Leo Gura

The Bible is NOT the word of God.

@hariseldon74 You got it backwards, you picked that career because you are that kind of thinker.

@ivankiss Sounds like you just need to be patient with it and let it play out. It should all stablize in some weeks or months. Sounds very cool.

Firstly, there is shaktipat which is how some gurus awaken their students. But more importantly the guru cannot wake you up because you do not want to awaken. So they will never force any teaching on you. You are the obstacle here! No one can wash you of yourself but yourself. The only people who will awaken are those who seriously want it and are willing to pay any price to get it. You are God making yourself unenlightened. If you wish to awaken, stop doing that.

@Jamesc None of your ideas of it are it. Whatever you imagine it to be, it isn't that for sure.

No, that clearly won't happen since 99% are unenlightened. Most people don't awaken in one lifetime. What you actually want is to awaken and lead a loving, inspired spiritual life. Don't get all nihilistic on me. Nihilism is its own delusion.

@mandyjw Intelligence is a dangerous thing when co-opted by ego. Intelligence without consciousness could destroy the world. It's useful to distinguish between two kinds of intelligence: Linear, rational, analytic, little picture, materialistic, technical, divisive Holistic, synthetic, heart-centered, soul-centered, big picture, spiritual, wise, unitive

@Nivsch It's hopeless trying to convince such people (strong right-wing Blue) because they will always project their own biases onto you or the model you're presenting. Because they are not aware of how their mind is working backwards from their conclusions. Their dogmatic position is that right-wing is superior to left-wing. This is held as an absolute. And they have no interest in questioning that. So their mind will do all sorts of mental gymnastics to have that look true for them. They will cherry-pick evidence and use whatever rationalizations are available in order to generate their conclusion. Of course left-wingers also do this to some extent because this is not a left vs right thing, but a fundamental mechanic of the ego-mind. But right-wingers do it a lot more precisely because they are less cognitively developed on average. Of course you are never going to be able to convince them of this, precisely because they are not open to it. There is no cure for closedmindness. "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract." — Oliver Wendell Holms If everyone could be convinced of their bigotry and closedmindedness, half the world's problems would be solved overnight. The whole trick is that people are in denial about it. And what's worse they are in denial that they are in denial. That's just the nature of ignorance. It cannot help being ignorant. It is also almost always the case that such right-wingers have a very poor understanding of history. Right-wingers do not have an accurate historical understanding of Hitler, Stalin, nationalism, white supremacy, Marxism, capitalism, racism, civil rights, slavery, feminism, The Constitution, etc, and government in general. They are not interested in deeply exploring these issues other than as a way of justifying their pre-existing dogmas. Because the whole point of being a right-winger is that you have some position which you wish to defend out of a sense of fear of losing it. You have some position which you hold as absolute which is actually merely relative. This makes genuine inquiry virtually impossible. Such reactive egoic motives corrupt all inquiry towards truth. But good luck convincing a Blue/Orange right-winger of any of this. Of course the left-wing in also not immune. But still better.

@SQAAD Ultimately you are all things at all times happening NOW. One of those is your present human experience. Try not to think of Nirvana as somewhere or somewhen else. It is precisely THIS and NOW! But you ain't conscious of it.

@nowimhere Yeah, been there. Plugging can last as long as 1-2 hrs. Usually closer to 1 hr. You struggle to remember it because it is not a memory but the very present moment. So any memory of it will not be it. You can't capture Nothingness in any way. It must be located NOW, NOW, NOW. No symbols can be used.

It's a figure of speech. Don't take it too literally.

@Billy Shears I use that concept loosely. It's a tricky notion.

