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I've been doing quite good lately. Putting a lot of hours into spiritual practice and reading, and creating a solid foundation. It really feels like there is progression. Although a lot of the fear and anxiety that has vanished out of my mind still persists in my body. This can produce heart palpilations and a strong pressure on my throat. I was thinking of starting yoga to include my body in the spiritual journey. If I'd want to make my body more aligned with higher quality of consciousness and have overall more vitality and fix this residue of fear that is still in my body, which type of yoga is good for this?

@Ilya I mean the fear and negative emotions that get 'stuck' in the body after a while. When you have been fearful all your life and you suddenly start to change how your brain functions, it can take time for your body to catch up. That's where yoga comes in and allows the body to transcend all this stuff. @sarapr Thank you, will check it out. I do feel like you need an actual yoga teacher to help you do most stuff in such a way it is most effective. Such as kundalini yoga for example, I've heard you can really fuck up your body if you do some things in a wrong way. Do you have sessions you go to every week or a teacher that helps you?

@Shin I’ve been really taking up this practice. The first day I was almost mindful the entire day but right now I can sense my mind going back to it’s normal state and way of operating. How can I integrate this succesfully in my every day life without ‘forgetting’ ?

This journey is one of the most beautiful and amazing experiences you will have in life. Doing the inquiry and reading the books will eventually pay back hunderdfolds So feel the beauty that it brings and enjoy the process Good luck and very awesome you are interested in this.

@Shanmugam I liked your story, it was sweet.

No haha, @Toby lately all I have heard young kids talk about is the apps on their iPads

On the deepest level I really just want to become an amazing drawer and draw everyday. It feels amazing to let loose and create amazing projects which I am really proud of. But, There are so many things that make it hard to do this on a daily basis such as, going to school, making homework, etc. Should I fully go after my passions and let my school work suffer for it or should I keep doing it as I have been, drawing every other day or two days and meanwhile putting a lot of my hours into schoolwork? I know I should find balance for myself, but it just feels really inauthentic sometimes when I have to study for school but I'm being pulled towards creating and drawing.

Ah and don’t forget Rupert Spira’s wife, Ellen Emmet. She teaches too.

@Shin I love Teal Swan, her content is very interesting. Have you ever seen the collab she did with Matt Kahn?

@snowleopard Very helpful, I enjoyed your explanation, thanks.

I'm currently reading Neti-Neti Meditation by Andre Doshim Halaw and he already confused me haha, which is good. I am clinging too much to concept of me being awareness. Somewhere in the beginning stated "We are not our senses, perceptions, awareness, consciousness, emotions, bodies, thoughts." Which really made me wonder. What can I be if I am not even awareness? Of course, this is something I have to find out for myself but I was wondering how you guys comprehend this. Is awareness a quality of the Absolute?

I’m so ignorant it’s completely insane. When I do self inquiry there is always my mind going into thinking and choosing that over the actual fact that I don’t know who I am. Like it’s not necessary. It already knows everything. It’s actually quite shocking when you become aware of this yourself. I did not expect it to be this bad

@Highest Mh.. interesting. It does feel like I have to try really, really hard to get to an insight.But ey, who is that I that tries hard then?

Thanks everyone.

I don't really like beer but I've always wanted to taste whiskey for some reason. So when I turn 18 I will drink my first whiskey. Other than that I don't really drink at all.

Very interesting. Thank you

“When a man’s value is no longer measured by what he does, by his finances or social standing, how does he determine his worth? In our new world, a man’s presence — his depth of awareness — is his most valuable asset.” - David Deida

I started at 15, you can start whenever you want to. Start with studying the parts of self actualisation that inspire you the most. Be that relationship or nutrition, it does not matter. Get that awesome foundation going.

I'm turning 18 this december. Power to the young folks. Great you guys are laying an awesome foundation.

Start with small steps. Wim hof didn't immediately go jump into ice lakes for 3 hours like he has done when he just started. Implement the habit of taking a cold shower every day. I started doing this and it produces amazing results. Not only on a physical level but on a psychological level as well. If you want to go deeper with this stuff, check out his website and course. I plan on eventually buying his course as well to go deeper with this method.

@sarapr I can see it! beautifully drawn as well.

And we made it boys, Nofapvember has been completed. I am now on a 30 day streak. This feels fucking awesome

@Marco_the_Ape I had small insight this summer, I was meditating in the ice cold outside in Switzerland. There was so much resistance and I was pretty much in some form of existential crisis. Eventually I let go, and surrendered to the fear. Then this realisation came. “...... I am not these sensations that I feel... I am the one that is aware of these sensations.” That one hit quite deep and really sparked my motivation to do more conscious- and enlightenment work.

@Adam M The thing that could motivate you is the experience of what does could lead to. Conceptualizing more is not going to help grow your motivation from my experience. You could try Leo’s guided No Self visualisation for example. That could produce a tiny glimpse of how deep this work goes. When you experience first hand the depth, keeping the habbit won’t be something you worry about anymore. You just feel naturally drawn to sit down and meditate

@Shin Ye it is not something controllable. Still suprising to see though, that judging oneself and judging others are really two sides of the same coin.