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A voyage into conversations that change lives. Discover how real interactions can change your life

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Essays / Rick Arellano

It was all an interpretation

"That, I would love to hear about," He said, when referring to topics they already know, circles that they've already circled.

In 2023, it was hard to leave out the cool ideas and serious good sounding bites of the program I've already talked about (AMP). But I wasn't ready to …

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Guys are stuck in first position

I went to say hello in public. I felt some chills realizing this before going out. I got a bye bye, and my response was louder than I would like it to be.

Let's break this down.

After recording an audio about my experiences with women in a local context …

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This is your yoga

The guy is up for the exercise in front of one of the female AMP coaches. He has to ask her questions while she sits in front of him with a loving expectation, so to speak. The guy first question didn't land, as she hesitates. After a couple of directions …

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The template of the house

A friend of my dad came to pick some stuff he had left for him. I opened the door and exchange a few comments about the career I'm studying, for a second time as an adult. He says: you are only missing the title, cause you are already an architect …

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A comment like this

"I’m pacing", Decker says to the girl in front of him to reassure the context and let things unfold with intention, a bit of control of the recording set up and a way to let her know where he's at.

As conversations become stalled and time seems to pass …

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Excuses to not be present

I just exploded.

It happens to be just the flavor of rage that my sister used to play on me when I was younger. I never quite get she was hurting. I only remember my reaction to it. Was a brief moment, but now I get that something happened prior …

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To be cool

After watching a video about Zuckerberg new outside in change, we can start to question its nature, and why it seems to work.

it's 2013 and the integral center, a coaching center on circling and meditative community practices release an online program to cover our neglected areas called The List …

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A practice

Edits from 2021

Four years ago, the architects were there, in one of the places to be, Harvard. Michael Hays presents them, and they start doing what they always do, same slides, same projects (they re-arrange them according to the occasion), and then time to answer some questions.

I’ve …

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The Eraser

from 2019

Computation, in the binary, trigram and hexagram sense [1] is true. Society is predictable, and runs in cycles.

When things are fucked up, you call the eraser.

Sounds religious doesn't it. Even toying with the idea seems crazy.

Playing with a detonative artifact. Sounds true and bullshit at …

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The authentic Building Blocks

Preview

The last video

While I watched Bryan contain a young man in an emotional catharsis, I got more sober about the process. This is a course in Oslo, Norway. The course was called Morten Hake Summit, an event named after the organizer, that invited the most respected coaches and men in the pickup and personal development scene. This was Bryan’s take on the value of feedback cultures, a video available for purchase in the Vimeo platform. They are doing practices for fostering feedback and awareness on how to communicate our expectations and reactions from the other. Bryan then invited the participant to practice a very short version of the feedback loop with a woman, all in front of an audience. The feedback process is basically a silent approach—getting close to another person without saying a word. Guys all over are worried about what to say when they approach a woman or a highly renowned person. This process eliminates that need. We say a lot without even opening our mouths.

«Decker said that, after a major breakthrough, he decided that he would no longer say, “This is it.” Because another breakthrough always proved him wrong.»

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The fragments of the game – 2020

The social Game.

By Rick Arellano

Without Paying Attention – (fiction) - 2023

While surveillance cameras are all over a militarized city, many men want to know about 'the recordings' including the interns of a new art studio that decide to intercept the university surveillance system.

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The fragments of the
Game

There are many maps out there, but few are as accurate as the one made by Erik von Markovik, known as Mystery in the net. But Mystery and his method were not as foolproof. That made me identify with what he taught.

There are the best tips and perspectives that helped me in my process, and that will help you achieve a greater degree of social openness, wherever you are, if you wish.

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