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  1. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    8 hours ago, Something Funny said:

    I just did the first 3 hour session :D

    It was hard and painful, but not as hellish as I expected it to be.

    I wasn't able to sit completely still though. First, I had to get up and change my position after the first 30 minutes because i sat really uncomfortably and it was really painful. But after that I didn't get up from the chair, just did some minor movements with my back, neck, legs, toes, etc. I've tried to minimize them as much as possible but wasn't always able to. I hope I will do better in future sessions.

    Time actually went by quicker that how I felt it. I was expecting to sit for about 30 minutes longer when the time started ringing.

    8 hours ago, Something Funny said:

     

    You should switch to walking meditation everytime you begin to lose wakefulness etc. And slowly increase the ratio of sitting:walking.

    Walking is not less effective when done properly!

    Take wakefulness as a metric of whether you are doing it right.

    And ofc the walking meditation counts towards the total daily goal time.

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    That way you still build solid technique without wasting a year by doing only 30 minutes a day.

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    The part where you talk about time going faster/there being less resistance is where you began to do it right  ? .

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    Extending the gym metaphor by Leo: yeah, it'd be dumb to try to bench 500 lbs the first time you go to the gym but should not be used as an excuse not to try to bench 225 lbs during the first year, which is perfectly doable with the right regimen.

  2. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    3 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

    @Leo Gura my problem is that I feel like my mind is fucked up and because of that I can't function in life properly. 

    My emotional mastery is really low. I struggle with anxiety, loneliness, depression, addictions. I am incredibly inconsistent and drop most of the goals that I set. I procrastinate my days away watching tv shows and scrolling reddit as an escape. 

    You get the picture.

    1) Set aside a specific time (the same everyday) for only productivity. That is way easier than having a different schedule everyday.

    2) A lot of concetration = crystal clear mind.

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    2 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

    But that's what I want. I want to suffer and burn through all the crap inside of myself.

    @Carl-Richard thank you. I actually avoided watching that video for a very long time now. I think I should. :D

    And hopefully I can also transform myself as well through this process.

    That's good if you're okay with making your life temporarily worse (in that case it will first get better, then worse, then wayy better).

    I got most of my personal life stuff done when I was doing just concentration on the breath for 3 hours a day.

  4. Posted

    Just now, Something Funny said:

    @Michal__ i am not sure what vipassana is. My plaan was to do a strong determination sitting with a do nothing technique and that's it. Trying to observe whatever is happening without controlling it.

    I'd advise you to stick to breath counting/breath observation.

    Do nothing will inevitably lead to you having to face negative states too.

    Also, literally all productivity is based on concentration.

    Strong determination sits is a good idea. Except with a different technique than do nothing if your main goal at this time is to have a better life. Especially in a high dose.

     

  5. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    If your goal is to become a better person then stick to a concentration technique. That is amazing for that purpose.

    Don't do Vipassana until you build up your life, that will inevitably make you experience both spiritually pleasant states and spiritually unpleasant states (dark night of the soul) before being able to observe both with equanimity.

    Serious contemplation should be done after having some sort of a base too.

  6. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    Btw if you guys want to use exercise to increase mindfulness / maybe even get into altered state you should try high rep squats (100 reps). 

    Or you could use rest pause (a long set where you are allowed to pause for 5 - 10 seconds) and increase weight every time you hit 100 reps.

    That will basically force you to observe your emotions / thoughts and realize that they are different than the movement itself and can have the same effect as strong determination sits except faster. Combined with mindful stretching afterwads it should be at least as good as yoga.

  7. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    It's all about concentration.

    High enough concentration/vizualization = Harry Potter level magick.

    You become whatever you concentrate on.

    Since your concentration won't be that high most of the time you're basically limited to manipulating chance.

    Concentration is the act of becoming one with X.

    So magick is actually about making your experience more and more direct.

    How manipulating chance works in practice:

    Eg. If I perform a working to get money and then buy a stratch off ticket, I will probably win a nice amount.

    If I perform a working to fly I will probably fly in a dream or fall off a building IRL if I didn't do any protection measure.

    Since there are no routes of manifestation where I could actually fly in real life with my current level of consciousness.

