Leo Gura

@MarkusSweden There are many subtle forms of ideology. It's not as easy to avoid as you might think. It would be a dangerous mistake to think of ideology as simply being a Neo-Nazi. Many stage Green ideologies are "love"-based. And virtually all the highest consciousness teachings are turned into ideology by the mind. I've been studying this topic for over a decade and I still don't have a solid handle on it. This is a very slippery topic.

@Jacko I would imagine you could accomplish more on your own and enjoy it more. Learning is so much more enjoyable solo, without all the stupid tests and class schedules. As long as you have the motivation for it. College curriculums are so lame. They don't cover the most important and juicy topics.

Not yet. I've held off on that technique to focus on mastering the other ones. I might add it in in the future.

@Tony 845 It's mostly just a phase. You pass through it. It's not solid enlightenment yet. And it doesn't happen to everyone. I have a vid called: The Dark Side Of Meditation, which covers this to some extent. Solid awakening is the most awesome thing. Assuming you're the metaphysical sort of person. If you're attached to being an ego, then it could be a problem. I've never experienced anything as good in life as awakening. But that's me.

I can't speak to those cheap programs. $2000 sounds very cheap. Most decent coaching programs cost significantly more. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. Something's better than nothing. Some coaching programs might even have payment plans. Check with IPEC. You can call them and do a free consultation and ask all your questions. They are pretty honest and straightforward. Some programs can definitely be scammy, so watch out. Especially with the really cheap ones. In the case of coaching programs I tend to believe that you generally get what you pay for. P.S. Sounds like you need to be more strategic with making income. $10,000 should be something you can easily afford if you live in Murica. Don't work in low-paying jobs, think bigger.

Yes, there is a small coaching book section. You've missed out on a ton of amazing new books I've added in those couple of years (not coaching related).

I got a lot of great biographies in my book list.

Sounds like some nice breakthrough-level trippin'

We had a long thread about it here a long time ago, which I started. It's pretty controversial. The biggest problem with it is, to you, it's just hearsay. You must seek direct experience rather than building up spiritual beliefs about extraordinary things. The reason I personally found it interesting is because it independently corroborated my direct experience of Absolute Infinity. Can't speak to the rest of it.

As little water as you can get away with. Like 0.5ml 20-30mg of 5-MeO can be dissolved in as little as 0.1-0.2ml. Literally a few drops.

@Emerald There do exist books on how to coach. At the very least read up on them. It can also be very eye-opening to get coached yourself. So you can see how it feels. But doing an in-person coaching programming is really the key. You will learn so much. For you, since you already have an audience, it might make sense to take out a loan/credit to do the coaching program since you are basically guaranteed to make the money back (because you have an audience). You can probably make $10,000 back within 6 months of finishing the program. Program takes about 1 year to finish. You're actually losing money every day by not taking the program. But this is unique to you, because you already have the hardest part done: building an audience. This is not the case for most new coaches.

@Sashaj Start doing inquiry or yoga or whichever practice you like most. There's little point in talking about it. The answers are in the doing of it.

@Michael569 No other way than the LP Course. That course is my life's work, struggling to figure it out for myself. It is no small thing. The course is really just the tip of an iceberg. If a person is unwilling to do the course, they are not remotely serious about this issue and will never resolve it anyways. Life purpose is not something for lazy slobs. I invested about 10 years figuring it out until I finally did. The principles are all there. But it takes serious work to actualize it. It's worth the work in the end. Unfortunately so few people will ever see that. Just like enlightenment. It's so amazing, but who will ever get it? Almost no one. Almost no one will realize what life can be. There is no cure for too little vision.

But that too is part of Orange. You can't have Orange without excesses any more than you can have a baby who doesn't poo. Every stage will have its excesses, and that is part of the package of growing up. People do stupid and selfish things out of ignorance and lack of development.

IPEC is a really good program (which I did). Yes, they teach some business stuff, but the real value of it is they train you how to properly coach, which is quite difficult to learn on your own. You will meet lots of people there who you can practice-coach with to build up your skills. They will also teach you lots of great techniques. Coaching is not what most people think it is. Coaching is NOT about giving people advice. Coaching is about asking powerful questions which facilitate the client to contemplate. Coaching is actually more powerful than giving people advice. Any fool can give advice, but very few people can coach. Coaching requires humility. Coaching skills are very versatile. They are not limited to business or spirituality or life purpose. You can use those skills to coach in whichever sub-specialty you want. You can definitely become a spirituality coach, if that's your passion. I might have 6-8 clients at my peak. But I was never a full-time coach. That was never my desire. Turned down many clients. Most of my time went into shooting videos. I have probably coached over 100 people in total. From what I can see you would make a great coach. The only question is, do you really want to be a coach? To be a good coach you gotta want to work with people one-on-one and deal with their "stuff". It can be very rewarding, but it's not for everyone. For example, I prefer mouthing off in videos rather than coaching people. But coaching can also be fun. A different kind of fun. P.S. I doubt you'll find a coaching program with a spiritual focus. That is unnecessary anyhow. And IPEC is all about consciousness, consciousness, consciousness. That's all they talk about. Just not in a woo-woo way. It's toned down to appeal to ordinary folk. You can teach and coach spirituality without ever telling a person it is spirituality or "God", and they will eat it up. They'll think it's the most amazing and powerful thing. But you can phrase it very plainly and pragmatically. Or... you can go all fucking woo-woo and pull out the crystals and group chanting Same thing, different window-dressing.

@THJ50 For business, I much prefer hands-on, do-it-yourself-entrepreneurship rather than learning theory. Business is all about practice. But that's my take on it. You could have different plans.

@CreamCat Can't say for sure, but seems that way. Evolution seems like it will lead to an ultimate unity, which will then subdivide itself from scratch.

It's as healthy as you make it. Health is never in the thing, but in how you use it. Sex can be unhealthy too. Anything in the hands of a fool can become unhealthy. Practice masturbating consciously, like a sage

What?? Lol You guys have become too brainwashed by the no-fap people. Proper masturbation is an artform! All sex is masturbation, BTW. No matter what, you're always having sex with none other than yourself. Life is just God's masturbatorium.

I have never been a fan of the whole no-fap movement. Fap serves a useful function when used properly. Running around like a horny dog is problematic. If you do no-fap, it has to be done in a non-repressive way and for some good reasons, like maybe if you're getting into serious pickup or yoga.

It's not enough to "know" it. If you're still using the word "I" you don't get it yet. This is the crux of self-inquiry and it requires thousands of hours of inquiry on this very point. Don't go looking for "new stuff". You must go deeply on this one thing until your realize you never existed. This is no small thing.

Of course not. That's like saying every book in the book store is equally valid and if I just read one book I will understand the world.