Leo Gura

@StephenK You're still conflating ego with personality. They are just not as related as you assume. Personality is not a scar of the ego. It's got its own source. Of course ego can distort personality a lot too. And personality will inform how the ego acts out to get its needs met.

@MM1988 She predicted I would win a major pending legal case. There was no way she could have known I had a major pending legal case. She told me, "Don't worry. You will win it." And so I did, a year later. Real psychics do WAY more than cold-reading. They actually have paranormal powers. The nature of paranormal powers is that they are intuitive and therefore vague. While there may be some scammers, the whole "scammers" thing is overstated. That's just an excuse the materialist paradigm must make because that model of reality cannot account for any paranormal phenomena. After the levels of consciousness I've experienced, to me, anything paranormal looks quaint and quite normal. I have experienced things that are more radical than getting anally probed by an alien. So if an alien ever tries to anally probe me, at least I can think to myself, "Well, at least this is still not as radical as a 5-MeO-DMT breakthrough."

I've warned you guys about Neo-Advaita in the the Becoming A Zen Devil video. The further I progress in this work, the more problems I see with Neo-Advaita. Although, like all teachings, it has got its pros and cons. You definitely can't rely on Neo-Advaita to lead you to mastery of self or consciousness. It's more like an intro to enlightenment for Western newbs.

I got a psychic reading done in Austin about 6 years ago from a gypsy witch. Didn't believe in them at the time. Just did it for fun. It pretty much came true.

@Ranz Kafka That sounds pretty smooth to me. You have no idea yet what "unsmooth" looks like. Be grateful you got that glimpse at all and carry on the work. Never forget: this is RADICAL, SERIOUS work. What you experienced is perfectly normal and reasonable. You ARE going in steps. That was ONE baby step! You've merely scratched the surface so far. A few hairs on the ox's tail, to quote Shinzen Young

Be very careful here. Your understanding of science is lacking and your perspective has many factual inaccuracies. Here are some corrections for you: Science has conclusively disproven the existence of matter, absolute time, and absolute space over 100 years ago. Black holes, anti-matter, curvature of space-time says nothing about the ontology of such things. You are confusing phenomena with substance. Spirituality doesn't disqualify proper science, nor vice-versa. Reality according to quantum mechanics is an infinite quantum wave function (nondual singularity) with no such thing as space, time, particles, or a physical world. Quantum mechanics has shown that the process of observation necessarily affects all knowledge of the world because subject/object are entangled. Most of the fathers of quantum mechanics were in fact mystics. They did not believe in materialism. Biology has never proven the existence of an ego. Science has never proven the existence of a physical world. Science has never proven the existence of any boundaries between objects. The best cosmological theories seem to show that the universe arose from nothing. The latest evidence from biology is showing that evolutionary mutations are non-random. All of the above inaccuracies come from mainstream cultural notions of science, which are 300 years out of date and totally backwards. Real science is not what people think it is. And the most modern science fully supports and is compatible with nonduality. Obviously, because the universe is nondual. There is a big difference between strict scientific observations (which are valid) and science as a materialist religion (which is invalid). The place where popular science gets into trouble is when it tries cast the world as a clockwork universe. But this has been clearly disproven for over 100 years. The worldview of Aristotle and Newton is dead. The only problem is, 99% of people still don't realize it. Because their understanding of modern science is a woefully inadequate cartoon caricature.

The devil flips everything upside-down, inside-out. Bad is called good. Falsehood is called truth. Insanity is called sanity. Dysfunction is called success. And illness is called health. The labels society creates are designed to perpetuate ego. So of course society will tend to hold spiritual purification as "evil". That's why psychedelics are demonized, for example. Buddhism is too radical for a materialist culture to accept. It's only accepted as "another religion". But with all that said, there is still a difference between depersonalization and enlightenment. Depersonalization is incomplete, half-baked. The Infinite Self isn't realized. God is not realized. Love is not realized. The mind is not fully jailbroken.

That is not a belief. That is his direct nondual experience. For him, there is literally no difference between him and you. To you, there is. Because separation is relative.

Personality is part of the body/mind. It's not a lie. It's just a particular way a creature behaves and emotes, it's likes and dislikes, etc. There is nothing false about having a personality. Just don't mistake it for the True Self, and no problem. Even pets have different personalities. The problem here is one of wrong expectations. Why would you assume all beings should act alike? Just stop assuming that. Every creature is unique and a bit quirky. Quirkiness is not a flaw or a mistake to be corrected. It's part of the infinite diversity of life. Different genetics and different environmental conditioning will necessarily create different personalities. You shouldn't expect a dog who's been beaten from birth to have the same personality of one who hasn't been.

Usually when we say "belief" we mean a particular thing. You're using that word in an odd way. BEing is not belief. The present moment is not a belief. And states are not beliefs. Beliefs are conceptual positions one holds about reality. If you are fully in the NOW, your beliefs would be suspended. Although you will still have plenty of them in the back of your mind even after enlightenment. Even the most enlightened masters hold false beliefs.

