The one topic no one talks about on /x/ is ethical and emotional development.
It's really unfortunate, because it's the door for actual spiritual growth and especially anons would benefit from it tremendously. When I started really practicing metta and honestly upholding five precepts, which are:
>do not kill
>do not steal
>do not lie
>do not engage in sexual misconduct
>do not do drugs / drink alcohol
I feel so much bettter when I do it. I also can see my erroneous mental habits and beliefs which affected my everyday life.
There is a simile about human, angel and hell being standing by the river. Human sees water as water, hell being sees water as lava and angel sees it as heavenly nectar. This is what I'm experiencing right now. I was bitter and critical, so almost everything and everyone appeared as ugly, threatening, stupid and repulsive to me. When I developed metta to somehow intensive degree I suddenly saw that it was just my perceptions. I'm also at ease and feel really blissful. Blissful is the word. Also beautiful - the intense sense of beauty is truly astounding.
If you want actual spiritual growth, try it. Don't forget about ethical conduct. Honesty is very important.
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html
protip: dwell in that emotion 24/7, not just 15 minutes a day on your meditation session.

If you like Buddhism try contemplating impermanence for like half an hour each day. It helped me immensely and I'm only doing it since one month or so.

Based metta appreciator

>>40508017 (OP)
>>do not kill
>>do not steal
>>do not lie
>>do not engage in sexual misconduct
>>do not do drugs / drink alcohol
I've been doing this my whole life but by default since I am boring and have no friends.

>>40508017 (OP)
>Don't do things that people normally do impulsively or as a coping mechanism which they have little to no control over
Yeah no shit Anon. What is this? Babbys first Philosophy? Imma start my own religion, it's called don't-eat-yellow-snow-and-don't-step-in-dogshitology. It's core tenet is Don't do dumb shit. I'm very spiritual

>>40508017 (OP)
I only want to do good to good people. I HATE BAD PEOPLE!

>>40509941
>don't-eat-yellow-snow-and-don't-step-in-dogshitology.
This but unrionically

>>40509941
It takes some effort to not do wrong and do right and usually people don't even bother.

>>40508017 (OP)
You should add
>do not entrap others in artifical realities to psychologically abuse and manipulate them
To the list.

You feel so much better and spiritually superior when you don't do this... you're just objectively a better person than those that do, it's really spiritually liberating man, and freeing etc.

>>40512212
yeah, sounds like a good one
not being deceitful and being truthful is actually essential to metta, as far as I understand

>>40508017 (OP)
The 5 behavioral prohibitions of Jesus:
1. unjust deprivation of life (causing the death of others)
2. unjust deprivation of resources (expropriating what is needed by others)
3. unjust misrepresentation (testifying deceitfully)
4. unjust adulteration (defiling the pure)
5. unjust indignity (dishonoring the honorable)

(Mt 19:18; Mk 10:19; Lk 18:20)