As I have posted repeatedly what I am writing has nothing to do with debate, logic, reason, making a point, being intelligent, being smart, making a case.Winston wrote:You're not making any valid points here. You are just arguing for the sake of arguing. If you had a real point or case, you'd make it. Thus your lack of a valid point speaks for itself.
You lack the wisdom and spiritual growth to grasp, 'Grok', 'Get', understand what I am stating.
You are thinking in the low terms of debate.Do you even understand what we are arguing here? I said that confidence is not some magic thing that makes or breaks anything. It does not determine whether a girl likes you or not. It is a factor, yes, but overhyped. Do you disagree with that? If so, why?
I am speaking in terms of spirituality and 'Do or Do Not, There is no Try..."
There is nothing to agree with or disagree with, Winston.
It either is, or it is not.
You either have confidence or you don't.
You guys are young and obsessed with getting p***y. You thus think of it as something, a tool, to get a girl to like you or not.
I am talking about something else entiirely larger than that, and you and the others do not 'get it'.
This is not about intellectual understanding.
It is about knowing something.
My chances to do what? Live? Yep. Take more than one punch? With 3 months hard training, yes.- If you fought Mike Tyson in the ring, would you feel confident about your chances? If so, based on what reason?
You don't 'get it'. You continue to bring up what someone thinks of their level of MASTERY, ABILITY or COMPETENCE.
What you think of your abilities is not CONFIDENCE.
No, Winston. YOU THINK that 'you gotta have a reason to be confident.;'.You gotta have a reason to be confident.
Because YOU THINK THIS, you are not confident.
You don't get it. Confidence is not something that can be debated about to convince yourself of how to be, or not be, confident.
My life disproves your thesis.Being confident for no reason doesn't get results.
Your thinking limits you, Winston. You don't get it.It wasn't based on nothing. But if you tried to swim across the English channel at your age, would you feel confident? No, and you shouldn't, cause that's not a realistic goal that you can achieve, and it would be dangerous to attempt too.
If I trained for one year, I could swim the English Channel. The oldest person to do so was 70:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 610018.stm
I have been to 11,500 feet on many mountains. The first time I did so I had no reason to think I could other than I kept putting one foot in front of the other. This was AFTER 2 heart attacks, by the way.
As I have posted, you don't, you cannot get it.
This isn't about an argument.
You believe that you must have a reason to be confident, and your belief defines whether you are confident or not.
I know that I do NOT have to have a reason, and thus I am confident with no reason when I try something new
Of course. Your mocking tone indicates you lack the wisdom to comprehend. That is not Yoda, that is 3,000 year old wisdom that you don't recognize.Should I use the Yoda analogy and say "Do or do not. There is no try." in regards to you swimming across the English channel?
Either swim the channel or don't. There is no third option of 'try'. If I try to do something I am thinking that I will fail, before I have begun.
You are looking for a logical debate, a reason, when there is none. I am not debating you. You are seeking a debate. I am pointing to a Truth and saying:Confidence helps and gives you an edge. Yes. But it has its limitations. We all know that. Life is about multiple factors, not just one factor. We all know that. So what are you arguing about?
Do you contest any of this? If so, why? Explain yourself and give your reasons. No bullshit denial this time.
'Look - there it is...'
and you are too immature to see it for what it is.
That's because you don't have the wisdom, experience and spiritual growth to 'get' what I am writing.
You are not ready.
Join a Monastery. Really. The time will do you good. You very much need it.
I am done with this thread.
Wasting time on those who are unenlightened and very very smart gets you no closer.[/quote]