Need Advise - Emotional & Social Labor on this work of personal development

[Dark_White]

How does one copes with the feelings of insanity or the feeling of not being misunderstood by normal people by doing things upon you such as consciousness work or spiritual work or even personal development? Especially in a 3rd world country - where people relatively uses trickery as a life style to a degree.

Although you can see and recognize lot of things which are done by regular people which are being harmful or like deluded in some point of view (Not projecting ofcourse!) How y'all embrace this journey or tackle this specific issues? Especially when you feel emotional piss off at people who not only do stupid things but also try to bring you down for doing such things.


Am looking for identifying crucial ways to Armour myself to get more deep in the process of authenticity rather than caught up with this low class trickery for the most part. How to push through this.


Be critical on me, no issues! Cheers!

[meta_male]

What do you need to protect yourself from when you say you're looking for ways to armor yourself?

[Dark_White]

I interact with my colleagues on regular basis, so i can see mildly and subtle levels of the social games (authority obeying) and survival going on, which i consider to be unproductive although am trying not to judge too many of it. I see it as a path towards mediocrity, certainly i don't wanna be one of people. 

 

I wanna be more than that. Even if i like want to change those people i kinda feel guilty to going in their own way to make something for myself. 

[Elliott]

In a third world country, isolating for the most part will be needed. Try to find people like you, which will include searching further away from yourself.

[Dark_White]

I am already quite an introvert. But people who are like minded will genuinely help me progress for living a healthy life. But yeaahh thank you, I'll try to find and accumulate such people thank you! 

[Elliott]

1 hour ago, Dark_White said:

I am already quite an introvert. But people who are like minded will genuinely help me progress for living a healthy life. But yeaahh thank you, I'll try to find and accumulate such people thank you! 

Then for "coping" I would focus on your own life, improving your own life, and finding things you enjoy.

Edited October 10 by Elliott

[ivankiss]

You have to meet them with truth at the level at which they're at. You are more woke. You should understand they cannot perceive things from the same level as you. They cannot process information the same way as you.

How you communicate the truth to a well seasoned veteran on this forum, will be radically different from how you communicate the truth to your mom or your neighbour or your dog. But it can still be the truth. Just have to bring it down to earth, so to speak. Simplicity is power. Honesty is key.

It's ok to challenge people and nudge them here and there. But you cannot go full blown buddha on them. They will most likely label you as crazy and reject the information in favor of preserving their beliefs.

Be the truth. Don't try to convince them of it, unless you think/feel they're ready for that next step.

 

 

Edited October 10 by ivankiss

[Dark_White]

On 10/10/2025 at 10:34 PM, Elliott said:

Then for "coping" I would focus on your own life, improving your own life, and finding things you enjoy.

@Elliott@Elliott well i find that to be a difficult part to accept, I somehow want to believe that people around me are like more greater than I'm or perhaps like me.

 

Because growing up in my childhood my family was pretty decent and above the most people in our communities, i always received support from them even before i fall.

Now it feels like all burden is in my hands now somehow. 😅

 

The coping part for me or what I'm craving is people may care or like work for other people's well-being too. It's difficult for me to realize people usually don't care about this atleast in my surroundings and mostly they're too focused upon their own life. 

 

If i supposedly just focus on improving myself has this inner contradiction. 

 

Am not posing this as an excuse, but as dilemma that is i face. I simply cannot like go with the tide and also i cannot ruffle the boat so much. 😅

Btw yess i do dedicate myself to improve myself, so i can like reduce suffering too. 

 

How to rise above this? 

 

On 10/10/2025 at 10:34 PM, Elliott said:

 

[Dark_White]

On 10/11/2025 at 1:56 AM, ivankiss said:

Be the truth. Don't try to convince them of it, unless you think/feel they're ready for that next step.

 

Am just gonna cherry pick this up.  😂

 

Well i do struggle a lot in meeting people where they at. But perhaps i have to lot of inner work or psycho therapy in order to like make sense of this. 

Edited October 12 by Dark_White

[Yimpa]

19 minutes ago, Dark_White said:

i have to lot of inner work or psycho therapy in order to like make sense of this. 

[Elliott]

17 hours ago, Dark_White said:

@Elliott@Elliott well i find that to be a difficult part to accept, I somehow want to believe that people around me are like more greater than I'm or perhaps like me.

 

Because growing up in my childhood my family was pretty decent and above the most people in our communities, i always received support from them even before i fall.

Now it feels like all burden is in my hands now somehow. 😅

 

The coping part for me or what I'm craving is people may care or like work for other people's well-being too. It's difficult for me to realize people usually don't care about this atleast in my surroundings and mostly they're too focused upon their own life. 

 

If i supposedly just focus on improving myself has this inner contradiction. 

 

Am not posing this as an excuse, but as dilemma that is i face. I simply cannot like go with the tide and also i cannot ruffle the boat so much. 😅

Btw yess i do dedicate myself to improve myself, so i can like reduce suffering too. 

 

How to rise above this? 

 

Work on yourself until you get to a point that this stuff no longer bothers you, then you can help all kinds of people. Of course, when someone in need crosses your path now, you can still help people.

Edited Monday at 10:38 AM by Elliott

[Dark_White]

@Elliott Yup, thank you!

[Dark_White]

@Yimpalol, alright cheers!