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@Leo Gura Could I still be considered exceptional if I was short (I'm short) but had everything else?

Yesterday I didn't do my Kriya Yoga (2 exercises, max repititions), Concentration (currently 2mins), or Meditation(60 mins), breaking my investment streak. I was just wondering, in the scenario I can't bring myself to do the full routine, should I just do them all but shorter? Would it be worth it? Because even though I'll get lesser gains I'll still be accreting to something amazing rather than delaying my progress. Over the years no doubt I will have bad days for producitivity. So an example routine on a lazy day would be Kriya yoga (minimum repititions), Concentration (1 min), Meditation (15 mins)

@Leo Gura What percentage? Top 0.5%? Top 0.1%?

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@Leo Gura About your Celebrity itself is Corruption, post, is there any way to go about it in a non-corrupt/as minimally corrupted way as possible? Honestly I've always coveted being one the moment I got interested in doing a greater purpose in life so I've had the desire for a long time. I also saw on your pickup video you can use celeb status to pickup girls so my guess is you ascribed some validity to pursuing it. I've also read in Conversations with God not to pursue fame for its own sake but for a greater end, which ties in nicely with my new prospective LP - Leadership (I haven't properly planned this out yet but I also thought about doing philosophy to model Plato's ideal ruler of a philosopher-king when I mature into it enough, so that could help avoid corruption and be a better reason for more people to know me and feel my influence) In the end I'm really asking if is there any scenario where its ok to pursue and be a celeb?

I'm trying to get to the lotus position one day to optimize my new Kriya yoga practice and improve meditation. But I'm not flexible enough, so I look on YouTube tutorials and my findings are 1. The stretches are too hard for me 2. I don't know if they will lead to me being able to do the lotus position in the long run So how did you become flexible enough to do the lotus pose? Did you have a routine?

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@samijiben 1. How much of each stretch do you do? 2. Say I reach full lotus; is 6 minutes of each stretch daily enough to maintain it? 3. How long did it take you to acquire lotus position?

@Leo Gura Why so long ago?

Conversations aren't just talking; they also include listening. So what books/courses/resources on listening would you recommend to become a better charismatic?

Decided to move to Europe instead of America the year I turn 20 to practice game, because in America you have to wait until 21 to go clubbing. What are the best gaming spots in EU?

@Leo GuraI remember a couple of years back you said you were gonna transform your face into an Alien God 🤯 Any updates on that?

@Leo Gura 17yo, currently applying the Power of Now, and Eckhart Tolle says that although the pleasure you get from all worldly things is temporary, we can still enjoy them. Does that still apply here even though this work isn't just integrating Being, but God? I'd like to ask because I plan to have a lot of the "fools gold" in my 20s, then get into psychedelic spirituality in my 30s when I've burned karma/realized enough it won't make me happy. But I'm sure I'd still like to enjoy them from time to time; Eckhart says we should still enjoy worldly things from time to time, but we should just know it won't make us happy.

The creator of this technique called image streaming says if you do it enough, you could increase your IQ by up to 40 points. I'm not buying into that but other people anecdotally talk about benefits to their visualization, intellligence, etc. I don't think any IQ benefits would be that major but I'm sure it would increase. Should I do it in order to gain better performance? Or is life already too full with Life Purpose, Meditation, Yoga, fun, etc?

I'm just wondering for example if I got sick, or if life happened, does that eliminate my chances to get the best benefits from both practices? Obviously I don't think it will especially after a few years, but how come it is insisteed you have to do meditation/yoga EVERY DAY for years on end to get the best results? I'm really struggling with the motivation to meditate that long and I want to start Kriya Yoga in a few weeks. I don't understand the logic behind you HAVE to do them everyday for years, and I don't know enough about the long term benefits of doing them everyday for years.

As per Leo's recommendation for Emotional Mastery I'm thinking of starting my Satisfaction Meditation practice again, putting my Do Nothing practice aside. But whenever I try to do the meditation, feeling the satisfaction to the fullest, I don't breathe properly because I'm so focused on trying to be satisfied. That's the main reason (might be the only if my memory is correct) of why I stopped doing the practice. But obviously I would be much happier if I continued doing it, in contrast to just sitting through Do Nothing, and the happiness payoff in 10-20 years would be far superior to Do Nothing or any other meditation technique I know. So how do I do the Satisfaction Meditation Technique (feeling satisfied), while not disrupting my breathing?

Assuming I have average talent in Kriya Yoga and/or spirituality and I do this 1 hour everyday for the rest of my life how long would it take?

17yo here. This part of my life is very far away but I'd like to know in advance obviously. So I want to pursue enlightenment before psychedelics/god-realization. I remember Leo talking about how true/unconditional happiness (smth along those lines) can only be achieved through enlightenment. I'd rather achieve that first, then go onto psychedelics and god-realization. Any objections? Eg why would I pursue psychedelics and god-realization first? Especially when according to Leo enlightenment can be reasonably expected in 2/3 years. Not a lot of time before I do psychedelics.

Lots of spiritual teachers say everything happens in perfect order; for me the most convincing is God in Conversations with God, who agrees. If so many exceptionally conscious individuals are saying that, what's the reasoning behind it? In my mind, if everything for me happened in perfect order I would've gotten into personal development at 6 and worked, instead of getting into it at 13 and procrastinating 99% of it, getting started 4 years later in 2025 when I turn 18. It brings tremendous relief that people far wiser than me say everything happens perfectly, but I honestly I need solid logic for that, because the way my life is going and how much time I wasted, I don't have the inner weight to truly believe it.

I haven't start pickup yet as I'm still in high school and won't until I move to London, which will be in 2027. Still even with safe sex in place and the low risk rate of most incurable STD's I'm still fearful I'll get one. And since I'll be sleeping with so many women, surely a few will have herpes 2, which is a 1 in 5 chance. I really want to do pickup so I can develop my social skills and get my dream girl, but paranoia scares me.

@something_else How naturally attractive and/or charismatic are you? I'm both How much pickup experience do you have?

@something_else Can I have an exact count? Or a rough one if you don't know

If I've picked up a girl I've met on the same night before sleeping with her, should I ask? I'm scared she'll lie or my question will ruin the mood.

Nah but you're fine @Flint. I'm an extreme extrovert so seriously pursuing pickup and dating doesn't scare me. I'm extremely terrified about STD's because of the extreme impact incurable ones can have for the rest of your life. 1. Yea true. I'm moreso worried about getting and STD in the 5 years I'll be spending having sex to have my fun before I get married. Because my personality and drive I'll be having a lot (when the skill gets built of course) 2. Yea I'll practice safe sex of course. It's just I'm also worried about getting an incurable STD through kissing.

It's very distracting. It builds up discomfort, makes me involuntarily move when I'm meant to sit still, annoys me, etc. How to deal with it?