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I have been thinking about this a lot. Teens, I feel you. This stuff is not easy. The kind of advice I usually hear both on this forum and in Leo's videos (about teens) consists mostly out of the following: Don't get into deeper topics like awakening, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, how to love everything and stuff like this. Don't focus on enlightenment right now. Focus on your future. Quit porn by all means necessary. Gaming can be fun, but certainly later in life will be irrelevant and you should be able to drop it. Read.... BOOKS! Clean up your diet. Do meditation, yoga, shadow work (not sure about this one), self-inquiry and shamanic breathing. Socialize a lot! You will need it later! We don't recommend psychedelic use under the age of 18, maybe because we care about your safety or maybe because we know that when our government sees that we DO recommended it we risk jail. Maybe both, you will never know. By the way, LSD is super dope! (I tried to look up Terence Mckenna's thoughts about this, but couldn't findy any.) All fun and stuff, but of course at some point I am gonna ask some questions. 1. I already know what I want to do later in life and where. I have a vision, a plan. I know I will be able to achieve it, given the circumstances in the wealthy country that is The Netherlands. What do I do now? Or should I just wait until I am 18 years old? (If necessary, I can explain what I want out of my life.) 2. Someone recommended me Inner Child work for quitting porn, you guys got any advice on this? 3. Gaming is boring me right now. I can see certain patterns in games that keep reoccuring, gaming developers trying to trick me by short-term pleasing me. I have no clue what to do besides sitting behind my computer in my free time. What can I do? I have been considering to just do nothing and sit in my room for hours during my free time, cause I literally have nothing else to do. 4. Which.... BOOKS? I bought Leo's booklist (I fell in love with PayPal in the meantime) and now I feel overwhelmed. Leo made an entire introduction video, saying stuff like ''taking notes'' and ''really contemplating the essence of the page that you just read''. Now suprise suprise, I am lazy. I am used to just reading a book and trying to enjoy it. Dead simple. Now you say that I should be writing notes after each ''critical lesson''? You are attacking my values and believes! How dare you! No but seriously... elaborate. What types of notes? What should I really look out for in a book? Should I do research about the book after I read it? 5. Are wholegrain foods OK? Wholegrain bread = fine? I am not sure, but I am enjoying a nice piece of dark bread. Together with butter and honey and man... I am in heaven! Oh, about butter: dairy is OK? I forgot about all the things that you guys rant about in the Fitness sub-forum, I get overwhelmed when I visit that rabbit hole. 6. Maybe now I come to think about it, I should read Leo's recommended book about Kriya yoga. Seems like you guys love yoga and love advicing me it. Oh, and do Wim Hof breathing method and shamanic breathing compare? Are they the same? I have tried shamanic breathing and it always makes me lust for fruits after each session. Kinda weird. All of the sudden berries aren't safe no more! 7. Yes but how! Everyone is on their phones all day! They sometimes don't bother looking at me! What the frick! I try so hard to find a topic of conversation, yet it just is impossible sometimes! When you talk to someone and a cute girl you like interrupts your conversation by asking you a question, what do you do? Happens to me everyday, so advice would suffice. 8. In The Netherlands, growing magic mushrooms is legal. Should I wait till 21? 18? What is it gonna be? I sometimes really long to be taken to another world, forgetting about the mundanity that is my current life. I love you if you have made it this far. I know loads of people will skip this, so really thank you! Now... can you answer any questions?

Hello everyone. Mods, I have no clue in which sub-forum this fits in. Recently I noticed that someone has started a debate club in school. ''Clubs'' aren't a thing in my school, so this came as a shock to me. Long before last year ended, I had the idea of starting a meditation club in high school. Now I won't be joining the debate club for the simple reason that... well... debates. Creating my own club however would be actually great. I could promote it by saying stuff like ''are you also so stressed out because of school?'' and ''do you want to just, not be worried for a few minutes?''. I could recommend bringing comfy leggings. I would start off by giving an explanation of the basics of meditation. Explaining them the Do-Nothing method and stuff like that. Then we could finally start. 10 minutes is what I intended to begin with. During the meditation, I would walk around and randomly tick on people's shoulders, telling them they are ''thinking too much, focus on your breath'' (considering I bet most of them have never done this before, I think we can all agree that they won't succeed for 2 seconds). I am still wondering if I should put on some ambient sounds during the meditation (maybe some type of trippy music, but I think that is too much for the first time). Later, after I have ordered the Kriya yoga book and have started implementing that stuff in my own daily life, I could teach it to my club. I was also thinking about teaching shamanic breathing. Remember: these are kids ranging from 12 years old to 18. I have no clue if this would be smart to do. Your thoughts?

