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PostPosted: Sat May 18, 2013 8:59 pm 
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Before you begin to read this article, click on this YouTube link and put this song on repeat while you read. Do not read until the song is playing.

Done? Good.

Screw the leather jacket and motorcycle. There is no greater badass than a pirate.

Seriously. Just what the hell is it about them that makes them so damned appealing?

Uhm everything? From their relentless thirst for adventure, to their complete (and often disastrous) commitment to avoiding commitments, the pirates life is just so damned interesting!

Be Adventurous

Anyone sitting at a desk from 9 to 5 droning over the same computer program every day would agree that the prospect of discovering new lands, capturing that beautiful damsel’s heart and sailing off into the sunset is a far better way to spend your life. The question is, why don’t most men nowadays turn their life into an adventure? I mean really think about it. Are you the type of guy who gets out there and makes crazy (often stupid) things happen? Or do you prefer to watch your friends do it, or even worse, watch it all on TV.

I got an email not long ago from one of my clients and he said the strangest thing. In his email, he mentioned that every time he sees my facebook pictures, he get’s jealous of all the crazy adventures I go on and the cool people I meet along the way. My answer: Why don’t you do it?

Creating an adventure out of thin air is simpler than most people think. It takes absolutely no planning, little to no cost, and the ability to just say yes to anything that comes your way. Seriously, try it.

Flirt with Danger

Another appealing characteristic of a pirate is his flirtations with danger. Does that mean you have to go out and start fights with strangers, steal stuff or get in trouble with the law to be a badass? Nope. Danger is anything that scares you, and unfortunately for us human beings, a lot of things scare us.

Whenever you encounter something you are afraid of, one of two things happen. Your fight or flight response is triggered and you either stand your ground and fight or run off with your tail between your legs. You’ve been doing option two for most of your life, its time to stand your ground. A pirate sure as hell does.

First, pick out what scares you. Never spoke in public? Do it. Afraid to dance? Get on that dance floor. Think that girl is out of your league? Grab her and kiss her… which leads me to my next point…

Be Shameless

“My god you have balls!” – Beautiful stranger I spoke to last week

A pirate is shameless. If you have a pair of balls between your legs, it means that somehow, at some point, nature intended for you to be with women. Nature isn’t stupid. You don’t have gills because you are not meant to live under water. But you do have balls… It’s time to make them clink when you walk.

Why conceal your attraction for women? Your goal is not to create attraction but to be attractive. Kind of like a diamond covered in dirt. The more you scrape off the bits and pieces, the more polished and fine the diamond will be. So how do you do it? Be shameless. As mentioned above, think someone is out of your league? Get over there and show her how you feel. Smile, look deep into her eyes in a way that lets her know exactly what you are all about. No presumption, no cockiness, just pure masculinity. Like a pirate chasing that treasure, be shameless in your pursuit of what you want. It is what you were born to do!

Live for something greater than yourself… and her

Probably the single most appealing thing about a pirate.. and the reason most relationships today fail. I see this all the time. Boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy and girl get together, boy no longer makes an effort to be attractive. Boy stops going to the gym, stops doing what he’s passionate about, stops seeing his friends, etc. I mean why should he? He got the girl. Nothing left to do now… right? Wrong.

A pirate is constantly out there badassing it up! He’s living his adventures, he is flirting with danger (and the occasional damsel) and is sure as hell ready to repeat the process again and again every day. Why? Because he is committed to his lifestyle. His life is the adventure, his woman is not. Most men are under the illusion that once they find that special girl, all of life’s struggles will simply cease to exist. How many friends do you know who train hard not to live longer and better, but because they think big muscles are the key to finding that woman of their dreams? How many men do you know who slave away at the office day in and day out, not because they are striving to achieve their highest potential, but to guarantee that they would be able to provide for their woman’s lavish and expensive tastes? Seriously, its damned sickening.

Man up! Find something worth living for, worth fighting for, worth dying for and then work your ass off to live that dream. Build an adventure and experience life to the fullest. I mean if you really think about it, from an evolutionary perspective, our existence is damned near insignificant. What’s a lifespan of 70 to 100 years on a scale of 2 million years of human existence? Virtually nothing. What do you live for? What do you want to be remembered for? What experiences will create the most memories?

Figured it out? Good. Now invite her to come along. She can not be the adventure, but she can be a part of it. She can share the adventure with you. If she can’t, that’s fine. You will go on. You will be sad, but like a true badass pirate, you will go on and sail off into the sunset, onto your next great adventure.

