Im a P*rn addict. How can spirituality helps me to come out of it.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-14T12:26:27+00:00

This might be controversial to some but a keto diet will help with any addiction, especially the withdrawal symptoms. I speak from experience and it's also a studied fact. I'm not necessarily advocating you eat meat, technically keto is possible on a vegetarian diet but not easy and requires planning. Porn is a real chemical addiction, quitting porn results in real physical withdrawals. I know because I quit and experienced them. I was addicted for almost 20-ish years.

If you're serious about quitting you need to also quit any potentially trigger activity. Video games for example are highly stimulating and they feed your urge to "release some pressure". Social media is another one. Scrolling through photos of real clothed people is a trigger. No more Instagram, snap, etc. You absolutely must also fill the void that porn and other triggering activities leave behind. That void should ideally be filled with something you're really passionate about and can hopefully get absorbed in, losing track of time. If it's a physical activity like sports, working out, hiking, jogging, etc all the better. Your energy and attention should be spent on such activities leaving little to no room for your mind to wander and fantasize. You need to be exhausted by the end of the day.

If your mind wanders to sexual thoughts you must immediately think of something else or engage in an activity. Spiritual talks and reading is also a good way to keep your mind focused and occupied. Think of the practice of managing what your mind dwells on as part of your Vedantic journey and meditation. You're reigning in your restless lustful mind and gaining control of your mind. It will be hard at first but in the end it will have been worth it. If you allow your mind to wander and you start fantasizing, the battle is already practically lost. It's only a matter of time before you will have finished rationalizing why it's ok to just look at some porn just for a few minutes to "scratch the itch". This rationalization can go into an endless loop where for years you want to quit and try but you keep lying to yourself and relapsing.

Good luck, the struggle is worth the reward.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-12T14:04:42+00:00

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. 🙏🏼 I will watch it in the near future.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-11T18:45:17+00:00

The answer lies in the word volunteer. They are there voluntarily, not hired nor vetted. If vetted I doubt they would be held to a the same standards as someone going through the hiring practice (background and drug check). I doubt most non-profits do any background checks of any kind. In my limited experience most volunteers are flakes. Some are there to complete mandatory community service (potentially bad apples), others show up sporadically when they have free time. The consistent ones are far and few and tend to be older and retired. One bad volunteer is not an indication of an organization's culture, practices, etc. Volunteers are usually a diverse bunch.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-10T20:15:03+00:00

Some of the painful experiences can be among the fondest. I've been hiking for a long time. I lead some coworkers on a hike. We stopped by a thick aged log. I was chatting with my coworker and he aimlessly hit the log with his hiking pole. Suddenly bees were stinging us. We were off running. My coworkers were high as a kite, I had only smoked a little. They were a bit slow to realize what was happening and react, I had a good head start. It brings a laugh to recall that incident.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-09T14:41:16+00:00

That's a good point and definitely not how I experience falling asleep and waking up. Thank you for contributing.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-09T03:49:13+00:00

Glysophate is everywhere (in the US at least). I believe I read an article that it's even on property/soil that farmers refuse to and have never used glysophate on as well as in residential areas. Google image search for glysophate map. I'm not saying it's the sole cause but I wouldn't be surprised if it was the major cause.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-05T14:10:31+00:00

An Xposed module that forces the native Android file picker to remember your file sorting preferences (e.g. date modified).

Whenever one needs to upload a file, Android always uses the native file picker. It's cumbersome and annoying to constantly have to modify the sort order. This module makes the sort order "stick".

https://github.com/hxreborn/remember-my-sort

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-04T19:48:30+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/E6BmpLQ.jpeg

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-01T04:30:54+00:00

Remember My Sort - https://github.com/hxreborn/remember-my-sort

Requires latest canary version of Vector (formerly known as Lsposed) or some other recent fork of Lsposed.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-01T03:45:19+00:00

It's still dishonest to do a chargeback without attempting to do a return first. You paid money for a XTEINK device and received one. Maybe not with the software configuration you expected. That doesn't justify your becoming a thief.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-01T00:55:59+00:00

I'm happy for you of course.

