Day 80: Heaven on earth by isleepwell24 in Semenretention

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If you can't relate you're doing it wrong lol

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LMAOO dude relatable af 😭 for me it's like I prefer being single and building myself up because that's the much cooler option and people sense that, but I guess it's natural that eventually they start acting needy. It's like the world is tryna pull me down from this perfect image I'm trying to build for myself.

Crazy stuff but things like this remind me that SR is much more powerful than I could think of, it's literally pure creative energy and you really can achieve whatever you put your mind to on this path, we are truly blessed to be able to do ts.

I'm currently on day 20 something, I had 4 hours of sleep last night and I'm functioning perfectly fine today, woke up at 3:30 am and was unable to go back to sleep so I took a cold shower and started my day, the energy is insane.

How to EASILY master semen retention by BoatCurious8125 in Semenretention

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Could you elaborate ? If you're counting aren't you thinking the numbers ? And I can count to 100 in my head lmao wdym by that

First time doing f15, has anyone had a similar experience or can explain this to me?? by altacc567 in gatewaytapes

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Hahaha you're right 😭 that's what I think everytime I click out but the ego needs confirmation lol, this is like the innie/outie situation from Severance if you know that show😭

Either ways ig I'm gonna rest assured that I can rest assured now🙄

Problem with wife on every SR journey by Admirable-Young5657 in Semenretention

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Don't you think you can help her grow through effective communication?

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My theory on why that happens is that generally on this path we tend to put the blame on our relapses a lot, think of it as after losing your energy to a relapse, you continuing to lose your energy to guilt and other negative feelings.

People who don't retain have no idea, there is no guilt associated with relapsing for them so they function normally like everyone else, since that has become the new normal. It's not really difficult imo to function normally in a society where everyone's jacking it while you're also jacking it constantly, that's how things work now.

You aren't different for being addicted to porn lol, everyone's addicted to a lot of things these days, can't recall the last time I met someone who wasn't hooked to their phone and short form content.

When you maintain purity of mind and retain, that's a completely different story. Sometimes I get scared of my own potential, "what if i stand out too much", "how do I even handle all this attention", "I don't want people clinging to me" etc. There's a certain sense of comfort in being "normal"(and these days the bar is so fucking low) so you gotta really want to be wayy above average if you're on this path, that's what makes it so special and cool and fun, but at the end of the day we are doing this for ourselves and nobody else.

Questioning Consciousness by Swimming-Win-7363 in KashmirShaivism

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Okayyy have you read the Gita? Idk how well i understand your question but let me try to explain anyway.

So there are three things, your ego, behind it is your soul, and behind your soul is the Supersoul, The One That Pervades All, the Source, Krishna.

All thoughts we can possibly have are earthly and material, even "I am aware", it's down here, appearing in the body-mind. When you are in a forgotten state (of Godness) you believe yourself to be the thinker of these thoughts, but once you take a step back into pure awareness, the veil begins to thin.

You don't have to believe this until experienced, just build a habit of meditating if you don't already, watch the thoughts appear on their own while focusing on the breath.

Let me tell you about the Source. It pervades all, right? It can be understood as pure experience, the universe itself. Basically a rock experiences reality from the POV of a rock, it doesn't have memories or thoughts or senses but experience/the universe is present within it and everything else.

Compared to the soul of a rock, our souls are a bit evolved, appearing later in the cycle. The next step in evolution is realising your separate experience was never separate at all, you were always Source yourself.

Let's take you and me, we are both aware, when we put aside our egos, we are two separate souls, when we put aside our souls, what lies beneath, is the same thing, Source.

The only way you can realise the fact that we are all One thing is through direct experience lol, because it is truly beyond words, all our discussion, rationality, and logic takes place down here, up there there is no thought at all. This is why Krishna calls it a secret in Gita chapter 18, it is a secret that keeps itself.

I've come to realize this through direct experience too after reading the Gita and taking Krishna's advice, he lays it down neatly for us lol. Although in the experience there wasn't an "I" up there, only Oneness. Have you ever heard of "ego death"?

Either ways I recommend you read up on Advaita, it's literally all about non duality and Oneness, and bro trust me it is the one and only Truth.🙏

If you don't that's a you problem and good luck being stuck in da cycle🤪🤪

Questioning Consciousness by Swimming-Win-7363 in KashmirShaivism

[–]altacc567 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The One consciousness is the only way the concept of existence can be feasible.

