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Yh, talk about work ethic and mastery. So insane what he did.

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@AwakenedSoul444 Sorry for the late response. Thanks for the advice! Is Reiki a real thing, I've not come across it in what I've read. I'll read in to it! Update: Bought CBD oil and modafinil and going to try that right now, see where I can get to.

@Timothy Thanks for the answers. I'll look in to the exercises next week as I got some exams this week that need taking care of. With the current technique I use, I can release some pressure, like free up my belly in half an hour, but the fog closes just as fast and I'm never getting to an overall released state. The thing just regenerates itself, its like an obstacle that collects dirt and results in a snowball effect, until the mistbank is perfect again. I just need to get to a certain level, where I can release the core of the thing, otherwise nothing will change. Anyway, I'll keep everyone posted.

@Timothy I'm up for anything at this point haha, shoot :P. Btw where did you get that vibration stuff from? It's just sth I keep experiencing, but I've got nothing to rhyme it with, no clue of what it is.

I've also got a problem with brain fog and general energy blockages. Mine comes from a very different angle I think, although I'm not ruling out that it might be related to heavy metals. You can check out my thread at:

@AwakenedSoul444 Yh, the pressure is on. I'm very aware of how much time I spend beating around the bush, not getting to the core of it. What I feel makes all the difference is your commitment to the process, keeping yourself honest about working through this. When I get a small breakthrough, I always convince myself to stop and enjoy the moment, instead of keeping my head down and continuing to work on it. What always surprises me, how natural all this stuff happens. You messed something up, without having any clue what it was or how it happened. Then you get to spend the rest of your life tracking all the way back and figuring stuff out. I think it was Einstein who said, that you can't solve a problem at the level you created it. That about sums up the road we're all on. @Timothy Yh, it started in my belly as well. I'm sure that there is some messed up shit going on, that I'm totally oblivious to. I get that vibrating thing too, if I focus a certain way, it just starts oscillating, back and forth. I can only do it standing up or laying on my side with minimal friction. If I do it laying on my back, my abdominals just tire out like crazy. For me this shaking doesn't do anything really, it feels just like energy penetrating through, but not resolving any blockages. I also totally agree with the not wanting to change part, I know I'm keeping myself in place, but I can't be too hard on myself. I used to always put up schedules on how I was going to deal with this problem, but never followed through on them. It was just to keep the myth of me being productive alive and was an obstacle to dealing with this stuff really. Anyway, lately I have been able to calm my mind enough, to the point that I can just sit in fogland, without fighting it specifically or interacting with it. What is helping me a lot, is specifically focusing on body parts, where the tension manifests. Yesterday I managed to clear my head to the point of being normal, what it must feel like for everybody else. Of course the fog, came back slowly but surely. I'll keep you guys updated.

I personally struggle with this a lot, I'm knowledge junkie of the worst kind, just randomly collecting knowledge about things. What you know is not that important, other aspects such as your psychological development (spiral dynamics), awareness, your circle of concern, etc. is what makes all the difference (and is equated with real growth). You can't think your way up the spiral, it works for a little bit and you can achieve some insight through thinking, but its nothing compared to having a profound mystical experience. Personally, I was raised to be a proud member of the morality club (stage blue), my parents are absolutely obsessed with telling me what is right and wrong. As I grew older I acquired more knowledge, but all of this knowledge was used to discern what is right and what I should be doing. I mean I would literally learn the life purpose course and use it to figure out what I should be doing, I would make an ideology out of it. Now I hold it more as valuable information, but I am entirely free to play around with what I want to do, which is a more yellow approach you could say. But can you see how more thinking does not actually solve this problem, it's the system of thinking that you bought in to that is the problem. It's like Ben Shapiro going 120mph on his logic, but failing to understand that there is no such thing as morality, which completely diminishes anything he has to say.

Yh, not suggesting that we would want that, was just showing how you can play with these variables.

