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Just do the 30 days. I will. Even if you are completely unconscious, you'll still get huge results. I am 22 and I have never missed Ramadan fasting a single year since I was 13. It's difficult at first, but it's totally worth it, and it's a beautiful tradition. The ego gets super irritated while fasting, that's your best chance to learn emotional mastery.

@Sidra The reality is that you can't do anything at this point, you have to accept that, you're too young and vulnerable, and you still don't know what you really want. I mean by running away from trouble, you'd create a lot more trouble. You have to face reality, not run away from it. And I'm speaking from experience, I kept struggling, suffering, and failing until I realised that I was imagining things and running away from reality. You CAN certainly change your parents, I did. But it will take time and it requires patience and compassion for them. We'll talk more about that in private. And like Shin said, don't rush anything, be very careful about what you decide to do, keep asking here, and keep listening to my advice ? More in private.. See ya! ❤️

It's not like that in Syria. Your advice might work in America, Europe, and other free countries. But here, it's become very difficult for a guy to become financially independent, and for girls, it's nearly impossible both before and during the war. The best thing for Sidra to do is to become in alignment with her parents, so that she gains their support, until she graduates from university, and after that she gets to decide what's next. Here in Syria, a full time job can barely pay your rent, food is very expensive, transportation is expensive, currency is at its worst. Or, a miracle can happen right now and change everything for Sidra. I hope so.

@Sidra I can relate, A LOT. I've been and am still there, but I have changed, and then everything has changed too, not by will, but rather by force. I'll pm you with more details.. ❤️

The Muslim prayer is dualistic as well, the kind of beliefs don't matter here I guess, because we must admit that we don't know anything at first. Still, I would't be making any kind of judgements until I try, that's what open-mindedness means. When we meditate, we don't care if God is one or million, it's a practice in itself, a path to God, no matter what the signs may say.

@TheAvatarState I believe most of us assumed the same things about meditation at first. From the scientific paradigm, it doesn't make any sense. So unless you've tried it and experienced with it, you are still in no place of making judgements about it. What is your experience with prayer? How many years have you been practising it? Prayer is very powerful, it's even harder than meditation, it requires a lot of mindfulness and concentration, and a lot of patience, and it creates a connection with the higher self. But also, it's still of value even if you are doing it mechanically and unconsciously. It can teach you discipline, humility, submission and surrendering to the higher self. And I'm speaking from experience (with Muslim prayer). In Arabic, the word prayer means "salat" which means connection.

Same goes with meditation and other spiritual practices. But still you don't call them horseshit. Most people who spend their entire lives devoted to meditation get nowhere. So, by the same logic, meditation is horseshit. I'm not saying that any of the spiritual practices are useless, in fact, I've had a lot of great results from them. It's just that I think you are a little bit biased somehow.

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Just go do it already. What is the answer that you're looking for? Whatever you're expecting, you will eventually have to do it, so gather your courage, stop caring for people's opinions, and do it. Just do it ✔️

@Beeman If you're speaking English with them, then there's no wonder. You should edit the title, you meant to say: "Why do I seem to confuse people about my behaviour?". Because if you like doing that, then there's no question, you've already answered the question. If you're speaking with your original language, then maybe you're lacking some communication skills, that can be fixed through more experience. Generally speaking, if you are honest and clear about yourself with yourself, then you shouldn't find problems communicating with others.

Bingo! ??

There is only one ego, and that is imagination. It's creative, sneaky, and unexpected. You cannot capture the ego with the ego

Please don't, the night king was cool too ?

@Flatworld Crusades Oh, don't worry a bit about it. It was way too cool for the internet to take ? And welcome to the forum ? ❤️

Hehe, there's only the present moment, stop wasting your time and go look for it.

@Joseph Maynor Highest 2.0 ?

@Flatworld Crusades Answering your questions will make you even more confused. Because they make me confused. Instead, live your life, and if you like do some practices. I don't have any better answers.

@DrewNows ?? I don't want to learn, I'm happy with my beliefs.

@theking00 Exactly! Now the next step is to realise that this insight is also meaningless, and then live for the experience of life, accepting whatever is.

@DrewNows Whatever experience or understanding we have, it will eventually become a memory. What is a memory but a fantasy? Why do we place so much value on it? Isn't that biased? Why are my personal experiences truer than others'? If not, then I can trust their experiences too, and that's what we call a belief.

@EvilAngel Prayer is very powerful if you believe in it. You can do and become whatever you want through prayer. Although without believing, there's no prayer at all. Direct experience is horseshit and no better than a belief.

Me too ❤️ Hehe, there's no difference between belief and fact, that's a belief and a fact. Think about it ? ❤️

Sorry, wrong quote. I don't want to play that game ? Not anymore ?

@DrewNows This is very beautiful! ❤️

@DrewNows The ideal you're talking about is kind of hard, maybe even impossible to achieve. You basically can't be alive without separating yourself from environment. So, you can't lose the self entirely, although you can make it less important. You're still seeing a duality between self and other, and thinking that by doing that you're avoiding duality. But actually, that's not the case, you're still thinking dualistically, and that's why you find confusion in being a self. You can't not be a self, stop trying to not be who you are. Stop resisting. If you accept the separation, then there would be no resistance, and therefore no more conflicts. ❤️