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@Raphael then wallace d. wattles is great i think, for it's "deliberate practice" aiming a goal while processing in full awareness.

Since I have seen Leo's soup recipe, I put sweet bay leaf & lemon juice in everything ^^

I would say "Hi, good luck with your life" (I'm working right now on lower chakras, independance & power).

mastery - george leonard

You are perfect as you are right now. No need to change yourself, to be "more" or to be "less". Life is a game, resources are free. You have blank slate, you can create anything you want.

Be careful of kidney stone, this can be avoided by boiling the spinaches. Too much brown rice may be bad too, alternate with white or half-brown rice. - Plants based - Various (for the emotional aspect) - Alive food

Go to bed early (22h-23h) be alone in the bed if possible, set an alarm after 4 or 5 hours sleeping (most of deep sleep occurs here), then wake-up and keep an activity that keeps you awake for some minutes. It depends on people, may vary from 15 minutes to 40 minutes. Then go back to bed (this technique is called "Wake back to bed" or WBTB). Then the brain will generate more REM, and shorter cycles, which is a good way to spot the right moment : the moment when you'r dreaming. Fall asleep while being awake, this requires some practice (it's called "WILD" and you won't succeed the first time). Find the balance between too much control and letting yourself go completely in the experience (otherwise it would be a regular dream). Use the anchor method : focus on your body and imagine you'r doing an activity that you know very well (like ridding a bicycle) or just count and repeat mantras "1. I'm dreaming 2. I'm dreaming 3. I'm dreaming..." it takes time and practice. Eventually you'll experience sleep paralysis, which is a good sign (if you want to stop that just hold you breath for 3 seconds, your body will automatically wake up). You'll experience all sorts of sensations, or sounds, don't focus on them it's just transitory. Don't try to move your body to check if you'r in sleep paralysis. At some point a new REM phase will being, and you'll see the dream taking form in from of your "dream eyes" (quick tip : don't try to blink in a dream, or you may accidentally wake up your physical body. Breath and eyes muscles are connected to the physical body). You may be amazed by the experience, so that you immediately wake up, due to excitement, that's normal. You have to be detached from the dream, while experiencing it. Be happy but not too much. Then you can stabilize the dream by focusing on physical sensations (you can practice this during waking life too) or turning around 360 degrees to generate the dream. Dreams comes with limitations, the limitations of your expectations : if you expect flying to be hard, chances are that you won't succeed. Playing video games or having seen movies helps with hacking the rules set of the dream, for example using harry potter's magic wand if you don't know how to teleport. The mind makes all sorts of associations that you would have ever thought in the waking life, it's very creative. Dreams have their own purposes, you may wanna fly but maybe there is something for you to see there, pay attention to the meaning of events. You can use "~" to trigger the console and enter command lines directly. A REM usually stand 10-15 minutes, be sure to wake-up before the end of it (by holding your breath) and write the dream down immediately after it, because it requires "using words" to translate the experience. Or you can wait few minutes in your bed before moving, re-viewing your dream in your mind before writing it (keep the body position in place). If you fall asleep after REM and return into deep sleep mode, chances are that you'll forget everything. A dream journal practice have benefits after 2 weeks, before that you may have lucid dreams but don't remember it. Before going to sleep at night, review you last night dream journal page, and ask for a new lucid dream to happen (be exited about it - go to bed like it's wonderland - and god's knows what you'll would learn on yourself). This technique doesn't requires RC "reality check" during the day, but it's a good idea to practice ADA "all day awareness" by focusing on the meaning of events, on physical sensations and searching for dream signs. After all the waking state life is speaking to us right now just like a dream. Edit: and yeah what is probably the most important is expectations, for dreams & waking state as well. If you expect lucid dreams to be easier if you sleep on an empty stomach, it will works for you. My ex-girlfriend is a "natural born" lucid dreamer, she can do it on will and have explored this a lot during teenhood (for sexual fantasies). For me it takes a lot of efforts and practice, but I wonder if that's just depend on people. Expectations are key. Note about sexual fantasies : don't try to do this at first, it's extremely difficult (especially for men) and it will immediately wake you up (the idea of being detached). It's a beginner's mistake, extremely common. Remember that what you do in dreams is "what you are". Try meditation in a dream, it's very fun (you get in seconds what you would reach within hours in waking state - and the effects stands after you woke up). I would recommend "Are you dreaming ?" by Daniel Love, over S. Laberge. Daniel's book is practical and set the theory in place (brain chemistry tho). There is a forum about LD which is dreamviews.com lot of experienced people here and ideas. Sometimes a dream happen and I'm amazed of it's signification, the emotional impact it have on me stand for one week or so, and it's totally uncontrolled. Keeping a dream journal is a very good idea, whether lucid dreams or not. Note about dream journals : don't try to be precise. Sometimes it's just 3 words that has to be written because you don't remember it, or sometimes you fill 30 pages, with a lot of details. I use a pocket flashlight to write things on paper, then report at the end of the week in a software like cintanotes, which handle tags and stuff (useful for dream signs - and learning how to spot the recurring ones). Dream signs are clues that helps you being lucid, we all have personal dream signs. Sometimes someone could tell you within a dream that you'r dreaming, but you won't recognize it (until you wake up).

