Spiral

If you are not enjoying the experience your to focused on the overall song and thinking about other things. Try slowing down and focus on each tone individually instead.

Making friends when you are new to it, at least for me feels like pure luck. I would consider joining a sports team. Don't like any sports? well you not there to have fun, you are there to get to know people. It's stereotypical advice, I know but unless something in you life changes you are most likely going to struggle. So you made a friend but it's shallow well now you can "use" that person to go to social events and meet new people. Also don't neglect girls as friends,you can have all kind of fun with them. Does not have to be one you are attracted to sexually.

Blood foods work great for getting iron, but it's unfortunately an acquired taste.

Discipline, if it comes to mediation set a time for it everyday and not just before you go to bed as that time may differ. Also don't try to implement multiple habit at the same time as that often leads to none of them getting established.

It was was a general statement but primarily for eskwire. As per your question regarding nofap and celibacy: If your only goal is spiritual insight avoiding "distractions" like partners, kids and sex is beneficial as the distract you from you goal.We are talking really hard core search here, you might as well be in a temple mediating etc for 15h/day every day for years. If you want a more balanced life, which is what I would recommend then go ahead, I don't restrain myself from relationships or sex within them, but i do avoid a pleasure oriented life style in the areas were I find it resonable. noFap has it's special effects that I consider separate from other spiritual practices, I would recommend a balanced approach, say once a week, if the need goes away great if it does not that fine too. Stopping permanently is really difficult and a long up hill battle what is barely worth it as it also is distracting from the rest of your life.

Try it you really want to get into spirituality "hard core" style, but it might be a bigger sacrifice then you intended original if you ever change your mind.

If you intend to waste sperm everyday at least me make sure you eat properly as, you are spending lots of minerals and vitamins "restocking".

Humans are "designed" to prefer happiness and therefore we strive for it, although maybe I misunderstand what you are asking for. If you mean why are we designed to strive after happiness, we need to it for biological reason, now why do things have to be that way? well... idk, that just how it is I suppose.

I would be somewhat careful with this as it does not necessarily have to be temporary thing, there are other ways to die besides enlightenment and physical death. Or as those theist look at it, when you die you either go to heaven or hell (or your physical body dies) Edit: I don't know the mechanic of these types of "forcing death" works but I would not take it super lighty

I don't mean your wording specifically, I mean in general trying to put my thoughts into words into a way to is easy to interpret for others when it comes to this subject. It seems to be a common problem people with this insight struggle with.

They are very understanding and relaxing to talking to, people generally like that but of course your average Joe is going to be confused and lack in understanding of the enlightens persons life choices and may want the enlighten person to be more neurotic, jealous etc.

Nothing We got a circle here, everything is nothing and that's something. Enought with these mind games

Something = an illusion created by an simple mind

Annoying with the wording in regards to this subject, words don't really cut it Either way we mean the same thing if I interpret you correctly. @Joseph Maynor Reading our responses won't cut it for you, knowledge is not good enought, sorry

You = me. We see, hear and feeling the same thing. Problem "you" can't remember what "I" experience

@blissofbeing Now's that's interesting

Don't eat street food or milk products the first thing you do, completely different bacteria down there. As for the girl well I suppose they are a bit more conservative, so it can be preferable to avoid lots of physical contact in public.

We are intelligent but still our needs and desires are primitive, this makes us do thing that only serves us, in ways that aren't sustainable for anyone.

I'm male so I would become female, I do what I normally do. If there is something that I did not expected to be different, I'd would learn something new. Perhaps a bit selfish but, (assuming I get a more feminine brain) I would also take a look at my life from that perspective to see if I have overlooked something in my life, in order to improve it. I already know that i'm going to get catcalled more then now and that i'm going to be unconformable waking home alone(especially in my neighborhood), so I don't find that partially interesting.

Shadow Philosophy: "It's really simple, you bring two sides together, they fight. A lot of them die but those who survive are stronger,smarter and better"

@Lorcan Depends what you mean by worship. Praying in order to get something material: no. Meditation: sure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worship#Buddhism

Interesting.....

Not needing others, but being appreciative of other who wants to spend their time with you, is the best approach to friendships and relationships. In my experience: luck is almost the biggest factor, you make one friend, you become happier and less "needy" and make more friends so even you lose that first one at least you have some others so that you can relax and don't have to suffer like this. What you are going through can also be channeled into something positive, by feeling lonely you will become more appreciative of other who speak to you, with the right technique you can give them something unique. By giving people the feeling that you truly listen and care, they will start to really appropriate talking to you, because it's really uncommon. So how do you show them this? Holding strong eye contact when something is talking, so much that it's feels awkward even. Put your head at an slight angle when listening.

Unfortunately, the easiest way to find your self to be all-forgiving is to suffer immensely, in other words to experience hell. Something I recommend? Not at all, but I feel like it should be mentioned. Why? Because you come to realize why people hurt you and why they therefore deserve your forgiveness.To become forgiving of every possible deed done to you, you most first become unconditionally loving to all. This topic is one of those were knowledge won't cut it, you will require insight into the topic to really get anywhere. Try to identify why you hurt others be it by accident or not, then you try to project that into others and try to identity why others hurt each other. It is key that you identify it yourself and don't find the information online, that would only confuse you and distract from the truth.

If you need to prove yourself to others you most likely lack in self-confidence, deep down you feel like your not enought and that you have to prove to others that your are. If this behavior is started by doing spiritual practices or it's revealed by it, don't regret going on this journey it simply reveals more about who you are and what you need to work on. Don't beat yourself up about it, it will pass eventually. I find that listening is better then talking, you get almost nothing from talking, by listening you can learn things and you can experience others feelings and stories, best of all you can't be prideful if you don't talk. Am i saying you should not talk at all? no of course not but you can limit it and think about what you want to say, a few seconds in advance. Although I think this is very very common, I was quite arrogant before starting this journey, that turned into smugness and now will a feeling of having superior knowledge about life compered to those around me. The latter is not shown to others, as the need to prove myself or feeling that i'm more importerat is no longer a thing. Instead if someone is really happy to get wasted or finds that food to be the best thing in life, I struggle to find common ground with them and I find myself pitying them, having a need to "help". Of course i know there is very little i could do and that they don't want my help. So instead i try to bring the conversation elsewhere. This is not optimal and I would prefer to simply obtain an acceptance for how so many of us are and no longer feel pity and wanting to help them unless asked.