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@Eternal Unity Why?

@OBEler How long did it take you to do it when you were learning? Or is this something you've always done? Also, in Robert Monroe's book, I've read that some devil-like small creatures attacked him or something like that. Have you had similar experiences? Is it safe?

@VictorB02 From 1:00:54 to 1:01:00 he says he does stretching and meditation in just one 2-hour block. And I assumed he meant like doing stretching mindfully or something, but dunno. Me too, for sure.

@VictorB02 I think he mentioned that he is meditating during his 2 hour stretch routine. So I'd guess that it's not like a formal strict meditation sessions. ----- If you ask me, a society where an alarming portion of young men ideolize Andrew Tate, we need more people like Goggins, not less. Personally, his example inspired me a lot and continues to do so. But I don't really like some of the stuff he does, like recording all the negative comments and listening their mp3's while doing chores. That seems a bit off. But he is a good role model if you want more discipline and challenge in your life. It doesn't have to be running marathons.

This is what I did that basically solved that issue. Researched and found 3 Android website / app blockers. Blocked YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc. applications with all blockers, before deleting the apps. Deleted all the apps. Now if I install any of them, it will be pre-blocked already. I blocked website versions of those social networks. I blocked the blocker with another blocker. And I did this for each of them. I also blocked Facebook, Instagram and TikTok on my laptop with ColdTurkey app so that it's impossible to enter those from it. I set a chrome extension that hides YouTube feed so that I don't get distracted with recommended videos / shorts. If I want to see recommendations, I can disable the extension. Results: I basically don't use phone in a toxic way anymore. There is nothing to scroll. First 2-3 weeks was harderst with cravings but then it's like Facebook and YouTube mindless scrolling doesn't even enter my mind. Not to mention TikTok or Instagram reels. I still ise YouTube from my laptop because it has some valuable content. In emergency situations, if I want to use Facebook app, for example to see what events are happening near me, I do that by removing blocks temporarily on my phone, installing app, logging in, then blocking again and deleting it. So it takes like 6-7 minutes to do that. The trick is that you'll be too lazy to do that daily and mindlessly, so addiction is gone. You have to somehow make it harder to use those services and your brain will be too lazy to turn it into addiction.

https://blog.google/technology/ai/bard-google-ai-search-updates/ Good stuff. It's exciting to see the similar AI chatbot as ChatGPT from a tech gigant such as Google.

@Leo Gura Would your happiness be diminished if you had to work 8 hours a day for some company to pay your bills? So, is your happiness caused by the work you did in spirituality or by other life conditions that you've created for yourself? For example creative independence. I'd guess that it's both.

@Something Funny That's a great plan. Probably the reason you have that addiction is that in childhood you got hooked on that shit unconsciously and you just developed a habit, and it's just a mental and emotional habit, that's it. Some people are more likely to get addicted to that because it was an emotional coping mechanism growing up. The hardest thing with building healthy masturbation habits will be that in the beginning phases, until your mind is conditioned to having porn around when jerking off, you'll probably have urges after a porn-free masturbation session to look at it in the next one. But that will become less often once you re-condition your mind after a couple of months. So, go for it.

@Something Funny How did you manage to do that? Sheer brute force? And what made you become a daily user again, after 30 days of being off of it?

@Something Funny How many times have you tried quitting? And what was the longest duration that you abstained from it?

@Leo Gura What about your manual practice results? If you have any.

I'd probably add reducing your exposure to toxins, and doing occasional detoxes, like heavy metal detox, if necessary.

@Rafael Thundercat Is it even necessary at all to adjust the diet to the point of not eating anything to go deep into this work?

Hey guys, I just found this article: http://goldenagejourney.blogspot.com/2012/04/diet-for-ascension.html The author talks about how the human diet changes naturally when the vibration (don't know what that means) is raised, until eventually one doesn't even need air (Pure ingestion of prana life force (no air, water or food)) This is the list from the article: Dietary Stages on the Path of Ascension - Pure ingestion of prana life force (no air, water or food) - Breatharian (ingestion of air only, no food or water) - Water only (no ingestion of food) - Liquid supergreens, liquid vitamins and minerals only - Raw vegetable juice fasting - Raw vegan diet (fresh vegetables and some fresh fruit) - Vegan unprocessed (fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds) - Vegan processed (includes grains, sugars, caffeine, etc.) - Vegetarian (includes dairy and eggs) - Partial vegetarian (no red meat or dairy products) - Mostly omnivore (everything except red meat) - Omnivore (all types of food) - Junk food diet (fast food, mostly fried and processed) What is your experience with it? Do you find the list accurate?

