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kriya is perfect, it was made for the short on time householder, you dont have to do anything beside a 30-60 min practice a day. I like to add on top of it a 20 min meditation but thats me.

if you ask for the technicalities, quantum mechanics operates using 3 basic axioms. people just came up with that stuff to explain experimental data. it mainly uses linear algebra i.e. matrices and vectors to represent ultimately the probability of having a certain measurement.

I study physics, quantum mechanics is a course I take right now. "time" in physics is much different than time we normally talk about. it's all in the equations, you dont have the intuitive level of understanding which would allow you to understand what's REALLY described here. when people describe a physical experiment they dont use the same meaning of the words which most people use. Also, time is explained by general relativity, and general relativity doesnt go well with quantum mechanics as you might know. since we're talking about quantum mechanics here that stuff has nearly no meaning, because the theoretical framework upon which all of this is built is somewhere false.

You could try to go to a psychologist if you havent already. Im planning to, soon, even though my life is not in shambles, it's kinda tough though. it's really comforting I would guess, just talking to a person about that stuff already gets you out of your head. lack of communication leads to disaster usually, I know because Im alone most of the time and i've realized on a recent lsd trip i've had how much it hurts.

sometimes I practice semen retention. After a few sessions of shamanic breathing, a lot of emotional release and an LSD trip, just after a few days of semen retention I start to feel energy in my spine, medulla, in the chakras basically. I notice I can direct this energy sometimes. The thing is that I feel like this energy wants to explode, like it wants to increase a lot in intensity and explode. I guess this is similar to ejaculation but I feel like it's more than that, since ejaculation doesnt satisfy usually and the energy doesnt go high enough. sometimes that energy comes with some vibrations in the body. This energy is pleasant somewhat, but at the same time that desire to explode makes me anticipate something that I guess wont ever come. sometimes i realized it's an illusion and im just present with that energy, but fairly quickly the realization fades and I go back to desiring to explode. im curious about that, it's very weird and I wanna know more or what to do about it. I practice kriya yoga but i havent even started the first kriya. edit: im also more emotional when I practice semen retention.

@Crystalous thanks, that really helped

do i have to do kechari mudra during first kriya pranayama? firstly i cant do it, and the limited kechari mudra is very difficult, my tongue starts to ache. i would guess cut down the duration of the breaths, with time the duration will increase.

@Pallero Thanks. I have a question. in Ujjayi pranayama the author tells to expand the chest while breathing with the diaphragm, although challenging, I managed to do that, BUT then, when I come to the first part of kriya paranayama, he tells not to raise the ribcage? is this breathing different from Ujjayi? or did he mean to breathe from the belly since the very beginning?

not much, i would guess around a week

I dont understand what to concentrate on during the concentration period. the author said first on bhrumadya, but then he said not to focus too much on it in the tips, he also said to focus on medulla, and on a bunch of sounds if they appear. i havent heared any sounds yet. what am i supposed to concentrate on?

I think this is a huge sign of progress, heared of sanskaras? it's like boss battles on the way to the final boss: the ego. its deep mental habits that get uncovered after spiritual progress. read a bit about this, dont stop when you start to get agitated, just be the witness of the agitation. read "conquest of mind" its an insanely great book that presents a lot of good information on how to advance spiritually.

how do you fall asleep on the night when you took the psychedelic? it took lsa and lsd and at both times I wasnt able to sleep and the next day was very hard.

everything is inherently meaningless, but I apply meaning to stuff. when i realize i apply meaning to stuff, i realize its meaningless inherently and the meaning i give fades. how do i function when i dont have that meaning? how can i be motivated to do anything without meaning? is there such a thing as artificial meaning, created deliberately? and if so, how does one do that?

I watched the video, extremely profound, definitely helped me. I feel like I didnt fully "get it" yet though. upon looking at some of my goals in life and going through the process of proving that I am the one who created their meaning and inherently they're meaningless I dont feel like I really get it that theyre meaningless, because I continue to automatically apply meaning over and over again, and each time i disprove their meaning but the meaning continues to come up automatically. its like i dont get it deeply. Do i have to sit for hours and continue to prove to myself that stuff doesnt have meaning? also I was at such a great frequency while watching the video, but after i finished or towards the end, the "understanding" kind of faded, it happens so much with a lot of things. I read a book for example and i understand perfectly what's up, but then i cant get to the same place later.

im 19 and my younger brother is 13. I noticed that he's an addict. he weights about 105kg because he eats a ton of bad food, he smokes a hookah (but not cigarettes) and likes to vape, he gambles csgo skins, those are the main alarming things. other stuff like youtube videos and video games are normal I guess. I feel a certain responsibility, because my parents dont know and I dont know what to do. what do you think should I do if should I do anything at all?

@Quanty how does one open it? I do kriya yoga, but i doubt he will, also he's kinda young for that i think

@Truth thanks, i probably really need this video, will watch it.

what are you afraid of? the only thing you can be afraid of is truth.

meditate some extra

why shouldnt one want to achieve a constant state of bliss? how does one accept any state whether it be bad or good? if accepting this moment is not wanting this moment to be different, how is accepting this moment even possible, because well always want this moment to be better.

does stuff like that actually work? rarely a youtube video changes something for me

it was random, a few days good a few bad. i dont really know if i had progress, because its really hard to measure your wokeness. last time i meditated was some more than 2 months ago so i cant say accurately. i switched for kriya after a long pause from meditation.

what do you mean by that? because I meditated for about half a year before doing kriya and stopped meditating since started. my meditations were pretty shit.

i've been doing kriya for 2 weeks every day, Im currently at om japa in the chakras, didnt start yet but I did read it. I watched some video where a guy said that I should have some experiences before continuing with the lessons. I didnt have any experiences, the practice was dull, my mind kept wandering off during the 5 minute concentration at the end. is it ok to continue with the lessons and just do the practice even though i didnt experience anything?

lmao the universe calls