Michal__

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  1. Haha, true And we all do it. Yeah, speaking from experience I definitely need regular excersise to not get addicted. The body needs to be transcended before the mind. Unless you are doing psychedelics, of course. But even then it matters a lot. When I dont workout, run, box etc I will quickly want to watch more tv series, drink more and a lot of other things.
  2. The correct approach is to increase by 5 - 10 minutes every few days until you get to the desired amount (speaking as someone who has a very solid meditation habit - a few hours most days, sometimes more). I did that. The trick is to slowly get used to the discomfort so much that you wont want to move during the session anymore and maintain wakefulness during the whole session. When you get to 1.5h without a break this way it wont feel long at all. And you wont even have to have much discipline to meditate 3h a day because you will see a ton of benefits from all that concentration.
  3. Probably some dukkha nanas. It's an important part of meditation. Continue and it will disappear. If you went to a Vipassana retreat now you might get a cessation. When you get to a further phase where this doesn't happen anymore it will return again in time but you'll be able to get out of it faster. Probably some dukkha nanas. It's an important part of meditation. Continue and it will disappear. If you went to a Vipassana retreat now you might get a cessation. When you get to a further phase where this doesn't happen anymore it will return again in time but you'll be able to get out of it faster. But it depends on what kind off practice you're doing. If it's purely concentration then do what the guy above quoting the mind illuminated said. If you're doing a Vipassana practice then listen to me and read a few sections from mastering the core teachings of the Buddha about nanas. Also, I hope you're sitting without back support. If you're sitting with back support then you're drowsy because your form is bad.
  4. Yes. If you do it properly you will probably get into more interesting states than if you just watched your breath for example.
  5. There are multiple kinds of jhãnas. The mind illuminated includes the easy kind. Also the harder types. But those are all the same kind of jhãnas - the samatha jhãnas. Those are achieved by focusing on a strong objects that reinforces itself and makes concentration on itself automatic. You can't access those without getting access concentration first and then switching to a secondary meditation objects - when the breath disappears. Then there are different things called jhãnas that are more like jhãnic qualities mixed with Vipassana deconstruction. Those are not harder to reach but are not a purely concentration practice. You can get an even mix of both using kasina meditation. So you don't have to worry about these details as much. You can get a nimmita very fast - specifically with the fire kasina (the secondary object). On other types it's not as fast. Too-long-didn't-understand(TLDU): Either do mind illuminated or kasina.
  6. High concentration will make you learn much quicker, perform better in business, need less sleep and generally become a much more effective human. That should be enough motivation for an ambitious person. You have to do it without back support and it has to be at least 90 minutes (or something like that). Preferably in a single session. Everyday. You can feel like you're on something better than modafinil 24/7 and that's not even the high end. That's like 1% of where 2 hours a day can get you in the long term. I'm getting to a point where I can't meditate in the morning because the states I reach would be too high to function properly. So I do a session before sleep instead.
  7. Not at all. It might build up your overall capacity overall. If you want to use spirituality for material advancement read Advanced magick for beginners by Alan Chapman. Actually I'd say you should practice that before diving deep into deeper realizations. Since you'll need a stable base to not end up a homeless mystic. It can be pretty destabilizing. Get your finances, dating and health to a degree you're happy with and that is possible with your genes and then go all out on spirituality. And reading a few hundred books on diverse topics and then applying them is often a prerequisite to even have a mind that's developed enough to reach the really deep stuff - you can't figure out the nature of reality if you have the mind of a teenage boy :D.
  8. Consciousness and understanding both above and maybe encompassing (I personally think that increasing consciousness alone is not enough for full development of those if not shifted in those directions using appropriate techniques) neti neti, magick etc.
  9. Idk if this is just specific to my body chemistry but when I trip on the same day when I take modafinil it changes how modafinil works next time - it might become trippy pernamently. It is definitely a good combo but do you really want to be in a trippy headspace whenever you take modafinil for work?? Who knows if the effects ever turn back to normal.
  10. Nice, those are astral projections. I can tell you how to have more of them if you want.
  11. Yeah he's a scammer but calling him a sex trafficker when that hasn't been confirmed at all is just wrong. Managing onlyfans has nothing to do with sex trafficking.
  12. Not exactly conscious but if you'd enjoy then why the hell not? If you have more time and money for spirituality and would enjoy having a bit too much sex it might be something for you. Just don't become a drug addict. And don't call it life purpose. Just a fun way to make money.
  13. Replace the cigarette with a joint or a dab pen (if you don't mind blasting off). And plan it so it doesn't interfere with your survival. Just a thought ?.
  14. Noting + HHC = panaromic vision A question that previously gave no results can go surprisingly deep if you were hindered by a lack of consciousness before Smoking it gives better results than edibles.
  15. 1) 1/3 of a weed cookie The reason I believe that this moment had a past and will have a future and is in space is because I believe my memories. I believe my memories because I have memories that tell me that my assuptions about what happened is correct. The normal assumptions are a bunch of unconcious nonsense.
  16. Why couldn't he be a serious mystic? Engaging in devilry doesn't negate mysticism. I heard it took a few tries for him to die
  17. You'll learn things that are more correctly aligned with what actually makes money. So maybe cut back the hours a bit so you don't burn out?
  18. This might make some mods screech (especially if they're not familiar with some of the ways spiritual development can go), but you should do a meditation retreat (minimum 10 days, 10+h a day, preferably longer). It's likely you'd get an Eckhart Tolle style instant alleviation of 90% suffering that would stay there even after you are not on the retreat. If that doesn't happen then yeah, I'd get the antidepressants and continue practicing. But you should be able to assess whether you can handle the fact, that at least some parts of the retreat would be destabilizing. Dark night is a lot more common than people think. A dead giveaway should be if you first started with very positive experiences, maybe completely spontaneous (doesn't matter if it's spontaneous, it would just make it more obvious).
  19. Trolling to this degree is still a mental illness, at least in my view. Just a less severe form. It definitely did not grow his channel, so it was not a business decision. At least not a good one. He can't be completely sane and consider eating shit a good marketing strategy simultaneously
  20. Well, business is harder than going to university and getting a job. So don´t expect to have it easier if you go the business route. But when you do succeed it is much more rewarding, both on the mental level and financially.
  21. Read advanced magick for beginners by Alan Chapman and start practicing right away. I have literally thousands of experiences with witchcraft and I consider this to be one of the best starting points. Another great thing would be to combine it with a fire kasina retreat. And the most accurate movie is "The Craft" (the old version). Yeah, some parts are exaggerated but not by much.
  22. Sounds like you used the trip well.
  23. It sounds like you got a legit spiritual realization. Not "last piece of puzzle" by any means, but still, you seem sincere. Just take some time, do psychedelics, contemplate and meditate, and see how it deepens.