Pernani

Thanks for your response <3 Although I must wonder if it's healthy to hold the mindset you mentioned at the end, of ignoring everything and living inside your head where everything is good, maybe a more balanced mindset would be to acknowledge the things that you don't like and understand or appreciate their "raison d'étre" Honestly I don't know if I got the message you're trying to convey. By resistance you mean fear? And a life of chasing excitement will only be worthwhile if you deal with the inherent resistance beforehand? Sorry but I'm not really connecting the dots

love you too (no homo)

@MountainCactus I just wanna thank you and @kerk for creating so much value on this forum. I didn't read all of the posts yet, I'm waiting to give em my full focus cause I got so many questions lol. But for now just one question, what can one do if one doesn't have access to a guru? I mean I'm still suspicious that the lack of progress (compared to when I used to meditate regularly) is due to my inexperience and that I still haven't nailed down the techniques correctly, but if what you're saying is true @MountainCactus - and I'd like for the other forum members to the discuss their progress doing the techniques from the books and whether that contradicts with my experience and what you said - then what can one do about it? To get the real benefits of transcending the ego and realising samadhi from kriya?

For real i can relate to that last bit for a bit, even though i love yoga, ever since i started doing it it's like I've been healthier and more energized, but not as aware or insightful as when I was solely doing 1hr meditation daily. Almost feels like a step back which is confusing, bec I can still feel benefits from yoga: the physical and emotional body heals up, and I get calm during the sessions but not a transcendental kind of calm, as in the calm is still very much centered and grounded in the body... Whereas in meditation I could I used to be able to merge with naked awareness at times and got better and better at it. So I'm kinda confused how to go on abt it now lol, been alternating between meditation and yoga on a day to day basis, just to get that connection with awareness back. And u say that's because the techniques we're following from the books are not the original? How's that? I mean idk abt the other authors but ennio nimis dedicated his life to finding this original kriya and sharing it. So it may be thats it's because we're not practicing the techniques like we should since we're still new to all of this. And I must agree with ennio's views on secrecy, it just does more harm than good, if you got sth that will benefit people why keep it to yourself?

Wow that was very informative, you seem like you know a lot abt this stuff, you could add a lot of value here. You say that energising the body and chakras strengthens the ego, does that mean kundalini is only good for spiritual experiences and not actual transcendence? ? I still remember how energetic kriya used to make me feel, and I loved it! I could tap into the chakras from the spine through mental pranayam, but I dont think it had a calming effect, more like an activation effect.

It's true that front chakras are easier, but I never focused on those, thanks ill give it a try! Why does kriya not focus on the front chakras tho? Arent those important too?

I mean almost everyone here seems to appreciate hardcore spirituality no matter the cost, of course you could say this is a naive way of thinking or that I should take things seriously, but let's not jump to conclusions here. We've all heard Eckhart Tolle's awakening story and how he had to go through years of excruciating suffering in order to finally awaken right before he kills himself, most of us would agree that that level of suffering is unnecessary awaken (and consequently live in bliss). So I was thinking what if the same applies to current hardcore spiritual paths? That the inevitable suffering that you have to go through in that path, is not really necessary. I think I have heard something similar in one of Matt Kahn's videos, that there is the hellish path and the heavenly path to awakening. Now if you're like me and you appreciate this limited time you have here as a limited human form and want to make the best of it, then you value living your life to the fullest and being the happiest you can be. After all you're gonna die one day and probably totally awaken, so there's no rush. Many of you here have had awakenings and great spiritual progress, each following their own path, if you know of a possibility of an alternative way I would like to hear abt it

