Posts by amberotter82

Yeah, I’ve definitely seen it happen to people around me, but I’ve never personally been in that headspace.

To me, it feels like a way to dodge real emotions and actual relationships. It’s way too easy to just pick someone we know is totally out of reach—it lets us obsess over them and creates this little illusion of feeling something deep, when really we're just masking a fear of getting close to anyone...

I don't buy that it's real love or anything sincere. At most, it's just ambition. The person becomes a trophy or a goal to hit, and once you finally "win" them, they just lose all interest.

Honestly? It's just immaturity.

Ronald Rogers27 said:A broker at a firm like Goldman Sachs can only control what's within his reach. He relies on scientific heuristic algorithms, his own experience, advice from senior partners, and gut instinct. He does The Greatest [IM]Possible based on his calculations. Of course, those math models involve risk, and he has to decide his level of exposure... All of that directly impacts his Peace.

The whole idea is to build a mental simulation of the situation... If things go south and he starts losing serious cash, he has to instantly shift gears into a new level of analysis, synthesizing real-time data on the fly. At the end of the day, if he loses everything—we're talking millions of dollars—the ultimate consequence is that he’s still breathing, but he knows damn well he's going to lose his job...

The real kicker is how losing that job and being unable to find work in his field will hit his personal Peace... But if he hasn't endured massive, catastrophic failures in his Past and learned logical lessons backed by intuition... His inner Peace is going to be seriously compromised.

The bottom line: depending on your DNA, your psychological makeup, and your life experience, that personal Peace can be shattered. 🙄

I don't think that's the best example. There are plenty of people (honestly, most people) who deal with major friction right inside their own homes. Depending on how deeply they are caught up in that discord, their Peace can be totally wrecked.

I think this second cause—unrest within one's own home—is the main reason why the vast majority of people can't find their unique path toward Peace.

There's an old saying for a reason: "bonus prize, Peace in the House." The emphasis isn't on the physical stuff, but on the intellect and emotions. 😍

Ronald Rogers27

The real question is whether they can actually rise above the chaos when it hits. Regardless of whether they succeed or fail, the sheer process of double-checking their math—trying to see if they actually read the market right—is filled with unrest, and here's why... It's because you can't fully live with the awareness that the modern world is an illusion while trying to transcend it. If you're getting worked up, you're still trapped in the grind of this world; you haven't truly embraced the concept. Which makes me wonder if we can even perceive the world as an illusion without isolating ourselves. But then again, if isolation is the only way to get there, how much of living that way is just self-deception? We'd just be dodging all the actual challenges in life...

Ronald Rogers27 said:A broker at a firm like Goldman Sachs can only control what's within his reach. He relies on scientific heuristic algorithms, his own experience, advice from senior partners, and gut instinct. He does The Greatest [IM]Possible based on his calculations. Of course, those math models involve risk, and he has to decide his level of exposure... All of that directly impacts his Peace.

The whole idea is to build a mental simulation of the situation... If things go south and he starts losing serious cash, he has to instantly shift gears into a new level of analysis, synthesizing real-time data on the fly. At the end of the day, if he loses everything—we're talking millions of dollars—the ultimate consequence is that he’s still breathing, but he knows damn well he's going to lose his job...

The real kicker is how losing that job and being unable to find work in his field will hit his personal Peace... But if he hasn't endured massive, catastrophic failures in his Past and learned logical lessons backed by intuition... His inner Peace is going to be seriously compromised.

The bottom line: depending on your DNA, your psychological makeup, and your life experience, that personal Peace can be shattered. 🙄

I don't think that's the best example. There are plenty of people (honestly, most people) who deal with major friction right inside their own homes. Depending on how deeply they are caught up in that discord, their Peace can be totally wrecked.

I think this second cause—unrest within one's own home—is the main reason why the vast majority of people can't find their unique path toward Peace.

There's an old saying for a reason: "bonus prize, Peace in the House." The emphasis isn't on the physical stuff, but on the intellect and emotions. 😍

Ronald Rogers27

If you believe that you need to go through total disasters to keep your sanity and grow intellectually (which, again, depends on genes and personality), then I have to ask: how much of Peace is actually a result of higher consciousness, and how much is just emotional numbness where Peace isn't even reachable at those heights anymore?

Ronald Rogers27 said:A broker at a firm like Goldman Sachs can only control what's within his reach. He relies on scientific heuristic algorithms, his own experience, advice from senior partners, and gut instinct. He does The Greatest [IM]Possible based on his calculations. Of course, those math models involve risk, and he has to decide his level of exposure... All of that directly impacts his Peace.

The whole idea is to build a mental simulation of the situation... If things go south and he starts losing serious cash, he has to instantly shift gears into a new level of analysis, synthesizing real-time data on the fly. At the end of the day, if he loses everything—we're talking millions of dollars—the ultimate consequence is that he’s still breathing, but he knows damn well he's going to lose his job...

The real kicker is how losing that job and being unable to find work in his field will hit his personal Peace... But if he hasn't endured massive, catastrophic failures in his Past and learned logical lessons backed by intuition... His inner Peace is going to be seriously compromised.

The bottom line: depending on your DNA, your psychological makeup, and your life experience, that personal Peace can be shattered. 🙄

I don't think that's the best example. There are plenty of people (honestly, most people) who deal with major friction right inside their own homes. Depending on how deeply they are caught up in that discord, their Peace can be totally wrecked.

