The blasted-off

Suffering is not a law of nature, not karma, and not punishment. It’s a habit you can quit.

So there we are, holding our breath, and I’m thinking – I need to give this knowledge to others, I want to take the program to the masses, I need an audience. The universe shifted, and by evening I’m on an esoteric reality show on YouTube. A week later I’m teaching reality control through transcendental freediving and submerging the hosts underwater. Sounds completely insane – just the way I like it. And I simply made it up!

This show became an unexpected gift – a chance to systematize the program, figure out how best to present it, talk on camera, work with people. Guides are flying in from all over the world, each carrying their piece of the mosaic, their energy. Trying out practices, feeling their effect on yourself – invaluable experience. And in this interweaving you start seeing patterns, sensing the mechanics of how states are transmitted.

I didn’t invent transcendental freediving. It found me so it could enter the world. All that’s left is to not get in the way and be grateful for every moment.

Suffering is not mandatory. Joy is a choice. The choice of freedom from reactions. And that choice requires work. Believe me, it’s worth at least imagining what it’s like – living without the constant weight. Once you let go of everything, you start rising to the surface. Just like in Buddhism – don’t believe, verify. Life starts happening at higher vibrations and RPMs. Events pile on top of each other; I barely manage to jump from one activity to the next.

Life becomes a single field, like a supermarket shelf. Where I no longer grab expired goods – only what I choose myself – everything that adds joy. This isn’t cold indifference; it’s the freedom to choose your reactions. Respond with joy or walk on by.

If everyone used life to mine their own happiness, things would be much better. Joy is the result of inner work you’ve done. An inexhaustible reactor whose output is visible to everyone.

Explaining or proving any of this is pointless – you have to arrive at this state yourself. For that, you only need to step off the wheel of bitterness. And that means admitting you’re riding it. The wheel of samsara is an endless cycle – we react, take offense, suffer, then try to compensate by creating new triggers. What if you just got off the damn wheel?

We live a very limited version of what life actually is, and we create these limits ourselves. We look through the wrong end of binoculars, wondering why everything is so small and far away. Freediving and vipassana are the shortest path up. A way to outgrow your character. Instead of leveling up this dude, you start leveling up life itself.

Yes, life is work – but what kind! When you stop dragging unnecessary weight, when you choose joy as your primary tool – everything changes. The reactor inside starts producing quiet joy instead of quiet desperation. The very joy that is the essence of being.

Rise to the surface.

Wishing you well