Go ahead. Be a pirate. Fight your battles, make her swoon, build your legend.

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First, a big thank you to the boys at Seduire.ca for having me over. It was a real pleasure to speak for all of you. Also, a big thank you to the CMP men and women who showed up to support. Hope to see all of you soon!

After over a hundred hours spent coaching men, I noticed something quite odd. As these soon to be Centered Men retold their stories, I noticed an alarming trend; Many people know what they have to do to live a fulfilling life, yet they do not take action!

“Actions do not cling to me because I am not attached to their results. Those who understand this and practice it live in freedom” – Bhagavad Gita (4: 14)

Dont play by the rules

The first thing you have to absolutely internalize to take massive action right now is that in order to get extraordinary results, you need to break out of the mold and behave in an extraordinary manner. You are in no way a reflection of the actions you take, merely the deliberate intent of taking action itself. In other words, it doesn’t really matter what you do, as long as you do something. The universe is not stupid. It will give you exactly what you want from it but it won’t let it fall in your lap. It’ll put it just out of reach so that you have to get off your ass and take it. Re-read that as many times as it takes to internalize. You are not your actions. It does not matter if you try and fail, only that you tried.

If it were life or death, what would you do?

This is a question everyone needs to ask themselves. In our modern-day consumer-driven culture we often need to be reminded of our own mortality to stay grounded. We often times lose ourselves in unimportant habits and desires that consume us from day to day and forget about what really matters. However, when reminded of our own mortality, we quickly fall into place and make the right decision. I mean honestly, if you’re feeling nervous about talking to that cute girl standing with her friends, 10 billion years from now when the sun will have overheated and incinerated the world, no one is going to give a crap what that guy said to that girl in that bar.

Can’t stick to a diet? When the urge to cheat rears it’s ugly head, think to yourself; “If it were a life or death situation, what would I do?” and voila! The right answer is magically made available. It’s kinda funny really because we all have that inner voice telling us what to do, we just chose to ignore it. “I need to work my ass off to get that report done for mister Henderson, but my friends are inviting me out for drinks, and sure he won’t pick me for the promotion but there are plenty of other opportunities later”. Quick, gun to your head, what’s the right thing to do? Probably stay home and do the work.

Do you want to die happy?

It all comes down to simplicity.

Eliminating clutter=immediate peace of mind. If your life were simple, what would it look like? Once you know what it looks like, simply ask; “What can I do to make this happen?”. That simple question is what makes you stand apart from the doers and the watchers.

If you were to die tomorrow, would you go happily? I sure as hell don’t want to leave behind any regrets. I’m okay with failure, I’m not okay with what if. Make it a habit to instinctively say yes to the opportunities that present themselves. When you feel your chest tighten and your heart begin to beat a little bit faster, acknowledge how you feel and then act anyway!

“They live in freedom who have gone beyond the dualities of life. Competing with no one, they are alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to them. They are free, without selfish attachments; their minds are fixed in knowledge”. – Bhagavad Gita (4: 22)

Get out there and act!

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Conquer your fear

*Warning. This will be a massive post over the next 3 weeks dedicated solely to fear.

"Fear is illusory; it cannot live. Courage is eternal, it will not die," said Swami Sivananda

Fear. We've all experienced it. We have all felt it's debilitating grip tighten around our hearts. A question I get asked constantly is how do you overcome fear?

Rationalize Your Fears

"If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry." - The Dalai Lama

I've developed a fatalistic attitude towards fear over the years. It basically goes like this "I'm going to die one day, and ten billion years from now, when the sun will have overheated and incinerated the planet and everyone on it... Nobody is going to care what I said to that girl or did in public etc". It just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever when you look at the grand scheme of things. Human beings have walked upright for two million years and our lifespan covers barely 100 of those years. Does anything really matter all that much?

“When the senses contact sense objects, a person experiences cold, heat, pleasure or pain. These experiences are fleeting; they come and they go. Bear them patiently. Those who are unaffected by these changes, who are the same in pleasure and pain, are truly wise and fit for immortality. Assert your strength and realize this. The impermanent has no reality; reality lies in the eternal”. - Bhagavad Gita

Seriously, get rid of stupid expressions like "Omg, I wanna die" or "I'll never recover from this". Don't make things into a big deal - they arn't.

Let Go

I've covered the topic of renunciation again and again. I can't stress enough just how important it is in triumphing over your fear.

