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I haven't done it often before breathing. But usually I meditate after running, and I feel a noticable difference. I basically do the Wim Hof breathing, I just breathe a lot quicker, so it doesn't take so long. With the Wim Hof breathing, you start with the lower belly, then upper belly and then chest. And perhaps even head, if that makes any sense. But the focus is on the belly (with belly raising, of course). Yes I get them too. And when I did shamanic breathing according to Leo's video, I got them as well. So for me, it's independent of the speed of breathing. If I breathe quickly, the cramps appear far more quickly, but so does the altered state of consciousness. And yes eventually it gets really painful, thats when you should stop, I guess. At that time you could do a breath hold, and then keep breathing. If you do the breathhold for 2 or more minutes, the cramps will probably have lessened. In case any beginners are reading this, beware that when you do the breathhold, the altered state gets noticibly deeper, at least for me. That freaked me out a bit the first time. I was breathing till I reached the end of my comfort zone, and then I did the breathhold. I read that the cramps are because your body isn't purified yet. So if you do the breathing regularly and often, the cramps should eventually disappear. So they say, at least.

Your breathing probably wasn't intense enough. I usully don't do the breathing technique very long. I breathe deep and very quickly. After around 1-2 minutes I feel the vibrations. Then I keep breathing a bit longer and stop with a breath hold. Also try dancing till exhaustion. That probably helps with emotional issues as well. And just running for 5 minutes as quickly as you can. Upon total exhaustion, your resistance (and some of your ego) melts away, and you can work through and let go of emotional stuff. Also do this jusy prior to meditation. That will deepen it.

I think some time ago Leo made a blog post about chanelling Infinite Intelligence with a substance he hasn't revealed yet. In case his awakening in the two videos wasn't sober and from a substance other than 5MeO, it might have been that substance.

Some websites where you can buy brainwave entrainment audios like binaural beats: iawake the unexplainable store blisscoded sound brainwave3d (in german) ennora

Lower Baseline Brainwaves After around 50-100 hours, my baseline brainwaves started to appear to be noticably deeper. Usually you are predominantly in beta during the day, I suspect that I'm now in alpha (perhaps even a bit theta) most of the time. It would be interesting to have an EEG. Deeper baseline brainwaves are significiant. Deeper brainwaves mean you are more intuitive, your consciousness is more non-dual, you are better able to commumicate telepathically with spirits (and God), you have more random insights, deeper contemplation, more at peace,... That probably applies for alpha and theta baseline brainwaves. Delta and epsilon will be insane. It will take some time to get there, but it's definitely possible. Children are in theta and alpha most of the time. And young children in delta. Beta only emerges after childhood (if I'm informed correctly). Baseline brainwave delta doesn't mean you are stuck there all the time. You will be able to easily move up and down, depending on what you believe is best for the current situation. If you need to think, you will go (somewhat) into beta . We always have all brainwaves, but the majority is usually beta, you can turn that into eg delta. Though, high brainwaves are important also. Gamma is good for concentration, memory, intelligence, compassion,.. High level mediators have both very low (delta, epsilon) and very high brainwaves (gamma, lambda), and very little beta. While normal people have predominantly beta. So if you are interested in enlightenment or brainwave ballance, also train high brainwaves. Though I think, training gamma once or twice a week is enough. You could for example listen to these, they bring you up form 12 to 75hz: https://www.iawaketechnologies.com/product/gammaburst/ For lambda You could try these: https://www.iawaketechnologies.com/product/infinity/ btw, being able to easily baseline move up and down the brainwaves is something psychedelics probably won't be able to get you. If you do everything right and are motivated and devoted, that is definitely possible. But not for the average practitioner. I estimated it based on my practice up to that point. At that point, it seemed like I would get to the Esdaile State after 70-130 hours all in all, if my progress would continue with the same gradient. But the gradient decreased. I think partly because my goal, to get to the esdaile state, went from priority 1 to priority 2-5. Currently I mostly listen to binaural beats only, without guided hypnosis. I either try to have no thoughts and just concentrate on going deeper, or do self hypnosis (with my thoughts) or self-inquiry. But I still do guided hypnosis, but not as often.

