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@Leo Gura Yes, I can see what is meant. I feel that it is possible to speed read a couple of books and re-read them doing the speed reading techniques. This is what the book is about comprehension and speed. Also, underlining for re-reading saves time for a great book. I still can learn a lot from the speed reading techniques. I don't know to what extend you "amped" up the wpm to test speed reading. To say that you read normally. Also, not sure how fast normal is for you, some just read fast and say it is normal. Like around 800-1200 wpm. When something is important I slow down. I can see how nuanced that is and I take notes always. Besides when reading in bed. Or some more contemplative books. For e.g speed reading the dao de jing won't provide much value I re-read a couple of books on the list again to gain more comprehension and understanding.

@Joseph Maynor What about jhanas or high states of "absorptions"? I did not transcend any aspect mentioned, but just listened to someone who transcended his body. In presence + feedback from a highly competent teacher.

Reading the map would be helpful, yet nobody cares again. For all stages of enlightenment, in case someone is interested in that. Otherwise these individual subjective experiences sound confusing, yet could create meaning.

Here is the whole map explaining stages of enlightenment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_enlightenment. How buddah framed it. The view described above sounds like stream entry or no self, true self.

I think intuition is accesible at every stage of the spiral. The more I become conscious of survival tactics, strategies and dynamics. The better I could utilize them and transcend them slowly. For instance purple imagination and beliefs describe the territory in an abstract way and can be a guide therefore. Or red power drives ideas and hunches serve to outmanouver a person in a game. Orange success drive and ambition spotting "loop" holes in a system absuing them or reporting them. Beige: Different brain waves cause different kind of thinking intuitive or not. For instance more attentivness then dreamy imaginary "intuition". Yellow: connects single points of modalities or ideas and forms an unconventional system. I think at third tier first intuition is post survival or it is a new survival game. Green: Uses intuition to bond an share empathy not based soley on kinship or family tribes. For instance compassion to help a person across the street, for instance the elderly. Turqouise: Has insights about humanitry problems for instance after a meditation session and finds macro solutions to macro problems. No idea about spirit releam. I think terms like "makio" is stage red/purple fantasy (not that it can not be experienced), most likely I am wrong with this.

@Leo Gura Do you use the speed reading techniques described from the book in the booklist about speedreading ? What do you personally think or feel about speed reading in general?

That is unfortunate... is it possible to reduce that? I never checked smth. like this yet did a small haemogram this year. They said I have iron deficency, so I am taking supplements. My family has some unfortunate cases with alzheimers diseas, fortunately meditation prevents that. So.. I am trying to convince my mom to do meditation, but she does a lot of sports. Biking, swimming, jogging. The classics basically.

@Shiva Does cholesteroal not increase the probability for a heart diseases or attacks or is it not a root cause for it? I looked into that because I sometimes eat eggs after training to get some protein. Is there good and bad cholesteroal? Similar to simple and complex carbs?

@kieranperez I am going to be a bit pedantic or nitpicky, you wrote deactivated did you delete the apps or deactivate only the notifications? I started using IG this year and it became a distraction and now it is time to focus, so I deleted the app. I did not use it and have no incentive to do so. Considering how much time people spend on their phones a nice small tip that helps me is to turn my phone to silent. I dislike getting messages when listening to audiobooks,also turning of notifications of apps that are not important and urgent. I listened to a ted talk once where they mentioned the root cause for addiction is lack of social interactions and bondings. In case you can meet up with people which would enhance your life quality that would help. It would also aid with being more mindful of the addiction itself. This is smth. I struggle with, yet this small town is also just crap. If you can exchange the habit with reading that would be great or some other positive activity. Also, when you did the LP consider doing the exercise again on breaking bad habits. Worked for me with video games. Then you'll also notice your own incentives to turn towards the habit of social media usage. I still heavily use Youtube. In case you have a TV you can sell that crap, a couple of succesful people recommended to me. They keep it to test stuff and watch the news, potentially a film or so. I do not own a TV currently. Phone is a bit more tricky? I broke my phone a couple of times and used a old one which just breaks the need to use it. Also... I want to constantly pratice meditation in daily life, so I actually enjoy nature a lot more and use walking as a pratice. In case that could be helpful. It's way more fascinating to look at details and symbols inside a city, or landscapds. The question here could be how do I not end up as them? I don't like how people are glued to their phones, in case you've ever been to asia this is a whole new level.... enjoying nature and using some tools for instance webblocker which blocks a site for a specific time works just wonders..

