Kshantivadin

Do you rest adequately practicing it?

Sun signs are just a tiny part of the natal chart. Combine all of your planet placements in signs, the houses, degrees of planet placement and movement of the planets (direct,retrograde stationary) at the moment of birth and you get a fuller picture. At the end of the day it's just another system. But very useful.

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@Leo Gura I hope you'll find something that helps your energy eventually. What worked for me the past years was putting in more and more physical energy during the day. It's counter-intuitive, but it worked like: give energy to get energy. Now I have the physical energy to walk any distance, I can probably work construction, travel with a bicycle, and I train every day.

Have you tried abstaining from ejaculating for 90 days?

Future #1 - The good future This is a possible future 5 years from now if I do the following things: limit instant gratification to 2 hours a day go to the library every workday enroll in therapy and do some active imagination/inquiry by myself continue doing sports practice meditation and contemplate which will bring about higher consciousness, compassion, wisdom and Love in my life make social connections happen I have a degree in psychology and am a certified body psychotherapist / yoga teacher. I am in the best shape of my life, extremely happy in my body, strong, supple, healthy, full of energy and vibrant. I am financially independent. I have mastered my emotions and thus have no blockages from experiencing life in its fullness. I have become my own best friend instead of an enemy - thinking of myself and caring of myself with the purest love I have yet to experience. All trauma has been integrated, allowing me to express myself to the core. This profound radiant change has attracted love in my life in so many ways - I now have a loving partner I couldn't even dream of having 5 years ago. My friends are the some of the most remarkable people I know to have walked this Earth. I am extremely proud of each and every one of them and thank God every day for having them in my life. They are proud to be my friend as well and find my presence inspiring. Every day is an adventure and a step forward to complete realisation and actualisation. Due to the immense beauty of this actualised abundance, there is no obstruction to realising deeper and deeper insights on the nature of reality. There is no obstruction to the flow of my love. I am finally in a place where I can offer my numerous gifts to the world. I am finally in a place where I can fill the cup of those in such dire need. I am filled with such a profound sense of awe, gratitude and bliss each and every day for experiencing this kind of life, making any and every endeavour effortless. I have exited the Dark Night (Vipashyana jñanas) a couple of years ago and look at 5 years ago with a sense of compassion, gratitude and relief. Future #2 - the bad future This is a future 5 years from now if I do the following things: indulge in unlimited instant gratification avoid schoolwork neglect the cultivation of thumos neglect the cultivation of other virtues neglect spiritual practice avoid deep emotional work that will perpetuate the bad habits and patterns in my life that will make me miserable eat shit food, overeat neglect training isolate myself, do not share myself with the world, do not put myself out there In this future, I would be fucked. I would be super unhappy. I didn't even finish university due to it being emotionally too hard - not because I didn't have the skills to do it, but because I did not put effort in good habits that would make me pass and also things that would let me get over the inner blockages (eg therapy). This future is too shit for me to even contemplate it. I am overweight, making it way more difficult to move and making me have less energy and feel bitter, resentful and angry. People disrespect me because of my apparent unhappiness. I miss opportunities left and right. I am single and have unsatisfactory friendships. I'm so disconnected from Beauty and Love and Consciousness that I'm probably having thoughts of suicide on a daily basis. First try, I was disgusted about the second future which definitely lit a fire under my ass to make the first future a reality. I will expand on this prompt as I see it can be very transformative, I am tired to do more now.

thanks!!!!

I highly recommend making homemade peanut butter / tahini / hummus. all you need is a food processor and you got yourself easy, cheap and nutritious food. peanuts and sesame is dirt cheap, chickpeas as well. eat em with bread whenever you're hungry. if you do a weekly meal prep, you can make a big pot of lentils, beans as well. lentils combine very well with rice (super easy to prep so you could eat fresh). those two are very rewarding to make in bulk. buy smoked tofu to add in when you need more food - smoked tofu needs no prep. kind regards from a vegan weightlifter

@Illusory Self Not going to commit to anything yet, I am just absorbing information and contemplating how to radically transform my life in 2.5 years starting a month from now. The book is GOLDEN.

it did? woooooooooah

I'm reading it right now as well

This clicked for me two nights ago as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWO5Oj4yG-Q

Based! Keep at it. Make it a habit, a kneejerk reaction - you see someone you like, you follow up with approaching.

@Realms of Wonder I was reminding everyone in the thread, sorry that I quoted you lol I may have come across as rude, sorry. What I wanted to say is that your sense of masculinity shouldn't depend on the food you eat, or whether you release your semen or not. The masculine can recover from it. It is from a feeling of scarcity that we try to hold and contrive things for ourselves. Realise your abundant masculinity. It's overflowing.

I am also glad. Just please, please, please - it's a personal development forum - try to be aware that we are all prone to self-deception.

Essential? Boy masculinity. I start to understand why Leo has no patience with some of you guys. Sorry to have ever judged you bro.

It's a very grounded, unshakable masculinity if it has to depend on eating meat

you too

It's week 16 of 2022 now. I was thinking of making a prompt to see how you're doing each week, reflect on the time passed and envision the future weeks of the year. The effects are twofold: just doing the prompt is amazing by itself, but there is also an element of accountability with the rest of us on the forum. I think this would be a great idea for everyone involved. The prompt is, of course, going to be flexible according to your needs - you can add whatever you think you should. This way it will evolve as we go Follow the thread if you're interested.

You are loved. And you're strong as fuck bro. I don't even know you and I respect you.