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@Shan greatest post ever

@Algida your wording says something happened to u, not something u did. i suggest understanding they did what they did because of where they were at. if u harm someone, and become even the least bit aware / conscious, eventually it going to be something u need to work thru. and so it is for that person. you are here now. not there. u can be think your way back there over and over, or you can forgive them and experience a major major major breakthrough of unconditional love and release. meditate for a few minutes, then imagine taking all of the memories and pain & suffering from this event, and packing them into a metal ball in front of u. get all of it into the ball. feel the weight and density of the ball. now visualize pushing this incredibly heavy ball down a track. see it roll away for miles until u cant see it anymore. repeat as needed. the bottom line is u have to start repeating a new story about this event. a story about your breakthrough. your story about your acceptance and allowance of unconditional love. this will not hold you back. you are strong enough now. you can progress. dont procrastinate! you're simply hetter than that!!!!!

@Afonsoit allows more connection to higher self while sacrificing ability to do much with the connection. i would take your experience as an awareness that u have something that u can let go of to get a higher default consciouness.

@Truth Great posts. I enjoyed reading them. When someone appears stuck in PD it seems to me they are talking to someone. Someone specific that affected them in a way that caused them (seemingly) to adopt a belief about reality. When confronted about the stuck situation later, they are talking to that person in their past when they are talking to you. What do you think?

calmness is the key!

@Will i am calm with underlying intense creativity. i was not always this way. my personal recipe in hopes something is actionable to u; yoga or energy tai chi, then 50 mins of cardio to intense music & some 'lifting' (boflex actually), followed by meditation every morning. i raise all that intense energy and then while meditating tons of ideas just bubble up and i let them pass by. it leaves me full of more than enough energy and creativity for the day. enough sleep and healthy eating are the foundation for this also. it's a lot to do everyday but the alternative is a shit life. (for me, imo) these practices also lead to nonthinking state most of the time. hell of a byproduct of happiness!

@2000 u might already be in great shape for all i know... but otherwise...i remember being where u are, i remember waking up instantly a pissed off total asshole for a while. i put it into fitness and lost 50 pounds. An hour of cardio alone listening to some ratm will clear out adrenaline & cordisol ( the anger chems) and flood u with dopamine, oxytocin, etc (the feel good chems) don't stop the practices whatever you do. double down on them. it's the most worthwhile adventure possible!! have trust / faith in the well being of the universe that you are tuning into. you're inbetween stations right now so there's a lot of static. the next channel is so sweet tho!!!!

@wingsofwax the idea is to witness that you are being breathed, your heart is being beaten, your cells are being divided - the higher you is doing these. The self is a tiny factor and eventually is seen for what it is- nothing. made up.

@Harvey give all of yourself. give your entire life to others. in an ironic twist of intuition, this leads to being and having everything. so often we are asking about losing our self, when we can just give it away.

@WaterfallMachine simply start a daily meditation practice of returning focus to your breathing. meditation stops momentum. this will build the habit of stopping focus. @WaterfallMachine

@Moreira Meditate & contemplate your death. Keep returning your focus to this being you very last day. Imagine looking back on your life, your decisions. I hope you experience a realization that there is nothing to lose, nothing at risk. Take baby steps. Today, just say - today I will simply be ready for being free of my fears tomorrow. Tomorrow, just take a peak at the fears and that is enough. The next day sit with your fears for 5 minutes, and that is enough. Keep going each day. The reason these fears can be overwhelming is because we tend to approach them digitally so to speak, on or off, having it or not having it. But of course, that is not how PD works. Be sure that all great things have a trail of consecutive tiny things that lead to them. Baby steps are ok. Approach this as early in the day as possible, as will power declines through our day. Godspeed Moreira, the universe is behind you, within you and supports you, as do all of us. Enjoy the journey.

@Dodo It is far easier to live a healthy, mindful life of right practices than not because of all the suffering involved. Suffering is all self created & imposed. It takes a lot of work & effort to support an ego. Holding on to habits and therefore negative views is like carrying 100 pounds around 24 7. When you begin to let these things go, life becomes very easy.