I think this second cause—unrest within one's own home—is the main reason why the vast majority of people can't find their unique path toward Peace.

There's an old saying for a reason: "bonus prize, Peace in the House." The emphasis isn't on the physical stuff, but on the intellect and emotions. 😍

Ronald Rogers27

I get where you're coming from regarding emotional attachment being a huge hurdle. But I wouldn't call it the main reason people can't reach Peace. I think the bigger issue is our inability to detach from our EGO and our senses. You know, those voices telling us: yeah, this block is definitely real, I can see its shape and color, I can feel those sharp edges in my hand, I can smell the wood it's made of... it exists.

Ronald Rogers27 said:"Quote:"

It’s actually possible. Through all that constant grinding... through the struggle. As we fight and navigate everything life throws at us, you start to realize we’re all just existing within this tiny little bubble of limited space and finite time. You begin to see that we're fighting a losing battle—one we can never truly win. But the illusion is powerful. The more convinced we are that we actually have control over our lives, the stronger that feeling becomes. Honestly? Maybe that isn't even a bad thing. In fact, it might be a good thing. 😬

You have to wrap your head around this and just accept the inevitability of Defeat. If you can actually do that, then Peace becomes possible. It’s within reach.

"Quote:"

Look, we’re never going to fully escape the grip of material needs. Truth is relative—it scales directly with whatever interests or material constraints are at play (though it's not just about money; interests can get pretty complicated). The less those dependencies weigh on us, the more objective the Truth becomes. Basically, Peace is just a function of those two variables, moving in inverse proportion to how tightly they're linked. 🙄

Some people would be satisfied just knowing this is the Path to Choose—the way for those who can rise above the material clutter of this world. They want to transcend the chaos of our Unbearable Easy Existence. Who is this path actually for? Maybe it’s for the ones who see what's invisible, who spot the hidden patterns and can actually read the Signs along the Way. It's for them... the ones capable of speaking that silent language.

"Sometimes you’ve got to serve if you ever want to lead," says Odysseus and King Itachi. 🧐

Ronald Rogers27

Exactly. But I wonder how much of that is actually doable since we aren't living in some remote cabin in the middle of the Rockies, totally surrendered to nature. We're constantly feeling the hits from the real world through monthly bills, the grind to hit targets at work, and all those personal struggles you just can't shake. Like, how is a Wall Street broker supposed to stay chill when the market is swinging wildly and his whole livelihood is riding on it? He knows it's an illusion, but he's still grinding every single day. So, we can't really detach ourselves from these worldly ties because modern life won't let us. Even if we're aware and "awake," it doesn't seem to be enough...

Or maybe... does that mean living a double life? Or just living in a constant split? We find peace once we get home, but at the office, we're stressed over things we know are illusions—chasing stuff like winning a big corporate negotiation. If we don't live two separate lives, then trying to merge them just leaves us in this internal rift. We end up stressing over "non-existent" things, which is absurd, but we do it because those things matter—like making sure our kids can go to a good college...

But if we're living on two different levels... how much peace can we actually find?

Exactly, I was just asking so we could pin down what kind of peace you’re actually talking about. How someone gets there is a whole different story, and honestly, it shouldn't be treated like some exclusive club reserved for specific religions or philosophies. Though, I do think it involves letting go of all attachments, dropping the ego, and really grasping how everything is just fleeting and ultimately empty... If you follow that path, it might look like a vegetative state—like Gilach said—but in this sense, he isn't being negative. It's more like a total release from all the heavy lifting of the material world, or maybe even reaching the truth. You wouldn't be happy, but you wouldn't be unhappy either. The real question is, would people actually settle for that kind of peace? Is it even a path meant for everyone? And I don't mean whether people are smart enough to grasp the concept, but whether they have the capacity to actually live in it and find contentment there. Can we really detach ourselves from our "self" that much?

Ronald Rogers27 said:How would you even put that into words? It’s this peace that flows from the depths of the cosmos—something that completely bypasses our petty, earthly complexes and impulses. It’s a peace that can't be shaken by anything. It fills a Man up, leaving him totally unshaken by those constant swings between what we call earthly happiness and misery. Yet, it doesn't change his core stance—the very thing that makes him who he is—I think, therefore I am. It just Is. And it definitely ISN'T neutral! 😍

Ronald Rogers27

So you're basically talking about Buddhism and Nirvana?

Donna Wood52 said:Everyone loves to claim, "Oh, I'm a good person, I would never do that, I'd never touch this." It’s a constant refrain—everyone's a saint in their own eyes. So, if that's the case,
where exactly 🤷
are all these "bad people" everyone keeps talking about hiding?

It’s because they’re basically waiting for a payout for being decent. It makes you wonder how much "goodness" is actually real if it's just driven by self-interest. We’re all just looking for a pat on the back, social acceptance, or even just some pity when things go wrong—like, "Look at me, I'm such a saint, why is life treating me so unfairly?"

I feel like traditional religion played a part in this—the whole idea that if you're good, you get rewarded with heaven. It turns morality into a sort of transaction, almost material in its own way, since you're expecting some higher power to set you up in a better spot. If true kindness was based on our inner world—doing good simply because it feels right, not because we want a reward from people or God—then maybe we could actually call it being a good person...

The church definitely helped move the needle when society was pure chaos and needed some moral structure, but we should probably be more evolved than that by now...