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This is so funny to me, as this is a textbook male pickup/dating success principle. Such theories suggest that if two people are attracted to each other, they should just meet and never talk again haha.

This is the case for a lot of my friends - welfare is really popular in Australia, almost the norm when you first move out of home. I've got a feeling that I will benefit from the attitude of taking no financial handouts, I'm absolutely privileged, but I'm trying to build my skill and reputation, this is how I want to earn an income.

How do you relax? The ways I like to relax are: - tepid bath with magnesium salts - sauna - ice bath (not relaxing at first, but really softens up the joints and brings the mind into present)

Great one! Got my license at the start of the year; this definitely relaxes me.

At the moment: Fruit, vegetables, pumpkin/squash, grains such as wild rice, quinoa and oats, various nuts and seeds. Animals: occasional eggs, wallaby meat almost everyday at lunch, lamb liver. + green tea - matcha + loose leaf in the one cup, with a 1/3 teaspoon of vitamin c for ECGC bioavailability.

Currently doing "Clear Communication" from Eban Pagan Training. Definitely helps to have done contemplation with a journal/contemplation before in my experience. Some of the topics are very reflective.

What are some good resources for SIBO?

There are sex therapists you can talk this through with, or if you are in Australia/Melbourne (a bit of a long-shot I know), there is a workshop called curious creatures which could be really helpful. The insight that I have had regarding porn is that I was becoming sexually attracted to a computer screen and not touch, you want to find a partner that you can explore touch and feel with. This could be a "surrogate" sex-therapist, someone who you trust and is willing to go through that with you.

Do you eat healthy, exercise, sleep well, have a source of income, have a good grasp of an activity you enjoy? People are different, but for me when I was doing 3 hours + of practice a day, I was neglecting these things, and practice was a grindy suffering. If you're currently on medication, I don't think a hardcore psychedelic trip, let alone the most powerful psychedelic in the world is the next step for you. Your adrenals have probably been put through ringer by this whole ordeal, so my suggestion is to do a healthy form of relaxation e.g. a tepid bath with magnesium salts. As for healing, maybe go for a Holotropic breathwork class first. "what you have to offer is huge with psychedelics; bring your best" - Leo Gura

Do you have any recommended resources for relationship Mastery? Things like: - Integral relationships - Communication skills - Couples therapy/group therapy - Relational spiritual practice - Right association (sangha) / positive peer group - Conscious marriage I copied this list off of a post @lacsativ shared a while ago, regarding an Integral Practice model. Thanks.

Book recommendation : The Pleasure Trap by Douglas J. Lisle and Alan Goldhammer

My philosophy is: Everything I put in my body is to nourish my body's chemistry/longevity, and make me feel good (calm, energised, awake). Paired with quality daily exercise. Worrying about weight doesn't make much sense to me; I've never really found a straight answer whether the fat itself causes inflammation, or whether having more fat means there is more risk of inflammation. Also, if you are attached to one particular weight, you're just going to stress yourself out because your weight and physique changes throughout the day. Susan Bloom says that calories are one aspect of health, but not to ignore how each food interacts with your cells.

I think I've decided I'm going to commit 10 years to mastering these skills. If I spend 2.73 hours a day doing Hatha Yoga, and 2.73 hours a day contemplating, by the time I'm 30 I will have done 10 000 hours of both skills. Is my mindset too rigid here? Very logical I know.

I see things like Crypto are really popular, and all my directors at work have stocks. Is investing actually worthwhile?

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/top-interview-questions-and-best-answers-2061225 This is a good website. Was recommended by an employment mentor I worked with. Contemplate why you want income, it helps when being a wage slave exhausts you.

