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So you would say that one's level of consciousness doesn't increase with RASA? How can you know? Did you try it? they don't market it as a cure all

Ramaji says that one shouldn't take Psychedelics in the months before getting RASA (the spiritual transmission) because they affect the energetic system and thus interfere with RASA. How about starting to take psychedelics after you are done with the spiritual transmissions, when you are on LOC 1000. That shouldn't be a problem (in terms of interference), right?

@Cody_Atzori I eat rice daily

@SunnyNewDay I don't know the story with the child. Perhaps the parents where very worried about their child and knew about Ramaji and his wife and thought they could help. And in case they actually could help then why should they refuse? Perhaps the situation for the child is now better (or perhaps not, I don't know). Of course they had to interfere and when is interfering justified? If your baby has cancer you also bring it to the doc who "interferes" and cures it, even though it is to young to consent. What can be justified and what not is relative. But someone has to make the desicion and if the parents were convinced it was right then why not do it. About RASA, more than 500 received RASA and as far as I know everything went well. There sure are a lot of false gurus out there offering false services but to me RASA seems legit.

Thank you guys! All helpful advice If she brings decay to my ego identification then I'm fine with that

@SunnyNewDay when you don't feel any bodily sensations (you mean the vibrations right?) you could try out breathing slightly faster and deeper, but don't overdo. To stay aware/awake: colder room temperature, cold shower prior to it and perhaps changing the time when you do it may also help

Google it, the internet explanations won't differ much, but here roughly as explained by the author: Maha Mudra: 1. bend your left leg so that the left heel touches the perineum. press your right leg with your hands to your body 2. inhale deeply and move the energy from the root chakra to the 3. eye 3. Holding the breath, extend the right leg. stretch forward and grasp your toes of your right foot with both hands. 4. now do Jalandhara Bandha, Moola Bandha and Uddiyana Bandha. And mentally chant Om 12 times in the 3. eye 5. return to the starting position and slowly exhale, sending the energy from the 3. eye to the root chakra through the sushumma nadi 6. now do the same with the leg positions reversed. 7. now the same with both legs outstretched 8. do this 3 times. it is recommended to do ujjayi breathing and khechari mudra (or as far with your tongue as you currently manage) But you definitely need to buy his first book. It is more important in my opinion. there the basic techniques are all explained. the techniques in the 2. book are not for total beginners (as far as I now). I believe the author mentioned that after at least 1 year of practise you can do those. Tips: don't do it mechanically. Try keeping focused all the time. Try not to get distracted in thought stories. Semen preservation potentiates the practise. Once you can move the prana, try directing it to the heart chakra and enjoy:) And don't skip the parvastha state. And if you are interested, look up the microcosmic orbit meditation and big draw on YouTube by sexual kungfu. Those done prior to yoga might give it a boost. Yoga is insanely powerful:) don't give up if you don't feel immediate results, it will most likely be very worth it long term

@pluto that sounds good

Many introverts get energetically depleted when among people. To what extend is it possible to change this? If someone is very introverted and starts socializing a lot, moves up on spiral dynamics and gets deeply enlightened, (one will obvioulsy get extremely good at interacting with people, but) will one actually be able to stay energetically unaffected by interacting? Or is this aspect of introversion/extroversion too much ingrained in our genetics such that it can't be changed?

@Ibn Sina I am no expert but I would say that neither introversion nor extroversion are signs of higher development. I guess this also applies to most introverts. It just depends on how emotionally and spiritually developed you are and not on extroversion or introversion. you are probably far more developed than the average introvert so you don't have those issues. But I believe that an equally developed extrovert also doesn't have these issues. Though what can be argued is, that introverts are more likely to do personal development and thus outgrow these issues.

Both That makes sense. That means psychedelics and transmissions shouldn't be done at once, but doing psychedelics after the transmission should be fine then. thanks for your advice and help:) I guess everyone has to find his own sweet spot on how often to take psychedelics

no problem:) I think our situation is quite similar. I have also done it 3 times now (also on subsequent days) and also manage only about 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes when it gets too intense, I pause for perhaps one or two min till the peak is over and keep going. So it's like edging. I think in this way you can very gradually and mindfully test how far you currently can go. I have seen almost no one mention this though, so I hope it is save, but I am very sure it is

Some questions: 1. Has anyone been doing the shamanic breathing regularly for a year? What changes? what can one expect after a year? 2. After about 20 minutes doing it, the vibrations become very intense such that I stop. Does the intensity of the vibrations keep increasing or will it plateau before my hands explode?

@Chi_ It's similar to Wim Hof's method and he recommends doing it daily. It is however a lot more intense, so I would just spontaneously decide depending on how you feel. If traumas surface or something crazy happens, you may want to have some rest days. If nothing too intense happens and you feel capable of doing it daily then do it. gradually increase the duration (only if you feel ready), eventually some tough experiences will probably happen, then you can naturally reduce the number of days you do it.

Obviously, the law of attraction won't substitute spiritual techniques but perhaps it could amplify them slightly. I have in mind a 5-minutes visualization done daily. I would visualize my reaction after having had a potential mystical experience. Do you think that is silly or could it actually increase (even if only slightly) the chance of having mystical experiences?

Thanks for your perspectives and thoughts

Do you use it for enlightenment? If so, how? Or what would you recommend how it be used to attain enlightenment?

@Adam Lockworth That one is the cheapest I could find: https://www.zen-azi.org/en/long-term-zen-retreat and it's long-term Or you ordain in a monastery in Asia. That will be almost for free

@Pilgrim Are you familiar with spirituality? If so, you could remember some metaphysical truths while in such situations, like: There is no self, you are God, everything is perfect exactly how it is, life is a dream, every problem ( and the reasons why you are not perfectly relaxed in such sutuations) is only a concept, a distortion of reality.

perhaps you find something helpful in this thread: "First 30 day retreat - Advice?". You can find it with the search option

That makes sense

@Leo Gura You are alluding to what God says in the books "conversations with God "? Looking through the lense of reincarnation, the soul reincarnates over and over again, becoming more conscious and evolving to Oneness. Very spiritually advanced aliens also have a soul which can also reincarnate as a human on earth. If I remember right, God mentions (in the books conversations with God) the possibility that an "alien" soul reincarnated in a human body - Jesus. In case this is correct, then it would mean that we humans theoretically could also be able to do what Jesus did. Because our soul is fundamentally not different. It is most likely just much much less evolved than Jesus'. But that only means we would have to work extra hard in case we wanted to do what Jesus did. "whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do" John 14:12 But, as you also pointed out, when one becomes extremely conscious - that is more and more God - there comes a point when it becomes too much for the human form and it dies. Thus we humans might actually not be capable of handling such things... (yet, Jesus' soul also inhabited a human body. I know, I'm getting lost in speculations)

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