Put a Pencil in Your Mouth...

I’m a proponent of entrainment - pisses my wife off though when I go to bed w/ the earphones on (I sleep deeper / snore more)

Always wanted to try a flotation tank - can't imagine the feeling


RN

Can you say more on this, what product you use etc. I feel like there is a lot of scammers in this market. Also - how do you sleep with earphones in?
 
I don't know much about Sila or Buddhism. I imagine that there must be many ways to go with no one method favored.

I am told that while the Buddha practiced asceticism for a period, he didn't find enlightenment within those practices. Is that statement true?

For me, these beliefs involve judgments and not forgiveness. Judgment simply helps create more mind objects. And I aim for fewer mind objects to learn.

I am not a Buddhist :). I just learned their techniques to bring mental balance and why a meditation technique might be incomplete, etc...

I have no idea about Buddha 's life. "Sila" is what they call basic code of conducts ( no lieing - actually this is why they ask people to keep their mouth shut!, etc...)

> For me, these beliefs involve judgments and not forgiveness. Judgment simply
> helps create more mind objects. And I aim for fewer mind objects to learn
- which beliefs ?
- which judgements ?
- why do you worry about forgiveness ?
 
I had seen the second one and watched the first. I am not surprised by the results. I think the buddhist monk who Oprah interviews nails it. You have this little crying baby that is your core self. You need to handle this baby gently. No matter how much it acts out you reassure it that you love it unconditionally. Eventually the crying subsides. The baby - even though it doesn't understand your words - is filled with a sense of love, of being worthy of love. The love isn't conditional - the mother has no expectations for the baby's behavior and the love is there always.

I think watching these 2 films allow to see what is possible.
I mean if these type of hardened criminals can go deep inside themselves, then anybody can do it, and get the benefits. :)

Thick Tanh ( he has a center in the south of France) explains the ideal situation.
There are many talks from him, and he also talks about "non-ideal" situations.

Now, same procedure :
- examples of mothers or fathers who have no love for their babies?
- how does it manifest itself ( apathy , abuse, ... ) : find 10 examples
- reasons for the absence of love ?
( father trapped into parenthood,
mother beaten into pregnancy,
mother falls pregrant when she loved someone else,
mother falls pregnant from another guy but passes the baby as another's man
for material benefits,
father who finds out his wife was a high price hooker,
prostituted women who fall pregnant from their customers,
babies born from rape etc... ) :
find 20 examples of situations.
- what happens when "unloving" mother or father is forced into parenthood?
if you have the chance go to a place of free legal clinic and ask examples
of severe and serious child abuse. And why some children are removed from
their parents. Places where genocide took place are a good examples
to find the mothers true feelings when forced to take care of the children
( Rwanda and what they call "unwanted children", Sarajevo and the
"children born from ennemy rape"...)

Now what is this all about ?
These examples above are harsh examples. But they will make it easier for you to
look to the reality as it is. Even if it is painful.
No matter what it is : just look to things as they are.
People are humans, not monsters.
As humans they will react in the best way they can to inhuman situations
( including forced, unwanted parenthood, ... )


It is often easier to see the reality among very rough or destitutes families,
as their reactions will be translated into violent behaviors.
Among more educated people, a parent reaction can be apathy, dislike in behavior, etc.

At the end of the day, it is about talking to your parents to find out the truth about your parents relationships, their situations when you were conceived and raised. Now this is never easy, as usually there were some lies somewhere
and not everybody is ready to tell the truth.
 
Can you say more on this, what product you use etc. I feel like there is a lot of scammers in this market. Also - how do you sleep with earphones in?

This

http://www.transparentcorp.com/products/np/index.php

eta;

I use the above and create my own recordings / affirmations..., overlay some music/ background and insert whatever binaural beat (for the mindset/ brain wave) I'm targeting


And

I use a set of bose noise canceling headphones - they're pretty comfortable... never been a problem sleeping with them



RN
 
I mean if these type of hardened criminals can go deep inside themselves, then anybody can do it, and get the benefits. :)

At the end of the day, it is about talking to your parents to find out the truth about your parents relationships, their situations when you were conceived and raised. Now this is never easy, as usually there were some lies somewhere
and not everybody is ready to tell the truth.

As you have already pointed out - these criminals are humans. They are hardened but we are all hardened. For the first time they can peek behind the veil. They receive joy. We are hard-wired to seek this joy. If we understand them as the same as us and not a separate species then the results are no surprise.

