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@Leo Gura That is a possibility which is why Sadhguru for example makes you go thourgh a very long and blithering process before you get intitated into Shambavi Mahamudra. It's to weed out the people that aren't serious and ready to learn the Kriya. This is also the same reason why he and a lot of other spiritual gurus are against psychadelics. He knows that they can be vary dangerous and destabilizing and that especially if it's combined with an energy transmission process and or an intense yogic practice. Sadhguru is so anal about this that you're not even allowed to eat for 5 hours before the intiation and need an even larger gap of 8 hours if you have consumed alcohol or any other drugs. The same goes for when you do the Kriya on your own. Bottom line, yes it is dangerous but that's because intiations are powerful.. Just like psychedelics. What has a possibility to transform your life can also destroy it - it all boils down to how you use it and if you're ready and capable of making use of the tool as it shall be used.

Never said a Guru would. What I was argumenting for was that initiation and energy transmission is real. I agree with you that one should be careful and take full responsibility for one's actions but that doesn't mean that the Guru can't ignite your energies and that it is BS. Two truths can be true at the same time@Leo Gura

@Leo Gura With all due respect Leo but you're wrong on this one. Energy is constantly being transmissioned and it's something you can become conciouss of. You have even said that you have got to experience being a tiger in the past on Psychedelics ( gotten to experience that same consciousness state) and the same thing can happen with a "Guru s " state of concioussness. That's what is being pointed at when they talk about initiation. ^^^ you get intiated ( getting to experience a certain consciousness for the first time) and can then choose to make that concioussness grow and intensify if you nurture it. That's what's refered to as the spark.🔥 I've both experienced the transmission and being the one that transmissions the energy. It's real and a possibility for all who wish to experience it. Don't let your bias against bhaki yoga and worship hinder you from seeing what is actually being pointed at🙏🏻

I have struggled with this for quite some time but I'm starting to get the hang of it. What it always essentially boils down to is if want it bad enough? Is it important enough? If it's not important enough yet, you will to need pendle back and forth many times untill you realize what you actually want. This is what Burning thorugh karma means. Another perspective to look at it from is that you need to be relentless in whatever you're doing. This means unwawering devotion and commitment to whatever you want to do which implies a strong why. That why can be anything though, but it needs to be grounded in something that is very important for YOU. Practice something very small and really stick to it. From that you can then apply that same discipline and emotion to other tasks in your life, like waking up early. Another question to ponder is, is it really that I want to wake up early or is there something else that waking up early allows you to feel or fullfill. Maybe you can fulfill that emotional or practical need in some other way apart from waking up early. Regardless if you want to wake up early or not - figure out why you want to wake up because that will help you develop a good reason why you want to wake up early. Good luck! @Mondsee

@RendHeaven For sure, I've been thinking about you man Miss you

Have you done his Shoonya yoga program? If so, what are the effects you have seen doing the meditation. I've been practicing shambavi for a whole now and it's so powerful.

This is how I have felt numerous times about LSD😂 I think that there are some psychedelics that trigger more of your trauma. For example - LSD is very femenine in nature, atleast for me because it puts me into a no self state.. but because it does that, to me it's actually masculine because it basically fucks me by putting more femenine energy in me ( which I am already resisting within myself) Shrooms don't do this to me for some reason. I heard that people are either shroom people or LSD people. Although this is a generalization - I think there is something to it.

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@MarkKol 😂😂😂

It's okey man. I really feel for you because I have been there myself. I approached hundreds of girls and got rejected every single time for many years. Girls have blocked me, unfollowed me and not replied to me more times than I can even remember. You're not doing anything wrong, you're just inexperienced. Keep talking to girls and keep getting rejected- in fact get rejected faster. I don't know how many times I fucked up with different girls and humilated myself in different ways but it doesn't matter. I Keept talking to girls and today I have a girlfriend. Trust the process

No, it's the opposite, although it can seem like you're becoming more selfish you're actually not. The more spiritual you become - the less manipulative you become because becoming more spiritual is fundamentaly only about braking the boundary between you and others. What will happen though is that as you get more conciouss you will at one point or another get more and more connected to truth which might give you the illusion that you're turning into a sociopathic dickhead.

Any books on this? I'm thinking about things related to Leos video on the counter-intuitive nature of life and the theme of things going full circle. Thanks!

@Leo Gura Can you give some exampels of some of his weird hindu beliefs that you see? I'm genuinly curious.

I've heard Sadhuru mention that some Yogis when they attain Mahasamdi completely dissolves their bodies aswell, only leaving a puddle of water on the ground. He has also mentioned that some yogis can make trees grow just by sitting down and imagining them growing. I don't know any specific person though... except maybe Sadhguru but he is very EXTRAordinary in many ways so I don't know if he satifies you as an example. @An young being

Much love to you my brother. I've confirmed it in my direct experience that it's a dream. Maybe you will come to that insight aswell, or not. Regardless I wish you the best and that you find everything you are seeking for in life.