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So please remember: it's not about tolerating. And by the way: the Neti-Neti method has helped me BIG TIME with my emotions.

Your underlying intention is to "accept and observe" in order to overcome that feeling. That is the first tricky mistake. Don't try to overcome it! Your ego is a master at self sabotaging. Try to extend that painful feeling while observing. Don't want it to go away! The thing is: you have started this whole path to overcome this panic disorder. That is a huge mistake. Don't try to overcome it. Really accept it...like you're prepared to live with it and love it until your last day. Stop battling it. "Accepting and observing" is your way of trying to overcome it. Really loving/accepting it is NOT the same as tolerating or overcoming it. This shit is very nuanced man. Edit: Well it's not a huge mistake, i was a bit overreacting. But I have tried accepting my anxiety problems actively for more than a year, until i was like: FUCK THIS SHIT. I'm giving up. I won't battle it anymore. I'm sick and tired of it. That's when i REALLY started to accept it, counterintuitively. So you can try until you reach that point. Won't be a very pleasant road though. Just surrender mate. Contemplate your intentions. And just surrender the battle.

Maybe had certain insights (backed with some Neuroscience), but nah nowhere near enlightened. I think he especially uses scientific findings to find his truth. He claims he wants to find the proper balance between a materialistic point of view and non-materialistic.. but he's very materialistic.

Kundalini energy can be a great indicator for your progress. But i wouldn't focus too much on them. Just let them be in the background.

Dear vegetarians/vegans who are not attached to this title The title of this topic speaks for itself though. How did it help you? How did it affect your consciousness? Your energy/productivity and all that good shit. Can you give a before and after comparison? Oh.. and if it's possible. Can you please post your favourite vegetarian/vegan meal/smoothie/whatever? Much appreciated. I'm planning to finally make that step. All help would be welcome.

Lovely, guys! Thank you for your wonderful advice Officialy a vegetarian for a week now. Feeling a bit more lively, but could be a placebo of course. And craving for meat. Lots of cravings. Excited for the coming months @Emerald @pluto @Be Yourself @GabrielWallace @Nahm

By finding the beauty in everything you will automatically become emotionally stable my friend. By loving every form of negativity you not only become detached from clinging to good feelings, but you will start loving everything and everyone. This is the best skill to cultivate. Unconditional love. Towards yourself first. Then towards everything that arises. Even the negative feelings and experiences. Don't use an umbrella. Feel the rain and love it to death. You will see how perfect everything is. Some say this is an easy task. But to me this really was not the case. I've had some serious anxiety issues. People with anxiety problems tend to be very creative in self sabotage. So i've had to raise my awareness/consciousness in order to have a better grasp of this process. Raise your consciousness and cultivate unconditional love. Emotional stability is a byproduct of that path.

If you can teach yourself (through meditation for example) to stop being a bliss junkie, that's when the magic happens: detached and loving/appreciating everything that arises in the present moment. Love reality in its totality

I think that the MDMA effect is especially due to serotonin. This chemical connects you with the other. But i'd agree with you that there is more to it of course. Nonetheless a quite remarkable finding.

Check this out guys. A beautiful neurologic view of how the infinite is creating the illusion of duality through your hardwiring: Us versus Them. The "cuddle hormone" oxytocin shows to strengthen the Us versus Them hardwiring. This shows how (conditional) love can influence your ego for the worse.

Yeah, it seems to strengthen your deep underlying, egoic characteristics. And vice versa, when you're less bound to your artificial identity.

Just as Barna said. Love your fears and how it feels. Love you, the anxious one. Love the fear of fear and how it feels. You know what might help? Accepting we're all bliss junkies. Our cravings of overcoming negative states create more resistance. Once we become deeply aware of this and start seeing perfection in every negativite feeling... WOW! You can clearly see why that anxiety is so perfect. And how it is exactly the same feeling as the love you're wishing to feel. Anxiety does not need your intervention to be perfect. Just recognize its perfection. So forget about feeling good and appreciate every facet of reality. Really appreciate anxiety without wanting to overcome it. Life is very ordinary when the only thing we want to feel is bliss. That really really works for me.

Thank you, sir!

Hi guys, Been on the path for a year and a half now. Anxiety issues decreased to a large extent. But i can't seem to fucking ace presentations. I'm waaaay too neurotic in these situations. I can't control my thoughts or emotions. My goal is now: DON'T FUCK IT UP. But it should be: how can i ace this shit and deliver the message properly. That switch is so extremely difficult. Literally giving no shit about other people's opinions. It's the law of attraction at work actually. Are there any experienced/talented/master presentators that can help me out? Thanks

@pluto Thank you brother! This inspires me even more. I will buy a book tomorrow and start another new exciting phase in my life. @Annetta Thank you ma'am, will buy it tomorrow

Yes, exactly! The same for me. My body literally asks for a vegetarian/vegan diet now. Thank you for the Pulao

FEED YOUR SOUL

Does cause and effect not imply a time assumption and a sort of linear way of viewing events?

Very fun and interesting. The way Kumar explain his holistic view kinda affected my consciousness hehe. Sick.

"Negative" emotions or other forms of negativity are not masked by UNconditional love. First, you have to be completely at peace with your current negativity. So let anger be anger. Let hate be hate. Let jealousy be jealousy. Let sorrow be sorrow. Any kind of resistance you feel in your body. Let it be. Masking emotions is adding to that resistance. Once you've relaxed into the negativity you can take it a step further. Love the shit out of your anger. Love the shit out of your hate etc. That is true unconditional love. So not the type of loving where you immediately look at the consequence (release of energy) of you adding love to that negative emotion. It's adding loving without the need to know what the consequence is. It really is loving the negativity without conditions. I think that's what @Martin123 was trying to tell you.

Yeah lol. I thought some user here on this forum studied these phenomena. These energies are known as "chakras" in the spiritual community and now the "crown chakra" is very active. This member spoke of the nervous system being activated (old emotions released etc.). And this processes resulted in your brain changing itself (neuroplasticity).

I feel a constant flow of energy/ blood to my brain. The back of my neck/ the sides of my head/ crown and in the middle of my face. It literally feels as if your brain is changing during these moments. It can be a bit too painful at times.

Bruvvas and sistas, I'm stuck with this question and i'm pretty sure some of you are too. So as my sense of true Self grows stronger and my ego grows weaker, there's still a contradiction/paradox that's still around: i want to be the best. I want to feel the best. Better than anyone else. Especially on this path. It's very hard for me to detach from. This is the spiritual ego at its finest. The core of my fear-based ego mechanism: it wants to dominate. It want to be the best. Now i know that there is no such things as good/bad. But this somehow does not strike me as how an ego-less person lives his life. So, what do you guys think? Do you experience the same thing with your spiritual ego if your honest? Is there room in spirituality for wanting to feel/be the best? I feel that this ego-driven motives can really help me achieve and contribute the most to this illusory world. Is competitiveness unspiritual? Peace

Culture isn't all that bad. Highly sophisticated languages and knowledge are byproducts of cultures. So even though they program us robots to act in a certain way, they've also provided us these tools to help us raise our consciousness and take this next step in evolution. Culture isn't our enemy. Our ego identifying with culture is. Cool report btw. Enjoy the path and good luck (y).

Thank you all for your wonderful advice! Love