TrynaBeTurquoise

Well yeah, beyond the things that can be intuited, all that is stuff you have to talk about. Unless infinite intelligence has got your back in the bedroom.

Always blows me away that sex is such a basic need on the bottom of the pyramid with all the the demonization and disownment going on and that has been for ages.

Theres a spectrum of hair pulling and ass-slapping. If you feel into it based on your rapport with your female partner, her personality, behaviors, innuendos, ect you can pretty much know. Thats not to say you guess or assume that you can go straight into hard ass slapping (if you were even into that), you play as conservatively as you can. You only do it when its apparent. And when its apparent, its apparent, and this is always staying within reasonable bounds and respectful. If a girl didn't want to be slapped on the ass there would be no ass slapping unless the guy is refusing to read the signs. And if signs are misread, the guy listens to the girl and stops. Its not like she just got raped or violated because a guy slapped her ass with a sub-harmful level of force because things were giving hot and heavy. If the guy doesn't stop, then thats a separate problem. Not that big of an issue if you tap into your intuition, don't go overboard and respect your partner.

@Jahmaine Finally, a fellow non-trial seeker on here. Lets do a meet up

Deep down you already know where that line is, unless your sexuality has been warped by porn and the lines are blurred I guess.

Both sugar and trans fat will cause diabetes and are likely to be found in the similar types of low quality food habits. A person who develops diabetes based on their food choices and life style will most always be consuming high amounts of processed sugar and low quality fats (which maybe aren't necessarily trans fats, but their saturated fat intake is probably too high) so the "low sugar-high trans fat" option doesn't exist. Cant think of any scenario where a person is keeping their blood sugar in check (which takes conscious eating habits) but is somehow consuming tons of trans fat.

The frying with shitty heat-damaged oils is much worse for your body than sugar, which most people don't realize. That being said, fries are a simple fast digesting carbohydrate, they spike your blood sugar quickly and hardly provide any nutrients.

Your critique on enlightenment being taken too seriously is like saying anything which people want to take seriously themselves is being taken too seriously. There is no should/shouldn't or right/wrong being preached about reaching enlightenment. Its the opposite of that. Its a matter of personal desire, nothing being forced down anyones throat. You make a lot of claims on the effects of the teachings on the listeners, which is pure conjecture, jumping to conclusions. Have you witnesses any of this first hand? How many people do you know in real life that follow actualized.org are experiencing these negative life consequences? Again, there is no "how you must act". A clear theme of consciousness work is "you can do whatever the hell you want". This is even overstated, that there is nothing "wrong" being a devil or ignorant. The only reason you take the work up is out of personal desire, not because you are being told this is the objectively right thing to do. How many times has it been said that the map is not the territory, Leos teaching is pointing to something bigger, not his teachings themselves. Duality is not considered inferior to non duality. They are equal from the absolute perspective. Its about raising consciousness to a higher vantage point. Zooming out to get the bigger picture. Speaking for myself, my life has improved dramatically, I have never been as fulfilled since I've started doing this work. If you don't get that out of it, no one is forcing you to stay, your energy writing critique articles could serve you better elsewhere.

@Raptorsin7 I started off doing mindfulness meditation, then transitioned into kriya yoga. Now I still do kriya yoga, but mainly my own spin on the breathwork techniques and visualizations. It was getting really technical for me to follow the exact lessons and I wanted to use my spiritual practice to "let go" more, so I merge meditation and kriya into one. Recently started focusing on contemplation more. Since I started reading Peter Ralstons work, I've been trying to tap into a "state of not knowing" trying to free myself of any beliefs about my direct experience, and comfortably sit there to get authentic insights. I like doing that now while I'm driving, instead of listening to music or podcasts all the time, it gets me in a flow state of being.

This type of commentary in regards to salvia I find very rare on youtube, uploaded all the way back in 2014. Highly interesting how the insights he describes fits in with non-duality and actualized.org, before he knew about spirituality. Not recommending people go do salvia over classic psychedelics, but its evident it can be of use to some people if done properly.

You have to start somewhere when you set out for truth. Of course a belief has to be taken, but lightly. This has been addressed multiple times.

This is cool. During the same inhalation/exhalation/ r no breathing at all, if you want the dots to move the other way, you can make it happen. So it really isn't the breathing its your mind controlling which way they go at will.

