LaucherJunge

I understand that you view it as negativity. But that's not the way I see it, for me it's exactly the most beautiful thing there can be, no limit to progressing, infinity itself is well obviously infinitely beautiful. I'm open minded for sure, exactly to the degree that I never want to assume I reach the end, that would exactly be where you would essentially quit, I don't want to quit, I don't want to reach an end.

There is infinite stages of awakening. Leo assuming that you can become fully awake at any point is a mistake in my opinion. Nobody ever will be fully awake at any point in time, only if they fully integrate the infinite realms of time, space all the dimensions and infinitely many other variants of everything at the same time to the deepest level you could say he is awake, but this is never going to be possible, because ever or never is within mind and within time. God is infinite and you are never going to be able to fully grasp that, you can fool yourself into thinking that you do of course. On the other hand of course you already are aware of all this and you are god obviously, but simply not in this realm, not in space and time, not in mind, because it's impossible to grasp infinity in these domains in a limited amount of time, you need eternity to grasp infinity and eternity is given to you, that's why there is an infinite amount of stages to climb and it never will end!

I would also say the diet plays the key role here, but of course we don't really know Leo's diet. I myself also had probably the same kind of thyroid issues Leo has and for me it was simply Supplements that resolved this problem for me. Iodine is the key really. Not sure how much of a difference other supplements make but I've also been taking D3+K2, B12, zinc, magnesium, Omega 3 and a few other unimportant things. I think exercise always can help with such things, although I also know how difficult it tends to be to motivate yourself having such fatigue. I would also always consider it might be some form of autoimmune disorder like hashimoto's. From a lot of research I've gotten to the conclusion that all autoimmune disorders are caused by a leaky gut combined with animals proteins of any form, these animals proteins don't get translated properly if they leak through the gut and get attacked by the immune system. So a vegan diet would be good for a start, although I think it's only necessary as long as you still have the leaky gut. It's caused mainly by coffee, alcohol and gluten, there are other factors for sure. Omega 3 is very helpful in this case, I honestly don't remember every single aspect of this but it would be sufficient to just google leaky gut and see what to abstain from and what to include into your diet among with iodine and maybe some other supplements. I think it should take a few months to really heal but I'm not sure of course how long it takes exactly. After the leaky gut is healed though your diet doesn't have to be that strict anymore, I guess. Keep in mind that's nothing scientific, just my personal experience and research on this topic.

@Hansu From what I've heard so far about this matter it is actually way more likely that it is going to mutate into something that is less dangerous for the population, but the possibility is always there of course.

I have been kinda concerned by this as well to be honest and dug as deep as possible trying to stay really unbiased. First of all what Leo wrote is probably the best you can actually do right now. The problem there is so much different information about it and so many conspiracies which for all we know some might be true, that the Chinese government isn't being really truthful about it this is for sure. Mortality rate seems very low for now, but you need to consider that it's a virus which can mutate at any given time although I am seeing the low mortality as the really positive news about it. I've seen the videos and how nurses and doctors are in panic and forced to work by the government, which is kinda scary for sure. I mean they won't quarantine 56 million people for a virus with 4500 infections and "just" 107 deaths, obviously there is more to it and also the overcrowded hospitals with corpses laying on the floor which you see in at least one video I have seen is kinda concerning since they are supposed to have a capacity of 49000 beds, I honestly think the personal is simply missing and doesn't have the resources to cover the amount of people coming in, which is the limiting factor that probably determines this low number of officially infected people, they simply don't have the resources and personal to test everyone who is coming in and people are literally getting sick in the hospitals waiting in queue, worst idea one could have to go there, because they have only supportive measures anyway after all. The scary thing is the incubation time which is estimated to be around 2-14 days, 14 days means that they can literally infect everyone around them for the whole amount of time without even noticing the symptoms and governments keep up the silly temperature scanners to test people at airports, it's a joke really. What are they testing if there are no symptoms? Here in Germany as of today have 1 confirmed case. There was a businesswomen from China giving him and a small work group some kind of training and she was here since 19.01.2020 which is hella scary considering she claims her symptoms started just on the flight home. The man kept going to work for multiple days. We will know the real current infected numbers from today in like 7-14 days. Some videos of people just collapsing in the middle of the street without any movement afterwards what so ever. These are kinda the straight facts on this. There are many rumors which are very scary but I would really take them with a grain of salt. A video of a nurse where she already claimed at least 2 days ago 90k infected and that the virus mutated into stage 2 where it's much worse, some people are saying this stage one is just a kind of cover for this real virus to make people downplay it, till it's too late. Some are claiming it's just because they want the population to use vaccines and basically stop all people who are anti vaccines. There is a security level 4 bio research facility exactly in the place where the virus originated in Wuhan. Some people claim it's from there. That's about it for now.

