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  1. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    A clear sense of your values, priorities, and life purpose helps.

    But it can be very tricky to figure out when to quit a project or endeavor. That is specific to each case. There's not some formula for it. You have to start many projects, work on many projects, quit a few projects, and through that experience you will develop an intuition for it. But it still won't be perfect or easy. Some decisions are just tricky or unclear.

    Generally, cut your losses when the project is beyond your skill level or when the project is not really aligned with your top values. There needs to be an alignment between your project and your personality, so the project feels right to you. You are looking for a good "fit". If the project is a poor fit, then look for a better fit. Generally, don't start things that aren't a great fit to begin with. The more experience you have, the easier it is to feel what fits.

    If you lack experience, then you will just have to do more trial and error, testing lots of small things.

  11. Posted

    7 hours ago, bazera said:

    @Leo Gura You mention a word "imaginary" a lot, could you explain in a seperate video exactly what you mean by that? Can I somehow understand that without expanding my consciousness? 

    I mean that physical objects are imaginary.

    Look at a chair and notice it is imaginary.

    7 hours ago, bazera said:

    Do you use the words imagination and hallucination interchangeably?

    Yes.

  14. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    @Magnanimous You can get around this issue just by framing your content as you being a student who is sharing his studies with your audience.

    Don't frame yourself as a master or expert, frame yourself as "I'm just a guy who's studying cool stuff and sharing the best gems with you". This way you can share anything plus add your own spin/analysis on top of it.

    Don't frame it as you presenting the truth, frame it as you presenting bits you found insightful or useful from your studies.

    You could certainly run a successful channel just speaking about stuff you read. It's just important to frame it properly for your audience so they are not misled.

  19. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    13 hours ago, museumoftrees said:

    Is there any way to see the list of videos by title before buying ?

    Here's the list of the first 400 titles:

