Esoteric

@AlphaAbundance All the people that have contributed so that you are on a good path. All the people that motivate you so you stay on the path. All the people that are at selfless service to mankind. Aren't you grateful for them? Aren't you grateful those people decided to help you instead of just blissing out somewhere?

So if 1 genuine smile is worth 1000 fake smiles, does that mean you'd trade 1 genuine smile for 2000 fake smiles?

Hardcore

@ajasatya Yeah, can you please elaborate on this? Why could a wise person be a university professor but not sell sex? Is that not a belief you are clinging onto?

Yes I have been 4 times (Goenka). It is a variety of things. Hard, interesting, insightful. Just dont give up when your ego tells you to.

@moon777light Yeah I get it. I'm from northern Europe which is less family oriented, so it's a matter of cultural difference. My post was pretty ignorant looking back. Awesome you get to go to the retreat, it will be a great experience for you

How do you get food? How to deal with the coldness? Where do you go to the toilet?

Of course you can. You can just have one in your pocket. They're not gonna frisk you. It's not prison. They just assume you are going to be honest when you read the rules and agree to them. As for letting your parents control you in your 20's.. Yeah, have fun with that.

@Preetom I think I'd rather go for being a monk. Though islams 72 virgins sounds damn appealing. Maybe if it was 84 I'd do it. Oh and if they were experienced women. Virgins are not a thrill in bed And thanks for the info. I will check out more about this. I gotta be honest. The lore of Babaji and other sages is very intriguing to me and motivational. This is my new form of entertainment. I also saw Leo had a book on the list about a monk, will pick it up at some point whenever I go through my 5+ books Im planning to read. So much interesting stuff. I love it.

I have no plans to go there and meditate. I was just curious how it works.

@Mirror of Confusion Thanks for the tip @Preetom In some ways I agree with this, but there seems to be something very special with this mountain range.

Haha the toilet question is funny, but hey I was just curious. And no I certainly am not ready to live in a cave but it's very fascinating that people are doing it.

Short answer is no. You can be shallowly happy, but it is not stable. Even if you look back on a persons life maybe it was sorta happy, but only because major tragedy didn't strike, like their children dying, getting cancer, getting decieved by the love of your life. Real happiness is stable no matter what happens in your life.

Sorry for late reply. I don't get notifications for some reason so I dont always keep track. But anyways.. I started doing yoni mudra but found it to break my flow. So instead of struggling with it just to do it I dropped it. I may pick it up in the future. I read in Ennio's book that he didn't do it either so I figured I shouldn't do it if it just screws up the flow of practice. My routine is: first I shoot up rapé tobacco up both nostrils, I sit with it for maybe 45 mins being concious of the spine and spiritual eye, then I take a brisk walk, when I get home I do arousal technique to stimulate root chakra. Then supreme fire, then 108 KP's with attention on spiritual eye, then "do nothing" technique mixed with "hear, see, feel" whenever something arises.

Sorry for being annoying but there is a thread dedicated to Kriya Yoga. It'd be better to put the question there, also for educational purposes with people looking through the thread instead if questions and answers being lost in individual topics.

This is not true. Second half of the book has techniques.

@luckieluuke The first 2 books are essential and what you need. But you should definitely check out the other ones as well. They are short reads and full of great stuff.

Yup. God has fun through the devil. And when you realize that all the fucking, drugs, power, money and fame will still make you feel incomplete you will become God (psst, but you always were)

An epic drama has to have a villain. What's the fun otherwise? Gotta go through hell to truly appreciate harmony and bliss. EVERYONE HAS GOT TO GO THROUGH HELL.

@NoSelfSelf I don't see them as danger. I see doing yoga with the main intention of developing siddhis as "danger". But hey, have fun.

Kriya Yoga is for liberation, siddhis may come along the way or they might not. That you want to develop powers is a huge red flag, and that you are trying to mask it as helping mankind is all ego talk. Hope you can see this.

@luckieluuke My advice would be to move on to the Gamana books, so you only have to do a few good techniques and that's it. I thought it was overwhelming reading Stevens book aswell. If mahamudra is annoying to do then switch to the arousal technique Ryan Kurczak talks about. As long as stimulate muladhara. I don't even do Yoni Mudra. I do arousal technique, supreme fire, KP and then do nothing technique. That's it. It's almost been a year since I started Kriya Yoga and it's probably the best thing I've started doing. So switch it up and try another 7 months, because when shit starts to click you'll be happy you didn't quit. And if you feel the same then drop Kriya Yoga. My 2 cents.

So I work regularily with rapé tobacco. Various kinds from different tribes. I managed to get ahold of 3 grams of Yopo snuff. It contains 5-meo-dmt which I haven't had the privelige to try yet. Anyone have any experience with this? I know it likely can't compare with the synthesized stuff but still, would be nice with a kick in the good 'ol ego.

Well that fucking sucked. This makes rapé tobacco taste like strawberries. Awful drip. I shouldn't have eaten that falafel. It came up in 3 segments. Next time I will definitely fast prior to taking it. Lots of physical discomfort, pretty strong visuals and no ego dissolution. It seems to contain way more 5-ho-dmt than DMT and 5-meo-dmt. The real benefits of yopo, for me on first glance, would be working with the physical resistance you encounter. It seemed to be more than both ayahausca and rapé.