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30 Eggs a Day. Day 24 update

So I’m currently on Day 24 of eating 30 eggs a day.<figure></figure>If you’re asking why I’m eating 30 eggs, take 60 seconds to watch this brief Youtube short explaining it.What we’ll cover in this post:・Weight gain・Increased energy, libido and assertiveness・Different (probably worse) ...

Meditating 10 hours a day for 10 days: the aftermath

<figure></figure>So I recently finished my 8 Part series Is Enlightenment Real? but it actually ended early. I tied off the post with the first big “bang!” that happened on Day 9 where by brain skipped a beat and something happened when it booted back up. Everything in the room appeared to me as...

Kurzgesagt says Cow Biology is a “marketing lie”

*This is continued from my previous post Kurzgesagt: Beautiful Propaganda<figure></figure>I noticed there were a few people who felt I was being unfair by using the word “propaganda” to describe Kurzgesagt’s video titled Is meat really that bad? The video basically explains why beef is a key d...

Is veganism healthy? Ask the ex-vegans

84% of people who start a vegan diet, eventually quit. This comes from a study of current and former vegetarians and vegans. This isn’t data spread by The Meat Industry™, but Faunalytics - a “nonprofit research organization dedicated to helping animals by providing useful information to advoca...

Cutting power to the conscious brain (Part 8)

Continued from previous post: Psychedelic states while meditating sober (Part 7)By this point, really long sits were the norm. Whereas in the first couple days of the retreat, I had to take several fidget breaks and was anxiously awaiting the timer to ring for the two hour sits, by Day 9 I stopped s...

Psychedelic states while meditating sober (Part 7)

Continued from my previous post where on my 7th day into the 10 day retreat I somehow stumbled into a trance state known in the Buddhist texts as jhāna. Actually, there are 8 of these jhānas and I found myself in the 4th one. Obviously I couldn’t be totally sure, but I followed the instructions ...

Discord for $5 Patrons

Hey guys just wanted to let you know that you can access the discord now! I think if you go into Patreons setting somewhere it should be able to auto-join you. Check out here for how to do ithttps://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266

My 10 day quest to see if the jhānas are real (Part 6)

(Continued from Part 5: A more practical, less exhausting path to enlightenment?)Let me point out that my reading of Daniel Ingram, Mahasi Sayadaw and David Johnson’s books happened over a span of more than a year with a significant gap before I found out about the TWIM practice. In that time I wa...

A more practical, less exhausting path to enlightenment (Part 5)

After becoming a bit discouraged by the Daniel Ingram and Mahasi Sayadaw books, I started looking into this technique the supposed Arahant Delson Armstrong was using.I picked up David Johnson’s book The Path to Nibbāna, and what caught my eye right away was that David himself was a seasoned pract...

Is this really the best path to enlightenment? (Part 4)

So far we’ve gone over two meditation techniques which allegedly contribute to achieving awakening. To review, noting is where you try and notice every single bit of mental activity arising in your conscious awareness - itching, imagining, intending, planning, breathing, twitching, hearing - every...

Meditative Trance states no one told me about (Part 3)

(Continued from last post where I talk describe the meditation “noting” technique)To be honest, this noting technique where you sit down and try and notice everything that occurs in your conscious awareness seemed too simple to be worth doing. Meditation is typically thought to be a way to de-st...

Speeding up your brain until it breaks (Part 2)

(Continued from the previous post)I actually ended up reading through all of Daniel Ingram’s book before I interviewed him. Something about the topic was really compelling to me.The meditation practice he used mainly was called “noting.” With noting, when you sit down to meditate you don’t j...

Is Enlightenment real? (Part 1)

Have you heard about those guys actually trying to get enlightened?Over a year ago I was talking with a friend of mine about learning and improving Japanese. Just as we were wrapping up, he asked me “have you heard about the subreddit /r/streamentry?” I said No.He followed up with “Essentially...

Less Hunger after a Fast

Hey everyone,So I just released a video on prolonged fasting called What happens if you Don't Eat for 44 Days? and thought I’d share with you guys a couple interesting things that didn’t make it into the video.Regarding the apparent reduction of hunger after a long fast, a reduction in insul...

Intro to New Video "What happens if you stop eating for a week? a month? a year?"

Hey guys, thought I'd get your opinion on the intro of my upcoming video:In 2003, the famous stunt artist David Blaine spent 44 days without food suspended in a transparent box above London. He didn’t need a toilet for a month and a half because the only thing that came out of his body was the...

What did you think of Jordan Peterson on the channel?