    Spoiler

    Degradation Of Social Media
    Why Women Love Assholes
    Truth Is Self-Luminous
    The Concept Of Super-Truth
    Stop Falling For The Personality Of The Teacher
    A Realistic Way Of Explaining God
    Why Intelligence Is Greater Than Wisdom
    My Struggle With Disillusionment
    The Baseline Of Reality Is Nothing
    Create Beautiful And Good Things
    Everything And Nothing Are Identical
    How Satisfying It Is To Understand Reality
    What Is There To Be Optimistic About - Part 1
    What Is There To Be Optimistic About - Part 2
    Why I Don't Start A Cult - Part 1
    Why I Don't Start A Cult - Part 2
    Why I Don't Start A Cult - Part 3
    Why I Don't Start A Cult - Part 4
    Why Mastering Your Mind Is The #1 Priority
    A Key Distinction In Cognitive Development
    Why You Can't Trust Any Human Being With Truth
    The Purity Of Your Intentions Matters - Part 1
    The Purity Of Your Intentions Matters - Part 2
    Self-Deception Mechanisms, Self-Righteousness
    Space Doesn't Exist
    Assuming The Existence Of Numbers
    What Is Nothingness
    Hand Exercise For Realizing God
    Matrix White Room Analogy
    Don't Envy Those Who Have Life Easy
    Drowsy Meditation Does Not Count
    We Are In The Digital Dark Ages
    Difference Between Parts And Totality - Part 1
    Difference Between Parts And Totality - Part 2
    Reality Has No Beginning Or End
    What Is Consciousness - Part 1
    What Is Consciousness - Part 2
    What Is Consciousness - Part 3
    All The Good People Were Killed Long Ago
    How Is This Work Even Done
    What Is Rationality
    How Investment Works
    Consciousness Is Not Caused By The Brain
    Why Is Conformity Bad
    There Is A Science To Living Well
    The Key To Having Charisma
    Video Games Are Destroying Your Development
    The #1 Wrong Assumption About Psychedelics
    Does Law Of Attraction Work
    Having Discernment For Value
    Cherrypicking Negative News
    How You Can Know There's Nothing Outside Consciousness
    Anything Outside Consciousness Is Inside Consciousness
    Understanding Ego Makes Everyone Predictable
    God Is Everything You See
    Helping You Notice God
    Do Deep Searching
    You Are Not Serious Enough To Succeed
    Conspiracy Theorists All End Up Dupes - Part 1
    Conspiracy Theorists All End Up Dupes - Part 2
    Coca Cola Is God
    Why Science Can't Explain Consciousness
    God Is When You Realize You're The Only Thing That Exists
    Death Is Imaginary
    Skype Conversation With Clueless Buddhist
    Behind Me Is An Infinite Wall Of Consciousness
    A New Level Of Awakening
    Social Media Platforms Are Corrupt - Part 1
    Social Media Platforms Are Corrupt - Part 2
    How Democracy Degrades Culture
    People Misunderstand What Freedom Is - Part 1
    People Misunderstand What Freedom Is - Part 2
    Why Libertarianism Is Wrong - Part 1
    Why Libertarianism Is Wrong - Part 2
    Why Libertarianism Is Wrong - Part 3
    Property Is A Human Fiction
    How I Started My First Business
    Pre-rational vs Rational vs Post-Rational
    Being Too Selfish About Business
    The Purpose Of Money Is To Be Above Corruption
    Self-Deception Is Physical
    Investing In Yourself
    Examples Of Highly Valuable Things
    Getting Dividends
    How Biased Your Mind Is
    Every Bias You Have Prevents You From Understanding Reality
    Your Mind Is Locked Into Paradigms
    Science Does Not Know It's A Paradigm
    What's Not Understood About Paradigms
    What Is An Honest Signal - Part 1
    What Is An Honest Signal - Part 2
    What Is An Honest Signal - Part 3
    What Is An Honest Signal - Part 4
    What Is The Proper Way To Live
    A Shortcut For Understanding Reality - Part 1
    A Shortcut For Understanding Reality - Part 2
    What Is Foolishness vs Wisdom
    Fool vs Wise Example
    Why Men Should Respect Women - Part 1
    Why Men Should Respect Women - Part 2
    The Trap Of Being Told What You Want To Hear
    How Brutal Survival Is In 3rd World Countries - Part 1
    How Brutal Survival Is In 3rd World Countries - Part 2
    Why Everyone Is Confused About Politics
    Epistemic Responsiblity Example
    Why You Should Study Development Psychology
    Media Isn't Helping You Do Sense-Making
    Higher Perspectives Of Selfishness
    The Problem With Grindset Hustle Culture
    The Mind Has No Baseline For Normal
    An Insight About Freud
    The Principle Of Being Proactive
    Look Up Every Word You Don't Know
    There Is No World Or Universe
    Why I Have Always Been Openminded
    Spiritual Teachers Are Wasting Your Time
    What Is Leadership
    If You Don't Value It You Won't Get It
    How I'm So Articulate
    How To Figure Out Politics As A Newbie
    Everyone Underestimates Reality
    What Is Requisite Variety
    Awakening Is 100% Positive
    True Intelligence Is Mystical
    All Dogma And Ideology Is Wrong
    How Much Of Reality Is Your Mind Constructing
    Science Is A Hallucination
    How To Develop A Deeper Voice
    My Skydiving Story
    A Trick For How To Be Original
    The Importance Of Coherence - Part 1
    The Importance Of Coherence - Part 2
    Why Belief Is Not Good Enough For God
    Understanding Politics Requires History
    Why Socialism Will Never Work
    A Trick For Understanding Politics
    Any Agenda Corrupts Your Understanding Of Politics