@ivankiss That's outside of stuff I've experienced. My experiences of God/Absolute are not like that at all. Maybe lay off the weed? It might be adding to your paranoia. Sounds like you might be having a kundalini awakening/activation. That would explain the body shaking and so forth. It might help you do some kind of body work to ground yourself or shake out the energy. Maybe Osho's dynamic meditation or just shaking your whole body like a madman. Chanting can also be helpful. When overwhelming energy comes up for you, try chanting AUM very long and deep from your belly, over and over again while also pounding your chest like a drum. Get a nice rythym going. I think you are doing okay. You just want to listen more to your body and let natural feelings show you the way. Trust your feelings. Let this process unfold and massage you. Sounds to me like God is taking over your mind and body. This is great. Let it take you over and rewire you. Surrender to it in high faith. Surrender to the highest love and truth. Set that intention every day. The ultimate goal is to let God take over your body. This requires a collapse of the old ego-mind. So that you become like a superconductor for God. This is exciting stuff! You've broken through to some deep awakening. Looks like you hooked a whale. Now slowly reel it in. Be patient with it. Really listen to your intution and highest feelings, not your rational mind. Allow your body to do whatever it wants to do (without hurting yourself). Prayer can be very helpful here. Prayer here would be you setting your intention to let God take over you for the highest good. Visualize what you want! This should help you cut through negative thinking and fear. Use your heart too! It's a powerful tool you can activate at any moment with feelings of love. Use that to cut through fear and doubt. Get clear about what you want in all of this. What is your intention? Do you want to be God? Do you want to surrender? Do you want the highest awakening? Intention is paramount here. Otherwise you are like a leaf blowing in the wind. Take control of the process, not from your mind but from your heart and soul. What does your soul want here?

No, but I'm fairly sure it's possible.

There may be very radical posibilities of incarnation. For example, imagine incarnating as a demi-god being who can architect his entire own universe of lesser beings and look after them like an ant farm. Imagine if you could split your consciousness into a million lesser beings and play through all of them at once. Just a crazy idea It stops when you reach total oneness in all possible ways. Total God. And then you being again from the bottom. Don't take any of this on faith. It could be wrong as far as you know. I'm just throwing out some ideas to open your mind. Direct experience is king.

Trolls love being trolls. It's like their daily dose of drug. They love to be right, they love to be smartasses, they love to "own" others. It's their way of power tripping.

His teachings are top notch.

No I'm saying those people who agree with my teachings the most are devils. It's like with the most zealous Christians. They are not true Christians, they are Christians in name only, not in action.

@ivankiss Good! Sounds like you've firmly seized the Ox by the horns. Namaste.

You can only expect so much from a celeb gossip show. True happiness is a very radical and counterintuitive thing. Most people are not interested in it. If either of those men understood what true happiness is, their careers would be over. So it's not in their interest to understand it.

Guys, it's not complicated. The instructions are clearly laid out in the books. All you have to do it follow them and practice. Everything will fall into place with a bit of practice. When in doubt, re-read that part of the book. You should not be here asking how to find a chakra. It's clearly explained in the books. If you can't follow that instruction how will a forum post help you?

@Pernani Lol, what more could you want? Reading books and "scriptures" is also important.

@andyjohnsonman This is explained by the notion of a soul. A soul is an individuated unit of cosmic consciousness which holds data even if you as the body/mind disappear. All souls are still ultimately one so this doesn't contradict nonduality. It just means there are layers to reality you are not aware of yet. Don't hold your body as primary. Soul is primary, body is just a costume it wears. Think of yourself as a hydra creature. Each head is one lifetime. Any head can be lost and the creature still lives on.

All the practices you've been told: Psychedelics Meditation Self inquiry Concentration Kriya yoga Contemplation Solo retreats Dark room retreats Shamanic breathing Etc You just refuse to do them seriously. Precisely because they produce results.

I don't really say anything new. Most of these things have been written in various arcane scriptures which no one bothers to read for over 5000 years. If you care to understand reality in its fullest there is no getting around reading at least 200 books. You're not really serious otherwise. Your curiosity is too weak. If you really cared, reading 200 books would be a small price to pay to understand the whole universe. Yes, most people will never do it. Psychedelics are the next best thing. But most people won't do that properly either. The reason is: you don't really want to know the truth. It's not comfortable or easy.