King Merk

Sounds like you’ve had a hard day bud. Heres a hug ?

Bullshit. Go do any long meditation sit. Seriously, go sit for 8 hours straight. I bet you’re not tough enough to do it. Same with an intense yogic practice. These require mental toughness. Now I do agree with you that intense exercise is good for developing mental toughness. Personally I like rock climbing and jui jitsus because you’re so close to death in both of these activities. Very intense mental sports. That said I’ve also done marathons and those are amazing for developing mental toughness too. @Adodd mental toughness is simply one’s ability to be comfortable with discomfort. Most people squirm at the very sight of discomfort. Others relish in discomfort. Which do you think have a higher likelihood of being successful in life? You develop mental toughness through exposure to uncomfortable activities. Examples are intense exercise, cold exposure, saunas, hard conversations, psychedelics, etc. All you have to do is consciously experience stressful situations to develop mental toughness

@LSD-Rumi yea sounds like you got a taste of the dissociative effects. It can be quite uncomfortable when you’re new to it. My first few trips had flavors of scariness & discomfort due to the dissociation but the more you trip the more you get comfortable with it.

It helped me to read books on others who have had much hard lives than me. That’s huge for breaking victim mentality Look into the books “man’s search for meaning” and “can’t hurt me” Your problems seem a lot smaller when you’re comparing them to those of a holocaust survivor

I did pretty strict 18:6 IF for about 3 years and felt great on it. I often combine the ketogenic diet with it as the two go together like peanut butter and jelly. Now days I just skip breakfast 5-6 days per week and naturally eat within a 8ish hour window. That’s what my body like the most. I’ve found the degree of bloating I experience has more to do with the actual types of food I eat and less to do with the time window of my eating. However if you’re bloated due to overeating then IF will likely help with that

Idk bro I have the opposite problem ?

I work four 10 hour shifts at my current job. I love the schedule. Still put my 40 hours a week in while have plenty of time on the weekends to pursue my side endeavors

@kamwalker correct, Mike Tyson was very far from spirituality when he was younger. That’s no longer the case and it’s obvious when you listen to him. I remain skeptical of Lamar Odom’s dream as a deep spiritual insight.

@kamwalker most highly conscious individuals don’t struggle with drug addictions. Also just by listening to him talk I get that impression. Hey, I could be wrong but as a diehard Lakers fan I’ve been following him for the last 10+ years and highly developed spiritual vibes are not what I get haha

When I was a child I had hundreds of encounters with other beings. I’m not sure what to call these beings but the word ghost feels fitting enough. The majority of my encounters was a simple feeling of their presence. Like when you feel someone is staring at you without having to look over at them. However a dozen or so times I would see actual beings appear in front of me. Sometimes we would interact. A few were pleasant interactions. Some were absolutely terrifying. Most were somewhere in between. I had a traumatic paranormal experience at the age of 13 or 14 and ever since then my ability to access this realm has been greatly hindered if not completely shut off. My question is, has anyone else had a similar experience of being able to see & interact with these beings in their youth? And did you likewise lose your ability as you became a teen/adult? Also, does anyone know how exactly to go about regaining this ability? I know intuitively that I must be careful about how I go about this… There are dangerous beings out there and I wish to tread carefully Any resources or advice would be appreciated

Yes, very dangerous. I DO NOT recommend ? @newbee I was able to shrug off the diphenhydramine trips as “weird hallucinations” about what “being crazy” is like. So they were actually a net positive for me because I was more grateful for my sanity afterwards The more traumatizing thing for me in regards to the insanity had more to do with LSD. Long story short I’ve watched a specific close friend completely black out and become “insane” on multiple trips. For example, I’ve seen him run down our neighbors in their cars at 6am yelling about Jesus (like a jehovas witness on steroid LOL). I’ve seen him lose motor control of his body for over and hour and locked into a scary hyperventilation like state I’ve also had to wrestle him down and physically restrain him in a bathroom as the cops searched our dorms in college during one of his blackout episodes So whenever I feel that “non-locality” or feeling of lost-ness come on, I instantly flash back to looking into his eyes and seeing no one home. Then I realize that’s what I’m diving into and it’s scary as fuck. Defintely traumatizing but not in a death way. Insanity is different from death. I’ve experienced real death on DMT before and it’s not the same. Not sure how to explain it but insanity has its own flavor. With regards to processing/integrating I’m just really grateful to have the brain chemistry I have now. To be able to fit into society and be normal and healthy That said, due to these experiences I do have a much greater degree of empathy for those who are clinically “crazy” and/or mentally ill

I’m on respawn number 151 rn One day I’ll catch all 1,000,000 like Leo and be a true master

I experienced some sort of insanity while tripping on diphenhydramine. I’d have full blown conversations with groups of people who weren’t there. I remember spending 20 minutes sitting in my chair and typing a paper for my college course only to then realize that my laptop was never in front of me. I’d talk to walls and respond to my friends in a sort of English like gibberish that they couldn’t decipher. I’d also undulate between being as heavy as a boulder to as light as a feather which was tortuous when it came time to move my body. Most annoying & physically uncomfortable trips of my life were on diphenhydramine. I do not recommend unless you’re into torturing yourself (in the name of conscious exploration). I’ve also experienced an entirely different kind of “insanity” on LSD I’ll start loosing control of my mind & body and forget who or what I was. It’s like the most intense feeling of being lost ever. Like the perception of central grounding in who & what I am will start dissolving away completely. But not exactly ego death because there’s still a sort of non localish sense of self. Think of being so lost that you can’t tell the difference between up/down or left/right. You can’t remember your name, life, face or anything. Idk if y’all would technically call that insanity but it sure felt like it to me.

Sounds like a great opportunity to clearly express how you’re feeling & set firm boundaries about what you will and won’t accept in the relationship. Then if a boundary is violated you walk away/avoid interacting with the individual

I’m skeptical. Lamar Odom isn’t exactly a highly spiritually developed individual. Anyone can have a dream about Kobe… but certainly interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Yea that Leo guy made a video on this. Fuck this forum thread. Go watch then implement what he shared in the video. Simple. P.S. My mom thinks I’m funny

@Tyler Robinson I believe you that filtering out men to fuck is hard Just like convincing women to fuck is hard But hey, we’re made to fuck. It’s in our biology. I don’t think you’re developing bad karma by rejecting men… But if you are then maybe it’s because you should be having more sex

It’s the females job to sift out and reject men. Most men will fuck anything that walks. It’s up to the woman to do the sexual filtering & rejection

I would say clubbing is cool until you hit about 40. Then it starts getting a bit weird

Man I’ve had some terrifying shit happen to me while tripping on the woods. That said I’ve also had some of the most amazing blissful states out there. However I find that I can’t fully surrender into the experience because I’m the back of my mind I’m still worried about my survival needs.

Tribute song to his dead wife. Imo the greatest trance song of all time.

Talk about misunderstanding the right

Bruh?

To actually address your post, any course that you go out and apply will be of great benefit to you. Your issue is a lack of experience socializing. If buying a course to develop a more solid theoretical understanding will help give you the courage to go out there & socialize more then hell yea it’s worth it.

I’ve had an illegal substance seized by customs (I live in USA) and nothing bad happened apart from me losing the money I spent on it. Best to buy domestic when possible.