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Day 21 - been easier than ever before. Combined with Kriya Yoga, exercise, healthy eating/OMAD, meditation this truly feels like the juice of life getting pumped up into the "spiritual centers". I really see why aiming for a goal like 90 days won't work. And actually I don't want that anymore. I want to quit entirely. Much love and persistence to anyone who struggles, you can do it! But as said before, don't forget to ground yourself in exercise, creativity and I also recommend Kriya Yoga very very much. This combination is a killer combo. @Shin I have to give a shoutout to you man. I feel like you are one of the main energies in this thread who does his best to motivate everyone else. You certainly motivated me many times already. Stay strong <3

Simple question: Gamana recommends to do the Kriya routine twice a day. Right now, not to fall back into old self-guilt habits, I started doing it once in the evening. I certainly want to go to twice a day soon (because the benefits after not even 2 weeks are amazing) but combining that with the other meditations I do, I find it a bit too time-consuming and I'm afraid there will be times I can't be consistent. What do you guys think? I think about dropping my concentration and do-nothing practices (because after Kriya I'm in do-nothing/self inquiry for 1 hour, that would make 2 hours a day) and only concentrate on kriya. In the morning, I would continue a 30 minute love/staying in the heart meditation, it infuses my whole day with so much more presence and love. Do you think that's "enough"? Fyi, I'm really serious about this but I also have to keep other areas of my life in check so I can't devote the whole day to it.

Yes, I can confirm this. And I am not an academic, not at all, so this stuff is not really speaking to me. But I found that it can still be helpful to explore this side of the "classical" psychology. Moreover, without the degree, there is not much of a chance to be working in the field of psychology. At least that's what I think right now, maybe that's a limiting belief. Out of curiosity (because I very much think about continuing the psychology studies or putting my work into learning it myself): What would be the ways to help people the way a psychologist or psychiatrist would? Life Coach? I'm not sure if this is really the thing I want. For example: I would love to be in a counseling or even therapeutic position and integrating meditation, art, breathing techniques etc. into my work. I don't think you're "credited" enough, sometimes not even allowed, to use this. As in: Will I just rent a flat and market myself as... a "coach"? A "guy who helps you feel good"? I'm serious, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way. Maybe that's EXACTLY what I should do. I just find myself in this thinking of - get a degree as a foundation and work from there.

Hahaha same here, also found it yesterday. But I also heard it's not really that good. Not sure. If this can really improve cognitive function and/or meditation, I would be willing to invest.

Hey there, I'm glad you're asking. I'm in the same boat at the moment. I started my psychology studies last year and I'm not completely sure where I'm going. But psychoanalysis is also the thing that got me into here, combined with the amazing possibility to combine psychological therapy / consulting with meditation, mindfulness etc. I also got a sense that I want to combine art with that as in being a painting/dancing/whatever therapist or just including this into the practice. Please be aware that it's a unique possibility to enroll in transpersonal psychology!! I am not able to do that. And in my Bachelor right now there isn't even a clinical part (because it's distance learning). So I would need to do a clinical master afterwards to work in this field. Not sure about this yet. Let's see. I'm sure you will find your way Good luck!

I'm also more motivated than ever to do it for a prolonged duration this time. It supports my lifestyle so much right now. Really amazing Also, I had to find out through some contemplation how deeply I'm still addicted to porn and masturbation. I did it the majority of my life. It's crazy. Like even if I don't feel like it, it's so deeply ingrained in there. OF COURSE I need at least 3-4 months to rewire that brain. Let's do this I mean, for me it always comes down to how to read something. Exclude the stuff you don't need and take the (in this case) practical steps. That's how I do it at least. If you can do that, sure, I really recommend reading it.

Only way to find out is to "get" there yourself and try!

