Leo Gura

@Monkey-man That's probably an authentic indicator of your LP. The problem is that you're going about it wrong. The desire is genuine and good, but preaching to friends and family is an ineffective strategy. You don't want to teach to people who don't care about your teaching. You want to teach to people who are primed and care deeply. So then the issue becomes: How do I find those people? And that's where you sit down and strategize like a motherfucker to find them. None of my friends or family care about enlightenment or personal development. I don't preach to them. I preach to you guys. There are millions of people who will listen. But you have to get off your lazy ass and find them. Don't expect them to just land in your lap. A teacher is a leader. You lead by sharing a better vision of the world with people until they buy into it. For that, you need a better vision. See my How To Be A Leader video. And as a leader, you will have to work very hard before you get people listening to you. You have to offer something a great value. Which is where a clear sense of life purpose comes in. You will not get far in this project unless you're clear that it's your life purpose. Because the work will be too great. The only way to survive the work is to have a sense of mission about it. For me, teaching is my LIFE's mission. It's not a question of, will anyone listen? It's a matter of: I will do this even if it kills me. With this kind of attitude, you will find a way to get your message heard. If you're just toying around, it won't happen. You're not going to become a popular teacher by accident.

@Joseph Maynor Yes, of course. The longer you live, the more culture and society will infect your mind with their nonsense ideas, until the point where you forget what it was like to be authentic. Society beats passion and authenticity out of people. That is the whole function of society! It's a mechanism to fabricate a consensus reality through lies and willful ignorance. It can be very helpful to think back to how you were when you were a child. If you had a decent/good childhood, you will have memories of being more conscious back then than you are now. Reconnect with those old memories to lift yourself out of your current low-consciousness funk. The education system especially robs kids of their authenticity. Think back to what you desired before all your educating. That was the real you. P.S. If you had a traumatic childhood, ignore this advice. That was NOT the real you, that was a low-consciousness ego defense.

@Parki I warned you not to take Iboga. Why don't people listen??

FYI, those of you who I see keep arguing this notion: "If you say you're enlightened then by definition you're not enlightened because an enlightened being would never say such a thing." are wrong. You're confusing humility with truth. Saying you're enlightened is no different than saying that you understand that 1+1=2. You either understand it or you don't. If you do, there is no problem saying, "I understand that 1+1=2." Now of course it would be silly to run around the street shouting at people, "I UNDERSTAND 1+1=2!!!!! I AM SPECIAL!" If you did that, that would be a sign of something being off about you. But there is no problem to admit you understand 1+1=2. One who is enlightened knows he is enlightened. He doesn't need to be humble with himself. Knowing you're enlightened isn't egotistical. It's just a consequence of enlightenment. Of course, with all that said, just because someone thinks or says they are enlightened, doesn't mean they are. They could easily be fooling themselves. But one thing I would suggest you guys do is stop debating who is or isn't enlightened. It's just not a good thing to debate because the only one you can really be sure about is yourself. And if you're debating about other people's enlightenments, well... that a pretty good sign that not only are you not enlightened, you're a newb. You cannot truly know whether someone else understands that 1+1=2. But you can certainly know if you do. It's not rocket science. Don't get caught up on the uses of the word "you" here. This is a just a function of our dualistic language. Of course there is no "who" who knows. The reason that gurus don't announce: I AM ENLIGHTENED! is because: A) they don't really need to, B) it tends to create the notion in their follower's minds that enlightenment is just another trophy for the ego to grab, when in fact enlightenment is just the realization that there is no ego. And FYI, Jesus, The Buddha, and many other mystics have said they are enlightened. Just using a different phrasing than "I am enlightened". That is just a modern English phrase. So by your logic, they were all not enlightened. Which is just silly.

You guys are underestimating the HUGE role that culture plays in all this. The reason such things perplex newbies is because they don't grasp yet that all their morals and standards are arbitrarily set by the culture and era in which they live. You think smoking or murder is bad. In reality, nothing is bad. You still have yet to grasp the sigificance of that. After a recent deep enlightenment experience, I actually started caring LESS about damaging my body, because I look forward to my death, because I know death is the most wonderful thing there is. See, the ego turns everything inside out, upside down. A lot of healthy behaviors are actually cultural and egotistical. Many people go to the gym because deep down they are really scared of death.

@AleksM Yes, the paradoxes will be addressed. I have a juicy topic already lined up on things going full-circle. It's a really profound and beautiful topic which I've been collecting deep insights on.

@Monkey-man Sadhguru is not contradicting what I said. Yes, in a sense, when you are max conscious (enlightenment) you have max control over your mind and body. You have to understand that the same words are being used in different ways to make the same basic point. Consciousness makes you aware of how infinite intelligence courses through your body and mind and causes everything you do. At that point, you literally are God controlling the body like a puppet, and you're conscious of it (unlike now). But in another sense, you still have no free will, because you understand that the entire universe inter-causes itself. Every molecule in existence is acting on you. And at the same time, you ARE every molecule.