To be honest, I think there are many different of such phenomena which are not necessarily related. I have multiple examples of this. During usual meditations I tend to see this colors that are very aura like blue, indigo or sometimes red, that could be related to chakras in some way. During Do Nothing meditation I even see these colors with my eyes open and that already started way back like 4 years ago. As the previous post says during Kriya Yoga I also have some very interesting bright light effect appearing when I start holding my breath and cover all opening of the body and I feel like it might be the continuation of some sorts of this dot you are seeing, because I have seen it some years ago as well a few times when I meditated for very long periods of time. Also what I've had for a long time already are these pulsing flashes of white light all over my field of vision and also with closed eyes, which are incredibly fast flashes. They appear when I feel like I have a really high frequency at that time, also usually when I shower.

@electroBeam Didn't read through all the comments but honestly dude just get rid of her. No matter what would happen from now on, even if she kinda gave in to what you want for a short amount of time in the end it would end up toxic either way, especially since she is not a spiritual person you can't really expect her to change that radically and so I would really encourage you to just move on. Learn the lessons that come with the pain of seperation, do the work on yourself just improve your frequency and you'll attract somebody way better next time.

@isabel You know because it is radically different than anything else you could ever imagine, so when it fades you are back to the point where you can't even describe it, the thing is that you as an ego can't even really know it, it only appears when the ego fades, so that's why it's not changing into something by "you" knowing it. It's not really you who gets to know it, but it gets to know itself through you and you kinda witness it. Obviously I'm kinda struggling here with the words again, not really possible to convey it fully.

@isabel Something is a concept, "it" is free of any concept, any constructs you could come up with.

@sunny33 True non-duality includes all dualities. Without method it's hard to see. As long as I am trapped in illusion there is a me.

@sunny33 True and not true. There are still many methods that can help you to experience this unknowable. I highly likely never will if I become a couch potato watching TV and playing video games all day, then I might be "that" but I don't have the pleasure of knowing "it", knowing myself in this illusory frame which is possible after all.

During my Kriya Yoga practice I recently discovered something by accident, I was just playing around with my breath and at one point took a breath as deep as possible held it in and just a moment into it just kinda push out the abdomen and right there this weird feeling happens which I would very much compare to the sensations I had trying Wim Hof breathing once, like somebody rubbed menthol under your skin and everything gets kinda tingly and cold or fresh. It really kinda seems to put me in a completely different weird state that is hard to describe and it kinda gets more intense and more enjoyable the longer you do this. The interesting thing about it is that I had the most random memories ever come up which I didn't ever remember before and they felt kinda like it was the actual present and indescribably beautiful in some way for a tiny moment, the whole feeling of it is kinda hard to describe. I feel like this is a technique that has some serious potential for healing yourself, just need to keep experimenting with it and if anyone wants to try this, would be glad to hear what you think about it. Probably this is nothing totally new, but I just discovered it for myself. By the way if it seems unpleasant at first don't give up, I kinda needed a few tries till it started getting real pleasant. So what I usually do first of all is doing the regular Ujjayi breathing for a few minutes starting to take breaths to like 95+% of your total capacity I would say and then just breathe it all out without too much tension and at one point just hold on to one of these breaths, while you are holding it fully release any tension in your abdomen kinda letting it stretch a little further and there it happens. After that I just repeat about 3-5 of these deep breaths and hold it again. As I said the feeling I am speaking about gets more intense almost every time depending on how well you execute this I think. Also seems to be working poorly if you don't have these 3-5 breaths and seems to lose its peak intensity if you don't repeat it soon enough. It really is like a seriously good high in a completely different way than anything else. Would also be interesting to know what this would be like on psychedelics.

@inFlow Good catch, thank you!

As with most things the key really is developing Self-Love, all these symptoms are simply the lack of it. Your spiritual practice should actually also help you with that to a large extent, but really it's just about doing the work of getting to know yourself and accept yourself as you truly are. When these things occur just ask question till you get to the bottom of it, why is it that I have a fear of rejection? Or what ever occurs at that moment and just meditate on it, feel the emotions coming with it, just get in the space of getting to know all of this stuff that is coming up, after all you just don't know it and you don't know yourself, if you knew what the root problem is, it would be relatively easy to solve this issue and with time you will be more and more "healed" also just really love yourself more and more. I really don't think there is a point where you can't grow any further, there is really infinite potential to grow, just because someone has a secure attachment doesn't mean they are perfect.