"As long as man is in the grip of desire, he will never escape fear for he either fears his inability to obtain the object of desire or having obtained it, his ability to retain it". -Swami Sivananda

Ah! Now we're on to something. The second of the Buddha's Four Noble Truths is that desire is the root of suffering, while his third of the Four Noble Truths is that the extinguishing of desires will be the extinguishing of suffering. What is wrongly translated here and is especially important for laymen (read: those who arn't willing to shave their heads and wear safran forever) is that by desire, he means selfish desire. In plain English; if you stopped worrying about yourself all the time, you won't be afraid so much. Selfishness leads to egotism, the separateness of I from the rest of life. Egotism leads to a lust for possession. Through the lust of possession creeps in fear, slowly but surely, as you now have something to lose.

The fact is, you don't really need all that much to be happy. For every perceived flaw, for every perceived inability, you can find someone who has it worse and found a way to make the best of it.

While discussing with some members of our community, I realized an interesting distinction; The Centered Man Project isnt about self-development, it's about self-destruction. It's deliberately wearing your false self down, it's taking the emotional bruising to the ego until there is nothing left but who we really are. It may seem crazy, but it is in fact liberating.

Go and expose yourself to what it is you fear. Just show up. Expose yourself and observe the way it makes you feel. Where is that fear located? Are you shaking? What are you thinking? Can you see clearly? Really take a minute to feel everything you should be feeling. Did it? Good.

Now, tell me; are you still you? Yes? Ok, now feel around your body. Still alive? Yep. Good.

Check in next week for part 2.

Serve. Love. Give. Meditate. Nothing can frighten you.

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The game is pretty simple. It is a journey from point A (meeting) to point B (seducing) while avoiding the road bumps that lie in between. Anyone who tries to sell you on the idea that it is a complicated and intricate process is a liar. If the game is simple, does it make it easy? Hell no. Nothing in life that's worth having comes easy. But it sure is simple.

Imagine this; you are in Cancun on spring break and there are people partying everywhere. You feel more relaxed than you would back home. You notice a group of girls standing nearby and you nudge your friends to take a look. They approve, so you wave them over. "Come have a drink girls!", they look enthused and walk towards you. Back home, you would never talk to strangers like this, but there's something about being in Cancun on spring break that just makes you not care. Hey, everybody's doing it!

After downing a few shots together, you and Chelsea, one of the girls from the group you waved over, find yourselves having a surprising amount of fun together. I mean you aren't really talking about anything serious at all, but just shooting the shit, giggling and having fun. Eventually, you tell Chelsea to come to your room for a pre-drink before hitting up the club later that night. She comes over and before you know it, you two are on the bed, her top is off and you're hard as hell. Cancun.... Beautiful.

Entitlement + Opportunity = Game

Most people think that what happens on vacation is different than real life. It's like a warped reality where anything goes. I was guilty of the same thoughts until it began to dawn on me: You see, I began to meet and spend time with naturals who would put even the greatest of PUAs to shame. I had dinner with a friend for his birthday only to later find out that he had an orgy after dinner ended. I had a friend who would sleep with strippers and playboy playmates and just pull out unexpectedly mid-fuck to go read his emails, just because he could. I've seen and heard some extraordinary things that made me re-think the way I saw attraction and 'game'.

Entitlement:

Entitlement is simple to understand yet difficult to integrate. That, I believe, is what makes it so hard for you to close your dream girl. In Cancun, you would go and speak to any girl you want to, even if you think you didn't have a chance (Why do you think even your loser friends come back with epic stories and lays?). Why is Spring Break so different than real life? It isn't. What takes place there is what takes place here, although much faster and and with less social barriers. Essentially, the fact that it is far from home and there will be no consequences gives you (and her) the entitlement to act the way you truly want to act. Let that sink in for a second. It's much the same concept as watching bachelor parties where a bunch of assholes wearing sombreros and dildos strapped to their chins walk into a club like a tornado, have a blast and make out with everyone's girl. That same sombrero-wearing dildo-rockin' idiot will be the pretty little wallflower any other night, but not tonight. Tonight, he's entitled.