Look into starchy and fibrous vegetables. The starchy, complex veggies will give you more calories, energy, while providing nutrients and the fibrous will give you fiber, nutrients, but relatively lower calories. Then then there are simple sugars, you want to try to eliminate these (all processed forms) But fruits can give you quick energy, in the form of fructose, but they don't spike your blood sugar as rapidly as processed simple sugars and many contain all sorts of vitamins/minerals/phytochemicals. Check out this article for a basic guide: https://www.swimming.org/justswim/beginner-guide-carbs/ If you want to keep sandwiches, look into Ezekiel bread. Its made from grains which have sprouted before being milled into flour. And it tastes delicious. A good complex carb source in your diet, keeping the convenience of sandwiches.

Stepping in the runners POV, a lot of dedication and training go into preparing for the marathon. The marathon is an event that would no doubt be extremely unhealthy if done of a regular basis (like alcohol) it is extremely stressful to the body. But the runner has trained for this with a lot of hard work and time dedicated. Probably with an extremely strict diet/lifestyle as well if seriously competitive. Around the marathon you are really trying to get as much caloric energy in your body as you can. Afterwards, you are so depleted, your big event is over, I can see why you want to let loose and celebrate, reward yourself. The beer here serving 2 functions, to replenish (as any other shitty carb source would do here lol) but also give yourself a reward after all that effort and training. Since alcohol is a toxin, in small amounts consumed it can be categorized as hormesis, basically exposing your body to small amount of stress/toxicity than gives you benefits. Just like cold showers, eating raw plant foods, exercise, all forms of hormesis. But with the alcohol the margin of benefit is definitely low. But imo, if its something you enjoy, the psychological reward payoff could definitely be of value to you.

You must have taken the ladder before this post.

No doubt, my point is the people in professional sports, take the NBA for example, are not the guys with the most mastery over their mental skills. There are so many immature man-boys. They are there because they are top notch athletes who have practiced the game and developed extraordinary skillsets (some more than others). Thats the foundation. What separates the average to good NBA player from the best of the best is the mental. One is a prerequisite for the other in the case of sports. You foster both at the same time but the mental, or presence in big moments, getting in the zone will do you no good if you don't have the foundational skills and physical capacity.

First off, you're asking how to perform better at basketball. You need to practice basketball skills. Thats your foundation. Its far from all mental. The mental for basketball, or any team sport, is layered on top of skills, which are neuromuscular then physical conditioning, then understanding of plays and chemistry with teammates. Thats your problem as to why you are inconsistent at basketball, because your plan first and foremost is to meditate and float tank, ask for quick fixes on a forum last minute before your playoffs. Secondly, do you not see the selfishness in this? Why do you have to 'dominate'? The goal is to do whatever it takes to help your team win, not get glory for yourself. Even if that means making the right pass and playing good defense and not scoring at all. You are not the player I would want on my team. Its not a pick up game. Put your ego aside.

How bout actually conditioning your body for it and working on basketball skills? All stuff you put out is the icing on the cake when it comes to dominating basketball. Definitely has nothing to do with self actualization.

Speaking from the training profession as well, performance is not equal to health as you probably know. The carbohydrates in beer will indeed replenish them, but only because of the nature of what they are doing, that they can afford all those empty calories. Thats an extreme example. Nothing wrong with that, but for the majority of people, beer is a poor choice to replenish your stores after physical exertion.

Thats a projection.

When we're talking about belief, we are talking about taking something up on faith, accepting the existence of something. But when you experience something directly, there is no longer a need to believe. An experience is something you directly encounter, prior to belief. No need to believe something after you experience it. You may experience something, but not know exactly what you experienced, in which case you can form beliefs about what it was. Content wise. But the belief that the experience happened is not a belief, you directly experienced that whatever happened, happened. Structure wise. Of course, this is going to be dualistic because the mechanism we are using to describe this is language.

Did Jesus really say beliefs are true? Don't confuse religious beliefs about Jesus with what Jesus said himself. It is indeed possible to have direct experience without beliefs. Whether or not you believe something doesn't change whats actually happening. Sit in silence with a quiet mind, there are no beliefs going on in that temporary direct experience.

I too have been wondering about the plastic tupperware. Its one thing to microwave food in the plastic container, (and microwaving is a whole separate issue in itself) and put hot food in, as oppose to cooled down food and then refrigerate. Not sure if that minimizes the negative effects of the plastic.

Thanks for sharing. Amazing how much this flies under the radar.

lol same This is still a misconception. You are putting a direct experience on the same level of belief because you haven't had that direct experience yet so you want to bring it down to your level, naturally. Its nothing to believe or not believe, its direct understanding of whats actually the case, on the same level of directly experiencing you are a conscious being. Its a re-frame of what you've been experiencing your whole life, hidden in plain sight. You just have a bunch of conditioning and assumptions to unwire.