Leo Gura

You should study enlightened masters more. The really enlightened ones say exactly that. This is actually one of the most essential features of enlightenment. You are not deeply enlightened unless you realize that all meaning and value is a construct of the mind. "Evil" is an evaluation, and it is always a fantasy. There can be no peace in you unless you realize that meaning and value are things your mind creates. There can be no true love unless you are able to love the selfishness of others. What do you think Jesus taught you? Unconditional love. Which means, you cannot see evil any more. Notice that as soon as you make a judgment or evaluation of any kind, you are automatically disconnected from Truth.

Notice, that this just your self-survival talking. "Immoral" is a judgment your ego-mind makes because these people threat your ability to survive. "Immoral" and "evil" and "bad" are all the same basic judgment. Doesn't matter what label you use. So yes, you in fact DO believe terrorists are evil. That requires consciousness work to overcome. Yes, low consciousness people -- especially people who have been through a lot of personal suffering -- are reacting against that suffering by inflicting it on others. But what Peterson is not telling you is that suffering is not bad or evil. And these people are not bad or evil. That irony is that there is nothing evil about ego or selfishness. It requires ego to judge that selfishness is wrong.

Have you seen my video: What Is The Devil? If not, you should really watch it. It's one of my best. Evil is simply a judgment the ego-mind makes because it wants to survive. See? Anything that threatens your survival you will call "evil". It's as simple as that. For example, the reason terrorists are thought of as evil by much of Western civilization is only because they threaten the survival of Western civilization. If you didn't care about survival, nothing would be evil to you. From God's perspective nothing is evil because God is infinite and cannot die. So it would be nice if you were able to switch your identification from being a human ego to being God. Then you'd stop seeing evil in the world. You'd see the world through God's eyes, which is ego-less. Since low consciousness correlates to denser ego, it also correlates to greater selfishness and greater potential for "evil" -- that is, doing selfish acts. As consciousness increases, the ego thins out, and this correlates with selflessness. Selfless people have much less need to do selfish acts. They are more loving and caring and gentle because they are not preoccupied with their own survival. An egoless person can sacrifice his life without much problem. Not because he is brave, but because he knows he's infinite and cannot really die.

@str4 Yes, his method strains the eyes. This is not a problem per se. Sadhguru, for example, teaches you to focus your eyes upwards about 6 inches in front of your 3rd eye. The strain goes away with practice. It's not painful, it's just some mild tension. Do it gently. Or you can focus on other spots in the head, like the crown, which is what I do these days. I like the crown cause that's the most important chakra we want to open.

@DnoReally Actually, just for my logo. Shows you just how paranoid and judgmental the human mind can be.

And for Sam Harris, the answer to that question would be acknowledging that God is a thing, and atheism is wrong.

@John Iverson I think it is style, not substance.

If you leave the fox to guard the hen house, don't be surprised if he eats a few chickens.

Sit in a yoga pose and visualize loving energy flowing up your spine into your heart, then visualize your heart radiating love. Really feel it. This activates your heart chakra and helps open it up. Keep doing that and you will become more loving. It also helps to bring up memories of intense beauty or love that you've experienced in the past. You are sort of shifting your state with this technique.

@DMM710 There are like a dozen ways of chanting Om. Shouldn't make a difference. It's mostly a matter of style. Make sure you distinguish between style vs substance with these techniques. A lot of yoga is about style.

I don't split anything up. I do them all in one block to save time.

@Outer When why do they ban collection of statistics? Yes, terminally ill people make the perfect guinea pigs. You have to understand that these drug companies are very sneaky. Trump is not the issue here.

They are free as it is. It helps sustain the business if people visit the site.

Indeed

The infinity part sounds familiar. There's no mistaking infinity when it hits you.

@Phrae Yes, you can basically do up to the First Kriya right off the bat. Pranayama is really the heart of the practice. Everything else is secondary. Focus on learning the spinal breathing. Really master it. That is the key to it all.

True, but think of the image from a PR perspective: CNN Breaking News: "Enlightened master beats follower with sharp stick and enjoys it. What a monster!" The whole point is, the enlightened master doesn't have a problem with his anger. It's the outside world that judges him. And unfortunately for him, the outside world ain't as enlightened as he is. Sadhguru has been accused of murder and holding followers hostage in his cult. I've been accused of being a pedophile. So yeah... if you're gonna be enlightened, you need to develop a stomach for being misunderstood.

@WildeChilde Except what they don't tell you is that drug companies lobby for this. It basically lets them use human beings as guinea pigs without repercussions. That bill prohibits the FDA from collecting any statistics on people who die from those trial treatments. So drug companies can feed sick patients experimental new drugs, and if those patients die or become even more sick, the government is legally prohibited from collecting and using that data against the drug companies. It's a very clever bit of law. Heads I win, tails you lose.

That's generally correct. Except, enlightened masters are also humans, and can also get triggered and get angered in an unconscious way. Just because you're enlightened does not mean you're in control of your emotions 24/7. Enlightened masters also get horny. So watch out If you poke someone with a sharp stick long enough -- even Sadhguru -- he will probably get angry and beat you with it.

In personal correspondences with Martin I have asked him about whether he thinks smoking 5-MeO can cause any kind of energetic or psychological damage. And he just flatly says No. I disagree about that. I think 5-MeO, especially smoked in large doses, if one is unprepared, can cause energetic and psychological damage. So I would be very cautious. Rectal administration is much safer, especially for newbies.

You also need to take into account that Octavio has done like 10,000 of these psychedelic ceremonies. So you have to reasonably ask yourself, if 1 out of 5,000 sessions going bad is really that bad of a ratio. With psychedelics as powerful as 5-MeO, I would expect 1 out of 1,000 people to have serious negative side effects. So it's complicated. 1/1,000 surgeries certainly goes really bad. Smoking 5-MeO for someone who isn't ready for it, is gonna be in for a wild ride. Hell, I don't even dare to smoke it.

Well... about that Martin clip... you see... no matter how enlightened you are, you can still get angry. In fact, Zen masters are famous for their fits of anger. Enlightened rage, they call it Newbies often confuse enlightenment for saintliness, and that just isn't the case. It is possible to be an enlightened prick. Of course, it's also possible to be an unenlightened prick. So how do you tell the difference? Corruption is common among even highly enlightened yogis and masters in all traditions. Of course if 5-MeO is being administered by these people in a forced or dangerous way, that is not good. They could be doing that whether they are enlightened or not. Of course I have no idea if any of these rumors are true. From my limited interactions with Martin, he seems legit and he has a good heart. Of course I have no idea how he behaves behind closed doors.

Well, a shaman isn't exactly Zen to begin with. Shamanism is its own thing.

Time is limited. And following too many various techniques becomes confusing.

@robdl Correct. Being is prior to doubt. Doubt is constructed out of being. Also, if you become conscious of Infinity, you simultaeously become everything that has ever existed, past, present, and future. Your being is so total that you realize you are every possible thing that could ever be. It is beyond all possible doubt. You realize that you exist as every doubt that every living creature in the entire universe has ever had, and infinitely more. Once you are God, this is no doubt you are God. Hence it's called awakening. You are 100% awake to the entire functioning of the universe. Nothing is hidden from your awareness. You realize there is no place for anything to hide. There is nothing behind the scenes. Everything is seen to be precisely what it is, without reliance on experience or knowledge. It is omniscience. But it is nonverbal, so you cannot speak it.