So how do you get entitled? Picture Leo DiCaprio walking up to a club. Even if he's in some foreign country where no one has ever heard of him (North Korea?), he'll still walk in like a boss, smile and wink at every girl and just chill around the guys like if everyone is having a good time because of is presence. It's about having the mindset of "I'm here... You lucky devils". Over time, your level of entitlement will reflect your standing in life. In other words, if you feel like a loser, you'll behave like one. However, if you believe you're a rockstar, you will behave in that way. Sounds easy? It isn't. You will be tested for it. And the hotter the girl (read; the higher on a pedestal you put her) the harder it will be to maintain your frame. Everything falls into this category. No more games, no more tactics, no more routines. You can bypass all of that if you're entitled and your frame is solid. You have to truly believe with every ounce of your soul that she deserves you and you deserve her. You have to speak to her like an equal, not like a cheap salesman. You can only escalate if you feel entitled to touch her. You will only kiss her if you feel entitled to do so. You can only whisper sexual things in her ear if you feel like you are sexy while doing it. You will only sleep with her if you feel like you are good enough to handle her. There is no bypassing this. Cultivating entitlement is about shutting down the voice inside your head that tells you you can't, and magnifying the one that tells you you should.

Opportunity

Opportunity is the easiest part to act on and to understand. Whenever I speak to her, I'm providing her with an opportunity to meet me. When I qualify her, I'm providing her with an opportunity to show me she's good enough. When I invite her to hang out, I'm providing her with an opportunity to be alone with me. When I'm bringing her up to my room, I'm providing her with an opportunity to experience a pleasure she's never felt before. Everything is opportunity.

I can't stress enough how important this is. If you are an attractive man overall, and feel it, it becomes as simple as looking at women with a "I know what you're thinking you bad girl" smirk, then providing her with an opportunity to meet and be with you. "Let's go get some air", and you both vanish.

Build Your Legend.
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New article up gentlemen!

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My man, these posts are great!!

Its been a while since I've been to this forum. I've been enjoying college, and living the adventure. But I still see in the general questions forum a habit where beginners rush straight to their question about one girl.

It's a terrible pattern. Beginners need to rush to the inner game section and read posts like these.

I wish I was in Montreal to attend your meetings. Keep on encouraging each other and seeking truth.


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My man, these posts are great!!

Its been a while since I've been to this forum. I've been enjoying college, and living the adventure. But I still see in the general questions forum a habit where beginners rush straight to their question about one girl.

It's a terrible pattern. Beginners need to rush to the inner game section and read posts like these.

I wish I was in Montreal to attend your meetings. Keep on encouraging each other and seeking truth.
Many thanks brother.

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Want to kill anxiety?

What Would Buddha Do?

The Buddha says that anxiety is caused by a rift between who you think you are and who you want to be, which in turn stems from not knowing who you truly are. The friction that arises as a result of a blockage in your desired outcome causes the emotional response that is anxiety. Think about it; When wanting to move across three lanes on the highway, anxiety arises. You are now in one lane, and want to be three lanes down. In the same way, when you see a beautiful woman you wish to speak to, anxiety arises because there is a gab between you and your desire (which is to be over there laughing it up with a new lovely woman).

“The disunited mind is far from wise; how can it meditate? How can it be at peace? If you know no peace, how can you know joy?” - Bhagavad Gita [2:66]

Think of Neo, from the Matrix. When he sees the Matrix for the first time, nothing else matters. It’s like a veil has been lifted and he sees things the way they truly are. In the same way, you can begin to ‘see the Matrix’ as well, so to speak.

Make a conscious choice

Ridding yourself of anxiety, like fear, is a conscious decision you make. Being free of anxiety is about refusing to entertain the thoughts that will not lead you to where you want to be, and magnifying the ones that will. Just like the Buddha said, anxiety stems from not knowing who you truly are, so decide who you are. Right here, right now. You have the ability to decide what kind of person you wish to be, and once you decide that, every thought that arises that is contrary to what you hope to achieve, you discard.

“They live in freedom who have gone beyond the dualities of life. Competing with no one, they are alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to them. They are free.” – Bhagavad Gita [4:22]

Faith

Without faith, none of this is possible. As men, it is our instinct to cling to things and refuse to let go unless we have absolute proof. We think “prove to me first that it will work out… and then I’ll give up my support structures”, but the universe doesn’t work like that. It mischievously responds “Give up your support structures first… and then we’ll see”. We have no choice but to take the leap anyway. It is only through great surrender that we begin to notice the miracles that take place all around us. Grass does not strain to grow, let go and recognize that the world works itself out as it should.

