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Just an observation from life:

Observed: a security guard from a provincial town with delusions of grandeur. He claims he is God because he sold his soul to the devil and will become God after death. No real achievements, does not study, unskilled labor, drinks alcohol, uses substances, watches TV. I met him because he left a profile on an asexual dating site. It turned out he lied for unclear reasons and is actually a regular sexual person. Blocked.

From GPT chat:

Important point:

Grandiose delusions often arise in people who:

  • feel inner helplessness,
  • experience strong frustration,
  • live in limited conditions,
  • have a chronic sense of unfulfillment.

The mind compensates:

“Right now I am nobody, but actually I am chosen.”

This is not anger or stupidity – it is the psyche’s way of coping with pain.

grandiose delusion
grandiose delusion, religious delusion

I’m studying a social psychology course now, the psychology of groups… it says that group members tend to rate members of their own group higher than members of other groups.

I think the secret to success might be in rating yourself lower, not higher.

russian factory girl
Russian factory girl

A Critical Review from a Traditionalist

How long will we feed ourselves fairy tales for retards? How long will we dance to the tune of gurus skilled in fooling naive followers, promising to turn water into wine by the power of thought, and become rich through visualization? Stop multiplying an army of infantile consumers convinced that the universe owes them something! The subject is the universal epidemic of “Thoughts Are Material” – the rotten core of New Age pop-trash, parasitizing on fragments and by-products of ancient knowledge, and that maniacal striving for a free wealth.

These “enlightened” adepts from “The Secret,” who consider themselves conduits of higher powers (and, conveniently, successful sellers of air), offer people not a path to self-improvement, but a cheap trick: squeeze your eyes shut, repeat the mantra “I am worthy,” and voilà – a villa in the Bahamas, a private jet, and a harem of young virgins. It’s just curious that these very gurus, so actively selling the success formula, don’t live in harems themselves, but in modest apartments, begging for donations from their brainwashed followers for their teaching – a food for fools. The irony, isn’t it?

Let’s rip the mask off this shit, expose this cynical fraud hiding behind noble slogans of “positive thinking.” True esoteric teachings are not a set of incantations to summon a wish-granting genie. They are the hard work of the spirit, requiring discipline, asceticism, self-denial, and the comprehension of the universe’s profound laws. And those mindless affirmations about positive thinking are merely a pathetic parody, the bad smell from the corpse of original knowledge. It is a desecration of sacred things, worthy of contempt.

The Cult of Infantilism and Egoism: “Wish it – get it,” “focus on yourself,” “you deserve the very best” – what a vile cocktail of egocentrism and consumerism! New Age places at its core not spiritual growth, not the cultivation of virtues, not service to higher ideals, but an overgrown EGO, demanding constant gratification of its base lusts. These domestic degenerates, incapable of even earning their own living, become parasites, sucking the life resources from their followers while giving nothing in return.

The Denial of Reality and the Law of Retribution:
Life is not Disneyland, where all wishes are granted by the wave of a magic wand. Our fate is determined not by our thoughts alone, but by the consequences of our actions and by predestination from above. To ignore these factors is to doom oneself to cruel disappointment and personal catastrophe. The ignorance of the New Age is boundless – their faith in this lie knows no end.

“Manifesting desires” is not a spiritual path; it is a disguised form of consumerist madness. Instead of seeking life’s meaning in spiritual development, they reduce everything to the banal accumulation of material goods. They worship the very mammon (the golden calf), reeking of New Age mantra stench. This greed is disgusting.

All “positive thinking” gurus are not enlightened teachers, but brazen swindlers profiting from the ignorance of the masses. They use psychological tricks and pseudoscientific theories to sell their useless courses and books upon people, squeezing out their last pennies. Oh, the obedient sheep, lining up for the shearing by cynical shepherds.

True values are: labor, self-discipline, uncompromising work on oneself and one’s ego. The only way to truly change one’s life is to take responsibility for oneself and stop blaming the Universe for everything. Learn to rely on God, learn to ask Him correctly (not to dream and visualize), to ask oneself the fundamental question: why do I live at all? Am I missing my one and only chance, and how should I prepare for death so as not to regret a life wasted?

No, if you are so weak that you cannot manage yourself yet want a yacht – go work, study, act!
Or, for heaven’s sake, sit in meditation on Mount Athos – at least you will achieve something, even if it’s not a yacht. Enough already with breeding useless infantilism!

Zaur Sefevi

People suffering from mental problems are healthier than the average person. This is how personal growth occurs – a painful rebirth. All evolution proceeds through crises. Strong individuals grow stronger, while the weak drop out of the mind-blowing drama of the Universe.

~ Erich Fromm

Daria Kalashnikova - Evening - 2020
Daria Kalashnikova – Evening – 2020
the desire to be loved is the last illusion. give it up and you will be free
Margaret Atwood

In my youth, I read Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and there was a line like: “Look at who surrounds you now – in five years, you’ll become like them.” The main idea was: surround yourself with businessmen, and in five years you’ll become a businessman yourself. I got really inspired by this idea and once even refused to visit a former classmate because she was a single mother – something I was terribly afraid of becoming. Anyway, I regret that now.