Haha, nice try. But you've only scratched the surface of things bud. Keep contemplating. Inner/outer is a duality. All dualities are illusory. I have a very firm grasp of the relative vs absolute. I speak of many relative truths. But from the absolute perspective, realtive/absolute is also an illusory duality. You have yet to fathom the degree to which the mind contructs reality. One day, you may discover that it does so totally. You are misunderstanding Ken Wilber. Him and I are not in disagreement. He is just making a different point. What I am talking about isn't Green or Yellow or even Terquoise. It is his ultimate stage: Clear, Absolute, Nondual. At this level, Spiral Dynamics completely breaks down. All of existence collapses. There is only infinity. Wilber's quadrants are relative conceptual distinctions which ultimately all collapse. Don't take his quadrants as some ultimate metaphysics. There are no quadrants within consciousness. That is just a handy conceptual tool for talking about what we call "ordinary phyiscal reality". Wilber wrote a book called No Boundary. You have yet to understand what "no boundary" actually means. It's fucking unbelievable. The physical universe does not actually exist. But it is convenient to speak of it as-though it did, because most people have never experienced nonduality.

Yes, of course thoughts have an impact on actions! Thoughts are hugely significant. What no free will means is that you are not in control of your next thought, that's all. Pink elephant See? I just implanted a thought into your mind without your control. Notice that you never know what your next thought will be until it has already arrived. Notice that most of your thoughts are dictated by your culture and outside influences. Which is why you are made angry by things, made sad by things, made happy by things, made horny by things.

@Samuel Garcia Because it is too good to believe. The suffering is born of ignorance, so of course, the solution to it is veiled by that very same ignorance. Ignorance is the sole problem, but an ignorant person will bend over backwards not to see that. Try telling a depressed person that all their depression is just a story that they could just drop at any moment. Try it, and see what happens. Sufferring isn't necessary at all. What's necessary is to give up your suffering, which nobody wants to do! One day, you will understand.

Yes, psychedelics can kill you. That's whole point of using them! If you don't like that, don't use them. This is not kindergarten and this is not a mainstream media outlet. We are talking about esoteric spiritual teachings here which you would be excuted for talking about openly just 200 years ago. Change your metaphore: we are not forcing, but putting Miracle-Grow on long-neglected flower pots which should have bloomed 5 seasons ago.

@Brivido Very good young Padawan. Keep swinging that lightsabre. It wouldn't be spiritual work without the frustration Have faith that the path is worth the effort.

No free will = divine free will = 100% free will = 0% free will = fate = inevitable All of these are dualistic concepts so of course they must ultimately collapse or circle back into one another. Such concepts can be debated for hundreds of years, as is done in all the religious sects. The key is to understand that a teaching is only a tool, always imperfect, always just scaffolding. For someone who believes in free will, it is good to tell them: there is no free will. For someone who believes in no free will, it is good to tell them: there is free will. We're just trying to use words to pry the mind loose of its positions, that's all. That's what all these videos are aimed to do.

@Otavio Why does science reject it? Because science is a paradigm which says that reality is strictly rational and material. Science is not free of metaphysical assumptions. Not at all. Science is a conceptual enterprise, so it must be loyal to concepts over BEing.

@pluto Or maybe you are so alone you invent other beings to keep you company?

@Alien Well, ya see... we're talking about your death here, and you still haven't realized we aren't joking Did you think you were gonna die without a fight?

@Nadosa It just requires going deeper. You've but only scratched a surface here. Stick with the overall procress.

@Lynnel Okay. Hurry up. I've reactivated the old bookmarks and deactivated the new ones for now.

@MM1988 Learn to deal with confusion, not-knowing, and paradox. That's part of doing research. By your logic, no one would ever be able to do any research into anything. The things you don't understand are precisely the things which need the most research. Life is a learner's game. So learn how to learn.

Plenty of unconsciousness and ego in women too. It just plays out differently. The human species just seems to be male-dominant, like chimps or gorillas. The biggest ape rules.

@Brivido Have you contemplated, "What is the definition of truth?" Start there. Getting answers from others on such a critical question tends to be counter-productive. Anything they tell you will just be another idea subject to doubt. Maybe there is something beyond ideas? Or maybe there is nothing?

@Dj1 I've only done synthetic. The natural form (toad venom) can only be smoked. So it's gonna hit harder than snorting synthetic. But synthetic is purer. Toad venom isn't pure 5-MeO, it contains n-n-DMT and Bufotenine too which have more visual properties. So you're getting more of a cocktail of stuff. I hear it's possible to learn to vaporize synthetic well. That will require experimentation and wasting some doses tho. Maybe practice on n-n-DMT first.

@Principium Nexus Get out of here and trip properly. You should have figured that out before you started. Now deal with the consequences.

@Principium Nexus Don't post here drunk. Finish your trip, then post. You should not be online while tripping.

That's why it's a journey. You don't know where each step will take you. You are taking this process for granted. The whole point of doing research is that you do not know what you'll find unless you do it. Read 200 books over the next 5 years, and your life will never be the same again. Apply what you can. You certainly won't master all those books, but you will have a big picture map of the field, which is the key. If you cannot read 20 books about enlightenment, you have no business pursuing enlightenment. It is too tricky, and you will fail.