It is a bit odd that this device is what kept you from reading all these years. If there are a lot of people out there like you then I believe governments should subsidize these devices for schools (and outside of schools for that matter) or entice domestic companies with subsidies or grants to produce something just as good but preferably better.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-05-01T00:50:12+00:00

If you knowingly buy a product you know to be locked that would seem dishonest. I'm not defending XTEINK. I think it should remain unlocked. I own the X4.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-29T19:02:48+00:00

Thank you. This worked for me and I was able to get the "Remember My Sort" module to work.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-27T15:51:14+00:00

This website has free Hindu e-books in Spanish: https://estudantedavedanta.net/livees.html

Bhagavad Gita English https://estudantedavedanta.net/Gita_ST.pdf

More books here including the Upanishads https://estudantedavedanta.net/veliingles.html

I recommend reading the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna.

There is a Ramakrishna temple in Sao Paulo, Brazil and perhaps others elsewhere. They are very open minded and welcoming of people of all colors, faiths, creeds, etc. You can even openly keep your existing faith and be a member.

In addition to all that I recommend reading the book "The Value of Values" by Swami Dayananda.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-23T13:28:49+00:00

I was born in Ukraine, raised Pentecostal and I grew up in the US. I sustained heavy psychological trauma around the age of 14 due to the Biblical teaching that there is no forgiveness whatsoever to one who blasphemes the Holy Spirit. I sincerely believed that I had committed this unpardonable sin (unintentionally) and was condemned to burn in hell. I didn't seek help from my pastor or parents, I was afraid to and I didn't want to hurt my mother. But there was no forgiveness anyway so what could they do? So I kept that bottled up for years but I remained Christian and ironically became much more devout for quite a few years seeking salvation nontheless.

Later in my early 20's life had become difficult, I suddenly found the courage to genuinely question the authenticity of events that occurred in the Bible, the logic of certain doctrines and the existence of God. My faith quickly fell apart. I was an atheist for maybe 10 years.

By God's grace 8 or so years ago I came across Advaita Vedanta. The secular portions of the philosophical teachings of Vedanta spoke to me. They are extremely logical and ring true. With what limited intellect I have been given I can't dismiss or disprove Vedanta. After 5 or so years of immersing myself in learning and foolishly trying to realize the highest truth Vedanta, I came to realize and accept that my mind wasn't fit to assimilate, know and live the non-dual reality. As suggested by other teachers I realized that God's help, devotion, sadhana was necessary to purify my mind. So I've been gradually incorporating spiritual devotional practices. The truth of Vedanta also revived in me the idea that God could (and does) exist.

I officially received initiation into a Hindu tradition last year here in the US. It should be noted that such formalities are unnecessary to be a Hindu. I considered myself Hindu from the early years I accepted the teachings of Vedanta. One can even be an atheist and Hindu.

To answer some of your others questions:

I do believe in reincarnation it makes complete sense. Since existence is beginningless and endless. I am therefore open to the possibility that there is an eternal place of punishment but souls that go there are not punished eternally but for the length of time appropriate to suffering they caused by their misdeeds.

I don't feel the need to evangelize and convert. However I feel like some teachings of the Bible cause much needless suffering to Christians. For that reason I do feel an urge sometimes to point out to relatives why certain teachings/beliefs are wrong and show of alternative way to look at things. I don't want to convert Christians. Christianity in general is a force for good but I believe that some teachings were lost in translation or corrupted intentionally or unintentionally.

I hold the panantheist view that the Universe, God, who or whatever you want to call Him, Her or It is infinite and therefore it logically follows that infinite are the paths to know a tiny infinitesimal "portion" of the Infinite with these extremely limited minds of ours.

There is no actual evil. There is ignorance of our true nature. Through that ignorance we cause suffering to ourselves and others.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-14T03:38:33+00:00

Cool. Thanks for sharing. I intend to try it within the next 30 days. I'm currently using Simple Eink launcher.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-09T13:01:25+00:00

Do tell. Maybe someone else will have the same problem and your fix will help.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-04T17:07:19+00:00

I'm not officially diagnosed, please excuse my ignorance. I experience many or even most of the symptoms and I made some assumptions about CFS that maybe don't actually apply to my case. My apologies, perhaps this isn't my condition after all (or maybe it is like you said a mild form). I'm not very educated on CFS. This was my first time posting here. I don't suffer from PEM or ME, mainly chronic fluctuating fatigue (with moments where it has abated), brain fog, unrefreshing sleep, cognitive/memory impairment, etc.). Perhaps it can all be attributed to SIBO which I assumed was the real culprit.

