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@Forestluv Thank you for the update.

No need to push him into it, It will be one of the first things he does.

@Average Investor Yeah, well put.

If you have the time for a little nap, it might be worth a try.

5:00 AM Ran my normal circuit. My leg started hurting quite quickly into the run, I stopped at few points to massage my calf and my foot and it did help relieve the pain a little. But it kept coming back when I started running. I suspect this injury is either coming from a stiff calve muscle or something to do with the foam rolling sessions, as this problem started to happen right around that time. I'll probably keep foam rolling it to try and loosen the muscle up, I can feel how stiff it really is. Listened to Inner engineering on the run, I've been enjoying that book during my workouts lately. Then meditated for 20 minutes afterwards. Did a 30-minute meditation session before sleep last night, that felt really good for a first meditation in a little while. I'd love to get to the 1-2 hour mark as I did a year ago. It's so enjoyable once you start that you just want to keep going for longer and longer. Or maybe I'll mix my meditation with Kriya again, who knows. @BlackMaze Right, who the heck want's to be normal anyway.

The good news are you're not your mind, so you shouldn't trust it anyway. This guy puts it very well.

LMAO! ?

Thanks! I'll look into that. Yeah, I guess so, why not dive fully into it since we're in the depths already. But I think there's a fine balance with these things as well. For example, I watched some Ben Greenfield not too long ago (careful, I may have summoned @LfcCharlie4 for mentioning thy name), and it was just exhausting tbh. Seems that dude dedicates his whole life to his body and it seems a bit extreme to me. But I certainly don't disagree with you guys either. A clear mind will always be the first priority.

It's very simple. What would love do?

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't this a little extreme? I mean the carbon-filled air you breathe daily is probably more toxic than a year of toxicity that comes from clothing. Isn't this on such a minuscule scale there's no way to even notice the benefits from it. Feel free to enlighten me on the matter.

Just had my best cold shower experience so far. I did some breathing while slowly turning the water to its coldest setting. And then performed som palm motions such as wim does after getting out of the cold, after that I felt so good I just started to dance like som raving maniac but in a graceful manner, lmao. Safe to say I felt like a divine being after that shower, if I'm ever feeling down, a cold shower and some dancing will instantly get me out of that I can guarantee. Tomorrow I might add some music while performing this sacred cold dance ritual hehe. Was not feeling like doing today's workout at all after staying up till 5 AM last night following the election, while eating candy and drinking little soda (which I never drink), woke up feeling like an utter disaster. But I just did the workout at a slower pace and listened to Leo's science part 2 video. Felt really detoxing and nice. My wake up routine has gone in the gutter after I stopped being able to go on runs. But I'm going to make sure to wake up at least around 7-8 for the while I'm not running. I'm definitely feeling like giving it a shot again soon. Especially since the upcoming Mushroom trip I have planned. But my leg is still pretty bothersome so I won't rush it.

Ego is needed in order for god to create beings that can realize themselves as god, that's how nature works. The ego has no control over what happens. It's all pre-planned/created in the moment, for the highest outcome of love possible. Maybe I'm just chatting shit...or maybe not

You need the survival of your body in order for god to experience itself. So if you neglect staying alive, you defeat the purpose of god which is to create yourself right now in this moment out of love for itself. Other things have their own survival, that's how you exist in the first place. If everyone were to give up their survival, there would be no experiencing reality.

Just finished a great workout and a cold shower. This was by far my longest time under the cold, bit more than 12 minutes. And my god it feels heavenly afterwards. Cold showers are becoming the favorite part of my day now. It happens occasionally where I just would do anything rather than going under the freezing cold water, but it's in those moments where the biggest wins are to be found, you realize that fear before was just illusory and it was all worth it in the end. I've never ever regretted a cold shower and doubt it's even possible. Sometimes I do the Wim breathing under but I've come to like more just letting go of all resistance with deep slow breathing instead of the faster-paced breathing. But I think I like the Wim breathing more once the shower is over, usually feel more alive and energized.

@Nahm Still waiting on the book! No pressure though.

A family friend of ours also got crushed under a bus which he was working under a couple of weeks ago. And then a week after that another worker got killed when a massive bulldozer fell off a mountain and hit him. Strange times. I agree as well with the funerals. My last request should be that all my family and friends are to take mushrooms in the forest or I'll hunt them forever.

I just had a dream where I had like a 3-hour discussion with Leo while playing basketball. Safe to say it's one of my favorite dreams ever. Actually got a lot of "real" advice out of it.

There's no reason to speculate before trying it, that's just mental masturbation. The direct experience makes you directly aware of the experience of knowing truth. But first, you must not-know to know. That doesn't mean to be so sceptical that you're closing your mind, circle jerkin about it. It does nothing to speculate beforehand, no pun intended.

I second that. However, I won't post a gif of that. ?

Look at your hand for an hour and you'll realize what is.

Me and my friend just picked up some liberty cap mushrooms on Saturday. It's been a while since I last did a mushroom trip, probably around 10 months or so. I've mainly been working with LSD for the majority of my trips the last years, alongside a few other chemicals such as Ket, M, edibles, etc. I'm really excited to dip my toe into the mushroom world again and am expecting a great trip. I've got to get my meditation on point before I enter, which may be around 10 days away. I really want to work on my life purpose for this trip and believe mushrooms are a perfect substance for that. It will be a 2g trip, so nothing too crazy. I've done many 2g and 3g trips before and have always had very profound awakenings on them. I'd say it's the sweet spot for a purpose driven trip. I've also done 4g lemon-tek which was just utter chaos, haha. I'll also make sure to go with the stream. If the mushroom is not feeling like giving me any vision towards my purpose then I won't fight it. I'm always up for a deeper god/love driven trip as well. I'm going to watch some Matt Kahn, Spira, and ofc Leo before I head in, so I'll be in the right mindset, but meditation and contemplation come first. External content has its place but it's more so to keep my mind on this matter. Internal observation is what I'll be mainly watching the next days. I'm really excited for this trip. I've been really contemplative recently, usually after reading. I've been re-reading Conversations with god again. That book never disappoints I'll tell you. It always puts me into such a deep state of mind, it's like lube for contemplation. Also been thinking about diving back into Ken Wilbers The religion of tomorrow. It's really dense though so I'll really have to get into my reading groove to plow through it. Really been observing my inner dialogue lately, to catch how sneaky my mind is. I believe watching your thoughts is one of the fastest ways for personal growth and dissolving that ego slowly, shedding the layers of the onion so to speak.

have you tried to meditate before bed?

@PurpleTree What's your sleeping schedule like?

Don't see what you're on about. But as long as it ends with infinite love, then It's all good.