Quotes About Love (for Men)

  1. Women and children are loved. Not men.
  2. Love is the desire of goodness.
  3. Attention is to women, what achievements are to men.
  4. Men love idealistically, women love opportunistically.
  5. "You see women are warned about the dangers of men all their lives, that men will manipulate for sex, to be careful, to test him and be cautious etc. They have their defences up, even when they're naive. But who warns men about women? Nobody. Most learn the hard way - through pain."
  6. "If men were informed in advance that the love of a woman they are romantically involved with is conditional, and unreliable, they would be far less heartbroken when a woman leaves them."
  7. "Open for rich, closed for poor".
  9. Women are ungrateful. "Women in their hearts think that men are intended to earn money so that they may spend it, if possible during their husband’s lifetime, but at any rate after his death."


Why listen to the rishis?

Short answer is : For your own good. 

Technology has made dreams of an ancient-man come true. You can video-talk to someone sitting thousands of miles away, can travel at a speed unimaginable a few hundred years ago. 

Despite having these external facilities today, man may feel discontent with life. Or a man may not live life to one's fullest potential.

The rishis knew truth that the human nature will not change. We will always have tendencies of selfishness, competitiveness and fairness/justice and more; like anger, jealousy etc. They understood that *beyond a point* the externals will never satisfy us. 

Let's take one aspect of human nature, fairness. If only you have the ability to travel instantly to distant places; it will certainly make you feel more content. However, if everyone has the ability to travel in an instant, it won't make us feel more content. As is the case with most external technologies. The external advancement is insufficient for a fulfilling life. 

Therefore, it is foolishness; to deny the need of a system; that regulates the internal.

The rishis emphasized on the internal. With the knowledge of the internal truths, one can enhance the experience. The religion and the scriptures deal with this aspect. 

Listen to the rishis for your own good. 

*End


 


 

Shaping the Present

 We are moved by ideas. Idea must be transformed into actions to yield results. Too many ideas make your brain wander. So, I will be filtering a few ideas as per following tweet and make the boring work streamline untill I have enough time to work on something new that will align with goals.

 So I should work to systemise current workflow. Add products to new marketplace. Only once this complete I should look for other opportunities. 

Good thing is, the short inactivity in outer world (partial weekly lockdown) has made me think about myself. There has been too much distraction in form of social media, sugar and the usual work. 

It is useless to just think about anything new unless the current work-flow is not healthy enough to give extra time. 

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Sucker

An old note. 
Knowledge as property. 

"It stalls the process and turns you into a sucker". 

Found it scribbled. And its very good. Maybe Taleb said this, but I'm not sure. 

Knowledge shall not be treated as a property. Hmm.

Journal Posts

Monday, July 13th, 2020

 So, what the issue. 
No-one belongs to anyone?
Stagnancy? 
Not able to take the challenge of life?
Afraid of struggle ahead?

Point being, I can not share these things with anyone. There's no-one. 
Most friends do not wish for my progress. 

I am not afraid of struggle. But, this immediate requirement was not expected. Although I had idea, however; it came sooner than expected. 

This process of remaking everything, that I can feel. 
Looks like fortune wants me to learn the steps beforehand. 

I just need some time, to stabilize from this disruptive time in the market. 

I have been ignoring the time taken to prepare for monthly sales. 
Also, not able to research on new areas. 

Actually, this is developmental phase, that I need to focus on work rather than other things. This is what bothers me. 


Monday, September 14th, 2020

What is this desire of companionship? 
It certainly is there. We desire for a friend, soundboard, or maybe someone with whom we can share our thoughts etc. Or maybe only the miserable people desire companionship. The happy do not feel any 'need' of friends / companions. Their life is already fulfilled. 

Seneca wrote something like this, 'one should not be in 'need' of a friend, however; if he's there, it will make life more beautiful'. 

'Like one should not mourn over loss of a hand, however, if it is there, we will make good use of it.'.  

May be it is desire of love? 
 Which we know ideally turns into companionship with time in 'marriage'. This has been found to be best possible method for men. 

It's rare to have a 'real friend'. Probably we ourselves do not deserve that kind of friendship. Lacking in the 'integrity' ourselves. I mean, before blaming someone else; if we look closely it is very much possible that since we have not given ourselves to someone, how can we expect somebody else to give them to ourselves? 

Human relationships are a complex thing. 

Maybe, those who have mastered the art of 'happiness' or have a natural tendency to be happy; do not philosophize ! 