So why am I writing this? Later in life, I met all kinds of people—people at different financial levels, with different spiritual development, with various mental health struggles, even with suicidal thoughts. I think Covey’s principle shouldn’t be taken as dogma—that whole “success-only mindset, I only befriend people richer and more successful than me,” and so on. I think that’s a road to nowhere.

I feel closer to the Biblical ideas:
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others,”
or
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”
Because when you give desirably you will never have to.

In 1974, 23-year-old Dan Jury made a life-altering decision to move his 81-year-old grandfather, Frank Tugend, out of a nursing home and into his own apartment to care for him full-time.
In 1974, 23-year-old Dan Jury made a life-altering decision to move his 81-year-old grandfather, Frank Tugend, out of a nursing home and into his own apartment to care for him full-time.
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I was watching a video which said that people who become rich often don’t turn to art (like painting or writing) but instead focus on making more money. The speaker mentioned that even Maslow noted that only about 3% of those who reach the top of his hierarchy of needs (self-actualization) will engage in art creation. This shows that self-actualization isn’t always about art. If we consider the highest point in the chakra system – the crown chakra – it represents unity with God.

As it is known Buddhism is Atheistic concept\religion where Karma Law plays role of God and all gods obey it (are born and die). But acting positively in the wheel of rebirthes (Samsara) you can get out of it and get to Nirvana. My question is – is Nirvana eternal? The answer in Buddhism is yes, its not dualistic but singular… the Singularity itself (= the center of black hole or the state of Universe before the Big Bang where there is no cause\effect transition and no time correspondently). So in this case I dont understand the difference between theishic concepts (all world religions) and Atheistic Buddhism. Gods in the world religions are eternal and are cause of everything = Singularity. So final destination point of Buddhism – Nirvana (Singularity) is the beginning point of all the world religions.

In this case there is the question – who created God\Singularity? The answer is – Dichotomy (Karma Law) created Singulatity. Hen+cock created an egg. Black+white created grey. And after it Grey divided back to black & white. -1 and +1 created 0. Like in quantum mechanics there is a Superposition (wave and a particle at the same time). A Schredinger’s cat is dead and alive at the same time when the box is closed and the viewer cant see the cat… so there is the same with religions – Singularity and Dichotomy at the same time = Superposition. They also can replace one another and form a circle where the end is the beginning and the beginning is the end and so on.

heaven's chess
Nirvana and Samsara

Every choice and decision you’ve made in life has led you to this moment to see this pic.

arctic fox smelling flowers
An arctic fox is smelling flowers.
There is no life experience that is meaningless. Not a single lived moment is lost.
There is no life experience that is meaningless. Not a single lived moment is lost.

Question for AI: Buddha said – be generous to get rich and compassionate to defeat your enemies. Is this true?

Answer: This is a very interesting question that touches the depth of the Buddha’s teaching. There is no direct quote with this exact wording in the canonical texts (for example, in the Pali Canon).

However, this phrase very accurately conveys the spirit and logic of the Buddha’s teaching, though not in the sense of benefit as we often understand it. Let’s break it down.

  1. “Be generous to get rich”
    From the perspective of classical Buddhism, this does not mean: “Donate 100$ to get 1000 back.” That approach is a transaction, not true generosity (dana).

The truth behind this statement is much deeper:

Wealth as a karmic consequence: Generosity (dana) is one of the primary qualities that creates good karma. In Buddhist cosmology, generosity leads to rebirth in the heavenly realms or in a wealthy human family in the next life. So, “to get rich” here is understood as karmic response, not an immediate profit.

Wealth as an inner state: The Buddha taught that true wealth is not just gold, but also the wealth of faith, morality, wisdom, and generosity. A person who practices generosity frees themselves from greed, stinginess, and attachment to things. This feeling of inner freedom and abundance is the greatest wealth.

The psychological aspect: A generous person creates a positive social field around themselves. People treat them better and trust them more, which in the long term can lead to material prosperity as a side effect, but not as the main goal.

Conclusion: Yes, generosity leads to “enrichment,” but primarily karmic, psychological, and spiritual.

  1. “Be compassionate to defeat your enemies”
    This is an absolutely brilliant and central idea in Buddhism. Here, “victory” is not about destroying the enemy, but about ending the circulation of evil itself.

The law of karma: Hatred only gives birth to new hatred. If you respond to an enemy with evil, you only strengthen the cycle of violence (samsara) and become part of the problem.

Compassion (karuna) as a weapon: Compassion is not weakness, but a powerful force. When you respond to hatred with compassion, you break the vicious cycle.

Who is the real enemy? According to Buddhism, our main enemy is not an external person, but our own poisonous states of mind: anger, hatred, ignorance. To defeat an enemy through compassion means to defeat the anger within yourself. When there is no anger inside you, external enemies cease to exist for you.

A key quote from the Dhammapada that confirms this idea:

“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is it appeased. This is an eternal law.” (Dhammapada, 5)

Summary

The phrase you cited is not a direct quote from the Buddha, but it brilliantly and concisely summarizes the essence of his teaching on karma and working with the mind:

Generosity is an investment in your happy future (in this and subsequent lives) and a way to cultivate non-attachment.

Compassion is the most effective “weapon” for disarming an enemy and ending a conflict that begins in your own mind.

Thus, from the perspective of Buddhist philosophy, this is the highest truth, albeit understood on a deeper level than simple conventional wisdom.

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