Czarkovsky

They're listed as most effective techniques to get rid of addiction. There are plenty of topics about this duo on Meditation subforum, be sure to read @Arik and @Isle of View posts, they have deep understanding about meditation and enlightment work. Good luck!

I think that you should start with developing meditation practice. It's fundamental habit for any REAL growth. Watch Leo's videos about Do-nothing, Strong Determined Sitting. Then you can dig into enlightment stuff, there is whole playlist about this topic. If you like to read: The Book by Alan Watts and Freedom from the Known by J. Krishnamurti will be good starters.

Hm, I experience this problem when I try to meditate without my pre-sitting routine which includes: cold shower, drinking cup of water/tea, stretching legs + 2 to 5 planks for 30 seconds. When I do this I can stay alert for 1 h and endure strong determined sitting with do-nothing technique. Edit: Sitting with eyes opened also makes me more alert.

Today I finished biography of Elon Musk, great book - a lot of inspiration and proof that hard work, persistence and confidence is the key for massive success. I'm also reading Mastery by George Leonard and today I will begin Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

From my experience, cold showers in the morning are doing wonders for energy levels. I'm taking them for a year now and they were game changer for me, thanks to CS I started to take my medtitation practice seriously. They wake you up quickly, your endurance to unpleasant sensations is rising day by day (very useful for strong determination sitting). http://gettingstronger.org/2010/03/cold-showers/

What Nootropics do you use and how do you dose them?

Century of the Self. It's basically how society fucks you in the ass - behind the scenes. Must watch, great for open-mindness! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432232/

Wisdom is always appreciated.

Greetings from Poland

In my opinion starting with 5 minutes is great to develop a habit. Later, when you don't need that much willpower to sit you can meditate for increased amount of time. Thats insight from my own experience, I tried to start with 20 minutes as Leo advised - that was impossible for me at the time. I decided to start Headspace program, then I slowly devoloped a habit of meditating and my concentration skills. Now, 4 months later I can sit for 20 minutes without guidance and I think that I will be able to add another 20 minutes everyday.