The trope of some inefficient but traditional way of doing things producing something superior has this truth to it. Japanese culture has a ton of this.
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The 'real' equivalent of people having a non-exaggerated Law of Attraction ability is a form of infectious optimism. These people exist, you've probably met them.
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Similar to Kung Fu masters outwardly looking weak and frail these people often outwardly seem naive or fake. But their ability to get things to happen can seem magical.
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Building up your 'consciousness' muscle improves your optimism because the world is less scary to you. We're intimidated by big strong people in close quarters despite knowing that it's not a physical fight.
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Being physically strong gives you a charisma and confidence around other people not because you're thinking "Oh yea I could beat any of these people up" but because it's a relief from the pressure from others.
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Being 'consciously' strong means being disciplined. You know that even for something really difficult you can apply sustained effort of consciousness longer than most people. Even if you're not talented at it you know that you can apply 10 times the effort most people do.
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Having something like 6 pack abs if a signal of this. It's rare enough that it's a high level signal of ability to achieve things. This signal is weakest for high school jocks but is every high signal for older men.
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Being able to taste the differences in expensive wine is also a signal of this. Most people cannot applied micro-level consciousness to the extent of being able to tell apart wines. Peasants are defined by their lack of ability to be subtle.
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So to summarize... learning things is like architecting a bridge for different types of terrain and gaps. Different tasks are different gaps. Knowledge is a 'solution' from an external source that teaches you how to pass a specific gap.
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Knowledge is so useful because it can come in the form of "mental models". A mental model is like having gpt-3 embody a form of intelligence for you. You have have it spit our random conclusions for you to review.
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It's like having a robot that can built bridges and also has a database of ALL solutions to ALL known gaps in ALL of history. Why learn any architecture when these robots can do everything? Why get a 6 pack of abs when we have guns?
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Despite all our knowledge and technology expanding outwards we will always have an edge. At the outside edge of knowledge we have those who learned architecture from the bottom up. Those who 'understand' why the robot exists rather than those who merely use the robot.
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At the outside edge of technology is the realm of the human body. Those who fully understand what their body is truly capable of being and feeling.. and those who don't.
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Monks in a way are super jocks that explore every limitations of the human body (just not sexual) The 'supreme' (cult) guru being with a harem is similar to the head jock/quarterback and cheerleaders yes?
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Too many random thoughts here...will try to wrap up thread in one general gist: Literally Everything™ is application of consciousness. Increase the volume and 'sharpness' of our consciousness can massively increase our life vibrancy.
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Working out helps increase the volume of consciousness you can apply. Learning new knowledge, combining them in different ways, etc... helps you to sharpen and define your consciousness into needle like potency. You can break down even the most dense and difficult tasks.
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Sometimes we needs the sharpness of the scalpel. Sometimes we need the ability to raise our sword and rally our souls. Every difficulty in life is failure to recognize when we needed the other.
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The nerd and the jock need to understand what it's like to be each other. The good and the bad. The exhilarating sense of 'insight', the sparkle in a girls eyes. The shyness and anxiety, the feeling of being a "dumbass".
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The 'loser' has to pick a side and just do something instead of hating both sides.
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Crap, lost coherence again. To resummarize again: Being skillful with consciousness can resolve any difficulty as long as you know when and how to go full 'nerd' vs full 'jock' without getting stuck in an archetype.
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