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it sounds more like some sort of mental game of notions to me show me an example of an awakened nazi (closest example maybe carl jung?) in actuality and then we can start taking this notion more seriously

reclaiming one's own path is incredibly powerful and necessary when you start holding your own direct experience over the words of someone else you are headed in the right direction

somebody reach around jame123's head and hit the restart button. I think he got stuck on repeat (just some playful banter)

what you described is not discipline. That's compulsive. there will be degrees of quality of what drives a person to be disciplined over something but discipline is a conscious commitment towards something one believes will have a positive impact on their life and sticking with it even if challenging emotions, doubt, fear, blockages, whatever arise.

@soos_mite_ah yeah, I do agree with you. I think the OP's situation is an example of a really extreme or dysfunctional power imbalance.

self discipline is one of the highest forms of self love you can give yourself

try a dualistic path then or just not take in theory that makes you feel this way. Several dull non-dual teachers out there who speak little on love or have a really dry style of teaching. I mostly ignore anyone out there in that sort of neo advaita / zen / overly new agey camp. My attention and time is precious and there is plenty of content out there for me to explore.

The same happens to a lot of men during the beginnings of a relationship or courtship process. I don't think imbalances are a problem per-say. Plenty of women are attracted to the status and power of a man. It's a lot like the ying-yang symbol. Both men and women have the better end of the stick when it comes to certain aspects of dating/romanic relationships.

Is it like the Sedona Method? I’ve done the Sedona Method program and Leo did a video on it. It’s a great technique especially when doing things during the day and something comes up.

Neo advaita just keeps finding more and more ways to make a fool of itself on this topic

What's inherently wrong with a power imbalance? From my experience I've noticed a lot of women don't mind this and are attracted to powerful men. I don't think it's the imbalance that's the problem but more so how the man uses it.

no need to subtly demonize being selfish. to be finite and identified with the human form is to be ever slightly selfish. it's not possible to be entirely selfless and be a human at the same time. repeating this, no need to subtly demonize being selfish.

Is there a point to spirituality/psychedelics aside from desire for truth? uh yeah... literally 90% of the people that get into this stuff is to resolve some form of suffering

we gettin laid tonight fellas!

Anyone playing this game?

Maybe this should become a video game discussion thread?

I wouldn't say it's easier to fear than to love. To fear takes work. To love simply requires doing nothing. I don't want to give the impression that I'm subtly demonizing fear with this post. Fear has it's purpose and is a useful emotion in some contexts.

Waifu is god

Im planning to revive this in 2021 and use it to help me build discipline

most every morning while waking up from sleeping

I'm going to rest till Christmas then start writing my year in review that I've done for the last few years and then update my life vision. Plan is to go into 2021 with a few things to focus on and start building discipline again. I've had a ton of spiritual insights and raised my consciousness a tremendous amount since I've fallen out of being disciplined but I desire being disciplined again to create some incredible experiences in my life that won't simply come to me during my usual routine.

I keep trying to get back into the gym and work on my art projects. I draw up a 30 day challenge but after the first week I start missing days and it becomes demoralizing. I've been through periods where I was super disciplined and saw a project to it's end. I'm having a hard time currently though getting back into a disciplined mindset without tension coming up. How do you all keep promises to yourself and work through the emotions that come up? I've never had it this hard before being disciplined.

breathe into it. accept that it is does feel overwhelming b/c it most def can feel this way. let go, this fear will resolve itself and you will have nothing to worry about here