@kieranperez I am sure I get what is meant with projecting even on a physical level and energetic / attraction level. For instance when I feel into this pain in the solar plexus or breath I instantly get goose bumps over my whole body. Sometimes events occure where I think, jup that was definitely the old me attracting that stuff. (on whatever level) Yes for me it is the same it felt very difficult to create these feelings and they still do, the easiest thing I found is excitment that is even an advicr given in a course about learning. To reinterpret fear as excitment, kinda let's you feel like a compeptitve psychopath or rather a crazy creative student during exams. Still, this is what I just noticed now I also did on the cushion. So, dunno if that "insight" could bear any fruits. So, yes the feeling is tainted/touched/sullied by these samskaras constantly, they influence thinking, feeling and behaviour that is somewhat fk'd part about it. My release was ultra spontaneous, even LSD did not make me feel this spot so intensly, even when I also cried during an LSD experience heavily. I heard a sound during the retreat snap there it goes. Happend two times out of my own incapability (this was the thought behind it) of taking care of my mother properly and most likely the "imprinted" madness of it all that runs as a script inside my skull, often. At least these were my thoughts. Considering yoga thanks for the information! I have not looked deeply into it, yet I assumed that it goes deeper, since they use chakras as their system. Hope this will be fun. Especially the yoga life style and feelings inside th body. Also, yes I talk a lot about Shinzen. He mentions that feelings is the biggest unconsciousness factor, from these three things. Sound, image, feeling. So, I was triggered by sound. Not sure what happens by image or feeling. Sound is the "shallowest" then image then feel in consideration of their unconscious depth. I hope my text is readable or cohesive enough. CBT definitely helps with limiting beliefs and attracting/being triggered by these circumstance. For instance feeling unworthy or questioning my "loveabillity" or my tendency to blame and taking on responsibility. All of this changed I can understand that you want to skip this part, I would not dismiss it, and work directly on a deeper and more profound lvl on it. I can tell after the release I am less triggered about stuff that is about my persona/ego-self or simply me. Also, shadow work helps me not to project onto others very much, people love to do this with me for what ever reason. (i could come up with a few), somehow I am less aware of these subtle projections, and definitely less affected. Most likely people stop projecting potentially since I am actually embodying the behaviour denied. Or I am just less triggered. I stayed with some basic self-help stuff since this is what I could utilize with the ressources presented here. Some of this stuff is quite insane that it is free. When I see a psychotherapist would offer it and used it in the past

@CreamCat One is enough most likely

@CreamCat Yes, I saw that. The books that are rated high are still on the first page. Also, the book from Leo's booklist.

@kieranperez Yes, this is where shinzens approach shines imo, yet I did not approach any other system fully yet. I tried various techniques. Besides Kriya Yoga, yet I really want to get into Hatha-Yoga for the same reasons as you to open up the body and trauma repressed emotions in the body. Well, I can give you Shinzens perspective it in is most likely the most modern version without much technical jargon in other systems. The feelings inside the body are repressed or not fully experienced emotions called sanskaras in Sanskrit. I mean if you go by language Sanskrit is the language which comes from the Hindu tradition. The word samskara means according to what I can recall grooves or old grooves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samskara_(Indian_philosophy) Which is old accumulated stuff, that has not been fully processed. I know exactly what you mean when you say that you have trauma in my body, I felt similar a couple of years ago and addressed this place in my solar plexus solely! With mindfulness and acceptance sometimes with a loving-kindness practice. At the beginning, it felt as if it were a hot stab with a knife and a deeply rooted scar, yes also a wounded child in a sense, since I felt my family caused this feeling by blaming a lot. I could dive deeper into it. Yet, I had my first full release (chakra release/cleanse) last retreat over a weekend and I can understand why people go crazy. Yet, it felt so good in the original term it is coined it fully makes sense, that it is a cleansing process aka kriya. I saw my solar-plexus pumping in front of me while I cried. Now, it feels more... inactive and like a stinky speck of oil. Yet it hurts still a lot. Feel flow in Shinzens Paradigm most likely works with "prana" "kundalini" "energy" in the body, yet I can't draw distinctions since I do not know the definitions of prana and kundalini well. Anyway, this is my perspective here shinzen talks about Kriyas. Also, yes I had a full authentic release and even talked with shinzen about it saying that. So, this stuff is definitely possible. But, quite intense more the nut case syndrome afterwards for me... not the experience per se. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9AHh9MvgyQ

@kieranperez yeah shunya sounds solid I watched a couple of videos before, yet found him to be a bit con artist. Sounds great I never tried Yoga rigorously, yet will try it soon more seriously. Shinzen has a technique called feel good, hear good etc. https://www.shinzen.org/nurture-positive/ Not sure if this would be to mind oriented. Yet, this would adress the problems stated. I can't really maintain a 1h feel good pratice, I also want to do it rather via body and yoga. I mean I can, but it is more difficult. I pretty much have the same problems you write about in yohr posts. So, I can relate and empathise a lot lol. Yet, definitely try and do some more cbt, I did it before I bought the LP course through a book via Leo's booklist. It is quite mind boogling with a meditation pratice how recurrent patterns in thought change.

