"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Who here does transdental meditation

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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FlexpertHamilton

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Seems sketechy to me, though I'm sure it's helped people. I signed up for something once and got bombarded with emails for months.

I strongly prefer Vipassana meditation. You can become enlightened simply by watching your mind as you observe the nuances of your breathing, and do nothing else for 50 years.

TM is just mantras which is simply another form of the same thing, yet for some reason they want to pass this off as esoteric knowledge. Most TM people I've heard from have an extremely limited understanding of the eastern philosophies that TM originates from which tells me it's just a repackaged, branded cult of knowledge that is otherwise free in no short supply all over the internet from people like Joseph Goldstein or Eckhart Tolle.
 
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If anyone tries to get money out of you for anything to do with meditation, RUN the other way. 100% of the time you'll be dealing with a grift. No master worth their salt would ever dream of charging for something like that.

That said, meditation is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. But you're best off going to a monastery or temple of some kind and dealing with real monks.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Seems sketechy to me, though I'm sure it's helped people. I signed up for something once and got bombarded with emails for months.

I strongly prefer Vipassana meditation. You can become enlightened simply by watching your mind as you observe the nuances of your breathing, and do nothing else for 50 years.

TM is just mantras which is simply another form of the same thing, yet for some reason they want to pass this off as esoteric knowledge. Most TM people I've heard from have an extremely limited understanding of the eastern philosophies that TM originates from which tells me it's just a repackaged, branded cult of knowledge that is otherwise free in no short supply all over the internet from people like Joseph Goldstein or Eckhart Tolle.
You have tried it,?
 

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You have tried it,?
I did. Initially it feels good but like drugs, the effects wear off with time. I get obsessed with meditating 2X/day. When I quit, I had withdrawal symptoms. It's not top secret. Here is the recipe:

 
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