Hey brothers! Since doing the 22 semen retention challenge, my mind has changed so much. I haven't been seeking pornography, and so most days I don't watch because it is not top of mind anymore. HOWEVER, Instagram has been a constant trigger! My algorithm has adapted to me desiring to see so many sexually suggestive posts. And I have watched porn because of those triggers. I felt like maybe I'd have to delete my IG and start over to wipe the feed clean, which i was loathe to even think about lol. Well today i found a major helping solution, which i shared and attached here. I found a space where i could edit what IG suggests to me and I 1.) Turned off all suggested posts for 30 days 2.) Limited all sensitive content which includes sexually suggestive content. And when I went to my feed and my explore page, it is now completely different! It's everything that has to do with my positive interests now! I'm super grateful to have been able to cut those triggers out! I hope this helps bro!

This is going to be short and sweet, and I invite you all to really sit and meditate on this on for at least the next week. Healing is not something you (the ego) does. I, Lion Carew, am not healing anyone. Yet, at the same time, we have profound and immense capacities to heal others and ourselves. HOW can this be? This is because we are conduits (channels) for God, Source, Great Spirit, and ultimately Unconditional Love. All great healers understand this and do their work from this place — they know that their identity is not responsible for healing, but rather that they are a channel for the infinite power and healing abilities of unconditional love. Unconditional love is healing because it allows all things to occur. Another key aspect to this is holding a paradox within the subject object relationship within this healing dynamic: You (the subject) and the other (the object) are both separate and the same. The true healer recognizes that object they are working on is ultimately apart of them (the subject) and thus, they source unconditional love to themselves, and are healing themselves. Only through this recognition of the illusion of separation is the healing possible, because you can't heal anyone else. How to make this practical: - Start meditating with your heart ad connecting with unconditional love from God/Source/Spirit everyday - Remind yourself everyday that all comes from God, is for God, and is with God. - Take back your power and recognize that anyone who you believe is responsible for you're healing, is truly not the case. Only you are responsible for your healing

Hello all you amazing men.. new here. Thought I’d say hello and share a little about myself. 44 year old male, always seeking to grow and learn and reach my full potential. Former athlete, former pro acrobat, part time healer. Certified in yoga, group fitness, animal flow, kahuna bodywork.. goals entering into this community is to have a safe space to share with others, learn, heal, grow, connect. Light and love to all :)

One of my favorite online magical people did an oracle card reading the other day that really resonated with me. This particular oracle card was called Awake, and the reading was about being awakened to how we may either give too much of ourselves, or receive too much from others, and how we should strive for balance between the two. I think a lot of us men are usually givers and have difficult times receiving. This can be giving of ourselves and not being receptive to others when they try to give of themselves to us. I know I'm often too quick to say to the universe, "Here I am and take what I can give!" But when the universe gives back to us, I'm pretty much holding up my hand and saying "No thanks!" I don't know why this is. I imagine it's some kind of self-protection maybe. By not being receptive to kindness or love we won't run the risk of being hurt. Maybe we allow our ego to think we are important enough to give ourselves to our brothers, but refuse to accept their gifts of love and understanding to us. Being receptive makes us vulnerable, and that scares a lot of us (me especially). Past wounds keep me from a harmonious relationship with friends, the universe, the divine, whatever. Then we fall into despair, depression, thinking we are alone, but not realizing we are closing ourselves off because we are not receptive to others. Just something I've been thinking a lot about the past couple of days.

Over the last two days I've recorded and edited 6 new guided meditations for Insight Timer, and today I received a new song that I'm working on! Feeling very grateful that I've been prioritizing my time to do these things