Archive for February 2009

decision and other

COSY:
So perhaps you should not be asking “what/how/why/wtf?”, and instead should just have a look at what kind of behavior would affect things like a cat, or an animal.
What is instinctive to them.

THE ROCK

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while for the more qualified simultaneous
creation is taught, that is, that this world arose like a dream on account of one’s own thoughts
induced by the defect of not knowing oneself as the Self.

The enquiry
“Who am I?” is the principal means to the removal of all misery and the attainment of the supreme
bliss.

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Subject: Re: DTI: The Natural Process Of The Mind And Growth
GRAND SUMMARY:

GUIDED DISTRACTION SUMMARY:
- Focus, and immerse in something that will inherently help develop what you are after

ARGUEMENT SUMMARY:
- Change focus to something constructive, aggressively if need be

LEADERSHIP SUMMARY:
- More sexual/primal drives are more readily adopted as opposed to intellectual/conscious drives.
- If you filter information, you gain a double whammy effect
a) Increased believability
b) Increased aesthetic quality
Resulting in increased positive AFFECT on those around you.

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The question is not HOW but rather WHY NOT?

Why do you have to use the teqnique. Why do you have to consciously remember it. Why do you have to control it. Think about it. Use it. Do it. Why doesn’t it JUST HAPPEN?

Find the cause of why aren’t you doing it right now.

Are you having sex right now? Why not? Because I’m not… Who aren’t you?

Who must you become to be having sex right now? I must become an ALPHA MALE.
That is the answer. You are not an alpha male. Now, today. But…
You can be one, even in 10 seconds if you want to.

Unless you don’t want it. This is important - it won’t work if you really don’t want it. That is the only reason of it not working. So work out what is preventing you from wanting it…

How do you become - someone - you aren’t right now?

What makes you, who you are today, now?

Is it your body, your possesions, your parents, your friends, your khaki? Are YOU something fixed, defined, contained in an object? Or is YOU something more ephemeric, fluid and sponteaneous?

It is rather something that is not created and IS. But something that is in the making. It is being created every moment, every second each day. It is being created, sculpted, by the DECISIONS you make every moment.

You can change WHO you are RIGHT NOW, by changing a decision you are going to make.

If you have a situation right now, where an important decision is to be made. And you know what you do every time something like this happens. STOP. Consider this for a moment:

The decision you are about to make is going to sculpt you.

The decision is not whether you will to wear khaki or not. The khaki does not define you. What defines you is the decision you made whether to wear khaki or not. That is what created you.
Let me repeat - What defines you is THE DECISION you made whether to wear khaki or not. NOT the khaki.

So if you have a situation and you can decide whether you wimp out or go for it. Remember that considering the pros and cons will do nothing. It doesn’t even matter what is the ‘right’ decision. It’s not about that. It doesn’t matter if you lose or win. What matters is:

Who will you be after making that decision?

Will you be a man or will you be a wimp.

The choice is for you to be made.

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I see that too many here are afraid of ebetaization. It is just a secret way of fearing rejection. Don’t worry about it. Thinking about not being betaized is paranoia installed by this board. I want to make one post here that isn’t about attempting to escape it but a post about what to focus on, so that betaization is not a problem and won’t lead to anything shitty.

The number 3 rules. Since this is an advanced board I suppose you know how to do it.

1. Just be attractive to other women. If she sees other women adore you, she will be attracted to you forever. It’s as simple as that. If she sees other women pity and despise you, guess what? Your value for her is also zero. You are not her special man. She is a woman, she does not think by herself, her only measure is the measure of her girlfriends and women around you that she sees.

2. Make absolutely NOTHING dependant on her. If there is at least one thing that you can’t do for yourself or with somebody else then you have failed.

If she washes your underpants because you don’t know how, learn how to do it yourself.
If she is your only source of sex, know that you can have other women quickly, or find something better to do than sex. It is also sufficient to not need to fuck anybody.
She is your only way of spending free time? Get a hobby.
She is the only person you can share your secrets with? Find a friend.
She is the only person that truly loves you? Learn to love yourself.

You can get my point easily if you ask yourself this question:
How would you live on if she left you this very second?

If you would just continue playing your piano, feeding hungry puppies, enjoying a good movie - or something in that manner you have succeeded.

Basically all the stuff you use for battling ONEITIS (I recommend the recent stuff by CostOfSuccess)

In one sentence, the secret of being happy in a relationship:

Learn to be happy on your own.

It is the single most attractive human component. Independent happines.

Change your focus from her - to improving yourself.

Picking Up Hipster Chicks?

One of my recent day game students was a hipster. I poked fun at the subculture a bit and he told me I should seriously consider hitting hipster spots. He said, “At Black Cat, 60% of people there are girls, and half the guys there are gay.” He added that they are also cuter than average because they are notoriously superficial and overly concerned with looks. The case he laid out was pretty solid.

