Danioover9000

@Martin123 I agree that the bigger issue is mods abusing their power, but I disagree with ignoring other related issues that nest out from the main issue and ignoring small steps towards each branching issue. For example, if a user here was jaded by thread locks, warnings, and posts by a moderator, the user might feel every time he/she comes across the postings of the moderator/s/ in question would trigger the user. If there was an option available for the user to ignore posts by such mods, then that user can feel more secure in exploring content here. I do agree that boundaries and how you post and write need to be more clear in the guidelines. I think that would weed out more of the low quality posting going on in this forum. Also, examples of what high/low quality posts on each sub-forum looks like. Could you explain the last part of your paragraph?

@Martin123 Oh yes this one I remember! I don't think I have the thread so maybe it's deleted or is hidden, but I think if I'm remembering correctly that one was where Lento was being a bit aggressive with his posting to some other users. Similar thing happened to me when I called out one of the users for being a spiritual devil, and I got several temporary warning points and a few permanent warning points, also two thread locks one was a low quality thread and the other was my thread highjacked by two other users full on arguing at each other that it had to be locked.

@Revolutionary Think I'm in a similar situation too. I know some friends that I'm now hesitant with recommending this for their personal development. I've only once shared this with a female friend in the past, and she was so confused by some of the advanced content, and so offended by the spiritual content that she gave me hell for it. Another complaint is not introducing the option to ignore moderators. Not gonna name, but there are a few that are really abusing their roles. It would be really nice to have the option to ignore moderators. Of course, if there's something important, then they'd be able to bypass the ignore and message the users, but users should be able to ignore posts in general.

@loub Ha ha ha that's good control! Much better in this situation to let it be and move on. Same happened to me in the past, but I was by myself, a group of three drunks to my right, one shoulder hits me. This subconsciously triggered me into hammer and hooking the guy down, and I snap kicked into number 2's throat, he goes down gasping. Number 3 just registering the chaos and starts putting guard but too slow, jab-cross-uppercut and 3's down. I spun around, reverse side kicked 2 down for good, and walked away.

Oh well, relapsed 3 days ago! However, it wasn't the same method of masturbation or the same type of pornography that I've done thousands of times in the past. It was a full body orgasm with a lot of love and a lot of visual hallucinations! I can't really call such an intense release a relapse. The effects are weaker now but the glow is still lingering, and I'm taking this glow with me to the next part of this Nofap journey!

@Jodistrict Ayan Rand and the libertarianism movement, also perpetrated by Nathanial Branden. Not quite as obvious, but it's also a type of conspiracy theory. If you mean extreme feminists having conspiracy theories about men, there are some out there.

From someone who's mildly conspiratorial, maybe of value:

@Lyubov Okay, I'm just pointing out a very deep dynamic that's easily looked over.

@Lyubov Aha! That's a more subtler level of conspiracy theory. See how that criticism might seem like it's not an obvious conspiracy theory, but the underlying defensiveness to the dangers to that psychedelic usage, but these people, while they do have a higher consciousness, still can't catch themselves in the act of being defensive to a specific danger. They get this tunnel vision, and at that point they are now lost in their position.

Short analysis of conspiracy theorist's minds.

A person that judges other fake conspiracy theories, while blind to his own conspiracy theories: Just notice the certainty of it. That's the key behind conspiracy theorists, it's the certainty of them being true. Even if this one does realize other conspiracies aren't true, he still is certain of his own ideas.

What conspiracy theorists look like without them knowing it:

A really certain conspiracy theorist with a list of conspiracies that turned out to be true:

@neutralempty Great for him, but notice how he misinterprets a person's awakening. Also, a historic conspiracy theory:

@neutralempty No, more important is to notice how he interprets Leo's awakening, see how defensive he gets.

This video shows justifications to link two conspiracy theories together:

Notice how defensive this guy gets, and keep in mind he's done psychedelics before, but has regressed himself into religious position. See how he interprets this video, yet still misunderstands:

Another spiritual conspiracy theory, but an occult variant that distorts a religion:

Another conspiracy theorist, but this time misunderstanding spirituality: This ones interesting, it's mainly about how these two have contracted the dangers of reality into a specific spiritual procedure about psychedelic use, without realizing that all of life has degree of inherent risk, but they focus down on just a particular risk and exaggerate it much more:

Not the craziest, but a healthy and rational sounding conspiracy theory: Also a more spiritual conspiracy theory, a bit more aggressive:

@AtheisticNonduality Have you tried not jerking off for long periods of time?

I still remembered how dismissive and insulting it felt when I stumbled on his anger video. Because at that time I had high stress and anger issues I was willing to watch the whole video despite being weirded out with his appearance. After I finished, I felt insulted about how he belittled my anger problems, like I don't want to go and question those sets of limiting beliefs around my anger. However, I decided to check his other stuff out, and here I am, a significantly calmer meditator. I think it's worthwhile revisiting those times despite getting a bad impression, you still continue. Maybe that's how these people, aka normies, have felt with Leo's video.

@lmfao Yes, edging too much does get you into that 'zombie' state, but for advanced spiritual practitioners, this state acts like a transitionary phase to go into that sexual and love orgasm, if done correctly. Of course, practice needed. Less fap is more accurate for the beginners. It's usually the guilt trip after a relapse that guarantees more relapses, so a more light hearted way of semen retention is needed more. That's why meditation with this practice is good. Well, about 4 years back there were a few long threads about Nofap, one of those main users being Shine, so Leo had ample time to dedicate just a few vids on how sexuality and spirituality are connected, but for whatever reasons, he didn't go forward with that. For me, the regular occurrences of illness close to my sex binges, my laziness, brain fog and feverishness, painful testicles, I finally decided to give it a go, If anyone also is suffering from P.O.I.S. then that's another valid cause for the Nofap trail runs.

@Chives99 It does need stating, more for me because I tend to forget that every time I jump off a burning sinking ship to a ship, I forget that ship is sinking too, and every ship is not a safe haven so to speak. With the paid porn versus free porn, I think it comes down to accountability, because you are putting some effort into paying the porn, versus easily clicking on every porn vid. Also, you get to shop more consciously versus seeing the free porn thumbnails mindlessly. It's interesting that some people do need to nut before serious work or other activities. That usually drains my motivation and energy more to do those serious works, and my focus even gets a negative hit.

@Rasheed I think high quality porn here is meant by not just the porn being only exciting, but you also feel love and intimacy as well, like it gets your heart pounding as well. The highest quality sexual release is with a non-physical entity, hours of sexual transmutation, leading to multiple orgasms of the balls, the heart, the mind and so on, until it leads to Samadhi. the second highest would be with actual real partner, full body mind orgasm. Lower than that, different types of masturbation and porn that is exploratory, both kinky and intimate types. There are lower levels still, but I think the lowest is digital only, typical porn. Ideally, no porn and do Nofap and semen retention, but I do expect a lot of young men will more than likely seek out porn anyways, so maybe through experience that some people will be able to transcend this addiction for good. Maybe the ones that don't get you arrested, or infect your computer with viruses. That's a start too.