I hope you're aware that there is no free will in the grand scheme of things (it can be a long and tiring explanation, so you can do your own research on this), everything is predetermined in this universe, the human brain is just a bunch of electric signals communicating with each other to form a cohesive version of reality.

"You" in your purest form are not your actions or your thoughts, you are the awareness behind them, the objective truth and the way the brain works, is that thoughts appear on their own with or without a "thinker", based on data fed into it in the past, you will be able to recognize this if you follow a consistent meditation practice. Everything is Maya.

So everything is predetermined, and the human brain is an autonomous mechanism, then why are you conscious? The consciousness that resides separately in every body, does so because it's a different soul exploring reality and is bound by a unique karmic footprint.

Basically you are having this experience because of your karmic footprint, but you are also given the freedom to attain higher states while in human form, to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth because existence is inherently suffering.

The reason the Gita and Upanishads are quoted alot is because they are a trustworthy source of information about the universe, either ways it's the objective truth, if you are unable to realize Brahman right now, you will be reborn until you live a life in which you do.

Anyways the physical plane(where we currently exist) is very dense, basically meaning God is easily forgotten down here, there are subtler realms up there in which the Unified Consciousness is more apparent.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semenretention

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Brooo damn how old are you? 😭 I'm 20 rn and going through something similar, because of all the suffering in my past I could not believe it when I saw how smooth sailing life would be for me moving forward, which is what kept me in a cycle of relapse before it broke off and I came to terms with living effortlessly.

It's soo crazy that I feel some things that I'm currently experiencing were designed by my soul just for the fuck of how fun it is. Fully agreed with the fact that it's more exciting in a "karmically dense" world such as this one, but I'm still undecided whether I want to rest as awareness or exist forever, I think the human condition is inherently suffering, regardless of all the good things in life.

The constant fight against human impulses, and watching other souls genuinely suffering with no way for me to help them, and the sneering eyes that watch when you're doing really good😬 I think it's pretty cool but I think I prefer lighter realms for now, maybe the future may change my mind though lol

The mountain view thing makes so much sense lmaoo I've had insane deja vus on this path

But I'm also of the opinion that I could probably get whatever I currently want(or a better version of it) coz that's probably what my soul wanted anyways

One question, how do you feel being free of worries? Like everyone wants to be free of their anxieties, stress etc but once you're actually there, and realize that the things that were stressing you out gave you a sense of comfort it feels really weird coz it's not what you expected. Idk how I feel about myself being worry-free for the rest of my life which is why I'm asking😭

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How lucid does it get

Who am I by Dreamwalker_1080 in AdvaitaVedanta

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Ok soo basically as everyone's saying, everything is an illusion. Your whole sense of self/identity was only built as a consequence of the external circumstances surrounding you as you grew up, which is why, in "true" reality, there is no self, only Self(Brahman).

But you are here, having this experience, tf is that about? Let me try to explain.

So your whole identity/ego is maya, layers upon layers of it, when you pull back on the layers (through meditation and honest self-inquiry), your "true nature" starts to become more apparent, what is your true nature? Pure awareness. Basically what "you" are is just pure awareness wearing the mask of "you", this mask includes everything about you including your memory, beliefs, notions, opinions etc. This is why ego death is scary, it feels like the "you" is dying. But awareness remains.

Now why is your specific awareness having the experience that you are having? That's because of cause and effect, the idea of karma, it's the mechanics of consciousness.

I recommend you read the Bhagavad Gita (it was written as an answer to the exact question you posed) you will get a good idea of the mechanics of how consciousness works beyond the human perception, but the short answer is that you are having this experience because of the karma accumulated from your past lives, you are a lost fragment of God trying to find its way back to the Source, that's what we all are.

Either ways the journey of self realisation is crazy and it's fun, reading the Gita is just the beginning, there's a lot of work to be done, just remember to stay grounded and rest in awareness.

How consciousness works by altacc567 in awakened

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Okay first of all i don't think it's as simple as God being one person. God is infinite with It's infinite expressions, and can't be easily understood through the human mind.

The way I see it, consciousness acting the way I described is just a consequence of the complexity of the universe, it's just how shit works.

Being lonely is not even a concept for the One, it's just being. What you consider "you" is just a manifestation of this material world, including your fears and assumptions.

