MacAvoy
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Yea I thought you grew out of that phase a few weeks back?Master Bates said:aliasguy- the way you format your posts is really annoying. What are you, a 15 year old girl?
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Yea I thought you grew out of that phase a few weeks back?Master Bates said:aliasguy- the way you format your posts is really annoying. What are you, a 15 year old girl?
When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.
Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.
Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.
The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.
MacAvoy said:Yea I thought you grew out of that phase a few weeks back?
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
I agree, but I really am sorry I was such an assh*le about it before.jophil28 said:Tolle is recycling all the hippy drippy stuff from the 60's and 70's . The" Power Of Now" is just New Age BS re-packaged with the commas in different places - Same ole' Zen style philospophy and just as boring as it was the first time I heard it. I am old enough to remember this stuff from the 70's . It is mostly fanciful nonsense and it re-emerges to suck in the gullible every decade or so. It just comes alomg in new wrapping.
This is the 'New Astrology' , guys.
Women love this this stuff . It is just emotional chocolate.
I disagree. I'm just as cautious about believing anything but irrationally disregarding anything one doesn't understand is narrowminded. Not everything we can't touch or see is chick candy brother.jophil28 said:Tolle is recycling all the hippy drippy stuff from the 60's and 70's . The" Power Of Now" is just New Age BS re-packaged with the commas in different places - Same ole' Zen style philospophy and just as boring as it was the first time I heard it. I am old enough to remember this stuff from the 70's . It is mostly fanciful nonsense and it re-emerges to suck in the gullible every decade or so. It just comes alomg in new wrapping.
This is the 'New Astrology' , guys.
Women love this this stuff . It is just emotional chocolate.
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
You should you rat bastard :crazy: !aliasguy said:I agree, but I really am sorry I was such an assh*le about it before.
Nonsense-TurboOverCubicInches said:As humans, we give off energy.
This is why certain people have a certain "presence" when they walk into a room.
Absolutely.KarmaSutra said:Commander Interceptor,
I bought a copy of this for me and Brother Able and I have to say this is some pretty insightful stuff. It's a different perspective of how the body/mind correlate to happiness or weariness/sickness.
Though I wouldn't categorize Eckhart Tolle as a mystic he certainly believes in what he's experienced and it is that belief which builds his character and makes him a better person in the world.