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@Shmurda And if I observe that then I might get even more neurotic and lost in trying to take control of thinking. Observing becomes trying to take control and think it

@Human Mint This is correct only if it's for survival's sake. Not making music won't kill me, it's a luxury

@Nahm Yo man what the hell, you're confusing me now. Why the fuck say "boring"? I just answered your question. Were you trying to get something from me by saying this? Is that how you're gonna leave it, saying it's boring and nothing more? At least you can elaborate a bit you know. Try imagining how some normal person like me would feel and think if he got that response. What do you suggest?

@Nahm Basically ever since I got into personal development (about 2 years ago), and it was a gradual process of seeing and experiencing how my mind is the only thing that is limiting me - all those fears and resistances and lies (like you often say) are internal. I've been meditating for like 1.5 years out of which I started Mindfulness meditation like 2-3 months ago and Do Nothing only like a week or two ago. I feel like the Do Nothing might be the winning card. I'm not sure I quite understood this. For now I'm meditating

@Husseinisdoingfine ohhhh baka mitai.. yeah

@Nahm Alright then, please snap me out of this belief (although I do believe that I'm enslaved by the prison of my own mind)

@Nahm What do you mean?

@meow_meow I can't go into combat/fighting (however you want to call it) because of my low profile. I also didn't get accepted into the intelligence corps. Basically I'm left with stuff that I don't really like. Soon I have my 'test' to get into the IDF spokesman which I'm not really excited for (it's basically reporting the information and all that). I'm already in not such of an exciting position, and if I don't get accepted into this then I'm truly fucked.

@Nahm Yeah, I've understood that creativity wasn't the problem, it just always gets suppressed because of the fear or whatever.

Hey I am actually surprised and glad that people are still interested in discussing here. I just want to update. So I've been making threads lately talking about how I don't have much inspiration lately to create music, like I'm really not motivated and it doesn't feel bad or anything. I've really questioned why I lost motivation for quite some time and I have some answers that might be the case. So naturally, since I was procrastinating for a long time then obviously the will faded as well. However, I started lately to really get into playing the piano. I'm starting to like it again and perhaps I've just channeled my creative energy towards the piano. What could also be is that I might just be in a lazy phase in my life (although it is like that for quite a while so maybe this is not the answer). With all that said I still feel something inside of me which isn't burning yet that is telling me that I still need to create music sometime soon, and I'll most likely want to create sometime in the future music again (using a DAW, maybe even playing an instrument on camera, or just like cool creative music projects). The fire isn't burning yet, but when it does, boy I have to penetrate through this resistance. As of now I'm practicing the Do Nothing Meditation and not too much results for now but I feel like I'm able to let go and be myself with slightly less resistance, which means being free to do what I want without limiting beliefs to cloud my vision. My guessing is that this meditation technique will eventually help me get started with music. I'm also doing mindfulness meditation to add on top of that (which I feel I'm being more in touch with reality, almost merging, sorry off topic). @VioletFlame Very interesting. I feel like I tried most of what you mentioned but in general it's always that fucking fear which makes those things painful to do. @Human Mint I kinda get what you're saying. It seems that your perspective is more natural, and yeah this is kinda how I want to work in the long run. But in the short term I don't think it will work well, as the brain is still in homeostasis, and radically making such changes can overwhelm to the point of quitting (and in some cases taking long ass breaks). If one day I decided to work for a long time then my mind will try to match up to this long time the next day, otherwise it is a failure. @Nahm How does that have to do with overcoming this block? Thanks..?

@Consilience That will literally be like feeling like a child and looking at reality as magical and having your senses more powerful

Coming to Israel any time soon? @Leo Gura

Lately I've been eating a lot more junk food, I've been more on social media, barely meditated, barely watched Leo's videos (not as consistent and as serious as before). Man I just hate it, fucking sucks. I'm learning all those things like how to stop backsliding, visualization, spirituality, attachments, Maslow's hierarchy, morality, and like I'm not managing to combine them all. I'm slacking off. I don't have even clarity of what I want to do with my time, lacking clarity and decisiveness. How in the world would visualization help me if I don't know what is the ONE thing that I need to put all my efforts into for like 3 fucking months, so much stress and of course Imma slack off in such a situation. Should I go with Maslow's Hierarchy or with my desire? Maybe I should eat healthy, but I'm trying not to 'should' myself in the foot so I go to the other end, eating unhealthy. I want to create. I know it deep deep inside even if I'm not always thinking about it. I have so many "problems" that just cloud my vision of reality. What in the world is happening in my life that causes me to slow down meditation, thus being less grounded and being a bit unstable in my life. But even if I decide, say, to create music (because I really love music and I know I will want to create music in the future) but it never hits me that this is the MOST IMPORTANT thing I should be doing with my time. What about investing time reading about finance so that I don't need to worry about money? How about a book on meditation? How about a book on human communication because I lack it. I can't even decide the more subtle things which determine my life trajectory, filled with more indecisiveness. It's like I'm meta-indecisive (this is how it feels sometimes). I've just finished high-school (final ceremony on the 21.6) which is really sad. Since I live in a small locality, we basically know each others' faces for 12 years, and leaving all that behind is really fricking sad and identity-threatening. I wouldn't consider most of them good friends of mine, but I still enjoyed their company somewhat. And in like 2 months I'm going to my camp for 6 months before the military (which is for 2.5 years). So much change is going on and it can quite overwhelm me at sometimes and I think there is a correlation to some extent for my falling. Anyways I just need a plan, I need some helping hand. I am lost. I know I am lost and I'm glad I know this at least although it is also a curse. Just want to enjoy my life again and be on the uphill I was before that

