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Quit my job. Travel and do retreats / psychedelics. Spend more time with my family.

This is what Scientologists actually believe, lol.

Most of the apps will be running on much lower versions of PHP, and updating to a recent major version can get tricky due to dependencies. And the older versions won't get patches because they've been unsupported for years. This is bad.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3qjnwye0ep5o @Leo Gura I think you need to be aware of this since this forum and your website runs on PHP.

@jacknine119 First of all, what you call judging could be coming from good intentions from someone. Even if it isn't, so what? You feel negative emotions sure, but you can still learn something from that situation. Of course constant judgement creates unnecessary drama and might distract you from more important things, so sometimes it's good to avoid it. But often times you just can't, if you deal with people long enough. Why do you think it's bad if people judge you? Give me concrete examples.

You'll have a rude awakening on this But that's fine, people judging you isn't that bad, it comes with any socialization. But this places encourages that to be more conscious activity.

@jacknine119 Was that a local Georgian group? Do we really have scientologists in the country?

But I'm sure Graham hasn't done as much psychedelics as you did, but your views seem much more grounded on this matter. Can we say that the difference is you taking epistemology and truth super seriously and Graham just doesn't care that much? To an untrained ear he sounds like he cares and wants to know truth of the matter.

What substances are legal in Switzerland? Assuming those retreat centers use legal psychedelics.

https://www.actualized.org/insights/countering-alternative-egyptology I watched this couple days ago, good proposed techniques of how they could have built pyramids. After watching these kinds of serious construction explanations (not alien crap), this seems much more realistic.

I woudn't bother with GOT. Haven't seen Wire, but you should see Breaking Bad, its really well made stuff.

@Michal__ Seeing them? So one can actually see the chakras?

Also, notice that some people are complete opposite of that, they think they are entiteled to getting help and expect love, attention and care, they think they deserve it to the point that it becomes toxic. Imagine how your thought process must change to become like that, actually play around feeling that complete opposite way of being, what if you were like that? Why aren't you like that? There are people who think that they don't deserve love of opposite sex (for example), and there are narcissists that think that everyone should love them obviously. You should not become a narcissist of course, but just think about that.

Won't that change if she had babies with you? Won't she be in more vulnurable position that needs more caring / providing from your part?

@jacknine119 I think I also had some mild version of it in the past in my teens and early 20s, I don't remember how it got handled. I think it just got fixed itself after I exposed myself to more advice from others. You need to observe why you feel that way, and the best time to observe that is when you're doing it in real time. So, I just gave you an advice, right? Did you feel unworthy of receving it?

All the people that give advice are people just like you, with their own shit that they struggle with, maybe with more life experience to give advice from. Is that actually true for you? If so, why? Do you also feel unworthy to give advice or just receive it?

That's the hardest part for me. Have you actually built products that people bought?

That's interesting, could you share more about your experiences? Like what kind of changes did you experience by opening chakras? Also, why is it called "opening"? Is the sensation really like something was blocked and now it's open? What practices did you do to accomplish this?

Couple years ago I read Om Swami's book "If Truth Be Told", and it affected me in a very deep way. I just stumbled upon a book that he wrote last year that I want to share, where he documents his sadhana in Himalayas in great detail, he describes his routines, techniques, obstacles, experiences, realizations, and much more. It was an amazing read, for those who've read the autobiography and wanted to know more about what he actually did in those thirteen months, don't miss reading this one. It is very inspiring. https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/221033478-thirteen-months-in-the-himalayas Want to know what real hardcore meditation looks like? Read the book. Dude was concentrating on God for 16-22 hours a day for weeks and months until he literally met with God. Nicely dovetails with Leo's recent blog-post on meditation: https://www.actualized.org/insights/awakening-is-not-a-different-place

RIP RJ Mitte, actor of Walter Junior killed himself yesterday, at age 34 😢

What's your day-to-day diet like? Like for 80-90% of the times, what do you eat? I try to lose weight while building muscle and here's what I eat: protein pancakes (protein powder, banana, egg) chicken breast + rice / buckwheat eggs cottage cheese tuna salad some fruit That's it basically. 1900-2000 calories and 160g protein. And on the weekends I might switch and bring in some variety, but still stay in these caloric range. What about you?

That's a good start. Are you planning to also add weight-lifting in the future? Maintaining / gaining some muscle mass become more important as we age.

Another example is today's kids wanting to become YouTubers and Instagram influencers. It's everyone's dream job.

@Leo Gura Just watched that Christian history video, it was informative, thanks for sharing. I have one question, what do Christians mean with Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In your understanding, what was the original idea behind those? Why are they making those distinctions? Well, Holy Spirit sounds like what you call Consciousness, but what about Father and Son? Also they say all three are God, then they say that Jesus is God (son) but his father is also God, gets messy real quck, and historically those distinctions caused disagreements and branching off into countless denominations.

Nice. Yeah, exercise has that rejuvenating effect. What type of exercise have you start doing? I also got into weight-lifting and light cardio for the past couple months very consistently, as I just entered 30s and no more excuses on this front, it's important to invest into health in 30s if not in 20s and 10s. I also found that diet is very important as well. Also it helps with losing exces fat.