Posho

If you had a one year vacation with zero obligations, enough money to buy handful of books and enough space and freedom, what would you do? (Or atleast what would you recommend to a person like that?)

Awareness is an interesting topic and something I’ve been working on for a while. Its hard to put it in words though. My answer will be mostly in context to addictions and why and how awareness helps deal with addictions better. Awareness brings to light that which was hidden, that which you could not see before not because it was gone but because you unconsciously chose to NOT see it. With addictions, any and every addiction pretty much is an escape and helps you NOT see the accumulated pain and hurt since duh, discomfort (which is against the human nature. We are inherently biologically driven towards pleasure and away from pain) This accumulated hurt and discomfort Is from: Your childhood and life experiences where you were toxically shamed Feeling of unworthiness From boredom and void of life From the fact that you are clueless and so is everyone else. From the fact that effort and emotional labour is the pre requisite for life (which you want to escape) Addiction of any kind (Netflix, porn, drugs, work, relationships, books, being depressed, working out) removes that awareness of the above mentioned discomfort/pain. So quite natural don’t you think that bringing that awareness helps you deal with your addiction better? I mean Netflix is not the problem. Netflix is only filling the gap, any good substitute would do. Awareness removes Netflix out of the scene itself and brings to focus that which really is the problem: that you’re not at peace with the pointers mentioned So to answer your question (in context to addictions), awareness makes it easier to deal with the thing (addiction) cause the thing itself was never the problem. It throws the thing itself out of the scene. This might seem like coming out of a baby’s mouth but I speak from experience.

How abou cooking an alien dish you're excited to try with some jazz in teh background supported with cold wine followed by making out?

Leo, this has always bugged me. The world we see is pretty fucked up as you mentioned but then why does spirituality says that the world is perfect the way it is? Is the tangible world out there with wars and VRs simply an illusion so to speak? And if yes, how?

How is that applicable to this woman?

I can't figure out what the lady exactly wants to communicate here. What are your thoughts?

Practice and hardwork, going against the society and against yourself. Have the guts? I don't but I know I can build it up. You?

Detachment isn't as easy as people make out it to be. But man, once you're really detached when you just don't fucking care, man it's the best feeling in the world. Especially detachment from low conscious stuff

So you've introduced concepts and theories beliefs and mindsets to us which are undoubtedly life changing but for a newbie, a completely new person in personal development, how and where do he start? Start with writing goals? Making a meditation habit? With fitness? With keeping a journal? Eliminating poor habits? Like where do you start? Writing a vision? Finding life purpose? And then how do you move forward cleverly? Making a plan? A strategy? Learning about what subjects? Or all of this depends on us? How we want?

my longest without fapping has been a month (32 days approximately) the trick is to not fantasise much and also when you indulge in things more meaningful you'll not feel like fapping... and this is A FUCKING LIE!! Meaningful things bring pain and you fap so that you can avoid that pain. You fap so that you can temporarily avoid the shit you otherwise do not want to face. Yes we're all fucked up. The thing that works for me is to fantasise less, and not entertain lesbian thoughts

You get on the stage, and you do your part, despite the fear. You will have to go through it to overcome it For once n for all get involved with it completely. Try contemplating, why do I have this fear? What is the bottom line? What is this fear serving? Etc. But contemplate deep.

Hm, depends on who the person is.

-you'll meet assholes all the fucking time, the trick is to not give a fuck -reality doesn't give a shit about you, if at all you care, you will have to change yourself

travelling and reading all the books on my book list (as concrete goals) (for now) abstract ones, less stupidity and more awareness

4 things- shitty beliefs opinions status quo falling off track