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are you sure it's kundalini? i've had the exact same but im nowhere near kundalini. it improved since I changed my diet.

@ProblemSolving how does nofap help? I dont have problems with any of the things you suggested. one thing i do want to work on though is enlightenment. you have any idea how nofap may help?

@Samurai Y and how much time do you think that it will take you? how are you planning to do it? what if spirituality Is the solution to these problems?

@Samurai Y what do you mean by "dive"? do you think you can make a shitton of progress in a day? this process takes years, you already started it by being curious.

I think that's the whole point of books and outside information. Though sometimes reinventing the wheel is a waste of time. balance is key

@Max_V are you sure theres such a thing as a 'stuck' emotion? if so, why exactly? where did you learn this? im interested. are you saying that without any mental trigger you have sudden strokes of body emotion?

Lol, funny, I am since recently almost exactly the same, fear/anxiety in body and negative thoughts arise, though it's all just is there and there's no attachment to it. I think it's not yoga that gets rid of the body feelings, but wisdom. Emotions arise out of beliefs, and beliefs are changed doing shadow work, understanding the root of the beliefs, increasing clarity, and changing them. A lot of these beliefs dissipate with spiritual work also, enlightenment, because higher wisdom is obtained. take this with a grain of salt, just using logic here.

At first glance and in my parents' perspective (I think) it seems like my parents are having an alright life, more or less financially stable, more or less happy, but it's very "shaky". I notice my mom being regularly anxious about everything and my dad having anger issues. They're drinking every week, and while I dont judge them for doing so, I feel like their life could be much better than it currently is. I cant help but want to do something to improve it at least by a little bit. I dont try to convince them of meditating or doing anything, but I do talk about it sometimes just so they know that it exists. They are pretty closed minded and judgmental about me meditating. Lol if they would know what I read about I think they would send me to an insane asylum. nontheless, is there something I could do to make them less anxious or angry? maybe casually talk about some stuff they might not know about and might help them? maybe doing nothing at all and letting them see how I grow, which will motivate them somehow (thought I dont think it will work, they believe in people with "talent", they are not really the growth mindset type). thanks p.s. I focus on helping them currently and not really "the world" because im a very isolated person and they're mainly the only people I interact with. Also Im doing the life purpose course so im getting "the world" handled. Also from my current paradigm family is more important than other people, I cant lie to myself.

@Soulbass @Ether I didnt even mention change. I asked how can I affect my parents for the better. I love them as they are, I just want some tips on how to make their lives better.

Im on the health train recently and been wondering if I should not touch alcohol again in my life. I drink not too much at parties like once every few months. I didnt see any reason not to drink, but im probably ignorant. give me reasons not to touch alcohol ever again.

I sometimes get in that great space of mind when I watch a vid of Leo's for example and I find a contemplation subject. Sometimes I start to contemplate but often that space of mind gets lost and I cant seem to advance in my contemplation. What seems so effortless and enjoyable in that space of mind becomes a chore outside of it. I just get disinterested and want to pass on to do something else. Also extremely often I cant seem to find any contemplation subjects. I think to myself what do I have to think about and nothing comes up, my mind becomes blank. I have something to contemplate only if I get triggered by some material.

@Faceless I understood that theres a contradiction but didnt understand how to solve it

@Leo Gura is it possible to have an experience (in this case, sight) of nothingness just by contemplating what it is?

Classic question, but I need a refresher because I lost my way (not that I had one in the first place) Is it even possible to become happy? As I understand it's just an emotion, so it's not lasting. If so, what's the alternative, whats the alternative to not feel numb to life? I am meditating and am on the path, but the path is quite long, so I need some way to not feel shitty right now. Do I become happy by not having the need to be happy?

@eputkonen I feel when I try to appreciate something it's not honest, how do I do that exactly?

Didnt fap for 2 weeks, failed a few days ago, and I dont feel like anything changed. Same energy, same procrastination, same mood, same relationships, only a few less random erections. Should I try for a longer period? how much time? I felt like I could go on for eternity but I didnt find the reason to.

lmao they go so well with each other

differentiate between being and awareness of being

Labeling is the thing that the mind got used to do to every thing, in order to save up energy. The mind is lazy. By labeling sitting without thoughts as "meditation" or as labeling the consciousness path as "the path", you create an image and certain feeling associated with the label. It's the same with prejudice, jews want money, americans are fat, but more subtly. Please see that everything in your life that has any meaning to you is labeled. (This is one of the concepts of Carl Jung btw, as I understand it at least) The thing you're trying to do may be authentic to you in nature, but because of the label you see it as something else. Try to contemplate what do you really like, what lead you to the path in the first place. Try to create a new label for the same thing, that has better feelings associated with it. Try different types of meditation. I would recommend concentration oriented practices, because if you really get them right, you will have a very pleasurable time meditating, im talking about better than orgasm. Every time I start a new meditation I seem like im doing everything from the start again, I feel like a newbie. Try to meditate in a different place, meet other people who meditate, all that in order to change your label about it, which will give you motivation.

I am noticing in the last few months (also when i started to meditate) that while im walking around people im checking them out(especially women) im doing it completely unconsciously. now when i notice it more i see that its so automatic i cant seem to be able to do anything about it. it just happens and i dont see people as people, but as things i can get somethinf out of. how do i break this habit?

@Eva I think the thing is that you are the "problems" too

There's this theory going around that consciousness affects water. I got this concept from the book Mt best cook by tom j chalko. he says in the book that he met some old man and that old man turned water that smelled like water with fluoride to water that smells like ozone, after he put his hand and concentrated on getting out the "bad stuff" and inserting the "good stuff" into the water. What he continued saying, is that if you appreciate the food you eat, the appreciation will turn the water in that food into "good" water and will make your body more harmonious and will align this food more with your metabolism. Have you heared about it? I try to be really openminded here.

@Natasha I dont see how im objectifying myself, I dont quite get you

@Spiral how do i do that?

@OBEler kill you