What would you say to yourself?

What philosophical advice can we pound through our ethics, to give us the best chance at hard decisions in the future? What words would you say to SAVE your future self from disaster?

When emotion is MASSIVE, logic is defeated

 

I'm spending some time with a close friend, as he's stressing about getting married to a woman that's given him an ultimatum... "Marry me soon, or I'm leaving". My friend has spent years with her, and has now hit a fork in the road where he must make a choice, and it looks like he's simply going to give her everything she wants. He's my friend, and i can tell he need to get a lot off his chest and be clear about the decision he's going to make. It's not as clear cut as 'Just red-pill him!"... no. no, it is not.

When someone's on an emotional roller-coaster like this - logic can't often be heard.

🔵 SPETSNAZ and huMAN - (Joint Q&A)

 

We received over one hundred questions, so we had to select only a handful (given time constraints). Apologies for those we didn’t get to, as most of the questions were great. Thanks again for sending them in, guys.

Lying wears you down

How often do you lie to yourself? Not to others, but to yourself. How often do you edit and adjust what you’re about to (naturally) express…? How often are you conditioned to ‘casually’ lie to yourself and those around you? How does this affect how others perceive you? How does it affect trust?

And do you know WHY we’re conditioned to think nothing of lying? Well, because a man feels ashamed and humiliated the more he lies. When he’s alone with himself, he knows. The more his default mode is dishonourable, the more he dislikes who he is... And the world just loves that.

Don’t lie, gentlemen.

Even a SAFE relationship has risks

I started to ponder the (theoretical) pitfalls I may have subjected myself to by NOT having "something beyond her" as a target? As a standard. Even if it was simply to act as a gatekeeper for quality... put another way, since i never needed a female to be a good mother, a good wife, a good housekeeper, good cook, etc... I thought - "was i lowering my standards without even knowing it?"...  That is, i thought it would be easier to find a compatible female because i had so few needs of her. But was i actually INCREASING my chance of finding a WORSE person because my needs were so simple?

I ask myself, “would i have spent less time in dysfunctional relationships if women were an 'honorable' means to a greater end for me? Without sounding like a woman who doesn’t love the person for ‘who they are’, it begs the question, “is there a practical aspect to the person being right for the job?” instead of just an amicable person to spend time with?

JUST DO IT - irresponsible adults

It never ceases to amaze me just how IRRESPONSIBLE the average child in adult clothing is out there. He or she can vote, hold a driver’s license, and pop out AS MANY CHILDREN as their hormones desire, while openly stating that there should be little to no standards (or limits) in doing so.

Don't create children if you can't create yourself

I was thinking; How big and important an undertaking children are. Especially in terms of time and resources in one's life, and how casually most just 'pop' them out. I guess it's no surprise that the unthinking produce them so without thinking...This video was stimulated by a recent experience with trailer trash at my local supermarket.

LIVE Q&A - (010720)

Hanging out with my subs and answering some questions.

Not everyone is interested in the same things

Not everyone can be woken up to philosophy and ideas just because you may be passionate about it. Often (and in most cases) people are just not interested in what YOU are interested in. People will 'tap' on the window for answers when they feel they need it.

Put another way, most people are Cypher (from The Matrix), and not Neo.

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