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how to stop the ego Anonymous Sat Mar 21 15:52:02 2020 No.14924546 [Reply] [Original]

>only think about upcoming events in the future, daydream about certain scenarios. a better me, a better life
>only think about the past, what did i do wrong, regrets, what if i did x different, maybe i would be in y spot now
>live in my head walking or jogging or lifting for hours on end
>switch from depressive and maniac episodes
>zero awareness of my surroundings, ignore the present
>even when i achieve certain materialistic goals or nut in a 9/10, its actually never as good as i thought it would be. the imagination of doing it is nicer than actually living it
>slowly going crazy because of this
im 24 years old now and i cant cope living like this anymore. what books should i read to fix this

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 15:55:30 2020 No.14924564 >>14924546 If I ran into her snow wouldn't be the only white stuff she would be coated with

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 15:58:41 2020 No.14924585 >>14924546 learn to relax and enjoy yourself. Mandatory fun time with wine and sex. also building things or gardening or winemaking, etc, is a good outlet for that itch you're trying to tap with bodybuilding.

Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:02:24 2020 No.14924609

>>14924546
From time to time I go to my garden shed and pay a visit to the SS Officer who my father had sheltered over half a century ago. He'd put me in charge of taking care of Hans and making sure he was okay and well. But he told Hans that the whole world had been destroyed in 1953, so when I climb down into the bunker I have to wear a rad suit and we just talk about the apocalypse and how much fun it'll be when the flowers start to grow again.

It's a tonic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:16:58 2020 No.14924702 >>14924546 too relatable

Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:20:40 2020 No.14924725

I day dream a lot, I don't fully operate in reality and I've noticed that it really bothers people. For me the line is always blurred between dream and objective truth, like a playful interaction between God and his creature. It's all just a good time, nothing to take too seriously.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:26:12 2020 No.14924753 >>14924546 >>14922861

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:43:27 2020 No.14924862 >>14924546 Bumb got the same problem

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:44:45 2020 No.14924869 >>14924546 https://realization.org/p/ashtavakra-gita/richards.ashtavakra-gita/richards.ashtavakra-gita.html

Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:47:24 2020 No.14924884

>>14924546
Meditation

Normally we live in imagination, about the present or the past "memories", we don't live in the present, most of the time we are not aware that we are in a body, we aren't aware that we are 'here'. We're only aware of the thoughts, imagination. It's closer to sleep than real consciousness.

Meditation trains your attention to remain 'here', when your mind drifts off into imagination, you come back 'here'. As this state of presence is prolonged, and eventually brought into ordinary life, all those things you describe will eventually go away, you 'wake up' and your life is transformed.

It's not easy though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 16:51:51 2020 No.14924913 >>14924546 >switch from depressive and maniac episodes I recommend you search professional advice. Go to therapy.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:04:24 2020 No.14924983 >>14924546 Immerse empathetically within fiction.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:05:08 2020 No.14924985 how many boards have you posted this on

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:08:58 2020 No.14925011 >>14924985 my 3 boards i frequent, fit lit and biz.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:50:52 2020 No.14925241 realize a sufistic perspective on free will: the only truly free choice a man has is the choice whether or not to bow to God. everything else flows to and from this choice. Everything.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:51:52 2020 No.14925250 >>14925241 so the book I'm recommending is the holy Qur'an, which espouses this perspective imo

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:53:34 2020 No.14925264 >>14925250 why are you being meek on blacked.com

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 17:56:23 2020 No.14925279 >>14925264 because Allah alam

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 18:22:59 2020 No.14925450 >>14924546 degenerates earn and deserve this, stop complaining.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 19:30:42 2020 No.14925827 you do not stop the ego you make friends with the ego

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 19:34:58 2020 No.14925853 File: 442 KB, 930x526, getwtg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14924546

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 20:06:01 2020 No.14926018 >>14925241 sounds great, but following islam isn't following the will of god. most of the things muslims do are the made up by man

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 20:07:43 2020 No.14926029 >>14925011 based and 3boardspilled

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 21:41:23 2020 No.14926571 File: 224 KB, 1080x1262, ETnfuuLXYAQBpAM.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>14925853 You didn't read any of these books anon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 21 22:39:28 2020 No.14926833 >>14924546 can't relate

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