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@Ariel Leo is just another human being. this is what he does: he finds his own path to happiness, shares his discoveries that work for him and then tries to explain why they work. the deepest life lesson we can take from him or from any other kind of teacher is: have the courage to walk the pathless path. experiment your life. experience things and be aware of the consequences. then you can learn how to build your own awesome life, just like Leo does.

nofap is AMAZING if you mix it with yogic technologies. i'd recommend kundalini yoga AND hatha yoga in parallel. yoga is the science to use your sexual energy to transform you into an awesome human being. that's why they talk about the mystical 7 chakras. those 7 chakras symbolize the aspects of human manifestation. survival relationships willpower love & compassion creativity sharp intellectuality transcendence capacity. from my direct experience, i cannot imagine my life without yoga anymore.

2016, oct 16th healthy meals happiness sharing bike rides meditation self-inquiry & dharma contemplation deep talks music after waking up, i went to marisol's (the 54 y/o woman with serious spine problems) home give her the yoga class and practice zazen. she's recovering very well. we're already working on trikonasana and the results are visible. she lent me the book tao of physics, which i'm quite anxious to finally read. another text that i want to read is the patanjali's yogasutras. i read it 1 year ago but now my comprehension of non-duality is WAY more mature. it's going to be a completely different adventure. i decided to quit translating leo's video. it's way too long and it's too hard to do it alone. it was consuming too much time. i had lunch with my girlfriend then we headed to the espaço clara luz for the kundalini yoga event that we were organizing. we conduced meditations and sang/played some mantras. the place was quite crowded and everyone loved it. beautiful full moon event! then we came to her home to have dinner. after dinner we went very deep in a conversation about non-duality. somehow i used honey as a metaphor to indicate Unity. well, it was pretty fun. now we gotta sleep.

2016, oct 15th happiness sharing healthy meals meditation self-inquiry & dharma contemplation bike rides deep talks music woke up at my girlfriend's. we had an awesome breakfast before heading to a place to fix her musical keyboard. while hers is being fixed, she will be using mine. we had an amazing time planning our future. we consider living 6 months in india to go through an original yoga teacher training course. then we want to come back to brazil and live in my homeland: cariri. we want to build an yoga center there. after leaving her keyboard on the yamaha's authorized workshop, we headed to a friend's place to rehearse a musical presentation we're promoting tomorrow; an yoga event for people to relax! it's gonna be amazing. we're going to play mantras. my girlfriend will sing and i'll be taking part as percussionist playing a derbak. then we had lunch here. food was AMAZING. we went to visit my aunt and it was pretty cool. we talked a lot. my girlfriend had to leave in the middle of the conversation due to an appointment. then i came back home, picked up my bike and went to see the town. i found some people doing pole dance and i asked to participate. they taught me the basics and it went very well. they were impressed then i said "i practice yoga" and they were like "aaaaaah, that's why!". back at home, i wrote down this poem: while there are connections with thoughts like "but what they think of me?"; while there is dependence on faith or fear without proper understanding; while there is fear or lack of commitment to access and heal my wounds, resulting in resistance above the vulnerability; while i see myself unable to accept people the way they are; while my happiness requires something beyond the little amount of food i need, a shelter to sleep, a rest when my body is sick, a job to keep the three previous points and sincerity in the relationships with the people around me; i will prefer to die aware of all my ignorance, but with the certainty that i went as deep in this life as possible at every moment.

just do it. observe yourself. verify if your suffering will go away. verify if your suffering will grow. have your direct experiences because these are the only ones that bring you true wisdom. don't ask anybody how to live your life. just do everything consciously and observe the consequences.

i like any kind of tea. i was drinking tea when i had my first zen insight: i caught myself drinking tea for no other reason. i was drinking tea because i was drinking tea. it was literally mindblowing.

nobody is really lost. we can either think that we're lost or that others are lost. anyways, those are simply thoughts, judgments. let there be freedom.

2016, oct 14th healthy meals self-inquiry & dharma contemplation university career time investment meditation bike rides deep talks today was a special day because the celibacy mixed with a daily meditation practice brought up some suffering which i could not identify at first. after talking to my girlfriend (with PLENTY LOVE), we found out that it was some supressed memories/emotions from my past due to sexual illnesses. the suffering came up in form of anxiety and went away a relief followed by tears. yoga + meditation + celibacy + healthy meals = very fast healing process. but it's not easy. it's painful! after that we went to eat vegetarian pizza made with whole grain mass. we had a great time here. now i'm at her home writing this journal from her computer. big day.

