Leo Gura

It's been put on delay because I have been devoting a lot of time to making myself more conscious.

Careful how you phrase things, because some noobs may misunderstand you and harm themselves. You don't want that blood on your hands. Best not to joke around about suicide.

He can do whatever he wants. But if he's talking about DMT, he should probably try it.

If you are familiar with Jed McKenna's work, what he is describing is precisely Jihad. His work has this unique feel to it, because he really emphasizes the Jihad part A LOT. It's too radical for most people, but those who like it, love it.

Of course, I keep telling you guys, the ego externalizes all spiritual pursuits. It refuses to self-reflect or turn inwards, so it distracts by getting people to seek salvation externally. We see this happen with Islam as well as with Christianity and scientific materialism, and all the other human endeavors. The devil externalizes everything, because the truth can only be found inside. So the name of the game for the devil is to keep your eyes peeled externally. They are God. When you fully realize God, you will understand what Heaven is, and the best way to describe it to an Arab man from 600 AD would be to say: It's like having 72 virgins. It's a very accurate metaphor. God will actually make you far happier than having 72 virgins.

@How to be wise That's right. Mushrooms and DMT are not enlightenment. 5-MeO is enlightenment. Mushrooms, LSD, DMT, etc can give you legitimate glimpses of enlightened consciousness, but they are still not deep and clear enough. Only 5-MeO is the full-Monty. If you look at the chemical reports of 5-MeO-DMT brain activity, it is unique from all other psychedelics. It's pure ego-death and infinity. But on DMT you can see aliens! So there's also that

Yeah, he should try DMT, but he doesn't want to because part of his 12-step program has made him swear off all drugs. Although I would argue that psychedelics do not count as "drugs". They are anti-addictive. But I could still see him getting stuck in the psychedelic rabbit hole to the point of escapism. I think his fear is, if he starts doing psychedelics, he will slide back into heroin. Who can say if that's true? 5-MeO-DMT and Iboga, for example, are actually the two most effective cures for heroin addiction. Because all that an addict is really looking for is God. He's just using the wrong tool to get there (heroin).

That would be total enlightenment.

All good spiritual teachings must fit the time and culture of the people and the geographic location. The problem happens when people cling to the teaching without letting it evolve. If Islam was invented today in America, it would look something like Actualized.org, and if Actualized.org was invented in 600 AD Arabia, it would look something like Islam.

You will run into a strange loop if you ask that question. Neurotransmitters don't really exist. That is an abstract concept created within consciousness. The strange loop is infinite! Every object has an infinite chain of causes. So you will never get to bottom of this inquiry because you are confusing symbols for BEING. Being cannot be symbolized.

@Lynnel You can imagine faster. Imagine a snail. Imagine a cheeta.

Because ego corrupts all spiritual endeavors. It's only a question of degree and style. The more popular a spiritual teaching becomes, the more it gets corrupted by ego. Christianity and Islam have both becomes their own worse enemies. The devil has co-opted both long ago. The first thing the devil does is co-opt truth and turn it into falsehood. In the same way that the first thing a cuckoo bird does after it hatches is kill all the other eggs, so it can pretend to be the genuine article.

Leo is an illusion, but thank you for the sentiment. Keep being me

Just don't tell the Christian right-wingers, or they will blow a gasket.

Self-inquiry will not take most people very far into embodiment. Yoga is far superior for that. It is crazy how effective yoga can be.

For an ex-heroin addict, he's doing REALLY good! Go Russell!

Islam is not about laws. Islam literally means "surrender". Surrender to God. "Jihad" is the inner battle to escape Maya, slay the ego, and become Infinite. Actualized.org is Jihad. Ta-da!

@SpaceCowboy Yes, video can work too.

Authentic anger is a rare thing. Any emotion felt with full consciousness is no problem. Authentic anger has little to do with what most people call "anger", even though the two might look similar. The key element to make everything healthy is consciousness. An enlightened yogi could inject heroin consciously and it would be okay.

@mohdanas If you are that skeptical, yoga may not be right for you. You are not ready yet. There cannot be deep spirituality without utterly radical openmindedness. Yoga is not a rational system. It will make no logical or rational sense. And you must be okay with that for many months as you carry on your daily practices rigorously.

No, he has a vague conceptual understanding, but conceptual understanding does not produce liberation and happiness. Conceptual understanding is NOT consciousness. All academics suffer from the same predictable problem: Confusing the map for the territory. Is such a simple trap, but almost impossible to escape once you've fallen into it.

Lol... You ARE Jesus! Jesus is Nothingness.

@Vignan You're not getting it. Yoga is not done for that. Yoga is your escape from all that monkey business. You're not doing yoga to become a more effective monkey.

No, it's more like life purpose IS you acting out your karma, but in a more healthy way. You can think of LP as Karma yoga.

Jordan Peterson on anti-depressants? For fuck sakes! Oh the irony... Do NOT take anti-depressants! They will screw up your entire system and are difficult to quit and they solve nothing. Psychedelics will actually treat the root cause, like your dysfunctional psychology, your rationalism, and your energetic blockages. Yoga too. Of course fixing even ALL the aspects of your life will never make you satisfied. It is impossible. Real satisfaction only comes with ego-death. Which is something Peterson doesn't understand because he's too busy waging an intellectual war with his favorite enemy, the post-modernists. It would be funny, but for the fact that he has to take anti-depressants to feel satisfied and is encouraging his followers to do the same. This speaks to the fundamental incorrectness of his method and his understanding of the human psyche. This is the kind of bullshit that academia and rationalism produces. If you want happiness, do not trust academics to deliver it to you. They have no idea what happiness is. They are lost in a world of mental concepts, which is a breeding-ground for depression. There is only one way to happiness: consciousness to the point of ego-death. P.S. You will be far better off micro-dosing LSD or mushrooms than taking anti-depressants.