The key is to avoid processed foods as much as possible. All those crackers, chips, bread sustitutes are basically junk. Just because the box says "vegan" or "gluten free" doesn't make it healthy. People eat all sorts of vegan, gluten-free junk in the same way that people eat "protein bars" thinking they are health food, when they are basically candy bars remarketed as "health food". If a product is trying to be a substitute for something junky, I basically also consider it junk. For example: Vegan mayonaise or gluten-free bread or dairy-free cream cheese.

@Solvinden You can cook stuff and keep it in the fridge for up to a week, depending on the recipe. Get creative and be more open to changing your habits rather than saying, "I don't want to cook twice a day." I often cook twice a day. It ain't so hard.

Enlightenment makes the personality more pronounced, not less, because stifling fears are eliminated and authenticity skyrockets. Enlightenment is not a state. It is simply what is. Personality != ego

@ElenaO Try practicing Mindful Eating.

Emotions are extremely subtle and sneaky. For example, try to notice the sensations in your arms when you are angry or frustrated or annoyed. Then try relaxing your arms consciously and see what difference it makes. @ElenaO Good work! Keep observing. Especially during meditation.

Just do it. Stop looking for a trick or shortcut. Just doing it is the shortest path. Clearly that relationship is long dead.

@Courtney LSD or mushrooms can give you a sneak peak of no-self. You don't need 5-MeO for that. Just 1-2 grams of mushrooms will blow your mind at your level. And they are much easier to find and take. Start there and see how well you can handle it.

Life is the most amazing thing imaginable. How anyone can not be motivated by its infinite beauty is sad to me. You have been given the greatest gift possible -- this infinte dream -- but you take it for granted due to petty egoic issues.

@egoless You will have many more "final findings". But good! Take whatever breadcrumbs the universe offers up

It's very easy to authenticate: try them yourself and you will see what is real and what is unreal. Just be sure you are ready to see the truth. All your pet theories will be utterly destroyed if you start to tango with psychedelics. You will experience mindfucks that leave you plastered on the floor, foaming at the mouth, calling for Mommy. And you will still only have scratched the surface of what consciousness is capable of. After all, consciousness does create the whole universe, so you should expect it to be a force beyond all equals.

@Courtney There is no magic pill. I have been meditating for nearly 5 years and I still get plenty of monkey mind. Much less than before, but still lots of it. When I first started, I literally couldn't sit still for 5 minutes. 5 minutes was hell. It usually takes decades of serious practice to be able to totally silence your mind. And that doesn't include conquering your fears and inner demons. When those get triggered, of course the monkey mind will flare up big time and spoil your mood. That is your entire dynamic of staying alive we're talking about. You'd basic need to conqering death to be calm and collected in those situations. Just start doing the practices and remember to set realistic expectations with a long term vision, otherwise you'll get discouraged and quit. See my video on Setting Proper Expectations. Welcome to the work.

It wasn't a metaphore and it wasn't a belief. I've had the experience of awaking from life to see that it was just a dream. You can too. At this level of realization, ordinary life as you knew it is over. You are literally physically dead. Don't assume you've got enlightenment figured out. There are many depths to it. Realizing no-self is one thing, and realizing that all of reality is unreal is yet another. It is possible to be so conscous that you look around the room and the very physical objects you see around are realized to be non-existent. Someone could point a loaded gun to your head and you would not care if they pulled the trigger because you absolutely know it is unreal and makes no difference. Your true nature is infinite and unkillable. Because you already are death itself. "There is no doubt whatsoever that the universe is the merest illusion." -- Ramana Maharshi At this point I sometimes forget that 99.9999% of people -- even those who pursue enlightenment -- have no direct experience of what I am saying, and so to them it sounds like nonsense or exaggeration or cute metaphores or philosophical theories or some word game or me misinterpreting the scriptures. It is not that. It is precisely as I said. The only problem is, it's too damn radical and requires years of hardcore consciousness work to glimpse without 5-MeO-DMT. Many of you guys are still underestimating the full ramifications of nonduality. It's far more radical that you presently realize. That is okay. It's impossible to understand it so long as you are yourself. All I would suggest is, don't get cocky. Don't think you got this thing figured out just because you watched some Rupert Spira videos or did a few hits of LSD. There's more to the rabbit hole than meets the eye, and lots of people I notice are starting to get too cocky here -- starting to dismiss all reading and all theory as mental masturbation -- just because they've dipped their toe into it or watched a bunch of over-simplified neo-advaita videos. The scriptures are voluminous for good reason. This stuff ain't so simple as people first expect. Show respect to the wide range of subtle literature on this topic. Read all the books on my book list in the Consciousness category. Only then will you will start to apprecitate the depth, complexity, and subtlty here.

It was LSD. I have not done 5-MeO in over a year. At this point I am extremely sensitive to even small doses of any kind of psychedelic. A recreational dose will send me into full-on Buddha-like nonduality with all the classic insights you read about in the scriptures and books. It's quite amazing.

I have an enlightenment book on my book list which was written by a guy who pursued and achieved enlightenment while working as a full-time ER doctor. Yes it is doable. The question is, are you willing to do the work? It is definitely possible to build a great career AND achieve enlightenment. You will want to plan that out very strategically. I wouldn't try to start both simultaeously. You'll probably need to do some staggering.

I'm not too familiar with him.