stephenkettley

@Leo Gura you previously mentioned unlocking substantial creativity and innovation by connecting to Mind essentially more and more and jailbreaking your mind. Any advice or parts of your work which aid in this the most? Is it removing self-deception, meditation, spirituality? Which contribute the most?

Is making art a good life purpose to follow? I am interested in potentially committing to trying to unlock deep creativity and learn to make music, but it doesn't feel like it solves a problem high enough on the Spiral. Is it still valid, or as one develops is it better to find a purpose that solves a deeper problem? Any advice. Could it still be as fulfilling or would it fall short?

@Leo Gura what are your thoughts on a purpose needing to be within the more conscious domains? For example, I have two purposes tugging at my heart: one is to build a powerful self-development brand/coaching/courses/books etc. to help people create a more profound life and develop themselves powerfully, and the other it to learn to master making beautiful one of a kind music. Should one choose the purpose that is more conscious and helps more people in a more profound way? Or does it not matter? Any advice on what flavor of purpose to choose between.

@Pineal How long have you not released for?

@Phil King I definitely agree that there would be a danger of suppressing it, but I don't think no ejaculation guarantees suppression if you are expending to the best of your ability the life force that sexual energy provides, into work, exercise, contemplation etc. - and of course fully feeling it in your body when it arises.

@Leo Gura Have you found Kriya yoga to be effective? If so, is it best to do more advanced things like that after a good foundation of development?

@bazera I feel the same way. You said it well.

@Leo Gura I thought it was quite a common practice to sacrifice a lot of sex in the pursuit of a deeper more profound life, that's the main goal.

@Leo Gura So you don't believe it is possible retain for long enough to transcend lust? & then transmute all the sexual energy into higher pursuits?

@bazera Agreed, relationships in general are also very powerful for development. I am also quite interested in potentially committing to full semen retention for life to test the potential of transmuting all sexual energy into creativity and development and awakening, but that will require some more contemplation haha. What are you most interested in pursuing in life buy removing marriage and children?

@Leo Gura So that is exactly my focus, is to transmute all the sexual energy into depth of creativity.

@bazera How old are you?

@bazera I am 28. So I often think about all the crazy depth and creativity and awakening I could pursue over the next 4 decades if I was solo.

Thank you! Also, I need some advice because it always trips up my mind a bit. I am currently a software engineer, and I am at least somewhat interested in tech and if I spent the next 5 years fully committed to building a DevOps career/brand, I could create some serious wealth (and a great foundation for building my purposes even better later on), but I always feel wrong for fully committing because it's not my deepest passion compared to other things, but it certainly is more relevant right now and will help greatly for financial indepence. I am also scared of "wasting" 5-8 years building a tech career (even as a foundation for lifelong purposes) when there might be a more suited purpose (my 2 are self-development and/or music). This always confuses me. Internally I stress about "lost time" that could have gone to more aligned purposes, but a good tech career is also great for financial independence and sets me up to then build a brand or music mastery later on.

@Leo Gura Do you think in this current day and age - building a self-development brand, self-development coaching (of any particular niche), youtube channel, selling self-development video courses etc. is a financially viable path? - based on where the world is and where it's going, do you think it's a purpose that could lead to financial independence?