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@UDT thank you ? so far two out of five applicants have showed, making my decision so much easier ?

Lol, just my luck, both interviews didn't show today. Oh well, I have three scheduled for tomorrow.

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@Sounds of a Sphere thanks for the tips:) one day I'll climb out of my hobbit hole and try it out. Keep experimenting! Are there typically underwater speakers in the tanks?

many religious people will live full and happy lives and never want for nothing. I wouldn't mind that. though many will live lives full of hate, bigotry, and self loathing. ...and both statements can be made for non-religious people as well.

just beat it out How do you know that the daily masturbation took a toll on your energy and social life? Is this something you became directly conscious of or is it something someone told you is a result of masturbation? Kind of reminds me of the old "your palms will get hairy"

thank you ill try that!!

sometimes the garden weeds itself, sometimes a hand is needed.

@EmptyVase a watched pot never boils ?. That sentence there is enough to 'turn them off' indefinitely. Kind of like the last time I woke in sleep paralysis, I was so terrified I didn't want it to happen again. Now it's even harder to turn it back on

@mandyjw  ?????????. It's so hard without pictures, but also the mystery is kind of fun

Agreed, but who is @Gesundheitand why should you care what it thinks? Yes that was definitely an example of unhelpfulness. But not everyone who tries to make the situation or topic into a learning (introspective) experience is doing it with bad intentions

If, on a self help forum, many suggestions of self help are seen as abuse, God help us all...

Thank you!!!

Thank you mods for all your hard work. To be fair, that was a dumb topic.

@Natasha thank you!! Will work for praise!!

Number one: Great Idea!! There's a float tank about 30ish minutes away but I still have not tried this. OK, I like the ocean theme the best... the forest theme is nice but I wonder if its a bit too stimulating? Or perhaps that's something desirable to keep from passing out? Edit: ok i listened to more of the forest theme. when the smoother music kicks in it was really nice... It was just the very beginning, that first note made me jump so I immediately took the whole track as less relaxing. Edit: oh the listener's ears are underwater? wow I didn't even consider that. That makes this even neater. Did you experiment to see how much of the tone of your music is still hearable?

@SirVladimir haha yeah that's why I also cried at my statement Someday I'll try shrooms. Hey I just got an idea, "shroom-Zoom meetings"!!! @fridjonk well, in this echo chamber, I have also noticed the tension and hostility flaring... it'll either fizzle out or go with a bang.

Leave that thing you grew up believing was your body, and go exploring.

(Second part) 6:49 According to the author, one would be able to check in(side) at any moment and find a feeling/emotion, whether or not it is screaming loud. It should be there. 6:50 Exercise: (going to type while checking in): As I listen to my reading music, I love that its pretty and also calming. It kind of annoyed me that my dog walked in and distracted me for like two seconds, but luckily she's gone now. I get kind of bored when I sit with my eyes closed and am trying to feel into how I feel. Then I get annoyed at the thoughts which arise that I'd rather be doing something else. Then I get annoyed that I'm subject to that nasty cycle. There was a pain in my wrist from resting on the laptop and it was enough to annoy me, so I moved. Wow I get annoyed a lot, and that annoys me!!! 6:51 Exercise: well, I'm actually quite versed in apathy, so I figured this exercise should be quite easy. I kind of practice this thing randomly throughout life, but not enough. I can kind of turn off feelings for things that bother me, if I really concentrate, but while listening to the music it was very hard to turn neutral to how pretty it sounds. 6:52 Basically, this is as difficult as it is to suspend thoughts, and that's because both are closely related and both are conceptual in nature. The goal of this book is to recognize and break free of all conceptualizations, including those subtle emotions and feelings and thoughts which dominate our experience by the second.