Leo Gura

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  1. Mechanical, daily mediation isn't very effective for becoming enlightened. I've found that you really gotta hit it hard at least occasionally with marathon sessions. There's nothing quite like doing 7 days straight of non-stop concentration on a single question. You don't stop even when you sleep. You keep the concentration going even in your dreams. After a few days of that, it's like you're in another world. You will never get that kind of focus even with daily 120 minute sessions. Yes, focus is the key.
  2. You're missing an important facet of enlightenment, which is the unconditional love facet. It's actually possible to have an enlightenment experience on love itself. I believe you've stuck a little too closely to Jed's version of enlightenment. His version is good, but it is not complete. It is missing important facets, which are NOT just new-age mumbo-jumbo. I suggest keeping your mind open and doing deeper research into the other facets of enlightenment besides the Truth part. The most advanced teachers, sages, and yogis are in agreement on the importance the love facet of enlightenment. I know it sounds sappy, but there's actually something very deep there. It doesn't negate the Truth facet, it rounds it out. You would be denying yourself if you neglected to explore this facet of life, along with the Truth facet. You're not going to be able to relate in a rich and proper way to human beings until you've deeply explored enlightened love.
  3. It's funny how discussions about non-duality turn into yet another dick measuring contest, "No dude! My non-duality is more non-dual than your non-duality." Hehehe...
  4. You're also welcome to hit yourself over the head with hammer. It's your life. Live it however you like.
  5. If someone is a doormat, that's most often because they have low self-esteem -- i.e., a weak, wounded ego. If you didn't have an ego, you wouldn't care what anyone thought of you and you'd stop being a doormat.
  6. If you're seriously getting on this journey towards enlightenment, you should expect the next 5 to 10 years of your mental life to be unstable and rocky. Lots of ups and lots of down. Lots of weird shit happening your head. Lots of doubt and confusion. Lots of frustration. Sometimes you're feel like you're going insane. It's all good. You're just breaking through all the ego's defense mechanisms. This is all spiritual purification and a sign of true growth. The more suffering, the more purification.
  7. Physically it will not hurt you. But psychologically, of course, you could have a freak out or full mental breakdown -- at least in theory. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you have some serious history of mental disorder. The ego's only way to defend itself is through trickery and deception. So it will lie, cheat, distract, criticize, get angry, and/or throw tamper tantrums, and stinkbombs of fear. What you succumbed to here is a mild stinkbomb of fear. The solution is ALWAYS to just push through and keep meditating until your period is over. Don't let little things like this faze you. A true Makyo would be something like hallucinating a totally life-like giant hairy spider crawling towards you to eat your head off.
  8. You gotta make sure it's not mechanical though. You have to really wonder, "Why is this true? What is that true? Why is anything true? How do I know? Could I be wrong?" Basically taking an extreme skeptic's stance toward everything.
  9. Yes, do nothing for 5000 hours, lol. When it will come, no one can say. It could happen right now, it could happen in 10 years. But when you sit down to meditate or self-inquire, your intent should be to become enlightened NOW! You will fail thousands of times. But it only takes once to succeed. This is not a mechanical process. Each time you sit down you have to genuinely be curious and come at the question from a place of wonder and wanting to know. You will of course fail at this too many times. You could even just sit there doing nothing and not even care about enlightenment with zero intent. And you could still get enlightened. Although probably it will take much longer. There are dozens of ways to get enlightened. Even opposite ways can work!

  10. The Mommy Struggle

    Leo Gura replied to Sarah Marie's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    These are difficult choices to make for sure. But don't forget just how screwed up and neurotic your kid will be growing up under the "normal American lifestyle". He's gonna get addicted to crap food, crap entertainment, and crap knowledge. I don't think placing a lot of bans on things is the solution. That will only make him want it more. Instead, I would try to personally demonstrate through your own lifestyle how you prefer to live. Set the right example. Have a TV but don't watch it yourself. Have crap food around but don't eat it yourself. When he sees you avoiding all the crap, he will eventually start to wonder why and start to model you. You can't really force kids into personal development. They have to learn the evils of modern society through direct trial and error experience. I personally learned a lot from seeing my parents totally fuck up at life. I had very little bans on what I could do as a kid. But just seeing the disastrous results of their habits and lifestyle eventually made me fully bought into personal development. The important thing is not to set rules for your kids, but to teach them wisdom and strategic thinking skills. And let your kids take risks, fail, and hurt themselves. That's ultimately the best teacher. Suffering is a self-correction mechanism.

  11. How To Get Money To Read Books?

    Leo Gura replied to JevinR's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    Please keep this discussion within the parameters of our User Guidlines. This is a discussion of legal books purchases only.
  12. If you're working more than 50 hours per week, you're doing it wrong. And if you're working less than 30 hours per week, you're doing it wrong. The ideal is... 40 hours per week! No more, no less.
  13. I would just like to add: "Scoo be do be do" -- Scooby-Doo

  14. A Few Developmental Models That Could Be Cool

    Leo Gura replied to randombodymind's topic in Video Requests For Leo

    Kinda nerdy and technical. I'm keep it in mind.

  15. How To Get Money To Read Books?

    Leo Gura replied to JevinR's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    You can find used books on Amazon or Ebay for next to nothing.
  16. Lol Would be pretty cool to have an orgasm and enlightenment experience at the same time. Imagine that moment when God realizes he's jerking himself off.
  17. @Sarah_Flagg That whole "normal life" thing has to be thrown under the bus.
  18. If time is an illusion, then secluding yourself for a 1000 hours shouldn't be a problem Don't forget that when you get killed in the Matrix, it still hurts.

  19. Lost Drive To Self Acualize

    Leo Gura replied to Grt12x's topic in Personal Development -- [Main]

    You could take some time off from it, then return in 3 to 6 months. Perhaps you're just burned out on it. Or maybe it's time for you to start pursuing deeper work, like meditation/enlightenment.

  20. How To Become Smarter

    Leo Gura replied to GodelEscherBach's topic in Video Requests For Leo

    Hmmmm... I'll have to think about this. How does one become smarter? Might be a good topic.

  21. Forum Request?

    Leo Gura replied to Anicko's topic in Video Requests For Leo

    I will consider it.

  22. Processing Grief From Losing A Child

    Leo Gura replied to Brian Greendahl's topic in Video Requests For Leo

    @Sarah_Flagg It's fine.
  23. I don't want to speculate about afterlife.
  24. I'll consider it.
  25. It's a good topic but since I'm not a parent I don't want to give too much parenting advice.