@Bryanbrax Thank you!! Seems like you got into Hypnosis too

More precisely: "this body is here now in this way and one day it won't be in this way". (given we imagine there will be a future)

Are we? There may be a body and surroundings, but you are Love. When you see through all illusions, and are Love, you can love anything.

physical death doesn't change anything. You won't be closer to Source than you are now. If you are caught in the illusion during this physical life, you will be caught in the illusion after physical death. There will be the illusion of an atral body and astral world. You are Source right now. physical death doesn't bring you any closer.

Core Skills Energy. (book: Magnum Opus by John Kreiter) Intuition. Allowing you to communicate with spirits, see the astral, know what to do,.. Altered States of consciousness. Best achieved through hypnosis and trance work. You should be able to get into theta or even delta brainwaves on command, even while having eyes open and walking Emotions. The ability to induce very intense emotions. Just practice it Visualization skills. Till they are as vivid as physical reality Will/Intent (perhaps best practiced by trying telekinesis) One-pointed concentration Knowingness (rather than faith, hope, wish,...) Detachment and surrender And I recommend semen preservation

Getting enlightened with whole-body orgams is definitely quicker than the meditation path

Ah and John Kreiter recently published "The way of the Projectionist". It's his second OBE book

For those interested in scrying, remote viewing, evocations, or communicating with your servitors, the Ganzfeld effect might be worth looking into:

How to make your Visualizations more vivid Practice Servitors. Make one to improve your Visualizations. I made 2 servitors for that purpose and I can feel a difference. I believe, once they are very powerful, they can make my visualizations into full hallucinations. The nice thing is, the only real time investment is charging, and while you charge, you visualize the servitor (and you can add auditory and tactile as well while charging), thus you train your visualization skills directly as well . And during your OBE visualizations, you can charge the servitor as well. And you can interact with it. win win. sigils or asking spirits for help,... Hypnosis. Possible, but you need to be very good at hypnosis or it will probably take very long till visualizations improve significantly Try to anchor hallucinations. So first trigger natural hallicinations, that can be achieved through: - Ganzfeld Effect - Hypnagogic Imagery - strong DMT release through methods like: - taking psychedelics (don't know whether that will work as well) - Afterimage: Look at a candle, sunset, window,... then close your eyes - rub your eyes Then try to anchor the hallucinations with your hypnosis skills. That is very difficult, I haven't managed it yet. If you manage to firmly anchor it, you can induce hallucinations anytime using a trigger.

Burning is good. Or eat it and invoke the spirit at the same time (so they can enjoy it with you). Have a light possession. I read that this is very pleasing to some spirits. It's not ideal, but when you have no other option, throwing it into the bin is fine too. But always try to ask the spirits for their preferences Gods of one religion are sometimes relabeled as demons by another religion later on. Not all spirits that are called demons are truly demons, but many are. On working with demons: Merely working with demons is not left hand. You can work with them for good purposes. But I would still recommend not to work with them, because, even if they can also do good things, their nature is usually wrathful. And the more you work with them, the more their presence gets part in your life, and the more of their qualities you adopt. And working with demons is playing with fire. If you offend them, they can seriously fuck you up. All the good things a demon could do for you, benevolent spirits can do as well. It usually just takes a bit longer and perhaps more effort

@March I'm happy it works for you At first I was sceptical as well. I watched around 20 of his videos and I really don't think it's fake. He also hypnotizes some kind of celebrities and I don't think they are all faking it. But I do think he has a pretalk with most of his hypnotees. yeah, that surely works:) I was actually planing to make a servitor to deepen my awakening Definitely