What is the point you are making in the second section? Do we need to understand our parents in order to accept them? How does this aid us in our lives or in our self-realization?
 
Behavior modification is basically reverse engineering solutions to emotional problems. If you are chronically unhappy you will move your face and body in certain ways (frowning, head down, shoulders slumped etc.) Behavior modification is accomplished by using our body and face to change our emotions. If we can force ourselves to smile, hold our head up and keep our chest proud this will in turn change the way we feel.

http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are

In this video were are given two techniques that we can (and should) use immediately. Putting a pencil between your teeth forces you to use the same muscles as smiling which leads to a happier mood. Power posing for two minutes improves feelings of confidence. We also learn that testosterone and cortisol are the hormones responsible for all of this. There are other ways to increase testosterone and reduce cortisol levels substantially.

1- Reducing belly fat increases testosterone. (Weight loss in general also helps)
2- High intensity exercise increases T.
3- Strength training increase T.
4- Reducing sugar in your diet increases T.
5- Consuming healthy fats increases T.
6- Taking zinc and vitamin D increases T.

Cortisol is known as the stress hormone and reducing it will help us manage our stress levels.

1- Meditate
2- Sleep more and more deeply
3- Regular exercise
4- Avoid sugar
5- Take magnesium and vitamin C
6- Stop drinking coffee (I know)

Still tons more to come...
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Good points, green points72;
NOT that natural sugar in fruit/honey is bad for you, its good/great .

Also 1 or 2 cups of [UNleveraged]coffee are good for you, your brain;
7 0r 8 cups probably is NOT:cool:Wisdom is profitable to direct:cool:
 
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Good points, green points72;
NOT that natural sugar in fruit/honey is bad for you, its good/great .

Also 1 or 2 cups of [UNleveraged]coffee are good for you, your brain;
7 0r 8 cups probably is NOT:cool:Wisdom is profitable to direct:cool:

I drink coffee (2 cups - cold brewed with MCT oil added) and eat fruit every trading day so no argument here.

I'd be interested if anyone else wants to share their morning routine.
 
Fire up the platform.., watch the pre-mkt… relax… clear the head

As for eating – if hungry, I do… if not, I don’t

Water is always my main drink

May have a glass of juice (started a couple of weeks back and have grown to like it)

Mainly – I sit quietly, relax, clear my head

RN
 
As you have already pointed out - these criminals are humans. They are hardened but we are all hardened. For the first time they can peek behind the veil. They receive joy. We are hard-wired to seek this joy. If we understand them as the same as us and not a separate species then the results are no surprise.

What is the point you are making in the second section? Do we need to understand our parents in order to accept them? How does this aid us in our lives or in our self-realization?

Even myself, I have changed in regards to these criminals - as I have now come to understand that a LOT of personal "good" choices came from having had good loving examples who persisted for me. Again I thank my family - specially one aunt. :)

Now the second section : it is not about understanding the parents, it is about having the facts, seeing things as they are.

It is always best having different people answering ( mum, dad, uncles, aunts, best friends, neighbours, grand parents, etc... )

- how did you ( mum, dad) meet ?
- what were your situations and issues when you met ?
- what were the problems in your relationship when you were together
up to my age 4-5 years old?
- did you love each other or were you in co-dependent
stuff playing out your psychological/spiritual issues ?
- how was I conceived ( was the sex between you actually wanted ? were there issues there? ...)
- was I actually wanted, expected before I was conceived ?
- what psychological/spiritual family baggage do I carry from you?
- what were the main things you transmitted to me from
conception till say 4-5 years old ?

Just the facts : good, bad, ugly. Getting the facts will allow one to understand where one needs to work on themselves. Psychological/spiritual mess is just a playing of the same tune one learned from the family environment. And there was a reason for this type of environment, there was a way the "programming" got transferred in this type of family environment : it is about finding out the facts, just the facts as they are.
This is the hardest thing : getting your parents to tell you all at it is, with complete truth and honesty.


At the end of the day, I am not a professional psychologist :
just keep trying as many psys as you can, sooner or later it will fit together.
Also, the techniques, exercises I had to go through : each psy has his/her way of
doings, so you have to keep "practicing" with various psys, till all fit together.
Hope this helps and clarifies a bit how to go about your issues.

Funny how now with hindsight, I would have handled things differently :
from handshakes, to feet on the table. But time for invitations and peace. :)
 
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