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For the joy of it. Because you love to. To express the understanding, happiness, love, beauty, truth etc. There are many “reasons” but it always comes back to, for the love and for the fun of it, because it’s amazing!

@Evil Raccoon Listen to music you want o in that moment, gradually you’ll gravitate towards your own preferences and that’s completely fine, just because they rap about fucking girls & popping pills it isn’t inherently “bad” it’s just where they’re out, and usually it sounds quite good lol. But, music goes far deeper, and the greatest musicians tend to go the deepest, true creativity comes from that place of stillness and beauty, many musicians say they have no idea where their inspiration comes from, it just arises and then enjoy musi for the wonderful creation that it is! Heres an example, I LOVED Juice WRLD (RIP) and he is your typical stage Orange kind of guy, but with a difference, his first album was about his break up and the struggles of that, some raw emotion, and that’s why I feel he attracted so many listeners, he also didn’t glorify the drugs, but knew he struggled with addiction and explained that in the music, which was also good. So you can even appreciate these artists as you become more conscious from a certain vantage point, and you can see the pain behind a lot of these songs, as well as the joy and love! Music is certaintly a beautiful art!

@Meta-Man Exactly, you gradually just start listening to music that resonates with you more, I wouldn’t force it all, it happens naturally. Sadly, mainstream club music is still very, well mainstream! If you haven’t, check out Drum and Bass artists like Mr Traumatik, not only is he hilarious, but MCs about Psychedelics, Corruption, Spirituality, be even has a song called Chakras lol. They’ll always be something about DnB that I’ll always love, maybe MDMA experiences really can effect you long term!

@Nahm

Just wanted to add, The Enneagram is an incredible tool for understanding people and developing your relationships, helps you understand what your partner, friends and family really want and are really like!

@zeroISinfinity Here's what to do: Go live your life. Do what you love as much as possible. Have fun. Enjoy life. Spread love and live from love. If I could choose I would awaken as early as possible because then life just becomes an effortless joy like it has been this year for me, even through my first break up and all the crying and sadness, there has still been the absolute sense of peace and happiness that never leaves. Awakening isn't the end of life. It's the beginning of a new, love filled, incredible adventure that is about truly living. Maybe @Nahm can help out here, he has a way with words that I don't possess! But in a nutshell- Go enjoy life, whatever that means for you!

@Evil Raccoon Yeah, again not a one size fits all, if you don't like it and you feel it effects you, then stop listening bro, and find a more 'conscious' artist or genre of music

@zeroISinfinity Of course, the secret is to die before you die. I never once said Vegan = Awakening, Just in my experience, I personally don’t want another living being to die for me, but it’s not like you have to be Vegan to be awake. Not had your morning coffee this morning? Usually, you’re not this cranky!

@Paul92 Yeah, don't worry about the belief behind it at all, that will just create a never ending war in your own head, trust me I tried it with many of the concepts lol. Investigate for yourself the truth of your own being! @zeroISinfinity You always make me laugh man, I would love to see what goes on inside your head lol. What happens if Spira and Co awaken these people, will they stop being cannibals and become vegetarians like him? I want to know what happens in chapter 2!

Listen to music depending on what you wanna feel in that moment, but of course Music influences you, but it doesn't mean you have to listen to new age music 24/7 lol, for example when you're feeling sad you may want to listen to sad music to express your emotions for a while, but after a while will fancy some upbeat music to pick yourself back up etc. As @Consept said there isn't any rules. Do whatever works best for you, and whatever you want to do!

@Shiva99 Expect this for a whole, common withdrawal symptom! Im 10 days in now and starting to have awesome levels of energy again, can see myself doing this for good!

Just thought of a great example with my mum. She is very very anxious and In panic mode due to Covid-19 but she of course isn’t choosing Anxiety, it’s a result of a number of things such as too much mainstream news, fear of death, Poor health etc, creating a state of fear. So, it is an accumulation of a number of things that causes these things. In my case, I am very calm and at peace about the situation as I focus heavily on my health, relatively speaking have prepared with supplements and a routine in case, I also don’t completely believe the official narrative, and know death is simply an illusion, so therefore, feelings of peace and calm manifest instead. This can be applied to any situation, and shows how things are much more complex than a simple choice But, at the end of day, all that matters is the absolute freedom awakening brings, that’s where the desire for free will comes from, to experience the absolute beauty and freedom of the absolute. have a great day!

@Heaven As I say, If you still see yourself to be a separate entity, then the belief in free will is very normal When you see yourself as pure awareness/ The Absolute/ The Self, the issue is resolved as all that exists is THIS, and THIS has absolute freedom, in every moment

@Roy It’s all just a spontaneous joy in each wonderful passing moment! life is a beautiful celebration, and we are so lucky to have found a community like this, and teachings like this that help us understand this! Think about how much of the world is yet to to see the truth of their own being, we really are lucky!

Vegan of 5 years now, started to cure my acne (per Brian Turner on YouTube) Carried it on for the ethics of it, struggled a little bit at one point as I wasn’t supplementing B12, but once I started supplementing B12, D3& a wholefood multi, feel amazing! Also, added in Intermittent Fasting and weekly 24 hour fasts which have also been awesome so far and making losing weight a walk in the park.

@Enlightenment Yeah agree to an extent. However, some people are genuinely addicted to Porn and it Fs them up and limits their growth as a person, think the typical mums basement playing video games all day, and No-Fap could be a spearhead to a “better” life. I think it’s a case by case basis, like most things, and it isn’t a one size fits all approach. If people want to quit porn, video games, junk food etc then so be it. If not then enjoy them! For me Porn & Junk Food are 2 things I personally quit as I have quite an addictive personality, and porn used to effect my relationship to an extent, and I was a little obese as a child. Every case is different

@Preety_India Thank you I really appreciate it! it comes from a place of suffering with Porn addiction for a long time haha! And, of course feel free

@Amit In this situation, banning seems completely the wrong approach to me, sorry. And, this is from someone in the process of quitting Porn. Banning will just create underground Porn, like we now have an underground Drug trade.