@John Iverson how is it created by illusion?

From the gynocologist who pulled me out and said "it's a boy!". i was like wtf you mean "it"???? and my pd journey had begun! love you guys! ??

@Afonso no. i can only come from my experience of course, but i think you are completely underestimating the sheer volume of practices and time in front of you, if u are pursuing this.

@Jani fair enough ?. thank you. i learned here as well. you sound well ahead of the 19 yo median. keep on rockin ?

@Nichols Harvey You are wise in not believing me. One of the best ego traps is expressing verbally what I've learned and giving references of others who have not learned it. This reveals it has not been realized, only learned. It may be clever observation, but it reveals a lack of practicing and building momentum. It shows where the focus actually is. Clever camouflage. And, how old am I? What gender am I? See, you are doing the same thing as what I'm describing. Thinking you know and realizing are not the same. If the ability to focus was truly developed, the title would note 'creating a better work environment', and then the content would be about creating, not the current work environment and shortages of coworkers.

@Jani There is a state of mind you can obtain in which none of the negative perspectives you described exist. I would not expect you to believe me, and I hope you don't. In your current state, your mood & perspective seem to be dependent or at the least, influenced, by what other people think of you / getting validation, recognition, respect. These are the facets of the hamster wheel. That's all ego feed. It's not helping you in the long run to feel good about that stuff in the short term. Get yourself to a place where you see that for what it is. Contemplating what others think of you is a waste of time. Praise & blame are all the same. When how you feel is only determined by you, you'll be running a company, not working for one. Please don't believe me. Believe in the practices.

@2000 @TJ Reeves TJ nailed it here. One point I think is worth adding...be sure to meditate and then establish your intention in a longer term visioning way. I have found the muscle development analogy applies to this too. I have been pleasantly surprised by what I get from a workout when I first focus on why I'm doing it, which muscles each excercise will expand, that all of it contributes to a much higher conditioning, which allows me to spend more time practicing and less time sitting around tired.

@Adam M I'm at a place where I see/ feel that complacency coming. What works for me is learning something new because it changes my understanding of things I've already learned. Currently, I'm learning to sew and tailor clothes. I'm not interested in it, and that's why I get benefit. It's a practice of practicing something without being inspired to do it. It keeps the preference & emotion factor away as an obstacle. Also, when I feel it coming, I go away, alone, for a few days to spend a lot of consecutive time doing the practices and being creative. Consciousness to me is sort of like blowing up a balloon...if I want it to pop, I have to expand it. While I'm not expanding it, it has a slow leak. A few days of blowing is necessary to push through the leak.

@Violet Great to hear your career is going well. Seems like (IMO) you are looking for happiness & fulfillment from a corporate career. "You're still young, that's your fault". Practices have no substitute. Only the practices will lead you to the place of satisfaction and simultaneous expansion. It is a delicious harmonious state.

@Joseph Maynor Living vicariously is not a real experience, it's regurgitating one's own experiences in an illusion of conflation.

@Noname Thinking is helpful if it inspires adherence to the daily practices & leads to an individuals discovery of the non-thinking state. Otherwise, thinking is preventative to progress.

@Anna1 I'm feeling so transparent! You are intuitive, and so right. I struggle with this big time lately. My oldest son is 23. A hard age imo. He puts me on a pedestal, and I tell him he shouldn't. It's not a be like me thing, it's a be less of you, and you will become so much more of you thing. I am becoming more aware and mindful of it, but I too often forget to meet him where he's at. Once in a while though, I love that look on his face when I touch on something close enough that he hears it, and far enough that he wants it. Life is so fucking sweet & precious.

@Anna1 You are right. What I said was from what I am now. When I think for a second back to being younger, your sentiment and logic ring true. It's an interesting phenomenon, how anyone, especially Leo, holds no punches and basically is saying do the fucking practices, but as said in Lazy Eye, "So clear but so unheard". Why is that? Why is it so hard to hear? Best I can make of it, is that it's because the objective reality is so overwhelmingly convincing. Like watching / playing a virtual reality game in the year 3000. So good, we'd argue it's real.