Which practice works best for you?

[Ziran]

3 hours ago, LastThursday said:

Awakening is a funny word. The unsaid assumption is that you're asleep. Asleep to what though?

In brief?  Simultaneity.

[Ziran]

16 hours ago, JoshB said:

 and how it helped you

Realizing simultaneity reveals both the underlying correspondences and the over arching principles which contribute past, present, and possible-future events.

In other words, it cultivates a sharp intellect, like a whip. 

[LastThursday]

7 hours ago, Ziran said:

In brief?  Simultaneity.

And, in long? What's simultaneity? I mean, I know what the word is, but what does it mean to you in this context?

Edited yesterday at 08:59 PM by LastThursday

[Oppositionless]

13 hours ago, Michal__ said:

The fire kasina - its a mix between Vipassana and concentration. 

I wonder what would happen if you combined this with kriya yoga. I know from Ingram FK is super powerful, and I've verified myself the power of kriya.

I was doing holotropic breathwork before my main kriya practice for a short time and that was ridiculously powerful . Too powerful , actually.

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

1) Mindfulness with labeling

2) Neti Neti (usually after #1)

3) Balancing between sleep and waking

4) Holotropic Breathwork

5) Plain ol Jane meditation 

6) I do some Kriya too

[bazera]

@Infinite Tsukuyomi

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4) Holotropic Breathwork

Just curious, why do you do this? What are the results you're getting from it, or at least what are the expectations of results you think you should be getting?

I've done it couple times but gained not much from it.

[cetus]

Best practice I know of is when you surrender the self-identity and STOP being "you" for just a moment. Then what you normally associate as being "your" consciousness suddenly becomes liberated from the body-mind complex and comes into complete coherence with universal consciousness or "universal mind".

*It has a very OBE quality to it when done right.

Edited 7 hours ago by cetus

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

4 hours ago, bazera said:

@Infinite Tsukuyomi

Just curious, why do you do this? What are the results you're getting from it, or at least what are the expectations of results you think you should be getting?

I've done it couple times but gained not much from it.

It is supposed to trigger release of small amounts of DMT. I can't test whether it does or not. If it does the DMT would definitely be helpful. I know because I use DMT as well. Once while doing it I was able to slip into nondual awareness very briefly. Basically with all of these techniques, what you're aiming for is that moment you realize you are going to die. One other time I did outdoors at the park and knocked myself unconscious, not sure if that's helpful or not though. 

Someone mentioned contemplation, I should've written that too. It is underrated. To me damn near all the techniques have to be done. 

[Someone here]

I literally just experience life slowly like Osho. Talk slowly..walk slowly..eat slowly..shower slowly..move through space-time slowly..enjoying my own body ..enjoying the three dimensions I'm moving through ..looking at things..yeah that's literally a spiritual practice . Live your life slowly and meditaviely.thats all.

[JoshB]

13 hours ago, cetus said:

Best practice I know of is when you surrender the self-identity and STOP being "you" for just a moment. Then what you normally associate as being "your" consciousness suddenly becomes liberated from the body-mind complex and comes into complete coherence with universal consciousness or "universal mind".

*It has a very OBE quality to it when done right.

I would call this the fruit of practice. 

[JoshB]

On 2/24/2026 at 1:57 PM, Oppositionless said:

My daily driver is kriya yoga, but taking Av Neryah's advice I immediately follow my kriya with do nothing meditation. 
In addition I do:

yoga nidra (body scan heavy)

hatha yoga 

tai chi / qigong

I also went on a 7 day zen retreat (sesshin) and intend to go on another.

The tai chi has a big effect on my kriya practice. I find it moves the energies raised by the breathwork very effectively .

I also created elaborate metaphysical systems using logic, many many hours of that.

I did a lot of 5 meo dmt over the course of two months and it led to me spontaneously doing all the spiritual practices I mentioned.

Sesshin retreat sounds neat. What do you do on that retreat specifically?  

Also what did you awaken to or realize on 5 meo ? And how did it help you pursue practice further? 

[JoshB]

On 2/25/2026 at 3:32 AM, Michal__ said:

The fire kasina - its a mix between Vipassana and concentration. 

Do you have any links or resources to this? 

[Michal__]

8 minutes ago, JoshB said:

Do you have any links or resources to this? 

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/6760422

https://firekasina.org/

[Yimpa]

 

[JoshB]

4 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

 

Social anxiety is terrified of this man

This had me genuinely dying laughing 

Edited 4 hours ago by JoshB

[integration journey]

Vipassana mainly now just for the purpose of having an integrated life. 

[Michal__]

1 hour ago, Michal__ said:

https://www.dharmaoverground.org/discussion/-/message_boards/message/6760422

https://firekasina.org/

Also, there's a free kasina book - search fire kasina pdf

[Ziran]

23 hours ago, LastThursday said:

And, in long? What's simultaneity? I mean, I know what the word is, but what does it mean to you in this context?

Before I get too deep, can you relate to the notion of "awakening" to a realization of "simultaneity" on a grand scale?  So grand that it becomes non-dual?

Edited 1 hour ago by Ziran

[Ziran]

2 hours ago, Yimpa said:

 

 

 

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/布袋和尚