I started reading "The Tao Yoga of Love" by Mantak Chia which is specifically written for men. There are many exercises - if you really wanna do it it will take a lot of time and dedication every day. It's like Kriya Pranayama, but you draw the energy directly from your balls. But that's only the basic exercise. Also includes Bandhas, but it's all from the Tao teaching system. What I liked about his book is that he makes it ABSOLUTELY clear that the #1 thing is to preserve the sexual energy as in not ejaculating and learning to direct it upwards. It's an uncomfortable truth but I would say it's one of the few keys to get this really right. Right now though I stopped reading anything about this cause I'm on NoFap which once again changes everything energy wise for me, especially in conjunction with Kriya Yoga. So I try to stay away from everything saying "vagina" or giving tips on intercourse

Glad you did and I see why you called him a "green" guy and it's true of course that this is a little unstructured and hippie. But information wise I still learned some nice new things

Yes you are right. I heard it so often and I can be like that for longer periods of time. But then there are these moments when the thinking gets out of hand and I just don't get the "click" of the step back. Been there very often already. The more aligned I live and the more practices I do, the easier this gets though of course. Thanks for the reminder

Yoni massage. Yes, I agree that to really even start with this, awakening is necessary first. A part of me doesn't like that haha, but I do feel more and more that it's true and that there is no way around this.

Hahahaha made my day, you're the best <3

@Aeris Make sure to stick until the end, he recommends some books, (I'm reading one of them at the moment), those can be helpful too Enjoy!

@Aeris This: Although I don't know @Hellspeed is that what you wouldn't call real Tantra? I guess so right? But when it comes to having sex, I think this guy has some powerful advice.

That's exactly what causes me frustration at the moment. And I don't know what to do about it, or: I think I can not do anything about it. That makes it much more confusing still ... I know I know, that is part of the deal so to speak

Thanks for sharing, I was thinking which book to read next and The Teachings of Don Juan just smiled at me from my book shelf this morning. Now you convinced me - gonna start today

For me it's a combination, I try sitting as long as I possibly can until I feel it's not healthy for my knees anymore. As soon as this point is reached, I lie down. I haven't been falling asleep or even getting sleepy for months if not years when meditating lying on the floor. I think a reason for this is that I practiced a lot of Yoga Nidra which is kind of a conscious deep sleep, where you don't move but stay very alert in corpse pose. I try to push myself in sitting down nowadays since I feel the uncomfortableness and pain being a great teacher. I also notice I tense up unconsciously much more often when sitting which is helpful to be aware of.

Hey guys, anyone from here from Berlin? I would really love to connect with you in person. Posting in this subthread because I find that here are the people who specialize in spirituality/nonduality.

@luckieluuke Santata talks about the Parvastha state, what Lahiri Mahasaya called the "After-Effect-Poise" of Kriya. Santata calls it the secret cause no other Kriya yogi talks about that. It's essentially a resting in being. He says you will be thrown into this state automatically after the Kriya practice. For me, this was true from day 1. Also, he recommends combining it with self-inquiry, especially if thoughts and identification creep back in. Personally I do a 60 minute "being in awareness"/"Self Inquiry" session after my Kriya session. My inquiry has never been this deep, I highly recommend this combination

@luckieluuke exact same for me, happy to be back

Amazing!!!

Yes, I already read "Tao Yoga of Love", I'm aware of that and aspire to master this I think I digressed from what this thread is about, I was just asking because I saw some mentions of abstaining from sex completely here and elsewhere more often and i was curious how you guys think about it.

Day 15 ? Feeling amazing. Also, when with a woman but not having sex, I can confirm the pain/blue balls thingy. Almost made me masturbate, but stayed strong and the next day it was gone. Happened to me several times already. I feel like it's boosting the energy level another notch so it has an upside. Guys, I do have kind of my own opinions on this, but I would love to hear what you think. Of course I see the benefits of being completely unattached to lust, but is it really necessary to abstain from sex altogether? I don't (want to) think that removing yourself from your natural drives is the healthiest way to be unattached from them. Tao, Tantra and other spiritual traditions make sex even a way of spiritual growth and this seems much more mature and natural to me. I bet there are like two sides who will tell me the opposite. I personally want to live in the world, including sex, even if I have to learn by that that it actually did hold me back. Yeah, maybe not willing enough to sacrifice all, might be true.

@ivankiss @Serotoninluv ? Also, thanks for sharing so much beautiful music, I just listened to Tigran's new album (For Gyumri), it's amazing. Please share more if you want, I'm looking forward to check it out