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Originally Posted by Paul C  The main problem that I have when speaking about self development, and more often subjective reality, is that most people of my age group (19) don't understand what I'm talking about or even care. More often than not I can relate far better with people twice my age, generally because they're far more knowledgable and I can have a two-way conversation with them. Unlike many I know who would rather just change the subject to something far more mundane or nod and listen without giving their own opinions. Anyone else get that feeling? or at least, used to? |
ABSOLUTELY.
I've just turned 20, and have been into this sort of stuff since I was at least 16-- I feel like it's made me into such a better person, but that the breakthroughs I keep having with regards to reality or consciousness or just human thought itself are things I always have to keep to myself. I don't find many people who are really thinking on this level, even though I'm from a highly-cultured city (New York) and go to a very liberal, highly-regarded school (Bennington College, in Vermont). Fortunately I've found some over the years, but this forum seems like one of the first places so many like-minded people have really been able to gather--and for that I'm so grateful!
So glad to see some younger people here... I really didn't want to be one of the only ones. But yes, this is all largely a secret--I already have the reputation of being "the New Agey kid", which I'm not too happy about, and that's without people mostly even knowing very much about what I'm thinking. If we started getting into subjective reality, etc., they'd have to be on drugs to "get" me...
Anyway, hi. And yes.