Leo Gura

Well, the good news is, there is no boundary between you and your Mom. So you can give yourself the love you want from her, because it's all coming from exactly the same source: YOU! -- the only source there is. https://www.actualized.org/articles/how-to-love-yourself It's very useful to stop thinking of love as something you get, but something you give.

That post was me looking at my wristband and being as non-critical as I get I actually shot a video for the blog about this topic last week which I haven't posted yet.

@SuperLuigi You're in the right place. Actualized.org is made by INTPs for INTPs. Which means it will make you even more stuck in thought

@Joseph Maynor Good stuff. Described me perfectly. I guess I'm not as special as I like to believe

Good share. Shows how that guy's lack of nondual study and proper context lead to a failure to integrate his experience as deeply as he could. I wish more people who tripped studied nonduality and contemplated existence. It would make things so much easier for them. Notice how the materialist paradigm is visible through his trip report, i.e., "the brain". It's not allowing him to fully grasp what was being show. This is the problem of naive people doing psychedelics. They get in over their heads and never really understand what they experienced.

@phoenix666 Everything is so infinitely complex, it becomes simple. But not really.

@Sopot Seeing as how you're from the Philippines, I can empathize with the big currency gap. $250 is like 2 weeks salary over there.

@Sopot Thing is... if you're not resourceful enough to scrap together $250, you might as well not bother taking the course, because you certainly won't be resourceful enough to actualize what's inside it. You are not going to get far in life if you expect people to give you special treatment. This work requires extreme responsibility-taking. A person who takes extreme responsibility doesn't ask for hand outs. She brainstorms solutions and gets to work. I already give you guys 90%+ of my best work for free. I really give you guys too much. It makes people spoiled. I have personally paid tens of thousands of dollars for this information. So I am unmoved when someone complains about $250. People spend that much on video games and soda per year.

Yes, precisely. That's called self-actualization. Simplicity is often times the hardest, most advanced thing to pull off, requiring a journey to get there.

Just don't swing the pendulum too far in the opposite end. The distinctions you make still matter very much. To be effective in the world is to make finer and more accurate distinctions than other people make. An expert is someone who has a collection of really good distinctions in a particular field. In this work you must learn to both destroy all distinctions, and make a ton of highly accurate and useful distinctions, all at the same time. The mind is like a horse. It needs to be properly reigned in and tamed, then it is good. Living without mind is not an option. So your only options are to learn to use it well, or not.

@Nathan I like eating bacon and getting my balls fondled by a hot lady. It feels right. But a life purpose this does not make. What do you want to CREATE FOR THE WORLD???

@SaltyMeatballs Don't confuse growth as a human being with LP. Yes, of course every human being's job is personal development. That's the whole game of life in a nutshell. But LP is not that. LP is about your career and your creative output. Regardless of whatever LP you end up having, personal growth will still be part of your function as a living being. So don't worry about that. You can, and must, do both. You need to rephrase the question to this: What creative contribution do I want to make to the world? Notice, your own personal growth is not that. That's for you. But what are you doing for others??? Flipping burgers at McDonalds? That's the default you will get if you don't figure this out.

@DocHoliday Because reality is the shortest, most direct articulation of itself. When you want the highest accuracy, go straight to the source and cut out the middle man (mind/language).

All the above. Careful not to oversimplify it. In reality, it's a tricky and multi-faceted beast. There is not just ego to consider, but the entire process of mind and self-survival. One enlightenment experience will rarely nuke the whole ego, and certainly won't change the entire mind with all its habits, dogmas, programs, cravings, fears, quirks, and neuroses. For most people, their first few glimpses don't stick. Because the mind needs a really deep exposure to "get it". This exposure process can take years of work. I personally feel it happening in myself this way. I feel my mind preparing itself for the ultimate demise. It's not ready yet. Even though I've died many times by now and know what that entails. Each exposure to the Absolute slowly burns off the ego. Don't expect it to be a clean cut, black and white, instant Buddha-like enlightenment. This will also depend on which techniques you are using. The yoga path will be quite different from the self-inquiry path, from the psychedelic path. The psychedelic path in particular is lots of small exposures which gradually re-sculpt the mind in a big way. I suspect most meditation paths like Zen are that way too.

@MaxV So, you've dipped your toe in the rabbit hole... Careful not to get cocky with them. They will skullfuck you if given the chance.

Everything is what it is. You see it directly as it is. Trying to add labels to your perceptions doesn't make them any clearer, just the opposite. "3D" and "2D" are just empty labels, and either way you label it, you mislead yourself. Just go sit in silence. There is your answer.

@supremeyingyang Be careful what you wish for. First you build a tribe. Next they love you. Next they overthrow you. Next they go killing other tribes. Next they dominate and oppress the world. Your goal shouldn't be to create a tribe, but to help people in some way. Don't turn the means into ends. That's like saying: my goal is to become famous. That confuses the means for the end.

@Light Lover Sounds like you're taking this concept of mastery too literally. You don't ask people: how do I master X? Rather, you start learning bits amd pieces and in 5-10 years you'll have a clear understanding of what mastery entails in that field. Knowing how to master illustration is easy. You just draw a lot and read books and take courses on drawing, shade, color, anatomy, etc. This is a well-trodden path. Don't go reinventing the wheel. Many trade schools exist for stuff like illustration. Or you can teach it all to yourself through independent study and practice.

@Binary Encoded Sunset Glad you're getting it.

Enlightenment, in a nutshell.

@The White Belt The difference is, in Scientology, they record all your private intimate conversations and then use it as blackmail against you in case you ever want to leave or badmouth them. And they pressure you for huge donations in the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. And they make sure you don't study any other perspectives but their own. And they beat you. P.S. "Hey, come join Actualized.org, where at least we don't beat you."

Careful about that. People who are not ready to hear about spirituality are best left alone. Just because you've cognized a profound truth doesn't mean everyone will understand or treat you nicely for it.

That's what's called Group Think. And the whole point was to kill it off. I want people thinking more for themselves. Yes, that takes more effort and time. Let's see how things go. It can take some time to get used to a change like this. And I understand not everyone will like it. And some of you have some legit reasons. As with everything, there are tough trade-offs such decisions.

Yes, but probably only partially, so people have incentive to show up.

Okay, thanks all for the feedback. I will take it into account when hatching my plans for 2018. I'll keep you posted if/when the tour begins.