@bejapuskas I have been consistently meditating for the last month after my break. Everyday in the morning 10 minutes. I realized I was pushing it too much by starting at 20 and working my way up to 50 in 6 months. I am taking it slow now. @Hello from Russia Thank you for responding. You have any recommendations on what things to try to master that could be really relevant later in the future? I heard programming is booming.

@flowboy Calm down on the guy man.

@Cepzeu Thank your for answering man @Girzo Thanks for some answers, I appreciate it. I have read that page 2 times. Btw I am not planning to do smoking or getting high all day, I can see that I would be hurting my own future. Thanks for the thought tho.

Hello everyone. I have been trying to leave behind my old islamic ways for the last few months, but this is something I really struggle with. I am not comfortable eating food knowing that it is haram meat. However this barrier that islam enforces also makes you unable to eat at a lot of places. For example I want to travel to Antarctica, but of course on the cruise they don't serve halal food. So: sticking to halal or not? And should I try pork chop?

So recently I decided to say “fuck it” and watch Leo’s oldest videos. From oldest to newest. Everyday I try to watch one. In the video down below Leo explains, among other things, how you can use the Sedona Method to deal with resistance. Now I tried it on both resistance and nervousness and it seemed to work. I am planning to try it on any sexual feelings as well as anger and fear. My question: is this the same as channeling? Or is channeling different? (For the record I have no clue what channeling really is. All I ever heard about it is that you can channel your emotions.)

@pluto I think you are right man. I bought many self-help books recently, but with your insight I understand what I must do now. I will be buying Letting Go by David Hawkins soon. Something I am excited to read.

Man just when I thought Truthority was gone. Btw nice memes folks.

@capriciousduck Make sure to really... like.... be comfy. Is really important. I wish you best of luck man. I find it a fun experience. Ofc if you are really scared, start with just 30 minutes. No need to push it.

@Rebec ty for your response

@capriciousduck Give it a go man. If you are so depressed, what do you have to lose?

I hate to say it but I feel like I haven’t been gaining anything from all the books I’ve read. So far I have read 19 self-help related books and am currently reading Team of Rivals, but I haven’t gained much at all I feel. Could be me. Maybe I am not doing the right practices or maybe most of the books I have read are in no practical use at this moment in my life. I do like Team of Rivals the most though.

Honestly I could drink all kinds of tea. Absolutely refreshing Although I recall being recommended to drink herbal tea specifically. It is quite nice.

@QandC same reason here

One dude, I thought he would be ready for it. I haven’t spoken to him in a long time.

Hello everyone. Recently, with the stuff happening in the USA and Leo uploading conscious political videos, I have been thinking. I thought that, before even thinking about changing the world, you should change yourself first (heard this from lots of people including Sadhguru and I think Leo). Loads of people (including me) are still struggling somewhere close to the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy, yet I see here the same people discuss big topics like Medicare and taxation of the rich. Now I have not the right to vote considering my age. Even in the Netherlands I still have not gotten proper education about politics. Although I have much to change about myself and don’t think I should be worrying about the entire world, I am curious. Should I engage more in this politics overload the rest of the forum is basically embracing? I haven’t watched any of Leo’s conscious politics videos yet.

Especially the stories about Dajjal would really scare me as a kid. Interesting topic, I am curious as well.

@tenta my room is clean and what is a prageru

@Quicksilver But it’s already clean!

We are aware trust me

There is this online musician called Pogo who actually has succeeded in not being taken over by social influence. https://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron His most watched video called “Alice” is constantly praised in the comments as being way ahead of his time. If what you are saying is true, your situation concerning music should be similar to his. He never signed any deals and makes all his music in his own studio. He explained how, because of not signing to any labels and stuff, the radio won’t play his stuff. Even when it is really popular. (Btw I feel you about loneliness... I wish you best of luck. I am still kinda dealing with it)

If only times were so simple as watching Pokemon on a Saturday morning with 0 stress I still kind deal with this, but I used to sit hours somewhere on a chair thinking about my life in general. Missing my old self. Cried a lot and stuff. The trick really is either grounding yourself into the present (actually giving you a chance to experience everything in the same way as you used to when you were younger) or focus on the future. In both ways I haven’t succeeded at all, but sure a lot of people out there recommend it. Reality is often disappointing.

Hello everyone. This topic is not posted for the simple reason that I miss my childhood and want to watch Disney films. I recently came across this song: So I am already not in the greatest state (sad moods and stuff) and I am really loving this song and other, funky songs? I am planning to do psychedelics soon and was wondering what experienced psychonauts think of using psychedelics on music like this. A mixture of the famous Alice in Wonderland and instrumental sounds. In general, watching Alice in Wonderland while tripping on LSD would already be a big journey right? Again I am planning to do this during my FIRST trip, considering I don’t think I will get enlightened or awakened at all.

@Serotoninluv So basically I have to stop for a second, ask myself if there is really something going on or if I am just deceiving myself. Making sure I diagnose the situation as correctly as possible?