Suggestions for Future 30-Day Trials (Blog)

[Michelle]

Last night I dreamed that you decided on a 30 days vow of silence trial. I saw you in a supermarket with a shopping cart. You were looking for water, but couldn't find it. When you realized that you couldn't ask anyone for help, you became quite upset inside without showing it outwardly.

That is all I remember.

[Dusty]

30 days of focusing on nothing but the divine in everything around you. Focus on nothing but the god in everything.

I did this 5 weeks ago. 2.5 weeks afterwards, I attained self realization. The day after that I experienced samadhi consciousness. I was doing other things as well, but this was the last straw for me.

Did you know your subconscious doesn't know the difference between judging others and judging yourself? So, if you focus on nothing but the god outside yourself, you will not only become one happy, peaceful dude because you literally see nothing but divine all around you, you see nothing but divine within YOURSELF after a while too.

While doing this, I also held the intention, "God, let me be a vessel through which your peace flows."

I also started looking at everything around me as if I was that. We are all one anyway. "I am... that I am."

To take that further, I was also merging with everything... other people, trees, chairs, wind, water, animals etc. What I mean by merging is I would pretend I was the object I was merging with. This exploded my heart open.... like 100x the compassion I was used to. I grew quite a bit doing that...

Imagine you are the President.
Imagine you are a bum.
Imagine you are a terrorist.
Imagine you are an animal.

Love knows no boundaries. Love just loves. 30 days of doing this would really give a new understanding of the world me thinks.

Hope that gives you some ideas Steve.

[m18pak]

I really like Michelle's idea of a vow of silence for 30 days.

My second vote would be for meditating 5 hours or more every day for 30 days, as well as not talking.

[jennifer]

i think it would be highly amusing if you dressed up as a woman for 30 days and went about your business normally. daily posts count include a could of how many wolf wistles you recieved per day and how many times you accidentally put your foot through your tights/panty hose
hee hee!

[wisped]

I second the idea of doing a "collective" 30-day trial. Along the lines of the intention experiment, with all of our focus together on one thing.

[Erock]

Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina

Stay out late every night, sleep til noon, don't exercise, eat junk food, play poker, hang out with totally different people, dress differently, etc.

Shoot... that's my life.

Erock

[julia]

Hope it is not too late to suggest one!

I think Steve (and us) would love a calorie restriction 30 days trial, i did it last year and never stopped.

How it would work:

- Set an amount of calories per day that would make you lose around 0.5 - 1 pound a week, i believe for Steve this would be around 1900 kcals
- Achieve, within the defined amount of calories, > 100% of the RDAs for all vitamins and minerals, paying extra attention to the "balances" (like of omega-3 and omega 6, zinc and cooper,..) (Easy using CRON-o-Meter, an open and free software you can download from sourceforge)
- Pay attention to the protein, fat, carbs ratio (choose one, and follow)
- Read all the science behind :-) (very, very interesting and they are all on pubmed)

[Erki]

What about intuitive eating? Scrap the calorie counting. At the dinner table, after all what you are eating is not a bunch of calories(picked fresh just for your pleasure), but food? A living being/thing(things are alive too, did you know that?) that (should) nourish[es] you.

I don't mean it like "eat whatever you want and think that food doesn't impact your health and well being". I mean exactly the opposite. Food has a tremendeous impact on you. (Or maybe a slight nudge. Food is gentle.[most of the time]) Eating is sacred, eating should be a meditation that revitalizes your body and heart and spirit and being - you can't do that if you just guzzle down calories, proteins, omegas and what not.

[mikeschu]

Steve, what does your intuition tell you to try out? I have a feeling that it is something in the spiritual/psychic realm, I just can't pick it out.

Maybe Erin can be a little help here?

[danman7]

Steve, how about giving up time for 30 days. That is, get through your day without a clock, watch or anything else that lets you know what time it is. Wake up and go to bed when you feel you should. Try to make appointments, eat meals, etc. based on what time you think it is.

Maybe after 30 days you will gain better perception of time. You may become more in tune with your internal clock also. Have Erin keep track of the times you do things so that those measurements can be analyzed after the trial. Try to guess the time throughout the day and have Erin log that too.

Dan

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by Erock

Shoot... that's my life.

Erock

Haha! Thanks for that, Erock. Got a good laugh out of that.

Maybe I shouldn't laugh.

