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@Emanyalpsid dude, hinduism has several dieties and buddhism (as taught by siddhartha himself) abominates such unverifiable concepts. in hinduism you pray for ganesh to achieve things. in buddhism you let go of desires and study the nature of cravings instead. i'm sorry for bringing this subject into this thread, but leo closed your thread to avoid mental masturbation, which is a huge distraction for lots of people.

AI researcher/engineer here. this is what i've been trying to say on this forum for quite a while. AI is a tool, like a sophisticated hammer.

@tentacion you're attached to words. breathe more and look in people's eyes with a silent mind. that will do.

@Shroomdoctor hello there, pal i've been there. you're being too impatient and impulsive. the only people i've ever seen with enough motivation to change so many things at once were those who were very close to death due to some kind of fucked up illness like cancer. discipline yourself and implement one change at a time. make things easier for you. replacing one toxic habit by a healthy one is already hard enough.

whatever you choose, don't play blind. see EVERYTHING

there are many cultures with deeply developed spirituality. for instance, egyptians and indigenous people. i'd like to emphasize the indigenous people and their notion/direct experience of Union with Nature. another thing: patriot pride is a heavily limiting form of ideological trap.

@kieranperez ok so what would your first move be if you were completely free?

@Ampresus transcend religions altogether. instead of limiting yourself to a particular religion, be aware of the practical goal of all religions.

@kieranperez why don't you talk to your parents and try to come up with a plan to pay the debt? after you pay the debt, consider yourself free to go live in a monastery for a year or so, without ever needing to look behind your shoulders. that's what i would do.

@Spiral hello there. i resonate with you here. my relationship with my parents is very weak but it's been strengthening up since i left their home. it happens because i leave the door open for connection. this is my plan: i don't want this pattern to go on so i'll do the opposite with my future children. i'll work really hard on honesty and empathy with them and as they grow older and older i'll let them know that they need to perpetuate this healthy practice of parenting. in resume, i don't try to solve it asap with my parents... i just let it happen. my true effort is related to my future children. i want to see my family thrive!

@MM1988 it's not a different pattern. it's the same toxic self-talk as before.

lemme help you deluded related:

@bejapuskas hi there. i suggest that you choose a style that works. i've tried the yogic life and it works really well food: ayurvedic diet exercise: hatha yoga (asanas) now i'm trying the gym style and it's working nicely as well food: everything i used to eat on the ayurvedic diet + B12/BCAA/vegan protein + lots of water exercise: classic gym stuff it's a faster style. eat more and burn more. so, in resume, have a specific goal and mimic what already works well.

yes, useless information is addictive.

oh c'mon. this isn't the proper session for this topic. maybe not even the proper forum

@Beeflamb sorry, there's no ultimate authority other than your direct experience. you cannot rely on leo or anyone else to tell you if you're doing the right thing. feel the quality of your life and let it alone be your guide.

my first retreat was a small sesshin in a zen center and it lasted 4 days. what should you do? just sign up, show up

when i want to ditch a habit that i find toxic, this is how i measure my progress... instead of counting the days i stay clean and restarting everytime i relapse, as if i were expecting some kind of prior perfection, i find a way to see my progress on the long run, avoiding losing data. suppose i want to quit porn, but atm i watch porn every 2 days. my goal would be to increase the gap between the days that i relapse. a systematic way of doing this is by using bars to plot those gaps: x represents the gap (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) and y represents the number of days that i was able to do what i want to do. this is how a steady progress looks like:

since i'm very familiar with numbers it's easy for me to keep track of them in my memory... so i don't have an example spreadsheet to share .

it depended on the degree of attachment. when the craving was too strong, i only picked one. yeap that's why i chose a picture with a curve, not a straight line, to represent good progress. the progress can be quadratic, cubic or even exponential (the best one imo).

this does not contradict what i said

there you go. no urge to be known as enlightened and no self-promotion of any kind. i wonder if the "ask me anything" series of topics that are popping up on this forum are doing more harm than good for two reasons: they're distorting enlightenment into a highly intellectual and conceptual thing, misleading those without enough discernment it may strengthen the egoic illusion of those who start such threads as an attempt to seek external validations there are reasons behind the fact that nobody is allowed to claim themselves "enlightened" in monasteries. i don't know what leo and the moderators think about it, though.

infinite source of more gibberish: https://accesstoinsight.org/ good luck

@Wisebaxter related:

@Charlotte you need to understand that the VAST majority of people are highly identified with their thoughts eager to start conversations out of the blue just to feel less lonely have some compassion for they are suffering.