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i've had 2 experiences with ayahuasca and they felt great, but only because i was already 100% healed. what i learned was that you have to know what you're "seeing" with ayahuasca. when you drink it you go very deep into your thought process and you will live your thoughts as if they were real but you'll be actually dreaming. ayahuasca can heal people because people are so distracted that they can't spot their own lies. ayahuasca will show you everything that you're attached to including unconscious memories that still hurt you but you don't even notice. if you plan to drink ayahuasca, i recommend developing a trustworthy "let go" mindset.

@isabellc you have to be extremely sincere every time. tell him everything. tell him about your feelings. tell him about the reason you're married with him. always keeping eye contact. this is very practical and pragmatic. find all the sincerity inside you. it might hurt a lot but it will make you stronger. you may spot your own lies and it would make you feel bad. but it is necessary. go deep. deeeeep. have a profound life. try to get in touch with the truth inside you everyday. every moment.

imho, leo's mistake was saying that he'd go for the 5meodmt experience instead of the 3 years of enlightenment pursuit. as i understand, those 3 years of pursuit were fundamental for him to understand what happened on the 5meodmt experience. the 5meodmt is not a shortcut. it is just another part of his path.

of course it's possible. whatever happens, you have to experience it for yourself. my words are worth nothing. do it

yes, they can, because they're not the laws of nature. they're just an attempt to describe reality with thought process.

yes and no. yes because it will help a lot. no because it's not enough. what we call "addictions" are just habits that we judge as being harmful for us and/or for people around us. you have to go further. you have to fill your life with habits that you judge as being healthy for you and/or for people around you. meditation is just one habit, but you cannot live by sitting forever. this section may be useful for you. if you feel like doing it, let us know of your transformation. use your determination to inspire.

we practice hatha yoga (the physical part) so that we can develop a healthy spine and a solid meditative body posture. hatha yoga is just a step. maybe the easiest one.

@Xpansion @Naviy beautiful words. deeply human and kingly sincere. i could feel the connection with those feelings just by reading your reports.

inspiring... makes me wonder if i can do it too!

what's "falling in love"? going into more details, the problem appears when your happiness starts to depend on that external factor, that external satisfaction. you can diagnose this situation by paying attention to your thoughts. if you start demanding things from her (even just mentally) it means that you're starting to create your own suffering.

2016, oct 5th healthy meals happiness sharing zen passo a passo maturation actualized.org contributions yogasanas meditation self-inquiry & dharma contemplation ashram duties profound happiness insight today i sent an e-mail confirming my presence on the zen retreat that will happen in november, then i prepared the material for today's zen passo a passo zazen session. the theme was full expression and we read the second chapter of this book. more subtitles in pt-br for leo's video! the entire video will take a while! but translating it is quite an experience because i get to study it in more details and learn more. today i worked really hard at it. the yoga teacher did not come, so i prepared an special yoga class for myself. i only worked things that are insanely hard and painful for me. the lower portion of my spine is too dense and its shape is wrong, preventing me from performing many asanas properly. i want to fix it. the zen passo a passo encounter went well. the sangha is progressing together and it's extremely satisfying. after that i had a deep conversation with my girlfriend about full awareness and the truth. then i accompanied her to her home. when i came back to the ashram, i cleaned the meditation hall and came to my bedroom. here i just had a very honest feeling of gratitude. i don't have a car. i'm not a genius. i do not own my own place to sleep. my bike is very simple. i have 10 sets of clothes. my smartphone is very simple and i barely use it. my computer is 6 years old. i'm not handsome. my state of peace doesn't depend on faith. i don't drink. i don't smoke. i don't watch porn, nor do i masturbate. and yet, it feels like i'm the happiest person in this world!

nice! i had to do it too. i implemented all this from scratch... even the graphics

my recommendation is to use your sexual energy for something else instead. meditation, body work, consciousness expansion etc. if you have sex just for satisfaction, you will miss the main point of it, which is connection. deep connection.

you made my day even happier!

don't let ambition consume you if you haven't learned about humility yet. in the end, what makes you an extraordinary human being is your capacity to enjoy very very simple things, like drinking tea slowly, listening to other people, doing dishes etc. this is the place where you recover to grow bigger. you have to start from below. i recommend zen retreats. those are good if you want to find peace on being humble. you should aim for foundations. meditative and contemplative skills. can you watch the sunset today in total silence?

vipassana/mindfulness techniques, i'd say. body scan and such

so is yours! i really like your passion about conscious freedom through body movement.

