Mondsee

Day 7 Days in a row: 7 Start time: 9:10 a.m. Finish time: 9:35 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: opened at first, half closed the rest of the time Highlights: Story mode, it felt a little like daydreaming... don't know if I should've allowed that to continue. It was about me playing on a swing with a friend of mine, and some other stuff I'm rather ashamed to recall in here.

Day 6 Days in a row: 6 Start time: 8:25 a.m. Finish time: 8:50 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: closed Highlights: I felt some mosquitos biting me, but resisted the temptation to move. Thoughts about things I need to do today, and story-like thoughts about a series I watched yesterday and about sex.

Day 5 Days in a row: 5 Start time: 10:35 a.m. Finish time: 10:55 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: closed Highlights: Thoughts all over the place. I was listening to "Les Toréadors" by Bizet in my mind for a long time, then I thought I could do some mindfulness meditation with that inner sound in my mind, after that I started to wander if during the "Do Nothing" technique one should allow or avoid the mind changing the meditation technique. On the one hand it would be allowing the mind going to where it wants to go, on the other one tough, It'd mean changing the technique. I decided not to focus in being mindful about the song in my head. Because I had just done the breathing meditation, I also thought about focusing on that, but didn't do it consistently. Thoughts of all kinds crossed my mind, included an insight regarding my life purpose, the time I'd have left after the meditation to have breakfast and get ready, thoughts of some friends, and finally on the similitudes of kamasutra and yoga's asanas... quite weird, but it is what it is. In the end I was thinking about a stair I was looking from below, where a girl was standing. Nowhere I have ever been, nor was it a girl I knew.

Day 5 Days in a row: 5 Start time: 10:10 a.m. Finish time: 10:25 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Breathing meditation - Eyes: closed Highlights: My yoga practice of the day included a meditation, so I'm reporting about it too. Very comfortable meditation, probably because it was so short. During the minutes in the video of silence and actual meditation I had to remind myself a few times to relax my belly and focus on my breath. At some point my mind really started to wander for longer, but I gained focus on my breath again towards the end. Thoughts felt like when practicing "do nothing" technique, just somewhat calmer.

Day 4 Days in a row: 4 Start time: 9:20 a.m. Finish time: 9:45 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: open only at the beginning, almost closed the rest of the time Highlights: Today the practice seemed longer than usually, but I didn't feel impatient for it to finish already. Random thoughts crossed my mind, some career related, some were memories and a couple times, again, I thought of how I was going to report about those thoughts in here.

Day 3 Days in a row: 3 Start time: 8:00 a.m. Finish time: 9:25 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: open only at the beginning, closed the rest of the time Highlights: Right after I started I had an itch in my neck which kept drawing my attention. I had many thoughts of important things that I have to do today and I shall not forget. Also spent a while trying to remember the name of a guy that I know and I haven't seen lately (for the record, I still can't remember it). During the last minutes my left leg got numb, and I hoped a couple times to hear my alarm to stop already.

Hahahahaha! This is it! I'll check it out, thanks

@Leo Gura Ah! I see! Thanks for that!

@The Universe thanks!

Day 2 Days in a row: 2 Start time: 8:45 a.m. Finish time: 9:07 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: open at first and half open at the end Highlights: Random but blurry thoughts, slow pace of thinking. At some point either something entered in my eye or, something happened with my contact lenses, so I had to close my eyes, as I opened them again, I reached a point of almost no thoughts and a higher than normal awareness of my body, after some seconds, some thoughts started crossing my mind regarding that state, like "ok, now just breathe", and some other random things, but mainly just brief ideas, words or images rather than an entire discourse, a "story" or a complete "scene".

I have a practical question: when enlightened, is it possible to fall in love with someone, as in a romantic couple relationship? Because in such a case, you do prefer your partner over others, and that doesn't seem to be very compatible with total equality, but also... isn't intimacy a natural desire of the body, beyond the ego part wanting to be loved?

Ah! hahahahaha I'm laughing so bad right now! "He's a lion, not a Catholic!" is really the cherry on top of the cake! Add this to your "How To Be Funny" examples!

Reading about enlightenment in this terms seems like a lot of fun! It seems to me that it kind of means that enlightenment = not giving a fuck about absolutely anything, "good" or "bad", just being fine with whatever there is, right?

Day 1 Days in a row: 1 Start time: 9:00 a.m. Finish time: 9:22 a.m. Location: Balcony at my grandma's house Technique: Do nothing Eyes: open Highlights: Because I knew I was going to write a report on this meditation, my mind adopted a narrative discourse, imagining how I was going to write about what was happening. Just a few minutes into the meditation, I saw a little bug fly near my legs, and I couldn't help and turned my view down, to make sure it wasn't a mosquito. I didn't see anything, got just a little irritated for having looked away from my focus point, and continued the practice. After a while, I felt an itch on my hand, I remained still at first, but just a second later I felt the legs of a bug right on the itch, and overrun by instinct, I turned my head, saw a mosquito still biting my hand and slapped it with my other hand attempting to kill it, while I said "fuck you". The mosquito flew away and landed on a banister, I felt the impulse to try to kill it again, but I didn't move and tried to focus again into the meditation. I felt itches as if more mosquitos were biting me, but I was probably only imagining them. Some more random thoughts and narrative-discourse moments accompanied me during the last minutes of the meditation, some of which included rephrasing how I was going to write about the mosquito situation.

I was asking because I brainstormed myself and found every answer to be quite lame and boring if it was a reason for "why do I study?" as an unspecified activity of going to school or university. The more inspiring answers came only when it was the answer of "why do I study X?", given that X is a necessary component of my life purpose.