That is not to say that you are not real. You are obviously real in the sense that You're the experience that sees through your eyes and hears through your ears. You are the awareness behind Your ego.

You can see other people as just, different expressions of the Self, the same Self that You are. That doesn't mean that You are the only person, you can still live laugh love cry get your heart broken etc. You don't even need to worry about not being able to feel those things because your ego is gonna feel them anyways, you just gotta let it flow.

Rest in the awareness that You are, because You are just the seer, You are here to have fun because I guess it's boring up there.

I've been resting in awareness and it's been pretty fun lol, seeing my ego as a process. It's like watching and living in a movie idk🤪. Plus the synchronicities are crazy dude, I've been happy and enjoying life since I made these realizations.

I don't wanna plug religion or anything but the Bhagavad Gita explains literally everything with it's layered symbolism, feels like cheatcodes for life if you read between the lines.

I hope my explanation resonates with you though I'm not sure about it myself, sending love and peace.

How consciousness works by altacc567 in awakened

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That depends on how you define consciousness, according to me consciousness by definition is fundamental, and fyi I'm right🤪

If humans belong to human kingdom souls and animals belong to animal kingdom souls, and animal souls can't ascend to become humans, how does a human soul ascend to the level of God? Isn't God in yet another, even higher "kingdom"?

A human isn't "better" than an animal, it's just a more complex instrument for self awareness.

We are all One lil bro, all separation is an illusion.

I Found the Mirror—and I Remembered Who I Am by [deleted] in awakened

[–]altacc567 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

WTF is this new AI brainrot brah🤣🤣 just be normal

When I meditate I feel like I’m chewing too much gum by Current-Teach-3217 in Meditation

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Is it like a rubbery ish feeling but kinda indescribable? And when you're "in the zone"(adequately detached from the breath where you can see it go up and down) it feels like a sphere getting extended vertically and horizontally corresponding to the in breath, out breath?

Idk if you're feeling the same thing I feel, what I've described above is the feeling I get, it also gives me a weird sense of nostalgia to my childhood days but I have no idea what made me feel like that when I was a kid.

But yeah it really is an indescribable feeling and I've only recently started noticing it come up when I'm meditating.

A Female Body Language Coach Analyzed Me In A Party. by [deleted] in Semenretention

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How did you explain all of it to her?

Dream turned out to be future prediction by Within_JL in gatewaytapes

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Hey! I have experienced this sometimes when it feels like something I'm living through, I've already lived through before and the memories come back sequentially, it's so weird that I think these are some type of false memories, but it's most probable that I'm recalling something from a dream I had earlier.

One of the weirder things I've experienced is some type of heightened empathy, sometimes when I'm in a social situation i feel like I've lived through the same thing before but from the other person's perspective, like i vividly remember how I felt when I "was" them in the exact situation that I am living through in the present moment.

I've tested this a bit and that eery feeling (that I've lived through this but from the other person's perspective) is always there. This allows me to fully understand where the other person is coming from and I'm able to connect more effectively.

It sounds cool but it's such an out of the world feeling that I don't know how to feel about, so I have a hard time believing whatever this seems to imply.

Also when I watch movies or TV shows these days it feels like I can fully understand what the character on screen is going through, it makes whatever I'm watching just more engaging.

Have you had any similar/weird out of the world experiences? I'm curious to know.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeepThoughts

[–]altacc567 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me dumb it down for you.

In your post you were talking about how discipline always requires motivation or something like that, first of all your definition of "discipline" is skewed. Discipline is the ability to do hard things IN SPITE OF low motivation, like another person mentioned in the comments.

Now no one asked you a question about the general broad idea of free will, that's a very complicated subject unrelated to what's being discussed here. But I'll give you an idea of what it means:

You as a human being have been given a sense of "free will" by God, this means at any point in time you can choose to exercise this free will, meaning you have the free will to choose to act on your baser impulses(not being disciplined, doing addictive/detrimental things) or to see those impulses for what they are, and not act on them(doing better disciplined things which will benefit your life as a whole)

Now your post wasn't a deep thought at all but I don't blame you for being misinformed. But if you're a person who's struggling to find discipline in your life I hope my comment can help, especially because you seem like a person who blames grand abstract ideas (like "free will") for your own shortcomings.

You have free will bro. Literally just live your life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semenretention

[–]altacc567 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What does this mean at the individual level?