We are prone to depression. Sometimes it is hard to function. Sleep feels like the only option. Humanity is self destructive! It is almost impossible to get out of the rabbit hole. 🤯
I loved sleeping :D and chanting <3 esecially by the end of the course, Goenka sounded sweet to my ears <3 especially this one: Mangal Metta | Mangal Maitri
Hey Tom, hope you are doing good mate. I came back to your channel to see your most recent videos of your experience of trying... you know what, mainly because I was thinking of embarking on that experience myself and I wanted a refresher on somebody's experience as an INFJ. Hope you bring back those videos or at the very least I'd like to pick your brain on that topic if you're interested on a discussion based on that on a different platform if you prefer. Just writing to you on a random comment because I don't see any other method of contact. Hope to hear back from you. Thanks for the content over the years. You have given some of us INFJs someone to relate to with complete sincerity in a world and media landscape where that is incredibly rare. -Alex
To be honest, socialising is *way* cheap, meaningless and primitive, -useless. But even into your workplace, then you're the weirdo, or sth like that - i can't stand all that kind of gibberish, primitive, superficial chitchat talks. It's draining only my batteries, and makes me emotionally exhaused, angry inside at times, because i can't deal listening to these useless, skindeep smalltalks. I've found my peace only when i am with my own company...reading books, listening to the music, watching movies, bicycling...or taking photographs...into nature, abandoned places, etc...all fine hobbies, one can simply do *alone* without getting into that dreadful, cr@ptastic "socialising", or listening to some freakshow, which bores you to death.
The problem is, that >= 95% of the ppl *don't* understand you, your behaviour, your actions, your -thoughts...they're most of the time just being the B$, superficial, surface scratching kind of ppl...and that really sucks.
That perspective, i have something like that as an infp. Like an overthinking tornado of all perspectives. Doesn't matter what others think, it's going to sound crazy if they are sure their perspective is the pinnacle of truth and exploration. When these people try to catch me up on words with multiple meaning, or a change in perspective, or their peer review facts don't match my experience universal truth i realize that they are actually debunkers. Competing for a spot in a bunker? Or a bunk within an exclusive bunk in a secure environment. Which is disturbing and alarming. Also if they wish to tether you to a point of view, they actually lack the concept or ability of evolution and how a paradigm can completely shift with groundbreaking information and realization. AKA crossroads crucified soul snatchers. Mosquito type spirits. Maybe even created "angelic" beings. If you haven't encountered anything like that yet, hopefully you do or don't, or maybe im not human, who knows, i can't unsee it, you're never ready to see something that yanks everything you thought you knew from under,
Everyone has something that they automatically do to everything they encounter with their mind. That's your natural purpose. You never work a day in your life if you work that into your career. Anything else and you are doing your automatic thing while doing a job you hate. 2 jobs unfulfilled trading life force for paper to buy back utilities. Draining and depleting more than you can generate.
I noticed key phrases people use and might not even realize, zero in on, sums it up, boils down to, par for the course, stitch in time, last resort. Schools of thought, culture clubs, scales and perspectives. Outside looking in, inside looking out, engineering and efficiency, these things are important to find your place and hit flow state. If you're surrounded by people who are service to self at the expense of others, and you're service to others at the expense of self, get away from them, being outnumbered and endangered if not extinct, the journey inside yourself to come out the other side as an energy generator with photons , it's what they consume. Boundaries.or freedom is impossible.
Felt every bit of this video to my core. A lot of experienses resonated with what I went through back in a day. Thank you for putting this into words. Explaining some of these concepts/experiences to others who "doesn't get it" is not easy for me. Self-aware INFJ for short time now and I really felt so liberated to finally have an explanation on how I interact and "feel/see" the world. The best part is to know it's not weird and I'm not alone in this. Ty for this video <3
Loved this video 💜 Other things I would suggest is 1. Get used to waking up early (4am) before you go and 2. Start practising early time restricted eating ... eat between 7am and 12 noon 3. Wear slip on shoes or sandals as you have to take off footwear in the meditation hall. I found it useful to keep a shawl in the group meditation hall. You can also bring your own meditation cushions, kneeling stools etc. If you use them The food is of excellent quality and plentiful! Don't expect to have fun. Vipassana is hard work. But the benefits are amazing.
It’s very interesting to hear your experience. You have inspired me to research this topic of spirituality more. I have grown in my Christian faith in the past few years and experienced that same sense of eternal peace that you described. It continues to astound me that INFJs can have these sorts of similar moments of intuition. And “high definition”-yes!! I would encourage you to explore Christianity again because I think you’ll find that God is more than hard wooden church pews-he “leads me beside still waters.” As my favorite proverb goes, still waters run deep.
Now that I'm reading The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and doing stream of consciousness writing (e.g. Morning Pages), I really understand this video on a deeper level now. When I was into manifestation, meditation and tarot readings, I was a lot more at peace and content in life, and it's no wonder because I had a sense of wonder and loving-kindness.
Spend most of your day without your phone and you’ll be fine. We should be thankful that we still have a choice in the matter. Social media is probably the worst thing to happen to the internet but it had to happen, there’s no going back either. And like you said - have whole weeks without the internet and you’ll realise how much time we’re wasting
After going through something I think might have been pretty traumatic for me, I’m in this loop for almost 7 years now. Recently I found out about MBTI and my type. This was a wake up call. Thanks.