If you're looking for a useful bit of kit I would recommend purchasing an ereader. Remember, it's as important to train your mind as it is to train your body.

You can store more books than you'll ever read in a small space, have them at your fingertips anywhere and download whatever you want for free. It's really useful, especially if you're like me an don't like holding alot of physical possessions.

Another useful thing is that this is a device which distracts you from that other small device you're always looking at. Useful for when you catch a train or get into bed (because the ink screen has no refresh rate it doesn't strain your eyes like an LED in other devices).

Further the one pictured (kobo H20) has backlit screen for late night reading, and is waterproof, so it performs awesome in the tub after a long day.

I've had mine 3 months and zero regrets

Allow yourself to just flow. Trust in the unseen, turn your focus away from the end outcome, instead focus upon the nowhere (now here).

Believe in the universal force that gave you the breath of life, this force is always with you

The purest relationship is one where people don't "need" each other

Companionship is based on genuine longing for the other

If you "need" someone, then you are selfish.

Because you are trying to fill a void in your life through them.

Expectations, will dilute the truthfulness, sincerity in relationships

Giving to other, without expectations, is pure and pious.

Any other relationship is just based on compromises and self interest

A lifelong deal of inexplicable suffering and frustration

Just finished this excellent kinstretch class.

I do a lot of boxing footwork, this class is made for power lifters wanting to improve their squat - it's equally good for both.

Kinstretch is versatile, its aim is to improve your function, health and control of the catalyst of all your movements, your joints and their CNS connectivity

Adding in a kinstretch session once or twice a week to target a location will greatly increase the locations effectiveness. The one below is for squat. But there are all sorts of free classes for other types (great for deload weeks & injuries too).

https://youtu.be/Ny2AEyXTuLU

Start putting steps in place to gtfo cities, have your own land, grow your own food etc.

The link is about the degeneracy of the fish meat industry, but the same trend of degeneration is applicable to any industry really

My meat diet is mostly fish but this is making me think that long term I need some further solutions.

Congrats on being the slim minority who have the intellectual honesty to take such situations on board. Now act on it.

Personally, I'm gtfo'ing of the heart of a densely populated European city for coast and rural spaces.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/eatitgoys/163

In due course we shall come back to the starting point. Time cannot take us out of time, as space cannot take us out of space. All you get by waiting is more waiting. Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action—here and now. It is your behaviour that blinds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect—whatever your idea of perfection may be. All you need is courage.

I am that - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

This is something I'm going to incorporate into my daily awareness practice.

Morning meditation, supplemented with gratitude and manifestation practice.

Negative thoughts throughout the day should be inverted to affirm the positive.

This idea of 'as I think, so I become' is evidently true for the negative, so why not the positive. Guess we will find out...

If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert

Lung Capacity is one of the best predictors of Longevity

Recently I started reading this book, its already very good, it's well written, informative and engaging.

I feel like breathing is something that has been severely lacking personally and that many unknowingly struggle with this affliction.

Daily practice will be incorporated, and ill be sure to post some breathing techniques and a tldr here when finished.

From what I've read thus far, mastering the breath seems a game changer

They gathered two decades of data from 5,200 subjects, crunched the numbers, and discovered that the greatest indicator of life span wasn’t genetics, diet, or the amount of daily exercise, as many had suspected. It was lung capacity. - James Nestor

This knowledge provides a different frame with which to assess what aspects of ourselves we should improve. It's all good to read, pray and lift, but perhaps the first and foremost function upon which our existence depends needs to be improved and strengthened too.

I'll be posting some exercises to this channel on how you can improve your lung capacity and function soon

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For those who need help with NNN, No Fap November here is a great handbook for you.

https://easypeasymethod.org

Reasons to skip

- High intensity, burns calories
- Improves boxing footwork & coordination
- Fun and challenging
- Ultra portable
- Improves your fleet footedness and dexterity

Highly recommend supplementing workouts with skipping

Self awareness is like an onion. There are multiple layers to it. The more you peel back, the more you’ll gain new insights on yourself. By exploring the different facets of your personality, you’ll begin to realize your one true face from the various masks you put on to function in society.

This self-knowledge is what compounds to wisdom. You’ll begin to receive direct guidance from the divine intelligence that organizes all of life itself.

The deeper you go, the more likely you are going to start crying randomly.
Become your own sage 🥋