I desire conversation and discussion with deep thinkers only in this thread. Let us begin.
I sort of jumped out of religion as a teen and never got into it ever again after that phase. But now I believe in god again and deeply so. I live spiritual life to the fullest with six core practices that have shaped my life and being and helped me regain control over my inner and outer life, coupled with two strong beliefs. God exists, and enlightenment from material reality exists. Six practices are: celibacy, meditation, prayer, non-lying, asceticism, and solitude. These have taken my bliss to the max and have come quite naturally as I progressed in meditation. I don't know what I would do without these eight things. Please, share your thoughts and god bless. Pic unrelated.

>>17841346 (OP)
Why do you say enlightenment from material reality? Do you mean from [merely] material reality or do you actually consider material reality to be something undesirable?

>>17841346 (OP)
I lie and eat and do drugs and sex because otherwise I'd miss out on something really significant to history.

>>17841356
I consider it undesirable, like a prison.

>>17841447
Will you consider the realm a prison too if you find out there is a yet better one?

>>17841346 (OP)
you sound insufferable

>>17841457
It was sort of an exaggeration. The material realm is just what it is, it's neither negative nor positive. It's neutral, what we make here will be positive or negative.

>>17841457
If there is a "better" one than anything anything will always be a prison compared to the higher plane. Fucking faggot.

>>17841708
>my flat is a prison because above me is a penthouse
If that's an approach that will optimize this short human life for you, have at it.