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@Buck Edwards I developed pretty severe cptsd as a result of my upbringing. Which has left me rather reliant on my parents financially for the time being whilst I heal myself. So, I sort of studied a lot about narcissistic people's patterns of behavior's, and I work to manage their emotions so that I get the support I want. I've distanced myself as much as possible otherwise though, both emotionally and physically.

@Buck Edwards Ye dude i get you. I'm disorganised attachment myself. Maddening too once you are aware of your style but then you still see yourself have the same strong desires

@Buck Edwards Agreed. Can be hard though, in my experience, because of the attachment style you develop towards a narcissistic parent imo.

Dayum you found my mum's prayer

@meta_male Agreed brother.

I think its a great question to ask. To my mind, we don't really care about free speech. We care about what free speech gives us. If I am alone in a cave I don't care about free speech laws because it has no positive effect for me. So, free speech is not a good thing in of itself. Instead, its something that can lead to some positive outcomes in some circumstance.

I would go a step further and say that women having toenails is too sexual. Women's toenails should be banned asap

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prana-Pranayama-Niranjanananda-Saraswati/dp/8186336796 To my understanding, a comprehensive guide to the practice of pranayama (aka practice of breath regulation)

I think this a really intellectually transformative lecture series. The professor walks you through many of the major political events in the world since 1989. I'd put it as stage yellow. I think a lot of us have picked up a narrative/ understanding of the recent history based on various relatively low consciousness sources. Sometimes we've generated a narrative without even really realizing it. Our sources may be more or less conscious, i.e. breitbart compared to the new york times. However, I think this lecture series really works to challenge these existing narratives. As well, I believe it challenges how we actually think about political issues.

@igor699669 Also, I'd check out the meditations on the r/nondirective subreddit (these meditation techniques fall into the surrender category) Imo, there are three types of meditations: 1. Single pointed concentration meditation, i.e. just focusing on breath 2. Awareness/ insight/ mindfulness meditations, i.e. noting/ labelling your inner experiences (Here you become aware of your inner experiences) 3. Surrender/ letting go meditations, i.e. meditations focused on letting go of control ----- I think, when starting off, its best to focus on the first and third types of meditations.

You're welcome mate

https://www.yogapoint.com/pranayama/Surya_bhedan.htm Edit: Btw, on a personal note, I would be curious to hear feedback about this technique. Even if its just this had no effect on me . Feel free to PM.

Ngl was expecting this fred ?:

Fairs dude. sorry for being passive aggressive btw

Ok big man, how many approaches you done?

@StarStruck Death, and aging are one of the key reasons I find spirituality so important. Personally I would like to live as long as I can. But only if i have some mastery of spirituality.

If you are good at vipassana, can you just use that whilst having bad trips? As in would you even be able to remember that you know vipassana. I've never tripped before. But seemingly if you can, then you could deal with intense emotions with much more ease

Also, here is an alternative version of the technique: https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/comments/31ss86/mahasistyle_noting_aloud/ Essentially, its the same technique just with spoken labels.

https://www.bps.lk/olib/bp/bp503s_Mahasi_Practical-Insight-Meditation.pdf ^Link to free pdf book, written by the technique's creator (Mahasi Sayadaw) Its a form of vipassana meditation that works using primary and secondary objects of attention.

Fairs dude, I'll respect your wishes on that.

Could you elaborate please. I.e. what do you define as 'I'?

@StarStruck I mean I think a core belief of this whole actualized.org thing is that, in the relative sense, humans have no free will.

So anarchism?

Abstract meaning So, for me ‘primary and secondary noting’ refer to techniques that involve: - 1) Noting/ labelling one, ‘primary’ sensory experience. - 2) When any other sensory experience comes into awareness, the meditator notes/ labels that sensory experience in some way. For example, until there is a ‘gone’. Then intention is returned to noting/ labelling the primary sensory experience again. Meaning in the mahasi system I take the terms from Mahasi's meditation technique. Here is my understanding of how the terms are used there. My understanding there is that you have a primary object of meditation: Rising and falling of abdomen. The practice involves noting these rising and falling sensations, and labelling 'rising' and 'falling'. However, as you practice, other sensory experiences will come into awareness. These other sensory experiences are the ‘secondary objects’. Essentially, in Mahasi’s system any sensory experience which is not the primary object (rising/ falling sensations of the abdomen), is classed as a secondary object of meditation. In Mahasi’s system, you then note and label the secondary object in a certain way, i.e. if its thinking, then you note and label the thinking until it disappears. After that you return to noting and labelling the rising-falling of the abdomen again.

Hi, Anyone know of a meditative practice which involves primary and secondary noting? I want it to be similar to mahasi style noting. However, I would like it to be an absorption/ single-pointed focused practice, rather than an insight/ momentary concentration practice. Thanks in advance.