"Let's Begin" diary (rantings toward liberation)

Wed 20th Dec

Day 4 / 60

Dreams are vivid.
Relationship issues, a little emotionally drained.
Temptations still apparent.

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A fresh start. Have you checked out the 2% club online fight the beast Or any other programmes?

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Hey bro, no, sorry I havenā€™t or joined anything lately as I realise they donā€™t work in my favour. But I appreciate your recommendation and the message in general.
The old group we had was fun, it worked well for me because I was a bit obsessive :sweat_smile:

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Sat 23rd Dec

Fuming, angry, ā€œf**k this bsā€ (in good spirits)

NoFap is easy.

Why is it possible to get the real thing to be honest and have a blessed day
(this is my predictive text)

Letā€™s break this down - with Faith in God aka confidence.

You led me here Lord; letā€™s begin

What is the ā€˜real thingā€™? ;
It is not trying, nor imagining, but ā€˜beingā€™

To be ā€˜beingā€™ (with no wants, or lack of) and to ā€˜seeā€™ truth, and express it (honesty)
ready to receive His Blessings :pray:

The Truth will set you free.

NoFap is easy - it is the art of NOT doing something ie; not fapping.
If NoFap is difficult, are we not just finding reasons/excuses to why the fap?

Why am I at Day 0?
Stressed, feel weird, unsure about my relationship, unsure of which paths to take and why in my career? (Study again? Apprenticeship?)
and so, I needed to do ā€˜the thingā€™ to take my mind of it? Relax, reward, love myself.
No. These are just excuses.
They are not reasons to fap, while doing NoFap.

NoFap isnā€™t even a doing -
NoFap is a being, because itā€™s a Not-doing something.

If Iā€™m doing something, Iā€™m also being it.
But NoFap, is even easier than that - you donā€™t do fap and you are being NoFap.

If we add things, ā€œI must study to NoFapā€
ā€œI must learn the tools of the tradeā€
ā€œread this or thatā€ā€¦ It is NoFap+

Doing extra things is all well and good, but it isnā€™t NoFap.
You can be illiterate, dumb, deaf, blind or mute and while ā€˜beingā€™ NoFap.

NoFap seems difficult because for the majority it is ā€œsexā€ to our animal brain.
And this is where I think we lie to ourselves and struggle.
We believe and tell ourselves it is not sex, but when temptations come and the heat rises we donā€™t know any different and jump right in, and then try as much as we can to deny it being so.

Pmo is the ā€œpoor manā€™s orgasmā€
or ā€œpathetically, manipulated, organismā€

We are hardwired for sex.
But the act of sex is also a choice.
Remove sex from your life, realising it is fundamentally a gambling of procreation heterosexually, and an expression of love & intimacy for everyone.

Pmo is ā€œp0rn marrying ourselvesā€
Or, ā€œp0rn manipulates (natural) orderā€

If pmo is sex, itā€™s ā€œp0rn makes (us) ostentatiousā€
Ostentatious for having a huge wealth and abundance of people at our disposal.

If pmo is sex, we are wealthy and abundant, but in all the worst and most unnatural ways.

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This is philosophy

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Could do that again, Iā€™ll mention that to forerunner ā€¦

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Sun 24th/Mon 25th Dec

Warning : some of my posts may be triggering as I work through my thoughts.

Itā€™s never my intention to guide or criticise others but solely what rings true for me.

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Mon 25th Dec - Christmas

For the sake of anyone reading, wondering ~

ā€œRemove sex (and lust) from your lifeā€
Isnā€™t the same as a vow of celibacy - but by removing it you have freedom from it.

Sexual intimacy in its right order, comes of its own accord.

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Tues 26th Dec

Day 3 :x:

Sex has clouded my judgement, my heart waiting to be heard.

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Wed 27th Dec

First day can seem like the hardest with no escape, butā€¦ Who am I (at the moment) to trust?
The sun rises without my command,ā€¦ I just wait and itā€™s there.

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:pray: Thank you bro. Even though you decided to remove the post, Thank you. I think itā€™s the perfect question to ask myself :pray:

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Iā€™ve completely slipped off the path, as of late :pleading_face: where do I even begin?ā€¦ .; Iā€™ve been constantly searching out pleasure to numb myself, and run away from any suffering or attentiveness - I just feel like I want to sleep for a hundred yearsā€¦
Then reaching for pleasure, struggle with it, and scrape myself to begin the day - only to procrastinate and struggle with pleasure, with little productivity during the day.

I do have good moments, I do have days where Iā€™m productive and get on with things, and am attentive.

But I have soooooo many moments where God is calling, and Iā€™m avoiding.

Itā€™s all well and good, to be shamed and repentant, but what about in the former moments where, time&time again, you arenā€™t shamed or repentant?

Itā€™s not in the moments you find time for God, and reflection that is the problem,ā€¦

But in the moments you donā€™t find time for God and reflection - thatā€™s the problem.

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Iā€™m sorry I havenā€™t stayed accountable and very distant.

It gets really tough at times, and a constant battle, but Iā€™m still wanting again, to be shaken.
Thereā€™s a certain ā€œSnap out of it bro, and get ur shit togetherā€ that needs to be afflicted upon myself.

Like ā€œwtf are you doing anyway?ā€
Feeling bad about it, or feeling good about it, doesnā€™t change anything.
But thinking & doing, does. You rely way too much on just your feelings.

What about the moments when you donā€™t ā€œSnap out of it broā€? Those are the moments where you donā€™t let the trickster win you over.

Yes, Hot stuff is about - thatā€™s normal

Getting high, and out of your mind is your choice to make normal - Nobody elseā€™s.

~ ā€œInsanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.ā€

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When it really matters, you donā€™t (for the most part) repent, and turn to God.
You give-in to the trickster.

Thought, deed and feeling - the triangle of your soul

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You choose what to ā€˜makeā€™ normal.

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Sat 24th Jan

I gave in today, not out of struggle or anything else, but because I chose to, and given free choice - noticing it in the moment. Iā€™ve sinned, but The Lord has given me a way out.

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keep going.
What changes are you making this time?

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False pleasure vs Real pleasure
Reductive vs productive

Iā€™ve lost that zeal for life, and can only think itā€™s because of opting for idle pleasure.

ā€¦ That is a good question

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