Leo Gura

Yes you will. Your sex drive may actually increase.

Yes, there is a huge difference. Using a blindfold will not work. You need absolutely zero light. Which is not easy to achieve. You will not achieve that at home without serious preparations.

Here's the new video: https://www.actualized.org/insights/dont-half-ass-yoga

Less mental-masturbation, more self-inquiry. Sit down and do the work. Or don't.

Truth was never the aim of society. The aim of society has always been inventions to aid survival, and that's what it will continue to be for a long time.

@moon777light Sadhguru is an excellent guru. He is not corrupt. But of course opinions on such things will differ. For you, all of this is just hearsay. If you are interested in a spiritual path, you must actually walk it to know whether it will suit you. You cannot ask people on an online forum to determine that for you. When it comes to gurus and teachers you must be extra-careful with your judgements, expectations, doubts, and projections. Such people are at levels of consciousness which you cannot imagine, and what they do and why they do it may not make sense from your current level.

No, it will not give you want I said. I was talking about a serious full-length Kriya practice. What you are doing is dabbling in one technique. That will not produce a sigificant change. Yoga must be done seriously. If you are too cheap or too lazy to get the book and follow it rigorously, then yoga is not for you. Yoga routines must be done perfectly. DO NOT HALF-ASS YOGA!

Of course yoga requires radical openmindedness. It does not fit the Western materialist paradigm at all. This is a very advanced practice for serious spiritual seekers. This is not for armchair skeptics. Btw, you don't need to beleive the metaphysical explanations offered. You just need to do the techniques. Although if you are too skeptical of the entire process you may as well not start because you will not have the vision and discipline to execute it. Yoga must be done seriously. You cannot half-ass the techniques.

No

No Just follow the manual. Do not innovate or concoct your own stuff or your own problems.

Yoga is not simple. If you do not want to practice it properly, don't practice it at all. It's like you're asking, "Someone give me one simple technique for being a surgeon. I don't want to go through all of medical school. I just want one simple technique."

75 is dying early? Lol Yogananda died at 59. Although it might have been a mahasamadhi.

@solr I have a video called How To Love Yourself. That might help.

@Paulo Barbosa Then contemplate. That is the method.

@How to be wise Because it is a highly technical book, not for casual readers. It is only worth buying if you are going to commit to a year of practice. Without my video about it, 99% of people would not get much value from the book.

@StephenK Mushrooms can get real hairy at 4g. You've just been lucky. If you do mushrooms long enough, don't be surprised if one day they bitchlap you.

Someone post a Matt Kahn video here

No. Do a ctrl+F search on page 2 for the word "kriya".

If you are mentally unstable or on anti-depressants or anti-psychotics, you should definite not do psychedelics. If you're a normal person without such conditions, psychedelics are quite safe so long as you follow proper protocol and don't do high doses.

@Paulo Barbosa A) You must contemplate and investigate the precise nature of your fear. What are you fearing and WHY? B) You must face the fear head-on at some point. Psychedelics are great because they can gradually expose you to your greatest fears in a way that's very difficult to accomplish otherwise. You can try small to medium doses of psychedelics for this. One trip is never enough. You must do repeated trips to overcome these deep, existential fears. Taking huge doses of psychedelics is not ideal. You want to gradually work you way through all your emotional baggage using small to medium doses. Then, AFTER you've done that, you can take a large breakthrough dose, and you will be ready to fully surrender. This is a training process. You cannot bench press 400lbs on your first attempt. And there is no shortcut to benching 400lbs. You must gradually work your way up to it.

@vanish A) You are basically correct. Except the problem is, how do you get ordinary people to "get there"? Stating the brutal truth is not the same thing as guiding someone to a realization of it. The vast majority of the people are not able to actualize what you are saying because it's too advanced for them. They need a more gradual path. B) 5-MeO-DMT definitely delivers this mindfuck. I have physically died on it. There is absolutely no difference between life and death, and in fact, all I am is just an idea. I was never even born. C) Death is not the end game. There is more to be conscious of, there is more to life. Your vision of this path is narrow and ultimately incomplete. The Absolute doesn't negate the relative realities of life. Actualized.org is not only about enlightenment. We cover many topics here because people have a wide variety of growth needs. D) Contgrats on your awakening. But don't forget, there's probably deeper to go. There are awakenings, then there are Awakenings, and then there are AWAKENINGS, and then there are HOLY MOTHER OF FUCKING GOD!!!!!!

The Kriya book explains all that in more detail than I ever could in a video.

Sedona Method is good for that. Also, positive visualizations.

I didn't overcome it. I just don't focus on it. BTW, physical pain is a conceptual construct of the mind and can be deconstructed with sufficient mindfulness. Fear is only something that comes up if you are actively thinking about the future. If you are 100% present, there actually cannot be fear. There can be pain, but no fear. Fear is always a conceptualization of the future. You just need to practice surrendering more. Why are you expecting it to happens within a few tries? Just try more. You can also deprogram stories by contemplating why they exist, what purpose are they serving? Apply consciousness to the issue. Why is this such a big deal for you? Really get to the bottom of it. ------- You can also attempt to apply unconditional love to this problem. Love the fear and pain to death. Love yourself enough to allow yourself to take the leap of the faith and fully surrender to God's infinite intelligence. Don't try to use your little ego-mind to figure out the universe. It goes WAY beyond that. You must let the universe wash over you. To do that, you must accept whatever the cost may be.