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You wouldn't be able to learn exactly what you want, and the student life could distract you. Huge waste of time if you don't want to get a degree and exercice the function later (if you're sure). Just buy the right books, study the shit out of them, use the knowledge in real life to confirm if it's bullshit or not, then rinse and repeat.
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Why would you care about her ? That's the question you have to ask, and you're not gonna like the answer if you're honest with yourself.
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Rate, then see. Relationships skills x/10 Health state/habits x/10 Skills related to my carreer field x/10 Spirituality/consciousness/emotional mastery habits x/10
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"When you let go towards what is, and when you become totally present, the past lost all its power. The kingdom of being, which was hidden by the mind reveal itself. Suddenly, a vast calm birth in you, an unfathomable sense of peace. And in the heart oh this peace, there is a great joy. And in the heart of this joy, there is love. And in the heart of all of this, there is the sacred, the immeasurable. To which we can't assign a name" Eckhart Tolle (aka Jesus 2.0) "We are like waves on the ocean, looking for the ocean, longing to be a part of it" Jeff Foster
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Average people are probably more into the concept of paradise than justice itself. Thinking that you'll be finally and constantly happy, is what makes people act or not in life. It gives their life a meaning, they won't die for "nothing".
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What is the ratio between you experiencing what other people created versus actively searching what you want to create is a good indicator to how superficial/lost or not you are in your life. In the first case, it's the hedonics happiness, which is almost always instant and easy to get, but also ephemeral (which always bring pain). The second is eudaimonic happiness, which is a less flashy but more deep kind of happiness, and it is everlasting. If your main focus is the eudaimonic part of your life, not only you'll be more consistently happy, but you'll enjoy more the hedonics stuff, without clinging to them (which will supress the pain part of them), assuming that you're doing a spiritual and self-actualization work of course.
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As consciousness grows, you naturally do things that authentically makes you happy, so yes, you wouldn't even think about it after a while. For me it was hiking, I can walk in a forest for hours, so it doesn't leave a lot of time for other activities (except in winter, where I have to pick up new habits, like piano) ^^
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Thank you I'm taking my time for this exercice, it's probably one of the most important, if not the most important ^^
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I don't understand. When I'm searching for my top 10 values, I have a hard time finding 10 values that I find meaningful. After comparing my initial 10 values (removing the ones that mean the same), I'm only left with 7 that I feel that are really important, the 3 left are kinda "cool" to embody, but It doesn't really click. Is this normal ?
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What about smiling to the one you like and see what happens ? If she smiles back, just wait for her at the end and engage conversation.
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Remove your ego from the equation, and see if the vision still inspires you.
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When you experience that you are everything that ever existed, and that will ever be, this question will becomes dull ^^ We can explain it to you as much as we want, it's not gonna click untill you've realized who you really are. You already are enlightened, there is nothing to add to you.
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You have two choices: I'm far from being an expert, I'm only sharing my own experiences, hope it'll work for you
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The one that your intuition is telling you to do, not the one where your ego is the hero.
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Getting my first girlfriend -> Understanding that a relationship can't fulfill you. Meditation habit + mindfulness 24/24 -> I can now see when homeostasis kicks in (I can no longer bullshit myself), I don't judge people anymore, I accept life as it is, I'm very peaceful. Reading lots of books about psychology/spirituality -> You gradually start to see your body/mind as a tool that you can improve, in order to pursue whatever life you (don't) want to have. It only suffice to embody one good book habits/mindset to start to understand that you can change so much stuff about you ! Generally speaking, whatever the things you fear to do, are the actions that'll grow you the most .
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In the Life Purpose Course, there is an exercice where you have to find your 10 top values. By living throught these values, you'll be more likely to experience joy, since you'll probably embody for the very fist time values that you rejected (because of society/your environement says it's stupid), or never had the chance to experience yet.
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Gaming isn't bad per say, nothing is particular in bad per say, it's why you do it that counts. If you do computer gaming as an escape mechanics to avoid following your intuition, it is "bad". If you do it because you genuinely enjoy it, and don't feel bad about doing it, why not ? I mean, if you take the time to find what life calling you are bound to take everyday, if you do your meditation everyday, if you take a good walk everyday, and if you read a minimum everyday, WHY you do feel forced to stop something you apparently like to do ? Don't worry, if you really think gaming is bad, and if this isn't for you, at some point you'll stop naturally by adopting new habits that you like more, but trying to stop it in one go isn't gonna work ... You could, but that would be creating a huge amount of unecessary resistance, and you would have to focus on that for months (more likely years), so again, why ? If you were talking about smoking/drinking/eating and sex disorder, or drugs abuse, that would be an another story, but gaming ? What's the worst that can happen ? You'll break your thumb ? You also say you want to stop because you don't want to be judged ? Wrong idea, you'll be defensive on something else then, gaming isn't the problem, your need to be externally approved is. Only a spiritual/self-actualization work can help you there, quitting a minor addiction/a hobby like gaming won't do shit.
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Marcus Aurelius
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Shin replied to WaveInTheOcean's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Why do we want to know the truth ? Because we want to know our true self ? -
Read this: http://liveanddare.com/benefits-of-meditation/ EDIT: Yoga counts as meditation.
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Start meditating 20 minutes per day (increase by 5 minutes every month), and don't skip days, make it your priority. Simply sit on a chair, the back and the head straight, let your eyes open, and simply focus on your breath (try to notice it more than feeling it). (Use your phone alarm, like that you won't have to look how much time has passed). Thoughts will come up every now and then, perhaps almost all the time the first weeks, that's ok, just focus again on your breath, whenever you can, and continue your session. At some point, you will be able to detach from your thoughts, you will still have them, but you won't see them as defining you anymore You will see them from an another perspective, and you will attach fewer importance on them. You need to do this all your life if you want to keep sanity, 99% of people aren't sane at all, They never take time to just BE. Don't start guided meditation, because you'll have a hard time meditating by yourself after that, use them after some months of meditation to discover new techniques, but not now. You can also do some spiritual retreat near where you live (if money isn't a problem), search for a zen dojo/monastery, search on meetup.com, and just see if there is a buddhist community on Facebook in your city (or the main city of your state). I'm talking about zen and buddhism because it is what you'll most likely find, but if there is something else, just ask the forum if the kind of retreat you found can be effective or not. A retreat will speed up your consciousness growth extremely fast, it is like doing 15 to 500 meditation sessions in a row. A higher consciousness level isn't just for feeling peaceful and happy, it will also makes you understand what you really want in life, Because what awareness do in the long run, is to break a lot of your limiting beliefs, you'll just see them for what they are, thoughts, and your true self will start to speak to you more and more, through your intuition. What is also important is being mindfull of your thoughts during the day, all the time, just by looking at them, not judging them. Maybe you won't be able to do that for now, but try whenever you can think of it. It is as much effective as meditation, even more effective if you do it all the time. Yes, you wouldn't have these feelings, maybe you wouldn't even want a relationship anymore, who knows, Yes totally, now you have all the time you need to grow yourself and become whatever you authentically want to be. Don't search a relationship until you are that person. Maybe you are sad now, but this is the best thing that ever happened to you, just wait and see
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Take a yoga class, It's a good spiritual practice, and there is TONS of women.
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If you're old enough, go to a free dating website, and ask some mature lady to teach you how to have great sex. Seriously do it, there are women who dream about that, let them teach you, don't be afraid. Just so you know, this advice come from a guy who was virgin until 6 months ago ^^
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Ok, I cried, AGAIN !