Idk, I think the big issue with AI is the development of its depth. It's not hard to create an AI to do any mundane task, but the development of serious depth in complexity requires exponential use of resources. Some people say that this is already happening, but I also hear a lot of people saying that this is maybe 100 years away. What is real I think is job automation. The average human is not doing that complex of a thing, computers could easily replace so many jobs. Even high paying engineering degrees are met with serious AI threats. Everything is basically moving from you doing to work, to you controlling the computer that does the work. For sure a positive transition through this will be possible, but it won't be a walk in the park, that's for sure. As always the government will be late to the party, so the delayed regulation and actions will surely make this transition even more difficult. E.g. I've only heard Andrew Yang proposing the establishment of a regulatory organ for all this sort of stuff, but I might be very uninformed about this. Finally, this puts an extra strain on very capitalistic countries like the USA, where the rich are very likely to benefit from all of this and the poor will be left in the dust if something doesn't happen. I found a great debate about this, it features a panel including Michio Kaku and Sadhguru. A pretty rare occasion. Michio Kaku talks extensively about what he thinks will happen and Sadhguru is there to crash the orange party. It shows the difference in perspective pretty well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RQ44wQwpCc

Well, you think of what situation you would like to create: Maybe the fact that abortion is illegal right now, is preventing a lot of poor people who have made unconscious choices in the past to live a normal life. A legalization of abortion could help improve this situation, allowing these people to get their lives together in a better way. Or in the same way you could imagine a society where all life is allowed, and you come up with a certain way of making that happen. Maybe you only allow abortion before x amount of weeks or maybe you stretch that limit. It's all about what we as a society want to create.

Wow, pretty messed up.

@Arzola Yh, I could definitely clean that up, although my diet is not that bad to begin with. I mostly eat: fresh cooked meals, granola and soup. The reason I'm not going after it right now is because my problem is so malleable, it changes all the time (mb should've stressed this more) and is not really influenced by mealtime directly. But thanks for the advice, it is something that will have to happen, sooner or later. @AwakenedSoul444 Yh, I feel you, unfortunately our society still has no clue how to deal with these kinds of problems at all. I'm not keen to get on meds, because I still feel very much in control of what I'm doing and can sense what changes the problem and what doesn't, mb in the future I'll consult one. It's one of those things where your never grateful for it, until it leaves you and then you're running around like crazy to just have a normal life again.

I'm not sure if somebody has already phrased it this way, but I'll make it very practical. Art is one way of seeing everything. Think of the computer you are typing on, there might have been practical reasons and needs to invent one. You can think of it as solving a certain niche problem (cfr. systems thinking), however you can also look at it as a work of art. Someone envisioned a world where people could use a computer and be connected through the internet and we have collaborated to make this a reality. This is not obvious, not something that simply had to exist or was required for life to be lived. It was a vision and became a piece of art by making it a reality. Everything around you was created in the same fashion. The government and our society as a whole is a work of art, somebody had to come up with the idea. The way we go to the mall or agree to not kill each other, the ticketing machine at the train station, the social security system, national parks, anything. We envisioned it and then we made it a reality. We created it. There is no reason at all for these things to exist. So the question then is, what do you want the world of tomorrow to look like? How could we live and interact with each other, how could we produce food? How could we care for nature? Nothing is written, we are in charge as the creators.

Maybe you are functioning just fine? But your system is just not willing to settle for mediocrity. It demands the best, the deepest from you. I think the solo retreat is a great idea, it brings things back to basics. Maybe try to think more out there, crazier. Don't bother tying every appearing thought straight back to reality, allow yourself to dream, no holding back. Try to work out any shoulds that you are holding on to, you don't have to help people, to grow spiritually or seek enlightenment, you are entirely free. What would you do if you were the only person on earth and you had the absolute freedom to do anything you wanted to do? (Remember nothing is required and there is no one to impress or please)