I have been thinking about starting Brazilian jiu jitsu lately. I think that it could be a cool way to move my body, and explore the sensation of interacting with another body. I really enjoy the sensation of pushing and shoving against another person (not even in a sexual way). I'm worried I'm not going to stick with it, because of the time commitment, and that it is not something I plan on mastering. Hatha yoga for example, that is something I want to master as deeply as possible, I deeply resonate with the vision of yoga. Yet teachers like Ido Portal suggest exploring movement in every way possible, however this is clearly their area of mastery. Peter Ralston is also another example of someone who explores different disciplines of movement.

I can relate. I kind of gave up on sharing things with me dad, he has biases that I don't really understand/care to understand (at this point). I got him to read "The Pleasure Trap", to which he read a part about the biological function of fever, which he dismissed because anti-vaxers would use this as ammunition for their cause. Health is pretty nuanced in my view; emperically, we should eat only wholefoods, but then some people are intolerant to certain wholefoods, eating only meat has shown to eliminate symptoms of autoimmunity, but a diet high in animal products has been shown to increase inflammation etc. Some people refuse to challenge their comfort zone, what are you going to do about it? My mindset is that I will keep trying to master my health with fierce effort, and one day my results will be so successful, that people will begin asking me questions.

I am a complete beginner to studying Marketing. I have seen some courses from local universities which are 6 months - 1 year long, which introduce you to concepts such as: consumer insight and target audience profiling media planning and buying strategic marketing and research in business digital media applications and software social media marketing and advertising creative and persuasive communications website marketing and video production. If I do not plan to create a career in Marketing specifically, would this be a wise time investment? Is a university a trustworthy source of information in regards to Marketing? Or would I be better off consuming videos, youtube videos, books, online courses etc.? Thanks.

Can you start a successful online business on your own without being able to code a website? If so, how would this work? Would you just keep contacting contractors? If you start a business to fund a larger vision (e.g. You want to be a successful painter, so you start an online retail business selling hats), is learning the entire skill set of a web entrepreneur counter-productive to the mastery process of becoming a painter?

I don't think the idea that physiological prosperity involves looking a certain way has legs. I've never come accross whilst educating myself on health and nutrition; what I've read involves getting the right amount of certain micronutrients, eating enough, moving enough. I respect plenty of men that do don't look like bodybuilders. And also depends what you want; Krishnamurti walked around with fucked knees because he sat in full lotus so much. Who cares? They're his knees. Sadghuru says that if you develop the muscles too much, you can end up needing to sleep for much longer than you need to. I'm sure that if you spent years doing intensive Hatha yoga in Sadghuru's Ashram, that you would not come out of that experience being "unfit", even know you wouldn't have huge muscles.

How do you actually take action on anything Jordan Peterson says, he gives no techniques or contemplation questions

Once I decided to find a bookstore called the "Theosophical Society of Melbourne" (I think that was the name). It is full of cool self-help books from authors like Byron Katie, David Hawkins, Shinzen Young. I walked up the steps, and found a little breakout room, with a guy sitting outside the doorway. He told me that a guy inside had written a book on gratitude. I caught the end of it. He was a nice, charismatic guy, and people who asked questions seemed to love sharing their insights they've had. He proceeded to sign books and chat to people, I bought his book and got him to sign it. I asked him how to identify the process of growing/healing, he had some interesting answers. At some points in the conversation, we would just stop talking and look each other in the eyes. It made us both smile, I think it felt quite good in my body. I was resistant to keep looking at him, the fear/anxiety in my body kind of wanted to take my gaze away from his. Why does it feel good to look someone in the eye, and be silent?

I love your posts, you're always so inspiring. All the best brother.

I watched Corpus Christi the other day, I found it very emotionally moving, and some good wisdom aswell.

Thanks for your advice. Everything you've said I'm going to take into account. However, this is not an ACC specific forum. The ACC method is informed by the pharmacokinetic process of Mercury chelating agents, and claims that other methods do not. If such claims are true then this does suggest the method is safer than others. I'd suggest reading his books rather than relying on this forum to convince you of a specific view. Also nothing personal on my end, just parroting what I've read. Thanks for your response <3 Edit: typo @Michael569