Behaviors

cheating (infidelity)

"When a person in a monogamous relationship has an emotional or sexual relationship with someone else without their partner's consent. This can include breaking a promise or commitment" -- Google AI.

constantly vaping

Request: In university you’ll see a lot of this— people with a vape in their hand nonstop! Always vaping no matter what, then the panic when they misplace it!

watching movies below 200 to surrender judgements

Request: I'm curious about the intention of doing this as a way to release negative judgements or projections we have about lower levels of consciousness. Maybe it is an effective way to tame the spiritual ego too?

learning "useless" skills

Request: Sometimes one happens to enjoy something that can't be monetized, doesn't lead to spiritual growth and is unlikely to be appreciated by others. It can feel like misusing one's lifetime... Is it spiritual ego trying to cut off that which it considers to be "unworthy"?

going to your happy place

to imagine a place that makes you feel calm and happy. It can be a physical location, activity, memory, or interest that brings one happiness -- BraveAI.

semen retention

Benefits include a "reduction of stress or anxiety...[an] increase in motivation when it comes to your work... or the pursuit of other goals. Perhaps most obvious is the renewed sense of self-control you’ll gain from abstinence" -- premiermensmedical.com

"glutton for punishment"

a person who is always eager to undertake hard or unpleasant tasks — request.

intentional sleep deprivation

Request: Was thinking that it may have some spiritual benefit, despite depriving the body from what it supposedly needs, just like fasting.

romantic gestures

Request: Even if impractical, are they important in relationships?

sending loving thoughts to people

Request: I been doing that recently and feels really warm doing so. I wanted to know if these loving thoughts really do make a difference. Especially towards those who we perceive to "hurt" us. I wonder if this is a legitimate spiritual practice?

respecting and honoring the dignity of all individuals

Request: I work at a hospital with often very old and sickly people. This was recently sent out as an update to the company wide code of conduct and I like the way it is worded so I wanted to see how it calibrates. It feels similar to "kindness towards all of life in all its expressions."

friendship

The reality-testing capability to be friends with anyone. Includes the ability to keep constructive and appropriate boundaries.

backstabbing

"Betrayal (as by a verbal attack against one not present) especially by a false friend" -- merriam-webster.

accommodating the spiritual ego of others

Letting them have the "win."

suicide

a self-destructive pattern.