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@zeroISinfinity Hey man, I really like what you say. But this fear is imposed to me by our society, culture. I wanna be celibate and most people even on this forum discourage me and they scare me by saying that I won't be happy without sex. My intuition though says that this is Bs and lot of self bias. I don't really know though tbh. I get the sense even from Leo's videos that if you don't satisfy your body's needs then you will be miserable. This causes me a lot of fear & resistance to pursue celibacy.

@Leo Gura I am trying to survive the 'physical' body and it exists in my direct experience.

Check the video below between 1:05:00 & 1:10:00. They talk about psychedelics & spirituality. Very interesting stuff. One dude claims that after a DMT experience his energies centers seemed to be missing a pink color. And the other guy said that it is very damaging to our nervous system. He described it like a 220 outlet getting plugged into your 110 body & it just fries you out because we can't handle that much energy. Any opinions ??

Very inspiring & helpful post man!! I needed that. I'm very confused. This modern culture indoctrinates you into believing that you need sex in order to be happy. But is that true? I don't really know to be honest. Nor do most of other people. People just make assumptions & confuse it with truth. What i came to realise is that the only way i can find an answer to my question is through personal direct experience. I feel kinda dissapointed from the answers that i gathered on the internet. I read tons of conflicting articles with contradictory conclusions. All this bs just leaves me more confused & anxious than before regretting for even reading those articles. My ego fears suffering & that is why it wants to feel certain about this issue.

@Shaun How long have you been without sex?

@ajasatya Which spiritual disciplines do you recommend for that purpose??

@Shiva That's you self-bias. I can reverse this and ask you Why would anyone want to have sex? Leads to attachment, addiction ,suffering & never satisfies you for a long time. Just abstain from sex and be happy. What's the problem? "Competitions for life or sex-gratification are only momentary, unnecessary, extraneous effects, caused by ignorance." - Swami Vivekananda

@Shiva During that time you will be doing your spiritual practices. What does a monk, a prisoner or a virgin does during that time? Some of them are even happier than people who engage in sex.

Ok so i have been practicing on & off mindfullness meditation for couple of years now & even had 2 mystical experiences while on it. But NOW i am ready to seriously commit and do meditation till the day i die so i wanna be doing it PROPERLY. So my technique is that i FOCUS on my breathing & then between the pauses of the breath i do nothing in particular. Question #1: What should i do between the pauses of the breath?? I'm very CONFUSED about this. Some ppl say focus on the space but i don't know what that is supposed to mean. Should i focus on nothing? Or maybe i shouldn't even focus at all and JUST SURRENDER? After all i am already focusing on the breathing. So why should i keep focusing on the space? There is nothing even to focus on... Question #2: When i am focusing on the breathing is it better to FOCUS on the entire breathing (air entering nostrils, lungs & stomach) or is it better to just FOCUS on the air entering the nostrils and nothing else? Is it better to focus your awareness on as lil space as possible or not? I need some help. This is very tricky stuff. Thank you .

@Austin Actualizing I totally agree.

Who thinks my thoughts? God? Nothingness? I have observed this issue for 6 months straight. In my experience thoughts appear out of nowhere. I haven't found a being who thinks or controls my thoughts. Yes i know the illusion of control & thinking your thoughts is extremely strong but with enough awareness it can be underminded. Any opinions? Has anyone done the work & concluded to some answes. I would like an answer based on personal experience & observation. Not what you think or have heard from others. This issue has boggled my mind for couple of years now. I find that i identify wih thoughts more than anything & that causes a great deal of misery. I even identify more with thoughts than my "physical" body.

@SoonHei This is deeply profound.. I want to find out who is that mysterious Power which creates my thoughts & everything. I really wanna know before i die.

@Leo Gura What does it mean that sex is a base need? Can we live happily without it?

@Aakash You have the option to choose your thoughts..? Who has the option to choose his thoughts? I wanna find that being.

@NoSelfSelf I am not trying to understand it logically. I have tried to understand it with observation. I have concluded somehwere but still i am not sure & want to go deeper. Maybe i deluded myself. I always have that on the back of my mind. Would like to listen others people conclusions aswell.

@Aakash So the Universe thinks my thoughts?

What is the logic behind all of this? Why not just focus on a single point or just focus on the entire sensation of your body?

I am a limited finite human being & i can understand that someone has to wear my shoes. But i am also Everything. Will there be a point in the Universe where i will just become everything & stop being finite? I mean that i am tired of being aware only of this small stupid self. I wanna become aware of everything. I want to become INFINITE!! I am sick & tired of being finite . Doesn't feel like GOD. I just wanna be God proper. Am i asking too much?? It should be my birthright as GOD.

@Kensho The existential crisis is an excuse for what? I am genuinely curious about the Truth. Leo is responsible for infecting me with that virus lol. I don't expect the Truth to save me or anything. It might even destroy me. It has caused problems in my life already. Pursuing Truth nowadays makes you look like a lunatic. Yup i definetely need a big change in my life & mentality. I hate suffering, pain, some groups of people. I enjoy life but at the same time i deny many aspects of reality which cause me a great deal of suffering. Many things which my limited mind can't understand, accept & love. Sleep is the best thing for me. I love it more than anything in existence. No worries, nothing, you just surrender & it takes you all the ride home.

I don't get it. You make a dinstinction between awareness & focus. How can i be aware only of the tip of the nose & at the same time be aware of the rest of the sensory experience? It doesn't compute to me.

@khalifa That is NOT my experience with low dose of shrooms.

@Inliytened1 I realised that i am a hologram with the help of psilocybin. I no longer believe in the materialist paradigm & don't hold science as the absolute truth. To be honest what i can't stomach is that i may have to live forever or that non existence doesn't exist... I always liked the idea of non-existence. It wouid be better than sleep & i love sleep more than anything.

Ok let's say that i die and i return to infinite nothingness from which i came from. Will i be conscious of infinite nothingess? It sounds like non-existence but you said non-existence is just a concept which exists...

@Phoenixx How do you know that death has no consciousness? You just assume it.

@Aakash You can escape your finite form (according to gurus) & it is always on autopilot. Your thoughts are on autopilot. How come your thoughts are not on autopilot? Explain please. My experience is that EVERYTHING i do , think , etc is on autopilot. Who is controlling it? Nobody. I still haven't found a BEING who is controlling my body.