2016, oct 4th healthy meals happiness sharing bike rides university career investment meditation self-inquiry & dharma contemplation family contact actualized.org contributions there was a master class about pattern recognition. i think most people are not understanding very well what we discuss during classes. and the content of the classes are becoming harder and harder. today i felt a deep connection with the teachings of jesus. as someone who had his own direct mystic experience for sure, i was wondering if he actually taught his followers to have the direct experience their own. then i had a long meditation in which i felt my mind melt down. it feels amazing when it happens. then i went to my girlfriend's to watch part of the movie before sunrise. pretty amazing movie! after watching the first 50 minutes of the movie, we ate banana with mango. i felt a huge wave of love for her. such a beautiful person full of love and kindness. then i went to listen to a swami called yamunacarya maharaj. he came to fortaleza to teach the krishna devotees about yamas, niyamas and bhakti yoga. i enjoy it very much listening to such a wise person sharing light about the practice of love. i also enjoy watching people listen to practical spiritual teachings so they can improve the quality of their lives. i also felt very grateful for being a person who's extinguished my passions (vanity, narcissism, pride, greed, craving, inappropriate sexuality etc), who's attained nirvana. such a liberation lasts until the last breath. i went to my parents. i talked a lot with my mother. i wish they learn how to love people other than relatives and do more in life than just accumulating more stuff on their apartment. they have forgotten how to smile... now i am creating more pt-br subtitle lines for the video low quality vs high quality consciousness as i write this. good evening!

@quantum i loved those values of yours! they certainly drive oneself to a profound experience of life.

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dear @Mikey , i said that we're having a good time here in this forum in general. we're not happy because you suffer. that was your own conclusion because reality still looks very personal to you. this suffering you feel comes from the fact that reality is trying to rob you from that ego-driven perspective but you don't let it happen. if you relax and accept reality as it really is, something interesting will happen to you. right now, as you suffer, you're actually in the verge of a miracle. certainly the best thing that can occur in a human life experience.

you're the only person who can give yourself some peace. don't blame us. we're having a good time here.

i have this criteria: everyday i try to take care of my body take care of my mind eat well share laughter and smiles, listen and have eye contact invest in my university career improve the accuracy of my reality perception (dharma studies, self-inquiry etc) help the world sometimes i can combine these topics. sometimes i can't keep up with all of them. but a day like that feels like a PERFECT day for me.

@adithyaunlimited wow, i feel very happy for you! let us see it!

2016, oct 3th healthy meals happiness sharing yogasanas meditation self-inquiry & dharma contemplation ashram duties actualized.org contributions woke up in my girlfriend's bedroom and we shared some intimacy. after that we had a breakfast full of smiles and deep eye contact. she went to university and i came back home on my bike. when i arrived i saw my muslim friend waiting for me. he had just arrived too. he did not tell me that he was coming over. what a surprise! he wanted to see the place i live in. we had a pleasant talk about buddhism and islam. then he left and i watched leo's low quality vs high quality consciousness video. then i contacted the daissen-ji zen center from florianópolis to confirm my presence on the sesshin they're organizing, which will happen in november. lunch time! we had a happy meal with everyone from the ashram then i came back to study some more of leo's content and participate on the forum until the yoga teacher came. the yoga class was excellent and then i took a bath for my monday zazen with the daissen-ji sangha. after zazen i went to eat açaí with another practitioner. he's a physicist and we talked about the dharma and science. then i came back home on my bike and started to clean the meditation hall, as i do every monday and wednesday. i started to create portuguese subtitles for the last leo's video and i plan to keep up with this work. then i came here to start this self-actualization journal.