    Understanding Reality Cannot Be About You
    Truth Is Good And Beautiful Because It's Not About You
    The Key To Having Charisma - Part 2
    What Valuable Skills Are You Developing Mastery In
    What Is Omniscience
    Things You Can't Trust Anyone Else With
    Prioritizing Family Over Truth Is Corruption - Part 1
    Prioritizing Family Over Truth Is Corruption - Part 2
    Prioritizing Family Over Truth Is Corruption - Part 3
    Prioritizing Family Over Truth Is Corruption - Part 4
    My Most Advanced Teaching
    Try To Understand The Feminine POV
    The Problem With Communicating Advanced Truths
    Why Reality Cannot Be Understood Through Rigor
    Doing Science Is Not Understanding What Science Is - Part 1
    Doing Science Is Not Understanding What Science Is - Part 2
    Doing Science Is Not Understanding What Science Is - Part 3
    Science Is Incompatible With Skepticism
    Scientists Are Not Skeptical Enough
    My Favorite Philosophical School Was Skepticism
    Why Scientists Are Not Intelligent
    How To Know Who Has The Truth - Part 1
    How To Know Who Has The Truth - Part 2
    The Scientific Mind Is Shallow
    What Made Einstein A Genius
    You Don't Know What Anything Is
    What Is Happiness
    Why Babies Require Mothering
    How Profound Language Is
    The Circularity Of Paradigms
    Why I'm Okay With You Deconstructing Actualized
    You Never Have Enough Perspective
    Talk Of Apocalypse Is Delusion
    I Haven't Found A Single Perfect Teacher
    Fantasy Can Be Realistic
    The Exact Moment I Conceived Actualized
    Why Christianity Is Wrong
    God Is Not Reached Through Faith
    No Distinction Between Science And Pseudo Science
    Science Is Core To Your Sense-Making
    Obviously Science Isn't Truth
    People Refuse To Accept Not-Knowing
    Dating Advice For Women
    Closedmindedness Is Doing Things Your Way
    The Rationalist Is Distracted By Dead Ends
    Why I Hate Conspiracy Theorists
    The Concept Of Ego Thrill
    How Colossal It Is To Understand Existence
    Scientific Method Is A Myth
    No Distinction Between Science And Spirituality
    My Favorite Class In University
    Why I Stayed Out Of Academic Philosophy
    Key Insights On Weightloss
    Psychedelic Visuals Explained
    Sleep Is Imaginary
    The Power Of Asking Questions
    Relaxation Exercise
    Looking At The Room Without Science
    What Is The Best Psychedelic
    Misunderstanding Psychedelic Visuals
    The First Time Your Realized You Exist
    Why Socialism Will Never Work
    Knowing Is Possible
    Watching Clips Costs You More
    You Can't Be Good Without Truth
    Study How Intelligence Agencies Work
    Why Reality Is Not A Simulation
    Stop Speculating About Reality - Part 1
    Stop Speculating About Reality - Part 2
    You Can Absolulely Know Truth Exists
    Government Will Never Make You Successful
    The Economy Is Never Why You Aren't Wealthy
    The Problem Of Who Deserves To Get Capital
    What Is Death
    Marxism Is Too Corrupt To Work
    The Power Of Observation
    Shallow vs Deep Stage Green
    Leftists Are Missing Development Psychology
    I Loathe Marketing And Business
    How To Escape Wage Slavery
    Confidence Is Just Experience
    Every Worldview Is Self-Biased
    Understanding Ends In Omniscience
    How I Saw Through All Of Leftism
    Figure Out If You Are An Artist
    Teach Yourself That Materialism Can't Make You Happy
    Everyone Who Proselytizes Doesn't Know Truth
    Is Anything Not A Paradigm
    Avoid Corrupt Shortcuts In Business
    Short-term vs Long-term Thinking
    Morality Is Just Consciousness And Love
    Am I A Guru
    Women Want To Have Sex With Strength
    Group-Think And Dogma In The Psychedelic Domain
    Is Toad Venom Better Than Synthetic 5-MeO-DMT
    What Is Socialism
    The Distinction Of Excellent Work
    You Are Always On Psychedelics
    Why I Don't Argue Or Debate
    The Importance Of Personality Types
    Conservatives Are Objectively Less Developed
    The Visual Field Has Infinite Resolution
    What Leftists Don't Understand About Climate Change
    The Trap Of Exteremist Polarization
    The Important Thing Is To Deconstruct Your Own Side
    Must Face Profound Boredom
    The Brain Is Not Constructing Reality
    Content Creators Are Algorithm Zombies
    The Solution To The Meaning Crisis
    Reality Is Entirely Meaningless
    Deconstructing Your Religion Is The Right Thing To Do
    The Trap Of Conformity For Young People
    Develop Yourself Into A Valuable Member Of Society
    Unconscious vs Conscious Business
    The Mind Is Always Thwarting Its Own Deconstruction
    Your Mind Is Always Biasing Reality
    Understanding Requires Having No Agenda
    Why You Don't See God Right Now
    What Makes Actualized So Advanced
    Morality Had To Be Invented
    People Misunderstand Openmindedness
    A Warning About Shamans
    Animals Are Unconscious Survival Machines
    Everyone Underestimates The Power Of Social Conditioning
    Admiting You're Wrong Is The Key To Rapid Development
    Mystical Experiences vs Stages Of Development
    What Leftists Don't Understand About Environmentalism
    Terrorists Act Out Of Good Intentions
    Why AGI Is Not Happening
    What Is Ecstasy
    Physical And Material Are Meaningless Concepts
    You Fall In Love With Your Brainwashing
    The Concept Of Center Of Gravity Of Society