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@Saumaya I've stopped talking about those stuff to my family and friends, because it makes me look like a freak. I mean I still have few irl friends to talk about the law of attraction, metaphysics, angels... but 99% of people aren't into it. My shelf was full of self-help/consciousness books, and only one fictional book (neuromancer by william gibson). Everything is contained within ourselves (or itself). You know when you'r stuck climbing a rope, it's maybe because you'r using just one arm. Using my second arm for me would mean forgetting myself in the matter, and go back explore what it is like being "human". Life is a dream, ok, and what is the purpose of a dream ? To answer your question more precisely, lastly I tried to be "in the now" when in social anxiety, or making decisions. I though "if I'm in the now, nothing wrong could happen - and everything will be fine" so I was trying to force myself to be in the now. Then I tried "fuck it" if I want to doubt, I doubt. If I want to try and fail, I fail. If I want to worry, I worry. If I want A, I get A. If I want to suffer, I suffer, it's not a problem. No more escape. Time to face it all ^^

Most of my energy goes into "changing myself" and a pursuit of something else than what "is" here and now. I start to forget about self-improvement and chasing enlightenment (paradox / theme of things going full circle). I've heard that even if you'r experiencing a thousand enlightened life's, you still have to re-incarnate to explore something different. About minimalist life-style, having a simple life doesn't necessary means subtracting things (circumstances) but accepting the world as it is right now : perfect.

- Fenugreek (sprouted seeds) - Lupin flour, for cakes, it's a flower. - Chia seeds, put into a vegetable milk then wait few hours and it transform into a sort of yogurt

- Rye bread - Small spelt bread (not the same as regular spelt!) Or : rice, it's quick & easy with a rice cooker

Yep, I use Cintanotes for tags, and dates. I've done that on and off for years. First I write on paper at night with a pocket flashlight, then at the end of the week I report in the software. Great insights can come from dreams, I would say it's you (differents parts of yourselfs) incarnations, or guides, helping itslef. They can show you stuff directly to you, according to your current situation in life. It's always pertinent. Lastly I had a dream where I was lying on a beach, grasping sand in my hands. I was crying (feeling very emotional) it was all the emotions I had repressed the past few years. During the day I can remember of this state, even weeks later, as an anchor to remember who I was. The state we are in the "waking state" is not the default state.

No. I lack discipline. Sometimes I do, I see the value of doing it, but still can't go through that resistance for the "long term goal". My intuition (and beliefs) says I'll get "enlightened" in this life, without having to do anything about it (I have nothing to decide, everything happened already). My whole life is a practice, I don't separate "meditation" from "non-meditation".

Jordan B. Peterson -> "agreeable people"

Unless you love, your life will flash by. (The Tree of Life)

The time is much slower in the waking state. In dreams, you can materialize things within seconds - in waking state it takes some hours/days/weeks. Dreams seems to occur in a more "etheric" plane.

@Leo Gura How did you find out for "10 things you don't know you want" ? Any source(s) ? This episode is great, I was just wondering...

@Charlotte When you point out people in the world, you mean parts of yourself that you don't face. Arrogance and humility is the same energy (polarity). Having the humility to accept our arrogance, rather than pretending being someone else. We are in mirror, it's a topic I'm working on too Special @Joseph Maynor "video on point to watch" :

face yourself, brutal honesty

@Sahil Pandit Okay, I'm gonna try the smoothie recipe, sounds great!