  11. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    https://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/part-iii-the-samatha-jhanas/29-kasina-practice/

    I would probably take all the instructions from this very packed summary.

    If you really wanted to change something because you'd like it that way slightly different with trataka it probably wouldn't matter much because there's not much you can do wrong.

    Also microdosing and maybe some modafinil will definitely kickstart this practice.

    If you do the variation where you straight up visualize from the start there's nothing wrong with that either. It will lead to the same place but the process will be different.

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    1 minute ago, Inliytened1 said:

    What does he have to offer then?  I tuned in to a few early videos and what I saw I was an excited kid.   I'm 52.  He is young and he may have attained some degree of enlightenment- but he's just an eager kid from what I saw.  No depth.  He had an experience.   Well - yeah - so?

    I think he's like 40.

    He describes how to attain a permanent deep no self state.

    That's not shallow by any metric.

  13. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    52 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    I've done a 12 day water fast. I never felt at ease or not hungry. There is a lot of BS out there about fasting. Lots of myths that people use to sell their books.

    I got nothing positive out of fasting. It was miserable from day 1 and it only got worse each day. By day 10 I could barely stand up from a chair without fainting.

    Listen to YOUR BODY! Not "experts" selling books. Your body has a lot of intelligence to it. Learn to listen to the messages it sends you.

    Skinny people should not fast. At least not for extended time.

    I only did a 4 day fast and it was amazing.

    Amazing mental clarity, a lot of energy (there were some low points too), deepened meditation, deepened siddhis, long term better habits etc. 

    I did supplement himalayan pink salt though. I dont know exactly what you did but getting close to fainting sounds like not having enough electrolytes to me.

    I do 2 - 3 day fasts pretty frequently and it gets a bit better each time.

    I think that like 90% of the good effects are from autophagy. Skinny people dont have enough tissue that would be beneficial to get rid off, so they should not expect it to lead to anything good.

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    6 hours ago, Carl-Richard said:

    This particular issue is a bit different. We've identified a large number of accounts linked through the same IPs. There is a legitimate issue there that needs to be handled, but it's not as simple as it seems.

    I think right now it can falsely flag those who either use mobile data in the same location as a different forum user or those who use some of the popular VPNs from time to time (which would be basically most people who are into IT).

    Which could theoretically be solved by checking what IP they use most often and what IP they have created the account with.

    But that has to be done manually, since developing an algorithm to do it accurately would require a good, paid programmer for 100 - 200 hours.

    There's a reason services like Netflix don't just run around banning people with the same IP.

  19. Posted

    30 minutes ago, bazera said:

    @Michal__ @DefinitelyNotARobot What would you guys consider to be the dangers of doing AP? If any, since you have quite a lot of experience with this.

    @Michal__

    What do you mean by this? Like, you can see something in AP that later when you wake up you can verify? Something like what were your friends doing? 

    Something like what were your friends doing? 

    -> Yes.

    What would you guys consider to be the dangers of doing AP? If any, since you have quite a lot of experience with this.

    -> Maybe getting too addicted to it.  

    Also it's important to be careful when coming to metaphysical conclusions based on astral projection. 

    It's a nice tool. Not the peak of all experience or anything like that (some people seem to treat it like that).

  20. Posted

    The easiest method is in "The Phase" book by Michael Raduga. 

    That alone is enough to AP 3 days a week, multiple times a session, pretty quickly.

    Just ignore his metaphysical understanding of the phenomenon. He doesn't think it's real.

    Getting real, verifiable input is definitely possible. It took me a few hundred astral projections to verify though. I've had close to a 1000 of them.

    Getting it to a level where you have lots of control, the APs are long enough (it's possible to have 1+h super stable experiences), where you can always get reliable info etc. is the real work. Getting your first AP is the easy part.

  21. Posted · Edited by Michal__

    11 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    Not a single Buddist is Awake.

    Buddism is pure bullshit.

    The only one on this planet who's Awake is me and Peter Ralson.

    I'm actually really surprised that you included Ralston. Why? He's your typical Zen master who spent a few decades being a Zen Buddhist.

    He's basically what would happen if Peterstone spent a few decades meditating.