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@Hojo And at the end of the day I looked in the mirror and I said Thank you. Thank you to the ego for building this body the way it is, this beautiful avatar.

Ummm no fireworks. I understand that these experiences are different for every individual. Some see light, some see visions. I never see any lights/colors or visions. Yes. That's a super private experience only for you to experience. I would want everybody out of the room at that moment.

It's not that you are looking for kundalini unblocking practices, but Nadhi unblocking practices. Nadhis are energy channels that are all around your body. When you clear some of the blocks it feel like a muscle twitch. You can feel it in your feet, arms, back, even on the spine and chakras, I even felt some twitches in my 3rd eye area. But the twitch is only once and it's gone, sometimes it can happens a couple of times in the same spot. Physical type of yoga + Bandhas and Ujjayi breathing. Bandhas are SUPER important, because it distributes energy in a healthy way. If you don't hold these bandhas while doing Asanas you can get into trouble and actually hurt your consciousness growth and even get a psychosis after doing it for a long time. That's why they say that Yoga can be dangerious if not done correctly. I can agree with that 100%, because while not holding Bandhas your head can get nauseous/dizzy, as soon as you hold them and breathe deeply with Ujjayi you no longer get dizzy and feel good. Physical yoga will clear your blocks quite quick, but it's a multi year process. Also Kriya yoga is good for this, but you still do have to practice physical yoga. There is no shortcuts here. Yoga has it's 8 stages: 1. Yama 2. Niyama 3. Asana 4. Pranayama 5. Pratyahara 6. Dharana 7. Dhyana 8. Samadhi. You do have to practice EVERTYTHING. Not just meditation. Yogis have written everything for us. We just need to practice it. In my experience physical type of yoga did the most of the work in my consciousness growth + clearing blocks. Good luck and please please if you will be doing Asanas be sure to learn how to do Bandhas. Those are Mula-bandha and Jalandhara-bandha. There is also Udyana-bandha. But it's not that important as those first two.

This yoga is exclusive to my guru, she is the founder. She is a woman who spent 14 years in Varanasi india and was taught by her gurus. So this year I wanted to find a guru and I just googled any Kriya yoga teacher in my city. And I found this interesting Mai Ram Yoga ashram, the only one that seemed to be legit. In January I signed up for a introduction into that yoga. You have to go through the introduction/philosophy/techniques in order to continue on with her methods. The introduction was about 2 months long, 2 times per week. It was mainly physical type of yoga postures. In the introduction I learned A LOT. The 8 limbs of yoga that were taught in-depth, Prana movement in the body, chakras, energy channels, Bandhas and breathing while performing asanas (these two are super important in this work). So after some philosophy we always ended with 1.5 hour long yoga asanas. And I can say that Physical Yoga (if done correctly, with great involvement is super effective). I actually was doing Kriya Yoga way before signing up to the ashram but consciousness growth just super-charged! You could even feel that every time that I done yoga some blockages broke through. Blocks in legs, feet, spine, neck, even in the 3rd eye area. These blocks are like twitches in the muscles, it's as if you get jitters in muscles, but it's only one jitter ant that's it you cleared that Nadhi. Never in my life I though that physical type of yoga can bet THAT powerful for you. I even experienced random Samadhi states outside of my practice, while just walking around, the mind goes into such silence. Super powerful, I defenetely recommend doing physical type of yoga in your Sadhana. If you think that you can get away with only doing Kriya's you are a idiot. If you are doing physical type of yoga, you MUST ALWAYS hold MULA-BANDHA, JALANDHARA-BANDHA and breathe using Ujjayi Pranayama very deeply. Also there is UDDIYANA-BANDHA, but I cannot go into more info on how to practice this Bandha-lock. *SUPER IMPORTANT*: If you are not holding these two BANDHAS you are not DISTRIBUTING the energy correctly in your system and this can damage your mind/brain/psichology/nadhis. This is the only thing why doind improper YOGA is said to be dangerious. And this is why I had to go through the introduction stage of her yoga system. Recently the past few days when I did my yoga and was on the end of it, I looked at my body and it was obvious that I'am not the body, that is just a shell that "I'am in" sort to say. This ego has it's own needs and inertia, but now I know that it's not ME and it sticks, it does not go away. Mahadev. ♥♥♥

"Some people are looking for food, but this food you don't put in your mouth that goes into your stomach. This food is words that go in through your ears and it can nurture your soul and renew your spirit."

