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I've personally seen hedonism to be really dysfunctional and flawed in terms of experiencing life as rich as possible. Not only you miss a lot by not getting in touch with the ''higher pleasures'', but you also set yourself up for a cycle of unhealthy and self-sabotaging habits. That of course affects the collective too. One very good friend of mine is a pleasure seeking machine. Right now he is really happy and satisfied with his life. He doesn't even understand that hedonism is a thing, he just sees that it's the way how life should be lived. I've carefully over time tried to explain him my way of living, but he is not conscious enough to get it. It's kinda funny that any endeavor that includes discipline or discomfort is not comprehensible to him. I've observed him and others enough to see how that kind of living backfires. With my friend I've seen hedonism leading to destruction of his relationships, finances, health and other aspects of his life, such as his psychology and emotions. He is really ignorant and resentful for things that cause him pain or discomfort. The scariest thing here is that he's not aware that those problems stem from that. He frames it as ''that's just how life is... we just have to deal with it.'' I've tried to open his eyes carefully so many times with many different methods without any judgments, with no results. Now I've decided to lay back and let his life unravel as nature wants it to. Maybe some huge disaster, loss or painful experience will one day lead him to realization of the problems in the way he lives, or maybe not. Unfortunately it's not just a personal problem. There is so much toxicity in today's Western Orange societies that lead young people to seek immediate pleasure all the time from all the places. And then when the thirst of material achievement is added, we see all the egoistic and selfish behavior all over. But hey, that's development and that's how people learn and get over it. It's just sad that some people won't learn no matter what happens and so they end up living a pitiful life.

@Leo Gura It's great to have you back! Do you mind sharing the HM detox protocol you went through to cure the brain fog issue you had?

From a perspective of ego development I would say: "Welcome to post-conventional."

Leo, when you get tired of using "Ta-Da", use this gif.

It's really a subjective matter. Only you can say when you've sold your soul. You don't get to know what it means until you've done it. Objectively... The most common example of a soul-deal you see out there of course is a person who has given up his authentic values for mostly material and egoistic purposes.

Yeah, you're right. You can't really expect someone to do some psychedelics once and become Jesus Christ for good. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

Words are cheap. I want to see integration and implementation of those insights in one's day to day life. Then I talk about success.

You: ''Isn't that a strong substance? Man, I mean I've smoked weed once and it was kinda dope.. What about all that PTSD and psychosis stuff? Aren't they real risks?'' Shaman: ''Shut up and smoke the Sapo''.

Sounds cool! He likes to have conversations of -- from his perspective mystical experiences -- while stoned, so I'm really waiting for what he has to say when he goes to take that introduction tour into psychedelic realms.

Gotta keep that in mind. Maybe I need to loosen my grip a bit and give him room to take the trip to direction he tends to take it and play more within those frames.

That's a solid advice. I'm just bit afraid of him starting to see the party potential and wanting to start using psycs for only hedonistic purposes. Anyway in theory also that approach might in itself lead him perhaps to some hippie fests, which is actually really good for his development I might be too biased to make him look at the world like I do. We have beautiful nature close here so that would be great! With weed he tends to get paranoid and we have a freezing cold winter now, so that's unfortunately crossed over.

The breathing and relaxation you mentioned are really important, especially relaxation of the front of your body where the sexual energy moves. You can also strengthen the floor of your pelvis by upward contraction to give you the muscular capability to prevent you to cum out your genitals. David Deida is a master of this field. I would recommend reading his books. His aim is to teach you shoot your orgasm up into your brain and even further. Then there are also those practical options you're most likely aware of already, such as using a condom or trying to go more than once. You can also learn to give her amazing orgasms with your tongue and fingers.

Love in action! It's so beautiful. Keep spreading Love my friend. It's gonna move mountains.

Is it the feeling of responsibility of your creation as God that makes you still be active and willing to have change?

I don't mean vision for growing up the spiral in itself, but vision for something else than the default position, vision that leads you to make the right actions to grow. Christian doesn't leave his religion to live a sinful materialist life without a strive towards something, nor does a business CEO to become a hippie. In most cases the motivation could be suffering, but growing far beyond the level of your society doesn't happen with only negative motivation.

Suffering motivates people to grow, but for some people it seems like no matter how much suffering they have they still stay close-minded and reluctant to question their beliefs and paradigms, so they end up living in their small comfortable bubble for the rest of their lives. Moving beyond the center of gravity of your society and culture requires you to have vision and to do serious independent thinking and questioning, which tends to be extremely rare.

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It's good to remind yourself of the fact that you're able to walk in the streets without instantly getting robbed, raped or murdered. To be able to do that doesn't come for free. Hell, you have freedom to start a business just like that without worrying where to get the protection money for the local mob so they don't come and kill you. Man I know the feeling, but life is tough and it'll always be. You need to become strong and start fucking life instead of letting life fuck you. After that you can see all the beauty mother earth has stored for you.

This guy has -- actually has always had since he was a kid -- a very unique "condition". He is super aware and conscious all the time and he can even be aware at night while sleeping. He very well descripes the void and stillness he experiences on this interview.

@Valwyndir I bet you also have personality in the way you pursue your life purpose or how you fulfill your mission ? Let's hypothetically say you were a known energetic extroverted person who's strengths were best utilized by being pragmatic working actively with others as a popular face among main pop and pushing your raw insights to people as hard as possible. Would you be fine turning into a super careful introverted loner who mainly worked alone by himself and really carefully tried to teach even a fraction of his insights and wisdom with a really slow pase and long time horizon?

Having a daily consistent practice routine is the most effective way to learn almost any skill.

Imagine having a nightmare and there wondering if you'd regret waking up.

I think Leo doesn't go mainstream not only because he has a sense of the problems arising from that but also simply because it's not his style. He has his unique style to do what he does, and even all the deep awakenings he's probably had, his personality still plays a big role in his work and vision I think.

Work I do includes lots of co-operation with business oriented SD Stage Orange people, so I come here trying to get contrast. As my passion is to develop and experience life as holistically as I can I use this forum as a source. I come here to get different perspectives on different things from more or less like minded people and also try to share my own. Another reason is the respect for Leo and his teachings. Avoided this forum for a long time before signing up. I also consistently tend to fall for the trap of seeking attention and feeding the ego by arguing and trying to look smart beyond the agenda of sharing perspectives and advice. Sometimes I notice distracting myself with this forum. I'm working on getting rid of that shit.

See your vision with long enough time horizon and try to come up with some smaller more tangible goals that play part in that.