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I think they are the exact same. Effortless mindfulness requires 0 effort when done right, awareness is present with 0 effort, so when you're doing nothing awareness will still shine through. I think there's more beyond just doing nothing and practicing basic effortless mindfulness. Like loch kelly has a talk about how to integrate emotions, I think that kind of stuff is essential to integrate with these practices. Also effortless mindfulness on psychidelics is way more profound. It's like effortless mindfulness is the foundation, but psychidelics give your body the energy to really have profound insight into why you suffer

@Spence94 Take a psychidelic, and become conscious of the what the observer is

Were you poly with your long term partner? And are your poly friends as interested in self realization as you are?

@gettoefl What does that look like in practice? Do you have multiple long term partners? Are you planning on having children?

The trap with psychidelics is you can feel like you are making significant progress, but in reality you can spin your wheels with glimpses and tastes. This trip felt great, but I still didn't resolve the core trauma that is preventing peace and well being. I was on the door step, but I didn't see it through. Even that terminology is misleading because you will never see it through, you have to surrender any sense of a subject doing something. The biggest insight from this trip is, there is god's will and you surrender your will too it. All these insights seem fleeting and temporary, I think just continuing to persist and relying on direct experience is the path forward. I'm getting way better at handling nausea. There are subtle feelings that can be tuned into, I think that's another key lesson

I am a shitty fucking devil haha. I fucking suck. Haha, it's funny because I know I'm a devil, and I know why I suffer. But i'm not even a good devil, why am I so incapable? Effortless mindfulness and psychidelics is so powerful. This is where true healing happens

Psychidelics are soo good. Man. But even after a really good trip, well being still alludes me. I am the devil and I am the only obstacle. It's like I know how to surrender, I know what surrender means, but I want to be a devil. The me typing this can only exist as long as I resist surrender, and so here I am. I wish I was a more capable and better feeling devil haha. What a world. Pure madness

Nah I think there are more pure teachers than osho, they just have less notoriety, but he could still be right about relationships. But still I am skeptical about Osho

You can pick apart all of them until you find one who can't be picked apart (:

Yeah, maybe he's right. But Osho also wasn't conscious enough to detect bs happening in his own community, so I'd take what he says with a grain of salt

@puporing I think this could work if you lived in a community where everyone was open and free to be with each other, but maybe it could work if everyone wanted the same thing. I wonder if there is a right way to approach relationships, whatever that way is the way I'd want to do it

I think if you're mentally prepared for him to act in the same way that hurt you, then there's not an issue. But if you expect him to have evolved or behave differently then you may be setting yourself up to be hurt. I think it's hard to change a f boy, and although sometimes people appear to be changed by their conduct/conversation, when you peel back the layers they may still be the same type of person. Go in with eyes wide open and you'll be okay

@puporing If you had the choice, would you choose to have one partner with whom your love and connection was above anything you could experience with anyone else? At this point in my life I think polyamory or multiple connections makes the most sense, but I also would prefer one unique connection as opposed to a constant cycling of new people/partners

Thanks, yeah there are probably hundreds of statements i've made on this forum that I would go back and disavow in hindsight. With video games, I think the only way a LP centered on them can work is if you have a genuine love for the game, or you are already so developed that you could essentially do anything in a high conscious way and you just happened to choose video games. I've been kind of dead set on doing something related to video games for a few years now, but now that i'm closer to actually having something to share, I'm becoming more skeptical about whether this is the path for me. I've had experiences with psychidelics where my coordination and reflexes were dramatically enhanced, and in that context I think it would be cool to do something related to video games, but I still can't reach that mental space consistently, and until I can video games are a complete sink and any significant time I pour into them just feels pointless

Semen is life energy, it carries the potential to create life. If you think in terms of energy, your being is using a lot of energy to produce semen, and so when you ejaculate you are losing that energy. You can feel it when you become sensitive to the effect of masterbating. That's what made he quit like 3 weeks ago, although I'm not against doing it for a purpose, like maybe on psychidelics there could be a benefit to the orgasm. I was feeling like shit for a few days, after a few day very productive days, and I realized that the dividing line was when I masterbated a few times. I also notice my desire to attract woman and create something in the world has increased dramatically, it's like an entire part of my motivation system was being repressed without me knowing because masterbation was so normalized in my mind

Well I think I hate league of legends, so idk what i'm going to do. I've always believed I would do something related to video games, but I hate that fucking game, and I think video games in general are just not that great. I really have no idea what to do here. I like my job I guess so maybe I could get more hours at my job, but I still wish I didn't have to work there and could just travel and live nomadically. I think I'll try and continue to set up a schedule for my practices, and then I'll see how I feel about league and video games. I think what's clear is that in my current state of mind/being video games are worthless to play. Maybe if I have some major emotional shifts with psychidelics I would consider playing and doing something with games, but unless that happens I just hate playing and i'm better off finding other ways to spend my time

If you think about how much energy and life force there is in semen then it would make sense that conserving semen and not ejaculating frequently would lead to huge benefits. I notice that when I don't masterbate I have a big increase in my desire to make money and be successful, likely because there's a drive for procreation and access to women. When you just masterbate to pixels you undermine that drive

I haven't masterbated in about 3 weeks and I feel significantly different in terms of my motivation and energy levels.

Lol. What's the longest you've gone without masterbating?

@RamBam Is the Talmud referring to ethnic Jews, or religious Jews who live according to god? I think all the main religions talk about superiority of their followers, muslims, christians etc because supposedly they live according to in alignment with god so in some sense it makes sense for them to consider themselves superior. I think the chosen people refers to anyone who brings themself into alignment with god and truth. But the religion has been corrupted and people think they are the chosen people based on their race or religious affiliation without actually understanding or living according to god.

Ejaculation drains life force energy. Do a mini experiment. Go a few days without masterbatung and notice your drive and energy. Then masterbate every day for a few days and notice the difference in your energy and motivation

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