I wonder what the average level of game is among hipster guys. I’m guessing the farther out you go from mainstream venues, the poorer game you’ll find. Guys at regular bars spend their spare time at the gym and hitting on drunk girls. Guys at Black Cat spend their time dressing themselves and finding new bands. He did know a lot about fashion and music so I’m guessing those are the angles you need to play when going into the hipster circles.

As for the student, he shattered both workshop records: longest approach (15:30) and most numbers (2). One was at the grocery store, and he didn’t even buy anything. I was extremely proud. But then within two weeks three other student tied him with two numbers each and another broke the time record (23:00). Three phone numbers remains stubbornly elusive, but it’s just a matter of time.

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The Fast Kiss II

It’s very important to get the kiss out of the way as quickly as possible because it’s rare you will bang a girl the same night you first kiss her. For example, let’s say you first kiss a girl at the end of date one. Then it will be hard to also bang on that date. You may bang on date two or three. But if you kiss her when you first met, there is a much higher chance you will bang on date one. Get it?

I’m extremely reluctant to get a number from a girl who I don’t at least come pretty close to kissing since I’d have to invest a minimum of two whole dates to get the bang. Honestly, what percentage of girls out there are actually bearable to hang out with for several hours of time that two dates entail? 2%? 4% tops? Don’t be bamboozled into spending time with a worthless chick, which is safe to say every chick you will talk to this year except one, two if you’re lucky.

This is why I go for the kiss even if I don’t think I will get it. So the girl senses I’m about to make a move because I’m getting closer to her face and then gently pulls back—big deal. But now she knows what I’m about and if she goes out with me (and she will if she sticks around), it’s as if she has signed a legal document accepting all the moves I may choose to do, including any attempt to weasel my way back into her place. I guarantee you she will show up on the first date with a clean, shaved vagina because of the aggression I displayed when we first met.

Speed is of the essence. On a long enough timeline enough variables will be introduced into her life that prevents you from pumping her. But once you already bang, who cares? You got want you wanted, and can begin the cycle of meaningless birth and death anew with another hole. Giddy up.

Previously: The Fast Kiss I.

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Pick Up Lines - The Missing Ingredient

SPECIAL REPORT: The Secret Ingredient of PICK UP LINES…

So why do guys use pick up lines?

I’ve been studying this curious mating ritual for over 10 years

now, and I finally understood the reasons why guys want to use them.

Pickup lines are the equivalent of a knock-knock joke.

1) She feels obligated to answer, even though she knows what’s coming…

2) She knows something dumb is coming after you answer…

3) She’s forced to give you a small amount of polite attention after you’re done…

4) She’s going to get away from you as soon as humanly possible after you’re done telling it…

Truthfully, that small amount of polite attention isn’t even necessary anymore. She could just walk away from a dumb pick up line.

Who’d blame her?

Now, pickup lines come in two flavors:

Pickup Line 1 = The funny pickup line that you look up, seriously wanting something to say when you approach a woman, but knowing you’ll NEVER use it…

Pickup Line 2 = The REAL pickup line that you want to just start a conversation.

Again, most guys use a line because…

To find out more about the missing ingredient that most guys miss, read the rest here:

Pick Up Lines - The Missing Ingredient

Carlos Xuma

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Social Network Dating

QUESTION:

I like the idea of meeting the less attractive chicks with a huge social circle of hot chicks. Whats your success rate like?

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CARLOS XUMA ANSWERS:

This is an effective strategy, but you have to watch out for something that most guys aren’t aware of.

Women are very conscious of status and appearances. We all are, actually.

We know when we see someone dating or working for the “less attractive” people, and it colors our perception of them. Sometimes on a level that we’re not willing to admit.

I don’t condone classifying people, but the reality is that this is something everyone does. We judge, we compare, and we do all the dark psychological evaluations you can imagine. And it’s all done under the pretense of “rational” thinking.

So if you’re talking about just approaching the “not as cute” girls to get to know their friends, sure, that works like a charm.

The funny thing is that the women I approach that may not be “10″s usually end up being more interesting, fun, and attractive on other levels.

Hmmm….

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Dr. Paul & Joaquin Phoenix

Dr. Paul was recently interviewed by the LA Times about Joaquin Phoenix’s recent appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Dr. Paul stated:

Perhaps it will also clear up the question of whether Phoenix is still an actor at heart or has truly undergone a behavior change. If taken at face value, the actor would appear to be mentally ill, says Chicago-based psychiatrist Paul Dobransky, a relationships expert and author of “The Secret Psychology of How We Fall in Love.”

