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@Charlotte Mhh, then if you’ve ruled out diet and mental-state, hormones is really the only thing that remains isn’t it?

@Charlotte Could indeed be what is causing it. If you eat whole foods and plant based and keep oil intake low, diet is very unlikely to be the culprit. Unless there is still some foodgroup your body doesn’t tolerate very well. Do you have a lot of stress and/or emotional craziness :p?

@Charlotte Have you eliminated most of the oils you use? I eat a whole foods plants based diet and even when eating like this I noticed myself breaking out. Turns out in the dinners I ate was a lot of different oils. When I stopped using these oils for cooking purposes my acne vanished. Acne’s cause is for everyone different, but trying this out could help you if you haven’t already.

The endless moodswings

I like Adyashanti’s description, Spirit waking up to itself

I've tried reading multiple books at once a couple of times but I find that for me it's better to have one book to be committed to. I'm aware some people have no trouble reading multiple at the same time, but in my case I start half-assing books if I do it this way. Bottomline, find out what works for you. I think this is different for everyone.

Man that almost made me cry, beautiful.

I hope he is okay. So sad to see such a lost soul.

@Dan Arnautu My Top Strengths Appreciation of beauty and excellence Forgiveness and mercy Curiosity and interest in the world Industry, Diligence, perseverance Fairness, equity, and justice With 1 and 2 being my signature strengths. So far, I've been thinking about my domain of mastery being the body. Movement, strength, efficiency all have been things I've always been really pulled towards. Freerunners, Yogi's, Bodybuilders, all people I really admire and look up to. Getting stronger and being able to use my body more effectively is something I take much joy in so this might be the thing I've been looking for. Hopefully soon while progressing further through the course I will find how I will be able to combine my most important values and signature strengths with this domain of mastery, and also find a way to have a strong impact on the world.

@Dan Arnautu Yes I'm working very hard on it. I'm already quite sure about what I will want to master but it's still a bit vague in my mind. Luckily I'm only at Life Purpose Exercise #1, so that means I will have plenty of exercises to get clearer view on what I specifically want to do. Nonetheless, I have ADD and most of the terrible concentration I have fixed through loads of meditation but I still lack the capability to strategically think and have clarity and order. That's something I would really like to learn as not having this skill is really holding me back a lot.

@Samurai Y Close to finding it. 2/3 into the course.

@Nahm Hahaha! That’s a real cool way of putting it!

I found it a really interesting video, showed and made me realise how much I judge and have assumptions about religions. I’d like to look deeper into this subject, much to learn from these different traditions

@Leo Gura But not beneficial enough for the booklist?

Alright, I’ll give it a go. Have been looking for an in depth book about meditation for a while. This book looks fit for that.

I discovered dates.... I eat those things like it’s junkfood, so good and so sweet

@Shroomdoctor lol

Wish you the best man!

Quinnoa, rice, buckwheat, other gluten-free grains, fruit, beans, lentils, leafy greens, nut’s and seeds This is how I get my daily caloric intake + a medium sized surplus. This is basically 2800 calories and on some days a little more.

@dude Eyy you’re dutch too! Awesome

@DnoReally lol

Keeping your meditation habit consistent is important so if you can only manage 20 minutes a day, that's fine. In the end it will be so incredibly beneficial to you. I have troubling planning my reading too so lately I've been trying to incorporate it into my morning routine. I wake up --> Meditate --> Eat breakfast ---> Read for 30 minutes. Finding space in your day might seem very difficult at first, but when you write down what you do all day (at least it was for me) there was a lot of time spent on unhelpful stuff such as watching Netflix, browsing the web, etc. while I actually thought I had no time. So, try this out yourself and see if you can find different times during your day where you are not doing something valuable. See if you can fit some reading in there if you are able to create some room in your day. Wish you the best!

Recognise that there is no such thing as being on the path and being off the path. It's just something you make up in your mind. Be free from this meaning. When you have a deep inner intention to work on yourself, grow your consciousness, spread love and compassion, there is no such thing as falling off the path. It's just your life situation that made you feel like you are not in your 'prime', which is illusory and not true. See that whatever you are doing right now is your best. You are doing the best you can in this situation, and for that you deserve to be loved. Give that love to yourself and allow everything to just happen. I hope you'll be alright.

I'm in the middle of the life purpose course right now and there is one question I would like to have some light shone on. In one of the core concepts there is clearly explained that it is important to choose a purpose that is concerned with being a creator, not a competitor. I committed to this principle but now I can't keep wondering about what if my life my life purpose involves a sport or e-sport, or martial art, isn't that something that is impossible to do since it's concerned with competing with others? I'm very, very motivated to find my purpose and I really want something I can choose to master again. I really miss that feeling I had when I played counter-strike in the past. Honing my skills, trying to become to best in the world, these things I really want to start doing again. Thank you guys.

@Nahm I'm a high school student and never had quantum mechanics or anything related to that. Do you think I can make use of this video? I'm scared that I'm not educated enough to understand this