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@Leo GuraI'm practicing tibetan buddhism, especially tantra meditations. I recently found out that the most advanced techniques use the same energy channels as in kriya yoga. One particuliar is has a lot in common with Lahiri's spinal breathing from the energy channels over the breath to the visualization. I find that very interesting.

I will check it out. Thank you!

I'm have been doing some of those. I've been disciplining myself and changing thinking patterns and doing spiritual work. I've set loose goals but after reflection I think the were too loose. I will define them narrower and be more specific. Hehe, I came up with a similiar list when I contemplated the subject. I think I will focus on each principle for a certain amount of time like a month in turn so that I'm not all over and can work through other points as well. Thank you for the inspiration. I have Arnold Schwarzenegger's book "be useful" on my shelf. He talks a lot about how he handled challenges he encountered in his live. I read about a third of it. I will put it on my list. I'm also very active in dating. It's a steep learning curve and I've inproved a lot since last year.

Hey guys, I need your help. I've grown up without an adequate father role model and I'm looking to change that and integrate this part of my psyche. I'm looking for good sources of healthy masculinity to integrate. This can be youtube channels and videos which treat the subject connecting to your masculine side, healthy role models and books and articles. Exersizes and practices are also welcome but please keep the focus on the subject and don't let this thread be side tracked by distracting debates. I think it would be very helpful to others as well who have similiar challenges. Thx in advance

@Leo Guralas sry, can't delete you here @darkspring001I would be very careful. I know of a case of a schizophrenic person who started believing he wife was cheating on him and couldn't dissuaded by any means and eventual he died in a shoot out with the police because he went berserk.

Here is a clip with Maersheimer's analysis on Iran from the full video which was released 3 days ago. This gives you a good overview about what the US and Israel are trying to do. Edit: I've found this interview from Jeffrey Sachs. I haven't been through it now but it seems to give a good perspective on how we got here from last years events and what's about to happen.

Thx, got a date in some time

Last thursday during a talk at the freemeasons I met a girl I find cute. During the conversation a friend who drove me home stepped in and asked if we want to exchange numbers and we agreed. After this I didn't feel in the right mind to answer and then I was 3 days very busy and forgot about it. Today I want to write her a message. What do you think about this one? "Hey, I'm .... the circus padagogue from last time at the freemeasons. I find you quite interesting. Do you want to grab a coffee these days?" This circus padagogue thing was very funny at the event because when we introduced ourselves we had two of us in this small round and it became a running gag during the evening. Is this short text enough or short I first start a conversation? If so how can I do so without friendzoning me?

I haven't got time to check them out but after you took the effort for this long reply I want at least make a short reply and tell you that you changed my mind. Your reasoning seems sound to me.

I'd be looking for better sources than these channels. Why this general was purged and what happened exactly is unknown and those channels spread speculation and tell you it's facts. I'd check at least what the mainstream media have to offer to cross reference the news. No offense, but I've already seen this unreliable news sourcing when you posted years ago about ukraine.

I know psychedelics do not raise your base state but the awakenings and insights from it are often superior to normal retreats. That everything is love is a rather low hanging fruits on psychedelics. Ralston has changed his mind on the differentiation between nothingsness and form and it's absoluteness after his recent awakening last year or the year before, so he can be wrong.

@Leo GuraDo you mean extracted?

@Leo GuraWhen I cannot delete what was written above. Anyways, I've wanted to share some Feynman videos for weeks so I'm glad the subject came up. Here you go: The second one will be uplpaded if I find it between the trash from the algorithm. What I find astounding is how his mind works and where deep thinking coupled with imagination power can lead to.

@Leo GuraWhen I get married for conformist reasons I try fulfill an ideal society planted in my mind and I don't question if marriage is real necessary or if I'm just trying to keep up an old tradition. I don't question what the concept of being married actualy is nor what it means deeply. One way is when I don't marry out of conformity I've made clear what marriage actualy means and decide afterwards. Another way is I would really do it out of love and not to do it for another end. Both ways are not mutual exclusive. I see that I'm not truthful to my own feelings when I would marry out of conformity.

@Leo GuraI contentplated comformity and my insight is that it is sacrificing truth and not questioning it for survival advantages. You adjust your thinking and behaviour for the group you aim to be part of or you have preconceived notions/ a world view you're already biased towards and you comform to it every time it comes up in the mind and so it gets hardened. One conforms easily a thousand times a day in various ways and degrees from by not telling what one really thinks about situations, going/falling into social roles, accepting authorities, not researching topics, hanging out with people etc. If one did question the one particuliar thing one conformes to one probably will get shocked and be confronted to changing the behaviour and adjust and sacrifice survival advantages. However in some cases it is impossible to change it because there are no alternatives at the moment or in long term because some of them need to be in place for society to function like shitting in a toilet, the law, etc. I personally notice how I often fall into comformity when buisiniss associates rationalising their greedy ways of doing buisines and marketing, new agers telling some shit about mind over body or spirits and energies or family members talking from their pov which economic policy was best. I do all of that too and also by not saying a word I'm comforming too. Therefore truth is the big thing here and being silent is a form of deception and falsehood. It is however in some cases more truthful to be silent because there are other angles of truth like the truth of consequences. That means what would happen when people hear the truth and fight it and/or cannot handle it (almost all to some degree). That points to wisdom in when it is best to conform and when not. Another angle is that all this can be decribed as being biased toward ones ways of surival. So finally comformity is necessary but one can get more concious to get rid of some big chunks if he or she is willing to take the pain of truth and be willing to take action by thinking independently over the years. @Leo Guraany comments and points I should go deeper into or habe missed?