Ultimate Monk Mode

In addition to the standard Monk Mode, I am instituting for myself what I call Ultimate Monk Mode (UMM):

- No Porn
- No Masturbation
- No Sex
- No Reacting to involuntary erections
- No Erotic literature
- No Fantasizing, and if this happens unknowingly, attempt to stop it in less than 5 seconds.
- No Browsing or using Dating apps

And the Ultimate additions to the standard Monk Mode are:

- No Eating of Meat, Fish, or Eggs (Milk Optional)
- No Intoxication including alcohol, caffeine, nicotine products, and illicit drugs.
- No Gambling

For me this is a true reboot of our dopamine receptors and the reward center of the brain.

For this Mode, Medition and Exercise are highly recommended. Also, I am trying to go to bed by 10 PM at the latest and wake at 6 AM at the latest.

I don't want to change only one aspect of my life, but be the best person I can be!

 

Thank you so much for your encouragement I hope others may become inspired and begin their journey of NoFap.

 

Thanks for your encouragement! Lacto-Vegetarianism is not very difficult, but it sometimes requires me to cook my own meals and develop a closer relationship with the foods I eat. There are a whole plethora of fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, nuts, and their combinations to create amazing meals. Last night I made stuffed avocados with quinoa cooked with a spiced homemade Mexican tomato sauce on a bed of arugula with fresh cheese. Was amazing! I find also that when I eat a plant based diet that I don't feel so heavy and lethargic as I do when I ate meat. I feel much more energized and my mind is clearer.

 

It was a pretty full meal I even had leftovers. Our brains have lied to us for so long, as we can see that with our porn addictions, telling us what we "need." This is a time for trying new things, being open to anything healthy that will help us on this path of becoming the best people we can be.

Anyone can cook we live in a distorted society where people think one must be a trained chef or a celebrity chef on TV to cook. No, it just takes practice like anything else. The key to addiction is not that we do something we enjoy too much, it's that the thing that we are doing is unhealthy for us. It's okay to be passionate about learning new skills and partaking of new outlets to replace the time and we put into Porn and Masturbation. That makes sense because if we just create a vacuum, and take PMO out of our lives and don't replace it with healthy behaviors, we will ultimately relapse.

Also, cooking at home is so much cheaper than going out to eat and you can control what goes into your body. Eating restaurant food has so much unneeded fat and sodium and sugar and other undesirables, and is strictly for enjoying the senses. We as Fapstronauts must realize that if we continuously live to serve the senses, we are a slave to them. We must take control of our body and give it nourishment and be responsible in this life.

Lastly, I'd love to work with you to help you if you are interested in this lifestyle. We are all brothers helping each other to be the best people we can be.

 

Good question

I am aspiring to practice a philosophy that is known as Gaudiya Vaishnavism from India which teaches Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Love and Devotional Service. As a part of this philosophy one offers all of their work in sacrifice to the Supreme without attachment to the work, or the fruits of the work. It is said in the Vedas, the scriptures of ancient India, that God does not accept meat, fish, or eggs, but does accept milk and milk products, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains. In this way, we try to live in harmony and service to God even in the foods we eat, which we offer to God first for His pleasure.

Also according to Ayurveda, the Indian science of longevity, meat is the most potentially deranging food, breeds toxins or áma, feeds infections, fevers, tumors, dulls the mind and senses, and reduces love and compassion.

And it is said dairy is most beneficial when raw, from animals that are treated kindly (i.e., free roaming), and who receive no steroid injections or chemicals in their foods. It calms the mind, nerves, and emotions. It is good for meditation and yoga; emaciation, debility, convalescence, wasting, bleeding, and sexual debility.

 

I had a most wonderful day, and it's still early! I find I have so much more time when I'm not thinking about sex, porn, and masturbation, and treating my body right. I went on a meditation hike on the trails in the local nature conservancy for about 2 and a half hours taking the longest route. I chant on my meditation beads while I walk and witness the wonder of nature.

I got back home, and cooked dinner for myself: cabbage and baby potatos cooked in a homemade Indian spiced tomato sauce, with roasted avocados slices on top. Delicious. Life is good.