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  1. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    Reason why this is not a good idea: 

    • bioavailability: The nutriotional value of fresh vegetables is much higher than that of powders.  For example a whole tomato contains more phytochemical compounds, nutrients, living water, antioxidants than powder. For it to make sense you should stay away from a powder mix and focus on a single item, which is made out of a high nutrional food grown in good soil( many minerals in the plant are from it). Or powder from a wild plant. But even then it does not come close to the real thing. We still dont grasp the complexity of the biological structure in our food.
    • You could just eat vegetables  and you would not need to add extra fibers. If you are so concerned of wasting time in this aspect, buy a cutting machine, boil it or make a simple soup. Meal preap would also be an option, as you would only be focused on it for 1 or 2 days a week.
    • For me it seems that over simplifyng your meals is part  of  your problem with distraction from other problems. And don forget a healthy diet is important so it only makes sense that it is  connected to more effort.

  2. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    1 hour ago, Razard86 said:

    Yeah I even admitted myself once because I had no clue how intense the contrast is from the normal waking dream to the insane complexity of infinity fully unleashed. Its quite jarring how ridiculous the contrast is. 

     

    Yeah psychosis is very real for the person experiencing it. I only overcame it myself by realizing that I was creating the story of psychosis!! Basically my fear of instability was the issue, my desire to ground myself within that which has no ground.

    Thanks for your wisdom, but how did you overcome the notion to ground yourself in  groundlessness , if im allowed to ask?

  3. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    Sometimes you have no choice. Some people get confronted with it, without influence from outside or sometimes life unfolds in a way that makes it a necessity. So i think it is important that there are options to turn to. Sadly mainstream psychology has still not adapted enough or is not acknowledging the importance of inner work.

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    17 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

    What do you mean by "between ego archetypes and no-self" ?

    I was completely wrong , the believe i had correlating to this was bigger than it actually is. I wanted to describe it as something between the ego and the no-mind, but even if there is such a thing, it is certainly not the problem im having. Thats why i wont be too hasty  posting something  the nex time.

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    My ego is fractured, desperately clinging on different pieces of itself , switching between high selfestteem and low self worth. I sometimes feel like a hollow shell trapped between ego archetypes and no-self while being the watcher of it all what shall i do? Does this make sense to anyone? If yes, can someone with a higher insight than mine give me some serious advice. Would be very thankfull for input.

  11. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    My overall diet structure is as follows: As breakfast i eat millet with some fruits (most of the time bananas and dates) and tea with honey.
    I also hydrate with lemon water and follow some detox routines. 

    Until lunch i snack on fruit (mostly apples, but i keep it diversified) and drink some more tea. At lunch i currently eat chestnuts, some fruit vegetable juices and some unsalted rice crackers with honey. If i get hungry during the the afternoon i eat some more fruit. (Have to improve my routine to prepare some meals for my needs in advance)

    For dinner i eat the biggest portion in form of gluten free carbs like squash,(sweet) potatoe (occasionally brown rice, millet), with different types of vegetables , some leafy greens ,algaes, lentils, beans, onions, chickpeas,  chili, some herbs..... All oil and salt free when possible. All my fats are  from natural sources and unprocessed ( coconut, nuts, olives, ...). Once a week i eat wild salmon and very rarely wild game meat.

    No caffeine or mood altering stuff like chocolate.

     

  12. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    On 17.12.2022 at 8:29 AM, BipolarGrowth said:

    @Federico del pueblo the hilarious part is that functional training in the modern day would be far closer to practicing typing to become more efficient using a keyboard than swinging a kettlebell around in the most arbitrary movement pattern you can imagine. 
     

    What function are we trying to improve at? Why would the traditional compound movements be bad things to train? It’s just odd. If someone wants to go chop some logs in half for hours, I’m cool with that, but it is in no way optimal for muscle or strength development. You have to train close to muscular failure with 30 reps or less to get optimal muscle growth. You have to train a little further from muscular failure for sets of 1-5 reps for optimal strength improvements. Most of the functional training fad exercises cannot achieve these two goals nearly as well, safely, or predictably as the tried and true compound exercises. 

