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Recent work in neurology, cognitive psychology (etc) indicates that our non-conscious minds play a greater role in our thinking and acting than was previously thought. the conscious mind is just a particular portion of the whole mind. And yet, our intuitive grasp of ourselves and our minds seems to be that "I" am my Conscious Mind, and probably nothing else. We can see such attitudes, if we look, in almost every aspect of our human culture and lives. So I have created this topic to ask these questions: 1.Does the 'non-conscious mind' really exist? 2.Is your non-conscious mind part of YOU? 3.Is your Conscious Mind the only part of your mind that 'matters'? 4.Is there any benefit in considering the mind to have two or more parts, instead of as a whole? My own thoughts are that yes, the non-conscious mind exists; it is that portion of our whole mind that is not open to conscious scrutiny or awareness, and I think it is by far the larger portion. All of my mind is part of me, so yes, of course my non-conscious mind is part of me. Our Conscious Minds matter, but they aren't the only parts of our minds, so they can't be the only parts that matter. There is no significant benefit to considering the mind in pieces. Your thoughts?

I'm currently working out at home using simple 10 kg dumbbells. I use a mix of milk , honey and eggs as a protein shake pre-workout . But I decided to do something different to gain more muscle weight instead of fat weight. I want to look skinny muscular instead of skinny fat (I have a belly ). Building muscle while water fasting So ive Been water fasting on and off since July 20th. . I want to start lifting to gain muscle around July 30th mark , while continuing to water fast to break down fat. Anyone know a safe way to build muscle while water fasting? Will lifting, and breaking up my muscles, cause my body to use my muscles as fuel to burn excess skin/scar tissue/fat ? Thanks for your help

May I ask you what made you take that decision (to turn into a man ). Did you feel that you was born into the wrong body ? I'm really curious because this is a sensitive area that I have not much knowledge or experience in..so I wanna hear more about your story,if you don't mind .

Agree with all of these . Are you a woman who turned into a man ?or a man who turned into a woman ? Probably the first one but your profile pic looks like a female .

im suffering from low self confidence. I want my voice to be heard and recognized but having a strong personality will not make people respect my opinion, it'll just piss them off. it's very common in geeks to associate their worth as an individual based strongly on their intelligence. My experience growing up was such that I was social kryptonite. Got made fun of a lot in group settings so I retreated socially, big time. The ego needs to prop itself up by comparing to others and saying "i'm not like them i'm better because..." and in my case it was "i'm smarter". It's the same with any other group that is above average in some way, like attractive people who become vain, etc.

Great ? . Keep meditating everyday. The ideal should be 1 hour every day . Once you master it ,you will shut down the mind .and when you shut down the mind you will experience reality as clearly as possible .and you will understand mystical experiences and mysticism.

No. You need awakening to the nature of reality . Which is pure mystery and magic .that's why its called "mysticism ". Because existence is irreduciblely mystical. But none of it will make any sense to you until you have some nondual insights. Do you even meditate ?

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I agree with the short thing .I too find short thin girl super cute and attractive. Not really into huge ass and tits . But I do care about facial beauty. That's the number one turn on for me. And a blonde hair mixed with blue hypnotic eyes are a killer for me

@Something Funny fair enough. I respect your priorities.

@Aleister Crowleyy yes you can say that. But this forum itself might be suggested by the Google algorithm when searching Maca or any other substance for that matter . So if we have people here try it and report amazing benefits from it (like what I'm doing here )..then that can be a great resource to enrich the Internet with more resources about the benefits of the substance. You get it ?

I don't have to link studies showing the benefits of maca . Any one can Google it .

All personality traits . Why did you dismiss looks ? Are you trying to tell me you would accept an ugly girl with these personality traits rather than a beautiful girl without all or some of these traits ?

We all gonna die in the end . So life is not worth a fart . But why make a big deal out of it ? Just enjoy the ride while it lasts .

Why do you keep posting about the same issue ? Why do you want to exit life ? You were born because your parents had sex one day . It's done ..it's over .there is nothing you can do about it . Except to accept it and make the most out of it.

@Tyler Robinson .....most younger guys have a similar thinking about getting bigger muscles for being more appealing to women. I was seriously into weight lifting during college. The kind of women I was attracted to turned out to be not into that look. I later learned that most women are happy with a man's body that is slim, fit ,with some muscles.......not an air hose lodged up the butt look.

