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@Tistepiste It was a silent retreat in zmar. An eco resort. Very nice place. No talking or eye contact. But to be honest there was mooji 2 times a day so plenty of entertainment ?. It was my first retreat and my first steps into spirituality. Yea progress was made but I also just found the whole experience fun and interesting. A retreat with 900 people in a eco resort with a swimming pool. There was also bajans which was a lot of fun. There where people in my dormitory who where definitely going through something, my gues was a sahmadi experience but I couldn't ask since needed to remain in silence. There where multiple occasions during satsang when someone seemed to have a sahmadi experience or at least they took something good ?. Anyway if you're looking for a light retreat where you have plenty of time for contemplation this is a good choice. If you want to suffer a lot then this might not be the place to go. I cant say if these allegations towards Mooji are true but I did not see anything suspicious he just is as in his videos on youtube. I was there 8 days and saw him 2 times per day for 3 hours. His followers the people in white where nice people, talked with some of them before and after the retreat. To me except they where wearing white clothes it had no cultish feel to it. They have a different lifestyle then most of us for sure. There where normal people and some mentally unstable people so yea weird shit happens but its these people that do the weird shit he doesn't ask to do anything. The weirdest this is everyone stands up as he enters and leaves the room. And at the end of the day it's also a business. Mooji sells ?

I have been to one of his retreats, noone has to kiss his feet. In fact noone has to do anything...

Jesus said to the people: "I have seen truth". Then the devil replied: "Great lets organize it". (Into a religion...)

True... I dont know who invented terrorism and it doesnt really matter anyway.

Before WW2 the jews in Isreal did not have the means they do now and they used terrorist like tactics against the collonial Brittish to try to kick them out. It worked thats all Im saying

You can learn a free Vipassana (there is this organisation which does 10 day silent retreats) course but the problem with free is that they are usually booked for months in advance. I tried booking a vipassana course in may and Im on a long waiting list. Anyway I did inner engeneering and its a good way to kickstart a practice. They call it Isha Kriya and I would say its very similar to Kriya yoga. It was not easy however quite hard actually. Sadhguru does run a more commercially orriented organisation. You can book trips to India for other programs or go volunteer. Doesnt bother me to be honest as long as they dont overdo it.

No actually Israel invented terrorism, muslims just learned from them.

RSD Leo (real spiral dynamics)

The difference between my experience and from what I see by Dr Octavio is that I was allowed to stay down and no water was involved.

its legal under the context of a religious ceremony experience but yes its definatly controversial. They are a real company which started out providing iboga ceremonies. Now that offer almost everything. Went there 2 times. Once for ayahuasca and once for bufo. I live in Belgium but it's only a 1 hour and 15 minute drive from my place. You do need to fill in some paperwork to provide some medical information,etc...

There are some places in Holland you can go to. There is a place where you can legally try bufo, ayahuasca, changa and psylguasca in one weekend. They have a website and are a real company, not sure if I can share here.

There was a bald Guy talking some weird shit on TV and I liked it so I gave him my money!

Was kidding sorry for the confusion.

It was posted this morning. It's about nothingness.

My question is do they only shave their head?

Doesn't matter what matters most is to sit up with your back straight. There is a kriya yoga teacher and he just sits on a chair. Otherwise you need to spend months or longer before you can sit comfortably.

oh gets a lot better man. dbs is the one of the few things I still watch. Dragon ball heroes coming in July.

watch dragon ball super. He reaches this new state called Ultra Instinct. That is basically like his enlightenment state. You can watch it on crunchyroll.

Very interesting. The topic of the best diet is so confusing to me. I think I'll buy his book.

Da Vinci was in tune with the balance of both male and female. He believed the human soul cannot be enlightened unless it had both male and female elements. That explains all the gender equality stuff going on and chicks with dicks.

To be honest I don't know. When I talked to Ihsan (the person with the YouTube channel) he never talked about an Islamic state but just always about surrendering to what is. The internal state not an external state.

lol Didn't didn't even think of that. I'm secretly recruiting jihadi's. Pm me if you want some adventure lads! ?

Hey guys, this is my first post but I think I can bring some value to this topic. It's crazy to see how polarizing religions can be to people. It's important to remember that Islam is not this fixed thing. It is what people make of it. More importantly is what is useful to us. So I got into Islam and more particularly Sufism or Tasawwuf a bit more then most people. Far from an expert though. Will post some good references for those who want to explore this topic. The best reference that is accessible to anyone is a YouTube channel by Ihsan Alexander. https://youtu.be/u0WcsqSDU7U He is an American Muslim who spend a long time learning from a well known Sheik in Cyprus. He lived there for 7 years (I think). Also went to Afghanistan in search for knowledge. Pretty serious guy. Most of the stuff I learned comes from him (I spoke to him personally several times) and I will write down some general ideas here but I don't want to spread wrong information so if you want to learn more just check him out. There are several stages to Islam. The fist stage is called the purification of the hearth. This refers to the time Muhammad and his time in the cave. It also refers to the purification of his close followers in the early stages of Islam. There is a good episode on soul of Islam radio about this topic called expansion of the hearth: http://www.soulofislamradio.com/blog/expansion-of-the-heart-with-imam-fode-drame/ The purification or spiritual aspect of the religion is what's missing today not just in Islam but in Christianity and Judaism. Paradise is not something you wait for until you die but you step in to during this lifetime by transcending the ego. The concept is transcending ego in Islam is explained as Jihad al Nafs. The Nafs is like a combination of the ego and the soul. https://youtu.be/MJ1QJ1tLUlU There are also the 99 names which point to attributes of god. Which in themselves point to the overarching overarching concept of Allah which can be known by direct experience, which in turn points to HU which is the unknown and cannot be known. A few Meditation practices are Dhikr and Muraqaba. Dhikr (meaning remembrance of god) is like a combination of prayer and meditation. It's similar to chanting matras. Here you would for example repeat the names of god 99 times in Arabic. They also have the sound HU which can be used as a mantra as the Yogis use the sound OM. Muraqaba is more like a traditional meditation practice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muraqaba The meaning of Islam is sometimes is referred to as submission to god but from what I understand the word surrender would be more appropriate. The goal of Islam is to reach a state of Islam (surrender) or to live in a state of Islam (surrender). To surrender to divine will or to surrender to this moment. To the eternal now. Best books are from Imam Fode Drame and one I recommend is Rejuvenation of the soul (expansions). I hope you guys find this post useful and I will conclude with a quote from the prophet Muhammad: