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November 9th 2019 First Meal: Large coffee 2 cream + 2 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Horton's Second Meal: Parmesan Chicken Pasta - Browns Third Meal: Kale + Spinach+ Almond Milk + Peanut Butter + Banana Fourth Meal: Mcchicken + junior chicken + Sprite

@lennart Thanks man. Yea, i really like the green smoothies, they are super easy to make and I always feel good about myself after eating them. I do think eventually I need to clean my diet up hard, right now i'm just trying to limit my binges on junk food so I don't do too much damage to my body.

@Nak Khid I've been ordering hello fresh recently, I'm going to continue ordering that. I've been meditating for a while now, but I haven't had any insights into selflessness, or any awakening experiences so I still consider myself kind of a newbie. I'm going to start using a dream board, and eventually I'm going to use it focus hard on my diet.

@Nak Khid I meditate consistently an hour a day, and i do ashtanga yoga 5 to 6 days a week. My diet is my biggest weakness, but im just too lazy to cook. Its too easy to just come home and order food, compared to taking the time to make stuff. I've experienced transformative change in my life, all the while eating a terrible diet, so i think mentally i dont actually believe that much in the importance of diet because i know growth is possible without it. But im defintely aware of how bad my diet is, i just dont have the will to change it.

November 8th 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Horton's Second Meal: 2 Baja Fish Tacos + Sour Cream Sauce+ Coke Zero- Takeout Third Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade Lots of Alcohol. Beers, Vodka Cranberry's, etc

November 7th 2019 First Meal: Fish and Chips- Browns Second Meal: Baja Fish Tacos- Restaurant Third Meal: 2 Bacon and Cheese whoppers + Bottle of Sprite

November 6th 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Horton's Second Meal: Pasta and Chicken- Browns Third Meal: Coca Cola Stevia + 2 Homemade Beef burgers + Bowl of Potato Wedges- Hello Fresh/Homemade

@okulele I haven't thought about. Should i focus on the feeling of what I want vs actually picturing what I want?

@Nahm Can you clarify the following: 1. Why does a dream board work? What is the process underlying the supposed success of this device. 2. How do we know if we are using the board properly. What is the difference between two identical people who hear this advice, one person who actually manifests from there dream board, and another person who has no growth during that same time span. 3. Is the dream board a habit like meditatoin, in the sense that it should be consistently applied for a long duration of time. Are you as confident in the value of a dream board as you are you in the value of meditation. If a person could only do one or the other, meditation or dream board, which would you recommend and why?

I will definitely check this out. I've tried visualizing before but I always felt like I was doing it right, and then i gave up. Thanks

November 5th 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Horton's Second Meal: Chicken Teriyaki Rich Bowl- Earls Third Meal: Small Pepperoni Pizza- Boston Pizza Fourth Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade

@Nahm Ok i will purchase a dream board today.

@Nahm What can we do TODAY to start moving toward your level. I meditate, do yoga, and play sports but i feel like all this just gets me to a point where i'm barely not depressed and somewhat functional. I waste so much time on the internet, and I don't push myself out of my comfort zone really ever. Great story btw.

How much meditation and/or yoga per day is required to dramatically change one's mood and overall satisfaction in life. I have been in a rut recently, and I had the thought of basically "overdosing" on meditation and yoga, by practicing for 3+ hours per day, to see if i can dramatically improve the quality of my life. I have a lot of free time, and I can realistically practice yoga and meditation combined for 3+ hours per day. Is this an effective strategy? Is there an ideal amount of practice for a single day; at what point does diminishing returns kick in? Other thoughts?

November 4th 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Horton's Second Meal: Italian Pizza- Earls Third Meal: Mcchicken- Mcdonalds Fourth Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade

Do you know any books that go into this specific topic? The link between suffering and the ego dissolving.

@Nahm What do you mean by this? If someone were honest with you about their perceived depression do you think you could get them out of it?

November 3rd 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Hortons Second Meal: Italian Pizza- Earls Third Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade Fourth Meal: 2 Grilled Fish Fillets- Homemade

@modmyth I'm from Vancouver, but i live in Victoria for school (:

November 2nd 2019 First Meal: Large Coffee 1 cream 1 Sugar + Banana Pecan Muffin- Tim Hortons Second Meal: Teriyaki Rice Bowl - Earls Third Meal: McChicken- Mcdonalds

I don't know if i consider Sam Harris a "serious intellectual" but some of his podcasts are really informative, and I feel like i'm a smarter person for having listened to his podcast.

November 1st 2019 First Meal: Italian Pizza from Earls- Takeout Second Meal: Cod rice bowl from Browns- Takeout + Coke Zero 500 ml Third Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade

October 31st 2019 First Meal: Italian Pizza from Earls- Takeout Second Meal: Grilled Fish Filet- Grilled at home Third Meal: Kale + Spinach + Banana + Peanut Butter + Almond Milk Smoothie - Homemade

The past few days have been rough. I haven't meditated in three days, and I really had a bad time going back home to see my family. I've been hoping for a while that through meditation, yoga, etc my life would just improve on its own and i wouldn't need to actually DO anything other than put in the work in the habits and let it unfold. I think that's bull shit. I see so many people talking on this forum about giving up thoughts, giving up control, etc but i think i'm misunderstanding the advice or I just don't fucking buy it. I need to actively shape my life. I realize I need to do start small, and do the little things that are nagging at me. For example, cleaning my apartment fully, talking to my landlord about getting a new set of keys, and/or adding an extra hour to my meditation practice. I need to DO things in order for my life to change. I feel like i know exactly what i need to do, now i just need to start DOING it. I feel like i'm at square 1 again since starting law school. I gained some momentum when i started school but I feel like i fell back in the same old rut. But i heard david goggins talking about how he always ended up back at the same rut, and how he learned to keep climbing out. I think that's what I need to do. Just keep on fighting my way out through sheer will and action. I feel I know what to do, I need to stop listening to all the fucking idiots around me who think they know what the fuck is going, if i'm going to improve my life i am the one who has to do it. I know people are trying to help, and some advice is genuinely amazing. But i just get a bad fucking feeling about all the fucking advice getting thrown around and i'm still just sitting here not happy because without action there is FUCKING NOTHING. Advice means nothing without the will to act and follow through, and that is my biggest fucking weakness is ACTING. I need to fucking act, not ask for fucking advice. I think i need to stop swearing so much, but that's a fucking problem for a later stage in my development.

This is my first journal post, i'm planning on updating every few days. Ill begin with a little background for context. I'm in my early 20s, i'm a law student, I've been meditating for about 2 years, i've been interested in self actualizing ever since i heard of the topic as a teenager, and I want to learn how to be an excellent person in everything i do. I just read @pluto's post about LOA and how to manifest what i want in life, and it brings back memories to when i was depressed and i overcame by "acting as if". At that time i was severely depressed about becoming bald, and i spent a year basically crying about how i'm going to be a loser and everything i had done up to that point would be useless because i'd just be an ugly, bald dude at the end of the day. I hit a rock bottom after my dad threatened to kick me out, and i just started faking confidence one day and really just told myself stuff like, I am confident, I am good looking, I think positively, and boom within 2 weeks of this stuff my life transformed. I had more confidence than i ever had before, and i for the first time in my life i actually loved the way i looked. It was like i had a fire burning inside me, i could function highly on less than 5 hours of sleep, and i truly believed i was self actualized. Fast forward 4 years to the present moment, i'm now 2 years into a strong meditation habit, and i feel like i'm on a stable path toward freedom/enlightenment, but i no longer live the fire that i achieved through "acting as if". I feel good about how i look, but not amazing, and i have some confidence, but not superb confidence. For the past 24 hours i've been telling myself, I love how i look, i feel amazing, i am self actualized, i have incredible confidence, I have a beautiful girlfriend, I am happy. We will see how this plays out. I'm also doing about 20-30 minutes of concentration practice, 5 days a week of ashtanga yoga, and 1 hour per day of self inquiry. But to be honest i have most faith in my inner dialogue affirmations, i've felt the power of faking it until you make it, and if i'm be 100% honest if i had been able to sustain that HIGH i was on after overcoming meditation i don't if i ever would have started meditating because the experience was that powerful. I will trying and keep my future posts shorter, but idk, let me know in the comments if you guys want shorter ones or longer ones. My plan is to keep you up to date on techniques i'm using, and if i have any profound transformations in my experience that i can attribute to any of these techniques.