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Watch what you surround yourself with when you start falling unconscious So there is quite a bit of civil unrest right now in the US. It has had me glued to live streams and twitter. It's really great we have this technology today to communicate with each other in ways we couldn't before and share knowledge and information almost instantly. I have found myself falling unconscious however last night. Around 8 years ago I had an online "troll" phase I came out of where I would get into arguments with people online on message boards and reddit. While watching one of the youtube streams last night I found myself unconsciously starting to fall back into this old habit where I was spamming the chat with anti-cop insults to combat the racist comments I was seeing.... I don't like how this feels and I don't think this is a productive way to spend my time helping work on and heal this societal issue. Solution? I pressed the hide button on the chat I'm going to be more mindful during the time when I'm feeling more emotional so I can make more conscious choices instead of falling into negative patterns and behaviors. It's interesting how we pick up energy from the environments we surround ourselves in depending on our level on consciousness. The time to be most mindful of this phenomena is when feeling sad about something.

Hey thanks, yeah I have heard of it and tried it. I've done a couple of those 10 day free retreats taught by those video discourse by Goenka several years back and maintained a daily practice for a little. For me personally I don't find it to be particularly effective but it is a good technique to learn.

stage blue in america... wow

you forgot your "the" before "blacks" ..... "ruined by thugs" dude stop posting

10 years to have an awakening from meditating? Good lord... took me 8 months after a huge psychedelic trip... I really like this thread though. It's well written and very compassionate and I think it make some good points

you don't understand his semantics, tis all

There is a large crowd amassing outside the white house. I really think there is a possibility that there could be a grass roots coup attempt. No way could the military fire on them if this occurs and not have a complete revolution break out. This is getting very real.

It's just thoughts and feelings... why be so hard on yourself? I don't find myself particularly attracted to men almost ever but on occasion some aspect of a man may arouse me. I wouldn't even consider myself bi. Sexuality is more fluid than you think and isn't just a binary

I've had a similar experience as well. Have had it about 2-3 times Had a full breakthrough after meditating and felt a wonderful energy that lasted with me for a day where I felt enlightened, clear thoughts and love for myself and everything. Have crashed a few times as well after, was not comfortable at all lol. I think the process is like a spiral where we continually go around through this artfully and carefully and each time we release deeper and deeper until we are able to integrate everything and feel at peace with ourselves, others, the world and present in the moment. I've done both wim hof and holotropic breathe work. Sometimes I will do a guided wim hof session cause I really like him as a person and I feel supported hearing his voice encourage me through the breathing. Other times I will put on music and just sort of go with the flow for 45 minutes doing as many rounds that feel right for me. I will usually journal after. I've sat and done deep belly breathing while journaling. It helps to sit up right when writing for me. I've done it on my side after breathing but I think I'm able to approach the writing from a clearer headspace sitting up straight. When I journal I'll usually just write about how I'm feeling, how my body feels, any thoughts on what came up and to top it off I'll write down a few things I'm grateful for and a love letter to myself.

I have the exact same thing. I will feel stuck and have a tension in my head/brain that starts at my forehead and goes to the back of my neck. I will feel it in my throat as well a bit. I can release it a bit sometimes but it feels like there is a blockage there that I can't quite always get at. When I am able to start accessing it I start to notice tension/pain in my chest and my arms will hurt a bit, lots of emotions and intense/scary thoughts will arise during this experience, and I'll get tingly all over. Breathe work can help access and release this stuff. I'm not entirely sure what you should do since what may feel comfortable for you may not be for someone else. I do believe what both you and I have is an emotional blockage that is keeping us from fully noticing and processing some emotions from our pasts. I will say be easy on yourself and find ways to gently let it go. Don't push too hard but also be brave. Looking for outside help through a trusted and competent therapist who can administer MDMA/Psychedelics could potentially be really healing for you. I'm planning on doing this again when I feel ready. Alternatively you can journal and do breathe work which can also get at this stuff.

Feeling stuck? Feeling like something emotional isn't being recognized, fully processed and released? Just let go and go into it. The basement may seem scary with the lights off but when you finally go through it and reach the light switch it wasn't so scary after all. Thoughts are thoughts and feelings are feelings, that is all, nothing to really fear, it's just how you feel... you are safe... you are loved... you are trusted, understood and powerful... Set the fear and thought stories aside and feel fully what they are blocking. It may feel confusing but when you find that light switch and are able to see the clutter in the basement it is easily cleaned and sense of wholeness and peace arrises. Stopping halfway through in he dark basement can lead to neurosis and madness so use your inner guide and strength to make it through the illusions. From the other side it wont seem so bad after all. It's like jumping into a cold pool, be careful not to let the first foot go in. get stuck, and then be too scared to continue. Healing, clarity and truth awaits on the other end. You will be feeling so much better and be thankful to yourself when you've made it to the end. A letter to myself and anyone else who sometimes feels they are stuck in unresolved trauma.

could you articulate what exactly is being said by the MSM regarding this incident that isn't emotionally and historically relevant and true for many people?

That headline

Quite jarring...

I think what a lot of people fail to realize, from their own comfort, is that a minority group in the country feels under attack. From their point of view it is "thugs" stealing TVs and not following the ways of Martin Luther King Jr (who by the way was ridiculed greatly and considered very extreme at his time for protesting, kinda like how people now are classifying these protestors). Inversely from the protestors point of view they feel targeted and under the heel of state sponsored oppression... how would most people react if their government was actively targeting them for suppression? They would rise up and burn down the city.... kinda like what we are seeing.

I've found the sedona method to be quite powerful when it comes to releasing anger

Put on some calming music or some rain noise or do a guided meditation on falling asleep after a nightmare. Be your own parent and remind your inner child now is a time to rest. approach all this stuff later when you have a calmer mind.

because he went through an investigation.... the political divide is more stark than ever right now

I had a powerful insight today. I sometimes find myself falling into ruminating about the past, the mistakes I've made, things I wish I did differently, opportunities I wish I capitalized on, traumas I wish hadn't occurred. I've realized that the concept of trauma and "survivors guilt" can apply often times to a mindset I fall into where I feel bad about my past and wonder why I didn't turn out worse than I did. I've been working on spinning this towards the light. How unlike others who may have been too weak or fallen deeper and deeper into darkness I was able to catch myself before falling too deeply in. Thinking about how I was able to catch myself and use my inner strength and the tools I have at my disposal shouldn't go to waste with me just living an insignificant material life where I just chase pleasures. I get this calming sense of peace and self acceptance for myself and others when I think about how I can use my journey and particular obstacles to help heal others who suffer from similar neurosis I have. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Happiness and pleasure are beautiful and I feel there is nothing wrong with experiencing these things but making my life solely about these makes me feel tense and I feel mental resistance. I will savor every moment, let myself feel pleasure and enjoy it fully, but work to align my core to giving back and helping others!

I can say that Sadhguru is very much emotionally mastered and has integrated a lot of his work.

Yup. white supremacists storming a capital with guns vs protests over systematic racist murder

your ignorance is amusing and I'm not interested in explaining it to you

lol.... look at the police