Which advice would you give to your younger self?

[Nothing]

In my case it would be these: 

Meditate and always reflect about life, know that there is a spiritual world and explore it, cultivate wisdom and compassion. Treat others good. Treat yourself good. Read spiritual texts and examine their truth.

 

Believe in yourself, live healthy, eat healthy, be satisfied with what you have.

 

Love is something wonderful. Don't watch porn.

Edited April 28, 2018 by Nothing

[9th]

 

[Goddodin]

Don’t indulge in self pity. Don’t look for barriers. 

Don't constantly seek validation from others.

If you’ve found something that’s good enough - a practice, a person, a belief system - stick with it. A half decent plan that is aggressively enacted is way better than a load of perfect ones you never fully embrace.

[Miffymog]

All the advice I'd give is based on experiences I've had by not taking advice.

So, the only advice I could give my younger self is, don't listen to any advice.

But, if my younger self was not to take this advice, would he actually in fact then be taking this advice … ?

Time travel sure is confusing!

As is some people’s advice!

[Marblehead]

10 minutes ago, Miffymog said:

Time travel sure is confusing!

 

Best to try to remain in the present.

 

[Miffymog]

8 minutes ago, Marblehead said:

Best to try to remain in the present.

 

 

Curiously enough – I’m currently trying to avoid the present like the plague

Edited April 28, 2018 by Miffymog

[thelerner]

There's probably no advice I'd give younger self that I didn't have access to back then, and disregarded.  I could go back in time, give my younger self a lottery number, see the havoc that wreaks, have to go back in time to correct it, then keep playing the game til the system goes futzz.  Better not to bother my younger self and not have that twerp bother me. 

[Nungali]

Dont get the breast implants !

[9th]

 

[dawei]

I would not alter the past.. otherwise the present and future are also completely different.  Then what is the point of the idea of a destiny ?    

 

Even consider if you turned left instead of right; woke up one day a minute later; you decided on this and not that instead of that over this... everything would be different too.  

 

A lesson learned the the past guides our present and future.  I don't see it the other way around as useful to ponder.  JMO. 

[9th]

3 minutes ago, dawei said:

I would not alter the past..

 

Then its a good thing the past doesnt exist in the first place.

[Nungali]

4 hours ago, 9th said:

 

 

 

I wonder what would happen to someone if they watched all of that ... in one sitting ? 

 

perhaps its a very dangerous subliminal device  ? 

 

....

 

 

 

 

[Marblehead]

Isn't it great that time is linear?

 

[Fa Xin]

I doubt I would’ve listened at the time.

[9th]

Quote

 "There are many standing at the door, but it is the solitaries who will enter the bridal chamber."

 

[Lost in Translation]

I did give my younger self advise, in the form of older and wiser men who took it upon themselves to mentor me.

 

Some of them I listened to. The rest I ignored.

 

 

[9th]

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"but but but..."

 

[CloudHands]

Just now, 9th said:

 "There are many standing at the door, but it is the solitaries who will enter the bridal chamber."

 

In practice it's true until you come in and open the windows I guess. Until then that's why it's good to come and go.

 

Can life be summarized as exchanges ?

[9th]

Guess what?

 

32 minutes ago, CloudHands said:

 

In practice it's true until you come in and open the windows I guess. Until then that's why it's good to come and go.

 

Can life be summarized as exchanges ?

 

...

[CloudHands]

9 hours ago, 9th said:

Guess what?

 

 

...

 

AHah, you did not understand. My bad, I guess that was too pithy and a bit off the mark. I was not talking about bride or marriage but about internal practice and relation to the externality. I think it's not a good think to focus too much on ourself or consider success or knowledge or wisdom as a bride.

 

Systems in nature are not self closed.

 

A tree for instance shares its sap every night, that's how plants communicate and exchange resources up. 20% to 40% of what plants harvest (azote, potassium, whatever they need) is shared among the root system of trees. Not only nutriments but also arn messages. A tree can produce more than 1000 arn-messages shared through sap.

Because plants are less autonomous (obviously they can't move) so they have to work in interaction so that they creates complex systems perfectly integrated to their local environment.

 

We human tend to do the opposite, simplify the environment to gain more autonomy. And then what we do with that ? we compete... for domination.

[9th]

Just now, CloudHands said:

 

AHah, you did not understand.

 

HAHAHAHAH!

 

oops

[9th]

2 minutes ago, CloudHands said:

My bad, I guess that was too pithy and a bit off the mark. I was not talking about bride or marriage but about internal practice and relation to the externality. I think it's not a good think to focus too much on ourself or consider success or knowledge or wisdom as a bride.

 

Systems in nature are not self closed.

 

A tree for instance shares its sap every night, that's how plants communicate and exchange resources up. 20% to 40% of what plants harvest (azote, potassium, whatever they need) is shared among the root system of trees. Not only nutriments but also arn messages. A tree can produce more than 1000 arn-messages shared through sap.

Because plants are less autonomous (obviously they can't move) so they have to work in interaction so that they creates complex systems perfectly integrated to their local environment.

 

We human tend to do the opposite, simplify the environment to gain more autonomy. And then what we do with that ? we compete... for domination.

 

This is just SPAM SPAM SPAM to me.  Who cares?  I certainly dont. 

 

If you are trying to talk to me, take a hint - I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANY OF THIS. 

 

Is that clear enough for you?

 

 

[CloudHands]

I suppose you did not get the bride either the fresh air.

 

I'll pass, take care my friend

[Marblehead]

I rarely trust my own advice.  Or other people's either.

 

 

[Nungali]

12 hours ago, 9th said:

 

This is just SPAM SPAM SPAM to me.  Who cares?  I certainly dont. 

 

If you are trying to talk to me, take a hint - I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANY OF THIS. 

 

Is that clear enough for you?

 

 

 

 

I have never seen someone who cares so little post so much