ajasatya

the entire universe is a huge breathing thing. it goes infinitely from big bang to big crunch and then to big bang again. the breath is a doorway to the mystery of the present moment.

SURE THING.

@aniss find out something that people need or think that they need. be careful not to become evil here though; figure out a way to offer it for a competitive price; work really hard to produce it; advertise how your product would solve people's needs; sell it.

no. i've cut those off of my life when i was 14 years old. i'm 28 now and i'm very much alive without them. i intend to keep it clean like this until my last breath .

very good. you said a lot of useless things but at last you said what matters: some practical questions. it isn't a matter of disbelieving. you have to grasp the illusory nature of thoughts, whether they're loving or destructive. how to do so? you don't fight them and don't attach to them. don't try to be positive and don't fear the negative. relax in neutral. just observe and don't get involved. bring your attention back to your breathing and live on. if you try to fight thoughts with more thoughts, you'll be feeding the mess. about the art of living, they're great. very joyful people. i got in touch with yoga at july 21th in 2015 because of them and since then i've been practicing a lot, improving my health. everyday i feel healthier than the day before, so i'm very grateful to them. if your intuition is telling you to get in touch with them and practice what they propose, do eet!

@Toby the best way to help mankind to start doing something is just doing it. you're creating a mental projection of "enlightened beings". instead, ask yourself why aren't YOU more kind? what's your contribution to the world?

@Nadosa hi there. i want to share what i did (and still do) when i was where you are. i started to expand my life instead of trying to fix things. that expansion has been changing the content of my entire being and i'm growing out of the mud as someone completely different. i no longer identify with the past. the thing is, this cure requires drastic practical effort because you have to live a new life everyday, until the new life becomes your life. you live in germany, which, i believe, has holistic events going on. why don't you start searching for them and being part of them? yoga classes, zen meetings, events about healthy food, retreats, workshops, groups of people who plant trees. i bet there's a lot going on. your prison is mental. the voice that says "i don't want to do those things" is just a thought that happens to you because of your old conditioning. be a good friend to yourself and face that mental resistance. change your conditioning and your thoughts will change. the first stage of becoming free of conditioning is the hardest one, but everytime you do the opposite of what those destructive thoughts say, that's a great victory for your health.

you can't. but something you can do is increase the quality of your breathing cycles. relax your ABS and breathe slower and deeper. using only the upper portion of your lungs entails poor life quality. seek a good yoga teacher if you need (that's what i did).

@Sagatarius from the human capacity to question and to suffer for it.

@Ilya all you need is theory that leads to practice. knowing things just for knowing's sake is a waste of mental energy. in zen we practice letting go of knowledge. i had been a knower for a long time. nowadays i am simply practice, presence and contentment. the more you practice, the deeper Truth will install in your life. as you develop your practice, you can let go of knowledge and just live the Dhamma.

@AlexB one of the best experiences i've ever had was living in an ashram. i paid with my services, cleaning the space and teaching yoga/zen.

@Akshay there's nothing more powerful than self observation 24/7. be aware of your patterns and make the emotional effort to break them. it's not an easy task, but if you do this very assiduously, you'll be free in a few years. most people have to wait until deathbed in order to realize how pathetic they allowed their lives to be.

@Jakob Eiring online kundalini yoga classes are pretty safe and powerful

i'm here just to say that it makes no sense discussing about the awakening process of someone else. and it gets even dumber when there's arguing involved. only jim carrey knows how it feels to be jim carrey.

oh wow, i just read those things you said. if you think that a social contract is necessary to live a happy intimate life, get ready for your biggest heartbreaks ever. it works the other way around. a happy intimate life is necessary for a social contract. this is the funny part about human suffering: when your life is driven by the fear of suffering, that's when you suffer the most!

@Shir marrying someone you don't even know sexually (and who doesn't even know you sexually) is a HUGE trap. sexual chemistry is a mysteriously rare thing. and you want to marry before getting to know yourself sexually. this is an EVEN BIGGER trap. your protective mind might be thinking "but i know myself sexually". no you do not. and you won't know yourself sexually until you experience yourself with an intimate partner. dirty talks, dirty reads, dirty thoughts, porn and masturbation are thousands and thousands miles away from what you really need in order to understand your deepest sexuality. if you get attached easily, THAT'S an emotional issue that should be addressed with utter priority. this behavior comes from a series of beliefs that make your life less graceful and enjoyable.

listen to him/her. ask, relax your body, make eye contact, breathe consciously and listen very deeply.

it's not about the teachers, really. it's about our thirsts and willingness to experience Truth and embody It. if you truly want enlightenment, you'll find the right teachers at the right moments. the way you ask, it feels like an attempt run away from self responsibility. it's like an attempt to put a competitive element where it's not even welcome. would you be open for a long retreat experience? do you have the courage to face all of your mental trash? these are way more interesting questions for us to ask ourselves.

@Ryan_047 find the root cause of your anxiety. it's not coming out of nothing. related:

hello there. nice initiative. about the question above, there's really no right answer. you can pick either one. i chose the balance between Truth and career because i knew that i was going to have a LOT of spare time during the masters degree. if i knew that i wouldn't have that huge amount of free time, i'd probably have gone for full Truth realization BEFORE starting the master degree course. look, there's no rule for that. you're free. you just think otherwise. and welcome. this forum is a good place

@zenjen nice! after my first deep insight i started to work on my emotional barriers. making deep eye contact, talking to girls with a relaxed body, hugging without malice. it's a painful and happy journey! oh, i also started working on my body with the help of skillful yoga teachers. being alive feels very good now

@Preetom that's when it gets real. acceptance. don't attach to any particular state.

when you stop wasting your sexual energy, it accumulates. and if your body is not healthy enough to make your sexual energy flow freely, you'll feel exactly these things that you're feeling. there are methods to channel this sexual energy (creative energy) to improve your life in incredible ways. this is not a belief. i'm talking from direct experience. i am an yogi. if you practice yoga assiduously, not only these uncomfortable sensations will be extinguished but also you will experience higher possibilities of being human. from lower to higher chackras: material detachment healthy relationships willpower compassion and unconditional love creativity and expression intuition and mental focus transcendence, freedom from the egoic illusion

it's fundamentally pointless. but you, as existence itself, cannot stop existing. so you better enjoy eternity! it's ok to embrace roles as long as you don't confuse yourself with them. being hungry sucks. starvation sucks. so i work not to be hungry and to allow as many people as i can not to be hungry as well.