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For me, that's called having fun

It's the weirdest! I always drop jaw when I see a random religious symbol in real life and then realize what it really points to.

I think it's a matter of perspective. You can talk from Enlightened perspective. You can talk from ego perspective. And then you can also do something as the author of the post did, unskillfully merge the two perspectives and confuse the hell out of everyone.

Wow. It's always cool to have one more great example for psychedelics advocacy.

@brugluiz That explains nothing. How do you know if you have a contract and what it is about, who the hell is soul family and when did we invite Teal Swan to the party? But thanks for the list. @Nahm No, never heard about it. Any recommendations? When I type "reiki" into Google I only get catholic articles about how it is a tool of Satan. (That's the charm of living in Poland. We had a politician who was trying to crown Jesus Christ as the king of Poland, lol.)

I too have only a year of practice and kundalini doesn't give me a rest. I have not experienced anything I could call awakening, but the energy is certainly active. On some days there are non-stop muscle twitches, tingling, pressure, prickling, weird orgasm-like experiences and burning around chakra areas, on top of the head too. I have been to doctor, done bloodwork, tested urine, checked internal organs, my heart was also tested not so long ago and everything is in the norm. I only have a slightly bad posture. Not doing psychedelics for months. Slight anxiety. If anyone knows solutions that ease these symptoms I would be happy to hear them. I am considering taking Hatha Yoga classes.

A friend. Because there's no-one closer to you than God. You are it. That's the most intimate relationship ever.

I would even say life purpose is a fancy name for a satisfying career.

I guess it's because there's a lot of new people coming into the forums and they flock these types of threads. Those guys will outnumber any voice of reason. You don't really want to turn this place into yet another hub for JP or red pill fans. There's enough of that on the internet and it's not productive.

I haven't seen that. Life purpose is something you craft for yourself, so obviously not everyone has one. There are people with disabilities who nail life purpose. Stephen Hawking comes to my mind, but there are countless examples of people with disabilities who have big impact on the world. The same goes for income inequality, it's not an unbreakable barrier.

A little insight. As humans, we develop and change, but often our habits lag behind. Personally, my goals and preferences have changed a lot. I don't enjoy running or calisthenics anymore, even though I have loved them in the past. Yet I still continue to practice them, because that's something I am quite comfortable with and good at. And that's pointless. There are other activities like Hatha Yoga or simply walking that are more in alignment with who I have become. They are an especially good choice when I no longer want to focus on strength or endurance. I encourage you to reflect on your own workout regime and see if you can replace any activity to make your training more fulfilling, too.

And if you want practical examples then I recommend going to the internet entrepreneurship forums and look for progress threads and case-studies or visit /r/Entrepreneur.

What kind of business? Small business? I have personally liked Breaking the Time Barrier by Mike McDerment, CEO of Freshbooks cloud accounting. It's a short business book written like a novel that you can read for free. It teaches you how to entangle revenue from time. Built to Sell by John Warrillow touches the same subject, but is a little bit longer. And I have to mention The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. It contains crucial principles of building a business. It's quite old and for some people, the style in which the book was written may be off-putting. If that's the case, there is also Unscripted written by the same author that is newer and more accessible.

That's probably a trade secret.

@Sahil Pandit Thanks for posting the video. Adyashanti nails it. I never have watched him, might do it now.

I have a thought that maybe the INTP, INTJ, INFP, and INFJ types are not the ones that are the most common on the forum, but the ones that are the most likely to take a personality test at all. I bet there are more extroverts out there, but they are just not posting results or don't even know their type. That skews the picture.

Arahant Daniel M. Ingram on teachers: https://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/part-i-the-fundamentals/11-on-teachers/

I have to finally read Jed McKenna's non-dual Moby Dick interpretation to equip myself with some cool fishing metaphors.

I see philosophy as valuable when you want to use it to advance in training in morality, i.e. work in ethics field and develop principles to guide people doing genetic engineering or something similar.

@Krzysztof I see I am not the only one who has liked their content.

Hey, here you have a tool for career planning. https://80000hours.org/career-planning-tool/ It helps in making informed decision and clears confusion.

In my experience LSD reduces anxiety by a lot, too. Yet the effects are rather short-lived. Another cool effect of LSD that not many people may know is that it acts like allergy medication. I can confirm that it gets ridden of pollen, cat and dust allergy symptoms.

Go do something incredible and you will have a memory worth writing a song about.

What a coincidence, I just have been reading about Adam Strauss. Have you heard about him? He is a comedian with OCD, who tried curing his condition with Magic Mushrooms after everything else failed. You can do a Google search and read a few articles about him. I am not trying in any way to encourage you to try psychedelics, but to show you that there actually might be hope in your situation. Right now you are feeling strong emotions so you might be unable to judge reality properly. Bare yourself with patience and you can make significant progress. Radical transformation doesn't happen in a week, nor a month, not even a year. You have to diligently work on undermining your false beliefs and applying self-love. By the way, you can't convince someone who has had Enlightenment experience that Enlightenment doesn't exist. It's like arguing to Columbus that America doesn't exist. "But I have been there." "So what?! It doesn't exist." That's how ridiculous it sounds.

So I was browsing MAPS website today and found this cool offer. https://maps.org/event-calendar/7454-free-90-minute-live-session-online-breathwork-workshop-for-friends-of-maps It's a professional workshop that guides you through a breathwork session. Normal price is $24 but it is offered free for MAPS supporters. Haven't tried it yet, so I can't tell you about the quality of the experience. But maybe someone on the forum is willing to test it and share an opinion.