@Jacobsrw Perfect answer, Childlike with joyful maturity summarises it nicely

Banning is completely the wrong approach, absolute freedom means we have the choice to consume what we wish. If that is a life on porn, weed, junk food and coke, then so be it. Often, people aren’t happy with these lifestyles and decide to “transcend” them and become happier, these people may decide to quit using porn. For example, I think Coca Cola is poison so don’t ever drink it, that doesn’t mean I think it should be banned, as some people wish to drink it, despite the health effects, that is their choice as a human. Maybe one day, enough people will stop drinking it and care more about their health, in that Coca Cola will actually have to create a healthy product in response. I actually think the opposite regarding Drugs, and believe they should all be made legal, so users can 1) get a cleaner product and 2) Addicts can get the help they need. If we ban porn maybe it’ll follow down the whole looking down on Porn addicts as most of society does with drugs. It’s a complex issue with Porn, because to overcome the addiction it isn’t as easy as simply not watching, it is usually a sign of some underlying issue, so needs a bit more effort than just stopping watching, for many “No-Fap” is a gateway into personal development work. Personally, I have struggled with Porn for a long time, and I realised it was because I wasn’t being sexually expressive with my ex-GF, we didn’t talk enough about what we both really wanted from our sex life. Currently, I’m on a 90 day Porn reset which you have probably heard of, and I feel it’s exactly what I need right now

@Olly Yeah, I was only drinking Green Tea by the end, but was still having sleep issues as I was up to like 4-5 cups a day, like you say always needing and wanting more!

Hey guys, Currently going through my first break up, and even though it was for the best (we want different things) it is incredibly fucking hard. We had broken up before, around this time last year, but that was due to actual issues in the relationship, and as a typical Enneagram 7 my response to dealing with it was to escape and Ignore instead of go into my feelings and fully feel them as they arise, no matter the intensity. This time, it is due to being at slightly different places in life, and it feels like it’s for good. So, I was wondering from people who have been through this what is the “best” ways to deal with this. My intuition is telling me the best way is to simply face all feelings that arise head on and cry as much as I need to, reminisce as much as I need to, and simply feel my emotions fully as I did not do last time. As a zen master once said- “When you are happy, be completely happy, and when you are sad, be completely sad.” It’s very easy to do when the baseline becomes happiness, now is the real test. Thanks for any advice guys, and, if there was ever a reminder that life can still hit you hard post awakening, and that you still are a human with emotions and feelings, this is it. And, right now (and for a while I imagine) I will he faced with bouts of sadness and crying, but that is natural, much more natural than trying to deny the feelings as I did before. The crying is still beautiful, and the crying is still the absolute, we are not simply robots post awakening, but if anything feel deeper, and right now I can say the feelings are certainly more intense than ever. This is it, always. Enjoy your weekend everyone.

In my experience, it’s just an interest in the truth, never take anything anyone says at face value and simply investigate everything for yourself. I agree, nothing should be made into a Dogma or ideology, but I wouldn’t say just investigating does that. Mindlessly believing in it does.

@Raptorsin7 Unrelated, basically the relationship had become too one sided and she was putting in more of the effort and commitment, and basically got sick of it, which is completely fair enough, I just wish I realised how much I was distancing myself sooner, I essentially tried to make the relationship a part of my life, instead of realising it is your life, and your partner should feel like that, I got very carried away in firstly seeking several years ago, which she wasn’t too interested in, although she would meditate with me and recently attended Satsang with me, and then the last year, Business even more so, I just didn’t give the relationship the attention it deserved, I kinda felt the person I was being didn’t deserve to be in the relationship anymore, she deserves much better, especially as She is a very relationship orientated person. The issue stems from the “honeymoon” phase 2 years ago which was honestly (aside from awakening) the best 6 months of my life, I can’t see why people get hooked on that new love haha. At tht time I was very focused on the relationship as it was new, and we was both in school so had similar schedules and lifestyles, and my business was very very new at that point. The issues began arising when she went to Uni, and we were basically on different “wavelengths” as I was working a lot, and she had a lot of free time at Uni, but I’ll stop rambling haha, what is done is done, and I’m sure it’s for the best, and wish her nothing but happiness it will be the hardest thing ever seeing her when she gets a new boyfriend though, honestly. In regards to attraction, basically just quit porn, research and implement a fair amount of sex advice and become good in bed and you should be good, as long as the initial attraction is strong, if you keep a women satisfied the attraction shouldn’t drop too much, and if you stay away from porn and focused on your own sexuality. At least that’s what I’ve noticed. And, be open with what you both like and are into, it helps a lot.

@Meta-Man good way to flip that metaphor tbf @Anna1 Thank you, I will do next time it rises up, and yes, feeling fully and in the moment is exactly what I’m doing- thank you! @ThermalTide Yeah man I’ve already had some chats with friends, I’m lucky to have a few older friends from my work, and he’s been awesome as has a lot more life experience and perspective! Self-Care is key, going to keep up the morning routine for sure, Wim Hof will help me through it after it all, his method all started after his wife’s death, and came from heartbreak! @liamnewsom202 Yeah, it’s key finding that balance between feeling the feelings and then getting stuck in a negative loop of Netflix and ice cream all day, luckily I’m quite disciplined in that regard, so am managing to stay on track with Diet and what not so far. But, yeah it is tough like you say. And, you’re right, realising it can be a good thing and allow you to meet new people, it’s just very hard to adjust after to talking to someone most of every day, then to absolutely nothing, almost like a mini death.