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@JoeVolcano If I learn that lesson for 50 dollars a month I think it's worth it

@Vido I just signed up and they have popular money making online industries and they teach you the basics of how to get started with support from other users and mentors. It's 50 dollars a month, I can set that money on fire every month and it would have 0 impact on my life.

I'll do a detailed one later this week. I had a lot come up over the few days so it should be good.

Hey I've got my first 10 day vipassana retreat coming, I was wondering if anyone has some tips or advice on how to get the most out of the experience

https://susanmarie.youcanbook.me/?fbclid=IwAR0-PV_U0KVxSON7rOwLLjcNmqxYEdlxSq2uaHIJW4cKFZWm7grhnk8eBNc Highly worth it imo. If you want I can send you a recording of my convo with her to get a sense of her approach. I have to email it though it's too large for the forum.

@Sine I just spoke with a woman who channels Jesus/Yeshua, and she lost her husband to suicide about 10 years ago. Maybe she could help you move forward and find peace with what happened. If you're curious you can pm me I'll help you set it up

Maybe see if she resonates with you. She channels Yeshua. I just had a conversation with her, and it was probably the most profound conversation i've ever had.

If he triggers his audience too much then they won't attend his retreats or buy his guided meditations and talks

If anyone wants to hear my conversation with the channel you can pm me and I'll send you the link through gmail. The file is too big to upload.

I just spoke with woman. By far the most profound conversation i've ever had in my entire life. I will post the clip when she sends it to me. If you follow my journal and journey then know this is what the greatest thing i've ever done.

This anime is amazing for enlightenment references. During my retreat I could feel a knot in my back in the same place as this scene. And when I had my peak experience a few years ago on LSD, it felt like I was in the avatar state. Pure bliss and energy.

Haha yeah that is my biggest accomplishment. I listened to these videos so many times that I could replay them in my mind word for word. I would use these during the hard meditations and I'd get waves of glorious feelings coming over my body. Made it much easier and enjoyable to get through it.

What about Sadhguru? I just went to a Vipassana retreat, and now I'm starting to see that there are severe limitations to path's that many people consider are pure and efficient.

@Matthew85 See if you can remain equanimous with that sense of dissatisfaction or frustration. If you resist and make it an enemy you will only worsen your position. But if you can learn to be more accepting and at peace with those down moments I think you will gain insight into them and begin to resolve your dilemma. I find these videos very soothing to listen to. Maybe if you have something similar you can listen to when feeling down.

Idk when I'll see this guy's shadow, but I really like listening to him. I would rather this guy give someone advice then 99% of people I see on youtube.

@Asayake @Space Thank you. Yeah, this was an incredible milestone for me.

Awesome man, I just got back from a retreat too. I met a guy there who said he lives near the rocky mountains, and he was glowing so I imagine it's an awesome place to be.

Okay i'm back. It was an incredible experience. I'm so happy I went, and it's opened up an entirely new dimension of spirituality and life for me. I got complacent around day 5-6, so I didn't get to see the full extent of the technique, and I actually have another technique i'd rather utilize moving forward, but I still feel this was such an incredible win for me and my path. I almost quit the 1st night, I was so close. I had a bad migraine and my roomates were breathing so loud, but the next day I was fine and it was pretty much smooth sailing from there. I have so much more to say, but I just got back and I gotta unwind a bit.

Thanks a lot man I appreciate it. I have so much to say about the retreat, I just got back i think i'll need a few days before I'm ready to pour it all out. But overall this was an incredible experience. Definitely a defining moment of my life and it's given me such a greater appreciation for the depth of the path. I almost quit on the first night, I had such a bad migraine and I thought I was out my depth. But i'm so thankful that I stayed. I'm so happy with how this went.

@Rob06 If you are already on the path and are somewhat emotionally healthy and integrated then having children can be a tremendous opportunity for growth. You can develop a profound connection, and the relationship can be a source of growth and true love in your life. I have an great uncle who was suicidal when he moved here from India because the family he married into was very screwed up and he had no options but to fall under their authority, and he said the love for his children is what gave his life purpose and allowed him to overcome suicidal ideation.

Tomorrow I leave for my first 10 day meditation retreat. I'm excited. My only concern is that I probably have to share a room with someone, and I feel uncomfortable using public toilets, so hopefully they have solo bathrooms. But overall this could be very promising. 10 days of intense practice, where its just me and my knots and sensations. Just pure witness time. I can already feel the energetics of the spine while im messing with my seated posture and cushions. I'm really hoping for some serious purging and energetic releases. But we will see. I can't guarantee anything, so I just need to be patient and diligent.

Thank you, i hope you have a great retreat too. Yeah i'm pretty excited about the retreat. I like what you said about just letting existence do its thing on me. Whenever I just sit and observe my self I can feel all sorts of knots and tensions come up, but I just can't sit with them long enough to make serious headway into them. This retreat is a great opportunity for that.

@Salvijus Haha you can be an neo-advaita debunker teacher. You can just argue with neo advaita people all day. Like a call in show

Haha I was just joking around, but yeah I don't understand it at all. Suffering is so visceral so if you are deluding yourself and still suffering it should be very obvious. Part of me still thinks maybe they figured something out that I haven't, but at the same time there are so many holes.

@Salvijus Lol all the neo advaita people probably dismissed this thread before your epic post