Soulbass

My favorite things / life-hacks / things that made my life easier: - A shoehorn (made of metal). Those in plastic tends to break after 2-3 years. I'm a "never tie the laces" guy, I don't do it, I don't have time for this. Quick jump into the shoes with my shoehorn, thanks, bye. - Not using my phone to wake-up in the morning. I'm not a phone addict (I actually dislike phones a lot...) I see people use their phones to wake-up, which means they use it at night and before bed, that's bad. I'm glad I don't have this toxic habit... Having a secondary phone (no SIM card) or any device that can play your favorite .mp3 in the morning is gold. - mynoise.net Ambient/nature ambiences, the website offer an option to buy .mp3 files with your settings... I usually make a 1 hour long thunder sounds, or forest, that I use with the next product: - Timeclock AC adapter (Ansman AES1.2) I have a small pair of speakers, and a simple mp3 player (SanDisk Clip Sport or similar) to play mp3 files while I fall asleep. After 1h, everything shut down. This item can be used with many gears in the house (heat generators...) - Timeclock USB charger. As you know probably know already, charging li-on batteries above 90% isn't ideal. iPhones knows how to deal with that automatically, but most devices just charge until it's 100% and keep going. It damages the autonomy over time... This is why I use a 1H or 2H setup for charging devices, so I make sure not to damage it. - Apple earphones. With all the earbuds hype, and phone constructors giving up on 3.5mm jacks, Apple earphones are dirty cheap on Amazon, and it's really a good product. I bought 8 of them, so I can keep going at least for 80 years (last one I got lasted almost 10 years). - Rice cooker. This one is a classic. It's good to avoid gluten, and can cook many things other than rice (vegetables...) - Art pieces (paintings, drawings, sculptures...) I have a small collection of art pieces lying around, to be inspired... These are reminders to keep sensibility on minimal level, in a world that can be sometimes systematic and cold. - Softwares: I'm a huge DRM-free advocate, when it comes to softwares. FOSS preferably...

One channel I discovered recently is "Productivity Game" https://www.youtube.com/@ProductivityGame/videos

Wtf it's the first time I see someone mentioning Franck on this forum (makes sense since it's not English material). I follow him since 2016 and I've met him twice. Franck's insights are something else...

@integration journey The theory you need to know is in the book "Are you dreaming?" by Daniel Love. I have read all the books on amazon about LDs (west and east) until 2018, then I stopped... this is the one I recommend^ Advice: - Have a dream journal is the first step, keep a journal for 2 weeks or more, before trying to LD. - Find the method that works for you... (for me it's WBTB + WILD, no need for reality checks and things like that...) Podcast not related to LD but still good to know, about the importance of sleep in general:

this sub is basically a collection of dreamsigns https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/

Blockage only exist when there is a distance between you right now, and an illusory version of yourself that you have created, that exist somewhere, that is more "one" more "spiritual" or whatever... You are always "one", even when you think that you aren't one, you are one. You thinking that you aren't "one", is you being one. The fun part, is, you don't have to be one. Actually, it's not the goal of the game. We can here to have an experience. Being "one" is like playing chess against yourself, we all know that, because this is where we come from. With the amount of time we are on earth, we'd rather forget that we're one. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to have a conversation, make war, make love, all those things...

If I'd pick one among all, it would be lucid dreaming. Can lucid dreaming be considered a practice? Considering it's something you can theoretically do 24/7, like any mindfulness or awareness practice. There is no distinction between REM and waking state, it's all a continuous stream of consciousness. Some people do it during deep sleep even. A window to lucid dreaming ofc is meditation, as it changes the way the "brain" works (there is no brain). I like Leo's trip reports, but I'm too afraid to do psychedelics myself, so lucid dreaming has been my main spiritual practice for years...

