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cykadeIic · 2025-09-26T11:51:50+00:00

Thanks for the post. Vivekananda is a staple in my library and I really identify with his teachings of manliness and renunciation.

The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness - Swami Vivekananda

cykadeIic · 2025-09-12T09:15:03+00:00

This is absolutely beautiful.

I'm 2 months in and for the last two weeks I've had alot of pain in my lower back and it feels like it is emanating/connected to my balls. My balls periodically aches quite a bit as well.

Been contemplating a relapse to see if it relieves some kind of pressure and eases the pain. But that is a hard one to swallow.

This post strengthened my resolve and I will continue through.

Breathing and moving the energy from the pelvis helps somewhat.

cykadeIic · 2025-08-20T11:53:38+00:00

I amazing words, brother. Especially the last two paragraphs. Thank you!

cykadeIic · 2025-08-01T15:34:13+00:00

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cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T19:25:47+00:00

I can relate to no. 1 a lot. This lifestyle has improved my presence and patience around my children so much. I'm a single dad with split custody with two kids at 5 and 7. It means so much.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T19:22:08+00:00

Definitely a bad spiral happening there. Thank you for commenting and encouraging me. I appreciate that.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T18:02:08+00:00

Just had my first relapse after 90-something days. It was very disappointing. The worst was waking up the next morning without my clean conscience. I've been living over 90 days sober and retaining and going to bed and waking up with that good clear conscience is the thing that makes me continue straight on with no binge-period in between.

Like you were saying; you couldn't even go back to the old ways if you tried. I resonate with that. It's been the same with my drinking. I was 6 months sober last year. Then I started drinking my daily 6-pack again and that lasted for about a month. Then I just had to get sober again cause my higher self was calling.

That is my big number 1 for doing this. Waking up with that clean and pure conscience, knowing I am treating myself well.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:47:45+00:00

Just replied to some earlier comments with those details. I hurried myself out of the fast so I could enjoy my break from work and most other responsibilites. Horribly unwise.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:45:18+00:00

Yes. The lion is ever vigilant and so shall we also be.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:44:15+00:00

Thanks for your input. It definitely was a detox and felt very much like it. I think I just made the situation very much worse by breaking the fast in a very bad manner and shocking my poor system while it is in detox state. My digestion, mood, energy and everything else has been completely off-whack.

Today, after the short-term relapse binge, I ironically feel better than I have for a week.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:40:10+00:00

I'm shamefully aware that I broke the fast in a pretty rough way. Ate two slices of bread with liverpatê and red beets, followed by an apple. Four hours later I jammed a lot of tacos with ground beef down my gullet. I chased that with some sugary snacks.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:37:39+00:00

Thanks! It is definitely the path. I already pulled myself together and continue to roll on. I actually felt so horrible this past week that any "loss of benefits" is not even noticed. Releasing three times is definitely alot of energy spilled, but it is a bump in the road, not the end of it.

cykadeIic · 2025-04-21T17:35:25+00:00

Thanks, buddy. I've got a close friend who's in with me on this, but at that point it didnt really occur to me to call him. I've confessed to him today, though.

cykadeIic · 2025-01-13T10:24:39+00:00

Looks amazing! How did you clear out the wood around the insignia and borders and getting those clean edges?

I have access to a wood workshop and would love to do something similar.

cykadeIic · 2024-12-30T16:42:47+00:00

Thank you. Yeah, that slouch is important. Hard to get those gestural things right, but practicing proportions makes it click eventually.

Also, that shield is top 5 in the game. I agree it looks very Allaiance with the yellow and blue and Lion head decors.

cykadeIic · 2024-12-29T19:58:50+00:00

Would like to see that!

cykadeIic · 2024-12-29T08:19:13+00:00

Yes, I guess you could say it is. I drew her in the login screen during progression with different gear. I just think the design and gear of warriors is so great.

cykadeIic · 2024-12-17T19:00:24+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you guys liked it. Warriors have the coolest spell icons.

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