“Even sinners become holy when they take refuge in me alone. Quickly, their souls conform to Dharma and they attain to boundless peace. Never forget this, no one who is devoted to me will ever come to harm.” -Bhagavad Gita [9:36]

Purpose

What is your purpose? What have you set out to do? What is your nature? Who are you, really? If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you get there? If you don’t know what you want, how will you recognize it when you have it?

We’re talking about bridging the gap between who you are and who you want to be. Like when Neo is jumping from one building to the next, he jumps with total belief and for one second, just one tiny second, he doubts that it will work, and he falls. In much the same way, once you have a vision of what it is you hope to achieve, do not lose sight of it, not even for a second. Your thoughts must remain aligned with your purpose no matter the cost.

“Perform your work in this world as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.” – Bhagavad Gita [2:48]

Dig Deeper

When you begin to ‘see the Matrix’, all vain anxiety simply vanishes. When you act in line with your purpose and have absolute faith by refusing to let your thoughts interrupt you, when you absolutely know who you are, the world no longer frightens you. I’m not talking about learning a new habit here. These arn’t extraordinary feats that only a select few can accomplish. I’m talking about unlearning the bad habits you picked up along the way. Shedding, not adding. Shedding a belief is comparable to driving in a car with tinted windows for days and then stepping out and seeing the sun clearly for the first time. It was always there, you just didn’t allow yourself to witness it’s brilliance.

With the world clearly in front of you, you no longer see adversity. You no longer notice that guy throwing verbal jabs your way when you’re trying to be social. You no longer notice the people turn their backs on you. You no longer see the looks and the whispers and the accidents and the sorrow. It’s simply not there anymore. You only see the universe throwing experiences your way because it wants you to learn. It sees that you decided who you are, and will now test you to solidify your new world view. All of a sudden, the world is not so scary anymore – it’s actually quite fun. The universe is now acting through you and all anxiety is dispelled.

“Therefore arise, conquer your enemies and enjoy the glory of sovereignty. I have already slain all these warriors; you will only be my instrument.” – Bhagavad Gita [11:33]

Grass does not strain to grow. Let go and know that nothing can stand in your way.

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I love your posts man! Very inspiring and insightful

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Why you Must be Tested

Please excuse the hiatus.

Today’s topic will be quite a bit more advanced.

In my previous article about anxiety, I discussed the idea of refusing to entertain the thoughts that were not conducive to your growth.

In other words, you are encouraged to visualize what kind of person you want to be ten years from now (or in the near perceivable future). This shouldn’t be an exercise to be taken lightly or brushed off as inefficient. It provides very real benefits. When you decide what kind of man you want to be and maintain that image in your mind at all times, you begin to live your life in a more centered way. You subconsciously set a standard of behavior that you will follow. By realizing what is most important to you, you cease to pay attention to the little things.

“One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquer a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield.” – Siddhartha Gautama

This seems like a difficult feat to accomplish, and it absolutely is. However, nothing in life that’s worth having comes easy. Mastering your thoughts is the absolute key to defining your identity.

What it means to Master your thoughts

This is where it get’s tricky. the first step is to have a clear mental outcome in mind. You have to know what it looks and feels like to be the man you want to be. After you have that clear image, you must consciously bridge the gap between being and wanting to be, by committing yourself to moving closer and closer in that direction with your thoughts, words and actions.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

Step two requires, shedding, not adding. You must shed conditioned thoughts and habits that drag you off course.

A brief history of conditioned habits

Imagine your kindergarten class room. Your teacher walks in and exclaims; “who is the best artist in the whole world?”, now watch as every hand, including your own, shoots up. “Me! Me! I am!”

The teacher explains that she wants to put up a new painting for the parent teacher meeting and will select the best painting. You proceed to paint your little tush off and enthusiastically hand it to your teacher. To your great surprise, she chooses your classmate’s painting over yours and for the first time in your young existence, you experience disappointment.

But something deeper is happening

Your mind is an insecure and outdated machine. It’s basic function is to process the information that will lead to your survival, and discard what will not. Once you build an ego, your mind will constantly seek to reinforce the image you have of yourself. When your teacher chose your friend’s painting, she implanted something horrible in you: The belief that you are not good enough. The logic is this; “I thought I was the best, but she didn’t chose my painting. That must mean that I am not the best. What else am I not good at?” and from then on, you became hesitant to step up to the plate. Do we wonder why we live in a spectator culture, where people would rather watch the lives of others than live their own in a legendary way? When someone is in a fight, count how many people try to break it up, then count how many have their phones out and are just filming it.

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I digress

All of this matters for a reason. You must be tested.

