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post 1618210181 10-02-2020, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted By Basiliskboy⏩
To put a long story short I spent a lot of years developing myself reading books about stoicism and the mindset of successful people, mediating for an hour or more a day having out of body higher consciousness experiences, having paradigm shifts in how I view myself and who I am, making art and understanding art, studying philosophy deeply and finding my purpose..
^This isn't self improvement, it's a waste of time.
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post 1618210501 10-02-2020, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
The biggest issue I see with people who go down the self improvement road, is that they see life as a resume of skills to complete ("read 100 books", "bench 2 plates", etc) and then judge anyone who has less of a resume than them. It's not about bettering themselves, it's about their insecurity needing to find a way to one-up other people. If you remember NVious, he was the absolute worst person about this.

I get about looking down on the plebs, one of my worst character traits is that I shoot holes in everyone I meet. But thank God I never fell into that "everyone else but me is a sheep!" trap. A comforting lie to tell a wounded ego for sure. Everyone's dealing with their own chit, but no one's an empty automaton, and it's sure as chit isn't because they haven't read Tolstoy like an enlightened superior person has. If you start believing they are, then you really just don't know them well enough.

Tl;dr


This.
post 1618211201 10-02-2020, 08:49 AM
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I can relate to this i went to medical college tried to b super studious didnt make any friends cuz everyone was so boring now ive gone bak to the way i was and im good. I feel like u hv to find a balance between the two extremes
post 1618211301 10-02-2020, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted By phikappa⏩
^This isn't self improvement, it's a waste of time.
LMAO agreed new age BS is not self improvement
post 1618211651 10-02-2020, 08:54 AM
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The are two "buddhas"

The buddha that walks among the people, even though he has become enlightened.

And the buddha that cannot return to society.

But there is only one true buddha. It's the buddha who can return.
post 1618211921 10-02-2020, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted By phikappa⏩
^This isn't self improvement, it's a waste of time.
this

Tempted to neg OP. He fell into the self improvement "enlightenment" trap. You aren't better than anybody bro. But all that mental masturbation has convinced you that you are on "another level". They got you.

I say this from experience because I fell for the same crap about 10 years ago. A buddy and I would sit around reading self help books and watching seminars all day when we were flat broke. Posting cringe worthy motivational posts on social media because we thought we figured out life and knew some secret that nobody else did. And you know what we accomplished in the end from this?: Zilch. Probably lost some friends though.

At the end of the day, we're all just frking animals. Chitting, pissing, eating, having sex and just trying to find our happy place under the sun. Remember this before you are so quick to judge others.
post 1618213741 10-02-2020, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted By phikappa⏩
^This isn't self improvement, it's a waste of time.
This. What in the world did I just read. OP, do real life tangible things if you want to improve your life, not navel gazing.

What do you think will improve your life more, sitting in silence for hours a day or learning a hirable skill that will get you out of your shared living situation and town that you've been whining about for years?
Originally Posted By Basiliskboy⏩
Yet here I am surrounded by people who watch fight compilation videos on YouTube
Ugh, those awful people enjoying their free time. They're the wooooooooorst.
And I’m not saying any of this to sound like I’m so above anyone it’s just that I’m wired different and this game everyone else is playing that they’re trying to invite me into isn’t something I’m willing to partake in.
Yes you are, you absolutely think you're better and so much more enlightened than everyone else, and look down on people with...cars?
I’m kinda venting but I’m to the point I just can’t deal with people who aren’t “on my level”. I really have to change my environment or only hang with those with my shared interests.
Have you considered changing yourself? Because fuking off to Japan will absolutely not help this self-inflicted ailment of yours. Good luck.
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post 1618214381 10-02-2020, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted By redraider86⏩
Have you considered changing yourself? Because fuking off to Japan will absolutely not help this self-inflicted ailment of yours. Good luck.
"There are no geographical solutions to spiritual problems." - Tony Soprano

Can confirm.
post 1618215251 10-02-2020, 09:38 AM
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The reality is you are a dumb kunt and are lacking in grey matter.
post 1618217571 10-02-2020, 10:10 AM
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You're attributing your inability to connect with people to some meditation sessions and a little bit of self-reflection - that's wishful thinking. Chances are you weren't any better at establishing relationships prior to your self improvement pursuit and you need to work on your social skills - plain & simple. Developing an attitude that everyone around is too basic & superficial is a response to being lonely and lacking validation, rather than a sign of achieving some profound thinking lmao
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