2016, oct 13th healthy meals university career time investment happiness sharing meditation yogasanas self-inquiry & dharma contemplation i had the same insight again about happiness. happiness cannot depend on anything external. i caught myself depending on external factors, which was making me suffer a little bit. then i meditated on letting that go then i was fine. i realized how important my yoga practice is once more. i went to see people from nacion pachamama. we meditated together. we sand mantras. i played the guitar and we sang kundalini yoga mantras. everyone loved it. it was amazing! then i went to eat açaí alone. such a liberating solitude. i really enjoyed that. back at home i meditated a little more before writing this journal then sleeping.

karma is all there is. wrong comprehensions of karma may contain: an ego-identity that produces karma an ego-identity that suffers ("good" or "bad") consequences of karma an ego-identity that that evaluates karma an ego-identity that materializes consequences of karma the proper comprehension of karma leads to nirvana.

yes. something like that. the topics don't have to be exactly those ones. the layout of course is up to you too.

i had to find my happiness alone. full realization. unconditional love. then i was able to find someone i'd like to be with. if you're trying to be someone else to find a lover, you'll find a partner for someone else. why don't you use this opportunity to achieve celibate (no porn, no masturbation, no sex)? you may get in touch with your deepest peace.

@Lorcan wow... you're so young! your journal is very inspiring. since you've asked, my recommendation is to use topics to summarize your accomplishments. for instance: meditation body workout healthy meals career time investment so everyone knows what you're aiming for and it's easier to track consistency. that list i typed out was just an example. you can check mine and others' to inspire you so you can create your own layout.

@dude TSP is too hard haha. if you have to solve it on a 2D context, like a map, check the euclidean TSP version. cheers!

2016, oct 12th healthy meals happiness sharing deep talks self-inquiry & dharma contemplation yogasanas music dancing meditation zen passo a passo time investment ashram duties spent the entire day with my girlfriend. when we woke up, we went straight to a very deep talk about reality and consciousness. then we had a great lunch. we finished the matrix trilogy today and then we came to the ashram where i live (we were at my parents'). while i was practicing yogasanas, she was learning how to sing this song. she's an amazing singer. her voice is so sweet. after my hatha yoga practice, i picked up the guitar and we sang nina oliveira together. and after that we danced kizomba. i'm kinda teaching her how to dance kizomba. she's loving it! then we meditated together in the zen passo a passo program. after that, while she cooked a delicious meal, i cleaned the meditation hall. then we had dinner! she's sleeping now. such an angel <3

@Gabriel Antonio we're welcome!

2016, oct 11th healthy meals university career investment happiness sharing self-inquiry & dharma contemplation meditation yogasanas deep talks master classes are really really good. i'm enjoying this master degree. meditation was so deep. lasted for 1 hour but i think i could have gone for longer. the yoga teacher arrived and i had to stop. these yoga classes are really changing my body structure. fixing old patterns, healing my lower back. as i advance, my body feels younger. going to my parents for a visit with my girlfriend!

@Mr Lenny do you know people interested in meditation? you could create your own group. if you wish to do so, i can help you with the methodology if you want.

@Mr Lenny don't do anything without self love, otherwise your progress will be rather slow. find a sangha. in my case, i went out on the city where i live looking for many meditation groups. i found dozens of them. i practiced with all of them. i met awesome people. you can try it. connect with people

@spicy_pickles about helping others, you may find out that we can only help those who know that they need help. and the best help we can offer is being happy. they will be curious or even inspired by your presence. be careful not to be cocky, though. we're better off if we have happy friends, not ill friends. your friendship circle may (very likely) change during this journey. you'll find happier and happier people as you progress on your own happiness.

wow! your reports are awesome!

enlightenment is the end of suffering that comes from ignorance. who'd want to suffer?

you can't know about this with your mind. you have yet to realize the truth of no-death and no-birth. if you touch it, you'll see that it's impossible to die. you're here right now. is it possible to exist consciously without being able to perceive the fact that you're simply here? it feels as if we were always here and there's no way out of IT.

take a break from meditation/self-inquiry and recover. come back when you're stable. these things can happen.

i found this technique "by accident". i was curious about the beginning of a thought, so i thought: "i want to witness the beginning of a thought". then i started to meditate. i went to total presence with one exhalation and i put myself in a diligent perspective, thinking "ok, where are you, thoughts, now? i want to see you coming." what happened? total silence. no thoughts! my insight the observer is just a thought and we cannot be conscious of two thoughts are the same time.