Stupidity in the Common Man

[spirit4711]

Originally Posted by siryessir08

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Is there any particular type of place that many high-awareness people tend to gravitate to?

Yes. It's called Acceptance.

It's not a place called Labeling. Or Division (smart / not smart or high awareness / low awareness: how limiting is that?). Or Resistance.

[MagicalRealist]

Originally Posted by siryessir08

I have a problem guys.

I can't make friends. I can't talk to people.

Almost every time I meet someone at a social event, I quickly realize that they are stupid.

Then you're going to the wrong social events and hanging out with the wrong kinds of people.

What kind of people do you want to meet? What kinds of interests do they have? What sort of activities do they enjoy? Answer those questions, then seek out the groups and social situations that will bring you into contact with those kinds of people. They aren't just going to come to you; as with any other circumstance in your life, if you are unhappy with it, you have to take the initiative to find something better.

ETA: From my own experience as a teenager and young adult, I made most of my friends among people my parents' age (or at least in their 30s). Initially, I met them because we shared a common interest--usually art--and as time went on and I met their friends and was introduced to other people in turn my social circle widened.

It takes time, patience, and persistence to cultivate those kinds of relationships, unlike the ones you just fall into by default because you're in the same dorm or taking the same classes and happen to be the same age. But for me it was definitely worth it.

[Cristal Lilly]

Originally Posted by siryessir08

One problem I've had is that I get annoyed by non-smart (stupid) people. It starts off slow and continues to creep throughout the conversation. I see the assumptions they make, the judgments they make, and the limiting beliefs they have and that they are not even aware of it. I see sheeple.

oooh I think I can help you with that one. I see this thing sticking out to me from this whole thread. I think you're seeing you, the way you were before this path to enlightement you seem to try and take these days. I think you're seeing that old you in those people.
I think you haven't forgiven yourself for being the drunk idiot at a party and that you judge your old you very much. I see you being almost disgusted at yourself, and not seeing the old you as a necessary part of your path.
I believe this is the main cause of that panicky feeling you get that you're going to drown in other people's stupidity and that they're going to drag you down to the black pit of unconscious life.
(I'm using dramatic language here not to mock you, but because I prefer to be somewhat dramatic)

can you see what I'm talking about?