I think your niche is something that has serious drawing power on you, something that you were destined to do. We're not blank slates, we have a history, a make up and are drawn to certain things. Fundamentally the world is unbiased, but no matter how hard we try, we will always be biased, the world has things in it that are close to our heart, that matter to us in ways other things just don't. Personally, I haven't found my niche, but I can feel very deeply the things that matter most to me, that define me as who I am and that connection is always emotional. The most powerful of phrasing of niches, I personally found in Robert Greene's Mastery. Here are some examples: -a fascination with invisible forces that governed the universe (Einstein) -The sensation of creating and animating life -Giving a voice to powerful emotions All these people fulfilled their niche in a certain way by being a physicist, a film director, or a jazz musician for the previous examples respectively. They had a certain hook in life, a connection with some aspect of it. If you feel deeply you can probably figure out yours too. It will have a drawing power, like you know how and what to be, a vision. From David Deida's Way o/t Superior Man, I learned that people can go through multiple purposes and niches. When you pursue the depths of yourself in this way for a few years, you will sense a change, different things will catch your interest. You have effectively broken through your purpose and can shed it like old skin, and you will have to look in the depths of yourself again to figure out a new niche/purpose in life. I think this is why some people are much more advanced than others, a life lived pursuing the depths of yourself both on the spiritual path and in the world (life-purpose), transforms you. The deeper the path, the greater the transformation. It is easy to tell when people are living from the heart and when they are not, everybody has their tsunami, often it's hiding just below sea level.

No it does not. It is fundamentally about what you do in the world, about how you hunt, make a living and can be of use to society. In doing so it covers a crazy list of fundamental principles that are not spiritual principles, but rather are foundational for living in the world. I've just finished reading all the books that he suggests reading and I'm still coming up with new insights every day. There is a lot of depth in the way he constructed the exercises, its clever.

@Nahm@SerotoninluvThansk for the replies guys, I'm starting to get it.

Hey guys, Whilst reading both The Tao of Systems Thinking (Michael McCurley) and the Path of Least Resistance (Robert Fritz), I started wondering how these two perspectives on life which seem very different can be integrated. I enjoyed both books thoroughly, but I'm unsure how these two perspectives can be put together effectively. Below I'll give a brief overview of both approaches. Feel free to correct any inaccuracies and please give your opinion on how one should treat this duality. Systems Thinking seems to put the emphasis on the analysis of a system. You try to discern all of its components and try create the best possible map for the thing it is your analyzing. Implicit in this approach is that you then take your model of a problem and get your mind or calculator to run calculations on it to solve the problem. The more accurate your model, the better your results will be. In general systems thinking seems to take the approach of problem solving and the solutions are dictated by the accuracy of your analysis. What most science today does is basically systems thinking, they collect data, make a model, which can then to a certain degree solve a problem or make a prediction. Advanced resources make for a much better model, by including more advanced concepts which result in a much more solid foundation (e.g. Actualized.org) Creativity on the other hand is something else entirely. It does not concern itself with solving problems, but instead looks for what it wants to create. It is not obsessed with the rules that seem to govern a system and instead has a clear vision that it is pursuing. Ultimately those visions need to be grounded in reality and thus obey the rules of a system, but the approach is very different. You don't seek to deepen your analysis of whatever is going on and running the numbers on what is possible, but instead set out to defy the current model by creating what you want. For the people that have read The Path of Least Resistance: Problem solving seems to lead to 'structural conflict', where you are completely boxed in by the rules of a system with little hope of escape. The creative approach is then presented as something entirely different which results in 'structural tension' and naturally leads to the realization of a creation. My understanding is that problem solving is unlikely to create what you want and creating what you want is not likely to result in a deep understanding of the territory that you are dealing with. This duality is I guess that of the pursuit of Truth vs the pursuit of Creation. Both of which are necessary to be developed individually and are required to be integrated. This however leaves me to believe that the typical problem solving associated with Systems thinking is not actually the best approach to take responsibility of your life and of the world in creating what you want. The crux seems to be the extra step that most people take when provided with a system. That the rules established by the system, seem to dictate its result (i.e. morality). Because the system is so and so (or the world around us can be observed to be so and so), this means that one Should do this or this. Because the system is so and so, the calculations show that so and so is the best result, implying that this is the result that one should follow and pursue. How do you think that these results can be integrated? Am I missing something or how can add to this analysis? Do you have a deeper insight? All responses welcome. Cheers, Lukas

@Nahm Ok, I sort of understand where you're coming from. Are you equating creativity with the zoomed out perspective? @Serotoninluv Ok, I think I understand you. So what I was doing was trying to fix my map to match the territory as good as possible. It remains a map of course, but one that is better suited to describe the territory underneath. Of course at even the slightest increase in consciousness, such a map might become unnecessary as the idea is no longer accurate. Would that be a good approach?

