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Because they have a lot of Do's and Don't's. The moment someone starts telling me how I should behave, I've lost respect for that person and he clearly has no idea to me what life is about. Religions were made from people who don't understand life and who were not enlightened. They heard some enlightening stuff from the originator (let's say Jesus in case of Christianity) and they misinterpreted it and molded it into their own box of understanding - thus missing the real truth. So it's not the Truth, they are teaching a religion.

High five! I was a waiter for 10 years, neighbouringt to you, Slovenia. It was really my passion for all this time. I loved working with people. But ever since I started really questioning if this is all ther is to my life, I have grown more and more out of it. Not because I didn't like it, I still love it, but I wanted to start pursuing a different path, one that would save me from financial burden and having to go to work for someone else every day and have a lot of free time and have money. But I'm not there yet. So now I'm currently employed by watching over a house. It's a long story, I don't want to explain it. But I do have a lot of time to study my new field.

I don't think I respect religions. I respect the first person who it started from because I believe that person understood life, but after that it just gets tainted by people who didn't really get the point. But to me, perhaps Buddhism would be the closest to liking, but I haven't studied it really, just know of it in the broadest sense. I don't know what Hinduism and Judaism are and their story.

A man came to me. He had been suffering from chain-smoking for thirty years; he was ill and the doctors said, “You will never be healthy if you don’t stop smoking. ” But he was a chronic smoker; he could not help it. He had tried — not that he had not tried — he had tried hard, and he had suffered much in trying, but one day or two days, and then again the urge would come so tremendously, it would simply take him away. Again he would fall into the same pattern. Because of this smoking he had lost self-confidence: he knows he cannot do a small thing; he cannot stop smoking… He said, “What can I do? How can I stop smoking?” I said, “Nobody can stop smoking. You have to understand. Smoking is not only a question of your decision now. It has entered into your world of habits, it has taken roots. Thirty years is a long time. It has taken roots in your body, in your chemistry, it has spread all over. It is not just a question of your head deciding; your head cannot do anything. The head is impotent; it can start things, but it cannot stop so easily. Once you have started and once you have practiced so long, you are a great yogi — thirty years’ practicing smoking. It has become autonomous; you will have to de-automatize it. ” He said, “What do you mean by ‘de-automatization’?” And that’s what meditation is all about: de-automatization. I said, “You do one thing: forget about stopping. There is no need either. For thirty years you have smoked and lived; of course it was a suffering, but you have become accustomed to that too. And what does it matter if you die a few hours earlier than you would have died without smoking? What are you going to do here? What have you done? So what is the point — whether you die Monday or Tuesday or Sunday, this year, that year — what does it matter?” He said, “Yes, that is true, it doesn’t matter.” Then I said, “Forget about it; we are not going to stop it at all. Rather, we are going to understand it. So next time, you make it a meditation. ” He said, “Meditation out of smoking?” I said, “Yes. If Zen people can make meditation out of drinking tea, and can make it a ceremony, why not? Smoking can be as beautiful a meditation. ” He looked thrilled. He said, “What are you saying?” He became alive! He said, “Meditation? Just tell me — I can’t wait! ” I gave him the meditation. I said, “Do one thing. When you take the packet out of your pocket, for a moment go slowly. When you are taking the packet of cigarettes out of your pocket move slowly. Enjoy it, there is no hurry. Be conscious, alert, aware; take it out slowly, with full awareness. Then take the cigarette out of the packet with full awareness, slowly — not in the old hurried way, unconscious way, mechanical way. Then start tapping the cigarette on your packet — but very alertly. Listen to the sound, just as Zen people do when the samovar starts singing and the tea starts boiling, and the aroma. Then smell the cigarette and the beauty of it…. ” He said, “What are you saying? The beauty?” “Yes, it is beautiful. Tobacco is as divine as anything. Smell it; it is God’s smell.” He looked a little surprised. He said, “What, are you joking?” “No, I am not joking.” Even when I joke, I don’t joke. I am very serious. “Then put it in your mouth, with full awareness, light it with full awareness. Enjoy every act, small act, and divide it into as many small acts as possible, so you can become more and more aware. “Then have the first puff: God in the form of smoke. Hindus say, ‘annam brahm’ — ‘ Food is God.’ Why not smoke? All is God. Fill your lungs deeply — this is a pranayam. I am giving you the new yoga for the new age! Then release the smoke, relax, another puff… and go very slowly. “If you can do it, you will be surprised, soon you will see the whole stupidity of it. Not because others have said that it is stupid, not because others have said that it is bad: you will see it. And the seeing will not be just intellectual. It will be from your total being, it will be a vision of your totality. And then, one day, if it drops, it drops; if it continues, it continues. You need not worry about it. ” After three months he came, and he said, “But it dropped.” “Now, ” I said, “try it on other things too. ” This is the secret, the secret: de-automatize. Walking, walk slowly, watchfully. Looking, look watchfully, and you will see trees are greener than they have ever been and roses are rosier than they have ever been. Listen. Somebody is talking, gossiping: listen, listen attentively. When you are talking, talk attentively. Let your whole waking activity become de-automatized. -OSHO

My biggest problem now is battling fear. I still haven't internalized this so I wouldn't be afraid of some the social dynamics anymore (mainly approaching women).

I used to live with a lady that had a few liter water jug standing on the kitchen shelf, in the sun. She poured the water from the faucet into the jug and then used this water instead. She said water gets broken down in the pipes and the sun "puts it back to its original state. I searched the internet but there's conflicting stuff. And some say to put it in the sun for 15 minutes, other sources say a few hours. I ike to think there is truth in this, but does anyone have any thougths about this?

