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When Do We Become the Person We Ought to Be?

17 points toomuchtodo 2 hours ago 14 comments

datas 1 hour ago | parent

Makes sense, believers are on a journey of sanctification. The first battle is won when your soul is saved. The second battle is a lifelong struggle between the flesh and the spirit.

They are in constant opposition.

ge96 1 hour ago | parent

I'm in my 30s and I'm still a dumbass, six fig job still living check to check

Roland303 58 minutes ago | parent

that feeling will pass, brains keep on developing right through mid-40's. But I implore you to find a great accountant asap, you get what you pay for.

comrade1234 54 minutes ago | parent

Move out of CA.

jjsullivan5196 53 minutes ago | parent

fr dawg get outta dodge

comrade1234 57 minutes ago | parent

I feel much more at peace now that my sex drive has decreased. Before this feeling it was my primary goal and I was very successful but now I couldn't care less about sex.

So I often wonder about yogis and saints - are they better humans than me? But i dont think so when I read about people like mlk jr and jfk and how they were terrible people when it came to women, even worse than me.

chasd00 55 minutes ago | parent

I have to admit, it is nice when that edge comes off a little bit. Such a perpetual monkey on your back.

sjdh76 38 minutes ago | parent

There is flourishing and detachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-8

And there is flourishing and attachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-7

zabriel_goss 37 minutes ago | parent

Perhaps Freud was right about the libido!

Masayoshi Takanaka is a virtuosic City Pop guitarist who saw a recent renewed popularity while riding the resurgence of the genre's popularity. When asked in an interview if there would be a new album, he stated no, saying that humans lose their creative drive as their sexual energy declines, and this is why he could not produce a new album.

beebmam 20 minutes ago | parent

There’s no serious evidence that humans or any animal has free will.

tasty_freeze 19 minutes ago | parent

I'm a 62 year old straight man. I've described the change this way.

I've always been able to see a handsome man, say Pierce Brosnan back in the day, and say "he is quite handsome" without have a whit of sexual stirrings. When I was young seeing a beautiful woman would trigger desires, but now it is like looking at handsome men. I can recognize they are attractive but it is purely intellectual with no emotional or hormonal attachment.

biglyburrito 53 minutes ago | parent

August 29, 1997

socalgal2 52 minutes ago | parent

> It’s pretty clear that the typical American is always on the lookout for ways to improve their lives on a whole bunch of different dimensions.

This is not clear to me at all.

arjie 8 minutes ago | parent

In a sense, Sunday mass is just an all-hands where you're told the CEO's vision and you get to think about aligned you are with the vision.