Brandon

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[Riccardo Carrà @RiccardoCarra44]

INNER ALCHEMY 101

🗝️key concept:

[ Just as a singularity can bend or break physical laws that appear immutable, the ability to remain fully present is the singularity capable of breaking the default mode of your life - the life that right now may seem hopelessly stuck ]

The present moment is an eternal singularity repeating itself.

That is why it is so important to train yourself to go deeper and deeper into the Now.

Not because it is useful, and not even because it may allow you to live more serenely - although those are pleasant side effects that arrive with time.

The fundamental point is something else.

Follow this reasoning:

Ever since you became conscious of yourself, you have been filled with prefabricated notions and concepts that you now use to label reality.

Every event gets taken by the mind and placed into a container with a familiar label attached to it.

You no longer encounter reality directly.

You encounter your interpretation of reality.

And because of this, you lose access to the wonder of the present moment.

Because every instant is a singularity.

No moment has ever existed before in exactly the same way, and no moment will ever repeat itself.

The chain of cause and effect that modern science is so attached to can certainly help us predict events based on what happened in the past - but it can never become absolute certainty.

This idea was expressed clearly by the philosopher Karl Popper through the principle of falsifiability.

A scientific theory, according to Popper, can never be definitively proven true, because future observations may always contradict it.

It can only survive until it is disproven.

A theory is scientific only if it can potentially be falsified.

Science does not move forward by confirming eternal truths, but by progressively eliminating what is false.

The classic example is simple:

“All swans are white” can never be fully proven by observing millions of white swans.

But a single black swan is enough to destroy the theory completely.

Even gravity itself - something that appears completely obvious - remains, technically speaking, a theory.

We assume it will continue functioning tomorrow because it has functioned until today.

But certainty is impossible.

The only thing that could become certain is its collapse - the moment it stops behaving according to the theory.

And this applies to your life as well.

When you live mechanically, when you forget yourself, when you remain trapped in unconscious patterns, you close yourself off from the infinite possibilities available inside the present moment.

Your future becomes nothing more than a repetition of the past.

A loop, a default mode, a script.

But here, again, lies the key point:

Just as a singularity can bend or break physical laws that appear immutable, the ability to remain fully present is the singularity capable of breaking the default mode of your life - the life that right now may seem hopelessly stuck.

Presence interrupts the automatic continuity of the past.

Presence breaks the spell.

The moment you truly remember yourself, you stop relating to reality as a fixed structure and begin entering a living field of infinite possibilities.

Because reality itself is not static.

Reality is alive.

Reality is an eternal explosion of possibilities unfolding moment after moment.

But only presence gives you access to it.

The moment you forget yourself, your life immediately falls back into mechanical repetition.

You become trapped inside inherited thought-forms - the thought-forms of the collective mind.

The beliefs, fears, identities, and patterns that change slightly from century to century but ultimately serve the same purpose:

keeping man identified with the biological machine that hosts him.

Keeping him convinced he is only the body, only the mind, only the personality.

But what you truly are is something else entirely.

You are the Soul.

And the Soul can only manifest through the present moment.

So the choice is simple.

Dual, almost brutal in its simplicity.

You can abandon yourself to mechanicalness - swinging endlessly like a pendulum between past and future, between regret and anxiety, between memory and anticipation, never truly existing.

Or you can begin practicing presence with faith.

And through that practice, slowly gain access to an inner power that transcends this dimension itself.

The difference is almost imperceptible from the outside.

Tiny.

Invisible.

Yet it changes everything.

Every moment in which you are truly present alters not only the course of your own existence, but the existence of the entire universe forever.

So work on being.

No matter what happens externally, what matters is that there is always a silent presence behind it all - a presence that observes, that learns, that absorbs reality, and that never forgets itself.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

Everything is a muscle
Everything is a skill issue

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

You may lose your memories
You may lose your money
You may lose your time

But so long as you're still alive, you can still redeem yourself

Rather than hold onto what you can't control in hopes of recovery,

Why not make the decision to move on with what you can control now?

