Carl-Richard

When I give the conservative 1-hour prescription, I do that because that is what worked for me leading up to my fully spontaenous sober awakenings (i.e. experiencing no-mind while actively engaging in mind-related activities). However, it's a bit misleading, because I was also completely obsessed with spirituality 24/7. In a way, my entire day was a meditation. The other reason is that irregular and unstructured practice, e.g. walking down the street and thinking "ugghh, I'm lost in thought! I need to become present!", is just neurotic behavior and attachment. An enlightened person does not do that. You're conditioning non-enlightened behavioral patterns by doing that. On the other hand, what you suggested in one of your most recent threads, of creating a structured program for how you should meditate x minutes after finishing a daily activity, is completely ok in my book. The third reason is that I noticed that the 45 - 60 minute mark is usually where the most progress is being made, and it's like you hit a peak and then a subtle plateau. That is also when your body starts to ache, so the meditation becomes more about focusing through the pain rather than relaxing into the breath, which can be a valid practice, but it's a bit taxing on the body, so you start running into trade-offs.

You're the one who is incessantly insisting that there are serious downsides to it. Why are you asking me about what those are? ?

Idk. You tell me. You're the porn inquisitor.

I think that's a bit dramatic. Smoking a pack a day vs. watching porn twice a week are not at all in the same ballpark. I like toasted bread. Toasting it is nothing but harmful. I only do it for taste. It's a trade-off I'm willing to accept.

Look at the channel that posted it.

Nothing in life is fully harmless.

Like the literacy obligation in Judaism?

I don't need advice. I have zero problems with brain fog or energy.

I didn't get that impression. Leo looks like he had a pretty wild psychedelic trip. DP/DR is pretty different territory.

Are you kidding? Of course it is. Ever heard of supertasters? And yes, genetics impacts everything. You wouldn't be able to exist without genetics. But you're not talking about statistical anomalies in a diverse set of people. You're talking about a group of people, and the primary thing that unites these people is a common culture and history. Therefore, if this group excels over some other group, the first way to explain it would be by looking at it culturally and historically, and there we have many good explanations (look at my link). Unless you believe that genetics were somehow the main cause of those group differences, you don't have a case. Ok, let me rephrase it: invoking genetics in a discussion is meaningless unless 1. you're referencing empirical data that go into specific numbers, or 2. you're making a specific argument for why genetics is particularly relevant in this case. For example, what selection pressures are you referring to? Which hormones do Jews have more of? Hearing about a group that excels at something and then saying "uh, must be genetics" is vacuous.

Personal experience. You can find evidence, not just experimental scientific evidence. People talk about having precognitions or weird dreams all the time. I remember Bernardo Kastrup once talked about an experience his wife had that he had no way of refuting: 1:33:57

It is though In what context? In what way? Sources?

Psychic powers can still exist even though you can't prove their existence in a scientific experiment.

If you go for a very long time without fapping while believing very strongly that fapping is not a good thing, and then you finally do fap, of course you're going to feel like shit. The longer you go, the bigger the crash, and the more mental energy you invest into that project, when the project fails, of course you'll feel bad. On the other hand, if you find a stable and healthy rhythm of fapping and you also don't waste any mental energy thinking about it afterwards, it's completely different. I promise you that this will help for the escalation problem: learn how to differentiate between "the organic feeling of sexual energy" vs. "short bursts of arousal driven by mental images". The organic feeling is in some way present all the time, and it builds up progressively day by day, while the short bursts of arousal go up and down quickly based on the mental images in your mind. If you can learn to pinpoint exactly where your organic feeling is usually at a high point and where going any further starts to become disproportionally uncomfortable (for me it's every 3-4 days), in my experience, that is where you'll find the optimal fapping frequency with respect to brain fog and energy issues. I promise you, it's so much better than the alternative for so many reasons. Also, one big thing is that when you actually do fap, you'll not be overwhelmed by lethargy and brain fog, but instead you'll be sitting blissed out for 1-2 hours while your mind is crystal clear. It's actually amazing how much your body rewards you when you do the right thing at exactly the right time. If you keep hitting the optimal balance head-on; straight in the bulls eye, every time; that is what health is, and it feels amazing.

This is circular reasoning. Everything is impacted by genetics, so when you do something, it is impacted by genetics. Questions about genetics are completely uninteresting unless you're able to quantify exactly how much of it is genetics vs. environment.

If I were to give my biased summary of that entire debacle: I value being aware of self-deception mechanisms more than I value single lines of consistent logic, and Thisintegrated does the opposite.

Never been to a place like Erowid?

It's too much if you think it's causing things like brain fog, low energy and motivation, and it's too little if you think it's negatively affecting your life in other ways (e.g. sleep quality).

It's an inside joke.

It could, if the person is a geek about sex (a la Leo "how to make a girl squirt"). But as a passive effect, I don't think it matters much at all. The main thing is practice and passion. In terms of complexity, it's probably somewhere between learning to ride a bike and going to the toilet. Not much more to do than to get on top ?

*fulfills natural bodily function* "hedonist scum!"

Meditate 1hr (whatever technique) every day in one sitting, no excuses. Never try to shut your brain off while doing daily activities.

You can probably experience some crazy things too if you trip enough times.

You literally said nofap is bs.