Start appreciating how powerful God is. The dude has INFINITE power. Imagine how hard it is for an engineer to design a house or a building..but notice that he uses materials to construct the building .he uses building blocks that already exist . Imagine how powerful and intelligent God must be..because he designed this entire fucking universe from nothing .he created the building blocks. God can spontaneously create an infinite number of worlds that resembles nothing to our own. And he puts them all in his infinite mind . Start appreciating the profundity of reality .this is no mere joke that we are engaged in. Reality is a serious thing. And you must get serious about it in every possible way .

My highest record was 11 times in one day . I felt like a zombie from a parallel universe where nothing makes sense anymore. That was back in my teenage years when I first discovered masturbation and orgasm . I was like" holy shit !..what the hell is this other worldly feeling ?..this can't be real ..it feels so Goddam good "lol. In my teenage years i used to masturbate 3-4 times a week . And sometimes 3 or 4 Times a day .but then I take a long break for like a week or two to get my shit straight. What was your highest record of times of masturbation in one day ? And how did you felt afterwards? This thread is just for curiosity and fun.

@Federico del pueblo This is the real issue, someone doesn't have to have a 100% point specific look but I do need to be attracted to them. Attraction matters 100%, and if looks are reworded as attraction it is easily the most important thing. I don't think that it's shallow to say that I don't want to get to know someone who I find unattractive/unfuckable.

Why is that ?

How do you feel when you see pictures like that or gaze into the stars and galaxies in this vast infinite universe filled with supernovas and black holes and explosions ? Do you think God made all that for fun ? Or pointlessly? Or is there a purpose to creation ? Curious to know your perspective.

Of course. We are by default in a "low state of consciousness ". Which is the ego state of consciousness. In this mode ..we operate under the illusion that we are separated from our environment. There is "us" and then there is "the external world ". That's the reason we think consciousness is localised in the body .because we believe we are the body and not the whole experience..from which the body is just a tiny part of . This does not mean that the illusion of the self is pointless. It is the most powerful and consistent illusion we experience, so there must be some purpose to it. And in evolutionary terms, it is indeed useful to think of ourselves as distinct and personal. There is more of an incentive to survive and reproduce if it is for my survival, and my genes remain in the gene pool. After all, how can you be selfish without a sense of self? If we had no sense of self, and we perceived everything as ‘one’ or interconnected, what would be the point of competition? Perhaps then some important moral lessons can be drawn from the fact that the self is artificial, a construct. The idea that the self is an illusion is not new. The philosopher David Hume made a similar point, saying the self is merely a collection of experiences And in early Buddhist texts the Buddha uses the term anatta, which means ‘not-self’ or the ‘illusion of the self’. Thus Buddhism contrasts to, for example, Cartesianism, which says that there is a conscious entity behind all of our thoughts. The Buddha taught his followers that things are perceived by the senses, but not by an ‘I’ or ‘me’.

I was having a conversation with my big brother at the coffee shop this morning about libido and testosterone. He said to me that the more you grow older (especially in your 20s) your testosterone levels keep increasing. And that what makes your body more muscular and give you a deeper voice, face hair and body hair ,and increasing sex drive . But I did research it ..and found all the articles and studies show that testosterone levels reach its peak at the age of 18 or 19. And that explains why teenagers are horny all the time .but then according to my research, testosterone levels begin to decrease as you age even in your 20s. So who's right ? Does testosterone increase with age or decrease?

@Razard86 Its because we identified with being a separate self that lives somewhere inside the body. More accurately behind the eyes somewhere. But of course that's just an illusion. A helpful way to understand how the brain creates the illusion of the self is to think about perceptual illusions such as the Kanizsa triangle (see the picture below)In this illusion we see a triangle even though no triangle has been drawn, due to the surrounding lines and shapes giving the impression of there being a triangle. Our brain essentially ‘fills in the gaps’. our sense of a self is similarly a hallucination created through the combination of parts. We perceive the self as a result of different regions in our brain trying to combine our experiences, thoughts, and behaviours into a narrative, and in this sense the self is artificial. our brain naturally create narratives in order to make sense of the world. Essentially, our brains are always thinking in terms of stories: what the main character is doing, who they are speaking to, and where the beginning, middle, and end is. and our self is a fabrication which emerges out of the story-telling powers of our brain.

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