    Your Relationship To Reality Is The Most Important Relationship
    You Can Only Be Helped Up To Your Level Of Openmindedness
    What Is Awakening
    The Key Mistake Of Using AI
    Humans Have Always Been Insanely Closedminded
    Biased People Percieved Neutrality As Bias
    For Me, Nothing Exists But God
    The Trap Of Single Issue Voting
    Imagination Is Physical
    Why I'm So Blunt
    A Mistake To Blindly Trust Your Intuition
    The Importance Of Being Fair And Charitable To Your Opponents
    Lying vs Bullshit
    Why Is Politics So Corrupt And Broken
    Conservatives Are Right About This One Key Issue
    Conservatives Will Always Gaslight You
    Atheism Is Just A 20th Century Intellectual Fad
    What Is Socialism
    The Hardest Thing For The Mind To Do
    Conformity In Extrapolating Growth Curves
    Philosophy Done Properly Becomes Mysticism
    Arguing For Your Perspective Is Not Truth-Seeking
    The Core Puzzle Of Ontology
    You Are Using People Just To Satisfy Your Needs
    The Logic Of Why There Can Only Be One Reality
    Arguing Is Not Understanding
    Why Free Speech Cannot Exist
    Language Cannot Explain Ultimate Reality
    The Ego Wants To Monopolize Truth
    You Always Pay The Cost For Irresponsibility
    Consciousness Forces Responsibility
    Why Does Religion Always Become Corrupt
    Humans Are Evolving From Animals To God
    You Are Identical To Everyone You Hate
    Why My Teachings Are So Advanced
    Perfect Products Get Discontinued
    Mysticism Is More Advanced Than Atheism
    Everyone Is Thinking About Reality Selfishly
    Women Make Men Stronger
    Controlling And Manipulating Others Is Wrong
    Should You Be Optimistic Or Pessemistic
    Leo, How Can You Know You're Not Self-Deceived
    Spirituality Is Hyper Sobriety
    Why Do You Trust Your Own Mind
    The Probem With Debunkers
    Spirituality Requires Extraordinary Self-Discipline
    Atheists Don't Understand What They Are Denying
    The Mind's Ability To Compartmentalize
    Being Engaged
    AGI Is A Scam
    Everyone You Know Is Self-Deceived
    How Easy It Is To Brainwash Children
    Fear Is Attachment
    What Is Conscious Business
    Understanding Reality Raises Your Responsibility
    God Is Not About Belief But Understanding
    Reality Cannot Belong To Any Category
    Don't Waste The Next 10 Years
    The Things I Teach Are Cutting Edge
    Your Mind Is Cherrypicking Reality
    Specialization Lowers Intelligence
    Story Of Uday Hussein
    A Wild Trip Report
    A Profound Political Insight From North Korea
    AI Reveals How Biased Humans Are
    Developing Epistemic Mastery
    It's Possible To Know Things For Sure
    Sex Is Only Meaningful When It's Rare
    Everything Is Filtered Through Your Ego
    How Celebrities Grift Off Fans
    If Billions Are Deluded, What About You?
    Self-Deception Mechanisms Are Also Collective
    Every Culture Whitewashes Its History
    Moving Beyond The Center Of Gravity Of Culture
    Magic Is Entirely Relative
    What's Wrong With Being A Religious Fanatic?
    Never Chase Women
    The 21st Century Is The Orange Stage
    Atheists Fail To Learn The Lesson Of Religion
    Start Suspecting Mental Illness
    The Only Reason Anyone Is Christian Is Conformity
    All Content Is Internal To The Hallucination
    Nobody Is Thinking About Reality From First Principles
    Actualized Teaches Your How To Master Epistemology
    How Material Success Complicates Morality
    It's Possible To Do Good Through Ideology
    Correct Strategy vs Outcome - Part 1
    Correct Strategy vs Outcome - Part 2
    What's Necessary To Have A Fair Society
    Why Conservatives Have Less Empathy
    Purposeful Nebulosity In The Legal System
    Politics Is A Meta-Game For Rewriting The Rules Of The Game
    What Is Misunderstanding?
    Why Taking A Company Public Is Corruption
    My Process For Generating My Insights And Videos
    How Incoherence Affects Those In Power
    We Are Living Through Stage Orange
    What Is Takes To Be World-Class
    The Scale Of Civilization
    The Foolishness Of Flat Earth
    How I Generate So Much Insight So Effortlessly
    Corruption Is About Lifestyle
    Science Is 99% Belief
    Politics Vs Political Science
    The Insane Conformity In Sports
    Spiritual Exercise: Imagine Something Totally New
    The Hardest Thing Is To Stop Being Yourself
    Insight About Atheists Who Used To Be Religious
    Stop Being Enamored By Popular Things
    Everyone's Worldview Is Comically Self-Serving
    Exercise, Your Visual Field Is Radiant
    The External World Is A Construct Of Your Sanity
    Why America Is Less Corrupt
    The Function Of Government Is To Protect Against Predation
    Chasing After Success Requires Illusionment
    The Pre/Trans Fallacy
    Religion Is So Outdated
    Gender Roles Are About Masculine vs Feminine, Not Male vs Female
    The Concept Of Signal To Noise Ratio
    Truth Is Hard To Find Because Everyone Claims To Have It
    Why Low Consciousness Equals Violence - Part 1
    Why Low Consciousness Equals Violence - Part 2
    You Are Not Relating To People But Your Image Of Them
    Psychedelics Are The Perfect Guru
    How Humility Becomes A Self-Deception
    The Difference Between Work And Play
    The Value I Offer
    What You're Not Getting About Awakening
    Most People Just Lack The Opportunities For Corruption