Hey! Short question: I was thinking about a friend of mine who is musician and does something quite unique, but he isn't as successful. He lives well and everything, but it isn't a massive success and also I have the feeling that he doesn't think that what he gets is enough to always make ends meet. If he is being an original creator, why doesn't he have a bigger success? He is not new in the field, he is actually a professional and has been dedicating his life to music, and that specific original field I'm talking about literally since he was a kid. I know you don't know him, and you cannot tell me the exact diagnosis of what is going wrong. But what do you think are potential reasons? Thanks!

What do you think? When there are family issues that don't involve you directly, but involve relatives you care about, should one take part and try to help, or let them resolve the conflict in whatever way they choose? I usually think it is best to leave them alone, but on the other hand, it sometimes feels like I'm being a coward who's just trying to avoid problems in my life. Sometimes I also believe that I've learned things here about how psychology works, they aren't aware of and could be very helpful, but at the same time, I feel like only telling them about that won't change anything...

"I am experiencing...", "I hate my family...", "I can't even...", "I hate living on this planet", "I want to be alone...", "I am really depressed...", "I feel like I will die..." Good news for you: YOU don't exist. Just realize that.

@Prabhaker Yes but you cannot live from air. He can love and enjoy his profession very much, but if he isn't able to provide for his family at all times, it's easy to feel unfulfilled for that reason. Now we can ask ourselves, what to do? What if you are a creator, have found your purpose in life and are working to make it a reality, but no one cares and you struggle for that reason? @AndreiC Interesting, yeah. I don't think he has "bad" marketing, just maybe he isn't focusing so much on that. His networking seems to be really good, but again, it apparently isn't being enough. Negotiating is one that I ignore from him, good point. @Evilwave Heddy What if you are happy doing what you do, but unhappy because you can't provide for your family? @Sparkie In the theory, a creator doesn't need to compete with anyone because what he/she is putting out is unique, i.e. there is nobody to compete with.

@Evilwave Heddy Well, he isn't begging to be killed actually, he is just constantly stating he doesn't care about life anymore, but I believe he is afraid to die. Also, it's not that my family is being selfish on purpose, but just imagine how hard it is for my grandma to let go, who has been sharing her life with him for about 70 years... @egoeimai It's not that obvious actually... imagine to feed him you almost have to force-feed him and you are seeing that is not what he wants and he isn't enjoying it. Also, even after feeding him, he might feel just a little better, but he won't become strong and self-suficient again. I actually think it's sad that we, young and healthy people, don't take seriously what old people say just because it might not make sense to us... He is clear minded and knowns what he is saying, and he has reasons to be stating that. I do! That's what I was thinking, maybe everyone around him isn't helping by giving him medicines and food against his will... @Toby Probably he is depressed, yeah. Imagine not being able to do absolutely anything for yourself because you are so weak, everyone around you are trying to feed you although you aren't hungry and trying to give you medicine to "get better" although it's pretty obvious you won't get better because your body is simply an old machine that has been working for too long, it's easy to get depressed. Maybe that is the reason why he just doesn't see any sense in living longer, because he senses that his existence represents no more than effort from others to help him. @Annetta hahaha yeah! exactly! @Vingger Oh... If I was only a little more of a connoisseur on the matter, I'd really give it a try...

@Garuda Yeah... so many variables here... @Voyager I'm definitely failing at that... I'm having diner about one hour before going to bed... @pluto Tea after dinner sounds like a great idea, thanks! Hey @Siim Land, I'm not a nutrition expert, and if its working for you, fine, but it doesn't seem likea very good idea to spend the entire day fasting; the fasting time for your body is precisely while sleeping. For how long have you had this habit? Maybe give it a try to have several light and healthy snacks during the day, you may find out you feel even better! In any case, don't forget to keep well hydrated @ElenaO I will! I haven't had time for it, and I want it to be a rather detailed and quality post so that it is actually helpful, but if I don't forget, I'll tag you when I do so you don't miss it... for me it has really worked, I think I can state now that it is a sustainable permanent change @Vytas Try having lighter meals more regularly. And I'll tag you too when I have my going-early-to-bed post

Hey there! I used to be a gigantic mess at going to bed on time and having prepared for that... it was horrible, but I've changed that FOR GOOD! It's been more than a month I guess, that I have a strong night routine and I'm sleeping super good! (if you want me to share more details on that, I might start another post) But now I'm wondering... what is the best time to have dinner? The internet is flooded with different information. Apparently most of the sources agree that it is preferable not to go to sleep just after having had dinner but do you know a reliable source, maybe a scientific study, about the optimal time to have dinner? I go to bed every day at 22:30, how many hours before that should I schedule my dinner time?

In some maybe not very recent videos you said the one big thing you wanted to focus on and master was personal development. Is it still the same? Has it maybe shifted more towards enlightenment?

You said at some point there is only one thing to master at a time. Can't we focus both in our external life purpose to master and our inner life purpose of enlightenment at the same time?

Yeah, I agree... just close them. It is as simple as that. I have closed my Facebook a couple of weeks ago, and the only thing it takes is not giving a f*ck about what is going on in those platforms. I did not delete it, because I have hundreds of friends that I have no other way to contact, and in case some day I need to find them again, they're there, but closing it and committing not to open it again, should be more than enough. As for Instagram, that one you can completely delete, I guess... You'll learn that your life won't dramatically change, just maybe in terms of having more time, nor will your value decrease in any way. Now, if someone considers you less for not being a user in those platforms, well... you'll have found a petty "friendship" you may as well just give up. It's not the end of the world, I swear, again, you just need not to care at all. Tip: carry always a book with yourself that you really want to read. If you happen to be in a situation where you'd usually take your smartphone and scroll down in FB/Instagram as a zombie, you can take your book instead and read. You'll find that it is a much more fulfilling activity.