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@quantum appreciate the touch of your own hands as the simplest act of self love focus on your breath with a relaxed belly and an erect spine allow yourself to mentalize the miracle of life happening on the area you're touching and let it be

@electroBeam just ask her what she thinks about splitting bills. fuck social fear. you may die tomorrow.

@Peace and Love i see that you're struggling very hard with conditioning, still expecting to be approached by the perfect man. my advice: just be sincere and face your fears. if you find a man attractive, go for it. be open for questions and ask him everything you need. my best advice: heal yourself completely already. find your peace without the need for social approval. go to vipassana retreats, zen sesshins, yoga courses. it's your happiness that's on the table.

@OhHiMark the teaching is about telling people to use wisely everything they have at their disposal right now instead of crying over things they don't have and doing nothing about it.

no teaching works for everyone. and the teaching that works for you will not work forever. i am going to explain this in the framework of zen. a teacher that delivers the teaching of "give up on enlightenment" has to be very careful. at this point, the student has already detached himself from the usual drama of life. he doesn't suffer from lack of confidence, motivation, addictions, fear etc because his pillar is his practice. his mind is steady. concentration is his codename. he's turned all of his life into a zen practice, but he is doing it in order to be enlightenment someday. he still has that expectation for he's not free yet. he's waiting for some event, some "boom" experience so he can say "ok, that was it". but it doesn't work that way. the teacher, noticing those symptoms, has to guide the student to be free from that desire as well. the student, then, needs to let go of his last ego driven motivation for practice. it's usually some deep radical shift because he had transformed his life in a pursue for enlightenment. the student has to practice for no particular reason. freedom lies on living for no particular reason. a transcended ego doesn't suffer from expectation nor regret for he's completely free from craving and ideology. most people here, though, are afraid of doing the real work. they attach to points of view and prefer the safety of their old lifestyle. deep inside they're like scared kittens and do not qualify for this kind of thing.

@Kimasxi as long as you still depend on external approval/motivation, you'll be doomed in any context: work, friendship, family, intimate relationship etc. and if you want a healthy intimate relationship, you better start genuinely desiring happiness for others even if they're not with you. quit perceiving others as objects/means of satisfaction for your ego.

@carlos flores in order to practice "do nothing" meditation, you have to realize that you cannot do it right or wrong, because you are literally doing nothing. why do even want the benefits of nothing done? just practice for the sake of it. practice for practice's sake itself. there's nothing to get from it.

for a while, my bad meditation habit was the fact that i used to judge my own meditation practice.

@mathieu why this urge to be a leader? are you trying to prove something? if you really want to lead something, it depends FIRSTLY on how you heart is connected to the cause, how much you love what you do and how much you want to benefit others. if you want to lead just to inflate your ego, then grow up instead.

@Rashid nidra yoga

@quantum it works instantly and yes, one can apply reiki on oneself. on the video i linked above, they talk about the quantum experiments having the same results even when the meditation practitioners were far away, around the globe.

@metamorphose i had this problem. i solved it by making the zen practice my foundation, my belonging and my place. now everything i do is an instant of practice.

@Kaity losing oneself so one can find his own way is the best thing that can happen to a human being. there's nothing you can do to take it from him. i'd give him a mini buda statue.

@Loud1 you are a human being but you are limiting yourself to be just "something". in this case, a musician. life will always invite you to become more virtuous. be fully human. then maybe you'll be able to become a musician.

too early: it's too early if the sincere desire and certainty has not come to you yet. so just don't do it for now. too late: it's never too late.

@Costa7 start a meditation routine. someday you may stop thinking that there's something wrong with you that needs to be fixed or improved. here comes the Hearth of God looking for the Fire.

@Acharya there's this "science of faith" growing up quickly. there are clues for this all around the world since ancient times and i don't think it's all made up based on nothing. i myself have dedicated part of my life to perform some experiments with it and the results are very convincing. and now science is trying to put its hands on it.

@Peace and Love let's do synchronized practices. i'll be desiring healing for this planet, as i usually do. tell me when you're available.

@Peace and Love i'm in for reiki

@Leo Gura being a spiritual teacher or something like that

how well does the course handle Truth service?

@MellowD i'm afraid i have to tell you that when it comes down to spiritual search, one has to find his strength in his own suffering. something you can try is being completely honest and telling her what you feel. tell her that you suffer because she suffers. tell her that it's possible to find forgiveness. but the best you can do is to awaken all the way.

@Driven Woman i experienced it. porn no longer does it to me. i don't enjoy masturbation anymore and i couldn't just be with any sexual partner. i didn't take it as a bad thing, though. i was finally free to face people as the divine spirit itself, men or women. i was finally able to experience true compassion for the suffering of others. so i started a journey to connect deeply with people. eventually i met a special person who made me feel "strange" inside again and now we're lovers. but i was ok with being single for the rest of my life. that's what i did. i used the opportunity to go further.

@Issa Campusano i don't have the book but i have the how to. you have to manage your mind as a workshop for your reality. why did i say "manage"? because you cannot let your desire dominate you. if you're daydreaming but you let yourself get caught by impatience, discontentment or lack of sexual control, you're just messing up your own life. patience and contentment with the life you already have is the key. in my experience it shows that it's better not to imagine situations that only suit your own desires. it's better if you desire to provide happiness as well. it works fantastically if you're sincerely selfless. it's hard to do but that's part of what jesus himself tried to teach as far as i know.

@Scarecrow why are you shy? what are you scared of? are you afraid of facing it? are you afraid of breaking through that? what are you trying to get from online dating? you're going to find people who are just as shy as you. you're just trying to confirm your own fears. if you're looking for comfort and safety, i am here to destroy your hopes so you can look straight to your own lies. the sooner you face the pain that already exists within you the better. if you want to insist anyway, which you will most likely do, go for it. but my words will follow your mind as thoughts as you fall back into dissatisfaction. you can run as much as you want.