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@Danioover9000 I see. So consume content as a means to be inspired to create? @Knowledge Hoarder Makes sense. Thanks.

@Nahm I want to create happiness. I want Enlightenment. But Enlightenment is just an idea in my head. I have no reference experience for it. Also Enlightenment and meeting the need for financial freedom don't really overlap well. You can become Enlightened without financial freedom. And you can become Enlightened without a Life Purpose. But I don't really know. How can I recognize if this is an addiction?

@martins name Do you aim to become monk-like at some point in your life? As in 10+ hours a day of spiritual practices?

@Knowledge Hoarder Sorry, do you mean: “Consume things that make you better at creating” Or what you originally said: ”Consume things, that makes you better at creating” If the latter, what do you mean by things?

@Nahm What should I create? If I had $100 million right now I’d play video games all day. But that’s not what I would’ve done if I was asked that question a few months ago.

@martins name How much time do you devote to your spiritual practices a day? Things like meditation, yoga, contemplation, etc.

@Nahm What do you mean? @aurum Yeah. By consumption I mean entertainment and hedonism. @Danioover9000 This is a nice perspective! Thanks for sharing.

In general though, would you say that being a creator is relatively important to our level of fulfilment and happiness in life?

@martins name Is this meant to be difficult in practice? I am struggling to bask in, or lose myself, in the love that you speak of. In this example, would masturbation still occur? Or would basking in love dissolve the urge to masturbate?

@martins name What do you mean by this? How do you implement this? Let's say the desire arises to masturbate - how do you turn it into a gateway for love and let the love be a gateway to self-transcendence?

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@flowboy Oh that makes sense. It’s trapping me by stopping me from taking action. thanks flowboy

This has been plaguing my day to day life. I have a huge addiction to thinking and theorizing. I keep thinking that Life Purpose is a distraction and that I should just focus on Enlightenment. I keep guilting myself into doing things that are not conducive to Enlightenment work because that is what is most important to me. Even though my survival needs aren't met, I don't have motivation to meet them. I want to transcend survival. Or go to a monastery and become a monk. For example: If I wanted to be a self help teacher, an artist, a book author, or a musician, I'd just think that it's a distraction from Enlightenment work. Do I focus on Life Purpose and financial freedom? or Enlightenment? Should I just renounce life and become a monk? I don't know what to do man. I just overthink everything I do.

@Nahm I don’t know if it has to do with thoughts.

Ohh I see. I think Leo said that in his blueprint page for Life Purpose but that your generic Life Purpose doesn’t change while the details of your Life Purpose can change. You’re right. Thanks @flowboy. What do you spot?

@flowboy I can’t find any monasteries that allow those things. I haven’t found a single monastery that allows psychedelics. What do you mean by a phase of my life purpose? As in a stepping stone to figuring out what my life purpose is? Also, to create a monastery like that I would need to be financially fit. The point of me going to a monastery is that so I don’t have to worry about survival needs so I can meditate all day. @Nahm That feeling of unease from the overthinking is still there even 30 minutes in. I don’t think I’m focused on thoughts.

@flowboy I don’t know the practical steps, but I do know that I want a monastery that allows psychedelics, lets me eat high quality nutritious food, lets me work out, lets me use the internet to read books, watch improvement videos, do courses, etc.

@Nahm When I meditate for over 30 minutes I just zone out. I don’t know if I’m actually meditating. @hyrugaI don’t think overthinking has any pros.

@Nahm So Appearance is Being? How long should I be meditating for? I’ve been doing 10 minutes but I don’t know if it’s enough. @ZenBlue But isn’t Enlightenment the most meaningful thing we could be doing in life?

@peanutspathtotruth What does it mean to allow yourself to be? Do you still take action when you are Being? I’ll check that book out, thanks. It’s by A.H Almaas right? No I don’t think so. I feel like I’m doing it out of compulsion. @ArzolaIsn’t contemplation just deeply thinking about whatever you are or have directly experienced? I do it because I want to know the best way to live life and what the best thing to do is. @ZenBlue What are signs that I am trying to rush Enlightenment?

@Nahm What does this mean? Nahm the thing is I can’t articulate my thoughts clearly. I don’t know exactly what I’m thinking. It’s hazy and wishy washy

@martins name This is what I’m asking about. Why is it pathological to hold it as the only meaningful thing in life? What happens if you do alienate/disconnect yourself from life and suppress your desire for the rest of life? Isn’t that how monks do it?

@martins name How is this pathological? Isn’t Enlightenment the most meaningful thing we could be doing and meditating all day the most ideal way to live life? What happens if you do have at as your only goal in life?

@Nahm When you are Doing, are you Being? @peanutspathtotruth I don’t know how to embody it. How do I just “be”? How will I survive if I don’t strive towards meeting my money needs? That requires doing doesn’t it? @martins name Thanks for the link. I’ll do that when I get home. And yes, compulsive thinking is exactly my problem. What other techniques can I use to open my root chakra? I want to go all in and solve this for good.

@Leo Gura What makes me feel love is feeling on purpose. But I also want Enlightenment. If that’s what makes me feel the most love, that’s what I want. But I don’t really enjoy the process of meditating and doing yoga, etc. It’s a means to an end (Enlightenment) for me. A part of me still fantasises about becoming a monk so I can dedicate all my time to Enlightenment. But then I don’t know how I’d develop up the Spiral stages by just sitting on the cushion and meditating. As in, physical exercise? Yes. I workout 60-90 minutes a day, plus I like to do it. But what if that activity is a distraction from what would make me most happy? Video-games only distract me from my mind temporarily. Afterwards, I’m straight back to my overthinking mind, except this time - more guilty.