    You should check out the bioneer on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@TheBioneer His definition and philosophy of functional training is quiet good.  He adresses the points you are making. There is a stigma around functional training, because most people associate it with some fancy popculture cardio flows without cross modality to everyday life. 

  13. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    Spiritually, Mentally, Lifestyle wise. Maybe some thoughts regarding life purpose, job and dangers regarding social behaviour,mass psychology,  consciousness. If it is possible to pack such a big topic into one video, I would definatly look forward on Leos thoughts about this topic.

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    On 2.11.2022 at 0:23 PM, Lincisman said:

    Hello, guys. I am trying to make conscious decision here.

    Do you have some experience and maybe can give recommendations on this?

    What is most important thing to consider and look at?

     

    I walk a lot. Bought barefoot shoes for summer and realized that this is what I need to feel comfortable. But winter is coming. 

     

     

    https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/

    Their brand offers a lot of diffrent barefoot shoes. Ranging from Sport, Outdoors,.. Some of them should be waterproof and have a thermal insole. It combines the weather durability of normal shoes with barefoot shoes. Havent found anything better yet. You could argue that those are not the most minimal form of barefoot shoe but they offer the best weather protection.  I myself own the Tracker II FG, which have proofen to be water resistent. For very cold days you might need some extra thick socks.

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    Book recommendation:

    Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence by Jacob Lund Fisker

    Its a good book about  frugalism, which really attunes your brain to this lifestyle. Its not a blueprint, but certaintly features good ideas, especially if you are not accustomed to this concept. A rather fast read.

    Description: "  A strategic combination of smart financial choices, simple living, and increased self-reliance brought me financial independence at 30 and allowed me to retire from my profession at 33. Early Retirement Extreme shows how I did it and how anyone can formulate their own plan for financial independence. The book provides the principles and framework for a systems theoretical strategy for attaining that independence in 5-10 years. It teaches how a shift in focus from consuming to producing can help people out of the consumer trap, and offers a path to achieving the freedom necessary to pursue interests other than working for a living. The principles in Early Retirement Extreme show how to break the financial chains that hold people back from doing what they truly want to do. The framework has been used by many people over the last few years to accomplish a variety of goals. It provides people a means to achieve almost any goal, whether it’s debt-free living, extended travel, a sabbatical, a career change, time off to raise a child, a traditional retirement, or simply a desire for a more resilient and self-sufficient lifestyle. The book was initially written for people in their 20s and 30s, but its ideas aren’t limited to early retirees. Middle-aged people in the grips of consumerism can use the principles to take back control of their lives. People closer to retirement age who don’t feel adequately prepared can use it to set themselves up for a comfortable retirement in a relatively short period of time. Anyone worried about their financial future can use the principles in Early Retirement Extreme to make their future more secure."

     

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    2 hours ago, Cathal said:

    @effortlesslumen So when we say meditation, most people aren't really meditating, they are just looking at there own hindrances for an hour straight unable to relax out of it intentionally and watching a tv show, they are in a basic alert state but it is not meditation and neither having a felt tone of established in mindfulness, it is not that you have to try harder but understand what right effort is.

    Right effort is just the amount of effort we need to maintain sati and to wake up as soon as possible when we are absorbed into unwholesome objects of the mind and introduce wholesome objects - so really it is absolutely an amazing idea and as you say, rewire you brain, to actively gladden ourselves (a teacher who will teach anyone anapanasati for free via skype) into a wholesome state for 5-10 minutes several times a day so when we go to sit for 30 minutes or an hour we can really enjoy it

    I myself sit twice 50 minutes a day, and unless I recognize the dukha as dukha and sit 5-10 minutes a few times throughout the day to throw that garbage out of the mind, that later evening sit is entirely different and i find it incredibly hard to stay fixated on wholesome objects.

     This is how the Buddha taught anapanasati/mindfulness of breathing

    Amazing . I tried it today, but i only measured the time and put more mindfulness into the shorter meditation sittings  becoming more aware of the process itself. As soon as i noticed some lack of commitment i took a break, staring at the wall and relaxing the mind and walked around the room. I also measured the time of the break to see whats the least needed amount of time to get back in for another round.  Maybe the timer isnt necessary but it feels like a good indication of progress. 

