Magnanimous

Hey since starting Kriya 3 months ago and completed 4479 pranayama, I've accumulated some questions through practice, reading, and thinking about the future. I want to move close to the clubs at Vegas and Austin one day. Those areas are known for being super noisy. So if I move there, would it be ok to upgrade from earplugs to noise cancelling headphones, as long they aren't too distracting (eg weight)? I once read that it doesn't matter how many pranayama reps you do, as long as you can do them properly. Instead of doing them just set a timer and just do pranayama. Why just a timer instead of rep counting? How long does it actually take to master the specific pranayama technique you are doing? I heard it took a year. I'm steadily getting better but I think I won't be fully done at 10,000. Some small imperfections each pranayama, but after the larger part of routine I'm getting more aftereffects with serious peace, joy, love, that persist for a couple hours. What factors affect the happiness from Kriya other than the quality of technique execution and time of the routine itself? ie what factors in daily life. In Parvastha I heard you're meant to "concentrate like a motherfucker." But how does this reconcile with concentration as an effortless "Being" Santata Gamana recommended. Also when I concentrate that hard its harder for me to generate the happiness which usually comes from Parvastha since I'm so locked in. How do I concentrate that hard and still attain a high yield Parvastha state that persists for a few hours? This one time in Paravastha I was focusing on my Being when my focus drifted to external objects, then I had this chain of logic in my head. I heard Being isn't able to be fully communicated in words but it goes along these lines: You are everything, because since you, the awareness, can place awareness on other objects, there isn't actually a distinction between you and that object. (Logic inspired by an enlightenment exercise I read in the past) Is that correct? I am extremely thankful for starting Kriya Yoga. After practicing, sometimes it has given me amazing feelings of peace, joy, love, and bliss I can feel throughout my entire body, which will only become stronger and more frequent as I can continue, and I can train to maintain it throughout the entire day. Being is much easier to access. Nature is supremely beautiful. In Parvastha I have these interactions with my consciousness that make me just know I'm making spiritual progress like never before. Top 5 things I've done in my life.

Would you suggest psychedelics in your 20s? And how often? You said Kriya and psychedelics in 20s means once done building nest egg you can be half enlightened. It interests me but I'm worried I'll lose motivation to establish material success

So when we go to bed, God takes a break from imaging our waking reality, then in dreams it imagines whatever it wants until we wake up again and it restricts its imagination to physics in this reality? Can God imagine stuff that'ss impossible for the human mind to perceive while dreaming?

Leo that glimpse of the soul you were talking about every night we sleep, are we conscious of it at the time, then we forget about it? Are you conscious of it in your sleep? Can doing kriya lead to that?

Leo what's the genetic factor that draws the few rare people like us in the forum towards spirituality in a world filled with normies? Is that just higher baseline consciousness calling to us? And how prevalent do you think manual techniques were among those people? I'm guessing some societies didn't use them at all while others were still being invented. (eg probably India)

Leo if you could put your psychedelic sensitivity as a percentile what would it be?

Leo Guru

Leo you mentioned one time you wish your mind was looser for consciousness experimentation purposes? What would that mean practically, in comparison to schizophrenia?

Leo what genetic traits does a top leader have?

Leo who's the person with the highest baseline you know? Is it you?

Hey Leo, is Hong Sau a valid concentration technique? Trying different concentration mediums. Already did visualized colour, then have been focusing on the feeling between two fingers for 2 months. Just asking because this isn't exclusively a mantra, its also breathwork. I'm still on 1 minute for your finger concentration technique. When doing pranayama my focus isn't fully on the technique. I feel like it will take a bit of time before I can increase my time on the finger concentration. I was reading over Hong Sau and thought it would be easier for me to do.

Hey Leo where to find the hottest girls on weekdays? Wanna move there one day

I'm doing kriya just for that

Meaning I'll get an extra 6 inches?

Leo could we attain your level of insight as well? Or after doing the spiritual work you teach, will we gain abilities enhancing our own genetic strengths? Like for example better wit if you're a people person?

Hey Leo about your wealth funding higher consciousness post, how would we balance the pursuit of higher consciousness with just ordinary funseeking? Also, I was wondering in our 20s when we get survival handled, then in our 30s we hopefully get our spirituality handled - like getting our goals of enlightenment, God-Realization, etc - how are we meant to live the rest of our lives. You said because you did survival work in your 20s and spiritual work in your 30's you can just coast off it for the rest of your life. Are we lessening the intensity of both and trying to enjoy life more? Are we going deeper into spirituality since that is the highest form of happiness? I'm only 6 months out of high school and I wanna know how I'll spend the rest of my past those two points of achievement.

Hey Leo I gotta be honest, I've been eating within 3-4 hours of my nighttime kriya routine sometimes. I don't do bandhas or maha mudra so the yoga doesn't make my stomach uncomfortable. But there's gotta be something wrong with what I'm doing, right? What is it? I don't wanna blindly accept not eating for 3-4 hours before my routine.

Leo how long have you been consistently doing kriya for? What are the happiness related benefits you've got?

Hey Leo just wondering cause you basically never talk about this, how often do you hang out with friends?

Hey. I've done 2500+ Kriya Pranayama 1 (KP1) since starting one and a half months ago. The problem is I think I've been doing parts of it wrong. Is it meant to be done with Uyajji Breathing? One of the instructions in KP1 says you must make a "SHAAAWWWW" sound (First sound made with Uyajji Breathing), and other pranayama types are done with Uyajji breathing. So should I learn Uyajji and incorporate it with KP1? The JC Stevens written instructions say move energy from Muladhara to Medulla, but the illustrations has arrows in the Sushumna where the energy is meant to be directed, which I interpret as: Raise energy from Muladhara to Ajna -> localize energy at Medulla -> send it down back to Muladhara. (I do the Technique Tip of sending warm energy down the backside of the spine rather than through the Sushumna.) What I do from reading Leo's instructions and JC Steven's instructions/illustrations are: 1. Raise cool prana from Muladhara to Ajna through the Sushumna 2. Continue raising the prana through brainstem and brain, blasting both 3. Localise energy at Medulla 4. Send warm prana down the backside of the spine from Medulla to Muladhara. Am I doing KP1 right? Finally, I need some reassurance. Even though I think I've been getting some steps wrong, and obviously not being perfect on the correct steps as a beginner, subjectively in my view I'm still getting benefits. Those 2500+ pranayama have not gone to waste, right? I've still got benefits?

Leo, when we experiment with new Kriya techniques, what criteria do we measure the results of those new techniques? And determine whether or not to include them in our routine. Because in past forum posts you would tell us to experiment and find out what works for ourselves.

What about Supreme Fire? I thought you did that Leo

How do you do the exhale? When inhaling, I've been trying to make the SHAW sound. I just didn't know how to do inhale and exhale the proper Uyajji way.

Hey @Oppositionless, what would you say are the unique benefits of Maha Mudra? If you can separate them out from the other practices