Don’t entertain any ideas beyond the flesh.
Why flesh-forward thinking?
What is real? Your body. Your toes to your head. Your legs, abdomen, arms, and head. Head, arm, arm, leg, leg.
Why have we been taught to despise our bodies?
Typical christian morality. We have been taught:
The body is the source of all evils and deception. To gain enlightenment you must learn to despise the body.
What is the truth?
Nothing exists beyond our bodies and death. Once your body dies, your soul dies as well.
Where is morality holding us back?
The funny thing:
Even if you are not religious, you are probably restrained by Christian-Utilitarian morality.
Utilitarian thinking: this is essentially a new form of Christian morality (without the godhead).

My hypothesis:
Even modern American Utilitarian thinking says and thinks:
The body is evil.
How does consumerism work?
My thoughts:
1. Why is it okay to take the top off your convertible, but not to take your own shirt top off?
We all aspire to get some fancy sports car (convertible), or even a Lambo. But … why not aspire to make your body look like a hyper car instead?
My theory:
Consumerism works by thinking we can augment our bodies via (non-flesh) things.
For example, a man wants to feel more masculine and dominant. How does he do this? He buys a loud sports car, which is highly efficient in burning gasoline, making a lot of noise. Yet… the same man cannot walk around in public and screaming loudly how great he is.
2. You cannot buy an ideal body … or can you?
Let us not lie. There are more ideal body compositions than other. For example:
It is superior to be a man at 200 pounds with 10% body fat and high muscle mass than to be a man at 200 pounds with 40% body fat with low muscle mass.
Similarly:
It is better to be a woman at 130 pounds with 20% body fat and high muscle mass than to be a woman at 130 pounds with 50% body fat and low muscle mass.
All humans look better with higher muscle mass and lower body fat. It seems that for men around 10% is the optimal, and for women around 20% (for physiological purposes). Any lower, worse for reproductive health and sexual fertility. And certainly women need more body fat than men (all the lady parts and so forth).














































More faith in meat than money
What is more valuable if you’re starving on an island:
An oxen with 1,000 pounds of meat, or $1 million dollars?
Certainly the oxen! (assuming you got some grille, charcoal, etc).
Money ain’t real. Meat is real.
Thus for me:
I allow myself to purchase unlimited (cheap cuts) of meat. I have zero qualms about buying meat. It fuels me. And I put more faith in my flesh and human physiology than my ‘mind’, which is simply a reflection of my bodily health.
How does a flesh-forward line of thinking play out?
Prioritize your bodily health over your ‘mental’ health. Why? If your body is healthy and strong, your mind will also be healthy and strong.
Where does the source of our artistic power come from?
If I only slept 2 hours last night, of course I cannot be creatively productive. If my body is physically weak, I cannot create.
The source of all our artistic creation: our body and flesh.
Thus if your goal is to become a more productive artist:
Always prioritize your body and flesh.
ERIC KIM
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- Elite Asceticism
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- The Antidote to Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness
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- Why Live Forever?
- THIS TOO WILL PASS.
- Why Education?
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- Why Am I So Cruel?
- The Great Joy of Existence
- Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
- NO DISDAIN.
- INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
- A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
- BITTER IS BETTER.
- EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE
- DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
- PAIN.
- WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
- Tomorrow is Never
- Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
- EMBODIED REALITY
- BLACK SWAN
- THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
- What are you *really* afraid of?
- HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
- Philosophy is King
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- YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
- ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
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- OBEY YOUR OPINION
- EGO IS GOOD.
- WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
- Seek the Good Pain
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- EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
- Never Stop Gaining
- TRUST YOURSELF
- A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
- What Do You Desire to Become?
- What Do I Want from Technology?
- Stratified Society
- Do You Love or Hate Reality?
- On the Brian, Body and Mind
- I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
- Care over Fame
- ACTIVE NIHILISM
- Never Stop Subtracting
- How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
- A Risker Life is a Better Life
- Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
- How to Maximize Your Happiness
- Influence
- The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
- Meditations on Meaning in Life
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- Is Hope a Vice?
- EGO
- Why Be Unique?
- Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
- You’re the Hero
- Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
- Why Do We Prize the Rare?
- The Joy of Uncertainty
- How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
- A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
- Free or Unfree?
- What Do You Really Care For in Life?
- Anti-Satisfaction in Life
- Why Think?
- The Eternal Return
- Only Do What is Best for You!
- Truthiness
- Why Be Happy?
- Permissionless Living
- In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
- Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
- Happiness
- Beyond Freedom
- Idolize People, Not Stuff
- What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
- Why Hate?
- The Secret of Happiness
- You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
- Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
- Anti-Nihilism
- First, Do What is Best for You.
- Live Dynamic
- How to Prosper
- Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
- SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
- How to Become more Idealistic
- Thrivival 101
- Create Yourself
- Non-Small
- Inspiration
- How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
- Human Augmentation
- Prune
- Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
- Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
- Modern Slavery
- Kill the Leeches
- Wisdom Augmentation
- Why We Need Friction in Life
- Straight Line Philosophy
- What’s Your End-Game in Life?
- Create Your Own Happiness Today
- Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
- Try the Impossible
- SELF-RESPECT
- Anti-Social Extrovert
- Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
- Human Flourishing
- Simpler, Not Better.
- How to be Free
- Embrace the Extremes
- Cultivate Your Own Culture
- COURAGE.
- Thrivival
- Inner Power
- How to Live a Purposeful Life
- My Definition of Happiness
- Why Change is Good
- Why Work?
- How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
- The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
- You Always Have Another Option!
- INFINITISM
- Never Stop!
- What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
- Live Today Like it Were Your Last
- Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
- ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
- Live Life to the Fullest!
- In Praise of Selfishness
- Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
- Why I Love Walking
- Live Life Like a Video Game!
- Simple Luxuries in Life
- Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
- Only Prove it to Yourself
- You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
- Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
- Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
- How to Find Inspiration in Life
- Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
- An Active Life is a Happy Life
- My Simple Joys in Life
- Never Stop Striving
- How to Motivate Yourself in Life
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- How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
- In Praise of a Dynamic Life
- PURPOSE.
- How to Enjoy Life
- Photography Therapy
- How to Conquer Regret
- Take Your Play Very Seriously.
- How to Prosper
- Memento Vivere
- Destroy in Order to CREATE
- Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
- Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
- Seek Knowledge, Not Information
- The Purpose of Human Life
- How to Overcome Impedence
- Why I Love Death
- How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
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