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Hi so.. yeah are super neurotic people just wont be able to induce enlightenment expirience because of the inability to concentrate for a long time? whats the alternative than? how do neurotic people go about spiritually developing themselves?

haha my brain is overall very functioning and well. is it a neurological problem to have meaningless thoughts about the past? @Leo Gura perfect, that gives me motivation, a very nice explanation. thanks!

some conversation i had earlier in the day, going over it and examining what i said, if maybe i could have been clearer, nicer... etc another common one is just explanations and insights. i suddenly start explaining things in my head. mostly in words.. getting some mental images too and bodily reactions but much less. i will try the white noise! great idea. thanks!

im aware of that. i have a small stack of nootropics and i keep a pretty healthy diet overall. you have specific recommendations? maybe i should explore this too. you have any specific recommendations? good healing techniques? (not necessarily by myself) im already practicing yoga. I combine a small physical excersice and mostly kriya yoga. compusive thoughts.. it never really ceases and i always get distracted after a few seconds of trying to concentrate on something. i agree. when i went on a retreat i got great results from being disconnected from everything for 10 days straight and doing meditation all day long. but it just doesnt seem to stay when im back home.. and im not so dopamin addicted.. barely watch tv.. also dont use social media much.. i will consider where i could cut off more of that shit... thanks thanks. maybe.. i might go for an even more professional kit which combines many sensors and biofeedback. ill look more into it.

i read the spiritual literature aswell buddy.. im well aware of all that your saying and it has no relation to what im referring to. im not getting annoyed or dissapointed of myself for not being concentrated enough. im just admitting 2 facts: 1. im a neurotic person 2. concentration practices ive tried for several years now havnt helped at all and im asking are there any other alternatives people heard of that could possibly aid in this process? if not - ill keep going with what im already doing hoping it will improve in time.

i see.. you suggest plain old meditation techniques or is there maybe something that could help boost this training? have you heard about mind mirror?

thanks for the detailed explanation buddy. yeah thats what i do, i just dont get any results as far as cocentration goes.. yep maybe i should consider some 5meo :-)

yeah well maybe they do help.. as i said i would appreciate the opinion of people on the forum that have actually tried one of them... also the mind mirror costs about 2100$ and thats no toy.

has somebody tried training with those eeg scanning machines which give you biofeedback about your brain abilities to concentrate and relax? did you find it useful? it helped you reach deeper states in meditation? how does it work? whats the logic behind it? im talking about the mind mirror, muse, EMOTIV. braintap, VERSUS headsets and more of that kind.. I would appreciate your views on them (if they're based on your experience)

i would like to study communism but having a hard time finding a good source for leraning about it from.. somebody has maybe an intresting film/documentary/in depth article about communism and about the soviet union? what im intrested in are these questions: *how was life actually under communism? *how did the education system operated? *pro's and con's of communism *examples of corruption in communism *how did the soviet union collapse and why? thanks!!!!

alright. can you elaborate? as far as my understanding goes elightenment could happen in a state of deep concentration (according to yogic philosophy) which leads to absorption. and people who are thinking copulsively just cant get to this point. I've been meditating for a couple of years now and, although my awareness of my thoughts grew for sure. im nowhere any closer to being deeply concentrated than i was when i started. which makes me wonder you know... is this for everybody? agree. yet again, i find experiences beyond my ego mind impossible to reach just with deeper understanding. im just thinking all the time. what do you suggest? just go on with the same technique for 20 years? thanks. ive tried hyperventilation before and it does help a bit. ill keep experimenting with that.

omg thats alot to swallow! thanks alot for the recommendations!!

So yesteday i sat down to meditate as i usually do (at this point ive been trying TM and different concentration techniques for about a year) the session is usually about 40-60 mins, and usually after about 30 min i become highly concentrated. what happened is that at a certain moment i became so ecstatic, everything felt awsome, my body got really excited (even got an instant boner), my spine vibrated, and i felt as though i was having sex with reality for a while, the thing is that i didnt feel quite a big change in how i percieve myself, and ego thoughts were defenitely still running although at a much slower rate than usual (no sexual thoughts!). i was letting go more and more and the more i allowed myself to let go the ecstasy got intensified! was it like a semi enlightment? am i going crazy? wtf was this amazing experience?!

Hey, Wondering where would you place exitentialism on the spiral ? there is definately skepticism of consumerism and capitalism at large, a huge emphasis on individualism and also a realization of how meaningless life is, and all human ideologies are imaginary, also usually rigid materialism and rationalism, a belief in a "self". do you think the overarching meme is yellow?