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[Alexandr Korol]

Should I then fully immerse myself in the material world and create better living conditions for myself?

Let me explain. When a person is truly lost and closed off, they need to go to the opposite extreme. Naturally, two hours won’t be enough because you’re already lost. But don’t forget, when you’re not lost yet and to prevent yourself from getting lost, you need to maintain this practice a little each day. Then you won’t get lost. But that’s when you haven’t lost yourself yet.
For example, if I haven’t lost myself yet, and today, for instance, I have a socially and materially busy evening, I immerse myself in that. But no matter how physically tired I am, I won’t forget that I can’t just come home and crash, going to bed with an active mind. I need to calm myself down first, return to my center, like gathering back my scattered attention. To do that, I need to either meditate, pray, use a certain technique, or even just lie down for an hour and stare at the ceiling but consciously, not just passing out. Or I can listen to some music or watch films that calm me down and pull me out of the haze and fog. That’s important. And the most important thing is to sit down and keep a journal. Journaling is always relevant: summarizing your day, reflecting on how you feel, paying attention to your emotions, calming yourself, deflating your ego, and dissipating any scatteredness. If you do this, you’ll go to sleep, and tomorrow you’ll wake up not closed off or in a daze but with awareness. But what do some people do? They have a busy day today, and tomorrow they jump up and run off somewhere again, and everything goes on autopilot.
I’ll remind you once again, the system we live in is automated. If you, and you are the one with the potential, the future, if you start drifting into fog and haze, the system will automatically create some emergency situations just to snap you out of it. You can’t fall “asleep” and be in a dreamy, autopilot state. You can’t do it. You must always be vigilant, 24 hours a day, except during sleep. Understand? The conclusion is this: when you haven’t lost yourself yet, an hour or two, whether in the morning or before bed, can be enough for some. For me, it’s now better to ground myself in the morning rather than at night. It’s better to wake up earlier, completely reset, cleanse, and prepare myself, and then you’ll have a successful day. If you maintain this every day, you won’t lose yourself. But if you’ve already lost yourself, then you need to close yourself off for 2-3 days. But trust me, if you can’t do this, and you’re at some critical point of confusion, the system will force you to close off for 2-3 days, maybe even longer. I mean,