@Gneh Onebar Yeah it really has some similarities. Although the breath cycles are really not fast at all with what I am doing, I feel like this gets tiring very fast, instead just get a nice rhythm going where you can really enjoy every breath, inhaling fully for like 6-9 Seconds and exhaling a little faster, get it all out pretty similarly as he does in the video before his retention by contracting the belly at every single exhale, although just taking it easy don't have be to that thorough because that takes too long imo. Also I can't really imagine this effect to happen when you do the retention on an exhale, tried it a few times and didn't work really, although I am pretty sure this has like an opposite set of benefits, that's just the duality of it.

@Gneh Onebar I am still experimenting with it, so I think that was a misguided point with the Uddiyana Bandha. Now I would say don't do it, going to actually edit it out of the post. Just breathe in as deeply as you can every single time, not just into your lungs but also the belly! And when you do the retention just relax the belly after a few seconds so that it expands even a little further, I am just not completely sure yet if stretching it out with force is any better than just doing it kinda relaxed.

So I've been doing a lot of research on this and I found some pretty interesting stuff, not going to claim anything proven but my theory is that this technique is optimal for creating DMT in your body. I stumbled upon this interesting article: http://q4lt.com/dmt-making-101 "As it pertains to Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels in the body, exercise tends to increase the levels as the muscles utilize oxygen and produce CO2 as a byproduct. The metabolism of food produces H2O (water) and CO2 as a byproduct. Respiration rate has a direct effect on CO2 levels with shallow, infrequent breaths leading to an increase in CO2 levels known as hypercapnia. It’s rather interesting that the spiritual exercises of prolonged stillness (muscle atonia), fasting of varying degrees, and rhythmic breathing all directly suppress CO2 levels. (It’s interesting to note that while fasting can suppress CO2 levels, a 1992 study in the Journal of Pineal Research outlined that fasting also significantly increased Melatonin levels throughout the body particularly the stomach and brain.) A 2003 study published in the journal Advanced Studies in Medicine, states the following as it pertains to rhythmic and/or deep breathing patterns - “In respiratory alkalosis, as blood carbon dioxide (CO2) decreases, intracellular CO2, which is readily diffusible across the cell membrane, moves into the plasma. The loss of CO2 from the cell causes the intracellular pH to rise.“ The only difference between Melatonin (C13H16N2O2) and “The Spirit Molecule” DMT (C12H16N2) is one atom of Carbon and two atoms of Oxygen, it appears as though providing an environment both externally and internally that leads to increases in Melatonin production while simultaneously decreasing CO2 levels is the key to producing DMT internally." https://www.stack.com/a/use-belly-breathing-to-recover-faster "A study was done on 16 athletes following an intense training session. They were separated into two equal groups. The Diaphragmatic Breathing (DB) group spent one hour post-workout in a quiet place performing diaphragmatic breathing and concentrating on their breath. The control group spent the same hour relaxing in a similar quiet place, not focusing on diaphragmatic breathing. Researchers then analyzed oxidative stress, antioxidant defense status, melatonin and cortisol levels and compared them between the groups. Significantly lower oxidative stress levels Significantly greater "antioxidant defense status" Lower levels of cortisol (an inhibitor of antioxidant activity)—however the difference was not statistically significant Significantly higher levels of melatonin (a strong antioxidant)" So if we put one and one together here, I think with this technique you minimalize your level of CO2 and maximize the level of Melatonin and at the retention where you fully hold you breath in the belly you reach the optimal level for DMT production. I have also been doing intermittent fasting, which has a significant role in all this. Doing this at night also seemed to yield much greater results because of the Melatonin release.

@inFlow I will definitely try this Kriya practice as well. My Kriya practice was also the most beneficial of all my work until I found this breathing technique, although I don't think it's something that you should do solely but really just compliment your other practice with it but time will tell. My Kriya Yoga technique was going like that: 1. Maha Mudra with alle 3 Bandhas and focus on third eye, chanting Om mentally and moving energy up and down with each inhale and exhale for 3 rounds with each leg. 2. Also Ujjayi Pranayama, again with concentration on the third eye and chanting Om mentally. 3. Inhaling deeply with the Ujjayi breathing moving the energy upwards holding the breath for as long as possible and cover your eyes ears and nostrils, again chanting Om mentally with focus on the third eye. Edit: Was just doing it again and I am literally in a transcendent state writing this. needed really long this time because I was kinda experimenting, so it took me over an hour and this time I was really focusing on how to describe the state I reach to you guys and I can only say infinity. The real trick here is to breathe as deeply as you can into the lowest part of your belly at every single inhale and then when the retention comes with your belly fully pushed out it happens. It's so crazy because it's the best "feeling" I have ever had and yet I have zero attachment towards it, I can just write on here without needing to go back to it.