@kieranperez You can try a more rational approach with cbt. (I also tried shinzens approach or a loving kidness approach) I looked into Auto Hypnosis after this video just today and tried it, with a Youtube video of AutoHypnosis. I did not watch the whole Shunymurti video, yet considering Leo's answer this may be a way to advanced way. I like Shinzens approach to this since it is more modern. I'll watch more of Shinyamurti though.

@oMarcos hey, i have similar experiences when lying down to meditate, my body and sensory experience start to relax. While I see a flash of a thinned out version of white light from time to time I also just read in the spiral dynamics book, that this is can happen and is more of a third tier, transrational phenomenon. I personally think it could be a hint to no self, but that is just mere speculation.

@electroBeam May I ask you where you feel this specific feeling of procrastination / adhd in your body? I've read that the solar plexus stores prana on the net, and want to get into Hatha-Yoga relatively soon. For instance I am going with my personal pratice there and if I recall correctly, shinzen also mentions that. You can re-train your nervous system. I especially feel that when I do his technique that this is possible. There are two kinds of nervous systems PNS and SNS. I never dug deep into it besides from a holistic coach on YouTube. Who combines PD with a lot of pratical scientific approaches and unconvential systems from the east. I just notice in daily meditation practice how subtle tensions stirs my behaviour and brain, especially to do and react to certain aspects. https://youtu.be/KlpXGXZ_dT0 (Won't embed the video, here Shinzen talks about the relationship of the brain with the body, in a bit more detail, hence the title) Especially, by going with intuition here or hunches, my compulsivness and "neurotic" tendencies have been greatly reduced by my meditation pratice. Also, work outs and more healthy foods, feels like it's retraining my nervous system. But the process is so slow. Any thoughts similar to this?

@RichardY I did not know that India was divided only that britian occupied the country. I just checked wiki. Reading about the partition. It's insane reading about these movements. I'll get the book back and re-read lol.

@RichardY I don't know exactly what he did. Yet, this was what I wanted to know from you and asked. I lent the book to a friend, so I can't re-read it. Yes, this is how propaganda works. When the sun shines brighter it will increase global warming. - > Said a "populist" politician.

Well, tit for tat. Apparently a red/blue enviroment where it is neccessary to do that in order to maintain order?

@RichardY Why what else did he do, that he could be called a sociopath? Mao ze dong is the only other leader I read something about and Lenin/Stalin I only went to an exhibition, where they showed different political groups from 1800-1900, showing anarchist groups and bolschewists etc. Also, seeing propaganda videos of russian military killing their own people.

I read a biography some time ago, presenting ghandi in a bright light. His protests, him being in south africa, working as a news reporter in inda iirc, almost beaten to death, because of his believe in his vision/resolve/grand scheme etc. Yet, all the stuff ken wilber talls about makes sense when reading history and critque of famous saints/sages/mystics/visonaries w/e. I heard Elon Musk does cocain at bruning man ?‍♂️, not sure if true. This article looks good about ghandis sex live and experiements of "celibacy" https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of-the-chaste-the-truth-about-gandhis-sex-life-1937411.html%3famp

A small list of metaphysical post survival / non-survival ideas. Accessing state-stages Accessing subtle,causal,non-dual realms Cleaning chakras (Cultivating a mind-body relationship) Not informing oneself about post survival stuff Accepting reincarnation theories (nirvana/samsara) Accepting content of dreams Considering sidhis Pursuing enlightenment Neglecting enlightenment Jhanas or states of high concentration/forms of absorptions IIRC Psychedelics

Bringing in the sought after diversity

@electroBeam Partially it is a survival mechanism. For instance an ape or human who shares ressources is compassionate in that sense that he shares ressources, also since he or she is providing value. The group admires or rely on the gratitude and compassion of that a ape or human. Franz de Wall has a ted talk explaining that an "alpha" male rises in his rank, thanks to his compassion as long as it is balanced. Since he shares ressources and the trait involves for instance an act of generosity. In the case of someone dying, potentially to deal with the feeling or experience, of something or someone passing away. It is good most likely to release that emotion.