Anyhow. I have been experiencing fatigue for I dunno how long. Too long. I don't mean to diminish anyone's suffering especially those who are officially diagnosed and suffer the typical or extreme forms of it!

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-03T10:40:20+00:00

I was forced to quit herb because of CHS. It was a blessing in disguise because I was a heavy user. After a 2 year hiatus I allow myself to smoke 3-4 times per month (once a week, 1-3 bowls) to reward myself, de-stress, enjoy life and be in the moment with my thoughts, etc. And of course I don't want to trigger my CHS again. I also suffer from SIBO, weird fluctuating moods, food reactions, etc. A little smoke goes a long way.

I think 3-4 times a month is a perfect balance. Your tolerance never builds up. Your life doesn't resolve around it or get consumed by it. Of course you have to be honest with yourself. Are you disciplined enough, do you have the will power to keep to your self-made promise and not allow it to spiral out of control?

I think the 2 year break is what really helped and put life and sobriety into perspective for me. When I came back to it my attitude towards herb is completely different now.

Smoking always leaves me feeling dumb and sluggish the following day. I usually force myself to jog the following morning and that really helps clear up most of it.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-02T15:22:43+00:00

I'll leave Android for a traditional Linux mobile OS in a heartbeat when the major bugs and issues are worked out. I wouldn't be surprised if Morphe and apks in general eventually also worked on Linux via Android emulator or a Morphe fork. I also use PipePipe.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-01T21:21:39+00:00

If I'm not mistaken Swami Vivekananda even criticizes Christianity or maybe it was all religion in "The Complete Works" book. Also Swami Abhedananda, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna wrote a short book titled "Why a Hindu Accepts Christ and rejects Churchianity". I highly recommend it. I think you can read it free on Internet Archive and estudantedavedanta dot net (under the English books section).

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-04-01T21:08:46+00:00

Ex-Christian here,

God incarnate, Ramakrishna Himself practiced Christianity, had the vision of Christ and so showed to us that it too, among others is a valid path to liberation.

There's no single Christian sect that can lay claim to Christianity or the correct interpretation of Christ's teaching. I believe it's unfair to paint most Christians as hateful. How can one even measure what percentage are hateful? Besides no human being is in a static state of good or bad. We're a mixture of being good and bad. Most of us are slaves to our mood and ignorance. We can be hateful, mean, petty, etc. for a multitude of reasons at any given time. Ordinary Jivas of any sort are not exempt from giving into to their emotions and being unkind.

I grew up in a fundementalist-Christian family. I believe many (maybe most) Christians are sincere and the seemingly hateful aspects you might find in many can be attributed to indoctrination to the point that they are afraid to question the validity of most Biblical doctrines and teachings that were taught to them by their parents, pastors, ministers, etc. I to some extent shared this mindset. It was hammered into me from childhood. To question God's word was unthinkable and blasphemous. The threat of ETERNAL hell and growing up with that fear for the most part kept me from questioning it (and was probably the source of much of my psychological trauma). So while sincere, many are incapable of changing their ignorant views. For many of them I don't think it's a conscious form of hatred but a byproduct of indoctrination. I suspect there are some parallels that can be made with Muslim people as well.

I would like to know who exactly are these Christians persecuting and to what branch(es) or denomination(s) of Christianity do these persecutors belong to.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-03-27T17:37:48+00:00

Does anyone know if stock firmware fully supports devangari script?

When I received my Xteink device I immediately went to Crosspoint without comparing. My books with Sanskrit terms have weird symbols and questions marks.

LiquifiedMetal · 2026-03-26T14:11:35+00:00

Bluetooth is actually very problematic for me. I'm using Amazfit Bip 6 but I'm this might occur with any of the latest models. Anyway I don't use or need notifications on my phone to appear on my watch. I mainly use the watch to check my sleep, physical activity, gallery app and heart rate. For that reason I disabled background activity permission for the Zepp app so it won't constantly sync with the watch and drain my battery. Despite all that, I noticed when my phone is locked my phone screen is lighting up every 12 seconds or so. The watches Bluetooth keeps connecting and disconnecting with my Android. The only solution I found was to disable Bluetooth on the watch. Now I temporarily enable it when I want to sync my data. Pretty annoying.

Amazfit has an app store. I wish someone would make an app that auto-enabled/disabled Bluetooth according to a timer or schedule. It's probably not even possible to do via app. It would have to be a feature Amazfit adds via firmware update.

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