[Schadenfreude : Maybe enemies are a cure for schadenfreude. We need enemies.] 

PS : 
"Alone is a physical state.
Lonely is a mental state."

@ArmaniTalks

Alone is a physical state.

Lonely is a mental state.

Hearing is a physical state.

Listening is a mental state.

Broke is a physical state.

Poor is a mental state.

— ArmaniTalks 🎙🔥 (@ArmaniTalks) September 13, 2020

Tuesday, June 15th, 2021

Masculine Hierarchy of Needs:





Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs:



Ok, it looks like that being a leader of a Tribe satisfies our 'need' of belonging & building. 

This need of belonging with fellow human beings is very strong, and probably the reason why most people are ready to 'follow' some authority. It's easier to follow & satisfying one's innate desire of belonging than being a leader who is by definition 'lonely'.


Signs you're on the right track:



https://x.com/Mach_Tactics/status/1907598762748555287?t=IJJQBUoHmgJunWG1kgwGXA&s=19

If you have a significant following or fame of any sort, there are going to be people who hate you.

It does not matter what you do or what you say; there will be haters.

Jesus preached Love and Peace, and there were still people who wanted to kill him.,


https://x.com/Mach_Tactics/status/1907598762748555287?t=IJJQBUoHmgJunWG1kgwGXA&s=19




Random Surprise - Chapter 10 of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

I opened Meditations book randomly and got this surprise.

This has been one of very painful and liberating lessons of life for me. 

Kabir said : Sab paise ke bhai.
Nanak said : Eh jag meet na dekhyo koi

And thats truth. 

You just get people in your lives. 

The  thing I can-not comment on is 'children'. How they affect us. The emotional connect etc.

I also remember a monk that I met at Huda Metro Station, with whom I had a brief discussion. I forgot what I asked him, but the only thing I still remember is he said, "only soul is changeless, everything else is impermanent". 

Another monk I remember, who just said, "its true, you just have faith in any God (Ram or anyone else) and spend life, get married."

Also, as @fateh pointed out "people like you because how you make them feel."
Not the truth, not if you are a saint. 
No. 
"How you make them feel".
What can you do for them.

Will not touch upon dynamics of strangers, friends, relatives or family members.
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18-07-2020 : Reading again today - "Nature bound you to them". 
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15-12-2025
"From my great-grandfather: not to have attended schools for the public; to have had good teachers at home, and to realize that this is the sort of thing on which one should spend lavishly." - Meditatitons 1.4

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Nuance


  • Specifics gives clarity. Generic talks can only give shape to vision. Always go to specifics after discussion of the general. Details. 
  • People who make suggestions or ask you about your own growth are your well wishers. 
  • Google, Youtube in particular looks like is giving preference to individual creators. (12-07-2020)
  • There are people who will not change their belief even if you provide a contrary evidence. They will keep adding observations confirming their long held beliefs. Unable to let go their time investment, ego investment etc to waste. 
  • Intellectual honesty makes one easy to work with.
  • Everybody wants to feel important.
  • Awareness of impact of presence/absence of father is a blessing. Some people just have no idea that this is something they are missing or have missed.
  • Negatives in life can be avoided ( by avoiding / observing experiences of others or by learning from others), however anything positive, one needs to experience oneself. There is no other way. Self-experience is the only way. 
  • Understand 'headache'. (This is not about head).
  • Just found out that the fewer words by @fateh have been condensed. It is good to have explanation or reasoning behind that one sentence. Example "reading widely builds discernment". We should know how, reasoning behind it, a little explanation. (Although, it looks self explanatory.)
  • Inwardly calm, out worldly taking actions. Take a few moments to separate yourself from everything external.
  • V. good interview. I'm learning to take things that concern me. I have no understanding of interest rates, options, stock market etc so will ignore. I would like to understand basic 'accounting' (not finance, you see. accounting). So, I take following things from his interview: 
    • Squeezes are followed by a glut. Things, aka events now happen at faster pace due to internet.
    • That all that I can recall.
  • You see, Taleb liked someone comment that 'people hustling on twitter all day might be better if they get a job somewhere'. He's right. He's right for his estimation of a caliber. What about people like me who would love to have a a side hustle paying in $ while I spend in INR? The minimum $ wage is better if I spend in India. 
  • Not that he does not talk about this. He does as in his books and somewhere in printed articles. I remember he mentioned somewhere a CEO who informed his mom about a shoe store that he opened. His mom's dream was to own a shoe store. Right there, his mom slammed him saying, it's not the same thing.