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-Sadhguru's Isha Kriya::
+Sadhguru's Isha Kriya:
Inhalation: I am not the body
Exhalation: I am not the mind
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Modern Nihilism, as i am pionnering myself, is a set of sentences, or mantras, to be repeatedly mentally thought of, in order to change yourself from within, this aims to alter your perception, your beliefs, and your actual sense of self.
This is to be practiced with your eyes closed, as otherwise the outside may distract you. It is a matter of focusing on what's happening within you, as this is where the change must happen.
+As the identities are the hands that wields the intellect, the more identities you pick up, the least able you are to stop yourself from thinking. That's why it is essential to dissolve those identities, to release the intellect from being handled haphazardly.
Sum Nihil:
Inhalation: I am nothing
Exhalation: I am noone
+(Sidenote: each mantra utterance must last the entire (intentionally slowed down) Inhalation/Exhalation, to silence the other thoughts)
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-As the identities are the hands that wields the intellect, the more identities you pick up, the least able you are to stop yourself from thinking.
Warning: Do not mistake this for being pessimism, as the goal is not to make you identify with something that is degrading, the goal is to destroy everything that you can possibily identify with. It is in fact degrading to identify with anything, you are not supposed to restrict your near-limitless potential to such a small scope.
This mantra is designed to trim out and get rid off of all the false identities you have picked up, the first thing you may notice after using this mantra for a while, is that you are able to sit still without a thought in your head. If you have gone on for years without having been able to stop your thoughts like i used to be, you'll see that this is going to feel like a huge relief, like a weight has been put down from over your head.
Too many identities also distort your perception, to get rid of them, or to distance yourself from them, is to bring back your clarity of perception, to see things as they are once again.
You'll see also that it is very easy to fall into the trap of getting identified with things that you are not after that, which is why this mantra is to be practiced very often, to be able to maintain your peace of mind. Over time you'll need to do this less and less as your mind gets used to it.
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If you try to do this mantra extensively for more than 10 minutes, you may even experience Ego Death (as this is the actual goal of this mantra), here is the description from effect index to highlight what it feels like:
Ego death (also known as ego suppression, ego loss or ego dissolution) is the temporary experience of a partial or complete disruption of a person's sense of self, which often results in a range of profound changes to how the person perceives and interprets their own sense of identity and the nature of agency and self-hood.
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there is a profound experience of no longer having an “I” experiencing one's sensory input; there is just awareness of sensory input as it is and by itself without a conscious agent to comment on or think about what is happening to it.
+It is vital for your mental health, and i recommend you that you undergo Ego Death at least once a day, using the Sum Nihil mantra. It will bring a feeling of rejuvenation (or cognitive refreshment), suppression of personal bias, overcoming fears (such as of change or death), as you undo the distortions of perceptions, you'll be able to percieve yourself and the world for what it truly is, and thus, you'll feel way more open to experiences that your Ego would have otherwise previously discarded.
+ +If god appeared before you right now, would you have the sense and humility, to realize that the source of creation is right in front of you? Most people are so deeply entranched into their own ego, beliefs and compulsions, that even if the best thing were to happen in their lifetime were to happen to them right now, they would not acknowledge it, recognize it, and appreciate it for it's actual value. It is in restoring absolute clarity of perception that you undo that poison. It is only with clarity that if god were to appear in front of you next moment, you'd immediately realize it and make the most out of it.
A little distance is all it takes: Suppose you are stuck in traffic for more than 3 hours, from your perception traffic is a horrible thing to be in. But if you go in a hot air balloon, go way up and then look down upon the traffic, you'll now think that traffic is looking preety good!
In the same way, if you spend your whole life on the ground over time you'll end up thinking that the earth is flat, but if i put you in a space rocket to go up in space far enough, with enough distance you'll be able to percieve that the earth is round.
To distance yourself from your thought process is essential to have clarity on what it is doing, and to have clarity on what it should be doing aswell. Yes we're talking neuroplasticity, you don't need to be taking psychedelics anymore with this mantra. With this you are effectively rewriting your way of thinking, trimming out the unecessary patterns, leaving room for the ones that truly matter to you.
- +While it is true that taking 10 grams of psylocybin mushrooms at once will induce an incredibly strong psychedelic experience and cause an absolute ego death 100% of the time, but you should remember that you are supposed to remain the master of your own mind, and that mind of yours is able to undergo ego death on it's own if you choose it to do so, using this mantra.