kieranperez

The same reason it took centuries and millennia for Orange so long to slowly emerge after a looooooooong reign of Blue.

@Gadasaa there is no purpose nor any meaning. Those are only relevant questions when you’re coming from the oreientation of survival. Happiness is something you be. Not something you find. It’s a capacity you build as you become more and more free from having a preference between happiness and suffering, as paradoxical as that sounds. Meaningless isn’t negative either... as that’s a meaning you’re attributing. Consider, meditate, and contemplate why those questions are even relevant to you. Not that the shouldn’t be, they’re actually great questions. Not relying on heresay from Aristotle, Buddha, Leo, or Sadhguru, or whoever. If you look into it you’ll probably realize that those questions come from a desire to maybe feel more whole with yourself. Well, why do you want to feel more whole with yourself? Because you feel empty maybe?... Well how might that feeling of lack and emptiness might just be a tool we human beings use as survival animals to motivate ourselves to stay in tact with our clan and social hierarchy and maintain a sense of approval (whether from ourselves, others, or both)?... Could you do without the idea that life has to have some existential purpose (other than life itself) in yet still do what you want to do from an authentic sense of freedom?

The lightbulb that just went off from reading this was huge...

@Leo Gura I just need to find a 5-MeO vendor already

@Alex bAlex no problem, man.

Because when you’re racing you don’t eat for health. You eat for performance and that’s actually what will be healthy. It’s straight sugar... glucose. You’re looking at this stuff through a lens of “she’s eating fucking M&Ms, doughnuts, and drinking coke!” Not seeing that that is a straight shot of glycogen and fuel source for them (which really helps fuel the brain if anything which helps feeling less... “punchy” shall we say). There’s nothing weird about it. It seems weird because of your lens and the way you view this stuff. A common thing you see when you look at athletes who are among the top is they don’t sweet the unimportant small things. They sweat the small things that are important. Not “but I gotta stay on vegan diet!” No you don’t. You actually don’t if it’s not working for you. My buddy on my track club is a 63 minute half marathoner and 2:13 marathoner. I asked him once what he talks at aid stations during a race and he said “oh just water and maybe I’ll throw in some Gatorade to be fancy,” and he and I both laughed. Another acquaintance who won a medal in the 2012 Games in the Women’s 800m doesn’t even wear a GPS watch. She’s just uses a Timex Ironman watch and still ballparks the distance. There are also people I know whose stomach can’t hold down solid foods in ultra racing and only take in gels. It’s relative. VERY relative. Read books that cover the common core principles of good nutrition. Fix your diet if you need to, don’t be rigid, strength train more at least 2-3 times p/week of solid sessions and a little bit before and after runs + mobility everyday, and up your training as appropriate for you, do your homework on this stuff, and get back out there. Like I said - you’re designed to run hundreds of miles at a time... I think you can go past 20K lol (especially if you and I have a similar body type). How fast you do it, yeah that can depend on a lot of other factors but getting through just 12 miles? Look at those 70 year olds who run 100 milers. Don’t tell me you can’t get past mile 12 lol

@Jcent all of this depends on you, what you want, etc. I'm about to be 24 in a couple weeks and I still have to remember to give myself time. There's no rush to awaken. This comes down to options but also more importantly... priorities. If you're not in a position internally and externally, you're not going to really awaken. Understand that depending on how deep you're actually willing and capable of going with this can take literally decades before you reach any sort of "end". What are you going to do during those decades? Have you built up enough discipline and willpower to handle that much work? If you're asking this question I would say probably not (and I'm not talking down because I'm the same way.) If you haven't really satisfied your inner desires enough it's going to be hard to drop that altogether. You can do both though. I don't think you have to separate the 2. Also, what about after awakening? What happens when you're enlightened as fuck (if that even happens) but then you don't have business skills and then technology advancements and the evolution of the world completely wipes you out of any chance of even starting a life purpose? Enlightenment doesn't give you survival skills. It actually can degrade them (quite significantly). Enlightenment can be hard to be patient with as far as when to pursue it hard because it is very emotionally tantalizing when you start hearing about God, immortality, "this is what life is about", Infinite Intelligence, becoming a sage, etc. In a sense that becomes an emotional hook that reals you and distracts you because it's so easy to get lost in some fantasy of wanting to be some super enlightened Ramana Maharshi, Jesus, Buddha-like person that can elevate mankind or achieve crazy God-like degrees of self-mastery and freedom from suffering or whatever. That's extremely hard to drop if you get sucked into that. I'm personally still unwiring because I got caught in that. It's hard to reground yourself and then focus on other things.So really check yourself on that if that may be a reason you're so motivated and make sure to be honest with yourself with why you're really motivated towards enlightenment. In the end though, this is your path. You're 19. You got time but just make practical moves to get clear but also moves that train you in such a way that now you can subsist in the world.

