Self-improvement is masturbation

I think that sentiment is wrong.

I mean, masturbation doesn't lead anywhere in long term - it its like a pressure valve, it releases extra pressure so the pipes don't break, so the 'status quo' can continue. Masturbation by itself isn't a force of change, it doesn't make your life better in any substancial way, only in that 'it prevents your pressure mounting to a point where it would make your life worse'.

Self-improvement is why we are all here anyway, paying our karmic debts improves us.

We are better human beings, entities and people after we have paid some of our karmic debts than we were before. Therefore, all human life is self-improvement in one way or another.

If we're talking about just 'Earthly, short-term self-improvement', then even there, Tyler is wrong. Masturbation leads nowhere, it's an endless cycle (well, it of course ends at some point, only to begin anew later) that exists for 'maintenance', not 'advancement' purposes.

Self-improvement can include things like eating healthier, moving away from bad, destructive habits (alcohol drinking, smoking, drugs, greed, selfishness, et cetera) and adopting good habits, rituals and building a better structure for our daily lives so we can function better, have more energy and balance, and have more vitality and possibilities for happiness and joy.

Now, there CAN be a sect or ideology of 'self-improvement', that CAN act as a 'psychological release' that can be compared to masturbation, like buying self-help books and trying to find some 'gimmick' to improve our lives, but that's not ACTUAL self-improvement, so at the very least, Tyler should've used quotes.