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That sounds really serious. Are you sure that Kriya triggered these kind of emotions in you?

Yup, I think that works pretty well. I also start with breath meditation, then I proceed to self-inquiry.

no pun intended

Web developing stuff and engineering if you're into that (for instance CAD, there are a lot of great tutorials on youtube, you can easily start there)

I also like to draw paralell between techno and the present moment. Especially if you're at a party. There's no "you" anymore, only the music and the moment. By the way, check out this guy's channel: He has some pretty awesome mixes which contain melodic / atmospheric techno tracks.

Can self-inquiry be the cause for ego backlash? Have you ever had a great session of self-inquiry followed by an ego backlash? Can it be the ego's reaction when it is questioned? What do you think?

Pretty good videos, thanks for posting them!

Aspiring engineer / CAD technician and translating technical documents.

Bought that book yesterday. Exicted!

I quit drinking coffee cold turkey a while ago because I realized I was dependent on it. After that, I fixed my sleep schedule thus I have a lot more energy so I don't need caffeine in my system. Still, I really like the taste and sometimes it'd be so good to drink a cup but then I'd risk relapsing, so I discipline myself

If I were you, I'd check the local pharmacy. Usually, pharmacies sell salt water with the thingy that you can inject with. Sometimes my nose is also clogged and it helps (for a while at least).

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Thanks man, quite interesting site. I especially like this one: http://www.headless.org/experiments/closed-eyes.htm

That would be pretty good but I've decided recently that I want to learn it so I'll have to buy the book(s) from Leo's booklist about it.

I've been practising self-inquiry (both formal practise and during everyday activities as well) for a while now and I noticed some 'effects' of it on my ego. Personally, sometimes a weird feeling hits me out of the blue. For example, I'm sitting at my desk at work and a feeling comes up as if it's not even me who's sitting at the desk. It lasts like ~5 seconds and then my ego 'comes back' and I continue doing whatever I was doing. Kinda hard to explain but it is quite a strange feeling. Also, nowadays I notice a lot of equanimity. I'm not sure if this is a result of the regular meditation or the self-inquiry (or both) but here's just a random example: The other day I was talking to one of my coworker and she was really obnoxious and rude. It even made me angry but after our conversation ended, I asked myself: "Who's angry right now?". I contemplated on this for a few minutes and the usual equanimity returned and I carried on with my work. So this topic is not about the definition/method/practise/whatever of self-inquiry but I'd rather hear your personal experiences.

Pretty much agree with you. There's nothing wrong with discussing a few topics but the usual circlejerk here won't get anybody anywhere.

Kinda ontopic:

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Here's my take on the #10yearschallange trend:

In my opinion you shoudn't force enlightenment. Keep doing your regular spiritual practises and fix your issues first. Achieve a general (and a sort of constant) well-being. Another thing that's really important is that think of your spiritual practises as they're the _best_ things you could spend your free time on. Goals are important, that's for sure, but I think you should (try to) enjoy the process as much as you can. Then, after a while a time will come when you'll have a natural and pure desire for enlightenment. Until that point, I wouldn't even worry about it. Ontopic: I'm really glad I found Leo's content ~3 years ago. Since then, I've managed to fix a lot of my issues, gained a healthy self-esteem, installed new healthy habits in my everyday life and since a while ago I've started working towards enlightenment.

Basically this forum in a nutshell

Yup. My goal is to learn how to be in the present like all the time without wearing anything. For now, it's a good crutch for me, I think.

To remind me to the present moment. I tend to forget about it when I'm busy with work or any other activity.