Yes ❤️

Let me repeat: whatever works best for you. Do not be rigid when it comes to your health. If it works it works. If it doesn’t it it doesn’t... then change it up. No one can give you a cookie cutter approach to marathon training. If you’re running just to get through the distance because you haven’t run further than that, then that process will be entirely different than someone trying to run the marathon under 2:20. And even for those 2 groups, the amount of variance there is person to person in either endeavor (the run to finish & also run fast) can be huge... the variety is going to be more based in the runner trying to go fast because after a certain point in one’s fitness it’s without a doubt doable. If you’re struggling to even run 13 12.6 miles (20k) then something is up. Again can be diet but I can name a bunch of other potential factors. You’re part of a species that’s literally designed to run 100s of miles at a time. You can get around this. If this is during a race maybe you’re going out way too hard. Maybe you’re not eating enough (leading into the race). Maybe there’s something up with your diet. Maybe it’s a combination of all those + you don’t run enough to handle 13 miles (trust me... you can). As far as liquid intake... yeah it’s kinda annoying early on but you get used to it and your stomach does too. And as far as “what I’m saying”... I’m actually saying the opposite as far as approach to food. I do not condone sticking with certain diet trends for its own sake. Follow what works for you. The best MUT (mountain ultra trail) runner in the world, Kilian Jornet, eats pizza with Nutella before races. Learning to utilize fat inside you as a source of fuel rather than just pure glycogen is different.

Facets: ”I am God” No-Self Infinite Intelligence Goodness Creation Devil Nothingness Emptiness Void God-Head Fractal Absolute Infinity Infinite Power Stuff that you feel has never been talked about it Etc. States: (The many kinds of) Altered States Different types of Samadhi No-Mind Access Concentration Cessation of pain Paranormal States Psychic States Siddhis (I personally would still count this as a state)... and don’t hold back against the materialists... 3rd Eye Openings Turiya Etc. Stages/Cognition: Acclimatizing to new states and making them your default stage, what that process is like and how it relates to personal development and how one can put this into their everyday life. Stages of cognizing God post awakening.

@ValiantSalvatore I just realized I put this in the Product Review sub-forum and not the Video Requests as intended... LOL

@Soul-lover 2020 There are no evil others, entities, spirits, etc. It's all you. Period. End of story. If you think those "evil" entities are other than you then you're succumbing to your own mind's delusion. It's One. And you're plenty "evil" as it is

Only 1 side of the street. It’s also infinitely perfect and beautiful.

You can’t change culture until you charge yourself. Period. Don’t know if that’s a compliment but thanks anyways. Do you think I’m going to indulge projections that easy? Don’t worry about it. I’m not saying don’t work hard for it. Work you’re ass off until you realize the Truth and don’t stop. I’m saying it’s not something you get and that it’s not an achievement nor something you obtain. You can’t really pursue Truth without seeking from a ground sense of honesty and not bullshit yourself that you’re going to get something. Otherwise you’ll be sitting there waiting for an experience or for something to happen or whatever other imagination one has. A wise person who actually awakens pursues with the understanding that they don’t know what the Truth is, what it “means”, what “it will do” for them, etc. in yet they pursue hard anyways because there’s a glimmer of understanding that one can’t live not being conscious of what’s true.

And here come the nondual keyboard warriors... Thanks!

I’ll PM you. Honestly don’t want that answer flaring up this thread lol. Firstly, I wouldn’t really classify myself that much in Orange. Secondly, enlightenment is not a “success”. It’s not an achievement. I get what you’re trying to put down though and it’s appreciated. Keep in mind that this post isn’t really meant to be geared towards spirituality.

I love this ❤️ Thsts ambition. That’s vision right there. Keep it up man ❤️

Great one. It’s called Kingdom of Heaven located within. Cost of entry: you

Fear: With the help of armodafinil (by the way this is just ridiculous... no pounding heart and so clear... this isn’t even fair) I’ve been taking my meditation through the roof today. To the point that I’m getting into such a deep state of absorption in my meditation (I found that meditating on the present moment really works well for me - it grounds me and my mindfulness so well that I can completely detach from thoughts, emotions, etc.). To the point where I’m starting to get “ego survival reactions” that I feel clearly is coming from fear. I’ll detach from it and it still abuses. There’s like couple a threads left of identification. I’ll detach from fear and have it arise and not be effected but then a emotion of sadness from feeling like I’m neglecting my self as a manipulation comes up. I’ll feel some anxiety then and so on and so on. It’s a matter of not getting caught in it but I’m noticing that this is survival. I understand that this is what’s trying to survive in yet I’m struggling to get past it towards the Truth. I’ll take any advice... although I think I know what I’m in for. It really does feel like you’re saying goodbye to a good friend. Samadhi: Can I get the closest description for Samadhi? I’ve been dropping more and more into deeper and deeper absorption in yet, I come across some many very different description of Samadhi that I don’t know if this is what I’m dropping into. Terms like jhanas and Samadhi throw me off as to the difference in yet... Yogic school seems to distinguish Samadhi very differently and some of them make Samadhi sound like it’s just abiding in realization/enlightenment/awakening but as a state....?

