UnbornTao

ideal: conceived as perfect; existing only in idea It seems to me that this domain of ideals can be relatively easy to recognize. Realize what you're doing --idealizing--, then drop it. You can get rid of fantasies without the need for a long and excruciating process. This would save unnecessary suffering down the line. In this context, pride is unnecessary -- as well as ideals. That doesn't mean lacking life goals, being irresponsible and complacent, etc.; it just means being free of the conceptual activity that is fantasizing. I imagine that doing this would allow for increased effectiveness as you'd be operating from a grounded standpoint, not fantasy.

First of all, clarify your purpose. Why are you undertaking that particular endeavor? What do you want to get out of it? Based on that, you can generate objectives and devise a strategy to accomplish them. Of course, without a field or activity to ground the strategy on, not much advise can be given since an strategy is dependent on a particular field. Without some context, strategy can't be applied. Your purpose may be "achieving a strong, agile body by mastering a sport I'm passionate about." Your field or activity could be soccer. An objective may be winning the league's title with your team. An strategy would require devising a plan according to the objective. Say the objective requires winning 75% percent of the matches your team plays. An individual strategy could be: training for longer periods practicing moves and tactics you're not very skillful at improving your technique learning to be confident with the ball shooting ten penalties each training session improving your diet and sleep Then, you (and your team) will have different specific goals on any given day, like winning a match. Another set of strategies would be required here. Maybe playing with a defensive formation for the last minutes of the game, as your team may be winning by two goals, etc. This would be the coach's job, though. Rather simplistic but hopefully it's a bit clearer.

Discipline is simply producing a result that doesn't just befall you, it is not a burden as it is commonly considered to be. The etymology of discipline is "learning, disciple."

Drop the ideals you're holding. You are generating unnecessary suffering for you. Ideals are used as a justification for beating oneself and others up. They are fantasies about what should be but isn't. They are by definition unreachable. They're not meant to be reached, and holding ideals creates suffering. For example: "I should be able to lift 100 kilos at the gym but I don't, I'm so pathetic." Etc.

I pity him. I would never want to become Windows not even in a million years. And Linux is free, so... Bad joke, it's 1:00 AM here

@CARDOZZO España.

Enthusiasts are already working on all kinds of stuff thanks to the toolkit. Customers can save up $2000 for a Mac and finally become serious gamers.

I knew it! I gotta find the Spanish version, if there's one.

@CARDOZZO you reading the English version? Curious.

Stop it

Something lame that comes to mind is sweeping the house at 3:00 AM

Juicy topic here we go

Whether it works or not depends on the purpose for why it's taken up in the first place. Meditation is ultimately about healing and calming the mind down, not setting out to become conscious. Two different pursuits. The latter could better be called contemplation. Meditation can work relative to its purpose.

Trump is clearly a child and a liar. Far from being a wise and conscious option regardless of politics.

Terminator!

Not healthy. Instead, focus on increasing effectiveness. What are you doing? Why are you doing it? What results do you want to produce? What is the most effortless way to do it?

Just read about that. Let's see how it evolves in a few years. Remember that the headset is a first generation product with impressive technology. A 4K TV for each eye! That its battery life lasts 2 hours is understandable.

@Leo Gura By the way, Mac gaming just got a significant boost. Let's see how it turns out in the end, looks promising so far. "Proton" for macOS.

easy there.

@Danioover9000 It's OK. If the advice is not found to be wise, it's OK.

Similar to PC gaming? AAA titles and the like? I mean, Apple Arcade can be used with the device... as basic as that is.

$499 Apple Vision SE:

Microsoft, Google and Meta have been providing products in this industry for more than six years -- Google Glass, HoloLens, Meta Quest. But Apple's success may depend on how good their implementation is, which seems to be very promising and much better than any other product released thus far. It's also been rumored that Apple is already working on a cheaper model.

My current take is that dysfunctional behavior might be caused precisely because we want to avoid pain. That pleasure and pain are part of the same dynamic is often ignored by us, and yet we strive to somehow experience pleasure continuously while expecting pain to be minimal or even zero, as irrational as that is. We still live as if that were possible, but it's not, it's an ideal. About the presumed lack, I was speaking existentially. We don't experience ourselves as being complete. Perhaps one's true nature is already complete but in our ignorance of that fact, we set out to find "cures" for that dilemma. This may lead to an unconscious avoidance of pain which in turn helps generate addictive behavior. Why the pervasive need to distract oneself? "Humanity's problems stem from man's inability to be alone in a room." This deals with the psychological domain whereas I was coming from an existential consideration. What you say is of course reasonable. A child that lacks paternal love may try to seek it somewhere else. Personality and how the child chooses to respond to circumstances may play a role here. But nothing says that if your needs aren't met, you have to develop addictions. Circumstances could catalyze such behavior but what the person does, and how she responds, are key. What kind of compulsive, unconscious emotional mechanisms would be equivalent to, say, breathing, moving, etc? Why do some individuals move on from their traumas while others get stuck within them and need a long healing process? In the former case, maybe they don't allow their past history to dictate their future. Others may use their life history as a justification for not instantly getting over their traumas, remaining bound to them. This seems to be a possibility. (Not to undermine/downplay painful events and trauma, these are valid). Ultimately, childish people don't want to experience themselves as the source of their experience. Rather than being the victim of circumstances, owning yourself, your emotions and your experience makes for an empowering model of reality.

I have yet to look into this "lacking" sense but it seems to be present for pretty much everyone regardless of stage. Might be related to a fundamental not-knowing that we've mistakenly taken to be a malady. I don't consider myself to be a sage yet nor have I mastered stage orange, sorry. I may be able to throw some questions around that will hopefully facilitate our investigation here. If you want that, refer to the questions on my first reply.