Do you guys have a specific diet when doing Kriya? Obviously eating junk food would affect the practice results, but what about meat?

@Leo Gura Actually, watching you grow in the last 6-7 years was very informative to me. I remember all the points you mentioned because you've documented them in your videos and it's really amazing if you think about it. So from a very young age, I was watching a dude who went through all that, and even though I didn't know that what you were describing in your videos was true, I intuited that it was worthwhile to listen to you. And it opened up a whole world for me because I was reading and cross-referencing insights I heard from you and other teachers in spiritual books, and before I heard it from you, I was trying to satisfy my craving for understanding reality with academic psychology books which I couldn't really understand. Also, for the last 2 years, I started teaching. Not the metaphysical stuff like you, but technical, like web development. But I did that from a kinda 2 tier, non-ideological, holistic approach, and my students loved it. They couldn't pinpoint what exactly was different in my style of teaching, but I knew that what they liked was my detachment from specific ideological stances, multi-perspectival teaching approach, and a wholistic big-picture understanding of the things I thought. And you were one of the people who taught me the value of that from a very early age. So thanks for that. I'll continue building my infrastructure, discipline, and health, and having small daily spiritual practices. And hopefully, all the metaphysical stuff that you talk about will become relevant in the years to come because at the moment I just lack sufficient foundation, but hey, one step at a time.

@Leo Gura Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. When was that moment for you? During your first enlightenment experience on the retreat? When did it hit you that this is what your life should be about? And I don't mean just philosophy and questioning you did in your youth. I mean, the proper Spiritual path that you began. Was it before Actualized or after?

@Leo Gura And it causes suffering when you don't live up to it? At the moment I'm viewing my life as a process of setting up an infrastructure that will allow me to do more and more spiritual work. That includes satisfying my cravings, building solid skills & career, buying a small house to reduce my expenses to not have to pay the rent indefinitely, etc. Having relationships and social life kinda handled and stuff like that. But in my mind, I do all that because I'm leading my life to have a lifestyle that allows solitude, full-time contemplative days, psychedelics, more practices, and stuff like that. But the thing is, I haven't had any direct experiences of the things you talk about, or other spiritual folks talk about. But I kinda intuit that that's what life is about, understanding (philosophy) and embodiment. But still, that's a bit of brainwashing (in a good way I guess) that I got from you and other people like you, but I think it leads to a good place, and since I'm 27 years old, I still have (hopefully) some time to figure all that out myself. Did you also view your life and daily routines and habits and all that as a ladder to higher and higher realizations when you were my age?

@Leo Gura How is your daily life changed after realizing all that? I mean, you still have to do business, some family stuff, some socialization, some chores, bills, and stuff. But you know all the things you listed there, so how does that wisdom affect your daily life and goals? How is your life now, for example when you wake up in the morning to start your day and in the back of your mind you have those realizations vs in the past when you didn't have all that?

Hey, I just found out that there are people who only eat fruit and nothing else. There is also a YouTube channel from that type of guy: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFreeMelonSociety What do you guys think of this? How healthy is it? Maybe it's worth trying in case of some autoimmune diseases. But I worry about a lack of protein intake and too much sugar. This just doesn't seem natural.

A great TED talk about that

@todefe Cheat days or cheat meals?

@Leo Gura What do you think about doing shamanic breathing every week for like 45-60 minutes? Do you still think that it's useful? And in what way is it useful? I've done it like 6-7 times, but I'm thinking about how it will affect me if I do this for a whole year.

@Leo Gura Are you still gonna release the practical course you've been referring to for the last 1-2 years?

@Leo Gura Why? As an experiment? Do you get an urge to do that during a breakthrough because it doesn't matter?