Leo Gura

Enlightenment may be the end of suffering for you as a human (assuming you become massively enlightened and embody it totally). But all the other creatures will still carry on in their ignorance. For example, The Buddha supposedly became full enlightened and ended his suffering. Okay, but now here you are! You are The Buddha! Do you suffer? Of course! Since you don't know you're The Buddha, you're back into suffering. So The Buddha continues to suffer as every unenlightened life form. If one enlightenment were enough to end all suffering in the world, all suffering would have ceased to exist since 2500 BC onward. Yet here we are, still trying to get enlightened. Every individual must complete his/her own enlightenment. It does no good for you that The Buddha once got enlightened -- even though you are identical to him -- because you are not conscious that you are identical with him. That's the whole problem.

@Hardkill You can work on multiple facets of your life and the hierarchy at once. It would be a mistake to start only from the bottom of the hierarchy and not do any other work (like meditation) because you tell yourself, "Well, Maslow said I cannot learn to meditate until I satisfy all my sexual cravings, because meditation is a need higher up the hierarchy." Instead, how the hierarchy can be useful is by showing you where you need more development and what is holding you back. For example, you meditate for a year and you notice you're not getting the great results you expected, so you ask yourself, "Hmmmm... I wonder what my problem is? Oh, yeah! It's because I haven't had sex in 5 years and my mind is driving me crazy to be in relationship. Maybe I should fix this issue. Or maybe it's because I've been living in my parents basement for 5 years and my mind is telling me it's time to get a job and move out on my own." Don't use the hierarchy to limit yourself, use it to diagnose obstacles which need addressing. A serious spiritual seeker can pretty much ignore the entire hierarchy and shoot straight for self-transcendence. Although this is rare.

@Extreme Z7 By facing it head-on. By doing hardcore spiritual practice. You've been told all the standard techniques a hundred times now. Start doing it. And start doing it seriously.

He is too hairy to die.

I wouldn't make a habit of it. But it can be very valuable to see what true love feels like. Some people have very closed hearts. It's also possible using other psychedelics, but MDMA is supposed to be the most direct path. I get infinite love sometimes on psychedelics, but it's not consistent. MDMA specifically targets that part of the brain.

Not sure, I have not experienced anything like that. Do the yoga gently. You shouldn't be exerting much force or effort.

Don't worry, before that happens, AI will make all of us humans obsolete We will become monkey's in our AI overlord's zoos.

That is also possible. It is a bit suspicious that the universe is 14 billion years old but the Earth is 4 billion years old. It seems like that gap should be much bigger.

I did not experience infinite suffering. It's just clear to me that I will reincarnate and experience the universe from every single possible perspective, as every living being, from an ant to a bird to Hitler to Trump to an alien. Right now I am experiencing the universe from the perspective of the person reading this sentence -- YOU! But that is just something Leo's mind cannot access because to be "Leo" is to be locked into Leo's POV.

Well... technically reality is eternal and infinitely old. But it seems like our particular universe is 14 billion years old. But there are probably an infinite number of other universes.

I have a great speed reading workbook on my book list. You can increase your speed by 5x using that book. But you'll have to do all the exercises in it. It's a bit of chore to learn.

What the devil secretly craves the most, is to be God. It is just that he is going about it the wrong way. Here's real-world example. Research has shown that up to 55% of all heroin addicts and alcohol addicts were really just looking for an experience of God. But since they didn't know how to have the real deal, they instead turned to heroin and alcohol, confusing it for an experience of God. When they finally experience the real deal, they stop being addicts. The 12-step program is based on this insight. This is generally true of all human beings. Everyone is basically looking to become infinite, but the ego is confused so it goes about it in the oppoosite ways. It tries to become infinite through acquistion of material stuff: food, sex, money, children, cars, clothing, fame, success, technology, scientific knowledge, religious tradition, luxury, power, etc. But none of this will work. The only way to become infinite is to drop all material methods and realize God is what you are. Rather than fighting God, die to God. Be infinite! That is the counter-intuitive move which the ego fails to see because it is too scared. The devil's dirty little secret is that he is too afraid to die to God. He isn't able to take the leap of faith required. So he becomes an arrogant devil instead. He says, "Fuck all this talk of surrender! I will never surrender! Fuck you God! I don't need you. I will be my own God instead!" The desire to become infinite is baked deep into everyone's psyche. It is just being dsyfunctionally manifest because of one's ignorance and selfishness. Baked into the desire for life is the desire for ego-death. Life and death go full-circle. They are one and the same thing! But good luck getting the ego to see it.

Empires fall because they are dictatorial and egotistical. If a system is built on ego and falsehood, it will ultimately collapse. White supremacy and racism, for example, are collapsing.

@robdl The two are ultimately identical. Ego is God.

This thread goes against everything consciousness and Acrualized.org is about. It is just ego and fear. Treat other races, ethnicities, and cultures as you would treat your own children.

There is no need. But there is a want.

Why does anything exist at all?

@lmfao You should practice some form of Loving Kindness meditation. Or open your hear chakra. Or take some pure MDMA and experience what infinite divine love feels like so you know what the goal is.

A mindblowing new video about Quantum Mechanics and Nonduality is coming soon. But it will be a day or two late later than usual because this video is long and will take a lot of time to shoot, render, and upload. Just giving ya'll a heads up. No, I haven't been hit by a bus.

It can be helpful in about the same way that Myers-Briggs can be helpful. It's a tool. I wouldn't make it your only tool. It's certainly not the deepest tool available.

You understand, right?, that all sameness and difference is relative? 1) You could say that no two things are alike because every object is totally unique. 2) You could say that all objects are alike because they are all the Absolute. And anything in between. Depending your inclination. Which is true? Both and neither. All human cognition relies on false equivalence. Otherwise you would not be able to recognize your mother from one minute to the next, because obviously that's a false equivalence. Your mother is changing every nanosecond. So stop equating the many characteristics of two experiences of your mother with one, in this case, "your mother" What I was obviously pointing out was a common feature for you to see: Western and Middle Eastern cultural brainwashing.

Maybe Nonduality also includes ego, anger, and suffering. You can be enlightened and still be angry, or act egotistically, or suffer. What changes is your awareness of these things. Suffering ends when you are willing to suffer anything. That doesn't necessarily mean the feeling of suffering goes away. You just stop resisting, stop wanting to change it. The difference is this: Person A is suffering and wants to stop the suffering. Which in a paradoxical way prolongs the suffering. Person B is suffering and doesn't care. Which in a paradoxical way ends the suffering. Happiness is just total acceptance of whatever is happening NOW, no matter how terrible is it. Imagine that someone is sawing off your leg, and you are like, "Okay, cool. So be it. I will enjoy this." << That is true happiness. You don't resist it. Lol, sure. It even includes the giraffe you have in your head

Of course Infinity has ego and it is embodied. That's what you are! Otherwise, how could these things appear? Whatever is appearing, that's what Infinity is manifesting as. The turd in your toilet is Infinity. Infinity is YOU! Not just the divine you, but all the stupid, unconscious you. Hitler was Infinity Trump is Infinity Infinity is embodied as every possible thing. And it is identical to ego. Ego vs non-ego is just another duality! Embodied vs disembodied is just another duality!

The book explains all this.

If you're still confused about all this, I would refer you to the work of David Loy. He reconciles all the apparant differences between Buddhism and Vedanta, etc. in his books and papers in a rigorous scholarly manner. See my book list for specific recommendations.