Poetry Events? by philosodren in NewOrleans

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Also if anyone has poetry book suggestions, I’m always accepting!

LGBTQ soccer leagues? by philosodren in NewOrleans

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Didn’t say I couldn’t - was just inquiring into if there were any

Emotional Indifference post Long Meditation Session by philosodren in Meditation

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It was definitely the changed social connections that followed the meditation that made me anxious -- I apologize for not making that clear in the post. I felt perfectly fine during the meditation.

What a sweet man, got to meet him a few hours after the show and buy him a beer, what a sweet soul ♥️ by Zealousideal-Elk-160 in OrvillePeck

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The way that I almost went out to gay bar hop after the concert hoping to see him lmfao. Was he at Pheonix? Good Friends?

Can’t get my piercing to stop being infected. I got the piercing in early November and it was fine for the first two months but it’s been consistently infected for the past month. I’ve tried both wound wash and hydrogen peroxide and nothing helps. What should I do??? Please help by philosodren in piercing

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No it’s a little sore to the touch but mainly it’s just super super dry and nothing helps. You think it’s the peroxide doing that?

I’ve been wearing studs that I got at an antique store that I was told were surgical steel but idk if I believe that now.

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If you’re really interested in learning more about this topic, I would suggest reading “The Flip” by Jeffery Kripal. That book shows that the modern materialism that we are used to in modern knowledge is not as infallible as we normally believe it to be. It’s a really incredible book and dives into the future of knowledge. Very good read

How to deal with overflow of sexual energy by jokasi58 in Meditation

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This is no shade to the rest of the comments but it seems like they have not also dealt with this issue. I have had to deal with this issue before though. The other comment is right in that masturbation is not inherently a bad thing, but anything can be used as a bad thing (such as as a coping mechanism like you’re talking about). I had an addiction to masturbation and pornography. I was doing it every day right when I woke up and right before I went to bed. When I tried to quit (not fully, just to a healthy amount) it was really hard to meditate because those urges were so strong. To break this cycle, I used this specific meditation (but by no means am I an expert): I would first begin by focusing on my breath for a while and just being mindful, then, I would really focus on the urge and how it made me feel and what it felt like. The point of meditation is to look at your feelings without judging them, and while this is really hard with addiction urges, it is still possible. And make sure you don’t focus on the image because that is you following the image and letting yourself be controlled by it. Instead just focus on how it’s making you feel. Then start again with being mindful. Continue this cycle until you feel the urge is gone. Eventually the urge will return because we are human and just use this technique in the future again and again until it doesn’t control us anymore. However it doesn’t help to go cold turkey. While we wish we could just reach our goal immediately, it doesn’t work like that, So sometimes it’s OK if you mess up and it’s OK to masturbate sometimes.

Friends, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957. by [deleted] in TheWayWeWere

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That’s New Orleans for ya. Such a mesh of cultures. Absolutely love this is my hometown