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I would love to randomly get bombarded with quotes from OSHO's "Love, Freedom, Aloneness" or Rumi's poetry by some chick.

The problem with truth is that it's an almost empty word for me. I don't really know where it points to. On the other hand, I know exactly what happiness means. When I recall a mystical experience my body shivers from the reminiscence of the sweetest sweetness there is. Happiness is that sweetness. I want to go full monty and overflow with it every minute, every hour. That's why I do yoga. If the action taken is the same as if I was pursuing Truth, then I don't see a problem.

I don't want the truth. I want happiness, that's the only reason why I am on the path. To be happy and peaceful all the time. Is that a hindrance? I don't know yet. It all boils down to how skillfully you navigate those desires and wants, I think.

True. Constantly seeing that in myself. Non-cognitive areas of life lag in development, but you eventually make the jump into the next stage and it feels so liberating to drop the old habits.

Yup, also sends a report to your mail every week, so you can keep better track of your work/life balance.

My stack: Google Calendar for scheduling, Toggl for time tracking, Evernote for note-taking. Those are the ones I use daily.

Reality check. If you have never made any money through YouTube or your own website, then you are probably underestimating the effort it needs by 10-fold. Better focus on freelancing until you can make a living.

@Yonkon You see benefits daily. From the first week of practice, your awareness raises noticeably.

If you feel sharp pain close to heart@How to be wise, it may simply be your spine. That type of pain is typical when you sit too much or have some back problems.

Do you literaly feel burning in the heart area? If yes, then I am experiencing somthing similar. Tried Hatha Yoga and felt flames bursting through my hands. I think what you are experiencing is totally normal. The whole charm of this journey is that every day can bring something unexpected.

@dimitri Every single one.

You have put a lot of quality research into the issue. Thanks for that.

Yeah, it's excellent at everything you have listed.

@Freakrik It doesn't matter. Spiritual experiences are waaay deeper. Even the early ones. They always surprise you with a depth, even though you think you know what to expect.

So, I have actually kissed with the preetiest girl in school that I had a crush on and to top it, it was my first kiss ever in life. It was cool, but rather dissapoinitng. I have also had samadhi where I forgot who I am and merged with reality. It grounded me to the floor and left in shock from awe for an hour. It was unexpectedly magnificient. Here's your comparison. I think there's none.

Hah, I have almost forgotten about this guy, but he is sooo entartaining. This could be a good example of pickup. Although I can't get rid of feeling that what I have watched is just a show, like it doesn't work half as well as in the video.

AI reasearch and policy. Drugs legalization or at least decriminalization. Further spreading of environmentally conscious ideas like renewable energy or veganism. Help everyone find their life purpose. Spread Enlightenment teachings, more research into altered states of consciousness.

Or rather, needle dangers

Try to meditate inside a lucid dream. Mind-blowing experience. You can get samadhi so easily in that state. It's hard to get that idea when you are already in a dream, so you have to set intention before having one.

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.