High Achievers = Big Ego?

[Ishanga]

4 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

How much energy does it take to do spirituality for years and years?  Isn't the energy the same, but only how it is directed different?  It seems the energy is the same, only the subject matter to which it is directed is different.  Think about sitting under a tree meditating all day.  Interestingly enough, that takes a lot of energy in the discipline it takes to do that.  Elon Musk wouldn't have the energy to sit under a tree and meditate all day long.

When I was heavily training in Wing Chun I had endless energy because I luv'd it, i had practice 4 times a week, 3hrs on Saturday mornings, and after practice at night at my security job I would practice some more.  When You luv something there is endless energy available, but when You luv yourself its not so empowering for others around You, since its all about Me, Myself and I, no room for anyone else..

Its the same with my yoga practice, no need for motivation, i'm internally inspired to see where it takes me, so far its going well:)

[Butters]

On 12/12/2025 at 3:10 PM, Schizophonia said:

You're joking about your mirror story but a narcissist is really like that lol, they like to look at themselves in the mirror, telling themselves how handsome and superior they are (just like me😏) etc.

What do you base all these theories on? Clinical narcissists are deeply ashamed of who they truly are, and for a constant fear of being exposed they exercise this narcissistic behavior. Narcissistic supply is nothing more than externalizing everything, because truly looking inside is too painful for them. 

[Schizophonia]

1 hour ago, Butters said:

What do you base all these theories on? Clinical narcissists are deeply ashamed of who they truly are, and for a constant fear of being exposed they exercise this narcissistic behavior. Narcissistic supply is nothing more than externalizing everything, because truly looking inside is too painful for them. 

No that's paranoid personality disorder; Hence indeed the intense projective mechanism, the tendency to be ruthless with the weak and submissive, even fetishistic with the strong, etc.

Narcissism is simply exaggerated "self-love": Self-love not in the spiritual sense lol but in the sense of using "oneself" as a libidinal object.

Edited 13 hours ago by Schizophonia

[Hezbollah]

15 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

the tendency to be ruthless with the weak and submissive,

even fetishistic with the strong

That sits WONDERFULLY in a prison setting.

[Jowblob]

20 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

No that's paranoid personality disorder; Hence indeed the intense projective mechanism, the tendency to be ruthless with the weak and submissive, even fetishistic with the strong, etc.

Narcissism is simply exaggerated "self-love": Self-love not in the spiritual sense lol but in the sense of using "oneself" as a libidinal object.

Every time i'm reading some of your posts you always include the word Narcissism. I just want to tell you, that when your base consciousness isn't experiencing any form of unity, you're gonna have a lot of narcissm yourself, that is because when you live in full seperation all you can experience and love is your body and not the world out there as you don't feel it. So in actuality these is no such things as narcissm, it's just you projecting your ego self on to others. Hopefully this helps, keep in mind that psychology or the beautifull words that you like to use from the psychological perspective are all part of seperation and ego, and you're indulging in it big time.

Edited 13 hours ago by Jowblob

[Schizophonia]

15 minutes ago, Jowblob said:

Every time i'm reading some of your posts you always include the word Narcissism. I just want to tell you, that when your base consciousness isn't experiencing any form of unity, you're gonna have a lot of narcissm yourself, that is because when you live in full seperation all you can experience and love is your body and not the world out there as you don't feel it. So in actuality these is no such things as narcissm, it's just you projecting your ego self on to others. Hopefully this helps, keep in mind that psychology or the beautifull words that you like to use from the psychological perspective are all part of seperation and ego, and you're indulging in it big time.

Being in a state of separation doesn't necessarily make you more narcissistic.

When you prefer playing on your computer to talking to people because they're "jerks" (separation), your attention always shifts to an "external" object (you understand why I put it in quotes; non-duality and all that), a computer.

And you can be a big bimbo who wears tons of makeup, love dramas ans cie (quite narcissistic) and still be awake.

Edited 12 hours ago by Schizophonia