what are 80/20 in spirituality?

[SimpleGuy]

Hey, now I`m more into materialistic pursuits, so to not degrade much in spiritual domain I want to keep some habits, things that are essential in pursuing spiritual work.

So what are they?

Thanks for your attention.

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour meditation every single day.

[Xonas Pitfall]

Psychedelics and mind deconstruction (by this, I mean evaluating, debating, criticizing, and analyzing yourself, your biases, your beliefs about the world, researching your assumptions, especially in terms of ontology and epistemology in general).

[SimpleGuy]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

1 hour meditation every single day.

Thanks. What about contemplation? Is even 15 minutes a day, in example, worth it? Or if ever contemplate, to do this for at least 1 hour?

 

1 hour ago, Xonas Pitfall said:

Psychedelics and mind deconstruction (by this, I mean evaluating, debating, criticizing, and analyzing yourself, your biases, your beliefs about the world, researching your assumptions, especially in terms of ontology and epistemology in general).

Thanks. In a nutshell, living mindfully 

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, SimpleGuy said:

Thanks. What about contemplation? Is even 15 minutes a day, in example, worth it? Or if ever contemplate, to do this for at least 1 hour?

What even is contemplation?

[SimpleGuy]

20 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

What even is contemplation?

Contemplation is setting aside some time for deeply thinking about anything you want.

[Carl-Richard]

30 minutes ago, SimpleGuy said:

Contemplation is setting aside some time for deeply thinking about anything you want.

Forcing yourself to sit down and think on a subject when that is not what you feel like you want to do or what is required in a given situation, just seems masochistic to me. I'm all for contemplation when it's something you want to do.

Going for walks and letting your mind free, that I will highly recommend. Whether it's silent or it speaks, doesn't matter. Go for at least one 10-minute walk a day (after a meal is great for glucose control). It's good for mental health, not just getting lost in abstractions.

Edited 2 hours ago by Carl-Richard

[SimpleGuy]

1 minute ago, Carl-Richard said:

I'm of the view that contemplation that is deep and true happens naturally, like fruits flowering in a tree. And forcing yourself to sit down and think on a subject when that is not what you feel like you want to do or what is required in a given situation, just seems masochistic to me.

Going for walks and letting your mind free, that I will highly recommend. Whether you let it be silent or let it speak, doesn't matter. Go for at least one 10-minute walk a day (after a meal is great for glucose control). It's good for mental health, not just getting lost in abstractions.

Thanks. But I think that to have spontaneous insights you should make your mind spinning it`s wheels, which is sitting and making it to concentrate on a specific question. Then, you just having a shower or hear someone speaking about something irrelevant, and insight just drops. Leo talked about this in how to be insightful episode.

[Carl-Richard]

3 minutes ago, SimpleGuy said:

Thanks. But I think that to have spontaneous insights you should make your mind spinning it`s wheels, which is sitting and making it to concentrate on a specific question. Then, you just having a shower or hear someone speaking about something irrelevant, and insight just drops. Leo talked about this in how to be insightful episode.

Which question? Why that question?

[cetus]

@SimpleGuy Apply the same 80/20 rule you would use to keep you cell phone battery in optimum working condition. Don't allow your spirituality to run below 20% or above 80% or you run the risk of degrading your materialistic pursuits. 

[SimpleGuy]

59 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Which question? Why that question?

What are you talking about?

[cetus]

5 hours ago, SimpleGuy said:

I want to keep some habits, things that are essential in pursuing spiritual work.

So what are they?

Keep that which is most essential to your true nature. Only you can answer what they are. For instance, mine would be music, working in the vegetable garden, wood working, camping/being outdoors, contemplation, meditation.

[SimpleGuy]

24 minutes ago, cetus said:

Keep that which is most essential to your true nature. Only you can answer what they are. For instance, mine would be music, working in the vegetable garden, wood working, camping/being outdoors, contemplation, meditation.

To me that would be nature. I`m freaking fond of nature. Maybe in past life I was a giraffe eating eucalyptus leaves.