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Mooji music, so good! I really like the one that goes, "i've fallen through a hole in the universe" at 15.00 cheers!

@rrodriguez111 @Vigi , what a coincidence, i'm also dealing with deconcentration due to saliva these days. I recently started to practice zen meditation, zazen, after the techings of master taisen deshimaru, and i also attend a zen dojo. Thing is, it's a lot about the position, and in the zazen position i cannot swallow without moving my head / neck and loosing the correct position. Also, in the dojo i become aware of how loud i swallow and i get a feeling that i'm disturbing the people there silently meditationg. is there any tip or hack to get this under control, o should it just be observed and let go of, over and over again

My warm recommendation is "The school of life" (on youtube). It's educational on so many levels (form relationships and economy to philosophy and zen and all in between, and more :)) ) The clips ar between 2 and 20 mins and very well made, with cartoon ilustrations that really sink in with the message. It's wisdom at the tip of our fingertips, enjoy

you better check yo' self before you wreck yo' self - Sri Ice Cube

Hey! I've had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago, but my situation is a little different, i'm fresh out of college so i don't really have any obligations but to fend for myself. Anyways, it was kind of the best thing that could've happened, thing is i started the adult work life last year and it really hit me, felt kind of destabilized. At the same timen i got a little more into self actualization and meditation. With time i realized that what i belived to be my dream career wasn't even close to what i needed or wanted so it naturally led to me and the company where i worked part ways. When told that the gig i had was gonna end i sent my resume in loads of places and met lots of people and really wanted to land in a place where i wouldn't have any internal reservation. I went to the interviews really excited and happy to understand the people i was talking to and how they view their business, and my enthusiasm was noticed because i got multiple offers. On friday it's gonna be my first day and i can say that this is one of my personal best stories of failing forward @failforward when the dust settles and you figure things out let us know! we're rooting for u over here! cheers!

does anyone here like tricky? how about the ropes? i find the lyrics here amazing

@Cuzzo , i get the same feeling. I only start conversatoins like this with friends only to realize it was a mistake and stop asap. Nowadays if anybody asks me about my meditation experience or what is it that i am looking for i only talk to them about a tip of the tip of the iceberg, if they want more they will ask more or look for themselves; convincing?! ain't nobody got time for that :))

This is great insight, thank you all. From all this I think that one can also understand that maintaining a true state of not-knowing can help prevent the other persona. I think that on my path I made or will make many mistakes, but as long as in the end you see through them they become just another step forward

Hi! There seems to be a thin line between diminishing the ego and creating a spiritual ego that thinks it's on a path towards enlightenement and is actually self absorbed, proud, and feels superior to others, unaware that even if there are benefits to acting spiritual, true spirituality is way out of reach at that point. I think at one point someone told me about their walking meditation and I told them in a douchey kind of manner that my sitting meditation is way more strong and their meditation can be a waste of time - poor judgement on my behalf, I know. So my question is, how can one tell? are there signs? has anyone reflected on the matter? did anybody fall in this trap in your experience? thank you! have a great day

- meditation (slowly and harmoniously developing the practice) - morning ritual - less / no TV - healthy diet - cold showers (only) - compassion and mindfulness - keeping a pin-board with objectives related to external manifestations and internal purposes - being less dramatic

@TomKay love the energy in your post, i'm so trying this! if i have some insight about it gonna post it. Thanks for the idea, long live the forum :))

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I think that sometimes, if you have an answer to someone's question based on what you found through actualized and you know Leo formulated really clear in a video or you have a quote that gives the essence of what you wanna say it's alright. That's where it should stop, in my opinion. Just put a disclaimer stating that you don't have the absolute truth if you're not sure about you're answer

Hey, if you have trouble keeping your mind on work or focusing, I discovered this idea according to which you should set a goal for your work-day and then do 25 mins of intense work, 5 mins break, repeat 3 times, take a 30-45 min break, and then repeat the whole process until you feel you.ve done enough. It.s called the pomodoro technique, you should check it out. I tried it for a week or so, did an experiment, and it helped so far, so you can also look into it if you think it can help, cheers

Hi! I'm not enlightened, not even close, in fact, I don't even know if I saw the footprints of the ox. Yesterday something I never experienced happened, it filled me with up joy (it actually hurt a bit and numbed my head, and brought tears in my eyes, all of a sudden), I can't talk about it yet cause I didn't really digest it but I hope I'm gonna make the courage soon. Here's how I see the pursuit of enlightenment and please point out if you think it's a wrong view. I look at it like this: in sports, as a kid, you're thought to make the moves mechanicaly, you don't really get it, you just practice and then, after lots of work it comes naturally and the coach allows you to make the team (I did volleyball). I go about spiritual awakening the same, I'm just doing the stuff mechanically for now, meditating how I see fit, practicing awareness with every chance and thinking about it a lot (keeping eyes and mind open). I feel that in the end I'm going to do it less and less mechanically and more and more naturally (who knows, maybe I'm really gonna wake up). And if I ask myself, what if I can't reach a perfect state, doesn't matter, there are also real tangible benfits (health / psgychological) so you can't go wrong. Simply have no expectations and enjoy whatever there is to enjoy no need to obsess over what enlightenment might be or what benefits it contains. (sorry if sloppy english, not a native speaker)