     

  22. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    On 5/25/2026 at 5:33 PM, Toranvor said:

    I have constant panic attacks, every day I feel a sense of doom and impending death. It's difficult to function like this. I vomit a lot, I scream, and every moment I feel like I'm dying. I've tried everything. benzodiazepines, SSRIs. I haven't tried meditation because it's impossible for me to meditate. The only option left is psychedelics. Will they help me or will they worsen my situation?

    Normally I would say don't try them. However, given that you have already run out of other options, trying them makes sense.

    You must use small doses. Don't use large doses or you could really get yourself into trouble.

    Small doses, done carefully, could help. Large doses done sloppily will probably hurt you.

  23. Posted · Edited by Leo Gura

    Well, it's a matter of degree. We don't need perfect leaders. We just need to avoid the obviously corrupt ones like Trump and Hitler.

    No mainstream political system will tolerate a perfectly uncorrupt leader. As a politician you just have to learn to compromise with all sorts of corrupt people in your orbit because you are not a dictator. That's the nature of politics. But one can still avoid the most blatant forms of corruption.

    Bernie Sanders is about as good as an American politician gets. And that's good enough for us. We just need more like him.

    The problem is that the few uncorrupt politicians are drowned out by all the corrupt ones.

    Bernie Sanders is nice, but nearly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.