porn as a spiritual practice
Not recommended. ADAP calibration confirms intuition that this is not a spiritual practice and may incur negative karma and deleterious outcomes consistent with the level of grief.
Spiritual Practice
sacred tobacco (rapé)
Request: From the Amazon, gaining popularity around Europe. With so many spiritual seekers using this and calling it 'medicine', I'm curious about its LoC ?
napping as a spiritual practice
Request: Hawkins mentions that napping is helpful when letting go of hunger. Can napping be helpful in the letting go process in general or as a spiritual practice? I have used it for prayer by listening to meditative or spiritual music and have had profound dreams at times.
crying as a spiritual practice
Request: Letting yourself cry can feel wonderful. Let it all out!
recontextualization as a spiritual practice
Request: What is LoC of this part of Doc's teachings? Recontextualization seems to always work if it is sincerely used, even when all other methods fail.
Wim Hof Method
Cold therapy, breathing, commitment.
zazen, shikantaza meditation
Styles of Zen meditation.
forgiving others for their past mistakes
Priority request.
visualizing the desired outcome, then surrendering it to God
Priority request: spiritual teachers advise to be unattached to outcomes. I found this approach useful. It lets the mind settle because I feel like I got something "off my chest" and then there is peace that God will bring about what is supposed to happen, independent of my desires and fears.
asking God to help others
Request: When you see the suffering of another person, ask God to help them. Is it good to do it or is it better to believe that God will help them anyways and not pray for them?
"yes, Lord"
Possibly the most powerful spiritual posture a human being can assume, that of following the Lord no matter what.
praying for the animals whose meat you've just eaten
Request: Feels like the right thing to do. But is it?
Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
a Christian devotion to the Divine Mercy from St. Faustina Kowalska of Krakow, Poland. Priority request.
The Welcoming Prayer - Thomas Keating
"...I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself. I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within..." (excerpt)
closing one’s right eye as a spiritual practice
Request: to facilitate switching to right brain.