Principium Nexus

Also like this ink art a lot:

This one depicts us as the universe, inseperable, timeless, but also reflects a mindfullness that comes with the human form. Creation and destruction, the ever going transformation and birth of the self, the now.

I want to give you a nice wallpaper but instead I dont wan't some fancy picture to be the motivation for something it doesnt resemble. Stop telling yourself you need movation for anything! If you know it will give value to your life, just do it! I think the opposite of restraining from gathering symbolic representations/books/movies/audio will bring you closer than any of the previously stated. If you cut those out than the act of doing or pursuing enlightenment comes from within and not from an external source, which is limitless.

Update: It has been going far better than expected, we still have some days left but I enjoyed every moment. When I'm back ill write more

What would you do? I think it's very useful to do this exercise, knowing or trying to understand how our other half thinks/acts is great to emphasize for each other

Shared wonder and awe in a symbolic manner.

Everybody thanks for the tips, I think they will find good use. Today I will fly, so everybody have a nice holiday. I'll back back in 2 weeks

If you follow the path of a guru for example, who abstains from family, friends, possesions, etc. Then your life will be kind of lonely. But both loneliness and enlightened living are open to interpretation. Would being a loner feel bad to you and doesn't enlightened living come in many forms? Why would certain ways be praised higher than others? Why would these specific ways 'achieve' more?

You know guys, sometimes my head really spins of all this thinking ? Does anyone like donuts?

I want to go to Burningman atleast once in my life. So much love, art and a cool alternative society.

@Max_V Those are withdrawl symptoms, if you manage to push yourself further, you will gain greater self-control. I know it is overwhelming, thats the energy you are cultivating. If you learn how to focus/control this then you will really empower yourself. Cut away the neurotic tendencies, show yourself you are in control. It will be rewarding.

@lens Do you understand that everything you think are just theories and concepts. Even that science says there will be a heat death or that the universe will never end is but an idea. The truth is we don't know. You can worry about made up things or you can acknowledge their existence, look what is useful and everything that makes your life worse you let it pass. Don't become to caught up in these things, I clearly see that's where you should mainly focus on. Practice meditation to calm the mind, let these assumption fade for a while and just feel what it is to be alive! Breath, feel the cold/warmth, be present.

@Max_V I think keeping a break of 7-10 days should be sufficient, but going for longer periods can be much more challenging and therefor you will learn more.

@Joseph Maynor Yes they dont care, they just feel and go with the flow.

@Spiral Was this message for me or somebody else? I practice nofap time to time and see clear results, but I cannot imagine to do it for a very long period (more than a month). If you have no partner then okay, but in a relationship?

@ajasatya And main goal is to hold focus for sustained period and learn how to control this?

@ajasatya Eveybody will figure it out when it is their time. In the end we cannot help anybody but ourselves, I hope he doesn't hold to tight onto his believes because thats the largest trap of them all. Btw do you know any good reads about zen practice? I'm becoming more interested in it and would like to read something about it.

@Dodo I enjoy all the traps as much as the epiphany I was completely wrong I think we can derive some meaning from all this speculation, which is a whole accomplishment on its own. To make something practical from something that does not exist in the first place at all ? Who said magic does not exist?? We are all magicians but fail to see it!

@Dodo Yess you did a good job at explainig and it makes sense. All truth here is relative, but talking about that some absolute truth in turn exist is also relative hahaha. To make it easy, you want truth, then shut up and just be. But wether its true or not, does it matter anyways? As long as we have fun and have a good story to play, nobody cares if the play was real or not. In the end we all enjoyed it ?

@Dodo I'm not more advanced than you in anyway, maybe i'm more caught up with conceptual theory and therefor walking through my own constructed maze. In the end I think the maze feels rigid, it all seems logical within it's framework, but once you get outside you see that the only thing holding these walls up was the fact you was your own believes. They were all grounded in nothing, a bubble floating on its own. Comfortable, manageable, but far from the truth. The whole vastness of infinity can never be confined to a finite form. That's where you @Dodo, transcend the maze and watch other people walk around from the inside. You know everything is grounded in nothing, so you begin to see theory/philosophy is just another level of the maze. Then the idea of being finally outside of the maze is again another layed. Until @Dodo fades away and he is set 'free'. I like to refer to the maze as your own house. You can decorate it to your own liking and enjoy how you build/transform it as long as you live. Sometimes there is a earthquake, psychedelics or some life-changing event that turn it upside down. All the items have to be placed accordingly again, some are broken and have become obsolete. What is important is that we understand that we live inside that house, the house is our identity and comfort. Outside there is the unknown, excitement/fear because we are not in control there. The control we have over our house is also eventually an illusion since everything can change any moment. But for the time being, lets enjoy that house, until we move to the next one somewhere after we die. Lets do it conciously, understand we are our own creator and aim to build to most epic house or the most humble one. Whatever you like, your heart knows the best

@Dodo Lets assume that the non-existence of the I also also but an idea. Everything exists as personal self as it does not. Everything is relative from other perspectives, but the truth which is experienced by the I is absolute. Experience from the self cannot be relative because it is the self that can only experience itself and nothing else. I notice that there seems to be two distinct views. One where everything is reasoned from the no-self/non-duality/non-symbolic truth and the opposite where we view our truths from the personal self/duality/symbolic interpretations (thought,literature, aka things we interpret with a certain meaning). I think both perspectives are equally true because we still live a human life and within this context symbolic things do have meaning, but the value solely depends on you. Whereas the "absolute" non-identity, void, is where it all arises from but we cannot practically build upon this because it is not based on growing the self, its basically the opposite. So I assume that absolutes exist within relativity which are in turn again relative and absolute in their own temporary way. Like finites (concepts) exist in the infinite (void), they go hand in hand to make reality tick. So can't we say both arguments are right. Reality is so paradoxical ?

@Dodo @Loreena But I have to add something guys, we live in a reality where everthing is based on relativity. Without there wouldn't be the appearance of different perspectives, the sense of time and space also rely on this. So holding a claim that everything is relative is in the most fundamental sense correct. All are believes build on top of that therefor reflect this aswell.

@Dodo Leo got a video on Sceptisism about this. Sceptics are even sceptic of their own believes ?. One sentence to rule them all, we know nothing. Maybe John Snow was enlightened after all

I think you are better off making a paper scheduel of things you want to do at certain times through the day or week. You can then see how many boxes you can check off and see how productive you are. I think productivity and smartphones dont go hand in hand. You are really better off without. Set proper goals, watch how much time you spent and stop distracting yourself from anything but the thing you put up for completetion.