10-23-2014, 12:23 AM
Ricardo- Yeah, my feelings exactly. Not to mention I'm just not interested in women right now unless they meet my new high expectations , courtesy of AM6, and I actually have a deep long lasting connection with them. I want the deeper connection with a woman I would get from a AYP sub but the self-development (Bed mastery,Auras, instant attraction factor) really makes SM3 very appealing. The only problem, that i keep reminding myself of, is that essentially SM3 is about getting sex, sex, and more sex. I might have been interested in that type of living before AM6 but now I feel like it just wouldn't add anything meaningful to my life. I mean banging one chick after the other doesn't add to my self-esteem, self-reliance, self-confidence or any other part of my self development (The things that really matter imo). And "Yet" I keep coming back to the fact that even though SM3 has sex as the destination, it has lots of self development along the way. Knowing this makes my decision so difficult >.<
Natious- I see where you are coming from. I remember Shannon saying in a post that he believed that most people don't do self development out of fear, laziness, or a combination of both. As we have found out from AM6, I think Shame and guilt play a role as well. To answer your idea about people not wanting to live a sad and miserable life I kinda of question that sometimes. I think there are some people who have been conditioned , through shame and guilt, to believe that they are not worthy of feeling good or having a good life in general. The thing that comes to mind is a situation I remember reading in one of Ryan's journals where his girlfriend broke up with him because she thought he was too good for her. I think I remember Shannon saying that, based on the girls background, that she was probably conditioned by her father to believe that she should be mistreated by men. So, when she was with a guy who treated her right she felt lots of guilt or shame because this is not the way she was conditioned to believe she should be treated. So I think we could say that consciously, that people may not want to live a miserable life but subconsciously we might want it because of some messed up way we were conditioned. Other than that, I agree with everything you said.
Natious- I see where you are coming from. I remember Shannon saying in a post that he believed that most people don't do self development out of fear, laziness, or a combination of both. As we have found out from AM6, I think Shame and guilt play a role as well. To answer your idea about people not wanting to live a sad and miserable life I kinda of question that sometimes. I think there are some people who have been conditioned , through shame and guilt, to believe that they are not worthy of feeling good or having a good life in general. The thing that comes to mind is a situation I remember reading in one of Ryan's journals where his girlfriend broke up with him because she thought he was too good for her. I think I remember Shannon saying that, based on the girls background, that she was probably conditioned by her father to believe that she should be mistreated by men. So, when she was with a guy who treated her right she felt lots of guilt or shame because this is not the way she was conditioned to believe she should be treated. So I think we could say that consciously, that people may not want to live a miserable life but subconsciously we might want it because of some messed up way we were conditioned. Other than that, I agree with everything you said.
"I have no use of disciples. Let everyone be their own true follower" - Nietzsche
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