I watched it half scared from all the comments here. I already knew before that everything is me and I'm alone in the Universe (I don't get why I don't experience the same enlightened feeling as Leo and someone_else, though), but I thought this is going to make some other shift in me, something to push me even more over the edge of understanding. It's a good video, but nothing of real mindshifting value was gained. Perhaps I expected too much and also I have been reading about it here constantly. I guess the people having trouble with this are the ones who didn't know these things before and were now shocked at hearing the truth.

@JuliusCaesar said he can access that space where he can see the future. He also predicted lottery numbers. I wonder his take about it.

Guys. How can a person without scientific background know anything today? Like, really. I feel lost. Each time I think I understand something new so I can better my health, I then get some completely opposite answer from some other knowledgable person who is clearly more educated than me. So if I can't read scientific papers and decide for myself, it always comes down to trusting one party or another. So I'm never sure if I decided for the right thing. I have to just trust the person and hope I made the right choice. I'm saying this because, in this case, I always thought natural pesticides are better, and I was buying organic as much as I could. But then I stumbled on to this page and this guy clearly must know what he's talking about, because he's a chemist. He tries to debunk myths that aren't true and in this case he's advocating for syntetic pesticides. Kind of. When I read the blog it all sounds completely logical. But then there's one side of me that "believes" organic is better. I can't decide for myself, I have to select who I will trust more. Stupid. Can anyone here share his own views on pesticides in our food? This is the blog. It's a very interesting read, but I'm having internal battles. Does anyone perhaps find any flaws in his logic? https://www.gardenmyths.com/natural-pesticides/#more-116

Awesome!

I don't think a classical doctor would do. I've read about Indian doctors (or how you would call them) that find the causes of your problems by feeling your heartbeat with their hands. Ayurvedic doctors? It was a book on Ayurveda and the thyroid. Or I've heard of chinese medicine also working in a similar way. So try to find people like that.

I don't know. Perhaps he feels justified to rape her because women treated him bad in the past, or something like that, and he's doing a good thing because they need to be punished. Perhaps he feels he's doing the Lord's work. I'm guessing stuff like that.

Very interesting, I'm looking this up now. Edit: "Because the Brix reading is mostly affected by sugar and water, it is not very useful for measuring nutrition in food. A high Brix reading tells you nothing about nutrition, unless you are looking to consume more sugar." From what I know, you can put veggies and fruit in a water mixed with vinegar and sodium bicarbonate to do the trick.

I tried to medidate on LSD, but no go. Perhaps if I reeeeeealy reaaaaaaly microdosed.

In his mind the 'Good intentions' were purifying Germany of Jews. Everyone sees himself as doing a good thing - from their POV.

Money is also God. Why not love it the same as everything else.

Yeah, I've already been doing it for a few years now, every since I lived with her and now as alone. I just wanted to ask the people here to get some debate. I agree.

I read somewhere this is not true, the figure is much much lower and 80% is exxagerated as hell.

One of the other Gods still owes me 2k. Go to him. And tell him I approve of the transaction.

The Golden Shadow symbolizes withheld courage, hidden talents, repressed passion and stifled creativity. It’s the unfulfilled potential that people fail to see or develop because of fear and a lack of risk-taking. Making the darkness conscious is an artform. It’s a precarious endeavor, a delicate and dangerous undertaking.But no other practice is more vital to human flourishing. No other task is as critical for achieving balance and integration. Easier said than done, but the discovery of gold makes it all worth it. For this type of gold reinforces our confidence and courage. It bolsters our self-esteem. It makes us more resilient, more imaginative and more spiritually robust. It reveals hidden talents, repressed passion and stifled creativity. https://fractalenlightenment.com/47576/self-actualization/the-golden-shadow-stepping-into-the-power-of-who-you-really-are

Nothing you enjoy is a waste of time! Treat all experiences as enormously valuable. Because they are. Anything for that tingling sensation in your heart. The highest feeling of all. The King of feelings! That is God having the most fun. Exactly what you came to Earth to do. Why take it away from him. Edit: everytime you get that sensation trying something that sparks you, is God cheering you on. But often times our ego says "yeah or maybe I shouldn't, I don't know". The killer of dreams and our potential.

It just gave me an ease of mind. Some veil has been lifted. I didn't need to search for the meaning of life anymore, I understood everything and why I am here. To live. Whatever I decide to do is right. I don't need to search for some holy grail, I've found it. It was also absolutely terrifying. Being presented with such a big truth is not a small task. It made me appreciate the depthness of life more. I often think about it just to be in awe of the magnitude of what I've seen. But the biggest thing was I was sad for God. What terror to be all alone. That's why I appreciate my life more. Edit: And a lot of the times - mostly while driving my car or if I was watching from some mountain at the valleys below - I look around at the scenery and think "Fuck, I made all of this, I can't believe it. Everything just for me to enjoy. WOW!" And I try to soak in that feeling of absolute majesticness.

As someone here wrote a few days ago: "The Buddha didn't medidate, he just sat down with his thoughts." - something like that. So he just sat there , observing and not judging, and meditation came by itself. But we hear the word meditation and think this is something that we have now to do, but I would say meditation is the result, not the doing.

Not a SINGLE thing is a waste of time in life. You are God who came here to understand itself. And the only way to know itself is to go through every single thing there is and try it all. Even doing nothing is a learning experience. Does your heart light up when you make music? Then do it. Does it interfere with your main passion (engineering?), then you have to decide what you want more and plan accordingly.

I've had this once on DMT. Suddenly I was in a MASSIVE space (or some void) and I could just feel the infinitness and the infinite loneliness with it, cause I was the only thing floating there. The only thing in existence.