    I will do a longer practice in the evening and i will see how it effects my mental state. To be completely honest, sometimes a longer sitting of mine looks like, as you described above.

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    26 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

    You could test it out. Just make sure it's structured and you're actually using a timer. I found that most of my meditation gains would occur at the 45 minute mark, also at the point of the day where I'm the most alert (the window before or after dinner where my stomach is not too full or not too empty).

    My experience is that meditation is like an unwinding of tension, and that if you interrupt the process, the tension quickly starts building up again. So if you want to go deep, it's quality > quantity. You want to go all in for each session and see how far you can go, not spend progressively longer time in half-assed states.

    Your own insight about the  45 minute mark is quiet interesting, I havent noticed something like this myself, but it makes sense. Most of the time i stop, when i beginn to slack off accompanied with the feeling of progress

    Definitely going to try it out for a short while and share my experience. As you pointed out the risk of half-assed states and the flaw of not going deep. Thanks

     

  18. Posted · Edited by effortlesslumen

    I just had the idea of accumulating more medative time during the days im struggling to perform a longer practice, using a pomodoro timer. As a tool to boost my mental capability for more serious and longer sittings. Maybe also for mental preparedness and for the sake of rewiring the brain. What do you guys think? I often know when i reached the limit for the day and notice my brain is processing the session. But i still got the feeling i could do a little more. I do know that, that kinda thinking is not fit for a more profound practice but im still curious of other opinions.

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    6 hours ago, Gabith said:

    I've been trying to get better for 10 years now and it doesn't work every time I find myself in a bubble of naivety for a few months or even years before it bursts and then I fall back into another one.
    Now I see the illusory side of it all, I see that using distractions like music, movies, drugs, women, sports are all useless and I'm still as bad as ever.
    Even spirituality doesn't attract me anymore, the realizations I've had scare me too much and I would have preferred not to know and stay unconscious but it's too late. 

    I thought that doing street interviews and meeting thousands of people would help me to feel good with others and create bonds but no, I always feel paranoid when I do that, the feeling of being judged or not liked, the inability to open up to others and my body freezing up as soon as a girl I like shows interest in me. 
    And anyway even when I'm with a girl I risk attracting a bad one and if I have a good one like my first one, I'll end up being left or cheated on because she'll see that I'm not loving myself and I'll be back to the same starting point. So using a woman as a distraction won't even help me, except to have the illusion of being happy for a few months. 

    I don't know what to do, it's survival, I can't see myself working 8 hours a day and then on the weekends doing my shopping, cleaning and watching a screen.  
    And even suicide is not a way out, if I could be sure that there is no more consciousness after physical death it would be liberating but unfortunately it is not the case. 

    The only time I feel a little better is when I am myself but I can't stay that way because it's dangerous. When I am myself I often have unfiltered behaviors or cynical comments and if I persist towards that, I will not be able to thrive in this society because I will quickly have repercussions on my actions since there are too many rules and almost no freedom of expression. So I have to play the robot like everyone else and even doing that, I feel out of place or perceived as weird by others. I don't understand how we can have children in this human society, we are so backward 

    I feel more and more disconnected from others, part of me sees them as animals, flesh, we are not worth more than an insect, nothing has value. When I see things for what they are, I have violent ideas and I drop the concepts of good and bad with which I was indoctrinated from childhood. 
    All this indoctrination by religions, sciences, philosophies, marketing, hierarchy, politics makes me sick. 

    I feel more and more like I'm stuck in a flesh body of a race I hate. A human race that I would like to see disappear, I don't want to experiment again what it is like to be a human on earth

    Im honestly not developed enough to give you advice, but what you have written resembles  my own cynical thought patterns. Reading this made me realize something about myself ,which itself came so spontaneously to my mind, i had to write it down as a note. It might be of help. Here is the unfiltered text:

    Message to a stranger (Me):

    All these years you have created yourself these naive illusion  as you call it, with use of your intellect and the mind. And now you made up another one. Making yourself believe everything is meaningless and you cant find no joy in consciousness, or there is no reason to live. While analyzing everything through the lense of logic. Stop this disecting and try to experience more. All this is clouding your senses.

    So do not see your life as meaningless. In addition to that it already effected mine ,reading this, in a possitive way.