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Yesterday I dusted off the good ol' running shoes and went for a night run with my friend. The weather was incredible, fully star-lit sky and unbelievable aurora. Made me think back to the 5 AM running and so here we are. I'm going to try and restart that habit once again, as well as quitting caffeine. I've been consuming way too much of it lately and can feel it's impacting my sleep. I'll likely slowly start waking up sooner and will log it down here daily. I don't know if it will be too much with all the calisthenics I'm doing, so we shall see.

That's funny, the exact same year we re-roofed our barn and cowshed. I'm ok with heights as long as it's a supportive structure. Last year I was working on a new roof and we used a tractor shovel that was wiggling around with the slightest movement, now that was scary.

You just took on your fear, good job! I bet you feel a sense of relief from it. I just subscribed and am looking forward to seeing you grow.

When I first took a psychedelic, had an ego death, and broke out of atheism. I kept repeating "there's no way...it can't be!".

If you actually go through the actualized channel, starting from let's say 2014. You'll notice the trend of how what topics Leo covers as time goes on. That's why actualized is such a diamond in the rough. It's a real-life example of a multiple-year journey that covers everything from self-esteem to emotional control to enlightenment.

@flume LOL A goat would climb that easily I'm sure.

@Striving for more Try some sort of breathing meditation like Kriya or Kundalini yoga so you get the energy moving throughout your body. Just abstaining from fapping is too difficult without replacing it with some sort of energy practice. Don't "try not to feel any shame", just notice there's nothing to feel bad about. Just tell yourself "well that was fun" after your session and move on. It's all about how you approach it.

These topics should honestly be banned from now on, they've been talked about so much. If you use the search function you'll find plenty of threads on this. Either jack off when you get an urge, then learn to pull yourself together. Or resist it and discipline your mind to stop thinking about sex, simple. Don't go complicating it more. You must be precise in what you want, If you want an apple, ask for an apple and not a pear.

I've logged off from the news now for quite some time, didn't really like how attached I had become to following all the turnings of the world. But one thing has not managed to hold itself from entering my awareness. A distant 4th relative of mine (within my imagined dream life) was climbing the K2 mountain in Pakistan, one of the most dangerous mountains in the world and second-largest. Three of them have now been lost there at the top for around 5 days, with the weather being so bad and cold, the military can't plan a rescue operation. It's pretty safe to say it's likely the end of the road for these 3 men. This really relates to the human desire of exploration, curiosity, and being willing to sacrifice your life for the love of your passion. This is after all the reason god creates duality, to explore and experience all aspects of life, dangerous and not. A piece of my dream died on that mountain, but it lost no substance to it since it's infinite and continues on dreaming. RIP. I've always loved mountain climbing and hiking in nature. But I just can't phantom the size of that 8600-meter mountain. The highest I've climbed is probably around 1500-meters. After all these news, it has sparked my inner mountaineer again. I'll be planing some climbs soon. My favorite mountains are ranked in this order and have fun pronouncing them, lol. Móskarðshnjúkar Bjarnarhafnarfjall Drápuhlíðarfjall Esjan My goal is to climb the two highest mountains in Iceland one day, Hvannadalshnúkur (2110 meters) and Öræfajökull (2109).

I think you misinterpreted what I meant.

The biggest blind spot would be to project your authority to any teacher.

Get a pullup bar and start hanging for 3 minutes each day.

I'm now one month into my calisthenics training and progress has been pretty good. I've hit a 20-second handstand so far using a wall for the kickup. I'm still working on the balance, not really been focused on the kickup so far. I'll start training that in maybe 1-2 weeks. I've also managed the L-sit hold for almost 7 seconds compared to 0 seconds a month ago. So it's all going pretty smoothly. Not attempted the muscle-up yet but I've been working at pullups a lot. At this rate, I'll probably reach all the goals I set for this year in 5-7 months. Besides the planche, that could take up to a year or two.

@Sempiternity Of course the best way would be to try and talk them out of it. But as you said it won't always work. I wouldn't really call it unhealthy green, rather unrealistic expectations.

There are all kinds of interesting people on this wonderful forum, yourself included.

Yes, I did read both part 1 & part 2; excellent posts.

"Compared with men who rarely eat eggs, men eating even less than one egg a day appear to have twice the risk of prostate cancer progression. And, men who consume two and a half or more eggs per week—basically an egg every three days—may have an 81 percent increased risk of dying from prostate cancer." https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/eggs/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472048/#:~:text=Eggs%2Fcholine,-Few studies have&text=In the HPFS%2C men who,risk of lethal prostate cancer. I'm currently eating about 3-4 eggs a day 7 days a week. Since it's such an easy protein addition and I really like them. Even though this research wasn't completely bulletproof, it does however hint at the direction. Should I be considering cutting them out of my diet? And do you guys eat eggs?

Well, he did do a 5g mushroom trip last year. Perhaps he will push it further, but I doubt it. He's still denying what he was shown on that trip. It would take years of tripping for him to fully break out of his logical mind-frame. And of course, he would need to publicly come out and say he was wrong in every way, which he will never do. And with a fanbase of his size, no way.

Interesting. I was sure there would be some studies countering this claim. Yes, I read that in your e-book. Thanks for that btw, was very informative. What are your thoughts on people not eating enough salt? (not sodium). I read some Harvard research paper time ago saying people aren't consuming enough salt, but not table salt, rather mineral-rich salts such as Pink Himalayan or sea salt. Does that go for healthy fats as well? Such as peanuts, extra virgin olive oil, avocadoes, etc? I was afraid of this. But I'd be willing for the sake of my health, and I'm always dead tired after eating eggs anyways. The more knowledgeable I become on food the more it sounds like vegetarianism and veganism are the way. Or at least cutting radically down on animal products. Thanks for the detailed answer! I'd honestly rather quit them than boil them. I really love scrambled eggs.

I've dabbled in krav maga and could tell you there 95% chance that I won't work in a real-life situation, and BJJ won't help at all against a gun or a knife. You'd have to be special forces trained first of all to handle the pressure of the situation. Most krav maga students haven't faced a serious threat and when a life and death situation arises, they tense up and forget their training. Even a navy seal or the British SAS would have a hard time dismantling a knife attacker and certainly a gun attack. Most of them advise to let the robber get what he asks for, it's not worth the risk to fight back. I'd rather opt for a large hunting knife. They're smaller and way scarier. I believe I could defend myself against a bat or a golf club by getting close after the first swing. With a large scary knife, nobody is coming near you. The idea of getting stabbed is way scarier than a bruise from a bat or a golf club.

Right! It feels so good and relaxing.

@BlackMaze I've not done it yet. I'm aiming for this week or the next one. I'm pretty comfortable with psychedelics after having tried so many of them, but I'm also aware that Salvia is way different. If I had balls I'd have done this a long time ago, yet having balls can also be foolish.

Well, that's the orange side of him as I mentioned. In the latest 60 minutes interview he did, he sounded pretty yellow. I look at more how he thinks and articulates ideas rather than what he stood for when he was in power. There are too many forces at play to know for sure whether that's what he truly wanted or not.

Do you think this is because he's more in touch with green rather than Obama's more yellow way of looking at things? granted Obama was also orange/green in many aspects. I feel like he was quite ahead of his time in office, and he probably would've been more effective if he was in command around 2040. I do agree that Biden will probably commence a more radical change.