The more i read through the responses the more I see my question as more and more useless, it's like I'm too attached to control something that is beyond my control, maybe the only control you really have is to not make urself suffer unnecessarily just by following prudence and common sense, which really doesn't amount to much because that's already well known. So you maybe you really have no control beyond setting intention and desire, as in the path has it's own intelligence and it will unfold as it should, maybe based on your own unique situation. So maybe one should just let go and just trust the path, but if you trust the path too much you might end up getting nowhere because of lack of structure and deliberate control ? So you have to plan it out but also let go, and somehow balance the two? Dont mind me, just my scattered thoughts hahhaha Honestly even though I'm doing spiritual practices and take in a lot of spiritual theory I'm still not delving too deep into it, cause I feel like I have my whole mess of a life to take care of and enjoy first before I'm convinced of letting go of this mortal life completely (although I admit that sometimes spirituality is too attractive that I end up giving it all my focus, and forgetting abt all that I swept under the carpet). Is there really a distinction between fulfillment/improvement and transcendence/deconstruction? Dont they both make life worth living in their own way? You say say none is better than the other, but ppl obviously believe and talk as if transcendence is way more worthwhile of a path and that it's better, and that it makes everything else just a waste of time. This important to me and also confusing to me because I'm very opportunistic and I always want the BEST, the MOST FULFILLING and the HAPPIEST... Which is not without its own flaws

Shit man I'm struggling to find my life purpose, but I can relate to this EXPLORATION and ADVENTURE a lot... In fact I had a huge insight once that brought me to tears while meditating abt what to do with my life, it was: to explore the beauty and profundity of the world (or reality). Although not feeling very confident in it anymore. Anyways keep us posted how it goes

And what you just said is beautiful

Why is no one talking about beauty in this forum? Isn't that the very meaning of living in heaven? I know Leo kinda talks about it on the side in some of his video, but this deserves an in depth how to video in itself

I'm asking this because I'm already down the spiritual path and I'm already a lot of suffering (not really overwhelming, but I can see more and more intense it gets the deeper I dive in and the more seirously I take it) and I don't want to make the path harder than it has to be. Although I'm still willing to go through suffering if it means it'll make my life better and more fulfilling down the road.

I am aware that spirituality and suffering have a strong connection (because ego is connected to suffering) and that there is nothing wrong with that, that it can be a strong element in personal and spiritual growth. But I'm wondering if that's the only way, if purification does in essence equate to suffering. Leo said in one of his vids that when you sit to meditate and feel the resistance and suffering of the ego wanting to not concentrate and be conscious, that that's literally the devil leaving your body. What if that's not necessarily true? As in you can love your ego to death or maybe let go so deeply that you're just blissful while dissolving the ego and not having to go through much suffering? Thanks for all the wonderful and thoughtful replies, I do agree that I need to contemplate this for myself more to really get a clear picture, but I just wanna hear from your experiences as many here have already had awakened through different paths

Why does everyone link me this vid whenever I post a question here? Lol I've already seen that video before, it doesn't fix everything

I use this as well, since I don't really have any mobility to do the half lotus. I have a question: can different people have their chakras in different locations ? In most of the books and videos about chakra locations they depict the solar plexus chakra as being in the level of the navel but I feel that mine is way above the navel, as in for the sacral I still can't locate it cause i keep trying to feel at the base of my spine but I feel nothing there. Also do any of you know of any practices that will improve mental pranayama (enjoying the bliss of feeling into each chakra), it's the part of kriya that I used to enjoy the most when I first started but now it doesn't feel like it used to, as in I can't reallyyy feel into the chakras anymore

All of you self actualizers here, have you really overcome your addiction to entertainment (movies, videogames.. basically anything that leaves u feeling hollow after u spend a while binging on it) and junk food ? As in REALLY overcome it that you don't get any cravings to it anymore, and that u dont need to resist anymore ? And besides work do you spend your entire day doing conscious things and engaging in self improvement (or spiritual) practices?

Me halfway through leo's quantum mechanics video

it's a message from the universe, it was beyond your mortal will

Part 3? What?

Thanks a bunch man, will check out that book! Need to get rid of all the oreos from my body hahaha

Giving up doesn't always mean you are Weak. Sometimes it means that you are Strong enough to let go Ps: don't mind me for reviving this awesome thread from the grave lol

wait, can you still exercise while fasting? for how long do u recommend a water fast?

The do nothing meditation technique reaallyyy helps me, you're just way more chill and aware over all. But also understanding why dicks are dicks and therefore feeling compassion for them is helpful

Sea slugs are motherfucking beautiful