Jasmin, PheroQuirk and I have all met with Neil Strauss now.
I saw him for short periods over 2 days at the beginning of summer (quite accidentaly in Vegas, somewhere that had nothing to do with PUA), and Jasmin and Quirk saw him recently. I know he and Jasmin have been SMSing a bit. We also know quite a few in his “inner circle” of “annihilators”.
I like the old videos of him myself, he seemed very authentic, like a good guy (I think I wrote about him positively in the past – you can search the forum and see). His writing is also incredible – I wish more modern writers had the skill he did! Very entertaining. Not much connection from chapter to chapter, really, but very clear, enticing work. This guy has some serious writing skills.
Unfortunately, all recent evidence indicates he may be becoming the new “Tyler Durden” (not the Fight Club one, the pua one), as you can read about in his book. To anybody familiar with this character from the “pick up world”, you know how sad this is.
I know Neil has been interested in Jasmin and what she does, so he might read this. If you do read this, Neil, I have this to say to you:
Neil, I know there’s a good guy in you. I can tell, because your smile comes from your heart. It lights up the room! There’s simply too too many muscular movements involved in a real smile for you to have faked that. I see someone genuine inside you, although you don’t seem that happy overall.
I recommend that you get out of LA and Vegas for awhile, and get back to consorting with less superficial people. You can use the skills you have and still be a rich person inside. It’s all in how you use those skills, and how you end up making people feel in your life over time.
As I said to someone else recently, “You underestimate the power of the Bright Side”. You share what you have with others automatically, and you obviously don’t have the happiness you desire. Other people can feel it. This is a slow, but real spiral downward.
To get back on track, just choose to feel good deliberately. When you have good feelings inside (whether as a reaction to circumstances or consciously created), you’ll automatically make others feel good, too. As simple as it sounds, this is road to feeling good about yourself again. Everything else can fall in place, from this sample act of deliberately feeling good, and sharing those good feelings. You create a feedback loop of joy, and make a life of meaning.
Happiness ultimately comes from meaning. Bedding women alone does not make a life. It can be pointless, shallow act without meaning and real connection with people you love. A full life is full of friends and lovers that have as much to share with you, as you have to share with them.
after all, you are a Doctor and have taken the Hippocratic Oath! 