I like Danman7's idea of giving up time. Experiments like that have been done before to people in isolated containment, without windows. But it would be interesting to hear Steve's insights on a clockless lifestyle. Very interesting indeed, especially since time doesn't actually exist anyway!

[mikeschu]

You can only do this in Vegas!

For 30 days, go to the Strip for an hour or two a day. Instead of handing out those "stripper cards", hand out cards with personal development tips. Note any reaction from people handing them out and the recipients. Document conversations, exchanges, etc. and see if you're making an impact with the world.

[Andrew Brunelle]

I'm not sure if someone posted the idea of going on a fast. I remember reading you went on a 5-day juice fast during your polyphasic sleep experiment. I was wondering if a 30-day (or however long you can stand it) trial of a juice fast or a water fast would bring you in terms of a growth experience. I've read testimonials that fasting raises spiritual awareness and brings you closer to Source, God, etc.

I've already started eating more fruit ever since you started the raw trial and maybe a fast is something you could cover in detail. The main benefit would be you would not have to log your foods because there are none. Let me know what you think, or decide for yourself.

[Neutral]

Social pressure seems to be good at getting people to do things.

What if somebody did a 30 days of Lifecasting.

I'm assuming people already do personal development videologs but wouldn't it be more powerful if it were live!

It'd be like 43things but not just declare and share, that's too easy and requires no commitment.

[Bodhi]

I would like to read a blog of you doing another raw diet. This time I'd like to see you hold your percentages to: 52% Carbs, 28% protein, and 20% fat.

[Joeschmoe]

Originally Posted by Bodhi

I would like to read a blog of you doing another raw diet. This time I'd like to see you hold your percentages to: 52% Carbs, 28% protein, and 20% fat.

Umm.... It is not possible on a raw diet to get that much protein with only 20% fat, at least not without vast quantities of weird things like hemp (which may be raw but is still processed)

[Bodhi]

It is not possible on a raw diet to get that much protein with only 20% fat

Thanks for that info Joe. What is the normal amount of fat to protein in a unrestricted raw diet?

[Joeschmoe]

What I read is that most gourmet raw fooders get somewhere between 40 and 70% calories from fat. They still only manage to get less than 20% protein. So i would say average is 30/50/20, from what I've read.

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by Neutral

Social pressure seems to be good at getting people to do things.

What if somebody did a 30 days of Lifecasting.

I'm assuming people already do personal development videologs but wouldn't it be more powerful if it were live!

It'd be like 43things but not just declare and share, that's too easy and requires no commitment.

Intriguing idea, Neutral! Ustream.tv is a great place to do this, actually.

Just think of it... 24/7 Steve. Naw, Steve would never do that. He's an aggressively growth-oriented guy (or AGOG), but I don't see him doing something extreme like that. Although it would be nice if he did something like a 1 hour per day live show. He could take questions and interact with his audience in a very personal way.

[qcha0s]

Steve!!! :-)

I think that you should do a 30 day (or 28 day as it were) Trial of the 13 Moon Calendar... this thought hit me after the eclipse we just had and the addition of the 13 Moons App on CrackBoo... er Facebook ;-)

There is plenty of great information online, I would recommend starting out at
Law of Time or Planet Art Network - Basic Information for more information on this alternate perception of time.

I really think this is right up your alley and congruent with your self exploration.

Thoughts?

In Lak'ech
Rob

[makessense]

My bad if somebody's already said this, but...

30 day trial of no electronics, i.e. computer, cell phone, HAH! only paper/pencil for your logs. This way you would have an excuse to go on a 30-day vacation without having to worry about your audience; they'd completely understand!

stevefan1: "Hey, you know where steve went?"
stevefan2: "Yea, he's on a 30 day No Electronic Trial"
stevefan3: "ohh yea, he termed it the NET30, he'll tell us about it very soon, his trial is almost up"
stevepavlina: *while sitting on a beachfront far far away sipping some wine* ... suckers!

What would we do without electronics anyways?

[supertom]

30 days of trying to convert people into vege or vegan

30 days of wearing a amish hat and trying to stay conscious while people judge you

[Rosie]

Have you ever seen dirty jobs? I think you should go thirty days where you experiment with a new job every day, and then blog about it.

[seeker5]

Originally Posted by Rosie

Have you ever seen dirty jobs? I think you should go thirty days where you experiment with a new job every day, and then blog about it.