Per @AlexanderGraves’s suggestion, let’s update this journal with some recent thoughts, inspired by some questions I’ve seen. 
Nothing too thought out, just some thoughts put down on paper.
Harmony and IDGAF
Recently there’s been a bit of a pendulum swing in the form of different masculinity concepts emerging, especially in the so-called red-pill, black-pill and dozens of other “pills”.
One of them being IDGAF.
A man should never care about anything around him, he should be James Bond style cool. The man-gurus will tell you - just be stoic. Be as a rock. Never react to anything.
Of course, this is usually all for that singular goal of increasing your success with women - and while there are other goals of increasing your success, I’ll just go with that one for now.
Now here’s the thing…
Nothing wrong with wanting to succeed with women. But you have to think deeper for a second, otherwise you’re never going to achieve true mastery.
Why do you want to succeed with women?
We all, by the sheer nature of existence, want closeness. There might be reasons on top of that reason, such as wanting to prove oneself to previous trauma, beliefs layered on top of us by others in our childhood, etc.
But denying any part of that is dishonest to yourself, and robs you of your own power. Denying it for the sake of being “red-pill” or “man” is foolish.
Even more foolish is forcing yourself to be IDGAF in every single moment of your life.
You are depriving yourself of the full gamut, the full experience, of life.
You want to feel the rejection, you want to feel the sadness, you want to feel the moment of success and bonding.
Through blocking all emotions, you stop yourself from learning.
By embracing them, you learn from every emotion - you will learn and grow twice as far.
But of course, there is some truth in those teachings nonetheless. Stoicism, the sense of “I’ve been there and done that” is attractive.
But to achieve that, on a level that is natural and not forced to the point of having to live a lie (which is easily exposed once a challenge is thrown your way), you need…
Experience.
You really do have to “be there, done that”.
But here’s the kicker. It’s not just the “been there, done that”. It is also a state of inner harmony, of equilibrium within your being. Something much more subtle that is so often discarded by modern society.
Indeed, it is easier to say “meet a thousand women and you’ll have it” than “go deeper within yourself”.
First one is clear, the second one? What is that even supposed to mean?
But that is where true mastery is found. And don’t get me wrong, none of this is replacement for action. Now, IDGAF is nice, it will serve as a lesser form of “attraction”, that you will need to constantly keep going until you achieve it through experience.
But harmony of your inner being, a state where nothing external can push you off balance - that is something to strive for.
That is something rare and extraordinary in these modern times. It is subtle, but subtle is power. It doesn’t simply build attraction - it builds mystery, it enhances anything you put your mind to.
It requires careful consideration of everything that you do. It necessitates closer communication with your inner world. It must be developed and cultivated. You might even seem strange at first to others - mastery is often misunderstood.
IDGAF is the not necessarily easy but quite a straight-forward path. Mastery and harmony is a windy and complicated path - until it makes sense.
So we must strive to look deeper, beyond the modern concepts that are so easily shown before you. We must strive to listen to ourselves and freely explore our inner being, even those parts we might not like.
Learn what you can, use what is good, but go beyond. Don’t settle for the easy path that gives you some results, seek the path that gives you all which you desire.
No pills - become legendary.
Master yourself.