@purerogue I understand your approach obviously and it's a good approach and ultimately maybe the superior one in the long run. Keep in mind this is not necessarily breathing more, but breathing as deeply as you can, it doesn't have to be fast, it was mostly more about really enjoying the experience of breathing to the fullest for me when I started of. This technique just makes me feel very content with everything. Also keep in mind the duality of this breathing more breathing less, does this really matter? Or is it capital B Breath that matters here?

@purerogue How about you try for yourself? The experiences I had with it are really not in a domain which I could explain in words all that well. All I can say that it makes your body function on a higher level, which also pretty obviously seems to raise your consciousness. It's said that the Wim Hof breathing also saturates your body with oxygen to the degree that the nervous system can take care of things it didn't have the capacity to take care of before, this is what this technique does and I feel like it does this way better, although I am not an expert on Wim Hof breathing either.

@inFlow Honestly I noticed that it practice before the technique doesn't matter in the sense that it's essential or has to be in any particular form. You can do any type of practice you want to kinda of compliment this technique, I feel like it elevates all of experience no matte which way you go. You can also just dive right into the technique without any particular practice before. What is really essential: 1. Sit with an erect spine. 2. Start breathing as deeply as you can in pretty much each inhale, doesn't really matter if through the nose or mouth. 3. The exhaling should be rather fast and you should try to empty as much as you can in each exhale contracting your belly to get it all out. 4. Now after a few minutes maybe even after just a dozen of these deep breaths go for the breath retention the first time, which goes as follows: Breathe in as deeply as you possibly can then hold the breath and stretch out your belly as far as you can by simply relaxing it. 5. Now just repeat Step 2. and 3. but for just 3-6 breaths each time this is kind of crucial because it seems to really build up time after time when the time span between the retentions is not too short or too long. 6. Start just enjoying and allowing everything it brings up in you or just put your focus on anything you want to heal in these few seconds of the "high". Feel free of course to experiment yourself with this and add stuff, whatever works for you, I just discovered this so it's not perfected by any means.

I wanna emphasize the significance of this for you guys, as it seems nobody reacted to it yet but I literally have a breakthrough with this technique every other day and it changes the quality of my life significantly. This technique just makes you body work on a completely different level! Everything you focus on doing this is amplified and healed by doing this method with the focus on that thing. It brought up some burried trauma and it was very easy to heal it, from what I've heard it lets you endure a lot more pain so the trauma work is pretty easy and straight forward. The biggest breakthrough with it was when I remembered moments of a past relationship and really felt love and gratitude for my ex without any attachment or anything like that just seeing how "perfect" this experience was, really kinda seeing god in that experience and how I literally live the life of my dreams, the life I would always live when I had the choice to create a life of my choice. I experience this life eternally. This experience really brought me to tears. Further tips on the execution of the technique are, to really breathe as deeply as you can all the time and expand the belly as far as you can when you are holding the breath in, to the point that it starts hurting a little after like 45-60 mins of doing it, that's really the most important thing for some reason. Also sitting with an erect spine seems important, didn't mention this yet I think.

That's just the side effect of ejaculation which is completely natural, seems like you are simply very sensitive to it or have a low tolerance so to speak. You should just try experimenting with some tantra and karezza, having Sex without ejaculation or masturbating without ejaculation. You actually can have orgasms without ejaculation if you really get some practice in these kinds of things. But also I think that these side effects might lessen all together just by using these techniques and still ejaculating.

@Recursoinominado Thank you, it again really makes a lot sense because these are oftentimes things that I lack or are an issue. Also working with the pranayama breath of fire, really instantly feeling the muscles getting tired in the area just after a minute of this exercise.

During my recent intense practices in tantra, kundalini and kriya yoga I discovered that I have a serious issue with my solar plexus chakra just to check I also looked at some online tests and it totally showed that all the other chakras are really active and balanced just this one is seriously low. Obviously I am feeling that in many ways not only during my practice. Does anyone have some good techniques or expertise on healing/opening this specific chakra? Preferably something that really goes to the root cause and not just temporarily healing it. Just everything you know about it would be great, of course I'm doing my own research on this but I'm kinda hoping someone has got a head start on this topic.