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@Nahm Yes, I have been meditating at different locations lately. I meditate at a zen-do I go to every week and now with traveling I have been meditating in hotels, and outside. Quite beautiful that the mind quiets itself after some time when left alone. Doesn't matter where you are at all

Man I wish I could meditate here. Currently on vacation in Austria Post some photo's of awesome spots you meditated at

@egoeimai I do, but this scenic landscape isn't really there. It's mostly cities and villages

Thanks guys I will watch the videos @Joseph Maynor

I've found that whenever I'm not mindful or feeling at peace, this guilty and dirty feeling comes up. What came to me was that apparently I've associated being conscious or always feeling peaceful into my identity,. So all in all, be careful on the path with attaching to high consciousness. When I think of my "self" at the moment, I think of a me as the conscious person in the family, and the person that is doing good. Ofcourse, when I cannot live up to that, I suffer. So I will be working hard to detach myself from this perspective on who I think I am. It will take a while but I believe that when I get far with this, more peace will be upon me.

@Loreena Thanks that gives me some hope

@Loreena Isn't it so that girls don't look for guys that can't love themselves? I'm also quite a shy dude, so it's pretty hard for me to talk to every girl I just meet. After summer vacation I'm going to my new school, that might be a good possibility for me to learn to socialize better. @aurum Yes I'd really like to. Haven't tried any other way then through school though

Might not be a very helpful question, but what game(s) do you play? Interested since I like playing myself too

This is actually a wonderful topic with a great message, thanks for reminding me OP!

I meditate 20 minutes every morning, also some concentration practice beforehand. Gives me a big boost throughout the day

@Ilya Contemplating your own death is actually something pretty profound in my opinion

@Shin I've discovered with nofap that I self pleasure primarily because I feel alone and not loved. So now that I've been doing loving kindness meditations and being compassionate with myself, there was a long while during those 9 days that I even forgot about sex and masturbation. But ofcourse with my hormones rushing at this age, even if I solve my underlying lackings, I still get arroused very quickly. So it will just be a lot of mindfulness work that will assist me here I think. Also, awesome you got to one month, that's really insane! Keep up the amazing work!

@Shin That seems so far away... I took it to 9 days but then I just couldn't take it anymore and fell for the trap :/.

Going to my first workshop! Rupert Spira is coming to Amsterdam, so I'll be going there on my own. My first time doing something like this so I'm quite nervous haha. It will all be worth it in the end though, his teaching really speaks to me. Any of you guys going too?

@How to be wise Sorry but I have to disagree here. To be in the presence of someone enlightened already is something very profound. Hearing someone like that talk in person is something that no book could ever replace. To add to that, I have an anxiety problem. Fundamentally with meeting new people and being on my own. So not only will I attend something amazing, I will also test my capability to face this. In the program, early in the morning you do a guided meditation together with the group and after that there is room for questions. I am looking forward to it a lot, even though I'm very nervous

With the heart chakra, I've been visualizing myself loving the wall that I've built around my heart. Puttimg your hand on your heart and then visualizing it spreading love throughout your body. (Visualizing breathing into it helps a lot too! ) This will help you forgive yourself and allow your heart chakra to open.

@Shin Have been able to learn tantra, the problem is I had a wet dream. Should I count that as a relapse? Also with tantra I've been able to make the 8 day mark, which I haven't before.

I have heard you guys talk about these stages before, could anyone explain to me what these mean? @WaterfallMachine Thanks a lot!

I have this too, mostly when I'm in big crowds, I get tired real quick. So before meditation I always sleep like 15 min, that helps a lot

@Dodo Really like your signature, Rupert Spira is such an amazing teacher in my opinion

@Mondsee Exposing awareness. So for example when you strip away all your identifications, beliefs and assumptions, what will be left? Same way in do nothing, after a while thoughts get slower and eventually stop all together with full acceptance. What is left when there are no thoughts?

@Azrael I've had this too, but in addition I wake up every 2 hours and have different vivid dreams, sometimes I have 5 different a night Do you have any idea why I have this?

@Visitor Man, I'd like to have such a mentor aswell! Totally exposing your fears and being honest seems like something I really need

@Afonso I'm going through the same phase right now. This too will pass :), just watch the toughts go by. Meditate without expectations, without goals. Just sit

@ArasH Ye there is a lot of dogma in the nofap circle. It certainly helps to go into it, but it doesn't solve problems and psychological issues. It might accelerate certain development though, since you get so much energy that you once wasted. Cool you got to two weeks, I've never gotten past the 7 days mark . I'm certainly giving it another try now, since everyone here gave me some good points, and help.