Hot Water Bottle

It's possible to keep Windows fresh by constantly re-installing it. You can create a system image with all your apps & settings (after a fresh install) and restore the image anytime you want. I often crack software (which isn't ideal for security reasons) and install a bunch of bloat. Backup & restore is a native feature of Windows. You might say "How do I work with project files, if I'm constantly re-installing my OS?" You can manage that with .bat files, and 7-Zip archive utility. I'm like everybody, I don't like to deal with computer problems, it took me years to get to a point where I can just use computers and have no hassles. About dumbphone/smartphone, this is a secondary ecosystem that I ignore for the most part. I have different rigs with win7/win10, tho i wouldn't recommend win7 unless for offline use. Linux is probably the answer, but I can't re-learn everything and I need proprietary software. Windows mods are the answer imo, I use WIN10 AME https://ameliorated.io/ *Message sent from a Windows 7 device*

I have 56 videos to watch (3 years worth...) to catch up! I have been following this channel since 2013, then I felt off-track in 2020 because work/health. New year comes new habits building, I'm back on track About blackpill, I think it's just an internet meme, is it really worth it?

Hi, Long time visitor on the forum here, I have been busy the past 2 years so I have missed some episodes... But, I am catching up with the new content recently... New course ? Good news, I will follow... Cheers!

Hi, I just found this thread. I've never heard of tinnitus until 2020 when the smoke detection device in all apartments in my building went on because someone was cooking or smoking in the building. I didn't covered my ears, I didn't left immediately. I took 1 minute to gather my passport, hard drive, cellphone and keys... This 1 minute exposure to the 120 decibels noise at close range of the smoke detection device triggered tinnitus in both ears (a bit stronger on the right side). It's a high pitch, the highest frequency within the hearing range. I won't talk about the stages of acceptance, I'll just say that 6 months was enough to get used to it. Also, the best advice I've found on the tinnitustalk forum is "No cure for tinnitus" so you have to work your psychology around. I was hopping for a cure, and this was the cause of my suffering. Someone said on the tinnitustalk forum: tinnitus didn't prevented me to have the life I wanted to have, and do everything I wanted. Mine is quite discreet, I don't notice it most of the time, or I don't notice it anymore. On a scale from 1 to 10, I would say it's 1 or 2 now. And, it doesn't bother me much. Life goes on.

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Hi Dating, Sexuality, Relationships, Family section of the Actualized.org forum! This is the first time I post in this section, I hope y'all doing great! I single 30-year old kissed and hugged a married 40-year old woman. I was hesitant for a couple of days, then I thought "I gotta live, because people tell me that I think too much" so I jumped into it. That's usually not my style. The woman have had affairs for years, she's used to it. She have had several partners, outside of her marriage. I don't want to hurt the feelings of the husband. She seems to handle multiple situations very well - she lives "in the now" and don't give a sh* about consequences. She is very independent and she have a "secret garden". We both agreed that it's just "fun" without felling in love. I don't know her status on herpes/HSV-1, I'm clean and I like to have control over my life - I'm afraid that I've kissed her, I might have it now. I've asked about HSV-1 prior, she said something like "Herpes? What is it? I've never heard of that" her reply didn't convinced me. I just don't like the idea of having HSV-1, she's the kind of person who would lie about it, because she don't care about consequences, she just wants fun. In short, the two reasons I'm hesitant to go further: - I don't know the husband, in case he find out: I don't want to hurt his feelings. - I have no clue if she have herpes (or other things) without proper screening tests. My feeling about this situation isn't very good. It doesn't bring "joy", it's just a short term guilty pleasure. I'm the kind of person who's "overthink all the time" does that mean I should keep-up with her or is better to choose a safer path? Note: I didn't had something like this happening in my life for years. I'm not "pro-active" when it comes to meeting people and dating / I've kind of stepped back, since I was having health issues and I was busy with work. I'm slowly coming back to "the game" but I don't like the idea of not knowing if someone have herpes or other things. The husband might find out eventually, I don't know him and how he would react - there's a risk that he would beat me up. Your advice is welcome, I don't know if I should keep-up or not. Thanks