New Vid: What Gives Life Meaning? | Jordan PetersonWhat did you think of my recent video with Jordan Peterson "What gives life meaning?" A majority of the comments about the recent 20 minute clip from my interview with Jordan Peterson were very positive, it was fun to see so many of you were...

Are peanuts bad?

Question from Trong: Are polyunsaturated fats from peanuts and chia seeds just as harmful as the ones found in vegetable oils? I enjoy eating peanuts and chia seeds for the fiber but am not sure if I should continue it.For context: I’m guessing Trong had this question after seeing a recent video o...

Kurzgesagt Response: "Is Meat Really that Bad?"

Guys, would love your input on this before I make a more public post. Leave a comment or question if you feel inclined.Is Meat Really that Bad? [Kurzgesagt video response]So, Kurzgesagt put out another video titled Is Meat really that bad?It’s a bit more nuanced than the typical “cow bad” piec...

Comment on "Protein is not protein. Here's why"

Hey everyone,Thought I'd share some thoughts on my new Protein is not protein video.Unsurprisingly there’s a couple comments asking me things like "are you getting paid by the meat industry for this video?" (Answer is no), and I'm not surprised that some people will look at this as...

Protein is not protein. Here's why [Transcript with Sources]

Hey everyone, Here is a PDF of the transcript with sources for my video just published Protein is not protein. Here's why The numbers in brackets[#] have a hyperlinked number that will take you directly to the research paper that is the source for the sentence/paragraph leading up to it.There is...

New Vid on Vegetable Oils! Which Thumbnail do you like?

Hey everyone, new vid is out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQmqVVmMB3kLooking forward to hearing any questions or commentsStill playing with the thumbnail, which one do you like? Don't overthink it - at first glance, which makes you want to impulsively click more? 😂Black or Blue?🤔

Interview with Jordan Peterson, Complexity Management Theory

Hey everyone,Quick podcast talking about a paper of Jordan Peterson's from 2002 - "Complexity Management Theory: Motivation for Ideological Rigidity and Social Conflict"Mp3 attached so you can download it and listen to it without using the Patreon client

Vegetable Oils, Mitochondria and Ray Peat

Hey everyone, I'm working on a video about vegetable oils. I've slipped it in a couple videos that vegetable oils are bad for your health, but have been meaning to make a video dedicated to them - that's what's up next. People like Dr. Chris Knobbe have gone as far as to say that veg...

Eating too much protein and longevity

Someone asked me about Dr. Sinclair appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast:David Sinclair, the anti aging doctor in the video, recommends a couple of things in this video for longevity and anti-aging:Skip meals,Exercise, Limit meat, Sugar, Carbs and he also takes:1 gram NMN (Nicotinamide)1/2 gram Resver...

Response to Earthling Ed's "debunk" of Eating less meat won’t save the planet. (See attached PDF)

↓↓PDF ATTACHED BELOW. PLEASE CLICK THE LINK AND READ THAT↓↓I was glad to see that so many people are quite interested in the topic of meat and the environment. There were tons and tons of commenters on my video Eating less meat won’t save the planet. Here’s why offering their perspective...

Response to Happy Healthy Vegan's "debunking" of my Meat & The Planet video

Robert ResponseThere's been a lot of youtube videos so far trying to "debunk" my most recent video. I'll get to them as I have time, but here's my response to the first one.Edit: A lot of people were asking what video it is I'm referring to and it being confusing not being ab...

Response to "Unnatural Vegan" on What made the Ancient Egyptians Fat and Sick

One of my viewers, “Unnatural Vegan” (UV) discussed my video What made the Ancient Egyptians Fat and Sick? on their channel. UV’s response video gained quite a bit of interest, amassing over 60,000 views, so I thought I would comment on it. She gets into a lot of topics that are quite interest...

Eating Less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's why [Transcript with Sources]

Hey everyone!New video is finally out. Really interested to hear y'alls comments on this as I know it's a touchy subject. What did you guys think? Did you have a position on this and was it changed after watching?

Interview with Dr. Ingram: The Arahant (enlightened being)

Hey everyone, Last minute, but in 10 hours I'll be interviewing a really interesting guy, Daniel Ingram, the ER Doctor and "Arahant."Arahant or "Arhat" is the last stage of the four stages of enlightenment in Buddhism. That is, he's a fully enlightened or "awakened" p...

(Podcast Audio) - Japan, Meat, Height

Hey everyone, This is a mini podcast. I was recently invited to speak on Shawn Baker's Meat RX podcast - https://youtu.be/AUIh0PT7jEw . It was my first time being on a big podcast and was a fun experience. I prepared several things to talk about beforehand, but since we didn't have time to g...