Arman

In my experience, taking on exercise as regular habits or practice has been a lot more successful when it's been something I genuinely enjoy doing. Walking is a good idea. You can also start out your mornings by putting on some music and alternating between doing jumping jacks, running on the spot and intervals of a few pushups, if you can do them. You don't have to push yourself hard, but if you turn it into a daily habit it will go a long way and eventually you'll be inspired to take on more exercise practices.

I really enjoyed mantra meditation using I AM for a long time but eventually had to drop it. Now I simply follow my breath for 20m. When my attention moves to a thought, judgement or sensation, I notice it and gently return back to my breath.

Could you speak on being at the point where you feel confident enough in the depth of your understanding to coach people? What I kinda I mean is, did you or do you experience self-doubt? Or did you ever worry that you would be stumped by something, or feel hypocritical or uneasy about offering advice about something when maybe still struggling in your own life? It seems like an interesting balance to keep. Basically what I'm asking is how did you know you were ready. Dealing with someone 1 on 1 seems to feel like a paradoxically heavier responsibility than releasing a video to the masses. Thanks for the thread.

I've been wanting to switch to a vegetarian/pescetarian diet when I have a steady income so I can buy all the food I need. This thread's made me realized just what a pathetic excuse it is. I'm gonna replace one of my meals each day with fruit.

I think peoples concerns are valid, but not always necessarily a reflection of what pick-up actually is. Like a lot of people have never really checked out the material. Use your own barometer for deciding what is a reflection of authenticity and use your common sense. Give it a try it's awesome. Lifes gonna be pretty lame if you can't talk to girls dude. It will give you a lot of confidence.

David Deidas book has been recommended a lot so it's on my amazon list, but I just realized he has a lot of content on youtube so thanks for helping me discover that. I love discussion on the masculine/feminine. Define radiance?

That's cool man. You're lucky to be exposed young. I got into Eckhart Tolle when I was 16 and it helped a lot. I also remember being really fanatic about it and thinking it was the answer to everyone's problems if they would only just 'get it'. I think I probably annoyed a lot of people. Just be aware that 99% of the time words are useless so just lead by example and eventually people will open up to you and you'll become attuned to when to share and when not to.

I think what you give and get is gonna be a reflection of where you're at.

Gotta love communities.

I wish I could remember the videos title and its full contents, and if anyone does then post it here - but it was one where Leo was talking about how he went on a retreat and was hanging out with this younger dude for a while. Something in that video moved me. I really like the image of them together, Leo further down the path and the kid essentially just starting. I think it gave Leo a lot of perspective into the whole journey, and it did for me as well. Also the video with that fingering technique is pretty legit too.

I like My Big Toe by Thomas Campbell. It's a physicists attempt at typing together physics and metaphysics. It's really far out. He offers the PDF online but it's really long so it'd easier to read it physically. Tom was one of the physicists from the book Journeys out of the Body by Robert Monroe (a famous book on outer body experiences. A term which Robert himself coined) I also like Autobiography of a Yogi. It's a devotional text by yogi Paramahansa Yogananda. That book turned me from agnostic/atheist to... something else, overnight.

I think most Yoga in the west is has been diluted to something closer to calisthenics than to its original form. From my understanding, true yoga is spirituality in action. Reading the sutras of patanjali that Leo mentioned is a good idea to gain an understanding of it. It's the principle text upon which most of modern yoga is formed. It's actually really short and will provide a lot of insight. When most people hear the word, they think of physical movement and contorting your body into certain postures but these are called Asanas and it's just one branch of yoga. In some traditions, asanas are really just a way to limber up the body physically and energetically in anticipation of the more intense meditative practices. Practices can range from meditation to self inquiry, taking action and 'doing your duty' in life (called karma yoga) or even pretty mind-altering breathing exercises. Here's a good pdf translation of the sutras: http://www.swamivenkatesananda.org/clientuploads/publications_online/Enlightened_Living_by_Swami_Venkatesananda.pdf