Dobransky says Phoenix’s “socially inappropriate” behavior reflects some of the symptoms of schizophrenia, a brain-based disease that causes people to lose touch with reality. Phoenix’s appearance as well as his career change, poor hygiene and grooming, vocal tics (such as muttering) and lack of facial emotion are classic symptoms of mental illness, Dobransky says.

“I was pretty offended by that skit at the Oscars,” Dobransky said today in an interview. “It struck me as potentially beating down on the mentally ill.”

Dobransky said much of Phoenix’s behavior on “Letterman” hinted at mental illness, such as wearing sunglasses, which may suggest paranoia. “There is something wrong. And it’s beyond drug abuse.” The public should refrain from mocking Phoenix, the psychiatrist said, because real mental illness is cause for compassion.

“The jury is not exactly in on what is happening,” Dobransky said. “Whatever it is, it’s not funny –whether it’s drug abuse, mental illness coming on, or the clumsiest attempt ever at a career change.”

The comments were responded to by Joaquin Phoenix’s agent at MTV, Newsday, US Magazine, and ENews!:

“How absolutely inappropriate for a doctor who has no personal interaction or relationship with someone to diagnose them,” Sue Patricola said. “And to do so in a public forum. Hope they spelled his name right. Another 15-minute ‘expert’ is born!”

Sue Patricola doesn’t realize that Dr. Paul treats schizophrenia patients at his day dig at a major hospital in Chicago. Dr. Paul teaches them MindOS (the foundation for David Deangelo’s Deep Inner Game product) to deal with boundaries, confidence, and emotional issues as well with prescribed medication. I don’t think Dr. Paul said Phoenix was mentally ill, rather that his behavior was reminiscent of patients who have schizophrenia.

It’s cool that Dr. Paul’s name is getting out there, even if it was misinterpreted.

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Huge Camera Fatigue

Is the guy with the huge SLR camera now a cliche? Five years ago I’d see him in the wild and think, “Oh cool, a real photographer. I wonder how many of his pictures have been published in National Geographic.” Now I think, “Look, another wannabe photographer.”

They used to get automatic respect. Now they get none. That’s what happens little niches become mainstream.

A true photographer is happy to use this…

fuji

While the amateur “needs” this…

canon

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Stephane & Ideagasms - Threats, Lies, & Craziness…

Okay, back in September I posted a little thread about how crazy Stephane has become and the meltdown he experienced after Ghita finally got away from the guy.  As of this writing, that was 5 MONTHS AGO.  Since then, I have given very little thought to that post, and have not posted anything about it until now.  It seems that even though that silly little post is old news to me, Stephane is still obsessing over it.

I’ve recently been getting very strange emails from the guy.  The tone of them is wildly schizophrenic.  He’ll refer to me as “his enemy” in one sentence, and then practically beg me to take down my blog post in the next.

Him and his “wife” (I didn’t even know the guy was married) have made a concerted effort to try and contact people affiliated with me and get them to stop “promoting” my website in an effort to destroy me.

Not only that, they’ve been trying their best to “defame” me and my business where-ever they can, including this very blog.  Stephane whines I’m not letting him share “his side” of the story, even though I don’t edit any replies made to my postings.

Whatever.  I really don’t care.  Better men than Stephane have come after me, and failed.  They can do what they want to try and “defeat” me or whatever.  I know they’ll fail.  Why?  Because they did not make me succeed, so they can’t take away anything I’ve earned through my own hard work - no matter how much they lie about me.  I’m used to people lying about me and defaming me.  It comes with the territory I guess.

So I’d have never bothered to blog about this loser again - except for the fact that now I’m getting reports that he’s threatening OTHER bloggers out there who picked up on how crazy he is.

Lots of reports about crazy, threatening emails and even phone calls threatening to come over to their houses with a crew of thugs - all because people are posting… the truth?

Stephaker has literally lost his mind.

If this is the way he operates, the guy deserves to go out of business, if you ask me.  Attacking me is one thing, but attacking OTHER people?  That’s inexcusable.  Stephaker now has the distinction of being just as bad as Ross Jeffries, which is saying a lot - considering how evil MINE’99 is.

I would encourage everyone out there - IGNORE anything and everything this Stephane guy does.  His threats are empty.  Do not let “fear” keep you from speaking out about him.  Steve Piccus, just the other day, told me something very sage:  The blog is mightier than the fraud.  I’m convinced Stephane is an unstable, habitual LIAR, and the only way to stop a liar is to reveal the truth and never let him bully you.

Please put this lunatic in the same category as every other sociopath out there.  Do not read his emails, do not respond to his posts, and do not give him any money.  Just make him go away - for good.  The guy can always get a job at McDonalds.

Ghita learned that once she got away from this guy, life was good.  Life can be good for all of us if we just ignore this crazy and get on with our lives.  So don’t let him bully you!  Stand up against him, and tell him to Fuck Off.