@lostmedstudent “The Endurance Diet” is not a book that endorses any specific diet. Matt Fitzgerald is a great Stage Yellow/Green coach, nutritionist, and writer. He wrote a great and also popular book called “Diet Cults” which was basically a great well needed rant against nutrition/diet culture and how mayopic they all are. You have to understand that everybody’s metabolism, physiology, etc. are simultaneously incredibly different from one another and also very much the same. That book is about laying out fundamental principles and is very open to whatever works for you while cutting out all the bullshit and dogma and also cutting out stuff to stay away from and also what food groups you generally want to focus on at certain times. If being vegan works for you, awesome! I myself probably can’t pull off a diet during a hard training cycle without meat. Having heavy protein really helps because when I’m putting along consistent weeks of running with high enough volume and intensity and also strength training and also the stresses from saying long consciousness work and just some of the stresses of daily life, I’m hungry ALL THE TIME. I’m already a human garbage disposal. When I’m running I can’t do just vegan meals and stuff or else I’d be eating 6 times a day... and during training I’m usually eating around 4 times per day. I’m 6’0 and 135 pounds and when I start up a training cycle I burn through any sort of body fat I have left and if I’m not eating a lot look like a holocaust survivor and I have no energy at all. At the same time, most athletes (and people in general) are not like me at all with my metabolism. They absolutely have to watch what they eat and limit themselves. Playing devils advocate yet again... you’re also going to limit your athletic capacity if all you do is eat McDonalds, tons of sugar and garbage, OR you’re eating food that doesn’t mix well with what your body unique individual physiology may need. You can be eating vegan and you’re suffering from anemia and I actually had a friend who had that. He was killing workouts in high school but was always falling off in races 1200 meters into a 5k cross country races because he was so low on iron. The moment he threw in meat he finally was running mid 4:20s in the 1600 meters and under 10 minutes for the 3200 meters. Here’s an example of a mindset you’ll see in the book: what you eat post hard workout will need to be different from what you ate going into your workout. What kinds of food groups, vitamins, minerals, etc. should you eat? So it’s very holistic and open to customization and also cutting out the obvious stuff and other diet crazes and makes it very practical.

@thesmileyone After all my homework all these years and through trial and error, I honestly think KBs and Med Balls are the only real strength tools a runner really needs. The amount you can do with them is astounding and are so practical towards running because they emphasize functional strength and movement and not just repetitive limited movements that only train isolated muscle groups rather than train them to cooperate together.

It depends on what you mean by carbo loading. If you're racing under a marathon, the notion of carbo loading is pretty much irrelevant. If you're a track or cross country 10K guy, it would be a total joke if you're stuffing your face with rice, grains, and pasta. To put this into perspective: an elite miler who has a strong enough lactate threshold to sustain a high near max effort (even though a mile is pretty much 75-80% aerobic) burns about the amount of calories that are in a banana + 1/2 an orange. Also understanding that yes, glycogen is mainly stored in carbohydrates, the doesn't mean you're gut should just take that in. You need to make sure you're eating healthy fat that stores glycogen and also a protein that still well in your stomach and system that allows you to slow down the digestion process so you don't burn those calories so quickly (duration is extremely relative one's digestion and metabolism - I can eat 3 double double and animal fries at in n out, take a shit, and run 3 hours later no problem. Other people need to be more specific). If you're racing or running in races in longer distances (half marathon up I'd say), learn to train your system to burn fat on low glycogen stores. There's nuance to this and is still case by case (in multiple scenarios) so don't go fast 12 hours and try and run 22 mile long run at your same pace if you've never done this before. You have to be smart but training the body to utlize fat as a source of fuel in the longer stuff is huge.

This whole thread is just a clear example of a devil doing anything to self-reflect on its dogmas and bullshit. You’re only hurting yourself man.

@kieranperez stop fucking asking other people to do your work. You gotta become conscious of this stuff. All of what I say, Leo says, The Buddha, whoever you’re listening says is all heresay and falls short of the mark. Any conception and answer you create is not fundamental because you’re still operating in a limited perspective that still operates as an experience of duality. It’s all still heresay. Take a psychedelic or contemplate and meditate for years and then we can talk. People here who are telling you this (hopefully) have done some amount of work to have a direct consciousness of what these matters are. It’s like we’re all eating our spaghetti for the first time for dinner at the table except you and you’re insisting you know what spaghetti tastes like and then when we call you out saying ‘no. You’re plate is still full and hasn’t been touched,’ you retort ‘well tell me how it tastes and I’ll see I think about it or if it makes sense to me.’ Except no matter what description we give you of what the spaghetti tastes like and why it tastes like, you still don’t realize that you still haven’t touched your fucking spaghetti so you won’t know till you eat your fucking spaghetti. Now go eat your damn dinner. It’s getting cold.

@Adam M great dolphin analogy. You actually think you’re invented distinctions are real without noticing that you in fact were the very one who invented them.