My biggest contention with esoteric and religious teachings (okay, to be precise, it's only one of the more important ones) is that they always give rise to projection, because there always seems to be a holier-than-thou element.
For example, one guy, after I don't know how many weeks of nofap/semen-retention claims that other men are now much more aggressive towards him. The thinking is that nofap makes you "more alpha" and more attractive or something, and others react to that. And he's not the only one. Not by a long stretch.
Yet, somehow, this is not seen as a challenge to the nofapper, but as a flaw of all others. Because the practice is perfect and flawless and holy in and of itself, of course, by way of dogma. Therefore, others have to be to blame.
Remember the old adage: "If erveryone around you seems like an asshole..."!
Wouldn't it be simpler, and more plausible, to conclude that you have
become more aggressive because of your practice, and that you should
change yourself, instead of trying to change others? Or maybe... you
know... change your practice, or even abandon it, if there are unwanted
side-effects?
Nuh-huh. Cannot have that. Can. NOT.
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