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@vladorion Very very good points!!

Lately i haven't been eating bread that much. But when i eat large quantities of bread, i notice that the next day i feel some sort of blockage in my intestinal organs.. It is super weird. Yesterday i ate a lot of white bread (>200g) and then the next day i was feeling quite uncomfortable just below the belly button. It was a feeling of something being stuck there... Even after 16 hours of eating i still felt that blockage sensation. Also i didn't defecate that day. I think the bread is responsible. Why is that happening? Can someone give me an explanation? - Thank you!

Thank you all for the replies so far but.. still i feel like my question hasn't been answered to the extent that i wished for.. I still don't get it why some kids for example make fun of other kids. I've noticed that some other kids never do this. They never made fun of other kids. How is that explained? Even as a kid it wasn't fun for me to ridicule others. I found it disgusting. Which it is.

@King Merk True.

I recently stumbled upon this guy, Paul Saladino. He seems quite a well-spoken and intelligent dude who promotes a carnivore diet as far as i'm concerned. He is very controversial going against many of the preconceived notions we have about nutrition. He goes against many of the things i have been taught by other health experts... I really don't know what to make of his content. I haven't watched many of his videos. And even if i do i am not an expert on nutrition. Personally i am not a fan of carnivore. I prefer fruits and vegetables. But i care mostly about what is true so i am open to new ideas. What is your opinion about him?

@Consilience Yes i agree with what you said. Life is a mixture of immense suffering and joy. There is always that Peace in the background, but sometimes the dream of life can become so unbearable that you just want a way out. I understand that suffering and pain are necessary but sometimes i wish they didn't exist to such a Radical degree. The suffering and pain can become so extreme that it's not even funny. Most people i know haven't truly suffered yet. I thought i had suffered in my life. But nope. The last 8 months i was introduced to a whole new level of suffering that shoock me to my core. I am still in awe of what happened. I never expected that such level of extreme suffering could ever exist. Now thankfully i am back to normal and quite happy most of the time. But still it's like i have been traumatized by what i experienced. I will never be the same now knowing that this ridiculous level of suffering exists. And ofcourse now i have a LOT more compassion for people who suffer from depression, ptsd and etc.

@Shin I think it is appropriate to label life ''it sucks''. Since it is full of misery, injustice, survival struggles etc. Living on this planet is not a walk in the park. Life can become so unbearable at times that it's not even funny. I appreciate how profound life is but also i recognize all the brutal uncomfortable truths that noone wants to look closely. All the evil and devilry that goes on this planet. All the immense suffering that most people face. All the illnesses, pain, emotional & physical torture etc. I don't mind giving negative connotations to things i don't like. I don't like being poor or being in pain. Nobody does.

@Zeroguy Maybe it is awesome to you at this moment. But let's see how you will view life when you get old, suffer from illnesses or other life difficulties.

@Michael569 That's a solid advice!! I think it is also necessary. There are so many different opinions outthere from so many 'experts'. Even if you careful read all the studies you still won't have the whole picture. For example some suggest to avoid dairy alltogether while others say that it's not that bad for you. There is so much debate around health & nutrition and so lil we know.. I try to be open-minded while trusting my intuition also.

@Javfly33 Yeah i tend to agree with you. If i am being honest with myself i can't find any good reason to keep drinking rather than it is a pleasurable drug for me. That's the bottom line i think. It is a drug and people like it very much.

I am currently on day 4 of my water fasting. Yesterday i went to the bathroom and defecated a lil bit which was kinda Surprising to me after 3 days of no food. I hear many people on YouTube talking about sh*t that can stay in your system and prevent your body sometimes from absorbing the minerals it needs. I am thinking to take a laxative while fasting. Is this a good idea??

@Hello from Russia Dave Asprey promotes coffee and claims is very good on fasting also because it has polyphenols and helps feed the good bacteria in your gut.

@BipolarGrowth A mentor in general. If i had to choose i would say a mentor in self-actualization. Someone that will help me stay on the right track.

I have heard countless times how it is very important to have a mentor in your life. Personally i don't have the luck to be surrounded by people who i really aspire to look like.... How can i find a high-quality mentor in my life? What should action should it take?

I hear many non-dual people say that Everything happens for no reason whatsoever. But i don't get this.. If E v e r y t h i n g happens for no reason then how am i sitting here , in this room, typing all this sh*t?? Does the Sun shine for absolute no reason or does it shine so we can have life on this planet we call Earth? Leo has talked about how everything is created with Infinite Intelligence and how many trillions of things need to work together in order have life on this planet. This suggests that there is a reason for the sun's existance for example. My anus for example exists for a very specific reason. Of course i can use it for other purposes as well (lol). But I don't understand what people mean when they say that there is no reason behind anything. This does not make sense to me and it seems absurd.. Reality desires every possible experience. That's the reason behind everything i think.

@Michael569 Thank you for the quality information. Damn there is a LOT of misinformation on the internet....

@Flowerfaeiry Yes i agree on that. Generally i take every advice with a grain of salt nowadays.. I am taking sodium and magnesium despite his recommendations. Why shouldn't i take the laxative though? I believe i can get some more waste out this way..

@The0Self Ok. Thank you. I won't take potassium then probably. I saw a video from a Youtuber Dorian Wilson proposing it in one of his fasting videos.

I am doing a water-fast and i am gonna eat 2-3grams of salt and take potassium and magnesium supplements. I have heard to take potassium chloride. But does it really matter what form of potassium i take? This study seems to suggest that it doesn't really matter: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/01.HYP.0000158264.36590.19 This is the potassium supplement i have. It is potassium gluconate. Can i take this instead of potassium chloride?

Why it's not a good idea??

@Village I don't buy this. First time i took a cold shower after a long time, i had caughs, almost closed throat and other signs of being cold. The next days i continued the cold showers, there was no more closed throat or anything like that. That is a sign of an improved system to me. Not the otherwise.

Is it safe to take cold showers for my brain? I have been taking cold showers on and off for the last 8 months. Recently i pour a lot of cold water to my head for quite long periods of time.

After i've heard about the recent suicide incident from a member of this forum i wonder isn't Mahasamdhi a form of suicide? Leo in your Outrageous Experiment video you've talked about how tempting it was to accept the call for leaving your body. Isn't that a form of suicide like jumping off a bridge?

After watching Leo's recent God-realisation video, i don't know what to make of some of the things he said... Leo has talked multiple times about how he is me and everyone else. He has talked that everyone is God and that as God i will experience everything. After all this, now he is telling that everyone is imaginary and kinda denying that others even exist. Which i don't understand, i don't get all. Saying that everything is imaginary is the same as saying that everything is real. It makes no difference. I can't know if Leo or my mum has a conscious experience or not but i think it is safe to assume that others do experience things also. I think Leo sometimes doesn't give a good-enough explanation on some of his topics. I don't know what to make out of all this.

I watched Leo's new video talking about how there are no others to teach and all of that is an illusion... Ok i can understand that if only God exists then there are no others to God But still there are multiple bubbles of experience. I am having my experience, Leo is having his, you are having your own and etc. That's why it is useful to teach others and improve their lifes. You can't deny their experiences and their suffering. That's why the bodisattva vow is very important to me and i don't consider it a self-deception.