PsychedelicEagle

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Yes. Either false or such an insane simplification that it barely reflects reality. A reminder of how disconnected our conceptual models are. Yet I still find biochemistry fascinating. I've been watching lectures on it recently as part of exploring what might become my new life purpose in a few years. I still struggle with the temptation of going down the scientific rabbit hole sometimes, while intelectually knowing that true complexity can't be fully grasped rationally. Anyway, what would be the alternative, if my passion is related to health and biology?

Love this — thanks for sharing. Found the full video here:

Some do. Actually, what's mostly advertised as "longevity" is still worth implementing because it enables healthspan and personal integrity (assuming well-grounded advice such as sleep, nutrition, physical exercise, not wellness gimmickry). You may not live longer than others, but the fact that you're taking care of yourself allows you to be the healthiest version you can, as well as build the personal integrity that will transfer to other areas of your life. And, even if you have bad genetics, there are still things you can do. For example, I have the MTHFR C677T variant, which makes my body accumulate homocysteine (currently understood as a bad thing for the cardiovascular system). Knowing that allows to me intervene by supplementing methylfolate at a therapeutic dose. Just as one example. Another way to leverage your "bad" genetic information would be to reduce risk elsewhere. Imagine you have the Lp(a) gene, which increases your cardiovascular risk. You can then reduce risk via other factors (e.g., lower LDL and triglycerides), so as to compensate. At the end of the day, all these tweaks, changes, and optimizations are uncertain to yield substantial results. We do it because we like it, and because it's a form to manifest self love and build integrity.

Biology, biochemistry in particular. Happy to hear any recommendations.

+1000 ✅

Deep insight from "Think and Grow Rich": when you have a deep desire you don't need to know how — you will figure it out. Just keep your focus on it and believe that you can. Your subconscious mind will find ways.

@Ben_P, I can recommend you the work of Corey Wayne — just google his name and a BUNCH of videos will appear. His "How To Be A 3% Man" book is highly recommended — read it 15-20x as he recommends 😁 (I'm not joking). He's got great relationship material, a topic that's often underrepresented in traidition PUA books and dating advice. What you'll realize is that most of the time our insecurities are unfounded. They come from past trauma experiences that don't represent reality that accurately. That doesn't mean they're easy to change either, as @Valach importantly pointed out. Another book you might want to read is Robert Glover's "No More Mr. Nice Guy". I discusses about toxic shame, a fundamental concept in this journey.

Good old rule: when a guy tells you his body count, divide it by 5. When a girl tells you hers, multiply it by 5 😂

Thanks @Davino, didn't know about this feature.

Actually, the life purpose's content is so deep and so good that I should have paid 10x for it 😅

The more integrous you are in one area of life or situation, the easier it is to maintain integrity in other areas. So if the user values fairness in financial transactions, it's actually not a silly move from them to exercise integrity and do what they judge right.

Fascinating, and very delicate as you mentioned. Thanks for sharing @Yimpa.

I can come up with one reason in favor of health: the less healthy you are, the more your survival needs are exacerbated, and the more locked into the survival paradigm you get. Some people suffer so much that they end up completely escaping survival and going straight to the spiritual realm. It would be another route to awakening, we might speculate. I don’t consider myself fully awakened so I am mostly speculating rather than speaking from personal experience.

Super interesting — can you pls share references?

@LordFall This is the last message I will send towards you. Stop directing your arguments toward me. The conversation is about instagram. Not myself or my psyche. -- @Natasha Tori Maru, I'd like to flag this message from @LordFall above. Childish and confrontation behavior that's completely unnecessary.

@LordFall Instagram is a time drain. Consumers pay an enourmous amount of time and energy for shallow content.

Haha fair. But you can still delete the app and use it on the computer.

@LordFall It's not only about victim mindset.

Good luck trying to reach your full potential with a slot machine in your pocket. @LordFall The point is that Instagram itself is overall a net negative for most people's psyche. You only mention the positive aspects without acknowledging the negative ones. Social media like YouTube is much better.

The good thing about porn is when you cum you can easily close all browser tabs or apps in ~30ms. It's a great example of recontextualization happens btw. With social media there's never really an orgasm so you keep using it like a zombie. 🤣 Pull the plug @Jirh, delete the app! You can do it.

It's much more than that. Instagram has mechanisms to keep you hooked that leverage ancient neurological pathways such as fear, social comparison, habit formation. If you want to activate your reptilian brain one of the best ways is to use instagram more often.

Cal's content (and books) are great.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-monthly-salaries-in-69-major-cities-around-the-world/ Interesting that Europe has higher average salary than the US.

@LordFall I'm speaking from the consumer perspective. If you're a creator then it makes sense to be on instagram. My point is the platform leverages everything it can to hijack people's minds and keep them hooked.