At best, this would lead to a retrogade ejaculation

Semen Preservation has significant benefits for most practitioners, like more focus, motivation, more attractive to girls, more energy, less sleep,.. Semen Preservation means you can masturbate, have sex and orgasm, but no ejaculation and no wet dreams. Wet dreams are not as bad as ejaculation from masturbation/sex. In my experience, 1 masturbation ejaculation equals to around 3 wet dreams ejaculations. I've had many hundreds of wet dreams during the last years and researched many ways how to prevent them. I've put it in 6 categories. Category 1 being the one which is most effective, category 6 least effective. 1. Category: Prevent blue balls no masturbation and no sex Draw the sexual energy away from the genitals and spread it through the body. 1. Open your energy channels with the microcosmic orbit meditation. 2. Visualize energy flowing from your balls up the back. Suck it up while inhaling. At the same time suck your stomach in and up. And at the same time clench your anus muscles (and perhaps perineum musles as well). no erections during the day (during the night is fine). When you are about to get an erection, tense your large muscle groups. I like to to some kind of L-sits. Or immediately have a cold shower. Or think of something terrible or visualize taking an ice bath. Doing reverse kegels can help as well Non Ejaculatory Orgasms (NEOs). when you have a NEO, the energy shoots up to your head. But it's risky. Unless you are able to do it properly, there is a good chance you will ejaculate. And If give up before orgasm because the risk is too high, you risk getting blue balls from masturbating. I currently don't practce it because it's too much risk. 2 years ago I practiced it and a few times I managed to have NEOs without a drop of semen to come out. A bolt of energy shot to my head. working out. (Thus blood flows away from your balls. Too much blood in your balls (due to eg. erections) is said to cause blue balls) cold shower (the closer to bed the better) Put some ice on your balls make a servitor for that purpose no sexual thoughts at all Testicle massage. Valsalve maneuver. 2. Category Kegels: Strengthen the pc muscles. (the muscles you use to stop urine flow). They can act like a gate. When these muscles are strong, they can prevent wet dreams and you can have NEOs (one way to have NEOs). Mantak Chia said you need to do 300 reps a day if you want to have whole body orgasms. I usually prefer to do just around 10 reps but clenching very hard and long. Some 10-30 seconds and one around 3 min. But find what works for you. Most people hold the flex for 2-15 seconds. The anus muscle is irrelevant for that purpose. And I'm not sure about the perineum muscle. If you think it would be good to practcie it as well then do it. Reverse Kegels: Relax the pc muscles. (the muscles to get out the last drops of urine) This might be even more important than normal kegels. I spend on them at least 2 times as much time. Before bed, spend some additional 2-5 min doing reverse kegels Massage the perineum (the area between your balls and anus.) daily! If it is tensed you are more likely to WD. Stretch your perineum. Squat as deep as possible. hold that position. breath in deeply with your stomach. Perhps combine this with reverse kegels and the valsalva maneuver. Hypnosis: Have less sleep 3. Category Train yourself to wake up before ejaculation. To wake up early enough to prevent it. When you wake while orgasming, clench your pc muscles. If you clench early enough you can prevent the semen from going out. I've done that several times. You can train yourself to automatically do it. But it's not optimal because you might have a retrogate ejaculation. It's not bad for your health but you probably lose some energy and semen. Still not as bad as a WD though. So better train yourself to wake up well before ejaculation. Don't drink anything 2-4 hours before bed. Go to toilet right before bed. Most WDs occur in the last 3rd of the night. So if you are very serious, wake up after 2 thirds of the night and take a piss. You can combine this with a WBTB and WILD to lucid dream. Desensitize your glans. 4. Category: Use Magick Servitors. I made 3 servitors for that purpose. One to prevent blue balls. One to wake me up well before the point of no return and one for preventing WDs in general. So far I've put most effort into the one who wakes me up well before ejaculation. So far, he has been effective. Ask your higher self or guiding spirits for asvice or protection Ask Spirits, Deities or Angels. Archangel Michael is good for protection. A good evocation ritual is in Damon Brand's book Archangels of Magick Intention: Have an iron intention to not have WDs. Particularly before bed. Read Magnum Opus by john Kreiter Make throught forms. read John Kreiter's book "manifest wealth and prosperity" Find or invent sigils and spells for that purpose Before sleep, visualize how you wake up dry. Having saved your semen. Magick is real and works. Read this thread: 5. Category Stretches https://www.reddit.com/r/Semenretention/comments/9llynr/finally_found_a_solution_for_wet_dreams/ Lajin is also said to help with wet dreams Don't sweat during the night. have it cool. no heavy blanket (which could put pressure on your dick). I currently just use a bed sheet. lie on your back. (you get used to it after a while) Don't wear anything that might put pressure on your dick. Sleep naked or with something loose. 6. Category Don't eat 2-4 hours before bed Put a pillow beneath your knees during the night Don't eat spicy food eat vegan channel the energy into your life purpose meditation, yoga At ease before bed. Not irritated Just try and choose what works for you. If you know any more tips, then please post them I'm currently putting quite some effort into preventing wet dreams because I feel a significant difference after some weeks of semen preservation. Imagine the benefits after months or even years. "A Bramachari, who, for a period of twelve years has not allowed even a drop of semen to come out, will enter into Samadhi without any effort" - Swami Sivananda

