Hello from Russia

@MuddyBoots Yeah, I agree, there is all kind of information flowing around in society, a lot of it is probably wrong and far-fetched. Even those people who are closely related to these problems I believe can be highly dogmatic and believe what their professor or textbook says for granted. And then they try to make the hype out of this information. It's very hard to know who to believe in those kind of things and this situation being very far away from our "casual" problems that we face every day (Such as issues with health, money, carreer, etc) doesn't really motivate us to do anything about it

The problem is, it doesn't get enough exposure in the media. You know a lot about this stuff because you've studied it a lot and invested shit ton of time focused on that particular subject (or set of subjects). From my point of view, I don't care almost at all about these problems because they don't exist in my perception, I believe the same happens for 99% of people, they just don't know

Can confirm, good shit, indeed. I've read about 30-40% of his booklist already, planning to go for 100% in the next 2-3 years

There is one good book about this topic called "Integral relationships" or something among these lines. The author took various models, most known here are spiral dynamics and Ken WIlber's integral theory and laid out a pretty good advice for so called "integral aware" relationship seeker

@Leo Gura

INTJ\ENTJ

How do you take fun and chillout ? Do you play video games ?

You're drowning in symbols and believe in them too much as though they are real, guys. That is what Leo is basically saying to you. 1+1=2 is true in the context of mathematics and our language but if we strip away the cultural meaning of symbols and the math theory behind them it doesn't have any meaning whatsoever, but you treat them in way although they do. That's a false assumption you're getting pointed into

Hell, you can even become a Meditation and Yoga teacher and charge $ for it. I imagine it is very easy to setup in the current 21st society, especially if you live in the west. You can just rent a space in the gym and do marketing inside of the gym and on social media

Whatever you like. You can make money off of pretty much anything if you're very good at that thing and learn some biz and marketing skills. You can make money off of bodybuilding coaching, diet coaching, graphic design, playing music, electronics, voice overing, copywriting (this is huge), online marketing, social media management, video editing, making illustrations, making AI algorithms, selling (being good at deals), project management. There is tons of stuff, don't limit yourself to just programming because it's a trendy path right now. Following masses leads to mediocrity by definition

I'd set a high priority into deliberately developing mastering and expertise in some domain that you like, so later you can avoid wage slavery and instead focus on your growing and enjoying life.

Interesting observation

Why do you think Hitler is evil? Contemplate your reasoning

Just buy a good laptop instead with the same price. Way less tempting to game, but at the same time, you get good ergonomics and good mobility if you buy a good machine

Yes, gonna divorse my wife and order one. Wouldn't marry if I knew those exist

I'm sorry, where did he say that Russia is stage red?

No, I am a graphic designer , I do visual identity, web design and stuff. Everything interconnects, indeed

I do graphic design for my current LP and recently decided to learn drawing because it is very beneficial here. I feel like my skill grows exponentially. Gains are very fast when you focus on fundamentals .

I'm not trying to bash on you, but like many people you've probably learned drawing unconsciously through brut practice, as these things are not nearly fundamentals of drawing (not saying these are useless tho). Drawing is about mental models. It's "seeing" and interpreting real-world from certain perspectives that can be put down on a piece of paper (a piece of paper has its limits). Chances are, you learned a ton of good mental models that are applicable in drawing from your 3D and architecture studies. What we usually call "drawing" skills is basically being able to project depth on a paper and make it look "3D" or so-called, "realistic", it directly comes from 3D and architecture skills. Same with your chiropractor studies. You learned scientific models of a human body and you probably also learned yogic practices from spirituality or things like Vipassana which contributed a lot. And you also became braver with cross trying stuff and noticing new connections, as well as brave enough to try stuff on your own from spirituality and self-development material. It's all explainable. Feeling great for you tho

Good technique for having a long term safe sex is to get married or be in a committed long-term relationship with a girl who wasn't playing slut character before she met you (sleeping with everyone) . This way you don't get any stds or chance is super low. Otherwise, there is always risk involved. Other than that, I'd say it's more about who you're having sex with, rather than having specific protection tools. There are a shit ton of tools in the market, you can easily google them, but the problem is they strip away joy and intimacy from the intercourse since you can't feel your partner directly and "fluid-bond" with him. It diminishes trust and you both will also have less chemical released from that kind of sex. Condoms are great, but they are somewhat limited in that area still. Let's say you wear a condom but want to lick her pussy. If she has an STD you're pretty much screwed. So what is the solution? To wear these mental dams made for kunnilingus? And then you would make her wear that dam for a blowjob so you're sure she doesn't give you herpes? How can you enjoy a pussy or a dick this way?

Interesting, I found in my experience that music is lowering my productivity when I do creative and intellectual type of work

Commitment is the key to well lived life

Ken Wilber, bro

Hi there! Does someone here know good quality conscious porn or sex films? Not the stuff you typically see on pornhub and other places but very intimate, sensual, "spiritual" kind of sex. Art-like, not perverted and not just masturbation with each other bodies. Subtle feeling-awareness and sense of union over the gross sensations of a physical body. Sex you would want to have with your sincerely loved one. Stage Turquoise and beyond kind of sex

Study creativity and creativity techniques. Leo's booklist has some good things about it. I'll add one good book from me (which is not in the booklist) - ThinkerToys. This book will gve you many creativity lessons and exercises you can use to improve your creative thinking and creative output. But the juiciest is contemplate what creativity is and what does it mean to be creative. Then contemplate how you can be a creator in your life and what are some practical steps you should take to start becoming one. Then think what you actually want to create and start doing it and learn by practice. Practice Creating and iterating. Don't get stuck in perfection paralysis, just move on and keep creating, experiment. Then think about your creative process holistically and systemically, notice patterns, see where you can improve stuff, analyze what you're doing, what is the output of your input, see how different inputs interconnect, see how you can get more and better output (contemplate what output means in your scenario) for the near the same input effort-wise. Notice that sometimes it takes some time for output to occur and give you insights and feedback. Be patient about that. And never stop creating. Creation&Iteration. Feedback from your creations and actions is the best teacher. Hope I was helpful