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@Mart nadi sodhana, ujjayi x6, kechari stretches x2 sets, mahamudra x3, om japa x6 silently, first kriya pranayama x12, 8 second breaths.

but what is considered half assing? how do i know if what im doing is good enough? i know i dont follow the rules "dont masturbate at all and if you have sex have sex only once every 2 weeks" which lahiri proposed. also my mahamudra is bad, because i cant extend fully my legs.

In this video sadhguru says that learning yoga in a "non committed atmosphere" like from a book, classes, etc. does more harm than good and it by doing that one "misses the opportunity of touching other dimensions of life". What do you have to say about that? All this yoga stuff for me runs on pure beliefs. I just believe that some spinal breathing will bring me some results. but here's a point from a yogi that I respect and believe most, which runs against this practice ive built up with beliefs. I cant make decisions on my own when regarding yoga because i dont know anything about it.

other people tell you stories about how you acted? are you ever violent or something? how long does it last?

by "come back" you mean delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, etc?

isnt it dangerous? and what do you mean by energy?

why would it come back? hasnt it been treated? and what do you mean by control it? do you mean you can tell when you're deluding yourself or something?

maybe you're right, I dont know him very well, seemed like it from a few videos i watched.

@Highest holy shit, did you treat the psychosis? do you take medications?

I feel like simon sinek is very yellow, the way he analyzes stuff and presents it. in this point of the video he explains why people get angry at CEO's, he seems pretty neutral about it and he gets to the root.

what do you mean by immortal and why does it help? why do i need to stimulate the pituitary gland and the top of the spine? and what do you mean by "stimulate"? why do I lose prana? isnt it infinite? do I lose prana through the throat?

if for example I will do a whole year only self development work, meditating, yoga, balancing energies, getting my mind in order and become extremely peaceful, ecstatic, blissful, loving, etc. Will I continue to be like that after I come again to the "ordinary life"? suppose I keep practicing and trying my best to be present and such. Will I start to get upset sometimes? will I start to suffer? will I get out of peace and bliss?

what do you guys think about kechari mudra? should it be used? what's the point of it? is there any danger in increasing the length of the tongue?

@Salvijus wow thanks, i didnt know that, I think ill try to add shambhavi, but first ill see how it fits.

@Salvijus i see, what kriya practices do you consider "for happiness'? and where do i learn them? and what is precisely "happiness"? thanks for showing me it this way, maybe it is an exponential process

@Salvijus if you were talking to me, I do according to the kriya secrets book, mainly mahamudra and pranayama

isnt it a book that talks about different schools of yoga, and not much techniques are presented? I know theres this another book which has "distilled" techniques as leo put it.

there are barely any proper kriya gurus, most are bad, and especially in my area. @Paan @okulele ill try doing the practice daily until christmas, but how will i know that it works and im not just wasting a hour out of my morning every morning? will I see some lights/feelings/whatever? what I feel like will happen is in 6 months the practice will be exactly the same and nothing will occur.

@Erlend K well, do you think sadhguru ever suffers? or is he not in perpetual bliss? What I mean is suppose someone grows a lot in an ashram or something, doesnt suffer, is in perpetual bliss as long as he's in the ashram. If he gets out of the ashram and continues to practice and try to grow, will he go back to his old ways?

i think i will drop the kriya routine for a few reasons: I feel dread in the mornings when i think i should do the practice. it makes it harder to wake up and if i feel that it means something's up. ive been doing the kriya for 2 months without missing a single day and my concentration session is as poor as it was the first day, i cant concentrate for 5 minutes, and especially on a space im not sure about the location of. also i didnt notice any noteworthy results whatsoever. i have a feeling like im half assing the routine but i have no idea how to improve. im trying my best but i still get lost in thought a lot throughout the sessions and im doing the techniques automatically. i don't think i do the techniques well enough as they should be done, even after 2 months. there is too much conflicting information, and since the book doesnt describe the techniques properly, i dont know what variations to do. i dont have the intuitive capabilities required (inner guru) to decide. maybe the practice is not for everyone, maybe ill come back to it once i will mature.

@Erlend K that i know more or less, though will i be able to sustain it is the question.

how does the moon drop itself? also isnt the sun the same thing as the moon? I like the analogy though, makes stuff clearer

lol, finding meaning in non duality? the essence of non duality is that nothing has meaning. spirituality is not an activity in life like football, work, relationships, etc. but it is a way of living life, living those relationships, living that football watching.

Great post, I think I had a tiny glimpse of what turquoise might look like for the first time. Thanks.

Does enjoyment of life just comes with time? as I meditate and do yoga? is there something more to do than to meditate and do yoga?