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thereās emotional infohazard in sharing this stuff, since it hurts if youāre not there, but I think itās important to know the incredible heights youāre capable of. Every one of us could have a bright and happy future if we figure out good and safe protocols for getting there
In fact itās probably the exact same circuitry. That weāre wired to get into this state permanently with relative ease - that you can feel butterflies in your stomach because youāre about to spend time with yourself (!) - is a treasure future generations will reap
Iād also like to highlight (got a dm about this) that self love is not selfishness or narcissism. Itās literally just self + love. When you hold your baby and have unconditional compassion for them - itās just that, but for yourself. Itās not about grandiosity
Itās also not self-care. Self love isnt taking a bath or doing your nails itās just self + love and you can have it doing anything. Mothers still unconditional love their toddlers when theyāre sick and poop everywhere
Canāt give you a detailed protocol but āall you need to doā (itās hard) is find how to access your view of yourself stored in your emotional memory then trigger memory reconsolidation to make it plastic and change it. When it hardens itāll be updated forever
And Iām extremely confident we can all get there. Direct electrical stimulation of the reward system has a 100% cure rate on depression, and emotional memory really does set how you feel about things, and one of those things is you
Lastly, I def donāt know everyone who achieved this, but I personally donāt know anyone who got there without making it a targeted goal and aiming right at it with a high tolerance for risk. It might not be worth it for you to try- and humanity should work hard to make it safer
But when they do, itās usually a broad-spectrum cure to most of their problems, which melt, though they donāt tell people about it bc it feels unfair (her point here). As humanity if we get practically everything wrong but get just this one thing right, our future will be bright https://t.co/Vl7VJe6MBg
@nickcammarata though feels different from hutterflies in the stomach as you describe it. It's more of a quiet peace of mind for me, as if I'm waking in a fresh linen in the morning after enough sleep, and the day is promising, and you only postpone it for so long to feel it through
@codexeditor I think that's an interesting question if I interpret it in the right way, but for the purposes of this specific thread I just want to be clear I think love isn't defined by sacrifice, but by specific circuits in emotional memory. Edit the right circuit and love goes up
@nickcammarata Do you think some fail to have courage b/c of social pressures against self-love? I've often faced backlash for acting edgy, while others faced backlash for not giving into social pressure to "do well in school/career " - and some can't reconcile self-love with NOT giving in
@nickcammarata Thank you for sharing! I've been on this journey since last year and you're right that it's something you have to work on directly. I've written about my experience here if anyone's interested: https://t.co/YhDgBWED41
@nickcammarata I really love hearing your thoughts, even if I inhabit a very different mental space. It's interesting that you mention wire heading in a positive (-ish?) light. I'm terrified of wire heading (for many reasons) Always refreshing to see your perspective, thanks for sharing :)
@nickcammarata I think we should speak about it more - from my experience, people donāt really know theyāre not there so it would hopefully be more interesting than hurtful. They either hate themselves as a default or they discover something like self-love is possible
@nickcammarata Thanks for sharing this, Nick. You came up in a conversation with @metaLulie about self-love and non-coercion. š What I found useful in cultivating self-love is: 1- Noticing how I was speaking to myself 2- Not judging others https://t.co/1IJrn6EQVN
I've been speaking about this a lot in the past 1.5 years, but I've never written a thread about it I can reference in my conversations. So here it is: Why self-love is the most important starting point (and pursuit). š And how I personally discovered this...
@nickcammarata The power broker in your life is the voice that no one hears. How well you revisit the tone and content of your private voice is what determines the quality of your life. It is the master storyteller, and the stories we tell ourselves are our reality.