A lot of people I know are giving up good feels for a chance at a lot of money but don’t have a plan to convert that money back into good feels, and I think they’ll find it’s harder than they expect
I think they also overestimate how hard it is to just get those good feels directly. All these people are talented and have lots of energy and could easily learn the jhanas, work towards self-love, healing their traumas, PSNE states etc there are a lot of paths
This isn’t about people that are primarily mission driven (which is most people I know) just the ones who are out primarily for money for the theoretical good feels that money will give, which is still a huge amount of people
By small amount of work I literally mean like under ~20 hours for some paths (in particular the jhanas, my current fascination) that might just directly give them what they want. It might be 500x+ faster than their current plan, and more powerful
Okay I regret that last tweet’s specificity, I’ve just met lots who learned the jhanas quickly (~2h) after doing other meditation, psychedelics, yoga, etc. if you’re starting from scratch it’ll probably take longer, but not 30x+ longer. Right Concentration is a good book
Realistically I agree with this and don’t fault anyone for the path it may have sounded like I was making fun of
I’m not even sold they should leave that path. Some part of their psychology thinks it’ll work (or they wouldn’t do it) and fighting parts leads to a twisted mind
I’m not even sold they should leave that path. Some part of their psychology thinks it’ll work (or they wouldn’t do it) and fighting parts leads to a twisted mind
https://twitter.com/jeremygiffon/status/1421169501253644293
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