(05-25-2015, 10:46 AM)SargeMaximus Wrote:(05-25-2015, 09:46 AM)Shannon Wrote:(05-24-2015, 07:46 AM)SargeMaximus Wrote:(05-24-2015, 12:58 AM)Shannon Wrote: The way forward is to stop seeking outside yourself for your needs to be met. Find them within you. Master yourself.
What about food? What about shelter? What about water?
Questions like this tell me that you are seeking attention instead of success. It is an easy way to avoid the growth you face that frightens you to face. I can point the way, but I cannot do this for you. You know what you need to know to succeed. Now it's up to you to decide to do what it takes. If you're intelligent enough to try this avoidance ploy, you're intelligent enough to use what you know to find the goal.
Except that it's not an avoidance ploy, but you are definitely avoiding answering it.
You mentioned sex being among the things we can supply to ourselves via masturbation. My question is: where is the line? There ARE some things (like food and water) that we DO need to be supplied externally. So, where is the line? I don't believe it right now because you can not explain this simple thing. How do you know WHAT is/should be internally supplied vs. what is/should NOT be internally supplied?
The only thing I can think of is death (in the case of food and water), but people can and do die from lack of love as well. In fact, monkey babies who were given plastic mothers in a closed environment died in an experiment despite being given the proper food and nutrition to live healthy lives.
You are back to being disrespectful.
It is an avoidance ploy, because I know you have an IQ over 6. Are we talking about food, shelter, water? Are you going to find food, shelter or water within yourself? That's not just an avoidance ploy, it's downright ridiculous. You're looking for anything you can find to disagree, instead of paying attention and trying to use what you've been given to actually make a difference for yourself.
I have answered you with what you need to know. If you don't see it, then you need to start thinking. You're not stupid, but you are stubborn, and you are not interested in solving the problem at the moment. You want to discuss it ad nauseum and you insist on having things your own way in a world that does not work your way. Mental masturbation is a great way to appear to be trying to fix something while you avoid dealing with it. This has been a cycle of activity with you since you showed up here.
You don't need to discuss it anymore. You need to pay attention to what's been said and move forward with it toward your goal. Get on with your life.
Of course, if I know you, what will happen is more disagreement, more discussion, more mental masturbation, more insults, and nothing actually happening.
I'd love it of you proved me wrong, but I don't think you will. I think you want attention, want to be right, and want to be where you are in life. It may not be conscious, but it's there. And until it changes, you will have what you have.
The magical thing about life, though, is... every second of every day, we have another chance to change our lives by changing what we do and choose.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!