Servitor When you are serious about hypnosis, I think its worth considering to make a servitor, an imaginary entity that lives on the astral and helps you. In the case of hypnosis, the most obvious servitor would be one who makes it easier for you to go deeper into trance. Currently my main focus is on other things, but I will refocus on hypnosis soon. So I don't practice much hypnosis currently, but some days ago I made a servitor to help me go deeper into trance. Even though I haven't properly charged it yet, I do feel small effects during hypnosis. (Or at least it seems like that). Matt8800 wrote some interesting things about servitors in this thread: If you want to learn how to do them read John Kreiter's book(s) "create a servitor" and perhaps Damon Brand's as well. You can create a servitor in 15 minutes. But the more time you take to charge it, the more powerful it is.

After around 60 hours of practicing hypnosis, I unexpectedly noticed how my conscious thoughts have a lot more power. So when I randomly for example think "happy" and put intention in it, I immediately feel happy, without ever having anchored that emotion. I don't get super happy but it does change my mood, noticably more than before I started doing hypnosis.

Or make a servitor that stabilizes your OBEs.

@Adamq8 You mean how to not wake up and prolong the experience? I'm struggling with this a lot myself. Here are some tips to stabilize: engage your senses (look at tiny details, rub your hands,...) say "stabilize" " clarity" with intention and conviction spin around do a simple math task like 8 + 3 don't do very exciting stuff don't think about waking up engage with your environment, like talking with someone

@Esoteric Thank you!

Has anyone got an idea who this might be?

Control your Emotions and Hormones through Hypnosis It is possible to trigger any mood/state and release hormones through hypnosis. When you have anchored it, you can trigger it at any moment within a few seconds. That enables you to: Release DMT prior to meditating or astral projecting Release Testosterone after working out Release Seratonin after getting up Trigger Alertness and Focus when you want to study Trigger Wellbeing and Happiness and release Dopamine and Endorphin when you feel down or depressed Trigger Tiredness and Melatonin when going to bed ... Some more useful states to anchor: Motivation and Inspiration Deep Non-Dual states Melting in Love Surrender and Letting Go Confidence being Hilarious and Funny Harmony Thus you totally master your mind, body and psychology. It's quite easy to anchor a specific mood. When you feel good, you anchor that mood of feeling good. Then you can re-experience that feeling anytime you use the anchor. (You obviously need to be good at hypnosis for this to be most effective). Triggering a specific hormone is more difficult. Sth like dopamine should be easy, when you anchor feeling good you also anchor dopamine. But how are you going to anchor sth like testosterone? The release of testosterone is probably too subtle to notice and identify so it's hard to anchor. I guess the only way is through direct suggestion. So you say "now release testosterone". For this to work you would need to be very good at hypnosis. It should then be easy to check whether it works or not. Go to the doctor and test your testosterone level. Immediately after making the test, use your testosterone anchor and immediately do another test. I really believe this is possible. People report achieving things with hypnosis that seem far more difficult. For example, some people (including the famous hypnotist Milton Erickson) claim they could enlargen the breasts of their clients through hypnosis. "I have done hypnotic breast enhancement several times very successfully. Lactation is also very possible. [...] What I do have is results on 4 different women who each gained between one and two cup sizes. The changes remained for at least 6 months that personally know of... lost touch after that. [...] The physiological changes that hypnosis can affect are those that are already natural for the body to experience. Both breast enhancement, lactation, and even weight loss fit nicely into this category... growing a third arm... not so much." https://www.reddit.com/r/hypnosis/comments/76jsy7/physiological_changes_in_hypnosis_your_experience/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body