Look around you. Just in your immediate environment there are hundreds of millions of particles floating around that you cannot see. Why? Because your brain decided it simply isn’t relevant to your survival. On top of that, your mind is lazy, and does not have the energy to constantly re-think your entire identity every single time it gets broken down. How is this good for you? You have the power to rewire your brain and consciously choose what you will give attention to. Once you have decided what kind of a man you want to be, you must commit to yourself to focus only on the evidence that reinforces that ideal and consciously reject what doesn’t. Delusional? A little bit. Does it work? Absolutely.

Look at it like this; A man with low self-esteem will walk into a bar. He will talk to 10 women. Of those 10, 6 will love him, 4 will hate him. When he leaves that night he will feel deflated as he won’t be able to stop thinking about how badly those women hated him. On the other hand, a high self-esteem man walks into that same bar. For whatever reason, 9 women hate him, and 1 loves him. He spends the entire night having a blast with that one women and getting to know her deeply. He walks away feeling on top of the world. Which man do you want to be?

The world will test you!

There is no other way. Once you have decided to be a man, you must go out and experience as much as possible so that you can gather the evidence required to cement your identity. You must hammer it in savagely and stick to your guns no matter what. Here, I think of the geniuses, artists and conquerors of the world. I think of the Teslas and the Caesars of history, who against all evidence to the contrary, stuck to what they wanted to achieve and were hated for it. Small people will hate you, but in the end, you will rise from the ashes. Don’t waste time wondering why bad things happen to you. Just recognize it for what it is; it’s just the universe helping you strengthen your identity.

Get out there. Right now. Leave your computer screen, shut off Facebook, block that porn sight and accomplish what you were born to do. Throw yourself head-first into the lake. Jump into whatever experience frightens you. Do as many different things as possible and grow.

“Let no one think lightly of good and say to himself ‘Joy will not come to me’. Little by little a person becomes good, as a pot is filled by drops of water” – Siddhartha Gautama

Give. Love. Serve. Meditate.

Mack

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I see a heavy influence in that kids example of Zac, would you say you are?

If so, do you recommend any particular video about him?

You inner game thoughts must come from somewhere other than Siddhartha.

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I see a heavy influence in that kids example of Zac, would you say you are?

If so, do you recommend any particular video about him?

You inner game thoughts must come from somewhere other than Siddhartha.

Thanks.
Good day my friend. Who is Zac?

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I`m sorry, I was referring to Zan Perrion, a great pick up artist.


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I`m sorry, I was referring to Zan Perrion, a great pick up artist.
Ah that makes more sense.

Zan is a friend of mine, and has been a huge inspiration to me, though our paths are different. Zan is on the path of the lover, mine is the path of the warrior (look up the differences).

Because you brought him up though, I'll share one of my favourite Zan stories which should give you an idea into his character.
He was in my city for a couple of weeks and we all met up to go to one of the most high-end clubs. Flo-Rida hangs out there when he's in town, so does George Saint Pierre (he stole a girl off me once hahah).
Anyway, Zan saw these stunners and walked right up to one and she turned her back on him. I asked him what happened and he smiled and said "She's a great girl. She knows what she's doing". He goes on to the next one, they chat a bit but she turns from him. He goes to a third one who again, turns her back on him. Each and every time, his reaction was always the same; "She's a great girl. She knows what's going on... She knows". That's not to say that Zan is a fraud by the way. A stunning woman left her date to spend the evening with Zan. But what should be taken away from this is he never tried to justify it, never tried to protect his ego as 'the greatest seducer on earth', he never made excuses or tried to analyze what went wrong. He didn't try to lower the girl, or throw some snide remark at her. He was in no way deflated or self-conscious. He just smiled and kept on going. Everyone has the right to invite, but we often forget that everyone has the right to refuse.

As for what inspires my inner game: I dont see things as outer versus inner game. Those are dualities that flow in and out of each other. The barrier between the two is non-existent and artificial. But I've said it before and I'll repeat this: Hands down, the book that helped my game the most is The Bhagavad Gita. Believe it or not, it has everything you need.

To conclude, I am in some ways similar to Zan, but I am in more ways different. I respect him, and consider him a friend, our paths are different. I have never taken a boot camp and doubt I ever will. Self-discovery was the greatest investment I've ever made. You can never have any depth in anything without introspection. We are born to be successful with women. Once I realized that it was about unlearning and not learning, my life took a decisive turn.

Mack

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