I don't agree with everything the author says but he does have a few valid points even if we take out the 'new age' thing and connect it to what we are talking about:
On Brent smith's story creation technique \ written on a pua fourm no less
Story creation is just another delusion. Keep in mind that %99.9999 of the society is deluded and to be "enlightened" is to be that 0.000001% that's not delusional and to "see things as they are".
forget about 'enlightenment' for a moment...
'Story creation is just another delusion'- in a way it is...
rewriting your story (until it becomes a reality) is useless in my opinion-
for example: I can write and rewrite that 'I'm a chick magnet' or that 'I'm rich'....
what's the point?
If I want to become a chick magnet and I'm not, I need to learn what I'm doing wrong and what I need to improve:
example:
Do I have a needy vibe that I'm projecting?
Do I need better social skills?
after I figure out the problem I will search for people or books who can help me
If I want to make more money I need to find a way (again, like learning from people or books written by people who have done it and can teach me how...)
Therefore, if you're going to live in the matrix, then you're going to choose between one delusion or the other, than it's better to pick the "positive" delusion, aka the story creation.
In the end, what do we really want at the core?
to be happy with or without women, not to be depended upon women for our happiness
@Kidd
you always start with 'becoming your own best friend'...
You don't tell guys go have sex with 200 women and then become your own best friend because you know deep down what guys 'really want' and that by becoming your own best friend in the end will also help you get women because you don't project a needy vibe and you will also be indifferent to rejections.
becoming your own best friend does not require to write or rewrite over and over: 'I'm my own best friend' but rather to 'face your demons'...
you have to give up everything, including your goal to seduce women.
If you are going on the path of inner work and becoming your own best friend it's better to not focus on seducing women at that stage but focus on yourself.
You don't need to give up seducing women if an opportunity comes along however the main focus should be on yourself esp. if you just begun walking this path and you spent years chasing for approval from women...
A good example of this in the movie The Matrix, when the bad dude decides he wants to take the blue pill and go back into the Matrix but rich with filet mignon and women and all that.
Again, having women and money is awesome and you can have all that, but...
if you chase money and women while still in the matrix with the pink pill in your ass- well...
Enlightenment is like taking the red pill, it is permanent, there is no going back
Let's replace enlightenment with stepping out of the matrix, becoming your own best friend, becoming free.
Of course your goals are not 'gone', as pointed earlier you can still have money, women and etc...
but you will see everything differently now and you can't go back ('The value theory', 'everything in life is conditional' and etc...)
I say don't worry about the enlightenment stuff. Keep meditating, AND use story creation.
I would replace this with becoming your own best friend, working on your front, clout, niche edge and improving your unique personality traits.
Writing your goals once is enough in my opinion