Critical self-analysis.

[economistParticipant 225]

Hey there fellas, hope everything has been going good for you on these forums. I’ve been a very rare participant in the last couple years as I’ve been busy with work and school but it’s good to see the forums are still thriving as ever.

Lately i’ve been thinking very deeply about the philosophical nature of life, and what it means to be happy. I’ve come to believe that perhaps happiness as we understand it is a construct created by our various psychological processes – the lens that our ego puts over a world that otherwise exists without perspective. If any of you have ever taken psychedelics, you know how poignant of an experience it is for that lens to change, or slip altogether.

It’s tempting for me not to court nihilism and sink in to the world of hedonism – but instead for some reason I find myself driven to certain ways of living my life that are fundamentally considered “moral”, despite the fact that as a man going his own way, i’ve chosen not to participate in society as i am expected to.

As well i find myself analyzing and criticizing the very thought processes that led to me becoming a MGTOW in the first place. When i was only a few years I had much less self-esteem, and gave in to the comforting coping mechanisms of self pity and the denial of personal agency. Unfortunately this is something i have seen quite often in the community, especially in those newly undergoing the “red-pill rage”. I don’t think this is a healthy way to live, and I don’t think it’s the best way to be what we all think of as a “man”: Self reliant, stoic, and strong; with the ability to conquer our environment.

I’ve found that at least my personal approach to the MGTOW ideal was flawed from the beginning. Instead, I’ve come to realize that the value of the movement instead comes in the ability to NOT victimize myself. I’m my own man, goddammit, and i’m going to live life on MY terms. Screw feeling sorry for yourself over the way the world is – there’s nothing you can do to change that. Instead, I choose to demonstrate through my actions that I understand how to live as I truly wish too.

And that is the true definition of happiness.

[bladeParticipant]

economist wrote:

If any of you have ever taken psychedelics, you know how poignant of an experience it is for that lens to change, or slip altogether.

Best acid i ever tried was from an old 80 year old dude this was like 25 years ago ago . Totall different to acid s~~~ on the street . This trip was totally different . Like 3 days . I built models and just . Best ever .

We get magic mushrooms grow near bye . Something i would never touch . Seen some c~~~s f~~~ed up on them .

THE PLANTATION HAS NOW TURNED INTO THE KILLING FIELDS . WOMAN ARE NOW ROLLING CAMBODIAN STYLE .

[Anonymous 42]

Happiness is found in contentment.

I accept the world the way it is and live my life to avoid its many pitfalls. Unhappiness being one of them.

As for misery? It can be found in negotiating and cultivating a relations~~~ with the worst of women ever to walk the earth, today’s women.

[JVBParticipant]

I accept the world the way it is and live my life to avoid its many pitfalls. Unhappiness being one of them.

Head hammer nail.

Peace is > piece.

[Solo MAN’S WisdomParticipant]

economist wrote:

I’ve come to believe that perhaps happiness as we understand it is a construct created by our various psychological processes

Happiness is not a destination [as nearly all women believe].

Happiness is a byproduct of health. Physical health. Spiritual health. Mental/psychological health. And Relational health.

Only one of those four is completely under your control — Spiritual Health. The other three can be adversely effected by others.

When women lead, destruction is the destination. -- Me.

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

For me: happiness is measured in moments. I feel a sense of frustration most of the time. On rare occasions, I feel happy.

What I’m craving mostly are long stretches of PEACE. I want to eliminate stress from my life. Happiness is a mood I can’t seem to create for myself. I experience it when I’m in a natural environment looking at wild animals or when I’m hanging out with friends and laughing about something.

It annoys me when people say money can’t buy happiness, because I’ve learned how to live without the luxury of that mood. Money buys peace of mind. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn’t have to deal with annoying people and dead end jobs. I could live in a mountain cabin away from the urban insanity I’m living in: druggies, criminals, noisy people, traffic jams, crazy political activists who want unlimited taxes & welfare, and, basically, the uneducated, Kardashian-worshiping general public.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[AttonParticipant]

Screw feeling sorry for yourself over the way the world is – there’s nothing you can do to change that.

By changing yourself you make an example a blueprint, sometimes people might copy that blue print.

A MGTOW is a man who is not a woman's bitch!

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