Toby

Sounds and feels a bit like a parody to indirectly question / mirror the actualized.org "cult" tbh. My bs detector could be off today though.

He is a scientologist and uses his money that he scams from patients to donate it to scientology. Donated at least 500k. That's all you need to know. Of course he is also no medical doctor.

I did EFT for 2-3 hours almost every day for a year, reiki, osteopathy, kinesiology, brainwave stuff with different frequencies, guided chakra meditation, chakra visualizations, chakra music, did a lot of pickup which might had some play in it as well. That's about it I guess. I don't know what exactly triggered it though. Unfortunately I also did a lot of things that excited the energy even more instead of calming it down. Certain yoga, Tai chi or breathing techniques or visiting to many spiritual teachers would fall into that category. There were also things that helped of course. I don't know how exactly it stopped tbh. Some of it is is still going energy wise but no pain or pressure at all. And from research I don't consider the process complete in a spiritual sense.

Well if you're lucky everything goes fine but I know from researching that my symptoms are not even that uncommon.

I don't want to watch the video now because I'm on my mobile... Well, for me, I didn't even want to awaken kundalini. Just did accidently the wrong exercises. It just happened and coming with this there was a constant energy running through me an pushing against my third eye and heart chakra which caused constant physical pain sometimes to the point that I don't wish my worst enemies (if I had enemies) would have. It sounds romantic but this pressure pain lastet for 7-8 years and because of that I would not recommend to play with exercises.

I don't know if you are talking about the yogi bhajan "kundalini yoga" or the classical kundalini yoga / tantra yoga. If it's the latter, it can be very dangerous. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know what he's / she's talking about.

It's also not wrong to think it's wrong or put rapists in jail.

What does your teacher say about it?

Adyashanti, Leonard Jacobson, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Siddharameshwar Maharaj, Ranjit Maharaj, Karl Renz, Ramesh Balsekar, UG Krishnamurti, Isaac Shapiro, Irina Tweedie, Llewellyn Vaughan Lee, Bernadette Roberts, Gangaji, Eli Jaxon Bear

Some egoic patterns are more prone to follow, some more to rebell or "do it alone". That's just how it is. In itself it says more about one's ego structure than anything else.

These are classic trauma symptoms. It happens because meditation is "too much" (or too long) for you at this moment leading to parasympathetic symptoms like depression and sympathetic symptoms like panic. The "window of tolerance" of a given moment is a good concept here. Going out of it is not useful. A good book is this https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393709787/ because it talks about side effects of mindfulness with trauma.

It's really one of the best videos to watch. It's just like Nisargadatta Maharaj view just from a Christian mystical perspective. She has amazing books too.

I give you you examples of men: - gangster rap and how men and women are portrayed there - same is true for most porn - pickup: when men tell each other how to behave to behave or look more manly or less "needy", less "AFC". Also how you're uncool if you want a monogamous relationship, because you should always want sex with any attractive woman. Also how women are portrayed in most pickup material. More advanced forms are talking how a man should or shouldn't have a certain masculine / feminine energy or "polarity". - Homophobia - expectations you should have certain hobbies. Seeing yoga and meditation as "gay". - expectations a man should be extraverted and social - assumption that men are competetive and are useless for more social jobs or viewing them as uncool.

Toxic masculinity is a term originated by men who wanted to question their role that society put on them. It did not originate from wome talking about men. I didn't know this until like few weeks ago. So why is "a man should be strong" toxic when a man thinks it but not also toxic when a women thinks it? Aren't we together in it questioning gender roles? I thought that was a given. Yes the same is true for the woman role. But also here I expect also men questioning how they view women, not just women themselves.

I don't think you understand the concept of toxic masculinity. It also is about how society or women view men. If for example society or women think "a man shouldn't be weak or cry" then it's also to a form of toxic masculinity.

@Preety_India could you give examples of toxic masculinity in women - expectations or mindsets or world views women have about men?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect

It's a well known fact that most women find Eckhart Tolle way more attractive than Brad Pitt, because of his amazing personality, inner peace, money, success as a speaker.... even though he looks below average.

I'm not into it but I liked some of Sandra Ingerman's work very much.

Why would it cost $250 for 60 minutes? Seems pretty much ridiculous.

It depends how one uses these words.

Why do you recommend that? Isn't that also bad for the heart just like coconut oil for which you made a posting some time ago?

Are you sure you also checked the males in your mothers family?

Pickup isn't advise on how to relate to people. It's about getting laid. In fact within the pickup community people who have a monogamous relationship are seen as caught in the matrix, as an "AFC"... just because they have a different life orientation (at least that's what it was like 13 years ago when I was a bit too bored with my life and was into it).

So it turns out I only understood the concept to a degree (still learning) because it is used most often in a distorted way. German wikipedia says it's behaviour or mindsets that are implying that kind picture of a man: men are not allowed to show weaknesses but have to be tough feelings and emotions should be hidden or suppressed except for anger or aggression. conflicts are being solved with violence. a real man doesn't articulate his fears and sorrows but keeps them to himself men are not overwhelmed or helpless; they are able to face the problem and solve it without needing to ask for help behaviour that is said to be more feminine (crying, shyness, fear, showing affection...) do not belong to being a real man men are oriented towards competition and dominance; they are not made for cooperation a real man always wants sex and is always ready for it men and women are not capable to understand each other or being friends with each other men whose body does not match the masculine ideal are not being taken seriously or are ridicouled So basically we can say a lot of women are also toxic in that regard towards masculinity. Although I still don't understand why being a "nice guy" and fulfilling that expectation of society isn't toxic as well. Because afterall it's limiting and not healthy to anyone in society. Because it's usually the "nice guys" who have lots of repressed anger and switch into being not so nice afterall in an instant.