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It is not rare at all. Understanding feels available to me at almost all times, if I choose. Very self-sustaining. Sometimes I do get distracted and lose awareness though. I'm not sure what you mean exactly by running up against a threshold or state-maximizing. Explain?

I prefer the definition of awakened state I used as moment to moment understanding. I think it's more accurate.

4 dates? How long have you known this person?

It still doesn't seem effective. I'm going to assume by "awakened state" you do not mean existing as pure, formless, Godhead. Because there's no way you're making that your baseline state. If by awakened state you mean a moment by moment understanding of what this is, what your reality is, then yes I'm made much progress in that area. My clarity is better than it's ever been. It's so obvious what reality is and how it couldn't be anything else. This is pure consciousness. That said, I still think my understanding could be deepened. So I'm not claiming any sort of end state.

I've done years of all that. Some of the practices seem to have an energetic effect, depending on how you want to define energy. I think transmissions are mostly BS though. I'll believe it has that effect for you. But that's just not my experience. I've easily done over a thousand hours of meditation and that's also not my experience. I do not get any sense of unwinding energy. And that has not seemed to hamper my awakening at all.

I read vibes from teachers. I would not say I have experiences of "subtle energy". Shaktipat from Esmann does nothing for me. No effect.

I notice nothing from watching Jan Esmann.

If you're having sex, it doesn't matter at all. Just have sex when you want and forget about it otherwise. It only matters if you're single and looking to meet someone. In that case, I find it's good to cut down since too much ejaculation can diminish some of your motivation. You'll pass up opportunities you shouldn't.

This is an advertisement, not substance. Sorry dude, but I've been in the bodywork world too long. I still think this is BS.

How'd you do it? Good work.

He's been doing IFS for years now. Nothing new there.

I am not impressed by testimonials. Testimonials are necessary, but anyone can generate some testimonials. I care about substantive arguments. Show me substance, or I'm out. There's a million of these modalities out there and I'm not going to do a deep dive on all of them.

@mac99 what you experienced was your true nature. Which is indeed a powerful experience. If you want to know about the purpose to life, I’d focus on figuring out what exactly that was you briefly experienced in the weight room. You got a glimpse of something, but there’s much more.

Do you know that's true?

In the what?

Wait till Bryan realizes he wasn't born and can't die. That'll be a laugh.

I just looked through the website. My initial impression is that this is some serious fascia-based BS. The entire thing reads like a giant cheesy marketing pitch, without any serious research presented. Fascia-based BS is on the rage right now.

It's not that I automatically think it's trivial. I agree that if guys have genuine bad habits, you might benefit from nofap. It's more so that I think the benefits are overstated. Especially if you're already relatively healthy. For a guy with decent habits, nofap is not going to do much. It'll probably make you somewhat hornier. You're not going to see some superhuman increase in energy, confidence or magnetism. If someone disagrees with me, you're more than welcome to run your n=1 experiment and report your results. I've experimented over the years and this is my conclusion. It's overrated, but potentially powerful if you're in a bad way.

NoFap is good for increasing your motivation to get laid and maybe unwiring serious porn addiction problem. But that’s about it.

Those things are very much related. What other reason do you think there is for anger? All anger is about protection and asserting oneself.

No offense but you probably don’t have the requisite experience to appreciate what I’m saying. It’s a nuanced point. Context matters. Yes, obviously being stoic, funny, non-attached can also be attractive at times.

I agree with that. My dad had some anger issues so I have a bit of familiarity. I still think you're downplaying the actuality vs potential aspect though.

Only potential?? I agree that anger is not always attractive. It can be socially damaging, immature, out of control or otherwise problematic. But it is not just potential that women are attracted to.

To be clear for anyone following, that wasn't a license to be a raging dickhead. Knowing how to control yourself, and what is or isn't appropriate, is essential.

Yes great point. Men need to learn a proper relationship with their anger.