@Leo Gura Why not?

@OctagonOctopus Hey I just realized something that I forgot to tell! So I was saying that I was losing motivation and all that and am feeling comfortable and not inspired, but I'm starting to think it's because lately I've started to really get into playing the piano and I've found meaning again, just not in such an obvious way to me. So my focus isn't on creating music using FL Studio but rather practicing classical piano pieces. Currently it fulfills me. Just to clarify. However it got me thinking about the future and I wonder - What am I going to do as a business (that I'm passionate about) that has to do with music? I would still love to go back and try producing music again. It's just that my focus isn't on it currently, but it still holds some place in my heart

"A Samadhi always beats an orgasm" - Leo Gura lol

@Leo Gura Sick. Could you share them? I would really like to see

@OctagonOctopus Yeah man, I guess.. I am kind of relaxed but I feel my higher self knows I need to master a domain and to start creating music. I'm not fucking inspired at all. I'm just relaxing. At that point I don't know anymore if it's good or bad. I don't know if I gave up or not. In 2 months exactly I'm starting the camp and then this whole trajectory. I won't have time at all, and what is the point of slowly getting myself into it, wrestling with my mind, experiencing strong emotional labor, maybe even getting a nice result - all to go away because once I start the camp it's like 3 years that I won't be able to get back into it (I have like 1 month break from the end of the camp until the beginning of the military service)

@OctagonOctopus I'm just so tired and comfy, not seeking something greater right now. Don't feel the urgency and drive, and I don't want to scare myself into doing something which causes resistance in me

@Carl-Richard I went with a friend to this party (as well as to the one tomorrow and the big prom). We were for the most time together, but literally I know all the people there - we know each other for at least 6 years! Not personally per se, but exchanged words once in a while

You have to, by law. This is how it is in my country, although if I really really want I can get out before, but it won't be very respected among the citizens. @meow_meow

See, hear and feel Do Nothing is letting your mind loose and mindfulness is directing your focus to your senses Actually I just started my summer vacation so I'm literally available 24/7 for 2 months

@Leo Gura Hi Leo, I've just watched your video of the Do Nothing meditation technique, and I've also realized that many of the techniques that you are showing are very counter-intuitive to each other. Do you practice all those different meditation techniques everyday? Like do you do the Do Nothing, Concentration, Mindfulness and Strong Determination meditations every single day? You say that in order to build a meditation habit I need to do it every single day for it to stick. I've built a habit to do 20 minutes concentration on breath meditation in the morning, and 30 minutes mindfulness meditation at night. Adding the Do Nothing technique will ruin both of them as it has a completely different approach. Similar question can be do you combine also the yoga techniques and journaling on top of all of that? You reply will be appreciated

@OctagonOctopus Honestly man, I kind of had enough. Like, I'm not so interested in seeking for how to overcome this, I just don't have motivation anymore. I'm not doing anything really and forgot about my passions and what I want out of life. I am comfortable here in an odd way, don't think I'll be that comfortable for a long time. I just don't have any drive now

@JonasVE12 Dude of course I know it, I think it is quite obvious but I'm not some child running into this shit. I know that without alcohol it would be more real and more transformative, but obviously my mind wasn't ready for that. You could say the same with - 'Why waste your time earning money, developing friendships, developing your confidence, going after your life purpose? Fuck all that, just go balls in on full enlightenment'. We know this will probably not happen. But those things in between are here for making the process less painful. Tomorrow I'm going to a small party with a few kids and I know like half of them, not something so big, in fact kind of cringe. And next week I have the Prom of all my grade, which is supposed to be very fancy and out of my comfort zone. Both of them are out of my comfort zone and I believe I'll still drink. It makes it less embarrassing but it still required a leap of faith. I believe with time the alcohol will help me become comfortable and I'll take less and less in the future parties I'll go to