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@DrewNows Yeah my habits are terrible, i'm banking on these neo advaita teachers paying off but i'm not so sure at this point even though I do think i'm progressing. The thing is, I know how deep a singular meditation session can be, albeit with psychidelics. I have felt so deeply into the sensations of my head that it literally wipes out suffering and leads to tremendous bliss and perceptual shifts. This stuff didn't come from clear eneergy, or life style changes... it was singular times of deeply sinking into the now and letting go of thinking and just focusing on being aware and conscious. I was thinking of working with a guy who talks about healing your inner child, I think of it as basically working on undoing your conditioning you got from your parents

@Someone here Why do you want to pray to god?

@Rilles I think your framing can have a big impact on your nerves here. Just think of it as you're trying to be a good guy and get to know her on the date. Your body language and energy will be much more important the content of what you're saying. Try and find some common ground and something you both like discussing. At the end of the date you don't have to do anything, just say good bye. If there's mutual attraction, the fact that you didn't make a move early won't hurt you. You can text her maybe that night saying you had a good time etc if you want to see her again. If you are overly nervous and a wreck it's going to be unattractive lol, so worst case this is just practice and you will be less nervous the next time around. I've been on a bunch of dates, but i've never been in a relationship so kinda opposite of you, and I found that if I just relaxed and acted with some confidence and calm that woman really resonated. But I can't say I planned that in advance, it was just kind of spontaneous

@DrewNows I have a question for you. How come simply being aware isn't enough to bring happiness and bliss? I think I clearly understand the neo advaita teaching of bring attention to the simplicity of being aware or being conscious at all. And I can notice some energetic shifts when I do this, but I still haven't reached LSD levels of clarity and bliss, even though I'm pretty sure I am doing the techniques properly.

Wait until I start teaching Non duality. Then these people will see what a good teacher actually is

Nightmare. I have a similar problem as this guy, I have difficulty relaxing and I can't really let go and enjoy. This guy has to have a desire to change himself and become whole. If there is no intrinsic motivation to change then you will be bringing stuff like this up until the end of the relationship. Have you talked to him about he's basically screwed up and what healing looks like? I'd say either make peace with who he is and stop trying to change him, or find someone who's actually healed their trauma and is available for an intimate relationship

@Endangered-EGO What's the longest you just sat down or layed down and just rested being aware? I've also experienced suffering being completely wiped from my system. The way I see it now, it's like our beings are contracted because of emotional trauma, and when we rest as being aware we begin to unwind the contraction, and if we unwind enough we will meet repressed emotional blocks and if we can feel into them they will be liberated and slowly therr will be no blocks anymore

@Endangered-EGO Not right now, but I was working with a kriya yogi for about 6 months and that was really helpful, and from those conversations I have a decent sense of how go progress. Have you realized how important being aware is? You can rest everything and just go to that experience of being aware, it can be very profound once understood

The goal of spiritual practice is to find peace in the present moment, and stop seeking for a better experience. That seeking can be drugs, spiritual practice, relationships etc. Basically, if you are still seeking and aren't at peace and happy then you have some form of a ego/spiritual ego. Many people on this forum have a spiritual ego. They talk about meditation practice, psychidelics etc... but if you honestly ask them are they happy and at peace right now they will say no.

@impulse9 Can you change your beliefs around money and deposit 50 million USD into my bank account please? Reality is infinite and how hard can it to be given what you wrote above?

Someone who believes that entities are real and can attack you, can you give a quick tldr on the phenomena. I do not buy this but I am completely open to new possibilities

@Endangered-EGO Cool post. I'm at a similar point on the path, and I've begun to appreciate how important basic discipline is when you're stuck. I've had a few peak experiences and I'm basically stuck trying to get back to that place with meditation and psychs I've been stuck in a loop these past few months where I'll feel like I'm on meditation session away from having a break through, only to spend a few days thinking I'm completely stuck and this pattern just keeps on going. At least for me I've realized I have aversion to disgust and vomitting. and I've completely repressed my sexual energy. All my best psychidelic trips were a result of feeling deeply into disgust and my stomach, and liberating sexual energy so I'm more horny. Interestingly, the sexuality actually decreases my nausea and the only solution to the nausea is either repeated vomiting or the sexual Energy overtaking my nausea. I think my next step is to reach out to a guy who makes videos on healing your innerchild. I know I'm emotionally immature so I'm hoping this can Yield some results

Just listened to one of her guided meditations on awareness and it was great. I've been looking for new dharma teachers recently so thanks a lot

Just another dharma teacher with countless students with 0 direct experience of what he's actually talking about claiming that psychidelics can cause irreparable negative effects on a person. I was never a big fan of his teaching style but this is just pathetic imo.

Anyone on this forum playing the new age of empires 4 beta?

@mandyjw

@mandyjw Nice none answer. I think if you were being honest you would admit that what you wrote above is contradicted by what adyashanti claimed about suffering. Is it possible for you to suffer because of aluminum?

@mandyjw So if adyashanti didn't believe the amunimum could cause him suffering then it wouldn't have? Can you give an honest answer to this question please.

@mandyjw Did you know adyashanti claimed he had incredible suffering from aluminum in his deodorant, years after his enlightenment? An object dammed him and he's enlightened.

I loved the last samurai maybe I'll check that one out. I've actually never played a total war game. I've played a few different RTS games, but growing up I played a lot of Halo, Gears of war, and call of duty

@modmyth I just listened to a series on Napolean's wars and now I have an urge to download the Napoleonic era total war game haha