A real sound “inner game/spiritual guru” would not resort to threating people in such petty ways.  Shame on you Stephane.

An Approach to Approach Anxiety

 

Hey Guys,

For the new year I thought I’d tackle one of the first problems people experience within game and slowly move through the topics throughout the rest of 2009.

Are you afraid of approaching someone you like through a fear of rejection?

Do you get that horrible feeling in your stomach and begin to formulate 100 reasons why someone wouldn’t want to talk to you?

This is a lot more common than you would believe. There are a number of different products out there which will supposedly “fix” the fear of approaching strangers, especially ones you are attracted to. However, few of them take the time to understand why we have that fear in the first place. If you understand why you have this fear or anxiety, you can take steps to counter it. This is probably the biggest topic when it comes to understanding attraction. Well, that is to say, it is the one that most people have the biggest problem with. I constantly receive the same excuses time and time again when it comes to this subject.

1) I’m scared of approaching

2) I have a fear of rejection

3) They aren’t in the mood to be spoken to

4) She won’t think I look good enough

5) I can’t meet people in a park/cinema/night club

6) I’m not good enough for him/her

7) There’s no point, it won’t work

These are probably the most common reasons I am given as to why someone can’t approach, or the feeling that is preventing them from approaching. The fact that these are so prevalent is because they are all based on very real psychological factors to do with learning and behaviour.

Anxiety is defined by Seligman, Walker and Rosenhan (2001) as a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These factors essentially make up the feelings that we experience as fear, apprehension, and worry.

There are some physical sensations that you will probably be aware of such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, sweaty palms, shaking and perhaps headaches. These may be common to you. Some people will disguise these by making a decision not to approach. This will relieve the sensations and instead leave a sort of “numbness” to the situation.

Sigmund Freud himself believed that these anxious feelings were created by an association between a past negative experience and the current situation. These associations are often false and not related through causality - the idea that one situation directly affects another, but through correlation - one thing “tends to affect another over repeated attempts.”

When people begin to see this correlation as a fact, it is commonly referred to as “Magical Thinking.”

There are two governing principles behind magical thinking. The first is the law of similarity which is the notion that things that resemble each other are casually connected in some way that defies scientific testing.

 

For example:

Diagram 1

Here people will typically see vertical columns of squares and circles as opposed to horizontal mixed rows of squares and circles.

The second law is the law of contagion which is the belief that “things that have been in physical contact or in spatial or temporal association with other things retain a connection after they are separated.” Contagion effects have been noted to be more effective with negative associations than with positive ones. This is probably best explained by the notion of getting “bad luck” or having a bad time every time you go to a specific venue.

Freud believed that the anxiety or fear was maintained through a form operant conditioning. Essentially the feeling of anxiety is reinforced every time you are in a similar situation. You then “learn” to remove the negative feeling of anxiety by not approaching. These connections of patterns, or “magical thinking,” are common throughout all the human societies across the world. The human brain is adept at forming these patterns, though we do not have a particularly good system for distinguishing between real and perceived connections. Theoretically this is due to a simple survival tactic. If we notice rustling behind a bush it is better for us to assume it is some form of threat and begin to prep our bodies to defend ourselves rather than ignore it and risk being eaten.

Our fear or anxiety response is actually designed to help us survive in a fight or flight scenario. Believe it or not the symptoms detailed earlier are all beneficial to us in times of survival. Perspiration occurs to help cool us down, heart rate increases to improve blood circulation and muscles tighten as they are filled with oxygen in preparation for use. Unfortunately these are not particularly beneficial when we are looking for something witty to say during a conversation with someone.

In short we learn the fear through a number of negative experiences and then reinforce them by not doing anything about it. The bodies natural reaction towards a fearful situation is the feeling we associate with approach anxiety or the fear of the approach. The way to overcome this is to reverse the learning.

All of the common problems detailed above can be directly related to either “magical thinking” in the form of a false belief that failure is almost certain due to some form of connection to a previous situation that failed. Or pure fear learnt and reinforced by not approaching. These are both forms of self fulfilled prophecy i.e. Unless you actively do something to fix it they will continue to support themselves. The good news is that this problem is far from unfixable.

The bad news is that it does take time. The easiest way to fix this is to actually go out and meet new people. The problem is that when you do this, any negative experience you receive is likely to reinforce the previous attitude or fear you had before. As I’ve mentioned before one of the easiest ways to get around this is to simply meet people for the sake of meeting people.

Most of us are actually more than happy to talk to other people, especially on boring long journeys, or when waiting in a long queue. Get used to talking to absolutely everybody, male or female, young and old. This should help you generate a great deal of positive responses to your approaches and help curb some of those negative connections.

 

I hope this helps guys,

Adam Lyons

(AFC Adam)