Are you serious? You seem to be lost.

I just realized that when you are going into meditation it's yet another distraction from Truth. Or am I wrong? What are your thoughts on this?

@Something Funny Of course. I myself have changed a lot in the past 6 months with Kriya yoga. Do it in the morning and in the evening up to 1hour each time. Also do physical yoga, this will help you a lot. Don't over-do it though. Be moderate with the time you put into this. That being said you have no chance of significant change in 3 months, if you do it DAILY and not miss any days then you should see growth very fast. But you will want to jump back when things get going because of the inherent nature of how this works.

Spot on - just one more bone that you are chasing.

@Illusory Self How does this accountability partnership work?

Are you talking about EGO not surrendering?

@Bob Seeker If you're having a difficult time I can write a great quote: Some people are looking for food, but this food you don't put in your mouth that goes into your stomach. This food is words that go in through your ears and it can nurture your soul and renew your spirit.

I've been there. Just go through even though you might not feel grounded for some time. This karma destruction is very hard to live through, that's why very few people actually go all the way. Remember that you are doing something that not a lot of people are willing to go through. And it's hard for a REASON! It's like God is testing you out to know that you really want this.

You will see this as stupidity when you develop your consciousness enough.

@Ninja_pig My only one concern with psychedelics is that it just blasts you off to Consciousness at the level of an Enlightened being who has done the work for decades. And as you can see your psyche and the level of development that you have is not ready to accept Truth. That's why DOING THE WORK is so crucial. Don't just play around with these substances, take them seriously with huge respect.

@Rishabh R Don't share it with people that you are watching it, it's your business not theirs. The less you speak about it, the better your life will be.

@Emerald I know all the niuanses you just mentioned. I just wanted to speak about one aspect and that's it, why flood this thread with things that everybody already know. Re-read my quote.

@r0ckyreed There are plenty of pros to having children and those will be said by other people here who comment, but I only want to say that you don't Love her ENOUGH believe me, when you reach the highest levels of Love for a woman it overflows into the need to have children with her. I have a phrase that goes like "I Love you so much that I want to give you children". When a woman is SO in Love with her man, she wants to somehow materialize that Love. When you asked your Mom and Dad where did you come from they almost always say "Daddy Loved Mommy, and Mommy Loved daddy and then you came into being" they weren't lying, that the ACTUAL formula for you! It's LOVE! If you want to be a good philosopher then actually experience what's it like to be SO in Love with a woman that you WANT to have children with her

@Schizophonia For a EGO mind - yes.

@The Blade How do you want me to explain my Direct Experience of how I see reality? You can't. When a business person walks through the city, he can see money everywhere. Same goes for me, everywhere I can see Love, God. I wish I could just give you the glasses of consciousness which I perceive reality with, but I can't. It's not possible. If it's a waste of time for you, that's just your opinion. It's nor bad nor good. You choose how you want to live your life. If you have interest in these things then sit down, meditate, there are techniques given by people who attained Enlightenment/Awakening. Give a couple of years and you will reach it and then you could argue if it's worth your time.

ADHD right here. Reading every sentence in your post just reaps with ADHD. I feel compassion for you my friend. I've been stuck, and am stuck to a degree the same as you. Just live life not in a perfect manner. Shit happens. Observe stupid people and how happy they are not thinking about how bad they are. Learn to do mistakes and not judging yourself too much, this will kick start your journey. As I understand you are successful, have everything you need. But I see that you lack the capability to not think in this "negative" manner. Learn to live and think differently.

You are just tired to play this game of illusion. That means playing your Ego role in society, being something that you have no interest to do. Also this takes energy out of you when you no longer have the need to be somebody in front of someone. It's totally fine, I'm also like that. Being alone, on a day off, not doing anything, for me is a great joy in life. Don't feel bad about it, just learn to live with it and EMBRACE it. Of course don't lock yourself out of everything, but you probably know this and live a well balanced life.

Of course. That's tantra. Inner energy work.

HAHA - what a typical distraction of the Mind. *distract myself The mind is still wanting to Ground itself in illusion. The ego is still not dead. You are lost in meaning. That is a crucial epistemological thing in this work. Contemplate what is meaning deeply. Contemplate what is Love, start with "human" love, like kisses, hugs, etc. and go down to the point where you could see that your chair is Love. A story that you created