[Ivan Nisuda | Progress Psychologist @IvanNistarov]

The heroes you admire in anime aren't special because they're flawless.

They're special because they're deeply flawed—and keep going anyway.

Stop waiting to be perfect before you begin your journey.
The best stories start with broken protagonists.

[Mike Behr @mike_behr_]

6. The "4K Weeks" calendar showed him what really matters

Dr. Attia uses a calendar showing every week of his life, coloring one box each week that passes.

"I realize I have a tiny amount of time left to eat every meal with my kids."

This perspective completely changed his priorities.

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov Moving your body always gets your heart running 🏃‍♂️ a guaranteed way for an energy boost 🔥

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

"Do hard things."

Is the wrong answer.

"Pursue what you wish to do by solving the hardest problems in your life that has repeated in your life over and over again."

This will get you closer to the life you've always wanted to live.

Stay alive, warrior.

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov Great! Man this is fun.
Asking you questions got me asking myself questions which made me realize I haven't really put any of them into application and merely related and idealized the characters in anime 😂

[Coherence @coherencebreath]

1/4): Breathing Exercises

When you inhale:
- The diaphragm moves down
- Space is created in the thoracic cavity
- The heart expands, blood flow slows
- The brain signals faster heart rate

To speed your heart rate up, make your inhales longer:

[Coherence @coherencebreath]

If you've never experienced the effects of heart brain coherence, try the guided exercise below.

Just four cycles (50 seconds) will:
- Activate your parasympathetic nervous system
- Synchronize your heart and brain
- Increase your HRV

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

I’m pretty sure the difference between a happy life and an unhappy one doesn’t come down to how many good or bad days you have but which days you think about over and over again.

[Jack Moses ∞ @jackmoses777]

The real reason not to tell people your manifestations is not because of some dopamine response or "jinxing."

It's the observer effect in quantum physics.

The observer effect states:

"The act of observation alters the outcome of the phenomenon being observed."

Meaning...

When someone becomes aware of what you are trying to manifest, their observation influences the result.

Meaning...

If they have preconceived notions, underlying beliefs, or expectations on how the manifestation should unfold, the outcome will be affected.

If what you are trying to manifest lies deep within your heart, and is an idea you can see that you think no one else can, keep it to yourself.

Not for the sake of hiding or being secretive, but for the sake of being mindful of the laws of quantum physics and how reality creation works.

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov The video can't capture the majesty of this grandiose waterfall~ where is this taken?

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov You'll be surprised how much you can learn from another when you open your heart to others ☺️

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

Experience is mandatory for the awakening of your soul.

Where in your life are you gaining experience today?

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov Just like a great tree needs strong roots to hold firm throughout the stormy weathers~

[NeoSpirituality @neospirituality]

Semen is NECESSARY for the process of PSYCHOGENESIS: which means the development of the soul, or spiritual development.

“The unpurified person…can arouse only the lower psychic forces.”
–James Pryse

Will not sugarcoat it. Those who don't adopt a semen retention/transmutation practice will find it impossible to make significant progress on the spiritual path.

This can absolutely be done with a partner or alone.

#astrology

[Jack Moses ∞ @jackmoses777]

How incredible is it that we live in a world where you can actually do whatever the fuck you want — as long as you open your mind and heart to the endless possibilities.

On any given day, you can spontaneously book a one-way ticket around the world,

launch a new business,

meditate for 4 hours,

take a psychedelic,

go out dancing,

write a book,

play pickup sports,

learn any skill or branch of philosophy you want

or share your thoughts with the entire internet.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING.

The only reason you can’t is programs of fear, limitation, and conformity that have been instilled in you by society that are accepted as “fact,” when in reality, they are nothing more than illusions.

[Brandon @TheBrandonChew]

@IvanNistarov If the past shapes who we are now, your current actions shape your future.