@Nahm@Serotoninluv Thanks for the replies. I'm afraid I haven't done my homework, I should go and watch that sameness vs difference episode. I was coming at this from the superficial perspective of trying to figure out how I could best approach some of things I want to sort out in my life (e.g. getting a job, fixing my working schedule and habits, etc.). Having struggled for quite some time, trying to rid myself of the stuff I did not want in my life, I thought the creative approach, where I would create what I actually wanted, might be superior here. The idea of integration is maybe not a very good term as science and art can blend quite nicely and I wasn't really looking at this from a perspective of non-duality. Just thinking about what approach I could best adopt to move forward and commit to for a while, whilst I figure things out. Sort of like a framework, like oldschool Actualized.org was. That being said, the replies were very insightful, Thanks. @TheAvatarState Haha good one, I'll think about it.

Hey guys odd question here, but im going to give it a shot anyway. In my sophomore year in high school I had a bike accident which broke one of the growth disks in my jaw, now almost eight years ago. One side continued to grow, making my jaw uneven and giving some mild form of constant pain in both jaw joint, which gets worse when I need to put more pressure during eating (e.g. eating low quality meat). Since I saw a threat on wisdom teeth affecting consciousness, I thought this wasnt that much of a long shot. Does anybody have an idea in which ways my consciousness would be impacted by operating on it. The operation would restore my jaw function, right now it clicks a little bit and I cant put much pressure and basically eat all my food on the other side of my mouth. Three notes; Synthographic analysis has shown that the growth center is basically dead on one side, suggesting the breaking of my growth disc on that side. It also affects me on a personal level as this misalignment causes me to have a broken smile, which looks kind of weird whenever I smile, which weighs in my confidence around girls, etc. Lastly, I feel like I would be able to maybe restore function of my jaw, lose the pain and get over my insecurities in the long run without an operation, but I dont see myself succeeding at that anytime soon. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance for your opinions!

Edit: Sadly enough this experience kinda faded as do all insights, i was hoping that these contemplative insights would last a little bit longer than other insights, but that's unfortunately not true. In hindsight it feels like this problem is connected to so much more of my life than I initially thought. It just felt like the narrow setup/purpose I was living out felt completed, but looking back at it, I still have a lot of work to do and I can use this to alter my course. Btw I bought the book Letting Go, by David Hawkins, that seems like a good start.

Hey everyone, So I have been struggling with this problem since the end of high school and all throughout college. Its that I have a hard time relaxing and always walk around with a knot in my stomach. I know it sounds like the most generic of problems, but it can really get quite bad. I feel like I'm walking on thin ice the whole time and cant trust my body for anything. Its definitely a mental thing. I am aware that ultimately there is nothing I need to change or do in order to feel good, but I'm having quite a hard time communicating that through my body and teaching that everything is available. I do have a meditation routine, etc. in place but it doesn't really help with the problem. Is there anybody who went to similar trouble trusting his body, or who has a great reference that I can read? Exercises are also greatly appreciated. (I have watched Leo's video on bodily awareness multiple times and am currently reading Ralstons Zen body-being, but I don't feel like its straightening me out). Thanks for helping guys, Lukas

@Nahm Thanks for the lengthy response, i appreciate it. A couple of hours ago, I got insight in to what was going on through contemplation. I mainly looked at this whole thing from the outside and noticed the awkward story line between my problem and wanting to be better all the time, the need to be good at whatever I do. I basically never touched that belief, because I thought it was a higher value and that it couldn't possible be the neurotic desire that it really was. So I just let that go and that solved basically everything. Really shows the power of contemplation and thinking things true, I got mindfucked hard. The problem just vaporized, like it was never even there. It also connected so much stuff in my life, you couldve called this problem the story of my life that I bought in to. All I wanted to achieve with that kind of thinking and identity creation, I got for free by just letting it go of it. All of the stuff I was doing from my horrible discipline, to my nonchalance, to my over the top personality, to problems with the way I looked, it just really set me free. It even solved the weird fever feelings and tiredy Ive been dealing with, which I would never notice amongst this crazy storm. I feel like I got also no problem letting go right now, and all of the relaxation exercises that didnt work for one bit, now go effortlessly. Thanks for the help all, I appreciate it.