Where to find friends who are interested in Personal Development or/AND Spirituality?

[Recursoinominado]

6 hours ago, Wilhelm44 said:

Perhaps the belief that there's hardly anyone on ur stage of development, is what's preventing you from meeting the right person. I don't think there has been any time in recorded history when so many people have been into this stuff. Keep an open mind. She might be living close by.

It is not a belief, it is a fact. Even worse when i live in Brazil, a stage blue country. 

But i have a plan: to create content, to post about my views on social media, to have a YouTube channel and attract those stage yellow women this way. 

Maybe one or two exist in my city. I am even willing to move out of my city to find those women, if i find them. 

[Schizophonia]

I mean it's a fake "social security vest" 

[Recursoinominado]

2 hours ago, Lyubov said:

Man I think this “passing other people in development” is just a romanticized way of saying you are closed minded and aren’t willing to socialize in the present moment as it is. Unless you know you are a person who doesn’t really like socializing and it’s not a problem for you to not really have friends, then I think scapegoating spirituality and your development as the reason is sort of a cop out. You can learn a lot from people different from you and just being opened to experience, continually putting yourself out there, can open up all sorts of doors. Creating this hierarchy and model of one person being more developed than another just creates separation. I used to say the same thing about how it’s hard to find real people, conscious, etc. I’m not saying every place is equal in terms of opportunities but this overall mindset I think creates more limitations than there actually are. To me, being more developed means being more authentic and usually differences are seen less as barriers and more as opportunities to learn from different people and accept them as they are, not because you have to but because you see genuine value in at least recognizing and accepting people different from you. I do know it’s sometimes not as rewarding as spending time with an old friend you have a ton in common with. 

I am not romanticizing. I am complaining and being honest, i do not like this at all. 

I do have friends and socialize "in the present moment as it is", but it is basically meaningless to me, feels like a waste of time most of the time, unless i am having fun and laughing.

I don't have a huge need to socialize, i hate small talk, i love to talk about deep topics, and i love learning from people, which is rare in person, unless it's a topic i know nothing about it like engineering or something. 

For example, i like to talk about politics, and most people i know have poor political understanding or do not care at all. 

Spirituality is even worse, i mean REAL spirituality. I just cannot talk to anyone or it will be a one-sided conversation at best.

[Wilhelm44]

35 minutes ago, Recursoinominado said:

It is not a belief, it is a fact. Even worse when i live in Brazil, a stage blue country. 

But i have a plan: to create content, to post about my views on social media, to have a YouTube channel and attract those stage yellow women this way. 

Maybe one or two exist in my city. I am even willing to move out of my city to find those women, if i find them. 

Bro, there must be loads of spiritual people in Brazil, especially in some of the bigger cities. Do you live in a tiny town ?

'Maybe one or two', how do you know that ?

Edited July 30 by Wilhelm44

[samijiben]

I am fortunate enough to have met two individuals in my life who are on the same level of consciousness as Leo, if not higher. 

They were chance encounters.

And neither are interested in friendship. One is a vagabond madman. Another is a highly involved Mexican Bodhisattva. 

I quiver in their presence. It is not "easy" to be around such folks. It is a wild ride of spiritual annihilation in every moment. If you are ever lucky enough to meet such a person in real life, they will kill you.

Therefore, what recursonininmanando said.

[Recursoinominado]

10 minutes ago, Wilhelm44 said:

Bro, there must be loads of spiritual people in Brazil, especially in some of the bigger cities. Do you live in a tiny town ?

'Maybe one or two', how do you know that ?

I have met loads os "spiritual" people throughout those 10 years, they are not serious. Many are right-wing (some are MAGA type), most are into fake spirituality (crystals, reiki, mandalas, singing kumbaya), which i don't respect.  Honestly, i have preferred to deal with stage orange people than stage green lately...

[meta_male]

1 hour ago, Schizophonia said:

Just find people you get along with; you're looking for friends, not colleagues.

Many spiritual people will be unpleasant to you, and others won't be spiritual at all but are very pleasant to be around.

Besides, what does being spiritual even mean?

Exactly this. Some of the most grounded, uplifting people I’ve met didn’t care about spirituality at all. Others who called themselves "spiritual" were totally impossible to be around.

Just find humans you vibe with, it's not that deep.

[Wilhelm44]

1 hour ago, Recursoinominado said:

I have met loads os "spiritual" people throughout those 10 years, they are not serious. Many are right-wing (some are MAGA type), most are into fake spirituality (crystals, reiki, mandalas, singing kumbaya), which i don't respect.  Honestly, i have preferred to deal with stage orange people than stage green lately...

A lot of women will be into crystals, energy healing, Tarot etc. Im sure there are the flaky ones, but some will be serious. It's not so black and white. Thats what I meant by keeping an open mind. 

[Questioning Mark]

Following some forum's advice, I tried looking for friends on Bumble using the BFF mode. 

I made my profile resonate with the right kind of people by describing my values: autonomous thinking, open-mindedness, and introspection. 

Ended up meeting the guy IRL and having the deepest, most enjoyable conversation I've ever had. 

I'm living in Bangkok, if someone's curious.

[Alex4]

I'm from Barcelona, Spain. If anyone living here or nearby wants to meet up, let me know! I do a lot of hiking on the weekends. 

 

 

[TheEnigma]

Stage green areas in Canada? Anyone know of any?