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@Michal__ @DefinitelyNotARobot What would you guys consider to be the dangers of doing AP? If any, since you have quite a lot of experience with this. @Michal__ What do you mean by this? Like, you can see something in AP that later when you wake up you can verify? Something like what were your friends doing?

@Dazgwny Thanks, good luck with your night journey as well

@Dazgwny Yeah, from what I've heard, the astral projection will be a tip of an iceberg of what's possible to realize about oneself. But probably still super useful and interesting from my current standpoint where I haven't experienced anything remotely spiritual. Thanks for the link.

@Hojo What kind of scenes?

@Jowblob Yes, I plan to do that. I read books for sure, but I don't have access to psychedelics at the moment, nor in the near future. So I thought learning to astral project can be a great way to experience spirituality at some level, not necessarily God level or unity or anything like that. I also don't think that experiencing the astral plane will be the ultimate Spiritual understanding in any way. But I think that it can become a gateway to higher things.

@Rahra What other things have you seen other than spirits? That's fascinating. What did the spirit look like?

@Jowblob So I guess you are talking from some higher perspective, a meta-perspective in which a "normal" waking state and night sleep state, as well as an astral state, are coming from the same substance, the dream. Is that correct? To me, a "normal" waking state doesn't seem like a dream, so my aim with astral projection is to realize and get a better understanding of reality. Maybe at some point, I'll realize that astral and normal are both dreams, or not. So that's the place from which I was asking the initial question. Basically, I wanted to know how can one change perspective and understanding of the material world around us through this thing known as astral projection.

@Rahra So when you woke up, it wasn't a false awakening, you really woke up and saw a spirit flying out of your apartment? What was your reaction? Was it scary?

@Jowblob By not being real, you mean that I won't be able to go to my friend's house, see what they're up to, and report them when I woke up?

@Dazgwny Hey man, thanks for the comment. I've been following Ryan's YouTube videos for years, pretty interesting guy. Haven't considered buying his course though. Is this the one you are referring to? https://yourpotential.teachable.com/p/your-astral-projection-starter-kit Also, one question. Was astral projection helpful in realizing that you are not the body? Right now I basically feel that I am a body. And I think that if I experienced projecting out of a body, that belief will shutter. How did it happen in your case?

@ivankiss How was it different from a dream? Did it have a different feeling than lucid dreaming?

@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?