martin_malin

Poker was sole my job from 2007 to 2014. While it's not unethical for the reasons others mentionned, it's a very stage orange activity. May it be online or live, you have to deal with some of the most shallow/unconscious people on the planet. Therefore, it's an environment that can easily corrupt your values and drain your life energy. Just like wallstreet speculators, poker players don't provide any real value to society. They serve the ego, not the truth. And for that reason alone, I think playing poker for a living is a great way to waste one's precious life.

This is a situation where Eckhart Tolle would simply go ''Ah, it's not there yet''.

I like it. The section about values is very solid.

You rarely witness a guided meditation on a late night show...it was pretty cool to see the audience following along. A taste of what is to come.

To me self-love equals kindness and forgiveness.

At least you are aware of it. That's a fantastic start imo. The mind is fighting for it's life during arguments. It thinks it will die if it loses I have a challenge for you : Next time you start arguing with someone and you know they are wrong, change your tune and tell them they are right. It will be like a gun shot to the head, but you won't die.

@Viking Have you ever read ''A guide to the good life'' from William B. Irving? I open it at least twice a week.

I don't know about Turquoise, but each time I buy a piece of meat, I thank the animal for its sacrifice and I try to acknowledge the shitty life it lived. I hope we get to see lab meat soon.

Great post Robert! To me, a true hero is a person who is fully engaged in his myth while knowing it's just a game. As for Joe Campbell, he really seems to have been quite advanced. Take for example these two quotes from Pathways to Bliss : ''There is no experience of life that doesn't have dualism and yet doesn't have the experience of oneness behind the experience of dualism.'' ''Normally, Yahweh is the god of a moral order where there is good and evil. But look at his justification of his actions to Job, and you realize this is a power beyond morality.''

I despise all birthdays and holidays. I particularly resent having to call my mom on mother's day (even tho I love her to death!!!) That said, I find April Fools' to be tolerable. It's the expectations that kill all the fun.

Hi, I’m Martin and I’m addicted to stimulation/technology. During the next week, I’ll be facing the pain I’ve been avoiding. This challenge is inspired by a chapter from The Way of The Superior Man by David Deida: ''Austerity means to eliminate the comforts and cushions in your life that you have learned to snuggle into and lose wakefulness. Take away anything that dulls your edge...By eliminating the safety net of comforts in your life, you have the opportunity to free fall in this moment between birth and death, right through the hole of your fear, into the unthreatenable openness which is the source of your gifts.'' My rules for the challenge Wake up at 6 am Check emails/texts once a day at noon (strict minimum each time) No social media, Internet surfing, TV, podcasts or video games No masturbation or sex No alcohol or drugs (Except 1 cup of coffee in the morning) Eat perfectly clean Meditate 60 min everyday Cold showers Read no more than an hour/day Work no more than 4 hours/day I can’t promise I won’t tell a lie or gossip. But if I do (or should I say, when I'll do...), I’ll write everything down and paste it here once the challenge is over. If I fail or cheat in any way, I’ll send 100$ to the first three persons who leave a comment in the thread. The challenge starts tonight at 10 PM ET and will end on the 17th at the same time. My goal is to see what’s hiding behind the boredom and increase my self-awareness. If anyone wants to join me in this challenge, you are more than welcome to do so! Just write your own rules.

The 4 hours dedicated to work will be used for writing a play. Aside from that, I don't have much planned. I'll probably go take a walk or two in nature and lift some weights at the gym. I basically want to go with the flow and spend a lot of time just being. Like you, YouTube is my biggest addiction!

@SpyAquamarine I can't imagine I'll be able to live a week without catching myself telling a little lie or saying a stupid/low consciousness remark. I don't want to put too much pressure on myself. That said, I'm going to be monitoring my speech very closely. I'll keep this video of Leo in mind.

You find your niche by being 100% authentic. You want to be a creator, not a competitor. Take Leo these days. He doesn't shoot videos in order to get hits/be popular, he simply shoot videos on subjects that he finds fascinating.

As a former online poker pro, I pretty much had the lifestyle you're looking for. In my early to mid 20s, most of my friends were jealous that I could take a month vacation whenever I wanted. I was free to do anything or go anywhere. It was also very exciting to be playing for big money. At first, I won't lie, it was a lot of fun! But eventually, the lack of meaning became unberable and I finally gave up everything to pursue my LP in a field where there's no guarantee. In doing so, I faced a ton of adversity but it felt AMAZING to finally be living at my edge. It made me realize how overrated confort and pleasure is. Hedonism is a trap. Be careful.

@Etherial Cat Is it true that book is 10x better? Maybe Leo could confirm.

I recently cried while observing a week old baby (or should I say, being stared at). It really felt like God was looking at me. It's like the little thing was saying ''Yup, I am you man''. I also thought about Hitler and every other ''monsters''. Those monsters had to be Godlike too. You are right, babies are amazing spiritual teachers.

Meet Barbie and Ken.

@Sevi May God have mercy on your orange soul! REPENT.

''I never set out to convert anybody. Some of them ended up converting themselves.'' That's some deep yellow shit.

Damn, Coral people are ripped! Seriously, I'm looking forward to hear more from him. I like the idea of befriending the ego and the mind. It reminded me of this video from Teal Swan. ''The spirit or soul manifests itself in the form of thoughts, it manifests itself in the form of emotions and it manifests itself as body. Therefore, the more in touch we become with our mind, emotions and body, the deeper we penetrate the spiritual. " In this episode, Teal seeks to help us release resistance to our own minds and integrate the mind into our spiritual practice.

He's obviously a very smart and well-intentioned man. I really love the hear him talk about mythologies and self-responsability. That's where he's the most effective imo. That said, he is easily triggered, whiny, often hyperbolic and very attached to his mental positions. A week with Eckhart Tolle would do him a lot of good. JP is a good man, but a flawed man. People who see him has a prophet who can do no wrong are not doing themselves any good.

A rare moment where orange/green turned blue?