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"Shaktipat or Śaktipāta (Sanskrit, from shakti - "(psychic) energy" - and pāta, "to fall") refers in Hinduism to the conferring of spiritual "energy" upon one person by another. Shaktipat can be transmitted with a sacred word or mantra, or by a look, thought or touch – the last usually to the ajna chakra or third eye of the recipient." - Wikipedia I wanted to ask you about your experiences with shaktipat - receiving the energy of a master. Do you believe in it? Have you experienced it? What were the effects? I recently started mediating with Kip Mazuy's music. Kip claims, that he sends shakti via this music. It seems to really work for me and I can easily get into deep meditation using his music. I am still not sure if it is not just placebo though I especially like this one, it's a short mediation with his shakti music: Maybe try it out and tell us your experience?

@Dodo I'll have a look. Thanks. @Prabhaker Is that Osho?

Stress Stress is a tricky thing. The big anxiety type of stress is surprisingly the easy one to deal with. It is right here in our awareness we cannot miss it. It just gets worked through, it passes in a bit. The dangerous type of stress is the subtle one, which keeps on going and is very hard to notice. The only actual evidence of its presence is the loss of our connection to ourselves. Life experience is not as intimate as it could be. We are stuck in very subtle thought patterns and although we sort of can see that they are there, on another level we don't really realize what they are. At this point we need... we need... I guess I would call it grace. I think there is nothing the ego-self can do to get out of its own suffering. It likes to think that that there is, but there cannot be. The ego-self just does not realize, that it itself doesn't have much reality to it! It is not bad, it is not trying to hurt us deliberately, it simply cannot know. It has no power to know, since it is just a bunch of noises.

I am going to attend a Bufo Alvarius ceremony in about 2 weeks. I also wanted to do shrooms this weekend. Do you think it would lessen the bufo experience? (is there cross tolerance?) The bufo facilitator didn't recommend it. Also there is a possibility to combine the bufo with kambo and some body-work. Do you have any experience with that?

Shinzen's view on this is interesting. What he basically says is that we all exchange shakti with each other. We only see it very clearly in the presence of masters as their energy is so radically "higher" than ours. I guess that is what Matt Kahn calls his transmission and what Leo is going for, when he mentioned he wants to teach in ways of energy and not only words.

@Salvijus Wow! Sadghuru does it again! He is the boss @Dodo Glad you liked it! @pluto I totally agree. It just seems that with this music the allowance to Just Be comes especially easily.

My advice would be stick with Do-Nothing. It is the most potent one I found. Go deep into it or rather let yourself drown inside of it. There is a lot of potential in that method. This Leo's video shows well how Do-Nothing is supposed to look like I think (kind of): Or maybe try to practice 5-10 minutes of self-inquiry at the end of your meditation sessions? That also works very well for me.

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand; for all that is life." - Jiddu Krishnamurti "Your mind is all stories. Let go of thinking." - Dipa ma

Thank you dear pluto. This made my morning much, much smoother

Gon Freecss I really like this character. He is open and cheerful. He takes life with a smile on his face. He is up for any adventure and seems to be unable to give up or let anything get him down. He is innocent. He is real. He has the beginner's mind. Seriously, he has the beginner's mind! He is way to clean and pure for his world. And that is why he attracts everyone the way he does. All beings are attracted to pureness

In times of trouble, it is still here I am feeling tired. I woke up feeling tired. My legs feel heavy. I feel clumsy. Life is not always happy. Life is not always easy. Life is not always pleasurable. Fortunately there is a place here, which IS always happy, easy, pleasurable. Or maybe not. But it is still. It is very still and it holds me anchored in the darkest of times. My body can be weak. Yet it is here. My mind can be helpless. Yet it is here. The world can be cruel. Yet it stays right were it has always been! And when I forget. When I get lost in the dream again, it's ok. Because as soon as I remember, it is where it has always been. Right here. Thank you amazing whatever-you-are!

On one of my LSD comedowns I listened to this. It was very powerful for me, excellent inquiry.

Why let go of this desire? It seems very easy to fulfill. Go and hang out with them, no?

You are not alone in this. Patience with yourself, my friend!

Wow, this puts things into perspective. A video illustrating it also:

The highest mountain I was told of a certain mountain. It was told to hold the most beautiful view as it was the tallest mountain in the world. I was hooked. I must reach that mountain! And I started looking. I was looking far and wide! There were so many mountains around me! Maybe this one? No, not that high. Then is it this one? No, not this one either. It's quite small actually. I kept searching and searching. But all around me all the mountains seemed small and disappointing. How sad I was. Shouldn't it be simple to find the tallest mountain? How come everywhere I look, I look down? Why can't I find the highest spot? And then it hit me - I am standing on top of the highest mountain, that is why everything I look at looks tiny in comparison. And the view I was looking for, was what I was looking at the whole time.

In one of my psylocybin experiences I was going through what seemed like physical death. I was just willing to let go, when a thought stopped me. Mainly: "What are my parents gonna do when I die on them?" Attachment like that has to go before liberation for sure.

Bioenergetics helped me with this A LOT. Opens up the body permanently by releasing the emotional holding patterns. This one can be tough in the beginning, but helps a lot. Here Elliot shows the same at around 4 minutes:

On being a fool "I will surrender, I know I'll do! I'll try so hard, I'll break right through. With all my strength, with all my skill, I'll give away my own damn will. And so I sit, and so I try, And nothing works, I want to cry. So I give up, can't take no more. I see no way to reach my core. And right this moment, something is gone. It's I that's missing, life is a song."

Being perfect Actualized.org changed my life in a dramatic way. It gave me the desire and the will to do something with this life. And it is amazing. However, often times I fall into the trap of needing to be perfect. My need to be perfect is a very subtle occurrence. From outside it seems like a very noble thing. I am planning out, strategizing, pushing myself. And that would be nice, but in the background, there is a certain feeling. It is not pleasant. Where is the issue? The issue is the reason for which I choose to act. When I have the need to be perfect, the reason lurking behind the scenes is the old, anxious guy - Mr. Fear.

Have a piece of peace I would like everyone to feel this peace. All I want is for everyone to be able to live this peace. It is what everyone wants. It is what everyone CAN have! It is right here for me, then it has to be here for you also. And for him. And even for her. All I want to do is share this peace. Is to show this peace. So... here you go! A piece of peace! Take it, enjoy it

There is a treasure inside you. Just have a look

Expressing myself "I see beauty all around me I know peace is here. How to show you, my dear friends What I really feel?" I have a need to create. I am sure a lot of you, dear readers, can relate. Upon examining, this need stems from my awe of the world. This world, this reality is not an ordinary place. In fact it seems most extraordinary! And that is still a word not strong enough. When I look at the world I see amazing, fascinating masterpiece. There is a mystery here. One would think that if I look closer, the mystery will be solved. It is not the case in my experience! The closer I look, the more mysterious the mystery gets. The deeper I go, the less I know. And the more I want to show my awe to the world.

Care to share your "4 months to enlightenment" recipe?

The willingness to be Since the end of the darkness retreat something has changed. It is not a big change, it's more like a shift. I am much more conscious. I am aware of my being more deeply and more... let's say frequently. I do not get dragged too deeply into my mind usually and if I do, it doesn't last long. What happened? What made the difference? I just became willing to be. Being became much more interesting than my problems.